WINSTON: Alphas, the first rule of a hunt...
is to control your fears!
But Winston, great leader, we're the wolves...
they're the prey. What do we have to fear?
Stinky! Is that mud on your snout or is it always brown?
Claudette, shut it.
As future leader of the pack, I... Oh, please.
I'm faster... stronger... Clumsier...
WINSTON: Claudette, Stinky...
Fear will be natural,
but you must control it or it will destroy you.
You got that, bro?
Yeah. Do you?
Alphas, take your positions.
Runt! This is Alpha school. You're supposed to be in Omega School!
Aw, Grandpa Winston, I want to hunt!
I may be small, but I'm fearless! KATE: Hey, Fearless...
You get over here right now!
Oh, shoot!
Runt, buddy, listen to your mother.
Why should I, Dad? You never do.
Aunt Lilly has a fabulous fieldtrip planned for Omega School!
Alphas get to hunt and the Omegas go on field trips?
We're going to an ecological phenomenon, Shadow Forest!
Shadow Forest, cool! Isn't that haunted?
Huh... Just a myth, and that was a long time ago.
Did I just hear you were going to Shadow Forest?
Yes.
I was there yesterday, it's fine. It's teeming with life.
Code for food.
Hmm...
Would Garth like this Lilly?
My husband is on an extended hunting trip.
He trusts my judgment.
Well, I had a bad experience in there,
and I've never been back.
When you were supposedly attacked by a ghost at Saw-Toothed Cave, right.
Well, I haven't seen you going in there lately.
Lilly, you were just there, and it's, uh, okay, right?
There were a whole lot of critters because we have avoided an entire forest.
KATE: Humphrey, is this a good idea?
It'll be fine, Kate.
I'm going with them. WINSTON: Then it's settled.
The Alphas will be kings of the fields, and the Omegas...
will be kings of the forest!
Awesome!
Dad! Aunt Lilly, shall we?
Okay, I see where it got its name.
So what happened that made us avoid it all this time?
Some wolves claim that it's haunted...
with a wolf ghost.
Wait, I hear something...
Is that supposed to be aggression?
You see? Even the critters aren't afraid of us.
Runt, unnecessary.
Dad!
If the Omegas are the kings of the forest,
we have to show it who's boss!
Ah!
I think he just did. FLOYD: Hey, wolves!
The exit's that-a-way.
Yeah, and the forest is that-a-way.
You want to take this outside?
Aren't we already outside? RUNT: Dad!
Come on.
You wolves are making a big mistake!
RUNT: What is it?
Not sure. It looks like someone's home.
HUMPHREY: Well, it certainly seems protected.
Protected
LILLY: That's odd.
Nothing in the clouds indicated a wind storm today.
Oh. All right cubs, uh, let's go.
Cubs?
Runt!
What are you doing?
I'm going up to take a look.
My son, the tree hugger.
I think it's Saw Tooth Cave.
The rocks around the edges look like fangs.
HUMPHREY: Son, it's getting windy up there.
Come on. Time to hit the trail.
Dad!
Hi, Eve. Hi, mom.
Oh, there you are. Why are you so late?
Dinner's gone cold.
Uh, Runt had an incident.
Dad, I'm fine.
What did you see?
Nothing.
Stay away! Stay away!
Something got your fur in a bunch?
Little bro, you're, you're as pale as a coyote.
A coyote, really?
Hey, did you alert the critters that the Omegas are the new kings of the forest?
No, but I will tomorrow.
I think a different field trip is probably a good idea.
Kate, it's not a bad place to explore.
Yeah. Critters everywhere!
I have an idea!
Let's all go! We can do a hunt...
and afterwards have a picnic!
Stay away...
Stay away.
Wolf attack!
BOTH: War!
How was the forest?
Great, except that place has some strange weather patterns.
Windy, right?
Yeah! Especially up by Saw Tooth Cave.
Runt, I told you to stay away from that place.
Uncle Tony, what happened to you when you were there?
Don't act like you don't want to tell them your story.
I really don't.
Well, okay.
It was a dark and cold night.
And if it's Tony's story, it'll be even darker and colder.
There we were, young wolves, like yourselves...
We were practice hunting.
On the tail of a major prey!
It was huge!
Antlers as sharp as rock!
We stalked it across the path.
I had to get it.
It was my first act as a future leader.
Tony, it looks like it went into that cave.
That dark and creepy cave.
Okay, Lyle and Link, you twins go check it out.
BOTH: Why us?
Because if anything happens to one, there is always a spare.
I was so selfless.
Think about it. You'll come back
with your biggest prey yet!
Come on, let's do this thing!
Oh, for howling out loud! What is wrong with you two?
I'll do it.
Run! Run! It's going to get us!
It's going to get us!
And I never went into the forest again.
Okay, I think it's getting late.
Uh, yeah, I agree.
Uh, pups, thank grandma for dinner.
ALL: Thanks for dinner, Grandma.
Come back for leftovers.
Oh, and, uh, thank Uncle Tony for the bedtime horror story.
ALL: Thank you for the bedtime horror story!
They're growing up fast.
Hunting, exploring. Quite a paw full.
Yeah. It's how a grey wolf gets even greyer.
I am not afraid.
You okay, little brother?
I have to go back. I have to!
Are you two with me?
KATE: Have fun at the river! Catch a few fish, would you?
Uh, sure thing, mom.
I feel guilty.
Why? Technically we are going to the river. Just taking a detour.
And please...
Mom, we're cool, okay?
We'll be back for dinner.
Bye.
Welcome to my kingdom.
STINKY: It's, ah, nice Runt. Uh...
A bit dark, and... So shadowy.
Okay, now we've seen it and we should...
high tail it over to the river.
No, I want to show you Saw Tooth Cave.
Are you two afraid?
No! No!
Would you two wolves channel your inner alpha?
We're creating an image here!
Great.
Identify yourselves!
Identify yourself!
Well, we asked you first!
And we outrank you guys.
Check out wolf girl. She has got some serious attitude.
And what is with that fur?
Is that a mullet?
Well, well, if it isn't the mean girls of Shadow Forest!
RUNT: Okay, now look.
Let's all try and be friendly here.
I'm Runt, the future king of the forest...
Says who?
Says Winston, the leader of the wolves.
And I do believe we can come and go as we wish.
And I do believe you can't!
Hey, hey! We're not here to cause problems.
Come on.
Let's do this thing.
Okay, maybe we should come back another day.
What is that?
STINKY: It looks like a wolf.
Quick, this way!
Which way is out? I think we came that way, didn't we?
No, no, it was that way!
Run, Run!
This way, bros!
STINKY: Okay, be very quiet.
Where are we?
I'll scope out the opposite direction.
Runt, you stay in there! What am I?
The sitting paddy?
Stinky, Claudette, anything?
I think I found the exit. Where is Stinky?
I don't know.
Stinky! Bro, where are you?
His paw marks stop here.
Stinky! Stinky! Where are you!
Anything?
No, nothing!
I... I don't see him anywhere!
Stinky!
It's protecting her!
What are you saying to me?
Claudette, I see him! I see him!
Hold on! Come on! Lift, Stinky!
You said you were going to the river!
Well, we did travel to the river!
And Stinky has the dog paddle to prove it!
I saw something coming and freaked out, and then I fell. But I survived!
Oh, pups, enough with that forest.
Can't you stick to chasing butterflies in the valley?
Huh? Or playing in front of the cave.
Playing what?
Well, you could play... howl.
Oh, you mean like howling every fifteen minutes so you can locate us?
No.
On the hour will do.
What's next
Okay, guys. Look, your mother is just trying to make sure that you don't,
you know, get yourself into a... situation.
Yeah, a situation, that could be bad... leads to bad things...
Didn't you two get into a lot of situations?
But I wouldn't say it led to bad things.
Well, not in the end, at least.
If it isn't my favorite twins.
We hear that a bunch of Omegas went into Shadow Forest today.
Against my wishes.
It must be safe if Omegas went there.
From what I understand, it's exactly as we left it.
Did Winston declare it for the Omegas?
I heard there was a lot of food in there.
For your own good, stick to hunting in the fields.
Ever since Winston allowed Kate to marry Humphrey,
the alphas have always gotten the short end.
We found that forest first!
Yeah, we did.
Ugh! Can mom and dad chill? Let's call them out.
Let me...
I do believe we are being followed!
You think we're following you? Kate, did you hear that?
The pups think their own parents are following them. Please.
Huh. I told you this was a bad idea.
No, no. We're just, uh, going on a walk.
Hey! Hey, let's do a family walk... together... okay?
Mom, it's time we explore places by ourselves.
Kate, we knew this day would come.
Rejection, horrible feeling.
Okay, well, stay on the path of... uh... life!
And, uh... throw us a howl... every now and then.
I have an idea. Don't worry.
Well, look at Paddy... Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
Isn't it kind of a duck thing?
Bleech!
And so is l'orange sauce.
Paddy, enough with that!
I have to get it out of my system!
Oh, gosh, is that what you are doing? I drink out of this lake!
Unlucky you.
Uh, Paddy, Humphrey has a task for us. Hurry!
Will the stuffed goose please stop pressuring me?
Uh, the pups are no longer pups, my friend.
You and Kate must learn to let them go!
I'll never forget when my mama gathered me in her maternal wings
and threw me off the nest.
Ah, all cleaned out.
That's more than I needed to know.
The parents are dealing with maturing pups.
They're always getting into trouble!
Hmm. Sounds like a family trait.
But no judgment, by the way.
Please, guys, just some air reconnaissance.
That sounded like Paddy.
Uncle Paddy, is that you?
Never send a duck to do a goose's job!
Uncle Marcel, stop following us!
Oh, I was, uh... trying to catch a field mouse!
Yeah, right. Did our parents put you up to this?
My beak is sealed!
If we're being honked at, we tend to move!
Well, where is Runt?
Hello
I wanted to thank you for the other day.
You helped me find my brother. Can I come up
Please, don't.
Okay, we're making progress here.
I just want to say hi.
DARIA: I don't want any visitors.
Almost there.
Okay, used to that wind already.
Bringing... a house warming gift.
It's simple but its, um, art. Look at the texture.
It says, "Life...
"is a rough..."
I am not afraid. I am the king of the forest.
Wow, that sounded pretty good.
Boring. Doesn't scare me!
I once fought a bear... cub at Rabbit Poo mountain!
Ah!
You've been to Rabbit Poo Mountain?
Yes.
Who are you?
Come back tomorrow.
So, I'm... I'm free to leave?
Yes, but move quickly.
Flea alert.
We let one in and now we've got the whole pack to deal with.
Well, if it isn't wolf squared.
Look, tasty prey.
And so plump.
What? Should we take them down?
I wonder how they would taste.
FREIDA: Gross me out...
Psyche! I wouldn't eat a wolf. Like, disgusting!
Are they sneering at us?
Okay, that critter just gave me a territorial challenge.
Go ahead, show the porcupine who's top dog!
He's marking my favorite tree?
Oh, gross!
You know, in this lighting, they're almost cute.
That does it.
Great. They were supposed to run out of the woods!
Wait. I went first last time.
Okay, put your paw out.
Ready? Leaf, teeth, rock...
I won! Take that.
Just like last time.
BOTH: Come again!
Order, order! Speak!
Winston, Tony, we ventured into Shadow Forest, and we saw for ourselves...
that forest is haunted!
There is a ghost of a wolf.
Where?
It was this image in the trees.
Been telling your stories lately?
LYLE: And there are these two witches...
Witches?
Yeah, these two porcupines.
Do you mind?
I was having a nice dream about a moonlight howl.
No one believed us.
Yeah, it stunk.
Now back to my dream and you're not in it.
And now we look pathetic to our pack.
Try to sleep it off.
If we chase out the ghost, we will be heroes.
We'll need more wolves.
Hey, there.
LYLE: Runt.
Isn't it a little late for you to be out?
I had to, uh... you know...
Get back to your cave.
What's going on?
Mmm... Nothing, nothing at all.
By the way, what exactly did you see in Shadow Forest?
Anything unusual?
Uh, no. Nothing.
Actually, yeah. There, um, there was something way down by the river.
Like what?
Something strange down there.
Hello?
Um, excuse me?
Sorry to bother you so late.
I need to tell you something.
Come here.
Are you hiding from another pack?
Yes. Because, uh...
Because a wolf who can't see isn't considered useful to some?
Yes.
Then how did you know where my brother was that day?
I heard a splash, and well, I have other talents.
How did you get up here?
You brought them?
No, I came to warn you!
They'll come after you.
You know how to get to Rabbit Poo Mountain.
Yes. Can you take me there?
Daria He is a pup!
I am not a pup!
I just look like one. My name is Runt.
What's at Rabbit Poo Mountain?
HEAD WOLF: She can't possibly raise future hunters
when one of those pups is...
It is the way of the pack!
Psst! Psst!
Come with me. I know a safe place.
I just want to hear her voice.
Once.
I told them to go to the river.
So you did bring them here?
No! Daria, we have to leave.
It's a trap.
He's still a wolf.
LYLE: Something is up there.
If we storm it all at once
we can get to it.
Okay, follow me!
Push on, brother!
No ghost!
Yeah.
But maybe...
Who's next?
Waterfall...
Oh, pretty, waterfall.
Major waterfall!
Kate. Humphrey, wha...
What is it?
Oh, full moon
Runt?
Where'd he go?
Hmm. I'll get Lilly to cub watch.
Right this way, Daria.
Okay, we've got problems.
Floyd, follow me!
Every time we try to get out, we get blocked.
It's like the forest doesn't want you to leave.
Mmm. No comment.
Just get us out of here.
I'm trying.
Floyd, up and over the rocks!
Okay, jump!
No, I can't. Jump!
Daria, it's okay. Straight ahead!
I... can't.
This way to Rabbit Poo mountain. Quickly!
Don't you wolves know when to quit?
Have you seen a small wolf
Yeah. Well, where is he?
He's fine. He's on a mission.
What kind of a mission
Can't say.
This is our son.
Not our problem.
You two better pipe up or you're going to be our future appetizer!
Oh, now we see where the daughter got her obnoxious personality.
Mmm-hmm.
Look, I get it you're bitter because you have quills...
and no one wants to touch you.
But we need to find our pup.
Now!
First of all, Runt is not a pup!
He is a stand up wolf!
FRAN: And he is helping a friend of ours.
Okay?
Okay. We want to help him, and help his friend. I promise, we both promise.
Oh, girlfriend. We are close to seeing the two dogs beg.
Let's see it, come on now.
What I will never.
FLOYD: Daria, stay to your right.
DARIA: Ouch!
Your other right! Ouch!
Aw, at this pace, it'll take us overnight to get there.
My parents will come after me if they figure out I'm gone.
Oh, great. The non-pup pup, has a curfew!
RUNT: Ouch. FLOYD: That wasn't me!
DARIA: That was me. I stepped on his paw.
It's all right. I know a short cut to Rabbit Poo Mountain. Follow me!
We've gotta keep going.
I can't even feel my legs.
Runt, get me a leaf to chew on.
My blood sugar is plummeting.
Wake up! Wake up. You can't rest here!
This surface is so warm.
Yeah, and it'll be even warmer when you're road kill.
Just a twig and maybe throw in a few pine needles.
Okay, coming up.
Daria, I'll be right there.
I'm not going anywhere.
Hey, you are okay, right?
Yeah, I can feel it on my back.
Feel what?
Move off the road! Move off!
You're no fun. It feels so good.
Yes!
DARIA: Floyd, right now!
We have to move!
Oh, where are you? FLOYD: Oh, baby.
Keep talking! That is one strong back pounding.
Get up, get up!
Floyd!
What the...
Whoa!
I just had a dream I was run over. Hmm!
RUNT: We're very close.
FLOYD: I've been hearing that for an awfully long time.
I'm not complaining, but... Hmm.
This is the only route I know. My dad knows all the real short cuts.
HUMPHREY: Yes, I do.
Runt? You are so busted!
Dad, mom, I, uh...
Son, son! We're here to help you.
Okay, Daria.
I see your pack.
They'll take me back, right?
Why wouldn't they?
They were worried she wouldn't be able to take care of me when I was a pup...
but I made it!
Okay, Daria, I will lead, you follow close behind.
I have to hear her voice.
I'll know it immediately.
Uh, hi there.
We're from the western pack. We're just passing through.
I think that is Winston's daughter.
Yeah, yeah, we're a long ways away. Just a road trip.
Who's your friend there?
Oh, she is shy.
I'll be right back.
So, um, are there any other female wolves here?
No, just us.
Dad, look!
We have to do something!
No, Runt. Not until your mother signals me.
Well, better get going.
Runt!
What the heck
Hi, uh...
Have you seen my mommy?
Oh, little pup...
Isn't that her with...
Hi, there!
Hey, Runt, come on now.
Let's not bother Mr. King.
Wait, wait!
Yes?
You're Daria, aren't you?
It's okay. I... just wanted to say hi.
Who are you?
You are married to Winston's daughter. You're an Omega, right?
Last time I checked. Well...
We have taken up too much of your good time.
I mean, you're King of Rabbit Poo Mountain, and, uh,
mmm, smell that fresh poo.
Daria, mom never made it back.
But I want you to know, she loved you.
She vowed to protect all of us.
I needed to hear that.
The rules of this pack are still the same.
But maybe I can come visit you and your pack some time?
Runt
See you later!
What is it?
I hear something.
Sounds like wolves. I hear three of them.
Okay, Daria, we gotta get you out of here.
Hey there, all of you!
Let's go.
No. I'm tired of hiding.
What did you do with my mother?
She's gone Daria and she's paid the highest price for hiding you!
Daria we have to get you into the forest.
You'll be protected there. Follow me!
Listen for my footsteps, okay?
Daria's in trouble!
Daria, jump!
Okay, that was beyond twisted.
We're okay Daria. We're okay.
Thank you.
Okay, Winston.
This is our favorite part, the Valley of the Forest.
This is where we are from.
So you're valley girls.
Yeah, totally.
Oh, look who's here.
Grandpa Winston, I want you to meet a friend of mine.
My name is Daria.
Daria's been living up there...
Alone.
Way up there... I bet the views are wonderful.
Oh, my bad...
That is Saw Tooth Cave.
And here I thought your story was a bunch of deer dung.
But that still doesn't explain the ghost.
Trust me, it's here.
And those are the two witches.
Grandpa, I am willing to bet if there is a ghost,
it was only to protect Daria.
She needs a pack. She needs us.
And if we don't accept her, I believe we'll continue to be... haunted.
Well, it will require adjustments.
Dad, she has amazing hearing.
It will be great for hunts.
Why does it always circle back to hunts with these wolves?
Come on, let's welcome Daria.
After all, you heard it yourself from the king of the forest.
You know, Runt, don't think we didn't notice you were out all night.
Yeah, son, way past your curfew.
I'll take my licks.
Mom, dad,
is this any way to treat the king of the forest?
Get off!
No! I want peace! Dad!