Then why is my soul glad today,
If you’re not the one,
The why does my paw fit yours, this way,

 If you are not mine,

 Then why does your heart return my calls,

 If you are not mine,

 Would I have the strength to stand, at all.’ Rex sang quietly as he stared at the moon and its surrounding stars.

‘ You miss her, don’t you?’

‘ Yeah, but I can’t go back. Not now.’ Rex said as Lightning Blaze came and sat beside him.

‘ I told you before; you’ll have to go back. Soul isn’t going to care about it.’ Lightning said.

‘ The deadline’s tomorrow, but I can’t go back. She’ll be horrified.’ Rex said as he dropped his dead.

‘ Try and catch some rest. We’re going hunting before you leave.’ Lightning said as he went back to the pack. 

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The next evening Fly and Soul were worried.

‘ He was meant to be back ages ago.’ Fly said as she walked around the room.

‘ I should go look for him. I know where his territory is.’ Soul said as she stopped Fly from walking.

‘ Are you sure?’ Fly asked as she looked at Soul.

‘ I’m part wolf too. I’ve been out there before and I can do it again.’ Soul said as she walked towards the door. When she was outside, Fly looked out the window.

‘ Good luck. Find Rex for me.’ Fly thought. She then turned away from the window and lay down. Outside Soul ran past Balto’s boat and into the forest.

Once she had passed the place where she met Fireheart, she knew that No Wolf Land was close.

‘ Fireheart…alpha of the Star Pack,’ Soul breathed as memories raced through her mind. ‘ Mother. Father.’

She then remembered how her parents met and how her brother, Joseph, had told her to run away to Nome. Soul then ran through the greenness of the trees and towards No Wolf Land.

****

 In No Wolf Land, Rex was chewing on a caribou leg. Once he had finished it, he decided to go and chase a snow hare. When he entered the forest, he saw a shadow running among the branches of the trees.

‘ Another caribou.’ Rex thought as he crept slowly to the figure as it stopped in a forest clearing. When he was only a yard away from it, he stopped and once he was behind it, he jumped onto it.

‘ Rex?’

‘ Soul? Is that you?’ Rex asked as he got off her. They both stood up and faced each other.

‘ What’s that on your face?’ Soul asked. Rex then turned his head to reveal a large scar across his right eye and down his neck.

‘ I got in a fight against a wolverine. It’s there for forever and a day. And that’s why I’m not at home.’ Rex explained.

‘ You thought that I would be offended by a scar? I’m not that shallow and you know it.’ Soul said as she nuzzled him.

‘ I guess I forgot that. Do you wanna go home now?’ Rex asked as he stared at Soul.

‘ Also, when you were gone, Pablo and his humans moved to Nenana.’ Soul said as she stopped nuzzling him.

‘ I should defiantly go home then.’ Rex said. He and Soul then walked back home. In the bushes, Lightning Blaze had been watching them.

‘ He listened to me for once.’ He thought as he ran back to the pack.

THE END.

Rex, Fly/Dakoda, Pablo, Soul, Isabella, Howler, Joseph, Storm, the Rebellion wolves, Fireheart, Star pack, Kenai and Gabriella. © I_Love_Aleu.

Balto. © Universal Studios.