Editor's note: this work contains scenes of fictional rough, reluctant, dubiously consensual, consensually non-consensual (CNC), or non-consensual sex or scenarios.
Author's note to readers: If you're a fan of my work, I know this is outside my wheelhouse and starts off fairly silly, but things get dark quickly. If you've never read one of my stories, I'm forewarning you this is going to be a dark tale full of non-consensual sex and humiliation. If that is not your kink or if any of the story tags are turn offs for you, I would suggest you do not read further. You have been warned.
"Greetings! Greetings! It's time to witness the greatest magical act in the world! But I must warn you... you are about to witness some TERRIFYING AND FORBIDDEN DARK SORCERY!!!"
Greg the Great did not, in fact, have the greatest magical act in the world. Not even the best magical act in lower Manhattan. Hell, he probably couldn't have even pulled off the greatest magical act in Topeka, Kansas. And he certainly didn't know any forbidden sorcery, other than how to bounce a check. Sure, there were rumors that somewhere, far back in his family tree, some great-great something or other had been a powerful wizard serving some long-forgotten king, but Greg figured that was bullshit. After all, he lived in America in the twenty-first century and knew magic wasn't real!
Standing in front of a half-full house in his finest rented tuxedo, Greg was giving it his all, which unfortunately was not good enough for the raucous crowd. A flourish of his hand and a wand appeared in thin air, or, more accurately, from up his sleeve. Another flourish and the wand transmogrified into flowers, or, more accurately, the casing sprung apart and a bunch of plastic flowers popped out.
"OHMIGOSH," a banshee like voice screeched from the audience. "YOU SUCK!"
Greg gritted his teeth. He knew he sucked. He was an amateur magician who still got nervous in front of an audience. But it was
his
show. He was the one being paid (in drink tokens) to entertain this meager crowd. In that moment, with that drunk bitch wailing in the audience, he decided to get even.
"Well, well, well," Greg shouted. "Looks like we have a volunteer from the audience! Step right up!"
"Aw shit, do I have to?"
Greg sighed. From somewhere, deep within him, he felt a fury rising the likes of which he had never felt before.
"Silence, wench!" He spat. "The dark forces command you to take the stage!"
"Woah," the girl in the audience rose from her seat. "Look at you! Got a little bass in your voice!"
She wobbled towards the stage on drunken, unsteady legs. She had dark hair, tan skin, and race-track curves. Her large breasts bounced with every motion, and her wine-barrel wide hips swayed with every step. She was wearing a dress that was several sizes too small, constantly threatening to slip below her cleavage and expose her puffy pink nipples or ride up her panty-less rear and expose her expansive backside.
Greg gawked at the young woman. She was much better looking than the crowd he usually attracted. Then he remembered the porn convention happening in town. He supposed she did look awfully familiar.
"Thank you for volunteering, Milady," he took her hand and kissed it.
"You, like, commanded me to come up here," the woman giggled, she had gone from angry drunk to giddy drunk now that she was the center of attention. Greg sighed. Typical female.
"Yes, yes, I suppose I did. Now, what's your name?"
"It's Syndee. With two Es, just like my boobs!" She giggled again, clearly pleased with her own joke. To Greg's surprise, the crowd was pleased as well, as they clapped, cheered, and catcalled the gorgeous volunteer.
"Wonderful, wonderful," Greg muttered. He was stalling for time, because he had no fucking clue what he was going to do next.
He had learned a few hypnosis techniques from an online course, maybe he could hypnotize the girl into flashing the crowd or something. But then the bar would probably get hit with some public indecency charges. He could saw her in half... actually he couldn't because that trick required two women. He could make her disappear, toss a curtain over her and have her exit the stage while everyone was distracted. Then bribe her not to say anything. It would cost most of his drink tokens, but it might work. Maybe he could even convince her to reappear in the audience. Yeah, that might work. That could be a good trick.
"Ohmigosh, you loser. Are you going to keep staring at me, or are you going to do a trick or something?"
Grimacing, Greg sprang into action. "Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to make this young woman... DISAPPEAR!!! Be forewarned, there is going to be some dark magic at work here, but fear not, Greg the Great is in complete control."
Syndee scoffed. "Yeah, right."
Gritting his teeth, Greg retrieved a curtain draped over a hula hoop from a cart on the stage containing various accoutrements used for his act. He usually saved the curtain for his own disappearing act during the grand finale, but he supposed he could conjure up a different ending on the fly.
Greg lifted the curtain high over Syndee's head, cautiously so as to not accidentally brush against her ass or tits and cause a sexual harassment lawsuit. He was careful to hold the contraption so that the rear of the fabric loop was tightly closed, appearing to be one complete section, but the front was open so that the audience could see Syndee standing inside the ring.
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, as you can see my volunteer is standing inside this fabric circle! And as you can also see, this is a plain piece of fabric. There are no hidden compartments, or hidden cuts. Aside from this opening in the front granting you wonderful people a view of my gorgeous volunteer, there is no other way out of this cloth ring!" This was, obviously, a lie. Greg knew it and most of the audience knew it. But it was fun to play pretend.
"Now," he continued, "I'm going to have a short conference with my volunteer here, to make sure she is prepared for the danger which awaits her, and then, the magic... will begin!"
Greg stepped inside the ring and pulled it close behind him. There was just enough room for him and Syndee's impressive bust. His arm was starting to get tired from holding the ring up, so he tried to hurry as he explained the procedure to Syndee.
"Okay, listen," he spoke in a low tone, hoping the fabric would muffle their conversation. "I'm going to step back out and close the curtain again. Then I'm going to say a few magic words, and you're going to slip out the back of this curtain here, and then slip out of the back showroom curtain. Try not to make too much noise or move things around too much or the audience will see you and it'll ruin the illusion."
"Uh, that sounds like a lot of work," Syndee whined. "I don't want to do all that."
Greg was furious, both at Syndee and himself for letting her goad him into inviting her onstage. He supposed this was why real magicians had people planted in the audience.
"Listen," he spat. "Just fucking do it. I'll get you a bunch of drink tickets."
"I already get all my drinks for free from guys like you, aha!"
"For fuck's sake, just do it! My arm's getting tired! Now I'm going to step out, say a few magic words, and you're going to fucking disappear,
got it?!?
"
"NO!" A few people in the audience heard their argument and snickered.
Greg sighed. He stepped out from under the curtain and tugged it closed. There was no use reasoning with this bitch. It was useless. He had to finish soon or his shoulder was going to pop out of socket from suspending the heavy hoop and curtain contraption in the air so long. How did other magicians do it? Did they have wire frames inside the fabric? That would have made a lot more sense. But he couldn't afford something like that... he got paid in drink tickets!
"Alright ladies and gentlemen, now, I'm going to say a few words and mistress Syndee is going to disappear into the realm of magic!"
"NUH-UH!" Came a feminine voice from inside the curtain. The crowd howled with laughter.
Greg was livid. This fucking bitch was ruining his show. He didn't even care anymore if Syndee went along with the trick. He hated her. He wanted to humiliate her and ruin her life, like she had done so callously to him.
Suddenly, from deep within, Greg felt the darkness and fury rising up again. Without warning, a string of words flew past his lips, words spoken from a dead language, overflowing with tongue contorting consonants and dripping with evil and malice.
A hush fell over the crowd. Greg stood still, frozen. Finally, his shoulder gave out and he dropped the curtain.
Syndee was gone.
The Magic Realm
"What the fuck?" Syndee muttered.
"Where the hell am I?"