April 15, 1926

Nome, Alaska

07:15 a.m.

"Dingo's Tale II: A Quest For Vengeance"

Chapter I: "Puppies?!"

It was a warm spring morning in Nome, everything was peaceful and quiet. Dingo woke up early to go check on his mate Ember at his dad's boat, "*yawn* what a quiet and peaceful morning, I wonder how Ember is doing? She said she was due in the next few days, I wonder how our pups will look?" Dingo got up, got a drink of water, and set off to his dad's boat where he would check on Ember.

Dingo was on his way to his father's house when he ran into Yukon on the way, "Dingo? Oh hey bro! Dad told me about Ember, congratulations dude!"

"Thanks Yuke, you want to come with me? I have to go check on her, she's due in the next few days and-."

"Hold up hold up! Did you say that she's due? Due as in, she's giving birth soon?"

"Yup, I'm as excited as you to see them. She actually wanted to meet you and Kodi. She has always wanted to be in a race, but people despise her because of her heritage. But, she's a lot happier now that she is with me, she didn't even have a proper home until now. Mom said that we could live in the shed at her house so we won't have to stay at dad's house."

"Wow, it sounds like you two are a great couple. I'd love to meet her, Kodi's out running the mail right now; she won't get to meet him until tomorrow. But, anyways let's go."

Both Yukon and Dingo headed for their father's ship to check on Ember, but little did they know they had a surprise in store for them when they arrived.

Balto was outside pacing left and right, "Dingo should be here by now! I don't think Ember can make it much longer until she gives birth!"

Both Yukon and Dingo arrived at the ship when they saw their father pacing in front of the ramp, "Dad! How's Ember? Is she alright?"

"Dingo! You made it just in time! She's about to give birth, come on, hurry!"

Yukon and Dingo looked at each other, "GIVING BIRTH?!" they both shouted and ran into the boat where they saw Ember, "Ember! Are you okay? Come on, deep breaths, deep breaths."

Ember started to howl in pain, "Dingo! It hurts, I'm not going to make it! Dingo!"

"You'll be fine, come on! Just keep breathing, keep breathing. Yeah, that's it, come on, deep breaths." Dingo tried to comfort her as best as he could.

"Here they come! Hold my paw Dingo!" Ember shouted as she slowly gave birth to four beautiful puppies.

"Oh Ember, they're so beautiful, just like you." Dingo watched his new family members, but discovered that there were three red puppies and one sandy puppy. "Even though only one looks like you, they all have your big heart. They'll grow up to be great puppies."

"Oh Dingo, I love you Dingo." Ember said nuzzling her mate with a big smile on her face

Balto walked in with Yukon, "So that means that I'm a grandpa now, huh? Yuke, guess what that means for you."

"I'm an Uncle, come here Dingo." Yukon gave Dingo a fist bump and a bro-hug. "I'm happy for you bro, just wait 'til Kodi sees this!"

"Oh, Ember. This is my brother Yukon, Kodi is out delivering the mail right now. You won't get to meet him until tomorrow, sorry Ember."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Yukon, I'm happy to be a part of this family now."

"Guess who the cat dragged in?" Kodi entered the room

"Kodi! Hey bro, what happened? I thought you were delivering the mail?" Dingo said giving his brother a fist bump.

"I figured I'd take the day off for this special occasion, congrats bro! You must be Ember?" Kodi said, shaking her paw.

"You must be Kodi then? It's a pleasure to meet you Kodi!"

"Well Ember, you've met just about the entire family. You for sure won't get to meet Aleu, she ran off not too long ago. Saba is somewhere, you'll meet her eventually. As for my mom why don-."

"What family would be complete without a grandma?" Jenna entered the room. "Congratulations Dingo, I'm proud of you. You must be Ember, I'm Dingo's mom. Just call me Jenna."

"Hi Mrs. Jenna, your son is an amazing dog. He took care of me when I needed it most and he's been very kind to me, I am very grateful to have him as my mate."

"I'm glad to hear that Mrs. Ember. We'll leave you two alone so you can figure out these four beautiful pups' names."

Jenna and the rest left while Dingo and Ember figured out the pups' names, "Why don't we name the one who looks like you first?" Dingo suggested.

"Hmm, well let's see. How about Nikita? It means little one, and by the looks of it she's the runt."

"Sounds great, I think we should name the girl with the white muzzle and ears Amber." Dingo suggested

"It's beautiful Dingo. What about the other two? They're both boys, why don't you name one and I'll name the other?"

"Alright, what about Kazu? It's unique and is supposed to mean peace."

"It sounds great! So we've got Amber, Kazu, Nikita, and how about Zodiac?"

"Zodiac? Isn't that supposed to have something to do with the stars at night? It's a cool name, I think that should be his name. Good choice Ember. Let's take a mid-morning nap with the pups."

"Good idea, I'm exhausted. Goodnight Dingo, if you wake up before me then you can wake me up too."

Ember, Dingo, and the pups all go to sleep. But, little does Dingo know, something devastating may happen tonight

To be continued…..

Alright guys! This is not the end of Part II yet, so don't worry. We still have a few chapters left to go! The next chapter will be up tomorrow around 9:15 Pacific Time (Just in case some of you don't live in the same time zone as I do.) There will for sure be 7 chapters, maybe 8 or 9. The next few series' that I have planned will be long ones for sure! If you like Balto fanfictions be sure to go check out KodiWolf321 and his story called "Purpose" It is a really good story and I have enjoyed reading it, so be sure to go check him out! Over-and-out