Humphrey's POV-
'Oh my god! What do I do?!' I thought as I saw a ton of caribou run towards me,
I just stood there, frozen in fear, waiting for my death.
As the caribou got less than three feet away, I screamed as the caribou knocked me out…
Kate's POV-
*Dream*
'Here we go,' Humphrey thought, 'Got my caribou in sight,' Humphrey thought, stalking a caribou,
Humphrey grunted as he jumped on to the caribou, but the caribou knocked Humphrey off and he broke his paws,
Then, a stampede knocked Humphrey over and killed him.
*End Of Dream*
I shot up from my dream state,
"Humphrey! Injury! Away!" I screamed as my Mom came over to me to try to soothe me,
"Shhh, it's okay Kate," My Mom said,
"No! It's not!" I replied back screaming,
"What do you mean?" My Mom asked me, now confused,
"Humphrey! Hurt! Gone away!" I screamed to my Mom, going insane,
"Wait, he left?" She asked,
"Yes!" I replied,
"Crap! I need to tell Winston," She said to herself as she howled for him.
Humphrey's POV-
*Grunt* "Where am I?" I asked as I opened my eyes,
'What's that blood taste about?' I thought as I tasted it,
Then, when I looked down, I saw a caribou…lying there…dead,
"Oh my god! I killed it! I killed it!" I said excitedly,
'There is my food,' I thought happily as I began to eat it,
'After I finish eating, I'm gonna go get some branches and herbs,' I thought to myself,
'Okay, if this is gonna work, I'm gonna need at schedule once I'm healed. Okay, let's see, I will wake up at 6 am. From 6am-7am I will do my morning run. From 7am-8am I will hunt for breakfast. From 8am-10am I will workout. From 10am-12pm I will have my free time. From 12pm-1pm I will hunt for lunch. From 1pm-2pm I will eat lunch. From 2pm-4pm I will work out. From 4pm-6pm is free time. From 6pm-7pm is hunting dinner. From 7pm-8pm is eating dinner. From 8pm-6am is sleeping time,' I thought as I finished up my caribou,
I looked up and noticed it was dark,
'Geez, I was knocked out for a long time. I'll just get the branches and herbs tomorrow,' I thought as I walked into the woods.
I found a nice spot with leaves around it,
"Goodnight," I said to no one in particular and fell asleep on the leaves.
Kate's POV-
"Eve, what do you want? It's getting late," My Dad asked her, pointing up to the sky,
"Apparently Humphrey ran away according to Kate," She said as she pointed to me,
'Humphrey, Humphrey, Humphrey, where did you go?' I thought to myself,
"Don't worry Kate, I'll send a search party out to find him," My Dad told me while he was hugging me,
"Thank you," Was all that I could say because he left the den to give orders to the wolves,
"So," I said starting to make a conversation, "What happened when I was out?" I asked,
"A lot actually," My mother replied,
"Like what?" I asked,
'What could have possibly happened while I was out?' I thought,
"Well Lilly and Garth are engaged, their wedding is tomorrow," My Mom said,
'Oh my god! They are together now! Good for them!' I thought happily,
"Dang, why did I have to be out for?" I asked, not to my Mom, but to the sky,
"Because you did something stupid, you're lucky you didn't get hurt. What happened anyway?" I Mom asked, looking to me,
"Well, I had just found out that Humphrey was away and possibly hurt, so I was running back to tell you guys, but I didn't see the caribou there and, I guess, on the collision, I got knocked out," I replied to my Mom,
"But how did you get here?" My Mom asked me,
'What does she mean?' I thought,
"You carried me here," I replied to her question,
"No, I didn't," She replied,
'What?' I thought
"I actually carried her here," Someone replied from the front of the den,
I looked up and I saw my Dad,
"But Kate, we have some bad news,"
'Oh no, what is it?' I thought curiously,
"What is it?" I asked, hoping it wouldn't be too bad,
"Our search party found Humphrey's scent, leading up to these train tracks, but we went got to the tracks, we saw blood, most likely from him bleeding out because of the injury," My Dad told me,
"Okay, well, where else did the scent go?" I asked my Dad,
"Well, his scent ends there, so we think that he is…dead?" My Dad told me, very sad and nervous because he said it more like a question,
I started to cry,
"Kate, it's okay, it was dark, we could be wrong. We are gonna check it out again tomorrow," He said, "I'll let you come with us," He continued, trying to calm me down,
It seemed to work,
"I'm gonna get some sleep now," I said to my parents,
"Okay," They said as they came over to hug me,
'Humphrey, where ever you are, I hope you're okay and not dead,' I thought as I laid down and fell asleep.
*Dream*
'I can't take this anymore, I'm leaving,' Humphrey thought as he passed the train tracks,
"You're dead," A wolf said as he lunged at Humphrey,
Humphrey started to bleed and the unknown wolf took the dead body into his own den,
"Time to have lunch," The wolf said.
*End Of Dream*
I didn't even scream, I just started to cry,
"Honey, what's wrong?" My Mom asked as she rushed over to me,
"Just a bad dream," I barely managed to say,
'Or reality,' A deep voice inside of me said, I just shrugged it off,
"It's okay, it's okay," My Mom said as she hugged me for 5 minutes,
"Kate! It's time to go," I heard my Dad scream,
"Well, I guess it's time to go," I said to my Mother, still a little shook,
"Ok," She said as I left the den and ran to meet with my Dad and the search party,
As I ran to the train to find them, I saw a couple of wolves trying to make new friends in the new packs. I also saw some wolves exploring the new area,
'Good for them,' I thought as I caught up to the search party,
"Kate! So glad you could join us," Hutch said as I found them,
"Sir, Kate's here!" Hutch said to my Dad,
"Okay then, let's go," My Dad said in the front of the party,
"So Kate…do you think we're gonna find Humphrey?" Hutch asked me, trying to start a conversation,
'I hope so,' I thought,
"I don't know, Hutch. But I know Humphrey, and if he gets in trouble, he gets out of it,"
"What do you mean?" Hutch asked me,
"Well, I haven't told anyone this yet, but here I go," I said, "When Humphrey and I were by Idaho, we got into some trouble with three bears. We fell off of a mountain and the bears could have gotten us for food, but Humphrey got a log and we sled on it which, ultimately, let us safely make it into the train," I said to Hutch,
"Wow, maybe he should have been an Alpha, he seems to have a quick mind," Hutch replied with a shocked face,
'That's true, I wonder why he isn't? I mean he has the traits of an Omega, but he could have been an Alpha,' I thought curiously,
"Hold on Hutch, I'll be back in a minute," I said as I walked up to the front of the search party because that's where my Dad was,
"Dad," I said to him,
"Yes, honey?" My Dad replied,
"This may be a random question, but, how exactly did Humphrey become an Omega?" I asked my Dad,
"Oh boy," My Dad started,
'Seems like a long story,' I thought,
"Well you see honey, Humphrey wasn't born in this pack. He did look like he had the potential of an Alpha, but we didn't know if he was born with Alpha instincts, so we made him an Omega," He finished,
"Wait, Humphrey wasn't born in this pack?" I replied,
'Humphrey never told me that, weird,' I thought,
"No honey, he wasn't," My Dad replied,
"In fact, we didn't even know who he was till you found him that one day and brought him home," My Dad continued.
Flashback-
'Where is Lilly?' I thought because we were playing hide and seek,
Then, I collided with a black and gray blur,
"Oof!" I said due to the collision,
"I'm so sorry," An unfamiliar pup voice said,
"It's okay," I replied back to the pup who was a boy,
"Are you okay?" He asked me,
"Yeah, I'm fine," I replied,
"Are you from here? I haven't seen you around," I asked the pup,
"I don't know where I'm from. Do you know where your pack leaders are?" He asked me,
"Yeah, I'm actually their daughter," I replied kindly to the wolf,
"Oh, ok," He replied,
"What's your name?" I asked him,
"Humphrey. What's yours?" He asked me,
"Kate," I replied to the nice wolf,
"Kate, that's a nice name," Humphrey said, making me blush,
"Thanks, let me bring you to the leader's den," I replied, trying to help him out,
"Ok," He responded and with that, we walked to the leader's den.
End Of Flashback-
'I still don't think Lilly has forgiven me for leaving her in that bush,' I thought,
"I remember Humphrey telling me that he doesn't know where he was from, but I just figured it was because of an injury or something," I replied, thinking about Humphrey,
'Dang, if I would of know that then I would have been more sympathetic to him,' I thought,
"Well, you know the saying, you learn something new every day," My Dad replied wisely,
"And here we are," My Dad said, pointing to the train tracks,
I ran up there and began to look around,
I smelt Humphrey's scent everywhere, but I also smelt blood,
"We don't have any evidence that he is dead, but we do have evidence that he was bleeding and that could be from death," My Dad said,
A shiver went down my body,
'No way, that dream can't be true...can it?' I thought to myself,
"Dad, I have something to tell you," I said to him,
"What is it, honey?" My Dad asked,
"I had this dream where Humphrey was walking by the train tracks, and then a wolf killed him and ate him for lunch," I replied with tears in my eyes,
"Do you think it's a sign," My Dad asked me,
"I don't know," I said as I started to burst out with tears,
"Oh boy," I heard my Dad say. He also murmured something under his breath,
"Hutch, can you take Kate back to my den?" My Dad asked him,
"Yes, sir," Hutch replied as he walked towards me,
"C'mon Kate, let's get you home," Hutch said to me,
We started to walk back to my den,
'Please God, don't let anything bad happen to him,' I thought,
When we got back, my Mom thanked Hutch and she came over and hugged me,
I just cried in her arms until my Dad came into my den,
'Please say he's alive,' I thought while holding my Mom's hand,
"Sweetie, our evidence shows that Humphrey is…dead," My Dad said, and I just burst out in tears.