Chapter 12: A Day Of Happiness

A month had passed since that fight with Steele and Steele had not been back to Nome since. Balto had been badly wounded but had almost made a full recovery. He was sleeping on the deck of the boat. He suddenly picked up a scent in the air. It wasn't Jenna thats for sure as Jenna could not walk around outside as the pups could arrive at any moment. He sniffed the air again. "Kaltag?" he thought to himself.

Sure enough it was Kaltag. "Hey Balto" he said.

"Hey" said Balto. He started slowly walking down the plank. He was limping slightly as his leg was still injured.

"You feeling any better?" asked Kaltag. "You seemed pretty hurt after that fight."

"Yeah, I'm fine" replied Balto.

I have got some exciting news Balto" said Kaltag. "Me and my mate's puppies arrived!"

"Congratulations!" said Balto.

"Would you like to come and see them?" asked Kaltag.

"I would love to!" replied Balto. They walked to Kaltag's mate's house. Kaltag's mate was a beautiful brown husky named Heather and with her were 3 husky pups. Kaltag walked into the room and nuzzled Heather.

"How are the pups?" asked Kaltag.

"They are all lovely" replied Heather.

"If you don't mind me asking, have you got names yet?" asked Balto.

"Yeah we have thought of names" said Kaltag. "This one is Butch" he said, indicating the largest pup who was all light brown apart from a small white patch on his chest. "This one is Almond" he said indicating the medium sized pup who was all light brown with small speckles of darker brown dotted all over his coat.

"And this is Marie" said Heather, indicating the smallest and only female pup which looked exactly like Kaltag.

"They are so beautiful" said Balto.

"Thanks" said Kaltag and Heather, nearly at the same time.

It was getting late and after talking with Kaltag and Heather for a bit, he decided to head home and get some rest.

That morning Jenna woke up early. She had heard rumours that Kaltag and Heather's pups had arrived and she would have loved to go and meet them but she was stuck in this basket for a while and even when her pups came she would have to look after them. Suddenly a loud bang came from a house across the road. It was just the sound of the blacksmith dropping a hammer but it set Jenna off. The pups were coming. She was going into labour. She was panicking. She thought of Balto and imagined him standing beside her and helping her through and before she knew it all the pups had arrived into the world. She hadn't realised all the noise she made until a curious scottish terrier peeked his head in.

"Go...get...Balto" said Jenna. The dog immediately ran off to find Balto and i think we all know what happened next...

THE END

Final Note: Well that was my first fan fic! I really hope you enjoyed this story. By the way if you want to find out what happens next, go ahead and watch the 2nd Balto movie. I had lots of fun writing this story and i would like to thank everyone who supported me or left helpful reviews as that really helped me through writing this. If you are reading this after you read the whole story, feel free to leave feedback on what you liked and what should be improved for my next fan fic. Thank you all and see you in the next story!

-AceMutt156