Alue stared at her father.
"Papa…can that human…actually…understand us?" She asked.
Balto made a chuckle.
"Yes, I'm afraid he does." He said.
Alue looks at Sora as though he was a ghost. Sora was use to this by now.
"It's okay, Alue." Balto said. "He's not going to hurt you."
"Yeah, Alue." Luk said. "Sora's a good kid."
Muk nodded.
"No need to worry, Alue." Boris said.
"He's here to help us, that's all." Kavik said.
Alue looked at all of them, then to Sora. She walked closer to him.
"H-hello." She said.
"Hi." Sora said.
"Well…you already know my name. Could you please tell me yours again?"
"Sure, my name's Sora."
Alue tried to think of something to say. But she couldn't think of anything. So many questions were going into her head. Then finally.
"How long have you known my father, my uncle, and my friends?" Alue asked.
"Oh, for a few days." Sora said. "It's sort of a long story."
"Would you guys mind telling me?" Alue asked all of them.
Before they were going to reply, someone called out Alue's name. Soon, a couple of wolves came. One wolf walked up to Alue.
"Alue, are you okay?"
Then the wolf realized what she was looking at. He bared his teeth at Sora.
"Human!" The wolf shouted.
The wolf then charges at Sora. Sora dodges it.
"Hey!" He shouted.
The wolf didn't pay any attention. Once again, the wolf charges at Sora. With another dodge, Sora brought his Keyblade. The wolf didn't seem to notice. It made another charge. Sora attacked the wolf before it even touched him. The wolf fell to the ground.
"Had enough?" Sora asked.
The wolf looked at Sora, surprised.
"You…spoke our language?"
"Yes, I can." Sora said with anger. "Since I can, I'll ask you this. Why did you attack me?"
"Yeah, I would like to know that." Balto said, getting in front of Sora.
"Balto?" the wolf asked. "You're here?"
"Yes, I am." Balto said.
"And he's not the only one." Kavik said, he too, getting in front of Sora.
The wolf stares at Kavik. He's never seen a wolf that tall and massive before.
"As we were saying," Kavik continued. "Why did you attack Sora?"
The wolf got up, still staring at them three.
"Well…I thought the human was gonna attack Alue." He said.
"The human has a name." Sora said. "It's Sora. And I wasn't going to attack Alue."
Alue walks to the wolf.
"It's okay, Vike." She said. "He wasn't going to attack me. I was just startled when I heard him talk. Like you."
The wolf called Vike stares at Alue. Then he stares at Sora, Balto, and Kavik.
"Will…somebody please explain to me what's going on."
"We were just about to, until you attacked Sora." Balto said.
"Well…you can explain it when we get to the den, papa." Alue said.
The wolf called Vike gave a startled look. Alue didn't pay attention.
"Oh, everyone, this is my mate, Vike." She said.
Balto's eyebrows went up.
"You already have a mate?" He asked.
Alue nodded.
"How about…well…pups?" Balto asked.
Alue blushed and nodded.
Balto couldn't believe it. He was already a grandfather. Then he realized that he was getting older by the minute.
"Come on, I really want you to meet them." Alue said.
Everyone followed Alue. The wolves that were ordered to go with her didn't say anything. They couldn't think of anything. Vike went next to Alue.
"What are you thinking?" He whispered. "They're with a human. And you're allowing him to our den?"
"Hey, I don't know what's going on either, Vike." Alue snapped back at him. "But if my father, my uncle, and my friends trust him. Then it's okay with me. Besides, they did say they're going to explain everything."
Vike try to think of something to say. But he couldn't. He just shook his head.
"This is going to be one heck of a day." He said to himself.
When they finally got to the den, wolves that stayed behind were going to ask Alue what was going on. But were startled on what was following Alue and the other wolves. They fist saw Balto, the wolf/dog that helped them get across the great water. Behind him was a massive white wolf that was taller than any of the wolves. Then two polar bears and a goose came. What startled the wolves most was the human that was following them. Alue cleared her throat to get the wolves attention.
"Everyone, I want you all to be at our meeting spot for me to explain our situation." She called out.
The wolves hesitated at first, but quickly moved.
"Come on, guys." Alue said to Balto, Kavik, Boris, Muk, Luk, and Sora. "You can ex-"
"Mama! Papa!"
Five little pups were running towards Alue.
"What's going on, Mama?" asked one of the pups. "Where did you go?"
"Oh…I just went to bring a few friends." Alue said.
The pups looked at the guys behind her.
One of them went close to the pups.
"Who is that, Mama?" asked one the pups.
"That is Balto." Alue said. "Your grandpa."
Balto smiled at the pups.
"Hello." He said.
A female pup went close to Balto.
"Hi." She said. "How come we haven't seen you before?"
Balto chuckled.
"Well, I live pretty far away and it's not really easy for me to come here." He said. "So, I'm sorry I haven't come to see you."
The pup looked into Balto's eyes. They were filled with warmth and comfort. She knew already that he was nice.
"That's okay…Grandpa." the pup said, nuzzling against Balto's leg.
Balto grew a smile, and so did Alue. The pups started getting closer to Balto.
"Hey, don't forget about me." Kavik said.
All of the pups now stared at him.
"Oh, this is your great uncle, Kavik." Alue said to the pups.
"Hi there, little guys." Kavik said, smiling.
The pups stared into his blue eyes. And already, they like him. Kavik had mysterious way of getting young pups to like him, despite how big and tall he is. Even he doesn't know how. The pups then went to Kavik.
"Hi, Uncle Kavik." They said happily.
Boris went into clearing.
"Alue, don't forget to introduce these cute little bird-chicks to old Boris here." He said.
Alue smiled.
"And this is Boris." She said to the pups. "But you can call him Uncle Boris."
The pups went to Boris.
"Hello, Uncle Boris." They said.
There, Muk and Luk went close to the pups.
"Hello." Luk said.
Muk made some mumbling noises.
"These are Muk and Luk." Alue said. "They are fun to play with."
Already, the pups were taking a liking to them all, until they saw Sora. The pups stared at him. They have never seen a human before. Alue couldn't think of anything to say.
"Hi there. My name's Sora."
The female pup went close to Sora. Vike was staring at both her and Sora.
"Hello." The pup said in a low voice.
She was a little nervous. Sora just smiled at her.
"Don't be scared." He said, kneeling down to the pup. "I'm not going to hurt you."
The pup looked at Sora. His blue showed no terror, so that means he's really nice. Sora reached out his hand. The pup moved back a little.
"It's okay." Sora said calmly. "I'm just gonna pet you, that's all."
The pup was a little scared but she stood still. Sora started petting her. Vike growled a little at Sora, baring his teeth. Balto and Kavik gave him a look. Meaning "Sora is not going to do anything harmful to her." And "If you try to lay a paw on Sora again, we'll bring you down in a blink of an eye." Vike stopped. The pup liked how Sora was petting her. Her tail was wagging like crazy. The pups went close to Sora.
"Can you pet me next?" each of them asked.
Sora chuckled.
"Maybe later." He said.
"Well, you know our names now." Balto said. "But I'm afraid we don't know yours."
"Well, this is Kaylee, Nook, Sapphire, Juni, and Fie." Alue said.
"Come on, Grandpa." Kaylee said. "I want to show you this pretty thing I found."
"Not right now, Kaylee." Alue said. "We have a clan-meeting to attend to."
The pups gave a disappointing look.
"Can it wait, Mama?" Kaylee asked.
"I'm sorry, sweetie." Alue said. "But we'll have to do it now."
End of chapter. I know, it's not my best. But I promise, the next chapters are gonna be better.
P.S. Kingdom Hearts 2 is finally out! I can't wait till I get it.