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"Devil is a black timber wolf and father to Balto"

Chapter 7:

"Resurrecting his Son"

When the next morning came Jenna woke up yawning and stretching forgetting for a moment what had happened the day before. But when she looked over to Balto she was pulled back into reality.

She looked at him and saw him breath, but he was still fighting for his life. Jenna nudged him to wake up, and she needed to nudge him a few times before he looked at her. There was so much pain and exhaustion in his eyes. Jenna knew that just looking over was costing him a lot of energy.

"Good morning Balto" Jenna said fighting back tears that came up in her eyes.

"Good morning" Balto replied weakly.

"I will get you something to eat" Jenna said while nuzzling him.

"Jenna wait!" Balto said. Jenna noticed that his breathing was taking a lot more effort. Jenna turned around and looked at him.

"I... I.." Balto couldn't speak the words he wanted to before the breath of life went out of him. Jenna ran over to Balto and looked at his lifeless body.

"Balto, don't" Jenna said while nudging him.

"Balto don't leave me alone!" Jenna cried while nuzzling him.

Jenna was alone for a moment and then she heard a voice: "Why are you crying my dear?" Jenna turned around and saw a black timber wolf standing in the opening of the cave.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Devil father to the wolf who is lying over there"

Jenna looked at him in shock. "Y..You're Balto's father?"

"Yes, and I think that my son has joined us in the spirit world way to soon!"

Devil looked at the wounds on Balto's body and shook his head.

"You always were a reckless boy"

Devil looked at Jenna and asked her: "Can you get me some leaves?"

Jenna looked at him confused and thought by herself: "What is he going to begin with some leaves? Balto is dead..." Devil knowing what she thought said: "Don't you have faith in you're beloved's father?" Jenna looked at him in shock because he knew how she felt towards Balto.

Jenna had felt this way about Balto for a time now but she never had the courage to tell him. Jenna stared into the ground embarrassed. "It is nothing to be embarrassed about my dear. Can you get the leaves I asked you about?" Jenna nodded in agreement and went out of the cave to get some leaves.

Devil looked at his sons lifeless body and got angry. "War is a terrible thing. Just like fire it consumes everything in it's path. And the sad thing is that this wasn't the last time they would get to meet these wolves" he thought.

While Devil was thinking he didn't mention Jenna walk inside with a mouth full of leaves. Devil said something in old wolf a language only spoken by the spirits, what he said comes down to this: "May the ones who attacked you be cursed and may their hunts be doomed to fail so they may starve and know how it is to be dead or close to it!"

Jenna looked in confusion and tried to understand what he said but she couldn't. Devil noticed her presence in the room and explained what he said: "It was a curse. A curse directed towards the wolves who did this to you and him" He said pointing towards Balto.

Devil and Jenna looked at each other for a moment until Devil noticed the leaves in her mouth. "Oh you got them!" Devil said pleased. Devil took the leaves from Jenna and laid them over the wounds of Balto. "You might want to stand back for a bit"

Jenna walked a few steps back and as she stood at a good distance Devil said a few words in old wolf and the leaves went ablaze. Jenna looked as the leaves burned and couldn't believe her eyes! The wounds that Balto had were closing.

When the fire died out there was no evidence of the wounds ever being there!

Jenna looked at it with amazement. Devil looked at her and saw that she was amazed by what just had happened. "You look amazed but you will be amazed even more!"

Jenna looked at him in confusion not knowing what he meant.

Devil walked over to Balto and blew air in his nose and walked over to Jenna.

"Watch over him a little more all right? Don't let him get himself into to much dangerous situations" Jenna looked at him and said: "He can't get in more dangerous situations now!" But as she said this she heard something behind her breath and move.

She turned around immediately and saw Balto back alive! She looked over to where Devil stood but he was gone no trace of him ever being there. She thought: "Thank you Devil!" She heard a voice in her head saying: "You're welcome my dear, remember our agreement!" Jenna nodded and said: "I will!"

Jenna ran over to Balto and jumped him and hugged him and nuzzled him.

Balto was shocked by this because he didn't remember what had happened.

"Jenna what's wrong with you?" Balto asked chuckling.

"I thought I lost you!" Jenna said her fur dampened with tears of joy.

"What do you mean?" Balto asked in confusion.

"You were dead! And you're back alive!"

Balto believed her not because of her words but how she looked. She looked like she had cried all morning and now she was crying again but of happiness.

"I don't care about being back to see the world around us because it's a big mess right now. But if I would get the question: "Why would you want to go back?" I would say: "To see Jenna again" When Jenna heard this she pulled herself even closer towards Balto and wasn't planning of letting go anytime soon. Balto gave into the grip of Jenna and just pulled her closer and nuzzled her in a comforting way and whispered in her ear: "I'm not going to leave you anytime soon, I couldn't think about missing you next to me. You will always be a part of me"

After a while Jenna fell asleep in Balto's embrace. She finally felt peace in her mind not having to care for her dying friend. Balto rolled over on his side and Jenna didn't wake up she just adjusted her position and snuggled up to Balto again and continued to sleep peacefully.

Balto looked at her and was glad that he had his best friend with him to help him through everything that would come up. And he was happy to give Jenna the comfort she needed to finally get some peace.

Balto laid down his head on Jenna's neck and closed his eyes only to fall asleep, with Jenna snuggled up beside him. How could this get even better?

Author's Note:

Hey you Guys! Sorry that I took so long to write a new chapter! I had a very busy weekend and school and my internship are taking a lot of my time as well. So I may not have the usual daily update because of this. But rejoice and be happy because here you have another one to R&R and leave a Review! See you next chapter!

Mighty-Atlantian