The stars, they smile for you

After being together for several seasons and all the way through a season with her being in heat without getting pregnant she was beginning to grow concerned that she wouldn't be able to conceive. It was a concern she had never considered up until now, but then again, she never thought that she would fall in love with anyone the way she had with Iroh. She wanted to give him the world, she wanted to give them a family. Even beyond that, she had learned how important it was for him in the structure of their family and in their beliefs for him to have his own children and she was just as eager to make that happen for him. It certainly wasn't for a lack of trying. It seemed like they couldn't keep their paws off of each other and every spare moment they had together was almost always spent mating in some form or another.

Her fears had manifested themselves into nightmares, the same dream occasionally plaguing her and keeping her awake, though they didn't startle her awake the way they had the first time. She tried her best to not wake Iroh up with them as well, but it was difficult to do. It was always some variation of the same theme. Either she was pregnant and she lost the pups before they could be born or it came to light that she was infertile... Either way, in her dreams she was always alone.

But no longer. She hadn't found a healer to confirm, but she was certain. She had been sick in the early parts of the day for over a week now, she was constantly tired, and even though she never really found herself in a bad mood when Iroh was around even he couldn't brighten her mood. For a while she thought that she was just sick or something along those lines, but the longer it went went on the more sure she was of her realization. As soon as it dawned on her, as soon as that joy filled up her chest, she went looking for her mate, unable to wait even a single second to tell him. She went all the way out to where he was patrolling, her heart in her throat and a huge grin on her lips as she trotted over to him, pressing herself into his side and nuzzling her head into his neck.

Elise Adravendi