Chapter Four

Dingo has been gone for 5 weeks now, and is looking forward to showing his new family the town he lives in. They have been adopted by his owner. He looks over the side of the boat and sees land, realising they are nearly home. As the ship nears the harbour, he sees the town growing bigger. They are in white mountain, and though he is not a sled dog, like Kodi, he is still able to run in the team, going home. They arrive in White Mountain, and his team is standing ready to take them home. As they get of the boat, he notices Dusty is in the team. "Hey Dusty. Have you found Kodi yet?" Dusty looks at him, and he can see she's tearing up. "Guess not." Dusty looks at Colleen. "No, we haven't. It's been hard on your father. He doesn't know what to do. And just to tell you, neither do I. Who's that anyway?" Dingo looks at Colleen and smiles. "This is Colleen, my girlfriend. We met in London. She was a stray and my owner took her in. Zoe, the cat behind us, is her adoptive daughter. Colleen, this is Dusty, the girlfriend of my brother. The one that we can't find." Colleen walks up to Dusty and hugs her.

Kirby and Ralph come back from their usual check by the edge of the forest. "Guys, we think we might have found something. There was some red fur stuck to a branch. We think it might be Kodi's fur." Balto looks up and "Jenna comes out from under the hospital. "You mean you might have found a lead", Balto replies as he gets up. Ralph nods and Balto takes off. Jenna calls Tirza, and soon they take off to, only to be followed by Aleu.

Aleu follows her mom and daughter, when she smells something. Her brother has returned from London. She turns around and runs in that direction. She can see him pulling the sled and goes to run next to him. "Hey Dingo, when did you come back?" Dingo looks beside him and sees his sister running next to him. "Just now, I heard you haven't found him yet." Aleu shakes her head. "They think they might have found a lead, but I'm not sure. It's almost been 3 months now, and I'm not sure is he has survived this long. I'm sorry." Dingo and Dusty (who is running next to him) Look up at her. "We have to keep trying", Dusty says, and Dingo agrees. They start to slow down, and as they enter town, they see the rest have already returned. Aleu, Dingo and Dusty rush over to them, and start throwing questions at them. "Easy guys, we found him. He's inside, but he needs to rest. He's exhausted." Dingo and Dusty make their way inside, and Dusty lies beside him. He opens one tired eye, smiles and goes back to sleep.

4 weeks later

"Wait, you mean to say that Balto is your father", Colleen askes while they sit in the forest. "Yep, he is. I didn't know he was a hero until the day mom told me. But I don't want to think of him like a hero. He's my dad and that's good enough for me." Colleen and he have been dating for 2 weeks now. He is happy he met her. She keeps him happy and positive. "Your dad is Balto?" Dingo looks around and sees Zoe standing there. "Yes he is." "You don't mean Balto as in Balto the wolfdog, as in Balto the saver of Nome." Dingo grins and looks at Colleen, who is trying her best to keep a straight face. "That's the one." Zoe's eyes grow in excitement, and she starts shaking. "OMG, WHERE IS HE, I WANT AN AUTOGRAPH." Dingo suddenly laughs out loud, and even Colleen can't hold it anymore. "He's in the boiler room Zoe. And I'm sure he will give you an autograph." Zoe takes off towards the boiler room, and Dusty and Kodi come sit next to them. "It's a beautiful evening, isn't it guys", Dusty says, and looks up to the sky. "Kodi, you still need to tell us what happened in all that time you were gone." Kodi looks at the others. "I will, don't worry"

The End

Writhing this was very fun, and I will be writing Kodi's side of the story. The characters Balto, Jenna, Dingo, Aleu, Kodi, Dusty etc. are all property of Universal Pictures. The characters Colleen, Zoe and Tirza are all property of me and can't be used without permission.

Till next time