This is a short work of erotic fiction containing furry, or anthropomorphic, characters, which are animals that either demonstrate human intelligence or walk on two legs, for the purposes of these tales. It is a thriving and growing fandom in which creators are prevalent in art and writing especially.
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Tentacle Trappings
Xigfeldo paused at the entrance to the tunnel, although the silver-black dragon, embodying the best of both types of dragon, in his opinion, was not hesitating because he was worried about delving into the dark bowels of the earth. He had spent more than enough time in his own tunnel system to worry about things like that, even though he was not traditionally of a type of dragon that would burrow into the ground like some other colours and kinds. He liked the crystals that he could carve into the rock faces with his magic, his silver heritage, while the brute force and cunning wiles of his black heritage lent him the power to wield it all with greater energy than other dragons could have imagined.
The day glittered in gloom, sunshine sparkling through a break in the storm clouds, but he was more than about to leave that life behind in light of something darker and more sordid, seeking out the first stage on...well... That was an explanation that he didn't need to give himself. Shifting his weight, claws raking through the light grit and stones coating the scree before the cavern, he exhaled softly, the lick of his breath cooling the back of his throat. But that was not the time to exhale and use his breath ability, what one part of his dual-dragon heritage afforded him, his affinity with water lending him even more ability and nuances with which to shape and tease out the world around him. Truly, Xigfeldo could not have wished for more in that regard. It was an honour to hold both black and silver genes and demonstrate the best of both kinds of dragons.
He entered the cave with a calm, steady stride, murmuring softly under his breath, a gentle hum that lent himself a companionable lilt on his solitary journey. It was not a journey that he anticipated being solitary and lonesome for too long, however, even though he wondered as he passed a shard of kyanite, jutting up naturally in rough and ragged beauty from the floor, how Vellura the phoenix was doing in his absence. She would still be on her clutch of eggs back home, although it was only one of many that she had laid while residing softly in the protection of his territory. He hoped she was warm and comfortable, although he had left enough magically infused heating rocks to keep her and the eggs toasty through his absence, along with an ample supply of food carefully gathered.
He smirked. That had been fun to have the other creatures in his territory assist with that, the gathering of such longer-lasting sustenance that Vellura would not have to venture beyond the cavern if the need did not so take her. She could stay right where she was and not have to worry about his thing until he visited her during the course of his tour, perhaps even taking some time out to impregnate the sweet phoenix all over again. He was so looking forward to seeing just how their offspring too grew up, some of them more phoenix than dragon, as she was due the magic flowing through her veins, though all had his draconian qualities in a way that no one would deny.
But he was going to bring back a little flowery gift for her that the gorgeous phoenix with her long, long tails would not be able to resist. And, so, he had to go on.
It was a quest that was self-given, even though those winning the draconic breeding ceremony, The Ceremony of Dragons itself, were entrusted the task of spreading their seed and taking the seed of others too, if they were dual-sexed, throughout the land. They had so much ground to cover and he delighted in every last bit of it, even enjoying the mere fact that he had been named and crowned a dragon princess rather than a prince, taking pride in being a hermaphrodite, both parts of his body and sexuality coming together in perfect unison.
No, he would never worry about that, though hermaphrodite dragons were not quite as common throughout the lands as many liked to think. Sometimes they were simply the more promiscuous ones that pushed things further than others, therefore standing out in the spotlight more and more. And Xigfeldo more than anyone else knew that standing out from the crowd was just where he wanted to be in the grand scope and scheme of the dragon kingdom.
Deeper and deeper, he traipsed, a sinuous sway in his gait guiding him on. There was no natural light in there but he was easily able to conjure up a ball of water from the moisture dripping down the walls, undoubtedly feeding something swallowed up in the mountain itself. There was always something at the foot of a mountain, even if a dragon did not know it, after all. The ball of light could be fed with a little more magic, used as a vessel, flowing and swirling as if it produced its own natural light, even though it could not have done that without his aid. That was the beauty and the benefit, undoubtedly, to his magic, bringing illumination to places where it should never have naturally been.
Was that something underfoot? Floating the little ball closer, a stray droplet splattering off, he eyed it, tipping his sleek muzzle to the side. Moss... That had to mean that he was getting closer. But the quest that he sought out deep in the belly of the mountain would lead to something on the other side, a sweetness of green and warmth and light that bragged the very nature of fertility.
But he had to find his way through first.
It would come, that much he was sure of, and not even Xigfeldo was dragon enough to stop a grin from spreading his jaws wide, showing off his teeth to the darkness of the tunnel, sloping down and down and down. It was coming, the moisture thickening, the sense that something alive was down there growing with every passing second, almost a sense of humidity cloying the air, even though it was quite comfortably cool in there with his water affinity. Vines layered the floor, one at a time coming to light, the appearance of them heralding something more, quickening his step.
He had to get there. Not only to bring that present back to Vellura, the sweet phoenix in his care, but because he wanted to experience all too that was there for him, everything he could take and claim for his own. The world itself, after all, was up for grabs, if only a dragon was brave enough to snatch it up for their own, snarling and working, grinding, humping...
Oh, wait... He laughed at himself, mirth echoing gleefully off the walls, reverberating back to him. That was something else entirely, wasn't it? Funny how that was the area that his mind always so liked to wander to. Or maybe not really there either. Already, his loins tingled in anticipation of finally finding those that he sought out, imagining the luscious of their land, the lair that he had thought he'd be able to reach in a shorter amount of time on foot than in the air. Alas, it had turned out that they were hidden away more securely and teasingly than he had thought, leading him on a wild goose chase while he chipped away at his first task of being the latest dragon princess.
That was, ever so slightly, his failing, however, his mind wandering as a vine tangled around his foot. Before he knew it, he was tumbling, wings snapping out too late to catch his weight, not a single breath of air present in the darkness of the tunnel to lift him up, to shape to his will. As his nose shot towards the stone, vine and moss-laden floor, it was only his magic that saved him from an untimely smack, though it would not have hurt him in the long-term, at the very least.
His light failed, dropping into the darkness, shattering into nothing, splashing into the ether. It could not be reshaped without due care and time, though he could have if he'd had both the time and inclination to do so. Xigfeldo would have cursed but that was not how he played things, shifting his weight and using his magic to levitate a mere inch from the floor, shifted back onto his haunches, tail stretched out, striving to see without looking just where the walls were. Although his body could heal any scratch that he did get from bumping into them, he didn't really want to take that risk even being tougher as a dragon than any other creatures that happened to be about.