Humphrey's POV-
As I awoke from my deep sleep, I noticed the sun had begun to rise. Typically, I would beg the sun to go away, but today was different. I wanted to know the vote...I needed to know the vote.
I bolted out of my den to go to the Mac (which was located at the front of the Omega field) then I stopped as soon as I left my den. Nobody was outside, and when I say nobody, I mean nobody. Either there was some dark magic going on here, or everyone was still asleep.
I sided with the more realistic option, so I decided to walk quietly through the field, but I still went very fast. I guessed that Winston had already replied to the vote last night, but I couldn't check. The rule is that public use of the Mac is only always during sunlight hours. This, of course, means everyone but Winston. By the time I got back yesterday, it was already dark, so I couldn't check. Winston has this rule because there are some very weird things wolves can access from the Mac that I will not say. However, I will say that it's illegal to do these things. Wolves will be less likely to do those weird things if other wolves are out in the light.
I'm going to be honest, in the beginning, I didn't care about Omega abuse. I only did it in the heat of the moment because of my beef with Kate. However, the more I went along with it, and after Kate and I made up with the beef going away, the more I started to realize we needed it. It would be a great thing for everyone if there was equality. The Omegas would be happier leading to better pack productivity.
I log on only to find an answer that should've been expected. No. Winston is an Alpha, and the social status is in his favor, why would he say yes to the vote? As I had said earlier, there are only a few Alphas I know who seemingly have a heart toward Omegas. The main one was Kate; I think it's because we were best friends when we were young, so she understood Omegas more than Alphas usually would. But, then again, Alpha school had seemingly changed her.
At this point, I was fed up with Winston and the Alphas, something needed to be done, whether with Winston or not. So, I made an impulsive decision that would change history as we know it. Despite being very early, I howled so loud that I wouldn't be surprised if the whole pack could hear me. I heard some murmurs, but no one got out of their dens.
"Attention, everyone, we are under attack!" I said, which might've been stretching the truth a little, but in a sense, we were. As soon as I said that, I saw wolves practically sprinting out of their dens. "Where's the intruder?!" One of the more fit Omegas asked me, looking around like a maniac in panic.
"Our own kind," I said, trying to hint that Winston had said no. "I knew it, it's you!" One of the members of the George family said to the Adam family. "Says the family who always spreads false rumors!" The head wolf, Adam, shot back. All of a sudden, there was a full out brawl. "No, no. It's not the Adam family," I said as I was correcting the misunderstanding between the wolves. "I knew it, it's you guys!" Adam said to George. "No, no!" I tried explaining, but couldn't be heard because of the noise of the commotion.
I knew I had to stop this before it got any worse, and that's when I noticed a tree log lying nearby. I picked up the log and threw it in the fighting group whilst saying, "Be quiet!" in a loud tone.
That action stopped all the commotion as the wolves turned to me. Well, I wanted everyone awake and paying attention, and this accomplished that, despite being unconventional.
"I was trying to be fancy, but I'll just come straight out and say it. The intruder is our leader, Winston. He has rejected our vote which sends a clear message. He is our enemy, not a friend. What's the point of having him as a leader as it only hurts us?" I said when I got multiple gasps as reactions. The other reactions were boos after hearing the vote had gotten rejected. At this point, the George and Adam family had ceased all bickering, but they were still staring at each other.
"What's your point?" A wolf from the Adam family said out loud. "My point is that we should go rogue," I said to them in a matter-of-fact tone. The wolves were absolutely blown away by my sentence. "Are you crazy? We can never survive!" Another wolf said to me. "Yeah, where will we get our food from?" Another one asked. "Look, I know some wolves here have dreamed of being an Alpha and trained to be one," I said as I recall some Omegas doing physical training every once in a while. "Plus, my goal isn't to start a new pack, that's crazy talk. My plan is to show how much those Alphas need us, then we will come back on the condition that they pass our vote," I said to them. "What if they don't need us?" A wolf from the George family said to me. "Of course they will need us. Who will stop the fights?" I said as wolves started to get more on board with my idea.
"My suggestion is that we stay here during the rebellion and not let any Alphas through. In the meantime, we will be protesting against Alphas. Our most athletic Omegas will guard and protect us, as well as get our food," I said to my fellow Omegas.
"Who's with me?" I said to the pack of Omegas, but no one said a word. I was about to give up when I heard someone from the George family say "I am". Others began to follow, and pretty soon, the Adam family was the only family left who hadn't said "I am". "Come on, you have to say yes," Someone from the Johnson family said. "No we don't, that is treason to the leader and pack," A member of the family said to the wolf. "Treason? That's your excuse? Treason? The real treason of the pack is the leader not looking out for the whole pack," I said, trying to convince the family. "Sorry, but no," The wolf said to me. "Fine, then you just go to Winston because he is so 'great'," I told him, not wanting to deal with him. Suddenly, one of the family members whispered to the head wolf. "Actually, fine. We will go," The head wolf said, changing his mind.
I began to start our exit of the pack. "Hutch! We are leaving," I said to Hutch as he was patrolling the area around the field. "What do you mean you're leaving? Leaving what?" Hutch asked. He was alone in his walk as it was early in the morning. From what I know, Hutch is a very hard worker, so I wasn't in any surprise he was out this early. He seems like a nice wolf, I haven't seen him be hateful or do hateful things toward anyone. However, you can never know with those Alphas. "Tell your leader the Omegas have left," I told him and, in response, he laughed. "Leave? Leave what? The pack? That's ridiculous," Hutch said to us, still laughing. "Sure it may be ridiculous, but it's the right thing to do," I said to Hutch 100% percent seriously. "You guys can't do that, I won't let you," Hutch said to us, taking the side of the leader. I didn't know how to respond, but I didn't have to. The crowd got behind me by saying, "You better start believing, we are leaving! We won't stand with this, no matter how much Alphas wish!" They kept on repeating it louder. After seeing this, Hutch started running to Winston's den.
"Down with Alphas, up with Omegas!" Most of the Omegas had started to change their cheer to this after Hutch had left. I was afraid it was going to become violent, but I figured it would be a good energy boost to get the crowd cheering. I didn't realize at the time what that had forever changed. I then waited 5 minutes and hushed the crowd as there were some other key points I had to talk about.
I knew that Winston would be over here to check out the commotion, and I wanted to give an impression that showed that we aren't going down easily. "Charlie, Marc, and you, I want you to patrol the area," I said, pointing to the wolf I meant when I said 'you' for the last part as I didn't know his name. "Okay," They said simultaneously as they began to walk away. Later, I would learn his name was Gilbert.
I then proceeded to go over food arrangements and who goes where to get what. I had the adventurous Omegas be the one who would go get the food while the rest would do day-to-day jobs in the pack (even though it was technically only a rebellion).
I don't want to brag, but it was a pretty clear decision by the wolves that I should be the leader of the rebellion. However, I made sure I didn't have any privilege over the Omegas. My sole purpose as a leader was to coordinate and run the rebellion.
Everything had gone by so quickly that I had seemingly forgotten about telling Lilly about the rebellion. I should've told her before I started to ask her if she wanted to join, but I can't now as it's too risky to ask her in her den being the leader of the rebellion.
"What's the name of this new pack?" A wolf had asked out loud but seemingly pointed to me. "I say the United Omegas of Canada," Another wolf said proudly. "Nah, just the Omegas of Jasper Park sounds better," A female wolf had added into the discussion. This debate, however, was in vain as I had already decided that this wasn't going to be a new pack.
"As I said before, this will not be the formation of a new pack; it is only a rebellion. If need must be down the road, then we can form the pack. However, if after he sees his Omegas go on strike, and changes the law, what's the point of leaving? We would've gotten what we wanted," I said, not wanting to jump the gun too quickly.
"What happens if he says no?" A very old wolf asked me. I didn't know how to respond, I had always assumed that he would say yes. However, the old, wise wolf was right; we needed to be prepared for anything. "This we will make sure we get our fair share of respect, food, and treatment by any and all means necessary," I said which made all the Omegas cheer in excitement. So, for now, we were only a rebellion, not a pack.
"No more Alphas!" Had begun to be chanted by many wolves. That is where I had realized my mistake. I wasn't going to be able to talk...to see Kate at all. Just like the same situation with Lilly, if I try to find her and step outside the Omega field, some Alphas would probably take me to prison. However, there was no reason why she would go to the Omega field, especially with all this going on. Her Dad probably even will permit her from going here. My only hope is that we Omegas can get our fair dues quickly so I can see her soon. The same thing goes with Lilly. I'll just have to see them again later when this whole thing is over.
It was also decided that rules to stay in the rebellion were simple, short rules that everyone should have to follow. Just rules like: everyone is equal and no fighting allowed (all laws that are reasonable). The Book of Rules had always been confusing, so we just replaced the old law code with the new one we just made. It was very straightforward and simple as there was no corruption involved. At that point, we pretty much functioned as a real pack, however, I didn't want us to have that title as that would make us susceptible to attacks by other packs, and we were not ready for that. Plus, I didn't want to start an all-out war with Winston.
It was already around breakfast time, and seeing that Winston had not responded yet, we sent out our hunting group to get us food. I purposely sent them out a good hour before the Alphas usually come out since that will prevent a fight between the Alphas and Omegas and it will give us a chance to get first dibs on the food. Our hunting team was already inexperienced enough, we didn't need direct competition to make things worse. Even though it may seem like it, I didn't necessarily want war, I wanted justice. If justice requires war, however, then so let it be. Even though I may have started this rebellion for all the wrong reasons, I quickly started to believe that this was my calling in my life. This is what I was born to do.
My dream scenario was that Winston will see this rebellion and have equality between Alphas and Omegas, including letting them marry. Then I would be able to finally have a higher relationship with Kate. Hopefully, after she sees my bravery and courage, she will realize that I can be a great mate for her. However, I don't know what is going to happen with Garth; even all the strongest, toughest wolves in the world couldn't compete with him. I just had to hope she will love me for who I am. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm not going to try to impress her.
There have been numerous times I have tried to impress Kate, but I was never able to do something so great to woo her off her feet. I was hoping my leadership in the rebellion would do that. It didn't strike my mind, however, that she may stand by her Dad during the rebellion, therefore not giving me any chance. I had to hope Lady Luck was on my side.
Then, all of a sudden, it started to snow. It snows all the time, so I didn't think of it much. However, it had quickly turned into a massive blizzard to the point where it was impossible to see two feet ahead. "Everyone! Quickly to the Harold den before we freeze!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. The Harold den was the biggest family, so they had the largest den. However, their kids moved out recently, so there was a lot of empty space. There was enough space for all the Omegas. We all got into the den where we saw a couple of figures enter the den.
"It's the Alphas! They're gonna kill us for treason!" One of the wolves panicked. It turned out that it was just the hunting team. However, they weren't able to bring back any food due to the blizzard and their inexperience. Some wolves were starting to have serious doubts about the rebellion.
"We will make it through this! No one said it would be easy! We must preserve through this to show the Alphas we are capable of surviving on our own!" I said as I tried to encourage our pack members. There were just shrugs from the crowd as they weren't convinced.
Thirty minutes later, the blizzard had stopped. "You see, I told you we will be fine," I said to the Omegas. "No, we aren't. Where's our food?" One of the more stubborn wolves said. However, when we made the trek outside, it was a miracle. There were at least 8 dead caribou around the field. They must've frozen to death, it was really cold. How they all got there, I will never know. "I told you, have faith guys," I said to the Omegas. There were massive cheers from the crowd as we started to eat our well-deserved breakfast. So far there was no activity from the Alphas, but there probably will be soon. The blizzard probably held them up.
So far, everything had gone accordingly, but that was just the beginning. I was ready to fight for what I wanted.