As promised here's the next episode. More stuff to come soon. Thankiez for all who read and reviewed. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in Alpha and Omega. Except for the O/C's.
Humphrey the Lone Wolf
Part 1 Valley of Grey
Chapter 2 The Alpha
:Stalking the Prey:
Humphrey scrambled through the woods with his tail tucked between his legs frightened from what he just saw.
'There's no way that was real.' He repeated this over and over in his mind as if it were the only thing he could say for now.
He continued forward through the darkness too scared to turn back. His heart and mind raced, with neither finding a common ground.
A flash of lightning up ahead startled him enough for him to dash towards one of the many trees around.
Pressing himself against the nearest pine he could find he sat and panted gathering his thoughts.
"It wasn't real, right?" Humphrey looked down at his cast.
Part of the fine had been cut into slightly and there was a piece of a dull grey jagged piece protruding from it.
He breathed heavily knowing that it was true "What was that though?"
His heart skipped a beat. He had seen dead bodies plenty of times, but he had no idea of why this one startled him more any other.
He had merely gotten a glance at the body before running away, there was no way for him to tell without looking back.
"I'm not going back there!" He said shaking the thought out of his mind.
His stomach growled once more making him feel an empty and dull pain.
He turned around facing the direction of the old dead tree. "I'm still not going back." He said to himself "Any food I'll get I can find away from that thing."
He sniffed at the air hoping to find her scent trail or some way to find a descent shelter. A cold breeze passed through, stinging with cold air and carrying with it a plethora of smells.
He took several breaths and found one of the scents was very close.
"Strange." He said. It was strong and didn't smell like another wolf or anything particularly big.
The scent was practically under his nose. Intrigued by the scent he walked around the tree as silent as he could in the dark.
Slowly he inched his way to the odd scent but ended up stepping on a branch. Flinching at the noise he looked down and could make out a small pile of debris.
"What's this?" He bent down and sniffed at the mass of twigs and pine needles. He could smell something buried under it.
"Only one way to find out." He laid flat and carefully pawed at the pile.
He knocked away whatever pieces he could he found what looked like white fur. Curious he continued to remove debris from the object. When he was done he went wide-eyed with joy.
"A rabbit?" He yelled.
It was a rather large white rabbit. It's eyes glossed over and its fur starting to lose its color.
"Wow, it's a good sized one. I wonder how it got here."
Though it was found under twigs he didn't find that unusual from the tree above him. Giving It a once over he couldn't find any tell tale signs of how it finally died. It was fully intact, no blood stains or bruises, nothing was twisted or punctured.
He shrugged his shoulders "Must've just died of old age, I guess."
Leaning down he scooped up the rabbit in his jaws and carried it by its neck.
"Food's done, water's close, now for the shelter." He checked off the things from his mental list and the last was the most important now.
He looked around for any sign of where he was. It was dark down any path he turned but he could see a shimmer of light dancing just up ahead.
"Finally, there's the lake!" he said feeling a chilling wind pass by him. The storm was getting closer but he was finally near where his companion was.
He took a single step in the lakes direction and the felt himself tipping over from the weight of the rabbit throwing him off.
Catching himself before he caused further harm he quickly sat and released the rabbit.
He couldn't afford to leave it behind for the storm to ruin it. He couldn't keep wasting time without a place to shield him from the storm.
'Just get a better grip on it.' Rethinking his strategy he shut his jaws on the rabbits midsection and lifted it up. It felt somewhat lighter than his last attempt and wasn't throwing off his balance in either direction.
Silently cheering for himself he padded his way towards where he had seen the lake. He was almost to his new home.
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