Surprising no one, I wrote another goblin story! This one features a male adventurer transforming into a cute goblin girl (and fucking a lot of other cute goblins girls). If that's not your jam, might not want to read this.
Content Warning thought! The transformation is involuntary (but fun!) so heads up if you're not into people turning into cuties against their will, or people developing horny goblin personalities.
Enjoy! <3
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The Cave of No Return looked a lot less terrifying than Zander had pictured in his head.
There were no hissing snakemen waiting to strike. No colossal spiderwebs in the corners with the skeletons of dead adventurers still ensnared in their grasp. No bodies at all, in fact. Perhaps whatever gave the cave its name was intelligent, careful to hide its tracks. It was still dark, the only light coming from the burning arcane fire ensnared in his grasp. Zander's steps were cautious, weighing the ground with every footstep looking for pressure plates, swiping the blue flame in his hand to look for tripwires or hidden foes. Shadows danced away from the magical light, but no troglodytes or cave ogres lurked behind the tapering rocky pillars that stretched above his head toward the ceiling. Far from it, aside from the steady drip of water, the cave was eerily silent.
Which only made his heart pound harder. Something had to be killing the people who entered this cave. Villagers had been disappearing for years, plus another dozen adventurers sent to figure out what was going on. After the first three, you'd think people would have taken the hint. Zander didn't, of course, so he could hardly begrudge people for doing the foolish thing he himself was doing. But...he was Zander. Sorcerers, the colloquial name for a person of innate magical power, were often prone to fits of narcissistic confidence.
Motion in the corner of his eye. With a twitch, he sent a fireball scorching through the air where it erupted into a series of smaller flames, some of them clinging to the wall like Hellasic Fire. He approached, looking for sign of his target. Nothing. He closed his eyes, withdrawing the fire's energy. It sputtered to a halt, with no sight of having it the target.
"Hiya!"
He jumped, startled at the voice. After a moment's petrification, he settled on the balls of his feet and tried to make it look like a hand-to-hand combat stance rather than a moment of terror. Fire burst into his fingers once more, both hands this time. Only years of control kept it from igniting him or his clothes from sheer proximity.
"Present yourself, villain! I, Zander of the Secret Fires, demand to see you!"
A pause. "You have to promise not to light me on fire, though."
He scoffed. "How can I promise that? Fire's my only defence." Zander didn't feel the need to mention the dirk in the hidden scabbard around his lower leg. A sorcerer never knew when he would become too tired to cast, and it never hurt to have a little cold steel when all else failed. "But I will say that, without provocation, I will not attack you."
A chubby green hand peeked out from a tiny alcove that he'd totally overlooked. "Hello! Don't roast me! Over here!"
He squinted. Her arm couldn't have been higher than his hip off the ground. Whoever it was, they weren't very tall. Maybe not a threat...or maybe that's what the adventurers who had come before him had thought.
"Alright," he dropped the fire in his fingers back to a gentle sizzle, "I won't hurt you."
She crept out, hands raised over her head. She was indeed a tiny one, standing maybe just over three feet off the floor with glorious flowing red locks that touched her shoulders. Clearly a fully grown woman for her species, as shown by the extraordinary curves she was blessed with. Barely contained in a one-piece dress that someone had fashioned out of a larger outfit were a pair of enormous breasts and some expansive hips. Short, green skin, stout. A goblin?
This didn't look like any goblin he'd ever seen before.
"Well, hi stranger! Thank you for not blowing me up on sight. We're about to have a party back at our place further in...would you like to come?"
Zander raised an eyebrow. "A party? Surely not on my account."
She waved that off. "Oh no, no silly. We just like parties, so we throw them a lot! We got wine and meats and a selection of fine cheeses, c'mon I'll show you!" The goblin beckoned him forward, deeper into the cave. His natural suspicions kicked in.
"Where are all the others who came in here before? The adventurers and villagers?"
"They're at the party, silly!" She laughed, then put a hand over her mouth. "Oh, gee, I've been so rude. My name is Kiki!" She held out the same hand for him to shake. He did, though reluctantly.
"They're all...in the cave? With you? How are you getting food?"
She shook her head. "That's all for later! Plenty of explanations later, I promise!"