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 Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:03 pm
The past few months had been some of the hardest times for the black lioness. This whole pregnancy thing was very scary, and though it certainly helped with Daemon at her side, all the time, actually going through the changes was unsettling. Her fit form becoming plump as she carried the cubs, as well as put on weight to help nourish them. The mood swings, though perhaps Daemon hadn't noticed such a change with those. And after a while, she was barely able to do anything but take a short walk every morning, she was so large. What the hell had Daemon done to her, stuck an elephant inside of her? Because that's what it felt like!
But the past few nights had been even harder. She knew, as instinct told her, that the time would be soon. Very soon. Veeeery soon.
"Daemon!" she cried, wanting him at her side right this moment. It was morning, though, early enough that Daemon might of been out of the cave at this time. She wasn't sure, though, as she normally slept as much as she could, and couldn't wiggle around to see if he was there. He certainly wasn't curled up next to her, though, anyway. The pain was growing, and though she had a high pain tolerance, it certainly wasn't in those areas!
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:30 pm
"Wha?!" Daemon said half asleep, he had rolled over somehow from being nestled next to Ruffian, curled around her like he usually was. Perhaps she had moved and he rolled over instinctively, either way, his head shot up when she called his name and his head cracked against the narrow ceiling near the back of the den, "I'm up!" he shook his head while rubbing it with a paw, and took a few steps forward to lay behind Ruffian once more, something was different today though..something felt...different.
"Whats the matter love?" he couldn't help but add the last part on in the early morning, sometimes he still wasn't sure if she preferred him to leave those things unspoken though spoken through his eyes.
He felt a tension.
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:48 am
Ruffian took a deep, slow, breath, hoping to slow her racing heart. Very very soon. She didn't bother to roll around to face him, instead, she curled up a bit more around her round belly. "It hurts, Daemon. A lot." They were the only words she could get out, grinding her teeth in the process. All she wanted to do was curse this pain to hell, she was so awfully tired of it by now!
She clawed at the ground with one paw, hoping that Daemon would come around to face her. Ugh, she'd never needed him more then this~! Well, besides that one time she was attacked, but now it just felt more....important.
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:57 pm
Demon's eyes softened as his heart ached with the thought that Ruffian was experiencing so much pain and he could do nothing to help take it away completely there was nothing...if only he had the help of a god or something to help transfer the pain from Ruffian to himself so that he wouldn't have to see her in such a state.
"I know, I know shhh," he moved himself so that his body was pulled away but he leaned his forehead against hers, trying to ease her pain, have her calm a bit, she could claw at him if she had too, and it wouldn't matter to him, if it helped, he would do it.
He moved his paw over hers and gripped hers tightly, "Breath love breath..."
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:31 pm
Ruffian's growl soon was audible as she tried to fight back the pain. Gods, why did this have to hurt so much? She swore, she'd never want to deal with this much pain again! Never! SHe snapped her jaws before realizing that the pain was coming in waves. What were these called? Contractions? Then they must be coming soon!
"Daemon....Daemon they're coming." Her last words were rushed as she felt like she got the wind knocked out of her. Little devils! That was they should be known as for hurting this much. She clawed at the ground below her, trying to keep herself in one place as the contractions got stronger and stronger. Her paws hit his, and she instantly sheathed her claws before looking back up at him with a small smile. "Haha, I blame this all on you, y'know..."
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 1:01 pm
"I know I know, breath love, breath," the last thing that he wanted to happen was to have Ruffian go into a panic and not breath, that'd be horrible, and honestly, he'd freak out as well, he'd panic if she did. He stayed close to her while she writhed and clawed the ground, and then tried to not claw his own paws, "Its alright, do what you have to to have hte pain be less, its alright," in truth he was giving her permission to claw his paws and what not, but it was fine with him.
Anything to help.
He gave a chuckle and nuzzled his forehead against her own, "Wasn't all of my fault ya know," he said soothingly, nuzzling her again.
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:27 am
And in a flash, it all came at once.
Well, maybe not all, but it sure seemed like it!
With another push, she felt a bit of wetness before another jolt of pain.
Well, they were certainly here. With a gasp, the first cub emerged, a colour that surprised the black lioness. Brown! A deep brown like her brother. She licked his airways clean before another jolt of pain, feeling another one emerge into the world. Another boy, one that was pure black, with just a bit of white on the tip of his tail. She felt her body tense up for a moment, but the pain ebbed. She still felt so large, she knew there was more coming. More?
Grooming the wetness off of her sons' coats, she concentrated on them instead of the pain. It helped a bit, but another stab of pain that crawled up her back.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:01 pm
Daemon tried to stay hushed but the eager-ness inside of him was pulling at him to go outside and announce to the world that he was a father, that he had a family...and of course that he had Ruffian. Ruffian seemed to be in so much pain, least to him, that he purred low in his throat and gently licked her cheek, neck, curled around her side to make her more comfortable, to have her know he was there for her.
That he'd always be there.
In what seemed like mere moments, two of his children were brought into the world, handsome...or beautiful, little fellas..girls, too.
He wasn't sure whether he had sons, daughters, or one of each.
He was so proud (proud of Ruffian).
A wide grin crossed his features as he watched Ruffian tend to them. He writhed internally in suspense, wondering if they were girls or boys, and another thought crossed his mind.
Names...
Crap!
He hadn't settled on anything, but he had ideas, though he had kept them secret just in case but still...it was a scary thought. He wanted the names of his children to be perfect.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:49 pm
"Ohgods," the black lioness complained, feeling the contractions again. More? Two was plenty enough! She knew that however many were left, they would all have to come out, so damn, they'd better hurry up and come out!
With another grunt, another cub emerged, a dark one with little white socks. Ruffian had just bent over to clean her so her airways would become free for her first breath of fresh air, when tighter contractions followed. Ruffian nudged the black and white cub towards her mate, hoping that he would understand that he needed to help her clean the little one off, since another one was on it's way!
Well, Ruffian was certainly not worried about having only one or two cubs now. They'd never be lonely. Four, at least!
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:08 pm
Daemon stayed quiet, though in amazement and wonder of it all. smile was on his face, seemingly to never fade, and he beamed with pride and love and devotion to Ruffian. Three now, three! He smirked to himself, closing his eyes then opened them when he heard a movement, Ruffian pushing one black and white cub towards himself.
Nudging the cub between his forepaws he cleaned her off with tender and gentle licks of his tongue, nuzzled her with a low purr and placed her back at Ruffian's side with her siblings.
Three, three so far.
"Your doing wonderful," he said softly, giving a quick lick to his mate's cheek to sooth her.
How many more?
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:52 pm
Ruffian held back the urge to roll her eyes. Wonderful? She felt like an icky, smelly mess. Yes, she was excited (and still scared to death) about these cubs, but geeeeez, couldn't they come faster? Well, soon her wish would start coming.
With another push, a silver cub slipped out. Ruffian nudged the cub over and began to clean the cub, figuring that it was a male. So many boys! She hoped for another girl, at least so the one girl wouldn't have to deal with such a crazy amount of brothers. Another surge of pain, another push. Ugh, what? Too many!
Soon, another cub emerged into the world, a pretty white cub, nearly pure white with just a snip of her nose, and a black paw. Almost a Daemon look alike. With a grin, he nudged her over to Daemon to finish cleaning off, feeling yet another stabbing of pain. Hopefully she was done, and it was just leftover pain that she was dealing with now.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:58 pm
Daemon didn't say anything else when Ruffian stayed silent, but who could blame her? She was giving birth after all. he merely smiled and nuzzled her now and then, hoping it eased some worry and pain. Two more lives were brought into the world, five now, five?! His family was so, so large now.
"Wow..." he said in awe, rather softly so that Ruffian may or may not hear.
Cleaning off yet another daughter Daemon smiled and purred, almost pure white like himself but a few dabbles of black here and there. All of the cubs were a perfect mix of them, though his brown son was a bit of an oddball, he'd love him just the same.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:05 pm
Ruffian's body felt like it was about to give out, but she knew that she couldn't stop, not yet. She wanted to gather herself up with her cubs, but yet another stab of pain confused her. 5 was already so many, but more? No, there really couldn't be! But with another surge and push, another cub soon began it's time on earth. Another white cub, but with black ears and black paws. She groomed him quickly, knowing that she was getting low on reserves for energy.
Another familiar contraction. Seven? Seven?! Ruffian really didn't know what to think. The last cub came out a bi easier, a bit smaller then the rest. Silver a little silver girl with bits of white on her nose and back legs. Her body seemed to settle down, and she figured that it was the last one. She moved the last silver cub between her paws, giving her an extra long first bath, the rest of her cubs curled up around her side.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:08 pm
Daemon moved to lay behind, and next to Ruffian all at once, watching the cubs at her side. Seven?! Who would have thought, honestly. Such a variety of markings and designs, and his youngest daughter was smaller than the others, though not less important at all. Nuzzling and purring, Daemon placed gentle licks upon Ruffian's cheeks.
"Do you need anything love?"
Should they name them now, or name them after? Ruffian had to be exhausted.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:13 pm
Seven. Seven. This had to be Daemon's fault. She had only had one other brother, there was no way that a gene for having such a huge family was even part of her side! She'd bring it up to him later, she didn't have the energy to tease and taunt him about it just right now.
Right now, she needed sleep. And she'd ask, nay, demand for it.
"Watch the cubs," she said weakly. "I, just delivering seven little mini yous, need sleep." She grinned, just as weakly, but it was obvious that she still had a bit of her wit with her, no matter how tired she was.
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