Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:20:03 +1300
From: arthur <rochopa@xtra.co.nz>
Subject: child of mythra part 9 authoritarian

					CHILD OF MYTHRA

					Part Nine

					By Arthur



I sat in a lounge chair after returning from leaving Eric at school for his
first day, the morning paper laying over my knees as I listened to the
silence of the house now that my little dove was away, here I was the
Founding Prime Master of the Mythra feeling sad and alone without my little
dove, come on pull yourself together, he's just your slave, yeah right,
damn it's quiet without him, wonder when he'll be back, mmmmmm nine thirty
still two and a half hours to go.

I took up the paper for the tenth time and tried to read but my eyes
wouldn't focus on the words, the fear of my boy alone at school and without
my protection was starting to get to me, shit I hope I don't have to go
through this everyday he's away, ten thirty, one and a half hours to go,
what the hell can I find to do, I know ring Alton see how he's getting on
with the new cloths.

I went to the hall phone to ring Alton and as usual he was pretty short
with the interuption to his work.

"Ok James, what's the damn score, you know I'll have it ready for him, why
the cross examination?"

"Don't know Alton, I just can't believe I miss him so much, damn this is no
way for a Master to behave."

"Bullshit James, you love him more than you thought thats all, get over it
and let me get back to his gear."

"Yeah ok, sorry Alton, bye for now."

"Hrmph, click."

Oh well back to the paper, whats the time, eleven, god one hour to go,
another coffee will help, I went to the kitchen and as I got my coffee I
thought I heard something in the lounge, but then put the thought out of my
mind, he wont be home for another, hmmm let me see, 50 minutes, oh well
back to the paper, I took up my cup and went into the lounge, as I entered
I came to a sudden halt, the coffee spilling down the front of my shirt as
I looked at the object in the middle of the floor.

The bundle there had his hair tossed all over his head with small bits of
grass in it, the left sleeve of his shirt hanging in tatters, the collar
nearly torn off, a grass stain on the back of his jeans, he sat there in
the third position waiting for me.

"Why are you home boy, speak?"

"Master I have brought you dishonour."

"Speak freely boy?"

"Master, during the first break I was approached by three boys, who began
to call me names and then push me around, I wanted to obey you and tried to
find a way to leave without causing trouble, the biggest one grabbed me
around the chest from behind while the other two started to punch me, I did
as you ordered and fought back and managed to kick the two in front in the
balls and they stopped but the other one was to big for me and started to
beat me, one of the teachers came and stopped him and we all had to go to
the headmasters office, he told me to come home and get clean and then to
give you a message, Master I am sorry for my bad behaviour and await your
punishment for not obeying you to the full."

"Stand to 'Present' boy."

Eric rose to his feet and took the 'present' position, it was then I saw
the full extent of his injuries, my beautiful little dove had the makings
of a very nasty shiner, his lip was split and the top of the left ear was
torn, all the buttons on his shirt were gone and the bruises on his chest
showed they had been kicking him, yet he stood there for me not moving
though he had to be in pain.

"What is the message boy?"

"Master, he asked that you come to the school this afternoon after lunch
and then he said something funny."

"What was that Boy?"

"Master he said to tell you that it was "Formal", I'm sorry he didn't say
what was."

"Thank you Boy, I know what it's about, now come here my love."

"OH, James I'm so sorry, I tried real hard to beat them but they were to
many, I was to small, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"Shh, Eric, you did all I asked of you, I'm proud you did as much as you
could, now come little one let me get you cleaned up then take a shower and
I'll help you get dressed, do you think you can face the school again
today?"

"Of course I can James, I wouldn't dishonour you by not going back."

"I know you wouldn't Kiddo, but what I mean is could you face the whole
school, not as Eric but as the Child of Mythra?"

"Yes James, it's who I am."

"Good boy,now come on one more hug and then we get you cleaned up and
dressed."

Eric snuggled into me again and then I took him to the bathroom and after
removing his leathers I tended to his wounds and he winced and gave the
occasional little moan but he stood there proud and steady while I swabbed
and cleaned the cuts and bruises.

"Go have your shower now Eric, I'm going to get your things ready for you,
then its lunch and I will be coming back with you."

After lunch I took Eric to his room and dressed him as he looked in an
asking sort of way at me as I locked his gear on him. Once he was all done
I went to my room and dressed in my dark suit and picking up the bag I had
readied while he was showering, returned to the lounge where he was
waiting.

"Why all dressed up James?"

"You'll see Eric, now I want you to put this on as well, today we're going
to do something thats never been done before but if it has to be done then
you're the one to do it, are you game my little dove?"

"Yes James for you I'm ready."

"Ok lets get this over with."

We left the house and headed to the school where I parked again in the
visitors park and got out of the car Eric joining me as I had instructed
him to earlier, we went up through the front doors and down the hallway to
where the offices were, at the reception I asked for the headmaster and was
shown to his door where the receptionist knocked and went in.

"Excuse me sir, the head will see you know."

"Thank you, come on Eric."

We entered and as usual eric was to my left, I would loved to have seen his
face as he saw the headmaster standing there at 'present' yes you guessed
it he was one of us.

"Founding Prime Master, you honour me sir."

"Prime Master Richard, the honour is mine."

"Child of Mythra, I welcome you."

Eric dropped to the third position as he said.

"P..Prime Master, thank you."

"Right James, lets get down to business, this is bloody shocking, I thought
I'd cleaned up the bullying and for those little bastards to do this to
Mythras Child is unforgivable, I asked you both here to make a suggestion,
thats why I said it was formal."

"Ok Richard, what have you got in mind, I've an Idea but spell it out for
us."

"Well James as you know we're well ahead of other schools in most things
and this includes sex education, the government bods don't like it but
we're private and to hell with them. what I want to suggest, that is if
your boy is game, is to do a full assembly this afternoon at two o'clock
then I would like you and your boy to take the floor and tell or show these
little ratbags that the world has all types to make it work not just their
idea of what it's like out there, would you do it?"

"As far as I'm concerned, no problem Richard, but the boy has been through
a bit today, this is one I'm going to leave up to him, stand up eric you
can relax here, so what do you think, do you want to do it?"

"Is that why you dressed me like this James?"

"Yes Eric just in case."

"Then if I'm dressed for it lets go, I'm Mythras Child and not ashamed of
who I am."

"Ok Richard it's a go. what about the three boys?"

"Hehehe they're going to be close by and ready for you when you want them."

"Thank you for that Richard, I promise not to hurt them, just scare the
shit out of them."

"Good, thats what they need and at the same time show them how brave your
little boy really is, I've already heard about some of the other students
thinking that Eric was the bravest one to take on all three of them even
after he tried to get away, he has a lot of new friends here after today,
you know what kids are like, the best hero is always the underdog."

"Thanks from both of us Richard, do you have somewhere we can wait till
then?"

"You can both stay here if you like, I've got to do rounds and by then they
will be all on their way to the auditorium for assembly, once they are all
inside I'll come for you and take you back stage until I announce you both,
then it's up to you, ok?"

"Yes thats fine Richard, and thanks for the chance."

"Well it's about time something was done to free up our way of life and
this is the best way I can think of doing it."

As he finished Richard headed for the door and then we were alone together.

I put out my arms for Eric to come into and as he rested against my chest I
stroked his back and head calming him for the coming event but then I
realised he was perfectly calm and just enjoying the rubbing and closeness
of the hugs.

"Tonight my little dove, if all goes well today I have something special
for you."

"Oh James it's always special when you do things for me."

"Tonight my little dove is extra special."

"Ok James, I'll do my best for you today."

"I know, I know, you always do kiddo, I'm so proud of you for today, what
you did and what you tried so hard to do, you heard Richard, a lot of the
kids here think you're a hero now, you'll have the respect of others now
that you deserve."

"HMMmmmmmm, thank you James."

The time seemed to fly by as I held him in my arms for the next thing I
knew was Richard standing there in the doorway.

"You ready then James?"

"Yes Richard, we're ready."

"Ok lets go, I'm going to do a rehash then an introduction after that
they're all yours."

"Right you are Richard."

Richard led us down the hall way to a small door and let us into the back
of the auditorium, the smell of chalk dust mixed with floorpolish and the
other myriad smells of school brought back those long forgotten memeories
of my years in the halls of learning and it was then that I realised where
my penchant for B&D came from as corporal punishment was the norm in my day
at school and when it was my time for the cane I even looked forward to it
and at times went out of my way to get caught so I was sent to the heads
office for six of the best, it's funny how your younger years set your
patterns for your adulthood.

We heard Richard switch on the microphone and then he began to speak to the
assembled students, Kingsgate took boys only from the fourth form upward so
the youngest was fourteen and the oldest were seventeen, it was a day
school only and had no provisions for boarders.

"Good afternooon boys, as you can see we have a special assembly today,
this is because this morning three cowards attacked one of the new fourth
formers, bullying and then beating him because he was a little different
than them, I'm also told that he put up a pretty good defense against three
bigger and older cowards."

There came a loud cheer from the boys as this was said, I pulled Eric
closer and squeezed him a little.

"Thank you boys, I'm sure the boy concerned appreciates your guesture, now
then I want to do something today thats never been done either here or
anywhere else in the country, as you know we have a full study course on
sex education here, we try to teach you all you should know and we have
always answered any and all questions honestly for you, agreed?"

A chorus of 'yes sir's' went around the auditorium.

"Right then so far we have taught you about all types of life styles except
one, you know all there is to know about hetrosexuality,homosexuality,
transgenderism, prostitution and everything in between, today you are going
to see the last one of the lifestyles that there is for you to know about,
this life style is called Bondage and Discipline, it's not wildly known
about and is practised only by very special people, the basic principle is
that one of the people is a teacher, he is called the Master, the other is
the student he is called a submissive and also at times is called a Slave,
now I'm sure most of you have read or heard about these sorts of people."

There was some loud muttering and mumbling going on as to the good or bad
side of what they all thought they knew about the B&D scene until Richard
called for quiet.

"OK enough, enough, right then, I have asked some people who know a lot
about this type of life style to come here today to tell you about it and
themselves, what they do and why they do it, I'm sure they will let you ask
questions as well but, one warning, the Master is a real Master not a comic
book one, you will at all times show him respect and call him sir, he will
not be played with so I'm warning all of you, be on your best behaviour
with him. ok thats all so now I introduce you to Founding Prime Master
James and his boy."

I turned to Eric and adjusted his clothes, "Stay here till I call for you
Eric, then just be you as we are at home ok?"

"Yes James, James?"

"Yes kiddo?"

"Is this a scene?"

"Well sort of Eric, just follow my lead like you always do, ok?"

"Yes James."

Richard came through the curtains as I adjusted my gloves and sash and
checked by bowtie.

"Ready Prime Master?"

"Yes Richard, lets do it."

I stood at the opening of the curtsains and closed my eyes for a second and
when I was confident that the look of 'I'm going to rip your head off and
shove it up your ass' was set in place I opened the curtains and strode to
the front of the stage looking out over the students until I saw the three
boys in the front row with fresh bruises and cuts on their faces, damn my
little dove had done well to have a go at those three buggers, they were
taller, heavier, older and stronger than Eric yet he'd left them marked up
pretty well considering the circumstances, I glared at the three of them
then crooked a finger at them in a guesture of 'come here boys'and stared
them down until they got to their feet with sheer terror in their eyes, the
rest of the student body was deathly silent as the three stumbled their way
up onto the stage. the leader was a good head taller than I was so Eric had
done well to still be alive, the other two were about the same height as I
was, I found it hard to keep a straight face as I watched three sets of
knees shaking and three faces sweating,(haha, gotcha boys, nothing is more
scarey than fear itself) when the boys were on stage side by side, I walked
over to them still with the 'I want your heads' look.

"You boys will stay there till I tell you to move, no talking, understand?"

Three sets of 'yes sir' came from them.

"Thats your first mistake, I said no talking, KNEEL."

Down they went.

"Hands clasped behind your head, elbows out to the side, DO IT."

Hands jumped up and elbows went out, one boy began to get a wet spot on his
jeans.

"You pee on my floor boy and I'll have the skin off you, blink your eyes
once if you understand."

One blink and a shuddering of his shoulders.

"Boys, stay as you are, do not move, thats the last time I tell you."

As I turned away from them I allowed my face to settle back into a normal
look and then asked the other students for questions so far.

The deathly silence that had been maintained up till then broke out into an
uproar and as I glanced at the boys I could see Richard with a smile on his
face and a look that asked if i wanted him to regain some control out
there, I shook my head then turned to the floor again and looked out at the
other students then with a middle of the road voice simple said.

"Silence."

An instant hush fell over the hall.

"Gentlemen, I'll answer all your questions but lets do it slowly ok?"

"Yes sir" came out from all the throats.

Lets start down here at the front then, one question each ok, if you ask
something that I'm going to show you later then I'll tell you to wait for
then, fair enough?'

"Yes sir"

"OK, you young man, whats yours?"

"Sir, are you going to make them three slaves?"

A snigger could be heard around the hall.

"They already are, young man, next, the boy next to you."

"Sir are you always so hard, like all the time, like night and day?"

"No, there's times that you have to do other things, its not about being
hard or tough, its about looking out for the boy under your protection."

"Sir, the head said you have a boy here, is he going to come out for us to
see?"

"Yes he'll be here when I call for him."

"Sir, can't he just come out when he wants?"

"No, I've told him to wait till I tell him."

"Sir does he always do what you want him to?"

"Yes, most of the time."

"Sir,what if he doesn't?"

"He gets punished for disobeying me."

"Sir, what sort of punishment?"

"We'll come to that later."

>From the corner of my eye I caught a slight movement from the biggest
boy,( Ha gotcha) I spun around glaring at the boy.

"Boy, head on the floor, get your butt up, now stay, I told you not to move
boy."

I turned back to see the shocked look on the students faces, it had been so
quick they didn't have time to adjust.

"Ok gentlemen, one more question before we move on, yes young man with the
blue shirt."

"Sir, are there many people like you and your...ahhh...boy?"

"Yes son more than you'd think, ok thats it for now, lets get on a bit, BOY
come."

There was a muttering of speculation from the crowd of boys as the curtains
parted and a cloaked diminutive figure made its way to the stage to stand
by my left should, his cloak from the conclave again masking his face.

"Gentlemen, this is my boy, he is cloaked at the moment for a good reason
as you'll all see soon, first you can see he's barefoot and that he has
ankle cuffs on, also on the front of the cloak is a silver dove clasp
holding it closed, firstly the cuffs are what we call restraints, Boy show
your wrists, as you see he wears them on his wrists as well, they can be
locked together to stop him from moving or when I want to keep him in one
position for his work, secondly the clasp of the dove tells other men like
myself that this boy is very special, he is not just a Slave, he is known
as The Child of Mythra, he is special in that he will always be a slave and
never wants to be a Master which a lot of slaves do become after a time in
training, but this boy also has something else special that Im not going to
tell just yet, you will see it later, Boy Present."

Erics hands went to his head, the mask staying in positon hiding his face.

"This is known as the first position or the 'Present' it's his way of
showing respect to a Master, Boy 'Rest', this is the second position and he
uses it for a higher Master or when I'm sitting down, Boy 'Penitence', this
is the third position and is used for his punishment or when a Master of
very high rank is in front of him. Im sure you boys have seen these
positions before?"

Then the hall erupted again into an uproar as the realisation that the
three bullies had been made to go through the three positions and I was
sure the other students now could see why I said the three others were
already slaves, the noise settled down as their laughter at the three
bullies subsided, I had on purpose left Eric in the third position.

"Now then you have some questioons, the boy in the second row?"

"Sir, would your...uhmm...boy stay like that for long?"

"Yes, he'd stay there till I tell him to change."

"Sir, even all night?"

"Yes if thats what I want."

A small muttering of admiration went around the hall, not for me but for
the boy.

"Sir, could you make the other three do it too?"

"Yes, they would make mistakes at first but I have ways of changing their
minnds."

"Sir, what ways?"

"We'll go into that later."

"Sir, can we see your, you know, your ..uhm..boy?"

"Yes ok, Boy stand."

Eric came to his feet now at a relaxed position with his hands by his side
waiting for me to continue, I leant close and whispered to him.

"You ready my little dove?"

A whispered."Yes James, I love you."

I wanted to make this sound really special for all the boys in the hall so
in a loud clear voice I spoke out.

"Child of Mythra, when I release your cape you will come to 'Present' to
show repsect for these young gentlemen, you will not look or speak to
anyone, you will not move until I tell you."

I turned my body to shield him from the hall and as I undid the clasp I
again whispered

"Do it well little dove"

With my back to the hall I said again over my shoulder.

"Gentlemen, my slave Eric, the Child Of Mythra."

I pulled the cape away and Eric snapped into 'Present' as soon as it was
clear from his small body, there was loud gasps and oohs, ahhs, and
whispers as they recognised him but now he was dressed in his full regalia
including full chastity and body harness, everything was gleaming and
shiney, the emblems of the Mythra stood out bright and shiney.

Eric stood stock still, head back, elbows out wide back arched feet close
together, I found it hard to see him even breathing, his eyes were clear
and bright as he watched me not even seeing the crowd in the hall. I looked
around at what seemed like a sea of hands waving in the air to ask
questions, I held up my hand for silence and then turned to Eric.

"Boy tell the gentlemen who you are.speak."

"I am Eric, Child of Mythra, Bonded, Double Ringed and Presented Slave of
Founding Prime Master James of the Seven Mythra 'May They Preserve'"

I could not help whispering to my lovely little boy.

"Well done Eric that was perfect, I love you little dove."

Shouts of "Sir, Sir, Sir." rang around the hall, I made a quick glance to
where Richard stood in the wings, he smiled and nodded his head.I looked
over to the three bullies the pain on their faces as their knees felt the
hardness of the floor was a delight to see but I also saw that they really
didn't want to move, just for luck I gave the three of them another 'knock
your head off' look and turned back to the crowd.

"Ok a few more questions then we do a few things for you, yes, you in the
fourth row, green shirt."

"Sir, can we ask your b..b..Eric some questioons?"

"Boy you may answer freely any questions from the young gentlemen."

"Yes Master."

"OK guys one at a time, you can ask him anything but be polite to him, he's
not just a toy, he's very real and very special, ok the same boy you can be
first."

"Ahhm, Eric do you always call him sir?"

"Yes sir, most times unless he tells me not to."

"Eric, when he punishes you, does it really hurt you?"

"Yes sir, it's meant to so that I can learn."

"Eric why do you let him do thinngs to you?"

"I'm a submissive sir, I need to have someone like my Master to protect me
and love me."

"He loves you?"

"Yes sir he does and I love him for protecting me and loving me."

"Eric why do you have to have someone to protect you?"

"Because sir, if there was no one to protect me I would try to find someone
to do it and it might be someone who doesn't know what they're doing, they
might kill me because I couldn't stop them."

"Eric why couldn't you stop them?"

"As I said sir I'm a submissive, I couldn't give an order to stop them, I
would just let them do what they wanted to me."

"Eric why do you call everyone here 'sir' we're just boys like you?"

"No sir, you are higher than I am and I have to show you respect at all
times, my Master said so."

"Do you have to do everything your, ahhmm.. Master says?"

"He's my Master, I dont have to but I want too, if I make a mistake then he
should punish me so I can learn not to do it again."

"Eric do you like the punishments?"

Eric looked over to me and I nodded to him indicating that he tell the
whole truth, these boys were asking the questions that they were interested
in, it was as far as I was concerned the best way for them to learn, no
boring sterilized chatter but real questions from them in terms they could
understand and grasp, if we managed to open only one pair of eyes to our
ways then it was all worth it.

"Yes sir, most times I do, but my Master has lots of ways and some times he
scares me, but I know he would never hurt me, the pain is part of who I am
and it is a part of who I want to be."

"Sir, what is the real difference, you said Eric is a slave but he used the
term 'Submissive'?"

"There are many words to describe Erics type of person, I'll run through
them quickly for you, there is the Helot, the total submissive, the
submissive dominant, the dominant submissive and then the dominant,the
Helot is from the olden days of the Spartans in old greek times, they took
the punishment among other things for the high class people, the total
submissives like Eric are just that, they are totally submissive, they
don't want to be in charge of anything, they like to be protected and they
also need the reminder of order with pain to be happy, they love to be kept
to a strict regimen and order, the submissive dominant while being
submissive in most things will try to manipulate their Master in some way
and in the end will become a Master themselves, the dominnant submissive is
more open in his defiance and will usually be found in the harsher and
rougher side of the B&D scene, the dominant is always a Master although
some will go through a period of being submissive in order to get their
training but their agressivness makes them very hard to train."

"Sir, whats this Mythra thing?"

"The Mythra is a code by which we live our lives, there are rules laid down
to protect our boys from abuse and danger from a Master, it's also a way of
living your life with order and harmony."

"Sir, what if a Master is found to , ahm, you know, like abuse a
b..b..boy?"

"If he's a Master of the Mythra we have a special number of people that do
the investigation, if they find it's all true the boy is taken away to be
cared for and the Master is taken before the council to be punished."

"Sir, who's side do the council take, like you know really?"

"Our first duty is to our boys, they come first in every thing especially
in a case of abuse."

"sir does that mean that the ahh, Master is wrong until proven innocent?"

"Exactly, no boy is ever thought to lie, he is to be protected at all
costs."

"Sir how good is the investigatioon?"

"Give me your name and telephone number and by tomorrow night I will tell
you what your great grandfather had for dinner on his twentieth birthday."

"Well boys it's nearly 3.00 and we have a little to show you yet or with
your headmasters permission we could come back another day to continue,
what would you like to do?"

A shout went up around the room sir, sir, please can you come back, please
sir.?

"Headmaster would that be convenient for the school?"

Richard came onto the stage and looked at all the boys and their begging
faces.

"Well Prime Master James we would be glad to have you both back again, it
seems you have hit a note with the boys here, when would be suitable?"

"Shall we say Thursday at 1.00, it will give the boys a little more time to
ask questions."

To be Continued: