Humphrey's POV-
"It is me, however, my furry friend," A very familiar bird said,
"Paddy! Marcel!" I replied as they came closer to give me a hug,
"Where's the wife?" Paddy asked me,
'Great, humiliation time,' I thought deeply to myself,
"She's…ummm…kinda getting married?" I said, but it came out more like a question than a statement,
"To who?" Paddy asked me,
'He's probably confused out of his mind,' I thought to myself in my head before I replied,
"A guy named Barf," I said,
"And who is this umm…Barf?" Marcel asked me,
'A jerk,' I thought,
"Long story," I replied to make it easier on myself,
Flashback-
(Location is where Humphrey went after he is forced to leave by Kate at the first moonlight howl)
'What the heck!' I thought, 'Go take little coyote Humphrey, how could she say that?!' After thinking that, I was very triggered,
'Oh, that little…that little…that little Barf' I thought,
'Look at me, I'm Garth, I'm strong and have a terrible howl. Girls just come right to me,' I thought,
'If only I could be with Kate and show her how I really am,' I thought sadly.
End Of Flashback-
"And we have plenty of time on this train," Marcel said,
'Speaking of time on this train, I wonder how long I had slept for,' I thought randomly,
"Well, okay, here we go," I said to their eager faces,
"Kate is planned to marry Garth about right now to unite the packs and she likes him more than me," I replied sadly,
'Well, if she does even like me,' I thought,
"It's okay Humphrey, you're better of without her," Paddy replied sympathetically,
"I don't know about that," I replied in a very low tone so they wouldn't hear,
"Yeah right, Paddy, did you see her looks?" Marcel said,
'This is gonna be awkward,' I thought while shaking my head,
"Shut up, Marcel," Paddy said, pointing his head to me,
"Aha, so you do admit it," Marcel said to Paddy,
Just then I noticed a good place to get off the train.
"Okay guys, I think this is my spot," I replied, pointing to it, wanting this awkward moment to end,
"Got it, we'll come with you," Paddy replied,
"Wait…what?" Marcel replied,
'Can't these two just get along?' I thought,
"Yes Marcel, we are going, stop being so lazy," Paddy replied in a matter of fact tone,
"Fine, but only on one condition," Marcel went on,
'If this goes on, then I'll miss my destination,' I thought,
'That would be really bad,' I imagined having to run back to my destination since I passed it.
"Okay guys, I'm gonna get off," I said and jumped off the train,
However, when I jumped off, I must have landed on my broken paw and it hurt…a lot. Paddy and Marcel must have noticed me because they got off the train and looked very concerned.
"Oh my god! Are you okay furry friend?" Marcel asked,
"Yes, everything is perfect…no! I'm not!" I replied sarcastically and angrily,
"Is there anything we can do for you?" Paddy replied trying to help,
'Dang, where are the healers when you need them?' I thought, avoiding Paddy's question.
Flashback-
"Ready for your one-year checkup?" One of our pack healers asked,
"As ready as I'll ever be," I replied answering her question, but just then,
"We need help with this wolf, he just broke his leg and is bleeding badly," A young wolf said,
"I'll be there in a second," She screamed, "C'mon Humphrey, let's get your one-year checkup over with," She replied quietly to me,
"Uhh…okay," I replied, not complaining that I didn't have to wait.
'That's weird,' I thought curiously.
End of Flashback-
"What was that, friend?" Paddy replied even though I didn't say anything yet,
'He must have just gotten impatient,' I figured,
'C'mon Humphrey, think, think, think. Herbs! I remember Eve getting herbs when I got a cut on my leg,' I thought to myself excitedly, 'I hope I'm not completely wrong,' I pondered on that thought a lot,
"Just some herbs, for now, I guess," I replied to Paddy's comment,
"Do you know what to do with the herbs?" Marcel replied to me,
"Honestly, no," I replied a little disappointed,
"Okay, well then, I guess Paddy and I will try to go find someone who can help us," Marcel said trying to help me,
'Finally! A non-lazy Marcel!' I thought excitedly, 'Wait, does he mean a human?!' I thought, this time confused,
"A human?!" I asked Marcel, eager to hear an answer,
"No! A wolf," Paddy replied, answering that question for Marcel,
'Oh, thank god,' I thought, now relaxed,
"Okay, well then I guess I will see you later!" I replied, hoping they will find someone to help me,
"Bye! Will be back in 3 hours at most," Marcel replied back, flying away while heavily breathing.
'Back to lazy and tired Marcel again,' that thought made me laugh,
I just waved bye as I saw them leave.
'Well, I guess I have time to myself,' I thought as I began to look around.
It was beautiful there, birds chirping, green grass, lots of flowers, and, best of all, the sun felt nice on my skin.
'This is paradise,' I thought to myself until I heard someone scream,
"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON MY TERRITORY?!"
'Oh crap,' I thought.
Kate's POV-
I turned around to see Lilly standing there, smirking,
'It was Lilly who heard that?! The brat strikes again!' I thought, nervous that she would find out,
"I wanted to tell him…umm…umm…umm," I said, but couldn't finish because I didn't know how to,
"It's not that you love him, is it?" Lilly replied, still smirking,
'How did she find out?!' I thought, 'Is she stalking me?' I thought curiously,
"Okay, you got me, Lilly, you got me," I replied, but quickly tried to come back with a comeback,
"I know you love Garth," I said, lying completely,
Her grin turned to a confused expression,
"Wait, what?! How did you find out?" She asked, totally confused,
"Haha, got you! Wait? What?" I asked even more confused than before,
"How did you find out that I liked Garth?" She replied. I knew that she expecting a good answer because of her angry face,
'Hold on, Lilly loves Garth? That explains why Lilly came back here so quickly, she was sad that Garth is getting married. It also explains why Lilly was so nervous around Garth. Does Garth love Lilly? I wonder…' I thought, not believing it for the whole time,
"Hold on, how did you know that I like Humphrey?" I asked her, avoiding her answer and wanting her to answer mine first,
I guess she didn't feel like arguing because she didn't argue,
"I mean, it was pretty simple, you're sad when you come back from Idaho, you talk about him in your dreams, and you walk back here, also sad, since Dad just said that you're marrying Garth in less than 3 hours," She replied smartly, grinning again,
'Dang, I didn't think that I made it that obvious,' I thought,
"Now your turn," Lilly said to me, her grin going away,
"Honest answer?" I replied already knowing the answer,
"No, I want the complete fake answer. Why would I want the honest version?" Lilly replied sarcastically,
"Fine…here we go…" I said but didn't finish because I couldn't find the words,
'What do I say? I mean, I just said something random to her,' I thought, 'Maybe I'm a psychic…yeah, I like that…Kate the Psychic,' I thought, grinning,
"Well," Lilly said, breaking me out of my mental trance,
"To be honest…I have always been stalking you," I replied just to make a joke and stall for more time,
"WHAT?!" Lilly replied in a shocked tone,
I couldn't help to not laugh at her face. It was SO funny. I laughed so hard that I fell to the ground and I started crying because I laughed so much.
"Just kidding, just kidding, don't worry," I told Lilly, who had an angry expression on her face again,
'Dang, she actually bought that for a minute,' I thought, 'And she's supposed to be the one who makes the jokes, not me,' I continued thinking,
"No, but really, I just said something completely random," I told her seriously,
"You're not serious, are you?" She asked me, not believing it,
"I swear, it's true," I said to my sister and she just slapped herself on the face, probably because she just gave away her number one secret when she didn't have to,
"Okay sis, we can talk later, I have to get ready," I said wanting to get out of this awkward situation,
"Okay, that's fine," she said. And with that, I walked out of the den.
The plan was to go eat, and then go take a quick bath in the lake, but I'm running low on time, so I'm gonna just take a bath, then eat after the wedding. As I was walking down the path to get to the lake, I saw a cute couple and I started to think about Humphrey.
'Dang, I wish that was Humphrey and me,' I thought sadly.
As I started to bathe myself, I started thinking about Humphrey and where he is.
*Daydream*
"Day one of my adventure as a lone wolf for fun," Humphrey said,
"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON MY TERRITORY?!" An unfamiliar voice said,
"I come in peace, I promise," Humphrey said in a worrisome voice,
"No, you don't," The voice said with a laugh, and with that, he clawed Humphrey to the face.
He was lying there, crying, until the mysterious wolf ended his misery and killed Humphrey in a pool of blood, and there was nothing I could do about it.
*End Of Daydream*
"NOOOOOOO!" I screamed as I jumped out of my daydream, sweating even though I was in the water.
Meanwhile, every other wolf there looked at me like I was crazy,
'Crap!' I thought to myself, 'my bad' I thought as I made a face that had cringe written all over it,
"Sorry I…I…I dropped my…my…my rock," I said as I grabbed a rock from the lake, and then everyone just continued what they were doing,
'They bought that? Wow!' I thought.
"Kate please come here, it's almost time to go!" My Mom said screaming in a motherly tone,
"Okay Mom, coming," I replied to her, screaming,
'Well time to walk back for the wedding,' I thought to myself, 'Wait? Is that Paddy and Marcel…nah…it can't be,' I thought more, but I decided just to shrug it off and walk back to my den.
Well, hope you guys enjoyed chapter 3 of Humphrey The Sad Lone Wolf! What's gonna happen with the wedding and Humphrey's injury? What will happen to Humphrey? Feel welcome to review and I hope you guys have a great rest of your day!