Chapter 2: All That Matters

As the sun starts to raise Aleu walks out of the boat feeling the cool air hit her face, she then turns to see her father sleeping in his small bed. Aleu smiles then takes off for the forest to go hunt, she knew that being pregnant she should have not be hunting on her own while being pregnant but she was more wolf than her father and was not a little pup any more so the thought came to her as she should be able to do what she wants and when she wants it. Aleu thought about the last time she came to the forest with the human about to shoot her.

She made thought go away and thought about something else like about her puppies, she wondered if they would turn out like her or more like her mother. Maybe they would turn out like their father; she then made that thought go away because she hated their father and didn't want to think about him ever again. Aleu walked up to a tree and sat next to it, she then felt a small kick in the right side of her stomach. Aleu smiled for a second and started to think, "I'm proud to be a mother," Aleu said as thought drifts into the morning sky.

In the corner of Aleu's eye she see's something jump to a bush. She turns her head to the right seeing nothing, Aleu then picks up the scent. It's a fox that she smell not too far from her, Aleu then walks slowly over to the bush trying not to make a single sound. The Fox's ears went up; Aleu stopped still trying not to make a sound. But then the Fox started to run away, Aleu went after it trying to keep up couldn't

Just then another wolf jumped in front of her and grabbed the Fox "Hey that was mine!" Aleu said showing teeth. The wolf looked at her his body was Athletic, Lean and Skinny. His fur color was black with white ears and white tail and white paws. His eyes colors were one cyan eye and one gold eye. The wolf then puts down the dead fox "And you are? The male wolf asked as he cocked his head to the right.

Aleu started to growl "That's none of your concerned," Aleu said having her ears back still growling, just then Balto jumped in between the two Balto showed teeth and started growling. Aleu the stopped growling and backed off "Papa I can do this myself," Aleu said trying get passed her father. Balto wouldn't let get passed him, he just block her way every single time she tried to pass him. "Aleu just go home right now!" Balto shouted not even looking at her but just looking at the wolf.

Aleu then rolled her eyes then turned around and started run home to the boat. Balto turned just for a second to see if Aleu was running home and she was as she was told to do, Balto then turned to face the wolf. "You stay away from my daughter you hear me," Balto said then turned to run back to his boat, the wolf then pick up the Dead fox and ran back to his den. It was the afternoon by the time Aleu and Balto came back from the forest.

"Aleu your pregnant you don't need to be out there hunting for your food I can go get your food for you," Balto said trying not to be so angry at her. Aleu looked at her father "here we go again papa we're acting like the same thing happened like the human," Aleu said as she walked back and forth Balto looked at her in the eye. "I just want to keep you self you all that matters to me right now, you're going to be the first baby of mine to have puppies," Balto said with a small smile.

Aleu looked down but smiled then looked up at her father "Really?" Aleu asked still having her smile on her face. Balto chuckled with a smile "yes," he said Aleu then walked over to him and nuzzled him together they laughed about the last time they we're fighting about being half wolf. At the end of the day Balto went out and got food.

Once the night time came into place they settled down and started to close their eyes then Aleu opened her eyes for a minute "Papa?" Aleu asked Balto then opened his eyes "Yes sweet heart?" Balto said then raising his head, "did you really mean what you said I'm all that matters?" Aleu asked Balto smiled "yeah you're all that matters to me," Balto said as he went to sleep to his words. Aleu did the same then she started to dream about his words

You're that matters to me….