Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (100 page)

In the world of Eden, sometimes one would be faced with a difficult decision, being asked to choose something of great value amongst other tempting offers as well. Perhaps they could only pick one treasure among a rare and priceless collection as a reward or gift, or maybe choose one and only one delicious treat with the others then being given away to those who also desired them. Even though all the choices were enticing and considered to be worthwhile by themselves, sometimes choosing one and only one was nearly impossible. The thought of losing that which wasn’t chosen, the idea of whether or not the one picked was the right selection, or even still the dread of not being able to choose again once a decision was made, sometimes it was just too difficult to bear.

After all, it wasn’t as if choosing them all was always an option.

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“WHAT?” Triska and Specca cried out with shock, while Squeak merely squeaked loudly with a stunned expression as well. Alyssa stared at Daniel with an open mouth as words failed her; while behind them Kroanette glanced from one girl to the other as she was curious how they would take hearing such a thing.

“What do you mean she wants you and Alyssa to
do it
? What the hell are you talking about?” Triska shouted out. Daniel nervously waved his hands around in front of him as he saw Triska, Specca, and Squeak staring at him like he was crazy while Alyssa continued to remain frozen and speechless.

“Wait, before you all freak out over this-”

“WE’RE ALREADY FREAKED OUT! You just brought us here to tell us that you need to have
sex
with Alyssa for the witches to help us, this isn’t what we expected to hear at all!” Triska yelled out with more than apparent frustration.

“How could she ask you do to such a thing? This isn’t fair of her, she can’t tell you to do that with Alyssa just to prove yourself, that’s not right at all!” Specca argued while stomping her foot.

Squeak merely pointed to Daniel then to Alyssa while squeaking something, her words not being understood but based on the expression on her face it was clear she was anything but pleased to hear such a thing.

Daniel paused as he closed his eyes, knowing that how the girls were reacting was pretty much on par for them given the circumstances, and then looked at them with empathy as he slowly shook his head.

“Listen! This is why I had you all come here, I wanted us all to talk about this!” he called out. The girls all watched with extreme concern as he held a hand to his head and looked down while trying to figure out how to say what he wanted to say without the girls breaking out into a rather vicious fight.

“I want to state that this isn’t how I pictured any of this going, ok? I never planned nor asked for this, I never anticipated even being faced with this kind of decision, alright? I wanted you all here so we could talk about our options and for all of you to agree on what we should do, because I can’t make the call here alone,” he explained before looking to them with concern.

“Daniel, are you
actually
considering this? Are you really thinking about having sex with Alyssa just to prove a point to Charlotte?” Triska demanded while grabbing her hair with dread. Daniel breathed out then looked around at all the girls, seeming to struggle to form any words before he shook his head and turned to Triska.

“Triska, the truth is I don’t know what to do. I care for all of you, I really do; you all mean the world to me. And that does include Alyssa,” he said before looking to Alyssa, the witch blushing brightly and holding a hand to her cheek.

“Daniel,” she breathed out, seeming to become choked up from his words. Daniel smiled a bit at her then looked to the other girls who were all watching him with alarm.

“But, the truth is I don’t know if I love… well, who I love. I’ve been trying to figure that out, I’ve been trying to be fair with figuring out which one of you means more to me, I’ve been asking myself over and over again which one of you I really feel the strongest for, and… after thinking hard about it…” he said before trailing off, with the girls all watching him closely as they grew more anxious from the silence. After a pause Daniel slowly shook his head and looked down with remorse.

“I couldn’t choose one of you, not now, not yet. I can’t do it, I just… I can’t…” he stammered, halting again as he tried to gather his thoughts, then looked to the girls with a saddened smile.

“I can’t stand the thought of going on without any of you. I just couldn’t bear to lose any of you, I mean it,” he said gently.

“Mr. Daniel,” Apoch and Astreal interjected, with the group looking to them as they were watching the boy with bored expressions.

“It is now 11:30, you have only 30 minutes left before Ms. Charlotte’s offer expires,” Apoch informed while holding a hand at her hip.

“Are you going to fuck Ms. Alyssa or not?” Astreal asked flatly. Daniel held in his sigh of annoyance at the two then looked back to the girls who watched him with worried eyes.

“Listen, our time with this is short, I understand that, but I can’t make this decision alone. Doing something like this would help my cause, true, however I don’t want to do anything that would hurt any of you, I couldn’t live with myself if I made any of you cry with such a thing. I don’t know what to do, I can’t make this decision on my own, I need to know what you all think,” he requested sincerely. The girls stared at him with disbelief then looked to each other.

“But… wait, you can’t… not like… but she…” Triska stammered looking back to Daniel then to Alyssa with nervous eyes.

“Oh god, this can’t be happening, not like this,” Specca said holding hand over her mouth and looking down with sorrow.

Squeak looked to Alyssa and opened her mouth as if she was going to speak, then turned to Daniel before slowly closing her mouth as couldn’t figure out what to say, or squeak, about this.

Alyssa looked around at the girls then to Daniel, a glimmer of hope coming across her face as she slowly walked up to him.

“Daniel, would you… would you really have me tonight like this?” she asked softly. Daniel looked at her with a slight smile as the witch tossed her staff over to the side of the room onto the floor before she held her hands to her cheeks with a blush on her face.

“Alyssa, I want to say something important to you, something that goes for you as well as all the girls, and I want you to listen carefully. Each of you are beautiful to me, each of you I care so much about, and each of you…” he said before thinking about his words carefully, with the girls all watching him with growing suspense before he finally continued.

“I would be honored and willing to take to bed with me,” he said gently. Alyssa gasped quietly while holding her hands over her mouth as the other girls stared at Daniel with wonder.

“Daniel, you… mean that?” Triska asked as a faint blush formed on her cheeks.

“You would be alright… doing that with me as well?” Specca asked timidly while hiding behind her hands, peeking at the boy between her fingers while her tail slowly swayed behind her.

Squeak merely squeaked something while pointing to herself with a small blush on her cheeks.

Daniel looked around at them and nodded with a worried smile.

“Yes, it’s true. I know that whoever I may pick as my girlfriend, as my love, as my mate in life, I would be fine with everything about them, human or monster,” he agreed.

“You’re serious, you would actually have sex with a monster just as easily as you would with a human, only if because they would prove themselves to be kindhearted and caring to you?” Kroanette asked with wonder. Daniel looked to her and nodded again, with the centaur glancing around at the other girls before turning to Daniel with curiosity.

“It is now 11:35, and still no answer,” Apoch and Astreal mentioned dryly as they kept watching the grandfather clock. Daniel looked down while holding a hand over his eyes, struggling to keep his mind focused while time was dwindling for them, then looked to the girls with urgency and held his hands out at his sides.

“I’m sorry, I wish we had more time to make a better decision about this, but we don’t. Please, I don’t know what to do. We could gain the witch community’s support with our cause, or we could decline Charlotte’s offer and leave right now. Either way, we need to make a decision, one that I can’t make for all of us,” he explained desperately.

The girls all looked to each other with concern then to Alyssa, the witch glancing to them with worried eyes before down while her hands fidgeted at her sides. From the bedroom a cat mewled softly, with the group then seeing a black cat walking out and standing next to the sisters while watching the other girls.

“Ms. Charlotte is growing impatient, what is it going to be?” Apoch and Astreal demanded together.

“Charlotte?” Triska asked carefully. The cat’s eyes glowed red briefly for a moment, with Alyssa jumping with a squeak before quickly bowing to it.

“My grace,” she shakily greeted.

“That’s Charlotte? She turned herself into a cat?” Triska asked pointing to the cat.

“No, she is merely using the animal as her seer, so that she may also witness Mr. Daniel’s act of love to a witch or his refusal to prove his belief,” Apoch explained.

“So, Mr. Daniel, we’re waiting,” Astreal said glancing to the boy with dull expression.

Triska growled then pointed to the cat accusingly as it looked to her with a simple meow.

“What are you trying to pull here? Is this some sick game to you? You can’t tell Daniel to have sex with Alyssa just like that, this isn’t something you can force upon us like this!” she yelled out. Apoch and Astreal struck their staves into the floor sharply, causing the building to rumble with a loud bang while everybody backed up from the sisters and cat.

“Ms. Charlotte is not ordering Mr. Daniel to do anything; he is not being forced to take this witch to bed by any means. If he doesn’t want to, then he doesn’t have to,” Astreal snapped.

“Our alpha is offering you a chance to prove your idiotic belief, something that isn’t asking too much given what you are claiming can be done in this world,” Apoch added with discontent. Specca stepped forward while shaking her head and gesturing around at her friends.

“But it can be done, we’re proof of that, we’re with him peacefully right now, aren’t we? We’re not raping him, or tricking him, or using magic on him, or anything. We’re proving that monsters and humans can live together in peace,” she insisted.

“Ms. Charlotte wants to see a human willingly choose and mate with a witch on his own accord, provide us with that or else your claims of coexistence mean nothing,” Astreal demanded.

“Merely traveling around with this human and preaching his beliefs is not the same. Now, either Mr. Daniel gives Ms. Alyssa his seed on his own free will, or else we are done here tonight,” Apoch ordered.

Alyssa looked around at the girls then to Daniel with worried eyes, with Daniel turning to her as she slowly walked up towards him.

“Daniel, what is it you want to do?” she asked. The boy hesitated as he looked at her with gentle eyes then turned to the other girls who all watched him with distress in fear of his answer.

“I… I don’t know,” he replied. Triska glanced to the clock then to Daniel with heartbroken eyes. After a while she took a shaky breath then shook her head slowly.

“Do it,” she managed to get out before holding back her tears and cries. The group looked to her as she hung her head low, her hair covering the view of her eyes as she merely waved over to Alyssa.

“This is what… we came out here for, for the good of Eden. We need their help with this, you said it yourself, we need the witches to help back us up on this. If this is what it takes… then we have no choice,” she said before holding her hands to her face, trying her best not to cry as the other girls looked to each other with sorrowful eyes. Specca held her hands to her cheeks as she whimpered, her tail slowly swaying around behind her before she took a shaky breath and looked to Daniel with a saddened smile, it obviously being forced as her lips tried to curl down into a frown against her will.

“Do what… you must, Daniel. That’s why we’re out here, to… complete our mission. That’s why… that’s why… that’s why you should just do it,” she managed to get out before she broke down softly into tears, the nixie looking down and away as she felt her heart aching while she cried quietly to herself. Alyssa looked at her friends with remorse then to Squeak, the ant girl glancing to Daniel then back to her as she had tears coming down off her cheeks. She then slowly forced a small smile and nodded before turning away and crying softly with closed eyes. Daniel felt his heart break at seeing the three girls being brought to tears then looked down while trying to convince himself that he was only out here for his purpose, for his quest, to promote peace between humans and monsters in the world. That had to come first, no matter what the cost.

No matter how much it hurt him inside to do it.

Alyssa looked around at seeing the three girls reluctantly giving their blessing to proceed then turned to Kroanette, the centaur sighing quietly before looking to the witch with a solemn expression.

“Don’t look at me, this is all up to you,” she said shaking her head slightly. Alyssa then turned to Daniel, trying to force a small smile as she walked up to him.

“I… I would love… to… for us to…” she said shakily, finding her words being difficult to get out as her heart began to ache more and more. Slowly she stopped and glanced back to seeing Triska, Specca, and Squeak crying while avoiding eye contact with everyone, the sight of them in agony like this driving into Alyssa’s mind and causing a painful sensation to spike in her chest.

“Well, are you going to do it or not?” Apoch and Astreal demanded while tapping their feet impatiently. Daniel looked to them then to Alyssa with remorseful eyes, the witch just watching as her friends continued to cry out of sorrow.

“Alyssa, the choice is up to you. In the interest of forming relations with your kind, I’m… ok with doing this with you tonight,” he offered.