were light brown, and she had dark brown ears which had light brown tips. Nellie, who was very close with Anela, looked like Jenna, but she had a red stripe down to her muzzle, and most of the fur on his legs were red. Kiara looked just like Jenna, but most of her tail was cream. And they had 3 boys named Nanook, who looked like Jenna, but with a red face and cream muzzle, and Dakota, who looked like Jenna, but had white tips on his ears, and Diego, who looked like Jenna.

Kaltag and Duchess had a litter of 5 puppies, 3 girls named Ginger, who was a darker than Kaltag, and had a dark tan chest, and paws. Sheila, who looked just like Duchess, and Ally who was tan with dark tan paws and a dark tan tip on her tail. And 2 boys named Shadow, who was all dark tan with tan tips on his ears and paws, and Duke who looked just like Duchess, but had an all red tail.

Steele and Sage had a litter of 5 puppies, 3 boys named Demon, a puppy who looked just like Steele, Rex, who looked like Sage, but was darker and had a dark tan blaze down his tan face, and Dodger, who was black with white paws, ears, and chest. 2 girls named Akira, who looked just like Sage, and Kali, who was black with a white face, chest, legs and under tail.

The team, dogs of Nome, and Balto and Kaltag’s puppies played inside the old mill.

So once again, Balto has saved a town, and became an even bigger hero. Steele had finally found a mate, and now has a litter of puppies! The dogs of Nome lived out their days happily at home. It couldn’t get any better than this!

THE END

Sheyo, Lakota, Mukoyo, Samara, Ginger, Shadow, Duke, Sheila, Ally, Demon, Dodger, Rex, Akira, Kali, Nellie, Anela, Dakota, Nanook, Kiara, Max, Buck, Duncan, Sarge, Apex, Ranger, Shep, Dingo, Blaze, Duchess, and Sage are all © to me! But you are free to use them with my permission. (not just the names, the character AND it’s name) I will check my e-mail every day for borrowing characters, so don’t be afraid that I will never answer you. E-mail me at [email protected]

I named Dakota after my 6 year old Golden Retriever that we had to put to sleep Dec 17th 2003. I loved him more than anyone and anything in the world. I miss him so much.

The sequel to this story is called «New Hero in Town» personally, I like «The New Hero in Town» better than «The Next Epidemic» The sequel has already been finished, and I have already typed up the third one. It’s called «Pride of a Wolf». And I already typed up the next one called «Test Of Friendship» the last one, which is finished, and my favorite by FAR called «The Journey Home».