Difference and Acceptance

here's part 2! enjoy this slightly longer chapter!

Barely half an hour passed before the next cub decided to make itself known. Gale moved the first cub closer to himself to allow Silverwind more room to move. Sighing, she moved herself into a squatting position before pushing, the cub moving down the birth canal and widening it as it went. "mmmnn" Silver grunted as she pushed, before letting out her breath and inhaling before pushing again. "Come on, little one..." she whimpered.

"Keep going, you're doing very well," Gale encouraged her, before trying to comfort the whimpering Electrike cub by his side, "Shhh, little one, your mother is busy with your sibling." He licked the cub on his head. The cub calmed down and snuggled into his Father's side, comforted by the familiar scent of the much larger creature beside him.

Silverwind bore down again, feeling the cub crowning she pushed harder and the head appeared. Allowing herself some time to rest before the next contraction hit. Groaning, she squatted and and bore down one more time, and the second cub slid free. "You did it!" Gale cried as he got up without disturbing the cub beside him and came over to lick Silver's cheek and cut the cub's umbilical cord before nudging the little vulpix closer so she could clean it.

Like her brother, the vulpix cub cried as she took her first breath but calmed down when Silver began licking her. Silverwind was getting tired, but even as she rested and fed her second cub, she still had three more on the way and waited for the next one to come. She licked and nuzzled her mate lovingly, glad she had him by her side during this time.

Luna smiled at the sight of the two cubs, they were so cute! and even though she didn't like seeing Silverwind in pain, as long as she was ok she wasn't as worried as she was. Gale let the little vulpix have some bonding time with her mother before placing her with her brother and licking both gently. "just three more to go," Silver sighed tiredly, panting a little, before struggling into a squatting position using Gale for support.

Silverwind pushed, and expected to start feeling the cub start to descend, but nothing happened. She let out her breath and panted.

*Silverwind's Point of View*

That's odd, usually the cub begins descending when I start to push, but this one didn't budge. I'm wondering if this one is bigger than the others.

Silver took a deep breath and pushed as hard as she could, chin against her chest, ears pinned down flat. "hrrrgh, hhhhnnn, mmmm," she groaned as she kept the push up as long as she could. Nothing happened. She took another deep breath and tried again, bearing down hard. This time she felt something shift and the cub began to descend, although a bit slower than the other two had.

"C...can you see anything?" she asked Gale, who shifted his position to try to see if the cub had started to crown but didn't see anything. "No, nothing yet, love," he shook his head. Whimpering from the pain Silver didn't have to wait long for the next contraction and pushed harder than she had before, feeling the cub stretch her birth canal before finally feeling the burning pain of the cub crowning. "I can see the head!" Gale exclaimed, "push harder!" he added. Another push and the cub slowly inched out, stopping when the shoulders started to appear.

"Yep...that's definitely a big one!" Silver said to herself through gritted teeth as she let a contraction wash over her and felt the large cub between her legs. One last push brought the large cub out. Gale once again cut the cord with a claw and the cub shook it's head and coughed, but this one didn't cry like the others when it took it's first breath, and this vulpix cub was different from his sister, his fur was golden yellow, his headfur was a lighter orange, but like any newborn vulpix, his single tail was white.

"Oh, well look at you," Gale cooed, "you'll grow up to look beautiful like your mother one day," he told the sleeping shiny vulpix cub. Silver was given a break from contractions, and was glad for it, she was getting tired. She laid down and rested and bonded with her cubs and tried to regain some of her strength. Gale licked the sweat from her face.

Silverwind was too tired to squat again, so she stretched out on the ground, and the shiny vulpix cub was placed with his siblings. Silver nearly curled in on herself when she pushed this time, just wanting to get the cub out, "hrrrrgggh...hhhhhnn..." she groaned, before yelping from a sharp pain, causing Luna to flatten her ears to her head. "Gah!" Silver whined, "it hurrrrts!" Gale nuzzled her comfortingly before going back to keeping an eye out for the head appearing.

Silver just took a deep breath and bore down, the cub descended and began crowning in a short time, in no time at all it was out after another push. It was another Electrike, and this one was male too, but his fur was white as snow, and his stripes were a light pink. The cub's cord was cut and he was cleaned off. Gale, Silver, and even Luna were in awe over this cub, "He...he's an albino..." Silver said in awe. Gale was amazed as well, "Oh my, he's beautiful, Silver..." Silver had to agree, "indeed he is, dear, indeed he is..."

"Alright, love, one more and you're done!" Gale told his mate, she nodded and they nuzzled each other, looking over at their cubs lovingly. With her next contraction, Silver braced herself, *Here we go, last one...* She thought before beginning to push. This cub took no time at all in coming, it only took two pushes before it came out. Like her brother, the little vulpix cub was snow white from her head to her single tail, with light pink headfur. Sadly, this vulpix cub was smaller than the other cubs, and did not cry or whimper after her cord was cut and she was cleaned off.

*Silverwind's Point of View*

Oh, my beautiful cub! Wait, why isn't she breathing? Oh I hope she isn't dead! That would be terrible..

Gale placed an ear on the cub, "oh no, she isn't breathing!" He panicked slightly. "What are we going to do, Silver?" Silverwind didn't know what to do, this hadn't happened to her before. Gale carefully placed his muzzle over the cubs, and tried getting her to breath by blowing air into her lungs. After a few tries, the cub coughed and began breathing on her own.

*Gale's Point of View*

Thank Arceus she's ok, I was afraid that cub wasn't going to make it. She might not make it, since she is the runt, but hopefully she'll grow to be a strong pokemon one day.

Silver finally got to nurse all of her cubs and get some well deserved rest. "I'm very proud of you, love, five healthy cubs." Gale gazed lovingly with pride at the two electrike and three vulpix cubs nursing from his mate, from his spot lying down opposite of her. The first electrike cub and one of the Vulpix cubs crawled over and snuggled up at his side, he nuzzled them lovingly.

Luna came over to get a good look at the adorable cubs. Silverwind smiled tiredly at the Riolu. "Oh, Silverwind, they are adorable!" She squealed. Gale smiled happily, "thank you, pup, they are quite adorable." "And now come's the fun part, naming them," Silverwind was tired but she would rest soon. "Yep, what should we name them, love?" Gale asked. Silver thought for a moment, "you can be Danny," she nuzzled her first born, "you can be Lucy," she nuzzled the girl vulpix, "you can be Zack," she nuzzled the shiny vulpix boy, "you can be Winter," she nuzzled the albino electrike, "and you...you can be..." she looked at the albino vulpix, "Can I make a suggestion?" Gale asked, "can I name her after Luna?"

Both Luna and Silverwind were shocked but Luna nodded, honored that one of the cubs would be named after her. Silverwind agreed, "that's a lovely name, Dear," The vulpix, now named Luna, looked around from where she was at her father's side before struggling to open her eyes and managing to blink them open after a few minutes. She looked up at the riolu she had been named after, and Luna saw she had beautiful pink eyes, just like her.

Soon Silverwind gave in to her exhaustion and fell asleep. Luna decided it was a good time to go, and after gently stroking little Luna, gave her silent farewell to Silverwind, kissing the ninetales on the cheek gently, Silverwind smiled in her sleep, said goodbye to Gale, and left, looking back one last time at the family before heading back. But sometime in the night, her tracks had been covered. Luna decided to try something. Clearing away some of the snow, she placed her paw on the ground and tried to sense the auras of the others, aura sensors lifting slightly.

Despite the fact she hadn't done it before, she managed to locate the others. When she got back, she swore to tell no one what she did, and if anyone asked, she would say she was watching the sunrise. Indeed, the sun had begun to rise as Luna was heading back, so when she got back to the cave, Roxas asked her where she had been. "I was just watching the sunrise, Daddy, then I talked to a noctowl I saw for awhile." Roxas nodded and walked off.

Luna didn't like lying to her father, but she wanted to keep her secret a secret. Then Lucas came over, "hi Luna," Luna smiled, "hi Lucas," then she thought for a minute, "can you keep a secret?" Lucas had a confused look for a minute, then answered, "sure, I guess, why?" Luna looked around before grabbing Lucas' ear, "come on," they went outside and around into the woods behind the cave, before she let go. Lucas rubbed his sore ear, "ow...so what did you want to tell me?" Luna grinned, "I went on an adventure!" Lucas gaped, "you did?" "yeah," then she motioned him to come closer.

Then she began whispering in his ear, "I woke up last night from that burning feeling, you know how it's been bothering me?" when he nodded she continued, "well, I got up and decided to take a walk, and after a noctowl almost hit me while flying by, a pregnant ninetales noticed me and invited me into her den. I was only going to stay for a little while, but then she went into labor and her mate showed up and they didn't want me to freeze so I stayed and got to watch her have her cubs, two electrikes and three vulpix, they were adorable! the ninetales and manectric even named one of the vulpix after me, how cool is that?"

Lucas was surprised, "wow...that is pretty cool..." Luna continued, "and you know what else is cool? watch," she focused, then opened her mouth and a stream of fire went into the air. Lucas was shocked and jumped back, eyes wide, "how did you do that?!" Luna shrugged, "I don't know, one minute I feel the burning feeling, the next I focus on it and I start breathing fire, and riolu can't learn flamethrower." Lucas shrugged as well, calming down from his shock. "oh well," Luna then glared slightly at Lucas, "remember, keep this a secret, I wasn't going to tell anyone, but I hope I can trust you to keep quiet." Lucas nodded, a little frightened, then grinned and poked Luna, "you're it!" he laughed, Luna sighed and shook her head, before taking off after her friend. Hopefully he would keep her secret safe...

I know Riolu/Lucario can't learn flamethrower but I thought it would be cool for Luna to learn it