36This takes place directly after the first movie. The following chapters will take place about two years after.
Also when I say directly after, I mean directly after the movie fades out.
Opposites Attract:
Prologue:
Humphrey's P.O.V.
"Wow!" Kate said looking straight at me.
Being the omega I am, I responded in a joke. "What do you mean?"
"Oh Humphrey, you are so perfect." she said to me with her beautiful amber eyes.
"Not as perfect as you." I responded.
She giggled at that. I felt so happy around her. She was truly perfect, and I didn't deserve her. She was the sexyest alpha that has ever walked the Earth.
"So, Kate?"
"Hmm?" She said with a perky little smile. Oh how I could just melt at the sight of her!
"So, umm..." I started.
"Yes Humphrey?"
"I think this might be a little soon, but will you marry me?" After asking that, I felt like a complete idiot. Over time I'm sure we would eventually marry, but so much happened today. Today was supposed to be her wedding day, and she had been through so much. She almost died for crying out loud! I felt so stupid for asking, but she gave me the answer I needed so badly right now:
"That's funny, because I was about to ask you the same thing."
"Is that a yes then?"
"Yes Humphrey, there is nothing else that would make me happier right now!"
I jumped into her and gave her the best hug that I could. She returned it with a nuzzle, which I joined in.
We stood up at the top of that rock for a long time. I guess no one heard us before because no one came to us. Either someone would have come up to us to crongradulte us or Eve would have been trying to kill me. We were finally the last ones left after Lilly and Garth left. Funny to think that only a day ago, I hated Garth for taking Kate away from me. I was willing to leave the pack because of losing Kate. I have no clue of what possessed me to come back, I was heading to the train, when I saw a glimpse of Kate and I sitting next to each other in the train-car. I guess that I just felt like that there might still be hope after all. And if I didn't come back, who knows what would've become of Winston and Tony? They would most likely be dead right now, but at the same time, I put Kate in harm's way and I almost lost her because of it. I could have done the log-boarding myself -not that I wanted to be a hero alone- but I she could have died because of me. If anyone should have died out there, it should've been me; but thank-god no one was hurt.
After we stood there for a long time, Kate was the one who suggested that we go home. Without thinking, I said goodnight to her and started to walk away, but she begged to differ:
"Humphrey, we are now engaged. Shouldn't we at least sleep in the same den?"
I was completely surprised by this. It made sense of her logic, but we had only been officially, 'an item' for a few hours.
"Umm, okay." I said.
"Alright, would you rather sleep with me in the alpha den or your den?"
Honestly, I would have wanted to sleep in the alpha den. It is supposed to be the best den; hence the name 'alpha den'. The only problem was Eve and Winston, I would assume that they don't know about our engagement yet, and that they would be startled by my presence. And I'm sure I would be killed by Eve in the middle of my sleep or something.
"Umm, let's sleep in my den." I said.
"Alright!" she paused, "This is embarrassing, but where is your den exactly?"
I wasn't surprised at all by this. Most omegas don't even have a den; they sleep in the area close to the alphas' dens and the betas' and so on. They sleep there for protection against any threats at night, like bears or humans - like they would actually be protected from humans. I on the other hand, sleep a few hundred meters away from the major group of dens; now that I really think of it, maybe even a kilometer from the main area. All of the den space is taken up in the main area, and I just didn't feel comfortable outside of a den, sleeping in the tall grass. So I made a den that is pretty far from the others; it's nice and quiet there every night.
My den is pretty shabby though. I have a horrible view and it is in the complete opposite direction of the feeding grounds. I might take the danger of sleeping away from the rest of the pack, but I do have a warm, comfortable den. Anyways, I had no shock from Kate asking that.
"No problem, I sleep away from the main area."
"Oh, you do!" she blurted. Before she seemed to be eager to see my den, but now she seems concerned.
"We don't have to go there if you don't want to. I'll sleep in your den if you really want to."
"No Humphrey, it's fine. Where is it?"
"Here, follow me."
After we walked for a bit, we finally arrived.
"Well, here we are. It's not much but…"
"Are you kidding? This is great, look you have so many squirrels and a fresh supply of caribou it looks like. How did you find this place?"
I was flattered, but I felt like it was better to tell the truth. "I don't actually eat anything around here."
"How come?" she asked.
"Well, first off, I'm not an alpha, and have no clue on how to hunt. Second, squirrels are fun to have around."
"Really? What else do you have around here."
"Umm, trees, and, umm, more trees, and, oh there's some plants and…"
She laughed. "You always know how to make me laugh." she said.
"Well, how about we head inside and go to sleep." I offered.
With a yawn, she answered, "Sounds good."
We went inside, I felt embarrassed at the sight of the interior of my den, but she loved it. I went to one side of the den and laid down. There was about a foot of space in between us. I closed my eyes and started to drift to sleep.
When I woke, I jumped in surprise. Kate was up against me. When I jumped she instantly woke up. She was in a fighting position, ready for anything that could have caused my sudden jump.
"What's wrong!?" she yelled.
"Nothing, nothing."
"Then why did you jump?" she asked, lowering her guard.
"Umm, I didn't expect you to be up against me."
"Oh, I thought you would enjoy it."
I felt like an ass for what I said. "I do, I just didn't expect it."
"Why?" she said in a seductive tone.
"Well, don't you think this is going really fast?"
"I'm not the one who asked for us to get married."
She had a point. I should have expected it. It's not like we never slept close to each other when we were trying to get home.
I changed the subject, "How about we go get some food?" I didn't actually ever go and eat at the feeding grounds. Being an omega, I always got last pick, so that meant nothing for me. Plus, this was the first day that the packs would be together and I'm sure she wanted to be there.
"Alright." she said. "Race ya!" she suddenly yelled.
She took off in a sprint. I didn't hesitate to go after her. She was so beautiful from this view; I've seen it before, when she left for alpha school. Winston stopped me and she kept walking away. Her hips seemed to move at a steady pace then. I know it is wrong to think about that right now, but I couldn't help myself.
Before I knew it, I lost Kate. She was really fast here; she could dodge trees with lightning speed. I had pretty good dodging speeds from all the log-boarding I do, but my running was different. I slowly came to a walk, figuring that Kate was at least a hundred meters away by now. I never get anything at the feeding grounds, so I felt no urge to run anymore.
As out of the corner of my eye, I saw a tan figure come out of the bushes. She pounced me in an instant, like how fast the alphas can pounce at their prey in a hunt. Who knew that Kate would be even hotter from thin angle. She laughed:
"I guess this is, what did you say, Alpha 3, Omega 1."
"Hey, where did all those points come from?" I argued.
"Let's see, one at the mountain when I kicked all of those snowballs at you. One for beating you in the race, and one for this." She gestured to the situation at hand for the last one.
"Alright, can you get off me now?" I said, starting to feel the pain from the pressure on me.
"Not yet."
"What do you mean?" I asked surprised.
Before answering me, she lowered her head towards me and started to kiss me. I had no objection to it.
After a few moments, we heard a voice:
"What are you two doing?" I heard my friend Salty ask.
I quickly rolled out of Kate's grip and started to come up with an excuse for what was happening. Before I could get much out, Kate spoke:
"Don't you know…" she paused, trying to think of his name. "Don't you know that we are a couple now? What are you doing all the way out here anyways?"
He gave an excuse with almost no hesitation. "I was coming out here to see my friend Humphrey." He gestured towards me. "I thought that he would be sleeping like he usually is at this time. And I thought that you would be at your precious alpha den."
I decided to speak up. "Hey Salty, there is no need to be like that. We can do some log-boarding another time if you want, but I'm going to spend time with Kate for today."
He seemed very annoyed. "Fine! I tell the others that you were too busy with your girlfriend."
"Shut up Salty! Kate is the most beautiful wolfess that there has ever been."
He started to walk away, I yelled out another detail to him:
"By the way, she is not my girlfriend, she is my fiancée!"
He turned back at this, "Don't let her corrupt you. Stay an omega!" he preached.
He walked away, once he was out of earshot, Kate asked me what he meant by 'corrupt'.
"He is just paranoid. He thinks that I will become an alpha if I marry you and that I won't be the omega friend he knows."
"Oh, well. I guess that is sorta true."
I was startled by this, "What do you mean?"
"If you marry me Humphrey, when my dad passes down the role of leadership, you will become an alpha because you will be pack leader along with me."
"Oh, but I won't have to do stuff right? you will handle that right?"
"I can't handle all of it. You will have to become an alpha if you want to be with me."
I thought this over for a moment.
"Humphrey!"
"I'm thinking about it."
"HUMPHREY!" She yelled.
"Okay, okay. But how will that work? Isn't alpha school supposed to happen when you're a pup?"
"I don't know." she answered. "We'll figure this out later."
"Okay."
We decided to go to the alpha den to tell her parents (Winston and Eve). I wasn't too worried about Winston, but Eve really scared me. She is so violent, and very protective towards her daughter. I tried to ask Kate what I should do, but she just assured me that everything will go fine.
When we arrived, we could hear a lot of commotion coming from the inside of the alpha den. Kate walked ahead of me and told me to stay here until she figures out what was happening.
I listened to exactly what she told me to do. I stay there, but I could tell what was happening by what was said. Basicly, Kate's parents were worried when Kate never returned home last night. After more of them discussing, I decided to walk in and explain myself.
As soon as I walked in, I got a growl from Eve. I jumped back, when Winston got her attention and calmed her down. I could tell that Eve wanted to rip my throat out right there, but she also seemed calm enough to let me live, for now at least.
"Hello Humphrey." Winston said with a smile.
"Hello sir." I said in respect.
"I heard that you and Kate were the last ones at the moonlight howl last night."
I gave an unintentional smirk, "Yeah I guess we were Kate." I said looking over to her. She giggled.
"I see, so where were you two?"
"Kate wanted to sleep with me last night." I replied.
"I figured that was why she never returned last night, but why didn't she just have you come here last night?"
Without a word, I made a slight gesture towards Eve with my eyes. Winston seemed to get it.
"Okay, but where did you sleep then? We went and searched the tall grass for you two and couldn't find either of you."
"Well, I don't sleep there."
"Then where do you sleep?" he said surprised.
"I have a den about a kilometer from here."
"You sleep that far from the pack?!"
"Yes sir."
"How come you don't sleep in the safety of the pack?"
"I don't like sleeping in the tall grass. And there was space down there so I made a den."
"But you're an omega! Isn't it lonely out there."
"Sure, but I'd rather be comfortable than around others, anyways, it's at night. I don't need anyone to play with at night."
"Okay, then. But why did you sleep together then. I know that you are in love, but you don't need to sleep together until you're…" he paused realizing what was happening.
While I started to walk back, Kate let out a little giggle. It wasn't until Kate giggle when Eve also realized what was happening. Instead of killing me on the spot, she started to cry. She was crying, but was not in sadness or disappointment. She was happy. So was Winston, he started to tear-up. Also was Kate she started to tear-up in happiness. They all came into a hug together. I was shocked by what was happening. I mean, it's good to have the parents of your love be happy that it is you marrying their pup, but not like this usually. My original thought was that I was going to be mauled my Eve or banished by Winston, but this was far off. I decided to ask what was happening exactly to them.
"Umm, are you okay sir?"
Winston spoke with sniffles between his words. "Humphrey, I'm going to be your father-in-law. There is no need to call me 'sir' anymore, call me Winston."
"Yes si… I mean, okay Winston."
"Come here Humphrey." He called to me.
"Are you sure…"
Before I could quite finish my sentence, Winston pulled me into the hug. This strangely felt nice. The only person that I have ever hugged was Kate, and that was for only a few moments. I've never been in a hug like this. I guess most pups experience this with their parents, but growing up without parents, this was a feeling that I never got before. I wanted it to last forever, even though I was technically hugging Eve as well, which made me a little weary, I wanted it to last longer. They broke the hug and then both gave me an individual short hug.
Eve was surprisingly the first to talk after that. "Now Humphrey, I trust you to protect Kate with your life, and you have already showed that to us, but if you hurt my daughter - I will have to come up with a new way to deal with you."
I gulped at this, but Kate merely laughed. Then Winston spoke to me, "Humphrey, I knew that you were the perfect wolf for Kate, and now that the dumb old law is gone, I can finally let you two be together. Like my wife just said, I trust that you will protect Kate's life with your own, but if you do anything to hurt her, I will make sure that the punishment will be equal to the pain that you cause to us." I gulped again.
He laughed and walked back towards where Eve was. "Now that you two are engaged, when would you two like to have your wedding."
Before I could answer, Kate yelled out, "Today!"
"Alright, we still have plenty of day left, so we can get it done." Winston said.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!" Kate yelled. She started to bounce up and down in excitement.
The next few hours after that were basically a blur to me. I sort of remember finding my friends and telling them; Shakey and Mooch were both really excited for me, but Salty wasn't. They helped groom me and washed my back and stuff so I could look good for Kate. This took a few hours. The wedding was scheduled for sunset, to where the nose-rubbing would be exactly at the moment the sun goes below the horizon. I have no idea how they planned to that so precisely, but I trusted the planning wolves with it. I arrived at the area where the wedding will be about a half an hour early. There were many other wolves there, but most were omegas just like me, but I could see Garth among them. So I decided to talk with him.
"Hey Garth, umm how's it going?"
"Oh, hello Humphrey, you're early."
"You were here before me." I snickered.
"I was with Lilly when Kate came running by. She told her and Lilly wanted to help her out with the wedding."
"Oh yeah?"
There was long moment of silence before Garth spoke again:
"You know Coyote, I really should thank you for getting Lilly and I together. If it wasn't for you and that big ordeal, Lilly and I would have never been able to been together, so thank you."
"No problem ya big moose."
We both laughed, but I could still feel coldness between us.
I decided to walk back to the small bump in the clearing. I waited there for the rest of the wolves to arrive. Now that the packs were semi-united (they aren't officially united until Garth and Lilly marry) there are many more wolves around. I was chatting with another omega I've know for years. He didn't do any log-boarding, but he could make the best jokes ever. We were still talking when Winston howled out to get everyone's' attention.
"Friends, we come here today to join these two wolves in holy matrimony. As many of you know, this is the first Alpha-Omega marriage in our packs history. We have realised that the law was no longer relevant and so we decided to abolish it. Today we join Kate, alpha daughter of the western pack leaders, and Humphrey, the omega that has proved to us that he will lay down his life for the safety of Kate." He paused for the anticipation of the packs. "We will now start the wedding."
Many around me were silently cheering. Showing their excitement without ruining the mood of the wedding. The next thing I knew Kate was standing right in front of me. She was so beautiful, she was with her little flower in her fur and she looked so clean. Now my grooming was nothing compared to her perfect pedicure. I was ashamed that I didn't put more into my appearance, I foolishly assumed that we would only do a little bit of a touch-up for this. I was completely on autopilot. I don't even remember the other steps before the nose-rub, but the next thing I was conscious of was the cheering of the crowd when Kate's nose touched mine.
I was locked in that moment, even though I had couldn't remember much of what else was happening. I wished for that moment to last forever. I wished for a peaceful life with Kate for all of eternity. I wished for the world to stop and stay at this moment in time. Keeping Kate and I young forever. No worries, no troubles, no pain. Like Marcel had said, what had seemed like an eternity ago, 'opposites attract, if you will.'
Well everyone, that was one really long prologue to my next story. I will not usually post chapters this long. This is in no way connected to my last story, Humphrey's Darker Side. I hope that this will continue. Remember, the next chapter will take place about two years from now, so somewhere after the fifth movie. In my opinion, the fifth movie took place about 1.25 years from this point. So the pups will be at the same age as Kate and Humphrey are in this chapter. (Older pups / Teenage pups)
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P.S. I will first finish up my last story before doing anything else on this story.