Chapter 12: "A strange feeling"

The next morning Balto woke up. "It's getting quite cold!" He thought. It was end autumn and winter was coming fast. But despite the fact that Jenna lied against him and kept him warm at night, he didn't got much sleep because there was a matter that he needed to discuss with Beta and it ran back and forth in his mind again and again. He looked over to his side and saw Jenna sleeping peacefully. He softly nuzzled her and made his way to the entrance of the cave but when he set the first step outside there was a flash. For a few seconds he could see the energy and position of every living thing around him through his connection with the ground.

When it wore off he stood there for a few seconds still shocked about what just happened.

"I must be seeing things!" Balto thought. He walked over to the little creek and washed his face with the cold water. "That's better! I hope that I never have to see that again!" Balto said relieved.

He walked to a clearing half a mile away from their den-site so Jenna wouldn't wake up when he called out for Beta to come talk to him. Balto let out a howl and Beta walked towards him. "What do you need Balto?" Beta asked. "I have something to discuss with you. Jenna and me are the only two wolves in this pack. I don't mean that you and the others don't belong to our pack, but we need pack-members." Balto replied to Beta. "I understand my friend. You can't rely on us all the time. So what is it that you need us to do?" "I need you to have some of our men go to the territory's of the other packs and let the wolves that are abandoned by their own pack, like me, know that they can join our pack and travel with us to our new territory. And make sure to let them know that they need to come to our temporarily den-site at the waterfall." Beta looked at Balto and responded: "I will send them out as soon as possible!" "Thank you my friend" Balto replied. At this Beta disappeared into the woods until Balto called him again.

Balto felt peace coming over him. He walked back to the den-site and walked inside the cave. He saw that Jenna was shivering heavily from the cold. He walked towards her and laid down against her. Jenna feeling the heat of Balto immediately curled up in Balto's fur and fell back asleep. Balto laid his head ontop of Jenna's neck and fell asleep. After a few hours Jenna slowly woke up and nuzzled Balto saying: "Goodmorning Balto." Balto woke up and returned the nuzzle saying: "Goodmorning Jen." Jenna stood up and walked outside to drink some water. Balto walked after her and when he wanted to ask her if she was hungry but when he stepped outside he saw the flash and the energy and position of every living thing again. Balto stood there for a few seconds. Jenna turned around and asked: "What did you wan t..." Jenna never saw Balto scared before but now she could see that he was terrified of something. "Balto what's wrong?" Jenna asked getting concerned. "Balto recovered from the shock when he heard Jenna's concerned voice. "What? What happened?" Balto asked confused. "You just stood there and you had a look of terror on your face!" Jenna said.

Balto looked and Jenna and said: "Jenna this is going to sound weird but this is the second time today that I had this. I don't know how it happens but sometimes when I touch the ground I get a flash and see the energy and position of every living thing around me." Jenna looked at him and didn't seem surprised. "You're not shocked?" Balto asked Jenna confused. "With all the things we already experienced it doesn't surprise me that you're still discovering things." Jenna replied.

Balto looked at her and knew it was the truth. They still didn't know everything what he was capable of so things like this were going to happen sooner or later.

Meanwhile at Balto and Jenna's home Bela was discussing something with Caleb.

"...So that means that I have the permission to collaborate with the other packs to build a army to go after Balto?" Bela asked Caleb. "Yes you have! And make sure to take Balto and Jenna as prisoners and make sure not to kill them. If you do, you will take their place in the death-sentence." Caleb replied. Bela nodded and bowed before Caleb and walked out of the alpha's den. He gathered some of the fastest messengers and send them to all the packs to send their men out in battle against Balto. "So you get the message?" Bela asked them. They all nodded in agreement. "Go then we don't have much time!" The messengers bowed down before Bela and ran into the forest to the other packs.

Back with Balto and Jenna.

When Balto and Jenna arrived back at the den-site it was getting dark. They didn't have much luck because when they found the caribou herd they were looking for, there were a few messengers from their original pack stalking the caribou as well. Jenna didn't see them and wanted to go out in the open after one of the weaker caribou see had seen when Balto hold her back saying that it was better to wait for a while. But when the messengers left it was already about 6PM. But they managed to get a nice large caribou. "They arrive more and more around here" Jenna said. Balto looked at her and said: "As long as they don't see or mention us we'll be fine. We got a caribou that's big enough to provide us of food for a couple of days."

Jenna looked at him and nodded. When they were done eating Balto said to Jenna: "I'm going to make sure that there are no messengers or other members of our old pack around here. I'll be right back." Jenna replied: "Don't be too long." When Balto left the cave Jenna started to give in to the emotions she had for a while now. She missed her mom a lot. She started to cry thinking about her mom and all the things she had done for her and Balto. Balto had been gone for 15 minutes and came back only to find Jenna lying with her back at the entrance and sobbing occasionally.

Balto walked over to her and saw that her fur was dampened from crying. "Jenna what's wrong?" Balto asked with a concerned but warm voice. Jenna sat up and stared into the ground and said: "I miss mom." Balto lied down and looked at Jenna. Jenna walked over to him and curled up against him. Balto laid his head down ontop of her neck and said: "I miss her to. But we can't go back now."

Jenna looked at him and laid her head back down. Balto stood up and said: "I want to show you something." After saying this he walked outside. Jenna walked after him and sat down next to Balto.

"See the moon and the stars in the sky?" Jenna looked up at the sky. Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that looks down upon mom, and which she sees as she looks up to them, though she is ever so far away from us, and each other we are connected through them.

Jenna looked at Balto and kissed him. "Thanks Balto." Balto nuzzled her and stood up to walk inside the cave. Jenna sat there for a few more minutes and walked inside as well and curled up against Balto and fell asleep. Balto looked at her and nuzzled her softly while he said: "Goodnight Jen."

Author's Note:

Hey you guys! Here is another chapter of Balto the heir of Aniu! I hope you like it and I will get the next chapter out a.s.a.p! Please leave a Review so I know what you think about this story so far!

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