Humphrey and Lilly set out on a journey to go to where kate passed. Kail found out his dream has more meaning to it and he wants to know what. Humphrey and Lilly come across a gap that they need to cross, when they succeed Lilly says something that upsets Humphrey. What troubles may our duo run into today?
Chapter 6: Lilly's Truth
Humphreys POV:
"It's getting late," I said, "How much farther must we go?"
"We will stop at the den. Once we get there we'll eat and rest up. We should arrive sometime tomorrow, that's if no distractions get in our way." She said.
"Ok" I replied as we kept on.
"Humphrey, do you mind if i ask you a personal question?" She asks.
"No."
"Why is it so important that you come all this way to where she died? Her tombstone is back in Jasper." She asks, i stop in my tracks, but stayed silent. "Humphrey did i..." She started but i cut her off.
"No, no. You're fine. I just, feel like i have to go here. Kate, i loved her. But it felt like she was always doing alpha duties." I paused for a moment. "I...I had a chance to come with you guys to go hunting. She said if i learned then i could come to help her in the mornings. As much as i would have loved to come and assist her..."
"...you refused." She finished, i just nodded.
"Alright! I have a question for you now." I said as we continued walking. "How did you deal with Garth?" As soon as i asked that she turned away and walked slightly faster.
"I don't want to talk about that." She stated, barely audible.
"Lilly," I said walking in front of her. "I and you are going through the same thing. You seemed to accept it better than me. I don't know why but i can't let go of the past." She puts her finger on my lips and shushes me.
"Humphrey, I'm going to tell you a secret. When i do, promise you won't tell anyone." She said.
"Ok," I replied.
"Garth, he...he didn't die."
Kails POV:
"I dont think hunters killed mom!" I stated.
"Kail, honey, that's ridiculous."
"No, the dream, it showed the hunter with mom, kind of like the ones dads been having."
"Your father shouldn't be telling you about those dreams."
"He doesn't, i may have listened in. Anyways, the hunters killed her, and then i saw that they were being controlled like puppets. The operators were above but i couldn't make them out." I explained.
"Kail, it was just a dream."
"You the one that told me what these symbols mean."
"Yeah, but i didn't know this is where you were going with it!" She finished, i just sighed. As i started to walk away she shouted at me, "Don't go spreading rumors about things you don't know anything about!" I just ignored her and walked to Winston's den.
Once i arived i was met with a very angry Winston.
"Where were you?" He asked.
"I was talking to Eve," I said.
"Well geez boy, tell me when you going to run off like that. Now get yourself ready, we've got training to do." He says as he leaves the den. Once he was off the hill i spoke to Jewel, told her what i know.
"Jewel, i had a very peculiar dream last night, it was the one dad has about mom."
"With the hunters?" She questioned.
"Yeah, that one. However, it was different, the hunters had stings controlling them, like puppets. I spoke to Lilly about it and she said it means that someone is hiding something." I explain.
"What are you suggesting?" She asks as she narrows her eyes.
"I don't think Hunters killed her, and if that's true i want to know what happened. I asked Eve to help me but she won't. Will you?" I ask.
"Help you with what?" She asks, "There's not much to do in a situation like this."
"We need to go the expert. Lilly." I state.
"She left, remember?"
"Well, then we need to find her."
"Kail, that's not possible, even if we do manage to convince Winston or sneak out, you don't have to properly train to follow another wolves trail." She explains.
"Your so negative today. Now listen, i may not have to skill to track someone, but i know a pup that does. I will do my regular training today and then ill ask Winston if I and I can stay the night at Kevins den. When he says yes we go there, sneak out and find Lilly."
"No, no, no, no. I don't like him!" She said.
"He will just be the tracker, please help me with this," I beg. She lets out a long sigh.
"Ok." She says.
"Thank you!" I reply as i walk out of the den and follow Winston.
Humphreys POV:
I stayed silent, just looked at her in the eyes. "What...what do you mean?" I ask her.
"He didn't die." She said again.
"But you said..."
"Yeah, I know what I said." She interrupted as she started to walk off.
"No no no, wait now. Now I'm confused!" I said, with slight anger in my voice. "You said, he went on petrol and he..."
"Humphrey, that's what I told everyone."
"So where is he then?" I question.
"I...I...don't know." She replied.
"Lilly," I said calmly, "What happened?"
"Me and Garth we... He... Humphrey, can we please talk about this later?" She asked
"I don't know, I don't know if I can trust you." I thought he was dead for five months and now you're saying he's alive?"
"He may be alive, but he's dead to me!" She shouted angrily and started to walk off.
"I'm sorry Lilly if you didn't want to talk about it why bring it up?" I ask.
"I want to talk about it," She says, "But I can't." She walks through some bush's and I follow her through. I was a den, a large one too.
"Is this it?" I ask.
"Yup, this is where we will rest for the night." She said as she walked into the den, "It's roomy in here, come on!" She said from the inside, I walked in and she was right. The roof was about 5 times our height and we could fit about 15 wolves in here. it wasn't the most comfortable place to sleep but it'll have to make due. I curled up in a corner and started to doze off.
"Humphrey, what are you doing?" Lilly asked.
"Going to sleep," I replied.
"I'm hungry, and I'm sure you are too. It's not night yet anyways."
"I can't hunt, I don't know what you're going to eat," I say as I stand up and walk outside.
"If I was to catch something, it'd be something small like a squirrel. What about you, did Kate teach you anything?" I asked.
"She only spoke, not enough to learn though" She replied.
"We then I don't know what to tell you."
"So what are you saying, are we just going to starve!" She says.
"No, I'll figure something," I say it wasn't long after that we hear a familiar voice behind us.
"You might want to figure out something fast because this den is bear inhabited and if you stay ain't longer it'll tear you to shreds."
Kails POV
I and Winston started back to the den when he caught me off guard with a question. "What did you want to see Eve about?" be asked
"Huh?"
"I said why did you run off to your Grandmother?" He asked again.
"Oh, I had a question I wanted to ask," I replied
"Why didn't you talk to me, anything can happen when you leave the den at night like that."
"It was something I had to speak with her about," I tell him as we arrive at the den. I saw Jewel sitting in a corner.
"Alright, just tell me next time." He says as he laid down.
"Winston, I was wondering if I could sleep at Kevin's today?" I asked.
"Ok, sure. But take your sister." He says as he closes his eyes. "I'm going to take a nap." I and Jewel walk outside and down to Kevin's den. He lives on the edge of the pack so it'll be easy to sneak out.
"Re you sure about this?" She asks as we arrive at his den.
"Sure, it'll be fine," I reassure her as we walk inside.
Humphreys POV:
I and Lilly turn to see Candu walking out of the bushes. "Wha- did you follow us?" She asked out of shock.
"Yeah, you don't know what you could have saw." I added.
"Cool it, I know you two aren't together. I spoke to Winston after you left and he told me to follow you and bring you back." He replied.
"Well in not going back." I said.
"I was ordered by the leader of the pack to bring you back and Lilly back. I won't let you progress any further into this wood. Will you follow me." He stated once more.
"Uh Candu, Humphreys the leader of the pack, and I'm going where ever he goes," Lilly replied.
"Yeah, and i told you I'm staying right here!" I said with a stern look. He smiled and let out a chuckle.
"Humphrey... I wasn't asking." He threatens just as we both hear a roar come from behind the trees.
"I don't care, lets finish this up later. Right now we need to find somewhere safe." I tell him. "Lilly, what's up ahead?" I ask her as i look around.
"Nothing much, just trees for miles." She replies.
"Candu?" I question him.
"I...I...I don't know. There's no way back over that ravine." He explains. The monstrous beast then steps out of the shadows, unaware of our presence yet.
"Humphrey, what do we do?" Lilly whispered, scared. I just stood in horror, there's no way we could bring down something that big. I just said the first thing that popped in mind.
"Play dead," I told them as I fell to the ground. Lilly and Candu did the same, the bear noticed us and started to walk close by. She bent down and sniffed us, I mouthed don't move to Lilly, but she was shaking uncontrollably. The bear hunched over her and started to growl, I knew she was in danger so I jumped and and bit the Lilly tail on its butt and it hollered and threw me off of her. "RUN!"
Here is the next chapter, hope it was good. Tell me what you think in the comments and if you're enjoying this story, follow it for the next chapters. I hope you all have a great rest of you day and...
Piece!
