Taken

Born

I feel pressure. More and more as my body falls. Where am I falling? After a long time of falling and pressure, I finally drop. I fall into something verdant. One minute I was warm and compact, and the next minute I am cold and unsecured. Covered in something wet and slimy, I am shivering on the ground. What is happening? 

My eyes are closed shut. I am too frightened to open them up, but through my eye lids, I can see something bright. Where am I? I here something rustle and I feel a presence next to me. I try to move around, but I'm too weak. Suddenly, I feel something soft and heated run over my skin. Again, I feel it.

Who are you? It starts to roll me around in the reedy ground and I feel my body covered in a layer of earth. I feel more warm, but still, I am shivering. I begin to open my eyes, but it's so bright I can barely see. Slowly, I hear a faint sound coming from the being who's presence was on me. 

They sound in pain, but harmless. I feel safe now. Slowly, I open my eyes. It's getting brighter, I can see more light. As I open my eyes more and more, I suddenly see a face. A kind, gentle, warm look is on this creatures face. I realize, this is my mother. She is beautiful, but I see fear in her eyes. She makes sure to protect me from any danger around. She licks me and makes a quiet sound. I believe she wants me to get up? I will try.

As I attempt to stand up, my mother helps me. Her snout pushing me up. But I fall back down into the hay. Hay flew everywhere from my fall and I hear my mother sneeze. Again, I try to get back up. My scrawny legs trembling as I attempt to stand. Every second, I feel like I'm going to fall. I lean onto my mother for support. While her smooth hair brushing across my wet hair, she licked me a few times. 

"Mother?" I ask softly.

"Yes, my love." She answers with her sweet voice. It feels so good to hear my mother's voice. So many emotions are jumping through me, but overall, I feel so happy. Happy for so many reasons. But still, I have so many questions that are unanswered. 

"Mother, where am I? What is going on?" I look into her dark beautiful eyes. She licks me once more.

"Don't worry, my love. Everything will be fine. I will protect you." She seemed so determined when she said that. Why though? Am I not safe right here with my mother? And if not, how am I not safe? What is keeping us in danger?

But I don't ask them to her. I don't want to burden her, she already seems quite tense and I don't want to add to it.