Previously on Centaurus: The two strongest generals of Lady Alexandria's legion encountered Fey when they went to investigate why their boss had taken on her true form. Their confidence was swiftly crushed and then together they became one, expanding beneath a finally unleashed Fey.
Now Chapter 40:
It was a beautiful summer's day and birds gently chirped as brightly coloured butterflies fluttered across the lush long green grass. The sky above was a pure blue gradienting up into a deep azure, and snow white clouds were dotted aesthetically across the blue expanse like sheep on a distant field. It was a sight that nourished the soul.
In the very far distance, across the endless plain of grass, rose the great white walls of Bine, a sea break against the plain of flowing green. Just visible over the walls the great gold plated domes and bell towers of the palace could be seen. Apparently there had been building work happening on the palace as in addition to the gold domes there was now a new blue dome.
In any case being in sight of the protective walls of the city meant this was a place not far from civilization and so never far from safety despite being in the wild.
Saying the place was Idyllic was an understatement and the soothing natural beauty was only broken by the sounds of softly nickering horses... and the giggling of teenagers. Well, that and the out of place furniture that had been dragged from the city by a team of servants, most jarring of which was a massive white and gold dining room table set out on the grass.
On the dining room table rested three books. The first of the book's covers featured a simple ring inked in black in the center of which was a title: Apperturist. The second book's title appeared to have been written by someone with an extremely shaky hand, as though they had a wasting affliction and could barely hold the quill, the title read: Vibramancer. The third and final book appeared to be made out of stitched animal skin and the title carved into it was in an unreadable angular runic language, only the crude horse head carved into and covering most of the cover hinted at what it was and what it was made from.
Three teenage girls stood in front of the table.
The girl who stood in front of the apperturist book had dyed the wolf ears that poked from her wavy blonde hair an obnoxiously bright pink, she, a wolfkin, practically bounced on the spot in excitable anticipation.
Next, standing in front of the Vibramancer book was a pleasingly curvy bunnykin who had pierced her tall ears with an excessive amount of gold jewellery and unbuttoned her blouse to show an excessive amount of cleavage. She was less visibly excited than the wolfkin, but still extremely curious.
Third was a human with long curly brown hair that spilled over her shoulders. Her blue eyes looked over the horse head book with nervous apprehension, but also a quiet determination.
All three of the teenagers were wearing riding uniforms, skin tight white leggings, beige in the human's case, clad in knee high polished black boots. Above that they wore blouses, and in the human's case a crisp horse riding jacket over top that buttoned at her front. They wore white gloves on their hands and had riding crops clipped to their hips ready to be used.
The human teenager's beige leggings unlike the others were slightly damp, a wet spot over her groin. The cause was obvious, a metal ring and leather straps under her muff which were visibly outlined under the skin-tight fabric, a certain minotaur cock sleeved tight inside of her.
They had helmets too but they had been discarded on the massive dining table as the three prepared to use the books.
A fourth teenager wearing similar clothing hopped up and parked her rear on the table, crossing her arms as she looked over the three.
"Gods you lot look like you're ready to shit your leggings."
"Oh shut up Tami, like you weren't nervous when you got your rope whatever Class."
"No, not really, I just snuck into mother's secure warehouse, picked up an Affinity crystal, and grabbed the first glowy book I saw. Took like five minutes, easy peasy."
The bunnykin stared at her.
"What?! What about all the warnings we were told and all the horror stories of this stuff going really really wrong?! And- And all the horrible things you put us through over the last few days!"
"Yeah, well, I didn't know that stuff at the time, I thought any Class would do and it didn't matter because I could change it later. It ain't my fault it turned out to be one and done and you can't change your Class once you have it, which is sooo lame by the way."
A silk rope slithered around her hip like a snake and she patted the knotted end.
"Not that it turned out too bad, although I probably have Fey to thank for my Class being as good as it is and not entirely crappy."
"So you made us go through all that and never had to do it yourself? That's not fair! You made us put our hands and arms through increasingly tiny bracelets! And- and our fingers though way too small rings! I couldn't feel my fingers by the time we were done, I thought bits of me were going to fall off!"
The excitable wolfkin paused in her happy bouncing. "Yeah Tami, that part wasn't very nice, my fingers still hurt you know."
"It worked, didn't it? You all tried for the Class and Ruby was lucky enough to have enough Affinity for it, she got the Affinity for Class we need, so quit your whinging!"
"I did get it didn't I huh?" said the wolfkin looking smug, "And now I can make dick portals just like those nobles! Well, in a minute anyway."
The human on the other side of the bunnykin leaned forward to see her.
"At least she got something for herself out of it, I couldn't find Affinity for anything even remotely close to portal making so all that pain was literally for nothing!"
The chubby bunnykin nodded her agreement. "Lucy's right, it's not fair."
Tami shrugged. "Hey I gave you the run of mother's collection, very few people are able to pick through so many different high quality Classes before settling on one. What the hell else do you expect from me Sarah?"
"Maybe jamming your fingers into rings for hours on end?" grumbled the bunnykin massaging her sore fingers beneath her gloves.
"Well I'm not doing that so you can forget it. I'll buy you a special present or some shit later, I'm good at buying special stuff. Now shaddap and get your Classes already!"
Despite their complaints the three really were eager to use the Class books and receive their powerful Classes, who wouldn't be? Magic was magic after all. As one their eyes moved to their respective books, staring intensely at the covers.
It was time.
Ruby's excitement reached even greater heights and her bouncing accelerated, unable to keep still, her heart pounding like a smith's hammer, blonde locks scattering across her shoulders. This was it, they were really doing it!
Even Tami sat up with interest, "On my mark then. On three, two, one, read!"
Ruby reached out for the book and flipped open the cover at the exact same time as Sarah and Lucy. The three of them became instantly lost in the contents, falling into the pages as Tami watched. The covers were doors made for each of them, and as one they stepped through.
