I was born on April 3rd 1926, on one of the hottest days in Nome, 66 degrees. It might not be that warm, but it was considered warm up here. My parents hadn't told me a lot about my birth, but I could still cover the basics. I was the last one out litter, and I was also the smallest.

I had two brothers named Dakota, and Dingo. Dakota had a red stripe going down from his head to his nose. Dingo looked a-lot like me, except for his red eyes.

My sister's names were Saba, Aleu, and Kiona. Saba also looked like me, but her right eye was blue, and the other was brown. Kiona was all rust red, except for her muzzle which was white. Aleu looked nothing like the rest of us. She looked a lot like dad, and by the way my parents are Balto and Jenna, Her eyes were yellow, Her fur design was a lot like Dakota's but it was light brown. But even though she was different, she was my best friend.

After a couple of weeks, our personality started kicking in. Mine was a small, hyperactive, timid little runt. Strangely, Alue's personality, was….well I can't judge her because we were all part wolf, thanks to my dad, but she was more of a wolf than he was. I only talked to her, because she knows how it feels to be different.

At six weeks old, we were getting ready to get picked up by humans. I was dead scared. No one will want me, I don't even want me. I don't want to leave my two favorite sisters in the world. Oh I forgot, Saba started getting close to Aleu and me. Saba and Aleu were too excited to get a person. They didn't seem to really care about me, now that they were leaving me.

In the morning, I woke up to the first day of the rest of my life. We were put in a wooden box with a sign on it. I couldn't read, but I knew what it said PUPPIES FOR GOOD HOMES. I sat in the corner with my head down, listening to Alue howl. The way she did it, it wasn't like a wolf howl, it was like she was singing. I started crying, cause I knew I was going to miss her. But it stopped when mom came up.

"Aleu, please don't do that," She said with her sweet voice.

"Oh sorry momma, It just happens when I'm excited," Aleu said.

Then Saba pounced on her, "I'm excited too, I can't wait to get a human, and chew on their socks," She said, she was always positive, "Papa, are you going to get a human, too,"

I tried to ignore the conversation, so I moved to a different corner. Aleu came up and sat next me.

"Why are you so down," She asked.

Before I can answer I saw Dingo get picked. Now there were five left.

"I just don't want to leave you and Saba. You two are my best friends," I told her.

She looked at me, and said, "You know I'm not going to leave the city, I'll still be around, Kodi," Aleu said

I sighed, and before I knew it another kid came. I saw Aleu doing some tricks. Kiona looked nervous, but she was picked any way. Four left.

"Almost," I encouraged her. Then two more came, and first Dakota was picked, three left, but then Saba was.

She waved good bye, and all I can do is wave back. I saw mom start crying. It was just me and Aleu.

"Funny how we're best friends, and we're also the last two," She said.

I smiled, we started playing. After a couple of hours of playing, I accidentally bit her in the ear. I nuzzled her cheek, and she smiled. I didn't realize there was a young boy watching. He laughed, and he picked…….he picked me. I was both happy and sad, I waved to Alue, and she was smiling and waving at me back.

He took me to his house, and I noticed that there was another puppy in there. He was brown everywhere with kind of a big head, literally. He placed me down, and petted my head. I smiled, and the boy laughed.

"Danny, time for supper!" his mom called. Danny walked in the kitchen. I turned around and the other puppy was looking at me with a smile.

I nervously said, "H-hi,"

"Hello, my name is Kirby," He said.

I'd met anyone before, but I told him, "I'm Kodiak, Kodi for short." I put my head down, and he looked at me like something was wrong.

"Hey, I don't bite," He assured me.

I looked up at him, and realized he so bad, "Ok,"

He smiled and pounced on me, I wasn't scared. I rolled over, and pinned him down, "Got'ya,"

"Hey, you're ok."

I got off to let him up. He did and said, "You came on the right day. Today, Danny's friend is coming, with her puppy. You would want meet her, if you're feeling bad."

I could obviously see he had crush. I started getting a little nervous, and overwhelmed of meeting too many puppies today.

After a couple of minutes, I heard the door knock. Danny came in, and opened the door, "Hey Kacey, and little Dusty," he said petting her head. When I first saw the puppy, the first thing I noticed was that she looked a lot like Alue, but she didn't have the wolf look Alue had.

"Hi Danny," She said walking in. She placed Dusty by Kirby and asked, "Did you get a new puppy,"

"Yeah I did, and you won't believe this. Is father is Balto," Kirby and the other pup looked at me.

"Balto….like Balto who saved us, Balto," She asked. I had no idea of what they were talking about. My dad was no hero, well he's mine, but I never knew he was some kind of town hero.

"Is it true," The puppy asked

"Yeah, it is," I told her. I wondered if there was anything else he hadn't told me.

"That's cool. Who knew that my roommate was related to the hero of Nome." Kirby said

"To tell you the truth, I didn't know that he was a hero until now." I said

"That sucks," she said, "My name is Dusty by the way,"

"I'm Kodi." I didn't know why, but I was starting to feel like I was with Aleu again. Dusty looked like her, and also had her personality. It was weird.