Saving the Species Ch. 7 The Big Day
#7 of Saving the Species
This story is a compilation of responses to a Roleplay between myself and MoneyWonder. The roleplay took place over a course of about 5 months and was all done by email. When I decided to post it to this site, I copy/pasted all the raw text from the emails and put it in a word processor, but with so much, it was hard to catch all the mistakes within the story, so please, if you catch any mistakes, keep the comments to yourself, unless of course it is a serious mistake that needs fixing. This is just one chapter of a very long RP, and I will be working on preparing the rest of it for upload as soon as possible. Hope you all enjoy.
A couple of months past as Linda gradually grew bigger and bigger, and not all of it was Rasthnal's fault, her pregnancy finally reached its peak, and Linda was suddenly awoken by a large painful stomach cramp as a puddle formed on the bed underneath her butt, she felt quite a bit of pain as her ears folded back, inadvertently kicking the sleeping red wolf next to her as she clutched her stomach.
Rasthnal awoke with a start, having felt his mate kick him in the side, "W-w-w-what's going on?" he asked still groggy from sleep.
Linda cried out in pain as she felt the contractions kick in as she screamed "IM GIVING BIRTH!"
Rasthnal bolted out of bed at her words, looking around in a kind of panic. "Okay, okay, ummmmmm, what do I do?" he asked, rushing around not really accomplishing anything.
She was already in severe pain as she kept crying out from it, yelling at him "DONT JUST RUN AROUND LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN, HELP ME!" her breathing was already laboured as her contractions got worse and more forceful. She whimpered and whined between her cries.
Rasthnal took a deep breath and tried to calm down. He had no idea what to do for her in this instance, but he developed a cool demenor as fast as he could for her sake and sat behind her. He took her paws in his and spoke soothingly to her, "It's going to be alright dear, just push along with the contractions," he said in a low soft voice right next to her ear.
Linda was crying from the pain right now as she did start timing her pushes, groaning as it took a great physical strength from her to make the pup move it seemed, and with each push she was getting weaker and weaker from the effort, she lay on her back with her legs spread wide, trying to calm down.
Rasthnal sat behind her and continued to encourage her to calm down and to push with her contractions. He kept holding her paws and letting her squeeze his when the pain became worse.
Linda calmed down slightly as the contractions were still very painful but she felt comforted holding her mate's paw, breathing deeply as she said in a weak voice "Get a towel to wrap them in..."
Rasthnal rushed to the bathroom and got a large towel, and upon reflecting on it, grabbed two more, just in case. He knew that she had already soaked the bed, but he wasn't worried about that. He wanted her and the pups to be comfortable, that was his main concern.
Linda groaned and concentrated on pushing with the contractions, however she didn't seem to be getting anywhere doing this, it felt... un-natural... Just to test she turned over and got on all fours, groaning a little as her joints felt sore, but finishing it much easier, finally she felt movement inside her as she cried out "Ugn! Ras! The First one!" Was all she said as she pushed to birth it, slowly its tiny head appeared.
Rasthnal had the towel ready as the first pup's head began to emerge. He moved closer ready to help pull it out after she got him a little further, he didn't want to grab the little pup by the head.
Linda groaned out as her tail moved out of the way, the pup was covered in blood from the womb as it finally slipped out, practically the size of a Human fist, it breathes its first breath as its eyes are closed, just sitting where it had been birthed, too weak to move of its own accord, it whined though, for a meal. Meanwhile Linda was still suffering through the pain as the second quickly followed the first, then two more pups followed. Then Linda's contractions seemed to calm down as she was laboured in her breathing, falling onto her side as it had drained her energy.
Rasthanl carefully dried off each pup and then wrapped them in a dry towel to keep them warm. He gently placed all four pup within their mother's reach and laid down behind her. "Thank you dear, this is the best wake up call I could ever have received. You are the best mate any wolf could ask for," he said reaching over her and nudging one of the wrapped up pups gently. "They are cute, just like their mother."
Linda smiled and weakly moved the pups to where they could suckle and indeed they did, latching onto her teats and sucking like mad for their milk meal, Linda looked at him and said "Meh, i would have said that too if i hadn't been woken up by the pain." She said with a smile.
"Sorry you had to go through that," he said sadly, "It would have been so much better if you hadn't had to go through so much pain. But they are here now, you are a mother, and we have started a new generation of our species." He nuzzled and licked her lovingly as the pups continued to nurse.
"Its alright, I knew it was coming, it just feels bad as you dont know how much pain you'll get, but I'm through that part now, and yes, we've got our first red wolf pup litter. I'm happy, but exhausted, I need to go back to sleep... Its the middle of the night..." She said.
"Go ahead dear, I'm gonna stay awake for a bit longer," Rasthnal said to her, kissing her, before he moved to her other side, the pups in between them. He smiled as he watched them take their first meal. 'His pups,' he was one of happiest wolves in the area now, cute pups with a beautiful mate.
Linda closed her eyes and slowly drifted off into a nice soft sleep, her newly born pups still suckling on their very first meal.
It didn't take long for Rasthnal to fall back asleep, though he made sure to move closer to Linda so the pups would be safe and secure in between both of their bodies. Murring happily, he drifted off to sleep listening to the slight whines of the newborns.
In the morning Linda found all four pups sleeping happily in between them, with them being blind she knew these first few days would be hell, as they followed their noses instead of their eyes, to investigate everything, but she had a few hours till that started.
Rasthnal yawned and slowly opened his eyes, seeing Linda looking at the pups. Smiling, he moved a paw to brush some of her bang fur from her eyes, "Good morning darling," he said softly, "did you get any more sleep?
"Yeah i got enough, i doubt we'll be getting a lot with these four whining and whimpering all the time, we've got till they wake up before our lives change." She said.
"Yes, though it may be a culture shock, I can't wait. Never thought I would get to be a father, especially not to four red wolves," Rasthnal said as he looked down at the pups and smiled. He now had four more reasons to cause him to simply melt.
"Nor did I think I'd, be a red wolf pup mother, but surprises happen, just make sure you don't leave me to raise them on my own, but one thing I gotta ask. Can I have some wine now? Please?" she said.
"Sure hun, you can have some wine if you would like," Rasthnal said, licking her muzzle. "You did well not drinking while you were pregnant and I thank you for doing so."
As he said this she got out a bottle of wine and poured herself a large glass, drinking half of it in one go.
"Now, I won't say anymore than this, but try to remain sober when the pups are awake. When they go to sleep, you can get as schnackered as you want," Rasthnal said watching her drink the wine so fast, "Also, do be careful with yourself. I don't want you to have to go to the hospital again."
"Ras, Dont worry, this wine is nowhere near as strong as the one that put me in hospital, plus its easier said than done staying sober now, because i remember what wine tastes like." She said smiling.
"Just, please don't go overboard," Rasthnal said, concern edging his voice. He nuzzled her gently as she drank more of the wine. He wanted her to be happy and enjoy life, but he knew that there were four young lives that depended mostly on her.
Linda smiled, "Well I'm sure you'll be the first one to distract me from it if you think I'm getting drunk, but I haven't had it for months so you cant blame me for wanting a lot first, Also, its not like the pups will drink it, If it makes you less worried Jack off and dilute it with your load, then you got some calcium in there," she said with a smirk and a wink.
Rasthnal chuckled at her comments. "But you are so much better at getting me off dear," he said with a smile and looking at the pups, "they are proof of that." He leaned over and kissed her for a moment before he laid next to the pups again, murring.
"Ha-Ha." She said sarcastically, sticking her tongue out "Guess you need some more practice if you need me to get you off." she said as a comeback. Kissing him back.
"If it would be a turn on for you, I would have no problem doing so. But why do all that work when I can shift my attention to you and get you off," he said giving her a slight wink. He knew this wasn't really the time to be thinking about this, she had just given birth a few hours ago, but she brought it up.
"Well, to be honest, im sure my scent would affect the pups more than yours, so we'll give that a miss for the moment, give the pups a chance to breathe fresh air rather than heavily sex scented." She said chuckling a bit before sipping more wine.
Rasthnal smiled and said, "Of course dear." He looked back down at the pups that were no more than a few hours old, sleeping peacefully, squeaking slightly every now and again. "Probably won't be long before they wake up, if there is anything you want to do first, go ahead and do so and I will watch them."
"Im fine dear, but remember, they'll stay blind for awhile. So, i guess our new job of parenthood starts now... joys..." She said.
"I'm joyful," he said nuzzling her, "and I think we'll do fine." A louder yip caused him to look in the pups direction and he saw one of them attempting to stand while yawning, falling over while doing to many things at one time. "Well, are you ready?" he asked her with a grin.
Linda gave him a coy smile as she said "I Dont think we get a choice. Think we should sex them and name them first or just tend them first?" She said looking at the pups.
"I think we should tend them first, otherwise they aren't going to be happy campers while we try to figure out whether they are boys or girls," Rasthnal answered, "but what do you think, want to just get it done first?"
"Tell you what, let me get them suckling, then they shouldn't complain at you having a look under their tiny tails, Then we can think of names" She said as she picked up the awake pup and coaxed it into suckling on her teat.
Rasthnal waited until the pup latched on for its meal before lifting its tail and taking a look, "Well, this one here is a female," he said, a little louder than he should. This was followed by another yip as another one started pulling itself with just its front paws towards Linda.
"Okay dear, put the other pup on my other teat then check it." She said as the first one happily suckled.
Rasthnal picked up the small pup and placed it near Linda and the other, within easy reach of her teat. It quickly latched on as well and started suckling. Rasthnal looked under this ones tail as well and said, "Well, thus far we have two girl pups. My goodness, if they grow up to be even half as beautiful as you, we are going to have some troubles."
Linda giggled at his remark and said "Well these ladies certainly like their mommies milk" She said smiling.
"Should I wake up the other two or let them sleep for now?" Rasthnal asked nuzzling Linda softly and giving her a quick lick over her muzzle.
"Let them sleep." She said smiling.
"Okay dear," Rasthnal said as he lowered his head to nuzzle one of the pups gently, murring as he did so.
After about 10 minutes or so the girls finally released their mothers teats and crawled back over to its siblings, then the other two woke up.
Rasthnal chuckled as he heard the other pup yipping as they were woke up by their sisters. He hurried to help the blind pups move closer to Linda, waiting for them to become distracted by their meal before he checked them. "Well, we actually have a boy here," he said before moving on to the next one, "And......another daughter. 3 girls and one boy."
Linda smiled and said "That might be a problem for you dear with 4 red wolves running around in heat." She said giggling. as she felt a small lump just inside her loins entrance, Linda said to Rasthnal "Ras, can you have a quick look down there please, I think there is something in there, I can feel something but it isn't moving." She said wondering what it could be.
Rasthnal took a look, moving her legs and peering into her. "Oh no," he said as he rushed into the bathroom to get another towel. He hurried back out with a couple towels and a basin full of warm water.
Linda frowned and said to Rasthnal "W-What is it? Why did you say 'oh no'?" She said worried.
"You have a still born pup still inside you. I have to get it out before it causes you problems," Rasthnal said, concentrating on what he was doing, "I need you to stay as still as possible, I have to go get something." Luckily, the club had its own kitchen that sometimes catered large parties. He went to the kitchen, which was still closed at this hour and found a pair of plastic salad tongs. 'Guess this will have to do," he thought as he hurried back to Linda's room.
Linda frowned at what he said and just said "w-what?" as he ran off, she tried to stay still but wanted to know what was inside her.
Rasthnal returned shortly, going into the bathroom and dousing the end of the tongs in alcohol and wiping them dry with a clean washcloth. He came back into the room at sat on the end of the bed, "I need you to sit like you were when you gave birth. It is still in the canal, so it shouldn't be too hard to get it out," he said rubbing her fur reassuringly.
Linda felt worried but she got back onto her hands and knees and kept her tail clear.
"Now I need you to push slightly, just enough for me to reach it, and I will do the rest," he said.
Linda just nodded briefly and pushed slowly, but at the same time tried to relax enough to not restrict his chances.
Rasthnal saw the pups head start to press out and immediately, though gently, clamped it with the tongs. He pulled slowly, until finally he was able to put the kitchen tool down and grab the lifeless pup in his paws to finish pulling it out. After he did so, he placed the pup on a towel and began to wrap it up. "I'm done dear, he is out," he said to her, having noticed that it was another boy.
Linda turned around and said "I-Is it alive? Please tell me it is..." She said with concern in her voice.
Rasthnal placed the bundled pup on a chair next to the bed and turned to her, pulling her close to him, his arms and tail wrapped around her. "Sorry babe, but no, he was dead," he said to her softly.
A few tears formed in Linda's eyes as she rested her head in his chest fur and began to cry at the lost pup.
Rasthnal placed a paw on her head, holding her close. He sniffled a little, but he held most of it in. He wanted to remain strong for his mate, he would grieve later. "It is okay dear, be happy that we have four healthy pups now," he said to her soothingly.
"Yeah I should be happy" She said with a small smile as she hugged all her pups.
"There you go dear," he said with a smile as he watched her hug the pups gathered around her.
Linda hugged them all tightly and said "I Love you all so much" She said.
Rasthnal moved close to his mate and pups nuzzling each one of them in turn. "I am sure that they love you as well," he said kissing her, "but we need to give them names soon. They are probably going to want to nap after their meal, and you have had a fairly rough day today. You should probably get some more rest as well."
Linda nodded as the pups finished their meals and did exactly as predicted, napping on the bed next to her as she closed her eyes and said, "Okay Rasthnal."
Rathnal gave his mate another kiss as she closed her eyes. He waited till she was asleep and took the pup that was wrapped up in the towel. Taking a cab, he went to his own house, which had been neglected since he had been staying with Linda during her pregnancy. He dug a deep hole under the tree in the yard and placed the towel in the bottom. After covering up the pup was when he broke down, tears streaming from his face as he constructed a crude marker that would suffice for now. He thought this would be the best place to bury their pup, as he owned it and they would be able to visit whenever they wanted. He had also hoped to move Linda and the pups in here eventually, as there was plenty of room. After putting everything away, and showering, he took another cab back to the club. He got back to Linda's room to find her and the pups still sleeping, so he climbed into the bed next to them and closed his eyes as well.