Prologue
    After Balto and Aleu fled from the hunter and got back to the boat....
    "I knew there was something wrong with me," Aleu cried, with a mix feeling of anger and sorrow.
    "There is nothing wrong with you. You have a proud heritage," her father tried to comfort her.
    "Oh, sure," Aleu growled staring into his father's eyes.
    "Your mother is a purebred Husky...," Balto, suddenly, stuck, didn't know what to say next; another word from him may hurt his daughter for sure.
    "Then what are you?" Aleu pressed him harder.
    Knowing that he couldn't hold the truth form Aleu any longer, he finally said "I... I'm the one who's part wolf."
    Aleu was totally shocked. How could her father have hidden this from her for all her life. "How could this happen?"
    "Look, Aleu, my dad was a Husky who had pups with a wolf," Balto tried to explain.
    "Great. My grandmother was a wild animal? Did the wolf teach you how to know when a human wants to kill you?" Aleu asked angrily.
    "I was accidentally separated from her when I was young, so I... I never spent much time with... the wolf" Balto stopped for a while, then, he continued, before he continued on how he met Boris, and being raised by him.
    "Why didn't you tell me this before?" Aleu asked. "Because...," Balto couldn't continue because he didn't know what to say, but he had to think... quickly to answered Aleu, so he said, "I wanted to protect you."
    "Protect me? From what, from the fact that no human will ever want me because I'm part wild animal?" Aleu asked and turned away to the outside of the boat. "Aleu, I..." Before Balto could finish, Aleu spoke him, "And what about my brothers and sister? They've got wolf in them too. Why did humans want them?"
    "Because they don't look it," Balto let out a sigh, "and you do," he continued, with a faked smile he forced himself to make.
    "It's not fair. I hate you!" Aleu yelled at her father and jumped out of the boat, then she ran away... headed to Nome. "Aleu! Aleu, come back!" Balto shouted to call his daughter back. "Leave me alone!" Aleu shouted back and keep running deep into the town. She walked and walked through the streets of Nome, making her way to her mother's house; the truth that she'd heard didn't break her heart as deep and painful as the truth that her father had been lying to her for ages.


Chapter 1 : The Silver Object
    Aleu was running into Nome, headed to her mother's house. Along the way, she saw a strange silver light shone out of one building there. She, immediately, changed her mind. She walked nearer and nearer to the light. "What's that thing?" Aleu thought as she saw the source of the light circle in that building. A few minutes later, Aleu was still staring at the silver object, seeing a forest inside, she said in confusion, "Strange! How can I see forest in that silver thing?"
    "Who's there!? What are you doing here!?" someone growled from behind her, she turned back and saw a dog growling at her, "Kaon?" Aleu asked "Yeah, I'm Kaon. Who are you?" Kaon growled.
    "Kaon! It's me, Aleu, your sister. I'm just...."
    "You're just stepping into my way and walking into my human's house." Kaon interrupted.
    "I'm not an invader! I come in the town to see mama, but I saw the silver light shining out of this house. I... I just want to know what is it. So I come in to see." after Aleu finished her sentence, her older brother called the other four dogs nearby to him. "Guys, we have a wolf in the town. What should we do with her?" Kaon asked them. "Why did you ask, Kaon?" said one of the dogs, "She's a wolf. So do to her like what we do to the other wolves in the town."
    "Kaon. Why are you doing this to me? I'm Aleu, your sister," Aleu barked.
    "Sister?" Kaon asked and let out a chuckle, "Saba is my only sister. I don't have a wolf as a sister."
    "I think you've talked enough, Kaon. We have to deal with this wolf," one of the dog said.
    "Alright, Aleu. If you want to know what's that silver thing...," before Kaon finished his sentence, he leapt at Aleu and threw her into the light, "Why shouldn't go into it." Almost at the same second, silver object suddenly disappeared. Kaon chuckled evilly, "Let's go guys," he said to his friends and walked out of the house.


Chapter 2 : Sotara.
    "What's this? Where am I?" Aleu thought when she found herself in somewhere she didn't know. But when she looked around, she realized she was in the forest that she saw in the shining object.
    "I have to find the way out of this place and go home," she thought. She began to walk out of the forest to find someone. But on her way in the forest, there was nothing but silence. A few minutes passed, Aleu had reached the plain, yet still nobody was there.
    "Oh! What's this place?" Aleu asked in her mind. "Why can't I find anyone?" she felt alone. Suddenly, she saw somethings, they are a huge herd of huge creatures, running in her direction. Her instinct told her to run, but she just couldn't; she was just too shocked for it, while they keep running toward her. When she could regain her consciousness, the huge creatures herd were very close to her. Aleu quickly turned and ran, but they were much faster. "Am I going to die... here?" Aleu asked herself. Suddenly, before the herd could reached Aleu, something leapt out from somewhere, grabbed on her back, and turned a somersault out of the herd.
    A strange human sized creature watched the herd gone and turned back to Aleu, "Whew! You've just survive from a stampeding herd of Plateosaurus, you could become pieces under their feet," he said friendly.
    "Uh! Thank you for helping," Aleu said with shivered.
    "Hey! Calm down. Let me know your name." the creature said. "I'm Aleu. I'm a...," Aleu stopped because she knew that the strange creature didn't know neither dog... nor wolf. "What are you?" asked the creature, Aleu didn't talk anything.
    "Oh! Forget that. My name is Sotara, I'm a Herrerasaurus." the strange creature introduced himself, "You're new here, right?" he asked, Aleu nodded.
    "Well, Sotara. If you didn't know me, so why did you helped me from that herd?" Aleu asked, Sotara let out a chuckle, "I help everyone who needs help," he said. "Now I'll get back to my cave. You wanna come with me?" he asked. "Okay. Thanks," Aleu said.
    Sotara headed to his cave with Aleu on his back; then, he heard a sob. "Aleu? What's wrong? Why are you crying?" he asked. "Oh. No, nothing." Aleu tried not to tell Sotara anything. "That's impossible, Aleu. You're crying for no reason?" Sotara halted and said.
    Aleu realized that there was no use to hide anything from Sotara, "Oh! It's about how I came here," she said.
    "Well, how did you come here?" asked Sotara, doubtfully.
    "I've been thrown in a strange silver circle," Aleu said, which made Sotara gave a confused expression, "A silver circle?" he asked.
    "I knew you won't believe me. I don't know where it came from. I just... just want to know what it is...," Sotara could see tears in Aleu's eyes, "It's okay, Aleu. Maybe you can tell me later. Now let's go to the cave, you seem needing some rest," said Sotara.


Chapter 3 : Where is Aleu?
    Next morning in Nome. Balto woke up and walked down from the boat. But when he got down, he saw a young female part-wolf walked to him, "Balto, right?" she asked. "Yeah. Who are you?" asked Balto. "My name is Glace. I'm a newcomer," Glace said. "So. What do you want?" Balto asked. "Uh... I have a news from last night. It's about your daughter," Glace said.
    "Aleu? What's happened to her!?" Balto asked anxiously. "I saw her in the town last night," said Glace. Balto suddenly jumped out of the boat and ran to the town, "Balto! Wait!" Glace shouted but Balto couldn't hear her.
    Jenna was sleeping, but she was woken by her calling mate's voice, "Balto! What are you doing here so early?" she asked with a smile at first, but when she saw her mate's face, she noticed there was something wrong, "Is Aleu all right?" she asked worriedly. Balto lowered his head and said, "I don't know. I was hoping she was with you. She's kinda mad at me." Jenna knew this conversation must took a long time, so she told Balto to stay there and came out of her house.
    "Now tell me what happened," Jenna said. "A hunter took aim at her," said Balto. In shock, Jenna gasped out and about to say something; "No, no, don't worry. We got away. but I... I finally had to tell her how humans see her," said Balto. "You mean, you told her about being part...." Knowing what the next word was, Balto lowered his head and said, "Yes. We should have done it sooner. I know that now. She's so angry with me. She must have run away."
    "Run away!?" Jenna asked in shock. "I'm sorry, Jenna. I never thought it would turn out this way. I thought I could keep her safe," Balto said. "But she's not safe now. She's running wild!" Jenna said anxiously, "We've got to find her."
    "How can you two find her if she's disappear from Nome?" Balto and Jenna turned back and saw a gray part-wolf stood behind them.
    "Glace? What are you doing here?" asked Balto. "I have something to tell you about Aleu's disappearance," Glace said.
    "What do you know about this?" Balto asked. "Okay. Like what I've said, I saw her in the town last night," Glace said, "I thought she's a wolf,

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