suddenly began shaking as someone banged on it from the outside. "Kevin! Open the door! Leave Balto alone! Open the door! Open the door! I'm begging of you! You can hurt me all you like, but please, leave Balto alone!!"

Balto's father picked up the Scythe lying on the floor a few feet away from Balto. "No Daddy, don't!" Balto was kicked in the nose and thunder flashed outside as the rain fell harder and harder.

The door was thrown open and the instant it was, Aniu bolted in and stepped in front of Balto protectively. "Balt,. are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Balto shook his head and began crying. Balto wasn't sure why, his mother was here to protect him but... he couldn't stop the tears from running down his face.

"Don't worry, mommy will be here to protect you!" she said, Aniu began snarling and then she lunged at Balto's father. The two began tossing and snarling, blood and spit flying.

Kevin lunged at her and bit deep into her side, throwing her to the floor. "NO!" balto screamed, charging out of the shadows, he grabbed his father by the leg and threw him into the wall. Even as a puppy he was a strong dog.

"Damn you!!" Kevin screamed. Balto leapt and bit into Kevin's muzzle.

"You little sh*t! I'll teach you what happens when you try to fight someone more experienced than yourself!" Kevin threw Balto off.

"BALTO!" Aniu screamed as Kevin grabbed his scythe from the floor and raised it above Balto's small body.

The next second Aniu lunged at Kevin and the scythe sank deep into her ribs. She screamed in agony and fell to the floor. "You...! I'll kill you!!" Kevin screamed. But Aniu sat up and brought the scythe into Kevin's throat. "Crap... crap... CRAP!!!"

Kevin's screams echoed around the whole mountain, piercing the night air..

Kevin looked up, and the gaze he gave Balto was so utterly terrifying that it would have made grown men scream. "I will not accept this..." Kevin whispered and then he fell to the floor.

"Mommy!"

Balto climbed over his father's body and over to his mother. "Mommy, mommy! Wake up, wake up!" Aniu opened her eyes and stared at him. "Balto, my dear son, you must go to the town two miles away from here... there is food... and wonderful places to live, you must go there..."

Balto looked at his mother. "Come with me..." "Balto, you must go north you will find it... promise mommy that you'll go there... promise me..!"

"I promise."

"Good boy..."

Her head hit the floor and the blood that pooled around her marked the fact that she was dead. Balto gasped.

"Mommy...? Mommy! Wake up! You made me promise to go, what’s the point of that if your not going to be with me?! Mommy! Wake up! No... NO! Mommy, mommy! Open your eyes! I can't go without you! Mommy!..." Balto shut his eyes tight as tears rained down his face. "MOMMY!!!"

 

 

Balto was sleeping by Jenna's side on the porch at Rosie's house.

He had only told Jenna that his mother was killed because he didn't want to upset her. But everyday he woke up with the same feeling and the same thought in his mind only he hid it, not wanting to upset the people around him.

With a sigh, Balto sat up and looked up at the sky and sighed thinking of a Within Temptation song called Perfect Harmony. He didn't know why he was thinking about it maybe it was because his mother used to sing it too him before his father went berserk.

He went outside and climbed onto the roof using the boxes behind her house. He sat on the roof and stared at the stars. Boris had told him that the stars were fallen friends and family. Balto had liked looking at the stars after that because it made him feel like his mother was closer than she had been after her death.

Balto began to sing.

"In a world so far away
At the end of a closing day
A little child was born and raised
Deep in the forest on a hidden place
Mother never saw his face

Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony
In perfect harmony

The woods protected, fulfillled his needs

Fruit by birds, honey by bees

He found shelter under the trees
He grew up in their company
They became his family

A thousand seasons
They passed him by
So many times, have said goodbye
And when the spirits called out his name
To join forever, forever to stay
A forest spirit he became

Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony
In perfect harmony."

The lyrics 'Perfect Harmony' are (C) To Within Temptation.

Jenna was resting inside, she seemed peaceful and content she was probably dreaming about the puppies.

The next second a terrible howl broke out.

Jenna began twisting and turning on the floor, in extreme pain. Rosie's mother entered the room and gasped. "John, come quickly, Jenna's having the puppies! They came a month too early!"

John and Rosie entered the room. "Jenna!" Rosie gasped, the young girl went over and began trying to comfort the distressed dog. Balto entered through the dog door. "Jenna?!" he gasped, fear in his eyes as he spotted Jenna on the floor in Rosie's lap.

"John, call the vet, quickly!" Lilly called.

 

 

An hour later, Balto found himself in the waiting room of the dog hospital, waiting. His insides twisted with anxiety. Was it possible that Jenna had had the pups too early? Would she die if they came too soon?

The wolf dog began pacing and pacing, round and round the room. Just as nervous as Rosie's family were.

He couldn't take it anymore. He flung himself at the door and bolted into the room.

Jenna was lying in a special kind of bed with a wee-wee pad underneath her. She was tossing and turning, apparently in deep distress. Balto went over and put his nose to hers and whispered. "You’re doing well, Jenna. Its okay, I'm here for you. Don't worry..."

Balto took a deep breath and Jenna nodded and in spite of herself, smiled. "They'll... be...beautiful...Balto..." Balto nodded. "They'll be as beautiful as the stars, more beautiful than the setting sun, just like you..."

Jenna took a deep breath and began grunting with the effort. "That’s it, Jenna..."

After a few efforts’s a tail began to show, than paws, than chest, than face, than ears. Balto felt tears of happiness prick his eyes as the first small pink puppy appeared. "Mommy! Look! Jenna's puppy!" Rosie said.

There were five puppies, the sixth was coming. The seventh surprised Balto. It was a female but she didn't have her mother's coat, she had his fur and ears and body. She looked exactly like him!

"She looks like a wolf...?" No, Balto thought, I didn't want this to happen! I prayed it wouldn't! This is one of the reasons why the town hated me, why my own father hated me...! I won't let her go through the same pain I did when I began getting teased, thrown around, beaten up on... Never again...

 

Two week later:

Balto was on his way to Jenna's house, there was a bounce in his step and he seemed in a very good mood.

Something moved in the shadows of an alley he passed. The creature stared at him and licked its lips in a sinister manner. "Its almost time!"

Jenna looked up as Balto walked in. The puppies began sniffing around a little. Jenna smiled at him and then looked at the pups. They were already beginning to walk and their eyes had opened last week all five of them had red fur and Jenna's markings (one had Balto's eyes ) but the sixth had Balto's coloring and markings. But one of Balto's sons had teal eyes.

His eyes were the same color as Balto's father, Kevin.

That was what worried him.

Balto shook his head as he remembered his father's glare. No, he was being silly! Whatever his father had done, this pup was innocent and did not have Kevin's blood running through his veins.

Balto looked up and saw theirs eyes staring at him as he entered.  "What will we name them? Its been two weeks now."

"I've named the brown one, Aleu. And the one with your eyes, John. I've named the female Saba and the male Kodi, I've named the dark red one Dingo but the one with teal eyes is unnamed. Balto would you like to choose a name? I was going to call him K-"

"No!" Balto yelled loudly. Jenna jumped. "What is it?!" she asked, looking startled. "Nothing with a 'K' in it!"

Jenna looked confused. "Why not?" "Because... Because.." Balto took a deep breath. "Balto I--" "Because he's the dog who killed my mother!!" Balto bellowed.  Jenna froze. "He was my father and he would beat me and one night he killed my mother while she tried to protect me! I hate him! I hate him so badly! That pup may not have a 'K' in his name!"

Jenna nodded. "Alright than you name him, Balto.

Balto sat down on the floor and tried to think of a name...

A name... nothing with a 'K' in it... a name a name a name a name!! Think of a NAME!

"Its a boy, right?" "Right."

Balto racked his brains.

"Uh, how about... Grimmjow?"

Jenna shook her head. "You've been watching too much 'Bleach', Balto. Grimmjow is a good name but too strong for a puppy."

"I like it."

"Oh, fine. Grimmjow it is!"

Another week:

Balto was sleeping on the sand of the beach, his mind wrapped around memories. He was thinking about his father, a thought he never wanted to think about. "What did I do? I must have done something wrong? He was so nice at first... but then... why did he change? What did I do? It was my fault that my father killed my mother... I know it, if I hadn’t screwed up then... she would still be here... wouldn't she?"

The wolf dog sighed deeply and looked at the bottom of his wrist. A long scar ran along his veins just below his life line. A reminder of that night.

Suddenly he let out a yelp of horror as something pounced on him. Balto wheeled around and saw the six puppies sitting on his back. "Whoa... don't scare me like that... please?" he said. "Sorry Papa." said Aleu and Jace together. Yes Jace. Jenna had grown tired of Grimmjow because she had found out he was named after a bad guy in

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