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Balto makes his way through the track. He tries to pass Nikki and Kaltag, but they cut him off. Ghost watches from the sidelines and is suddenly with Jenna and her friends. The other female dogs gaps as they see the wolf's shape, but she pays them no mind. Jenna sees her too, and her ears flick back. "Ghost?" She asks, but gently; the wolf flicks her with her tail, and Jenna stays quiet.
Balto is close to the lead. As he rounds a corner, Nikki kicks him in the face, causing him to swerve out of the raceway and onto a sheet of ice. Ghost growls and sprints away to another place on the sidelines. "Hey! That's a foul! Where's the referee? Is he blind?" She hears Boris yell and hum, agreeing with the goose. All the other dogs are quickly starting to pass Balto. He quickly gets up and takes his little detour through the ice. He leans on a pole to get up and starts jumping from bar to pole.
Jenna sneaks under from Boris's perch and starts cheering as well. "Go, Balto!" Ghost sees this and smirks. Good, she's cheering him on. She thinks. Balto is not racing by the ordinary set track. He jumps from the poles to a floating barrel and through the ship dock. Balto climbs onto the ships. Jumping his way through them, he quickly regains his rightful lead. At the last boat, he jumps off and lands back on the track, right in front of Nikki, taking back the lead. Nikki, surprised, gets a faceful of snow in return.
Ghost chuckles and wags her fully trial as Balto passes her along with the other dogs. He glances at her, smiling. She smiles back and howls. Finally, Balto gets more speed, rounds the last corner, and passes the finish line first. "Time! ..huh?" The man taking the time stops the clock but sees that Balto is the one who's first and checks it, confused. Balto, panting, catches a glimpse of Jenna smiling at him, and Balto smiles back. Then, an unwavering Steele walks by.
He's unaware of Ghost, who sneaks up and helps Balto stand straight "]: Okay. Nikki, Kaltag, Star, get moving. We're strapping up." Steele says, ignoring the wolf-dog. "Hey, now, just a second here, Steele...I was the fastest dog." Balto says, and Steele stops and twitches his eye. "...You were the fastest...what?" He says and turns around. "Do you honestly think any musher would ever put you on their team? You're even more mixed up than I thought!" Steele snaps and takes his face close to Balto, but a ferocious growl periferia the air, and Steele's nudged harshly away.
He growls but stops once he sees Ghost. She steps over Balto, standing over him like a mother wolf to a puppy. " Steele! It doesn't matter who's on the team! So long as the medicine gets through, stop being such a Gloryhound!" She growls, baring her teeth. Steele seems taken back but quickly recovers and says hastily, " You're...a hundred percent right, Ghost. I-I wasn't thinking about those children...The im-important thing here is to get the medicine through, and that's just what I'm going to do..."
He tried to growl at Balto, but Ghost growled back, lowering her head in front of Balto. "Good boy, Steele!" Steele's musher comes up, and Steele puts on his best behavior, breaking and grinning happily at the sight of his musher. He glances at Ghost, who growls menacingly at the humans as they try to step closer. "Wow, girl," Steele's musher says and raises his hands "don't worry. I only want to see on him," he says gently and reluctantly. Ghost steps off Balto and steps beside Steele, who raises his head, smirking up at the bigger canine.
She snorted and flared down at him. He whimpered a little. Then so, she didn't see Steele stepping down on Baltos paw, so he yelled in pain. A dark growl comes from Ghost, and Steele immediately backs off. Steele's musher scoffs at Balto and stands, saying, "Eh, we can't trust this one...he's part wolf...he might turn on me...Nikki, Kaltag, Star! Let's go!" Steele looks at Balto with a satisfied smirk on his face. He snickers at him and glances at Ghost, who had lent down comforting Balto. Steele growls to himself.
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FanfictionGhost is a wolf who lives in Nome, Alaska. She has feared the people of Nome and the dogs there. Balto meets her once and feels a strong bond with her. Can they be friends and explore this new feeling? - 𝘈 𝘉𝘈𝘓𝘛𝘖 𝘍𝘈𝘕𝘍𝘐𝘊