The sun had set and the moon was starting to rise now, flooding the field with a silver light as she continued to push. Her heart was throbbing in her head and ears as she tried to focus. Whisper kept losing time now and the mare in front of her, kept fading into the night. Delirious she thought she seen a shadow. Her eyes opened wide as she stared into the night, swaying under the gravity of her own weight. Panting she watched the mares pained expression as she moved around her. "What..." she uttered before she lost her breathe again and pushed, losing steam. She couldn't find anymore words now, she just wanted Tembovu to come find her now and drag her withered corpse home, or maybe to just die and rot here. The poor mare in front of her was tiring to much to help but Whisper was at the end of herself. There wasn't much left to give. She turned her nape in time to watch the long maned mare move behind her, and lick at the babes maw and nares to keep it alive. Warmth filled her being as she watched. This mare must be a mom, she understood. She had to. Whisper was in no shape to focus on her thanks or sentimental thoughts because another contraction, the biggest one yet, threatened to send her unconscious as she pushed with it.

Screaming, she felt her body give up but the baby didn't stop like it had before. It kept going, it kept moving. Grunting she had little strength to turn her dial but she heard the mares hooves digging into the earth behind her. Was she... Whisper nickered softly as she felt the gush of fluid escape from her womb and the relaxing of her muscle as the mare helped pull the foal the remaining way from her uterus. Her sides seemed to deflate for the fist time, the contractions stopped and she relaxed almost completely. Her heart slowed and her breathing slowed - but she couldn't feel the energy coming back, she just felt it was draining into the earth. She shut her eyes as she inhaled deeply and tried to concentrate on the here and now. Then she heard the mare move again - shuffling and pulling. Weak and shaky, Whisper lifted her dial and straightened her body enough she could sit up as the mare pulled the baby around close enough to reach. Whisper looked down in awe and then back up at the mare, with tears in her eyes  "The gods sent you, didn't they? you're an angel... you must be"... She looked up at the beautiful fae with appreciation. "I will repay you for this. Somehow..." She whispered.

A deep realization festered inside her heart and soul as she looked down as the baby, under the star and moon light drew her first long breath and twitched and shivered to life. This mare, saved them both. If she had not come to aid, Whsiper would have not been able to push the babe out and they may have both been to far gone when Tembovu came for them. Looking down, she began to lick and clean the foal. She nosed under her tail and her heart swelled with pride and happiness. Warmth returning to her face and body as she looked down at her filly. The oddest color she was. White with grey patches and just then, she opened her little eyes to take in the night around her. Whisper grinned as she seen the babe carried her own hued pools. Nickering she licked at her forelock and watched, beckoning the mare standing beside them to join. "Please, stay?" she smiled. "Thank you... so much" she whispered as tears once again, came from her eyes. Looking at her newborn she looked up at the night sky "Astra..." she whispered to the little filly. "Astra, welcome to Helovia".  Looking up she scanned the grasses as she felt her body displace the placenta. Tembovu... she thought to herself... must be worried sick...





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