I FINALLY GET LUNA, VIOLET AND SAM INTO THE LOG! YAY! NOW I NEED TO GO THROUGH AND CORRECT VIOLET'S NAME! I'VE ADDED A VERY SLIGHT REFERENCE TO A STORY I'M WRITING. ALSO, BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MORE CHANGE! THIS CHAPTER IS LONG, SO REPORT IF YOU SEE ANY CONTINUITY GOOFS.
It was the first day of spring. Kate and her crew had fixed all the bugs. Her female friends even wanted a try. It was a tight fit.
'Girls, are you ready?' Kate called.
'Yeah!' Luna, Violet and Sam yelled.
'Then push!'
Sam was at the back, and pushed the log with her back feet. It was hard to push with about six wolves on it, but she managed. The log came down at a great speed. The girls screamed while the others laughed.
'Lean left!' Kate ordered.
Everyone leaned the log to the left, and that's where the log turned.
'Lean right!'
They barely avoided a rock. There was a cliff ahead. A perfect place to use a trick.
'Backflip!'
The boys knew what to do as the girls were confused. As the log went over the cliff, the log did a whole single backflip. The girls didn't scream. They just followed. They enjoyed it! The log landed perfectly and kept going. It didn't even slow down.
'Violet, hoist the main sail!'
Violet stood up on her hind legs as she stood between Luna and Sam. She spread her forepaws out.
'I can hear the wind!' She yelled.
The wind was caught againest her face. There was a strange little dot in front of her face. It hit her.
'Eye bug!'
She sat back down, trying to get the little thing out. There was another cliff in front. This one had a fallen log that was in the shape as a ramp. It was on a rock.
'Stop!' Kate ordered.
Nothing happened. The log kept going at its fast speed.
'Stop!' Kate repeated.
Still nothing. Oh no. It wasn't what Kate was thinking, was it?
'We don't have brakes.' Hutch informed.
Kate took a second to process what had just happened. No brakes? No brakes. There's a cliff. Realistion in 3, 2…
'Cra…' Kate almost swore after realising what was going on.
The log went up the ramp and into the air.
'Make the most of it!' Kate shouted.
Everyone on the log did a trick of there on. Hutch was even balancing on his forepaw. He was using the spirits of balance to help him. Candu was in that exploding postion. Luna had her forelegs out to the side. Violet was on her hindlegs for a second before going back down. Sam was brieftly leaning backwards. Kate simply held her head up and howled. Everyone finished their trick before the log landed on the ground.
'We really need to work on brakes.' Kate muttered.
She could see a big rock in front her. It completely woke her up. She tried to stay calm.
'No one yell rock.'
Everyone leaned to the side to have a look. Only about twenty metres ahead was a giant rock in the rock.
'ROCK!' They all yelled at the same time.
Kate started to panic. She lost all control over the log. It was going to fast. They would get flung into the air. Kate would be the first one to land. What if she landed in a lake? What if the height was big enough to kill her? The log hit the rock, and everyone was flung above the ground.
'I knew it!' Kate murmured.
She could barely see what she was about to hit. There was a cliff with a valley in front of it. If she was lucky, she would hit the high part. If she missed, that could be the end of her. Luckily, she made it. She was alive. She was about to get up when the others came. Hutch landed first, then Candu landed on him. Luna, Violet and Sam soon followed. Kate was crushed under all those wolves. She tried to stand up as the others got off.
'What happened there?' Hutch commented.
As everyone managed to get up, Kate looked around the valley. It was green with a mix of pink and yellow.
'We hit spring.' She said.
There were a few caribou in the middle. When Kate looked straight down, she could see a grey wolf crouched on the ground. It was Humphrey. But he looked different. He seemed more buff than when Kate last saw him.
'Look who's back from alpha school.'
As Humphrey walked across the valley, he was with three other wolves - Salty, Shakey and Mooch. Salty was grey and had the most unique figure out of the group. Shakey was also grey but was the smallest and smartest in the group. Mooch was a light-yellowy colour. While he wasn't as good as Humphrey, he was the fittest in the group. Kate neared the edge and looked down on Humphrey. She had a clear dreamy dash love-struck look on her face.
'Humphrey's back.' She murmured.
Hutch had to speak out.
'Kate, he's an alpha now!' He said.
Candu stepped in.
'And your an omega.'
Kate knew she had to fight for her cause. She didn't want anyone to know about her secret crush.
'We are friends! Fr-i-ends!'
Luna, Violet and Sam did what Kate hated them doing.
'You're just friends.' Luna started.
'Nothing but friends.' Violet added.
'End of story!' Sam finished.
Kate's ears were against her head for a second as Sam said that. She tried to ignore them and looked at the hunting group. They were almost within pouncing distance of the caribou.
'I bet you guys 100 bites of caribou that we'll eating that tonight.' Kate said to her group.
The group were now ready to get on the caribou and hunt them. Kate crossed her forelegs and rested her head on them as she watched the group. However, Sam had keen eyesight and could see something strange. She tapped Kate's shoulder and pointed. Kate could see two wolves that looked nothing like western wolves.
'Eastern pack wolves. Oh no. I own my friends 100 bites worth or caribou.'
Humphrey realised the strange wolves too. He had to warn his group. He would be taking risks if he didn't.
'Salty, Shakey, Mooch, be careful.' He whispered.
Humphrey got up to pounce and take one down. The caribou made some startled noises. Suddenly, they turned around, even though they didn't notice the group. They ran over the group, and through the valley. Humphrey, at first, didn't want to chase it like everyone else. But then one of the caribou stepped on his tail. It hurt a lot. It could of crushed some bones. Humphrey chased the caribou in taste for revenge. The caribou dissappeared from behind a cliff. He stopped when he saw the eastern wolves running away. They talked to him, but didn't stop.
'Get away!' One yelled.
'You'll be crushed!' The other added.
Humphrey was confused. He wanted to know what would 'crush' him.
'What's going on?!'
'LOOK IN FRONT OF YOU!' The eastern wolves shouted together.
Humphrey looked forward with his ears back. He got ready to turn around and run. He could feel the vibrations in the ground. Kate could hear the stamping of several caribou. There was a massive shadow against the cliff. From behind the cliff, came more caribou than before. Then more, and more. All the caribou left in Jasper were coming for them.
'Holy c-' Kate gasped.
'-Aribou!' Humphrey yelled.
Humphrey turned around as his group caught up with him. The eastern wolves were far ahead. There was only one, or two, things to do. Humphrey had to get his group to the side. Then he would have to get to higher ground. He knew he was the finest alpha trained. He wanted to show it with his amazing skill.
'Get to the side!' He ordered.
His group ran to the sides. Mooch got there first. Shakey, the beta, was there next. Salty was last as he was a few days late into the alpha training.
'Time to make my move.' Humphrey muttered.
He smiled as he ran towards the cliff side. He knew that he would enjoy this. There was a root sticking out of the cliff. He didn't need it. He just wanted to look good, then look better. He loved being flashy. He jumped up to the root, and grabbed it with his mouth. The speed he was running at allowed him to swing a little on the root. His mouth didn't move, but he was launched from the root. He curled up, and flipped backwards.
'Humphrey's got some moves!'
'I saw him bite some of the root off.' Sam revealed.
He kept flipping backwards until he reached the top. He landed perfectly on his four paws. After he landed, he spat a bit of the root out of his mouth. He looked around the valley, and saw the eastern wolves. They were in trouble. There was a log that could protect them.
'We'll settle this later.'
Humphrey ran faster than he did in the stampede. He was running parallel to the cliff. He was coming right towards the omegas. Kate smiled as he got closer. Before he could crash into them, he jumped. While he was in midair, he turned his body over and stretched. He was stretched, with his back facing the ground. He was trying to impress the omegas.
'Hi Kate!'
Kate could only wave at Humphrey's greeting. He landed just as the cliff ended. The caribou were even closer to the eastern wolves now. No one could outrun them forever. Humphrey jumped down at the right angle. He jumped so far. He glided through the sky and stretched his forelegs out. Just as the eastern wolves were about to be crushed, Humphrey grabbed them. He going fast enough to push the eastern wolves behind the log with him. The caribou ran over them. Humphrey swiftly dodged the hoofs before he could get hit. The caribou pasted and they entered open space. Shakey ran over to him to make sure he was okay.
'Are you okay, bro?' He asked.
Humphrey coughed before answering him.
'Yeah bro, I'm fine.'
This was like a codeword in Humphrey's group. While Humphrey, Salty, Shakey and Mooch were alphas, they carried over their omega ways. They fisted each other to show that Humphrey was okay. Mooch ran up to the eastern wolves, growling.
'You dumb eastern dogs chased our caribou away!'
He stopped to jump over the wolves. He stretched his body out just Humphrey. He didn't flip back. He landed on his forepaws and did a handstand. He did one backflip. He landed facing the eastern wolves. This was a move Humphrey was yet to perfect.
'That was our food!'
Humphrey growled at them. He didn't want to convert to berries. Salty dug his claws into the ground. They both walked next to Mooch. Kate was surprised that Humphrey wanted to fight. Shakey ran up between them to break it up. He hated it when there was a fight.
'Please guys, don't fight!'
One of the eastern wolves was a light brown colour with green eyes. The other was brown, but was more red.
'You better listen to the small one.' The light brown one started, with a female voice.
'We don't want to fight.' The red one added. This one had a male voice.
Shakey stepped out of the way. He knew that a fight was going to break out.
'Small one?! No one talks to our bro like that!' Humphrey exclaimed.
He aimed for the light brown one. She only had enough time to say one word.
'Bro?'
Humphrey leapt for her and bit her neck. She pushed him away and Shakey knew that was only the start. Salty helped Humphrey with the attack. Mooch fought the redder one alone. Shakey ran around the fighting groups, trying to stop the fight.
'Guys, stop it! Bros, break it up!'
He knew it was pointless as Mooch bit the eastern wolf in the neck. Kate just laughed at Shakey's terrible attempt to stop the fight. She could watch this for hours.
'How much longer till Klaws comes out?' Hutch asked.
'Soon, hopefully.' Candu answered.
Kate sat down to watch when there was a loud, painful exclamation. Kate's ears perked up as she saw what caused it. Salty was tossed back while he was fighting. He landed on his side. Kate could see the crimson scars on his other side before he clutched it. Okay, that was enough.
'Guys, we've watched enough. We need to settle this.' Kate announced.
It was only a matter of time before Humphrey got hurt. Although, Mooch could probably last longer. No one really knew if Humphrey or Mooch was better. But still.
'LOOK OUT!' Kate shouted.
The fighters didn't listen. Shakey looked up and saw the omegas. He wagged his as he looked over Violet. Violet tilted her head back and forth as a greeting. Kate chuckled at this. It seemed as though Shakey and Violet had crushes on each other. She just hoped that this was the same relationship between her and Humphrey. But it seemed thay way. But enough thinking, it was time for action.
'Violet, you go first.'
Violet sled down a cliff edge that could be considered a slide. Kate followed, with Hutch, Candu, Luna and Sam following. As they stopped, Violet wasn't close enough to Shakey. Kate and Hutch pushed her forward, and they were face to face.
'Hello Violet.' Shakey greeted.
'Yo Shakes!' Shakes was a nickname Violet had given him since they were both puppies.
Shakey really wanted to talk to her, but it was a bad time.
'Sorry, but this is a bad time to talk.'
Kate stepped right besides Violet.
'We're not here to talk.'
Shakey tilted his head in confusion. Usually, Violet would come to him to talk about things, like the No.1 pack law, alphas and omegas can't mate. That was their least favourite law. Even law No.2, make no contact with humans, wasn't as bad.
'What are you doing, then?' Shakey asked.
'You'll see.' Kate replied.
Shakey and Kate sat down to watch. Kate had tested this before. It worked like charms. Time to do it again!
She ran out towards the fighting group. By now, the whole thing was combined. She ran around them and the rest of the group followed. They got into position, and pushed their forepaw into the tails that stuck out. There were whimpers of pain and Shakey was shocked. He should of known! Omegas are peace-keepers. Why wouldn't they stop the fight?
'Get into groups!' Shakey ordered.
The omegas ran back to where Shakey was. The alphas split up into two groups. One was the male western hunt group, excluding Salty, who was still struggling to get up. The other was the two eastern wolves. They formed in parallel lines (| |) so someone could walk through. Kate laughed a bit, and walked into the middle of their aisle. This was time for a good joke.
'Don't get your tails all tied up. You just make wolves bad.'
She looked up to see the caribou, on a cliff for some reason, waving to her. With actions, they told Kate to look at the caribou.
'Just look at the caribou.'
Everyone looked at the caribou. They laughed at them, and turned around. They shook their butts at the wolves and made taughting sound. Kate thought of another good joke.
'Now there's a moon no one should ever howl to.'
Everyone around her laughed. Humphrey admired her quick wits. While no one noticed, there was a wolf watching them the whole time.
'Western hunt group!' It called.
Everyone looked at the direction of the sound. It was coming from the golden wolf in front of the main alpha den. It was Klaws.
'Get back to the den. Take you time.'
He wanted his alphas to come when they wanted. He wasn't a rushed type of wolf. But he wanted to get rid of those eastern wolves.
'You two, go home.'
The eastern wolves growled at Kate. If it wasn't for her, they would of gained meat, instead of lost the meat they were fed to help them hunt better. It was just a waste of meat. Klaws wanted them to go.
'NOW!'
The eastern wolves whimpered and ran off. Klaws sounded like he would kill them if they didn't leave. Kate waved to them, and they noticed. They gave a small growl that didn't escape their mouths.
'Omegas, good job.'
Klaws still watched over the wolves as the male western hunt group walked back to the den. Kate smiled that showed she was very pleased of herself. But Humphrey walked back very close to her. He was slouching and clearly was upset.
'Great, first real hunt, and I messed it all up.' He mumbled.
Kate could hear his mumbles. He didn't mess it up. He was awesome. He was flashy. He impressed all the omegas, even the male ones. He didn't mess it up at all!
'Humphrey, Humphrey. Humphrey!'
This caught his attention. He walked slower, and turned his head to face her.
'You were epic! All those flips ans stretches! Those were the best moves I had ever seen!'
It didn't look like it, but Kate could tell that Humphrey's mood was better than before. He sat down, his head still turned.
'But that still doesn't help with the shortage of meat.' He sighed.
Humphrey didn't get it. If there was a shortage to meat, why not just find something else to eat? Without thinking, Kate spoke.
'If anyone's hungry, they can eat… um, they can eat…'
Kate struggled to think of something. Humphrey smiled and almost laughed at it. Kate was very smart, but had trouble thinking when pressure was applied. She signaled to her friends to find something. They looked around, and found a berry bush. There were two squirrels holding sticks with berries on them. Hutch took the sticks from them, and the squrriels screamed. Hutch passed it on to Candu. He passed it to Sam, she passed it to Violent and she passed it to Luna. Luna put it in Kate's paw.
'They can eat…'
She looked at what she was holding, and quickly felt embarrassed. No wolves in her pack liked berries. She had no choice but to speak.
'Berries! Yeah, yeah! Berries. Berries that are blue-Blue berries!'
Humphrey laughed at her speech. She clearly felt pressure on her. She took a bite and chewed them. It left her jaw covered in berry juice. She tastes them. They were bitter. Very bitter. She wanted to spit them out, but if she did it in front of Humphrey, she'd be more embarrassed than ever before.
'Berries are really,' -she stopped for a moment to chew a bit- 'healthy and filled with viatums.'
Humphrey got up, turned his head back forward and walked back to the den.
'Try telling that to a hungry pack.' Humphrey mumbled.
Kate could take no more of the disgusting, bitter taste of the berries. She did a spit-take, getting rid of most of it. Her crew cringed at her spit. She rubbed her tongue against her teeth and tried to get the reminder out.
'Berries are bitter.' She commented, before having the feeling of throwing up.
Humphrey made his way to the ramp of the den. Shakey was halfway there as he carried Salty through the path to the den. Mooch was about to catch up, when Klaws gave him an order.
'Mooch!'
Mooch looked to Klaws, ready to complete the order.
'Go find the female hunt group. It's time to stop watching out for strange behaviour. Tell them its their turn to hunt next.'
Mooch nodded, and ran off towards the cliff the omegas were on before. Since it was dangerous having two hunting groups in the valley, the male group and the female group took turns. While one group hunted, the other group would keep watch for any strange behaviour. The watch group would report what they saw. Every time they hunted, they would swap. Luna watched him as he jumped up onto the cliff face. Kate could see that Luna was starting to take a shine to Mooch. Mooch leaped higher and higher, kicking off the cliff each time.
Humphrey reached the den first. His mother, Connie was waiting for him. Connie had grey fur and yellow eyes. Her face lit up as Humphrey came close.
'Hey mum.'
He said nothing else, and walked inside the den. Connie sighed. He was in a bad mood. Klaws walked up to her to explain the reasoning for Humphrey's unusual sad behaviour.
'Eastern wolves ruined Humphrey's hunt.'
Connie gave a low growl. She always tried her best to remain as calm as possible in tense situations. She knew there had to be more.
'Luckily, the omegas are always there to stop the fights.'
Connie sighed again, but it was happily. Klaws stood at the edge of the balcony and watched over the valley. He heard groans of pain from behind him. He and Connie turned around and saw a sad sight. Shakey was walking up with Salty leaning on him. He had very obvious scars on his side that were bleeding badly. Shakey knew that they were going to ask him what happened.
'Salty was badly injured in the fight.' He explained.
Connie knew her friend, Eve, could fix this. Eve was the mother of Kate, and was the healer in the pack. She could heal and sicknes and injury.
'Get him into the den!' Connie ordered.
Shakey led Salty into the den. Once he was in, Shakey let him walk back on his own. He came back to see Mooch with five female wolves.
'I brought back the female hunt group.' Mooch declared.
He followed Salty into the den. The female hunt group was made of five female wolves. Lily was the leader of it. Both her eyes were visible. Two of them, Reba and Jenna, were sisters. One was brownish white and the other was grey. They prefered to eat fish to caribou. The other two, Candy and Sweets were best friends. There were both a brownish white, but Sweets was more white. Candy's hair was longer.
'Report.' Klaws demanded.
Lily stepped forward. She had very bad news to tell.
'We saw that the eastern wolves caused the stampede on purpose.' She reported.
Klaws growled as the female hunt group went inside the den. Shakey moved to the side. He had enough of these eastern wolves raining the hunts. He looked at Klaws, and Klaws looked back.
'This is ridiculous. We can't let them keep raining our hunts, and…'
Shakey stopped as Klaws moved his paw in a 'stop' motion. His teeth seemed sharper than normal.
'Are our alphas on alert?' Klaws asked.
Shakey smiled, and pointed in a direction. Klaws looked, and saw almost all the alphas looking for the eastern wolves. Klaws looked back at Shakey, and smiled. It was a 'Good Job!' smile. Shakey nodded in reply, and stepped inside the den. Shakey joined the rest of both the groups. The only ones not with them were Humphrey and Lily.
Since Lily wasn't hunting, she pretended to attack her tail. Humphrey laughed at the sight of her. Whenever Lily was alone or only with her family, she would be a complete omega to relieve the stress of being an alpha.
'I'm gonna get ya!' Lily yelled.
She ran around in a small circle, trying to catch her tail. Humphrey laughed even more. Lily was just about to grab her tail, when she accidently wrongly placed one of her forelegs. She placed one in front of the other so they crossed. She tripped, and fell to the ground. She landed on her side, and rolled onto her stomach.
'Better luck next time.' Humphrey
joked.
Lily just laughed as she got up. Humphrey laid down to rest, when Connie came in. He knew she preferred to see him sitting up straight.
'Humphrey…' Connie started.
Humphrey sighed, and sat up. He didn't move his head, but he could just barely see his ribs. This was bad. Alphas couldn't get skinny. Most omegas were though, because they only got the scraps. This rang in his head. Omegas had to have more than just the hard bits at most. Rarely, they even got bones with little meat on it. That was just before the eastern wolves started this. Klaws was still outside, looking over the valley. Connie just wanted him to come in for the food.
'Klaws, come in and join us.' Connie called.
Klaws muttered a curse. He hadn't seen the food yet, but he knew it was going to be bad.
'I HEARD THAT!' Connie shouted, but she was happy her kids didn't hear it. Want to know it? Here's a tip: F… (dolphin noise). (A/N: SPONGEBOB REFERENCE FTW! I REALLY HOPE THAT DOESN'T MAKE MY STORY MA.)
After muttering a curse not as bad, he stepped in. His face grew stern as he saw the food. The rest of the hunting groups were ignoring it. He could see that Lily was smelling it. She quickly shot back and made sounds of disgust. Humphrey was annoyed by all the flys around it. Even Connie didn't seem to want it. Their food was nothing but bones.
'Scraps and bones are not food to any pack.'
Humphrey was started to feel ashamed. If he had tried harder, he wouldn't be eating bones.
'I'm sorry dad.' He whined.
He made it sound like this whole thing, including the eastern wolves, was his fault. His ears were drooping as Klaws thought of something to say.
'It isn't you fault, son. There were the ones who ruined your hunt.'
Humphrey tried to smile, and Klaws could tell that he was still upset. There was only one thing that could take his mind off this.
'The omegas are trying to encourage the remainder alphas to eat berries. You might want to have a look at that.' Klaws suggested.
Humphrey's mood was suddenly lifted. He wagged his tail, and ran outside. Klaws laughed at how excited he was to watch omegas. Humphrey sat down where Klaws was before. He saw Kate and her whole crew in front of the four alphas. The omegas had two squirrels behind them, holding berry twigs. The other needed berries were on twigs, lying on the ground. Humphrey smiled even more, and tilt his head twice.
'Just telling to think about this, we bring you…' Kate began.
The omegas reached out behind themselves, and took the berries out. Kate was really nervous, worrying about the alphas attacking her.
'Berries!' Kate finished.
The alphas though about it for a second. They all started growling at once. The omegas, realising their mistake, pull the berries away. Kate had to think of something else. She felt the squirrels, and grabbed their tails. She showed them to the alphas.
'How about squirrels?' She asked.
The alphas instantly made a decision. They were panted, wagging they tail, and even drooling. The squirrels screamed, again, and Kate knew it was a bad idea. She threw them into the air.
'Bad joke. Flying squirrels!' Kate exclaimed.
The rest of her crew came close to her. They smiled nervously.
The squirrels landed right in front of Humphrey. They just stood there, with fast breathing and darting eyes. Humphrey moved his head around, looking everywhere but them. His head soon stopped, and was looking off them. Only his eyes looked at them. Suddenly, he closer and barked at them, showing his sharp teeth. The squirrels yet again screamed, and ran off into the forest. Humphrey laughed.
'Squirrels. They can't take a joke.'
SO GUYS, DOES THE STORY SEEM LIKE IT HAS EXTENDED AND DELETED SCENES? IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, I RECOMMEND YOU READ THE BADDER VERSION OF THIS STORY. ALSO, DID YOU LIKE THAT TWIST ON MOOCH? HE WENT FROM BEING OVERWEIGHT TO BEING THE FITTEST ALPHA EVER'
