Ok first I'm so sorry that it took so long to publish this chapter but I'm starting college in a couple of days so it's pretty hectic and that combined with going on holiday means that writing time has been severely limited and I must admit games have also limited it but I promise I'll get the next chapter out sooner. BTW to any of you wondering why I haven't updated my other stories in a while it's because they are on temporary HIATUS until I have this story cocmpleated which isn't far off.

Chapter 9 The proposal

Garth, Lilly, Sasha, Shelia and Shaun had been sitting in the clearing for most of the morning listening as Decca told all about how him and Kate got relocated, he told them about how him and Kate met Marcel and Paddy who directed them home and of course he didn't forget to mention how he saved Kate's life after she ran away from him because she was angry that he had lost their ride home, Sasha also told them what had happened when Decca lost her. "right so that is everything that has happened in my life right up until we met again" Decca finished. "wow and to think we thought we had an adventure" Shaun said "so...what should we do now?" Garth asked, suddenly Garth's tummy rumbled loudly "I'm wondering was that a bear or your belly Barf?" Decca said in a fit of laughter "I told you not to call me that!" Garth shouted" "why not barf, it's a good name" Shaun said "hey that's my name for him" Decca said. Sasha, Lilly and Sheila just watched as the three boys continued their arguing, "Do you reckon we sort this out ourselves or just leave them to it and wait for them to finish?" Sheila asked the other two "best not we might be here all day, I'll handle this" Sasha replied, she stepped forward "Right that's enough you lot I can see that your stomachs are talking louder than your heads! so let's just calm down and head to the feeding grounds" Sasha shouted. Lilly, Garth, Shaun and Sheila looked at her stunned whilst Decca looked at her with a mixture of fear and amusement, after all he had seen firsthand what could happen if Sasha got annoyed. slowly one by one Lilly, Garth, Shaun and Sheila snapped out of their shock, In the bushes Winston smiled to himself as he watched the five wolves slowly started walking up towards the feeding grounds.

When the five of them got to the feeding grounds they each took a piece of meat before Garth led them over to where two eastern wolves were sat. "hey Zeke, Theo" Decca said, the two wolves turned around "wait Decca? but the stampede, Garth said you got trampled" Zeke said as he and Theo ran up to Decca and tackled him to the ground "it's great to see you guys too" Decca laughed. Once he got up Decca introduced Zeke and Theo to Sasha and his older brother and sister, then they just sat on the grass talking as they ate their meat.

"So what do you guys want to do?" Decca asked after they had all finished their meat. "I don't know, you're always the one with ideas" Shaun said, just then Salty, Shakey and Mooch came over to where Decca and the others were "Hey Humph... erm I mean Decca you said that you would hang out with us today" Shakey said "wait that's it. Guys I think it's time we introduced them to logboarding" Decca said.

10 minutes later

Four hollowed out half logs and eleven wolves sat at the top of the large slope that the omega's and Decca used for logboarding, everyone was excited except Garth who had small hollowed out half logs on his knees and his elbows (like pads that you wear for skateboarding or whatever). "are you sure this is safe" Garth asked nervously as he peered over the edge and down the slope "oh come on I thought Alpha's are supposed to be fearless, not scared of going down a small hill" Sasha said getting a laugh from the others which made Garth turn as red as a tomato out of either embarrassment or anger. "Right you did add breaks to this didn't you?" Decca asked Salty "sure there's a massive mound of dirt at the bottom to make sure little Garthy doesn't get hurt" Salty replied "oh good wait what!" Garth shouted. "all right everyone get in and hold on tight" Decca said as he got into one of the logs along with Garth and Sasha. "Last one to the bottom is the caribou" Decca said as he pushed off sending the log flying down the slope. "Lean left, lean right" Decca shouted as the log narrowly missed a tree and a rock as. The log continued to pick up speed as it shot down the hill, Decca and Sasha were screaming out of excitement with their paws in the air whilst Garth was, well just screaming, but as the log continued on its path down the hill a smile started forming on Garth's muzzle until he was screaming with excitement like the other two. "So Garth how is log sledding now?" Decca asked after hearing Garth yell with excitement "what?" Garth asked not being able to hear Decca because of the wind rushing past them. "I SAID HOW IS LOG SLEDING NOW!" Decca shouted so that Garth could hear him "YOU KNOW IT ISN'T AS BAD AS I FIRST THOUGHT!" Garth replied. Just then one of the other logs zoomed past them "quick aim for that rock" Decca said pointing to a flat rock that stuck up at an angle, the log flew up into the air carrying the three wolves with it "WAHOO" they shouted as they were catapulted out of the log, then they looked down and saw that they were no longer in the log then they started falling but luckily they landed in a heap on the log with Sasha on top "well that was lucky" she said "Garth get your butt out of my face" came the muffled voice of Decca. Sasha and Garth carefully got off Decca. "errrm guys tree" Sasha said pointing to a large tree only a few feet away "quick everyone lean right" Decca shouted, they did as he said and they narrowly missed the tree but they had steered right into the path of a rock that was sticking up out of the ground, the log hit the rock and catapulted the three wolves out of it, sending Decca and Sasha flying over the mound of dirt they landed with a crash "well that went well" Decca said to himself as he shakily got to his feet but as he did so a surge of pain shot through his left fore paw "ow my paw" he said as he collapsed to the ground "Decca you okay?, are you hurt?" Sasha asked as she hurried over to him "yea I'm okay but my paw isn't" Decca replied, just then the log containing Lilly Shaun and Shelia crashed through the pile of dirt and came to a stop then after it came Zeke and Theo then finally Salty, Shakey and Mooch. "hey what's up with Decca?" Shakey asked "when the sled catapulted us all out he landed pretty hard and I think he's hurt his paw" Sasha replied "right we should get him to my mom then" Lilly said. Sasha helped Decca up then allowed him to lean on her so he didn't have to put weight on his left paw, "hey wait where's Garth?" Decca asked "I don't know, I'll go look for him... wait, come and look at this" Shaun said as he went round the other side of the dirt pile through the gap the logs had made, the others followed him and immediately started laughing because Garth had been flung head first into the dirt pile and was now stuck with the back half of his body sticking out of the pile "this isn't funny guys, someone help me out of this" came Garth's muffled voice, Theo and Zeke grabbed hold of him and started to pull "can't you pull any harder?" Shaun asked "hey we are, Garth is just a bit fat" Zeke replied "I HEARD THAT!" Garth shouted "I BET THAT WAS YOU Zeke!". Eventually they managed to pull Garth out of the dirt pile and started to make their way back to the packs.

Five minutes later

Eve was in her and Winton's den relaxing when in came Sasha, Lilly and Decca who was leant against Sasha and was holding his left foreleg up off the ground. "What can I do for you?" Eve asked Lilly "it's Decca, we were out log sledding and he got catapulted out of the log and hurt his paw" Lilly answered, "right you two go wait outside whilst I check his leg" Eve said as Lilly and Sasha went outside. As Eve checked over Decca's leg her mind wandered back to when she had first met him as a pup before he was to become Humphrey, he stayed in a den just outside pack territory whilst Winston made arrangements for his arrival into the pack (had a new den dug and thinking of an excuse for the pup's sudden arrival into the pack amongst other things) and either her or Winston would often go down to check up on him. Eve liked going to see Decca and to her and Winston he was like the son they never had, he was a very playful and fun loving pup despite being a Zeta and despite everything he had been through. and as soon as he met Kate and Lilly as Humphrey she could tell that there was a strong bond of friendship formed between them, in fact Eve had overheard Humphrey/Decca saying to Lilly that to him she and Kate were like family. Eve knew that when she and Winston weren't around anymore he would keep her daughters safe no matter what. Eve snapped out of her train of thought and began concentrating on the task at hand, after looking at Decca's leg she stepped outside the den, "what's up with him?" Sasha immediately asked with a look of worry and concern on her face "his leg is broken but not badly. Lilly will you go and find some vines so I can make a splint for his leg" Eve replied. As Lilly ran off to get the vines, Eve and Sasha went inside the den, Sasha sat down and started chatting and joking with Decca whilst Eve went to the back of the den and picked up to little half logs out of a pile that had been picked specially for making splints, she then placed them down near Decca and joined in the two young wolves' conversation whilst waiting for Lilly to get back.

Five minutes later

Eve had just finished making the splint "right that's that done, you just need to rest it for a week or so then it should be as good as new, so that means no hunting or playing with your friends." Eve told Decca. Decca Lilly and Sasha started to leave but just as they got to the entrance of the den, Winston walked in, "Ah Sasha there you are. I've been looking everywhere for you, your new den is finished, now if you follow me I'll take you to it, by the way Decca your brother and sister are sharing your old den" Winston said as he led Sasha along with Lilly and Decca out of the den.

9 days later

Decca was lying by the lake which was lit spectacularly by the setting sun. Decca wasn't looking at the lake though, he was engrossed in thought. "what if she says no, what if she doesn't love me" he thought out load. Suddenly he heard a dry twig snap to his left and a hushed voice say "oh shoot!". "right come out I know your there" Decca said, Sasha slowly padded out of the bushes "wow Decca, your hearing really has improved" Sasha said as she walked down to the lake and sat beside Decca. they sat side by side for about ten minutes before Decca broke the silence "Um Sasha there is somewhere I want you to see, follow me" Decca said, getting up, Sasha followed him. the route he took her through the forest was beautiful but Sasha wasn't concentrating on that, she was busy trying to figure out how to ask Decca a question that had been on her mind for years.

Ten minutes later

"Come on Sasha, hurry up" Decca said as he led her up the steep winding path that led her to the place only he knew of, "I'm coming, where are we going anyway?" Sasha asked as she hurried to catch him up, by the time she caught up to him she found him sitting on a ledge that overlooked the entire park, she walked over and sat beside him. "Sasha there is something I need to ask you" Decca said quickly "what?" Sasha asked "Sasha there is no easy way to say this but...I...I...I love you. Will you marry me?" Decca said quickly before dropping his head. Sasha sat there for a few seconds in shock at what Decca had just said, when she snapped out of the shock she sat down in front of Decca put het paw under his chin and picked his head up so his eyes were looking into hers. "Decca I've loved you ever since I first met you and you don't know how long I've hoped to hear you say that. Yes, a million times yes" Sasha said as she leant forwards so that her and Decca's noses were touching, they stayed like that for what felt to them like forever but in reality it was only a few seconds. "Sasha would you howl with me?" Decca asked when they pulled apart, "I thought you would never ask" Sasha said as she lifted her muzzle up to the sky and started howling along with Decca, (Decca and Sasha's howl sounds a lot like Kate and Humphrey's on the train.) a couple of minutes into the howl Sasha stopped howling and just sat there admiring Decca's howl for a few minutes before starting again, she had always loved his howl and it was one of the things she really missed after she thought he was dead. they eventually stopped and just sat there admiring the moonlit view. Sasha turned to Decca "so when are we going to get married?" she asked "I'll go and talk to Winston in the morning and arrange it. I'll see you tomorrow" Decca said, Sasha started walking off back the way she came, Decca watched for a few seconds till she was swallowed up by the darkness "what a wonderful wolf" he thought before making his way back to his own den.

Wow I think that's my longest chapter to date. anyway only one person reviewed the last chapter so I'm not sure if people are losing interest in this story or not but 1 is better than non and so long as I know even one person is reading it and enjoying it that is all I need to continue with it. This is xXShadowTheWolfXx Signing off