Fall was coming in at Nome, Alaska. Trees were starting to look white because of the newcoming snow. The season kept changing it's mind, cold, warm, cold, warm. Winds began to pick up, people started to use warmer cloths. Meadows would soon become winter wonderlands when winter settled. A sled team passed the corner and stopped at the post office. A leaf was slowly taken by the wind, gliding through the sky. It then landed on water and slowly drifted way when gooslings ran on the ocean shore, playing tag.

Stella: " They're growing so fast."

Boris: " Yes."

Jenna: " Hi guys."

Stella: " Hey Jenna, where's Balto?"

Jenna: " He's at the boat."

Boris: " Oh."

Gooslings: " Hi aunt Jenna!"

Jenna: " *laughs* Hello."

Stella: " So, anything new?"

Jenna: " There is one thing. *smiles* There'll be new members."

Boris: " Congratulations."

Stella: " Does Balto know?"

Jenna: " Yeah."

Stephanie: " When will they come?"

Jenna: " In two months."

Gooslings: " YAAAAAAY!!!"

 Later, Balto was in an alleyway. He was still used to being around there. A scent caught his attention, it was a bar. He licked it and a sweet chocolaty taste came out.

Balto: " Well, I am hungry."

 So he ate it. In the night, Balto was moaning and rolling in his floor.

Jenna: " What happened?"

Balto: " I found this bar in an alleyway. It tasted good."

Jenna: " Yes, and now look at you. *sigh* You'll be better by tomorrow, I think."

Balto: " Let's hope. Good night, Jenna."

Jenna: " Bye Balto, I love you."

Balto: " Me too."

 Later that night, a black and white malamute got on the edge of the boat and barked at his owner.

Man: " Steele, you better take me to a good and fast dog."

 Steele barked and went up into the boat. Balto finally could rest late in the night, his tummy still hurt. The sound of wood creaking woke him up again, he turned around and saw Steele with a man behind him.

Man: " Steele, you brought me a..."

 He noticed that Balto was wearing the golden collar.

Man: " Maybe you could be some use to me."

 He reached out to Balto, in reponse getting a growl.

Steele: " Watch it, wolfdog. He's got a gun."

 Balto got up and ran away, moaning quietly. A pain passed in his stomach. He ran until Steele cornered him. Balto then had no choice but to fight. He growled as Steele jumped. They fighted around the room, leaving a mess. Balto ran under a table where Steele couln't reach him. The man hit the table with his gun, it fell on Balto. He looked up and saw the man pointing his rifle, as he cocked it, Balto closed his eyes. BANG!!!

 Balto yelped as he felt a needle in his leg. He got up and limped away as fast as he could but, soon he fell down and didn't try to get up. Slowly, everything was going black. The only thing that happenend before he was completely unconcious was that the man took off Balto's collar and lifted him into a cage as Steele snickered.

 Kodi and Jenna walked up the plank into the boat, only to find Muk and Luk looking around a really messed up room.

Jenna: " What happened?"

Muk: " That's what we want to know. We came in and this is what was here."

Kodi: " Where's dad?"

Luk whimpers.

Muk: " He said that we don't know."

Jenna: " Oh god, and yesterday he had a stomach ache."

Kodi: " Well, mind if we help you?"

Muk: " No! Not at all! The more the merrier."

 They enter the room and start looking,after a while, Jenna finds the golden collar.

Jenna: " Oh no, Kodi! (to herself) Something must've happened."

 A truck drove off into the forest, as a wolf followed it. It was light gray, almost white. It's eyes glowed as the moonlight shone. When a cabin came in view, it climbed up and watched from a cliff.

Wolf: " You never listened to your surroundings. That can be easily turned into a weakness."

 She watched as the man and Steele unloaded dogs.

Wolf: " Why do they get special care? Is it because we kill? You'd do the same if you didn't have anything else to eat, in fact, you used to do that."

 She got up and backed into an entrance of a cave, her fur getting greyer.

Wolf: " Then again, you mistreat your own kind."

 She looked as they unloaded a brown figure in a cage, like every other dog.

Wolf: " *gasp* Oh no, please don't be him, please don't be him, please don't be him."

 As she said that she got off the cliff and had a closer look. Balto was laying in the cage, and the man took him inside as the others.

Wolf: " Now you try to take half my breed. Very well, my pack is big enough."

 And with that she walked off.

Jenna was sitting in the boiler, it had been four days that Balto had disappeared. She cried with Kodi, Saba, Dakota and Dingo around her. They hoped their father would come back. Jenna still hadn't told them they would be big sisters, and brother.

Kodi: " Mom, I'm sure he'll come back."

Dakota: " Yeah, he has to be here."

Jenna: " Yes, but what if something happened? Maybe he's in the woods."

Saba: " He has to come back. He can't just leave us."

Jenna: " You're right. Anyway, soon, *sigh* You guys will be big brothers and sisters."

Everyone except Jenna: " WHAT!?"

Jenna: " Your father can't have just gone, he knows about this, I'm going to look for him."

Kodi: " Mom..."

Jenna: " Are you coming?"

Saba: " I can't."

Dakota: " So sorry."

Kodi: " Not me, I can't. The mail team."

Dingo: " I wish I could."

Jenna: " Don't worry, I understand. Try to come if you can."

 She got up and walked to the border. Jenna then looked back, and started her way...                  she didn't know how long she had gone, a snow storm came in. It was hard to see, finally, exhausted, Jenna collapsed. She looked as something moved in the snow, thinking it was snow, she slowly closed her eyes.

 Silver Moon looked at Jenna as she was still unconcious. She barked playfully.

Silver Moon: " Jenna? Wake up! We have meat!"

 Her stomach growled, but Jenna didn't budge. Silver Moon howled, but Jenna still didn't move, Silver grunted.

Miksa: " How is she?"

Silver Moon: " She still hasn't moved. *sigh* I hope she gets up soon, I'm starving."

 She crouches in a playful mood.

Miksa: " She'll get up soon, just be patient."

 Silver Moon: " I don't reallt like to wait."

He lickes her.

Silver Moon: " Miksa! Stop! That tickles! Huh?!"

 Silver crouches playfully looking at Jenna as she opens her eyes.

Silver Moon: " Good morning, sleepy head."

Jenna: " Silver Moon? Oh, what are you doing here at Nome?"

Silver Moon: " Nome? You're pretty much past White Mountain!"

Jenna: " Oh."

 She gets up.

Jenna: " I must have gone farther than I thought."

Silver Moon: " Jenna, this is Miksa, my mate."

Miksa: " Hi."

Jenna: " So you're Miksa, Silver Moon has told me about you."

Silver Moon: " Anyway, what were you doing out in the storm?"

Jenna: " I was looking for Balto, he's been missing for four days now."

Silver Moon: " Balto? I saw him the other day. He was unconcious and in a cage. There was this man, and his dog. He was black and white."

Jenna: " Oh, no. How do you know?"

Miksa: " They've been there for a while now."

Jenna: " Do you know what they do?"

Silver Moon: " That we don't."

 Balto slowly opened his eyes. He no longer had a stomach ache, but his head hurt. He moaned and felt uncomfortable around his neck. Instead of the golden collar, he had this collar, with something on the inside. He looked around and saw other dogs in cages with the same kind of collar. Some were barking, others looked vicious, some looked rabid, others had markings as if they were tortured. Most of them had the collar embedded in their skin.

Steele: " Enjoy the view, wolfdog. You'll need to get used to it."

Balto: " Steele, where am I? And what's this collar?"

Steele: " Let's see, you're in a shack, deep in the forest. And I'll let you find out the collar thing by yourself."

Balto: " What do you want?"

Steele: " I already have what I want, revenge. This is hell for dogs."

Balto: " I won't do anything for you that easily Steele."

Steele: " Well, it's my owner who wants you to work and he has ways to make you."

Balto: " I will get out of this."

Steele: " Maybe, in your dreams."

 And he walked off. The man came in and took out Balto.

Man: " Let's see just how fast you are."

 He tied a rope around the collar and yanked him to the other room. Then, he put him in a box. A bell sounded and all dogs except Balto ran. Men with cigarrete's shouted and encouraged the dogs to run, the track was pretty long. The man that caught Balto took out a remote with one button, and he pressed it. Balto felt a shock in his neck from his collar, it hurt him. He yelped and started to run, catching up with the others. The shock was still there, so Balto ran faster. Finally, he was in first place and won the race. The man tied the rope to the wolfdog's collar and took him to a place, it said " winner's prize." The guy took out some green bills and gave them to the man as Steele looked happily at his owner.

Man: " Well Steele, looks like this one could earn me some bills."

Steele barked and Balto was put into the cage.

Man: " We need a name for him. How about... Demon? Yeah, Demon."

 Balto growled at the name. Demon? Bills? His neck still hurt from the shock. Steele was right in something, this was doggy hell. He hoped someone would arrest this man soon.

 Jenna had been a few days with the pack, she was still getting used to it, the food, the cave, hunts. Balto had told her about Silver's dreams.

Jenna: " Silver, do you now what happened to the bear?"

Silver Moon: " No, maybe it drowned under a frozen lake or something."

  Jenna wondered a bit. Silver, Miksa and other wolves were going to see about the cabin. In the distance was a man and his dog, Jenna gasped. Steele was there.

Jenna: "

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