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Sayuri_Nitta

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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:27 am

'You were gone too long.' Yzma scolded Izusa as the heavily pregnant mare slowly approached Kaliska's teepee. Izusa hadnt been back here since she had found out about the pregnancy but Yzma had persuaded the Kalona that being near two-leggers would be a good idea in case there were any problems during the labour.

'Yes mother,' Izusa snorted, her voice dripping with sarcasm. She was incredibly uncomfortable as well, the foals were lying heavily now, having moved within her to a position ready for birthing.

Yzma rolled her eyes skywards.
'The two-legger is close but not near. I managed to get her to go away until she was needed.'
'If she is needed.' Izusa said firmly.
'I am not sure that I even need all this.'
Yzma snapped her teeth in a tutting manner.
'This is your first birthing, and we already know it's going to be three foals. And you arent exactly the biggest built Soquili.'
'Fine.' Izusa snapped her wings, her tail lashing.
'The shelter is ready..As soon as you go into labour we should move you into it. At the moment it is upwind but that may soon change. We dont want anyone knowing about this. The two-legged one is the only exception. It might not go well with the other Villagers if they knew that you were spawning more Kalona's.'
'They come near my children I will devour them..souls and all.'

Izusa shivered, a vaguely sick feeling going through her and a pulsing pain started up. There was feeling of release and the ground dampened beneath her as her waters broke.
'In the shelter now..' Yzma snapped at Izusa's heels, the mare standing there, dazed at the realisation that she was about to become a mother, but she shot forward as the vixen's teeth sunk part way into the soft flesh at her ankle.

The mare ducked her head as she walked under the twisted branches, woven into a 'bower' like roof, the floor was covered in dried grasses. It was the same shelter that Ardia had birthed in, but there was no lingering scent, that had been many moons ago and the old litter had long been burned, the floor brushed with a besom.
'The...' Izusa winced, her legs collapsing under her. The contractions had started, and were intensely painful from the start. Sweat ran along her coat, and the whites of her eyes showed as Yzma watched from the side, speaking in a low tone, cajoling the mare into breathing deeply, and into pushing when she could.

The hours passed, a long time it seemed, unearthly cries echoing at that end of the Village as Izusa pushed, and laboured. Yzma paced, worried, keeping an eye on the blood that Izusa was losing as the third foal came into the world. The other two had been birthed, first a colt, cleaned and then placed into one of the waiting woven baskets. The lid was sealed with twisted plant fibres, and moments after the lid was shut on the foal the outer colour of the basket changed, patterns and dyes appearing as if by some invisible brush.
A filly soon followed, placed with care inside a basket by the two-legger who had been allowed to come closer for this task only. The lid sealed, the outside of the basket followed suit, colours and patterns appearing as it had on its brother's.
The last was clinging on though, Izusa was exhausted and Yzma tugged distractedly at her brush as she waited. She let out a breath as the foal's hind hooves finally slithered from the birth canal, dropping into the grasses. It was another colt, and it was cleaned, its mouth cleared and put into the final basket.
Kaliska left after that, and Yzma sniffed at the outside of each basket, listening with her acute hearing at the slight movements coming from inside them all. She looked over at the mare who had passed out, her wings hanging limply at her sides.
'You want me to tell him?' Yzma managed to rouse Izusa a little, nuzzling the Kalona's head. Her eyes opened and shut, and a small noise came out.
'I'll find him..' she turned with a flick of her tail, glancing back at Izusa's prone figure before pattering off swiftly.