A/N: I don't own Garth and Lilly. There's also a little dig at Katy Perry's song Teenage Dream. Don't own that…

Today's chapter is very exciting! Don't want to bore you here! Just read…

Troy was exhausted. It was sunset of the same day and his dad wouldn't take it easy on the Alpha duties.

Troy walked into his family's cave to see Luna and Lilly lying down across from each other. Lilly was making Luna laugh by putting her fluffy tail over her eyes and blowing on it. Then she would smack it around with her nose.

They both stopped and greeted Troy with a smile.

"Hey," he greeted back tiredly. He collapsed down on the floor next to Luna. "So…tired…" he complained. "Dad and Grandpa Winston and Tony gave me so many Alpha duties today. I'm ultimately bushed!"

Lilly giggled with amusement.

"That is not funny!" Troy barked. "I think they even worked me more than the others in my age group. Shouldn't their favorites receive more breaks?"

Lilly sat up. "First of all, your father and grandparents do not show favoritism," she began. "Second, you're the heir to one of the four Head-Alphas. Your father wants you to be ready. Head-Alphas have a lot more to do than regular Alphas you know. And since he isn't behind you, is your father still doing stuff?"

Troy nodded.

"See? You don't have it worse. He's been doing things all day and still has things to do."

Troy looked at his paws. "Yeah I guess so."

"Did you know your grandparents are about to retire? In fact, they should've retired a long time ago," Lilly informed both of her pups. "But the one last thing they want to do before they do is show your dad the ropes. Tomorrow is my turn."

"Did you say one of four heirs to be Head-Alpha?" Luna spoke up.

"Yes," Lilly turned to her. "And I know what you're thinking." She smiled at her daughter. "Yes, Luna. When me, Garth, your aunt, and your uncle retire, you and Jake will also be Head-Alphas."

"So…I will be an Alpha one day?" Luna's lavender eyes widened.

Lilly nodded.

Luna's red tail wagged a mile a minute, making Lilly giggle.

"Well lucky for you, your sister is a playful Omega and your mother was a former one," Lilly said to Troy.

"We're here to cheer you up after such a tiring day," Luna said as if they'd rehearsed this.

"Mh-hmm. Alright, Luna. Just like I showed you," Lilly scooted backwards to give her daughter more room.

"Okay," Luna breathed. She then hopped onto her back and began to wave her legs all around. "What am I?" she asked her brother.

Troy laughed as his sister told another clever joke. It was about half an hour later and Lilly noticed it was getting late. "Okay," she interrupted her pups' joking around. "It's getting about time for us to get some sleep. As for Garth, oh, I'm sure he'll be here any second."

"Okay," Luna and Troy said at the same time. They both settled down next to each other with their heads on their paws. Lilly curled up across from them. Troy yawned, making Luna's head shoot up with her nose twitching. "Phew!" she put a paw over her nose. "I'm not sleeping next to you with breath like that!"

"Hey, can I help it if I've been panting all day?" Troy asked as Luna scooted a little bit away from him.

Lilly laughed before curling up again and covering her nose with her tail. When the rhythm of her breathing slowed to signal she was asleep, Luna whispered to her brother, "Hey! Do you think you can cover for me when dad gets here?"

Troy was falling asleep too. He blinked and groggily looked at her with droopy eyelids. "Huh? Oh. You're going?"

Luna elbowed him roughly to wake him up more. "Yes! Can you make up something for dad?"

"Yeah…yeah, sure," Troy mumbled. He put his head on his paws and fell asleep. Luna rolled her eyes. It was times like these that made her a little glad she wasn't picked to be an Alpha. She didn't want to be this lazy!

Luna got to her paws and padded out of the den and into the night. She yawned. She was feeling tired too. She shook it off. She needed to stay awake for Logan! Luna walked on casually. Usually, she would visit Logan in the very early morning. The night time was eerie. But she distracted herself by thinking of what him and her could do. However, the feeling that someone is watching is a sense hard to ignore…

Troy felt a nose nudging him. He growled and curled up into a ball. Five minutes! Troy wailed in his head. Give me five minutes of sleep! It only few minutes later. Hardly enough time to receive a weird, yet entertaining dream!

"Troy, wake up!" Garth's voice echoed in Troy's sleepy ears as the Alpha shook his son.

Finally, Troy blinked awake and stared at his father groggily.

"Where's Luna?" Garth asked. "Still climbing the cliff?"

Troy nodded.

Garth sighed. "That's the seventh time in two weeks! What does she do up there?"

"She likes to explore the forest up there. Since hardly anyone else does," Troy yawned.

Garth twitched an ear. "Hmm," he thought about something. "Maybe you should go with her, Troy."

Troy's head rose. "What?"

"She doesn't know where the border is. It's a miracle she hasn't crossed it by now," Garth replied.

Troy put his head back on his paws. "Maybe she does know. No one gets that lucky," he pointed out.

Lilly woke up too. "I think your father's right," she said. "I doubt Luna does know. You don't want her to get hurt by Northerners and it be your fault from simply being lazy, do you?"

Troy mumbled gibberish to himself.

"Troy…" Garth warned. "Do you honestly want to disobey your future Head-Alphas?"

Troy growled with annoyance, but got to his paws. "Okay, okay. I'll assist her on her exploration," he promised before whisking out of the cave with a flick of his tail.

Lilly gave a nod of approval. "That's my boy."

"Our boy," Garth corrected as he settled down beside his mate. They put their heads down close together and tried to go to sleep. But something was nagging Lilly in the back of her head. She raised it, her left ear twitching.

"Garth? Do you find it odd that Luna finds that forest so interesting?" she wondered aloud.

"Hmm?" Garth mumbled. He was as tired as his son. "What do you mean?"

"Well…haven't you noticed how she's there all the time? It's almost as if she's got a whole other pack up there! Doesn't that seem the least bit suspicious to you?"

Garth tried to think about that. But he was too sleepy. "Should it?"

Lilly nipped his ear.

"Hey, Luna, wait up!"

Luna turned to see Troy running towards her.

"Wha…what are you doing here?" she asked.

Troy came up to her panting, "Phew. I told mom and dad you were exploring the forest above the cliff. They got worried and wanted me to come with you."

"Oh. Well…" Luna tried to think of something for Troy to do while she was with Logan. "I'm not sure what's there for you to do at this hour. Maybe you could sleep in his cave while we're playing."

"Actually, I did kind of want to join you," Troy replied.

"Really?"

"Yeah. I want to see what makes him so special that you would go through so much trouble to see him. And what you guys do. Do you think he'd mind?"

"Probably not. But if you get bored, don't complain to me!"

"When you're around, nothing gets boring."

Troy followed Luna and Logan to their usual place. Logan had acted hostile to Troy at first, but Luna explained how he was willing to keep their relationship a secret, and Logan loosened up. Luna hopped over the pile of rocks guarding their meeting space. Troy looked at it, unable to believe she could hop over it so easily. All of the pair's mountain climbing had caused more rocks to fall on top, so it stretched over Troy's head.

"Okay…I can do this," Troy braced himself by crouching down and wriggling his haunches. He leaped for the top. Instead, his forepaws grabbed the loose rocks on the top layer and he scrambled to climb over, but only let small rocks shower his belly. He slipped and fell. He managed to twist around in mid-air, landing on top of something furry that let out a squeak as he crashed on top of it.

Troy shook his head and looked down. His nose was touching the light pink one of a cream female with a gold-tan splotch over one eye and one ear. Her eyes were a beautiful light blue. They blinked with surprise at him and then turned hostile.

"Oof! Get off of me!" she squealed.

Troy finally came to his senses. "Oh! Oh, sorry." He jumped off of her. The she-wolf rolled onto her belly and stood up, shaking tiny rocks out of her fur.

"Whew," she looked at Troy. "You are a heavy wolf, you know that?"

Troy flattened his ears. "Sorry about that."

"I'm only kidding," the female flicked her tail. She suddenly narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "Who are you anyways?"

"I'm Troy. What about you?"

She hesitated. Then her gaze softened. "I'm Cheyenne."

Troy realized he was staring at her. He didn't know what to say to such a pretty female! "Heheh. Um…hi."

She blinked. She didn't seem to know what to say either. "Er…hi."

"Well, now I know why you're called Luna. The moonlight looks amazing on your white fur," Logan commented.

Luna blushed. "Oh! Thanks…"

She looked around. "Where is Troy?"

"Not sure," Logan looked around too. "I don't see my guest either."

"Maybe they're mingling," Luna suggested.

"Hmph. It's about time Cheyenne met some new people," Logan chuckled.

"Cheyenne? How do you know her?" Luna tried to fight a feeling of jealousy at the bottom of her stomach.

Logan was silent for a moment. "Old friend," he finally answered. "From my old pack."

"Uh-huh…"

"Enough about that!" Logan said when Luna opened her jaws to something else. "Let's do something."

"Like what?"

"I don't know." Logan looked at the moon that was shining from between two of the mountains. "It's almost full," he noticed. "Only a tiny claw scratch is missing."

"Yeah. I noticed that too," Luna tried to distract herself from nearly acting jealous.

"Your pack have any Moonlight Howls coming up?"

"Probably."

"Have you ever gone to one? With…anyone?" Why were Logan's claws digging at the ground? He did that when he was nervous.

"Well…no," talking about the romantic parties made Luna feel awkward. Especially around her boy—male friend. "I was too young when the last one happened."

Logan began to say something, then interrupted himself.

"It's a shame you can't come to ours," Luna said. "But only wolves from our Eastern or Western pack can come."

"Well…you know…" Logan started to shuffle his paws, accidentally scratching himself with his claws. "the Northern Pack's dens are on the other side of the territory…we could always…have our own…"

Luna pricked her ears, shocked. "I…I'd like that."

Logan smiled and gestured with his head for Luna to follow him. They both walked up to a mountain. There was a spiral trail crawling around it, leading to the top. Luna followed Logan up it.

"I like this mountain," Logan said as they reached the top. "Its top is nice and smooth and gives the most beautiful view of the moon."

Luna arrived at the top next to him. She realized he was right. The moon was shining right in front of her. When she looked around, she saw the tips of the other mountains and nearly all of the territories. She tried to guess which little brown dot was her family's den.

"Wow…" she breathed in awe.

She turned to face Logan. The few stars that had chosen to come out tonight were shining in Luna's eyes, making them beautiful, sparkly lavender ones. "Wow…" Logan echoed. Luna's eyes were so beautiful… He'd rather stare at them than any waterfall or sunset. They were gentle and somehow comforting.

"Wow what?" Luna broke Logan out of his trance.

"Nothing," he finally breathed. "Nothing…except your eyes. They deserve more 'wows' than any other attraction in Jasper Park."

Luna giggled nervously.

"Er…c'mon. We should start howling now," Logan said. He walked to the edge of the mountain-top and sat down, the moonlight outlining his light gray fur.

"You know? I've never howled with anyone before," Luna informed him as she walked over to sit next to him.

"It's easy! It's nothing but singing. Except it comes from right here," Logan put a forepaw to Luna's heart. Luna grinned. This felt familiar to her…

"I'll go first. You can join in," Logan went on. "And trust me, you'll know when to do so."

Luna looked into eyes. "I do trust you…"

Logan pulled his paw away from awkwardly. "Oh…er. Ahem. Okay. So…no regrets from here?"

Luna was taken over by romantic-Luna again and rubbed her head under Logan's chin. "Just love."

Troy began to hear howling. He pricked his ears and looked over his shoulder. Then he heard the most beautiful female howl intertwine with the first one.

Cheyenne heard it too. "What lovely howls," she commented. She and Troy had been walking through the forest of mountains. They were talking and each was starting to get really personal when the howling started. "Anyone you know?"

Troy listened carefully. "Hmm. The female sounds like my mother…must be my parents," he decided with a shrug. "Do your parents ever howl together? Without Moonlight Howls?"

Cheyenne flattened her ears and looked away. "My parents are…dead," she whimpered.

"Oh…" Troy suddenly felt bad for asking. "I'm sorry. Was it a stampede? That's how many wolves in my pack went."

"No…it was poachers," Cheyenne replied gloomily. She shook her head. "I'm sorry! I try not to seem so depressed. That doesn't exactly help gain friends."

"But it proves who is your friend," Troy pointed out.

Cheyenne looked at him. She smiled. "Are you one of those cheerful Omegas?" she asked.

"No. Just a boring Alpha."

"You're not boring!" Cheyenne protested. "You've made me laugh all night. And with things so down in my pack recently, I've needed someone like you to come along…"

"Thanks," Troy chuckled. He suddenly tensed. "Wait…your pack?"

"Yes. The Northern and Southern packs united. Didn't you know that? Where did you think I was from?"

"Logan's been telling my sister he was a lone wolf."

"Lone wolf?" Cheyenne was confused. "Why? He's a Northern/Southern wolf."

"What?" Troy's eyes widened.

"Yes. In fact, he's the brother to Seth, the temporary leader."

"He—she—they're—huh—what?"

"It's true!"

"He lied to her…" Troy found this difficult to take in. "Mom and dad were right! You can't trust anyone outside our pack!"

Now Cheyenne was upset again. "You don't trust me? So the last few moments between us didn't mean anything to you…?"

"No! No, I enjoyed it. You're really sweet and kind and—are you sure you're a Northerner?"

"Yes! We were very peaceful until our stupid Head-Alpha had to die and confess he had already united our pack with that mean and stupider one…" she growled bitterly.

"Look, I really enjoyed being with you…" Troy admitted. He even nuzzled her for good measure. "But…I need to tell my sister something. She needs to hear the truth."

Cheyenne looked at him. "Okay. I get it. Go on…"

Troy smiled and licked her pink nose. He whipped around and searched for his sister among the maze of mountains. Cheyenne put a paw to her nose and grinned.

"Luna! Luna!" Troy called. He didn't see her and he was starting to get lost.

Finally, he came across a mountain and saw the familiar form of his sister climbing down a mountain.

"Luna! There you are!" Troy skidded to a halt in front of her. "I need to tell you something—"

"I know," she held up a paw.

"Y—you do?"

"Yes. It's getting early," Luna clearly didn't. "I didn't mean to be that long, but…the time just got away…"

"What? Oh! Never mind that—"

Luna wasn't paying attention. She had turned her back to him and was saying good-bye to Logan. "You're howling is very beautiful," she said to him.

"It's nothing compared to your eyes with the stars hit them," Logan said dreamily.

They rubbed noses and Luna began to walk in the direction of her own territory. Troy was confused, but followed her. When they reached the top of the cliff, Troy suddenly gasped.

"You howled with him!"

Luna froze. "Yes…didn't you hear us?" she turned to face him.

"I thought it was mom and dad!"

"You think I sound like mom…?" Luna smiled as if he had complimented her.

"You howled with a Northern wolf!"

"He isn't Northern!" Luna argued, rolling her eyes. "He's a very trustworthy lone wolf."

"He lied to you," Troy protested. He knew this would break her heart, or knowing Luna, she wouldn't believe him and never speak to him again. "He's really a Northerner. And not just that, but he's even one of the pups that united the two packs. His brother is the reason our pack is so tense!"

Troy waited. He waited for Luna to call him a liar and deny it or overreact or something.

She only calmly stared at him. As if she hadn't seen him before. She then started to back away. "Logan wouldn't lie to me. I can't say the same for you—"

"Are you serious?" Troy snapped. "You don't believe me but you believe that…traitor?"

"How did you even find out about this?" Luna demanded. "Or did you just make it up because you were jealous?"

"His friend, Cheyenne! Remember her? I know you know about her."

"She's from his old pack."

"You mean the same one he's in right now?"

"He isn't in a pack! It was wiped out in a wildfire! I can't believe you would try to break us up like this! Who do you think you are? Dad?"

"Do you remember any wildfires in Jasper Park? Huh? Did anyone ever talk about it or mention the death of their loved ones? Have you seen any places in Jasper that looked like they were burned in a fire?"

Luna didn't respond to that. She even started to think about that. She then shook it out of her head and turned her back on Troy. She began to leap down each ledge until she was at the bottom of the cliff. Troy watched her, waiting for her to say something.

"You're just jealous. Jealous that I've found someone who makes me happy, besides you. I don't belong to you!"

Troy leaped off the cliff, curling in a ball just like he'd seen Aunt Kate do. He landed on his feet in front of Luna. "Why won't you believe me? You've just met him. We're littermates. Why does his word matter more than mine?"

"Because I love him!" Luna snapped her jaws shut. Why did she just say that? She hadn't even admitted it to herself. But she had just howled with him. That meant something, right? She believed him over her brother…right?

"So you don't love me? Your brother?" Troy narrowed his eyes.

"I don't know what that means anymore," Luna retorted coldly. She pushed past him and stormed back home, despite his growl.

Luna couldn't help but start to let a few tears fall. She didn't know what to believe anymore. And when you don't know who to believe, who could you trust? She couldn't tell her parents…her friends would just go and tell their parents…she couldn't tell her grandparents…she couldn't tell her aunt nor uncle…she didn't even trust telling Uncle Humphrey's friends! There was only one wolf she knew she could ask. But could she guarantee Logan would tell the truth?

Cheyenne walked confidently through the Northern pack's forest. She couldn't stop thinking about Troy. She carried a smile on her snout at the thought of the big…brawny…handsome male. Cheyenne suddenly bumped into something. She looked up and saw one of Seth's biggest and loyalist followers. Hawk.

"Hello, Cherry. What a lovely smile you have. Thinking about Seth?" he asked.

Cheyenne didn't answer.

"Or is it your new boyfriend, you two-timer?"

Cheyenne's blood froze. Her heart momentarily stopped. Could he mean…?

"Who were those wolves?"

"What…I don't know what you mean. What wolves?" Cheyenne tried to walk around him. The bigger wolf only shoved her, making her face him again.

"The red and white ones. Not from the Northern or Southern for sure…" he narrowed his eyes.

"I wasn't with any white or red wolf," Cheyenne retorted. She started to walk away, only to have claws run down her muzzle, thrusting her onto the ground. She yelped with pain. Hawk bit down into her ears hard. Cheyenne yelped. "Stop it! Stop!" she begged.

Hawk roughly released her. She whimpered. "Don't lie to me," Hawk snarled in her face. "I saw you in the mountain forest on today's patrols. Who were those wolves?" he demanded, putting his claws on the back of her neck. He was ready to hurt her. If Seth knew she was carrying a secret, he wouldn't care if she got killed.

Cheyenne sat up and tried to force herself to tell the truth. But before she could, Hawk only slapped her, raking his claws across her cheek. "If there's a secret in this pack, I think Seth would want to hear about it…" Hawk sneered.

Tears began to fall down Cheyenne's bleeding cheek.

What will Seth do when he finds out about our little secret? Will Lilly and Garth ever find out as well? Will Cheyenne survive the night? Are Luna and Troy in danger? Read the next chapter to see!