Author's Note: Well, if you're lucky, I'll get a chance to type two chapters today and there will be another update later. I hope there will be another one.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Garth woke up late the next morning. He had a slow breakfast and a bath before his father came in and told him that Winston had ordered an emergency meeting.
Apparently, when Kate had left Garth last night, she had gone into the woods and was now missing. Coincidently, Humphrey, the wolf who had kind of ruined Garth's date with Kate, was missing as well. Even though it was not his daughter, Tony was actually more upset over this turn of events than Winston was. This was probably because Winston believed that Tony had set Garth and Kate up in order for Kate to disappear the next day. Tony, of course, was not that berserk. He would break a few rules to get what he wanted, but he would never do it to hurt someone intentionally. No one really knew what had happened, however, but Tony and Winston were both very upset over Kate's sudden disappearance.
When Garth heard that Kate was actually missing, on the other hand (or paw), his spirits actually lifted. Maybe this would mean he had a better chance at finding true love. Was it possible that he would not be forced into a marriage with someone he did not love? Garth would find out sooner or later.
At the meeting, the Western and Eastern alphas and their leaders had all gathered. "Where is she?" Tony said in a dark tone.
"Maybe that's what I should ask you," Winston returned.
"You know that's not my style!" Tony said. Both leaders were getting quite heated over the entire matter.
"My wolf, Candu, knows your style," Winston replied lowly.
Candu, a small gray wolf who looked extremely aggressive, turned towards the Eastern Pack and growled. Garth looked over at him and saw what looked like three scratches behind the wolf's right ear. Winston was saying that Tony had set wolves to attack Candu after another hunt that had gone wrong the other day! Garth could not believe that his father had transformed from a kind and happy pack leader a few months ago to this cold and nearly evil arch enemy of the Western Pack.
Tony growled back at Candu, and for a second it looked like there would be a brief battle. Winston's wife, Eve, a very light tan wolf, came onto the scene and spoke to stop the possible fight.
"I just want to say one thing," Eve began in a calm tone. She finished becoming angrier with each word. "If any of you wolves have hurt my daughter, I will personally RIP out your eyes and SHOVE them down your throat SO YOU CAN SEE MY CLAWS TEAR YOUR CARCASS OPEN!"
At this sudden statement, every Eastern and Western wolf took one step back. Eve, who looked like such a sweet and loving mother, seemed to be slightly insane. It did not look like any wolf wanted to mess with her.
"Um, Mom?" a voice said. From the back of the Western group, Lilly stepped out towards the stream that the two packs had been conversing over all along. Garth noticed Lilly. He wanted to get to know her more, but he wasn't quite sure how he could. In addition to this, he wanted to get to know her more, WITHOUT making it obvious that he wanted to be with her. Maybe something would work out.
"Not now dear, Mommy's in a rage," Eve said rather sweetly.
"Well," Lilly continued, "well since Kate stood up Garth, I could show him around until she gets back!"
"Humph! I wouldn't say stood up," Garth mumbled to himself as he flopped his head and tail up into the air. He still was not sure how to react in front of the group right now.
"GARTH!" Eve yelled out. Apparently, she had heard his low mumble and did not "approve" of it.
"Sounds good to me!" Garth said truthfully.
"Well come on, Garth," Lilly said as she started to walk away from the group.
Garth jumped over the small stream into Western Pack territory and started walking after Lilly. As he was walking, he passed Eve, who growled at him. Because Garth had been anticipating something like a bite on his hind leg, he was quite startled and quickly darted to Lilly's side and away from Eve. Garth and Lilly walked away from the group of wolves and headed deeper into the Western Pack's territory. Neither of them knew it, but they were about to become more than best friends.
Author's Note: Okay, we can have some fun with this Garth and Lilly stuff. Let's see what I can pull off. Review! And don't forget to vote on the poll. I will be closing it on Tuesday. Thanks. Oh yeah! I wrote a one-shot of Garth and Lilly back when they were puppies. Just one of those "Maybe" or "What if" stories. It runs almost completely parallel to Garth's Story and it probably takes place before it. Go check it out. It's called Love Starts at a Young Age. It's kind of cute. Thanks for reading.
