Re: Apollo and jeannette, the proud parents (mature)

[Greed]

[ I'm back! -whew- Exams are finally over!!! -dances- ]

Saffron snorted and pawed the ground anxiously. It was about time for her to drop her foal, and it was becoming increasingly evident... and uncomfortable. Jeanette remembered the time her mother had told her where she had been born - showed her, even, with the permission of her father, of course. And now, Saffron was standing in that exact spot, walking in lazy circles before plopping down on the grass and letting out a deep breath. As a first-time mother, she was extraordinarily nervous that something would go wrong, or she'd hurt herself or the foal in the process of birthing. But she knew Prince would be there for her after it was all over. He'd proven to be the most capable of stallions, and in time, she'd grown to love him as if they'd mated out of love instead of 'must.' In all truth, that's all it had been. Saffron had been under pressure to mate by her father... and she had bred without bothering to get to know the stallion at all. But now that she was used to having him around, Saffron never wanted Prince to leave. She wondered if this was what true love was like, or if she was just feeling like a love-struck yearling. Saffron let out a shrill whinny and nipped at her hindquarters angrily before lying down on her side and starting to push.

[ Two things - One, I'm not good at birth scenes, so I'm gonna make it short and sweet. Two, I kept writing Jeanette instead of Saffron! I had to go back and change it all xD I'm such a smartie... ]

[horsegodess]

(haha. my exams ended this thursday! *does the cotten eye joe* )
Prince knew that the time of the birth was soon. The pair had been grazing side by side, when Saffron looked up and started off determinedly to a selected location. Prince did not know where it was, but he allowed her to lead the way. Prince understood and followed her lead. when they arrived at the location, saffron paced restlessly. She laid down and Price stood there patiently, waiting as if he had fathered many many foals. He was just naturally good at being a mate i guess. when saffron began to push, prince stood by her side, waiting for the foal to come out. he offered nickers of encouragement when she struggled.

[Greed]

[ I loooove the cotton eye joeeeeee ;;; btw, I hope you don't mind, but I found a pic of the foal? Tell me if you don't like it ~ and you can choose the gender ^_^ Here's the foal: http://caboonbahstud.webs.com/IMG_6392.jpg ]

Saffron, halfway through the birth was realizing it was a lot harder and a lot more painful than she'd originally thought. The young mare gave herself a quick break before beginning to push again, and within the next ten minutes the foal was out. Saffron stayed put for a second, catching her breath, before slowly rolling over and looking at her newborn foal and smiling, reaching her neck over and licking the foal's hindquarters before shakily getting to her feet and beginning to lick the young horse.

[horsegodess]

(that is fine! wow a paint! i didnt even think of that.)

Prince nickered happily when his paint foal was born. his heart was filled with strong emotion. he tossed his head in glee. Prince took a gentle and small step forwars, and stretched his neck and took a sniff of the foal. he stood watching saffron as she took to her motherly duties. She seemed so mature compared to when he mated with her.

[Greed]

[ Haha well the color is close to the father's so I thought why not? :D ;;; so what gender should the foal be? If it's a stallion, if we continue to play, or make a new thread, I could use him and you could be the mare for once. I know I've played like alllll of the mares. ]

Saffron smiled gently and tugged on Prince's mane in an affectionate manner before nudging the foal gently to help it get to its feet so it could nurse. Saffron sighed slightly as she took a look around. They were under a large willow tree that had its branches hanging leaves around them. It was a very private place, and very beautiful at that. The grass underneath her hooves was soft, and it felt nice around her. She was content - even as the sun began to set, underneath this tree, she felt safe. Safer than she'd felt in a long time. She was starting a family, now, too. It was a huge milestone in her life, and she knew she'd never forget it. As soon as the foal had gone through a few times of getting up and falling again, Saffron nudged the foal gently over to her side, where the foal quickly found where to nurse and began eating.

[horsegodess]

(haha. i did play saffron for a while. and that sounds good. it can be a stallion.)
(so lets create a game plan here so this rp ends strong. do you want to end it when saffron and prince take their son to apollo, and apollo approves, and realizes his errors and stuff?)
(and i promise ill respond to your post i just want to see where this is going)

[Greed]

[ Hmm... yes, that works. That's a good plan ^_^ ]

[horsegodess]

(okay!)
Prince moved aside to give saffron some space as she nursed her foal. When he though she was ready for the question, he asked, "what should we name him?"

[Greed]

Saffron turned her head and looked up at Prince before nudging the young colt on the barrel, the foal reacting instantly with a flick of his tail. Saffron chuckled. She felt...proud. Being a first-time mother, she didn't know how she was supposed to feel, but she indeed did feel proud. Proud of the love she'd found, and proud of the foal she'd produced. He'd grow into a fine stallion. Saffron was quiet for a moment at Prince's question, then said in a half-jest, half-serious way, "We could always name him King." In a playful manner, Saffron reached over and tugged on Prince's mane affectionately.

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Prince nickered/chuckled when saffron suggested the name. He was glad that she felt free from her father's oppressive parenting, and free to joke and raise a foal at the same time. Then that gave him an idea. "Saffron this is your first foal, and this foal represents your freedom. from your father's standards. i think it would be only suitable to give the foal a name that relates to freedom" Prince suggested. He thought for a moment, sifting out ideas for names through his head. Then, the perfect name hit him. "what about sky?" Prince suggested with some enthusiasm, but not too much to discourage her from turning it down if she didnt like the name. "the sky is limitless, and so is our love, and our freedom." Prince said, moving closer towards her.

He touched his velvety muzzle to hers, and a connection was finally felt between prince and saffron. Prince had always felt passion for saffron, but it had mostly been sympathy and kindness untill now. Prince now felt a deep connection with saffron, and sky was part of that bond. An eternal bond that could never be broken, and a bond that prince was now determined to hold strong.

[Greed]

Saffron turned and looked gently at Prince, her gaze softening as a smile spread across her lips, "Sky... that's a good name." Saffron reached her muzzle out to touch his halfway, reveling in the fact she'd found something so true...something so pure...that she knew she'd have it for as long as she lived. Was this how her mother and father had felt when they had first met? When they had fallen in love? It must've been. This feeling...it made Saffron feel like she could fly. Fly....like a bird, in a limitless sky. Saffron allowed herself the comfort of the simple closeness of her mate before Sky wobbled over to the two of them, falling forward so his rump was in the air. Saffron chuckled and pulled away from Prince to help their foal get back to his feet.

[horsegodess]

"well sky you've got some growing up to do." Prince said happily as he helped sky back to his feet. Prince let the perfect moment sink in, and he allowed the contentness and placidity to engulf him in serenity and peace. Prince decided to wait untill tomorrow at the least to move to the spring hill, where Prince and Saffron had met almost exactly a year ago. Prince groomed Saffron, even if she was not to return the favor, because she had to watch over sky. He affectionately leaned some of his weight against hers, showing his dependence on her.

[Greed]

After Saffron had helped Sky to his feet again, she nuzzled Prince affectionately. Soon enough... she knew... it'd be time to go back to the breeding grounds, and show her father the colt she'd bore. There was nothing that could make her more proud... than to be able to see her father approve of the son she'd produced, alongside her wonderful mate, Prince. She could only hope now, that, indeed, her father would accept her precious son. And if he didn't... well, it would be time for Saffron to completely sever herself from the stallion that had used to be such a control-freak on her life, pushing her to unattainable standards, but all the while helping her build character. She'd never go back and trade a single day that she had lived with her family, but at times she did wish it could be different. With a wry smile, Saffron began to groom Prince's withers, positioning herself so she could keep an eye on the newborn foal.

[horsegodess]

(time skip to the next day?)

[Greed]

[ Sure, whatever floats your boat ~ ]

[horsegodess]

(i love that expression.)

Prince opened his eyes as the sun peaked the horizon line. A warm light fell over the family, and the chills from the night were replaced with warmth. Prince lifted his head and shook his body, tossing his mane over his neck. Prince did not wake Saffron, because he knew that she would need her strength to make it up the hill, especially after giving birth yesterday. he would allow her to wake up on her own. Prince began to graze, storing up glucose for the long 4 hour journey. he swished his tail contentedly and feasted on the juicy, dewy, wet grass. His muzzle became speckled with water droplets as he grazed.

[Greed]

[ lol me too xD ]

Sky was up and bouncing around shortly after his father awoke. He was hungry, but his mother didn't seem to be awake, like his father was, so instead he settled for jumping and bucking around his father. "I'm hungry!" Sky protested before head-butting his father's shoulder playfully.

[ Ugh I'm so sorry this was such a fail... ]

[horsegodess]

(thats okay. playing baby animals are hard)

Prince chuckled when sky head butted him. He lifted his head and said quietly, "sky you are going to want to save your energy. we have a long walk ahead of us." He lowered his head again and picked up where he left off, on a nice patch of grass.

[Greed]

[ ^^ Thanks for understanding <3 I appreciate it ]

Sky shook out his tiny mane and pranced around a bit before bouncing over to his mother and hitting his head against her shoulder, his stomach growling. "Wake up, mama! I'm hungry! Wake up, wake up, wake upppp!"

Saffron snorted as she felt something hit her shoulder, and she all but jumped to her feet, startled at the unexpected awakening. She yawned quietly, still a bit sore from birthing, but much better than she had been originally. Saffron lifted her head to see Prince already grazing, and she nickered lovingly over at him. "Morning, love," she said, before turning to Sky. "Now why did you do that, baby?"

"I'm hungry!" Sky snorted, stamping his hoof angrily on the ground.

"All right, all right, baby," Saffron said, nipping Sky's withers gently before nudging him to nurse, lowering her head so she could graze at the same time.

[horsegodess]

"sky your mother needs her rest!" Prince whispered urgently over to sky who was about to head butt Saffron. It was no use. he woke her up. He looked towards to two, and walked over to saffron. "good morning" Prince said as he rubbed his head against hers. "you can go back to sleep if you want. you will need all the energy you can muster." Prince offered.

[Greed]

[ Sorry this post is gonna be shorter than normal. I'm currently in IHop with my family, using my iPhone to type this up. As a head's up, I'll be on the road for most of the day, so after this I can't promise any more replies until this evening. ]

Sky looked sadly at his father and his reprimanding, but his mother was already up, so he couldn't do much now. When she told him to go ahead and nurse he didn't waste a second going over to nurse from his mother, his stomach growling.

Saffron rubbed her head against Prince's in return, nipping at his forelock affectionately. "No, it's all right. We can't have Sky going up the hill on an empty stomach. I'll be fine." Saffron smiled reassuringly before lowering her head to graze a bit while Sky nursed.

[horsegodess]

"okay." Prince said. He waited untill sky was done nursing, and he started in the direction of the hill. it was both instinctual and memory motivated. he waited for Saffron and sky to catch up and he fell to the back, driving his family on, setting the pace of the journey.

(yeah im leaving at like 3:00 to go skiing.)

[Greed]

[ Yeah I'm supposed to arrive home at 3:32 according to my gps lol ]

Saffron had eaten enough to get her through the long journey up the hill when Prince resumed his duties of safely guiding his family up towards their destination. She knew Sky would get restless and would probably wear himself out halfway up the hill, by Saffron decided that she would address that issue when it came. With a small nip to his hindquarters, Saffron gently chastised Sky, "Slow down, baby. You're going to need your energy. It's a long way up." Sky simply nodded and with a defeated sigh fell into an easy walk beside his mother.

[horsegodess]

(haha)

Prince guided his family up the steep landscape. He occasionally tripped or stumbled, but picked his stride back up.

(should we skip to getting to the top? i dont really know what else to write)

[Greed]

Saffron, by the time they reached the top, was a little over exhausted. She was surprised that Sky had any energy left at all. With hours of travel behind them, Saffron decided she never wanted to do that again. Tossing her head, neighing loudly and wondering if her father was here or not. She was still on edge about what her father would say...but it's nothing she could avoid or control. She just wished her father would know what was and wasn't appropriate to say.

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