"balto you haven't been evesdropping on our son have you?" Jenna asked

"no it was an accident that i found out i went up there to go see him and well He was with another dog" Balto said

"he wasnt-" jenna started

"No they were just laying on the ground talking" Balto said

"how much did you see?" jenna asked

"thats it. I went up saw them and left" Balto said

Jenna chuckled and leaned against balto as they walked. "I think i know what Kalgorn wants as his birthday treat" Balto said

"oh and what would that be?" Jenna asked

"i can take him on a trip to anchorage" Balto said

"Kalgorn would like that" Jenna said.

Aleu was out far from Nome alone and she was sneaking up on a pack of wolves she was familiar with. She came out here almost daily but for the past month her dad had kept her away without relizing it. She snuck up behind the wolves and when the wolves spotted her she howled.

"Aleu where have you been?" a gray wolf named Kenti asked

"sorry my parents were getting in the way again" Aleu said

"you know maybe you should just tell them you want to be in our pack and not a dog" a thin wolf to jenna's left that went by Snow said.

"I know but i dont want my parents to hate me. I mean my dad is part wolf and all so i think he'll understand but how could i explain it to my mum? im the only pup that got some wolf in them apart from Kalgorn" Aleu said

"Well we wont be able to do this forever. Your either one of us and not with us at all" Silver said. A tall thin wolf that litarally was silver.

"come on lets get back to the cave" Diamond a female white wolf said

Aleu followed them to a large mountain that halfway up led to a cave. this cave went deep into the mountain and they had struggled for a long time trying to figure out how to light it up but it was only when aleu had joined them were they able to figure out how.

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Aleu had met the pack a couple weeks back and they had decided to show her their home. It turned out to be a mountain. At least thats what Aleu thought at first then they led up the mountain into a cave that was almost completely surrounded by mountains.

"so this is yalls home?" Aleu asked wondering into the dark cave

"yea but we're having trouble with lighting" Diamond said following aleu into the cave

"Have you tried reflecting light?" Aleu asked

"yea but there isnt anyway to get the light to reflect right" Snow said

Aleu went further into the cave. She felt her paw catch on something sharp and she fell. cutting her paw as she did. She felt Her side hit the wall and several small rocks fell. Aleu stood up shaken and looked around. The cave was now lit. She looked up and saw the sun's light was coming through a hole her fall had caused.

"well ill be the cave goes straight through the mountain" Kenti said

"good one aleu" Silver said

"it was er.. nothing" Aleu said shrugging. Aleu licked at the cut on her paw and then saw that the inside of the cave was made up of entirely crystals. Aleu stared in awe at its beauty. So did the rest of the pack.

Aleu grinned.

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Aleu still laughed when she thought about this. It had been a complete accident. She hadn't even known that the end of the cave was only a few inches infront of her when she had tripped. They walked back to the cave and Aleu saw that The pack had done alot to the cave since she had last seen it. First of all there was several more entrences and that the pack had grown alot. There were hundreds of wolves in the cave. Aleu walked inbetween snow and diamond as they entered the cave. The ceiling was way up above them. There was also several more tunnels leading further into the mountain.

"wow" Aleu said

"turns out that where we originally lived it was just a small section. We found this entrence about 2 weeks ago and then lit it up and it was incredible. You can't imagine how we felt when we found all this." Snow said

"i can't believe yall did find this" Aleu said looking up at the ceiling far up above them. They came to a section of the cave where there were several young wolves barking on a level up.

"This is where the pups stay until they are old enough to wonder out alone" Diamond said. Aleu watched one of the pups walk to the edge. He was about to jump when a wolf said "elijo get away from there"

The pup just grinned and backed away.

"how cute" Aleu said smiling

"Antui nice to see ya" Silver said

"hay there" Antui said walking over to them. "can you believe they assigned me to take care of the pups this week? Im not very good with pups and elijo is driving me crazy"

Aleu chuckled

"O hay there Aleu good to see you again" Antui said

"good to see you again too" Aleu said.

Aleu saw the same pup walk to the edge again and chuckled.

"elijo im warning you " Antui said to the pup

The pup grinned.

"come on" Diamond said and they left. Aleu was surprised at how much more of the cave their was. it was huge. There was hundreds and hundreds of wolves going in and out of each part. Aleu found out that there were sections where she couldn't enter. Only certian pack members were allowed. Aleu might have been just still shocked at how much the pack and cave had grown since her last visit but she thought she kept seeing a tall, thin, well built gray wolf at almost every section.

Aleu was getting hungry when Kenti asked if she wanted something to eat.

"sure" Aleu answered

They went into a large square corner of the cave on the 1st level and aleu saw that there was several piles of meat on the ground.

"dig in" Snow said

Aleu walked over to the nearest pile and started to eat. She was halfway done when she head the voice of Antui shout "ELIJO GET BACK HERE!!!" She looked behind her and saw the little pup that kept trying to jump of the 2nd level edge run into the room near them. Aleu chuckled. She watched elijo knock over several piles of rocks and run under several wolves. It was very funny to watch a pup no older that 1 month cause more chaos than a full grown wolf. Elijo jumped onto a stone and clawed at the wall until he was on the ledge to the 2nd level again. He ran up several more levels and then aleu heard Antui run past her saying under his breath "stupid little agrivating-" but he tripped over one of the knocked over stones and hit the ground. Aleu watched Elijo slide down a steep in the wall that only a pup could have fit in which led back to the fist level. Aleu fell over laughing by now. Elijo saw her as he ran past her and smiled. Elijo then ran into a wolf on accident and got back to his feet and jumped onto the back of another wolf then jumped onto the ground.

"what is so funny about this Aleu" Diamond asked

"he is barely 1 month old and look how much chaos he is causing" Aleu said standing up. Elijo slid under her and ran into a small room to her left. Still laughing she walked over to the room and sniffed the ground. Elijo jumped onto Aleu's face and clung on.

Aleu jumped when Elijo popped out of the darkness and then she heard the sound of Antui running.

"go easy on Antui elijo" Aleu said setting elijo down on the ground.

The pup smiled at her and said "ok Alleyou"

"its Aleu" Aleu you said smiling

"Antui over here i got him" Aleu yelled.

Couple minutes later Antui appeared breathing hard. He seemed embarresed and aggravated. "where is he?" Antui asked

"right here" aleu said walking over to him with Elijo on her back.

"how do you control him like that?" Antui asked

"i dont" Aleu said

"oh nevermind you can be in charge of the pups next week Aleu" Antui said and he picked elijo up off Aleu's back and carried him back to the 2nd level.
"yea i look forward to that" Aleu said smiling

Chapter IV

Moving?

Balto and Jenna were nearing the edge of Nome on their way back when they heard something. It was the sound of a branch breaking. Balto looked around. They heard the sound again on the other side of them. Balto prepared himself to defend him and jenna if they were attacked and suddenly a wolf jumped out from the trees. At least it looked like a wolf. At first Balto couldn't tell becouse the sun cast a shadow of the wolf and he couldnt see its face. But jenna spotted it out before Balto did.

"Kalgorn what on earth are you trying to do?" Jenna said slightly angry

"Sorry mom i thought yall were someone else" Kalgorn said smiling

"your getting good at that stealth thing son" Balto said chuckling.

"thanks dad" Kalgorn said

Kalgorn started to head back to Nome but jenna nudged him then nodded her head at Kalgorn.

Balto got the message and cought up with Kalgorn. "hay son you've wanted to explore more havent you?" Balto started

"yea why?" Kalgorn asked curiously

"well as a birthday treat ive decided to take you on a trip to anchorage" Balto said smiling at Kalgorn

"What? Really?" Kalgorn said hoping this wasn't a joke

"yep, no joke we leave tomorrow" Balto said

"Oh, Thank you dad" Kalgorn said smiling

Jenna cought up with them

"What about Kodi, Judi, kyle, and Aleu?" Jenna asked

"how about we all go?" balto asked

"Yea that would be great" Kalgorn said.

"speaking of Aleu have you seen her anywhere?" Balto asked

"No i haven't seen her at all today" Kalgorn said

"you think she wonders off like Kalgorn" Jenna asked

"i dont know. She is hardly ever at home" Balto said.

Kalgorn was so excited about leaving nome to go to anchorage that he could hardly be bothered about what his sister might be up too. He ran off to tell his friends and to find Misty.

Misty was sitting on the porch of her home when she heard the sound of someone running. Then Kalgorn rounded the corner.

"o hi Kalgorn" Misty said

"Misty guess what i just found out" Kalgorn said

"im guessing something good?" Misty asked

"Yea my parents are taking me and my