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Yes. The final part of "The Change of Heart" is coming to my fan fic page before the end of december. For those of you who were fans of the other two parts, you won't have to wait for much longer!
Here's a sample of "Balto Family Stories: The Change of Heart: Conclusion"
Niju was fast asleep inside of his cave. He really had nothing better to do while he waited for Aleu. He had been taking walks ever since he’d got there and he needed to save his energy for a bit. Plus he was going to walk with Aleu down to the steam so he didn’t want her to get there to find out that he had already gone out without her. But he wouldn’t go without her regardless. There couldn’t have been a better person to walk with than Aleu. He thought.
He was so in love with her. He couldn’t wait to tell her that night how he felt. But how was he going to put it in words? What was he even going to say? What if he started to stutter or lose his words in the process? Niju had way too much to worry about, though he never had the problem of being himself. He was always himself ever since he had arrived at Nome. He just didn’t know what to say to her. But what he didn’t realize is that he had no problem speaking to her when she was in a bad mood. When he saw the look on her face that other morning, he wanted to desperately know what was wrong. He had no problem asking what the problem was, and he wanted her to know that she could tell him anything. He supposed that all he wanted was to make sure that she was happy, and after that, what he wanted to say was all put together. He realized that he hated seeing her sad or depressed. As long as he knew that she was happy, there was no loss of words.
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Aleu was just around the corner from Niju’s cave. She hoped that he was still there. She wouldn’t have to look for him if he was out walking or catching food or something. But she was happy enough to be able to see him that she was positive that he was going to be there.
Aleu reached the cave. She peaked around the corner to see if he was inside. At first, she didn’t see anything. She moved to the middle of the entrance and saw Niju in the corner, fast asleep. He looks so handsome when he sleeps. She thought. He was wrapped up in a bundle. She could see his side rise up and down slowly as he breathed. He looks so peaceful. She thought. So nice. For some strange reason, Aleu began to feel somewhat of an attraction towards Niju whenever she was near him. Whenever she was with him she felt… happy. It was a feeling she couldn’t describe. She began to think about it. Was she in love with Niju?
She walked inside the cave, a shadow falling over her as she walked in. It was starting to get a little dark, so the cave was a bit gloomy, but she didn’t mind it.
She got closer and closer to Niju as she walked in. She wondered over to the corner slowly, trying to make as less noise as possible to not wake him up. When she got to the corner, she looked down at Niju. She smiled a little bit just at the sight of him.
All of a sudden, Niju started to toss and turn in his sleep. It looked like he was having a bad dream or something. He turned back and forth on his sides, pawing the air and muttering words.
Niju: No…. no. Please, no.
Aleu: Niju?
Niju: Don’t go. Please.
Aleu reached forwards and shook Niju’s shoulder with her paw.
Aleu: Niju! Wake up!
Niju tossed and turned harder, throwing his paws in the air. Aleu started to paw his shoulder harder to wake him up. He lied upwards and started shaking his head. His eyes slowly started to open.
Aleu: Niju, it’s me.
Niju: (still opening his eyes) Huh…. Oh, hi.
Niju smiled, seeing that Aleu was right in front of him. Even in the dark, she still looks beautiful. He thought.
Aleu: You were having a bad dream.
Niju: (tiredly) was I?
Niju stood up slowly, yawned and stretched.
Aleu: (laughing) you tell me.
Niju: Ah. I don’t know. I guess I was.
Aleu: What was it about?
Niju: Hmm… I can’t remember.
Aleu: Well. Besides the bad dream, did you sleep ok?
Niju: Oh, yeah.
Niju yawned again, his eyes still half open.
Niju: Just decided to take a little nap before you came over. I needed to save some energy.
Aleu: Alright. Well are you ready?
Aleu noticed that Niju was still a little droopy. He must have been really tired, but she just woke him up from sleeping as well so he must have been still a little sleepy.
Niju: Yeah. Let’s go.
Niju started to walk forward. It seemed like he was loosing his balance. This made Aleu laugh a little, though she felt a little bad waking him up and then having him walk somewhere.
Aleu: Uh, maybe we should wait until you wake up.
Niju: Oh, no. It’s fine. I can walk.
Niju kept on walking. He still seemed a little wobbly. Aleu walked next to him, observing his funny walk. Once they were outside the cave, Niju began to give in. Aleu tried to help him a little, laughing at the same time. Once he was down, he began to close his eyes. Aleu lied down gently on top of him.
Niju: Maybe I’m not quite ready for a walk yet.
Aleu: (laughing) I agree.
Aleu thought of something for a second. It was starting to get dark a little. If they were to take a nap then Aleu would definitely be back after dark and she would be going against her word. She had to wake him up, so she decided to have a little fun with it.
Aleu got up and began to walk away. Niju lifted his head up tiredly, looking after her.
Niju: Where are you going?
Aleu: Hold on a second, I’ll be right back.
Niju was too tired to offer to go with her, so he just did what she said.
Niju: (tiredly) Ok.
Niju laid his head back down and closed his eyes. The grass actually felt pretty good. He didn’t really understand why he didn’t sleep outside instead of inside the rock hard cave. Then, he heard a light thumping on the ground. He lifted his ears up, wondering what the sound could be. He looked to his left, seeming that was where the sound was coming from. He could see a brown thing running towards him out of the corner of his eye. As he kept turning, he saw Aleu, charging after him. This woke him up completely.
Niju: Good God!
The next thing he knows, he and Aleu are rolling in the grass from the force of her tackle. It didn’t hurt much because of how light she was. Though it was a little unexpected and awkward; Niju kind of liked being as close to Aleu as he was. He felt happy.
They both laughed as they rolled in the grass together. Aleu was enjoying this just as much as Niju was. They continued to wrestle and play. They felt like pups that had known each other for years, and had grown up together, and had always had feelings for each other. Aleu felt so happy while the played together. It’s like she completely forgot the wolf that he was a long time ago. It seemed like had always been like this, like he was a completely different person. She really liked the person that he was at that moment, though it was a little more than just like.
As they continued to wrestle, Niju got the upper hand and leaped on top of her while she was on her back, pinning her down with both his arms on her shoulders, not with much force trying not to hurt her.
Niju: Ha! Can’t move!
Aleu: (laughing) Ah! No fair!
Niju: Hey. I’m taking it easy on you.
Aleu laughed a little. They were having such a good time. They were so happy. They stopped for a while and just looked at each other, just stared into each other’s eyes, smiling. Then Niju realized something. This is a little awkward. He thought.
Niju: Um… Maybe we should get going.
Aleu: Yeah, probably.
Niju got up and backed away, giving Aleu a little room to get up as well.
Niju: Ready?
Aleu: Yep. Let’s go.
The two of them turned in the direction towards the creek and began to walk, side by side.
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