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"Down!"

"One Sir."

"Down!"

"Two Sir."

Over the past couple of weeks Humphrey had gotten a lot better. He was now stronger and faster than he was before, he still wasn't as strong as Garth, but if they were to fight Humphrey wouldn't go down easy. He has also become much better at preforming various exercises like we see here with log squats.

"Down!"

"Twenty Sir!"

With that Humphrey threw the log off his back and shook his fur.

"That it for today Winston?"

"Yes Humphrey you may rest now."

Humphrey nodded and smiled. He took off running out of the forest and back into the Meadow at which he had originally arrived at, at the beginning of his journey in becoming an Alpha. The Meadow, yet still having same appearance, had but one difference. Humphrey's den was now implicated right into the floor a few meters away from the pond that he had spent many a hour practicing his senses at.

Humphrey's den was no bigger than the pond beside it for it only needed one inhabitant. Humphrey. As a part of Humphrey's training he had to learn to live and sustain life alone without the help of other wolves. So whilst Garth and Winston camped out a little ways away into the forest, Humphrey had to be alone.

Humphrey shortly arrived at his den and walked inside and laid down, putting his head on his paws. Humphrey slowly closed his eyes to fall asleep, but something disturbing had kept him awake. He felt the presence of another wolf.

"Hello?"

"Hello?" Humphrey stood up and looked around outside the den. *Whack*. Something hit Humphrey right on the head.

"Ow, what the heck?" Humphrey questioned while holding his head.

"How many times has Winston told you too always be on your toes?"

"Garth?"

Humphrey removed his paws from his aching head and looked at Garth, who stood on his den.

"Yep."

"What are you doing here?"

"Winston wanted me to tell you that tonight Winston and I will be heading back to the United Packs to let them know your progress or whatever."

"Alright...So...I'll be alone?"

"That's the point, it's a test. Not hard one, just be alive when we get back."

"Yeah I get the gist of it."

Garth then jumped down from the den and headed into the forest, but he paused not looking back and spoke.

"Good luck."

"Thanks."

And with that Garth leapt into the forest and disappeared into the shadows of the night.

(Garth and Winston; Some hours later)

"You think he's alright?"

"Of course I do Garth. There isn't a thing to worry about. For one he is hiding in one of the most secluded spots in all of Canada, and two I don't know of a single wolf that would just go searching for him for no reason."

Garth simply nodded and continued walking side by side with Winston. Being that they were both Alphas, neither of them were very much tired, and had been non stop walking for what felt like hours to Garth.

"Are we close Sir?" Garth asked.

"Actually here we are, and just in time too. Right in the morning Everyone should be at breakfest right now."

Garth and Winston walked over to the feeding grounds, all the wolves were too busy eating to notice them so Winston howled, letting them know that they had returned.

"What's that white blur running right for me?" Garth asked squinting his eyes.

"I believe that's your mate."

And then the white blur ran right into Garth. Putting him on the ground.

"Garth!"

"Lily!"

(The Meadow; Same Time)

Humphrey awoke and rubbed his eyes clean of eye dust. He stood up, yawned and walked outside his den to greet the morning Sun.

"Well I'd better hunt for breakfest."

Humphrey walked out of the den and into forest that Garth had disappeared into hours before.

Hunphrey walked around for a couple of minutes without finding anything to eat.

"So it's gonna be one of those days is it? Great."

Upon saying this he stumbled across a rabbit hole.

"Not falling for that one again."

Hunphrey sat into a hunting position a few meters away from the hole and decided it'd be best if he'd wait for some sort of activity, but after a few more minutes of nothing he sighed.

"It's gonna be a long day..."

(United Packs; Minutes Before Garth and Winston's arrival)

The white furred wolf awoke with a jolt.

"Oh Kate you scared me."

"Sorry I just thought you should know that Garth and Dad are almost here."

"Really!? Wait? What about Humphrey?"

Kate's upbeat expression faded.

"Kate...I'm..."

"No don't be sorry it's okay, he has to stay and I understand that."

Lily stood up from where she sat and hugged her sister. A few moments into the embrace, a howl rang out through the packs.

"Go get'em."

Lily then ran right towards the source of the howl at a dead sprint. Only when she arrived at the feeding grounds did she see him at the other end. Garth. Lily sped up and ran right for him and into him, putting him on the ground and Lily on top.

"Garth!"

"Lily!"

They then shared kiss that lasted quite a bit before they realized Winston was right there next to them. When they stopped both had embarrassed expressions and if they didn't have fur you would probably see them blushing.

Winston only chuckled at this and walked in the direction of the Alpha Den. On the way to the den Lily and Garth leaned on each other and whispered little love things into one another's ears. When they got to the den they were fretted to tan furred wolves. Kate and Eve.

Eve smiled and walked up to Winston where they shared a hug. Kate than took her turn and hugged her father and lastly Lily was hugged. After they all hugged each one of them sat down in the den in a circle.

Eve was the first to break the awkward silence.

"Allow me to ask the question that's on all our minds. How is Humphrey's training going?"

Winston and Garth then began to tell them everything of Humphrey's journey in becoming an Alpha. From the first to right before they left. The three females listened in intense interest, but Kate was the most interested, not once during the story did she look away or down, or even close her eyes for extended periods of time. Near the end Garth realized Winston had forgotten part of what happened during the first few hours of Humphrey going under training.

"Winston I believe you forgot, one tiny little detail of what happened."

"Wait what happened?" Kate barged in.

"The coyote may or may not have taken down a full grown buck on his first hunt."

"WHAT?!" Kate exploded with her eyes wide.

Lily and Eve's jaws both dropped and looked at Winston to see if what Garth said was true.

"Yes, what Garth said is true."

"Wait Kate...are you crying?" Lily asked concerned.

"Y-y-yesssss."

"Why?"

"I'm so proud of him."

(The Meadow; Same Time)

While The wolves of the United Packs were reuniting with one another Humphrey was up to his own antics. Humphrey had fallen asleep whilst waiting for the rabbits to emerge. When he awoke he was shocked to find that each one was out and about around the rabbit hole. He slowly but surely got back into hunting position and stalked the two rabbits before him.

"Your mine." He whispered.

Humphrey jumped at both, but landed on one so Humphrey bit the jugular and killed quick and he let the other rabbit hop away into the forest. Humphrey then ate his meal in the little clearing.

After his meal he walked home to his den and sighed. He was alone and bored.

"Guess I'll just wait it out." He thought out loud.

Hunphrey then once again, floated off into dream land.

(A few Meters outside the Meadow; Night)

"Sir He's alone."

"And defenseless."

"Oh and sleeping!"

"You think I don't know that!? You idiots shut up before he hears us!" The supposed head wolf listened to hear if Humphrey was stirring awake."Alright here's the plan fools. David, you are to wait with me, Sam you flank in case Jag fails to knock him out. Am I clear?"

"Crystal." They all replied in unison.

"Good, move out and be silent."

Each of wolf moved into position and The Head Wolf nodded at Jag to move forward. So he did and silently stalked up to Humphrey's den. Upon entering Jag saw Humphrey sleeping soundly.

"Too easy."

Humphrey's eyes shot open and he stood up only to look Jag right in the eyes.

"Who are..." Humphrey didn't finish.

Jag uppercutted Humphrey and he hit the back of the den hard. Jag then walked up to Humphrey.

"Sorry about that bro, but I needed to make it believable. I'm Jag, I'll explain the rest later."

Jag extended his paw out for Humphrey to grab and Humphrey examined him. He was an all black wolf with emerald green eyes. Humphrey accepted the lift up but instead of being friendly, Humphrey rammed into Jag with his shoulder and Jag flew out of the den and into the pond outside.

Upon seeing this Sam ran over to the den saw Humphrey. Sam swung a punch at him but Humphrey dodged it and punched Sam in the chest. Sam fell to the den floor wheezing and gasping for air. In the time that this happened Jag had escaped the pond.

"I guess I kinda deserved that, and nice knock out. Alright come on dude let's go!"

"I'll go on one condition. Tell me, Who are you!?"

"Names Jag. I'm your brother. Now let's go, The Head Wolf is gonna come for us any second now, trust me please."

"Wha...?"

"I don't have time for this."

Jag then walked up to Humphrey and chopped at his neck, making Humphrey paralyzed.

"Nice work Jag, now hand'em over."

"Aw Crap."

(The United Packs; Same Time)

"Well I guess we'll be off."

They all hugged goodbye and Garth and Winston started the trek back to Humphrey.

"Ready for the Long haul?"

"I guess."

"What's wrong Son?"

"I have this pit in my stomach, something isn't right."

"I'm sure everything's fine. Maybe your just hungry?"

"Yeah that's probably it. I'll live though, we can keep walking."

Winston nodded and patted his back. And thus they continued the long haul towards The Meadow.

(The Meadow; Same Time)

"Jag I said hand him over."

Jag only starred. But not a normal stare. It was a stare of measurement, Jag was measuring his odds of winning this fight. So he looked at the cons first.

They Are two of them.

One of them is Head Wolf.

They are better trained.

And the pros?

None.

"Great." Jag said aloud.

"what?"

"Nothing, allow me to carry him Sir, wouldn't want to spoil your look."

Head Wolf squinted his eyes and examined Jag's expression.

"Ha ha ha! That's my boy! You always know what to say alright David pick up the failure and let's get out of this Hell hole."

Head Wolf and David both turned toward the exit and ignored Jag to walk out of the small cramped den. Jag took too the opportunity. Jag dropped Humphrey quietly and walked close up behind David and tripped him by sliding his forearm into his feet forcing David to drop Sam on the Head Wolf creating a tangle and cluster of mess and arguments over what happened. While these wolves were distracted Jag slid Humphrey back onto his back and took off running.

(Unkown Location; Jag and Humphrey; The Next Morning)

Humphrey began to stir awake.

"Where am I?"

"Ah your awake."

"I asked a question." Humphrey stated while still laying down on his back.

"I see, Welcome to The Southwestern Pack of Jasper, and as you know. I am Jag."

"Why am I here?"

"Jeez always with the questions. Alright your in My den in the southwestern part of Jasper."

"I thought you said it was a pack? And you said you were my brother?"

"The pack was a joke, I'm a loner. And yes I am."

"But how?"

"This is going to be difficult to explain, ok Humphrey listen to me. Alright we are brothers of the same father but not the same mother. You see the way our pack works is that The Head Wolf, our Dad, is the only one who is alllowed to mate with the Females or mate in general."

"What!? You expect me to belie..."

"No I don't, nor do I care to hear it dude."

Humphrey sighed.

"Alright let's say this is true, why does 'dad' need me. Oh and also I was told my parents died in a wild fire by the pack I'm truly from."

"Lies man, lies. He wants you because you were supposed to be his successor."

(The Meadow; Garth and Winston; Morning Arrival)

"Finally were here!" Garth said relieved.

"Humphrey!" Winston called out walking towards the den.

"Hunphrey?" He called again.

Both wolves were very surprised to find the den completely empty.

"Where is he?"

"I don't know."

"Coyote! You out there!"

"Garth his scent, it's here…combined with…oh no this isn't good."

"What? What is it?"

"Southern wolves. I smell them, we need to run now!"

The too began to take off towards the forest and Humphrey's scent.

Suddenly the wolves known as Sam and David stopped them.

"Your not running anywhere without a fight old man."

(The United Packs; The Alpha Den; Lily and Kate)

After Garth and Winston left, things in the pack began to die down and eventually all things went back into regular schedule. However two wolves in particular were having the day off, relaxing in the Alpha Den.

"Hey Lily."

"Yeah Kate."

"You wanna do something Humphrey showed me?"

"Sure! What is it?"

"Logsledding."

"Uh I don't know it sounds dangerous."

"Oh come on don't let the Alpha out-Omega you."

"Fine, I'll go."

The two walked to decent sized hill and started searching for a log. Eventually Lily found one and they decided it was good enough for use. The set up on the tip of the hill and took off, they slowly picked up speed and Kate was barely dodging trees and boulders. This made Lily nervous, so she decided to speak up. But for them to hear each other they had to yell.

"Hey Kate!"

"Yeah! Woo! This is so much fun! What is it sis?"

"Maybe this isn't such a good idea with what I have!"

"What do you have!?"

"Pups!"

"What!?"

"Kate! I'm pregnant!"

I hope you enjoyed Chapter 2. Thanks for all the support I got on the last chapter! Hope you liked the Triple cliffhanger! Lol. Anyways thanks again and...

Stay Frosty Mates!