Difference and Acceptance
Hope you enjoy this chapter. changed the rating to T just to be safe.
It was nighttime, and a cold winter wind swept through the main cave where all of the Lucario and Riolu were sleeping, waking a certain white furred Riolu. Grumbling sleepily, Luna rolled over onto her back and sat up, she had been woken by a burning feeling within her that usually faded after a few minutes, she wasn't sure what it was, but it had been happening for a few days now. Getting up, she walked to the entrance of the cave and looked outside. Snow blanketed the ground and the moon and stars shone brightly in the sky.
` Deciding to take a walk to see if it would tire her out she stepped out into the snow, shivering slightly from the cold snow touching her feet. Looking back into the cave, she thought about going back in and curling up against her daddy's back and trying to go back to sleep but she shook her head and began her walk. If she was lucky her footprints would lead her back here when she got tired.
Luna fluffed her fur up to stay warm, glad that her winter coat protected her from the cold wind. As she walked, she admired the scenery, ducking when a noctowl swooped by on silent wings. Then, she heard a voice, "What are you doing out in this cold, child?" Startled, Luna pricked her ears and looked around, eyes wide open. Noticing a rather large pine tree, she saw what looked like the entrance to a cave or den had been burned into the trunk. Sitting near the entrance inside the tree was a Ninetales.
"Come closer, child, so I can see you better," The Ninetales beckoned her forward. Luna cautiously stepped forward so she was a little bit closer. Looking the Ninetales over, she noticed that it was female, and instead of cream colored fur, she had light violet colored fur, and the tips of her tails were light blue instead of orange, her eyes were light blue as well.
After looking Luna over, the Ninetales stood up and beckoned Luna in by gesturing with her head. "Come in child, where it's warm," Once Luna walked in, they sat down near the fire that was crackling merrily in the center of the den. "I guess I should introduce myself," the ninetales said as she carefully lowered herself into a lying down position, it was obvious that she was pregnant and near full term with her cubs. "My name is Silverwind," she introduced, "my mate is a Manectric, his name is Gale. He should be back soon..."
Luna thought for a minute, before shyly introducing herself, "my name is Luna..." Silverwind smiled as she let Luna snuggle up against her for warmth, "Well Luna, why don't you stay with me for awhile before you go back to where you belong," Silver winced slightly, thinking she felt a small pain in her belly, but didn't say anything about it. *I hope Gale returns soon, if these cubs are coming tonight*
Luna felt Silverwind's belly muscles tighten for a moment before relaxing, and looked up at her, "are you ok?" she asked with a concerned look on her face. "I'm fine, child, you don't need to worry about me." Silverwind told her.
*Gale's Point of View*
I began running straight home once I sensed Silver had gone into labor. Why did I think going hunting this late, with her about to give birth to our cubs, was a good idea? I raced through the snow, desperately wishing I was a pokemon better suited to this climate, but I pushed on.
*back with Luna and Silverwind*
Luna watched as Silver paced back and forth, pausing when the slight pains hit. After being told that the ninetales was in labor, she didn't know what to do except sit and watch. As another pain hit, Silverwind squeezed her eyes shut tightly, *Gale, I hope you get here soon!* she whimpered. Soon Luna decided to keep Silver by the fire and stay with her, at least until Gale came back.
*Gale's Point of View*
Soon the den was in my line of sight, "Silverwind! I'm coming!..." but some of my words were broken off by the wind. I hoped that she had heard me.
*Silverwind's Point of View*
Silverwind pricked her ears, "Silver...win..!...I'm...com...!" she understood some of the words and knew her mate was close. She laid down and shifted her top hind leg to the left a little, intending to rest between contractions, when her water broke! Silver's eyes widened when she saw the fluid that was flowing out of her and was slowly making a small puddle. She laid her head down on the ground and squeezed her eyes shut as a sharper contraction hit, desperately wishing Gale was here and comforting her.
As if her wish was granted, Gale burst into the den, shaking the snow from his fur. "Gale...!" Silverwind panted, "you're...finally back..." Gale hurried over to her and nuzzled her, "there, there," he soothed, "I'm here now," he licked her forehead. Then he noticed they had a guest, and his fur bristled nervously, he didn't know that Silver had company while she was in labor, and wasn't sure about this strange Riolu.
"Don't worry about her, Dear...I invited Luna in to warm up from the cold and invited her in, she was keeping me company while I was waiting for you to return..." Gale sighed, "fine..." He looked over at Luna, "come here, pup, so I can get a good look at you," Luna walked over slowly, Gale looked her over, then grinned, "haven't seen one like you before, but you're pretty cute." Luna just rubs the back of her head and blushes a little.
"Now, we might need water, I noticed a lake on my return, let's go see about getting some," He turns to calm his mate, "we'll be back soon," They went out to the lake, but it was frozen, Luna felt the burning feeling she had felt off and on all night, like some power deep within her wanted out. She focused on that feeling, and when she opened her mouth, a stream of fire shot out and melted the ice, surprising Luna and Gale.
"H...how did I do that?" Luna gasped, Gale stared at her with wide eyes before snapping out of it.
*Luna's Point of View*
I don't know how I did it, one minute I feel this burning power within me, the next, I'm shooting fire from my mouth! If I didn't know any better, I'd say I just used Flamethrower!
Gale's Point of View
This pup manages to impress me more and more, first with her appearance, and now with what she just did! I've never seen a Riolu shoot fire from their mouth before, I didn't know they could use Flamethrower!
Gale scooped some of the water into a bucket and they ran back to the den. Silverwind was curled into a ball, shaking occasionally from contractions that were getting closer and closer together.
"Silver, you wouldn't believe it! this kid used Flamethrower! I didn't think Riolu could learn to do that!" Silver looked thoughtful, "they can't, but I guess Luna is just special," Gale set the bucket of water down by the fire and went back to comforting his mate. Another hour of contractions went by, when Silver yelped and said she needed to push.
"Oh arceus," she whined, "It hurts," Gale licked her forehead soothingly, "shhh, just try and relax and get comfortable," he told her. Silverwind exhaled - trying to relax - before stretching out on her right side after the contraction faded, waiting for the next one to begin.
While that was going on, Luna wondered if she should leave now, and started to leave, but Gale stopped her, "don't leave, Pup, we don't want you to freeze out there." Silver nodded from where she was on the ground. She might be in labor, about to have her cubs, but she didn't want Luna to leave yet. "Yes child, please, stay a little while longer."
"If you don't mind, then ok," Luna sat down and leaned back against the wall of the den where she could watch but was out of the way. When the next contraction hit Gale positioned himself beside Silver to comfort her and she took a deep breath and bore down hard, squeezing her eyes shut and gritting her teeth. Soon she let's out her breath, panting, "Arceus, I might have done this before but it's still painful." Indeed, she had three litters before this one but was caught off guard by the pain every time.
*Silverwind's Point of View*
I was in pain, I could feel the cub move down with every push, bringing it closer to coming into the world. After the last push I could feel the cub crowning, a burning pain spreading through me, making me yelp in pain.
*Gale's Point of View*
I was scared. As I encouraged Silver and comforted her, I desperately wished there was more I could do. Looking over at the pup that was visiting, I saw her watching and looking worried, and knew she was wishing she could do something too.
Luna jumped at Silver's pained yelp, she was hoping Silver would be ok. Gale took a peek as Silver pushed again, seeing a head, he wagged his tail happily and turned, "keep going, Silver! I see a head!" Silver grinned but that quickly turned to a grimace as the pain returned and she gave another hard push and the head was out. Gale nuzzled her, "one more push and it's out, love!" he said excitedly.
Silverwind smiled tiredly and with a final push the cub slid out from it's mother's body. Silver sighed happily and sat up as Gale cut the cub's umbilical cord with a claw and let it's mother lick it clean. The little Electrike cub coughed and began yelping as it took a breath but calmed down when it felt it's mother licking it. "It's a boy, hon." Silver told Gale happily. Gale began to tear up happily as he nuzzled his son, who then crawled to his mother's side and began feeding.
Silver was finally able to relax and sleep with her cub until the next cub decided to make it's presence known.
Part 2 will be up soon. reviews welcome!