Okay, I know it might be a bit too late for hatching eggs and all, but this was a very weird, slow one and stuff somehow, so there! I did not intend for this post to be this long either.. Backdated to first of june, btw! AW, 1000+
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The season was growing warmer every day it seemed. It was an odd sensation to have white slowly melt away and be replaced by green, which now was scattered with colours of flowers. The girl never seemed to stop being amazed at the world that was slowly going through the circle of seasons right before her eyes. She had honestly believed spring would be her favourite season because of the new life that exploded out from nowhere, but the incoming summer was more magnificent than anything she had ever experienced before. While there at first had been only a few different sorts of flowers to choose from, there were now so many that the girl often did not know what to do. She could spend whole days roaming around in Aniwaya (although staying clear of the pack borders, as the world outside of Aniwaya was filled with puppy eaters!). Noir Aston was happy. More than anything, she was happy.
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The early afternoon was sprinkled with magnificent colours as the girl ran playfully around in a flower field not too far away from the Aston family den. The air was filled with music delivered by birds and bees and everything else she could think of. A thick, aromatic perfume filled the light summer air. The smiling rays from the sun made the scene more than complete, and the light honey hued girl with the golden eyes rolled about together with her favourite octopus in the tall grass. Her melodic laughter sounded ever so often every time she discovered something new or found something exciting to look at. The butterflies were so pretty when they flew from flower to flower. She was filled with jealousy as she observed the beautiful wings carrying the insects though the air in a beautiful dance. If she could have chosen what creature she wanted to be reborn as, it would either be a colourful bird or a magnificent butterfly.
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The girl’s train of thoughts were harshly interrupted as a light sound from a creature sounded from nowhere. It was very weak, but she was certain she had heard something. She knew what ducks were, and there had been some in a pond close by. Ears folded slightly backwards. The girl tried to stand up on her hind legs for a moment to get an overview over the flower field, but there was not much to see, and she lost her balance rather quickly and fell down on her bum, cream tail wagging slowly. It had not really been a duck like quack, it had been more like a.. baby squeak, small and cute. Was it a baby duck around here? The girl’s eyes turned into star shaped suns at the thought of her own little baby. Noir had accepted that snake babies could possibly be dangerous, but ducklings were not! Another timid squeak sounded, and the girl hurriedly moved in the direction of the sound.
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It took some time to find the exact location, but after a while she found something. Uncle ho had taught her what an egg was, and she now knew that this was not a magic rock. However, it stroke her as odd that there still were eggs around, as she believed that most babies came earlier in the spring. The sound came from inside the egg. She had seen the baby ducks follow their mother, but there was no mommy duck here and it sounded like a baby duck sound from inside the egg. The puppy sniffed the partly hatched egg. Weren’t babies supposed to get out of their egg homes themselves? Another squeak sounded, and the girl gently poked the partly cracked shell with her black, wet nose. ”Hi baby!” the girl said brightly.
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The egg was a bit bigger than the girl had believed duck eggs were, but she was aware that her imagination was weird and misled her sometimes. Golden eyes searched for a potential mommy duck, but the area seemed emptied for water loving animals. There were a lot of eggshells that seemed to be a bit old, but there were no babies or mommies anywhere. Yet another squeak brought the girl’s golden eyes back to the egg, and she saw movement from within the prison. ”Poor baby, you cannot get out?” the girl wondered and immediately decided that this was the case. Carefully, the girl lifted a paw to scratch on the cracked part of the egg. It seemed to help a bit, but she was afraid that her dull claws or pressure from her paw could hurt the little creature inside of it.
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After a few minutes with scratching and even a nip or two with her teeth, there was some improvement, and all of a sudden there was enough space for a head to slowly emerge. It had a slightly long beak that made the girl certain of that it was a duckling. It looked wet, and the girl guessed it was because it had been so warm and sweaty inside the little egg. How could they survive inside the little egg with no air! The girl was slightly vary of the creature, and took a step back in case it wanted to bite her, because uncle ho said that some babies were bad. The thing squeaked and blinked in the strong sunlight. It’s beak was dark gray and its furry looking body seemed to be in several hues of gray. The ducklings the Aston girl had seen before were more yellowish, but perhaps that came later.
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The puppy could not control herself, and gave the thing a quick lick that made the egg fell over slightly, bringing the duckling’s head with it. The girl gave a small gasp, but the animal did not seem to complain. More than anything, Noir was puzzled and amazed by what was happening, and one minute became many as she watched the creature slowly emerge from the egg, almost all on its own now except for when Noir could not help herself and tried to help by removing a few eggshells. It was so cute and pretty and it made super cute sounds. Noir was determined that she had saved its life by helping it out of the egg, at least in the start, because it had seemed all trapped in there! She licked the creature several times, and found that the baby did not seem scared of her, like the other duckling babies with their mommies. It was nice, because it was cute and Noir liked cute things!
