A Son of Wolves

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Chapter 2: A Prophecy Unseen

"Tim!"

"Run, just keep running, don't look back!" Two humans ran for their lives, never had they been in such fear before, this could very well be the last moment they share together. A group of vicious snarling wolves closed in on them, slowly pushing them to run further and faster. The husband and wife had been running for over an hour, these wolves loved to play with their food, the northern scum. The northern pack were renounced for their cruelty and slow and painful death methods. They knew how to keep their prey alive while delivering over one hundred non lethal scratches without killing it before giving the fatal blow. A slow, agonizing death. They had no mercy, they had no pity, they didn't see anything different between a caribou and a human, it was all meat and blood. They braved themselves, daring to come so close to the untied packs borders. They were in search of food, the same problems the former eastern pack faced now became there's. They had scared off their main source of food, the several herds of elk that grazed there and what little smaller prey animals that used to roam the territory. But now their Alpha's were forced to come into the heart of Jasper Park and find what else was around.

They came across two humans after finding that this part of the park was homed to many of them. Small human dens were scattered miles apart, deep in the forests from one another. They came across and female and male human and instantly began their hunt of cruelty. They have pursued the humans for mile, wanting them to beg for death before finally giving it to them. What they didn't expect was the loud thing the male carried, one of those long shining poles that could make a wolf drop down dead if they had it pointed at them. They did run after them, they were never far away, but then they never came close as to not come face to face with the stick he carried. They wanted to run them down first, make them fall from the tiredness they felt in this moment.

The Human's knew where they were going, they needed help. But their home wasn't far away, if only they could get their before they fell or allowed the wolves to catch up, then they were safe. Tom knew he was not to kill wolves, it was the park law, but he always carried it around when he and his wife went out on a walk; he thought that it would be the safest option in case this ever happened. Whenever the wolves came to close, he'd fire at the closest one, not to kill, but to warn. He always shot the spot in-between their paws and soon after they ran away, but continued the chance from a distance.

Finally their home came into sight. They made a final dash for the door and burst into it. Clare ran for the back of the cabin while Tom spun to slam the door shut. But he screamed in agony as one of the Alphas grabbed his ankle in his jaws and tugged to pull him out. He yelled to his wife to stay where she was and not to come out, she did as her husband did and remained in the bed room where she held onto her coat protectively.

Tom grabbed the door and slammed it several times in the wolf's face, it yelped, but it didn't let go. One of the many things Alpha's were taught was to deal with their pain, mind over matter. Northern Pack Alphas were the toughest ones you'd find anywhere. Seeing this wasn't going to work, he seized his gun and aimed it at the wolf's head. Then he pulled the trigger. The wolf yelped and flew back as his head was left with a giant hole in it and it's body bled out on the ground. He seized this moment to slam the door and lock it. He looked back at his foot. It was broken, but his boot saved his from bleeding heavily. He had two bite marks on his leg, but other then, that just a break. "Tom?" Clare asked after hearing the silence.

"We're ok." He groaned to and using the wall to get back to his feet. "Is Harry alright?" Clare unzipped her coat and gently laid her one year old baby onto the bed, the small thing was fast asleep, not understanding or knowing what was happening.

"He's ok." She panted and walking out, leaving her baby on the bed. She gasped when she saw her husband limping across and towards her. They caught one another in their arms and held onto each other tightly.

"They're still outside, we'll wait until they move on and we'll get to the hospital." They could hear the wolves scratching away at the door, begging for blood and revenge for the fallen Alpha. But suddenly, it stopped as silence filled the air. They didn't hear a howl; a bark or a scratch, not even the wind that blew passed their home. They pulled apart and looked back at the door; they didn't even see them under it.

"Are they gone?" She muttered quietly. They walked over to the window and opened the blinds a little as to not gain their attention. But they didn't, they weren't outside. They looked out each window in the small cabin they had, but the ravenous wolves were no where to be seen. "Do you suppose they're gone?" She asked again.

"Only one way to find out." Tom sighed and limping back across the room. He grabbed his gun and loaded a few more shell into it before unlocking the door.

"Stay near the bedroom." He ordered quietly. She walked back a little way, but she didn't go inside. He opened it, but then stepped back to point his gun out the small crack he made. Slowly he opened it, and even more of his gun came out. He stepped outside and onto the small porch they had built, but still they weren't here. Clare took a few more stepped forward subconsciously.

He stepped right out off the porch and nearer towards his car, scoping the bushes and trees around him to make sure they weren't hiding. He still saw nothing. He saw his car, this was their moment. He turned back around to face his wife, but he didn't look at her. Instead he looked up and on top of the porch at the sixteen beady, bloodthirsty eyes that looked back down at him. Before he could move or scream, all eight Alphas pounced down onto him. He was able to shoot once and hit one of them, but it didn't stop the other seven. They tore away at his body, biting and ripping into flesh while he was alive. Clare screamed and saw there was nothing she could do other then save herself and her child. But her screams were heard. Four of the wolves looked inside to see her, before running in after her. She spun around and run back towards to bedroom that was only Justin front of her. But she was cut short when something grabbed a hold of her dress, then another on her leg and then a third on her back. She fell as the rest of the scouting party scampered inside to dig into their next feast. With all the strength she could gather, she reached out and slammed the bedroom door shut. It had a dodgy lock, something Clare always begged Tom to fix, but now turned out to be just what they needed. If slammed hard enough, then it would lock itself. She had to give her baby a fighting chance, even if it was slim.

The Alpha's never saw her actions, but they soon started to tear their way into the human, gorging themselves on fresh and juicy meat. They snapped and barked at one another, fighting over who got the best parts.

Meanwhile

It had been a week since Kate was delivered the shocking news of her anatomy, of that one stupid mistake of not being quick enough to get behind the log. If Humphrey was an Omega and he could, why couldn't she be nimble enough to dodge the hooves and get there as well. She always thought of it as her fault, she could have been quicker. Humphrey always tried to make her see that it wasn't her fault, that it was no-one's fault that this happened to them. It was just someone's way of saying that it wasn't in their future to have pups, even if they so wished it to be.

They had a week to understand this, to come to terms with it all. The pack were sure to leave them be until they were ready to start recuperating themselves back into the pack and see that there were more things in life them to worry about having pups. Kate had her Alpha duties, her responsibilities. Humphrey had…whatever it was Omega's do, just goof around I suppose. Lilly soon found herself coming a part of the gang, only to spend time with her brother-in-law and say how truly sorry she was. She only wanted to be there for him now that he was family. Garth did the same with Kate, but he wasn't exactly the funny type, he just recommended taking it out of a caribou during the hunt.

Although they now seemed to be completely over the topic that their dream couldn't happen, he could still see in his daughter's eyes that she wasn't alright. Winston pardoned her from her duties after a little while so she could spend some much needed time with her mate. Kate just wanted to do her job; she wanted things to back to how they were. But she also saw that, that was not going to happen, and it was true she needed to talk to her mate more often. But she still stayed around a little while longer before returning to the paws of her wonderful mate. Then they'd go for a walk, head back to their den or go and have some fun which genuinely took their minds of it.

Today was no exception; they were doing what they usually did. They were on a walk, side by side, pelts touching and talking. Talking about anything.

"So, how was the hunt thins morning?" Humphrey asked after long moments of silence. Kate found that after the long morning of duties, hearing his voice was exactly what she wanted to hear, it was what she needed to hear to not give up on her other dreams.

"It was great; we took down three caribou so the pack will be eating tonight." She replied sweetly. "How was your day?"

"Ok, Salty wasn't around, he was out with Sweets so he wasn't much of a factor in log sledding. Mooch decided he'd have a midnight feast of yesterday's dinner so he's got stomach aches, so it was just Shaky and me really." He replied. "Oh and Lily came by again."

"What she say?"

"You know, the usual. That she's sorry and she's there if we need her. She's very sweet."

"Sweeter then me?" Kate giggled.

"Nothing's sweeter then you my Alpha." He said licking the corner of her mouth.

"And nothing's more charming then you my Omega." She giggled again and licking his cheek. They both laughed, but it came to a rather quick end when they were stopped in their tracks. They raised their muzzles in the air and parted their jaws as the breeze blew by a distant scent. They breathed in the scent, but only after recognising it was human did Humphrey speak.

"Maybe we should get out of here, I don't fancy going back to Idaho."

"No, there's something else." Kate said turning to face the breeze and walk into it. "There's blood."

"Blood?" Humphrey questioned. Kate started walking quickly in the direction it came from, only taking her mate by more then surprised, but more of shock. He ran around her and stood to block her.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"I'm curious; I just want to see what it is." She said trying to step around him, but he cut her off each time.

"We can't go; you remember what they Human's did to us last time." He said.

"Oh come on Humphrey, I thought Omega's loved adventures." She said finally being able to get around him and carry on walking.

"Not when it involves humans." He replied and stepping back to her side. Both parted their jaws again to find where the smell was coming from. It only grew stronger and stronger as the closer they got. They had never been to this part of the park before, and after their trip in Idaho, they wanted to find out what else was around here for them to see. But they never came here, and for good reason. Their instincts had guided them without their knowing that they shouldn't come to this part of the park, that it belonged to the humans. But they didn't know that. Only when they smelt it coming just over a bush did they see what it was, and it only made Humphrey more fearful again.

It was a human den, one of those big places where humans go to hide in and stay. It was rather much like where those old people came out of when they lost their first ride back from Idaho; only it was in the middle of a forest with no others around. "Ok, now you've seen it we can go." Humphrey said trying to pull and usher Kate back. She just shoved him off and stepped out through the bushes. He cursed to himself and nervously followed after her. As much as he didn't want to stay, he was obliged to follow her. What kind of a mate would he be if her let her walk into the lions den on her own? They saw one of the things the human's go in and move away, a smaller version of the thing they jumped in first, a "car" as they heard the humans call it. The smell of blood only grew stronger as it emanated from the other side of it. All around the car, they saw paw prints and the stench of another pack.

"The northern pack came through here." She said taking in the print's scent and looking around at the several others around her.

"Didn't Garth say they saw a group of their Alpha's come passed the territory a while ago?" Humphrey questioned.

"They were here today, only a few hours ago." She added and following her nose to the other side of the car where she was in for a shock. It was like she was in a nightmare. A bloodied and messy corpse of a human lay outside the den. It's stomach ripped open for all to see, its three bottom ribs exposed and broken, its entrails and insides thrown and spewed all over the place. Its bottom jaw was missing, his leg gorged upon. Kate spun around and buried her face into her mate's chest as he wrapped her paws around her. She let herself calm down before turning back to face it. It wasn't the fact that it was like this, it was that it was like this and in this place and it scared her.

"So an Alpha can get scared." Humphrey chuckled. She hit his shoulder playfully before they padded up to the body. It really was dead, it looked disgusting. "What happened here"? He asked again.

"Looks like those Alphas came into the territory, we'll have to tell dad about this." Kate answered. She looked to her right and at the human den. Humphrey saw that glint of curiosity in her eye, the desire to go inside.

"Ok, we've seen enough, we can go back now. We are not going in there." Before he knew it, they were both cautiously stepping over the threshold of the den. It was dark inside, humans are really messing. There were wooden sticks on the floor, some with strange parts on the top. They even found one of those bang sticks that had nearly shot them on their trip back from Idaho. They stepped around it, not knowing how it worked so they didn't want to set it off. But then they found more paw prints, this time painted red and all over the floor. They looked ahead; a second corpse lay in front of them. It looked no different then the first body; it was feasted on and ripped apart in many ways, many of its normal body parts missing.

"The Northern Pack did all this?" Humphrey gasped.

"We have to tell dad." Kate said backing away from the body. "Come on." They went to run out, but suddenly came to a stop when they heard a noise. It was a kind of screech, something that brought fear in them. They looked back and passed the body and at the door the body lay beside. It was coming from the other side of it. It screeched again, and again, it continued to make the strange noise. But then it came to a sudden stop. Kate just couldn't get enough of her curiosity, it had no limits. She turned back around and stepped over the body to place her ear on the door. Humphrey did the same and looked into her eyes as they listened. Suddenly it did it again, one long cry. They brought their head back; thinking whatever it was could hurt them. But she so desperately wanted to know what it was. She looked up to the handle; she opened a door before to let Humphrey take a whiz when they stopped once on their trip. She jumped up at the door and pulled down on it, only it didn't open. She tried again this time a little harder, it still didn't.

"Wait, I've got an idea." Humphrey said ripping some strange fabric he found into a long strip. He handed it to Kate and told her to wrap it around the handle which she did. Then together, they pulled down hard and then back. Suddenly the door handle came flying off the door, nearly hitting Humphrey in the face. It opened a crack, so they eagerly and cautiously padded up to it and opened it. They looked inside, but saw nothing that could make that noise. Nothing caught their interest, so they dismissed it as something that was in there, but somehow got out. But then it happened again, they spun around, to hear it coming from the large rectangle thing on the other side of the room. So they walked and jumped up onto the metal railings on the end of it, only for them both to receive another fright. A small thing, looking similar to a human sat on the bed. It cheeks red and it human paw in its mouth. Both their eyes widened.

"What...the hell...is that?" Humphrey gasped.

"I think…I think it's a human?" Kate replied.

"It doesn't look like a human." Kate looked at it puzzled, it looked like a human. It had human paws, no tail, some human teeth, a little fur on its head. It fitted the description. It stared at them, not saying to doing anything. "Why aren't we running?" she asked. They should be, there's a human right in front of them, why weren't they running for their lives.

"Does it have one of those bang sticks"? Humphrey asked. Kate looked at the human carefully, she didn't see one.

"No." She answered and jumping up at the bed. The small human looked at her, still with a contorted face and its paw in its mouth.

"What are you doing?!" Humphrey exclaimed quietly.

"It's not going to hurt us." Kate said not taking her eyes off it. She saw what it was; she saw it wasn't going to hurt her. "It's a human pup."

"A what?" Humphrey asked slowly making his way around the side of the bed. He was going to believe his Alpha if she said that there wasn't any danger. But he still remained cautious.

"It's a human pup." She said again. "And I guess that they… were, it's pack." She added and pointing outside.

"But the Northern Pack found them." Humphrey added and looking out to the corpses. "But how is it still alive?" He asked.

"It's been locked in here, they couldn't get in." The pup looked up to the tawny wolf in front of it when its eyes began to water and soon it began to cry loudly. Kate stepped back, thinking it was doing something, but soon she began to sense something on it, something that she felt to mean fear, scared and upset. She took a breath and padded towards it the last foot and wiped its cheek of ever lasting tears. She sensed in a way it was crying, much like a wolf pup would do. "Shush, shush." She said in a caring tone. "It's ok." The pup looked up into her eyes and she smiled down at it.

"M, m, mommy." It cried. Kate and Humphrey looked back out to the corpse on the floor before looking back to the human pup.

"Mommy's gone to sleep." She replied.

"Kate we can't stay here, what if more come back."

"There isn't going to be any." She said sternly back at him before turning back to coo the small human pup.

"Kate, this is great in all that you're befriending a human pup, but we've got to go. What if more humans come or the Northern Alpha's come back?"

"What do we do with it?" She asked.

"We leave it."

"Humphrey." She gasped in shock. "We can't just leave it, it'll die." She exclaimed disappointed at her mate.

"Well we can't take it back with us, what will your dad say? We already stink of human, so you want to return with one?" She looked back and down to her mate just as the pup stopped crying. She was stuck with a choice and her reputation. Does she heed the words of her mate and leave the human pup to nature, or does she give it a fighting chance and take it back with her. It maybe human, but it was only a pup, she couldn't leave it there. But it aroused a question, how was she able to understand it? If she returned with it, she'd only be mistaken for a mad wolf for bringing a human back to the pack. But she just couldn't do it; she couldn't leave something so small, something so precious to suffer a slow and steady death. She made her decision. She crawled towards the pup and gently knocked it over onto her back. She moved around so it had it strange human paws either side if her and its head against her neck while it quietly cried. "What are you doing?" Humphrey exclaimed again.

"We're taking it back." Kate said. "Dad will know what to do. If he thinks it should die then he can do it, I won't be responsible for it."

She carefully climbed off the bed and walked out, always making sure it wasn't going to fall off her. She stepped over the corpse, looking down at it once more before passing and out the door and passed the first they found. They ran back into the trees, needing to get away in case the northern Alpha's were still around.

They ran and ran, but they had to make frequent stops and pauses along the way, for the pup kept sliding off her back. Humphrey didn't know what to think, but he was for sure that his pack leaders weren't going to be happy. The pup slid of her back again, but he was quick to get underneath it and let it land on his back, once again keeping it in the position it was when it was on Kate. She took this as a moment to summon her father in the form of a howl, alerting him there is a problem and the pack needs to hear it. Moments after, she heard his response. "I'll carry it." Humphrey said. But wait, why was he carrying it, he didn't want it in the first place. Yet, why did he care? Why did he not just let it fall to the ground when it fell? Why was he even letting Kate go through with this?! Just why was he suddenly...caring, for the thing on his back.

"Let's walk, it's not that far." Kate said, but the kept it to a brisk walk, wanting to get back quickly. The crying stopped after a while, but it was when Kate looked back to it she was it had fallen asleep, or so she guessed. She smiled at it, but it was another thing she didn't understand. Why was she caring for it, why did she feel so attached to it?

The brisk walk didn't take them long to make it back to the Valley. Around Winton and Eve's den and above the rise they sat with Tony to their right and Garth and Lily to their left and little farther back. Commotions as to why the pack had been summoned spread around. Eve saw their arrival and nudges her mate and point out they had arrived. The pack fell silent as they looked back at the Alpha and Omega and the human pup hidden behind Humphrey's head.

"Kate, what is it you've found?" Winston asked with his voice of authority yet age.

"We found tracks and scents that the northern pack came into the territory." Kate announced as they came to a stop in front of the pack and its leaders.

"They were chased out a few hours ago, we found them also." Tony replied. Kate looked back to her mate, this was the moment. Eve saw the looked they shared.

"What else have you found?" She asked. Kate couldn't smile, she couldn't even explain, so she thought it would be best to show them. She took the human pup by the cloth like thing it wore around its body and pulled it carefully off of Humphrey's back and set it on the floor in-between them. Every wolf in the pack gasped and took several steps back despite being far from it anyway, mothers and fathers ushered their pups behind them for their own safety. Eve and Winston looked on in confusion, Tony in rage and Garth and Lily stepping towards the end of the rise for a better look.

"Get that thing out of here!" Tony ordered. "Do you not realise what you've done Omega?" Humphrey's eyes widened. He was being blamed for this?

"This was my doing." Kate said. "Not his, we found it after its home was savaged by the Northern Pack Alphas and its pack killed."

"You should have left it!" A wolf yelled from within the crowd and several others agreeing with him.

"Quiet!" Eve called out, silencing the crowd in an instant for Winston to continue.

"Why did you bring it back Kate?" He asked in a quieter tone and with his mate, daughter her mate and Tony, stepping down the rise while Kate answered.

"We couldn't leave it on its own, not if the Northern pack were still around. Even though they weren't it still would have died, I couldn't just leave it." The small baby looked around as it sat at Humphrey's paws, not understanding what was transpiring. All it knew was it was surrounded by doggies, other then that he didn't understand what was happening. The leaders, Lily and Garth all stood in front of the pack to look down at the human pup.

"You should have left it Kate." Eve said.

"I couldn't mom, it's so small and defenceless, it would have died out there on its own."

"Good." Tony rasped. "Take it back now, it's a human, it needs to die."

"Quiet." Winston snarled at him before stepping closer.

"Kate, we understand that you can't have pups, but you can't go and take others, especially a human's." Hers and Humphrey's eyes widened. He couldn't believe he didn't think of it before. It was so obvious to Humphrey, she wants it for herself. Her own feelings were becoming his, she cared for it, so as did he.

"Dad this has nothing to do with that!" She exclaimed disappointed. "How could you say that? I just can't be responsible for killing something so small and weak, something that never had a chance at living. What kind of pride or satisfaction would it give me, that I murdered something that can't even walk yet."

"Enough of this!" Tony yelled and stepping to Winston's side. "This human could bring about our downfall, who knows how many humans you could have led here now. What if this human attacks us all while we sleep?" He yelled for all to hear.

"It's a pup, how is it going to hurt us?" Humphrey asked.

"Pups grow, this human will grow to be a hunter and kill us all."

"Kate you need to take it back." Winston repeated again. She didn't replied, she just started back into his blue eyes and not showing any sign of backing down.

"Take it back or I will personally." Tony added. Humphrey didn't know what drove him to do what he did next. He took his paw and shuffled the pup under him protectively. The pack erupted into gasps and murmurs, not being able to understand what these two wolves were doing.

"No." He said. What was driving him to do this?

"You don't have a choice Omega." Tony growled. "And you have your responsibilities to the pack." He added looking to Kate. "Your responsibilities to this pack come above all else, now either kill the pup now or take it back."

"Fine." She replied. She stepped back and around to her mate, taking the pup back in her jaws by the loose thing around its body and picking it off the ground. She walked over to her father and placed it in front of him before stepping back and speaking again. "I can't kill it, but if you wish for it to happen, I guess you can dad." Winston looked up into her in disbelief, she couldn't do it, so she left it to him. Kate and Humphrey stood back and watched, just seeing what he'd do.

Winston looked back to the small human pup before him. It looked back at to him, its amber eyes locking him in its gaze. He had to do it; he had his pack behind him and watching him and expecting that he'd follow through with his own responsibilities and keep the pack safe. Pups had themselves hid behind their mother's and father's. But then he saw what his own daughter saw in its eyes. He saw that it was so small and powerless, that it life still had meaning and to find its purpose. That's him killing it would only bring shame that he killed something so defenseless and weak. How was something so small, dangerous to his pack? But then again, humans are the result he had lost friends in his youth. What's to stop this one from growing up to being a hunter and doing the same to his grand-pups some day or the rest of his pack? He tried to think of everything bad this human could do as he stared back into its eyes. But no matter what he thought, he just saw the fear and weakness in the pup. He couldn't do it, he just couldn't.

Tony growled and shoved him out the way, he had seen enough. He raised his paw to strike, making Humphrey and Kate think this was a big mistake. But suddenly…

"Stop!" Tony turned around, but kept his paw raised. The pack split in two parts and a stark white She-wolf much like Lily stood. "You can't do this!" She proclaimed and padding through towards them. She was an young wolf, the same age as Kate and one that was considered the weirdo of the pack. She wore two eagle feathers tied a thin vein that was then pierced through her left ear. But that wasn't why, it was her beliefs. She liked to study the stars; she believed one could tell the future in the stars, that they told great stories of wolves and their great ancestors, the Dire Wolves.

"You dare stop me Sahara?" Tony snarled.

"You cannot kill that child." She proclaimed again.

"Why not?"

"It's part of a prophecy, one that has been passed down in my family for hundreds of years."

"What proof do you have of this?" Winston asked starting to become intrigued by it.

"The stars." She replied pointing up. She pointed into the clear night's sky that had fallen and to a set of constellations only just noticeable. "Those stars call out the story of the prophesised one that will save us from the humans. That a human child will come to the pack to be our saviour."

"What a load of caribou shit." Tony spat and making all eyes fall on him again. "We don't know what this human will do, what if he kills us all."

"The stars led our ancestors all those years ago to this place; they led us from the humans and saved us. This child will save us once more." She announced and stepping towards the child. "Now you can kill the pup and doom the rest of the pack, or you can let it live, your choice." She said pushing it gently back towards Winston. She had no fear towards the human, if anything, she found them interesting. She used t spend her pup-hood and most of these days watching them, studying looked back down to it, how could something so small be so important. He wasn't one to believe in prophecies and the stars. But he did know the stars led his great ancestors to Jasper Park and away from the humans. That's the only part of the theory that made him and the pack believe. But how could he be sure, how could he be sure yet keep his pack safe? He made his decision, and although the pack may not agree with him, it was his choice. He stepped back from the pup.

"The child stays." He proclaimed.

"You can't be serious Winston." Tony growled.

"We will see if he's the one the stars speak of, if not then he will be returned to his home. Is that understood?" The pack conversed to one another while Winston turned back to his daughter. "You brought this thing to us, so you will take care of it."

"Thank you dad." Kate smiled and embracing her father.

"I will excuse you from your duties for a month while you get to understand things." He said pushing her away. "But after that you must see that the pack comes first. Understand?"

"I understand." She replied pulling away.

"Good." He smiled. "Now everyone, go home!" He ordered. Tony stormed off on his own to his den while the pack slowly made their ways home. Eve followed behind Winston as did Lily and Garth. Lily couldn't take her eyes off the thing, she found it so interesting.

"Shall we go home?" Humphrey questioned.

"Can it walk?" She asked looking down at it. She slithered underneath it slightly and brought it to its feet before moving away. It wobbled for a moment before falling to the ground again and let out a long yawn. "Someone's tired." She giggled. Humphrey slithered underneath it once more and carried it on his shoulders. He smiled, why did he like this feeling, why did she? They walked away, receiving angered and agitated stares from the others as they did. They climbed the slope and up to their den, heading inside and out of the cold night's air. The human fell asleep again, so Humphrey was careful to not wake it. He gently laid it on the floor with Kate's help; it slept through the whole ordeal.

She saw that it didn't possess any fur or the necessities a wolf had to keep warm other then the strange things it wore on it. She knew it would freeze in the night, so she stepped over it and curled around it and lying her tail over its body. It rolled in its sleep and cuddled in closer, feeling her warmth and fur. She felt so great, she loved this feeling, she loved everything about this. She patted the spot just in front of her and Humphrey smiled down at her. He laid down the other side of the pup and placed his paw over it and around his mate to keep them all close together. They sighed, he too feeling that this moment was just great. "What do we call it?" He then asked out of the blue and making her open her eyes again. "It needs to have a name"?

She looked down to it as its head rested under her chin. She smiled again, knowing the perfect one. She brought her paw around and under her to stroke its cheek.

"Leo."

Mixed emotions going on here, Tony hates it, Kate and Humphrey love it, Lily finds it funny, the pack seem to hate it as well, who knows what to think or make of the human. I chose to get stuck straight in with it, i didn't know what else to say, so i hope you all like it. So, little Leo, i wonder what like in the united pack has for him. Well, i know, I've already typed it, so i guess you'll have to read and find out. If you're new to my stories, then yhou can look out for another update this evening, or if you're over seas then i guess you'll see it as two in one. Until Next time. :P

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