Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:08:04 +0000
From: john aldridge <pegasusunicorn52@msn.com>
Subject: The Wolf 10

This story contains sexual scenes between males of different species.
	If this type of material offends then you should not read
it. Additionally, if you are under 18 years of age--no matter where you
live in the world--you are not to read this story by law.
	This story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living
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Copyright © 2010 EJA


THE WOLF

By

EJA

From Chapter Nine:
	Marrok and Davy looked up and saw three dragons launch themselves
down into the chasm, their intention to kill the pair obvious. Davy pointed
to a cave just up ahead. **Let's get in there!** he said as Marrok sprang
onto another spur of rock and narrowly avoided them being burned alive.
	The three dragons were gathering for another attack and began their
descent as the wolf, with his naked burden clinging tenaciously to his
furred body, leapt forward and vanished into the cave. The frustrated roar
of the hunting beasts came clearly to them.
	**We should be safe in here,** Davy observed. **This entrance is
too small for them to squeeze into.**
	But here, the boy was wrong and it didn't take them long to find
that out. Darkness obscured the entrance as the third dragon--considerably
smaller than the other two--squeezed himself into the narrow aperture and
moved determinedly toward the pair.

Chapter Ten


**Don't speak!** The voice came so unexpected to their heads that Marrok
and Davy gave a gasp. **Don't speak out loud, at least,** said the voice,
**at least not until we're well away from my brothers.**
	Curiosity got the better of Davy and he asked, in his and Marrok's
language, **Why not?**
	**Because their hearing is very acute--and they understand the
human language.** The younger dragon appeared in the dim light filtering
down from above. **I don't want to give away the fact that I'm going to
betray them.**
	**Why would you betray them?** This from Marrok.
	The dragon then proceeded to tell them a tale about how three
brothers came to be living together and the elder siblings treatment of
their youngest. A story filled to the brim with painful nips to his tail
and wings, of his body being "accidentally" raked with fire and of
generally being a gofer for the older dragons. **I was expected to find
their meals for them as well as wash and bathe them. I truly despise
them!** he finished.
	**But why would you help us?** Davy asked, curious.
	**Because I need to get away from them. I spoke to your eagle a
while back and he told me what you planned on doing. I've been watching
your approach and listening to your conversations as you've travelled,**
the dragon said. **I could have made contact sooner but figured this way
was better,** he added. **This cave has a more direct link to the Pool of
Life,**--he had indeed been listening--**that was why I encouraged my
brothers to attack outside, rather than waiting until you got to their
favourite spot--a more open area where you were sure to have been killed.**
	They could hear the bigger beasts breathing, waiting on their
sibling to kill them. **They'll have a long wait,** the dragon
said. **Still they're nothing if not patient.** He gave a short puff and a
small gout of flame shot from his muzzle. It lit up a darker area than the
place they were in. **We go that way,** he said and moved off; for such a
large creature, he was remarkably light on his feet. **Oh,** he added,
**here's your bearskin. I moved it away from the entrance. My brothers
might have seen it.** He lit up an area and, sure enough, there was Davy's
skin. The boy quickly donned it; it was quite chilly inside the mountain.
	Wolf and boy followed him--they had no other option. Instinct told
them that the dragon could be trusted, but that they would be wise to be on
their guard, at least until the beast had proved himself worthy of their
trust.
	**I've been through this mountain from end to end,** the dragon
told them, **and I think I know every cave and cavern inside it. Don't
worry about us getting out, I know any number of ways out.**
	With occasional puffs of flame to light their way, the dragon led
them into the mountain proper. He stepped unerringly on the easiest terrain
for the wolf and his companion until they finally reached a cavern that was
at least two miles across. Again light filtered down from an unknown source
above and lit up a pool with an ethereal glow. A lone figure sat in a rock
that was shaped like an armchair.
	**That's Kupala,** the dragon said, identifying the figure, **she's
the Goddess of Fertility. She's also the guardian of the Pool of Life. You
must both bow when you reach her then request permission to enter the
pool. If you frame your request properly, she'll let you. I'll wait here,**
he finished.
	Wolf and the boy approached the figure who was wrapped in a
voluminous cloak. She looked up and they saw that she appeared to be not
many years older than Davy. `Greetings,' she said, speaking aloud. `My name
is Kupala. Ask me what you will.'
	`My lady,' Davy said, speaking aloud for the first time in many
months, `I wish to bear this wolf's child,' he added, gesturing to Marrok.
	`And why would you wish that?' the Goddess asked.
	`Because Marrok and I are in love,' Davy told her, `and we wish to
give the world an amalgamation of our two species. I know that a boy or a
man becoming pregnant goes against the norm but, since we are in love and
have been many months past, would you grant us this request?' the boy
finished.
	`Step forward Marrok,' the Goddess said then. `I must discover if
you are worthy to receive such a gift.'
	Marrok, understanding the Goddess' speech, did as he was bid. An
alabaster hand appeared from below the cloak and settled atop his head; a
glow suffused both hand and head. Finally she nodded. `You are worthy,' she
said. `You may step in the Pool and bathe yourself.' This to Davy.
	The boy quickly shed his outfit and, watched by Marrok, Kupala and
the dragon--whose name the travellers still didn't know--stepped gingerly
into the life-altering Pool.
	Davy thought the water would be cold but was pleasantly surprised
at its warmth. He settled down, submerging the majority of his body in the
water, and closed his eyes. He began to sense changes occurring within his
body and on its surface. He opened his eyes and looked into the clear water
surrounding him and was surprised to see a long line marking his body from
his pubic hairs--sparse at this time in his life--up to his chest.
	`That's long enough, young Davy,' the Goddess said to him. `Any
longer and you'd lose your masculinity entirely. I got the impression that
that wouldn't sit well with either of you.'
	Davy rose from the pool at the Goddess' bidding. He was soon back
with Marrok and dry without needing a drying cloth. He studied the line on
his abdomen then looked curiously at Kupala.
	`You'll need some means to extract any of your offspring, won't
you?' the Goddess said by way of explanation. `This method makes it less
painful, too.' She then explained the means by which to remove the
resultant child from his body. Two raised edges would appear when the
infant was about to be born and must be pulled apart; this would expose the
child and enable its removal. The line, she added, would always be there
until such time as he was unable to bear any more children.
	`And now you must leave.' The Goddess raised her hand and beckoned
to their dragon friend. `Bear them home, Xxik[pronounced Kezik]' she said
to the dragon, `and guard them well. In the fullness of time they will
become precious and there will be many who will want to experiment on them,
Davy particularly. You are their guardian. Keep them safe and free from
harm.'
	`Yes, my Goddess.' Xxik told her, lowering his head. `They will
have to kill me before they'll lay a hand on these two.'
	The Goddess placed her hand on the head of the dragon and another
glow suffused the contact. `I've given you extra powers,' she explained
when the glow faded. `These will enable you to protect them--and
yourself--better.'
	The audience was at an end. The trio left the vast cavern and made
their way through the labyrinth once more.
	`I'm taking a different route to the outside,' Xxik explained at
one point. `It'll take longer but, if we're to avoid my brothers, it's
necessary.'
	`It would seem that I've been given new talents, too,' Marrok said
a few caves further on.
	`What talents?' Davy asked. Then the truth dawned. `Good grief, you
can speak! And understand human speech!' To say that he was startled would
have been an understatement. `And there was I thinking I would eventually
lose the power of speech altogether.'
	**But thoughtspeak can still be useful,** Xxik had been listening
to their conversation, **especially while my brothers are around. Neither
of them have the talent to thoughtspeak,** he added.
	`I suppose so,' Davy agreed and saw Marrok nod his head. `Have we
much further to go?' he asked; the constant darkness, albeit interspersed
with bursts of flame from Xxik's muzzle, was beginning to wear on him, he
wanted nothing more than to be in the open.
	`Two more caverns and a passage between them and we'll be out,'
Xxik told him. `No more than a couple of hours, at most.'
	Xxik was off by about a half-hour but eventually light from outside
became stronger the closer they got to the mountain's exit. Finally the
unlikely trio left the caves and took in the vista before them.
	`I don't recognise anything,' Davy said. `I can't see the jungle.'
	`That's because we're on the opposite side of the mountain,' Xxik
told him. `Now I know one of the more important talent's my Goddess gave to
me and I'm going to use it to see if my brothers are still waiting outside
the cave. I won't be long.' And with that he took off and was soon out of
sight.
	`I suppose we can trust him, can't we?' Davy asked, looking at
Marrok. `I mean, the Goddess Kupala has charged him with our
well-being. It'd be as well not to anger her by betraying us, wouldn't it?'
	`I would think so, my love,' Marrok replied. `Besides that, he's
coming back.'
	Davy looked up and saw Xxik approaching, his wings beating lazily
as he descended onto the ledge they had waited on. `They're still there,'
he said with a grin that displayed vicious-looking teeth. `It looks as if
they've settled in for a long wait.'
	`Did they see you?' Davy wanted to know.
	Xxik shook his head. `No. I told you the Goddess had given me a
talent I was going to use. I'm even going to use it to transport us to your
tree.'
	`What talent?' Davy pressed.
	`She has allowed me to become invisible--and this will apply to
anyone I give transport to. So I suggest you climb aboard my back and we'll
be off with my brothers none the wiser.'
	Davy grinned and Marrok's tongue hung out in his own simulation of
laughing. `Oh, that's awesome!' Davy said as he climbed on Xxik's broad
back, closely followed by the wolf. `I get the feeling that this particular
talent is going to become very useful in the future.'
	With a beat of his leathery wings, Xxik rose into the air and
soared aloft. He rounded the mountain as his body vanished from view--along
with his passengers.
	In seconds they were flying past the cave they had entered
previously and saw Xxik's brothers still waiting patiently for their absent
sibling to come out with his prize. The smaller of the two even looked up
at them as they passed overhead but gave no sign of having spotted
them. Xxik laughed in the silence of their minds and headed out over the
plain.
	They flew over the copse where they had had the encounter with the
Wyvern and saw that there was nothing left of the female save for a few
bones and the barbed tail. Evidently the father and his offspring had found
the meat of the mother quite tasty.
	Due to the rush of the wind over them the trio found it easier to
continue their conversations in the confines of their minds.
	**I'm wondering just how long your brothers will wait there,** Davy
offered, **if, as you say, they've a great deal of patience.**
	**I know not, neither do I care,** Xxik replied, **I'm just glad to
be out of their sight. I'm never going back.**
	**Not that you really can,** Marrok rejoined, **if your job is to
be our protector.**
	Xxik nodded his lizard-like head. **That, of course, is true.**

Although it took several days to cover their return journey, Xxik, Davy and
Marrok made it back to the tree within a week of starting out from the Pool
of Life. Given that they had been away from it for more than half a year
Davy advised caution. **I'll have a look round and make sure no-one found
the tree and where we live,** he told the wolf and their transport.
	**Is that wise?** Xxik asked.
	The invisible trio descended to the plateau. **Stay invisible,**
Davy said. **That way, if I get in trouble, you'll be able to get me out of
it.** He descended via the dragon's leg and, as soon as he was on the
ground, the boy became visible.
	The tree looked as if they had left it yesterday. Nothing and
no-one appeared to be nearby.
	Treading cautiously, Davy reached the rent at the base of the tree
and peered inside. No-one was waiting to pounce so he descended into the
base, looking cautiously around the familiar place.
	Then he rounded a corner and came face-to-face with his
father. Before he could cry out rough hands grabbed him and pulled him
further into the darkness--into the home he had made with Marrok.
	`You be quiet now,' the big man growled in the boy's ear. `Where's
that bastard animal?'
	There were three of them as well as his father. `Take off and see
if you can see it,' his sire ordered the nearest one, who nodded.
	This one headed back the way Davy had come--but failed to return.
	One down.
	`Three months we've been waiting here,' his father told him. `Where
the hell have you been? Never mind, keep quiet,' he said, still with his
hand over his son's mouth, `I'll find out later.'
	The remainder of the men reached the same conclusion as Davy; the
first hunter had encountered the wolf and come off second best.
	`Go and find out what happened to him,' Davy's father said to a
second hunter. `If he's dead, I suggest you exercise more caution.'
	This one seemed a trifle more reluctant to follow his colleague's
footsteps. Nevertheless, he went.
	He, too, failed to return.
	Now it was only his parent and one other. Finally, when his
patience had worn thin, Davy's father addressed the remaining one. `Look,
you're the one who tracked this one to here. Just get out there and kill
that bastard for me.'
	As soon as the tracker was out of sight Davy felt himself lifted
and hefted over his father's shoulder. Then the man moved out and went
deeper into the cavern. `While we was waiting for you to come back, me and
my men did a lot of exploring. We found several exits from these caves and
I'm not gonna wait around for that wolf to come after me. I'm getting you
out of here and we're gonna go to a place where no-one will find us.'

##To be continued##


KUPALA [extracted from the "Encyclopaedia of Things That Never Were" by
Michael Page and Robert Ingpen: Paper Tiger©1985]:
	The Goddess of Fertility. In appearance she is tall and smiling,
with eyes blue as the summer skies and hair as golden as the ripening
wheat. Her strong round arms are creamy as the milk of young cows, her
bosom deep with promise and her hips curved like the swell of the earth
itself.
	The people of ancient Russia worshipped her because her favours
bring increase to all the crops and animals. If she does not receive the
correct devotions then her displeasure causes barren herds and empty
fields.
	The correct time to worship Kupala is on Midsummer Day. Men and
women should bathe naked together in the rivers, jump hand-in-hand over
bonfires, and make wreaths to cast on the waters. The ceremonies include
the sacrifice of a cockerel at the foot of a tree stripped of all its lower
branches, and as the cockerel dies the worshippers should dance around the
tree with songs of praise for Kupala. She shows her pleasure in these
festivities by causing women to become fertile and bear children in the
following spring.

And so ends Chapter Ten. Chapter Eleven will follow soon since I'm as eager
to find out what happens to Davy and his father.

My apologies for the lack of sex in this one but I wanted them to get back
to the tree as quickly as possible. Xxik will play a vital role in several
of the following chapters, of that, I'm sure.

Let me know what you think.

EJA

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