were fast a sleep as well.

Shanti had that strange dream again, but it quickly went over into a nice dream.

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The two dark shapes came out at night. They crept closer and this time entered the town. They sniffed the air and sneakily, but at a quick pace ran through the town. One of them carefully walked over to the door of the musher’s house. It sniffed at the crack under the door. The other one was sniffing in an alley.

Suddenly a light went on a few houses away and a man came outside holding a bag that emitted many smells. When the man saw the two dark shapes he screamed for help, dropped the bag and ran inside. The two figures quickly ran away, the one who was sniffing the alley tripping over a garbage bin that lay on its side. Quickly it got up and the two dark shapes ran out of Nome before more people came to see.

#

The next day Kodi woke up with Shanti still next to him, but the other sled dogs already gone. Shanti woke up when he moved off the cushion.

‘Morning’ Kodi said as he nuzzled her gently. Shanti yawned and stretched before getting up. Kodi opened the shed door and heard several voices outside, humans and dogs. Shanti walked up to him and both went outside.

‘There’s something bad in town!’ ‘We have to check everyone corner!’ ‘No we have to throw out every dog!’ ‘No man we have to throw out those who are part wolf!’ the voices kept going on and on.

Balto, Jenna, Boris, Kirby, Dusty and Ralph stood a little away from the people listening to them. Kodi and Shanti walked over to them.

‘What’s going on?’ Kodi asked. The others now noticed him and Shanti.

‘Seems like something got into Nome last night’ Kirby said.

‘They are arguing about what to do’ Dusty continued.

Suddenly a man who turned to them. He looked passed them all and straight at Shanti. Shanti felt a shiver over her back and Kodi stepped closer to her feeling danger coming.

‘It’s that wolf pup! She caused this. Perhaps it were her parents, they sniffed right?’ He said and asked as he looked at the man who saw the dark shapes last night. The man nodded. ‘See! It must be her wolf parents! She is dangerous!’ the man said.

Some people agreed with him, but a few did not. Shanti cowered a bit when the man shouted at her and Kodi stepped in front of her when the man came closer.

‘Let’s not jump to conclusions. Let’s first verify if it really were wolves and than we’ll deal with it’ The man in charge said.

Most people calmed down and agreed. The man who shouted at Shanti did not agree and said he would get rid of her himself. He stepped forward and stretched a hand toward her. Kodi growled loudly showing his teeth. Balto and the others looked a bit surprised at Kodi’s reaction, but felt the same. Shanti shook with fear when the man did not back off. The other people yelled at the man to leave her alone. The man grinned and stepped forward again. Kodi stepped forward towards the man growling even louder. The man reconsidered for a moment, but stepped forward again. Kodi was about to jump him when his musher appeared.

‘Stop provoking my dog’ the musher said as he grabbed hold of the man’s arm. The man pulled himself loos and walked away angry. The musher calmed Kodi down and patted Shanti who still cowered behind Kodi. The people went back to their daily shores.

‘You okay?’ Kodi asked when he saw Shanti. She nodded weakly. Kodi nuzzled her and they followed the musher into the house with the other sled dogs to get breakfast. Balto looked in deep thought and worry. Something was near Nome and he had a gut feeling where they might be hiding.

#

Balto was sniffing the streets trying to track a smell he knew would be around there. It was already late and the sun had already started setting. In the low sunlight he reached the end of town. He smelled wolves. They were close. Kodi, Shanti, Jenna, Boris, Kirby, Dusty and Ralph arrived. Before they could ask what Balto was doing they all saw two dark shapes in the open snowy area.

‘It’s them!’ Balto shouted and he ran after them followed by the rest. Kodi worried about having Shanti go there as well, but before he could do anything Shanti was already following the others and Kodi quickly ran after her.

#

‘Stop!’ Balto yelled. To everyone’s surprise the two dark shapes stopped. When they got closer they saw that it were two wolves.

Both wolves looked at them. The male was a dark grey with black paws. The female was white with brown paws. In a way she resembled shanty, but the colours on a different place. Shanti pushed through the crowd and stopped when she saw the two big wolves. Kodi stopped behind her. The female looked stunned and happy when she looked at Shanti. The male stepped forward to her. Kodi quickly stood in front of her. The male growled showing his teeth. Kodi responded with his own growl.

‘Give her to us!’ The male ordered. Kodi did not say a thing, but gently pushed Shanti behind the others with his paw. The male growled and the female joined him. Kodi stepped forward showing no fear, what the sled dogs and Jenna and Boris certainly wer showing now. Balto stepped next to his son and both nodded.

Chapter five: Fight for Someone Important

Balto and Kodi faced their opponents without fear. Though Balto was a bit worried for Kodi. The tow wolves stepped forward again, Balto and Kodi not moving an inch. The rest behind them did however step back a bit giving them their space.

Kodi and Balto walked sideways away from each other. Kodi faced the male while Balto faced the female. Without warning the male charged forward and bit Kodi in the neck. Kodi howled in pain. Balto tried to get to his son, but was cut off by the female wolf. Both charged each other, the female biting Balto’s paw and Balto biting her neck.

Kodi struggled and got loose from the male. Before the male could attack again Kodi bit his back causing the male to howl in pain. He was more angry than before now and roughly turned around causing Kodi to let go and immediately aimed to bite Kodi’s chest. Kodi rolled over his back to avoid him and jumped up.

Balto and the female were continuesly trying to bite each other. She bit Balto’s paw and Balto bit her neck in return. This went on and on.

The others were looking stunned. They knew Balto could fight well, but never thought Kodi would be so good. Shanti looked stunned as well, but seeing these wolves she started to feel nervous. It seems as though they knew her and seeing she was found alone she got a bad feeling.

Kodi howled highly and the others saw blood pouring over his back from his neck. He had a deep teeth mark in his neck and the blood slid down over his back. Kodi stumbled to get up and even though he felt his strength leave him he charged at the male. The male easily avoided him and bit his back causing more blood to appear. Kodi dropped down on the snow leaving a puddle of blood on the ground. The male stood still for a moment before turning to the group.

Balto was still struggling against the female. He tried desperately to get to Kodi. He was so distracted the female knocked him of his feet. Balto pushed her away and immediately jumped at her and bit at her throat. She dodged it barely leaving a small cut across her throat. She growled angrily and aimed for Balto’s throat. Balto jumped over her and turned around quickly. Before the female had turned around Balto sank his teeth in he back. The female howled full of pain.

The male heard his mate and turned to see. He saw her drop to the snowy ground with blood all over her back, though not as bad as what he did to the kid he was fighting. His female gave him a look that said I’m fine and he turned to the group again.

Shanti shivered as the male came closer. ‘No!’ Kodi yelled weakly. Shanti was afraid seeing her “big brother” hurt. The male was a few meters away from her. Suddenly he howled loudly as Kodi had jumped on top of him and sunk his teeth in his neck while still standing on him. The female and Balto stopped their fight to see what happened. The male collapsed from the pain combined with the weight of Kodi standing on his back. Kodi jumped off of him and growled menacingly.

The female ran away from Balto and stopped by her mate’s side. She nuzzled him and he opened his eyes. ‘Toril?’ she asked worried. He answered with an angry growl and slowly rose from the ground. ‘I’m fine Myla’ He said back. The others were still staring at them. Toril turned his head around and looked at Kodi.

‘Not bad, kid’ He said a bit calmer. Kodi didn’t let him fool him and growled even louder. The male and female, now known as Toril and Myla, jerked their heads up as if they heard something. Seconds later everyone hears voices of humans.

Toril and Myla turn around ready to run away to hide when Kodi jumps in front of him. Balto and the others look shocked thinking, Is he crazy? He has a chance to get out of this fight! Toril looks angry again. The people of Nome arrive on the outskirts of town and see the dogs and two wolves. They gasp and without another second the two wolves jump over Kodi and run away.

#

The next morning Kodi lay the musher’s house with Shanti close by him. The other sled dogs were wandering around outside waiting for the musher. Kodi’s wounds had seemed pretty bad, but over night most of it had healed already.

The musher was pulling the sled outside and placed it in fornt of the post office. The sled dogs were already standing

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