Hello guys! Welcome back to another chapter of Alpha vs. Omega: Civil War!
Humphrey's POV
The sun rose from its hiding space and its sunshine, the bright sunshine, filled my den. Despite the efforts to stay asleep, the sunshine seemed to go through my eyelids and wake me up anyway.
Today, I was holding the vote for Omega abuse. Obviously, I know that the Omegas are going to vote to end it; that's not what I'm worried about. I'm worried about if Winston would agree to end it because, after all, he is an Alpha. I hope that since he will see how many Omegas voted to end it, he will agree to end it. Chances are slim though, nothing remotely close to that law/bill has been passed before. Sadly though, even if it was passed, I doubt any Alphas would follow it; but you never know.
I walked down, out of my den, to my good friends' Salty's, Shakey's, and Mooch's, den who all live right next to each other. I wasn't going to hold the vote until later, probably around after lunchtime, and it wasn't even breakfast yet. However, when I walked in, I didn't see them there. They must be log sledding.
Sure enough, they were. I decided I was going to play a prank on them since they didn't know I was here. Salty, Shakey, and Mooch were all lining up to take another round down the hill, and once they all sat down in the log, I snuck up on them and pushed the log.
"AHHHH!" They all screamed simultaneously. They are so going to kill me.
I ran down the hill to meet up with them after they crashed. When I finally got down there, I saw that Mooch, as always, somehow landed on top of Salty and Shakey and they were begging him to get up.
"Hey guys," I said to all three, acting like I didn't do anything.
"Humphrey! Was that you?" Salty asked me once Mooch got off of him.
"No, it was a tornado," I told him sarcastically.
"I'm gonna get you back for that," Salty told me.
"Can't wait," I said to him. Salty was never the best prankster in the group.
"Can we go to breakfast?" Mooch asked all of us. Classic Mooch.
Breakfast usually started about an hour after sunrise.
"Sure, it should be here pretty soon. Let's start heading out," I told them as we started to walk to the feeding grounds.
"So, you're holding a vote today?" Shakey asked me as we were walking.
"Yeah, it's about stopping Omega abuse," I told him.
"Speaking of Omega abuse, did you guys hear about the one Omega, Robert I believe, who accidentally fell asleep in one of the Alpha areas/fields after staying up too late by trying to stop a fight between some Alphas?" Salty asked all of us.
"No, I didn't. What happened?" I asked him as I was curious.
"The Alphas in the area all asked to banish Robert and, after they convinced Winston, Winston agreed, so he got banished," Salty said to us.
"Are you serious? That's crazy. The guy fell asleep because of his work, and it's not like he threatened anybody. He fell asleep in the middle of one of the fields! He didn't go inside a den and threaten a family if they don't let him stay! The law here is so broken," I told them as I went off on a rant about Omega abuse.
"I think you guys are overrating how bad the discrimination really is," Mooch said to us.
"I think it's the opposite. I think we're underrating how bad this situation really is. All of this abuse and you don't hear anything from the Omegas, we need to speak up!" I said to them. All of a sudden, I was getting very passionate about this topic.
My fight with Kate was still bothering me. Forget that I have a crush on her, it's the fact that my best friend just used her 'Alpha privilege' in our fight. The tension between Alpha and Omegas is like a rubber band. It just keeps on stretching and stretching; pretty soon, it may snap.
"You know what, it doesn't even matter right now. Let's just eat," Mooch said as we entered the feeding grounds.
Right after we were about to grab a caribou, an Alpha stopped us.
"Hold on right there," The Alpha said to us. The wolf was a male and had a caribou of his own that which all the meat was gone and it was only bones.
"Is there a problem?" I asked him. I didn't get what all the waiting was about.
"Yes, actually. There is a problem," He said to us. "It's not your turn yet," The Alpha finished saying.
"What do you mean it's not our turn yet? As you and I can see, all the Alphas have grabbed their meat, now it's the Omegas turn," I said to the guy.
That was another stupid thing, the Alphas get to pick their meat first, then the Omegas go. The Alphas get all the tasty-looking caribou, then we get left with the not-so-good-looking caribou. I didn't get what this wolf was saying though because he already picked his caribou.
"You have to wait until I and other Alphas finish eating," He told us. That's not how it works.
"Two things: that's not how it works and you already finished eating," I said while motioning to his bones left from the caribou.
"I also have two things: I don't care and I have not finished," The Alpha said. He then proceeded to grab our caribou and he then started eating it.
"Hey! You can't do that!" Mooch yelled at the wolf.
"Oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it? Fight me?" He said as he laughed at his comment.
"Oh yes, I will!" He said as he proceeded to attempt to charge the Alpha, but Shakey and Salty held him back.
"It's not worth it!" Salty screamed at Mooch as they began dragging him away.
"You are a real douchebag, you know that?" I told him as I started to walk away.
"You better watch your mouth, Omega," He yelled at me. I don't know if he said anything else because I was too far away to hear anything else he may have said.
I saw Salty and Shakey still calming down Mooch away from the feeding grounds.
"So, still think Omega abuse isn't that high?" I asked Mooch knowing that he would say no.
"Forget what I said. We are holding this vote and we are getting this thing passed," Mooch said to us while still staring in the direction of the feeding grounds.
"Well, once this one Alpha leaves, we'll eat, then hold the vote," I told Mooch. I decided to move up the vote because this issue is really pissing me off.
We were just waiting in an eerie silence for the Alpha to leave. Finally, we saw him leave as he was walking in our direction.
"Yummy in my tummy," He said cockily once he came up to us. We just stared at him as he walked by.
Once he passed us, we started walking to the feeding grounds. We were starving; however, once we got at the feeding grounds, there was barely anything there.
"You know, I heard from my buddy that there's a caribou shortage," Salty said to us. That would explain it.
We had to settle for two bones with barely any meat split between the four of us. It was barely anything; I wasn't filled at all.
We started walking back to the Omega field. Nothing much was spoken between us, we were all thinking rageful thoughts at the wolf.
"I'll see you guys in a little bit, I'm just gonna start to set up the voting," I told Salty, Shakey, and Mooch once we reached the Omega field.
"Okay, good luck!" They said as we split paths.
Once I set everything up and got the Mac ready, I was about to start the vote but remembered that Lilly wanted to come to the vote. I made the decision to be a friend and go get her.
I decided the best bet would be to go by her parents' den as she would probably be near here. However, that meant that I had to pass the feeding grounds first and that's where I saw about three families all looking for food to feed their children. Of course, they were all Omega families. More discrimination. I looked around to see if I could find any food, but all of my efforts were in vain. Even though it broke my heart, I had to keep on walking because there was nothing I could do.
Once I got to the den, I didn't see Lilly around outside. I didn't want to check if Lilly was in the den because if Winston or someone was in there, he would flip out at me and probably punish me for trespassing. I figured I would take the chance and if Winston was in there, I would say that I plan to hold a vote today as my excuse for being there. I don't want to tell him that I'm looking for Lilly because he may get suspicious.
I walked up to the den very stealthily to make sure no one could hear me inside. I took a peek inside and I saw that no one was there. It was good and bad news. Winston, Eve, and Kate weren't in there, but Lilly wasn't there either.
I was about to turn around and leave when I heard "Hey Humphrey". I jumped and nearly screamed so loud that it would send any remaining caribou in the area away. However, once I turned around, I saw it was only Lilly and not Winston.
"Lilly, you almost gave me a heart attack!" I told her, stilling shaking from being so scared.
"I can see," She said to me as she looked at me. "Sorry for scaring you," She finished talking.
"Don't be sorry," I told her. "I just came to tell you that I'm about to hold the vote," I finished, telling her the purpose of my coming here.
"Oh, thank you for telling me. Let's go," She said to me as we started walking toward the Omega field.
"Where are your parents?" I said once we got down from the hill that leads to the den.
"I have no clue. My Dad said something about a meeting later, but that's not right now," She said to me.
"It doesn't really matter anyway. I was curious if you wanted to keep vote?" I asked her as we were heading toward the Omega field.
"I would love to!" She said to me super excitedly.
We continued to chit-chat until we got to the Omega field. I had everything set up so all we had to do was start the vote. A lot of wolves were in their dens, so I knew that they could hear me.
"Ready, Lilly?" I asked her, wanting to make sure.
"Of course," She said to me, so I began.
"Attention all Omegas, I would like to hold a vote right now," I yelled across the field so every Omega family could hear me. Upon hearing that, all of the Omegas got out of their den.
"You all know the rules: I propose a bill and then each family discusses the bill. Each family gets one vote which is cast by the head Omega in each family," I said so I could make sure everyone knows the rules, but I was pretty sure they all knew.
Once everyone seemed ready, I started the vote.
"My proposed bill is to end all Omega abuse and Alpha privilege by inflicting heavy punishment on any Alpha, or any other rank, who abuses Omegas. There is a heavy punishment if we abuse an Alpha, so there should also be a punishment if they abuse us," I said, opening up the introduction by getting the Omegas thinking.
"Just the other day, a fellow Omega got banished from this pack because he was too tired from his job that he accidentally fell asleep in an Alpha area. He didn't go to sleep in an Alpha den, he fell asleep on dirt by accident! If an Alpha fell asleep in our field, there will be no punishment much less banishment! Many other families, with myself included, could not get a filling meal for breakfast today because, since the Alphas get the first choice, the Alphas stole all of the caribou for themselves. We may as well be caribou; they are treating us like a caribou, not a wolf," I said so I could give them an example of why this bill should be passed.
"It is a sad day when Omegas are treated like dirt when Omegas hold peace between everyone and keep the pack intact. Obviously, telling Alphas they should stop exploiting their privileges over us has not worked, so now we have to make it a law that all privileges are stripped from them. This is the best chance we've got at becoming equal, so I urge you to vote yes to the proposed bill, 'Omega abuse and Alpha privilege shall be ended' so we can end this abuse," I said, concluding my statement for the vote.
"There will be 10 minutes for each family to discuss what they are going to vote. That time begins now," I said, informing them about the rules of voting.
Once I finished all of that talking, I looked back at Lilly, who was looking at me.
"That was really good, Humphrey," She said to me, almost in amazement.
"Thank you," I said to her, trying to be very polite. That was pretty good.
We just waited around for the ten minutes, looking at all of the families discuss if they should vote yes or no.
"Okay, now it's time for everyone to go to their den. As always, we will be going in a clockwise direction and each family will vote their position," I said to all of the Omegas.
Once I saw all of them at their dens, I was ready to start the tally of votes. Well, technically, Lilly was tallying the votes, I was just asking if each family was a yes or no. I looked over to see if she was ready and she just nodded her head, signaling she was ready.
"George family, are you a yes or no?" I asked them, specifically the head wolf though. Please say yes.
"We are a yes," A middle-aged wolf replied, speaking for the family.
I looked behind me to make sure Lilly was tallying the votes in the Mac, and sure enough, she was.
"Adam family, are you a yes or no?" I asked the family.
"We are a no," A very old wolf replied. Dang.
"Oh, come on!" Some wolf from the George family said.
"Huh? Whatcha gonna do?" The head wolf from the Adam family said.
"Okay, let's keep it down here," I said to the wolves. They were now quiet, but staring at each other.
We continued taking votes like that, going around to each family and asking them what side they were on. Finally, we had reached our last family.
"Johnson family, are you a yes or no?" I asked the last family.
"For our boy, we are a yes," The head wolf replied to me. The head wolf was referring to Robert. Robert used to live in the Johnson den before he got married and moved to a different den.
Each den and family is named after the current oldest male's name in the den. Each family is decided by who lives in each den. We don't really have last names. Our name is really just something like: Humphrey the Omega or Kate the Alpha. Our last name is just our rank.
I turned to Lilly to see what the final vote tally was.
"The final tally is about 97% in favor of passing the bill!" Lilly said super excitedly.
"That is way more than 75%, therefore, the bill is passed by the Omegas and we will send it to our leader, Winston, who will decide if the bill will get put in the Book of Rules," I said which concluded the voting process.
There were a lot of cheers from the crowd. The only family who didn't cheer was the Adam family who walked right back to their den.
"That concludes today's voting," I told the crowd as they started going back to their normal activities.
I turned to Lilly and looked at the computer screen to make sure everything typed up. Sure enough, it was.
"Good job," I told her, crediting her for her work.
What we do once the bill is written up is that we send it online in the form of this thing called email, and he can receive it and reply passed or rejected on the email.
"Do you want to send it with the email?" I asked her curiously because I don't know if she knows how to do it.
"Sure," She replied as she sent it to Winston. "Sent!" She said to me, super excitedly.
"Thanks a lot!" I told her, very thankful for her work.
It was about mid-day and there was nothing else planned for the day. I was going to tell her she should go back to her den to have lunch, but I decided I should say something else.
"I know you usually have lunch with your family, but, instead, would you rather go to lunch with me?" I asked her, wanting to be friendly.
"Sure, they shouldn't mine," She told me as we started heading toward the feeding grounds.
Just to make it clear, I don't have a crush on Lilly or anything, we are just really good friends, and really good friends go to lunch.
When we reached the field, I saw the same wolf that kicked us out of the feeding ground earlier.
"Let's go around on the other side of the feeding ground," I told her.
"Why?" She asked me.
"You see that wolf over there?" I asked as I pointed to the Alpha.
She shook her head yes.
"Well, I came earlier with Salty, Shakey, and Mooch for breakfast and that wolf was a complete jerk. If we are talking about Omega abuse, that is the definition of it," I said to her and explained to her the story.
She understood, so we walked to the other side of the feeding grounds and blended into the crowd so the Alpha couldn't see us.
We were eating and chit-chatting when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw Kate walking toward us. I still didn't really want to talk to her because I was still hurt.
"Hey, Humphrey and Lilly," Kate said to us.
"Oh, hey sis," Lilly said to her.
"Hi, Kate," I said to her while trying to sound as unhurt as possible.
"Look, Humphrey, I'm sorry for what I said yesterday, I lost my self-control and all decency," She said to me,
"Kate, it's not really me you should be apologizing to, it's all the Omegas. I thought you were better. You know how bad the tension is right now," I said to Kate being 100% serious.
"And I'm sorry about that! It's not your or anybody's fault. It's mine," She said. "And Garth, I don't really like Garth that much. I don't know what to do!" She said, almost crying at this point. However, I saw Lilly smirking probably because Kate said that she didn't like Garth. Frankly, I wanted to smirk at the same thing.
"It's okay, Kate," I said to her. She came and hugged me, still crying. I still wasn't 100% healed, but I feel a lot better now. I knew the hug was a best-friend type of hug, but I still enjoyed it.
"Kate, do you want to get ready for the meeting later? It's getting pretty late," Winston yelled to Kate from a far distance. He couldn't see that she was crying.
"Okay," She yelled back to her father. "Bye Humphrey," She said to me as she ran toward the lake, probably to take a bath.
"She forgot about me," She said in a jokingly sad voice. I knew she was just kidding.
Once Kate left completely, Lilly turned to me and said, "She likes you," in a very certain voice. I wish.
"No, she doesn't. Why would someone like a stupid Omega like me?" I said to Lilly.
"She does like you," Lilly told me.
"Well, you heard what she said, she doesn't like Garth. That gives you the opportunity to be with Garth," I told her, trying to put the spotlight and pressure on her.
"Yeah, she doesn't like Garth because she likes you," She told me. Doubt it.
After we finished debating about crushes, we decided to play some games, but we were both anxious to see if Winston passed or rejected the bill.
Thank you all for reading! Have a nice day!