A/N: Today's chapter: Will Luna rebel against her parents? If she does, will anyone find out about it?

Luna padded through the dark forest. It was extremely early in the morning. She had snuck out with only Troy catching her. She told him she was going to the river to drink. That wasn't entirely a lie. She really was thirsty.

After drinking, Luna looked around to make sure no one was watching. Then she padded to the waterfall and began to climb the steep cliff.

When she had reached the top, Luna was panting hard. "Whew," she gasped. "Good thing I practiced my mountain climbing. Because I'm not done."

Luna began to pad through the forest. She wasn't entirely sure where Northern pack territory began and her pack's territory ended. But she knew Northern pack territory was in this direction. Why did the mountains have to be in Northern pack territory?

Luna heard a leaf crack behind her. She whirled around. "Who's there?"

She heard more leaves snap. "Don't come any closer! I'm warning you!"

Finally, a light gray wolf appeared out of the bushes and blinked at her with lovely dark blue eyes. "Let me guess. You're armed?"

"Logan!" Luna breathed.

"What're you doing here?" he asked.

"I…I…was looking for you," she admitted shyly.

She widened her eyes. "Where did those come from?" she looked at some fresh scars and scratches dappling Logan's flanks and shoulders.

He looked at them casually. "Oh those? I uh…I ran into some of your Northern friends. They don't take kindly to 'intruders' you know."

"Do you need something for them?"

"Nah. They hardly hurt. Just a little sting by now."

"They look awful," Luna whimpered. She padded over to him and licked his shoulder. Did his tail just wag?

"It hardly hurts," he repeated. "So, what did you need me for?"

"I just wanted see you again. You're a lot of fun to be around. I think we make good friends," Luna confessed with a flick of the ears.

"Thanks! Want to do some more hunting?"

"Sure!"

"Usual technique? You chase the prey towards me and I put it out of its misery?"

"Sounds harsh when you say it like that…but okay!"

"Great. Follow me."

Logan turned around and Luna followed him out of the forest. She had to squint as the rising sun poured light into her eyes. After her eyes had adapted to the bright light, she realized they were standing at the foot of a mountain.

How's Logan going to climb if his shoulders are injured? Luna wondered.

To her surprise, he walked past the mountain. She bounded behind him.

"Where are we going?" she wondered aloud.

"Somewhere those Northerners won't find us," Logan answered.

He led her to a large clearing that was surrounded/hidden by four mountains. They had to leap over a pile of rocks to get in. Luna noticed Logan winced at his shoulder scars.

"Are you sure those don't need something?" Luna fretted.

"No they're fine," Logan shrugged.

"I doubt that shrug helped," Luna said, licking his shoulder again. "They look so bad! Were you with them all night long?"

"I…they were…I was, actually. I got caught last night. They gave me a full-night punishment. They let me go right when you found me."

Luna was silent for a moment. She felt bad about asking this so soon, but she had snuck out against her family's wishes to meet this wolf. That said 'good friends' right?

"Um…Logan? Would you…ever…lie to me?" she ventured.

To her shock, Logan actually hesitated. He seemed to be thinking. "Not unless it was necessary," he finally answered.

"What do you mean?"

"Like…and this is just an example! But, say, the Northern pack wanted me to join them. I would lie and say I don't want you to meet me anymore so that they wouldn't kidnap you and use you against me. If they thought I didn't care about you, they would find no use in taking you."

"Interesting example," Luna cocked her head. "But you're not the only one that would make me a good prisoner."

"What do you mean?"

"My parents are the Head-Alphas of the United pack. I'm an easier one to take since Omegas don't put up as good a fight."

"Huh."

"But…you would care if I was taken, right? And, you do want to meet again?"

"Of course! And absolutely."

Luna didn't know why but she blushed.

"So, about that hunting offer from earlier…" Logan hinted.

"Oh yeah! We should get to that."

Logan led Luna to a forest she didn't recognize. After they had hunted and ate, Luna and Logan played some games Luna and her Omega friends had invented. One day I'll teach him log-sledding Luna promised herself. But I'll save that for a special occasion….

Troy blinked awake. He saw his parents standing close together and talking quietly.

"Looking for Luna?" he yawned.

Lilly looked at him over her shoulder. "How'd you guess?"

"She's at the main river getting a drink," Troy stretched. "She's perfectly safe."

Garth sighed. "Phew. Glad you told us. If I sent a search patrol for that, I'd feel pretty stupid."

Lilly smiled at her mate. "Nothing could make you look stupid."

Garth rubbed his nose against hers affectionately.

"Okay!" Troy got to his paws. "Enough of that! I don't exactly want little siblings. Luna's enough, thank you."

And with that, Troy trotted out of the den.

Lilly giggled. Her smile slowly faded as she watched her son race through the valley, greeting his Alpha friends and doing as many flips as he could.

"…what do you think it would've been like if I was an Alpha?" Lilly asked.

Garth had to think for a moment. "Well…I guess Luna would be an Alpha like she had wanted."

Lilly sighed and walked to the back of the den. "I still feel guilty about that. If only I'd been the Alpha I should've been, my daughter's dreams wouldn't have been crushed."

"Hey, it happened a long time ago," Garth argued as he followed her. "You just had a bad case of puppy pride. It's over with."

Lilly fell into a lying down position. She looked so gloomy as she remembered how she had made herself an Omega. "Why did I have to be so competitive with Kate? I snuck out one night to prove I was a better hunter when I wasn't ready and," Lilly paused to look at her left forepaw. "And I got my stupid paw broken! It didn't fully heal until the day before Alpha School. I was so behind on my practices, I was forced to be an Omega. I was so stupid!"

"Hey! Don't beat yourself up," Garth protested. "I fell in love with Lilly the turtle-loving Omega. Not Lilly the should've-been-Alpha."

Lilly looked up at her mate. He nuzzled her head. "I'm glad I have a mate like you…" she said softly.

Troy walked confidently through the valley. He saw tons of his Alpha friends. He even said hello to Delilah and Maggie.

"Hey, girls," he called. "Have you seen my sister?"

"She was by the main river this morning," Delilah replied. "I last saw her trying to climb the cliff by the waterfall."

Troy rolled his eyes good-naturedly. Luna was such a curious little she-wolf!

"Thanks," he nodded to Candu's daughters. He padded towards the main river. I guess I'll go join her. Luna wouldn't mind if she had an exploration partner. Besides, she needs someone to warn her where the Northern border is.

Troy finally reached the main river. It was gloomy and brown as usual.

"Troy?"

Troy jumped at the sudden sound . "Hey, Luna. How was your expedition?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" she squeaked.

Troy was surprised. It was just a simple question. Why was she so jumpy? "I mean…did you see anything interesting up there?" Troy pointed with his nose to the top of the cliff.

"Oh!" Luna's fur lied flat. "Oh…um…just trees. And birds. That's it. No wolves or anything."

"Well, that's good. That leads to Northern territory you know."

"No I didn't!"

Troy jumped again. What is up with her? he wondered.

"Okay. I figured you didn't. No offense that is!" he added, knowing how sensitive his sister was.

"Oh…okay. C'mon. We should head home now," Luna began to walk quickly towards their home.

"Wait a minute!" Troy stopped her after she had walked past him.

"What?" she sounded nervous and didn't fully look at him over her shoulder.

"Why do you smell like you were with other wolves?" Troy asked suspiciously.

"Oh…um…I…I met a lone wolf," she continued walking.

"A lone wolf?"

"Yeah, but he told me to get lost and that was the end of that. Nothing to worry about, really."

Troy had to run to catch up with Luna. Why were Omegas so fast?

"You sure?" he asked.

"Totally! Er…don't you have Alpha duties or something? It's not that I'm trying to get rid of you or anything! But, don't our Grandpas usually have something for Alphas who just got back from Alpha School to do?"

Is it just me, or does she sound like she's hiding something? Nah! Luna wouldn't keep things from me. Would she? "Well, yeah. But since this year's class was twice as big as usual, so our Grandpas ran out of things for some of us to do."

"Huh." Luna seemed awfully tense. Troy was about to say something about it, but she finally relaxed and her eyes widened with excitement. "Hey! Since you have spare time, maybe we could do some log-sledding? You know, like the good ol' days?"

Troy wagged his tail. He was happy Luna was finally starting to sound normal. "Sure! Say, I think I overheard Hayden and Jake planning to do the same. What do you say to a race with them?"

Luna let out a playful growl. She did a play-bow. "They're on!"

Troy laughed. "You're so competitive."

"I am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

Luna let out another play growl and nipped her brother's ear. He yelped with surprise. He tried to get back at her by pinning her down, but she only jumped out of the way. "If you want to tackle me, you have to catch me first!" Luna challenged.

She turned tail and raced through the forest. Troy barked and gave chase. He chased Luna through the thicker parts of the forest. Troy was panting.

"Whew. How are you Omegas so fast?" he called to her.

"It's because we're awesome!" Luna replied. She made a U- turn so sharp, she was able to swipe her tail over Troy's muzzle.

Troy slid to make the same turn, but was clumsier at it. By the time he had given chase in a straight line again, Luna was already making another sharp turn and running right past him. "See ya'!" she taunted.

"I don't think so!" Troy made another U-slide. He chased her all the way up a hill. Whenever Troy would get close enough to nip her tail, Luna would let out a panicked squeal and then giggle. Finally, she reached the top of a hill. She was exhausted. "Phew. The Omega is the winner!" she cheered.

Troy came up behind her panting. He put a paw on hers. "Caught ya,'" he panted. "Huh. Mountain climbing takes a lot out of ya' huh?"

I wish I could tell you the real reason I'm so tired, Luna thought. She didn't want to keep things from Troy. But right now just wasn't the time to spring up her lone wolf friend on him.

"Hey!"

The siblings both turned their heads to see Hayden and Jake on another hill nearby. "Hey there!" Hayden repeated.

"Wanna do some log-sledding?" Jake offered.

"Sure!" Troy called back, making Luna's ears ring. "You think you're not too tired?" he asked his smaller sister.

"For log-sledding?" Luna was surprised he would ask such a thing. "Never!"

They raced each other to where their cousins were waiting. Each pair grabbed a log. Luna hopped in front of Jake. Troy settled himself behind Hayden. They decided to do an Alphas versus Omegas race. The next round would be males versus females. The final race would be brother and sister against brother and sister.

As Luna climbed in front of Jake guilt swept over her. She was keeping a secret from her brother! That was a crime in her world.

I'll tell him Luna told herself. Someday….

"Woo hoo!" Luna cried as her log went flying through the air.

The log landed roughly and continued to slide downhill. "Lean left, fifty degrees!" she called to her partner behind her. He obeyed.

"Are you sure this is safe?" he questioned.

"It's the safest game I know!" Luna assured. "That is until we hit a—tree!" she shrieked.

"What do we do?"

Luna thought frantically. "Um…lean to the right!" she ordered.

They both shifted their weight to their right sides and narrowly missed the tree. The left side of their log scraped the trunk and splinters flew. But the rest of the log continued to slide down.

Luna laughed. She loved the feeling of adrenaline that log-sledding brought her!

"Hole!" shouted a voice in her ear.

"Huh?" Luna saw it. A huge hole in the middle of the ground. She didn't have time to react before the front side of the log fell into the hole, flinging Luna and her friend through the air. He landed with his rump in the air and his tail nearly touching his nose. By the time his bottom half fell back to the ground. Luna landed on top of him, making them both yelp.

"Sorry Logan," she moaned.

Logan jerked his head upward to get her paw out of his eye. "Whoa. That was fun!" he jumped to his paws, making Luna fall over onto her back. "How about another round? This time, no holes or trees. I know this clearing—"

"Sorry," Luna interrupted as she rolled onto her paws and stood up, shaking dirt out of her white pelt. "It's going to be sunrise soon. I have to go."

"Oh," Logan's ears drooped with disappointment.

Luna felt bad about it. "But, we can use this log tomorrow! I'll come tonight to make it sooner."

"Okay," Logan shrugged. "But, try not to come too many times. So much sneaking around will stress you out."

It was a few weeks later. Luna had taught Logan log-sledding to celebrate their sixth meeting (which was a big deal, since it was halfway to ten). She still hadn't told anyone about her secret meetings with Logan in their little mountain clearing and the forest that Luna had learned was on the outskirts of Jasper.

"Thanks for the concern," Luna said.

"Want me to walk you to the waterfall?" Logan offered.

"What if the Northern wolves find you?"

"They haven't found you. I'm not that much different."

"No argument there," Luna agreed. The two had become inseparable besides the fact Luna had to leave every time. They were like twins. He felt like Troy to Luna. But he's not. So does that mean we're…Luna felt awkward to even think about it. We're dating…?

Luna shook her head. She realized she had been staring at Logan. He had begun walking towards the waterfall that would lead Luna home. He stopped to let Luna catch up. They began to walk side-by-side.

"So. What do you say to me keeping that log? I can drag it to this neat little hiding spot I know. Save it for tomorrow?" Logan suggested when they were halfway there.

"Good thinking!" Luna's eyes sparkled. "It's a really good log. Logs that reliable aren't that easy to find nowadays."

"If I had tried log-sledding before, I'd probably agree with you," Logan replied.

Luna giggled. Then she flattened her ears and sighed with sadness. She was at the waterfall.

"Why don't you join my pack? My grandfather is very generous. Well, one of them anyways," Luna said.

Logan took a deep breath. He thought hard for a long time. "No. I just can't. Personal reason," he shrugged.

Luna tried to hide her disappointment. "Oh," she muttered.

"I can still escort you as far as the river," Logan offered.

Luna didn't say anything. She simply jumped onto the closest ledge, then the one closest to that one, then the one closest to that one, and so on until she reached the bottom of the cliff. She turned to see Logan had followed her.

"What if someone sees you?" she shook her head, but couldn't help but smile.

"You said so yourself. You're the earliest riser. No one should be awake besides us. Or did you lie to me?" Logan pricked his ears.

"I am no liar!" Luna squeaked. She clamped her jaws shut. She kind of was. None of her packmates knew she secretly met with a lone wolf. She was a liar to them….

Logan's chuckling broke her out of her thoughts. "I love your squeaks!" he said. He licked her between the ears. "They're so cute."

Luna blushed and blinked rapidly. She let out a giddy giggle. She didn't know what came over her. But something inside made her rub her nose against Logan's. He didn't do anything about it. He only rubbed his nose against hers as well.

Luna's blood froze when she heard a growl come from the bushes. She whipped around and gasped. "Troy!"

Characters from the movie aren't my original property! Next chapter awaits!