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Well ol balto legend's throuing his hat into the fan fic ring and i would like to know if i should post it here.

I'm only going to post Chapter's one and two just to give y'all a tast of it.



Legend of the North.


By balto legend 1925.









intro
To any one who didn’t know the railroads of Alaska of today they would think of them as nothing more then fare northern lines serving small towns and mines but if you were to go back fare enough you would find that back in the day they were just as important to the then territory as they were to the lines in the lower 48 in the late 19th century.

One of these lines was the Nome Anchorage&Northren RailRoad which as it's name implies ran from Nome to Anchorage and other parts of Norther Alaska.

It is from the town of Nome a very interesting legend was borne it is the legend of how an outcast rose from rock bottom to a hero. Are story begins in the late winter of 1875.









Chapter I

The morning of January 3rd 1875 was cold and damp as usual the Nome to Anchorage main line was quite with snow nearing the tops of the rails from the storm last night.

suddenly the rails start to vibrate as a whistle blows in the distance and the draft of an locomotive could be heard then a single blinding light comes into view and as the light gets brighter the chuffing gets loader and faster and then out of the morning mist a Rogers built 4-6-0 ten wheeler comes flying past at 40MPHno doubt heading back to Nome with a line of five Pullman’s.


At the throttle was a large black an white Alaskan Malamute who looked like he had been out on the road for days with little to no sleep this particular engineer has been known for never being late and has been known to push his crew to there limits to get the job dune.

With the throttle in one hand and a pocket watch in the other he would look at the speedometer then back to his watch opening the throttle one more notch every time he then turned to his fireman a light yellow Chinook. "more wood now!" not saying a word the fireman opened the firebox door walked to the tender grab an arm full of wood then walked back over to the firebox and through the wood in closed the door then sate back into his seat box then took out his watch it red 5:45AM and they weren’t due to arrive in Nome until 10:00AM and to say the lest he along with the rest of the crew were beat they had been up since 7:00PM yesterday.

"look Steel we've been out on the road since late yesterday and unlike you most of us aren’t workaholics so can i at least a few mints to rest?"
Steel looked over at his fireman with a look on his face of "no sleep until the job is dune."
"that’s what i thought." he said to him self as he set back to his job regulating the boiler pressure.

Back in the coaches all was quite with most of the passengers asleep except one a young red an white female Siberian husky who was looking out the window watching the flat tundra roll by she and her mom and dad were returning from a short vacation in Anchorage and now all she could think about was how good it would be to get home.

Just then the conductor showed up.
"morning Miss Williams.” he said.
"you know you don’t have to be so formal just call me Jenna."
"ok Miss Will...uh...i mean Jenna." he said caching him self.
She couldn’t help but laugh a little seeing the conductor tripping over his words and then it hit her.

"I’m sorry i don’t thank i got your name?"
"oh it's Star."

At that point Jenna's father woke up which got Star's attention.

"good morning Mr. Williams."

Mr. Williams stretched while trying not to wake his wife who was sleeping next to him.

"what time is it?" he said.
"it is now 5:47AM."
"good, what’s are arrival time back in Nome?"
"are arrival time is 10:00AM but knowing Steel we may be there before that."

Jenna secretly groaned to her self at the mention of his name she never really liked him and yet he’d had his eye on her ever since she and her family had shown up in Nome back in 1866 one thing she had noticed about him was that he gotten the idea in his head that he is the best engineer on the road just because he has never been late and he all ways the engineer on the Railroads name Train The Anchorage Limited.

"well then im going to try and get a little more sleep then." Mr. Williams said dosing back off.
"very well then." Star said heading to the conductors compartment.

Jenna decided to try and grab a little sleep her self before they got home.


Meanwhile back in Nome despite the early hour the rail yard was a buzz of activity from mail clerk's loading bags of mail to be sent out on the morning trains too switcher’s kicking car's around the yard but the main point of interest was the round house and engine servicing track.

One might not know it but the ash pit is just as impotent to steam railroad operation as the coal and water tower it's just not as glamorous or as well known as the position of Conductor, Firemen, Brakeman or Engineer in other words the job of an ash pit men is a nobody's job a job for those the Railroad doesn’t trust with the operation there trains or locomotives.

Mr. Anderson an old human and the Mangier and division operator for the N,A,&,N was standing by one of the four ash pits in the yard with a Baldwin 2-8-0 waiting to have its ash pan cleaned but the worker assigned to this pit was nowhere in sight he took out his watch it was now reading 5:51.

"where the heck his he?” he said to him self putting his watch back into his pocket
"wolves you can never trust them." he said to himself
"well i better see where he is." he said walking off into the yard.


Near the depot two figures could be seen moving in the shadow of the station one looked like that of a human maybe Russian the other looked to be that of an anthro wolf hybrid.

"this is bad idea." the Russian said.

"Boris will you stop complaining." said the wolf

"ha me complaining i am not complaining but vhat I’m trying saying is zhat your going to be in hot vater if Anderson caches you."

"what ever." the wolf said making a dash from behind the station to behind a storeg shed with Boris fallowing close behind.

"you know something?"

"what would that be?"

"vhy is it that even thou you know for a fact zhat zhay vill never let you behind zhe throttle of a locomotive you still sneak off to zhe station and vatch zhe arriving and departing trains and dream of being at zhe throttle?"

"well maybe one day i will be an engineer."
the wolf said dashing behind another shed Boris running behind.

"slow down boy Boris Aleksandrovsk is no spring chicken!"
he said running up behind the wolf only to have the snow on top of the shed come sliding down on top of him when he got there.

"I’m no spring Penguin either."
he said dusting the snow off him self

at this point the wolf had positioned himself behind the shed to were he could see the arriving track at the station but unbeknown him there was someone standing right behind him but Boris noticed him and tried to get the wolfs attention.

"b.b.b.b.b.b.." the old Russian stuttered.

the wolf turned around and said.
"what the mater Boris cat got your.....tongue?"
he said coming face to face to a every displeased Mr. Anderson.

"Balto what time is it?" Mr. A. said taping his boot covered foot in the freshly fallen snow.

Balto poked his head around the corner of the shed and saw the station clock.
"it's 5:53 sir." Balto said nervously

"and I’ll have you know that No75 has been sitting on pit number 2 for about 10minits now!"

before Balto could retort Boris cut in.
"yes sir Mr. Anderson sir ve vill be head back to are pit now!” Boris said pushing Balto back in the direction of the locomotive servicing area.

And just before they were out of sight Mr. Anderson called out.
"IM WARNING YOU ANIU YOU KEEP THIS UP YOUR OUT OF HERE THE ONLY RESON WE KEEP YOU ON IS CUSE NOT MENY PEAPLE WOULD TAKE YOUR PLACE!!"
Balto just sighed and continued back to the servicing track Boris bring up the rear.






Chapter II
It was now 7:02 when the distant sound of a high pitched single chime whistle filled the air as a lone station master took out his watch.
"three hours early you never cease to impress Steel.” he said to him self and sure enough a familiar 4-6-0 came shooting over the horizon on it final approach to Nome and with in minutes the express train pulled into the front street station in a cloud of smoke and steam and Once Steel made sure the brakes were set he blow one long blast on the whistle before dismounting the locomotive.

Once on the ground he was meet by the station master.
"a head of schedule as usual Steel you never cease amaze.
"all in a days work." he said looking back at the line of cars to see Jenna and her family getting off the train. "all in a days work." he said to him self
"well then i guess you should get ol25 here serviced."
"gladly." Steel said as he and the rest of his crew headed back to 25.

Just before Steel mounted the cab the station master said.
"alright then just get on down to pit number two and they'll get you set."
Steel then got a devious grin a on his face at the mention of that particular pit he then turned to the station master and said. "with pleasure sir." he said mounting the cab wunce in he turned to his three crew members.
"well boy's looks like we can have a little fun after that run."
"and what would that be boss?" the Brakeman Chow Chow asked.
"we get to drop in on are 'friends' at pit no 2."

"oh right." the firemen said.
and with that the three along with 25 headed off the pit 2.

Balto and Boris just finished servicing no 66 when an all to familiar single chime broke the silence of there side of the yard and sure enough a certain 4-6-0 pulled up that Balto wished hadn’t.

from the cab Steel called out.
"what’s the mater still not on the locomotive team yet ay Bingo!" Steel taunted

"don’t listen to him don’t even look at him live a long life." Boris whispered to Balto

"my name's Balto." Balto said in a low annoyed voice.

"but you can call him idiot." Boris muttered to him self.

"what ever." steel said as he and his crony’s climbed out of 25's cab

He then walked up to Balto looked him in the eye and said.
"look here wolfy we just got back from an all-nighter and i need ol25 here cleaned and serviced before i get back. now get to it! he said as he head off for town.

Balto just sighed and said.
"well Boris lets get to it." he said moving to wards the locomotive.

Steel stopped and looked back over his shoulder then told his friends.
"keep an eye on thus two."

"sure thing boss." the Brakeman said.

and with at Steel headed towards the station.

Meanwhile at the station Jenna was standing on the platform watching the sun rise when how should walk up to her but Steel.
"hay Jenna enjoy the run?

"ye almost as much as you did.” she said a little uneasily.

"thanks.” Steel said.

Jenna could since Steel was trying to hit on her again she need to think fast.

"Hay Steel why don’t we step inside it's a little chilly out here."

"but of course Jenna." He said opening the station door as Jenna made her way inside it was still early enough to where weren’t many people there the only things in there besides them was the station master who was in the back and a potbelly stove.

"now you wanted to say something Steel?"

"hmm ah yes like i was going to say Jenna i think you and me should go out for a night on the town later tonight."

"rely?" she asked playing along she then got an idea.
"yes i could take you to diner then maybe a walk along the shour afterwards."

"i must say Steel that offer is very tempting." she said slowly backing him in the direction of the stove.

"it is.” he said tacking a step back.

"well i should let you know that i might 'heat things up'." she said and no sooner did she say that last line she had backed into the door of the stove and he let out a howl of pain as he felt his buns go up in smoke all the commotion then brought out the station master.

"what the heck's going on here!?"

Jenna used the confusion to her advantage and left the station unknown to her she was head right the locomotive servicing track.

Meanwhile back at pit 2 Balto and Boris had just finished cleaning out 25's ash pan and were just about to start polishing but unknown to them the firemen and brakemen were stand on the other side of the locomotive holding two buckets of ice cold water.

"alright in three two one now!" the firemen yell's as he and the brakemen run around the other side of the locomotive and dump there load on an unsuspecting Balto and Boris.


When the water hit them they booth jump at lest an inch off the ground.

"cold enough for yu's?" the Brakeman laughed

Balto just sighed and started to shack to water off him self then set about get Boris back on his feet.

"why don’t you three just screw off!" Balto said after getting the old Russian back on his feet.

"ooo I’m so scared." the firemen laughed.

"ye what you's going to do howl us to death?"
at that last bit the three railroaders broke into laughter.


Meanwhile Jenna had been running for about 2minit's now she had only stopped running to make sure Steel wasn’t fallowing her.

it was then she realized she didn’t know where she was all she knew was after she got out of the station she ran in the direction of the train yard but where she was in that yard she didn’t know.

Just then Jenna heard what sounded like laughter she moved towards the source of the laughter she fallowed it until she came to the side of a shed.

She poked her head around the side of the shed it was then she found the source laughter for on the other side of the shed were three anthro railroader's a Firemen a Brakeman and a familiar looking Conductor and the source of there amusement was an old Russian human and someone she seen a few other times before Nome's locale half wolf outcast Balto.


Not wanting to jump in the middle of what they were doing she decide to wait until the three railroad men left to see what was up.


"nice one Nikki!" the fireman sputtered inbetween laughter

"that one never gets old."

"thanks one of my favreat's."

"no problem, well it look's we've dune are job i say we head into town drinks are on me."
not needing to be asked twice the three started to walk away Balto sighed un relef that the torment would be over soon.


But unknown to him the fireman had stoped and picked a small lump of coal rolled it into a small snow ball and throuth it hiting Balto right in the back coseing him to fall face first into the ash pit.

"half wolf in the side pocket there." Nikki laughted.

"nice shot." Star added.

and with that the three walked off laughing like a bunch of hienus Jenna stuck her head back around the corner to find they were gone then saw the old Russian trying to get Balto back on his feet it was then she made her move.


She ran to where the old Russian saw trying to pull his firend up.

"need a hand?"
Boris was scepticle he knew she hung out with Steel but he allso knew he wouldnt be able to pull Balto up on his own.

"fine give me hand."

and in a few secend they had dug him out.

Balto who had taken a full face of ashes had to wipe it from his face to see strate and when he did to his suprize he found he was standing mayby two or three feet from Jenna.


"oh..uh thanks Jenna." Balto said a little sheepishly.

"youe welcome."she said a smile creeping onto her face.

Boris just shuke his head and went back to work.

"So what was that all about a minit ago?" Jenna asked

Balto just sighed.
"it's cuse of my 'tanted heritage' and if you havent note'sed it's been going on for a long time now ever since i showed up here as an orphan."

At the word of orphan Jenna wunted to know more but decied against it.

"What are you doing back here anywas?" Balto asked.

"Lets just say Steel wont be siting right for awhile."

"Realy? what did you do?"

"Steel tryed puting the move's me and back his caboose into the open door of a stove." She said cracking a confident smile.

"And let me geass you then made a run for?"

Jenna sighed in defet.
"Yes i did and now i can seme to find my way back to the station."

Balto then got an idea.
"i can get you back to the station if you'ed like."Balto asked hopefuly.

"lead the way." Jenna said

Balto then looked back towards Boris to ask if he need any help clening 25 Boris just looked at Balto and said.

"go on i'll finish up here."

and with that Balto took Jenna's hand.
"Falow me."
And then the two started off.

It's not a bad start, buddy. But a few things you should know (and I believe this can be reinforced by those more in the know that me)...

a. there was no Nome-Anchorage Northern Railroad line in Alaska. The only rail line was from Anchorage to Fairbanks. And then, according to Jerseycaptain's old posts on this forum, there was a series of small, local rail lines in the region of Nome that served the miners and mining companies during the gold rush. But they fell into disuse by the time of the serum run.

b. there were no white settlers in the Nome region in the 1870s, as Nome didn't exist (again, according to Jerseycaptain's posts) until the beginning of the 1900s. Only eskimos. The gold rush brought white settlers to the region when gold and other precious metals were discovered out there as of the 1900s.

c. you also seem to have moved the Balto movie characters out of their normal time setting. The movie is set in 1925, in order to portray the serum run.


A lot of variables that don't hold with the movie storyline or the real history dude. Though it's great to see you posting some fan fiction, and I hope you'll continue (and that you can fix the things I mentioned).

thanks thou i thank i should of said the thuis was an AU story and let me be the first to say i'm not the first to make an AU balto story where thing have been changed.

so with that being said read with an open mind.

have a nice day

Explain "AU". You've lost me.

AU stands for alternate universe.

thank you Skull

And is it such an inconvenience for someone to actually type "alternate universe"?

That wasn't sarcasm, by the way. So please, let's all play nice. I just asked a question. Just a pre-emptive qualification here.