Chapter 8 Reunion
Cloud and Lilly had been on their way back to Jasper. Lilly was still distraught over what just happened to her sister. "I think you need to stop have a drink of water take a breath and just relax for a bit." Lilly and cloud walked to a river and Lilly began to drink. "Have a long drink Lilly you need it." as Lilly was drinking she noticed something in the water a little down stream. "What is that?" she asked. As they took a closer look at the mysterious object they realized that it was another wolf. Lilly gave Cloud a look of surprise. He jumped into the river, swam toward the wolf, grabbed it by the scruff of the neck, and brought the wolf back to shore. The wolf was still unconscious but it was breathing. "Oh my god, it is Nova! How did she get way out here? Is she...?" asked Lilly. "Who is Nova?" "She is Kate's daughter, is she dead?" "No she is unconscious ""What was she doing way out here?" Cloud hesitated for a while then said, "... I don't know... We can ask her when she wakes up." "Lets find some shelter to sleep in," Cloud start looking around for a den and found a den north of their location. Cloud returned to Lilly and carry Nova to the den. Once Cloud put Nova down he didn't take his eyes off of Nova until he fell asleep. Lilly did the same but occasionally she would sneak a glance over at Cloud. He looked like he was hiding something but she didn't know what. Lilly, Cloud, and the unconscious Nova were silent for the rest of the night.
Meanwhile Humphrey, Garth and Linus were planning their attack on the Northern pack after having dinner while the pups were sleeping in a den that was on top of a cliff. "First thing we do once we reached the territory is to scout the area and find out where they could possibly be holding Kate and Lilly," Humphrey said as he was the best tactician out of the group. "Also we need to find out where we could enter the territory unseen. " "Okay but we can't afford to get seen so we will need to take out any wolf that could give our position away," Garth said "But it must be done silently and deadly," "Therefore we need to split up into two teams when we get there. Garth, you will take Ghost, Shadow and River while I will take Lance and Linus," "Okay good plan," "Garth your team will be responsible for eliminating any threats that might see us while we go and rescue Kate and Lilly, therefore you will need to train them how to take down an enemy swiftly and silently," "Okay since we still got 2 days of traveling left it might be possible to teach them in time before we reach the border of their territory," "Okay Garth you can go to sleep now but if anything happens to them I will tear your eyes out so you can't see me bite a chunk out of your neck." "Man Humphrey you sound exactly like Eve," "Maybe Eve has rubbed off on me," They all laugh aloud but not so loud that would wake the pups up. "Okay lets get some sleep before we are too tired to travel in the morning," Linus said as he yawned and headed to the back of the den. "He is right," Garth said as he laid at the entrance of the den. Humphrey headed to middle of the den and fell asleep.
Humphrey's nightmare
Humphrey was running he couldn't see what he was running at, but something told him he had to reach it. He sped up he was within leaping distance so he jumped at it and pinned it to the ground it was his daughter staring at him with lifeless eyes a lifeless corpse. He got off of her distraught that he did that. He heard laughing behind him. He turned to see what it was, it was Miko. He jumped at the wolf, bit his leg, chomped his belly then bit his neck squeezed and pulled his throat out. Exhausted he stood up so he could look down on his prey. It was Kate. He just killed his mate. Behind him he saw Miko laughing at him again. Only this time he jumped at him.
Humphrey woke up with his face covered in tears and sweat. Humphrey headed to the entrance of the den careful not to wake anybody up. He walked to the edge of the cliff and look towards the full moon. He felt an urge to howl his sadness away. He lift his muzzle towards the moon and took a deep breath releasing a howl fill with sorrow and pain. Tears was running down his face creating a puddle on the ground. "Dad is something wrong?" Lance asked as he appeared from the entrance of the den. "No nothing is wrong son I just had a nightmare that's all" Humphrey said trying to hold back tears. "About what?" Lance asked as he hated to see a family member in pain especially his dad. "It's nothing just go back to sleep," "Okay but it is really worrying to see you hurt all the time," "Everything is going to be fine whatever problems we face, we will face it as a family," "Thanks Lance, you always know what to say," Lance headed back into the den. Humphrey took a last look at the full moon and headed back inside the den. His painful nightmare was not hurting anymore.
Dawn appeared and Cloud was starting to wake up. He headed over to Nova and started to stared at her. Thoughts ran through his head. She was the most beautiful and prefect wolf he had ever seen. Lilly started to wake up. She saw Cloud sitting next to Nova and staring at her intently. Cloud was hiding something but she cant put her paw on it. "Good morning Cloud." Cloud jumped as he got snapped out of his thoughts. "Good morning Lilly, you sleep well?" "Yes I did but I kind of hungry can you go and fetch me something to eat?" "Sure," Cloud headed out of the den searching for a rabbit or a squirrel as he was still too weak to hunt a caribou. 10 minutes of searching he found a family of squirrels at a base of a tree. He blocked the exit and started to grab one squirrel at a time killing them each time he grab one. Cloud headed back to the den and gave 2 squirrels to Lilly and eating 1 himself. There were 2 squirrels left and decided to keep them for Nova when she wakes up.
Humphrey started to wake up and saw that Lance and Shadow were up. "Hey want to grab some breakfast for the others while they are still asleep?" Humphrey said as he figured it will help them for developing their hunting skills and also that it will keep his mind off the stress he was experiencing. "Sure," They all headed out of the den searching for rabbits and squirrels. 5 minutes of searching they came across a caribou. "We should keep searching since you are still learning how to hunt and it could be dangerous," "C'mon dad we could take it as long we work as a team," Lance and Shadow said in unison. "Alright, alright just be careful and follow my lead," "Lance, Shadow you scare the caribou to me and I will take it down since I don't want you guys to get injured." "Alright" Lance and Shadow stealthy moved towards the caribou using the skills they learn from their uncle Garth. When they were ready they jumped out of the grass baring their teeth to scare the caribou in Humphrey direction. Humphrey waited for the right moment then leaped at the caribou's throat and killing it instantly. "Yay our first hunt was a successful one," "Your mother and aunt is going to be proud of you guys once we get them back," They all dragged the caribou back to the den then waking the rest up for breakfast. "Humphrey are you sure that you actually kill this caribou with Lance and Shadow or did you just find it while you were searching," Garth said as he chuckled. "Very funny Garth," Humphrey said sarcastically. "Alright you guys dig in as we still got more traveling and training to do,"
