Courageous
Chapter 2: The Start
Baltos POV
I woke up the next morning extremely nervous about the race. I've never been more nervous about anything in my entire life. Since I've never been in an actual race besides the won that I won against every other racer and didn't count. I wonder how Steele will do in this race, especially since he is a cheater. I finally came to my senses and jumped to my feet, and still nervous I walked quickly down my boat home shaking.
"OK Balto, just stay calm and you'll get through this." Boris said to me briefly.
I didn't exactly answer because I very silently said,
"OK" to Boris.
Hopefully everyone in Alaska will pay attention to me though, Because this will be one legendary race, and If I win I should get more attention than I need. I arrived at Rosys house where Jenna was sitting next to Rosy. They were both extremely excited, ready to see who'll win this race. I doubt it'll be me.
"All right racers, Take your places!" Rosy's Dad told every dog/wolf.
I did as I was told and made my way to the edge of the starting line made in the snow. Jenna came up to me a second later saying,
"You can do this."
She then kissed me on the cheek. I was stunned by what she did just there. Do I say something? Did Steele see that? Anyways, that boosted my confidence two fold. I knelt down a bit to get momentum when the race started. Boris, Muk and Luk were on the sidelines cheering me on trying also to get my confidence up. Good thing it was working. I can't believe I have enough courage to even do this. Only Steele, Kaltag, Star, Nikki and I were in this race. I really want to win but I think Steele is going to cheat like he always does and ruin the path like he did when I was trying to get the antitoxin back to Nome.
"ON YOUR MARKS! GET SET!" Rosys Dad boomed at us.
"...GO!"
Finally, a burst of speed fulfilled me making me feet away from everybody else. I felt like I had Electronic Dance music going on in my head, like I was more hyper than I've ever been. Soon, I came out of my trance of speed and I was about 120 feet away from Steele who was ahead of Kaltag, Star, and Nikki. Well, that went well. I kept following the flare trail, until Steele took a short cut to try and stop me. Nearly tripping me I jumped over making him trip. Hopefully I enraged him, also seeing him get up off the ground, furious and trying to get ahead of Everyone else ahead of him. I think Kaltag was trying to be the one who was noticed by being his own hero this time.
"Move out of the way!" Steele yelled at Kaltag.
Kaltag didn't even budge, didn't even look back or anything and kept advancing ahead of him. Steele was losing his touch. Soon, the race officially started with a sled dog team following us and Boris also flying above to make official sense of who is winning. That was the start!
NEXT TIME IN COURAGEOUS
Jenna's POV
I've never felt more excited in my entire life, now knowing that Balto is winning the race right now. This race is going to make me worry for him though, Steele said he probably won't even be able to handle most of the race. Balto is going to win this!
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