Chapter 9: The News

5 Months after that night...

That morning Jenna's owners had taken her to the vet as she had been sick. Her owners had noticed she seemed a lot bigger but hadn't really considered that she was pregnant. The vet checked her over and eventually talked to Jenna's owners.

"Jenna seems to be fine and she is a very healthy dog" said the vet. "Her pregnancy is going well too."

"What?" said Rosy's father. "She's pregnant?"

"Yes" said the vet. "5 months pregnant by the looks of things."

"How on earth...?" said Rosy's mum.

"Jenna and Balto are having pups!" said Rosy. Surprisingly the small girl was the first one to figure out the truth.

"My goodness" said Rosy's father. "This is big news!"

As for Jenna, she was extremely excited. She was barking happily. She ran outside while her owners talked to vet. She wasn't looking where she was going and almost crashed into Kaltag and his group of friends (Nikki and Star).

"Woah, where you off to in such a rush?" said Kaltag.

"I'm off to find Balto" she said. "I heard some very exciting news."

"What happened?" asked Kaltag. Before Balto had returned with the medicine, Jenna would have never talked to Kaltag as he was usually with Steele although when Balto had come back, Jenna had seen Kaltag's true colors. It turned out that he never really liked Steele and was more kind than he looked. So if this was before the retrieval of the medicine, Jenna would not have told Kaltag but since he was no longer with Steele, Jenna felt more comfortable talking to him.

"Well..." said Jenna. "Me and Balto are going to become parents!" she said happily.

"Oh congratulations Jenna!" said Kaltag.

Suddenly they were joined by Dixie. "Hey guys! whats all the fuss about?" she said.

"Well Dixie.." said Jenna. "Balto said yes and now i have just found out I'm 5 months pregnant!"

"Congratulations Jenna!" said Dixie.

"Anyway i should go and find Balto to tell him the news" said Jenna.

"Ok bye!" said Kaltag and Dixie.

With that Jenna ran off to find Balto.

Balto was resting on the deck of the boat. Suddenly he heard Jenna calling him from down below. He got up, stretched and walked to the side of the boat.

"What is it Jenna?" he asked.

"Guess what?" she said excitedly. "It worked! We are gonna be parents!"

Balto paused, taking it in. "Oh Jenna thats wonderful news" he said, jumping down and nuzzling his mate.

"It turns out i'm 5 months pregnant which means we will be expecting the pups in around 4 months!" she said.

Balto smiled at Jenna and she nuzzled him again.

"Also i was wondering if you wanted to come to mine today" she said. "We can talk about the pups"

"That would be great" said Balto. "I'll see you tonight"

That night Balto walked to Jenna's House. He was thinking about how in 4 months he would be a father. Suddenly out of the darkness, a shape moved towards him. Balto turned around to see...

"Kaltag?" said Balto.

"Hi" replied Kaltag. "I just came looking for you to say congratulations"

"You found out about me and Jenna?" asked Balto.

"She came charging out the vet and bumped into me, Nikki and Star" said Kaltag. "I had never seen her so excited in my life. You used to be hated by everyone but look at you now. You have got everything. Everyone loves you and now your expecting puppies. Steele would be very jealous." He laughed."Speaking of Steele, i heard some other dogs saw him around town recently. Apparently he really wants you dead."

"He can try but as long as he doesn't find out about the pups i will feel safe" said Balto. "He would probably go after Jenna if he found out."

"And thats why you have to keep her safe" Kaltag replied. A dog could be heard howling in the distance. "Oh i have to go. My mate is expecting me back. We are also expecting pups of our own." with that Kaltag ran off into the darkness.

That night Jenna and Balto Lay next to the fire. They talked about the pups. And on that night, Jenna felt the pups start kicking.

To be continued...