Falls

The love that I felt was incomparable to anything in the world. My heart felt as if it was about to burst at the seams. The joy that was rushing through my veins was making the pain I had experienced fade to nothing as I watched him for those first few, silent moments. He was still damp, and with the spring sun shining above our heads, he would soon dry, and his coat would slowly brighten to the hue that would match his father’s, his body was covered in miniature markings, some looked like mine, but there were larger splotches on the rest of his body like his fathers. His small squeak of a cry drew my attention to his face, oh, I couldn’t believe that he was my child. How could something so perfect come from a failure like myself? The fact that he could make a sound made my heart explode even more, to know that my defect hadn’t transferred to him, oh it made my heart sing. It was a joy I had never thought that I would be able to experience, the moment where I was no longer just a girl, I was a mother, and a mother to a perfect, healthy boy who would never want for anything if I could help it.

I stretched my neck out and downward, brushing my lips against the still damp fluff of his forelock, lipping at it softly, just breathing in his crisp, clean, unaltered scent. For now, he was all mine. My mind wandered to Braylen with a twang of pain. Oh I missed him, more than words could express. It was slowly killing me and I wondered what could have happened since the last time I had seen him. Truthfully my mind had come up with quite a few scenarios and some were okay, some, not so much.

I paid close attention to my boy as he attempted to stand multiple times, my head leaned close enough in-case he needed the extra stability. My ears, ever attuned to the sounds that surrounded us, flicked nervously, not sure if this was a safe enough place to be at the moment, but there was nothing I was able to do about it, he wasn’t strong enough to move, and quite frankly, I would fight to the death should anyone try to attack.

I reached out to brush my nose along the soft fluff on his body as he moved forward for his first steps, widening the distance between my front legs and back, giving him extra room as he rooted around before latching on. The sensation was so strange at first, but then it filled me with such a purpose that it was as if I had done this for years, no big deal what so ever. A simple look of bliss took over my facial features, my eyes heavy with the exhaustion that was finally making its presence known. My strength was sapped, from the long pregnancy, to the pains of labor, to the dread in my heart at being alone.

I nuzzled the soft fluff on his hip as he turned and laid down. He was near my hooves, but I shifted my stance just enough to bring him nearly under me, drawing in a deep breath, I forced myself to be alert, because despite the exhaustion I was warring with, I was not falling asleep yet, it was still so new to me I felt as if I had to stand guard, not sure what to expect right now.

It was then that I heard a sound beside us, my head jerked suddenly, my ears slipping backwards before the sound registered within my mind. The familiar sound sent shivers through my body as my eyes locked on Braylen’s form coming out of the trees before me. Oh, he was back! The boy I had once met was now a travel-weary stallion, but he was hers, as far as I was concerned. I extended my nose, the urge to touch him was strong, but I was stubborn, not shifting my stance, I didn’t want to leave our boy, even for a moment, afraid that this was all just a dream. My eyes were bright, all of the days emotions were starting to blend together, the pain of earlier fading to nothing as I had both my son, and my love before me, the world was alright.

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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