Ringmaster Ch 19 Like Yours

I groaned slowly as everything began to come into focus out of the inky darkness for me. First was the blue sky, though everything was swirling around in double vision. Next was the sounds; birds chirping and the familiar hustle and bustle of students getting to classes. Finally was the dull ringing sensation in my head and throbbing sensation throughout my body. It was as if I had just ran a whole marathon while simultaneously being hit by a truck. All I could really do was sit and lie there while I waited for everything to calm down.

"Hey, you're awake." The familiar voice of my albino nymphomaniac echoed in my ears. She slowly came into view as she stood over me, the images of her still swirling around in circles. I could feel her hands exploring all over me as she checked me over for any injuries or problems. "Alright, looking so good so far." Her face came back into view. "Maria, can you hear me?"

I groaned lightly in response as I came to the realization that I was laying in the grass; the sensations of the blades of grass began to tickle at my skin as feeling started to come back to me. I tried to sit up, but both my body wouldn't respond properly, nor would Regina let me up.

"Oh no you don't. You keep laying right there," she said as she lifted up my head softly. The next thing I knew, I could feel her thighs underneath me as she rested my head in her lap. "There we go. Much better."

"What... happened?" I muttered, still trying to get my bearings.

"That depends. What's the last thing that you remember?" Regina asked as she stroked her fingers through my hair.

Despite the constant ringing in my head, I tried to focus my brain towards what had happened. "Last I remember... we were... trying to shoot a scene for the movie..." The ringing in my head got stronger as I tried to remember.

"That's right. What else can you remember?" Regina asked, still gently petting my head.

"There was... someone there... Danna's father..." I groaned again as it felt like there was a drill pushing right into my temples. I never really had that bad of migraines before, but this felt like pure torture. I lifted up my hand to focus on the ring and stop the pain, but Regina put her hand on it.

"Trust me. That's not gonna help."

"Why not?" I weakly asked as my hand limply fell to my side.

"What you're going through is a magical backlash caused by the Ring. You can't use it to get rid of it. Now, keep going. What else do you remember?"

I groaned again. She was clearly trying to make some kind of point. I think. That or she was trying to see how coherent I was. "I remember Danna's father showing up... He had grabbed Danna... And then... I said... something."

"Yeah," Regina said as she patted my head. "I know I had taken off the training wheels on the Ring, but I didn't think you'd do something so ridiculous so soon."

I could feel my strength come back to me just enough so that I could sit up. "What are you talking about?" I groaned and leaned against Regina. "I... made a change... It wasn't that big..."

"Yeah, that's what you'd think," Regina said as she tapped the ring. "However, his homophobia was, well, let's just say it was very deep seated in him. As such, it took a lot of energy to change that. Not to mention, well, since it only works on women, the ring had to make your change to be a bit more, let's call it, creative."

"What do you mean?" I said as my vision finally came into focus.

As I looked around, I noticed that we were back on campus, sitting on one of the grassy hills. Everything seemed to be pretty normal, except for the mute woman laying face-down in the grass.

"Danna!" I mustered up my strength and scrambled over to her. I turned her over and looked her over like Regina did for me for any injuries. Slowly, she blinked awake, putting her hand up to block the direct sunlight in her face. It seemed like she was a lot more coherent than I was when I woke up. "Are you alright?" She winced a bit in pain, but then nodded her head.

I looked around for any sign of the other girls, but they weren't anywhere to be found. "Regina, did you see where the others went?"

"If I had to bet, they're probably still back at the apartment," Regina said as she walked over to the two of us and then sat down.

"The apartment? Wait, why are they there when we're out here?" I asked, trying to figure out the logic of what happened. Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted by Danna pulling me down and wrapping her arms around me, passionately kissing me. "Ack! Danna!"

"Aww, how cute," Regina said as she stretched. "Looks like she's still the same ol' same ol'. Makes sense I guess as she was a Ringmaster."

I managed to pry myself away from Danna's seductive lips for some air and turned to Regina. "Wait, what do you mean?"

"Maria, do you still not understand what you did?" Regina asked. I shook my head before Danna grabbed it and rolled us on the grass so that now she was on top of me. She started passionately kissing all over my face and neck, and I was still too exhausted to stop her right now. "Maria, you changed the whole timeline!"

"What!?" I shouted before Danna muffled me with more kisses.

"Look, since you couldn't just make Walter not be a homophobic bastard because he's a guy and the Ring's magic won't work on him, it went with the next best thing." She pointed down to Danna. "Instead, we're living in a timeline where Danna grew up without a homophobic father."

"Is that why Danna is being so affectionate with me right now?" I asked as I shuddered at each of Danna's kisses.

"Nah, that's just her knowing that you need some wonderful sexual energy to start recharging the Ring," Regina chuckled as she crossed her arms in front of her tits. "How is she figuring out the Ring things before you are, Maria?"

"Heck if I know," I said as I managed to lift Danna up to just be sitting on me now. "You couldn't have just explained that before you started smooching me?" Danna just smiled and signed a few things to me, to which I turned over to Regina.

"She said to cut her a little slack. Her memories of her new life with her more supportive father started hitting her and she wanted to show her appreciation for what you did for her," Regina said as she reached down and then kissed Danna on the lips.

"Okay, next time, someone starts explaining things to me BEFORE we get to the cute sexy times," I said as I huffed. "Regina, how long until this backlash wears off?"

"Depends. How comfy are you with being an exhibitionist?" Regina asked, a sly smile drawing across her face. "After all, all we gotta do is get some sex energy into you and it should start to subside."

I sighed again. I wasn't the biggest fan of the public humiliation of being fucked in public where anyone could see, especially other students or professors. But at the same time, I could feel a migraine creeping in and ready to strike. "Alright. Just get it done quick. Be subtle about it."

"Have you met me?" Regina asked as she laid down next to me, one hand slipping under my shirt to my tit.

I rolled my eyes, but reveled in the feeling. Just that little bit of a rush of pleasure was enough to push that migraine away, even just a smidgen. A slight puff of air escaped my lips as Danna put her hand under my shirt as well, fondling the other tit. She leaned up and planted her lips firmly on me. I reached up, grabbing both ladies on their asses and gave them a quick squeeze. Soft as always. I think that a little public indecency would be worth-

"WHAT THE FUCKING HELL IS GOING ON!?"

The three of us turned our heads to see none other than Summer, staring at us as her face scrunched up in a mixture of pain and anger. She marched right over and stood over us. "GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF HER AND START USING THEM TO EXPLAIN!" Given what she said, Danna took her hand out from under my shirt and gave a confused look to Summer before pointing to herself. "Yeah, who the hell else would I be talking to? Why were your hands and lips all over this bitch?"

"Bitch?" I asked as I sat up, much to Regina's dismay. "Summer, what are you talking about?"

"I wasn't talking to you, homewrecker," Summer said as she glared daggers at me. "I was talking to my wife." All three of our eyes went wide at that. Then, Summer held up her left hand, where there was a beautiful golden ring with diamonds laid into it, and grabbed Danna's left hand and held it up, where there was also a golden ring. "Do these mean nothing to you, huh?" Danna quickly looked back and forth between me and Summer, unsure of what to do. "What does she have that I don't?" Summer shouted, less now in anger and more in pain and disappointment. "How long has this been going on?"

"Summer, I think you need to take a deep breath and calm down," I said, just trying to wrap my head around the situation.

"Yes, I agree," Regina said as she patted me on my left shoulder. "I think that you should help Summer calm down."

"You're the one who told me not to use it and it needed to recharge," I said in a hushed whisper to Regina.

"You had a little fun. That should be enough juice to do something before things escalate further," Regina said as her eyes gestured to the ever more emotional Summer.

"What the hell are you two-?"

"Uh..." I said as I tried to figure something out. "Summer, freeze!" I tapped Summer on the shoulder and suddenly, Summer stopped moving. She was perfectly still, not blinking and not breathing. "Shit! Is she alright?"

"She's fine," Regina said as she lightly poked Summer in the cheek. "Plenty of Ringmasters have done this. It's a pretty common thing, so don't worry. All you gotta do is unfreeze her and it'll be like nothing happened. Well, from her perspective."

I took a deep breath and sighed heavily. "What the hell did I do?" I said as I held my head, trying to stave off a throbbing sensation in my skull.

"Well," Regina said as she looked at the rings on Summer and Danna's left hands, "my best guess is that in this timeline, Summer and Danna are married."

"How the hell did that happen?" I asked.

Danna tapped me on the shoulder and began to sign as Regina translated. "Based on Danna's memories, it seemed that because her father wasn't a homophobic bastard, Summer and Danna never really had to hide their affection for each other. That led to them growing closer romantically faster and eventually being engaged and then married."

I sighed and rubbed my head. "I had no idea that I would cause something like this." Then a thought came to my mind. "Wait a minute. If Summer only has memories of this timeline, Danna, why do you have memories of the previous timeline?"

"Oh, that's because Danna's also still a Ringmaster," Regina said. "Remember? You let her use the ring that one time?"

"And that protected her from the timeline change?" I asked.

"Yes and no. All Ringmasters are at least cognizant of the changes that the Ring makes." At Regina's words, I started to recall all the times that Danna either was aware that I did something with the Ring or knew I was going to try something with it. "And if they try hard enough, they can resist it. But, they usually can't and just give in." She shrugged. "It's not called the Reality Ring for nothing."

I huffed again. "Okay, so, I guess in this timeline, since Danna and Summer had each other, Danna never expressed her interest in me, meaning we never had that one date that brought them in. Meaning that Vanessa, Tae, and Lexi never really met them. Ugh, how am I going to explain this to them?"

"I'd be more worried about what you're gonna do with her," Regina said as she poked Summer's tits. "The other girls seem like they're happy with anyone you bring into the polycule after all."

"Right," I said as I looked at Summer. I could feel the conflict in my heart. I could hear in her voice just how hurt she was by seeing Danna with me. Who could blame her, after all? She caught her wife getting handsy with someone she didn't even know. "I... don't know."

"Don't know what?" Regina asked as she lightly pinched Summer's ass.

"About what to do with Summer." I shook my head and turned to Danna. "Danna, she's your wife, and you're the one with memories of this timeline. So, you're the best judge of character. Right now, I see two options. Either one, I make it so Summer never caught you and you get to live happily married to her. Option two is that I bring you and Summer back into the polycule. So, what do you say? What should I do?"

Danna looked a little surprised that I was leaving the choice up to her. She sat down on the ground and was lost in thought for a few minutes. I could see her weighing the different options as she processed the differences between the two sets of memories. Then, she looked up at me and held up two fingers.

"Alright." I gently caressed Summer's cheek with my left hand and focused on her. It felt rather strange; it wasn't like trying to force something that didn't belong in the first place, but rather unlocking something that was always there and hidden. The more I thought about it, it made sense. Summer was pretty quick to accept the polycule situation without needing any changes. I could feel the Ring needing a recharge soon, so with a final push, I opened up Summer's polyamorous side, calmed her temper down back to normal, and unfroze her.

"Talking about..." Summer said as she blinked and shook her head. "Uh..." She took a moment to compose herself and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry about that. I do not often lose my temper and I apologize for the shouting that I did." She bowed towards us. "I was just upset that my wife was off having fun with someone else and neglected to tell me." She stared at Danna, but the corners of her mouth curled upwards. She reached out and tapped Danna on the nose. "You're getting punished tonight." Danna looked a little surprised, but smiled. Summer cleared her throat and then turned back to Regina and me. "Now then, I know that you're in Danna's film class, but remind me, what are your names?"

"Oh, I am Maria and this is Regina," I said as I re-introduced us.

Regina gave a little wave and blew a kiss towards Summer, who lightly blushed at the show of affection. "A pleasure to meet you."

"I'm sure it will be," Summer said with a smile. Then her face turned serious. "So, tell me, how long have you and Danna been intimate with each other?"

"Uhh..." I said, trying to think about what fit with Danna and Summer's memories.

But, before I had to say anything more, Danna started to sign to Summer. "What is...?" Summer asked before Danna signed a few more things at her. Summer watched her for a bit before nodding. "Ah, I see."

"Regina, what did she say?" I whispered as I leaned in towards Regina.

"Oh, she said that you're a freeuse valadin. And then she had to explain what a valadin was to Summer," Regina explained.

"...There's sign language for valadin?" I asked, dumbfounded.

Summer nodded and then walked over to me. "Well, Miss Maria, you are quite the interesting woman." She pulled me by the cheeks and planted a firm kiss on my lips, her other hand gripping my ass firmly. Goddess, Summer's take charge attitude always made me a little weak in the knees. She broke the kiss after a few seconds and let me go. "Oh, I can think of some fun times with you." She then turned her head to Danna and pointed to Regina. "What about her?" Danna signed a few things and Summer smiled. "Excellent." She leaned over to Regina and whispers something into her ear. I have no idea what she said, but the next thing I knew, Regina was practically buckling at the knees and I could see just how hard her nipples were.

"What did you say to her?" I asked, but Summer just held up a finger to her lips. I desperately wanted to know, but with the Ring out of juice, all I could do was hope to be told sometime in the future.

Then, Summer pulled out a business card from her suit and handed it to me. "Give us a text or a call, sweet thing." She kissed me on the cheek before she turned around and put her arm around Danna. "Now, come on dear. We've got reservations for lunch and I don't want us to be late."

Danna nodded. She gave both me and Regina a quick French kiss before heading off with Summer.

"Well," Regina said as she patted me on the back once Danna and Summer left, "I gotta say, you did pretty good there. Wish you let us do a little more to the frozen Summer, but oh well."

"I'm just glad that everything seems to have worked out pretty well," I said as I let out a huge sigh. "Hopefully this means we won't have any future issues when we film at Danna's house." There was a brief beat before a realization came to me. "Shit! My script! What's it like if in this timeline I never was dating Danna and Summer?" I quickly started to make my way towards my apartment.

"Figures. Just re-got yourself two hot ladies and that's what you're concerned about," Regina said as she trailed behind me.

It didn't take too long for us to get back home. I quickly unlocked the door and rushed to my room. I booted up my computer, praying that there weren't too many significant changes to the script. My heart sank a little as I noticed that there were quite a lot of changes, mostly since the roster was reduced by two people. Thankfully in this timeline, I still had a similar premise, so it would only take about a day or two to readjust back to the full roster.

"Maria! Is that you?" I heard Vanessa call from her room.

"Oh, uh, yeah dear! I'm in my room!" I shouted back to her. I heard her open up her door and say hello to Regina before knocking on my door. "Come in."

Vanessa opened up the door and walked over to me, her hips swaying side to side, which I wasn't quite sure if she was doing that intentionally or not. She was wearing a gorgeous blue button-up blouse with a long white skirt that reached down around her ankles. She passed by me and sat on my bed. "So, how did it go?"

"Uh... how did what go?" I asked, trying to figure out what this timeline version of me was doing beforehand.

"Checking out places to film," she said as she smiled. "Or did someone get a bit too distracted by Regina to focus?" She chuckled at her little comment.before leaning forward, giving me a clear view down her cleavage and her definite lack of a bra.

"Oh!" I said, feeling my face reddening. "Well, I actually found someone who would probably be willing to let us use their house. I'm just, uh, waiting for them to confirm with their parents that we could use it." Last thing I would need is another nasty run-in with Walter.

"Oh yeah? Who's that?" she asked.

"Uh, you know Danna from my one film class?" I asked.

"The rich mute girl?" Vanessa asked. "I'm a little surprised that she was open to it. I thought we'd be considered a bit too, how to put it, low out of her league?"

"Well, she offered and just needs to get confirmation from her father that we can use their space." I stood up and joined Vanessa on the bed. "And hey, don't be putting yourself down, babe. You are plenty high league! You're a fucking model, for Goddess sake!"

She reached her hand around my pants waistband and snuck it underneath, resting it on my inner thigh. "A fucking model indeed." Vanessa reached her other hand around and pulled me in for a passionate kiss.

Right, from her perspective, we haven't had sex with each other for a while since I didn't technically have that threeway with her and Summer.

"Ahhhhh," I moaned instinctively as Vanessa gripped my hair and lightly pulled on it. That gave the perfect opening for Vanessa to stick her tongue into my mouth. I let her take control and swirl her tongue around with mine until she pulled away.

"Something wrong dear?" Vanessa asked, a little confused. "There's not the usual passion?"