Stone Circle Don't go into the light

As restless as Amber was beginning to feel, all cooped up in the den with her cubs, she was thrilled to see that Sunny and Dawn were developing at what she assumed was a normal pace. Each day her love for them doubled, and she lavished all the care and understanding in the world down on them with soft words and gentle touches. 

When this day, her white pawed son shuffled in front of her paws, Amber lifted her head from a halfassed nap and smiled warmly as his baby babble.

                   "Good morning my wonderful little prince. Talkative today, aren't we?" 

His crystal gaze bore into her, and Amber reached her muzzle out to nuzzle at the boy regardless of the slightly creepy look, rumbling happily deep in her chest --something that likely shook her core and, through such, the smoky little girl at her belly. 

The most interesting part of today, however, seemed yet to pass. Wobbling to his paws, Sunny looked curiously for Dawn first, and leaned over much too far; before Amber could reach out to steady him, the boy toppled over and expressed his unhappiness with a high pitched growl. 

Then, however, her little boy stood. It wasnt immediate, and her sapphire eyes watched with a mix of unconditional pride and overprotective fear as his legs held him. Licking her upturned lips in masked anxiety, she fought the urge to scoop him into her grasp safely like when he was a newborn.

The pale muzzled boy turned to boastto her, but in the same moments his legs refused to hold and he toppled to the earth. A strangled whine broke through her throat, and Amber reached out to use her muzzle, helping him and steadying him as needed. Despite this, she was grinning from ear to ear, tail wagging behind her and thumping against the den walls.

                                            "Keep going Sunny, good job!" 

After both walking and falling, the eldest child decided now was as good a time as any for a meal, nestling into the curve of her belly and latching onto a teat. Again, a rumble of pride and joy trembled through her body as she swiped her tongue over the back of her son in congratulations.