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ice cold [birthing- paladin, open] - Official - 08-12-2012 Soleil the Virtuous May 14th, 2012 at 7:33pm For whatever reason, completely unknown to Soleil she had ended up in, quite possibly, the coldest region of Helovia. To make matters worse she was going into labor and she knew she wouldn't make it out of the frozen wasteland she was in in time. The only thing she could do was find a place where she was sheltered from the wind, where her newborn would be sheltered, and have her child in peace. The search was agonizing in more ways than one. The cold wind seemed to bite through her skin and muscles and penetrate her bones and the contractions that came with her labor had her wanting to just pace back and forth rather than search coherently. The mare forced herself to find a suitable place and when she did she dropped down onto the floor of the cave she'd found and sucked in a deep breath to calm herself. She wished Paladin was with her. He wouldn't have allowed her to wander into the frozen wasteland and even if he couldn't have stopped her he would keep her warm. -graphic birthing stuff goes on here- The process of having her children went more smoothly than it had when she'd given birth to Ktulu and Ophelia. Soleil was surprised to have gotten twins once again, but she was excited. The mare clambered to her feet and turned to look at her children, both colts. Paladin would be excited, she thought. One of them held the tribal markings that were unique to his bloodline, though they were a bit off. His body was pale rather than black and the markings blue rather than red. The other foal was the spitting image of his father with the black body and red tipped mane and tail. Soleil lowered her head and nuzzled the two newborns before urging them to stand. They needed to stand and drink so she could lead them out of the frozen land she'd ended up in and back to the warmth of the foothills. Paladin the Valiant May 14th, 2012 at 8:53pm Paladin had been to check on their girls only to return to find that in her state, his mate had wandered. Concerned, he tracked her into the frozen wastelands of the north, and he snorted a cloud of white smoke. Why would she wander here? He powerfully moved over the earth until his crimson eyes settled on a cave in the distance. In the white, he made out the form of his love. Quickly, he rushed to her side and lowered his body next to hers, trying to keep her warm. As she struggled, he whispered loving, encouraging words, and he was pleased to see that this birth was much easier for her than their twin girls had been. Two! Twins again! What manner of glorious and spectacular hell was thin? Four children to call his own? He had never been more proud or more overwhelmed. His blood would flow strong in this land. When Soleil stood, he followed suit and helped clean the two colts he had sired, and he grinned. Always one dark and one light - fitting for he and his mate. The lighter one had markings like his family, but they were blue like Sol's eyes. For a moment, his darker son made him frown. The colt held none of his mother's markings - not a single hint of dun on his charcoal form. Once again, the power of Riekahn worked its way into Paladin's life, though the innocence in his son's eyes was too beautiful to stay concerned. He loved them, and he could never do anything but love them. Paladin lovingly nuzzled his mate's neck as she urged their sons to stand, and he chuckled. "One of our sons has your features and my markings. I am interested to see how they age." he commented with a grin. "We make some damn good children, Soleil." Soleil May 14th, 2012 at 9:29pm Paladin had arrived right when she had needed him most, giving her his warmth and comforting words as she birthed their children. She was just as lost as he was at the aspect of having two sets of twins. In two pregnancies she'd given him four children. Four absolutely beautiful children and they were both still young. Should he desire a bigger family she would be more than willing to give that to him. The only thing he had to do was tell her. "He does." She agreed when he said that one of their sons had her features. She missed the way he frowned at the darker colt and she wouldn't have known that he attributed it to his father. Her own father was a massive black stallion. He could have gotten his looks from either of his grandsires. She nuzzled the colts in turn, continuing to urge them to find their feet. "Come now, Vadim." She said as she nudged the paler of the two colts. He scrambled until he stood on awkwardly splayed legs then looked at his mother expectantly. She did not move to him and so he shakily edged his way closer to her and once he was close enough he shoved his head under his dam's belly and began to nurse greedily. Soleil's gaze then turned to Paladin and she smiled. "Have you thought of a name?" She asked before dropping her head to nudged the darker colt to his feet. Paladin the Valiant May 14th, 2012 at 9:42pm Vadim was a good, strong name. He smiled as the lighter of the two colts stood shakily on his long legs, and Paladin's crimson eyes looked at his second son. Vadim was hungry apparently. As he watched his mate nose his dark son, Paladin smiled. "Varath," he replied. The name was a family name, one full of power and greatness. He could only hope that his son would make the name good. Varath, seemed particularly perturbed and irritated at his sudden and unwelcome advent into this cold world. As his mother's warm breath washed over him, he shivered and slowly rose to his feet. He was hungry dammit, and it was a strange sensation. He wanted to eat! The gangly, grey creature he had shared the womb with was already eating, and he turned his two colored eyes to his brother, examining how he was moving. The dark colt then lunged his body up onto his feet and swayed unsteadily, having to quickly widen his stance to stay upright. Varath then moved to the other side of his mother and ate hungrily, wanting nothing more than to be warm. Soleil the Virtuous May 15th, 2012 at 8:30pm Soleil watched in awed silence as Varath found his feet and finally stood. It was something she could watch over and over again. Her children breathing their first breaths, taking their first steps, speaking their first words. She remembered every little detail from each of her childrens births. She watched as the dark colt stumbled his way to her side and she lowered her head, running her muzzle across his back as he began to drink like his brother. Her heart felt like it would burst with happiness. The mare turned and nuzzled the other colt before raising her head and looking to her mate. The moment was perfect with him there, it would have been more perfect if their girls would have been there to greet their brothers, but they would all meet eventually. "Varath and Vadim." She spoke their names together for the first time. They were strong names for two strong boys. Having had his fill, Vadim smacked his lips as he scooted back a step. He then peered around his mother at the dark stallion that was standing there as a guard. A few moments later he walked shakily from around her and stood staring up at him with blue eyes that perfectly matched his mother's. He weaved around his father's legs and moved under him before flopping down on the ground. Standing was exhausting and so was drinking. Within seconds the colt had drifted off to sleep. |