The darkness of the forest was anything but comforting to the pale mare as her nerves were on high alert for anything that may pop out of the brush at her. Restlessness kept her from sticking around any one place for too long especially the edge right now with the captain battle going on. When she was there it was impossible to stop stressing over whether or not Note would come out alive, there had already been many brutal attacks that she could barely stand to watch and not do anything about. In the condition she was in there wasn't much that she could do anyway, her belly had swollen greatly over the last couple days and the her baby seemed to be just about as restless as she was, it had made for some very long nights and even longer days. Hell did either really exist anymore? They all just seemed to run together and create mush in her exhausted brain.

Why had she even come out here in the first place when she should have been helping Resplendance with the herb garden? Sighing heavily she let her head droop down as she continued to walk slowly through the maze of trees, it was all their fault, those stallions having done this to her. Pinning her ears back in detest and frustration for the whole situation she carefully picked up her legs one and a time to step over a fallen log. A sharp pain ripped through her stomach as she lifted her last remaining hoof completely offsetting her precarious balance as she scrambled to get the rest of her legs underneath her before she fell. What the hell was that! The pain lingered for a couple of moments before fading slowly as she managed to stop half leaning up against one of the tall fir trees for support. Had she just tweaked some muscle she wondered feeling the dull ache continue to linger for a couple more minutes before another sharp pain shot through her. Groaning she twisted her head back to gaze at her swollen and now painful belly, this was not just a strained muscle her baby was causing this. No, please not now, any other time but now at least let her get home first where she felt safe. Despite her pleas she knew that there was no debating the fact that her baby would be coming into the world shortly.

Fear rose up inside her as the thoughts of her miscarriage dipped into her mind, no that was not happening, this baby had been in there too long for that. Hell it made her look like a mountain for heaven's sake this had to be just her time, her teats were hot and swollen that had not happened last time, this was it. Gasping she closed her eyes as another wave of contractions hit her. "You could have picked a better time." She grumbled through clenched teeth, she did not want to do this alone. Where was her black rescuer when she needed him, or her friend Alysanne, or Note? The only thing around her were trees, trees and more trees, there was no way to get somewhere safer this forest would be the first sight her baby would see.

Half hour had passed since she had felt the first contraction cut into her, with each new slice the pain only seemed to grow deeper and much stronger as the time between slowly decreased. The mare's white coat was damp with sweat now and her breathing much more laborious, she could feel the building pressure and wanted to get this thing out of her now! Lashing her tail against her sides as she paced restlessly back and forth between the trees she finally stopped letting her knees buckle beneath her as she rolled onto her side. A pained cry escaped her lips at the agony, it felt like she was being torn apart, Torleik? Note? Where are you? Bearing down she stretched herself back desperately wanting the pain to stop nothing seemed to help but her body seemed to know what it was doing. Straining for a couple more minutes she pulled herself back upright again trying to get more air into her lungs, her belly was too round to allow her to lay back as far as she would like to. Moaning she weakly pulled herself back up paced a couple laps of her walking groove before laying back down in a different position, Seriously get the hell out! she pleaded desperately grunting at the effort this was taking from her small frame.





Brisa speaks


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