HEY GUYS!!!!!!!!!  JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK SHOUTOUT BEFORE I GIVE YOU THE 4-1-1.  FIRST, I READ A NEW FANFIC CALLED THE DOGS OF NEW YORK AND I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!  YOU SHOULD READ IT!!!!!!!  IT WAS GREAT!

NOW FOR THE 4-1-1.  OK, THIS STORY IS GOING TO BE TOLD IN TWO PARTS.  THE FIRST PART IS ABOUT RECTOR AND WHY HE HATES BALTO SO MUCH.  THE SECOND PART IS ABOUT JENNA AND WHAT SHE WAS DOING AFTER KODI LEFT.  HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY IT!!!!!!!!!!  PLEASE COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I KNOW IT IS REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY LONG, AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT I COULDN'T HELP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Part 1- Rector's Past

"Rector, come down from there right now!"  A huge dog called out to his son.  Rector sighed and leapt off the dumpster where he was sitting.  "You could get hurt!"  

"Sorry dad."  Rector grumbled.  Rector's family lived on the streets of New York City.  Life was hard for the family, begging for food as the parents tried to care for Rector, his brother Meeko, and their sister Storm.  Meeko and Storm had both gotten their fathers sleek brown coat, but Rector almost mirrored his mother.  

"Stop picking on Rector. "  Another dog stepped up and Rector licked his mom's chin.  

"I'm not picking on anybody.  I'm merely wanted to protect them!  He could fall!"  Rector's father, Luk, growled at Misty, the mother.  

"Oh Luk, your such a worry wart."  Misty said.

"Dad, Storm and Meeko play on the dumpsters all the time!"  Rector whined.  "And you never growl at them!" 

"Speaking of your brother and sister, why don't you go play with them."  Misty said.

"NO!"  A voice called out, ringing through the ally where the family lived.  Meeko ran up to his mom.  "I don't want him to play with us!"

"Yea!"  Storm said, coming from behind Meeko.  "We're playing hide-n-seek and he always cheats!  And then he complains when we don't find him!"

"That's because you just leave me there and go to play a different game!"  Rector said.

"No we don't!"  Meeko shouted, glancing at his mother.

"Do to!"

"Do not!"

"Do to!"

"Do not!"

"That is enough!"  Luk growled and the pups fell silent instantly.  "Meeko, Storm, play with your brother!  Go play hide-n-seek together!"  Meeko opened his mouth to complain.  "NOW!"  The pups ran out of the ally and began sniffing for a good place to play.

"Here's one!"  Storm called.  It was a larger ally, right next to the street where cars were usually rushing past as people tried to get home for dinner.  The street was empty now.

"I don't know.  It's pretty close to the street."  Rector said.  "Mom and Dad say we're not supposed to go near the street."

"Don't be such a baby!"  Meeko said, walking over to join Storm.  "Do you want to play with us or go back to mom and dad?"  Rector growled, but ran after his siblings.  After all he really did want to play.  And if they just kept out of the street............

"Ok, i'm "it"." Storm said.

"What?  I thought we were playing hide-n-seek?"  Rector cocked his head.

"We already played hide-n-seek!"  Storm said.  "Now we're playing tag!"

"But the street......"

"Rector will you stop being such a scardy cat!"  Meeko said.  "Look!"  To Rector's horror, Meeko ran, took a huge leap and landed on the street.  

"Meeko!  Get out of there!"  Rector called!  Storm laughed, took a jump and landed next to her brother.

"Come back!"  Rector called as his sblings crossed to the other side of the empty street.

"If you wern't such a baby, you could cross the steet and come with us!"  Meeko called out.

"Stop calling me names!"  Rector shouted.

"Then come on!"  Storm called out.  Rector gritted his teeth and ran into the street.

A car soon came into view, speeding down the road as the man inside rushed home for dinner.

He didn't see Rector.

"RECTOR NO!"  A voice caused Rector turn around to see his mother running for him, her eyes full of fear.  Storm and Meeko looked in horror as Misty pushed Rector out of the way of the oncoming car.  

Misty wasn't fast enough though.

"No!"  Storm shouted as the car zoomed past.  Rector bounced on the street, taken aback by the force his mother had pushed him with.  He turned and saw her laying in the middle of the street, blood oozing from her mouth as she looked Rector in the eye.

"Rector....."  She gurgled and fell still.  Her eyes went blank, still open.

"Mom."  Rector whispered.  The full force of what just happened hit Rector like a train.  He had just seen his mother die.  The light faded from her eyes as he watched.  Suddenly, a weight was on top of him and he looked up to see Meeko growling at him.  

"That was all your fault!"  He snarled.  "Mom would still be alive if you hadn't stayed in the middle of the road!"

"But you told me to!"  Rector tried to push Meeko off, but his brother was to strong.

"But me and Storm ran across!  You just stood there when the car came!  It's all your fault!  Do you hear me Rector?!  Mom died because of you!  It was all your fault!"

A sudden scream broke through.  A woman had screamed, pointing at the dogs.  "There is a dog fight going on!  Somebody call animal control!  And get that dog out of the street!  It's disgusting!"  Meeko leapt off of Rector and Storm followed as they ran across the street and back home. 

"Wait for me!"  Rector yelled.

"Don't bother coming back!"  Meeko shouted, pausing in his headlong sprint for the ally.  "We don't want you back home!  You are the reason mom is dead!  And you are the only one who looks like her!  Everytime dad looks at you, he will see mom!  We don't want you back!"  And he ran off.  Rector froze where he stood, eyes filling with tears.  He was old enough to eat and hunt small mice and to litter through trash cans, but to actually be on his own?

"Mom!"  Rector howled, running into an ally, away from the screaming people and the deadly street.  He quickly found a cardboard box and ran into it, the flaps closing behind him.  With a lound clap of thunder, rain started to fall, quickly scattering the people outside the ally.  Rector shivered as rain fell above the box and dripped into his pelt.  "I'm alone!"

Rector slowly opened his eyes and stretched, climbing out of the box.  It had been many years since his mothers death and he was now fully grown.  Having outgrown his cardboard box, he had found a bigger ally and made a home for himself.  Not once had he gone back home.  He knew by now, his father was dead and most likely, his sister and brother had found a mate.  Rector did not care.  His family abandoned him.  He had nothing more to do with them.  Though he still though jealous glances when he saw a dog running with it's family.

A limo suddenly sped past his home.

"Oh?  Looks like another celebraty is in the city!"  Rector said in the low voice he had come to aquire.  "Lets see who it is."  Trotting out of the ally, he followed the limo as it sped down the street, finally coming to a stop in front of a hotal.  To Rector's surprise, two dogs jumped out, one a red and white husky, the other, a brown dog, though he looked nothing like the dogs Rector had seen around the city.

"Balto, is this the place?"  The husky asked, looking up at the hotel.  A girl and what looked like her father jumped out of the limo.

"Yes Jenna."  The strange dog, Balto, answered.  "This is where we're staying.  They will reveal the statue tomorrow.

"Look dad!  It's so warm here!  Nothing like Nome!"  The girl said. 

"Let me take your coat Rosie.  I dont think you'll need it."  The man said.  The family walked inside the hotel.

"A dog?  A dog is the celebraty?  And he's getting a statue!  Wow, some life!"  Rector said.  "And that husky!  Man, she was beautiful!  Woof woof!"  

"Outta my way pooch!"  A man suddenly kicked Rector in the ribs as he ran to get past.  Rector snarled and snapped his jaws, but did not attack.  He was used to abuse from humans.  The rest of the day continued as usual, with Rector finding food and terrorizing other dogs and birds.  He was not to be reckoned with.

The next day, Rector saw Balto again, strolling the city before the big moment when he would get to see his statue.  Rector's heart leapt.  How much he wanted to talk to the strange dog, find out what he was!

"Excuse me!"  Rector called, bounding up to Balto.

"Hello."  Balto said.  "Do you live here?"

"In New York?  Yea.  Rector's the name."  Rector said.  "I saw you get out of the limo yesterday."

"Yea, that was me.  I'm Balto."