Only New Life, Can Defeat Death

Sorry for late update, but please continue reading, I made this chapter EXTRA long as a make up for not updating in so long.


Kate laid by Humphrey's side, caressing his cheek with her paw, smoothing out his light grey fur. Eve had a faint smile on her face when she saw this; now making her realized that no matter how young you are, you can always find love. Eve picked up another clean green leaf and placed yet another purple flower on it.

Eve carefully placed the herb on the back of Humphrey's head and gently put pressure on it until she saw the juices start to flow down. Kate gasps slightly when she saw his face scrunch up, but then relaxed. Kate was slightly disappointed, but knew he would wake up in time.

"Mom?" Kate called out to her mom.

"Yes Kate?" Eve answered as she rubbed the yellow and purple flower in between her paws.

"How old is Humphrey?" Kate asked.

"Um, I believe he's turning one. Why?" Eve questioned as she placed little of the herb she just made into Humphrey ears. The blood that flowed out was worrying Eve, knowing that his head trauma could be worse than she thought.

"It's just that…" Kate looked from her mom, then back to Humphrey.

"He doesn't seem like he's one. He runs fast, jumps high; he even looks bigger than Joey." Kate explained as she once again, caressed his cheek.

"Kate, he's like that because his parents kept him in the den all his life so far, so while he was in his den, he built up a lot of energy." Eve explained as she wiped her paws on the ground, getting rid of the herb. Kate nodded and stood up from Humphrey and walked towards her mom, surprising her with a hug.

"What was that for?" Eve chuckled a little.

"For saving Humphrey. And also…" Kate pulled her mom's ears down towards her so she could whisper something to her. Eve listened as Kate whispered her plan of something and her eyes grew wide.

"You know, let me talk with daddy, and we'll see about it. I like it and I bet it'll be fun for everyone." As if on cue, Winston walked in with a really good size caribou. As Winston pulled the caribou in, two other Alphas dragged in another, two rather large caribou.

"The party?" Eve asked, knowing she was right. Winston dropped the caribou in front of Humphrey and nodded. The Alpha's did the same, but one noticed a wolf tied up in the back.

"Sir, who's that?" The wolf asked as he pointed towards Gordon's unconscious body. Winston looked where he was pointing and smiled to himself.

"Just a piñata Kate made while she was home." Winston chuckled as he rubbed the top of her head. Kate smiled and wagged her tail, but the Alpha knew it was someone, not something.

"But sir, that looks like someone." The Alpha persisted. Winston sighed and looked at the Alpha with a threatening look.

"You questioned me? You're calling me a liar?" Winston slightly growled, making the Alpha back away slowly.

"No sir, it's a lovely piñata, I'll address the others of the party." The Alpha whimpered and left, making the other turn and go along. Winston smile and looked at Kate.

"See what you could do when you have power?" Winston smiled and walked up to Eve.

"Learned it from you." He chuckled as he nuzzled her. Eve giggled as hugged him.

"Kate wanted to know if we could use Humphrey's dad as a piñata, but I guess she already told you." Eve said with a smile.

"She didn't tell me anything about that. I told him that he was going to suffer, so I came up with that. I think she has some of your genes." Winston admitted with a sad, but joking smile.

"I guess she does." Eve agreed.

"Mom, dad, could we use him as one?" Kate asked. Winston and Eve pulled away and both nodded at the same time. Kate jumped, squealing with joy. Kate turned her attention to Humphrey and saw him slowly open his eyes. Kate stood still, her body trembling with excitement.

"He… he's aw-awake!" Kate shouted, making her parents look at Humphrey in amazement. Humphrey slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a pair of amber eyes, looking straight at him. The sight of this caused him to stare in awe, seeing the first beautiful eyes he ever seen.

"H-hey, where am I?" He asked calmly, looking around with his eyes.

"Those eyes, the eyes I've wanted to see." Kate thought to herself, but knew she had to answer.

"At my den, but you need to rest." Kate insisted, but all that resulted in, is Humphrey looking to his right, but yelping in pain when he felt pain in his head.

"W-what hap-happened to m-me?" Humphrey asked, getting worried. Eve and Winston walked over and sat down in front of Humphrey.

"Humphrey, you need to rest, you're injured." Eve informed, but Kate's family saw him shaking.

"W-who are you? Why am I here? What happened!" Humphrey shouted and curled up in a ball, crying in pain. Kate held Humphrey in her arms, but he just yelped in pain from the cuts on his back. Winston pulled her away, but Kate held onto him.

"No! I won't let him go!" Kate resisted as her dad tried to pry her away.

"Kate, you need to let him go. You are hurting him even more." Eve informed as she also tried to pull her off.

"K-Kate?" Humphrey asked, making the family stopped struggling. Kate's parents let go and Kate let go of Humphrey. He unraveled himself and stared at the tan wolf before him. His face was abused with cuts, but his eyes were filled with sorrow.

"It's me Humphrey, don't you remember?" Kate asked, worried. Humphrey shook his head side to side.

"I remember the name… and that's all." Everyone was caught off guard by this.

"You mean, you don't even remember who you are?" Winston asked, confused. Humphrey thought for a minute, and shook his head side to side.

"Wait… my names Humphrey because she called me that." Humphrey answered as he pointed to Kate. Kate smiled, know knowing what to do.

"You're my boyfriend, remember?" Kate lied, blushing red. Winston and Eve were taken back from this sudden outburst from Kate.

"I-I am?" Humphrey asked, his cheeks now blushing a deep red and his voice full of nervousness. Kate smiled and nodded in confirmation.

"Kate, you're not his…" Eve couldn't finish her sentence when Winston placed his paws over her mouth, keeping her from saying anything. Humphrey looked past Kate and saw two older wolves, their eyes wide.

"Um, excuse me, but, my head is hurting, and I want to know where the medical wolf is at?" Humphrey asked. Kate smiled and laid by him, making him blush even more.

"Eve, don't worry, If it goes as planned, then they would grow up to be together." Winston whispered as he let Eve go to attend Humphrey's wound. Eve looked at Winston and gave a threatening look before she went on with Humphrey.


(10 Minutes Later)


Eve just finished patching Humphrey wounds and his head, but didn't really do anything because the medicine had just taken effect from when she put it on him earlier.

"There, now, you need to rest. It'll help with your wounds heal faster." Eve said as she walked up to Winston and started to talk to him. Kate laid by his side, not taking her eyes off him. But something was happening between them. Every time Kate would try to make eye contact, Humphrey would look straight away, avoiding it.

Kate would look away, but when she does, Humphrey would glance over at her. Kate would giggle, seeing this with her peripheral vision, making Humphrey blush and look away.

"So… I'm your… bo-boyfreind?" Humphrey asked, starting a conversation. Kate smiled and licked his cut up cheek, making him whimper slightly, and tilt his head away from the contact. Kate felt bad that his dad did that to him, his own son, but she drifted off the subject when Humphrey turned his head and stared at her with ice blue eyes.

Kate was caught in a trance from seeing his eyes, but noticed his eye-lids drooping 'till he fell asleep by her side. Kate cuddled as close as she can, but didn't want to hurt even more.

"Kate, honey, could you come here for a minute?" Eve called from the entrance of the den. Kate licked Humphrey's cheek once more before she left to her mom.

"Yes mom?" Kate asked as she sat in-between her mom and dad.

"We need get the den ready for the party, and we figured that we would get it ready and wake him in a few minutes because we don't want the caribou to go to waste." Winston announced as he walked in the den and lifted Gordon on his back.

"Stay by Humphrey, we'll get it ready." Eve added as she kissed Kate's forehead and went to help Winston with Gordon. Kate walked back in the den and once again, laid by Humphrey.

"Eve, toss the vines through the roots." Winston grunted, trying to hold Gordon steady. Eve grabbed the vines and tossed them through the roots, making it a pulley-system so they could hang their piñata. Once Eve had done so, she pulled the vines, carefully lifting Gordon off Winston's back and into the air. Winston walked over to Eve and helped her pull Gordon to the very top of the den so no one could see it.

"No one should see it. The only way someone could see it, is if they look straight up." Winston informed as he tied the vined to some roots that were running down the dens walls. Eve walked back a few steps and nodded her head in agreement.

"Amazing how tall this den is, I mean, we could stack at least 4 wolves on top one-another." Eve said, surprised. Winston nodded and dragged the two caribous that were bunched up next to Humphrey, into the back of the den.

"Dad, could I wake him now?" Kate asked impatiently. Winston smiled as he dropped the first caribou off and then the second, making it a line of 3 caribou carcasses.

"Not now, we need to get everybody here, along with the pups so they could all get a chance to hit the piñata." Winston called from the back of the den. Kate sighed and looked at Humphrey, but something was odd. His cuts on his back were practically healed already, leaving only the scabs to pull off.

Kate wanted to pull them off, but decided not to. Winston walked past Kate and out into the evening day.

"Everything is going to plan." Winston whispered to himself as he walked down the slope and to each of the western dens, notifying on the upcoming party. Not everyone wanted to go because they wanted to be with their family, or was too tired.


(10 Minutes Later)


Winston had just finished alerting the Western Pack of the party, except for a certain family. Humphrey's. Winston felt bad for not letting Krystal know, but it was her son's party, and that her mate was, well, the piñata. Winston had a little argument with himself, deciding on whether to let Krystal know or not, but soon a side won, and Winston decided to go to Krystal.

On his way, he saw Krystal walking towards him, seeing her happy like never before.

"Oh, Winston, I was just on my way to see you." Krystal greeted and sat. Winston put on a happy smile and sat in front of her.

"Krystal, I was going to say the same thing to you, how is Humphrey?" Winston asked, he knew what about him, but decided to start a small conversation first.

"It's going great, Gordon took him on a hike just a couple days ago and said they would return today." Krystal answered with her tail wagging happily, but oblivious on what they were really doing.

"Oh, that's nice. He deserves something good on his birthday. Oh, and that reminded me, Gordon and Humphrey are…" Winston stopped himself before he blew his plan.

"Gordon and Humphrey areee… what?" Krystal asked.

"They are at our den, and I decided to have a party there, so it wouldn't be too much of a hassle for you two." Winston quickly came up with the half lie and truth.

"Oh, okay, let's go. I want to see my babies." Krystal said happily and walked beside Winston. Winston sighed sadly, knowing that he would have to tell her sooner or later about Gordon and Humphrey.

"Ugh, Krystal, there is something else you need to know." Winston started as he began to walk beside her.

"What is it?" Krystal asked.

"It's about Gordon and Humphrey's trip. You see, 3 days ago, I was walking around the territory, you know, taking a break." Krystal nodded.

"I was walking and I found a pup, all alone, no one around, and he was hurt, badly." Winston described, receiving a gasp from Krystal.

"Is he alright? What happened to him?" Krystal questioned.

"Well, I walked up to him and asked friendly, 'What are you doing out here?' He didn't respond and took off running. I chased after him, not wanting him to get hurt even more, but he ended up tripping and hitting his head on a tree."

Krystal stopped and Winston turned to face her, him stopping as well.

"What does this have to do with Humphrey and Gordon?" Krystal asked.

"I'll get to that. I caught up to the pup, and saw he was unconscious. I took him to my den where Eve patched him up. He has a fractured skull and just today, he woke up, so we fed him and he fell asleep. He once again woke up, but he was been through so much that he ran off again. My family chased after him, and what we saw made our hearts drop. He stood at the edge of a cliff, getting ready to jump." Winston starred at Krystal, but she had a confused look on her face.

"Next thing I know, he jumped, but Kate ran after him and grabbed him. Eve helped him up, and that's when Gordon showed up. I guess he heard the girls screaming, but this is the worst. The pup that was put through all that, was Humphrey."

There was total silence; nothing could be heard except the gentle movement of the tree branches.

"No…no it couldn't have been. Gordon wouldn't lie to me." Krystal denied.

"Krystal, Gordon abused Humphrey. He gave Humphrey the worst birthday gift ever. He's in our den right now recovering from his fracture in his skull." Winston added.

"Where's Gordon, I need to talk with him." Krystal demanded; anger in her voice.

"He too is in the den, but we have plans for him." Winston smiled.

"What plans?" Krystal asked. Winston went up to her ear and whispered what they were going to do to him.

"On one condition." Krystal added when Winston pulled back.

"What do you have in mind?"

"I get in on it. I want him to suffer as well, but from me." Krystal grinned evilly. Winston chuckled to himself from this.

"Were all like Eve now, making threats and acting evil." Winston chuckled, making Krystal giggle at the joke.

"What's that supposed to mean!" Eve called from the top of the slope, looking down at them. Winston's body froze and turned his head to look at Eve with a cheesy smile.

"Nothing dear, loves yo…" Winston wasn't able to finish when he saw Eve's tail disappear behind the cliffs edge.

"Come on, we got to attend you sons party, and play with the piñata." Winston chuckled as he walked up the slope. Krystal smiled evilly, knowing she won't show mercy. When they walked inside, Krystal's eyes instantly fell upon a beaten up pup that she hardly recognized as Humphrey.

"Oh my…" Krystal gasped as she placed her paw on her mouth. Eve walked up to Krystal and hugged her.

"He's going to be fine. The fractured caused some memory loss, but not his life." Eve informed. Krystal pulled away from the hug and walked up to her son, tears in her eyes from seeing his mangled body. Krystal was about to tough him, but pulled back when she heard a small growl.

Behind Humphrey's body was Kate, bearing her teeth at Krystal.

"Oh, hello I'm Humphrey's mother, Krystal." Krystal greeted with a small smile.

"What, you're going to hurt him too like his dad?" Kate growled, not backing down.

"Look, I know what his dad did was wrong, and I will never forgive him, but I didn't do anything wrong." Krystal put on a hurtful expression, making Kate drop her guard and apologized for her actions.

"I'm sorry, but he's been through a lot lately, so I keep him busy." Kate said with a small smile, but her cheeks told otherwise.

"Keeping him busy, how?" Krystal asked after she saw Kate's cheeks blush a light red. Kate looked away and laid by him again, ignoring her question.

"She's fallen for him." Eve whispered in Krystal's ear, making her giggle.

"Alright, everything seems to be set up correctly, now we just need other to come." Winston announced as he placed 2 wooden bowls of berry juice to drink in between the each gap of the caribous. As if on cue, wolves began to show up, but when at least 15 wolves showed up, they all stopped and stared at an unknown wolf they have never seen on the ground, abused.

"What happened to him?" a female wolf asked.

"Long story, but it's his birthday, and he was abused by his father. His name is Humphrey, so when he wakes up, surprise him." Winston told the group of wolves. They didn't want to ask questions, but late they will. Kate felt Humphrey shuffle in his sleep, and she moved out of the way, now standing in front of him.

Humphrey's face tensed up, hit eyes squinting, his mouth barely bearing his teeth. Kate couldn't take it anymore; she wanted him to wake up. Humphrey fluttered his eyes open, making Kate's heart skip beats from the ice blue color he has.

"SURPRISE!" everyone shouted in the den, scaring Humphrey that he shot up from his position. He whined in pain, but what happened next was a fantasy for Kate. From Humphrey's reaction, and jumping up, he became light headed. Kate got worried that he was going to fall down and get hurt, but only part of that was true.

Humphrey fell down, but he didn't get hurt. He fell on something soft, warm, and a fast thump was hitting his chest. Kate laid on the ground with Humphrey laying on top of her. His weight and his warm body caused her breathes to come out in pats.

"Ohhhhhh." A wolf whispered from the crowd, causing small talk going around the den. Humphrey opened his eyes and saw that he was lying on Kate, but was too terrified to move.

"Okay, let's get this party going." Eve said as she picked Humphrey up and set aside from Kate, who was still on the ground. Her cheeks were blushing a deep red and her eyes were wide open. Humphrey was blushing too, but he knew that he did something wrong, so he began to limp away to the far back of the den.

On his way, everyone stared at him, seeing his mangled body, and almost instantly, they went to Winston to ask what happened. Kate shook her head and stood up, trying to look for Humphrey, but couldn't see him with almost everyone walking past her to get to her dad.

Some pups were at the party, talking about Humphrey, and some were wrestling. Humphrey saw this, and continued to walk in the back of the den, laying down and placing his head on his paws.

"What is going on?" Humphrey asked himself as he looked at everyone playing and talking. Kate finally gave up on trying looking for Humphrey so she was going to ask her dad, but she saw a glint of a pair of two blue orbs in the back of the den. She instantly knew it was him and she trotted to him.

When she approached him, she noticed he was staring off at her, his body softly shaking.

"It's okay Humphrey it's me, Kate." Kate started with a smile.

"I-I'm so-sorry for la-landing on you." Humphrey apologized. Kate giggled and laid by him, nuzzling his neck.

"It's okay, I didn't mind." Kate answered. Humphrey smiled, but it soon went away, and Kate noticed this.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"I don't know what's happening." Humphrey said as he saw the pups play together.

"It's your birthday silly." Kate giggled, causing Humphrey to whimper and scoot back closer to the wall.

"I don't know anyone, and they keep staring at me. I'm scared." Humphrey whimpered as he covered his eyes with his paws, but it resulted in him whining from the cuts. Kate stood up and laid in front of him, carefully removing his paws.

"It's okay; they just don't know you yet. Are you hungry? My parents brought food." Kate motioned towards the caribou carcass. Humphrey nodded and slowly stood up, trying not to fall on Kate again. Kate stood up and walked beside him, not leaving his side. Humphrey saw a bundle of parents crowded around a particular wolf, asking the same thing over and over again.

"What happened to him?"

"Is he okay?" But all the stopped when Humphrey walked next to them to feed upon the caribou.

"I'll tell you all later, please enjoy the party." Humphrey heard a male say and the group all broke apart, talking to one another.

"So how do you like your party so far Humphrey?" Winston asked as he sat by Humphrey and began to dine on the caribou.

"Honestly sir, I don't know. I didn't even know it was my party until she told me. By the way, what's your name?" Humphrey asked as he took another small bite of the juicy flesh of the shoulder, Kate joining in.

"I'm Winston, the leader of this pack, and father of Kate." Winston answered as he pointed to Kate. Humphrey looked at Kate, who smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Sir, could I talk to you privately?" Humphrey asked as he moved away from Kate and the others. Winston swallowed his part of his meat and sat next to Humphrey, waiting for him to begin.

"Kate said I was her, um, boyfriend. Do you approve of that?" Humphrey asked, him blushing a little. Winston chuckled and faced Kate who was just about to swallow the meat she had been chewing on.

"Humphrey, I may not know you, but she grew fond of you pretty quick. I want my daughter to be happy, so if you could make her happy, like you already are, then yes, I approve." He answered with a smile.

"Thank you sir, and, also, where are my parents? All I remember is my dad and mom, and my dad hitting me. I think I hit my head." Humphrey asked as he scratched his cheek.

"Your mother is over there by my wife Eve…" Winston answered as he pointed next to the bowl of berry juice.

"… and your dad is… um… well… he's the piñata." Winston said with a smile. Humphrey cocked his head to the side, but memories started to come back to him.

"Wait, MOM!" Humphrey shouted making everyone in the den stop talking and looks at Humphrey.

"Humphrey, what's wrong?" Winston asked worried of him. Kate heard him shout and quickly walked over to him.

"My mom… get her away from me." Humphrey pleaded as he started to back up to the back of the den. Krystal heard Humphrey call her, so she looked where she saw him cowering back.

"Humphrey, are you all right?" Krystal asked as she approached him.

"STAY BACK!" Humphrey shouted, tears slowly falling down his cheeks.

"Humphrey, what's wrong? Let me help you." Kate pleaded as she walked towards him. Humphrey stopped walking when he felt the den wall behind him, and when Kate was in front of him, he clung to her, crying into her shoulder.

"K-keep her aw-away from m-me." Humphrey wailed. Winston looked at Krystal, his eyes narrowing on her.

"What did you do to him Krystal?" Winston question, making the parents look at her and slowly back away.

"I didn't do anything to him." Krystal objected, but she really knew what she did.

"Don't lie to me Krystal, what did you do to him?" Winston persisted, slowly walking towards her.

"She us-used me as a test mo-monkey. She exp-experiments on m-me with her med-medicine." Humphrey wailed into Kate's shoulder, now drenching her fur. Everyone in the den gasped, not expecting that from a wife and mother.

"You and Gordon don't care about your son, do you! You just love ruining lives don't you!" Winston shouted, making Krystal take a step back.

"N-no…" she stuttered. Winston shook his head in dis-belief, not believing a family would do that to their own child.

"Get out of here Krystal; you are stripped of your privileges…"

"But…" Krystal was cut off when Winston spoke up.

"… And you will be on house arrest for the next 2 months. But the worst has yet to come…" Winston continued with anger. From all the commotion that was caused, Gordon was regained conscious and noticed he was hanging, He tried to call for help but his muzzle was tied shut.

He tried to get someone's attention, but it was no use because of the argument between Winston and Krystal. He swung his body, trying to break free, but that resulted in the roots that the vines were tide to little by little, break, causing Gordon to fall and land on the hard ground.

Gordon landed with a thump, and a grunt, making him roll over moaning from the impact. Everyone turned to see what happened and Gordon just calmly stood up, easily shaking the loose vines free from him.

"Where were we…?" Gordon said evilly as he saw Winston in front of him.


OHHHHHHHHHH! Cliffhanger, what's going to happen next? Man, that party was crazy, huh? I mean, trying to explain what happened to Humphrey, Krystal experimenting on Humphrey, and then here comes the Piñata falling from the roof. Sad because now the kids won't be able to hit something and be rewarded with sweets, (not the wolf). Oh man, wonder how that would turn out on your birthday? Hitting a piñata until it breaks open, but instead of candy its organs and intestines all over the place, parents clapping and laughing, kids fighting over for the heart and who wants to trade a liver for a kidney and… MAN! That would be awesome, but a little freaky, don't you think? Well, please REVIEW and tell me how I'm doing, or how you like this chapter. PEACE!