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Nightmare that holds the future
The night wind carried the screams of pain far across the once silent land, there origin came from a small clearing to the south deep into the forest. It was now becoming dusk both foxes lay beneath the motionless willow tree in there den, she had been in labor since mid afternoon the pain increasing with every contraction but still no cubs had been born. This was the first litter she would have had so things would go a little slower than a experienced birth.
Again burying her head into her mates chest letting out a whimper when more agonizing pain shot through her abdomen. She wanted them out quickly, the pain was killing her she didn't know how much more she could take of this. Feeling his mates distress he growled softly reassuring her that everything was going to be fine, noticing that the pains were getting closer together he knew she would be ready to push after a few more contractions. Short quick breaths came out in ragged pattens, heart pounding against her rib cage ready to burst as she tried to gather her strength for the next wave of pain.
The all to familiar muscle cramps came soon followed by pain that racked through her enlarged stomach, knowing that now was the time she gathered her strength and pushed down hard guiding the small bodies down her body. This wasn't as hard as she first thought it would be, ok so maybe the excruciating pain that shot through her body what seemed like every second was killing her and the fact that her body was splitting at the seams trying to give birth to the small lives that had lived in her for nine months wasn't exactly the best part of this experience but she was grateful that things had been progressing smoothly no difficulties at all. She had been pushing for what she thought to be hours when really it had only been a few minutes when the pain slowly started to fade away, ceasing her pushing she lay there there trying to get control over her breathing slowing it down to short intakes of breath. Not to soon after she had her breathing almost back to normal she felt her abdomen muscles tense at the coming pain taking in bigger and longer breathes getting all the oxygen she needed into her system.
She could feel a force stretch her small opening trying to get into the world, it wouldn't be long now. Her mate mostly comforted her when the pain got to much but he couldn't do much more than that to help his mate, he watched her chest rise and fall due to her labored breathing and the thin film of sweat that coated her brow a few beads of the liquid running down her face, the face that he thought to be the most beautiful thing on earth was now contorted in pain the one thing he promised to never let her feel but she was going through this for a good cause soon they would have there beloved cubs that they had waited so long to have at their sides. He saw her face scrunch up in pain again he just had to keep reminding himself that it wouldn't be long now.
There was a small pop which was soon followed by the first sac containing one of there small cubs. Lifting her hind leg she grabbed the precious parcel that lay beneath her, breaking the thin lining in the process the fluids that had been keeping it safe for the nine months came rushing out no longer needed for protection against the outside world. A boy, the first cub was a healthy boy he had black fur like his father she licked the beautiful black fur clean also helping clearing the liquid from his lungs. And what a pair of lungs, his first cry into the new world would have reached the far corners of the land she nudged the small cub in the direction of one of her milk filled teats, his small mouth covering the enlarged nipple while gently pawing at the tender mound that contained his mothers essence drinking his first meal quietly mewling to himself.
He didn't know how to describe this feeling that had welled up inside him all of a sudden, he was so proud of his mate she had given him a healthy boy who had black fur just like him, of course he knew there were more cubs on the way and he would love them all the same but knowing that his first born was a boy is what every male demon wants, an heir to carry on the bloodline and an heir lands if they owned them but in the current situation it doesn't look like their son will inherit the lands that belong to him, but for now that was the least of his worries he still had more cubs to come and he needed to help his mate to the best of his ability.
The next cub was born by the next few contractions, this time it was a healthy girl with red fur like her mother again she cleaned the cub up and after she took her first breath in the outside world she was led to one of the swollen teats where she copied her brothers actions to get her meal. They had two beautiful cubs by the time it was around midnight his mate was exhausted so was taking a nap while nursing there cubs, taking one more look to check they were all alright he left the den so he could quench his thirst and also take some food for his mate and himself. The moon was almost to the highest point in the sky the stars were still shining as bright as ever, maybe even brighter to show their congratulations to the foxes. He walked over to the stream to the left of the clearing lapping up mouthfuls of the cool liquid, he felt every drop run down his dry throat replacing the lost moisture. Moving away from the stream when he had his fill he walked over to the base of the willow tree to where the pile of rabbits lay picking up the top two he walked back to the entrance of the den.
She watched as her mate leave the den properly for food and water, she could still feel their cubs suckling it was a strange at first she jumped the first time their son latched on but now she was content to just lie there and rest. She thought it was odd that they had only had two cubs, even with a first litter there are normally three or even four cubs so she was a little concerned there could still be a cub inside her, she could still feel slight pains but they nothing compared to the previous ones she just thought they were the after pains of giving birth so she dismissed the thought of having another cub. Laying her head back down on the soft ground she drifted into a light dreamless sleep.
He could hear the mewling of the two cubs when he got into the den, they weren't bothered that he had entered just continued to feed, he couldn't help but smile to himself these small creatures he and his mate had created and brought into the word, he could tell that they would grow up to be strong demons but until they were strong enough to defend themselves he would protect them even if it meant giving up his own life and he was sure his mate felt the same way. He left the rabbits in one corner of the den after he noticed she was asleep, resuming his previous position behind his mate he lay down resting his head on her shoulder letting sleep wash over his exhausted body.
The pains in her stomach were becoming more and more intense with each wave however, she was still in a sub conscious state why hadn't she woken up, if there was another cub on the way she needed to be awake for the birth. She looked around her dream world it looked oddly familiar, the winding dirt path, tall trees surrounded her their shadows stretching out along the path in which she followed then it hit her, this was the path towards their den. But why was she dreaming of this? They already found a den didn't they? The scenery around her began to bleed away into darkness, standing perfectly still she watched as another picture began to come into focus in front of her. This time she was standing at the entrance of their area, but she wished she could be anywhere but here at the moment. Her vision blurred as the hot tears welled up in hazel eyes, the once magical clearing they found was dark and dead, the stream ceased to flow, the small water fall no longer roared as water fell over its side, there were no blossom floating to the ground dancing on the winds wings...there was no wind, but that wasn't what made her heart stop for a moment what made her blood run cold through her veins, in the center of the clearing was once this beautiful willow tree its long branches use to sway in the cool breeze falling over the fresh water stream that no longer existed its leaves use to dance along with the many blossom that fell round its entangled branches. no. This tree that barely stood before her was just a shadow of its former self the branches hung as if all the life had been drained out of them no longer supporting the green leaves as they lay dead as its base, some roots now lay upon the ground due to the trunk falling over at one side she couldn't help but let the tears fall over her cheeks she made no sound all her emotion formed tears, tears she had no wish to keep inside her body. She wanted to tear her gaze away from this horrific sight she wanted to wake up and leave this nightmare but this nightmare had only just begun. Under the broken willow, covered by its dead leaves lay something that drained the color away from her already pale face, more tears fell down her cheeks and onto the ground where grass no longer grew, some how she managed to walk across the dirt ground towards the broken willow tree. Before she even got to the base she could smell death and the blood of her most precious persons hanging round thick in the air. Swallowing hard a few times to rid her of the bile that rose from her stomach burning its way up her throat she could see the bodies in more detail, her mate was laying a few meters from the entrance of the den, blood clogged up his black fur while he lay in a puddle thank god his eyes were closed looking into those lifeless eyes would have killed her. Shifting her gaze to the entrance of the den she saw two smaller bodies motionless and covered in blood like her mate. He died protecting them like he always said her would but unfortunately they to had lost their unlived lives also. The scenery again bled into blackness she watched her mate and cubs disappear along with her nightmare.
The blackness gave way to the darkness of the den, blinking the blurriness away she came face to face with the worried look of her mate she could smell salt and water in the air then noticing that her face was slightly wet told her she had been crying for real that dream...or rather nightmare had effected her badly she would have to talk to her mate about it but, before she had time to explain to him what had happened pain shook through her body she was right she was having another cub like she thought. It wasn't long before she was pushing her third and final cub out into the world, the feeling of a force pushing against her opening came soon followed by a pop shes lifted her hind leg like she did with the other two grabbing the sac which held her cub, she noticed that this sac was a lot smaller than the other two probably half the size.
Ripping the thin lining open the protective fluids gushed out leaving the tiny cub, beginning the process of cleaning she discovered that this cub was another girl and had red fur like her but black streaks running through the red a perfect balance of her mate and herself. The cubs fur was now clean but she had yet to cry out, worry started to kick in. why isn't she crying? She isn't breathing, was that dream a sign of the death of our cub? no. she won't die, I will not let that dream become a reality. Placing her front paws over the tiny form she licked her again and again silently praying to any god to give life to her daughter. It felt like hours had gone by and there was still no response from the tiny cub, she knew that this happened all the time in litters she just didn't think it would happen to them.
Raising her head she looked over at her sleeping cubs, their small bellies protruding slightly full with her milk she was thankful she had two cubs to raise. Her mate nuzzled into her cheek knowing that the last cub wasn't as lucky as her brother and sister. There was a small whimper both foxes looked over towards the sleeping cubs thinking one had woken up but both were still sleeping off the milk. Another whimper this time slightly louder both parents looked at the wriggling cub under her mothers paws they both let out a sigh in relief all three of there cubs had survived.
He gave the cub a lick before guiding her to the teats on her mother, latched on and ate greedily. He looked at the other two and then back at the little one she was half their size but he knew she would be as strong as them when she grew up. After she had her fill he picker her up by the scruff and placed her with her brother and sister to sleep. He looked over his now complete family a small smile playing on his lips, his mate was already asleep she deserved the rest, he would find out what happened in that dream tomorrow from what he saw it didn't look good. Resting his head on her shoulder he once again let sleep over take his body, still being aware of danger if it entered their clearing.
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