(Opening titles appear with dramatic music in the background.)
(It's night now and everyone is sleeping in the den. Humphrey tosses and turns, talking in his sleep.)
Humphrey: Mom. Dad. No. Don't leave. Help!
(Meanwhile, just outside the den, Kate and Winston are quietly talking.)
Winston: We can't keep it a secret any longer. He has to know the truth.
Kate: I agree.
(The next day, Winston calls a pack meeting.)
Winston: Everyone, quiet!
(The entire pack was gathered in the center of the valley. Winston stood on a rock as Cando and Hutch sat on either side of him.
Hutch: Are you sure we should really tell him, sir?
Winston: He has to know.
(Everyone quiets down as Winston begins to speak)
Winston: Everyone, we are faced with a time we all knew would come. A time, we all knew would be hard on this pack. But it will not be as hard for us as it will be for Humphrey.
(Everyone turns to look at Humphrey, who is sitting at the very back of the assembly)
Winston: Humphrey. Come here. We have something we need to discuss that is of the utmost importance.
(Humphrey walks to the front)
Winston: It's time you learned how got here. How you came to be in this pack.
(There was a silence that followed these words)
Winston: When we first found you, you were still quite young, but it was obvious you had been on your own for a long time.
Humphrey: What happened?
Winston (to Cando and Hutch): I think you two should take it from here.
Cando: Right.
(Winston steps down as Hutch and Cando step onto the rock.)
Cando: The day we found you started off like any other day.
(Movie flashes back to when Humphrey was found with Cando and Hutch narrating)
Hutch: We were on a routine patrol around the edges of the territory.
(Flashback shows Cando and Hutch walking through dense woods in the early hours of the morning. A small silhouette appears through the morning mist.)
Hutch: When we were about to turn around and head back, we noticed something. A small shape in the mist.
Hutch (in flashback): Who are you!?
(The figure slowly moves closer. Soon enough, the shape of a young wolf pup is visible.)
Cando: You were so young, and we couldn't understand why such a young pup would be out all alone.
Hutch: We didn't recognize you from the Western or the Eastern pack. So we decided to take you to Winston.
(Winston joins Cando and Hutch on the rock)
(Flashback shows Cando and Hutch bringing a young Humphrey into the den)
Winston (in flashback): What's this?
Cando (in flashback): We don't know. We found him out on the edges of the territory.
Hutch (in flashback): It doesn't look like he's from either pack.
Winston (in flashback) Indeed.
(In the flashback, a young Kate comes out from behind Winston)
Young Kate: Dad? What's going on?
Winston: Nothing, Kate. You'll understand when you're older. Now, go back to your mother.
(Kate reluctantly obeys her father and returns to a pregnant Eve as Lilly hasn't been born yet.)
Hutch: What do you want us to do, sir?
Winston: Well, we can't just leave him. It's a wonder he's even alive. Leave him with me. I'll take care of him for the day, then we'll decide what to do tomorrow.
(Back in the present day)
Winston: You were quite rambunctious that day and it quickly became clear that you were an omega. You also became fast friends with Kate, mostly because she couldn't contain her curiosity of you.
(Humphrey looks over at Kate)
Humphrey: I remember. She couldn't stop asking questions.
(Kate turns away and smiles as she remembers)
Winston: We decided to accept you into the pack and it wasn't long before you met your other friends. Over the first couple of years, you lot were quite the troublemakers, but it wasn't long before you all grew into the wolves you are today.
(Humphrey struggles to speak, the thoughts weighing down on his mind)
Humphrey: But what...what about my...parents?
(Winston sighs)
Winston: No one here really knows what happened the day you lost your parents. Only you can tell us that.
Humphrey: But all I remember are images. I just remember a cage and, a truck, I think.
(Humphrey stops, and then gets a look on his face. Like an "aha!" look because he's just remembered something else.)
Humphrey (slowly): And my parents, running after the truck. Someone else was with me. There was a cage next me, but I can't remember who was in it. The last thing I remember was my dad shouting that he would find me. That was the last time I saw them.
(There is silence once again)
Winston: Humphrey, we know your parents might still be alive somewhere. And if they are, we wouldn't want to keep you from them. So, I've decided to let you go and search for them. I've assembled a team to go with you if you like.
Humphrey: Really?
Winston: Of course. If they're out there, you have to find them. Now, as I said, I've assembled a team to go with you, if you want them.
Humphrey: Yes, I'll take them.
Winston: Good. Cando and Hutch will take you to the edge of the territory where they found you. You can start there. I'll also be sending Daria with you. If there's anything out there, she'll hear it. And, although there's about a million things telling me otherwise, I'm sending your pups with you, too.
Humphrey: I'll take Stinky, but Claudette and Runt stay.
Winston: Humphrey, I think you know as well as I do that if you take one, it won't be long before you have the other two following you. You'd be better of with all three.
Humphrey: All right.
Marcel: We're going too.
Paddy: Yes, if there's anything to see from the air, you'll hear it from us.
Kate: I'm going, too.
Garth: And so are we.
Winston: Very well. You'll leave tomorrow. Now, try and get a good night's sleep tonight. And Humphrey,
(Humphrey looks back at Winston as the pack begins to split up)
Winston: Don't get your hopes up. You might not like what you find. And good luck.
