A/N: Bloop

Humphrey's POV

I was basking out in the sunshine of a meadow while Kate was out hunting. The sun was at its highest above with a few clouds blocking it every now and then. It's been two days since we found this forest that had no name, we found a den that we've been using as a home. It wasn't anything much, just a hole underneath a flat rock which became a good heat radiator during the nights. When we found the den it seemed to be made by another wolf but Kate smelled the area around it and found no signs of a wolfs scent or paw prints. Considering it abandoned or just a place for lone wolves to sleep a night before continuing on their journeys. We made it our own having to clean out leaves that had blown in from the outside. It was just enough room for two of us but nothing more unless you added on to it.

I was just a few hundred feet from our den on another rock that felt good to lie on. We hadn't been doing anything too special since we got here, the only main event that has happened was finding that den. Other than that the day consisted of eat, sleep, talk, and swim in the river. The river was also very close to the den, you could even hear the water during the quiet nights. A jump in the cool water was a great refresher after a long day. I decided I had enough of sitting in the sun as I began to pant from the heat. I had been sitting on the rock for the past hour or so after Kate left just relaxing. For once in a long time I got to sit around and not have to do anything, compared to being in Jasper. As much as everyone thinks being an omega is about fun and games all day and night, it really isn't. We also have to deal with pack arguments between both ranks alike and try to dispute them. It can become quite stressful, not that I was complaining I really did enjoy being one of the top omegas in the western pack. Making jokes and using odd ways to get the alphas to stop arguing like throwing Mooch on top of them, this worked most of the time.

That reminded me about Salty, Shakey and Mooch, I missed hanging with them doing log sledding or just telling jokes. I knew that I was going to see them again in a few days, I was really looking forward to it just as long as we weren't going to walk into a war when we got there. It was something I thought about every day ever since Kate told me, but I kept my thoughts positive about it. The two of us really didn't know anything just the possibility it could of happened, for all we know the two packs could have united by another way. I got up from my spot on the rock and jumped off it into the tall grass, I walked over to our den to sit in the shade. My stomach was near empty since we hadn't eaten for over a day, not that food was hard to find here according to Kate. She just wasn't in the mood to hunt yesterday and I don't blame her, she's the only provider for the two of us. I felt bad that she had to do all the work by herself so I did my best helping out with other things. Such as marking the den as ours or keeping watch for anything out of the ordinary passing by, whether it is other wolves, prey, or even humans. A human was the last thing I wanted to encounter in a place like this, I had been told since a very young age that Jasper was protected from hunters. This place however I wasn't sure about which is why I kept watch.

I walked into our small den and laid back down on the cool floor which felt good. I knew Kate couldn't be much longer since all her pervious hunts took just under two hours. And I was correct because ten minutes later I could hear her walk into the den. I rolled over to see her with a dead deer sitting in the entrance way "Wow that's enough food for a few days" I commented getting up and giving her a quick kiss. "Yeah looks like there more than just squirrels to eat here" She said, we had eaten nothing but squirrels and other small prey for some time so something like this was a big surprise. "Well it's not going to fit in here with us so come grab a piece before I drag it outside" She said.

I walked up to the deer and decided what piece I wanted to eat. A leg would fill me up well enough so that's what I ripped off while Kate took one for herself. I placed my leg on the ground and watched her drag the caucus out before returning a moment later. "So Humphrey since we're living together now I wanted to know if there's anything you wanted me to teach you" She said in between bites, it was as if she was a mind reader. I had been thinking about learning how to hunt so that it wasn't always her. This would also help us in the long run if we decided to have a family, but stuff that was to be worried about at a much later time. "Well I want to learn how to hunt so that it's not always you doing it." I said.

"I don't mind doing the hunting" She defended "You are an omega after all, but if that's what you want to do then I will teach you." We continued eating "Maybe you could just teach me all you know" I suggested, if she was going to train me, she might as well teach me all of it. "You mean teaching you what I learned in alpha school?" She asked, I nodded my head yes just finishing my deer leg. "Are you sure you want to do all that?" She asked, I was sure of it because it can help us survive if we're going to be lone wolves all of our lives. "Yes I'm sure, it can help us survive much easier if we can both hunt and defend ourselves." I said

"You're right, alright I'll teach you all the basics to being and alpha, hunting, fighting, leadership, all of it." She said finishing her meal as well. I smiled, for being an omega hunting had always interested me which is why some days I would watch the alphas do hunting back in Jasper for entertainment. I also watch them just in case any of them got hurt or got into a fight over someone scaring off the prey. "Anyone in there?" A suddenly called voice called before a wolf came peering into our den. Kate immediately spun around and took a defensive stance in front of me bearing her teeth at the stranger.

Upon first glance the wolf didn't seem very muscle toned like most alphas are so he might have been an omega. Their fur was grey like mine but didn't have any white to it, just a solid color and by the sound of their voice it was a male. "Whoa!" They said backing away a little "No need to get defensive I come in peace, I'm from a pack that isn't too far from here I just want to talk." Kate stayed in her defensive stance protecting me. I didn't blame her, as lone wolves you shouldn't trust other wolves until you know exactly who they are and why they're there. "What do you want?" Kate asked plainly, I sat back and listened to the conversation. At first when he said from a pack I thought he was from Jasper looking for us but he didn't look like any wolf I've seen in our pack. I also didn't expect Winston to send an omega to look for Kate and I.

"I come from a pack called the Willmore Pack" The wolf said "My name Cyrus and I have been sent by our leaders because we've had rumors of two wolves outside our borders. And turns out they were right, like I said I mean no harm I just wanted to tell you that you're both welcome to come into our pack if you so choose." This came odd to me, a pack that was openly accepting wolves into it? But it wasn't unheard of, I have been told of small packs near Jasper that were doing the same thing. Kate and I looked at each other before Cyrus spoke again "I'll give you two time to think, I will be right outside." He said before turning and walking outside.

Kate had a dumbfounded look on her face before she spoke "Okay, that was odd" She commented "Yeah random wolf is random" I joked but didn't receive a laugh from her "I don't know about you but I'm interested in this so called Willmore pack, considering they just invited us in. Plus I'm surprised we didn't run across it on our travels around this place." She said seriously "But don't you think it's strange that a pack wants wolves?" I added, I was surprised she didn't seem weary of going. "Not really, I mean a pack that wants more wolves is nothing new. Our pack even did it once but that was very long ago after a war happened." She said "Well if you trust what he says then I'll follow" I said. "I'm not saying I do, but if he claims there's a pack near us I want to see it. And if it doesn't look good or trusting then we can just not join or move away." She said. I had to agree it would be good knowing what's near us since we didn't see it when we looked around the forest. "Alright" I said "On the positive side being in a pack would be so much easier on us, not that I'm saying I don't like it being a lone wolves." She added.

"Yes it would be much easier" I agreed, I followed her out of the den where we found Cyrus sitting just outside. "Ah! So what have you decided on?" He asked looking at us "We're interested in seeing you're pack first, and then we'll decide about joining from there." Kate said. "Great follow me, it's just a short walk to the north" He said getting up and walking toward to the river. We turned and walked downstream along the rivers bank, I looked into the water and could see fish swimming along the bottom.

"Just as a future reference, if you want to find the pack just follow the river and it will bring you right to it. In fact we all live along its banks, so getting home isn't a problem for us." He said was we progressed "Alright" I said answering his advice, he looked at us "So I take it the two of you are mates?" He asked. "Yes we are, I'm Kate and this is Humphrey" Kate said, I was still adjusting to the reality that we were mates. "Nice to meet you two" He said before looking ahead. We continued walking, it's been ten minutes since we left our den and Cyrus said we were halfway there. Now it wasn't as surprising that we hadn't found the pack because it was farther then Kate and I looked in the area around our den.

The river took a bend and when we rounded that bend the forest opened into a large meadow where on the opposite end of it were mounds that looked like dens. I looked closer and could see the outline of wolves walking around but from the amount of dens I saw it didn't seem there were a lot of wolves in the pack. "That's our den and feeding grounds over there" He said pointing to the mound of dirt I saw "And most of our hunting is done right here in this meadow." The meadow was a large enough size for me to believe that. "Okay" Kate said next to me, a few short minutes later we walking into the den grounds where I counted eight wolves. Some were taking amongst each other and some were napping in the sun. As we passed by they smiled and waved 'hello' at Kate and I, I just smiled back seeing that they were all friendly. "Pretty friendly pack you got going on here" I said to Cyrus who smiled at the compliment "Thank you, since we're a small pack of twelve we all know each other pretty well." He said.

That was only half of the amount of wolves there was in the western pack back in Jasper. He led us up to a larger den that had to be the leaders considering its size, "Come, I'll introduce you to our leaders Jake and Susan" He said walking inside. We followed him in to find two wolves inside, one was grey furred but had a mix of black and looked male. The other wolf was brown furred and looked female, they both looked at Kate and I as we stopped and sat down next to Cyrus.

"Cyrus, I see you found the two wolves" The grey male said who must have been the one named Jake. "Yes sir this is Kate and Humphrey, their interested in seeing our pack and might possibly join." He said pointing at both of us when he said our names. "Hello my names Jake and this is my wife Susan, welcome to our pack." Jake said looking at us "Hello" Kate and I said "So where are you guys from? You must be new around here since we've never seen many outsiders sticking around these parts." He asked.

"We're wolves who used to be a part of a pack but we got relocated to elsewhere. We began to head back home but decided to become lone wolves instead." Kate said making our trip sound short and simple. "I see, what pack were you a part of?" He asked "The western pack in Jasper Park" She answered I nodded my head agreeing. "Get out of here! You're from Jasper?" He asked sounding surprised. "Yeah, you've heard of it?" I said "Yes your leader Winston and I talk from time to time, how is he doing anyway?" He said. I was surprised to hear that he knew Winston, Jasper was around just a day away so it made sense. "He's great, in fact he's my father" Kate responded sounding also surprised, "Oh yeah that's right I forgot he had two daughters, well it's a pleasure to have wolves from the west here." He said.

'Wow we're even respected here, this was a very interesting pack' I thought to myself. "Well enough talking in here, I'm sure your both eager to see what our pack has to offer. Come I'll give you the tour." He said before he and his mate got up and lead us out the den. "Small world" Kate said looking at me as we walked back outside "I'll say" I said following the two leaders as they began the tour.

A/N: Fun fact, Willmore Park is a real place just north of Jasper Park, yes if you didn't know Jasper Park is a real place but it looks nothing like it does in the movie. Sawtooth is also a real place and the movie does a better job of showing how it really looks, but it doesn't have a golf course. Okay geography class is over see ya in the next chapter.