“Goblins,” Jovian scoffed.
“Talk about junk food,” Jacqueline remarked with a laugh.
The goblin holding the sword stepped forth and waved the blade around at Jovian in a threatening manner while the two with spears poised to strike at the sisters with eerie chuckles.
“Whatsa we haves heeere? Two leetle lost lambs?” the one with the sword taunted with a very thick goblin accent. Jovian merely glared at the monster before the goblin held the sword to her throat.
“Whatsa shall I do with youu? I wonder I wonder I wonder,” the goblin chuckled. Jovian glanced to Jacqueline then back to the monster before she darted around the sword and tackled the goblin to the ground, grabbing hold of the blade while the torch dropped down next to them. The other two goblins hissed loudly before they struck their spears through Jovian’s chest, the girl grunting with blood sputtering out of her mouth while the goblin under her laughed.
“Stupid gurl! Stupid gurl!” she cackled while the other two looked to Jacqueline with wicked smiles. The blonde merely crossed her arms and giggled before looking to her sister who drew the blade up into the air. The goblins stared at her with shock as the girl then struck her blade down and into the goblin’s skull, piercing through down to the ground with a crunch before she looked to the other two with a cold glare. The goblins screamed and backed up fearfully, both of them cowering in fear as Jovian slowly stood up with the two spears sticking through her chest.
“Why you no die? Why you no die?” one of them cried out. Jovian grabbed the spears and yanked them out of her body, the goblins then watching in terror as her wounds healed up completely.
“You’re not worth eating, you’re not worth killing, you’re just garbage in this world, mere trash that is as low as humans themselves,” Jovian said harshly, with the two goblins then bowing down to her on their hands and knees.
“Pleese no kill us, no kill us!” one of them pleaded loudly.
“We sowwy! We sowwy!” the other cried.
“Disgusting creatures,” Jacqueline scoffed. Jovian walked towards the two remaining goblins while her sister followed, with the goblins then screaming and falling onto their backs as they stared at the sisters with fright. Jovian walked by and knocked the torch back behind her, the flame rolling over then hitting against the dead goblin and lighting her clothing on fire. As the monster started to burn behind them Jovian and Jacqueline walked up and stood in front of the two terrified goblins.
“Pleese, we do anything you say! No kill! No kill!” one of them wailed while shaking her head.
“We have men in our home, we give to you, we give!” the other cried out.
“We have no use for men,” Jovian said coldly.
“We have food! We give you food!” one of the goblins screamed as the two tried to scramble backwards away from the sisters, failing to do so as they slipped and stumbled on the loose dirt below them.
“Scraps from goblins aren’t fit for even a dog,” Jacqueline replied with a dark glare.
“No! No! We find you gold? Yes, we find and give you gold!” the other goblin begged while shaking her head.
“We don’t care about gold,” Jovian said shaking her head.
“No! Pleese! I pleasure you! I promise, I use tongue well, I do good job!” one of the goblins pleaded.
“Only my sister may touch me,” Jacqueline replied coldly.
“No! What you want from us? We do anything! Tell us!” the other goblin cried out desperately. Jovian and Jacqueline walked closer then stood over the two frightened monsters, the goblins staring at the naked sisters with horror while the corpse nearby burned brightly.
“Sister, what should we do with them?” Jacqueline asked while eyeing over the goblins. Jovian thought for a moment then smiled slyly.
“Tell us, how many are in your home?” she asked. The goblins trembled before them and glanced to each other.
“Home has many goblins, tens of tens of tens,” one of them stuttered while pointing back towards the tunnel entrance near them. Jaqueline glanced to her sister with a raised eyebrow as Jovian slowly shook her head.
“That won’t do at all, tell me, are there more tribes of goblins in this forgotten wasteland?” she inquired. The goblins looked to each other curiously then to Jovian as they slowly sat up.
“Yes, we everywhere here, all here and there,” one said while waving around at the valley.
“Sister?” Jacqueline asked curiously. Jovian chuckled then crossed her arms with a slick smile on her face.
“I see. I’ll tell you what; we’ll spare your lives, if you take us to your leader in your home. Right now,” she ordered. The goblins jumped a bit then scrambled back to their feet.
“Yes, yes, we take you, we take you,” one of them quickly pleaded as she rushed over to grab the torch. She looked at the burning body of her fellow goblin with a troubled frown then to Jovian as the girl glanced back to her with a smirk.
“Move it, or else you’ll get worse than she did,” she threatened. The goblin shook with fear then quickly trotted past them with the other frightened monster, with sisters following them into the cave together.
“Why are we going to their home? They’re goblins, it probably stinks there,” Jacqueline muttered while holding her nose with a scowl. Jovian chuckled and glanced to her with a playful smile.
“Don’t you remember, Daniel wants to find as many monsters as he can to show his queen that they can be trusted, that they can live in peace together,” she reminded. Jacqueline looked at her puzzled before Jovian turned her eyes towards the goblins before them, a dark smile coming across her face as the sisters followed the two monsters toward the location of even more of them living in the mountain.
“Well, as Daniel’s dear friends, I think we should bring even more monsters to his queen, and show the humans just how well we can all ‘get along’ with one another,” she said before giggling. Jacqueline blinked then started giggling as well, the two breaking out into maniacal laughter while the goblins before them nervously led the two strange girls towards their home.
“Yes, I believe you’re right, we should help Daniel with his quest after all he’s done for us,” Jacqueline agreed with a dark smile forming on her face. Jovian nodded as she glanced to her sister and took hold of her hand, the two walking close together as they headed further into the mountain with the goblins.
“Indeed we should. In fact, I dare say we can bring even more to the party than he could.”
*****
Running down a darkened street in Eston a centaur was galloping at a quickened pace, her hair flowing gently behind her while her large breasts bounced heavily under her shirt. Kroanette looked around at the passing buildings of the dead village then back behind her as she saw the glow from the burning district in the distance, knowing that Daniel and his friends were still at the mercy of the alpha witch that had come to the town.
“I fear that boy may not live long enough to see my mother after all, how unfortunate,” she sympathized before stopping at a street corner and looking around quickly, only seeing darkened buildings with the faint moonlight from above and the burning district further away providing the only light to see with.
“This isn’t good, even if that other butterfly was here somewhere I have no idea where to begin searching for her, she could be anywhere,” she said shaking her head. Scampering around on her four hooves she looked from one darkened building to another, seeing no sign of anyone while she grabbed her hair in frustration.
“I don’t believe this, this was just supposed to be a routine delivery, I just wanted to get pregnant, I shouldn’t be out here like this,” she whined. With an exasperated grunt she started to run off to leave the village, only to suddenly stop and shake her head while holding her hands to her cheeks.
“No, I can’t just leave them here like this, but it’s not like I can do anything to help them. I may be immune to magical spells, but like hell I’m going to stand up against an alpha witch
, that’s suicide,” she deliberated with herself. The centaur let out a frustrated yell and stomped her hooves on the dirt as she looked back and forth from the burning street behind her to the road before her that would lead out of the village.
“This isn’t fair; they’re not my problem, why do I care so much for them? This royally stinks, I shouldn’t have to risk my life for them, should I?” she whined while holding a hand over her eyes. Looking back to the burning street further away she envisioned riding in majestically to the rescue, snapping her whip with a feral battle cry before a powerful explosion of fire and obsidian shards detonated before her, blasting her back into a bloody tumble before collapsing dead in the street while Charlotte laughed as she vigorously rode Daniel on the ground before his friends, raping him without mercy while Apoch and Astreal laughed and danced merrily around the centaur’s corpse.
“WAAAH! What am I thinking? I can’t fight an alpha witch, I can’t do this, I can’t, I need to get the hell out of here!” Kroanette cried out fearfully as she turned to bolt out of the village. Before she could move she heard a door opening nearby with a low creak, the centaur then looking to seeing a figure dropping out from the front door of a small house. Lying on the ground Luna groaned as her wings weakly fluttered once behind her, the butterfly girl slowly sitting up while looking around with a dazed expression.
“Wait, a giant butterfly? That’s her, it has to be, she looks just like the other one back there,” Kroanette said with wonder. She quickly rushed over towards Luna as the butterfly girl collapsed back down onto the ground with a groan.
“Hey, are you alright? Speak to me,” Kroanette urged as she quickly knelt down and lifted Luna up into her arms. Luna twitched slightly while her eyes tried to focus on who was talking to her, only seeing a darkened and blurry figure of a woman holding her.
“Fa… Falla?” Luna breathed out.
“No, I’m not her, but she is here, she’s looking for you. Are you alright?” Kroanette asked as she stood up again with the girl in her arms. Luna whimpered and slowly shook her head.
“I don’t like it… I don’t like it…” she whined softly.
“Don’t like what? What are you talking about?” Kroanette asked. Luna took a shaky breath with a few tears in her eyes before she started to cry.
“I don’t like it in the ass…” she whined before turning her head to cry in the centaur’s bosom. Kroanette stared at the girl with surprise then looked down the street towards the burning district, with Luna’s sobbing the only sound being heard in the deserted street.
“So much for this being a routine delivery,” she said softly before looking to Luna again with remorseful eyes.
*****
“Alyssa!” Daniel cried out as he and his friends watched Charlotte preparing to finish the Wildfire Witch off once and for all. The group saw the alpha witch standing over their friend while the obsidian blades that were crossed over Alyssa’s neck started to budge and screech, with Alyssa screaming for her life while Apoch and Astreal giggled together with cold smiles at her.
“Off with her head!” the twins cheered with a hop.
“No, Alyssa!” Triska cried out as she and her friends rushed towards the edge of their prison.
“Please don’t kill her!” Specca shouted out desperately. Squeak merely squeaked loudly while shaking her head, her terrified expression showing that she too feared watching her friend’s demise right before her. Falla watched nervously as Charlotte held her wand up, the alpha glaring down at Alyssa while the bound witch stared up at her with fright.
“Please, I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” Alyssa shrieked as she stared at the alpha with watery eyes. Charlotte narrowed her eyes as the obsidian blades over Alyssa’s neck started to budge and move downward, with Alyssa feeling them pushing down on her throat as they prepared to slice her head off.
“Goodbye, Alyssa,” Charlotte stated coldly. Alyssa screamed and shut her eyes, images of Daniel flashing before her eyes as she gripped the dirt under her.
Everyone then stopped when a horse’s loud neigh suddenly sounded off nearby, with Charlotte glancing over to seeing Lucky running towards them in the street, the horse in his demon form with his wings arched back and his tail aflame. Lucky cried out as he raced up towards Charlotte, the witch merely watching the horse curiously as it got in front of her and kicked up on its hind legs, flailing its front hooves around while letting out a loud snarl.
“Lucky,” Daniel said softly.
“He came back to save Alyssa,” Specca said with wonder.
“That is one loyal horse,” Triska mentioned. Falla stared at the demonic horse with fright then quickly darted back behind Triska and clung to her shirt, her eyes peeking out at the monstrous horse from over teen’s shoulder.
Charlotte slowly looked up at Lucky with a curious expression while Apoch and Astreal held their staves at the ready, both of them watching the demonic horse with caution as it neighed loudly while kicking around towards the alpha witch.
“My grace, look out!” Apoch called out.
“What is that thing?” Astreal shouted shaking her head.
“Lucky?” Charlotte asked with a curious smile. Everyone looked at her as she giggled and tilted her head while lowering her wand.
“Lucky, that is you, isn’t it?” she asked sweetly. Lucky got back down on his four legs and neighed at Charlotte while his wings arched back behind him, the alpha witch watching him with an amused smile as the horse scampered around in front of her.
“Ms. Charlotte? You know this horse?” Apoch asked. Charlotte nodded as she slowly walked over towards Lucky, the horse settling down and looking to her with smoke being blown out of its nose.
“Oh, Lucky, I’ve actually missed you,” she said kindly before brushing the horse’s nose. Lucky grunted and stood there with his tail swishing behind him, his crimson eyes just watching Charlotte as the witch smiled gently at him. Alyssa glanced to Lucky then to Charlotte while trembling slightly in fear still.
“You know my horse?” she asked softly. Charlotte smirked and glanced down to her.
“Of course, who do you think enchanted Lucky in the first place?” she said proudly. The group looked at her with wonder as she gently brushed the horse with a gentle smile on her face, with Lucky grunting softly as he slowly lowered his wings. Alyssa looked to Lucky then to Charlotte with confusion.
“What? But I thought my mom enchanted him,” she questioned. Charlotte laughed and shook her head.
“No no, your mother brought Lucky to me to be enchanted, working with animals is one of my specialties after all. This is my handiwork, one of my better works actually, only the best for those who are close to me,” she boasted. With a quiet sigh she then closed her eyes and looked down while petting Lucky still.
“I do miss your mother, so much,” she said softly.
“My grace?” Apoch and Astreal asked together with concern.
“You knew my mother?” Alyssa asked curiously. Charlotte nodded and looked up at the sky with a distant gaze.
“She was a dear friend of mine, at the time I was happy to help create a protector for her… and her baby,” she said before slowly looking down to Alyssa with a solemn expression. Daniel’s group looked to each other curiously while Alyssa watched Charlotte with wonder. Charlotte slowly looked down at the ground as she lowered her hands.
“She came to me, when you were just one year old, and asked if I could enchant Lucky to help protect you two. No, not you two, just you, just you,” she said softly before glancing to Alyssa. Apoch and Astreal slowly lowered their staves as Charlotte looked back to Lucky with a deep gaze.
“She wanted you to have a guardian, someone to watch over you and protect you, she didn’t want anything to happen to her only daughter,” she said distantly. Alyssa sniffled and looked to Lucky, feeling her heart aching at the memory of her mother. Charlotte closed her eyes and slowly shook her head.
“I still think about her, Misulenne the Flamewave
Witch, my dear friend,” she said distantly. Alyssa whimpered and closed her eyes, remembering the time she had with her mother before the wolves killed her in their forest.
“Mom,” she said quietly to herself. Charlotte glanced to her then watched as Lucky moved forward and tried to nudge her away to the side with his nose, the alpha letting out a small sigh as she stepped aside. The horse walked past her and stood near Alyssa as it grunted softly again.
“Even after all this one has done, you still wish to protect her, don’t you?” Charlotte asked softly. Lucky slowly shifted back into his normal form, his wings retracting while his hair turned back to white. The horse then leaned down and nuzzled his nose against Alyssa’s cheek, the witch smiling worriedly up at him then looking to Charlotte with fear again. The alpha witch watched them with a solemn expression before breathing out slowly.
“I had no idea when I enchanted Lucky, that the baby he would be guarding would turn out as you did, Alyssa,” she said looking to the witch with a dull glare.
“I’m sorry, I just wanted to get rid of the wolves in Ritherwood, they killed my mom,” Alyssa whimpered. Charlotte looked at her with a curious eye as Alyssa had a few tears dropping from her cheeks.
“Those wolves killed my mom, they ate her alive right in front of me, I just wanted to get rid of them. I’m sorry, I couldn’t control my magic, I tried but I just couldn’t. I lost my home that day too, I lost my family with the witches of Ritherwood, I lost everything I held dear, I’m so sorry. Please, I never wanted any of this to happen, I just wanted to get rid of those wolves!” she pleaded before crying. Apoch and Astreal watched her with raised eyebrows then looked to Charlotte, the alpha just watching Alyssa with a blank expression on her face.
“My grace?” the sisters asked together. Charlotte drummed her fingers at her hip while watching Alyssa, her face showing a slight scowl for a moment before she sighed and looked away.
“Your mother probably wants to see you again in the underworld, killing you would be a blessing for her,” she remarked bitterly, with Alyssa whimpering and shaking a bit with fear. After a pause Charlotte growled quietly then waved her wand to the side, causing the obsidian blades over Alyssa’s neck to lift up then retract back down into the ground. Alyssa held a hand to her neck as she quickly sat up, looking over to Charlotte with nervous eyes as the alpha glanced back to her with discontent.
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