Meanwhile back in Nome, life continued on as normal. Duke, the pilot of the biplane, had taken Balto in as his own dog.
Boris and Stella had mated and Stella had laid seven eggs in their first clutch. The eggs hatched and now Boris and Stella and their children had flown south for the upcoming winter. Oh yeah, that's right. I forgot to mention that Stella had taught Boris how to not be afraid of flying so that he wouldn't look like such a wimp in front of their children.
Boris and Stella weren't the only ones who recently had kids. Balto and Jenna had had another litter of puppies. This time there were eight. Five males. Three females. Four were red like their mother and four were grey-brown like their father. When they were old enough they were put up for adoption.
They were all adopted.
Kodi and his friends have continued with their jobs as sled dogs. Not much had changed for them until one night during November. Kodi, Ralph, and Kirby were hanging out in the boiler room, talking about guy stuff, when Dusty suddenly barged in.
"You are a pig, Ralph. A dirty rotten pig," she shouted in rage.
"What did I do?" asked Ralph while Kodi and Kirby stared at the scene.
"Don't play stupid with me, Ralph," yelled Dusty. "I trusted you, and you cheated on me."
"Look, Dusty, whatever you think happened…"
"I know what happened. I saw you and Krystal together down at the beach."
"Well… yeah… but it's not what you think."
"You were nuzzling each other. I saw you."
"But… I…"
"No, Ralph. We're through." Dusty turned and ran out of the room in rage.
Kodi and Kirby stared at Ralph in shock while he yelled after Dusty to come back. After about a minute, Ralph gave up and walked back over to Kodi and Kirby.
"You cheated on Dusty?" exclaimed Kodi.
"With Krystal?" added Kirby. Krystal was the daughter of Star and Dixie. "She's like one third your size, man."
"I know," said Ralph. "I didn't mean to. It just sort of happened."
"Bull shit," said Kodi as he got up and walked out of the boiler room.
"I agree with Kodi, man," said Kirby. "Not cool." He got up and also left the boiler room. Then he came back in and said, "Why should I leave? I was here first. You get out."