“How did I get here?” he asked her.

            “Oh you fell asleep when we stopped for a bit. You were carried here by Nika.” she told him, “Wanna play?”

            “Sure.” answered Rudy as he jumped on her.

            They started playing. At first Rudy had the upper hand, then he was overtaken by the more skilled wolf. Then they heard a shout.

            “Hey!”

With the babysitters:

 

 

 

 

 

            “Oh come on. Five more minutes please!” groaned Kaltag.

            “But Uncle Kaltag, I want to play now!” whined Alue.

            “The sun’s just rising. Go back to sleep.” he said.

            “Aw.” was all that she could say. She reluctantly went back to lie down.

            It was no better, maybe even worse at Nikki and Star’s separate houses. At Nikki’s house Dingo and Saba were tugging on his ears. He woke up and told them to go back to sleep. They wouldn’t listen so he got up even though he didn’t want to. He was lucky compared to Star. He was sleeping and Kodi and Jeri decided to use him as a trampoline. Star had a basket that was half under a table and half out in the open. Kodi and Jeri got ready to jump.

            Kodi counted down slowly, “One, two, THREE!”

            With that they leaped into the air. Jeri and Kodi landed with a thud. Star woke up with surprise and hit his head on the table.

            “Youch!” he yelled as he rubbed his bruised head. “Ooh you’re in for it now!” barked Star.

            He started to chase after them. Kaltag was irritating but these two were a real headache, literally. Kodi and Jeri ran into the tiled kitchen with Star hot on they’re tails. Being so low to the ground, the pups were able to turn easier. They turned around a corner and Star, not being able to turn, ran right into the wall, face first.  He hit the wall with such force that a cookbook on a shelf landed right on top of his head.

            “Ooh, that has got to hurt.” laughed Jeri.

            “Let’s hope it knocked some sense into him.” snickered Kodi.

            The trio met by the boiler room. The town had been being rebuilt ever since the flood. They had a lot of houses rebuilt but they still had more to do.

            “Who was woken up early?” asked Nikki.

            All three raised their paws. They turned and looked at the pups. How did they get themselves into this? How could Balto do this to them? How could Balto and Jenna keep there sanity? All questions were and will be unanswered to them.

With Balto:

 

 

 

 

 

            Boris was not happy. “She had to come this way! Wall on one side. Dangerous canyon on other. Why does this seem to always be case? We always have to do something that is getting us closer to our deaths!”

            “Boris. You have to be careful not to cause an avalanche.” cautioned Balto as he pressed himself against the wall.

            “Me be quiet?! Tell the bears that!” exclaimed Boris.

            Balto took a look at them. Luk started whimpering.

            “Yes Luk. I think the saying was don’t look up. So that means we should look down.” Muk looked down and yelled. Luk outstretched his arms while Muk jumped into them. “That was scary!” he squealed.

            “Guys, calm down and be quiet. We don’t want to start an avalanche.” Balto said sternly.

            Muk and Luk zipped their lips. They continued down the mountain with the noon sun.

With Jenna:

            Jenna and Koota had continued along where they could see the coast for sometime. The sun was high in the sky. They came to a fork in the road. Turning right would keep them along the coast and turning left would take them into a dense forest. Koota sniffed the air. There was something familiar about it. She stuck her nose close to the ground and sniffed around. She recognized it from somewhere.

            “We should take the left.” she said.

            “What? Why would we go into the forest?” Jenna asked, “My son should be along the coast.”

            “I know, I know. But I smell something that I’ve smelt before that leads into the forest. I want to find out what it is. Can we go please?” she begged with her cutest face.

            “Okay, fine. But as soon as we find out what it is, we’re going back to the coast.” Jenna sighed with a defeated look.

            koota started sniffing at the ground again. They turned left into the dense forest.

With Rudy:

 

 

 

 

 

            Rudy turned to look for the voice. It was a full-grown wolf. She was running to him. This wolf was a dark grey. She had white on the tips of her paws and on the end of her tail.

            “Oh I’m glad you’re finally awake.” the wolf said.

            “Who are you?” Rudy questioned.

            The wolf took a couple of breaths and began. “I am Nika. I have been appointed to watch over you.”

            Rudy recognized her. What luck! Nika was the one who had tried to let him stay and was his caretaker. 

            She looked at him and Tara. “I see that you have already become friends with Tara. That is good. I think she is a very nice pup. You may continue to play if you wish.”

            Rudy happily obliged. The two started there wrestling again. Nika watched them play. She couldn’t stop from thinking of her lost daughter. She started thinking.

            ‘How could I have lost her?’

            ‘It wasn’t your fault. It was really foggy out.’ She argued to herself.

            ‘Yes but that is no excuse. I should have watched out for her more carefully.’

            ‘She could still be alive out there.’

            ‘Yes, but what are the chances that I’ll see her again?’

            ‘Uh, you got me there.’

            She had given up on finding her daughter. It was tough for her to have lost her daughter so close after she had lost her beloved. She remembered it as clear as day. It had all happened so fast.

            The storm had raged on for almost a week. Thunder and lighting ruled the skies. *KABOOM* A loud thunder clapped and lighting struck a tree. The tree was set ablaze like a torch. The fire had spread so quickly. The pack had settled down not to far away from where the fire started. Not even the storm could douse the flames. Her beloved Hikata had smelt something in the air. It was the smell of smoke. He warned everybody but it had taken to long. The fire had caught up to them. The whole pack ran with the fire at their heels. Nika, Hikata, and Koota stayed at the back of the pack to help any stragglers. Koota then tripped on a root. She fell and hit the ground. Nika and Hikata stopped to help her up. Just then a tree started to fall. Nika saw it and grabbed Koota and jumped out of the way. Hikata was not so fortunate. The tree fell on him. It broke both his hind legs. Nika heard a high-pitched yelp and turned around and screamed. She ran over to him and looked it over. He was trapped.

            “Kotta get out of here!” she yelled.

            Koota ran like she was told. She knew she would see her mother again. What she did not know was that she

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