“Look at the size of those…” Alyssa breathed out, her hands slowly holding her own chest with disappointment.
“How am I supposed to compete with that?” Triska asked shakily, her eyes slowly going up and down along the ant girl’s figure.
Squeak winked at Daniel then slowly walked into the water, glancing to the other girls with an arrogant smirk before heading over to another patch of rocks near the shore. She started to wash her clothes as well, pulling the same routine that Triska did by bending over and arching back as she leaned closer to the water. Daniel stared with wide eyes as that gave him a perfect view of her private parts in the sunlight while she bathed her clothing in the water. He blinked then slowly glanced between the two attractive girls nervously as this wasn't what he had in mind for a simple break by the water.
"What the hell are you doing?" Triska yelled out at the ant girl. Squeak looked over to her and smiled smugly as she shrugged carelessly, squeaking softly while her antennae twitched slightly. Triska and Alyssa stared at the ant girl with shock then looked over to Daniel, the boy jumping slightly as he realized he was staring before he turned around quickly.
"I… I should leave you girls to this… um… sorry…" he said shakily.
"No, wait, don't go, Daniel!" Alyssa cried out as she hopped over on the stones and ran towards him.
"Squeak! Cover up this instant; you can't swim naked in front of Daniel!" Triska yelled out as she marched over to the ant girl. Squeak stood up and looked at her with an arrogant smile, then glanced down to the girl's bikini and back to her with a raised eyebrow. Triska looked to her outfit then back to the ant girl with anger.
"I'm not naked like you are! There's a difference!" she shouted out. Squeak rolled her eyes then looked at her with a dull glare.
"Daniel, are you alright?" Alyssa asked as she tugged at his arm, the boy holding his other hand over his eyes.
"This isn't how I imagined our detour going," he said tiredly.
"Dammit, Squeak, put your clothes back on right now!" Triska yelled out. Squeak shook her head and pointed to the teen's bikini while squeaking in discontent.
"I'm at least wearing something! You're just flaunting yourself in front of him naked!" Triska shouted back. Squeak shrugged and stood proudly with her hands at her hips, smiling arrogantly as Triska growled with rage. The teen yelled out and tackled her down into the water, the two splashing and kicking around as Alyssa looked over to them with annoyance. Daniel sighed and shook his head then looked up with exasperation.
"Hey!" he called out. The splashing stopped and all fell quiet around the area.
"I thought we were done with the fighting," he asked expectantly.
"I'm not doing anything wrong, Daniel; she's stripping down naked in front of you!" Triska cried out.
"You're wearing your bikini in front of him to seduce him, that's the only reason you wanted to come out here in the first place!" Alyssa shouted out.
"There's nothing wrong with me enjoying being in the water, that's not bothering Daniel like Squeak is strutting around and showing her body off to him!" Triska yelled out. The splashing and yelling resumed as Daniel looked down with a hand covering his eyes, hearing the two girls shouting and squeaking loudly at each other.
"Alyssa, could you please separate them for me?" he asked tiredly. The witch smiled and held out her staff towards the girls.
"Sure thing, Daniel, anything for you," she said sweetly as her staff glowed orange. The two fighting girls were lifted up into the air out of the water, looking around with surprise before they were dropped down with a large splash. They scrambled back up and looked over to Alyssa before the witch waved her staff over, the two girls then flying forward out of the water and crashing into the sand on the edge of the lake before tumbling over onto the grass.
"If you two are about done, Daniel would like you to please knock it off," Alyssa said flatly. Triska and Squeak looked at her with anger then to Daniel with worry as he was shaking his head.
"Daniel?" Triska asked softly. Squeak merely squeaked quietly as Alyssa glanced to Daniel.
"Triska, is this the only reason you wanted to come to the lake?" he asked tiredly.
"No, Daniel, I mean I was looking forward to cooling off in the water, plus I thought you'd enjoy it as well," Triska said worriedly.
"You just wanted to show off for him like Squeak did," Alyssa said shaking her head.
"Hey, I didn't strip down naked in front of him," Triska said glaring over to Squeak.
"You wanted her to wash her clothes, right?" Daniel asked. The girls looked to him as he shrugged.
"She only has that set of clothing, what did you expect her to do when she's washing it?" he asked. Triska and Alyssa looked back to Squeak as she smiled weakly.
"But…" Triska said nervously.
"I'm going to take my book and go sit over by that tree, facing away from the lake. You girls can get cleaned up and 'cool off' together," Daniel said before walking over towards Lucky.
"Wait, Daniel, I wanted us to swim together. Please?" Triska said getting back to her feet. Daniel paused while still looking ahead.
"That would mean that I would have to be here when Squeak is naked. And correct me if I'm wrong, but does Alyssa have any spare clothes?" he asked. The girls looked to the witch as she blushed a bit.
"Well… no," she said with a soft smile. Triska looked between the two then to Daniel with worry.
"That would mean that I would have to see both of them naked, and that's obviously going to cause a stir with all of you. So to keep it so there's no fighting, I'll wait until you're all done then I'll wash up afterwards," he said before walking towards Lucky again. Triska held out her hand towards him and opened her mouth to protest, but stopped as she couldn't think of anything to say. Daniel took his book out from his bag then headed over towards a tree, walking around it then sitting against it facing away from the lake. As he opened it and flipped through the pages, the girls all looked to each other.
"Didn't plan on that, did you, Triska?" Alyssa asked flatly. Squeak looked at the human with crossed arms while the teen growled.
"I didn't expect you two to get naked in front of him," Triska muttered.
"We don't have any other clothes with us, what did you think we were going to do? Jump in with them on?" Alyssa asked shaking her head. Triska growled in frustration then looked towards the tree with worry.
"C'mon, Squeak, let's get our clothes washed the best we can so Daniel can have his turn," Alyssa said walking over towards the lake while taking off her shirt and hat. Squeak looked at Triska with annoyance for a moment then followed after, with Triska still watching Daniel with saddened eyes. Alyssa set her hat and staff down next to Triska's bag then looked over to the teen while she took off her skirt.
"Let's go, Triska, you wanted to enjoy the water didn't you?" she asked sharply. Triska growled quietly then walked over towards her clothes near the rocks, muttering something to herself as Squeak resumed washing her clothing in the water. Alyssa watched the two girls then glanced to Daniel, and then took off her boots and socks before walking into the water as well. She stopped and glanced to Squeak, the ant girl washing her clothing with a dull expression. Alyssa eyed the body of the monster then looked over to Triska, the human washing her clothing and setting them on the rocks to dry off. Alyssa muttered quietly to herself before walking over to some other stones on the shore, hating that each of her rivals were more endowed than she'll ever be.
‘At least I helped keep the peace for him, as long as I stay loyal to him and his wishes I'll get him yet.’
After their clothing had been rinsed and laid out to dry, the three girls were sitting on a few large flat rocks near the water. Triska and Squeak had their legs dangling gently below the surface as the water gently lapped against their skin, while Alyssa had her legs held up by her chest with her arms wrapped around them. They all just stared at the lake in silence, none of them making eye contact with each other. Alys
sa slowly glanced over to Squeak, the ant girl looking at the ripples in the water with a distant gaze as she sat on the rock quietly. With her hair washed up and her skin cleaned off she had even more beauty to her than before, the witch fearing that she would easily steal Daniel's attention away from her now. Alyssa then glanced over to Triska, the bikini clad teen just looking around at the water with a dull expression. Her figure was more noticeable now, and with her hair and skin having been cleaned she too was a serious threat to the witch's efforts to sway Daniel over to her. The witch bared her teeth slightly with frustration then looked down at herself, being naked and only wearing her blue crystal necklace.
‘She just had to suggest getting us all cleaned up…’
"Just out of curiosity, Alyssa, why didn't you just go back to your home and change into new clothes?" Triska asked glancing to the witch. Squeak looked to her curiously as Alyssa merely glanced to Triska.
"For one I'm not up for leaving you two alone with Daniel under any circumstances, and secondly I'm not up for leaving you alone with Daniel under any circumstances," Alyssa said flatly. Squeak looked at her puzzled then to Triska, the teen rolling her eyes and looking back ahead with a dull gaze at the water.
"I didn't do anything wrong here, at least I'm clothed in front of him," she muttered. Squeak gave her with a dull glance then looked back to the water as well.
"Yeah right, you wanted to show off in front of Daniel from the start, don't pretend you're innocent here," Alyssa said with annoyance.
"Don't be so jealous that he would at least have something to look at with me," Triska said with a smirk while glancing to the witch. Alyssa growled and glared at her as Squeak rolled her eyes, squeaking simply before glancing to them. They looked to her then to her figure as the ant girl leaned back and proudly showed off her features, perking her chest up a bit and wiggling it slightly.
"And at least I had enough dignity not to strip down in front of him!" Triska yelled out. Alyssa growled with frustration then sighed as she looked back down. After a moment she stood up and waved her hand out. Her clothes flew off from a nearby rock over to her, the witch then hopping off the rock and onto the grass. She walked over towards her boots and started to dress as the other two girls watched her. Alyssa got dressed again and straightened out her outfit, then glanced to the other girls as her staff flew over into her grip.
"I'm going to go see how Daniel's doing. Let us know when you're both dressed again so he can use the lake to clean up," she said before walking away.
"Hold it, you're not going to see Daniel alone, I'm going with you," Triska said scrambling off the rock. Alyssa rolled her eyes then swung her staff back, causing Triska to fly back and into the water with a splash from the magical force.
"I thought you wanted to enjoy the water a bit more, Triska, you were so insistent on coming here after all," Alyssa reasoned, glancing looking back to Triska with a smirk. Triska coughed out water and stood up in the lake as Squeak smiled at her amusingly.
"I wanted to enjoy the water with Daniel, but you two ruined that for me!" Triska yelled out.
"So you admit you were trying to seduce him!" Alyssa declared, turning around and aiming her staff towards the teen.
"I was not; I was only trying to have a relaxing swim with him! Squeak's the one that was trying to seduce him!" Triska yelled out.
"Don't give me that crap, I saw the way you were looking at him, the way you were flaunting yourself in front of him! The only reason you wanted to come here was for him to see you in your swimsuit!" Alyssa shouted at the human. Triska growled and marched out of the water towards the witch.
"I offered to come here to have us wash our clothes, remember?" she yelled out loudly.
"If you really put any thought into that you would have realized that would involve us being naked in front of Daniel! But no, all you thought about was showing Daniel your damn swimsuit!" Alyssa shouted back.
"It's not my fault you didn't bring any other clothes with you! And so what if I wanted to go for a swim with him as well, there's nothing wrong with us enjoying the water is there? Besides, you can't get mad at me if he likes my body more than yours; it's not my fault you'll never grow more!" Triska shouted out.
"Oh please, if anything the only girl he was staring at was Squeak!" Alyssa said looking off to the side. She blinked then looked around as the ant girl was nowhere to be seen. Triska looked around then over towards the tree where she saw Squeak dressed in her tunic and gloves, the girl finishing putting on her boot as she hopped closer to Daniel. She had her pickaxe slung around her back as she straightened out her outfit, the girl walking over to Daniel as he was sitting down against the tree. He glanced up to her as he saw her approach out of the corner of his eye, the girl squeaking with a small wave as she walked up to him.
"Hey!" Triska and Alyssa yelled out.
Over by the tree Daniel was looking down at his book as Squeak sat next to him, the girl having her legs lying on the ground while she looked at the book curiously. She glanced to Daniel and pointed to the book with a few small squeaks.
"I was just reading up on the types of monsters I know of so far, I want to be ready for whatever we find next. Did you enjoy the lake?" he asked with a glance to the girl. She nodded and smiled timidly at him then looked back down to the book, leaning closer to him as he watched her with a slightly nervous expression.
"Um… Squeak?" he asked. Squeak looked over to him, with their faces nearly an inch away from each other. She squeaked softly as her antennae twitched a bit.
"Did you… want something?" he asked weakly. She smiled and tilted her head as she gazed into his eyes. Suddenly she was yanked back and dragged away from him by the back of her tunic, the ant girl looking with surprise to seeing Triska setting her down away from Daniel.
"That's close enough, Squeak," she stated firmly. Squeak blinked then smiled curiously with soft squeak. Daniel looked over to them before Alyssa hopped over in front of his view.
"Hey, Daniel, what are you doing?" she asked sweetly.
"Oh, Alyssa. I was just… reading up on the types of monsters in my book. Is everything ok?" he asked trying to look past the witch as Triska and Squeak seemed to be wrestling around on the ground. Alyssa scooted over to block his view and shook her head.
"Not at all, Daniel. Um, we're all done with the water now if you want to get cleaned up," she offered with a gentle smile. Daniel looked at the witch curiously then tried to see past her as Triska and Squeak were heard rustling around. Alyssa waved her staff behind her, causing Triska and Squeak to roll off to the side. Daniel looked around to seeing them gone then to the witch as she walked closer to him.
"Um, thank you, that sounds great," he said with a slight smile. Again he heard squeaking and bickering nearby. He blinked then tried to look past the witch again while she kept hopping in front of his view.
"Is everything alright with Triska and Squeak?" he asked carefully. Alyssa giggled and nodded with an innocent smile.
"They're fine, Daniel, they're just… cooling off," she said glancing to her side. Nearby she saw Triska and Squeak rolling around on the ground in a struggle. She waved her staff slightly, causing the two wrestling girls to tumble off into the grass away from each other. Alyssa looked back to Daniel and eyed him over.
"So do you need any help washing your clothes? Or washing your body? I can help with those hard to reach places, if you want," she offered timidly. He chuckled and shook his head.
"No, I think I'll manage just fine, thank you," he said with a weak smile. Alyssa nodded with a pouty smile then glanced to the side to seeing Triska and Squeak scrambling to their feet while glaring at each other.
"Ok, Daniel, whatever you say," she said as she waved her staff again, causing the two fighting girls to fly at each other and clonk each other in the head. They dropped down onto the grass dazed as the witch smiled hopefully at Daniel.
"Just let me know if you need anything then, I'm here to help you after all," sh
e said with a wink.
A few minutes later Daniel was standing in the shallow area of the lake, only wearing his white underpants while his other clothes were lying on a few rocks nearby. He was rinsing his shirts with the water while his boots were on the shore next to his dagger, the boy having a calm expression while he cleaned the dirt and blood off of his clothes.
As he was busy with his laundry, from behind the tree he was at before two girls were peeking out around the trunk with wide eyes on either side. Triska and Squeak were each staring at Daniel while they blushed slightly, seeing the boy almost completely naked which caused them to fidget slightly. Sitting down against the tree between them looking at Daniel's book of monsters was Alyssa, reading with a calm expression while her staff was lying down next to her.
"Would you two give it a rest? You're not going anywhere near him when he's like this," Alyssa said glancing to either side of her to seeing the human and ant girl keeping close to the tree. They glanced back to her with discontent as she shook her finger.
"He kindly asked us all to wait here together, remember?" Alyssa reminded while looking back to the book.
"I'm his guardian on this trip, I need to be able to keep a close eye on him," Triska reasoned firmly.
"Just how close do you need to be for that?" Alyssa asked flatly.
"Closer than this, I can barely see anything from here," Triska whined as she looked back over to Daniel with worry.
"You can see him just fine. And don't worry, Triska, I'm his guardian on this journey, I can watch over him just fine from here," Alyssa said glancing to the human.
"Like hell you are, Alyssa," Triska growled at the witch.
"Not to mention that as his proper choice for a mate I stopped you from trying to kill one of his examples of proof," Alyssa said dully.
"You are not his proper choice in a mate, Alyssa, and I only did what I did because his proof was trying to KISS HIM!" Triska yelled out at Squeak. The ant girl glanced to her with a smug grin and twitched one of her eyebrows before staring at Daniel again.
"And you tried to seduce him with your skimpy bathing suit. You're no better than she is," Alyssa pointed out shaking her head.
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