peel away the layers till you're nothing and no one
She is SO ready to give birth.
The winter months have been a painful experience for her. She thought she’d been fat enough when she’d run into her sister in the fall, but her pregnant belly has expanded exponentially since that day. Every part of her feels swollen and sore, and she feels like the child(ren?) inside is almost ready to kick out through her stretched skin.
And then, finally it happens.
Her contractions begin, and she immediately hides in away in a quiet clearing in the forest where she can give birth in peace.
But peace is not exactly what she gets.
The birth lasts hours, her sides contracting and pushing, trying to force out the young one within. First comes one little damp purple bundle, then another …. then another.
Triplets?!
She is so astounded that at first she just lies there, staring. TRIPLETS?! But, as exhausted as she is, instinct quickly takes over, and she gets to her feet to begin to clean. The first is a girl, with a purple coat, black points, tiny wrinkled dragon wings, and two little black horn nubs poking out of her brow. The second, another girl, is completely identical. The third is smaller, a boy, and while his colour matches his sisters, he doesn’t have the wings or horn nubs.
She stands there for a moment, just staring. Three children. THREE. And, she’s struck by the sudden thought, all children her father would have greatly approved of (that is traited, and/or unusually coloured). She stays there, frozen, until her exhaustion begins to take over in earnest. Giving birth to three children in succession has taken its toll, and her eyelids begin to droop. She lies down beside the triplets, and while she tries to stay awake, she’s asleep in mere moments.
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