Over the next couple of days Kristy was drilled intensively until her every movement became unconscious. Her fitness level was higher than it had ever been and she found she could survive even Mistress C's exacting workouts. Swimming helped to ease the stressed muscles, as did the daily sunbathing sessions. All exercise & sunbathing was conducted with her naked so the change in her physique was easily apparent. Sue drilled her both barefoot & in a variety of height heels until Kristy's grace & elegance became consistent, no matter what she was required to wear. Punishment sessions were also maintained, not because Kristy was rebelling – far from it, but to build up her tolerance & provide a daily reminder that she was a submissive & bound to obey her Master & Mistress' wishes. She was also required to serve supper every night and by the time Friday dawned, had become picture perfect in negotiating the path between kitchen & dining room & in serving a variety of foods.
On Friday afternoon Kristy was surprised to enter the dance studio to find that instead of Mistress S, her Master was waiting. He was seated in a comfortable chair, elegantly clad in a soft, smoky grey shirt & charcoal grey slacks. One leg was casually crossed over the other.
"Assume position 1" he said quietly when Kristy came to a halt in front of him.
Kristy obediently sank to her knees & placed her hands behind her head, wondering what was going on, as she kept her eyes submissively lowered. David eyed her sleek, naked body approvingly (Sue had instructed Kristy that the afternoon's session would be conducted in the nude), all the week's hard work had paid off!
"Today will be your final day on the island, Kristy," he said, "and you have an important decision to make. You indicated a couple of days ago that you realised that your true nature was submissive. The question I now ask you is this. Now that you are free to leave the island, do you wish to accept life as a submissive or do you wish to return to your vanilla life?"
David held up a hand to forestall Kristy's immediate response.
"I warn you to think carefully, Kristy," he said sternly, "for if you choose to return to the vanilla life, you will leave this island immediately and you will have no further contact with anyone on the island!"
Obedient to his command, Kristy took her time to consider her answer. The life she had been living for the past 2 weeks had been harsh but it had also opened her up to the most amazing sexual & sensual experiences she had ever known! She examined herself with clear vision & realised that she would never again be satisfied with a purely vanilla life. Nevertheless, this was a big decision facing her now. Did she have the strength to live as a submissive, knowing she was subject to the whims of her Master & Mistress, knowing that disobedience and/or mistakes would be dealt with immediately and harshly? It was with a small shock that she realised that she actually needed the punishments that were meted out by her Master & Mistress. Somehow along the way, pain & pleasure had merged and she now knew she was turned on as much by the former as by the latter – something that would never be understood in the purely vanilla world – in fact, and she paused as the realisation hit her, it was the exposure to pain that had heightened the intensity of her orgasms, as if somehow the pain had smashed through invisible barriers that had kept her from experiencing the ultimate heights of sexual pleasure! Licking lips suddenly gone dry as she realised all this might be immediately ripped from her, Kristy answered David's question.
"Thanks to you and Mistress S, I now know my true self," Kristy began. "I realise that by denying my nature, I was a shadow of what I could be and was truly unhappy. I'm ashamed to say that I took this unhappiness out on others!"
"Go on," David prompted when she paused.
"I now know that it is my nature to be submissive, to be under the influence of a strong Master and Mistress. I realise that this is more than something that I want, this is something that I need to complete me. I have never felt more fulfilled than I have under the authority of you and Mistress S, so Master, my answer is that I choose with all my heart to remain a submissive!"
David nodded gravely as she finished speaking.
"Very well Kristy," he said, "you may remain on the island for now. However, you need to understand that I do not take on a submissive on a permanent basis. Instead, I concentrate on training and moulding each submissive before arranging for them to partner with a suitable Master or Mistress. I do not intend to make an exception in your case."
Kristy's face fell. She felt as if the world that she was so ready to enter was somehow slipping out of her grasp!
David read her expression accurately and was swift to move to prevent an emotional downward spiral.
"Mistress Sue, however, does not currently have a full time submissive and has indicated that if it is your wish, she will undertake responsibility for you and become your full-time Mistress," he advised. "Is this something that you want?"
For a moment, Kristy forgot her place & gazed up at her Master, eyes shining.
"Oh yes, Master," she said breathlessly. "More than anything! I-I think I love her," she responded in a shy tone.
"Very well," David said. "I will speak to Mistress Sue on your behalf. There is, however, one further thing to consider. Mistress Sue & I are partners and we share everything. Although I will no longer be requiring your services full-time, you will be expected to serve me whenever I desire. Do you understand this?"
Kristy nodded. Truth be told, when he had told her that he would no longer be her Master, her heart had given a little lurch of dismay & she realised that she had also formed a deep attachment to him! She acknowledged that she loved the feel of his cock inside her, loved the taste of his seed in her mouth & was happy in the knowledge that she served his needs. Knowing that she would still have contact with him from time to time helped to mitigate the sense of loss she had originally felt!
"Yes Master," Kristy said. "I understand that I will be available for your use whenever you desire, I will obey without pause and submit to whatever you choose to have me undergo."
"Very good, Kristy," David said approvingly. "Now, I will be arranging for a select group of my colleagues to visit tonight. Their purpose will be to judge whether you are ready to enter the Lifestyle. You will be stringently tested on your obedience, grace, submissiveness, level of service and acceptance of punishment, and I expect you to perform without flaw! If my colleagues decide you are acceptable, they will graduate you from training. If not, you will undergo further training until I feel you are once again ready to be tested and if you think the last 2 weeks have been harsh, you will see that you were mistaken! However, I do not believe that will be necessary Kristy. You are, without doubt, one of the most exceptional subs that I have ever trained, so DO NOT disappoint me!"
Kristy felt a warm glow of accomplishment at his words, although that was also accompanied by a frisson of apprehension! She knew by her Master's tone of voice that the evening was likely to be extremely arduous and that she would need all her stamina & will power in order to perform to the level that would make her Master & Mistress proud!"
David's voice broke into her thoughts.
"You may take the rest of this afternoon to prepare yourself, both mentally & physically" David told her calmly. "Mistress Sue will be in to see you later to go through what will be expected of you this evening. You may go," he said, dismissing her.