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Prologue


It’s always been the same old story no matter how good you are they bare down on you. Sometimes they remember you if you reach beyond yourself and accomplish something that raises you up in their eyes...but even then given time they forget.
You know I was the one that never did anything or was ever talked of much, mother knew that me and Aleu were different and that we’d be treated the same as father because of what we were. We were.....different. We smelled wild, we looked like wolves and a few of the things we did, the mannerisms gave us away. I was the one driven off though....I was the one that everyone knew would cause trouble...at least with Aleu they gave her a chance. I never was....
The names Bandit oddly enough. Jenna really didn’t have that much faith in me at all when she named me.
Most that know my father say that I look like I could be his twin besides the coat differences. I always pretend I don’t know what they’re talking about...that they have the wrong idea and that it’s just happy coincidence that I’m a reflection of Nome's’ one time hero. Truth is, to me he’ll always be a hero, you never stop being willing to help those you love. Dad was no exception.
Before I was very old Jenna would mention some of the past and I had some talks with father about it. Balto was always more open and honest about the past than mother who avoided a lot of things like it would damage her children...like we wouldn’t understand or that somehow the scars of the past would haunt or hurt her pups if we ever knew the truth.
Okay I am being a little unfair and judgemental of her.
There were many reasons why I had to leave and why I couldn’t stay. The main reason being that I wasn’t welcome. I don’t know how dad handles it but it personally drives me crazy. Maybe it’s because it seems like they’re waiting on me to do something heroic that will save them someday... or maybe it’s because I partly live in his shadow. Depending on who it is you get all kinds of responses from people being Balto’s son. Getting shot at sometimes, other times you have gangs of mutts chase you and you wonder if you’ll escape with your life. At other times you have doting fans of him who want to get close to you....it’s a complicated and confusing life especially when you look like him. Soon you begin to feel like you are just a copy and that no one could love you for just being you...
Don’t get me wrong.
When it comes to father I’m not bitter at all. I know that none of this was his fault.
In talking to and watching Aleu she always felt that he was holding her back somehow and blamed him for being a half wolf at least until she saw what it was like to meet real wolves and find where she belonged. From time to time she’ll come back and visit and it’s wonderful to see her...but I honestly don’t know what she really thinks or feels. How like a sister....
Kody on the other paw is usually the talk of the town and for some reason I’ve kept myself hidden from him. I can’t explain it but meeting my younger brother doesn’t seem right as if something will be destroyed if I do. I doubt he even knows that I exist. If he does he seems to ignore me.

Forgive me for rambling and forgetting the main reason that I am doing this...
The biggest reason that I’m doing this is to try to understand and to perhaps see the past for what it is, the truth of it all.
I have talked to several friends who have filled in the blanks and the holes and think I see my dad...he’s accomplishments, his flaws, his fears, his hopes, his mistakes, his life.
You see I felt I had to know Balto before anything else happens. I have to go back...I have to warn him and the rest of what is coming and I hope perhaps to finally end this both my doubts and the doubts of others toward my family.
My words may mean very little to anyone, they may be judged because of my heritage but hopefully they can open eyes, touch upon understanding and bring relief from the secrets that surround my father...the myths.
Even with everything I still don’t understand it all.
Maybe you can help me, I just want to understand, to see and to comprehend why things happened the way they did...
Bandit

This prologue is very interesting, I really like the use of the first person wich gives a nice expression of what Bandit feels inside him and we can even feel his fear to blame his parents while he suffers. I really enjoyed reading the prologue and what's comming next is more than interesting, I'll be reading it soon enough !

thank you...I know I'm not a very good writer but if your interested in what comes next it will all be posted here and I would love feedback...comments and suggestions are always appreciated. as far as the story I will be adding it all on to this topic, again thanks for reading