I Was Crazy Once…

Go ahead and cuss me out for the long update. I will be honest with you. I had a bit of writers block on this one, so I kind of took my mind off it and played the game a bit. With my friend forcing me to play Skyrim, I gained new ideas and new task that will be unraveled in this chapters, and in the future chapters that are later to come. Please REVIEW and don't hold back on what you want to say.

The dirt mound covered almost the whole entrance of Humphreys den, leaving only the very top open so who ever, or whatever, was inside was aloud fresh air. Kate sat and was in deep though and taking in her surroundings. The den entrance was packed with dirt. The normal scent of pine and wood was nowhere around the den but the smell of rotten meat and other wolves. The dirt was patted recently and the ground below Kate was where the dirt was removed from. She stood up and walked around the den, jumping over the fallen tree and seeing the roots making the den completely covered with dirt. Whoever did this surely wanted to keep it inside or keep it hidden.

As Kate continued to walk around the den, she heard the birds spontaneously stop in the distance. Her ears perked up, trying to hear better as to what was the culprit as to why it made the birds stop. Fear kicked in Kate, making her body tense up and the fur all over her body stand on end. The forest of Jasper Park was once in its existence, silent. The sound of the running water was no longer the faintest sound and the for sure thing that made sure she wasn't deaf. It was so quiet that her breathing sounded like thunder next to ones ear, but it didn't stop there. Kate's mind was frozen, un-responsive, and stricken with fear. Never in her life has she been in this situation, and she only dreamed that if she was in a situation like this, than it would have been with the one she loved. But that was only a dream, and now she has to face it alone. She was grateful that Humphrey was with her during their adventure back from Idaho, and without a funny, sensual, caring, loving, enthusiastic, brave, and honorable Omega, she wouldn't have been alive. He saved her from falling to her death and even saved her from being killed by bears that he angered. He blamed himself for everything, even though it was actually her fault she almost got herself killed.

And now, she's regretting that she pushed him away the first time he asked her howl with him, but she ended up doing so, because that small pinch of feelings for him was release. If she was in charge, she wouldn't have done so. But even after the howl they had, that once was pinch, grew to be a hand full. She was falling for him, but the simplest things made her attention put those feelings away and use the interruption as an excuse to not admit her feelings. Now, with her feelings not being expressed, she was faced to go along on her own. The fear, worried some, and un-loved could have been only a thought if she would have told her hero she loved him back. She stood there, fur on end, mind not responding as she hears nothing. Suddenly, there was movement in front of the den where the forest was at, and it sounded more as if someone was dragging something.

Kate's mind was finally pulled out of the state she was more scared than anything and quickly climbed off the tree and climbed under it, being hidden by the small dead fallen branches and small patches of dead leaves as well. She brought her body close to the ground so she was able to crawl under the trees' thick root and being hidden in the shadows and small debris in the way. Kate smiled that she took Alpha School, but also in the back of her mind she hated it because if she didn't go to Alpha School, then her and Humphrey would have been together. Her train of thought was brought back to the present when she heard the small grunting and quick drags getting closer and closer towards her. She slowed her breathing and perked her ears up when the sound of grunting stopped and the panting started.

*THUMP*

Kate's body twitched at the sudden sound of whatever was being dragged hit the ground.

"Finally… stupid… carcass." Kate heard the voice pant. Whoever it was, must know of Humphrey's den.

"I COULD HAVE BEEN WITH MY FAMILY! YEEERRAAAHHHGGGG!" the voiced yelled as Kate heard snarls, barks, and even pounds on something that resembled punches being thrown. Kate cringed as she heard snaps and tares of what she found out was a body. Bones were snapping and flesh was being torn ferociously and even pieces of flesh flew from the front of the den to the back where Kate saw grey fur with blood splattered land next to her. Kate covered her mouth with her paws, trying to muffle her scream of horror.

After about 10 or so seconds of the persons' rampage, Kate heard a sighed and the sound of dirt crumbling. Kate was still starring at the piece of flesh that had blood stained grey fur that wasn't even a yard away from her. Her eyes were stinging from tears, but after about a minute, she heard the voice again.

"Humphrey, I brought you something." The voice called out innocently. It sounded like a female and a male, but it was too hard to judge from the sound. Kate turned her head away from the flesh and pressed her ear against the den's dirt compact wall, trying to hear more of the conversation. Luckily, she was able to hear, but not clearly.

"mumble mumble mumble."

"I know, I know. But look, I brought you some deer. It's freshly killed and was easy since it was distracted." The voice said. Kate could only hear the persons' voice clearly, but not the other and she wanted to know why. Maybe she wasn't pushing her ear entirely on the dirt compacted wall. Kate leaned in closer, and happy that she did because now she could hear a little better, but not much.

"mumble flowers mumbles die. I mumble mumble die mumble like mumble flowers. HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Kate almost screamed from the sudden laughter, but it wasn't a normal laughter. This laughter was more of an insane laughter than sane. Kate was scared to listen for more, but she had too. She pressed her ear up against the wall again and pressed harder against it, trying to hear better, bad idea. Kate pressed her ear against the dirt, but in a soft spot and the dirt began to cave in. Kate's eyes shot open and tried to pull away from falling with the dirt wall, but it was too late. The dirt wall began to collapse, and Kate couldn't stop but hear what was said on the other side.

"She's here, and she won't stop."

*Crash, crumble, thump*

Well, how's that for an update? Hope you like it and I am terribly sorry for the late update. Now that I'm on summer vacation, expect more updates from my other stories. I'll hopefully get my other stories uploaded within the next 2 hours. I'm still detailing them and having the plots change a little bit. Please REVIEW. Thanks.