Winter Moon (a Balto 2 fic)

Disc.: Only in my fantasies is Balto 2 mine officially, but in reality all I own is the mind that supplies these chapters to everyone who reads them.

A/N: Wow, I can't believe that people are still reading this story and reviewing it too! Thanks so much to all of you, so as a reward for being so nice to me and my stories, I'll reveal what happened to Aleu when she was a baby and Jenna kidnapped her!

Ch.7- Vengeful Bargain

Balto looked at his daughter and sat down in front of her, what he was about to tell her wasn't exactly something that he wanted to remember. It was still painful even to this day, for it only brought him sadness and anger at the bitch who did it to them.

"It was 12 years ago, and Steele was coming to visit and spend time with us…however, I went away for a minute to get a drink of water, and when I came back I knew something was wrong."

(Flashback to 12 years ago, Aleu: age 3, normal P.O.V.)

Balto looked at his puppies, his and Steele's as a smile came to rest on his face. Sometimes he couldn't believe how lucky he was to have such a wonderful mate like Steele, and these pups were proof of their love for each other. But lately, it seemed that Jenna was planning something…Balto could tell that she wasn't the same ever since the two of them had decided to become a mated pair, she acted nice and calm towards them, but something about the behavior seemed off and even unusual.

The wolf-dog felt that she would try something to hurt them, but he had no idea what she'd do or even when she'd try to do it. As he waited for his loving mate, he felt the sun beating down upon him and his puppies as they all played together in the sand on the beach. Aleu was currently chasing her tail excitedly, and Balto knew that someday she'd be a great racing dog with the way her stamina had been building through her playing with her brothers and sisters. The sun kept climbing higher and higher in the sky, bringing more heat with its' light and making every resident on land thirsty.

Balto himself was feeling his throat become dry with lack of moisture, the houseboat containing his bowl filled with fresh water nearby. He didn't want to leave the pups alone for even a second because something bad could happen to them, but he also didn't want to collapse from dehydration and get scolded by Steele for neglecting his health.

Balto sighed and turned away to get a drink, his ears on constant alert for the telltale sounds of his family getting hurt as he hopped up onto the houseboat and began drinking from his water bowl.

As the pups kept playing tag or even hide and seek, Aleu saw a butterfly flutter past her face and began chasing after it. The sun was making it hard to see the pretty creature as it flew higher into the air, and Aleu was starting to grow frustrated with the butterfly for being too high in the sky where she couldn't reach it. As she jumped up to nip and grab it between her teeth, she bumped into a furry leg and looked up to see what looked like another dog. She couldn't see their face because of the sun, but felt that she could trust them as the dog picked her up and walked off…a psychotic grin sliding onto the Husky's face as she walked off with her bait.

After a minute or so of drinking, Balto resumed his post of watching the pups, but he noticed something was wrong. He began counting his pups, and came up short one pup. Aleu wasn't with the group, and at first Balto thought that maybe she'd snuck off to play with some birds or squirrels or even to chase a rabbit or butterfly and thought nothing of it at first. But as time stretched by, Balto felt panic start setting in when he realized that something might have happened to Aleu. He jumped down into the sand and began sniffing the area, trying to find his daughter's scent.

After a few minutes of sniffing, he finally caught the scent of his little girl…along with another all too familiar scent, and it made him growl angrily. It was the scent of vanilla and deception with a touch of desperation, a scent he knew and loathed.

Jenna had kidnapped their daughter, and Balto was an idiot for leaving her alone for even a minute.

The wolf-dog began crying loudly, his wailing sobs echoing loudly off the trees and into the forest. Every creature within hearing range also heard the sorrowful sounds reaching their ears and also began mourning for the loss the wolf-dog had suffered; Steele had also heard them and ran up to his distraught mate. The Malamute hugged Balto and started whispering soothing words into his ears, the wolf-dog turning around in his embrace and crying into his furry yet muscled chest.

"Balto, love, what's wrong?"

After a few minutes of sobbing uncontrollably into his mate's hold, Balto looked up into dark cobalt orbs as tears kept streaming out of his golden irises and down his face.

"It's Aleu…she was kidnapped by Jenna, and I took my eyes off her for a minute to drink some water, I can't believe I did something so stupid! I never should've left for even a second, I-"

Steele stopped his mate's saddened rambling with a kiss, tears falling out of his own dark eyes as the two mates stayed in this position for a few minutes. After oxygen needed to be reintroduced to their lungs, Steele looked at his mate and smiled sadly.

"Don't worry love, we'll get her back. Now let's try and find that bitch's scent, if we find hers then we'll find our baby girl."

The two mates then separated to try and find the scent of a red Husky bitch and their daughter. Steele found the scent first and they tracked it to the center of town, the sun already setting and they just looked for Jenna as the sun kept sinking lower. After a few more minutes of searching, the aforementioned Husky bitch stepped out from hiding with a box in front of her. Balto and Steele looked over and saw Aleu's head pop up out of the box and smile at them, relief immediately washing over the pair.

Then anger set in, what motive could she possibly have for doing this?!

"Jenna, I should've guessed as much from your scent that reeks of desperation you damned bitch." Balto said angrily, which made Jenna pissed off as she retaliated with an insult she knew would hurt him deeply.

"Shut the fuck up, you damned filthy half-breed! You're as worthless as the rest of your pathetic family, so do us all a favor and die!" Jenna practically screamed at the wolf-dog, making him flinch at the tone and Steele stepped in front of his shaken up mate to glare daggers at the bitch for insulting Balto.

"What do you want, Jenna?" the Malamute asked angrily, he wanted answers and he was gonna get them no matter what happened next. Jenna smiled at Steele in what she believed was the most seductive way ever, but it only came off as desperate and overly sweet.

"It's simple really, dear Steele…I'll return your mongrel pup if you break up with Balto and be mine, give me puppies and never speak to him again. If you agree to these conditions, I'll let the filthy mutt you're standing in front of have his freak daughter back safe and sound. So, what do you say, honey?"

Steele almost gagged at how saccharine she sounded right now, but he was facing an impossible scenario right now. If he stayed with Balto then they'd never get Aleu back, but if he left him then he'd get their daughter back…however, by doing so he'd lose not only his mate but also his family. Steele was proud of many things, but what he was the most proud of was his family…and no Husky bitch was gonna take that away from them, no matter what.

"Jenna…I only have one thing to say to your offer, and that is…"

"Yes?"

"You can shove it up your nonexistent pussy and go suck an old dog's syphilis infested cock, you fucking bitch! I would never leave Balto for you, and even if I did I could definitely do better than you…but I would never be unfaithful to him like you want me to, so I refuse!"

That set Jenna off, her lips curling back in a snarl as she lunged at them in anger while Steele turned his back towards the Husky bitch to shield his mate from her wrath…only the blow never came, all he heard was whining and thrashing as he turned around to see Patrick restraining Jenna with a muzzle and harness, a leash attached to the pink device around her body as the man shook his head at the two before leaning down to pet Steele affectionately.

"Steele, Balto, I'm sorry for Jenna's behavior. I've been looking for her all day because we're moving away to California, she got out when I was talking to the movers and I had a feeling that she'd want to cause trouble for you both before we left. As for you two, congratulations on your family…as for you, missy, we're leaving and you're coming along whether you like it or not!" Patrick said as he attached a second leash to the choking collar behind the back of her head, her whines becoming deep and muffled inside the muzzle as she was forcibly dragged away from the dog she'd been wanting as a mate for years before she disappeared from their sight for good.

Balto and Steele breathed a collective sigh of relief as they walked over to Aleu and took her home, their worries disappearing with the setting sun.

(Flashback ends)

Aleu was stunned, she had been kidnapped all because of some jilted Husky bitch's jealousy?

"After that night, we never saw Jenna again and a new family has moved into her house. They have a female dog named Annabelle who's really nice, and she even helped babysit you guys growing up so that your father and I could spend some more time together without having to worry too much about you." Balto said before he felt a cold breeze blow past him and it made him shiver somewhat.

"Back to what I was saying before I told you of that disaster, we're not staying to help them. Did you feel that wind? It's a sure sign that winter's coming early, and when the sun comes up tomorrow, we're both leaving first thing in the morning."

Balto said in a tone of voice that left no room for argument before he turned and walked off towards a ledge that'd been warmed by the sun, Aleu following behind her mother as she thought of everything she'd been told a few minutes ago. In her mind, her choice had been made.

All that was left to do now was act upon it when morning came.

T.B.C.- So, that happened…Jenna's so evil in this, and I loved portraying her like that because Balto's too good for her and he deserves someone better than her, someone like Steele! Anyway, it's only in my fantasies that what's written here is reality, so I'll have to live with that…but I've made peace with it. Anyway, up next is pretty much either the end of the fic or the first part of the end, so stick around for it and see how everything goes down!