Golden Glade The Next Generation

Aspen watched as the strange female left as quick as she had come and that put her mind at a bit of rest but now there was the next thing to deal with. Heartha spoke to the female explaining it wouldnt be long until she felt contractions and that when she did that would be when she would have to push.  Aspen immediately took to the defense. She looked between Heartha and the entrance and let out a ow growl indicating that she needed to back off and give the queen some space. She was okay to take it from here but no one would be allowed near her pups until she said so.

Aspen lay down knowing it would be much safer if she was to do that than to accidently give birth while standing up. Besides by this point the queen was growing tired from all the stress and pacing. The herbs had helped to relax her a bit but she was still quite painful but like Heartha said, she felt the first wave of contractions and she pushed.

It took several pushes before the first pup emerged and immediately Aspen's "motherly instincts" she didn't even know she had kicked in.  She shifted herself slightly and used her teeth to ever so gently break the sac and she began to lick away the remnants that surrounded the first pup. A completely white male wolf with a pink nose and pale pads, also unusually small. Despite her worry, she groomed the pup and shifted him closer to her body to help him find a place to suckle so that he could feed and she lay her head back down after making sure he was okay. 

She didn't have much time to relax though as the contractions were ever frequent and she began to push again taking short breaks to pause for air keeping a close eye on the wolves just outside the entrance of the den. The ones she could see at least. A few more pushes and a second wolf emerged. Quickly Aspen repeated the actions from before, breaking the sack and grooming the pup careful this time not to squash the little white one in the process. The second pup was a deep amber colour and female. Aspen smiled, proud that she had both a son and a daughter though she knew there was more to come.

Quite quickly after the second pup did a third one follow. The silver queen had broken the sac only to find this wolf looked identical to the one born a half hour before. Right down to the tee. She took a moment to glance between the two female pups as if to try and find even the slightest difference.

No hope for the fae though as the investigation was interrupted by the need to push once more. The last pup was the largest of the four and sported a black coat with faint amber undertones. He would break a few hearts someday she was sure. She groomed him clean of the sac and after birth and nudged him to her side and then let her head fall to the ground and a long sigh as the lack of energy finally caught up to her.

Though the contractions were ceasing meaning that there was an end in sight. She glanced down for a moment and couldn't help but smile. She was now the proud mother of four healthy pups. She had done it, she had made it through the hours of tireless effort and so had hre children.

Aspen was so tired that she hadn't thought to name them just yet. Perhaps that would be best done with her mate around but right now she was not comfortable with any wolf being near them.