Lion Head Mesa Eien ni Tomodachi

Her first breath did not bring the relief it should have. Fluid mixed with the air she greedily sucked in once the tiny girl was freed and exposed to the cold.

She wouldn't be could for long; her attentive mother brought her close and cleaned her off. Instinct guided her next moves as she wriggled around and searched, the scent of milk pulling her to the right spot. Her body jumped with a silent cough and then she was eating, the sounds of feeding occasionally mixing with tiny squeaks.

There was commotion happening around the little princess but she was blissfully unaware. She slept through most of it once her belly was full. 

The rest of the night was more of the same: eating and sleeping with little coughs here and there. The scent of the warm being that cared for her was soothing, and she would search her mother out anytime she woke.

Her father's arrival somehow startled her awake, and she cried out for her mother's comforting touch, only quieting when she was given what she wanted.