Hey all to chapter 6, first of all sorry for the one year wait, gosh I will do my best again for it to never happen again but I've just so busy and I still have a busy agenda and had a hard time getting ideas cause never had a lot of time to sit down and think, but well enjoy the next chapter!
Chapter 6: Secrets revealed
Humphrey's POV
I regained consciousness coughing violently, coughing the water out of my lungs. I slowly stood up and looked around seeing I was on a small sandbank where the river flowed at a slow pace with thick dense forest ahead of me, I looked around a little more when I saw Fay laying a little distance away from me still unmoved. I quickly ran to her side and lowered my head to listen if she was still alive.
"Yes!" I yelled after hearing her heart beat but she didn't breathe.
I quickly turned her on her back and opened her muzzle and started blowing air into her lungs and then I put my paws on her chest and pressed but not too hard as to not hurt her, after pressing for three times I put my ear on her chest again to listen but she still didn't breathe. I repeated my actions until she finally coughed, spitting all the water out of her lungs, gasping for air and slowly opening her eyes.
"H…humphrey" she said looking up at me.
I was about to say something when she suddenly grabbed me tightly crying into my shoulder.
"Th-thank y-you s-so much f-for s-sa-saving…" she said crying freely on my shoulder while I slowly ran my paw across her back.
"Ssshhh…it's alright" I said trying to calm her down.
We stayed in each other's embrace for quite a while, when she eventually calmed down I slowly pulled back and saw her eyes were red from all the crying she had done.
"Are you feeling better Fay" I asked making sure if she was alright.
"Y-yes" she said nodding slowly.
"Okay good. Fay we got to move on, we can't stay here it's too dangerous" I said putting a paw on Fay's shoulder.
"No, we have to wait here for McCabe and Andy, they will come for us" she said backing away.
"Are you even listening to yourself right now, how will they find us, for all we know maybe they just went back home" I snapped at Fay not wanting to wait here and have the possibility of getting attacked by whatever creature might be lurking in the woods.
"Then what do you think we have to do" she said with a low voice.
"First of all we have to get off this open spot, any predator can see us now" I said getting up and walking towards the dense forest.
I walked into the forest with Fay following closely behind me, I looked around and saw a jungle like forest, with vines, muddy underground and green everywhere, bushes, trees, rocks and boulders everywhere and much more.
"And what now" I heard Fay ask while admiring the forests beauty.
"We have to find a den where we can rest" I said looking around.
We were walking around for over an hour but we still hadn't found anything, we had run across a few predators and were able to hide and walk away unseen but that was pure luck, I applied all the techniques Kate taught me to be able to walk away unseen, like covering our self with mud so we couldn't get sniffed out and crouching away slowly, Fay so far had been terrified from the encounters but I told her to stay calm and she did.
"Come on, we've been searching for so long and still nothing" I said angrily.
"We'll have to sleep in the open then" Fay said which made me stop and look back at her.
"Hahaha…very funny Fay, sleep in the open" said laughing lightly at her sarcastic joke and then continuing with searching.
I heard her chuckle and she walked up next to my left which made me look at her and she looked at me, she smiled which made me smile and from that moment on I knew we would get along with each other.
As time passed by we kept searching and we still hadn't found any good den where we could stay at, I didn't mind as I could just talk with Fay and have a good time. I was done telling her about me and now it was her turn to tell me about her. I was very curious to know what she was going to say, mostly because I wanted to know what pack she was from and how she came to know Andy and McCabe but I also had to keep an eye on her, it's not because we're getting along that I should let my guard down around her, she's still not to be trusted.
"So Fay, I told you all about me…how about you, tell me a bit about yourself" I said looking at her smiling while walking.
"Well I got born in-" She started.
"DEN!" I yelled loudly cutting her off.
"No…I mean yes I was born in a den but-" she started but I cut her off again
"No…den!" I said pointing at the den I saw.
She looked at where I was pointing and then when she realized what I meant.
"Oooh, you silly" she said laughing which made me laugh also.
We started walking towards the den and I cautiously sniffed the air to smell if any predators were near or if any possible prey was near, by now I was feeling very hungry and thirsty and I was sure Fay was also but she didn't show it at all and was smiling constantly.
We slowly entered the den and it was a rather large den that could house up to five wolves, I sniffed the air once more to check if it was indeed abandoned and I didn't smell anybody else other than Fay and myself and the smell of the forest.
"Looks like this den's perfect" I said happily sitting down in the middle of the den looking outside.
"Yes it is" Fay said sitting next to me also looking outside.
We looked at each other and suddenly I heard Fay her stomach growl loudly which made me laugh loudly with Fay turning red in embarrassment.
"We better start searching ourselves some dinner before we eat each other" I said chuckling looking at Fay.
She chuckled and nodded before we stood up and walked outside to find ourselves dinner. We were walking for several minutes, sniffing the air for any small prey we could take.
"Humphrey" Fay whispered.
"Yes?" I said whispering back.
"I think I smell rabbits near" she said stopping and making me stop walking.
"Oh…where" I asked sniffing the air with my tail starting to wag faster.
"Not far ahead of us, maybe behind those bushes" she said pointing towards some bushes in front of us.
I saw Fay slowly start to crouch her way towards the bush and motioning with her paw for me to do the same and follow her. I crouched down and slowly made my way next to her, when we were mere inches from the bush she flicked with her ear which meant attack.
I jumped into the bush with my jaws open and Fay doing the same. I crashed down on top of something soft and hearing something snap, I slowly stood up seeing a rabbit dead underneath me and hearing somebody laugh next to me, I looked to my left and saw Fay with a rabbit dead rabbit in her jaws laughing.
"What's so funny" I asked looking at her smiling making her put the rabbit down.
"N-nothing" she said still laughing.
"Hey! The rabbit is dead, jaws or weight, it's all the same" I said also laughing a bit and picking up my rabbit walking back.
We walked back in silence with both our bellies growling and the rabbit in our mouths, once we finally arrived at our newly found den we sat down in the middle and began eating our catch, we ate in silence and were finished fairly quick.
"Humphrey" Fay said making me look up at her.
"Yes" I said wondering what she was going to say.
"I think we should find some water, I'm thirsty" She said standing up.
I nodded in agreement and we headed back out in search of water, I sniffed the air with Fay doing the same but I didn't smell any water near.
"If we go west we might come across something" Fay said starting to walk towards the west.
"Shouldn't we mark this den" I asked making Fay stop and look back.
"Uhm…sure" Fay said sitting down and waiting for me.
I walked to a tree next to the den and quickly did my thing before walking back to Fay.
"Done" she asked.
"Yes, all done" I said walking past her.
We were walking for several minutes in silence but then I thought back the moment Fay was going to tell me about herself but I ruined it.
"So…Fay" I started, making her look at me.
"Yes, Humphrey" she said smiling.
"Tell me about yourself" I said smiling at her. She nodded.
"Well, I was born in the Northern pack and live there" She said.
"That's all" I asked confused.
"Yah, I mean there's nothing else important other than McCabe and I are together" she said looking at me.
I stopped walking and quickly took a defensive stance and started growling at her. She looked at me confused.
"Why so hostile all of a sudden" She asked me shocked, taking a step back.
"You're at his side, you just want to take me to your pack" I yelled still growling.
"N-no…" she said sitting down and looking down.
I stopped growling and looked at her for a few before sitting down also.
"I never asked for any of this…" she said looking down at the ground.
"But then why do you go along with them" I asked making her look at me.
"So I don't have to stay in my pack, McCabe was the only one I could trust and who would treat me normally…but after he had a talk with my dad he changed and was only after revenge on Winston and Tony, apparently the pack leaders of the West and Eastern pack" she said looking up at me and then looking down.
"And do you know why he became like that…wait your dad" I asked confused.
"Yes, my dad is the pack leader of the North" she said looking at me.
"Oh…now it all makes sense" said understanding part, I still don't know why he's after revenge.
"McCabe told me he was from the Western pack long ago but he never told me what happened" she said looking at me sadly.
Suddenly we both heard a sound in the bushes nearby and we both looked seeing something move behind the bush, I quickly crouched down and started growling at the bush with Fay doing the same.
"Come out whoever is there!" I shouted growling and showing my teeth.
"Well not very friendly are we" the wolf said as he slowly stepped out from behind the bush.
As soon as he stepped out we heard more paw steps from behind us which made me look around seeing we were surrounded.
"What are you doing in or territory" he asked growling and making the others growl at us also which made me stop growling.
"We were just-" I started but got silenced when he spoke.
"Quiet!... You look familiar" he said pointing at Fay.
The wolf next to him leaned closer and whispered something in his ear, I looked at Fay and Fay looked back at me, from where would he know Fay? Many things popped up my mind. Maybe she was here before and acted like she didn't know where we were? Did she fool me all this time? From where would she know them? Did she know them? So many unanswered questions I would find out in a few. He turned his attention back to us and spoke.
"You are from the north! You're coming with us!" he shouted making me gasp and Fay also.
As soon as he said that the other wolves were baring their teeth and slowly moving closer.
"wait!" Fay shouted making them all stop.
"I will go with you but please let him go, he has nothing to do with this" Fay said defeat.
"Alright, you grey one go while you can" he said.
"Fay-" I started but got silenced by Fay.
"Go Humphrey go now, I'll be fine trust me" she said putting a faint smile.
I nodded and started running away against my will, I didn't want to leave her behind but being captured together with her wouldn't make it any better. I looked back one last time and saw them walking away with fay with her head low following the leader and surrounded by others. I kept running until I reached our den and ran inside collapsing to the ground.
"Why did I leave her behind!" I yelled at myself hitting myself against my head
I was sitting inside the den just looking down when I heard something approach the den, before I had time to turn my head I got jumped and heard loud growling coming from the one on top of me, I was shaking in fear, fearing my life was going to end. When suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my neck and everything turned black.
Hey again, I want to thank all my readers for sticking with me and I appreciate all the reviews I've gotten, they really motivated me to push on to get this chapter out, Thanks.
Also I'm working on a little game that includes every chapter but I'm still thinking it out so more information about it in the next chapter!
And as last I'm requesting a few oc's, if anybody has any oc's I may use pm me, I need quite a few and if any of you have questions, tips or ideas don't hesitate to pm me, see you all in the next chapter! HdO.