It was a bright sunny August Sunday in Nome, Alaska. The dogs of Nome were constantly forgiven by their pastor, Pastor Tim. Pastor Tim was a handsome, aging, black and white husky with cheery blue eyes. He and his wife, Lisa Cuddy.Ever since the make-shift church was set in the boiler room, dogs have been converting and confessing their sins. Nobody had envied Pastor Tim, who was always humble and kind, making it impossible to get mad at him.

           " Pastor Tim, IIIII nnnnnnneed ttto confess," Star stammered. "I stole meat from the butcher because I was hungry and I wanted to grab a midnight snack."

           "Thy shall be forgiven. Tell the butcher you did it and prove to him that you won't do it again," said Pastor Tim calmly.

               "Pastor Tim, please forgive me of what I done," said Kirby, nearly bursting to tears. " I peed on the mail bag and I blamed Dusty for it."

           " I shall forgive thee, for the Lord will love you if you repent your sins. But you have to tell your musher who did it," replied Pastor Tim, patting Kirby on the head. 

           "Alright man, I thought I was going to hell!" thanked Kirby.

           After Kirby and Star left to go to the beach, Pastor Tim forgave Sumac for fighting another wolf, Kodi for secretly eating his father's treats, and Ralph, for stealing Kirby's brown furry blanket and his tan cap.

That was the last time Pastor Tim forgave the sinners and the last time they saw him......................

            It was Midnight on that very same day. Pastor Tim was halfway towards his home to have a peaceful night with his wife, Cuddy. He had just entered a dark alleyway when suddenly, a blow to his temple from the dark space in front of him sent him to the wall, hard. With blurred vision, Pastor Tim asked worriedly,"Wait! What do you want!?? What are you doing?" 

          "Don't worry, this will only hurt a lot, but heck, you're going to spend the night with the angels above, " said a deep, smooth voice, coming from a large figure. 

        " Thy shallnt murder and the Lord shall never appreciate thee!" yelled Pastor Tim as another blow blinded him.

        " Sure, that is what all my victims would be saying, " said the figure.

       " It's not too late to stop what you're doing!" Pleaded Pastor Tim.

        Those were his last words. Before he knew it, his neck was torn and the figure shook Pastor Tim's body all  over the alleyway.

         "That's for my envy towards YOU!" yelled the figure. With that, he ran away.

                The next day, Dusty and Aleu were tired from chasing Kirby, Ralph, Kodi, Nikki , Kaltag, and Star in a game of German Shepherds and Raccoons (cops and robbers). They were taking the alleyway that was the shortest way to the boiler room. 

              " Next time, we get to be the raccoons," said Aleu. "I know a great hiding place where the boys don't even know."

             " But right now, all I want to do is to relax and sleep," added Dusty.

             " Unless if - OMG! What the hell is that!" screamed Aleu.

             In front of Dusty and Aleu, the body of Pastor Tim was in front of them. Blood was splattered on the walls and the ground. Pastor Tim's neck had a gaping hole with blood still oozing out.

            Dusty threw up and Aleu's face turned white. 

           Aleu turned away toward a wall and shouted," Dusty! Look at that!" 

         Dusty turned. On the wall, a message was written out of blood, Pastor Tim's blood. " Friends of Pastor Tim BEWARE!!!!!! YOU MAY BE THE NEXT VICTIM." Aleu and Dusty bolted away, telling Balto and Doc all about it.

        "What?! Pastor Tim murdered?" shouted Doc. 

       " Yes Doc, that's what happened to him. He died a nasty death in the alleyway." replied Aleu.

       " Why, why Pastor Tim out of all dogs in Nome. Why him?" whispered Doc. 

       " Well, I guess we have to tell the news to his wife, Cuddy," sighed Balto.

       " I'm not going to tell her, you tell her," Doc shot back.

       "Fine. We'll both tell her," pushing Doc out the door.

      Cuddy is the 2nd most pretty husky in Nome, besides Jenna. She looks a lot like Steele, but with a great personality, softer blue eyes, and larger than many of the huskies in Nome. Sadly, she was unaware of Pastor Tim's death until now....

    " Are... are yyy you ssssure?" sobbed Cuddy uncontrolablly.

   " Sadly yes. He was mysteriously murdered, " Balto said quietly.

   " When do you want the funeral of Pastor Tim to start?" asked Doc sullenly.

   It took quite a few minutes for Cuddy to calm down a bit. " On the upcoming Sunday, 5 days later. I want to let everyone come," Cuddy sniffled.

   "Alright. That can be arranged, " Doc replied.

  The two left Cuddy alone to mourn the news. After Balto left Doc, he went back to his boat to take in the news. He had went to Pastor Tim's sermons many times.

    " God, he was humorous," sighed Balto. 

    Somehow, Balto headed toward the alleyway where Pastor Tim was murdered. He had a spark of interest to solve what happened to Pastor Tim's mysterious death. He knew he needed a partner to help him solve the crime. He knew exactly who to get. There he was. Boris was finishing a conversation with Kaltag. Balto grabbed Boris's wing and dragged him toward the death scene. 

     " Balto! Vhat are you doing! Vhat is ze big idea?!" yelled Boris.

     " Boris, there's something that we have to do together. I'll exlpain when we get there," Balto said.

    " I guess it's one of your crazy ideas again. Alvays getting us into deep trouble. Vhat is it this time? Flirting with a young husky? Geez, you don't have to pull so hard on my ving." ranted Boris.

    Balto flung Boris to the bloody crime scene, where a couple of dogs were putting the torn up body of Pastor Tim in a coffin.

   " Yikes, " Boris commented. " Looks like we have a mystery to solve after all. Best talk to Doc about it."

  " So then you're in it?" Balto asked. 

   "Ja," Boris answered.

   " But don't tell anyone, they might inform the enemy," Balto said.

    " Yesh, then don't tell Doc either," Boris replied.

     " Com'on, I have a list of suspects and dogs who last seen him," Balto said.

                 Balto  went to the boiler room to see the dog sled team and Star, while Boris went to the crime scene to get any clues. Luckily, everyone in the boiler room was there except Dusty.

         " Where's Dusty?" asked Balto.

        " She went to hany out with Aleu," Kodi answered.

        " Good, I want to talk to you about Pastor Tim," Balto said.

        " WE DIDN'T DO IT!!!!!" shouted Kodi, Star, Kirby, and Ralph.

       " I know, I know," said Balto softly. " I just have a few questions to ask each of you."

       Ralph gulped.

       " First Star," said Balto. " You were there to confess to Pastor Tim after the sermon, were you Star?"

       " YYYes Balto, I was," Star stammered.

       " Did you notice if Pastor Tim had any mood changes while you were talking to him?" asked Balto.

       " No, he was his usual everyday self. Calm and kind," Star said.

       " Thank you Star for your help," Balto said.

         Balto asked the same exact questions to the others, and so far, the replies have been the same. Balto went back to his boat and said, " Alright Boris, we know he hasn't been threatened to death before he got killed, so his death had been an unexpected one. What did you find Boris?" Balto asked.  

       " Look, this is the hair of the criminal", Boris said showing the fur of the criminal. " As you see, it is grayish- white."