Chapter 2: he's baaack
Kate was sitting on the edge of the cliff by her den overlooking the valley when she heard someone behind her; she turned around slowly to find it was Humphrey
'Great, just who I needed to talk to! He always has a way of calming me down when I'm nervous.' Kate thought. Then she noticed he was just staring at her.
"Lilly do you think we could have a moment?" Kate asked her sister, who had been brushing her tail this whole time.
"Sure, sis." Lilly said.
"Aaare you alright, Humphrey?" Kate asked
"Huh...yea, just spacin' out...listen Kate i just wanted to tell you... t-that I-I well ...err" Humphrey stammered.
"Just spit it out already" Kate interrupted.
letting out a long sigh Humphrey said" i just wanted to say I'm happy for you two and to say goodbye."
"Goodbye?" Kate repeated "what do you mean?"
Humphrey sighed again" I mean I'm leaving, there's nothing for me here anymore"
"What, of course there is." Kate said
"Like what?" Humphrey snapped, a bit more harshly then he meant to.
'Why, why is he saying these things? Doesn't he care about any of us? About me?' "Humphrey" Kate whispered tears welling up in her eyes.
At seeing the girl he loved start to cry he was at a loss for words. "Kate, I-I. I'm sorry, goodbye."
Kate couldn't hold it in any longer, she started to cry as he left.' he just left! He just turned around and started walking! I don't believe this, he's really going!' she thought.
Winston was walking out of his den to go talk to Kate and make sure she was alright with this whole thing. He was almost there when heard her crying and Lilly trying to comfort her saying things like
"It's okay; everything's going to be alright."
Witch was then followed by Kate response "no, no it isn't. He's gone, gone!"
"What's the matter?" Winston asked.
"It's Humphrey He's leaving." Kate said between sobs.
"What?" Winston asked
"He was just up here, he told Kate he was happy for her and Garth and wanted to say goodbye. He said there was nothing here for him anymore." Lilly said
Scene change
Humphrey sat at the top of the canyon wall, the furthest seat from Kate's ceremony. He just couldn't put himself any closer, it was just too painful. Then he noticed something about Kate, she and Garth had stopped.
'Huh? I wonder what's wrong. Why did they stop the ceremony?' he thought as he raised his head off his paws. Then he heard it, the thundering of feet, lots and lots of feet.
'Oh no.' he thought.
"Stampede!" someone shouted.
He watched in confusion as the whole place erupted into chaos with wolves climbing frantically up the mountains trying to get away from the caribou. When the dust cleared he could make out three shapes surrounding one by a felled tree
"Kate!" he exclaimed.
He raced down the mountain jumping, springing, diving and somersaulting over wolves that were in his way. He came upon the image of Kate lying, unmoving, on the ground.
"No, no, no! Kate! Why, why did this happen?" he asked no one in particular
"She did it trying to save us." Winston said
"No, not that why did the caribou stampede? They don't just do that for any reason." Humphrey wondered
"Where are you going, you can't be serious? You'll be killed if-"
"Enough Tony." Winston said.
"Like hell! I'll be damned if I'm going to let my nephew go off on his own at a time like this!"
"He can take care of himself!" Winston yelled back at Tony
"Nephew?" Kate asked wearily as she tried and failed to get up
"What do you mean nephew, Humphrey is a western wolf, has been his whole life"
"No he hasn't and his name's not Humphrey its De-"tony started
"SILENCE!" bellowed Winston catching the attention of every wolf except for Humphrey. This time it was Eve's turn to be startled as she and the rest of the wolves stared wide-eyed at Winston
"You were forbidden to ever utter that word without his permission! We all were!"
"That doesn't change the fact that we're still family and I'm going after him!"
Tony countered
"We'll go after him!" shaky said
"We will?" mooch asked, earning him an elbow to the side. "Oof! I mean we will, we will!"
"That's better!"
"Fine, but hurry up you two." tony said.
They then proceeded to dash of in the direction the caribou had come from.
It was a little over two hours of non-stop sprinting before they finally caught sight of him.
"Damn! How does he run this fast for so long!" shaky said
"I don't know!" mooch answered
They stopped running when they noticed him, just standing there, over a large brown form.
"Hey Humphrey, tony and Winston want you back at the valley a.s.a.p. " mooch said.
"Humphrey? Humphrey, are you listening?" shaky asked.
"Go." Humphrey said "go! Get outa here, now!"
"What? No we were told to come get you!"
"Grrr, what was the point of choosing me as leader of the omegas if you aren't even going to listen to me?" Humphrey yelled
"It's not that it's just that we have orders from higher up! "Shaky yelled back
At this Humphrey lost it, he ran at them and slashed shaky across the face with his claw leaving a long gash from his left eye to the right side of his nose.
"What's wrong with you man?" mooch asked
Humphrey just stood there growling.
'Oh man that is a bad wound he's losing blood fast! I need to get him back to the valley soon!' mooch thought.
They both ran off; with mooch helping support shaky as to not make the wound worse and to prevent unnecessary blood loss.
"What happened to you two?" Winston and tony asked in unison.
"It's Humphrey he went berserk and attacked shaky!" mooch exclaimed
"I'll be back." tony growled
"Be careful." Winston said.
"Yea" 'what the hell has gotten into him?' tony thought
By the time tony found Humphrey the sun had already started to set. He was sitting beside a large brown form about fifty feet ahead of him. Upon closer inspection he realized what it was...a bear.
"It's him isn't it?" he asked. "He's back."
"Know anyone else who would be able to take down a fully grown grizzly?" Humphrey asked.
"You mean besides you?" was the reply
" let me rephrase that; do you know anyone who would go out of their way to take on a full grown grizzly just for the thrill of the challenge?" he asked
"Unfortunately, no."
"Do you think I should tell them?" Humphrey asked
"That's completely up to you, but remember, the longer you hide it the more they'll hate you when the truth slips out." tony said
"I know. I guess I will tell them then, oh, and uncle, don't call me Humphrey from now on. My name is Decca"
'And so it begins.' they both thought at the same exact time
well here is chapter two hope you enjoyed it I decided to update early so don't expect another for a while but I'll try to get it out there soon also this is a bit longer than what I'm used to writing so don't expect long chapters much either. Any who thanks for reading peace out
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