Author's Note: Okay, here's the first big twist! Here we go!

Chapter Two

Out of Proportion!

Meanwhile, up on the ledge that overlooked the valley in the United Pack, Tony and Winston, the alpha males of the United Pack, were talking to each other over something somewhat important. They were sitting with their backs to the ledge, which was maybe twenty-five feet high.

"So what do you think this is?" Tony questioned Winston. Because they were wolves, Tony and Winston had never seen anything like what Tony had just found. Tony had just placed a small, black rectangular object on the ground. The wolves were unable to compare it to anything they'd ever seen, but for the sake of our readers, the device will be described using human terms. It was a large black "box" so to speak that was slightly larger than an old TV remote. There were buttons all over the front with no labeling and a shiny silver antenna, about three inches long, was on the top. Tony had discovered this device earlier in the day and brought it to his co-leader Winston to see if they could identify it.

"I've never seen anything like it before! Where did you find it?" Winston asked Tony.

"I was just out hunting this morning and I saw it on the ground," Tony began. "So I came back to get it after I took my kill back to Mary, my mate. It was way over on the former Eastern Pack's border, just lying on the ground."

"Do you think it's used for anything?" Winston continued.

"Your guess is as good as mine is."

Winston and Tony thought about what the strange black box could possibly be. After a brief silence, Winston said, "I can't think of anything."

"Me neither. So, guess we don't need it," Tony abruptly said as he stood up and kicked the "useless" device over the cliff. He began walking away. The wolves did not realize it but there was a small flash of light behind them as the device was destroyed on the ground.

"Ohhhkay… Well I suppose that solves that problem," Winston said. He too turned and started walking, but climbed down the ledge while Tony simply walked ahead and back to the den he shared with his mate.


While this was occurring, Humphrey and Lilly were approaching the bottom of the same ledge where Winston and Tony were talking. The two omegas were still talking about how they felt inadequate compared to their mates.

"Yeah, it's just like I'll never be able to keep up with her because I'm a 'useless' omega. As far as the pack is concerned, that is," Humphrey said.

"As far as I'M concerned, you're my best friend," Lilly replied trying to keep Humphrey's spirits up.

"Wait! Lilly, hold on…" Humphrey interrupted nervously.

"Oh come on Humphrey. You and I both know it's the truth," Lilly said.

"Yeah, but it's not that," Humphrey directed Lilly's attention towards the top of the cliff. "INCOMING!"

In a matter of seconds, Lilly looked at what Humphrey was directing her attention to and saw some black object that looked like a rock headed straight for her! Thinking quickly, Humphrey pounced at Lilly and got himself and her out of the way. He was now shielding Lilly like he had done to Kate back in the fateful stampede. The black "rock" landed on the ground and exploded in a relatively quiet way, generating a smoke cloud and rays of white light. Two of the "light rays" hit Humphrey and Lilly and they were surrounded by a cloud of gray smoke. The omegas felt strange, like they were caving in on themselves. Before long however, the action died down and the smoke cleared. Everything had happened within ten seconds.

"What on earth was that?" Lilly asked from under Humphrey's protecting body.

"I haven't the slightest idea," Humphrey answered. "Since when do rocks explode?!"

"Who knows!?" Lilly exclaimed. She paused and then said, "So… Do you plan on getting off of me? I'm suffocating here!"

"Huh?" Humphrey suddenly realized that he was still covering Lilly. "Oh, right," he said standing back up.

"Wow, that thing almost hit my head. Thanks."

"No problem. Anyway, we should probably head back to our dens, before anything else happens."

"Good idea," Lilly commented as she turned to head back to her den. She stopped, suddenly, and turned back to Humphrey. "Oh and thanks. I feel so much better about my "problem" now. It still hurts but I feel better."

"You're welcome, Lillsie. Thanks for listening to mine too."

Lilly smiled at Humphrey. They really were great friends.

Suddenly, there were low rumbles and ground shakes around them. They started out soft, but kept increasing until it was almost deafening.

"Wait…" Lilly gasped. "What is that?"

"I don't know," Humphrey said as he vibrated uncontrollably. "It's like a massive earthquake, a stampede, or… Or a…" Humphrey looked out to where the strange quakes were originating from. His eyes widened and his mouth dropped open.

"Or a… A what?" Lilly asked with suspense killing her. She had to yell to make sure Humphrey heard her over the pounding noise.

Humphrey pointed up almost directly above them. "A GIANT WOLF!"

An enormous gray wolf was walking directly toward Humphrey and Lilly. If it weren't for Humphrey's quick thinking again, Humphrey and Lilly would have been flattened under the wolf's massive paws. Humphrey pulled Lilly close to him and they dodged the gigantic paws, barely missing each one. Each of the wolf's gray paws was at least twice as big as both the omegas combined. In the strenuous process, dust was kicked up and Humphrey and Lilly were blinded. They felt as if they had just barely survived.

Lilly was coughing uncontrollably due to all of the dust, but she finally managed to say, "Since when do we have giant wolves up in Jasper Park?! Humphrey? Humphrey?"

Humphrey seemed to be looking around at their surroundings. After he had analyzed the situation, he said, "It all makes sense! I mean, not really, but it all adds up!"

"What does?! TELL ME! Lilly yelled.

"Lilly, look around you. The grass is a forest! We can't see the top of the cliff! A giant wolf just walked by! And look! There's a pinecone that's nearly as big as a small pine tree right here!" Humphrey led Lilly to the enormous pinecone. If they had been normal size and the pinecone was still huge compared to them, it would have been about ten feet tall when standing upright.

Lilly gulped. "So… What are you saying?" Lilly questioned already fearing the answer.

"I'm saying that WE'VE BEEN SHRUNK!"

Lilly looked at everything Humphrey had just pointed out to her again. She knew that he was one hundred percent right. The only thing that could have possibly caused this was "the exploding rock" that had nearly hit her on the head earlier. Turning back to look at Humphrey, Lilly nervously asked, "Wha-What do we do now?"

Author's Note: Whoa! Did you expect that? Probably not. If you did, consider yourself an expert at predicting plots. Or maybe you just really paid attention to the summary and cover photo. :D Please remember to review and tell me what you think our omegas are in for!