and yelling and screaming I've done in order for you stay? you insist that we split up and break apart just because things are getting too complicated for you?

Solaris - Well... yeah.

Alura - Alright then fine. go... go ahead and leave. but before you go I've got something to say to you, and I hope you keep this in mind. no matter how hard things get for us, no matter where the road may take us. I still love you and we will get through this together. you mother and father are right. relationships are never easy, but we must fight to stay together. we must forget the past and look towards the future. we must fight the opstacles that may lie in wait for us. so that our children can grow safe without fear or worry. tu amor es mi energia.

Solaris left without a second glance. he heard what Alura was saying. but he didn't want to listen. Solaris needed time to think things through on his own without anyone elses help.

The fact that he was going to be father made matters far more worse for him. the one thing he ever wanted in life was to be a father. but how could he teach his own children what he himself does not know. he is now alone, afraid and confused.

Chapter thirteen

Solaris was walking home. he was very sad and upset. not at Alura, but at himself for not being able to figure things out. Solaris was at the where he just didn't care anymore. whatever happens will happen. but he couldn't ignore the fact that he still loved Alura. she always cared for him and took care of him. Alura was honest,kind and warm-hearted.

Solaris ignored these feeling and wanted to push them farther and away. Solaris has made it home but instead of going inside he just sat out on the front porch. it was begining to get darker and colder as the bright reddish-orange sun began to set in the little town of nome.

Solaris - (speaking out outload to himself) - Why? why did this have to happen. is it because I am blind to the fact the she really and truely loves and cares for me? even though I don't share the same type of feelings for her that she has for me? or is it just that I am afraid?

afraid of the change it will bring should I let myself express such feeling that I in fact have for my former lover? or am I just afraid of the challenges that my lie in wait for us and for our unborn children aswell.

WHY? DO TRIALS SUCH AS THIS ONE!!! HAVE TO BE SO DAMN COMPLICATED!!! ARWOOO....ARWOOO..

Solaris's cries did not go unheard. there was an onyx-black and white malamute walking through the streets. as the old heard Solaris's cries. he decided that he should go talk to the sad young dog.

Steele - So do you mind telling me why you were howling just now.

Solaris - (depressed) - Go away Steele? I don't want to talk about. nothing makes sense to me anymore.

Steele - And why is that?

Solaris - I thought I told you to leave me alone.

Steele - You know what kid? when I was younger I always someone who would love me and take care of me. you see Solaris, I wasn't born here in Nome.

Solaris - really, where are you from then? and how did you get to be the leader of a sled dog team.

Steele - I was born in this little town called Elim. I was about 3 months old at the time. my mother had past away and my father abused and disowned me. he was so lost without my mother around. he didn't know what to do. the pain of losing her was to much for him. from then on he just wanted to forget everthing that ever happened.

life wasn't quite the same without her. everytime he looked at me he saw my mother inside of me. thats when he would start going crazy and beating on me. I think looking at me made him feel the pain of losing her again.

Solaris - So what happened next?

Steele - Well, when I was finally old enough, I left. and of course my father wouldn't let me go. he already lost someone he really love and cared about. he didn't want to lose me too. so I ran away when he wasn't looking. he had searched the entire town looking for me. but I was long gone. he never saw me again and I never went back.

Solaris - It seems like you had quite the childhood. so how did you end up here in Nome.

Steele- Before I came here, I had to learn how to survive in the wild. elim is almost 100 miles from here. I was lost, afraid and hungry. I had to learn how to fish and hunt elk. I had to struggle to survive. one morning, I was out hunting. as I started to get closer and closer to my prey. I stepped on a twig and gave away my position. I was sure the young calf had heard me, but it just continued grazzing.

Solaris - What did this place look like?

Steele -(in a daze) - It was the most beatiful place anyone has ever seen. beatiful tall green pine trees. black berry bushes around every corner. soft forest green floors. lots of flowers and rivers as clear as day. it was more like a vacation than a fight for survival.

Solaris - So how did manage to find your way to.

Steele - I think your kinda missing the whole point of this story. but to make a long story short, I was attacked by a giant black bear. I was now laying on the ground. then there were gunshot fired. the shots managed to scare of the bear. A hunter found me, at least I think he was hunter. anyway, he put me on the back of his sled. the rest pretty much goes unsaid.

Solaris - Thats an amazing story. but all those years past. you were so self absorbed and conceited. why were you so mean to balto and why did you try to stop from carrying the medicine back to nome.

Steele - I don't really know exactly. you have to remember, I was never loved by anyone after my mother died. I was so happy when that man found me in the woods. he took me in and gave me nice food and warm place to sleep. I had nothing. I when joined the sled team, it was the second best thing that ever happened to me.people loved and accepted me. all the dog chanted and screamed my name each time I ran a race and won.

I knew balto was the fastest dog. but something just came over me when ever he was around. I did not see him as a threat but as competition. I have worked my entire life to get where I am. I wasn't going to let some half-breed wolf-dog just come up and take it from me. I realize now that it was wrong. all he ever wanted was to be accepted by the other dogs and for someone to love and befriend. but instead he was put down, misused and abused. a loner and an outcast. but all that I have lost and everything I have had got me thinking. that I was no better, no different than he was. in fact we were exactly the same. I was just to blind to see it.

Solaris - (emotional) - But look at yourself now. you have become much smarter and alot more stronger than you were then. and I think that your story may have actually helped me. we can't survive in this world alone. you didn't get where you were all on your own. you needed someone to help you and to guide your way on that path. we all need a shoulder to lean and to cry on. we all need somone to love and someone to lve us aswell. Alura can't make this step alone. she need someone by her side to help her through the most difficult of times. she needs me. I am the only one that actually knows and understands her.

Steele - looks like you've finally figured it out.

Solaris - I couldn't have done it without your help. thank you steele. you really are a great person and a wonderful friend.

Solaris had left from his porch and ran down back to Alura's house. Alura needed him, she wouldn't be able to go on without him. Steele however walked away from the porch and went back home.

Steele - (thinking to himself) - good luck kid, I  hope you've found the anwsers you were looking for.

Chapter fourteen

Early in afternoon, Alura was outside laying in the beautiful lime green grass that was her backyard. She was babysitting for jenna and balto. her mother had left with. Alura kept wondering if Solaris was serious about what had said the other night. or wondering if he´s ever going to comeback.

The date was April 17th,1938. this was their anniversery of the day they first met. alot has changed since then. back then, they were just pups having alot of fun together. but now everything is messed up and different now.

they are no longer puppies nor are they just friends. what they have and what they have shared together was far greater than any of that. so why would leave and thow all of that away.

Alura continued to lay in the grass thinking while the pups were busy using her as their own personal chew-toy.

Cobie - (quietly speaking) -Aunt Alura, is there something wrong with you?

Alura -(heartbroken) - It's nothing you need to worry yourself about. I'll be fine, now why don't you and your brothers and sisters.

Cobie- Okay, I hope you feel better soon.

Cobie left alura alone for a while to play. the pups all started talking.

Scarlett - I wonder what's wrong with miss Alura.

Sahara - who knows it could be any number of things.

Mannuel - (latino accent) - I have not seen much senior Solaris around either. which means I can make my move.

Sahara - Oh get over yourself already. she is never going to want you no one will.

Mannuel - ouch that really hurt me deeply. ahh, Mi Corazon.

Sahara - I think someone might be a little  Muy Loco.

Scarlett - (with a southern accent) - you guys, shouldn't be fightin like this. it is not appropriate for as young me n and women to carry on in such a matter.

Cobie- I have to agree aswell. something is definitly wrong with aunt Alura and I am going to find out what it is.

Sahara - You go right ahead then. see if anyone cares. we're leaving in a couple of weeks

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