Nala’s terrible Party
After the crib incident things went more smoofly.
With Nala having no crib for a while, she slept with Adora and Catra. Making their mothers more relaxed and are able to sleep at the same time.
Of course, Nala still gets her sudden pains in her tummy and head, and she had some difficulty breathing one night, her little lungs sometimes can’t get all of the exigen she needs.
But there hasn’t been any other incident for now.
It was noon. And Catra was trying to feed Nala something solid. The healer said she should start eating solids at the 4 months, but also not abandoning her milk.
They were at their room. With Catra kneeling in the floor, and Nala sitting in her orange chair, as always she’s strapped in.
“Come on Nala, just a tiny taste.”
But Nala didn’t want that, she wanted her milk. When she smelt the food, she started yelling and moving her hands and feet.
“Teté tete !” That’s now she called for milk. Thank Entrapta for that.
Catra once again tried to feed her, but her little hand just hit the spoon and sent it away. The third spoon hit the food.
Ummmmm.” Nala frowned. She wants her milk, why is her Mommy giving her a new thing.
Catra knew she had to feed her food. It would be so easy to just grab the milk. But the Healer recommended it for her health. They want her to grow strong, and they need to start strengthening those noodle arms and legs.
Then she got and idea. Nala can’t see, but she can smell. She leaves the food in front of her and she smells it. So she has to be fast.
Maybe she can do a little trick to her little brain. With a reward.
“Ok then.” She sighted. “You win.”
She grabbed the bottle and slowly got it close to her.
“Tete !” She said happily. Stretching her arms to hold the bottle, even if she can’t hold it on her own.
When she smelled the bottle, she opened her mouth widely expecting her milk.
But as soon as she did, Catra swamped the bottle with the food. Putting it her mouth before she could smell it.
Nala tried spitting it, but Catra held her mouth still. She needs to start eating.
“Sorry little one. After you swallow I’ll give you milk.”
Nala tried to resist, but in the end she couldn’t hold it, and swallowed most of it. Once Catra saw it she let go of her, and she spitted the bit she didn’t last into her shirt. This time she’s wearing a pink shirt with some flowers and sparkles, and white shorts. A gift form Glimmer.
Nala didn’t like that she had to eat that strange thing, she wanted milk. Why didn’t she get her milk ? She started to cry, she wanted milk.
“Now don’t cry baby. A,good,girl gets her reward.” Catra said when she finally allowed her to drink milk. Nala made a content sound as she finally tasted it.
“Catra that wasn’t fair.” Adora said. She just woke up from a power nap.
“What would you have done Adora ?”
“I would not have tricked her.”
“Will see what you do tomorrow.” Catra said while smelling the food.
She can’t blame Nala, it doesn’t smell thst good. Since magicats eat mostly meat, they have to get meat flavored ones. Next time they’ll try fish.
Catra didn’t notice she was pressing to hard, and accidentally spread some milk in Nala’s face. The girl didn’t cry, just smell curiously and touched it with her hands, once she smelled it, she started liking it.
“Oh man, Now she’s even more dirty !”
“We Have to bath her before we go to Plumeria anyway. And there is no way she’s goijg with the pink shirt.”
Perfuma and Scorpia are hosting a party for celebrating not only their child, but Entrapta’s as well. Who knew she and Hordak would seal the deal.
Since they are going to be gone for a while. They have to bring Nala with them. But Adora had already planned with Spinerella and Mermista how to keep their kids safe. With extra precautions for Nala.
Speaking of. Now that she’s finished with her bottle. She’s moved her hand around her little table, until she could grab one of her small toys. Once she did, she started shaking it happily. With no ability to see, that’s perhaps the best she can do to play.
“Awawawaa !” She said shaking her toy happily. That lovely smile of hers back in her face.
“Well, I can take over duty for here on until the party.” She said. She knows even with the precautions. Catra will have one ear always set for Nala. A good thing of her superior hearing. “I’m taking her with me for a run.”
Entrapta and Netossa made this harness so Adora and Catra could go in their runs, with Nala on their belly, or back, depending who’s wearing it. Nala can safely go with them and enjoy them outside, while the other can catch the rest they need.
“Sounds good, be careful. After that we need a bath, all of us.”
“Let’s just go in the hot tub and wash her together.”
“Fine by me, now I got a date with the land of dreams.”
Catra ruffles Nala’s hair, not wanting to distract her from playing, and flops in the bed. Adora meanwhile gets the harness ready. Takes a bottle of water for her, and of milk for Nala, and her pacifier for just in case.
“Hey baby.”
“Ma !” She said shaking her toy.
“Want to go outside with Mama ?”
The girl couldn’t understand her, so she just giggled at her mothers voice.
Adora grabbed her, and made her drop the toy, there is no way she can hold it for so long. She got her secured in the harness, and left. Nala moving in joy of getting to hear the outside again.
She jogged evenly. Nala likes bouncing and moving with her. But she can’t got to fast or she will throw up.
“Hehehehe.” She laughed as she bounced. She moved her feet in happiness.
“Are you running with me ? Yes you are. You’re going to be faster than me or Mommy.”
“Ma !”She said happy as she turned her little head towards her. She can’t see where they are, but her smell tells her where to turn her head.
They sat in a bench, and she gave Nala her bottle and she drank some water.
When they returned home, Nala stopped smiling and a frown replaced it. Then, she began crying.
“WAAAAH WAAAH !”
“What’s wrong baby are you......oh, the smell. Yeah I know what’s wrong.”
Adora rushed to the room, to an emergency diaper change.
Catra was already awake. Preparing the hot tub.
“What happened......oh.”
Just as she was cleaned, Nala stopped crying, and after receiving some comfort from Adora, she smiled once again.
“Mu !” She calles as she smelled her Mommy close.
“Hey Little One. Had a good run with Mommy ?” She said tickling her, Nala waved her hands in happiness.
“Is it ready ?”
“Almost ready. The water is already heated up.”
“Good, I’ll get a swim suit and then we can get this fur ball washed.”
“Oh you are going to bath me ?”
“Shut up.” She laughed.
While the wives laughed, Nala heard the water with curiosity. Believing that this was her bath tub, where the water is very shallow, she excitedly tried to go into it. Not having any way of knowing the hot tub is way deeper than her tub.
She leaned forward, and lost her balance in Catra’s lap. She fell face first into the water fully clothed.
Splash !
Both mothers suddenly turned to the hot tub, to see their daughter underwater, kicking her feet and desperately moving her hands. Catra imediatly scooped her out of the water.
Nala coughed for a bit, then started crying.
“WAAAAAAH.” She bailed. She had never been in so deep water before, and was scared about not being able to breath.
“Man, asking for a free bad luck day is to much.” Catra said.
After that, Adora got her off the soaked clothes, and Catra got in the tub with Nala in her lap. Holding her still. Now being in her lap, the water reached a bit bellow her elbows. Nala made no effort to get free of her Mommy. She just sat there and splashed her hands. Her naive mind made her think that as long a she’s with her Mommy, nothing will happened to her. Specially when she smelled her Mama in the water.
She smiled as her mothers bathed her, splashing when they got close. One held her while the other then cleaned herself.
Then came the time to get ready for the dinner/party. Adora wore her white and gold dress, while Catra wore a red elegant long sleeve shirt. Nala, well she went back to her orange kitty shirt and grey pants. No one will complain for a baby not being elegant. Catra wouldn’t let Glimmer see her with that pink shirt anyway.
The walk to Pluemria was peaceful. Adora rolled Nala’s stroll, while,Catra walked walked by her side. Nala of course is strapped in, with thst smile of hers and she smelled all of the flowers in Plumeria and heard the bugs.
Little did the,poor baby know, she won’t leave this party smiling.
“Hi my beatiful neice.” Glimmer ticked Nala’s stomach.
Knowing that smell is safe, Nala let out a giggle.
Adora smiled as she unbuckled Nala and carried her.
“Greetings my friends. I am glad you can join us our celebration.” Perfuma said.
Just as she greeted them, and bee flew near Nala. Curiously she stretched her small hand towards the sound. But as she couldn’t see it. She touched and bothered the bee, and as any animal would, the bee retaliated by stinging her palm.
“WAAAAH, WAAAAH !” Nala,cried as she felt the sting. She,frantically moved her little hand.
“It’s ok baby, that’s just a bee.” Adora tried soothing, but Nala kept crying from pain.
“Oh dear, I hace something to help her.” Perfuma said, running to get it, Adora behind her.
“Has it been like this all day ?” Glimmer asked Catra.
“Nope. It has been pretty calm actually. Let’s just hope this doesn’t tell how the night will be.”
They were all sitting in a table eating dinner. Adora and Catra had Nala siting in between them to try to avoid incidents. Netossa and Spinerella, and Mermista and Sea Hawk, were doing the same with their own kids.
“I just can’t believe that. We are now the only ones that don’t have, or aren’t expecting a child.” Glimmer said.
“You will get one soon Glimmer.” Adora comforted.
“We have tried everything Adora. For some reason we can’t have one. Everyone has one already, not just in this table. Your Horde friends Kyle, Lonnie, and Rogelio have their two kids, the one they adopted and the one they somehow managed to make. Double Trouble now has their little shapeshifter they are taking care off. Even Wrong Hordak has his adopted son ! I want a baby !”
“You can’t force it Glimmer. It comes with time. Catra and I didn’t plan for Nala to come an exact time. We are extremely happy that she did, but it just happened. Nature tells you when it’s time.”
“She’s right Glimmer.” Bow said. “We just have to wait for the right time. Until then you can be the cool Aunt.”
“But I want to be the cool Aunt, and the cool Mom.”
“Trust me, motherhood has a lot more. And I’m not only talking about the fact my child is a Magicat.”
Speaking of said Magicat. Nala sat between her mothers and listened to all the new voices, and different smells. She only really recognizes her mothers. That’s when she decided she wanted some love.
“Ma !” She said exited. Stretching her arms towards Adora. But thanks to the sounds of the voices, and that she’s distracted for the bit, she doesn’t hear her.
“Ma !” She tried again, but once again. She can’t smell her mother getting closer, or,feeling her touch. Nala turnes her head towards Catra’s direction.
“Mu !” She waved her little arms at her Mommy.
Catra’s more enhanced earring did allow her to hear. But she can’t really pick her up right now. She’s eating and she can’t do thst with Nala on her lap.
So Catra ruffles her hair, causing her to giggle, but then continues eating.
“Mu ! Mu !” Nala tries again. She wants to be picked up and hugged. But her mothers are eating and can’t do it. No that her tiny brain can understand, she can’t see them.
“Bibibi!” She tries calling her attention by making random sounds. But Adora, who is know hearing her, and Catra really can’t pick her up right now.
“Uuuum.” She said sadly. A sad face getting in her face, and her head and ears dropping, even some tears. Why can’t her mothers hug her.
“And then I said, I have a feeling that our baby will be a robot, and Hordak,said, you can’t have robo babies.”
“That’s because he’s right. You can’t .” Mermista deadpanned as she fed her daughter.
“I refuse to believe that.” Entrapta hitted the table just as she said that.
But of course something was bound to happen. She hitted her plate, sending the cake flying. And it just had to happen that Entrapta was sitting in front of Nala.
Adora And Catra saw it heading towards Nala, and they both tried to grab the cake, but they failed to grab it.
Nala smelled her mothers and smiled, raising her arms, expecting to be picked up.
She couldn’t even smell the cake, when it hitted her on the face.
“Ooof” she exclaimed as the cake hit her, sending her backwards, but her chair held her firm. Her face was covered in frosting.
“Well, it could have been a lot worst. She could have fallen.” Scopia tried to find the good side.
Just then, the chair’s keg snapped, and little Nala fell to the floor, still strapped to her chair.
“WAAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAA !” She cried. Now she was in her back, and her feet where in the it, which se was kicking. “MA ! MU !”
“Man. I need to shut up.” Scorpia said.
“Sorry.” Entrapta said.
“Kid, you, you are really something.” Catra said.
She took Nala to the bathroom, and sat her besides the sink. She had a close eye on her in case she would move to fall in the floor.
Nala sat ther sobbing as her Mommy cleaned her face. Her hands stretching for so,e fort when she smelled Catra close.
“I know sweetie, but you’re covered in frosting, let me clean you up first.”
Nala didn’t want to wait. She wanted cuddles now, so she moved her tiny body towards her mother’s smell, and just as she did, she lost balance and fell to the sink, her tiny body sliding on the sink in her belly. The water hitting the back of her hair.
“WAAAAAAH!”
“Oh dear. At least you’re now clean.”
Catra wrapped her in a towel, and after everything, she finally held her close to her body.
“There there honey, calm down, this is what you want right ?”
“Mu.” She whimpered. Finally getting her cuddles. She grabbed her mother’s hair and refused to let go.
Catra stayed in the bathroom for a while, rocking her baby so she could calm down. This party hasn’t been fun for her.
The three babies in the room are bound to fall asleep at some point. That’s why a big crib was brought in.
The crib has Netossa’s nets as protectors, stronger than anything they could find. The crib was also divided into a big part, and a small part.
The big part are where Willy and Dory are already sleeping. The small part was for Nala alone.
Adora wasn’t exactly keen on the idea of her baby having to be alone. But it’s for the best. Willy amd Dory can open their eyes, and crawl. Nala can’t do any of that. She can only move her body enough to role from her back and belly and with some difficulty she can sit up.
When Catra came from the bathroom. Adora took over so she could go talk to Scorpia and Entrapta. When she got Nala in her arms, her baby was yawning, she wanted a nap. At least Catra managed to make her smile return.
Adora brilefy putted her in her stroll, as she got her blanket and then placed her on her side of the crib.
“There you go. Sweet dreams baby.”
“Ma.” She said sleepy, as she held her blanket close, and fell asleep.
“They are really something right ?” Mermista said.
“Yeah. They take away you’re rest, but they are worth it.”
“Specially to you guys. I can’t imagine the added difficulty of her not being able to see.”
“Well. She can guide herself by her hearing and smell. But that can be a double edge sword. She knows how Catra and I hear or smell, so she can turn her little head towards us, and even raise her hands toward us. But she can’t know many things. Today she thought the hot tub was the same as her bath tub, but she has no way of knowing they are different, because she hears water. For her it’s the same. So she gave us a bug scare.”
“Wow. And I thought Dory was troublesome.”
So for the next hour and a half. Adora and Catra were able to enjoy themselves. Nala slept peacefully, and nothing bad happened. Perhaps the cake and the sink were the end of it.
They were wrong.
Both Willy and Dory slowly opened their curious eyes. They looked around for their parents, or for something interesting.
And then they saw Nala at the other side of the crib.
The Two babies have no idea what that really is. To Willy is the thing his mothers didn’t allow him to play with, to Dory is a totally new thing.
So the curious babies crawled towards her. The adults not having any idea they are awake.
Nala meanwhile also woke up. Letting her tiny yawn out, and smile. She tarted sniffing for her mothers.
Just as she started sniffing, and trying to sit up. Willy and Dory arrived to the nets separating them. Willy curiously,touched them, and then, his mother’s powers came threw his hands. He broke the nets, and made a whole for him and Dory to get to Nala.
Nala just managed to sit down, and still held her blanket close.
“Ma ! Mu !” She calles her mothers happily. She wanted to be with them.
But before she could smell them, Willy and Dory were besides her.
Willy pushed her down again, ignoring Nala’s protests and yelp of the sudden touch.
Nala got scared from the new smell that was touching her and moving her. She called for help.,but the laughter of the other babies made it imposible.
Nala held her blanket close, as it had her mothers’ smell and made her feel safe. But Dory saw with curiosity. She grabbed the blanket, and started pulling it from Nala. Nala tried very hard to go,d her blanket close, but her noodle arms weren’t capable of holding it. Dory grabbed the blanket for herself, leaving Nala crying and moving her arms and legs desperately.
But Willy wasn’t done with her. The young Etherian was so curious, he started to play with her. First pulling her ears, which made Nala cry in protest and in pain, the he started pulling one of her arms, again ignoring her cries. Dory, with the blanket in her firm arms, joined the fun by pulling her tail.
Nala try to scream for help. But Willy putted his hands on her mout, still exploring the little furball.
Then he moved to her rapidly moving stomach. Still ignoring her discomfort, he started pressing her belly.
Nala winced in pain. Her tummy started hurting all of the sudden, she felt someone pressing it, and not gently like her mothers. Hermpoor tummy was soon unable to cope with the pushing and......
“BLAW !” She threw up. Her milk from before being spit from her tiny mouth, falling in Willy, Dory, and her blanket.
Willy and Dory made disgusted cries from the new disgusting smell, and quickly crawled away from Nala, and called for their parents.
Now being free, Nala let out a terrified yell.
“MA ! MU !”
And that yell, got to Catra’s ears.
“Nala !”
She ram toward her child, and saw the result of the “playing.”
The nets separating the kids, gone. Willy, and Dory crawling away with barf on their bodies, calling for their parents. And Nala, she’s struggling in a puddle of barf, desperately moving her feet and arms, as she tried to get away from the barf.
“MU !” She yelled when she finally smelled her Mommy.
“Oh dear.”
How the hell did this all happen ?
Adora and Catra knew the time to go home was now.
They rapidly cleaned up Nala. They already had to use their replacement clothes when the cake thing happened. So they had to wash her with her clothes on, something Nala didn’t like.
Nala didn’t smile for the rest of the night. She cried in her stroll. She was wet, smelling bad, and her mothers didn’t carry her. Nit because they didn’t want to....but with the barf smell. They can’t carry her all the way back home without throwing up themselves.
They arrived home quietly. Adora quickly undressed Nala and gave her a quick bath. Catra turned to the little blanket. There is no way that can be washed and dry before sleeping. There is no blanket for tonight.
When Adora returned with the now sobbing child, already in her pajamas. She left her in Catra’s arms to get change.
“So we aren’t party people eh ? Most be a Magicat thing.”
After today, no more parties for Nala. Not for,a while. She’s not angry, this is no one’s fault. Willy and Dory are curious babies, one of them isn’t even a year old. Their curious minds got the best of them, and they have no way of knowing that Nala is weaker than them, and that they were hurting her. They have no idea she can’t even see. They are really lucky they didn’t try to open her eyes.
Nala sat in her lap and continued to sob. She had a terrible night, and all she wanted now was her blanket and her mothers. Catra already gave her her stuffed dolphin.
So when the time to sleep came, and Nala didn’t feel her blanket. She began to complain.
“I’m sorry dear, but it’s dirty today.” Adora said.
Nala of course didn’t understand that. She wanted to feel her blanket in her body, so she once again cried when they didn’t give it to her.
“Shh. It’s alright baby. You are going to have it tomorrow.” Adora picked her up and laid her on her chest.
Nala continued to cry for a while, Adora held her in her arms, while Catra rubbed her back. Then, after all the time crying, she finally felt secure. She could smell and feel her mothers. She was with them. Nothing will happen to her now. Lossing her battle to exhaustion for so much crying, Nala gave up on crying for her blanket, and finally fell asleep
“What a night.” Adora said. “How could everything have gone so wrong ?”
“Preparing for everything is impossible honey. We did our best. And we now know new things for the future.”
“Yeah, you’re right. I’m gonna make the next few days happy for her.”
“That, might be impossible.”
“Why ?”
“She has a Doctor’s apoiment in two,days, for her vaccines and check up.”
“Oh man.”
Nala hates going to the doctor.
In her sleep, Nala winced. Even if she has no idea what they are saying.