(This chapter here is when Gruffi is in his first month and second month of pregnancy, I do know that ultrasounds were not invented in their time, but they could use a Doppler to hear the cub's heart-beat, which it could be an old tool to hear the baby or babies' heart-beat. And also…Gusto is going to make something very special for Gruffi and for Gruffi's new bundle of joy once Gruffi's cub comes into the world. Please…Enjoy!)
Chapter 5: Gruffi's First and Second Month of Pregnancy
In Gruffi's first month of pregnancy, he has been feeling wonderful and that his morning sickness is all gone, and that his body is going through a lot of changes. Like, his body was getting ready for the growth of his cub, which he starts to panic a little to see if his baby is okay, which is why he goes to Zummi for an explanation.
"Not to orry, I mean, worry, Gruffi. Your ub, I mean, cub is about the ize, I mean, size of a herry, I mean, cherry. Which is why your ody, I mean, body is going to get prepared for the rowth, I mean, growth of your cub." Zummi said. Gruffi sighed in relief. "Phew. Thank goodness, thank you for telling me, Zummi. I just don't know what is happening to my body since there's a cub in there." He said. "You're welcome, Gruffi. Also, look what I got." Zummi said and shows Gruffi a tool in his hand. "Uh, Zummi? What is it?" Gruffi asked, feeling curious. "This Gruffi is called a Doppler; it's a tool that you can listen to your cub's heart-beat for the first time." Zummi said. "Wow. I didn't know I can listen to my cub's heart-beat. Do you think it will work?" Gruffi asked, feeling surprised that the Doppler could let him listen to his cub's heart-beat.
"Well, it's an ossibility, I mean, possibility, but we can fry, I mean, try." Zummi said, and then, Gruffi gets on the bed and takes his shirt off along with his belt, and then, Zummi puts the Doppler onto Gruffi's stomach, which is not that big, but the cub is the size of a cherry. And so, Zummi starts to listen to the cub's heart-beat and so did Gruffi as well. Thump…Thump…Thump… Thump…Thump…Thump…Thump…Thump…Thump.
"That's the heart-beat that we're hearing, Gruffi." Zummi said. "Wow, it's beating fast." Gruffi said. "Yes, nine beats per unite, I mean, minute, perfectly normal. Also…if my calculations are correct, Gruffi, I say your cub is doing just fine in your stomach and everything's perfectly normal." Zummi said. Gruffi sighed in relief. "Oh, thank goodness. I'm glad my cub is doing fine." He said with a smile.
Later, Gusto was staying with the Gummi Bears for Gruffi's pregnancy, so that way, he's going to make something very special for Gruffi and for Gruffi's cub as well. And so, he starts on thinking on some good ideas, and starts to make a good plan to make something special for Gruffi and for the bundle of joy along the way. He thought long and hard, until…his brain gives him a very good idea, and so he went out of the room and went to his place behind the waterfall, and grabs some clay and starts on making a good sculpture for Gruffi and for the bundle of joy along the way.
"I bet the Gruffando and his bundle of joy is going to be surprised to see this masterpiece that I am going to make for them. Just to show them my support." He said to himself while doing the sculpture, and while he was sculpting, he saw some paint on his desk, and he thought of a good idea. "That's it. Once the sculpture is all finished and dry, maybe I could paint it, maybe that can make Gruffi and the bundle of joy happy and special." He said and then, he grabbed some paint and continues to finish his sculpture.
Into Gruffi's second month of pregnancy, Gruffi has been feeling strange to his stomach, which made him look down at his stomach, still not a baby bump yet. Gruffi looks down at his stomach and he puts his paw on his stomach. "Wow, so you're really in me, huh?" He said to his stomach if his cub could hear him. "And I bet you're hungry, young one." He said while rubbing his stomach, looking at himself in the mirror. And then, he heard his stomach growling, and he says, "Now it's time to get something to eat. Because I am starving." And so, he goes into the hallway and goes into the kitchen, which he starts to smell Grammi's cooking.
"Mmmm, what smells so good?" He said while smelling the food being cooked. "Hi, Gruffi. I see you came down to have some dinner." Grammi said while cooking. "Oh, yes, Grammi. I am starving." Gruffi said getting a spot for him to sit and he sat in a nice comfortable rocking chair, which is very comfortable and he puts his feet on the stool right in front of the fire-place. Grammi comes in and saw Gruffi in a rocking chair, relaxing, and she gives him a trey of food. "Here's your dinner, Gruffi. Enjoy." She said. "Thank you, Grammi." Gruffi said, and then, he starts on eating his dinner and then, he starts to get a bit upset when his food was hot, which it touch his tongue, you know, when you felt a burn on your tongue while eating food that is hot and steamy. "Ow!" Gruffi said, feeling the burn on his tongue from eating his dinner. "Gruffi, what is the matter?" Grammi and Zummi asked at the same time. "It's my tongue! My dinner is hot and made my tongue get a burn." Gruffi said while going through a mood swing. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know your supper gave you a tongue, Gruffi Gummi!" Grammi said with an angry tone.
Gruffi's face turned red, like he was about to explode in front of Grammi, and so, he gets out of the chair, takes his dinner with him, including a cup of cold milk and goes into his bedroom, and then, he just growls furiously walking away from Grammi. "What happened?" Sunni asked, feeling concerned on what happened. "Oh, Gruffi is just upset." Grammi said. "Upset about what?" Tummi asked. "He's upset about his tongue got a burn while eating his supper. And I think he's going through, I say, a mood swing." Zummi said. "What's a mood swing?" Cubbi asked, feeling curious.
"Well, Cubbi. A Ood Wing, I mean, Mood Swing, is like when Gruffi is regnant, I mean, pregnant, his attitude will start to change from ice, I mean, nice, to ad, I mean, mad, to ad, I mean, sad, and then, back to nice again. It just couldn't make up its mind whether on how Gruffi feels." Zummi said. "Are mood swings normal during pregnancy, Zummi?" Tummi asked. "Well, Tummi. I have to say it is normal to have mood swings while pregnant, and they will soon go away after the aby, I mean, baby is born. I'm sure that Gruffi is alright. He will calm down." Zummi said. "I hope you're right, Zummi. When Cubbi and I were cubs, Gruffi did such a very good job on taking care of us when we were little. Also, you, Grammi and Tummi all did very good jobs on taking care of us as well. When Gruffi took care of us when we were cubs, I say that Gruffi is like a father figure to me and Cubbi." Sunni said. "Yeah. He is like a father figure to us. Just like Grammi is like a mother figure to us as well." Cubbi said. Grammi smiled at Sunni and Cubbi, thinking of Gruffi as a father figure and also herself as a mother figure as well. "Awwww, you two are so very sweet." She said with a smile.
While Gruffi was eating his supper, he heard the other Gummi Bears talking about him being a good father figure to Sunni and Cubbi when they were cubs, and when he looks down at his stomach, he puts his paw on his stomach, until, all of the sudden, tears start to fall out of his eyes…Gruffi is sobbing. Awwww, looks like Gruffi is sad thinking that he will be a good father figure to his cub that he is carrying. "I'll be a wonderful father to you, my little boy or girl. My little Gruffi Jr. or my little Sassi." He said to his stomach with tears in his eyes while rubbing his stomach.
When night came to the Gummi Glen, while the other Gummi Bears were sleeping, Gruffi was sleeping, but he…starts to dream…
Gruffi dreams about him being pregnant, and then, he goes into labor, he breathes through the contractions and hard labor pains, and then, he uses all of his might to push his cub out of him, until he gives birth to a baby girl that he'll name her; Sassi. "Hello, Sassi. I'm your father. Hi, your father loves you." He cooed at her and gives her a kiss on her forehead, until, one day, darkness came into the room, and…an evil laugh came out of nowhere and grabbed Sassi away from Gruffi, which made Gruffi sob that he lost his daughter to his enemy; Igthorn.
"Igthorn. You let go of my daughter." Gruffi said with an angry, and he starts to grab some Gummi-Berry Juice and starts to drink some until…the Gummi-Berry Juice didn't made him bounce, it made him turned into a baby himself, which causes Gruffi to sob in his sleep while dreaming. "Sorry, you silly little Gummi Bear. You lost your daughter…forever!" Igthorn said while holding Sassi in his arms. Sassi was crying, crying for Gruffi. Gruffi looked up and saw Sassi crying for him, and then, he starts to cry as well and the darkness came back into the room again.
When Gruffi's nightmare ended, Gruffi was tossing and turning, until, Cubbi came in and saw Gruffi tossing and turning in his sleep. "Gruffi, wake up…please, wake up." He said gently, trying to get Gruffi to wake up from his nightmare. When Gruffi opened his eyes, he gasped and saw Cubbi in his bedroom, and he kept on breathing and gives Cubbi a hug and he goes into tears. "Oh, Cubbi. I just had this horrible nightmare, I went into labor and gave birth to a baby girl that I named her; Sassi, and…Igthorn grabbed her from me out of nowhere, and the Gummi-Berry Juice didn't made me bounce, it turned me into a baby, and I couldn't do anything to save Sassi." He said while hugging Cubbi and sobbing into him.
Cubbi didn't know what to do, and so he left Gruffi in his bedroom and went to grab Zummi. A short time later, Zummi went into Gruffi's bedroom while grabbing a Doppler to listen the baby's heart-beat to see if the baby is okay. "It's okay, Gruffi. I'm here now. Just take a deep breath, try to calm down, and let's hear the heart-beat if your cub is okay." Zummi said while putting the Doppler on Gruffi's stomach while Gruffi was trying to calm down. When he heard the thumping sounds from his stomach, he was relieved that his cub is okay and it's alive. "Well, Gruffi. I say your cub is doing ine, I mean, fine. And I say you just had a bad ream, I mean, dream." Zummi said, feeling concern for Gruffi. "No, Zummi. It was a nightmare. And I was afraid that Igothorn will take my baby away from me, and I won't be able to hold him or her in my arms. And that I'm also afraid that the Gummi-Berry Juice will turn me into a baby as well." Gruffi said. "But…Igthorn is dead, and the Dunwyn is safe, and so is the glen, Gruffi. We're all safe, and all our enemies are all dead." Sunni said, feeling concern for Gruffi as well.
Gruffi sighed and took a deep breath and he starts to lay down on his bed with his blankets on him to keep him and his baby warm from getting frost-bite. "You're right, Sunni. I believe it was all just a nightmare. Well…I think we should get some sleep for the rest of the night." He said while trying to get some sleep. "Yeah. We should. Good night, Gruffi. Sweet dreams. We'll see you in the morning." Sunni said. "Good night, Gruffi." Cubbi said. "Good night, Sunni. Good night, Cubbi. And Cubbi?" Gruffi said. Cubbi turned around and looked at Gruffi. "Yes, Gruffi." Cubbi said. "Don't worry about me, Cubbi. I'll be fine. And thank you for your concern and Sunni's concern as well." Gruffi said. Cubbi smiled and he says, "You're welcome. And I'm here for you." And then, Cubbi goes out into the hallway and into bed. Zummi looks at Gruffi and places the Doppler on Gruffi's stomach and put the ear-phones on Gruffi's ears, so that way, Gruffi could listen to the cub's heart-beat while sleeping and then, Zummi goes out of the door and into bed as well.
While Gruffi was sleeping, he keeps on listening to his cub's heart-beat, and he starts to smile at that lovely sound from his stomach, and he places his paw on his stomach and rubs his stomach while sleeping. "Good night, my little one. Sweet dreams." He said to his stomach and goes to sleep for the night.
(This chapter here is when Gruffi goes into his first and second month of pregnancy, Gusto makes something special for Gruffi and for the bundle of joy, and also when Gruffi has a scary nightmare. Also for the story, no bad guys in the story, but Igthorn, the Gummi Bears' enemy is only in Gruffi's nightmare, but Igthorn is not going to be in the story. Please review this chapter and I hope you will love it. Thank you.)