I freakin' found it!
Several months ago, I wrote this fan fiction which i called The Search For New Lands. Shorty after finishing it, i lost the file. Since then i've been searching for it through countless Balto site forums because i'd forgotten which one i had posted it on. I even started one thread asking people if they knew where i could find it or if they could help me but i was getting nothing. Finally, i just came across one website called Balto's Crystal Cave.
Finally found it.
I even found this:
I forget who exactly i got to draw this for me. I believe it was JennaHuskie but i asked her to draw a character from this story and this is what she gave me. Absolutely love it. I've gotta spell check this first but then i'll post the whole thing.
I swear my heart missed a beat when i finally found this.
CHAPTER ONE
The pitch black night was dead cold. It swallowed up the mountains and trees along with everything else in its darkness. The night relentlessly pressed down over the wolves eyes. It was no challenge for this wolf to see through the darkness. It's eyes were adapted and capable of seeing in even the darkest nights. This wolf was a female. This wolf was also a pregnant mother. She was searching for shelter to rest in until morning. The wolfs name was Anilda and she had gotten seperated from her pack. Despite her keen nose and perfect sence of direction, she knew there was a very small chance of finding her pack now. Their scent had gone cold.
Anilda knew her situation could result in death but she had always been told that if she ever got into a bad situation, she should remain calm, otherwise she might find herself in greater danger.
This had been told to her by her father again and again. Her father was now dead though. His name had been Nava. Anilda closed her eyes and sighed. She had no idea where the pack was or even where she was but she did know that they were headed south. Exactly why they were headed south was a mystery to Anilda. Hopefully, knowing the packs direction of travel would be enough.
Soon afterwards she grew too tired to continue her search for shelter so she resorted to digging a hole in the snow large enough for her to curl up in and warm herself up with her own body heat and rest.
As she lay there shivering, trying to find sleep, her mind kept wondering if her mate was looking for her. She was the Beta of the pack and her mate was the guard wolf. He was also one of the ten that had saved the alpha's life when they had been attacked unexpectedly. By ensuring Aleu's safety when she was wounded from a recent lethal fight, he had saved the pack. As a reward for this act of courage Aleu declared Adam and the other nine wolfs that had assisted him in the rescue 'The Ten Shields'
The Ten Shields kept Adam busy but he had always spent as much time with Anilda as he was able too. But recently Adam had gotten even more busy. The pack had been attacked by the deadliest pack in history. They were called the 'Red Rock Pack'. They had been attacked in the middle of the night while they all had been sleeping. Adam and the ten shields had reacted immediatly. They got Aleu to safety and then returned to fight off the wolves. But as fast as they had reacted, they hadn't been fast enough. The Red Rock Pack had defeated them. Now the pack was making their way to find new land to live on. They had been traveling for weeks. Their homeland was located in the White Hills. A peacefull location with plenty of rivers to get water and plenty of forest with more than enough game to satisfy their hunger.. A wolf's Paradise.
As these thoughts ran through Anildas head she found it impossible to find sleep so she then turned her thoughts over to what she might name her pups wheather they were males or females. These thoughts soothed Anilda's mood and soon she found herself dozing off.
When she woke up the next morning it was no longer dark but bright. The coldness still lingered though.Anlida shook the snow off that had landed on her as she slept through the night then sat up. Squinting as she looked around, letting her eyes adjust to the change in light, she saw that in every direction she looked there was just snow, snow, and more snow. There was an occasional tree in the distance though. Anilda struggled to her feet and stretched before deciding what she need to do. Since the wasn't any good chance of smelling them she decided to follow her tracks back from the direction she had came. Hoping they would lead her back to the pack's path but when she turned around to start she saw her tracks had been covered up with a fresh layer of snow.
"Oh, no" Anilda said as she realized just how much worse her situation had become.
CHAPTER TWO
At least twenty miles behind Anilda, a large group of wolves lay asleep.
All but one of the wolves was asleep. This pitch black wolf was walking around checking each wolf. This served two purposes. To see if any of the pack was missing and to find out if Anilda, his mate and the beta of the pack, was with the pack. She had gone missing that morning and hadn't showed up yet.
"Shield one" A voice spoke up suddenly from behind him.
"Zack ive told you dont call me that unless we're under attack." The wolf said. Ever since he and nine others had saved the pack leader, Aleu, from being killed she had given them a special rank in the pack known as 'The Ten Shields'. They then started calling each other the shield number they had recieved.
"Call me Adam. Anyway have you seen Anilda yet?" he asked glancing at the wolves snoozing on the ground.
"No, sorry. I've been looking everywhere though. But don't worry. I'm sure she'll turn up" Zack said.
"Shield one may I speak with you for a minute?" Another voice spoke up from behind Adam.
"What is it this time Jon?" Adam replied recognizing the voice.
"I need to have a few words with you" Jon replied.
After looking from Zack to the wolves and back to Zack, Zack got the idea and took up the task of counting the wolves and looking for Anilda. Adam jogged over to Jon.
"Whats happening Jon?" Adam asked once he caught up with him.
"I just want to let you know that tomorrow we leave this territory. The Frieden pack have allowed us safe passage threw their territory but we have to be careful when we are in the Red Land Territory. We could be attacked at anytime. After our last attack from this pack I want to let you know more about them. There's a reason it's called Red Land" Jon explained.
"I already know the reason. There was a war-" Adam started but Jon cut him off.
"Not just A war, Adam. THE war. This war is the reason wolves are divided into packs and our lands are divided into territories"
"Jon, you've told me this story a hundred times over. I know it by heart now. I know how the war lasted ten years and the final batle was the bloodiest battle in history. Over a thousand dead wolves and at least another thousand injured" Adam went on. He didn't feel like listening to Jon tell the story again. "But my point is what has a battle that happened over a century ago got to deal with us crossing over it?"
"Adam there's alot more to the tale then that. You've got the basic understanding of the battle but it goes deeper. Much deeper. There are more than just wolves in the Red Land pack. There's an entirly different race with the pack"
"What's so different about the race?" Adam asked intrigued.
"The race has the power to control things. Posses things. Once they want something done it gets done" Jon explained.
"So your saying this race has the power to control the minds of others?" Adam asked
"As crazy as it sounds, but yes" Jon replied
"I can't believe I'm listening to this. Jon maybe you didn't notice but Anilda is gone. She's lost. She's pregnant. And She doesent even know where the pack is headed" Adam exclaimed.
"Adam, believe me we've sent a search team to look for her. I can assure you, Anilda will be back with us by tomorrow morning. I thought it'd be best if I told you the risks of crossing into the territory though. I wanted to put you on your guard" Jon said walking infront of Adam.
"Alright, if there is this special race with the Red Land pack, is their anything we can do to protect ourselves?" Adam asked
"Not much is known about the race since everyone who has met one was killed or drivin insane. But only one thing we're sure of is that they need to make eye-contact in order for them to use their abilities" Jon replied shivering slightly as a sudden blast of cold air blew on them.
"You know this for certain? This isn't just some educated guess is it?" Adam asked
"This is for certain. As long as no eye contact is made with them we're safe from them but the thing is they look exactly like the rest of the pack. So Its impossible to tell which one is a regular wolf and which one is this other race." Jon said suddenly.
"So where did this race come from?" Adam asked
"I'm not sure but I know this. The only reason we lost that war is because of this race. They were able to turn our own troops against us and even make them kill themselves" Jon replied.
I like the picture too! 