On the other side of Alyssa and also completely oblivious to Daniel’s snoring Luna and Falla were sleeping while facing one another, hands gently holding one another while their wings were lowered behind them. The covers were pulled over the girls and Daniel up past their legs, except for Kroanette who was lying beside Luna with the blanket only covering her lower human half. Her horse body was mostly on the bed, with her rear legs resting on the floor and her tail lightly swishing now and again in her sleep. She like the other girls had a serene expression on her face, as all of them were perfectly content sleeping with their man despite his abrasive snoring that filled the room.
In fact the only one who couldn’t sleep was Cilia, the tiny fairy popping up from Doku’s wings and looking around in a tired daze as she blinked one eye then the other.
“He’s so noisy,” she droned. “Doku? Are you asleep?”
She slowly crawled up from the harpy’s wing and sat on her head, watching as her friend was indeed asleep even with the sounds of a forest being viciously shredded into splinters by angry woodcutters echoing in the room.
“Doku?” Cilia whined while tapping the harpy’s head. “Doku, Doku, Doku, Doku, Doku, Doku.”
“Cilia?” Doku murmured as she slowly lifted her head with a yawn. “What’s wrong? Can’t you sleep?”
Cilia just looked at her in bewilderment, over to where Daniel was snoring like his life depended on it, then back to Doku while slowly shaking her head.
“I’m a bit worried that I’m the only one who can’t,” she said with genuine concern.
“What’s the matter?” Doku asked tiredly.
“Daniel’s so noisy. Doesn’t that bother you? I can’t sleep with him making those loud sounds.”
“It’s called snoring,” Doku softly explained. “Some humans do that when they sleep, it’s nothing to be worried about.”
“I’m not worried about him, I’m worried about me. I can’t sleep.”
“I’m sorry, but there’s nothing we can do. If he snores then that’s what he does when he’s asleep.”
“But him sleeping like that is keeping me from sleeping,” Cilia whined while waving her arms around.
“I’m sorry, but there’s nothing we can do,” Doku repeated before lowering her head back into her ball.
“How can you sleep through that though? He’s so loud.”
“I will cherish everything about my husband,” Doku quietly promised with a small yawn. “Nothing shall keep our hearts apart.”
“Doku?” Cilia asked tapping her head a few times. After that got no response the fairy sighed then covered her ears with an annoyed grumble. “I can’t sleep like this. I need to take my mind off the noise somehow.”
She quickly flew around in a blue blur near the ceiling, circling the cabin again and again while holding her hands over her ears.
“Think about anything else. Anything else. Think about sleeping. Think about boobies. Think about Doku’s juices. Think about-”
She stopped instantly and fluttered in place, a blank expression on her face as she blinked before quickly holding her hands down between her legs.
“Gotta pee.”
With a quiet whine she hopped about in the air while keeping her legs close together.
“I didn’t want to think about that. But now I can’t stop thinking about that. Gotta pee. Gotta pee. Gotta pee.”
In a flash she zipped out of the cabin through the curtain, soaring through small veils of fog creeping about under the moonlight as she erratically flew away from the cabin in a disjointed path.
“Gotta pee. Gotta pee. Gotta pee. It’s coming. It’s coming. It’s happening. Gotta pee.”
She flew around a tree, through a patch of fog over some flowers, across a few rocks and sticks, over a burnt stone from the magical explosion earlier, through some tall grass, then quickly landed down under a flower and squatted down.
“Peeing.”
The tiny fairy quietly sighed as she felt release, her wings fluttering once behind her before she hopped back while remaining crouched down to avoid standing in her own urine.
“Peeing a lot.”
After she finished she fluttered up into the air and stretched out her arms and legs before yawning.
“Now I’m tired again. Maybe I should go back and sleep inside, or maybe I should sleep out here. Hmm, tired.”
A twig snapped nearby, the fairy quickly looking over to the side as all was dark around her. Slowly she fluttered over towards some shrubbery nearby, her softly glowing light illuminating the ground below her as she watched for anything moving ahead.
“Hello?”
Making her way closer she slowly hovered over the bush and landed down on a weathered log next to it, eyes slowly scanning her surroundings as nothing but a gentle breeze through the land was heard. She scratched her head in puzzlement then noticed a figure slowly walking out from behind a tree. The glowing white crescent stone on her staff brightened the area to show Apoch watching the fairy with a solemn expression.
“You’re one of those witches,” Cilia said pointing to her. “What are you doing out here? Were you having trouble sleeping too?”
Apoch stopped and looked to her staff as she held it out to the side, slowly turning it in her palm with the obsidian stone glowing softly. As she did the opening in the stone shifted to black before becoming a swirling mesh of blue and yellow lights. Cilia watched with wonder as the witch slowly moved her staff around, eyes on the stone before turning to the fairy as she gracefully twirled her staff around once then held it down to the side again.
“Pretty lights,” Cilia giggled with a few claps. “What does that weird stick thingy do?”
“Distracts you,” Apoch replied.
Cilia looked at her curiously before a rustling was heard behind her. She quickly turned around just as Astreal swiped her staff towards her, the crescent stone glowing red while a swirling mesh of white and yellow lights were seen inside the opening. Before Cilia could scream the stone flew around her, the tiny fairy being engulfed by the lights which then formed a hazy spherical barrier around her. The orb glowed softly with a cerulean light as the tiny fairy tried flying about in it, banging and knocking against the insides repeatedly as she panicked with screams that couldn’t be heard.
Astreal slowly held out a hand under the sphere and took hold of it, the witch and her sister watching as Cilia kept flying about in distress inside the orb.
“Don’t let it get away this time,” Apoch warned. “If we let another slip out of our grasp again…”
“I won’t let it get away,” Astreal promised.
Cilia fluttered about then started banging on the inside of the sphere with fright, watching as the two witches solemnly observed her futile efforts to get free.
“I’m sorry,” Astreal sighed, shaking her head slowly as she saw the fairy starting to cry in her bubble. “We don’t want to do this, but we have to. For what it’s worth, I’m sorry.”
“Let’s go, we can’t be seen here now,” Apoch softly said before the two began walking away.
As they did Cilia held her hands against the transparent barrier and watched as the sight of the caravan in the distance grew further and further out of sight before they vanished into a patch of fog. With a bright flash the mist parted away, revealing the sisters and fairy to be gone without a trace.
*****
Daylight began to cross over The Outerlands as the sun lifted up in the horizon. The rays rolled along the fields and hillsides, waking a few woodland critters from their slumber while a warm breeze came through the area.
Next to the caravan Lucky grunted and slowly awoke from his sleep, the horse getting onto its feet and shaking a bit with a small whinny. The curtain to the caravan fluttered slightly in the wind, a few rays of sunlight coming through around the edges into the darkened cabin where all was quiet still.
Lying in her bed Clover softly murmured as she rolled onto her side. With a sudden gasp she sat up
, waking from her sleep with a startle as she came to her senses and realized she wasn’t tied down anymore. She twitched then rubbed her rear with an annoyed grunt, her other hand rubbing her eyes as she slowly sat over the edge of her bed with a weak groan. After a moment she froze then looked down at her naked body while her hair was loosely draped over her back. She blinked then growled as a look of rage washed over her, eyes turning towards the big bed where the dark silhouettes of the others were seen as they continued to sleep.
“Those fucking assholes,” she snarled through her teeth. “How dare they… arg!”
She quickly got to her feet before flinching as her rear ached, a strained gasp coming from her mouth before she growled in anger. Looking around she didn’t see her tunic or cloak nearby, rather there was a white shirt folded up beside her bed on the floor.
“That’s all they fucking give me to wear?” she snapped while quickly snatching up the shirt. With a few muttered obscenities she slipped the garment on over her head then looked down at seeing that it covered her just below her thighs while the cup size was obviously intended for a bigger chest. She flicked and ruffled the baggy bust of the shirt a few times then snarled with fury while her face turned red.
“Are they trying to rub it in or something? Fuck!”
The elf marched over and yanked aside the curtain, the glare of the sunlight filling the room as she then stomped her way over towards the bed and pointed to the group with a vicious glare.
“Alright, what the fuck is wrong with-” she started before freezing in place with wide eyes. “Wha… what the fuck is this?”
Specca grumbled and rubbed her face before curling up and holding onto her pillow with eyes shut tight from the light.
“Alyssa, I know we’re pacifists and all that, but I think you can kill Clover in the name of peace at this point.”
Alyssa groaned as she rubbed her eyes and sat up, a tired yawn being made before she mumbled something to herself. With a sigh she looked to Clover with a dull expression and shook her head.
“Alright. Where do you want to be buried?”
Clover just continued to stare at something in shock with her finger pointing at it, her mouth hanging open while the sun came in from behind against her golden hair. Alyssa tilted her head curiously as she saw the elf frozen in place with a stunned expression then finally noticed she wasn’t beside Daniel now. Her eye twitched at seeing why before she jumped with a scream. Specca and Squeak leapt up in a startle, the two of them looking around in a daze while the nixie’s hand quickly searched for her glasses. Luna and Falla hopped up and hastily turned around before banging their heads together, the two cringing and grabbing their heads in pain while Kroanette sat up and rubbed her face quickly.
“Alyssa?” the centaur wearily asked. “What is it?”
“Alyssa?” Specca asked as she grabbed her spectacles and put them on. “What’s wrong? Why did you scream?”
“What’s going on?” Falla groaned as she and her sister rubbed their foreheads.
Squeak rubbed her eyes and squeaked a few times before looking around while half-asleep.
All the girls paused then slowly took notice of what caused Alyssa to scream, their expressions going from confusion to surprise as silence filled the room.
Daniel was wide awake from Alyssa’s outburst, staring in stunned silence at seeing Doku lying against his side where Alyssa was before with her wing over his waist and Kitten cuddling close to his other side with her wings low behind her and tail slowly slinking about in the sheets. On his chest Pip yawned and sat up, rubbing her eyes before looking around in a daze.
“What’s going on? Why did Alyssa scream?”
The fairy then noticed Doku on one side of her, then Kitten, then Doku’s breasts which were pressed against Daniel’s side, then Kitten’s which were lying close to her, then turned to Daniel who was looking around at the girls while rendered speechless from waking up like this.
“How come you’re sleeping with Doku and Kitten?”
“What… the… hell?” Kroanette shakily said.
“What is Doku doing?” Specca gasped with a hand over her mouth.
“Forget her, why is Kitten back out?” Falla exclaimed pointing to the cambion.
“Forget her?” Alyssa shouted while watching Doku with shock. “Doku’s sleeping naked next to Daniel!”
“They both are!” Luna cried out pointing back and forth between the two. “Why are they doing that?”
Daniel tried to pull his arms free but wasn’t able to budge them from under each girl. Each time he tried to move Doku snuggled closer to him while Kitten’s grip on his shoulder tightened to keep him near. The other girls watched as Daniel attempted to wriggle free to no avail, with each sleeping girl only nuzzling closer to him the more he tried to free himself.
“How did this happen?” he asked bewilderedly.
“I don’t know,” Alyssa growled with anger. “But I know how it’s going to end.”
“Daniel,” Doku breathed out as she hugged his body with her leg over his. “My darling husband.”
“Husband?” all the girls shouted out in surprise.
Kitten awoke with a snort, glowing eyes opening and focusing on Daniel as he turned to her with a nervous expression. Slowly a sly smile came across her face as she gently held his cheek and rubbed her breasts against him.
“Good morning, master,” she purred seductively. Her eyes then snapped to Doku as the harpy hugged closer to Daniel’s body in her sleep. The cambion suddenly sat up with her wings flinching behind her, appearance turning to sheer rage while the other girls backed up a bit from her vicious aura.
“What are you doing?” Kitten shouted out, with Doku quickly flailing about before looking around in a sleepy daze.
“What? Who? Where?” she softly mumbled before sitting up and turning to Kitten with a curious face. “Kitten? What are you doing out now?”
Kitten grabbed the harpy by the throat and swung her over to side, slamming the girl down onto the bed and holding her down by the neck with both hands. Doku coughed and choked as Kitten’s wings arched back behind her, the demon’s glowing blue eyes glaring at the harpy with fury while her tail sharply whipped out from under the sheets.
“How dare you sleep next to my master like that! It’s horrible enough I have to allow his other toys to sleep near him as they do, but like fucking hell I’m tolerating another wannabe bitch hanging all over my man!”
“Toy?” Specca scoffed with annoyance.
“Wannabe bitch?” Falla snapped with ire.
“She can call us whatever she wants as long as she gets the point through to Doku,” Alyssa reasoned while watching the harpy with discontent.
“Kitten, stop!” Daniel ordered.
Kitten yelled and reached up with her hand, a swirling glow of purple light forming around her palm along with small red glyphs. The magical lights extended out and formed a translucent sword of crimson and purple energy, the curved blade glistening in the sunlight while it cast a darkened red hue against the bed and surprised occupants.
“FUCKING DIE!” Kitten shouted out with fire in her eyes.
“Whoa, wait, stop!” Specca cried out.
“That’s not what I meant by the point!” Alyssa protested waving her hands around.
“Don’t kill her!” Pip wailed while grabbing her hair.
“Kitten, no!” Kroanette pleaded.
Doku watched with wide eyes that could be seen with her bangs lifted over her forehead as Kitten held her down and prepared to finish her off. The cambion swung around to slice the harpy’s skull in half, the blade then striking into and through someone else next to her with a sizzling crunch. Everyone stared in shock as blood splattered onto the floor and down Clover’s leg as the elf froze in place, her trembling hands gripping Kitten’s arm while she strained not to scream with blood dripping through her clenched teeth. Kitten looked at the elf with wonder as the girl had the glowing blade carved through her side
into her stomach, strands of her singed hair that were cut off from the sword coming out her back falling to the floor along with more of her blood.
“Clover,” Kroanette breathed out in horror.
“Oh no,” Luna whined while holding her hands over her face, peeking through her fingers and seeing the elf run through with the magical blade.
Clover looked down to the sword that was plunged through her along with a bleeding gash from her side then to Kitten as the cambion stared at her with bewilderment.
“Why did you do that?” Kitten softly asked as she dissolved her blade, the magical weapon fading away while Clover sputtered out blood with her vision slowly turning hazy.
“She’s the only… one of you people,” Clover strained out as she stumbled back a step. “That… isn’t a fucking… asshole.”
With that she dropped back onto the floor with a thump, blood being coughed out while her hands fell to her sides.
“Clover!” Daniel shouted as he and the other girls scrambled off the bed. They quickly gathered around the elf as Daniel knelt down held the girl up in his arms, her eyes wearily looking up to him as she struggled to breathe.
“Oh my god, somebody do something!” Specca cried out in a panic.
“Alyssa, get a potion or use your magic!” Luna pleaded while shaking the witch.
“A potion to do what? I can’t fix that!” Alyssa shouted, pointing down to the mortally wounded elf as she coughed out more blood.
“Clover!” Pip whined as she flew down and hugged the elf’s chest, watching her with teary eyes as the girl kept her unfocused gaze up on Daniel.
“Clover,” Daniel softly said with a pained look on his face. “Why did you do that?”
“I’m… too fucking nice,” Clover muttered with a small shrug. “I’ve always been… with people who… are pains in my ass.”
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