Star: A Father?

By Aleu~

DISCLAIMER: All characters except Spot and the puppies are Copyright Universaql Studios

EPILOUGUE

>Star had basically ditched Steele and had become friends with Balto over the past year or so. His old owners had moved away and given him up to someone else, so he was no longer a sled dog. The family consisted of a man and a woman, a twelve-year-old girl, and the dog of his dreams: Spot. Spot was a Border Collie/Husky/German Shepherd mix that had much the same personality as Star. She was younger than he, but a year old, but they got along nicely. Then they ended up falling in love, and all that other crap, and they Star found out that Spot was pregnant.

(NOTE: To clear things up, Spot, although usually a male dog name, is a FEMALE dog in this story. I’m not gay… and neither is Star as far as I’m concerned. 0.o)

Ch 1

>”Puppies! Star, are you sure that’s what she said?” Balto asked, surprised. “Sure I’m sure,” Star said excitedly. “Well that’s pretty neat,” Balto said. “Congratulations.” “Thanks,” Star said, his tail wagging. “How long has she been expecting?” Balto asked. “It’s nearly time,” Star said. They hadn’t really been in touch lately. Balto smiled. “You know, raising pups isn’t that easy,” he said, being an experienced father. “Yeah, I know,” Star said. Jenna came running up to them suddenly. “Star, come here, I want to talk to you,” she said. She seemed excited. Balto made to follow, but Jenna said, “No, Balto, this is for Star alone. Stay there.” Balto nodded. When Star and Jenna were just outside the shed where Jenna had had her puppies, Jenna said, “Spot’s had her puppies,” Jenna whispered. “I let her use my shed.” Jenna pushed the door open. “Spot!” Star cried, bounding in. “Star,” she replied quietly, nuzzling one of the pups. Star walked over to where she lay. She had four beautiful pups, each unique because of Spot’s mixed heritage. “They’re… beautiful,” he said, smiling. “Yeah,” Spot said, smiling as well.

Ch 2

>”Tahkia! Tahkia, get back here,” Star called, racing after his daughter. She looked back and grinned laughingly, then continued running. “Alright, I give up,” Star called, sitting down and panting. Tahkia kept running. Star turned around to leave, knowing that she would come back later.

>When he was back Spot was angry with him. “You let her go? Why? What if she got killed by wolves or something?” And then Tahkia’s head poked through the dog door. “Wolves? I don’t think so.” She laughed. “C’mon, dad, they need you and I to take an important package to White Mountain. Let’s go!” She pulled her head out and waited for her father. He was soon out there with her. “What is it?” he asked her. “The package? I don’t know…”

Ch 3

>And the package turned out to be… Puppies! White Mountain was short on sled dogs so all owners with puppies were encouraged to send them on the journey. Star was lead dog, as usual, since Steele was far, far away in the states these days… And Balto ran behind him, then Kaltag, Dusty, Kodi, and Tahkia. “Mush!” the musher said, after all the dogs were ready. Star and the rest of the team took off.

Ch 4

>At the beginning of their journey there was a fierce blizzard. A few days after the beginning Star seemed hurt. He was limping slightly. Balto noticed, and brought the sled to a halt. “Star, are you all right? You should ride on the sled,” he said worriedly. “No, I’m fine,” Star said. But over the next couple of days his limping got worse to where he could no longer hold his weight on that leg and stops were more frequent. “Star, you’re slowing us down,” Dusty complained. “Yeah, she’s right,” Kodi agreed.