I have now been living for about three months as a human… and about three months an animal…but the most spectacular experience I have had was witnessing the birth of Rosecub.
"Hurry everyone!" Lilyeye, Wildcub's mother, yelled throughout the pack home,
"Its here!" He watched the nursery continue to be filled with more and more people.
"Oh Glory!" one yelled. It took a while but he finally got to the front of the room. Not long after he had made it there, Rosecub slipped through the crowed and stood calmly next to him.
"What's going on?" She asked him. I wish I knew… He thought. Without an answer he stood there silently as the leader of the pack and his mate made it to confront the newcomer.
The leader came to the front and the pack quickly greeted,
"Welcome Nightfang." He nodded his head in acknowledgment and proceeded forward until he could see Lilyeye's best friend through plain sighted.
"Given birth I see?" He asked as if were nothing. Mossflower nodded though it looked painful to move. Wildcub hadn't noticed it yet but when he did there was a little one lying before his feet fast asleep. It was hard but he could tell that this was a female. He was only "2", as humans would say, but his kind grew quickly and gained knowledge at a fast pace.
"Well then, as the leader of 'pack Moon Watchers', I here by declare this little one its official name till the ceremony of apprentice hood. From this day forth, she will be known as Cindercub! Remember it well. One day she will do many great things."
"Wildcub, look." Rosecub pointed. Cindercub moved a bit but you could see her little eyelids open to revile her milk chocolate toned eyes and her little tiny smile as she looked up at Wildcub. Almost instantly that Cindercub swiftly mover foreword and snuggled into Wildcub's chest and fell back asleep. She's so cute! He couldn't see it but there was a look of jealousy in Rosecub's eyes.
"But you don't have to… Come sleep with me…"Rosecub said to him while looking at the ground trying to hide how embarrassed she was.
"I'm sorry Rosecub… Cindercub won't go to sleep unless I'm with her…" He looked sincere but Rosecub didn't say a word and just walked away. Mmmm… what should I do great moon…? He thought to himself. But he knew the answer. Of curse his mom would be the one to make him sleep with Cindercub till she would let the attachment she had made with him go. He really did enjoy sleeping next to Rosecub but he could do nothing more to make then both happy.
The ceremony of apprentice hood was here again. Wildcub has been to many of them but was never the spotlight of attention. He stood on the sacred "Tall Rock" as they chanted his name. Next to him was Rosecub. He looked into her Silvery Blue eyes as she beamed into the crowd. He wasn't sure of it before but her was now. Throughout the years he found how fond he was of Rosecub and now he was going to announce it to her his feelings. Moonfang appeared in the crowd and move to the front with his mate by his side.
"Welcome all to the ceremony of apprentice hood. Today we will be acknowledging these two cubs of our kind. Who's name I had told you before to remember, Wildcub and Rosecub. These are the names of the past. From this day forward… They will be known as… Wildtail and Rosetail!" He looked at the crowd and scanned for Cindercub and as known there she was trying to stop her cheeks from hurt cause of all the smiles she couldn't hold down. As he was looking around the crowd for his mom he caught a piecing look from Rocktail, who had his ceremony two years before.
After the ceremony ended he had now just called for Rosetail to come and talk to him. This is it! Don't mess this up! Wildtail repeated over and over again what he would say in his mind.
"Hey! You called Wildtail?" "Yeah… Um… Rosetail…" he stammered
"We've been best friends for a while now…" She looked exited because she was so sure of what he was going to say.
"I wanted to tell you how I feel… I really like you… would you like to be my mate?" He was suppressed to see that she wasn't even a little shocked.
"I know," Rosetail said while giving him a lick on the face, "I do too."