Chronicles of Eden - Act V

by Alexander Gordon

  Table of Contents

  Copyright

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Artwork

  Copyright

  Chronicles of Eden

  Author:

  Alexander Gordon

  Cover Art:

  Nuciferyne

  Character Illustrations:

  Nuciferyne

  MagniFire

  Copyright © 2015

  All rights are reserved to the author. No part of this ebook may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

  Chapter 1

  A Little Encounter

  In the world of Eden monsters came in many different shapes and sizes. Although they typically resembled female women in most ways they occasionally appeared less human than others. Not only that but they varied from how large they could become. Some, like witches, only grew as much as a young human girl would. Others like minotaur and ogres would be larger than humans. From the biggest monsters to the smallest ones, from those that appeared exactly like how humans did to ones that looked like complete monstrosities, the lustful creatures of Eden were quite diverse in all accounts except one.

  No matter what form or size they came in, they all had a desire to breed.

  *****

  All was quiet in the sunny meadow, the surrounding woodlands and grassy fields offering only a silent rustling as the wind gently blew by. The daylight from above was bright with very little clouds in the sky to block it out while a few birds flew through the air together chirping with one another. It was perfectly serene on that day, but that wasn’t to say the area was vacant, as a group of travelers had stopped recently during their trek through The Outerlands to make use of this peaceful spot. A caravan was parked near the large clearing close to the dirt road, with its single white horse casually grazing while waiting for when he would be needed to pull the trusty ride once more. Next to the animal a centaur was gently brushing him, a calm smile on her face while she took a moment to admire the scenery before looking over toward the clearing with a curious eye.

  “I do wonder if he can really do this,” Kroanette pondered to herself.

  She gave Lucky one more gentle pat on the nose then started walking towards where her companions were gathered together to the side of the large clearing, everyone watching the same thing she was. Quietly she made her way over to a large tree which had a group of girls all patiently waiting for something.

  “You see anything yet?” Triska asked while she was sitting down against the trunk of the tree, arms crossed and eyes keenly focused on what was before her. At her side Specca was on her knees down on the grass while adjusting her glasses, her eyes seeming to analyze everything that was happening in front of them down to the last detail.

  “Nothing, yet,” she replied quietly as if not to disturb anyone.

  Sitting next to them Squeak watched something with a curious eye, squeaking quietly before glancing to Triska then back out to the field before them.

  “This is kind of boring,” Luna softly moped while lying next to the nixie on her back, eyes staring up at the rustling leaves and watching as glimpses of daylight shined through the moving foliage. Her wings were retracted slightly behind her while her antennae twitched slightly, her arms slowly moving about against the grass in a restless fashion.

  “No,” Falla sighed while sitting against the tree, facing off to the side of the group while looking down at the grass between her legs. “This is really boring.”

  “Shut up,” Triska snapped at them. “This is important, don’t you get that?”

  “Yes,” Specca said glancing to Luna with a raised eyebrow. “You know why we’re here. Are you not the least bit curious of what will happen?”

  “We were,” Falla dryly remarked. “The last, oh, I don’t know, dozen times we stopped to do this. Now this just seems like a waste of our time.”

  “Practice is key with this, I’m sure,” Kroanette reasoned as she stood next to the tree to the side of Squeak. “You have to give him credit with trying so many times so frequently like this.”

  “It’s been three days,” Falla groaned. “Between us stopping all the time for Daniel to do this and us stopping all the time for him to fuck all of you-”

  “Falla,” Specca snapped. “What have we said about your choice of wording regarding our mate?”

  “Oh, sorry,” Falla quipped. “I meant to say all the times Daniel and you girls make love. Between those two instances which is like every ten minutes with you people we’ve made very little progress getting to Flairwood. You did want me to take you to my home to talk to my kind, right?”

  “Yes,” Triska agreed. “And we will get there, but this is important for us. Especially for him.”

  “By the way,” Kroanette asked eagerly. “How was he earlier? It sounded like he managed to get all four of you to finish quite splendidly.”

  “He did,” Specca reluctantly said while glancing to the centaur with a raised eyebrow. “And could you please stop asking how he was every single time we do it with him?”

  “Why?” Kroanette asked curiously. “Is his sexual prowess in bed with you lacking? Are you not being satisfied by him?”

  “No, we are being quite satisfied,” Specca assured with a faint blush. “It’s just there’s no reason for us to have to talk to you about it. It’s a private matter between Daniel and his mates.”

  “Like we don’t know what you’re all doing every time you kick us out of the cabin,” Falla commented while rolling her eyes. “You do realize we can hear you crying out his name perfectly clear out here.”

  “I’m so bored,” Luna whined while weakly flailing her arms and legs around on the grass.

  “Then go eat some bugs or something,” Triska said waving her off.

  “I already ate an hour ago, I’m not hungry yet,” Luna pouted before rolling onto her side and watching something in front of them. “This is so boring, nothing ever happens.”

  “He needs practice still, shut up,” Triska snapped.

  Further out in front of the girls two figures were seen in the middle of the grassy clearing. Daniel was sitting on the grass with his legs crossed before him, eyes closed and a determined expression on his face as he once again tried his hand with this. Across from him Alyssa was kneeling down before the boy and holding out her focuser crystal, with Daniel holding one hand around the relic as well while it glowed with a soft blue light. Small ripples of light flowed away from them along the ground before quickly fading away, the grass swaying about as a gentle magical force was exuded from the witch’s focuser.

  “Do you feel it yet, Daniel?” Alyssa asked as she watched him with hopeful eyes.

  “I’m trying,” Daniel replied while showing some signs of straining himself for a moment. “I can’t quite get the hang of it though.”

  “You can do it, I know you can.”

  “I can’t feel it, Alyssa. What am I doing wrong?”

  “Nothing,” Alyssa assured him. “This is new to you, new to many
humans who try it. You must have patience and a steady mind. Calm yourself, it will come to you.”

  Over by the tree the other girls watched as Daniel and Alyssa remained motionless in the middle of the clearing, with the faint blue shimmer of the witch’s crystal showing they were still trying to accomplish their goal.

  “Wouldn’t it be easier to teach him how to use a sword?” Falla asked as she finally looked over to Daniel again with a tired glance.

  “This was his choice,” Specca reasoned with a shrug. “Between fighting with a blade and learning to wield magic this was the better option for him.”

  “Yeah,” Triska said rubbing the back of her neck with a weak smile. “Training him to use a sword didn’t work out too well anyway.”

  Squeak shook her head with a few simple squeaks to that as she kept watching Daniel with a curious eye.

  “He did try though,” Kroanette mentioned with a shrug. “He managed to lift the weapon up properly and hold it like you showed him.”

  “He sure fell down a lot,” Luna recalled. “Whenever he swung it around he kept falling to the ground.”

  “It’s the strangest thing,” Specca mused with puzzlement. “When he chooses to engage in sexual activities with us he has the strength and stamina to outlast all four of us with no problem. However when he tries to fight with a weapon…”

  “He’s just like the Daniel I grew up with,” Triska finished. “I guess taking care of his mates gives him the willpower to surpass his limits or something. Doesn’t make sense in the least but it works out that way.”

  “It’s just as baffling as that duffel bag of yours, Triska,” Specca concluded.

  “What do you mean?”

  “Never mind. You’re never going to understand us at this point.”

  In the center of the field Daniel struggled to learn from Alyssa’s teachings, his desperation to wield magic like the witch being noticeable as Alyssa saw him trying to hold in his frustration of having not accomplished a thing with her so far.

  “It’ll be okay,” she reassured. “These things can take time, especially for humans.”

  “I’ve been weak and useless long enough,” Daniel argued. “I need to be able to protect you all, especially if I’m going to be taking care of you like I want to now.”

  “Daniel, you’re not weak and useless,” Alyssa said worriedly. “Don’t ever say such a thing. You’ve given us so much and you mean the world to us. You wanting to go a step further and learn magic just to protect us are more than what we ever expected of you.”

  “But not what I expect of myself,” Daniel reasoned shaking his head. “I couldn’t use Triska’s sword properly, I couldn’t lift Squeak’s pickaxe without straining myself, I only flogged myself when I tried to use Kroanette’s whip. I need to learn how to protect not only myself but the ones that mean the world to me out here. I have to be able to do something for you all.”

  “Daniel, you already do so much for us,” Alyssa insisted.

  “I want to be capable of doing more than just having sex with you girls,” Daniel replied with a faint smirk.

  “Aw, c’mon,” Alyssa giggled. “It’s not so bad having to do that for us, is it?”

  “You know what I mean, Alyssa,” Daniel said before his serious face returned. “You all mean the world to me, and up until now I’ve had to rely on all of you to keep standing out here.”

  “That’s not true,” Alyssa pointed out. “You’re the one with the dream, the will to make it come alive. Daniel, we’ve gotten this far all because of you. If it wasn’t for you I’d still be horrible little witch. We wouldn’t have the others willing to help us. None of them would have seen reason and would still be wild monsters of Eden. You’ve done so much for all of us, you really have.”

  “It’s not enough,” Daniel said sternly while keeping his eyes closed. “I had to watch as each of you was nearly taken away from me. I was lucky that you all survived, but I can’t rely on luck forever. I want to be able to stand for you just as much as my beliefs in this world.”

  “But, Daniel,” Alyssa said worriedly. “Learning to use magic, even a little bit, can take a long time. There are human mages and sorcerers who study the art of magic all their lives. I can’t teach you everything in a couple days, it doesn’t work that way.”

  “I know, but this is something I feel I can do. At least I hope I can. I don’t mind studying any lesson you put before me, I’ll do everything I can to learn this the best and fastest way I can, no matter what I can’t fail.”

  “Oh, Daniel,” Alyssa sighed with a frown. “I wish I could do more to help you.”

  “You’re trying to guide me with this. I can’t thank you enough for your help you have given me, Alyssa.”

  “I’m trying, but I fear I can’t take you as far as you wish to go right now,” Alyssa said sadly. “Offering my focuser and magic to help guide you is all I can really do, and even that isn’t enough when compared to the grand picture of things.”

  “But still, it’s much appreciated. Remind me again, how does this work for humans?”

  “It’s not something I can really describe in words, Daniel,” Alyssa replied shaking her head. “I told you that. You’re trying to tap into the magical ether that flows through Eden, humans can’t normally do that, it’s not natural for them. A magical monster such as myself is already tuned to the ether to a degree, and with a focuser crystal a witch can use magic. For humans it’s not a matter if they have a focuser, it’s a matter if their spirit can connect to the magical ether on its own.”

  “So I don’t need a focuser, I just need to have the willpower, right?”

  “That’s right,” Alyssa agreed. “You don’t need this crystal, but having it right now with me might help you get a feel for this. I wish I knew how to better explain it, you just have to… feel it.”

  Daniel nodded as he tried with all his might to ‘feel’ what Alyssa was talking about. He did physically feel a strange pulse every now and then from the focuser crystal, however nothing else was poking into his mind. No matter how hard he tried, each and every time they stopped to do this, he couldn’t feel what Alyssa was talking about.

  ‘I have to do this, I have to be able to protect them. I’ve been completely helpless with them the entire time we’ve been out here, I can’t be like that anymore. Triska, Alyssa, Squeak, and Specca, they’re more than my friends now, they’re my mates, my lovers. I have to be able to protect them myself!’

  Daniel showed a strained expression as he desperately tried to grasp the magical ether with what he thought to be his mind and willpower. Nothing felt different to him, nothing seemed to call or whisper to him, nothing happened with each passing moment as he struggled to learn anything that could help him.

  “Daniel,” Alyssa said quietly, seeing him trying to no avail once again.

  After a while of silence Alyssa glanced over to the other girls then unfastened her necklace, using both hands to place the crystal focuser in Daniel’s hand before she stood up in front of him.

  “I’ll be right back, Daniel,” she said with a smile at him. “You keep on practicing, take all the time you need. I’m going to let the others know how you’re doing.”

  “But I haven’t accomplished anything yet.”

  “True, but you’re still going strong. I’m just going to let the others know you’re doing okay. Did you want something to eat or drink while I’m over there?”

  “No, thank you,” Daniel said before staring at the focuser in his hand, his fingers holding onto the relic securely while he concentrated with all his might.

  “Okay, I’ll be right back,” Alyssa said before leaning over and kissing his forehead, the boy smiling briefly from the gesture before the witch started walking back towards the others. As she did Daniel glanced over to her, seeing the witch’s hips swaying a bit with each step while her skirt fluttered in the breeze. Shaking his head a little Daniel set his sights back on the crystal, trying to remain focused on his
task and not the little monster his mind started to wander in thought about.

  Alyssa walked over towards the group while looking back to seeing Daniel remaining still on the grass as he stared at her focuser, a small frown coming across her face briefly before she approached the girls.

  “So?” Triska asked. “How’s he doing this time?”

  “Well, he’s trying,” Alyssa replied with a shrug.

  “Still no go, huh?” Specca asked worriedly.

  “Surprise surprise,” Falla dryly commented.

  “This isn’t something he can learn in a day,” Kroanette reasoned.

  “How long do you think it could take him?” Triska asked.

  “Honestly, I don’t know,” Alyssa said looking back to Daniel. “He has the motivation and willpower to learn, but a human doesn’t naturally use magic. He could learn how to tap into the ether by tomorrow… or he may never be able to do it.”

  “Bottom line, we’re wasting our time,” Falla summed up.

  “Shut up, Falla,” Triska snapped at her.

  “What? It’s true. You just said so yourself, all this practicing isn’t doing him any good. He would have a better chance at fighting like a human does, with a sword or something.”

  “He just needs to work out,” Luna said with a hopeful smile. “He can take off his shirts and lift heavy things again and again to get stronger. Oh, what about Triska’s duffel bag? That thing weighs as much as like Eden itself.”

  “What are you talking about?” Triska asked while Falla snickered to that. “My bag doesn’t weigh- oh never mind. Look, this was Daniel’s decision, okay? He feels that studying and learning to use magic would be more natural for him rather than training to be a fighter like I am. This is what he wants, and personally I believe he can do it.”

  “She’s right,” Specca agreed. “I have faith Daniel can do this. His mind and willpower are the strongest weapons he has. Surely learning to control the forces of magic would come more naturally to him rather than fighting like a barbarian.”