It was daytime, but a certain family in a certain den were still asleep. Humphrey was woken by footsteps; luckily, these ones didn't want to kill any of them. Eve poked her head and saw Humphrey slowly move his head towards her and put his paw over his mouth to tell her "Quiet". She nodded and tip-pawed over to him.
"Humphrey, I need to talk to you about something" Eve whispered.
"Just a sec" Humphrey replied slowly peeling himself off of Kate. Once that was successful, he walked outside the den and sat next to Eve.
"Humphrey, me and Winston are thinking about retiring next month, we know Kate would love to be the next pack leader, but how would you like to be the first Omega to lead a pack?" Eve asked.
"Yes, Thank you, you don't know how honored I feel right now. Thank you" Humphrey replied extremely happy. Eve chuckled at his sudden change in mood.
"I should thank you because I get to retire. Please promise me you won't go crazy and become a workaholic"
"I'll try my best" Humphrey replied in a serious tone.
"Why were you still all sleeping anyway?"
"To be honest, I have no idea" Humphrey replied with a chuckle.
"Well, can I sleep in you den while I wait for the pups to wake up to surprise them?"
"Sure" Humphrey replied while walking into the den with Eve following. Humphrey curled around Kate and Eve laid next to the pups. Kate began stirring so Humphrey nibbled on her ear gently waking her.
"Good morning, I have good news" Humphrey said.
"Good morning and what would that be?"
"Were pack leaders next month"
"How did you figure that… that would explain why she is here"
"Partially, she came to surprise the pups, too" Humphrey replied.
"Hey, mom. Can you watch the pups for a hour, we are gonna go log sledding"
"Yes, I'll watch them as you mate" Eve replied with a evil smile.
"Thank yo… hey, how did you know?" Kate asked.
"No one does anything for a hour but that, go have some fun" Eve said. A hour later, Kate and Humphrey came back exhausted.
"Looks like the future pack leaders got themselves tiered" Eve said sarcassticly.
"Wow, the pups aren't up yet, let me check them" Humphrey said walking towards the pups.
"I think they have a cold, it isn't a gum infection" Humphrey said a little worried. "Kate, right by the waterfall, go get me some blue leaves of that tree". Kate nodded and grabbed the leaves. Kate came back with the leaves and Humphrey placed them around the pups so they can get the vapors.