Was that you?

Romeo: Yeah. I'm going for a caribou. You two want any?

Balto: No, I'm good.

Jenna: Uh, no.

Romeo: All right. I'll come back later.

Romeo turns and runs off. Balto and Jenna watch him run off; leaving a trail a big paws behind him. After Romeo drops out of sight, Balto turns to Jenna.

Balto: Wanna go for a walk?

Jenna: Yeah, sure!

They walk in the oppisete direction of where Romeo set off. They take the time to enjoy each other's company. They talk and talk about the normal stuff: There pups, how much they wish Aleu would come back to them one day, Jenna mentions Kodi pulled a funny prank on Dingo. Balto asks her what Kodi did and all Jenna awnserd was: "lets just say...Dingo's goanna be smelling like tree sap for a few days." After hearing that, Balto losses his footing and rolls on the sand laughing. They're walk ends up leading them on the outskirts of town. They stop on a small rise that looks over Nome.

Jenna: So what next?

Balto: What?

Jenna: We got Rosy to believe that Romeo's not a killer. How do you think we can get the rest of the town to believe us?

Balto lowers his eye balls. His mind his spinning. That's a good question. Balto keeps his eyes on the town and keeps thinking. After a few minutes he turns his head over to Jenna.

Balto: I still dont know. Maybe...

At that very second a loud sound echos through the cold air and makes Balto and Jenna jump up. It scares them so much, it sends a heavy and cold chill down both there spines. Jenna takes her paw and rubs on of her ears.

Jenna: What on earth was that!?

Balto: I think it was a gun shot.

They look at each other.

Jenna: No.

Balto: It can't be.

Jenna: Lets go.

They dash down the hill and run into town. Balto runs even faster than he has ever ran in his life. Jenna manages to keep up and stay a few yards behind Balto. When they enter town, they hear a lound commotion outside city hall. Balto pushes himself through the crowd of humans and can hear some people shouting.

Man: We found him.

Another Man: Problem solved. 

Balto breaks through the crowd and sees something that makes his whole body drop to the ground. Before him, lies Romeo. His body is still and with a bullet hole through his chest. Tears start to run down his eyes and Jenna breaks through the crowd at the same time. She lets off a cold and scared gasp. The bottom half of her mouth is studdering. She drops to the ground and starts to cry. Balto, still under presser from seeing Romeo dead on the ground in front of him, lifts his head up and see Mayor Clark come out of the building. Clark looks on the ground and sees the dead wolf.

Clark: What is this?

The same man that spoke to Clark yesterday, Burrows, comes forward.

Burrows: This is the wolf we spoke of.

Clark: How did you find it?

Burrows: Well, me and my friends we're out looking for this wolf and by pure coendience, we stumbles upon it eating a caribou. It was a hell of a chase but we got it.

Clark: Well then Burrows I guess Nome owes you and your hunting party a thank yo.....

Voice: NO!!!!

A voice is shouted out from the crowd. The voice is that of a young girl. Balto and Jenna look to each other. Rosy breaks through the crowd and sees Romeo's lifeless body. She looks over to Balto and Jenna and see how sad they are. Rosy slowly walks over to Romeo's body and drops to her knees. Balto and Jenna walk up to her and try to calm her down. Then Rosy's father breaks through the crowd and sees his daughter crying over Romeo's body. Confused, he goes up to her and pats her back.

Rosy's dad: It's ok, sweetie. It was goanna try and hurt people.

Rosy's eyes, closed, all of the sudden snap open and spins her body around with her arm out and slaps her dad on the cheek.

Rosy's dad: What did you do that for!?

Rosy: Cause I met this wolf this morning.

The crowd starts to mumble in confusion. Clark looks down on Rosy and gets down to his knee.

Clark: You met this wolf?

Rosy's dad: Where?

Rosy: Balto's boat. I woke up and went to see Jenna. Balto was with her and he wanted to show me something. I followed them and they wanted me to meet him.

Rosy's dad: What? Why would Balto do that?

Rosy: Cause I could tell by the look on Balto's face that there was no evil in the wolf's heart. I walked up to him, petted him, played with him all morning.

The crowd around her starts to shed some tears for the deceased wolf. And some angry faces start to emerge toward Burrows.

Rosy: This wolf wanted to be accepted by humans. Doesn't that sound familer?

Rosy's dad: Balto.

Rosy: Yes! This wolf was kind and friendly...

She wipes the tears off her face and when she finishs an angry face emerges and she looks to Burrows and points to him.

Rosy: YOU KILLED AN INNOCENT ANIMAL!!!

Rosy's cry over her new animal friend causes a round of anger twoards Burrows. The whole crowd starts to run to him with fists aiming right for his face. But before anyone could get hurt, a gunshot echos into the air and everyone ducks and tucks there heads in. In this reaction, Jenna runs to Rosy's defence and Balto runs to both of there defences. Even though this is just for a few seconds, the hysteria that was about to take place has been stopped. Balto looks around to see where the shot came from and so do the people. There search for the shot ends when Clark is seen holding a pistol into the air.

Clark: There will be no blood sheded on the streets of my town. Right now, I'm goanna decide how this will end. The wolf before us will be givin a proper bureal and he will not be burried as a enemy of Nome, he will be buried as a citizen of Nome. Burrows, your gun and your hunting lisence will be confiscated immiditly.

Burrows has no choice but to do as Clark is telling him. He hands his rifle to the mayor. Once he does so, he walks down the street and no one says a word to him. Yet Balto, Jenna and Rosy keep there angry eyes on him, until he drops out of sight. Once Burrows is gone, the corwd starts to disperce. Some people leave with looks of sorrow on there faces, rubbing the back of there necks and other expresions to greave over Romeo's death. Light drops of snow start to fall to the ground. Rosy keeps hugging her father as tears run down her face. Balto keeps his eyes on his head friend. Jenna is the first one to really notice the snow coming down and lifts her head up. Along with snow, small rain drops start to come down.  

Jenna: It's a rain-snow mix.

Balto: The heavens weap as well.

He says keeping his eyes on Romeo. Clark comes to Balto side and gets down to him, lightly petting his head.

Clark: I'm sorry Balto. We'll make sure he gets a proper burial. If only we knew his name.

Clark then moves his hand over Romeo's head to apologize to him. However, as soon as Clark's hand makes contact with Romeo's jet black fur, a sudden rush fills into Clark's body. When this sensation, goes up to his head, a quiet echo into his mind. A voice, it is. A warm, nice, sad voice. That of a female. Romeo it says. The sensation goes away just as fast as it came. He lets off a loud gasp, jumps up to his feet and trembles a bit. All those around him notice this and keep there eyes on him.

Rosy's dad: What is it mayor?

Clark: Did you hear anything just now?

Rosy's dad: No. Why?

Clark: I dont know what just happend. I touched the wolf's head and the next thing a voice was calling out to me. It said a name. Romeo.

Rosy: His name's Romeo?

Clark: I guess so.

Balto and look at each other in confusion, overhearing this while still upset over the death of there newfound friend. 

Balto: A voice?

Jenna: Balto what are they talking about?

Balto: I don't know. But i have a feeling...

Rosy's dad: A voice called out to you? What did it sound like?

Clark: It was a warm voice that would make anyone feel safe in the darkest place.

Balto's eyes widen and drops his jaw.

Balto: No way!

Jenna: What?

Balto: Aniu.

Jenna: Your mother...oh I get it now.

Know that his mother is watching over this crises, Balto's heart starts to warm up a bit. Yet the pain of lossing his friend is still inside him. Clark gets moves around Romeo's body and goes into the city hall building. He comes out no more than ten sceonds later with two other men. They gather around Romeo and start to pick him off. Balto walks up to Clark and rubs his head on the side of the Mayor's leg. Along with that, he lets of a whine of saddnes. Clark pats Balto on the head:

Clark: Its ok boy. We'll give Romeo a proper bureal. One fit for a hero.

Clark and the two men pick Romeo up and carry his liflless body down the street to the vets.  There the Romeo will be cleaned up and will be until a special coffin is made for him. Jenna joins Balto's side and leans her head on his shoulder and lets her tears flow on to him. Rosy keeps herslef cluched in her dad's arms and continues to weep. He eventually picks her up and looks to Balto and Jenna.

Rosy's dad: Balto, Jenna lets go.

They look back to him.

Rosy's dad: You can stay with us tonight Balto. I think you and Jenna are who Rosy whats to be with the most right now.

Balto nods his head to the human and follows him home with Jenna at his side.

Two days later:

The moring of Romeo's funeral was filled with silence and tears. The events that Balto, Jenna, Rosy and Romeo went through have been told to the whole town. The funeral itself is striat forward: The mayor gives off a small speech saying how misjuged humans are to wolves and that these events are the kind that show

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