Kingdom Hearts: Light Of Nome

Chapter 2:Dread

The rest of the day was not very pleasant for the town of Nome. What was supposed to be a wonderful day to remember turned into one filled with dread,fear,and confusion. One by one parents took their kids to the doctor in hopes of figuring out what had happened to their children,but each and every time they were met with no answers. Sora was still standing alone in the street with Balto,he had no idea what was going or what those white things were,or who this Kairi was but he knew he had to comfort Sora. He walked up to him and said" Hey Sora,where are your friends?" "Oh" Sora remembered "I forgot about that,they should be around here somewhere."

"Donald! Goofy!" Sora shouted to get their possible attention but to no avail.

"I know a place they might be." Balto said as he looked over to the shore. Over there was a abandoned and washed up boat and Sora knew that Balto thought they might have been there. Before they proceeded to the shore 3 people approached them,it was Rosie and her parents who looked pleased and confused.

"Greetings,our daughter told us you saved her from those white creatures. She would be gone if not for you,is there any way we can repay you?"

"Um,can you tell us what's been going on with the kids? And maybe a place we can stay,I think we'll be here for a while."

"Ever since that hooded man infected Rosie and the other kids,she has been acting strange. She has gotten a fever and a very bad cough. It's almost as if all the happiness she usually had is completely gone." Sora shuddered when he heard that,for he had realized that this was gonna turn into something terrible,he knew those kids were gonna become heartless but he didn't want to tell anyone. He didn't want them to worry more than they already had to,and they certainly didn't know what a heartless was.

"As for where you can stay,you can stay with us until you take your leave,it's the least we could do." Sora smiled and said "Thanks a lot,but we got somewhere to go,we'll be back later" He and Balto then headed for the shore,but as they were walking down the alleyway they were stopped by others that Balto was more accustomed to in the worst way possible. 4 dogs to be precise one of which was Steele,the other 3 were Nikki,Kaltag,and Star. Nikki was a chubbier than usual dog,he had brown fur and brownish stripes on his back combined with black eyes. Kaltag was skinnier compared to Nikki and instead of brown fur he had yellow fur and the same black eyes. Star was a complete odd ball and he was the skinniest of the trio and he had grey fur along with black eyes too. He constantly had his tongue hanging out and whenever he spoke he sounded like he was on the verge of laughing like a hyena,much to the annoyance of others.

"Didn't make the team Bingo" Steele said in a playful yet bigotry voice.

"It's Balto." he replied with a sense of annoyance.

"I'm sorry Balto,Balto the half breed." he said as he walked around the wolf dog with a evil smile. Meanwhile Sora was just staring at the dogs while they continued to joke about Balto but soon it turned to harassment.. Steele noticed Sora and thinking he couldn't understand what they were saying,jokes to Balto "I suppose your friend over there is part porcupine." as him and the other dogs laughed at the remark to Sora's embarrassment.

"Great word play boss." Nikki exclaimed while Kaltag very quickly remarked "You are the quickest,the wittiest,the drollest,the sharpest,the most hilarious-" but before he could finish Star butted in shouting "You crack me up!" before he started laughing uncontrollably before Kaltag bopped him on the head.

"Hey knock it off." Sora said to the dogs which caused them to jump at the realization.

"Well looks like we got ourselves another freak over here." Steele remarked

"We are not freaks!" Sora shouted before Balto butted in saying "Steele. Just leave him out of this." Steele ignored his request and proceeded to brush Balto's face with his tail before saying "Oh Balto,I have a message for your mother." and proceeded to howl in the air like a wolf which got the other dogs to laugh before they started howling too.

Sora just said "Come on Balto,let's leave these guys to their games." but Balto just stared at them before he started to growl and grit his teeth together. "Balto?" Sora asked but he just kept growling until he started to walk towards them.

Things were not looking good as Balto's eyes started to glow shades of amber and darkness started to flow out of his mouth. "Balto snap out of it!" Sora yelled but Balto payed no attention,his inner hatred towards the town and the dogs was becoming his inner darkness. Sora pulled on his tail but that didn't stop him as he kept walking. Soon his teeth and paws started to grow into razor sharp claws and teeth,and his grey fur was now becoming pitch black while his eyes formally orange were now glowing yellow with no pupils. The dogs soon noticed and showed no fear,at least Steele did as they just barked at him over and over.

"Get out of here wolf dog. Get back to your pack!" Steele said before he spat on Balto's nose. Sora jumped in front of him and pushed him back but he kept moving forward. "Come on Balto! Your better than this!. I know you are! Don't let them win!" Balto slowly but surely reverted back to his normal appearance,it was almost as if Sora comforting him had brought him back to his sense of normality. Soon Balto's angry malice filled smile was now turned into a sad frown as the dogs turned around and kicked lots of snow onto them. They soon managed to get away but not before Sora got hit in the head with a rock they threw.

"Half wolf in the side pocket there." Nikki and them laughed while Steele walked off leaving them alone. After he did however their true opinions about him soon came out.

"That son of a-" Nikki said before being interrupted by Kaltag ranting "He is the most malicious,the most disqusting,the most obnoxious,the most repulsive,the most revolting-" "He's no lap dog." Star interrupted and chuckled before Kaltag growled at him with his fist in the air until Star gave himself the beating,much to Kaltag and Nikki's confusion.

It was nearing sunset as Sora and Balto had long passed the outskirts of the town were near the shore. "I'm glad to be away from those jerks. I don't know why you stay here when they treat you so horribly." Sora said while Balto just hung his head in shame. Soon his nose perked up when he caught a scent,on the hill above them there was a wolf pack that just stared at them. The wolf pack howled while Balto backed away while looking very uncertain as Sora gave a long glance at the wolves. Eventually Balto walked off while Sora thought to himself "Poor Balto,I wish there was some way we could help him."

Soon they reached the ship and they were relived to hear voices,they heard a goose's voice but they also heard Donald and Goofy's. "Hey it's them! Donald! Goofy!" Sora shouted. Donald,Goofy,and the goose jumped out of the ship to happily greet their friends with a hug,well except for the goose since he didn't know Sora.

"Where on earth did you go? We couldn't find you anywhere!" Goofy asked. "Well I had to some nobodies and bullies to deal with."

"Don't go running off like that again." Donald said in a relived voice. The goose meanwhile was very pleased to see Balto as he gave him a very affectionate hug but Balto paid no attention to it as he got up on the boat to be alone.

The goose turned around to the boy and asked "And you are?" to which Sora said "Uh it's Sora,we met in the alleyway remember? And these are my ,and Goofy." "Oh,it's porcupine boy. Looks like the circus has arrived early,now pardon me but I have a dog to cheer up. Good day,and it's Borris." He said before Sora quickly replied "Hey he's my friend too,let me help."

After many many failed attempts to cheer up Balto including a magic chow by Donald and a dance by Borris,they eventually just sat down by the dog who simply hid under a blanket by himself.

"Uncle Borris!" 2 very loud and obnoxious voices could be heard in the distance which caused Borris to jump up in fear.

"What was that?" Donald asked but soon two polar bears had jumped on the ship which caused it to shake like an earthquake. One was a very large and very fat bear with a pink nose that never spoke and only communicated via noises. The other was a much smaller bear with a black nose and was the only one who talked and thus was the other bear's translator. Soon Donald found himself being bear hugged by them thinking that he was Borris with clothes on.

"Put me down! Put me down!" He shouted which soon caused the bears to put him down which caused Donald to get very dizzy and fall off the boat. "Muk and Luk. How wonderful to see you." Borris said in a sarcastic tone before being given Donald's hug treatment while Luk said "We love you uncle Borris!"

"Uncle?" Sora asked in a confused voice.

"I don't know why either." Balto replied in a cheerful tone,for the arrival of the bears had managed to cheer him up slightly. In an attempt to get away from the bears,Borris said to them "Um why don't we play a game? Race you to the shore!" He shouted as the bears jumped off the ship,however before he could relax they heard screaming and ran off to see what was going on.

Sora,Donald,and Goofy whipped out their weapons thinking it was heartless or nobodies but soon put them away in annoyance when they saw that the bears were splashing in a puddle thinking they were drowning. Donald and Borris had a very annoyed look on their faces as they tried to tell the bears that they were making fools of themselves.

"Muk! Luk! Your not drowning." Balto said to them as Luk had noticed Donald an Borris's reflection in the water. Donald got them out when he cast blizzard which froze the puddle.

It was Twilight and Balto was staring off into the town before Sora walked up to him. "I'm getting hungry,we're gonna go into town and get some food. You want us to bring you something?" Sora asked,but Balto had just replied with "I'm coming too,there's someone I want to see." It took a minuet for Sora to figure out he was talking about Jenna.

"You really like Jenna don't you?" Sora asked with a smile.

"She wouldn't be into someone like me."

"That's a lie and you know it,just go to her and be yourself. If your worried about those other dogs,I'll be there too."

"Thanks Sora." Balto said before they headed out into town. Donald and Goofy had fallen asleep with Muk,Luk,and Borris.

Meanwhile Rosie was in a waiting room at the doctor while Jenna watched in dread. Balto and Sora soon walked up to her and Balto tried to cheer her up.

"Hey Jenna."

"Hey Balto."

"You wanna go fetch some bones?"

"I'm fine?"

"What's wrong with Rosie?" Balto asked as he jumped up to the window.

"She's been very sick,ever since that hooded man came she's been different." This caused Sora to get worried,he really didn't want to think about what was coming. He knew the kids would become heartless and by defeating them,he would only be helping the Organization.

"Jenna,this is Sora. He was the one who saved you and Rosie." Jenna turned around to see Sora waving at her.

"Thank you Sora,I don't know what would have happened if you and Balto weren't there. Can you tell me what's going on?" Sora made up a lie saying he didn't know which caused Jenna to hang her head on the window.

"Jenna,there's something I wanna show you." Balto said while Jenna raised up as she and Sora followed Balto to a door,unfortunately it was locked although it was no problem for Sora as he just unlocked it with the keyblade. They were now in what appeared to be a boiler room with a fireplace,soon Balto found a hatch that led under the building although Sora couldn't fit.

"Hey guys I can't fit."

"It's ok,you can watch for any danger." Balto said back. Balto and Jenna were soon under the buildings which was covered with dust and spiderwebs,they reached a pile of broken glass bottles of different colors. There was a bit of light from a room they were under that made it possible to see,Balto was moving and arranging the bottles while telling Jenna "These are the polar ice caps." While Jenna just said "Balto-" before the light caused the bottles to shine a beautiful arrangement of colors on the wall that heavily resembled the northern lights.

"It's wonderful." Jenna said to which Balto simply replied with "Yeah."

Meanwhile Sora was sitting alone warming himself by the fire still not getting used to the cold. He sighed when he heard the door creak open,he panicked thinking it was someone who caught them but had a sigh of relief and dread at the same time when he saw it was Steele with a long line of sausages around his neck.

"Oh it's the half breed. You know you had some guts standing up for that wolf dog,you're just lucky I was in a good mood."

"I had to stand up for Balto,the way you guys treat him is horrible."

"Comes with the territory of being a half breed,anyway where is Jenna? Don't lie to me because I saw you and that wolf dog with her. Where did she go?" Steele demanded but Sora kept silent because he could tell meant business with Jenna,and if he found out that she had a leaning towards Balto and not him it wouldn't be pretty.

"I'd like to remind you that I am also in a good mood tonight,don't change that." Sora was still silent hoping that Steele would leave but just when he was about Jenna and Balto had come out of their spot to Steele's amusement.

"Jenna,join me for dinner." Steele said in a slimy voice. Jenna was obviously not down with dating a repulsive,ego stroking mutt like that,so she decided to play dumb while she subtly gave Sora and Balto hints about what to do.

Jenna eye signaled Balto to open the fireplace and for Sora to quietly get a new going until eventually burning his backside which caused him to howl loudly. In a rage Steele tackled Sora and Balto through the door which caused some people to investigate. Sora,Balto,and Jenna tried to escape but Steele threw the sausages onto Sora and Balto,framing them. The people chases Sora and Balto out of the town while they held Jenna back as she yelled "Sora! Balto! Run!" to which Steele gave off a evil smile as they ran off.

Once the coast was clear Sora and Balto rested on a stump to catch their breath.

"Man that Steele really gets on my nerves." Sora complained

"Quite the understatement for me." Balto agreed

"Hey Balto,what'd you show Jenna?"

"It wasn't anything special,I thought I could cheer her up but we were right under the doctor,we heard everything. The doctors don't know what's going on but they are doing a race to pick dogs to get a box of medicine a few towns away. I'm going to join in,I want to help Rosie,to help Jenna."

Sora smiled and said "That's very thoughtful. I may tag along,I kinda want to get away from this town."

"Me too Sora,me too" Balto said as they stared at the stars.

End of Chapter 2.