Serpent of Storms
#37 of Shattered Shards
Serpent of Storms By Von Krieger
Kai let out a sound of disgust as he slid out of his wet leather armor. He'd thought himself thrifty when he'd purchased an inexpensive riding cloak and spent the savings on drink. He'd already pitched the sodden cloak into the back of Zola's wagon, however. Thankfully their belongings were covered by a tarp. He'd scoffed at his travelling companion's suggestion that they pool their funds from the last adventure and get a covering for the wagon. He was most certainly going to see to it the next time they had something to sell.
The rainfalls down in the flatlands were tremendous, heavy things. Not like the light mistings that he and Zola were used to in the mountains. But she had been far more prepared than he. She'd sent him into the stone shelter they'd found just off the road, and she'd had to use her powers over the forces of nature to coax an overgrowth aside that had blocked the old roadway.
As always Kai was awed by the magical power she displayed in being able to manipulate plants in that manner. It had seemed like leaves and branches had subtly twisted themselves to keep the rain off of her and dump it right onto him. He wouldn't put it past her, after all she was rather fond of seeing him bare to the waist, or bare past the waist, or just bare in general. Kai was surprised that Zola had chosen the path of the druid, rather than the Totemic Warrior that he had taken. They were quite a pair, Zola with her unusually large size for a female minotaur going to the less physical, more passive route of the nature-sorcerer, and him the comparatively diminutive male that gave up a head of height to pretty much everyone in their home village. That was what happened when one was a human living amongst a tribe of minotaurs; for a human Kai was absolutely huge and impressive, but amongst his own people he was tiny. He was comparatively small in regards to the minotaurs, but very fearsome. His differing anatomy came in handy during the training battles with the other warriors. He had no horns to grab and his knees bent the wrong way, allowing him to deliver powerful forward kicks and to easily stagger and trip his fellows.
His horses nickered happily and nosed at him, glad to be out of the rain and for resting. Both seemed anxious for what usually followed having their harnesses removed. Kai had forgone his usual rituals while they were in the city. That sort of thing was frowned upon, even when one's horses were of fey stock and quite intelligent for animals. Kai had chosen the Totem of the Horse for strength, speed, and endurance, and there was always a delicate balance of essence required to get the most out of it. It involved stringent practices of keeping his natural energies balanced with the totemic power of the horses, as well as keeping male and female essences in the proper ratios. Typically two parts male to one part female. Much more and the overwhelmingly masculine animal essence would put him at a short temper and eager to battle.
"Okay, okay," Kai chuckled, patting the stallion and mare in turn. "Just wait until Zola is back with the firewood and I can get dry and warm, okay?"
He sighed and looked over the stone enclosure. At first he'd thought it a cave, but now that he was inside Kai could see that the stonework had been smoothed, some blocks put into place where the natural walls did not cover. He kicked dead leaves off of the carved titles in the center, revealing what looked to be a dragon. The stone room was rather wide and open, the flickering torchlight just barely illuminating the back of it. It was cool and relatively dry. Perhaps it had been a place for grain storage once upon a time? It was not far off of one of the main trade roads, after all, though if it were merely grain storage, someone had gone to an awful lot of trouble to decorate it. It seemed too ornate to merely be a simple storehouse, but try as he might Kai could find no other rooms, nor any objects that would possibly reveal the purpose of the structure. The green stone tiles inset on the floor were discolored a bit, seemingly stained in places, probably due to the occasional wet leaves blowing in or something.
A glimmer caught Kai's eye and he knelt on the four tiles that made up the dragon, peering into the large purple-black gemstone that made up the carving's eye. He brushed his fingertips over it and gasped as he felt a shock surge through him. It wasn't painful, merely odd. He dug his nails in and tried to pry it out, only to receive the same uncomfortable jolt.
Maybe he could pry it out with a dagger? The warrior sighed and leaned in closer, trying to get a good look at the gem. In that moment it seemed that something looked back, as something dark within the gem seemed to move, and the shocks that Kai had felt before seemed minor in comparison to the body-wracking energy that flowed into him. It seemed to have jagged edges at first, but it seemed to smooth out, becoming... almost comfortable as the energy seemed to settle down inside of him. Though settle down was a relative term, as he could still feel odd tingles and twitches in his belly and loins. After a few moments the power swirling around within him seemed to sense another store of elemental power and flowed into it. Kai cried out as the inner stores of essence that he drew upon in battle were joined by the strange power from the dragon eye gem. He felt himself flush, his skin reddening as blood began to flow more rapidly in his body. The tide of boosted blood flow also aroused him incredibly. It was like the energy had utterly overwhelmed his totemic power, overloading it and sending the excess straight into him.
He tugged his loincloth aside and stroked almost frantically at his suddenly aching member. It was an incredible surge of power, of such heat and magnitude that it felt like it would consume him at any moment if Kai didn't find some way to dissipate it. But try as he might, he could feel no pleasure building, even through he was jerking his manhood as fast as he could. The barbarian warrior turned his gaze to the two horses and gasped softly. He had never been particularly attracted to them; they had merely been his companions and his ways of balancing his totemic energies. Of course he enjoyed the sexual acts, but he'd always viewed it as a duty rather than a pleasure.
Kai crawled on all fours to the stallion, Tadi. The horse had been expecting the usual ritual treatment after having his adornments removed and was already fully erect. Kai looked over the huge horse, the mighty creature's strength and stamina traits he adopted as his own. But now Kai found himself lusting after the horse himself, rather than the attributes he desired. It felt almost like a hunger inside of him, and Kai found his hands moving from his own member to the horse's shaft. The ritual required him to bring the stallion to climax, to gather the resulting seed, and then to drink some and use a portion as lubrication until his own climax struck, symbolically emptying himself of human essence and taking a portion of the horse's for his own.
Kai found himself leaning in, his tongue tracing over the stallion's shaft. He opened his mouth wide, attempting to draw it in, but found that Tadi's manhood was far too large for the task. The stricken warrior could only kiss and suckle the horsecock before him. Somehow the action seemed to make the power roaring through him more comforting, as if it began to file some of the sharp edges off of it. It calmed him, relaxed him, and pleasured him somehow. His actions became less frantic, and the warrior found one hand drifting back to his own loins, slowly stroking his own member in sync with that of the horse. He slipped a finger through the golden ring that pierced the head of his shaft. It was one of several golden rings that adorned his body, marks of his strength and valor. One more adorned each nipple, and he sported several in each ear, as well as a large one through the septum of his nose.
An odd sensation began to present itself in Kai's loins, the energy seemed to be dissipating, but in doing so it caused a sensation rather like growing aroused and feeling one's cock hardening. But Kai was already fully erect, so the strange sensation shouldn't be...
Thoughts ceased as the stallion climaxed. Kai swallowed reflexively, but Tadi's ejaculation was far, far more than his mouth could contain and it spilled down onto Kai's muscled chest and his own member. The seed felt almost scalding against his body, but not in a painful way. Kai fell back, crying out in pleasure as the power clustered in his belly and groin seemed to surge outward.
It was like when he drew upon his totemic power, magical might strengthening his muscles. But instead of merely adding power, this time the expended energy seemed to be put to use making him truly stronger. The surge of male essence seemed to react to the draconic power that infused Kai, and the warrior stared in wonder as the sensation in his manhood grew all the more prominent, as did his manhood itself. Blood surged into his aching member, the skin seeming to stretch taut as the flesh beneath it expanded. It wasn't merely growing, lengthening, expanding; it seemed to be outright altering its shape and color as well. In a few moments Kai was staring at twelve inches of brilliant red animal cock that was still continuing to grow.
The warrior lay back on the ground, stoking himself with both hands. He'd heard that improperly imbalanced energies could lead to strange oddities like this. It was even rumored that the result of too much channeling the strength of bulls had resulted in the creation of the minotaur race. Kai had no idea what to do, but for the moment his altered cock felt so wonderful to stroke.
He let out a low moan as a jet of pre shot forth, adding to the mess of equine jism upon his torso. He could feel his body growing, bones and muscles subtly shifting. The greatest pressure still remained in his belly and growing groin, though it seemed to be spreading out, heading frontwards to his balls and back to... he had no idea.
It didn't really matter, as in a few moments his cock had grown to a size that rivaled Tadi's. Kai found himself almost growling as he bucked his hips instinctively to the pleasure, thrusting up against the air and making a sound with each exhaled breath. His fingers and toes ached, and his teeth did too for some reason. But those minor discomforts were nothing to the onrushing pleasure building within him.
Kai cried out, feet pressing down against the floor, back arching, his cock erupting in an incredible fountain of seed that splattered all over the warrior and the floor. There was also another strange, pleasurable eruption. It felt like a second, smaller climax, erupting from behind.
As Kai settled down he felt a new sensation. He looked down and found a new limb extending out between his legs. A tail. It wasn't an equine tail, certainly not. It was a bit longer than his legs, just as thick at the base, heavy, muscular, and tapering. It was a dragon's tail. His nails had grown out into the starts of claws, and a quick run of his tongue over his teeth confirmed their sharpness. His climax had expanded the draconic energy within him, making it alter his body rather than dissipate. He needed to draw upon another source of energy upon his climax, draining the unwanted power and immediately replace it with another
His cock was still fully erect, still demanding attention, still needy. Kai stood, his body posture hunched forward a bit, his body having altered subtly to take into account the hefty weight of his new tail. He began to approach Aura, the mare. His tongue darted out from between his lips, elongated, though not forked, and he could taste her arousal upon the air. Kai sighed softly, running his bluntly clawed hand over the dark hued mare's body, pressing up against her. He had mated her before, many times before, but this was going to be the first time that he was in possession of a member that seemed truly made to gain pleasure from such a thing.
With siphoned male essence filling him nearly to bursting, it hardly took any time at all for Kai to climax into the mare. But this time it was be different. Kai had grown so large that he didn't need the usual stool he had to stand on to position himself properly.
He could feel the sparking power within him, continuing to make him grow, only now it wasn't merely an enlargement of his form. Kai could feel himself beginning to change further, to have a body more suited to matching the new appendage that had grown forth. He shivered as he slowly entered Aura, gently gripping the mare's sides. His tail lashed excitedly from side to side, sending little bursts of pleasant sensation up Kai's lengthening spine. Kai growled softly as he felt the hot, surging, draconic energy slither forth as his equine member gushed forth a thick gout of precum, replaced by the cooler, softer, feminine essence of the mare. He let out a soft sigh as the feeling of growth began to settle down. It was working, thankfully, and he began to settle to a calm, relaxing rhythm of small bucks and thrusts into the mare. She felt so wonderfully tight around his equine sized and shaped cock, the mare's sex now perfectly suited to pleasuring him. The prickly, spiking energy flowed out of him and Kai closed his eyes and sighed, not noticing the gentle sensation that replaced the draconic power in altering his body.
The claws that had replaced his nails continued to grow, the skin growing over the tops of them to complete the change. A dark tinge began to creep over his skin in places, while the color seemed to leech out of the same on the underside of his neck, upon his chest and belly, and down to his thighs. Rather than stop his transformation, with the elongated neck and slight beginnings of a muzzle, Kai was merely altering its course, making it more subtle and centered upon cosmetic details rather than sweeping changes. His ears smoothed out, becoming pointed and elongated. His hair began to lengthen, the color fading from it as well.
Kai moaned softly, not noticing that the pitch of his voice had shifted. He shuddered as small, smooth scales began to gently push their way out of his skin. Each tiny scale didn't have enough sensation to bring it to his notice. Only an odd tingle and tickle drew Kai's attention away from the pleasures at hand. He looked back over his shoulder, noticing the black scales upon his shoulders, back and tail. His eyes widened and the sight, and grew wider still as he looked upon the fluffy white tuft that had appeared upon his tail. The same tickle appeared upon his forearms and calves, adding the same feathering of fur that that powerful horses hard just above their hooves.
"Wh-what?" Kai stammered in a feminized voice, letting out a gasp and a shudder as the flesh around his nipples began to puff outward, forming into a pair of small breasts that only seemed to be growing larger.
"N-no!" he stammered in horror, realizing that he was not only expelling the draconic essence into the mare, but his own native masculine essence. The energy that infused him from the gem seemed to not mind at all that the form it was granting him was based more on that of a mare rather than a dragon.
Kai growled and tried to pull his cock free, but the horse's inner walls held him fast. He growled louder. He had to get away before the strange magic that had invaded him transformed him into some sort of brood mare. Kai winced as the thought of himself as a... not quite female came to mind. He... she still sported the cock, but also a heavy, round belly, and an equally heavy pair of large, milk-filled breasts. The very thought of it turned him on so incredibly. He found himself increasing the pace, thrusting hungrily, eagerly into the horse's pussy. All of a sudden the prickly power came back, and with it the burning ache in Kai's cock and balls. Kai couldn't stop himself, couldn't stop his body from making the rapid, powerful motions of properly mating the mare.
Without him actively drawing in the mare's essence to soothe it, the draconic power roared through Kai's veins, nearly driving out all rational thought. It was hard to think, he felt wild, feral, powerful, but completely out of control. It was the warning given for drawing too much on the masculine essence. Kai grunted as his body grew once more, bones shifting in his legs, back, and upon his face. His stance was changing, not quite quadrupedal, but decidedly not humanoid. His fingers thickened, the claws elongating, becoming a little bit more like paws. Kai growled in pain as something felt like it was drilling through his skull, corkscrewing out to form a pair of straight, spiraling horns.
The new dragon opened his lengthening muzzle and cried out in pain and pleasure. He gripped Aura as tightly as she could without hurting her, and plied all his strength to withdrawing his cock from her. Kai shuddered as the draconic power surged through his cock once more, a swelling appearing upon the base and another upon the midsection, forming a canine knot and a horse's medial ring. But beyond the ring there was something else, small, round bumps forming. Kai cried out and couldn't help but quiver as Aura's netherlips rubbed over them. They were so sensitive, he couldn't help himself! His body took over once more and Kai instinctively thrust into the mare, his knot sliding into her with some effort, and then swelling further, tying the two together. He had no escape, his altering body had trapped him, binding him to the mare and the pleasure of his altered cock so great that his muscles seemed to take over, bucking against Aura even though he wanted nothing of the sort.
Thunder rumbled outside as the storm intensified from the mere downpour that it had been before. The sound made Kai quiver as the storm's energy seemed to resonate with the draconic essence within him. He could feel his climax building, feeling the pressure build within his loins, but also elsewhere in his body.
A bolt of lightning shot down from the heavens, striking just in front of the cave, illuminating the inside with a bright, brilliant light. It made the pent up energy within Kai explode, resulting in the incredible explosion of his own climax as well as a near explosion as a pair of membranous wings burst from his back just as his tail had not long before.
The new dragon panted, his forked tongue lolling from his mouth. The powerful draft horse beneath him now seemed so much smaller, about his own size. Kai let out a soft purr, nuzzling Aura's neck, stroking her mane, whispering to her soothingly until his member could slip free.
Kai could still feel the power, but it was faint within him. Her felt his manhood finally beginning to soften. He turned and took a few halting steps, wincing at the unfamiliar feel of his body. He didn't like the way he was forced to lean forward, that it would be easier to go around on all fours. He certainly wasn't going to be riding a horse any more. Hell, with his size and shape he seemed more likely to serve as someone's mount than as a rider.
The thought of mounting brought thoughts of sex, and thoughts of sex made Kai's member return to full hardness once more. Despite having just filled the mare, Kai's body still wanted more.
He shuddered and moaned as another bolt of lightning flared outside, revealing the jagged yellow markings upon his skin, as well as illuminating the silhouette of Zola in the mouth of the cave.
The she-minotaur sighed and dropped the gathered firewood in a pile beside the door. She pulled off her cloak and shook it out, "Well, I hope that..." she began to say as the dragon pounced.
But rather than impacting the she-minotaur, Kai found himself stopped in his tracks by a cool sensation around his neck. There was a soft, mechanical click, and then the spiky, tingling energy was yanked out of his belly and seemed to flow into the collar around his neck. And with a sudden movement, Zola swept Kai's legs out from underneath him, sending the dragon crashing to the ground.
"As I was saying," Zola said, placing a hoof upon Kai's midsection. Kai was unable to move, to rise up and shove the minotaur to the ground, to mount and dominate her as he ought to be able. "I had hoped that you'd managed to be able to control yourself. But it seems that your bestial, unthinking, careless nature has gotten the better of you."
Lightning flashed, illuminating Zola's grin, as well as making Kai shiver in sympathetic bliss as his pleasure centers seemed to trigger with the storm's release of energy.
"It may well be a time honored tradition for an adventurer to spend his money on ale and whores, but when I'm the one who is spending all the money on making life in the wilderness more comfortable and survivable it is frustrating. I told you to buy a good cloak for the rainy season, and you didn't even do that right!" Zola growled, placing a hand upon Kai's cock, slipping a finger through the ring and giving it a tug as she put pressure on her hoof.
"You are what you think with, your cock and your stomach. So I engineered this little trip out to this place of power. Used to belong to a goddess of debauchery, fond of taking lustful people and altering them into near-beasts constantly craving sex. A dragon-worshipping cult found the place later, shifting the magics subtly and tied them to greed. After all, dragons snap up anything shiny and valuable for their hoards."
Zola took her hoof from Kai's belly, "So you're a dragon and a beast. My druidic powers only grant me control over animals. But I used my share of the money from our last haul to buy the collar I've put around your neck. It allows me to extend my powers of control over animals to a bestial creature wearing it."
The minotauress chuckled and began to stroke Kai's cock with both hands, "We've tried the adventuring thing, like you wanted, and all we have to show for it is a wagon and some magical weapons and armor. For you it was all a means to an end to get ale in your belly and get your rocks off with someone more your own size." Kai winced, the two had tried lovemaking a few times before, but it had never really been all that satisfying to either.
"So I figured why bother with all the swordplay and sorcery when I can just start a lucrative venture breeding dragon-mounts, hmm? That way you get to fuck all you want all day long and we can even make a profit from it."
The dragon let out a soft cry, his altered body and altered mind found the idea rather sexy and alluring.
"But with just one female beast it would take awhile. So I think we need another." Zola laughed, positioning herself by Kai's member, kneeling and running her hands over it.
"I've been waiting for ages to find a properly sized male to fill me." she said happily, "Of course you're not going to be male for much longer. That totemic magic thing you do is so silly; it's jus the tiniest piece of nature magic. Someone with the inkling to learn, practice, and study rather than spend their time wrestling with other bulls can eventually find out how to manipulate such energy."
"St-stop..." Kai managed, before Zola reached out with one hand and held his muzzle shut.
"Hush, speak only when spoken to, pet!"
The dragon shivered, it felt... good to obey her.
"Now, let's make you a proper woman..." the minotauress said, placing her hands on Kai's small breasts.
"These are most certainly not going to do. After all, how are you going to nurse an entire clutch of dragonlets with such a small endowment?"
The energy sparked through the collar, into Kai's neck, and down into his chest, taking root right beneath Zola's hands.
"There we are," she said softly, "Now just to coax them outward..."
She slipped her fingers into the rings that piercing Kai's nipples, tugging gently on them at first, then pulling harder and harder. But rather than pain and discomfort, Kai felt only pleasure as his breasts swelled outward to match the motion. The energy rippled though Kai's body, subtly shifting things, creating a narrowing of the waist, a broadening of the hips, altering his proportions so that they were most definitely those of a female. And not merely a female, but a well endowed, fertile female. The only sign that Kai had ever been male was the massive cock and balls between his legs and the utter lack of a...
The energy that had nested in his belly from the beginning detonated. It felt like Kai's inside were crawling and slithering and oozing all over themselves to form something new. Something new that began to throb, and ache, and moisten with need. The dragon was no longer a male. She was not quite a female, but she was far more woman than man now. And she... kind of liked it.
"Yes, that feels so much better doesn't it?" Zola whispered, releasing her grip on Kai's nipple rings, only to cup and stroke the dragon's huge breasts. The dragon shivered with pleasure at the sensations. "A proper breeding creature, male and female. Mmm... can't you just imagine your belly all round and full of eggs?"
Kai blushed as the heat in her new sex intensified. She had indeed thought of that before, and it aroused her as much now as it did then. She moaned softly as Zola slipped two fingers into her snatch, making the dragoness squirm.
"Of course I could use my power to draw out the transformative energies before they have time to take root, bind them in the collar," she said, standing and walking over to the pair of horses. Zola hopped up on Aura's back, sitting backwards.
"But in order to do that, you'd have to prove to me that you're more than a beast," she reached down and lifted Aura's tail. "A dragon can breed with just about anything, and an aroused dragon will send nearly every natural beast into a receptive state for mating and breeding. Of course animals act almost entirely on instinct," Zola chuckled. "So if you want to change back, prove to me that you are more than an oddly intelligent animal. Walk out of this cave, find somewhere to spend the night, and in the morning I'll change you back."
Kai rolled over onto all fours, the scent of her own past climaxes, as well as the arousal of the mare and stallion suffused the cave. She wanted nothing more than to ram her cock into Aura, or Zola, or both at the same time.
"Or you can prove that you are little more than a creature of instinct, unable to resist whenever there is a receptive female or two to fuck."
"Mmm.... fuck..." Kai murmured, turning her head towards the cave entrance, then looking back at Zola and Aura. She didn't want to go out into the cold, chilly rain. But all the sex upon the air made her feel so terribly, terribly horny.
Kai wanted a cock inside of her; she wanted her own cock inside an eager and receptive female. She wanted both at the same time and more. She let out a soft sigh as a cascade of slick fluids trickled down her scaled thighs as she expelled the last of the male human essence that she'd been holding onto, fully embracing the draconic power within her.
The dragoness let out a growling moan as she grew bigger still, proper size for a proper dragoness. She cupped her new, wonderful breasts with her taloned handpaws, massaging them as they grew even larger. All the better to feed her brood. But she still craved more.
Two new sensations of swelling began upon her body, a matched pair upon her midsection, and another within the bestial sheath that had formed around her cock. Kai groped her growing additions, a second pair of breasts, and a second cock. Her doubled assets mirrors of the first.
She crept forward on all fours as the last of the totemic essence faded. She didn't need it anymore; she had the strength and power she had always desired, though this was not the means that she had imagined herself attaining it.
Kai reared onto her hind legs, positioning one member to slip into the mare, and the other...
"And what does it mean if I choose to fuck a receptive female or two?" she purred. "At the same time?"
The minotauress shook her head and sighed, putting herself into proper position, "It means that despite your alterations, that you are still clinging to that absurd fantasy of two women at the same time."
Kai chuckled, lifting her tail as Tadi approached. "Well, I'm adding another male to it. That has to count for something?"
"I suppose it does my pet, I suppose it does."