A/N: The "shocker" I might have told a few fans about isn't gonna be until the next chapter. I was planning on doing that chapter but decided to do this one first instead. Eh well the "shocker" really isn't a big one. It is basically the same shocker as every other A&O story that involves them meeting new wolves. You will get what I'm saying when you read it...

Flashback/Dawn's POV

Alpha school was going to start any minute. I was running so I wouldn't be late. The class had been told that any alphas who were late, would... I won't get into that because I'm not sure what they had to do. I just heard that it was horrible. Anyways, I was running for class, it was starting any minute and I wasn't even close. I was getting worried. Jumping over a log, I almost fell into a deep ditch. I backed away and made a running start. Then, I jumped and grabbed a branch with my mouth. As I started the swing up, I let go and did a backflip before landing on all four paws and continuing my run for class. "Don't be late, don't be late." I thought. I ran up a rock and jumped into the air, jumping over a large boulder. Before I could land, I was grabbed around my stomach. I looked to see what caught me, and was terrified to see a human holding me. The human looked at me and said, "Here's a good one." He looked behind him at another human, this one holding a weapon. The second human walked over and responded, "Yea, this one is a beauty. She oughta get us some good money from the pet shelter."

I immediately struggled to get out of the humans grasp. I kicked and couldn't hit anything. I bit into the person's hand, but he felt no pain. My teeth were still too small and there were gloves on this human's hands. He kept me still and stuck something sharp into me and said, "That should get her to sleep." I tried to move, but my body was frozen. My eyes slowly closed and I drifted off into sleep.

The next day, I woke up to find myself in a dark box. I was in a cage, thinking about what happened. The cage was lifted by the human and set onto the floor. The cage door slowly opened and a female human, wearing gloves. She reached into the cage and grabbed me, holding me close to her. She said, "I won't have any struggle selling this adorable little wolf." She then opened another cage, next to other cages that had other animals. She set me down and closed the cage. My fear was growing even more, what were they going to do with me? The two male humans that had taken me left and the girl said to me, "It's alright, honey. I'm going to find you a good family that will take care of you."

Oh man, where was I? What was happening? Who were these people? Scared out of my mind, I decided to just go to sleep. When I woke up again, the girl was opening the cage and saying, "You need a bath, little missy."

Taking the chance, I jumped at the girl, knocking her back. I landed ontop of her and ran towards the door, running outside. I was free again. I ran into the forest across the road and disappeared into the trees and bushes. After a couple minutes of running, I felt safe and stopped for a rest. I grabbed some leaves and made a pile, forming a soft area to rest. I layed down, tears flowing from my eyes out of fear and sadness. When I was almost asleep, I heard footsteps. I yelled, "Who's there?" I was getting ready to run, in case it was humans. I heard a voice answer back, "Hello?"

I started walking towards the voice and footsteps, "Who are you?"

"Where are you?" I ran towards the voice, finding a little grey wolf. I walked up behind him and said, "Hello?"

He turned around and looked at me. He noticed the tears in my eyes and asked, "Are you okay? You look like you've been crying."

I wiped the tears away from my eyes and said, "I was crying. Humans took me and brought me to some pet store. I was able to get away and ran here." Then I asked, "Where am I anyways?"

"This is Helena National Forest, Montana."

My jaw dropped out of surprise. My thoughts immediately went to my family, did they even know I was gone? How did I get all the way here? I said, "Montana! Oh no... no no no..."

"What's wrong?" The grey wolf asked.

I answered, "I'm from Jasper Park, Canada. I shouldn't be here."

"Where's your family?"

"Still in Jasper Park, probably. I wonder if they even know i'm gone."

"Well, you can come to my pack, maybe somebody can help you."

I wiped away another tear that was starting to drip from my eye and smiled. I said, "Thanks."

"No problem, just follow me." He started walking, and I followed.

"I forgot to ask, what's your name?" I asked.

He responded, "Seth. What's yours?"

I answered, "I'm Dawn. Thanks for helping me." I couldn't thank him enough.

He looked back at me and smiled, "My pleasure, anything for a beautiful girl like you."

I smiled at the compliment. We walked out into a wide, open area. The place was filled with wolves, this place was beautiful. Seth and I stopped at a cliff overlooking the entire area. I stared in amazement as Seth said, "Beautiful, isn't it?"

"Yes." I wanted to sit here all day, enjoying the sight. But Seth was already walking down a pathway, towards the bottom of the cliff. I followed him down to the bottom and followed him to a cave. He looked inside and said, "Mom? Dad? Are you here?"

A voice called in from inside, it must have been his mother, "Yea, we're here." Seth went inside but I stayed outside. Another minute passed and he came back out with two older wolves, most likely his parents. He said, "Here she is." He must have explained everything already, for his mother said, "Are you alright?"

I nodded yes and asked if they could help me get home. The father said, "What's the hurry? You should get some rest, stay the night."

"I...I really shouldn't, my parents are probably worried sick about me." I tried protesting. But it didn't work.

"Just one night, we're not taking 'no' for an answer."

"But...but..." I sighed and gave up, "Alright, i'll stay."

Seth started moving his tail back and forth, he was glad I was staying. They took me into the cave and showed me the seperate rooms throughout the place, and even gave me my own room. I stayed in there the rest of the day, thinking about my family. I was starting to cry again just before Seth came in. I quickly dried my eyes, not wanting him to know I was crying. He brought me some meat and set it down infront of me and said, "I hope you like caribbou."

I smiled, I loved caribbou. "Thanks." I took a small bite and swallowed. "It's amazing!" I took another bite. Seth tried to make conversation with me, "I hope you're parents are alright."

I swallowed the bite I had taken and said, "I hope so too. I already miss them."

"It's alright, atleast you're away from those humans now. How did you get away?"

I proceeded to tell him about what had happened. When I was done, he said, "Wow, you've been through a lot."

I started thinking, this place was amazing. Caribbou tastes great, his family is nice, and the location is beautiful. I was starting to consider staying.

His parents mother walked in the room and said, "It's about time to get to sleep, you two."

"Okay, mom." Seth got up and was walking out of the room. Before he left, I said, "Seth? I've been thinking... I... I want to stay here, with you and your family." Seth started wagging his tail and smiled.

His mother said, "We'd love to have you with us."

Seth said, "So, she can stay?"

She answered, "Of course." and looked to me, "Welcome to the family."