Okay guys, I am soooooo sorry I took so long to update this story. I was really focusing on my other story and this one was all but forgotten. Finally took some time to get another chapter for you guys. Hope you like it!

Humphrey's POV

I didn't even have to open my eyes to know that it was morning. The sun shining directly on my face was what woke me up. I stretched as I let out a big yawn, then decided to see if my parents were home from their alpha duties yet. I poked my head out of my cave and looked toward the main den to see that joshes dad was talking to my parents. Now I'm in trouble, I said to myself as he turned and started walking away. I jumped back into my den hoping not to be seen by my parents and hit my head in the process. I let out a loud yip before I could stop myself. I covered my muzzle quickly and listened to see if they had heard.

"Humphrey!" My mom called to me. I decided to ignore her. Maybe that would work. "Humphrey, I know your awake. Come here, we need to talk to you."

"Oh poo..." I said before slowly slipping out of my den. I walked into the main den slowly with my head down.

"Joshes father was just here. He said you two were out pretty late last night. Is that correct?" My dad asked me. I nodded slowly.

"Dad, I can explain..." I started.

"You better have a pretty good explanation." He said sternly.

I thought for a moment, then opened my mouth to speak. "I was, we were just, Uh, I mean..." Just then a loud howl ripped through the air. Mom and dad looked up instantly as it rang through the forest.

"Humphrey, we'll talk about this later." Dad said. "For now just go to joshes place. Well be back to pick you up after a little while." Then suddenly they sprung up and took off toward the head alphas den.

As mom left the den she stopped and turned to face me. "I love you sweetie. Be good." She said sweetly.

"I love you too mom! I will." I replied and with that she turned around and ran until she caught up with dad.

So I started toward joshes place. "Man, I wonder what that could have been." I said to myself. "Good timing though." I laughed. As joshes den came into view, I noticed that he was sitting alone.

"Hey Josh." I said as I sat beside him.

"Hey Humphrey!" He said happy to see me. What are you doing here?"

"My parents sent me here. They left and didn't tell me where they were going, but it seemed important." I told him. "Where's your dad?"

"He left too. Must be going to the same place." He said.

"I wonder what it could be."

"I don't know, but did you hear that howl!" He asked excitedly.

"Yeah, that was really something, huh? That was the best howl I've ever heard!"

"Too bad you can't howl like that." He said teasingly.

"Well sure I can." I accepted his challenge.

"What makes you so sure?"

"Just watch this." I said and I let out the best howl I could muster.

After I finished Josh burst out laughing. "You call that a howl?" He barely managed to get out.

"Like you could do any better." I shot back.

"I could." He laughed.

"Then let's hear it."

He took a fighting stance, put his head down, took a deep breath, tilted his head back looking to the sky and he let out what was his best howl. The high-pitched squeal he produced made me cover my ears and whimper.

When he finished he looked down at me. "Cmon, it can't be that bad!" He said as I pulled my paws from my ears.

"Oh, it was. Definitely." I said as I got back up off the ground. We looked each other in the eyes, then suddenly burst out laughing simultaneously. We laughed until we couldn't breath, then laughed some more. Finally after fifteen minutes we couldn't take it any more so we both laid down and slowly stopped.

"What a howl." Josh said between breaths.

"Yeah, that was the worst I ever heard!" I said as I started laughing again, remembering joshes 'howl'.

"Yours was worse!" He said as he, too, started laughing.

After about five minutes we'd had enough.

"So what you wanna do now?" Josh asked me.

"I don't know."

"How bout a nap?" He suggested. "I didn't sleep at all last night so I'm really tired."

"Sounds like a good idea to me. I'm tired too." So we went back into his den, found a spot, curled up and went to sleep.

(30 Minutes Later)

When I woke up there were wolves running all over frantically. Some were hurt, some were yelling out names and looking for their pups. I looked to see that Josh was still asleep. I shook him awake.

"Josh, wake up!" I commanded.

"Ugh, let me sleep."

"Josh, common! Something's going on out there." I said nervously.

He reluctantly got up and looked outside. Suddenly his eyes bulged. "What's happened?"

"I have no idea, but I don't like the looks of it." I said whimpering slightly.

Just then I heard someone call my name. "Humphrey, where are you?"

"I'm in here mom!" I yelled back.

Seconds later a wolf burst into the den. "Humphrey, there you are." Mom said relieved. She quickly picked me up by the scruff of my neck and started running out of the den.

"Where are we going?" I asked her.

"I'm taking you away from here." She replied through clenched teeth.

"But why, what's going on?" She didn't answer. Just then I realized something. "Mom, where's dad?" I asked worriedly. She started to whimper softly then quickly stopped and put me on the ground. I looked up to see a tear in her eye.

"He was taken." She said sadly. Then she began to cry.

"By who?"

"I don't know. They just showed up and started fighting. He was taken as a prisoner. He was alive when they took him, but now, who knows..." She said painfully. "That's why I'm taking you away, before they come back."

She roughly picked me back up and started running faster than before, dodging trees this way and that until we came to a stream. She sped up to jump over it. As she leapt into the air she was hit by another wolf. Her jaw released its grip on me instantly and I went sailing to the other side toward a hollowed log. I flew into the log head first and hit hard. Everything went black...

Well, like I said I'm really sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up. Hopefully it won't take as long for the next one. Anyway, looks like little Humphrey has ran into some rather poor luck. Hope he makes it out okay. Please review!