Author's Note: Here we go! Let's see if we can't help some omegas get back on track... maybe.

Chapter Three

Life In A Giant World

When Humphrey and Lilly first realized they were tiny and could be instantaneously crushed by even a young wolf pup, they did not know what they would do. The first idea that was even close to realistic was suggested by Humphrey: maybe the shrinking effect would have a time limit and Humphrey and Lilly would catapult back to normal size on the stroke of midnight or some other cliché thing like that. Lilly thought that might be possible, but she wanted more than anything to get the attention of Garth, Kate or her parents because they would be the most helpful in a time like this. After some discussion, Humphrey and Lilly decided that the best way to get to the larger wolves would be to go out and find them, so they started walking striking up cheerful conversation along the way.

"This will definitely be an interesting experience," Lilly stated.

"I'll say!" Humphrey responded. He then thought about where they should go first. "Lilly, do you think we should go to Garth or Kate first?"

"Garth," Lilly said quickly. "Oh. Unless you'd rather find your mate instead?"

Humphrey did want to find Kate instead of Garth, but he knew that the "gentle-wolf" thing to do would be to take Lilly to Garth first. "We'll see Garth first," he said trying to keep his desire for Kate under a mask. He should've known this was impossible because true love can never be hidden.

"Are you sure?" Lilly asked. Deep down, she knew Humphrey wanted to get to Kate "ASAP" but it was hard for her to realize this when she wanted to see Garth just as much as Humphrey wished to see his mate.

"Me? Psh! Yeah, I'll be fine," Humphrey replied playing it cool. "Garth's a great guy! I wanna see his reaction!"

Humphrey and Lilly continued on in silence, although they were moving very little compared to how much they could be moving if they were not shrunken. The two wolves thought about Humphrey's last statement. Before long, they simultaneously burst out in laughter because of all the possible reactions that Garth could show.

"You know, I really can't wait to see what he does!" Humphrey exclaimed as his laughter slowly died.

"I know! He can be so unpredictable, can't he?" Lilly managed to say through laughter.

"It's funny, CAUSE IT'S TRUE!" Humphrey blurted out at Lilly with a quirky expression on his face. The two wolves really showed their omega personalities as they literally fell over laughing. When the laughter FINALLY ceased, Humphrey cleared his throat and continued speaking, "Oh dear! Where does that saying even come from?"

"I haven't the slightest idea," Lilly confessed.

Humphrey nodded his head and then showed the slight leader personality that was in him. "We really should pick up the pace or it will take days to get to your den. Let's climb the cliff before nightfall at least."

Lilly agreed and the shrunken omegas began to climb the ledge that the "shrinking device" came sailing over only a few minutes ago. The climb was tedious for the omegas who weren't in top physical condition to start with and were now miniscule. Humphrey, of course, had a very slight advantage because he had been working out with Garth. It seemed like it took ages for the wolves to get high enough just to see over the grass. Several hours passed and the omegas continued to climb and climb and climb. Finally, sometime very late in the afternoon or early in the evening, the shrunken Humphrey leapt onto the top of the cliff, turned around, and pulled Lilly up as well. They had finally made it to the very top!

"We… Actually… made it!" Lilly said panting heavily!

"I can hardly believe it used to only take a few seconds for us to leap from ledge to ledge!" Humphrey exclaimed. "We practically scaled the entire thing!"

"Gosh, I don't need you to remind me!" Lilly said plopping down and falling into the grass. Because she was so small, the grass supported her effortlessly and looked almost like a hammock.

"That looks really comfortable!" Humphrey explained as his heart finally began to slow down. He jumped up next to Lilly and within seconds both of the tiny omegas were sound asleep back to back in the hammock made of gigantic grass blades. They were clearly exhausted.


Lilly and Humphrey woke up relatively late the next morning. They were both dangerously sore, but Humphrey had learned in his training with Garth that sometimes the quickest way to get rid of muscle soreness is to just start a light walk. Thus, Humphrey and Lilly pulled themselves out of their little hammock and started walking again. Fortunately, they reached Garth and Lilly's den in less than an hour.

Lilly looked around her den. It was strange for her to look around at her home which now looked like some giant's den. Garth was nowhere to be seen so Lilly and Humphrey concluded that it was probably his day to lead the hunt and that he would be back before long. Still exhausted, the omegas laid down out of the walkway and next to the wall so that Garth would not unknowingly crush his mate or his best friend when he entered.

"You sure you don't mind waiting with me?" Lilly asked Humphrey.

"Hey, I told you I want to see his reaction anyway!" Humphrey calmly stated.

The omegas fell into the security of a short nap only to be awoken twenty minutes later when Garth entered the den. With every footstep, the gigantic Garth shook the ground that Humphrey and Lilly had been lying on. Somehow, Humphrey and Lilly managed to bring their exhausted bodies to a standing position through the enormous shakings that were generated with Garth's footsteps. At last, Garth stopped walking and sat down with a large thud, which nearly knocked Lilly and Humphrey off of their feet. Scratching his ear with his hind leg, Garth mumbled to himself, "Oh Lilly. You really know how to take a long walk! Can only wonder what you're doing. I love that little angel." Garth set his foot down with yet another tremor shaking the poor omegas.

"Now's our chance to get his attention," Lilly quickly whispered to Humphrey.

"Right!" Humphrey said clearly determined to do what he had to do. Suddenly, he hesitated. "Wait a second. What are we going to do?"

"Well…" Lilly thought for a brief moment. "I'll just go up and say 'I'm back' or something simple like that, and you stay close behind me."

Humphrey shrugged. What else could they do? "Okay," he agreed. "Do your thing."

Lilly walked out into the open with Humphrey following close behind her. She stood firm and looked up at her enormous mate, who towered high up above her and Humphrey and was staring outside of the den. "Hi Garthy, I'm back!" Lilly yelled up to her giant.

There was no doubt as to whether Garth heard Lilly or not, because he immediately snapped out of his staring trance and began to look around the den. "Lilly!? Lilly?!" he exclaimed excitedly. "Is that you?" Without warning, he lifted up his right paw and began to advance forward.

Garth's paw missed Lilly, but instantly began to come down onto the shrunken Humphrey. Humphrey had become startled when Garth started to advance. He was slightly relieved when he saw that Garth's paw moved right over Lilly, but when he saw the massive paw ready to crush him at any second and quickly coming down straight for him, he completely freaked out and ducked into a small ball, curled on the ground and praying that he would not die. Without a second lost, Lilly had seen the danger and quickly shouted louder than she ever had before "GARTH! FREEZE!"

Garth recognized that Lilly had shouted out to him, although he still did not know where she was located. He froze right where he was and was completely unaware that his paw was only a centimeter away from Humphrey's crouched and cowering body. "Lilly? Where are you?" Garth pleaded.

Humphrey did not wait another second. He stretched out on the ground and pulled himself from under Garth's gigantic paw. Completely relieved now, Humphrey stumbled up next to Lilly and stood beside her.

"I'm down here, Garthy," Lilly said making her voice as sweet as possible to cancel the shock Garth was about to discover.

Garth looked down and saw the shrunken omegas. If Garth did not know Lilly and Humphrey's appearance by heart, he would have barely been able to tell that it was them due to their tiny size. Garth was in so much shock that he did not say anything or move anything. His paw continued to hang slightly above the ground. Eventually, his jaw managed to drop down in pure astonishment.

"Well, what do you think?" Humphrey said in a desperate attempt to ease the growing tension.

Garth got down on his stomach so that his eyes were only slightly above the omegas' heads. For the next minute, he stared at just Lilly.

Lilly was only slightly uncomfortable with Garth staring at her. Back when she was "normal" she took it as a compliment on her beauty whenever Garth sat and stared at her. Now that Garth was a giant to her, it was kind of awkward, and only slightly flattering.

When Garth finished his "staring contest," he pulled himself up to a full wolf sitting height. Then, he used his left paw to pick Lilly up off of the ground and hugged her tight to his left shoulder. "Lilly! I missed you so much!" he exclaimed. "Don't ever take a walk that long again!"

Lilly found herself trapped in her giant mate's paw and pushed up against his massive shoulder. She could hardly breathe for a few seconds, but Garth seemed to realize her problem and thus cut the hug short. "I didn't mean for it to be that long," Lilly said when she could finally gasp for air.

"I, uh, hope you don't mind me asking, but what happened?" Garth interrogated his mate who was still in his grasp.

"I don't know," Lilly said. "Humphrey's better at explaining stuff than me."

Humphrey had quickly stepped away from Garth's paw when it came down to grab Lilly. Now, he was staring up at the gigantic alpha who was overjoyed at being reunited with his "missing" omega. But then Lilly said he was better at explaining things than she was, and he knew what was coming next. "Uh-oh!" he exclaimed but he knew there was nothing he could do.

"Come here, little guy," Garth said as his right paw, which had nearly crushed him only two minutes earlier came down on top of Humphrey and lifted him into the air so that he was even with Lilly. Garth was now holding Humphrey in his right paw and Lilly in his left paw, balancing on his sitting hind legs.

"So what happened, Humphrey?" Garth asked.

"Well, Lilly and I were just walking along when this strange rock or something like that came flying from a cliff above us. It landed on the ground, exploded with flashes and smoke, and then we shrunk down to this size." Humphrey briefly summarized what had happened.

"Yep! And now we're tiny and it took us all day yesterday to get up the cliff and then just under an hour this morning to get here," Lilly told her mate.

"Has anyone else seen you yet?" Garth asked still in astonishment.

"Well there was a giant wolf that almost crushed us, but I don't think he saw us," Humphrey stated.

Garth let out a small, nervous laugh. "I'm just glad you two are safe."

Humphrey and Lilly nodded their heads.

"Well, come on," Garth said placing both omegas on his gargantuan back to ride along. "Let's go show Kate," he said as he left the den.

Author's Note: Please review and let me know how you like the idea so far! Thanks!