long, yet worth it; journey home.

Chapter 13 – Home At Last

As the animals trudged through the snow cold and wet, Aleu looked up ahead and saw rainbow-colored lights flashing. She wasn’t sure what to think, so she asked her father.

“Papa… what are those?” she asked him. Balto looked where she was pointing to with her nose and smirked. It was the lantern of northern lights.

“Jenna,” he said with a grin. He started to run after the lights, not stopping for anything.

Aleu and Steele followed him, knowing, for once, what he meant.

Jenna waited anxiously for them to return home. She had been putting these up all night for the past few days, and it had never worked. She was about ready to give up all of her hope.

Then, she heard a wolf’s howl off in the near distance. Her heart leapt as she looked up.

There was Balto, Steele, and Aleu coming up over the mountain. She ran to them at a bounding speed.

She nuzzled Aleu and smiled at Steele. They walked off talking to each other, leaving her and Balto alone.

Jenna nuzzled him hard and closed her eyes. They sat there together for what seemed like a perfect century. Then they turned to the stars.

“Welcome home, Balto,” she said.

He smiled at her as a wolf… a familiar wolf… howled in the distance.

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