Falls

My thoughts kept traveling to when we last saw Braylen. He had left them with his mother, saying he’d be back soon. But in all honesty it hadn’t been anytime soon. Sure, I went with Skylar and Georgiana, but to say that I was particularly okay with being left, that was an understatement. To be honest yes, I felt as if he had abandoned us, it’d been months and no sign of him. I hated it. And it wasn’t doing me any good. Yes, I was huge, but that was all the child within me that was keeping me on track, if it hadn’t been for the babe, I don’t know how I would be able to handle it, to be honest. The feelings that were racking through me on a daily basis were close to killing me most days. I tried to stay in the mountains like he said, but it felt so strange, so unusual to me that I wasn’t able to do it. I stayed close, most days, but the falls became my favorite place. Partially because it was where we last saw him, partially because the trees that were there were thick enough to keep me hidden without a chance of someone finding me. Not that anyone would want to find me.

I felt as if this pregnancy was going on too long, as if the little one inside me was as stubborn as he or she, could be. There was no way that I wasn’t overdue by now, and it was making me weaker every day. Today the falls seemed dreary, and way too lonely. I found myself lying by the base of the mountain, leaning against a berry bush that was still all leaves. I stared at my large, obtrusive belly, sighing as I nosed it. I’d been uncomfortable all day, achy, just not feeling up to anything. My thoughts traveled back to Braylen, as they did every day. I missed him, to the point where I hurt, all the time. It just didn’t feel right. Even without a home, we should all still be together, it just wasn’t right.

I gasped, a sharp pain ripping across my abdomen, stealing my breath away. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but the pain came again, taking my thoughts and scattering them, to where I barely thought of anything, other than breathing through the awful pain that was driving me insane. The pains came and went, and it seemed like they did that for hours on end, to the point where a thin coat of sweat shone on my neck, my muscles were twitching, I felt like I was going to pass out at any moment now. The pains were so close now that there was maybe a second or two of a break in between the pains.

I had realized during the pains that it was finally labor, and that this little boy or girl was finally making its appearance. It took about another hour before I found myself pushing, and soon, the little boy was beside me and I felt as if the world was right, for now. He was a cream shade like his father, with tobiano markings, but he inherited my blanket as well. To me, he was perfect. I stood slowly, my legs wobbling as I turned around to begin cleaning the little boy. I wondered in the back of my head what Georgiana was having, if it was a boy or a girl. I nuzzled my face against his soft fur, smiling softly. If only Braylen was here now.



isobel ; three ; mustang, brumby, appy mix ; snowcapped dunskin roan ;

female ; mute ; 14.3 hh ; of the forest [braylen's]

zain (c. x braylen)

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