Chapter two
Lilly entered the den to find her parents both sitting near the entrance.
"Lilly, where were you, you had us worried sick." Eve said as she approached Lilly, the sun shining on her fur making it appear golden giving her a regal look.
"I was just exploring." Lilly said softly as she lied.
"Are you okay, did you fall?" Eve questioned looking at the bump on her head. Lilly whined and pulled back when she touched it. "And why do you smell like smoke?"
"Lilly are you lying to us?" Winston said while he got up and walked towards Lilly. "You can tell us the truth, what were you doing last night?"
"Well…. I woke up last night and went to get a drink from the pond but I slipped and fell into it and hit my head on a rock. I climbed out and then I passed out. When I woke up I was in this cave with a human."
"Did he hurt you?" Eve said growling. "No! Mon he helped me. He wrapped me up in something soft that kept me warm and laid me next to a fire to dry me off. He gave me water and carried me back to the border this morning and told me to get back home."
"The human helped you?" Winston said surprised.
"Yeah, he was really nice, said his name was Max, he looked young and about my age in wolf years." Lilly responded.
"Well I guess we can forget about this incident and get on with the day. You can run of and play Lilly, be careful." Winston said as he walked off.
"And if this human ever hurts you just tell me and I'll rip out his throat. " Eve said smiling as she walked off back into the den. Lilly turned around and walked to the entrance of the den and sat down and looked over the valley as the sun shined down; The snow was starting to melt. Lilly was lucky Max had found her otherwise she probably wouldn't have made it through the night. She was still curious why he helped her. Maybe humans aren't so different from us she thought.
"Hey Lilly!" Lilly saw Humphrey in the distance shouting at her. Lilly got up and walked over to Humphrey. "Hey Lilly do you want to hang my friends and I, we're going log sleeding?" Humphrey said to her.
"Sure… Sounds fun." Lilly said in a shy tone.
"Cool, come on lets go my friends are waiting." Humphrey said walking away motioning to Lilly. Humphrey and her started walking up a path to a nearby.
"Humphrey, can I ask you a question?" Lilly said while playing with her hair.
"Sure, anything." Humphrey said back to her smiling.
"What do you think about humans?" Lilly said. Humphrey stopped.
"I've never net them, they killed my parents when I was very little." Humphrey eyes started to fill with tears.
"Humphrey… I'm sorry, I-I didn't know." Lilly said with sadness in her eyes as well.
"It's okay.. Like you said, you didn't know, let's just get up the mountain and do some log sledding."
"You're right, today is going to be a fun day." Lilly said while they continued up the hill and meet with Salty, Shaky, and Mooch.
"Hey guys, mind if Lilly joins us today, it's going to be her first time log sledding. Humphrey said while smiling at his friends.
"You mean Lilly the pack leaders daughter?" Salty asked.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Humphrey responded confused.
"I don't know… I've always found her attractive, it would be kind of awkward."
"Salty, she's right behind me." Humphrey said while moving to the side revealing Lilly blushing. Salty's eyes widened.
"I'm screwed, Eve's going to kill me." Salty said out loud.
"No… It's alright, I won't tell. Let's just have some fun okay, I'll forget you even said that." Lilly said approaching Salty. "Besides, I liked hearing it." Lilly said as she licked his cheek and sat next to him.
"Did you guys find a log?" Humphrey asked.
"Yeah it's over there all ready for us." Shaky said pointing behind them.
"Okay, lets get in, I'll be in front, than Shaky, Lilly, Salty. Mooch, you'll be in the back." After they all got in Humphrey looked back at Lilly.
"You ready Lilly?" Humphrey asked Lilly just nodded. Humphrey leaned forward and they were going down the hill at speeds they have never experienced before, the melting snow and ice made the hill very slippery. They were dodging trees left and right but they couldn't keep up, soon they crashed into a boulder sending them flying into the valley below, everyone started laughing at the bottom.
"Man that was awesome!" Humphrey yelled but he spotted Lilly was crying and whining silently.
"Guys, stop laughing, I think Lilly's hurt." Humphrey said to his friends as he walked over to Lilly. "Lilly, you okay?" He asked, but she didn't have to answer, he saw her holding her right paw by the wrist, it was purple.
"I hurt my paw." Lilly said still crying.
"Oh my god Lilly, I'm sooo sorry, I should've have known the melting snow would've made us go faster. Here let me carry you to your den, okay?" Humphrey looked at Lilly and she nodded. Humphrey picked Lilly up onto his back and walked to the Head-Alpha den.
Humphrey walked up to the entrance with Lilly on his back. When Humphrey entered, Eve hurried over to her daughter as Humphrey set her down.
"She hurt her paw pretty bad it looks like." Humphrey said looking at Eve.
"How?" Eve asked.
"Well we were playing a game and she fell." Humphrey lied not wanting to tell Eve of their dangerous activities.
"Are you okay honey, let me take a look." Eve said lifting up Lilly's paw who winced at the pain. "It looks like you bruised and sprained it, just stay off that paw for awhile, okay."
Lilly nodded and walked to the back of the den and laid down closing her eyes. Lilly let herself drift into sleep.