Balto: The Past and Present

A hero's welcome

Chapter 1: A hero's welcome

(Warning balto x Jenna don't like don't read)

Disclaimer I don't own any balto characters or the story line of the movie they all go to their respective owners

A brown wolf-dog by the name of balto ran through the snow and ice each time his paws hit the freezing substance below them a jolt of pain shot through his entire form as he had been running nonstop for 2 days along a precarious path but he couldn't stop he wouldn't stop the children of Nome needed the precious anti-toxin that him and the other sled dogs were carrying. As he jumped over a small embankment of snow he saw a wonderful spectacle, on the side of one of the hills that bordered the small Alaskan town he saw the aurora borealis, or at least a very good replica of the natural wonder. And it was at that point that he remembered that the only 3 people who could have possibly known how to create the wonderful sight before him: was the wolf-dog himself, his long deceased mother and the most beautiful canine in existence that he loved with all his heart ,"Jenna" the wolf-dog said barely containing his smile.

as images of the beautiful cream and rust coloured husky entered his mind he couldn't supress the primal instinct deep within his being the instinct that had made him climb up the cliff with the medicine in tow after both him and said medicine went over a cliff and the instinct that had helped lead him to the small town, it was the instinct of the wolf. So he didn't even try to stop himself he lifted his head to the heavens and let out a mighty howl that under any other circumstances would have made the other dogs on the sled team run away with their tail between their legs but today, today was different for the howl the dogs heard was not one of a blood thirsty, ruthless and merciless killer as they had always believed him to be.

No this was the howl of a courageous, brave & fearless leader that they were all proud to have on the team. As they continued their trek across the frozen lands all of the residents of Nome had awoken to sound of a wolf's howl, some of the men had already grabbed their guns and had headed out on to Nome's main street in order to protect the town from the supposed impending wolf attack but a look of shock and disbelief spread across their features as they saw the missing anti-toxin team come bolting into town with a very peculiar lead dog. By the time the team had made it into town and stopped outside of the hospital most of the small town's residents were up and out on the main street greeting the returning heroes thanks to one of the gun wielding locals shouting "their back! Everyone the serum team is back!".

As balto finally got a few moments to recuperate his lost strength from the past 2 days of nonstop running he saw the large crowd of humans approaching and backed up into his team mates, tail tucked between his legs, scared and whimpering.

the other sled dogs saw this and some laughed or snickered at the terrified wolf dog ,but

kaltag seeing the genuine horror on the wolf-dogs face called to him and said "balto go ahead they want to thank you not hurt you!" the brown wolf-dog looked back at the tan husky with a look of uncertainty but the husky just gave him a smile and small nod urging the scared canine to take a step forward and receive the praise he deserved.

As balto looked around he realised no-one had attacked him or even made an aggressive gesture towards him. Taking this as a sign that he was not going to be assaulted or attacked he took small tentative paw-steps forward slowly raising his head that had been parallel to the ground since the human crowd had approached. As soon as the crowd realised that the wolf-dog had become comfortable enough for them to approach they did just that. they all walked forward cheering and whistling for the returning canine's as the first set of human hands reached balto the feeling of uncertainty washed over him once again and he began to shy away remembering all of the times those hands had beaten him or thrown things at him but he then decided that if the humans had wanted to do any of those things they would have done it already.