New chapter here. Just to let you guys know, the next few updates will be slower than the past few. Reason for that is because I'll be on a week long trip starting Monday. On with the story!

Kate's P.O.V.

I woke up early at dawn to start the search for the fountain. Lilly and I carried Humphrey over to Garth's place to wake him up and get him to join us. I didn't take long for us to convince him since Lilly used her charm on him. Then, we went back to Dad to ask him which way to go.

"Go into the forest in the heart of Jasper. There, if you venture deep enough into the forest, you will know when the first trial will begin."

"Thank you, Dad."

I was about to leave until…

"Kate, before you go, you should know that I support you 100%. I know that you can bring Humphrey back."

"Thanks. Bye, Dad!"

We set off for the forest. Garth carried Humphrey first. On the way, he would sometimes complain about why he has to carry him.

"Remind me why I have to carry Humphrey to this fountain."

"That's because you're the only guy in this group." Lilly said. "Won't you pwease cawee him for us?" She was using her puppy wolf eyes.

"Oh okay. You know I can't resist that look."

"I know."

"Wow, you can really take advantage of Garth."

"Thanks. I can teach you how sometime after…"

I started getting sad and felt tears coming on.

"I'm sorry, Kate. Don't cry. We'll bring him back before you know it."

She gave me a smile.

"You're right. I shouldn't get down on myself. We've just started. Come on! Let's go!"

I started picking up the pace with Lilly following right behind me.

"You know, Humphrey isn't as light as a bunch of flowers."

Conan's P.O.V.

It finally happened. I killed my little brother. I failed to protect him from myself. After I fell from the cliff, I was lucky enough that the tree leave below me broke my fall before I got to the ground. But then again I would probably be better off dead.

I sat at the entrance of the deeper part of the forest where I used to play with Humphrey as a pup. So many great memories here. I could never find my way around here and I never knew how Humphrey learned the layout at such a young age. I knew I would have to find my way through here if I wanted to reach that fountain and be rid of this curse once and for all. But I couldn't find it in me to start moving. I just sat there with my head low, feeling regretful of what I had done.

Kate's P.O.V.

We were getting closer to the deeper part of the forest. On our way, Lilly was gushing over Garth and Garth was cracking jokes.

"Hey Lilly! Guess what I am now."

He crawled on the floor very slowly with his body barely off of the ground.

"Oh! It's a turtle!"

"Right!"

We all had a short laugh.

"What is it with you guys and turtles?"

Just then, I looked ahead and saw a familiar figure, a black wolf. Immediately, the anger and sadness within me gained control of me and I pounced on the wolf.

"YOU! YOU HEARTLESS, UNFEELING, BASTARD!"

I looked at him straight in the eye and saw something different. I didn't see rageful red eyes full of hate and anger, but instead I saw crystal blue eyes like Humphrey's, full of innocence, yet full of sadness too. He was clearly a completely different person. I quickly got off of him.

"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry! I don't know what came over me!"

"It's okay. Wait a minute! You were that girl with Humphrey!"

"How do you know Humphrey? And how could you…"

I got a closer look at him. Chipped left ear, the scar.

"It WAS you!"

I held him down with all the force I had.

"Why did you do it! What did Humphrey ever do to you! ANSWER ME!" I shouted in a fit of anger. I pounded him on the ground a number of times.

"Stop! Please! I can explain!"

Lilly shouted, "Kate, stop it!"

"Why! He's the guy who killed him! He's the reason why we're here in the first place!"

I turned my attention back to him and saw that he escaped my grasp. He moved behind me.

"Stop! I never wanted to kill Humphrey in the first place!"

He broke out in tears and hid his face in the ground. I was completely surprised by the outburst. I didn't know how to react. I walked up to him.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"No! It's my fault! It's all my fault! I killed my little brother!"

"WHAT!" Lilly, Garth, and I yelled in unison.

"Humphrey is your little brother!" Lilly asked.

"Yeah, he is. I want to tell you the whole story, but its to painful to remember."

"Don't worry, we'll listen." I said.

I never would have thought that the wolf who killed Humphrey would actually be his brother. He told us the entire story about how he was in the middle of a forest fire and how he was cursed to kill Humphrey against his own will. I can only imagine how painful it was since he got that huge scar from it. He also told us about how he survived the fall from the cliff. I guess he has a lot of luck and just as much misfortune.

"Now that Humphrey's gone, the curse can't take control of me. But I can still feel it in my heart, tormenting my soul. To free myself, I need to get to that fountain."

I actually felt sorry for him. I didn't think that this curse hurts him that much.

"You can come with us." I said. "We're looking for the fountain so that we can bring Humphrey back."

"I can't. I already caused you enough grief. But I am truly sorry about what happened."

Just then we saw a flash of light appear next to us. It was so bright that we had to turn our heads away from it. When it faded, what we saw in front of us completely blew our minds.

"Humphrey…"

OMG! Cliffhanger! Anyways it may be awhile before the next chapter, but I promise it won't take long. Please review.