Balto: The return of Aleu's pack

Chapter one:

"The hunt"

Aleu watched the domestic cows. Wevok said they're easy to hunt down, and so they gone to the Farmer's Alley. There were full of these humans, and they just shot wolves. Aleu knew there has to be snag somewhere, because if these cows would be so easy to hunt down… Why they were not extinct? Aleu looked at white wolf near her, and started to hesitate, and then nudged Wevok. He looked at her and grimaced.

"What?"

"What's the snag?" Aleu whispered.

"What?"Wevok pretended that he doesn't know about what Aleu's talking.

"Answer me. If these cows would be easy to hunt, they would be extinct!"

Wevok rolled eyes and stared at her. "Cause we're the only ones who is so smart to hunt 'em down!"

"No Wev. Answer me. I want to know risk." Aleu was stubborn.

He smiled and nudged her back. "You're smart girl. Yeah, there is risk, if these humans come out. They aim at you that… that… stick-"

"Gun?" Aleu cut him off and started to worry.

"Yeah, gun. Then there is that BAM! And you're dead." Wev simply said.

"It is too dangerous…Bye guys." Aleu turned around and started to trot away.

"No, no, Curly*! You- Wait! It will be fun they never come out of house!" He lied and smirked. He just wanted to have some fun, and now Aleu will flaw it! He didn't want that to happen. Justin looked at him. He wanted to eat badly. And Grief too. "Aleu, Please!!!" Wevok implored. Aleu glanced at him and sighed. "Ok." She whispered.

They sneaked near the cows. One cow saw them, and started running, She ran really slow, and Aleu wondered why. Wevok barked. "To what are you waiting? RUN!"

Aleu shook her head and ran behind wolves. She almost bit a cow, when she tripped on something and fell down. She-wolf got up, and she saw that guys were chasing the cows, and got one down. Light brown wolf looked around her and saw what caused her falling. That was piece of meat. Meat looked fresh and tasty. It smelled weird, but she didn't care about it. Aleu looked back at hunters and saw them fighting over leg. No. She didn't want to fight. Aleu turned head back and ate the meat. Suddenly she felt big pain in throat and stomach, and most hurt the part she didn't want to say or show. Her underbelly. She looked up and everything darkened, and then she felt dull pain in head, and then she saw grass and then… nothing. She was passed out.

"Yeah. It's alright, now she is permanently barren. You are smart Josh." One of the men smiled and looked at light brown she-wolf laying on the desk.

"She was not fully wolf, and that made her resistant for some microbes, but I added my special, and now she is for 100% barren, so no worries, Mr. Costings." Smiled Josh. Josh was chemical specialist and ex-farmer. Now he worked as vet. Old vet knew that wolves like to attack herds and so he invented the chemical "CDA" what made female wolves barren. It didn't work to male wolves, and now he was trying to make it for them. Josh had daughter; her mother's name was Ruby, and so he called daughter in name of gem. Topaz. Topaz had sky blue eyes, and her hair was in very light shade of blonde, almost white. Everybody loved her, she was happiest child. What would child ever want more? She was rich, and beautiful, adored. Oh yeah. She wanted brother. Josh smiled. But then his smile decreased. Ruby was dead. She died in wolf attack. He sighed.

"Josh Curtens, do you even hear me?!!" Mr. Costings started to yell.

Josh shook head and looked at him. "Sorry, I was lost in thoughts. What were you saying?"

Mr. Costings rolled eyes.

Aleu woke up in forest. First she saw was strange wolf neck. She looked at him from up. Aleu barked in surprise and fell of his back. Strange wolf turned around and smiled.

"Oh, hello, I'm Shiloh. I saw you laying there in forest." Shiloh smiled. Aleu observed him. He was black with grey… stripes? These grey stripes were ramping on his body like lianas. Sometimes they were curling up, and only his jowl and underbelly was just grey. Shiloh wasn't ugly. He was kind a … beautiful. He had light green, lovely eyes, what looked at her with worries.

"Hey! You here?" Shiloh carefully asked.

"Wha… Yeah, yeah, I just… nothing." Aleu justified herself.

"So what's your name?" Debriefed Shiloh. He smiled and felt that he blushes slowly.

"Aleu…From Caribou pack." Answered Aleu. She felt something in her stomach, but that wasn't the chemical. She was crushing in Shiloh.

"Famous Aleu?" He asked like he would first time saw her.

"Why famous?" Wondered she-wolf.

"Because everybody talks about you! I don't believe I met you." Shiloh smiled.

"And from what pack are you?" Aleu scratched. She wondered what happened to her. To her… underbelly. It hurt still, but not so much. She could walk.

"I'm… loner." Shiloh lost his good mood and sadly stared at ground.

"How long have you been loner?" Light brown wolf asked.

"Umm… all my life." Sighed Shiloh. It was truth- His mother left him when he was month old, and then he stood for himself. At first he hunted chickens near human houses, but when got shot then started to hunt rabbits, hares, then fawns and finally does.

"Wow. Maybe you want to… err…" Aleu blushed. She wanted to ask him for joining pack, but she couldn't. And she didn't knew why.

"What?"Shiloh listened. He hoped she asked what he thought.

"Join my pack?" Aleu murmured.

"I would be pleased." Black wolf smiled and barked.

"Then let's go!" Aleu urged.

They both went to her pack, but Aleu gone slowly because of hurting stomach. She was not quite waked up, and she was tired. After some steps she tripped on nothing and fell down. Shiloh was worried.

"Maybe we should sleep here?" He turned head to cave. Aleu nodded and then they slowly gone to there, and Aleu fell down and thumped on floor. Shiloh trotted to cave and laid down next to her. She needed warmth and love. Love? Shiloh shook his head for his indecorous thoughts. Then he laid his head next to her. In this full moon night there was seen two wolves- black and light brown, who slept together in cave. They didn't look embarrassed or in love… just tired.

Topaz flied in dreams. She flied to skies, to clouds. And on one cloud sat her mom, with wings on her back. Mother! Who was killed by stupid wolves! Topaz was angry. She was full of hatred to wolves. If she could see any wolf she would kill it with bare hands! Topaz hated wolves. But she shook head and ran to mom, and then they both hugged.

"Topaz, daughter!" Mom smiled at her daughter.

"Mommy, is that you?" Topaz couldn't believe her eyes. Mommy. She brushed up on her and sat in her lap.

"Yes my dear. I have to do something to you." Ruby hugged her and kissed.

"What?"Topaz dropped out. Mom sounded so serious. So… strange.

"You are too angry to wolves. Your hatred is baseless. Look where wolves brought me!" Mom kissed her again, and then looked in Topaz's eyes.

"No mother. Dad is very sad because you died and that is because of DAMNED WOLVES!" Topaz shouted. She was angry now.

"No. It had to happen. If not wolves then anything else." Mother cried.

"Wolves have to die."Her daughter inferred. Topaz was stubborn. She was very afraid of what mother was saying.

"And I see you can't ignore your feelings to them. I have to do this."Mother smiled through eyes.

"What?"Topaz was worried to death. Mother sounded so weird. She said like that was unavoidable. Maybe that was. But Topaz wanted to know, what 'that' was. What mother had to do? It must be something terrible.

"You'll see. Bye."Mother waved with hand, and suddenly it all blurred and all went black and she woke up in her bed, panting. Topaz shook head and watched clock. It was 3:00 A.M. Young girl yawned and suddenly felt thirsty. She slowly walked off and when she came back, she felt very tired, and fell in bed. Topaz burrowed in blanket and fell asleep, in dream world. These dreams were pointless and colorful. Like always.

*Curly- Wevok calls her like that because of her tail, which sometimes curls up.

This is a request from BellaVision. I hope you like this.