Out in small town right outside of Nome...

Bama was walking around bored out of her mind.

"Hey Bama!" Tina shouts out. Tina was a tan and white husky.She had a pink collar with a silver heart on it. She was also Bama's best friend.

"Hi Tina!" Bama says back. Now Bama, Bama was a wolf and was a dark grey-brown with white under fur and two white patches on her chest.

"so, what are you up to?" Tina smiles.

"Well, im getting ready for a race." Bama says. She sits down.

"A race? What for?" Tina cocks her head.

"It's to see who gets to run on the team for the 'Border Race'." Bama replies.

Tina also sits down. "Oh, I have a friend running in the race in town for that."

"Really. Thats cool. Wanna go watch it after my race?" Bama asked politely.

"Sha-yeah!" Tina shouts. 'Sha-yeah' was Tina's word. It was a mix of sure and yeah.

"Baaaammmmmaaaaaa?!?!?!" A voice yells

Bama and Tina both perk up their ears.

"Come on!" Bama yells to Tina. Bama takes off towards the village.

In the village.....

Little Creek was standing there holding Bama's harness. She crouched down when Bama came up to her, and slipped the harness on her.

Bama looks back at Tina. "Wish me luck!" She shouts.

Tina nods and then runs over to the fence so she can watch.

A gun fires as signal to start; Bama and the other dogs or wolves take off. An Akita was in the lead with Bama chasing after her.

By the last few seconds of the race, Bama bolts infront of the Akita and wins first place.

The top three winners would be on the team though for the 'Border Race'. The Akita was second and was not mad, and in third was a Malamute mix.

Bama slipped out of the harness and ran over to Tina.

"We're gonna be late, so I hope you didn't use all of your energy in that race." Tina says with smile. 

Bama laughs and takes off towards Nome. Tina followed happily.

In Nome, a few minutes before the starting of the race.....

They both ran up to the fence panting. A large husky winked towards Bama and Tina. Tina smiled and Bama cocked her head confused. She had no idea why he was winking.

The gun shot and the dogs took off. The husky wasleading with a mixed breed behind in second. In the distance there was a yelling and growling from a dog in the audience. It turned out to be Steele.

The dog behind the husky caught up and they were side-by-side. THe husky looked over at him and bit his paw. The dog yelped and lept forward. He won the race by a snout.

Tina had been jumping up and down until that moment. Now she was sitting still.

The dog who had won walked over towards Tina and Bama. "Do I know you?" he asks Bama.

"I don't believe so." Bama replies politely.

"Strange, its just you look alot my dad and my siblings." He says curiously.

"Really? Who's your dad?" Bama cocks her head.

"Balto..."

Bama stares at him. Could he be my....my brother?!? She thinks to her self. "I think....I think im your sister."

Tina's mouth is wide open. She can hear Steele yelling at the Husky in the backround.

"I think you are. I have a sister who looks a lot like you. You to could be twins." He says smiling.

"Wow...whats your name? Mine's Bama" She says smiling back.

"Mines Tucker..Tuck for short."

The husky now walks over and shoves Tuck. "This guy botherin you?"

"No!No...not at all." Bama sys a little mad.

The husky rolls his eyea and walks over to Tina.

"I better go" Tucker says "ill tell dad i saw you"

"oh...ok" bama says a little sad. she looks over at tina and the husky.

"Im sorry you didnt win"tina says. she walks past him towards bama. as she goes by sheshe strokes under his head with her tail in a flirty way.

"Are you.....?" bama stops.

"Bama, this is Shark. He's my mate." tina looks over at shark. "Shark, this my friend bama. so be nice."

"Why wouldn't i be nice?" Shark asks.

"Cause she's Tuck's sister" Tina smirks.

"Oh...."Shark mumbles in a growl.

"Tina? I need to get goin home. I gotta be ready for tomarrow." Bama says. she looks down.

"Whats tommarow?"Tina asks curious.

"Tommarow is when we choose the two teams" Bama smiles.

"Oh great! you mean she's in the race too?!?" Shark mumbles.

Tina kicks him. "Shutup! She's a great runner and a great friend!" tina yells.

Bama smiled and Shark stepped back.

"Ok then, bye Bama." Tina smiled

Bama nodded and headed home.

"Come on Shark. Let's go home." Tina said as she turned around.

The next day at about 2:00 p.m............

"Alright. We need two teams. We have the top three dogs from four different areas. Let's get these teams put together. The race is in two days."

There was a team one and a team two. Team one's lead dog was Shark.  Team two's lead dog was Tuck. Bama was put on Team Two. She was behind Tuck and next to the Akita.The other dogs and wolves were from other areas or else no one knew them.

Tina wanted to talk to Bama, but she was busy discussing the race with her team and talking with her NEW friends. Tina felt sad. She decided to go see Shark, but HE was too busy. As Steele's son, he had to make sure he won.

To busy for his OWN MATE?!? How friken rude! Tina was angry now and decided to go home. I can't wait till the stupid race is over with.

Two days later...RACE DAY!

People were preparing the sled and the dogs. The dogs said their goodbyes, since they would be gone three days and A LOT can happen.

Tina hugged Bama and nuzzled Shark. Tears ran down her eyes. She could only think of the worst.

"Don't worry baby, I'll be back."  Shark said comforting.

'Dogs, people, and sleds to the starting line!'

Bama, Shark, and the rest of the team went to the starting point.

Tina sadly looked down She would be VERY depressed for the next three days.

The teams took off. The way this race worked was one team went left and one went right. Both directions went the same distance. They would finish at the same part though.

Day 1.......

Team 1 was about 20 miles away from Nome now. The weather wasn't bad or anything. Shark was almost pulling his team. He was THAT fast. THey were going to travel throught night, so it would be tough.

Team 2 was about 17 miles away from Nome. Tucker seemed to almost be in no hurry. His team was going to have to get ready for a stop though. One of the dogs had bad vision in dark and it was sunset.

At night, wolves howled, birds cried, and owls screeched. Some were a little frightened, and some were not. Team 1 finally did have to take a break though, but it was only for about 1 minutes.

Day 2....

Now Team 1 was now 60 miles away from Nome. Team 2 was 55 miles away since they had gotten up early. The border was 75 miles away from Nome. It would be hard to get back on time.

"Shark! Slow down! Not everyone can keep up!" A dog behind him yelled.

Shark rolled his eyes and slowed down.

Bama was running VERY fast along with her brother. The team had picked up SOOO many miles with their speed. And all because of a good night sleep. Team 1 was tired.

Team 2 amazingly caught up with Team 1. Shark and Tuck picked up their speed. They tied when reaching the border, but they still had 75 miles to go.

That night.....

Team 2 tried their best not to stop for the night, but they finally had too. The weather had changed. It was colder, snowing, and there was wind. Team 1 was. of course, not stopping yet. Shark was aggrivated the other team had caught up. He wanted a good lead before stopping.

Day 3.....the Last Day..........

Team 1 had 15 miles left and Team 2 had 20. The weather had gotten bad. THe snow had gotten deeper, the wind was harder, and it was colder.

In Nome.....

Tina had noticed the weather's change. She grew even more worried. Balto was hoping his son AND daughter would make it and hopefully win. Steele, well, he just wanted his son to win.

10 miles left!...........

With only 10 miles left, Team 1 had a tree down on their trail. They took another path through the woods. Team 2 was not very far back. The two trails for the teams now had connected. Shark heard a noise in the woods. He slowed down. Some of the other dogs trembled. All of the sudden there was a loud 'Roooaaarrrrr!!!'

It was a bear. He walked out to attack the dogs. Shark got loose to attack. The other dogs pitched in. The musher had a flare gun he could use to scare the bear. He shot the gun, but the bear hit him. He fell down unconcious. Shark jumped up on the bear. It thew him off onto a tree. He yelped.

Team 2 had just came up. Bama gasped. Tuck slipped out of his harness to hep the other team. Team 2's musher had a small pistol. He shot at the bear. It hit him in the arm. The bear rored louder and took off away from the dogs.

The musher went over to Team 1 and woke up their musher. Shark slowly stood up. He was bleeding under the eye and had a slight limp. He ignored it though and surprisingly slipped back into his harness. The two teams were side-bye-side. They would start off fairly. Shark looked over at Tuck and smiled.

The teams were off! They switched places constantly. Team1 was first, then Team2 was. It was crazy. They finally reached Nome. Shark ignored his leg that was in pain. Tina smiled and jumped up and down when she saw him AND Bama.

THe two teams both crossed the line. It looked like they had tied, but there had NEVER been a tie in the 'Border Race' history. So, who won?

'Well, ladies and gentlemen. The winner of this years 'Border Race' is......'

 

To be continued.....XD

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