Spring had arrived and as the air around her warmed her insides had begun to tighten with the force of her contractions. Pain had driven her away from the others and as she stumbled through the brambles the life inside of her writhed. Desperately she searched for a safe place to give birth, the shadowy forms of her vision making it difficult to ascertain the exact direction she was headed. Still, she pressed on – relying solely upon her own strength as the pain gradually worsened.
It felt like it’d been a life time since she’d last felt the familiar twinges of childbirth. Her labor with Reshi had been similarly agonizing but the joy of looking upon the face of her daughter had been unparalleled. A familiar ach took hold of her heart as it usually did whenever she thought upon her daughter. The guilt that plagued her was almost constant as she struggled to comprehend the pain of abandonment she must have put her beautiful child through.
The baby within her moved once more, his hooves kicked viciously at her sides as he moved his way deeper into the birth canal. It wouldn’t be long now. The urge to push was becoming almost unbearable and her progress halted as she fought against the instinctive motion. She wasn’t ready, she realized, to bring forth another child. Though she’d aged she felt like she’d only just delivered her firstborn. Those dark years had stolen more than just time from her – they’d stolen experiences and she was loath to surrender the experience of her second pregnancy. She’d only just realized that a new life was growing inside of her – and now he wanted out.
Another contraction tightened her belly and she fell to her knees with the force of it. Tears pricked at her eyes as she marveled at the weight of her new foal. He felt larger than Reshi had and more demanding somehow. Before she could stop herself, she was pushing once again, the motion rippling through her body as she began to feel parts of him exiting her body. She felt his hooves as they entered the world, followed by his nose, head and neck then, one final push and he was delivered.
Exhausted and heaving she mustered her strength and nuzzled him affectionately, smelling the musk of his gender upon his coat. Tenderly she licked his nose, clearing them of the afterbirth. Moving upwards to clean his eyes she breathed in his scent. Although she couldn’t see him she imagined that he looked like his older sister, a blue roan like herself as well. Traveling towards the top of his head now she paused, her tongue coming in contact with two dull horns protruding ever so slightly out of the top of his head. Smiling she nuzzled into him once more, emotion pouring from her eyes as she reveled in her moment with her son.
“Welcome to the world little one,” she muttered softly as she planted kisses upon the soft of him. “Welcome, Drustan.”
VI
lights will guide you home
@[Scorch] @[Drustan] @[Hestoni] The baby is here!!