Chapter 1: The Train Ride

Kate woke up after a peaceful night of sleep and stretched before walking over to the entrance of the cave to see Humphrey and Garth on their way over. She walked back into the cave and put her paw on Lilly's head, gently shaking her, "Hey, Lilly. Wake up, Garth is almost here."

Hearing Garth's name made Lilly sit up and push her hair away from her eye. Ever since Garth said her eyes were beautiful, she kept her hair from blocking her eye. Lilly and Kate woke up their parents and said they would be back in a couple days and explained that they were leaving with Garth and Humphrey for an adventure. Their parents approved and fell back asleep just before Humphrey knocked on the side of the cave entrance, "We're here, you girls ready?"

Kate and Lilly walked out of their home, wagging their tails out of excitement for the adventure waiting for them. Kate rubbed her head under Humphrey's chin just like Lilly was doing before Garth asked, "So, where are we goin'?"

"I thought we could just jump on a train and see where it takes us." Kate answered.

Lilly and Garth looked at each other, confused. Lilly was the one to ask, "What's a train?"

Kate smiled, "Just follow me and Humphrey. We'll show you."

Lilly walked next to Garth, following the other couple. Humphrey led the group to a cliff and gestured down toward the train tracks, "A train is a fast way to get from one location to another. They can't go just anywhere though, they have to stay on these tracks. It's what Kate and I used to get back home."

Garth stared down in amazement while Lilly backed away slowly, scared of the height. "Is there a safe way to get down there?"

Lilly looked over at Kate who was following Humphrey down a pathway that wasn't so steep that led downwards, "Just follow us Lilly. Garth and I will protect you and Humphrey." Kate smiled, looking in her sister's eyes.

The group made their way down the slope and made it safely down to the tracks. Humphrey explained, "Alright, now we just wait until the train comes. Then, we run along next to it and jump onto one of the cars."

Lilly got on the train tracks and did her turtle roadkill act and said, "I'm a turtle that got run over by the train!"

"Nice one, Lilly!" Garth laughed. Lilly made her way back up to where the group was waiting and laid down next to Garth. "How long does it take for the train to come?" Lilly asked, after a few minutes of waiting.

"We're not sure but it shouldn't take too long." Kate said. Then Marcel, the French-Canadian goose and Paddy, the duck, both arrived next to the group.

"Hi, Marcel. Hi, Paddy." Kate exclaimed, giving them both a hug. Humphrey and Garth also said hello as Lilly hugged them also.

"Hello, friends. What are you all waiting for?" Marcel asked.

Lilly giggled, she always giggled when she heard Marcel's accent. Humphrey explained, "We're waiting for the train, we're all going on an adventure."

"Oh, such fun!"

Kate asked him, "Do you guys know if the train is almost here? We've been waiting for a few minutes and haven't even heard it."

"But of course, we'll be right back." Marcel and Paddy flew away, and returned a couple minutes later. "The train is almost here, so get ready."

Lilly giggled again at the accent then watched as Marcel and Paddy flew away yelling, "Just yell if you need us, we'll be watching over you."

"Alright, thanks Marcel! Thanks Paddy!" Kate waved, standing up when she sees the train turned the corner. "Alright, guys this is it. It's coming."

The group started running and ran faster and faster as the train approached them. Kate was the first to jump onto the train. She held out her paw and yelled, "Alright, Lilly, jump and grab my paw!"

"I'm scared!"

"Don't be scared Lilly, I won't let anything happen to you, I promise."

Hearing that, Lilly ran a bit faster to get a little bit ahead of the train and jumped at the train. Kate grabbed her sister's paw and pulled her up onto the car. Then she proceeded to help Humphrey and Garth. The group decided to just rest for a while. Lilly nestled her head under Garth's chin and both fell asleep. Kate and Humphrey looked at the others and smiled at each other. Then Kate laid her head down and fell asleep with the omega's head on her.


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After a whole day and most of the night, Humphrey woke up. He stood up and stretched as he looked around. The others were still sleeping. Lilly and Garth were laying next to each other over in the corner. Kate, was curled up next to Humphrey. He couldn't bring himself to wake any of them up, specially Kate. He would never disturb her when she was asleep, she was just too adorable to bother. So, not waking anybody up, he decided to just sit at the opening of the train car. He looked at the sky, up at the moon and the stars. This was the exact train that he and Kate had taken to return to Jasper after they lost the truck they were riding in. This train brought back great memories for both of the wolves.

"How long have you been awake?" asked a tired voice.

Humphrey looked behind him to see who had spoken. Kate woke up and was stretching, looking at him.

"Just a few minutes." He answered, looking in her golden eyes. Kate walked over and sat next to him.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Kate asked, looking at the stars.

"Yea." Humphrey smiled.

"This reminds me of the night we first howled together." Kate said as she rubbed her head on the bottom of his Humphrey's chin.

"I was just thinking about that too."

"Turtle... roadkill..." Lilly mumbled from behind. Kate and Humphrey turned to look at her and she was sleeping on her stomach with all four legs spread out in different directions. Kate and Humphrey looked at each other and chuckled before turning back to look at the stars. After about an hour or so, they could see the glow from the rising sun. Then they heard a yawn come from behind them. They turned around to see Garth stretching and yawning. He smiled at Lilly who was now on her back with her legs in the air. She mumbled, "Turtle... can't get up." Garth chuckled and walked over to Kate and Humphrey.

"Hey guys." He said.

"Hey." The two said at the same time. Then Kate asked, "Have a good sleep?"

"Yea. Have you two been up all night?" Garth asked.

Humphrey answered, "Not really. It's only been about an hour."

Garth looked behind the couple and noticed the sunrise. He then looked behind him at Lilly who had gone from lying on her back to her stomach, curled up in a ball. The orange glow from the rising sun made Lilly even more beautiful to Garth, and he liked it.

Humphrey then asked, "So, where do you think this train goes?"

Garth turned back around, "You took us all on a train and you don't know where it goes?" He almost yelled but kept his voice down, knowing Lilly was sleeping peacefully behind them.

"Relax, Garth," Kate said, putting up her paw, "Yes, we don't know where the train goes, but we do know that it has to stay on the track. That means we have a way back, that's all that matters."

Garth, looked at Lilly and back at Kate and Humphrey, "Right. It's just, I don't want anything to happen to her." He used his head to gesture toward Lilly. Kate smiled, "Nothing is going to happen. I promise."

"Right, you two are alphas, that's all we need to stay alive." Humphrey stated with a smile. Garth went back to Lilly and layed down next to her. He felt comfortable whenever they were together. Kate felt the same way with Humphrey. Garth raised his his and asked in a whisper, "So, when should we get off the train?"

Kate looked at Lilly and Humphrey before saying, "Let's at least wait until she's awake."

Garth smiled and nodded his head, agreeing with her. Kate and Humphrey turned back around to watch the sunrise. They loved watching the sun rise and set every chance they get. Watching it in the very train they first howled in was a bonus for them.