happened!’’ she cried. Balto nodded and raced to Prof. MacWolf’s house, alongside Jenna.

‘’It’s horrible,’’ Prof. MacWolf screamed, ‘’just horrible!’’

Balto burst through the door, followed by Jenna.

‘’What happened?’’ he asked. Brent turned and gave a sigh of relief.

‘’Balto, oh thank god you’re here! Something has happened! Someone has used my Time Warper!’’ he exclaimed. Brent then noticed how bad Balto looked.

‘’What happened to you?’’ Brent asked. Balto then relayed the entire day’s events to his human friend. Brent suddenly figured the whole thing out.

‘’Balto, who was the one person who wanted to get you back for something?’’

Balto thought for a minute, and then realized where Brent was going with the question.

‘’Steele! He’s hated me because I was the one who saved Nome rather than him!’’ Balto exclaimed. Brent held his chin.

‘’I think I know what happened then. I think Steele used this machine. But to do what, I don’t know,’’ Brent then pointed to the last time gauge, (which shows the date of the last visited time period,) ‘’Balto, do you recognize this date?’’

Balto examined the date and gasped in shock.

‘’January 28, 1925? That was the date when Steele almost killed me when I insisted that I help bring the medicine back!’’ he exclaimed. Brent then smiled.

‘’Now I understand. It seems to me that your friend Steele used my machine to travel back to January 28, 1925, and helped his younger self defeat you and bring the medicine back to Nome himself. He’s changed history! He’s changed the past, and the future! Balto, we must go back to this exact date and stop Steele from changing your past forever. It’d be a good idea that you two change into your younger selves, because I have a feeling that you’ll need to be a bit more physically fit than you are currently. I’ll make you the same age as you were in 1925,’’ Brent set the age on the machine and pressed a small blue button. A blue beam shot from the front of the machine and struck both Jenna and Balto. As Brent watched, the couple’s youth started to become more and more prominent. Finally, the beam stopped, and Balto and Jenna looked their exact age in the year 1925; sixteen years old. But just before Brent set the destination time, he pulled out another smaller machine. He placed it on the table and adjusted a few settings on the dial. He then stepped back and waited. Balto gave him a puzzled look.

‘’What’re you doing?’’ he asked.

‘’Well, to fit in better, I’m using my Ultra Skin Changer to temporarily transform myself into a wolf-dog like you Balto.’’

As Balto and Jenna watched, the small machine spit out an orange ring that surrounded Brent and transformed him into a dog. Brent fell from two legs for four feet and began to grow hair. His nose grew outwards, and a tail sprouted from his behind. After only five minutes, the transformation had stopped and a dog stood in front on Jenna and Balto where just minutes before, a man stood. Balto’s jaw dropped.

‘’But you were a man, I mean, you’re a…’’ he stuttered. Brent held up a paw.

‘’Never mind. Just follow my lead.’’ He said without emotion and set the time machine’s date to match the previously visited date. The machine shook and rattled around until a time portal was produced. Balto and Jenna stepped back a bit at the sight, but jumped through the portal. Brent then grabbed the machine and jumped through the time warp himself. The portal stayed for a few more seconds, and then disappeared.

Nome, Alaska, January 24, 1925, 4:23 pm,

Balto and Jenna reappeared in their hometown, but this was back before they were married. Everything had gone back to the way it was 22 years before. The old mail depot where their son Kodi would work, the old telegraph station, (which in 1947 was used more for military transmissions that personal calls,) and the old gold dredger. But something was wrong. The town wasn’t on edge because Steele was missing and the antitoxin hadn’t been delivered. Suddenly, both dogs heard a faint screaming. It then got louder, and louder, and finally, Brent flew from the portal and slammed right into a snow bank. Balto and Jenna pulled him out of the snow and asked hi the one burning question; ‘’what the heck went wrong?’’

Brent checked the Time Warper 2000 that had just reappeared from the time portal, and he found a problem with the machine’s internal circuitry.

‘’Oh boy. We do have a problem. The internal circuitry that controls the destination time setting is fried. We must have been sent a few days ahead because of this thing’s safety mechanism. There’s no problem though, we still are in 1925, and we just arrived four days early. I’m sure that if we keep our distance and stay out of sight, we should be fine, right guys,’’ Brent suddenly noticed that Jenna was missing,’’ hey, where’d Jenna go?’’

‘’She’s over near the main street.’’ Balto replied. Brent grabbed Balto’s paw and ran toward Jenna, who was examining the general store. Brent grabbed her as well and ducked into an alley. When he released their paws, both dogs questioned him on why he did that.

‘’Guys, you can’t be seen in this time! Didn’t you watch Back to the Future I to III?’’ Brent asked. Balto and Jenna gave him puzzled looks. Brent then realized why they had such empty looks on their faces.

‘’Right. That movie wasn’t made until 1985.’’

Balto nodded and asked, ‘’ well, can you explain this Back to the Future thing anyway?’’

‘’Yes, but I’m afraid you may not understand.’’ Brent assured him. Balto shook his head.

‘’If it’s any less strange than this machine you have made, I’ll understand it perfectly.’’ He remarked. Brent nodded.

‘’Okay then,’’ he then started to pace, and shake his finger professionally,’’ I call this the Repeat theory. You see, if you see yourself as an old or youngest, or even at an identical age, and your past/future selves sees you, this could cause a major problem. Here’s an example. Say Balto decided that he’d go back to 1928 to see the town of Nome. Balto from 1947 then sees Balto from 1928. This could cause two things. One; both Baltos would pass out and nothing could happen, or Two; the meeting could cause a disruption in the Space-Time Continuum and throw the whole thing out of balance. The result of this balance loss would create a void where time itself is turned back all the way to the Big Bang and all of the universe would be restarted, thereby killing us all. In short, the second possibility, although a worst-case scenario, could be fatal to the entire universe!’’

Balto and Jenna’s jaws dropped. Suddenly, Brent put up his hand and replied, ‘’quick hide! Jenna’s 1925 self is coming down the road with what looks like two other dogs.’’

Jenna poked her head out and saw her 1925 self with, as said, two dogs.

‘’It’s Sylvie and Dixie! I thought those two moved from Nome!’’ she replied. Brent cupped his hand over Jenna mouth and hissed, ‘’it’s not them. Remember, we traveled back in time, so this is just a reply of past events. This is just a repeat of an event from your past, and so we must not interrupt it, or that interruption could cause another unbalance of the Space-Time Continuum. Do you understand? We must not interfere with the series of events up until the fight between Steele and Balto. That is our target. We must stop older Steele from hurting Balto and giving himself the title of hero in Nome.’’

Just then, Jenna (from the past) came walking into view of the alley with Dixie and Sylvie. Their conversation was as clear as a bell.

‘’…you think Steele will notice my collar?’’ Dixie asked.

‘’The only way Steele will notice anything is if it’s wearing a mirror.’’ Jenna retorted. Older Jenna smiled.

‘’I was always that way when Steele’s name was mentioned.’’ She replied. Brent placed his finger over his mouth.

‘’Shhh. Quiet down Jenna.’’ He replied between clutched teeth. Suddenly, all three dogs heard the sound of a little girl. This made Jenna’s ears perk up.

‘’Come on Steele!’’ she yelled. Jenna poked her head around the corner, as did Balto. It was Rosie, Jenna’s owner. She seemed so innocent, like eight-year-olds should. She wore a brown musher’s hat and coat, and she stood, waving her hat in the air wildly. Suddenly, the wind grabbed the hat and dropped it right in the path of Steele and his team. Rosie tried to run and get the hat, but Jenna (from the past) dragged her back. Just as the team was about to run it over, Balto, (from the past as well) ran out and started to match the team’s speed. When Brent turned to Balto (from the future, he noticed that he was gone. Looking back around the corner, he saw Balto running to grab the hat himself. Brent sighed and ran after his friend. Beside the streets, the people