Chronicles of Eden - Act III (17 page)

“Are they asleep?” she whispered as she slowly entered the cabin right behind Alyssa.

The sound of lumber being sawed through viciously by muscular woodsmen was heard behind the black curtain, with Alyssa raising an eyebrow to it while Specca showed a stunned expression.

“I’d say Daniel’s fast asleep right now,” Alyssa reasoned quietly as she heard Daniel snoring again.

“My word,” Specca said holding a hand to her chest. “I slept next to that last night? I didn’t even hear a thing.”

“And you didn’t believe us,” Alyssa commented with a glance back to her. Specca slowly shook her head as she heard Daniel snoring rather loudly from behind the curtain.

Squeak hopped up onto the front seat, making a small thump and rocking the caravan slightly, and then squeaked at the two girls with a curious expression. Alyssa and Specca quickly turned to her with fingers held over their mouths while shushing her, the ant girl looking at them curiously then showing a nervous smile and shrug before all the girls turned back towards the curtain. Again they heard Daniel snoring without missing a beat, the three girls listening with wonder as the boy was indeed a very loud sleeper.

“Is Triska really asleep with him right now?” Specca asked.

Alyssa slowly moved towards the curtain as did the other girls, all of them moving on their knees as they tried to be as quiet as possible. The witch grabbed the side of the curtain and slowly pulled it over, the three girls then peeking through to seeing Daniel and Triska asleep together, with Triska rolled onto her side and holding onto Daniel’s chest while the boy was lying on his back. A soft glow of moonlight came from the back window, showing the two resting peacefully with a blanket pulled over them.

“I’d say she is,” Alyssa said, trying to hide her jealousy of seeing Triska sleeping with Daniel like that.

“Wow,” Specca commented. “She’s not bothered by Daniel’s snoring at all, even when she’s so close to him.”

Triska murmured quietly as she snuggled closer to Daniel, her head resting next to his as the boy continued to sleep rather loudly. She didn’t flinch or show any signs of discomfort while sleeping beside him like that at all, with the other girls watching curiously as she slept quietly while holding onto the boy.

“Lucky girl,” Specca said quietly with envy, with Squeak nodding in agreement. Alyssa showed a dull expression then moved back towards her sleeping spot while Specca and Squeak continued to watch Daniel sleep.

“Let’s get some rest, it’s late,” Alyssa said while putting her hat and staff down next to her sleeping mat.

“Daniel…” Triska murmured softly while holding onto the boy. Specca and Squeak watched her curiously while Alyssa sat down and glanced to the curtain. “Spank me harder…”

Specca and Squeak jumped a bit with startled expressions while Alyssa just watched the curtain.

“What did she just say?” Specca asked carefully.

“I’m sorry for being a bad girl…” Triska said softly, with her hips seen to be shifting around a bit under the covers while the girl was lost in her dream.

Specca watched her carefully for a moment then turned to Alyssa, the witch laying down on her mat while pulling a blanket over her.

“Alyssa,” Specca whispered. “You said that she was apologizing to Daniel earlier, didn’t you?”

Alyssa merely nodded while remaining silent. Specca looked to Triska then back to the witch while Squeak turned to face Alyssa with a cautious expression.

“Would that apology have involved any corporal punishment?” Specca demanded quietly yet sternly.

“Sure sounded like it,” Alyssa answered.

Specca jumped a bit while Squeak just looked at Alyssa curiously, not seeming to know what ‘corporal punishment’ meant.

“Wh… what? You mean… she was getting
spanked
by Daniel?” Specca whispered frantically.

Squeak jumped then looked to Triska with wide eyes, understanding that phrase perfectly. Alyssa scoffed and waved her hand to the side, causing the curtain to move back over and cut off Squeak from seeing anything. Specca and the ant girl looked at the curtain then to Alyssa with stunned expressions as the witch fluffed her pillow behind her.

“Again, sure sounded like it. Now would you two quiet down and go to sleep?” Alyssa asked dryly before dropping down onto her pillow with a small huff. She held her blanket over her while curling up like a little girl under it, with Squeak and Specca looking back and forth between the curtain and the witch.

“Wha… wait a minute,” Specca whispered as she quickly moved over towards the witch and shook her. “You knew and you didn’t say anything to us? Why not?”

Alyssa sat up and glared at her while knocking the nixie’s hand away.

“Because I didn’t want to deal with you two freaking out like how you are, that’s why- Squeak!” she hushed sternly, glancing to seeing the ant girl holding onto the curtain’s edge again. Squeak looked back to her with worried eyes, seeing very clearly in the darkness the witch watching her with a narrowed stare.

“Don’t you dare disturb them, you know the rules to our arrangement.”

Squeak slowly let go of the curtain while Specca seemed to be struggling to form the right words with a flustered expression.

“I don’t understand… you… you knew she was being spanked by Daniel and you didn’t say anything to us, why not? And why are you so calm about this, I thought you of all of us would be upset that Daniel was-”

“That Daniel was touching her ass?” Alyssa snapped quietly. “That Daniel had Triska bent over his lap and was spanking her in what was likely foreplay for them? Of course I’m upset, I’m angry and I’m jealous and I’m frustrated, just like you.”

“Then why didn’t you do anything about it? Why are you just lying down to go to sleep now?”

“Why do you think?” Alyssa retorted. “There’s nothing I could do, it’s her night with him, we aren’t allowed to interfere with them at all. There’s nothing I could have done or said to stop them from doing that, nor is there anything I can do to take that moment away from them. What’s done is done, all we can do is let the night pass and wait for our turns with him.”

Specca shook her head slowly with a baffled expression as she saw Alyssa laying back down and pulling the blanket over her.

“I must say, Alyssa,” Specca mentioned carefully. “I’m surprised you’re taking this so well. I though you of all of us would be furious about what Triska and Daniel did.”

Alyssa sighed and held onto her pillow while facing the wall of the cabin.

“Just because Triska got a spanking from Daniel doesn’t mean this is over. My turn is coming up soon, and I’m not going to miss out on it by squabbling over what Triska did on hers.”

Specca looked to Squeak then to the curtain, with Squeak making a quiet squeaking noise before looking to the curtain as well. Daniel’s snoring was heard very clearly through the divider, and Triska seemed to have no trouble sleeping next to him even with that loud quirk of his.

“I suppose there is nothing we can do about it,” Specca said softly. “Still, I must admit I’m a bit jealous, my night with Daniel didn’t involve such… physical interaction.”

With a quiet sigh she moved over and laid down on her mat, setting her glasses down next to her pillow and pulling a blanket over herself while her tail slid out the back slightly. Squeak watched the curtain for a while, not saying anything before Specca looked over to see the ant girl just kneeling in front of the divider while remaining silent.

“Squeak? Just get some rest, okay?”

Squeak nodded and slowly crawled over to where she would be sleeping near the doorway, taking her blanket and then curling up into a ball with the blanket resting over her. Specca looked at her with gentle eyes then glanced to Alyssa.

“Alyssa, what happened with you two earlier?”

“Nothing,” Alyssa snapped back quietly while facing away from her still.

“You two were bickering back and forth like usual earlier, then you both walk off after you seemed to fight yet again, but then you come back and practically
beg
Daniel to give Triska her sword back, and now you’re taking the fact that Daniel was touching Triska’s butt without so much as raising your voice. You’re not behaving normally under the circumstances,” Specca pointed out, with Squeak peeking out from her ball at Alyssa with a curious eye as well. Alyssa remained silent while the two girls watched her curiously, both waiting for an answer or explanation.

“Well?” Specca asked again.

“Specca, go to sleep or else I’m throwing you out to sleep with Lucky,” Alyssa said flatly.

Specca paused for a moment then looked to the curtain again while Squeak let out a small squeak. Alyssa sighed then glanced over to them.

“I was wrong about her.”

“Wrong about her? You mean how you’re always calling her stupid?”

“Not about that,” Alyssa said before looking towards the wall again. “She is pretty stupid, she’s going to get herself killed one of these days. I just know it. I meant I was wrong thinking she didn’t belong out here with us.”

Specca and Squeak looked at her curiously as the witch breathed out slowly.

“That’s why I let her have her night in peace, that’s why I wanted her to have her sword back.”

“I still don’t understand,” Specca said shaking her head.

“She’s worthy of being my rival for Daniel’s heart,” Alyssa said softly.

“What does that mean? And what about Squeak and I, we’re rivals for his heart too you know.”

Alyssa remained quiet while facing away from them, with Specca squinting at the image she believed to be the witch with annoyance.

“Hey, Alyssa, don’t pretend to fall asleep like that, answer me. You do know that we’re just as worthy of being Daniel’s mate as you two are. Hey, Alyssa.”

Alyssa smiled a bit while Specca scoffed and lied down on her pillow, the nixie watching the witch with narrowed eyes while Squeak merely let out a small squeak from inside her ball. Silence filled the cabin, except for Daniel’s loud snoring of course, as the group settled down for the night. As Alyssa slowly started to fall asleep she giggled quietly to herself while holding onto her pillow.

‘She may be worthy of being my rival, but she’s not going to win this fight. Nope nope.’

*****

Emily groaned weakly as she started to awaken, her senses slowly coming back as her hearing began picking up sounds around her. She heard a whimpering sound from next to her; a girl’s shaky crying of sorrow that deeply troubled the child.

“What… what happened?” Emily asked as she slowly started to sit up. She felt herself sitting on some hay, as well as hearing many female voices ahead of her talking amongst each other. Her eyes opened slightly however that didn’t help the girl figure out where she was or what was going on in the least, so she did the only thing she could do, feel around with her hands. It didn’t take her long to find out however, as she quickly felt around to realize that she was in a small wooden cage, with only enough room to sit up on her knees and lay down in. The wooden bars surrounding her were sturdy and secured with rope around the edges and corners, only creaking slightly with each desperate push and shove against them by the young girl.

“What’s going on, where am I?” she asked franticly as she felt around the square cage quickly, panic starting to overcome her as she realized she was trapped.

“Emily? Are you okay?” Luna asked from nearby, with Emily looking towards the sound of her voice.

“Luna? Luna, where are we, what’s going on?” Emily asked as she scrambled over to the side of her cage, feeling Luna’s hands coming through the bars and holding her.

“I don’t know, but I think we’re in trouble,” Luna said nervously, with Emily feeling the girl sitting beside her. She held onto the butterfly girl the best she could through the bars while whimpering in fear.

“Where are we, what do you see?”

Luna slowly looked around with fright while confined in a cage next to the child. They were imprisoned together along with another captive who was on the other side of Emily’s pen. Beside the human child was a monster girl, appearing to be Luna’s age and height with long blonde hair and blue eyes. Atop her head she had large bunny ears and covering her breasts were cups of white fur that gave the appearance of a furry bra. Aside from that she was naked from the waist up, while below she was covered in white fur as well while she had a cotton ball puffy tail behind her. Her feet were larger than a human’s and padded while her thighs showed more muscle and were meatier than Luna’s. The bunny monster whimpered and looked around fearfully while holding onto the bars of her cage, her eyes seeing the same thing that Luna was seeing.

“Someplace very bad,” Luna whimpered.

Emily held onto her tightly while shutting her eyes, as if to help in hiding from what was around her. Their cages were lined together along with some empty ones, all of them placed at the edge of what appeared to be an encampment of sorts. There were small shelters comprised of wooden beams tied together with rope, slanted against trees and covered in brown foliage, along with a stone slab altar in the middle of the grounds surrounded by tall torches that were all lit, illuminating the camp while under the night sky. And standing by the altar were seven figures, all of whom were causing Luna and the bunny girl to tremble in fear.

“I hear voices, who’s out there?” Emily asked nervously.

Luna held her as close as she could while watching as the seven figures started walking over towards the cages. They stood taller than she did, all of them easily seen to be monsters themselves. Their bodies were covered in gray fur, their large feet shaped like a wolf’s while they had long shaggy tails behind them. They had larger canine ears which were pointed up, hair which flowed freely down to their shoulders ranging from a dull brown to a sharp black, and eyes that were a dark blue. Their noses were extended out slightly like a canine’s, their sharp teeth seen through their faint smiles and smirks they had on their faces. They had darker fur around their eyes, breasts, hips, and feet, aside from that however none of them were wearing any clothing to hide their features in the least. And their hands had sharpened black claws which one of them casually picked her teeth with while eyeing over their captives with a cold smile.