I'm back with another installment in the continuing adventures of the royal family! Where will they end up? What is the true identity of the mysterious stranger? Will they ever regain their kingdom and original bodies? Who knows? I'm the writer and I'm not completely certain myself. :)
What I am certain of is the fact that I am enjoying writing this and I greatly appreciate all the positive comments I have gotten. Keep em coming! Please do tell me what you liked or didn't like. We writers live for this kind of feedback.
If you're confused about who all these people are, please start reading from the first installment, The Princess Transformed, and things should get a lot clearer.
I hope it's also clear in my writing that this just isn't smut, its smut with a PLOT. I like erotica that has lots of good, high-quality fucking (which I dearly hope I am
delivering!) but also stuff besides fucking. I have absolutely nothing against PWP smut (we all need that on occasion, don't we?) but I'd like to set my bar a little higher!
I would also like to thank my awesome and dedicated editor/proofreader, moncrifelle for her excellent work on my chapter.
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It was just another day in the life of Daphnia the elfslut. That is to say, she woke up in the morning, had her breakfast of fresh cum (drunk straight from the source, as it were) and then her routine would begin. Who would she service today? The chambermaids in waiting? The soldiers in the barracks, her most frequent port of call? The visiting dignitaries from another kingdom who wanted entertainment besides bards and jesters? She didn't know and it wasn't as if she didn't care, but there was little she could do about it even if she did.
Or so she thought, but on that day there was one a very large difference. When she got back from her daily exertions in the barracks again, the door to her cell had been left unlocked.
She stood there in amazement for a second, and then her eyes narrowed. It looked like the resistance had finally come through with at least one part of their bargain. They had promised her freedom, and it looked like they had delivered. A telltale flicker at the edge of consciousness made her shift to astral vision (she still possessed that magical ability despite her transformation) and there, above the pallet that passes for her bed, was an arcane message inscribed on the walls.
Princess Daphnia, escape from the castle tonight. We have made sure that the gates are open and that no one will hinder your egress. Rendezvous with a youth named Tivin in a
cottage near the outskirts of the forest. We have left further instructions with him. Good luck, and godspeed.
We? So there was more than one of them...somehow she wasn't surprised. Considering that Rampillion was strong and clever enough to undermine Erecia's foundations in a dayâto say nothing of being skilled enough in magecraft to best her in magical battleâshe surmised that one hooded and mysterious stranger, no matter how skilled or powerful, wouldn't have been enough to break her out of prison. And he did mention there was a resistance...
There would be enough time for idle speculation later. Concentrating on what magical abilities were left to her, Daphnia managed to see a line of sigils in the air leading her away from the cell and into areas of the castle she had never explored, even when she was still the princess. She navigated the cold, damp corridors of the lower floors until she came to a place even beyond the dungeons where she had been kept.
The old aqueductsâwhen she was small, she had been told that she should never come here, if not, kelpies and other monsters would eat her upâtall tales told to dissuade her from
exploring and keep her back in her rooms, memorizing spells and etiquette lessons, no doubt. Apparently, it seemed that the resistance knew her residence better than she did herself. The sigils in the air formed a sparkling line that led further into the unexplored bowels of the castle.
She had no other options but to follow it. As she made her way through the long, twisting tunnels to, hopefully, the surface, questions formed and bubbled in her mind. Where was this leading her? What would happen to her when she got there? So many questions...the transformed princess tried her hardest to concentrate on her surroundings and follow the path as best she could. The biting cold caused her nipples to become uncomfortably erect, and as always, she had to be careful that she didn't bump them into any of the walls, but in the past months she had gotten used to her new body, and she made it out with a minimum of difficulty.
This wasn't to say that it was easy going the entire way. Each second that she spent in the bowels of the castle was another second that she feared that the guards would have gotten wind of her escape. What if some courtier had requested her presence, and she was nowhere to be found? How many more steps did she have to take before she reached the end of the tunnel? The day's exertions, though undoubtedly pleasurable, had tired her out more than she thought, and Daphnia found herself stumbling part of the way through the rocks and pebbles that dotted the caverns she traversed. Elfsluts were not provided with any kind of footwear, and she narrowly avoided stubbing her toe on a particularly sharp piece of gravel more than once.
She emerged in a small glade a few miles from the castle, and looked back at her former home with a mixture of rage, regret and fearârage at the usurper, regret at having to leave her home behind, and fear at what would come next. But there was no way but forwards at this point. Nothing remained for her there but an eternity spent in carnal servitude to others. No matter how much pleasure her thrice-cursed new body gave her when she had sex, it wasn't how she wanted to spend the rest of her days.
Her journey was far from complete, though. She still had to find the cottage that the letter spoke of. The walk through the woods wasn't half as bad as the one through the caverns, but still, each cry of a woodland creature or branch snapping beneath her bare feet scared the transformed princess more than she would have cared to admit. The line of light continued to lead her onwards, but she still possessed a very human fear of darkness that was hard to tamp down completely.
After about half an hour of walking, she did indeed manage to find the cottage. Daphnia debated knocking on the door for a bit, but in the end she just opened it and walked in. A sandy-haired youth was waiting with a worried expression on his faceâTivin, she presumed. He looked to be around 19 or 20ânot quite a man, but not a boy either. He looked up at her and his features softened into pure relief.
"Princess! Is that you?" he burst out, "I'm so glad you're safe!"
Princess? How did he know she was the princess? Her body was still that of an elfslut, and no physical trace of Princess Daphnia remained. Her confusion must have shown on her face because he smiled reassuringly.
"It's all right, your Highness. The Resistance told me about what happened to you. But we will talk more in the morning. You must be tired from your journey."
The many questions that Daphnia wanted to ask died on her lips...now that he mentioned it, she WAS tired. She had been so high on adrenaline and the myriad emotions she had experienced during her escape that the fact had evaded her until now. Her eyelids drooping, she nodded in thanks and let Tivin lead her to a small bed where she could rest. And in moments, she had tumbled into a deep and dreamless sleep.
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Morning, her first outside the castle, brought with it blue skies, white clouds and real food. It was porridge with a pat of butter, and Daphnia devoured it greedily. As much as she had grown to like the taste of...certain bodily fluids, there was no substitute for a proper breakfast, and she relished every bite, as well as noting it's unfortunate resemblance to her breakfast of the day before.
After he had cleared away the plates, Tivin was able to sit down and answer the many questions Daphnia had for him. Unfortunately, the resistance had told him next to nothing.
He was to meet the princess in his cottage, more specifically, his father's cottage. Tivin the Elder was away on a hunting trip, and his son was tending the small plot of land that they both lived on. They were to get to the town of Asdale as soon as possible, whereupon someone else would meet them.
No mention was made of her other family members, or breaking the spell that had been cast on her. As to the resistance itself, the boyâyouth, actually, in that awkward space between child and man-didn't know much, other than the fact that an organization to resist Rampillion had been created, and that he had joined the moment he knew of its existence.
Daphnia had many other questions. How was the kingdom faring? What was being done to oppose the usurper? Who or what comprised this resistance? But she sensed that the boy was only a willing pawn in a game far beyond his comprehension. After all, he was only a simple farmer's son, even though his loyalty to the kingdom was strong and admirable. She could do worse than subjects like that. Besides, which, time was of the essence, and every moment spent dallying was a moment more that they didn't have to lose. Her escape had surely been detected by now, and she was eager to get as far away from Erecia as possible.
When it came to the question of clothes, though, she and Tivin came up short. Her proportions meant that no simple peasant dress could fit her. If they could even find oneâTivin lived alone with his father, and all they had were simple linen shirts and breeches. Princess and youth looked helplessly at the assortment of ill-fitting clothes in the cupboard before the former had a bright idea.
"Tivin?" Daphnia hadn't yet gotten used to how her new voice sounded. It was pitched a little higher than her old one, dulcet and melodious...there wasn't much occasion to use it in the castle (she was usually moaning, instead of talking) and so she marveled a little at at the sounds coming from her throat.
"Yes, your Highness?" The boy appeared at her side, eager to please as always.
"Do you happen to have a sewing kit around here?" It seemed that Daphnia's long neglected needlework would finally be of some use.
"Of course, Princess!" A minute of excited scrounging later and he had produced a few needles, some cotton thread and an extremely dusty ruler. Daphnia eyed them critically and nodded. They would have to do. The princess sat down at the wooden bench they had breakfasted at to begin her work.
"Two of your spare shirts, if you please?" Daphnia smiled at Tivin's retreating back as he scurried off to obey her command. He was such a dear. And, if she was being completely honest with herself, not too hard on the eyes, either. He had a certain fresh-faced simplicity and charm to his boyish features, and the loveliest blue eyes. In fact...Daphnia shook her head. This was no time to be thinking about anything besides the task at hand. She took the shirts that Tivin had provided and began sewing.
Adapting the clothes to fit her proved a much harder task than either of them had anticipated. Firstly, no matter how much work was done, a shirt was still a shirt and not a dress. Secondlyâonce again, it was her damnable elfslut body that proved a nuisanceâher massive chest threatened to tear the material asunder, and her flared hips made sure that even two pairs of breeches stitched together could not make a skirt wide enough to cover them.
After a few futile attempts at working with the material on the bench, Daphnia had another brainwave.
"Tivin, come over here." The youth appeared at her side almost instantly. He was very obedient, definitely manservant material.