(A/N: my take on the ending of balto 2: wolf quest, its been a long time since I wrote stories but I've matured and ready to pick up my pen again. I've been planing to become a writer one day so hopefully my skills as one have improved over the years. I do except criticism, if you spot any mistakes, please let me know so I can fix them, be it grammar, spelling, typo's whatever. type away. but anyway, the character legolas may be an oc, but it is in fact one of the background wolves in balto 2, he's the red/brown wolf, I've always liked his design and I've seen tiny bits of his character. he seems to be loyal and honorable to his superiors, which I liked about him enough to write a story about him and possibly aleu. enjoy and don't forget to review.)


The red brown wolf stuck his nose up in the air, sniffing the fresh scent of the island, his and his pack's new home. The pack had just landed from the other side of the ocean, were a canyon they used to stay. But since the caribou, their prey they feed on, had crossed the river do to the ice forming together to make a bridge. However a year later, the same bridge formation was formed again leaving the wolves to decide wither to chase the caribou or stay and starve to death. One of the pack leader's, Niju, a big black wolf with bad intentions, didn't want to leave, and chose to stay. The other leader Nava, though old, was a kind hearted and wise lupine, and decided that he too wanted to stay. He couldn't of made it to the other side anyway due to his age and lack of energy.

All which added a problem, the wolves needed a leader. Someone to guide them and serve as the alpha. Luckily 2 outsider wolves came about and were seemingly destined to help them. Nava always predicted the two would come, and when that time came, it was expected that balto was suppose to be their new leader. However, it was later discovered that it was his daughter's; Aleu's destiny to lead.

And so here they are, on new land, fresh grass, tree's and enough caribou to last generations. Legolas, was rearing to go out haunting some food right away, but at the same time he was also tired from the long trip. "Aleu, I think some of us should rest for a bit."

"Why? It wasn't that long a trip." the new leader asked. "Well some of us here don't have the same amount of stamina as you do. Plus its just as important to rest and save up energy as it is to hunt. I'll round up those who seek rest and try to find shelter, you rally up those who are able to hunt. You know how to hunt don't you?"

The beta male asked the alpha.

"urg, well, sort of…" Aleu trailed off. "what do you mean "sort of?"" aleu shook her head "Never mind, I can do it. I'll do my job, you do yours." and so aleu did as the second in command suggested.

After a long rest in a cave near by Legolas decided to go out and check up on the rest and see how they were doing. Speaking of, legolas found the pack coming in right before him. "how did it go?" the wolves nodded meaning hey were unsuccessful. Aleu however seemed to look mostly ashamed almost as if… "may I ask how it even went?" the auburn and white wolf asked again. "Aleu here ruined the whole formation. She made too much noise and scaring the prey away. What good is a leader if she doesn't know how to hunt?" one of the wolves cried out. "Now, now, I'm sure if," Legolas was about to stand up for his new leader but was cut off "No, its all my fault, I'm sorry I let you guy's down, and Legolas, I should of told you the truth."

Legolas sighed "ok everyone, move out, you've had enough rest, help the others hunt, Aleu you stay here with me." the pack did as they were ordered and left the cave. "Aleu I will be your hunting teacher from now on, understood?" Aleu nodded, but did not face legolas. "hey, don't let one little failure get you down, after all we get knocked down to get back up and learn from our mistakes." the male tried to cheer her up. "its not that, its just, I've chosen to lead this pack and yet I knew will that I couldn't even hunt, if I told you the truth then the others wouldn't look down on me…"

"Hey, its ok, we can fix this. And just because I'm your teacher now doesn't mean I'm going to look down on you. You're still alpha, a higher rank than I, and even though your inexperienced I still respect you as a higher class wolf." legolas finished with a smile. Aleu smirked a little looking up at her new friend. The auburn wolf looked at her beautiful ocean blue eyes, seeing almost as if they were speaking to him 'thank you'. Aleu on the other hand noticed they were dangerously close to touching noses. Aleu backed away and the two blushed a bright red. "er uhm well thanks uhm…right lets get started." Legolas coughed a tad. "erm right, the sooner the better. So, have you any experience with hinting before?"

"well, back home me and my friends used to play hide and seek, that was sort of a hunting game." Legolas nodded processing every word she said. "well firstly, hunting is no game. Its survival, and should be treated as a serious matter. it's a task that if you take lightly, you could die of starvation." Aleu gulped. She could tell this was going to be the beginning of a new life for her and it sure wasn't going to be easy.