Chapter Three

Dusty was lying in her bed when a German Sheppard walked in. Kodi had told her that he lived with one, but didn't tell her anymore. "You must be Dusty. Kodi told me about you. Told me he likes you. I'm Shadow, Kodi's housemate. I was wondering if you've seen him lately. He hasn't come back home." Dusty looks at Shadow, and he can see she's on the edge of crying. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come in like this. Perhaps a walk to clear your head first", Shadow suggested, but Dusty nodded. She told him that they were arranging a search party to find Kodi. At that moment, Balto walked in. "Dusty, Dingo has left town. His human is taking him to London for some kind of meeting or so. Anyway, he isn't able to help us in any way." Dusty looked up at him and laid back down. Her best friend has disappeared and she can't do anything to find him yet.

Dingo looks over the side of the boat that's taking him to Europe. He can't believe he is leaving his brother here. He turns around and walks into his hut. It is a 2 weeks long journey, and by the time he gets to London they might have found him already. He sure hopes so, he can't stand the idea of his little brother in the wild woods for longer that 2 weeks. Then again, Kodi is part wolf and he is quite strong, even for his size and age. He turns around in his bed and falls asleep.

Aleu has gathered as much of her old friends from around town. Her and Tirza have spread the word of Kodi's disappearance and many of the other dogs have joined the search party. Boris and Stella have come back from their honeymoon, only to be confronted by the terrible news, and Muk and Luk have already gone out to looks for him. 2 weeks have passed sinds his disappearance and none of them have found anything. "We have to go back, this storm is going to block our only way back to town. If we stay, we will die", Balto yells to the others. Dusty looks at him and Kirby and Ralph ignore him. Balto sighs. He knew that this would bring trouble. Bringing Ralph and Kirby up his was a big mistake, he knew that they would stop searching until they would either find him or die. At that moment, Dusty spotted something red in between the white. "Balto there, I think that's him." They rushed to the red patch as fast as they could, only to find out that it was a fox. "Hi, sorry to bother you, but have you seen a dog around here? He has a red coat and brown eyes", Balto tried, but instead of getting an answer back, the fox just looked at him. "can't you see I'm busy. Yeah I've seen your dog, now leave me alone." Balto looked as she went into her hole, and looked at the others. They all agreed that it was time to go back, and as they got back to town, the others were waiting for them in the boiler room. "I have found his trail, leading all the way to bear rock. We think he might have gone there looking for shelter." They all look at Tirza, and thank her for that information.

Dingo looked round the big market. He had been in London for about 3 days, and had only talked to one other dog. He was meeting her here, but she wasn't there yet. "You must of come early", said a voice from behind him. He turned around and saw the girl he was meeting. She was a black and brown border collie with baby blue eyes. His heart started racing as she stood before him. Than he realised she was accompanied by another, smaller creature. "Hey, who's that?" Colleen looked down and smiled. "This is Zoe, my 'adoptive' daughter. I found her lying on the streets as a young kitten, and sinds than she didn't leave me. I don't mind. Life on the streets is hard. It's always nice to know someone has your back." Zoe looked at Dingo from behind Colleen's forelegs. He only now notices that she has orange fur and bright green eyes. They talk for some time, when Dingo's owner notices them. "They are quite beautiful aren't they boy. They look hungry. Maybe they could join us for dinner, and come back to Nome with us. What do you think boy?" Dingo looks at Colleen and smiles. They finally have a home, and as they leave the next day, the only thing Colleen and Zoe can think about is finally having a home.