A new face
Three weeks later
Humphreys POV:
I was outside my den practicing knife maneuvers on an old tree while doing some thinking about how it had has already been three weeks since my old pack came to Sawtooth. When I heard a rustling in the bushes. I looked towards the bush only to see my buddies walking out of the bushes. I smiled a them and they smiled back before Salty said. "Hey Humphrey we were just about to go down to the creek for a little relaxation. Do ya want to come? I smiled and said. "Sure just let me quickly put my knife away." I then quickly ran up and stabbed my knife back into the wall before coming back down to go with my pals. Once I was down we were off.
Once we got there we each found a comfy spot while Mooch played his trumpet, which he had greatly improved. We each relaxed, talked and enjoyed the suns heat for about an hour before I heard someone approaching. I quickly stuck my head out of the bush to see it was Kate who was coming which was no surprise considering she has been trying to get closer to me for the past three weeks which was really annoying because I just wanted to hang out with my pals so thinking fast I quickly said. "Guys Kate's coming and I need you to tell her I had something that needed to be taken care of?" they nodded at this before I took in a deep breath and dived into the water.
Kate's POV:
I was walking down to the river to go see Humphrey because I wanted to spend time with him but whenever I went to talk to him he had somewhere to be or something to take care of. When I got there I saw his friends just relaxing but no Humphrey so I asked. "Hey do you guys know where Humphrey is?" Salty was the one who answered by saying. "Yeah he was hanging with us until he said he had something he needed to take care of before running off." I then sighed because this always happens and I never get to spend time with him. I then asked. "Well which way did he go?" Mooch answered. "He went that way." He pointed in a direction and I quickly ran in that direction.
Humphreys POV:
I was holding my breath underwater and having a hard time keeping it in but luckily I didn't have to hold it much longer because Salty quickly pulled me out and said. "She left five minutes ago man." I gasped for air and said. "Now you tell me?" He chuckled at this before I said. "Well I'm going to go do a junkyard raid. You guys want to come with?" they each smiled at this before Shaky said. "We wouldn't miss it for the world." We were then off to the junkyard.
When we got there we began digging through all the old junk. I was beginning to dig into when all of a sudden I was pounced on. I slowly looked up to see it was Kate with a smile on her face. She smiled and said. "Hey Humphrey." I was still in shock at the fact that I was pounced on by surprise. I frowned and asked. "Kate what are you doing here?" She answered. "Well I've been trying to spend some time with you for the past three weeks but whenever I try you're never around but this time I figured you would be here so I waited for you." I was about to answer that when I heard someone scream. I knew I needed to do something so I quickly pushed Kate off me and ran towards the source of the scream. When I arrived at the source I was at what we wolves now called Devils drop which was the hole in the junkyard. I quickly came to a stop at the hole and looked into it. What I saw filled me with fear because a little girl with brown fur was hanging on to a stray car part. Thinking fast I quickly looked around for something to lower me down. I caught sight of a rope so I ran and grabbed it. I quickly looked in the hole and yelled. "Hold on I'm coming." I then tied the rope to an old car engine and around my waist before I slowly lowered myself down towards the young girl. Sadly the rope was to short and I couldn't reach her. I saw her begging to slip and I knew I had to think of something and fast. Then it hit me the scarf that was around my neck. I quickly took it off and lowered it down to her. Once it was close enough to her I said. "Grab on." She gave me an unsure look before I said. "Listen we don't have time for this you can trust me I promise." She was still unsure but she grabbed onto the end anyway. I then slowly pulled her up to me. Once she was right up to me I picked her up with my mouth by the scruff of her neck. I then climbed out of the hole and placed the girl on the ground. I then looked down at her to see she had passed out. While she was out I noticed she was covered in cuts and bruises. I then heard heavy breathing behind me. I turned to see a black, muscular male wolf with a scar running across his blind right eye. I glared at him and asked. "Did you do this to this poor child?" He chuckled evilly and said. "Yeah right after I slaughter her parents. Now out of the way so I can finish her off." I growled at him and said. "You want her your going to have to get through me." He smiled and said. "With pleasure." Then he pounced at me but I easily dodged and he fell into the hole but grabbed onto the side. I walked up to him and said. "It's scum like you that deserve to die." I then slapped him and he fell to his death. I backed up in shock at what I had just done. But I shook it off and remembered that I had to get the pup back to my den to tend to her wounds. I then picked her up and ran to my den.
I would normally taken her to the pack healer but there was not enough time and my den was closer. I had also learnt a few things about wounds after living alone for so long. When I got home I quickly put the pup on my mattress so I could tend to her wounds. I then gathered up some herbs and leaves to tend to her wounds. I spent two hours sealing up the cuts, tending the bruises and straightening broken bones. When I was finally done the girl was still out cold and I was exhausted. It was at this moment I heard some people entering so I went to check it out. When I entered the main room I saw my pals with confused but angry looks on their faces. I then decided to whisper so I wouldn't risk waking the little girl, which would terrify her. I silently asked. "Hey guys what's up?" Salty answered angrily. "Dude you totally ditched us and what's with the whispering?" I answered. "Okay I know I ditched you guys but I have a good reason and please whisper." They then got curious looks before Shaky asked. "What's the reason?" I then took them to see the little pup. When they saw her Mooch immediately asked. "What happened to her?" I then told them where I found her and how I ended the killers life. When I was done they were shocked but when they snapped out of their shock Salty asked. "Well what are you going to do with her considering she's now an orphan." I answered. "Well as soon as she wakes up I think I'll adopt her and become her new father." They all gave me their are you serious looks before Mooch asked. "Humphrey are you sure you want to do that because if you do there's no turning back." I nodded and said. "Yeah I'm sure." They all nodded before Salty said. "Well Humphrey we're your friends and we'll trust you on this." I replied. "Thanks guys and do you think you could get me something to eat because I think I'm going to be spending the rest of my day with the pup." They nodded at this before they left. I spent the rest of my day sitting next to the young child while writing in my journal after drawing a picture of her on the page and reading a book.
AN: whelp I hope you've all enjoyed this chapter and the reason I've been gone for such along time is because I was in a coma for a few days and at the hospital but I'm going to try and update more often now while writing a nice long beginning chapter to a new story I've been working on. By the way a word of advice to you all. If you're ever in South Africa stay away from the taxis and don't cross the road when their around because the drivers have no respect for the rules of the road.