Meanwhile... On that same day
The sky became more clear, and whatever snow was left from the once raging storm, now drifted calmly to the ground. The sliver moon emerged from behind a cloud, the bright glow causing the settled blanket of white to gleam.
A wolf pack were crowded together, each one curled up with their faces buried into their tails. One wolf lifted his head, his thick dark grey fur covered in flecks of snow. Shaking himself off he stood up and walked over to a small den, amongst the thickets and thorns.
Lying in the decomposing, dry, autumn leaves was his mate, and lying beside her were four pups, suckling on her milk. The new mother lifted her head, meeting her mate's gaze, her light grey fur shimmered sliver in the bright glow of the moon. A weak smile formed on her face as she lowered her head once again, glancing at the four pups, her eyes slowly falling upon the one with pure white fur, matching the snow outside.
The dark grey wolf padded over and nuzzled his mate, expressing his passion towards her. "Say hello to your father, pups" she whispered to her newly born wolf pups, each one whimpering softly.
"They're beautiful" he commented soothingly. "Just like their mother"
"And their father." The she wolf replied.
The dark grey wolf lowered his head nuzzled each one of his pups, welcoming them to the new world they had been born into.
"What do you want to call them? He asked.
"I'm not sure yet, you can name the three boys but I'd like to name the girl"
"Of course" he replied with a nod. "I shall think about it but do you have a name for her?"
"Yes... Aniu... Her name is Aniu"
"One of them will follow in my paw steps and one day become the leader."
"They're only a few hours old and already you are putting so much weight on their shoulders" she commented with a small chuckle.
"Until then we shall raise them right, they have a whole life ahead of them, lets enjoy it while we can"
The two wolves lowered their heads and admired their pups, while the wolf pack crowded round outside, yearning to see the new life that had sprung from within their mighty pack.
You can notice that I added a little throw back to Balto 2 in this chapter as when Balto goes to see Jenna and see his pups he mentions that they are 'beautiful' and tells Jenna 'just like you' and she replied with 'and you'. I included that between the two mates only with the dialogue changed slightly. I hope you like it, brings back memories :)