Not long ago, Humphrey's Mate passed away from an accident which led him on a journey. He decided to let out a very emotional howl witch led to his unconsciousness. Once he awoke he received an unwelcome response from Lilly because of his disappearance. Was his experience a dream, or was there something he wasn't seeing?

Chapter 5: Forgotten Memories


Humphreys POV:

The next couple of hours was awkward. It has been complete silence since Lilly chewed me out. It shocked me, I've never heard her speak like that, or anyone act like that. Every now and then I try to make conversation, but she doesn't reply with anything besides "ok" and "I don't know".

It wasn't like it was my fault, I got knocked out, which was another thing, what knocked me out? The last thing I remember was howling and then I woke up on the ground. I decided to speak again, it was too quiet.

"How much further until we are there?" I asked her.

"I don't know." She said, once more, now to the point where it was getting irritating.

"Really?" I asked and she said nothing as i stepped in fount of her. "Are you going to keep ignoring me?" I asked, she just pushed past me. "Answer me!" I demanded as she just stopped dead in her path and took a deep breath.

"Humphrey... im sorry i yelled at you back there, but you had no reason to leave me there like that." She finally said.

"I passed out, i howled at the moon and passed out. I don't know how or when but that's what happened." I explained and this time, she seemed to understand. Her ears lowered.

"Humphrey, I'm sorry but, you you have to understand what I went through. Ok?" She asked.

"Ok!" I said as she smiled.

"We are about halfway there, if we keep up this pace, we will be there sometime tomorrow. The next day at the latest." She Said, answering my question from earlier.

"I thought you didn't know?" I questioned with a grin and she giggled.

"I may have just remembered." She said as we continued our journey.

Kails POV (The day before, midnight):

"Kail, you need to go to sleep." I heard Winston say, I have been staying here since my dad and Lilly left earlier today. The storm outside was raining down on our den.

"I can't, I'm not tired." I replied.

"It was probably that nap you took earlier. I dont care when you go to sleep, but im waking you up a dawn tomorrow." He said as he laid down and fell asleep. I stared at the stars, they seemed to twinkle in the dark. It wasnt long before i too, fell asleep.

Kails Dream:

Now, I normally don't have nightmares, but this one got to me.

It was a dream about my mother, she was walking down the hunting path when she was attacked by a hunter. I was there beside her, but I could not move, I could not help her, I just stayed there and watched. I felt like I was about to cry, when, she healed. She stood up and walked toward me.

She never said a word, but she pointed to the hunters who had their heads hung low, but as I looked closer, there were strings attached to them, their arms, legs, and head. it wasn't just strings, but they were controlling them, but when she pointed to the operator, I saw them, but could not make them out.

Reality:

I shot awake early that morning, I didn't know what that dream was about. Normally, I would see Lilly about something like this but she wasn't here, so I visited Eve. She would normally wake up early and walk by the lake, so I figured that's where I'll go.

Winston was still asleep so I had to sneak out of the den, he still treats me as I'm a little kid. It was still dark out, but I know my way around this pack, I'll be fine. Once I made my way out of the den, which was easy, Winston sleeps like a bear, it was getting past Candu that was hard.

How the pack is set up, you're either going to pass Candu or Hunch on your way to the lake. It's better to go by Candu because Hunch is awake at this hour. The only problem with Candu was his sense of smell. He could smell me going by, I would have to figure out a way to get past him without him knowing.

I figured I could go above his den and he would never know. I would just have to be quiet. I crept up to his entrance and I looked in, but he wasn't there. He must of left, this was easier than I thought. I ran into the forest to look for Eve.

Humphreys POV:

"Humphrey! This way. " I hear Lilly say, snapping me out of my trance. "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing." I say, but it wasn't nothing. I was looking at a purple flower, the same flower that Kate had in her hair during the wedding. These didn't grow around jasper, I picked it and hid it in my mane. "How far out did you and Kate go?" I ask.

"I actually don't know." She replied, I stopped walking.

"What do you mean you don't know?" She turns around to look at me.

"I know we went this way, but, I don't know how far." She paused for a second and looked away. "When Garth passed, I was upset. Kate offered to take me hunting and I accepted. When she left I had a feeling in my gut, it just told me to run. I didn't know why and I couldn't reason it away. I didn't pay any attention where I was going. But I eventually got tired and rested, Kate found me shortly after that. We spotted a Caribou and followed it. " She stopped talking and started walking.

"So, how do you know where to go?" I asked her again.

"I don't, all I know is I need to find that den." She stated.

"What then?" I ask.

"We rest, by the time we arrive there it should be dark." She replied as she smiled.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing, it's just nice to see you out and about again. I was worried when you'd come back outside. " She said, I just stayed silent. "You're almost out of your depression state Humphrey. Maybe once we get there, you finally accept what has happened."

"Do you have an idea on how we will get over there?" I say, trying to change the subject. She looks ahead and sees a cliff.

"No, no, no!" She exclaimed, "There used to be a log bridging to the other side."

"Looks like it fell." I reply, looking below.

"Do you know any way to get across?" She asked.

"I may have and idea, follow me." I answered as I walked to where the log fell.

"What's your plan?"

"We are going to log sled to the other side."

Kail's POV

It was almost noon and Winston was probably worried sick. I was almost to the lake, and I peered through the bushes to see Eve looking off into the waterfall. Before I could say anything she, "Beautiful, isn't it?" She paused, "You know Kail, when I was younger, I used to come here a lot when I was pregnant with Kate." She turned around. "My and Winston's parents didn't quite get along, so... He found me this place, a waterfall, where we could be together discretely. Why have you come here? " She asked.

"I wanted to talk." I said.

"What about?" She replied with her head tilted.

"You are our packs medic." I stated.

"Correct."

"Well, I was just wondering, I had a very peculiar dream last night and would want to ask you if you know anything about it." I told her.

"That's not much in my expertise, that's more of Lillys thing. I only know the basic signs..."

"Basic signs?" I asked, interrupting her.

"Yes, like if you see the grim reaper in your dream state it could mean the end of something. Like a relationship, season or in worse cases death. This could also mean you were just thinking about him at the time. " She replied.

"What are some other key signs?" I ask.

"Keys, lightning, dangerous animal..."

"Puppets!" I quickly say.

"Yeah, that's another one."

"What does it mean?" I ask.

"Many things: Someone is hiding something from you, they could be hiding themselves. It all depends on the context of the dream. Why do you ask? " I stared off into space for a moment.

"I don't think hunters killed mom."

Humphreys POV:

"Humphrey, I don't think this a good idea." I hear Lilly say.

"No, it's fine. Me and the guys used to do this a lot before..." I just left it at that. "Besides, do you know of any other way to get across the gap?" I ask, she nodded no as we continued up the hill.

"Ok, but I want to sit in the front." She demanded.

"What, why?" I ask.

"Because if your plan kills us, I'll be close enough to jump to the other side." She said jokingly, I hope.

"I need you in the back because..." I paused.

"Because why?" she asked.

"Nothing, I'll sit in the back." usually the person who's weighed the most rides in the back, I don't want to go guessing her weight.

When we got to the top I tied a rope to a tree. "Ok, you can hop in, ill prep it to make sure it slides better tell her.

"It's not going to go anywhere right?" She asks.

"No, I tied it to a tree." I say as I make the front pointed to reduce friction. Lilly carefully gets into the sled and positions herself. "You stay here and don't shake it too much. I'm going to clear our path of rocks so they don't destroy our log. " I say as I make my way down the hill.

As I'm cleaning the path, I look up so see Lilly, she was staring straight down at me, I smiled, but then realized her face was fueled with horror. She darted her eyes to the left and back at me multiple times.

I looked to where she was looking and I saw it, I forgot to tie the log to the tree. "Don't Move!" I mouth to her as I ran up the hill, but as soon as I got to the top, the sled started to tilt.

"Get it!" She shouts as I jump into the sled. It then starts to slide down the hill.

"Lean in the direction I say!" I shout to her.

"Right... Left... Left... Right! Lean forward! " I yell as we are in the final stretch and then the log left the ground.

At this moment time seemed to slow down, we edged closer to the other side when the tip of our log started to point down. Right as I thought we missed the jump, the log crashed into the side of the cliff and me and Lilly were thrown into a bush on the other side.

It was silent for a couple of moments but then I heard her laughing.

"Oh, how much I missed that." I stated as I looked at Lilly.

"Why don't you look at that." She stated, "We make a pretty good team." When she said that, it hurt, and I think she saw it.

All those memories of me and Kate, the log sled ride into the train, to the caribou stampede. They all came rushing back.

"Humphrey, what's wrong? Is it something I said?" She asks.

"Lets just get going." I replied.

And after the 9 Month wait, I'm back with another chapter. Sorry I was away for so long. I kinds got bored or writing chapters but now I'm back. How was this one, was Kails dream just a dream and what will happen once Humphry and Lilly finish there travels. Find out next time on Humphreys Dark Trip Back. Heart and follow this story to see more chapters. Have a great rest of your week and...

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