A Promise of An Unbreakable Bond

Michigan, Ashley, Mr. Shanik & Tulla(c)Autumntornado
Saba(c)CatLuvsZuko



In the very middle of no-where, there was a small town in Alaska, the town of Nome. This small town had become very famous due to the heroic acts of a wolf/dog who had saved so many lives during the diphtheria epidemic of 1925. His story became a legend, and swept across the world. However, this hero was not only a hero, but a father as well.

In the streets of Nome, a loud and unpleasant noise could be heard from a small wooden crate. The sound was coming from a small, but obviously vocal, wolf/dog pup, otherwise known as one of Balto’s daughters, Aleu.

On the other side of the crate, there was another one of Balto’s daughters, who had her paws covering her ears. “Aleu, could you just quit that…that noise? Urgh.” Mumbled the red-faced pup, in utter annoyance.

As the two sisters argued, one of their brothers observed their bickering, but, shortly after turned away and rolled his eyes at the two. He thought their fights were petty and foolish, especially since that day had been the adoption day. In his eyes, they all should have been making the best of the very little time they had left with each other.

Apart from the bickering, he was sure all of his siblings were excited to finally be getting new homes, their first homes. He was quite thrilled himself. However, the male pup still thought his sister, who looked an awful lot like their mother, Saba, was by far the one who seemed to be looking forward to it the most.



Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by a gentle, but firm voice. It was his mother’s, she was telling Aleu to stop her howling, which Aleu blamed on her excitement. Thankfully for the red faced pup, Jenna’s plead had worked and Aleu kept quiet.

And then, Saba jumped in, literally. “I’m excited too !” She exclaimed, glancing at Aleu with her green and blue eyes. “I can’t wait to get a human !” Saba spanked the floor of the crate with her forepaws, with her rump in the air, letting out a playful growl. “And chew on their socks !” She concluded enthusiastically, before she whipped her small body around and pounced on top of the observing male pup.

“Ha ! I got you Michigan !” Teased Saba, while she kept him pinned to the ground. She had certainly surprised him, his eyes were wide with astonishment. Saba was hardly ever able to pin him.

Michigan sneezed and blew his unusually long bangs away from his nose. “Ew, Michi ! Did you have to sneeze in my face?” Complained Saba, as she quickly got off her brother and let him pick himself up.

Michigan gave his sister a smirk. The long banged pup approached his sister and pretended to sneeze all over her. Saba simply laughed. “Ok, ok. That’s enough.” She giggled.

Soon, her giggles ceased. “Look, there’s a boy, he looks like he might want us. He’s looking right at us !” Called out Saba, as if she was trying to alert everyone in earshot.

In fact, if that’s what she had intended, all of the hybrid pups yipped and whined excitedly as they too noticed the boy. They began jumping up and down inside the crate, running into each other and bumping around.

As the boy approached us, a puzzled look crept upon Saba’s face. “Papa !” She barked. Her father turned his head to listen to his daughter, his ears erect attentively. “Are you getting a human too ?”

Balto gave her a smile, with a hint of amusement in his sparkling eyes. “Nah, humans like cute little puppies like you. Not old grizzly grown-ups like me !” He gave her an affectionate pat on the head with one of his rather large paws.

After Balto had given her his answer, Saba returned to observe the young boy, along with her brother, Michigan. “Who do you think he’ll take ? Are you scared?” He prompted.

Saba shook her head. “I don’t know…” She gazed up at the boy with her brilliant eyes. The boy’s arms reached down into the litter of pups, and scooped up Dingo.

The long banged hybrid’s heart sank down into his chest. He loved Dingo, his brother. Michigan shot a glance at Saba, her green and blue eyes gave away the same heart break he was feeling.

Silently, we sat and watched to what may happen next. “Daddy, I want…” The boy lifted Dingo up to his father, obviously trying to give his father a close up look. “This one!” Concluded the young boy with a smile, before skipping away happily with Dingo in his arms.
The moment after the boy was out of sight, Michigan realized that, not only was he sad that his brother was gone, but he was also disappointed that he wasn’t chosen first. Oh well, thought the hybrid, at least it meant he would have more time with his beloved siblings.

“I’m really really gonna miss him…” Saba sighed, interrupting the hybrid pup’s thoughts.

“Don’t worry, the boy who took Dingo is really, really friendly, like mom said, I heard her. And he lives in our town.” Comforted her brother as he slid closer to her. “And Saba, no matter what happens, you will always have me.” The male pup nuzzled his sister affectionately, as if his gesture was a promise itself.

Saba turned her delicate looking head away from him, which surprised him. “You can’t promise that I’ll always have you. You know you can’t.” Her voice cracked with pain as each word stumbled clumsily off her tongue. “Maybe a stranger from another town will take you away.”

The long banged hybrid lowered his head as he watched his sister walk away. Saba was right, anyone could adopt him and take him miles away from his birth-place. Michigan shook himself, as if trying to rid himself of all his negativity and went to join his sister.

“I’ll miss you Saba…You were always the best one to play-fight with.” Complemented the red faced wolf/dog pup, giving Saba a playful, rough lick on Saba’s ear.


“Thanks Tulla. I always loved playing with you too, you were always harder to beat then Michi !” Joked the green-and-blue-eyed hybrid, winking at her brother.

 The day flew by quickly as the hybrids by eager, happy children. The second of the pups to be adopted was Tulla. It was a young girl who had adopted her. Saba and Michigan were adopted at the same time, but, by different children. The child who adopted the male wolf/dog pup was a young girl, while Saba was adopted by a young boy. Both were relieved that they recognized both humans. They were friends of Rosy’s, just like Dingo’s human.

Both of the children were excited, but the girl seemed to be more open about it. “C’mon let’s go to Rosy’s house, she'll be so happy to see that we both got one of Jenna’s puppies!” The girl said enthusiastically to Saba’s new boy.

 
 “Alright, let’s go. Rosy'll help us name them!” Said the boy, in a calm, but content tone, before the children started off toward their friend Rosy’s house.

 
When they arrived at Rosy’s house, the girl knocked on the door, hardly containing her excitement. Before long, Saba and Michigan heard little footsteps running to the door. The hybrids guessed it must be Rosy’s footsteps, since they sounded rather small.



The door, as expected, flew open. At the sight of her friends with the pups, Rosy bounced with joy and greeted her friends happily. “Common in Ashley, Josh!”
  
“We need some help naming our new puppies. Can you help us name them?” Josh asked happily.

“Sure, I would love to!” Rosy answered excitedly.

Ashley and Josh entered the house. They set their new pups down while they removed their coats, mittens, hats, scarves and boots. The hybrids sat in the entrance and waited for their children to be done taking off their winter clothes.

 “Isn’t it great? Our humans are friends!” Michigan declared to his sister with joy, as he gave her a gentle lick on the shoulder.

 “Yes, I can’t believe it though!” Saba replied with a smile, seconds before Josh picked her up, carefully.

 “Common Ashley, let’s go to Rosy’s room !” Exclaimed Josh excitedly.

 “Yeah, let’s go!” Rosy agreed with him hastily.

 Ashley simply gave her friends a quick nod, picked her pup up and walked after them. When she entered the room, Josh and Rosy were already sitting on her bed waiting for Ashley to join them. Ashley put the long banged pup on the bed gently, then, sat next to him. She’s so gentle with me, thought the male hybrid, he was glad he had been adopted by such a kind young girl.

“Hmm, so, what should I name my pup?” Ashley inquired.

 “Well I like the name Gianni….What do you think Josh?” Suggested Rosy as she gave Michigan a scratch behind his ears.

 “Well I like the name Kiro.” Josh added with a smile, looking at the hybrid in the eyes, as if connecting to him.

  “Hmm…Well, I really like Kiro…” Pondered Ashley as she looked at the long banged wolf/dog. After a few brief moments of silence, Ashley had made her final decision. “Yes, I think Kiro suits him perfectly !”

 Kiro, thought Michigan, he liked his new name. However, he only wanted humans to call him by that name. It seemed only right to him; the same would go for Saba, he wouldn’t refer to her by her human name either.

 “Ok, now it’s my pup’s turn to be named!” Josh said excitedly.

 “Well, she looks like a bit of tomboy, compared to Jenna, anyway. So, Simarra sounds like a good name.” Stated Ashley.

 “You’re right, she does look like a tomboy. Less delicate looking then your average female husky.” Josh agreed.

 Rosy smiled and nodded in agreement. Michigan could see that his sister was glad the humans knew she wasn’t petty, by the heavy sigh of relief she had let out.
 

“Well, I think Simarra suits her personality best as well.” Josh looked at Saba with a bright

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