Bearclaw Valley [M] Blood, Sweat & Tears

The womb was the only home she had ever known and now was the time for her to head out into the real world, the world where she would truly live. Everything seemed normal as first, she kicked and squirmed and her siblings kicked and squirmed too. Then the only world she had ever known was torn apart. Well...not technically, but to the newborn girl, it felt like it. When her mother attempted to push her out, Nanook attempted to resist.

She did her best, she really did, but she arrived into this strange unknown world nonetheless. The moment air entered her lungs, Nanook opened her tiny jaws and uttered an ear piercing screech, announcing her presence for all the world to hear. After that, her cries became feebler and softer, but she still continued to yelp even when the rough warm tongue of her mother licked her dry and clean.

Suddenly, she was pushed into a thick wall of warm fur with squirming warm bodies beside her. Instinctively, Nanook latched her mouth around her mother's teat and began suckling, the warm milk sliding down her throat and filling her belly. Mostly, she ignored the bodies beside her but if they came too close, she shoved them aggressively away.