>A short fantasy...
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Dappled evening light filtered down through the forest crown, speckling the path in front of him. His feet hurt from walking and his legs were numb, but he kept going. He couldn't stop, not here. The God's Forest was forbidden to mortals, even he. He glanced over his shoulder towards the setting sun, and felt his heartbeat quicken. He could not see the great red orb through the trees, but he felt a chill go down his spine as it drifted below the horizon, painting the sky purple and calling forth all the beasts of the night. He walked more quickly.
The darkness crept up behind him as the sun disappeared and he put his hand on his sword. He'd heard stories since he was a child about this place, horror stories of travelers who never returned, save for the occasional corpse that returned, walking slowly with blank stares, their souls taken from their bodies as penance for trespassing on immortal land. He'd never believed the tales, but a lifetime of hearing them and the mystery of the stranger's arrival still caused his breath to catch and his stomach to tighten. As the darkness enveloped him, he heard a rustle in the undergrowth behind him...
"Who's there?!" he said loudly, turning and drawing his sword. He could see nothing in the black, but the rustling ceased. Staring into the darkness, a feminine form appeared as his eyes adjusted. "Who are you?" he demanded. The form shimmered in the gloom, the vanished. He heard a rustle behind him once more and turned. "Show yourself!" The form shimmered in front of him again, this time closer and more clearly feminine, with broad hips and breasts outlined against what little light there still was. He lowered his sword slowly. "Who are you?" The form shimmered once more, then vanished.
In an instant he felt himself bound from behind, his sword wrenched from his hand and cast aside. Both of his arms were swept down to his sides and bound. He tried to turn but fell, his feet sticking together as if tied by some invisible rope. He landed on his side, rolling to his back and looking up to see his assailant. It stood over him, still only a shadow in the gloom. Slowly a light emanated illuminated the feminine curves of the shadow. "Oh little man, how good of you to come to my forest..." The female voice rang beautifully out and his heart nearly stopped.
Suddenly a the world was lit with a green hue. He saw her there standing over him, black hair pulled back in a braid down the center of her head. Her skin was pale, drawing stark contrast against the black tattooed lines that decorated her entire body, wrapping around her limbs like drops of water running towards the ground. She wore a black dress as well, covering her torso and down to her mid-thigh, before long white legs with the black tattooed lines emerged. He felt his eyes pulled as if against his will, forced to roam over her body before coming back to meet her gaze. Her eyes flashed between blue and emerald, seeming to glow as she stared him down. With each passing moment he felt himself weaken, his willpower slipping as she stared into his soul. With a flick of her finger he felt himself suddenly raised and flung towards her, stopped and dropped on his feet just in front of her. He felt his bonds release.
"A fine specimen you are...I wonder what you've brought for me to enjoy?" He shook his head and tried to close his eyes, struggling to break her hypnosis. She laughed. "Oh foolish pet...you don't have any power here..." With a snap he suddenly felt himself forced to his knees. "This is my forest...only I reign." She lifted his face with a finger, the nail trailing up his Adam's apple to his chin. "Just think, despite all your power out there in your world, despite all your physical prowess and muscle... here... here you are powerless." He looked up at her from his knees, feeling his mind slip more and more into submission, dragged there by her gaze and the touch of her finger.
"Say it, say it pet. Tell me you are powerless..."
"I am powerless..."
"Tell me you exists only for my amusement..."
"I exist only for your amusement..."