Trigger Warning: This tale has a strong consistent theme of CNC, some Violence and Mythical Beings!
**Wee Disclaimer**
I haven't wrote for many many moons. This tale was born from a long held fantasy and I am starkly aware I have gone all out on the preamble and descriptives. If you'd like to skip to the mucky bits with little context head to the 9th Paragraph
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I was clearing debris from my makeshift altar when I heard the distant echo of snapping branches from the ancient copse just behind me. Immediately I felt a ripple of discontentment. It was the first Ostara I had been able to celebrate free of responsibility and obligation and although my incantations had been spoken, offerings placed at the alter and oaths pledged I was not ready to relinquish my long-awaited weekend of meditation and moonbathed masturbation to host some disorientated hikers. This had been the case in the previous weeks as I had been popping back and forth from the village to prepare my chosen little clearing. When nothing emerged from the grouping of forgotten conifers, I concluded my altarplace cleansing then padded to the entrance of my tent for a little interlude in preparation for the evening ahead.
As I was about to cross the threshold I noticed a dusty pattern of intersecting triangular shapes and something deep within my cerebral archives immediately offered up a suggestion as to what the marking may be. After a moment contemplating the possibility that I had etched the bind rune into the soil myself after a generous consumption of edibles the night before, I rubbed the ball of my foot over the offending patch of earth and snuggled down on my rollmat.
As the grip of slumber took hold I considered the handful of strange occurrences since I'd set up camp. The resounding percussive pounding I had woken to several times in the night, accompanied by an earthy almost metallic smell filling my textile shelter. My logical quarter had reassured me it was just the usual mysterious acoustics and aromas of nature but then I recalled the unusual tracks around my makeshift privvy, the apparent disappearance of my woolen socks and (my only) pair of underwear. A mystery for another time, now to rest.
I awoke in darkness, the familiar haunting shriek of a fox reverberating through my clearing. The best sound.
The moon was in bloom and there was a slight chill in the air. Strapping on my boots for the first time that day, I grabbed my bow and quiver as I sprung from the tent with clumsy enthusiasm. Time to hunt.
My stride was purposeful as I cut through the thickening woodland just north of my camp toward the burn that I had previously noted many a hare frequenting.
I had that feeling you get when you suspect you may be being followed but you're too preoccupied to turn around and confirm it.
I had been taking shit for my unusual "mish-mash" of beliefs for as long as I could remember, A custom mix of principles and attitudes taken from the Sioux, Celts, Norsemen and whatever else lit my fucking fire. The first luna illuminated hare to enter my line of vision was my prey. A worthy tribute to the gods that I would handle with great care from the moment my turquoise-headed arrow met its heart to the ritualistic use of each and every part, nothing wasted, each part honored in its own right.
I slowed my pace to a dander as I approached my most beloved tree, an ancient weeping willow with her moistened fronds and twisted trunk.
I was raising my hipflask to my lips in gratitude when I was knocked to the ground with such force a gasping shriek escaped from me as my torso made impact with the earth. As I lay there winded and startled I could hear the distinct sound of retreating hooves clip-clopping toward the treeline behind me. Without giving it much thought I scrambled to my feet and fled in the direction of the crag up ahead as bellows in a language I had never heard filled the air. I was trembling with raw fear and confusion as I approached the precipice. I'd never been much of a freeclimber but as I hauled myself up onto the grassy summit I uttered a "well fucking done" to whatever divine force had been at my assistance and gratefully sucked in a lungful of crisp chilly air.
I lay atop the sodden grass for several minutes giggling with childlike relief.
When I rose to brush myself off was so giddy and drunk with adrenaline that through my bleary vision, the bracken up ahead appeared to be growing in front of my very eyes. By the time I registered what was actually protruding from the ferns, it was too late.
I was so taken aback by the antlers it took me a wee minute to realize they were atop a human head. A head with a masculine face and a voluminous, pointed beard.
As he continued to emerge I instinctively began to growl, although I had little clue what was happening every cell in my body was vibrating in defense. He was close to seven feet, three times my width and I quickly decided my only chance of survival was brute force and perseverance. Before he could take a single step forward I darted directly at him zagging to his right at the last second grazing, past his side and made a beeline for the woodland up ahead.
As I frantically searched for an accessible tree to climb I realized my hip was bleeding. The bastard had cut me.
I was too busy assessing my wound to fully register the snarling and pounding of hooves behind me. I turned in time to see him charging toward me on all fours in complete stag form, as he ground to a halt at my feet he rose and reverted to his human aesthetic save for his antlers, hind legs, and tail.
As I backed away he spoke in that unfamiliar tongue I had heard by the brook, I didn't require any interpretation to know I was being threatened. My nipples hardened in trepidation.
Before I could raise the hastily foraged stump of wood in my hand he had me prone by the throat as a chortled low rumble left his. This dickhead was mocking me.
I blenched as he drew his weathered face to mine and roughly licked my cheek. Muttering another inaudible threat, he slid the fingers of his free hand through my hair and gripped so tightly I rose to my tiptoes.
Without warning I was spun round, nose to bark with a giant ash tree as his fingers remained tightly tangled in my dark tresses and when his other hand resumed its clench on my throat he began rhythmically squeezing his palm against my windpipe. I became aware of how vehemently he snarled each time I gasped for air and I could no longer ignore the disturbingly firm protrudence digging into my tailbone.
As if he could read my mind he abandoned my throat so he could release his threatening cock from his furlined waistband. I was so distracted trying simultaneously to catch my breath and comprehend the size and heat of his appendage, I barely noticed that my shorts now lay in tatters until two large fingers entered me with such force he had to tug my hair back to keep me upright. It was only when he withdrew and brought the cream covered fingers to his mouth that I noticed he must have retracted his claws, other than my smarting scalp, aching larynx and wounded hip I felt no other pain.
In one smooth motion, his giantlike hands pulled my dainty hips backward, fell to his knees and stroked a firm lick from the head of my trembling clit right to my puckered little arsehole. Before he retreated he swung back his hand and smacked my right buttock so hard I was sure he had broken the skin.
This was his caution but also my invitation.
The hunt had resumed.
I bolted.