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2078, one hundred and three years after The Intervention. Connecticut, USA.

Two young women walked down the suburban street, its look and design from a time long ago. The concrete roads had been paved and repaved many times over the years but little else changed, only the shape of a comms tower or automated carport breaking the illusion of being back in the late 20th century. The women chatted with one another, taking in the clear autumn day on the earth.

Standing a little taller than her friend was Megan. She had stark black hair, cropped at her shoulders. She wore a well kept blue dress, smiling for the big day she had been waiting most of her life for.

Megan had moved away from this placid place a year before, now back to visit and remember the life she once had.

To her side was Samantha, a childhood friend of Megan's and here to see her friend off.

Walking along they passed a humble little park. Looking out to the road was a large statue. It was of a tall male canine Sovereign. He stood in a spacesuit upon a pedestal, leaning down as his paw stretched out to an implied figure in front of him. He had the pleasant and elegant look of the creatures, smiling with a distinct kindness.

The statues bronze surface was worn, erected only a few years after the intervention. Many such works dotted the world to commemorate that day. To the girls now walking past it was ancient history, something taught in school and immortalized in many forms of media.

To someone like Megan it seemed unthinkable to imagine a world without the Sovereign's. Back in those days when humanity seemed alone and frightened in this world, struggling to move into the future.

She knew the story of their inadvertent creation and then their intervention of humanity's grim error. It was harrowing for many to look around them and realize how close it had come to ending, the shining cities, blooming gardens and burgeoning life all round would now be nothing but dust, an entire worlds future lost.

“I can't believe you're really leaving." Samantha spoke up, walking at her friend's side. They had spent much of her two week vacation together, visiting other friends and reminiscing about all the times they used to spend here.

“Yeah… today's the big day… " Megan smiled, feeling tired after a long two weeks with family.

When megan had turned eighteen she had announced her intention to become part of the apotheosis initiative, having already been accepted. Her parents weren't exactly happy, they were more traditional humans, seeing their youngest daughter yearning for something they did not understand. But she was out of their control, now her own woman as she sought out a greater existence.

So she traveled into the city, undergoing a year of hard study and preparation at the academy. Now she sees this small town with new eyes. She had stretched her mental capacities and now held a vast amount of knowledge like so many humans before her who had helped shape this new world.

Most all humans accepted the automation, the technology and comforts of this advanced world. But many still held on to old traditions and sensibilities that kept them in such smaller communities, preferring a more placid life.

The definition of humanity was changing and each person was allowed to pursue their own lives and dreams. It was each mans and womans goal to find their own purpose in this vast and seemingly limitless world. Even if they had wanted to her parents could not stop her, as the Sovereigns had declared long ago anyone who sought them out would always be welcomed.

Beyond the placid lands of this town was the large cities and mega structures of the modern age, grand designs she had only seen before as shapes beyond the horizon. There humans and canines strived higher, physical and societal constructs unmatched by any before.

And even into this age there were still pockets of others, humans having always rejected the Sovereigns, living away from them and shunning the technology seemingly tainted by the strange canines. Such communities had shrunk dramatically over the years, the constant struggle in comparison to the rest of the world always apparent to them. Now those who remained lived an almost survivalist lifestyle, calling themselves purely human and taking pride in their self imposed independence.

The Sovereigns had always allowed such communities to exist, knowing that forcing human will was not feasible or constructive. So they let them exist, knowing some may never be ready to fulfil humanity's destiny. So they watched from above, ensuring such traditional humans would not pose a threat to the progress made over the years. And such old world humans were quite the curiosity to study, modern humans too taking interest in such relics of the past.

Up in the sky both girls eyes focused on a large shape rising over the horizon.

It was far beyond the clouds, a band rising into the sky. The structure was massive, the largest construction in history.

It was called the Elysian Ring, a colossal structure orbiting around the entire earth. It was over double the earth's radius, in high orbit above the surface and spanning over a hundred miles wide. It had just reached over a third of its final circumference, many more years required for its completion as the grandest structure ever built.

Along each end was its bare frames, sites of ongoing construction day and night. The automated fleets tireless and peerless in their efforts.

Fleets combed the asteroid belt for raw materials or mined from other surfaces. The materials were then taken to the powerful mass foundries orbiting Mars, there the matter was reforged to fit the needs of construction throughout the solar system.

Both ends of the colossal ring were always being built, new supports and fertile ground laid as the settlements within the ring pushed outward towards their eventual unification around the planet.

It was the pinnacle of human and canine achievement, a joint effort that was the crowning jewel of the age. Everyone on earth could look up and see it stretching across the sky day and night. It was a reminder of what could be achieved, and all that had been achieved with the united power of the earth.

The girls just watched the shape in the sky for a moment, they had both seen it grow longer and longer every year of their lives.

“So, what is he like?" Samantha asked.

“Hes wonderful, So elegant and poised. Striking markings and strong eyes." Megan smiled, thinking of the tall Sovereign she had been seeing for the past months, having met him in the program.

She had been quick to sign up for the matchmaking program the Sovereigns had running. Anyone who desired such a partner was easily matched. The Sovereigns had been perfecting the art of such relations since their inception, their results were striking and reliable.

Megan had dreamed about being with a Sovereign since her youth, she like so many looked up to the wise creatures. But for the girl it was something more.

She remembers first seeing the upright canines in film and television, the graceful, amazing creatures of great interest to the young girl. She always imagined herself alongside them, even in her community where there were no such neighbors, only the occasional glimpse of the grand beings.

As she grew up she eventually found an erotic Sovereign magazine, the printed thing a long relic of the past.

She still remembers the first spread she saw.

A woman sat on the leg of a large lupine Sovereign. He was massive, the woman's arm sinking into his fluffy neck and chest as she hugged around him. They were both nude, the males sizeable sheath rising high from his furred groin. The woman's belly was large, the telltale sign of pregnancy as his large paw gently wrapped around her motherly body. The fruit of their interspecies love. They peered into one another's eyes, candid smiles on them both as the love between them was made clear.

And then her heart skipped a beat when she turned the page, many images of the same couple in more impassioned embraces. Their bodies pressed together, lips and tongues interlocked as woman and Sovereign gave themselves to one another. The images were artfully done, but not shying away from the visceral nature of their impassioned love making.

All the pairs in the magazine were genuine human and canine couples, the Sovereigns taking great care to show genuine affection in the realm of the erotic. They meant to set the example for all who saw it. In this way it differed from much of more typical human media. It was meant for far more than arousal, celebrating the couple's within its pages and spending adequate time and care to tell their stories and show their genuine affection.

Megan had spent hours reading the articles and stories in the magazine. She heard of the old legends of the first Sovereigns and their secret human lovers. She was immersed, knowing the pleasures and loves of the magnificent beasts, their passions laid bare on the pages. She could imagine herself in the stories, kissing against a Soverign mate, giving all she had to the grand creature.

Megan like many young men and women found the idea of being with a Sovereign irresistible, a new generation coming up as the relationships became more common, no longer a taboo in the majority of places.

“So, do you think you would ever settle down with one?" Megan asked her friend, speaking of the divine creatures she had spent so much of her life adoring.

“Oh, I dunno..." Samantha stumbled, never having been asked directly before.

She like many people had seen the erotica, even if simply out of pure curiousity. She had to admit the idea was intriguing, but such a shift from a normal life was still daunting to the more traditional girl.

“Like… maybe… I dunno" the girl finally answered more directly, giving a little laugh.

“Well you always have time." Megan smiled back, knowing humans were always welcome to find love and purpose among the magnificent beasts.

“And even if it's just for a night, there are plenty of young Sovereigns looking for a bit of fun." Megan giggled.

In the cities there were many places one might go to meet a two or four legged canine for a night or more. A place one could mingle no matter their background and indulge in whatever fantasy they held for the creatures.

But Megan had to remember not everyone felt like she did, and in this world everyone was free to find their own dreams. Some people just wanted to travel the world, settle down somewhere nice and have a few kids.

Megan aimed higher, to become something more, to fulfil humanity's ultimate destiny. There were many paths to ascension, this just happened to be hers.

The girls walked a bit further, reaching the end of the park where a set of flat landing pads rose up. Several large shuttles stood at the ready on the platforms, ready to fly anywhere within several hundred miles at a moment's notice.

The pads were used for medium scale air travel. She had left the town the year before in one of these shuttles, functioning like automated taxi's.

As the girls approached one of the pads lights began flashing.

“Don't forget us mortals down here." Samantha smirked before she sighed, knowing her friend really was leaving.

“Part of me will always miss this little place..." Megan smiled, turning to her friend and giving her a firm hug.

“But don't worry, I'll still keep in touch." Megan smiled, pulling a golden device from her bag. She casually placed in upon her head as she saw a silver ship come into view.

It was like a long spike, sleek and polished hurtling down through the clouds above.

Approaching the ground it evened out, long landing gear stretched and poised for impact.

It was a Sovereign transit shuttle, the kind that operated on the earth, moon and everything inbetween. It was the size of a bus, just enough room for ten passengers amongst the powerful propulsion systems of the craft. But today it only held one.

The sleek ship reached the ground, settling on the paved surface as Megan stepped forward, her and Samantha's reflection seen in the ship's polished surface.

The seemingly perfect shape of the craft began to split, a line forming as the door folded outwards, a set of velvet lined steps reaching down to the pad.

Standing tall in the doorway was Remus, the canine Sovereign Megan had chosen as her mate.

He had the appearance of a german shepherd, tall ears over an exquisitely marked face. His body was fully nude, as most Sovereigns were as he stepped into the empty doorway. His body was fit and strong, over seven feet tall and the very embodiment of the Sovereign grace so many had come to know.

Between Megan and Remus not a word was spoken, the girl instead utilizing the golden crown upon her head to mentally communicate with her Sovereign mate. They exchanged their mutual joy of seeing one another, quickly recounting their time apart as he stepped down the soft steps, large pawpads graceful as he walked over the smooth surface of the ground.

Hands and paws reached out for one another as Remus gently hugged into the young woman.

Megan's head angled up as their noses touched, Remus's long canine muzzle widened in a smile between them. With their minds they spoke silently, her nervousness about today fading as she held in his presence, the overwhelming grace of the tall beast and kindness of his pristine heart the greatest comfort she could know. He spoke back, everything was prepared for her, for them.

Shamelessly Megan's lips closed as her head tilted, leaning in as she softly kissed her Sovereign lover. He returned the favor, feeling her bare hands upon his back, pulling her deep into his fluffy chest.

The pair only held for a moment, lips parting before they turned to Megan's friend.

Samantha had never seen such a couple in person, staring as her friend candidly embraced her canine lover.

Breaking the silence Remus spoke to the other girl.

“You are a good friend Samantha, Thank you for always being there for Megan." He praised, giving a polite bow to the humble human.

Samatha was a little taken back to hear the Sovereign call her by name, but she had to remember Megan had already silently introduced her to the big canine.

“Oh... Thank you sir." Samantha responded, bowing back quickly as the couples eyes held on her.

“We will visit again, the pups will need to see the earth for themselves." Megan spoke to her friend, smiling as she nestled her cheek into Remus's fluffy chest, his muzzle resting on her head, hugging so comfortingly close.

But it was time to leave, Megan had a very important appointment to make. She grabbed her bag from the ground, standing close to her canine mate.

Remus with his long legs stepped back up into the ship. He paused with his foot in the doorway, one paw hanging onto the doorframe as he lifted himself back up.

His other paw reached out dramatically, smiling wide as he symbolically offered his paw down to the young woman.

She stepped forward, reaching for him as he lifted her up. Megan couldn't hold back a delighted laugh, smiling wide as she saw her childhood dream come true. To be taken away by such a handsome, kind creature, to know her life was only just about to begin.

Ascending into the craft she now stood at Remus's side, holding close once again as her hands gripped around his bare waist.

They looked back down to Samantha as they smiled, giving a silent wave before her friend returned the gesture.

With a synthetic sound the door to the ship began closing, sealing the two lovers before the engines spun louder. The ship beginning to lift from the pad as Samantha watched her friend depart.

Launching, the ship climbed quickly into the air, becoming a shining point soaring into the sky. It was speeding towards the long band stretching out beyond the heavens.

Inside Megan looked out into the wide sky. Most the entire ship appeared transparent from the inside, an optical illusion from the many sensors dotted around the craft. Only an outline of the ship remained, letting them stand firm as the clouds parted around them.

She and Remus stood hand in paw as she glanced down to the earth below, now appearing sideways as the ship ascended. Despite the orientation and momentum Megan stood comfortably, the G-force dampeners of the ship letting the passengers sit or stand with only the most minimal disturbances.

She had flown in such ships before, having become prepared for the unreal feeling of it. But she had not yet actually left the planet, now seeing the ground disappear below as the ship reached high into its orbit.

She watched the blue sky go dark, clouds rushing past as the curve of the earth stretched into the horizon.

She squeezed Remus's paw in her hand, even in all her excitement she felt those nervous thoughts, she was really going to be leaving a bit of herself behind down there. Remus pressed back, his large furry form ever comforting as he stood close, their eyes now turning upward to their destination.

Well out of the atmosphere the ship began adjusting course, turning into what could be called upside down from the earth. The Elysian Ring could be seen making its orbit around the earth, their course set to rendezvous as more details of the structure came into view.

What seemed like a thin band from the ground grew more massive by the moment, the human feeling a little bit of goosebumps as her mind took in how astonishing it was.

At current it stretched over twenty thousand miles long, curving down below the horizon of the now distant earth. It was indeed the largest structure ever built, the massive shape constituting millions of square miles of land seen within its curving surface.

Remus spoke to her with his mind, pointing out the details as they got closer. Around the outer edges long spires could be seen, a few large ships docked with destinations elsewhere in the solar system. The design of the ring saw the outside facing away from earth almost as a city, large towers pushing out into the void where research and work took place. Along the inner flat of the ring was a vast ocean of green, the lush living spaces of the great ones who lived here.

Getting closer they saw one end of the ring, the construction there giving way to rock, then grass, then buildings and paths. The ship's destination was now visible as the vast green of the rings surface filled their view.

As they drew closer buildings came into shape, rivers lakes and smaller structures covering the wide ring before she could see their landing pads, other ships flying past them as they settled into the rings orientation to land.

Remus and Megan turned to the side of the ship, feeling the craft touch down on the pad. A moment later the door materialized in front of them before folding down.

A rush of the fresh air hit them, stepping forward as they entered the Elysian Ring.

Stepping down from the ship Megan looked about, her jaw agape, taking in the most stunning vista anyone had ever seen.

Close by she saw families walking to and fro, a chatting couple down below along with the buildings of the transportation hub. Further she saw more buildings, humans and canines walking as mere dots on the horizon. But the view stretched further, continuing on as the vast rolling hills and meadows followed up along the concave curve of the ring. She could see for thousands upon thousands of miles, the features dwindling as they disappeared behind distant horizon of the planet. The true vastness of this wondrous place hit her hard.

Overhead a shuttle hurtled by, moving incredibly fast as it matched the curve of the ring flying off into the distance.

She felt goosebumps on her arms, staring off as she contemplated the sheer vastness of it all, the many grand lives that called this wondrous place home.

As her head turned higher she saw the earth, taking up most of the vast, dark sky. The ring was encased in a transparent metal, invisible to the eye as Megan looked up into the crisp and perfect image of the earth and shining sun.

Looking at the globe she could just make out her home state, disappearing over the turning horizon as the rapid orbit of the ring carried onwards.

“Welcome home." Remus spoke into her mind, standing stoically with a paw on her shoulder as he too took in the sight. He had been taking the last weeks to see to their residence here while she visited with family, but the image was still awe inspiring to him.

Megan walked to the edge of the elevated platform as she leaned upon the sturdy railing, watching it all in awe.

A flock of birds flew overhead, seeming to soar through the star filled void before they landed in a nearby tree, singing happily as they seemed unphased by the apparent impossibility of their perch.

The ring was blooming with trees, flowers and animal life. Indeed all the flora and fauna here was carefully engineered to create a pleasant, stable ecosystem for the artificial world. Even the soil itself was engineered for the task. Genetic engineering had helped make it possible, the vision of a heavenly world for life to endlessly bloom.

As she looked out a robotic drone picked up her bag, Remus sending it off to their new home as Megan stayed enraptured with this new world.

Taking Remus's paw in hand again they made their way to the stairs as they descended. At the bottom they saw a woman waiting for them.

She was tall, wearing a number of ornate pieces of jewelry, the gold and silver standing out from her dark skin. She was starkly beautiful, topless as she wore only a long silk skirt.

She was smiling, only an ornate hairclip upon her head. Seeing them she spoke out with her mind. She was a human Sovereign.

The woman gave Megan a mental greeting, enjoying the awe in the young woman's eyes at this grand place.

Megan gave a polite bow, greeting one of the mentors that had helped guide her back on earth. The woman would lead megan to her destiny, just as she too had been guided many years before.

Walking hand in paw Megan and Remus followed the woman, still taking in the sights as they made their path amongst the buildings here.

All around the social hub there were many Sovereigns, human, canine four or two legged walking about their day. Most wore no or minimal clothing, having no shame in their ascended bodies.

Among the crowd were even several normal dogs, following their masters about the paths. Upon their heads were crowns like her own, the mundane canines able to broadcast their simpler thoughts to their proud masters.

It was astounding to see, looking up into the layered structures of the buildings as they passed by and through them. The architecture was jaw dropping, so intricate and elegant in its form and function, most buildings seeming to flow into one another, inside and outside blended.

Megan happily sighed, taking in the invigorating air of this fantastic place. She was walking amongst the living gods of Terra, beginning to feel the awe and wonder she had dreamed so long to experience.

They finally reached their destination, a tall ivory spire. This building held an almost holy reverence here.

The doors before them opened wide, willed by the woman's mind as they made their way inside the ornate structure. Megan steadied her breath, this is where she would become something more.

The halls were lit from below, giving an unearthly appearance to the place as it held remarkably still. Only the light footfalls of the trio echoed down the winding halls as they walked deeper and higher into the complex.

Several minutes later the woman turned, stepping into a room as Megan followed, Remus still with her as she held onto his big paw.

The room was large and spherical, the walls covered in ornate carvings. The carvings were extremely intricate, seemingly to spiral down to smaller and smaller details as Megan's eyes failed to fully comprehend them.

In the middle of the room was a deep pool that glowed faintly golden in the dim light of the room.

Megan stepped forward, stopping at the edge of the pool as she let out a long breath. She watched the shimmering of the surface, it was not water, but a substance called the catalyst.

Remus turned to her, seeing and feeling the nerves of the young human. It was common for any who reached this point to feel the weight of what was about to happen upon their shoulders.

Once she took this final step there was no going back.

Many described it like a second adulthood, shedding off the naivete of your previous life into a new understanding of yourself and the cosmos. All knew an un prepared mind could break under its weight. But Megan was prepared, the two Sovereigns with her helping to soothe and stabilize her in this critical moment.

Megan looked up to Remus, turning as she gave the tall canine a strong hug, pushing her face into his chest as he too held around her.

Regaining her bravery Megan turned back to the pool, letting her hand fall from Remus's paw as she began to undo her clothing.

The woman waited patiently to the side until Megan wore only the golden crown upon her head.

She now stood bare before the precipice of her ascent.

Remus looked to her, watching the shimmering light of the pool reflect upon the young woman's bare skin.

The Sovereign's paw reached out, upturned as Megan smiled and placed her hand upon his, taking the gift she was about to receive with great pride.

“Human, step forth and complete your journey. Reach out and grasp your destiny, your true power." The woman spoke to the side, giving the final words to the ritual they were to perform.

Walking together Megan followed Remus into the sparkling pool.

One step at a time she submerged into it, the liquid now up to her knees as she felt its warmth against her skin. Still she continued, watching as the tall shepherds tail dipped into the pool behind him.

They both smiled wide as they continued, to their waists and then to Megan's shoulders as the stuff covered them both. Her skin was now humming with the tingle and warmth of the almost magical concoction. The fluid felt very light, passing and swirling over her body.

Still she continued to step, feeling Remus's paw in her hand as her head went under, completely immersed.

She was feeling it all over now, the tingle of her body now inside her mind. Her thoughts became hazy and starkly clear at the same time. Moments later she felt light headed, overwhelmed by something she could not name.

Remus's paw slipped from her, letting the young woman embrace this on her own.

Her body relaxed, suspended in the fluid as her mouth gasped for a moment, letting the catalyst into her lungs as its power overtook her. She still felt a pang of fear, her body and mind tingling as she felt herself floating away.

But she remembered her education, steadying those primal nerves as she focused, feeling an awareness and power awakening within her.

She let herself stabilize, using the meditative techniques she had been taught to hold her mind still and blank, letting her greater self take shape.

She breathed slowly as reality faded from her mind.

She drifted off as in a dream, her body covered in the substance as it changed the human. It was a mix of microscopic cells that would mold her very dna, a less hostile version of the treatment Rex had received over a hundred years before.

The long training and use of the crown had prepared her, her mind easily ascending to greater heights, connections fusing stronger, her capacity rocketing ever higher as she dreamed.

Her body too was enhanced by this new process, muscles growing stronger, immune systems greater than any organic being before. She like the other humans who received this gift would live longer, be stronger and fitter than any before, living embodiments of the human pinnacle.

During her transformation Megan's mind wandered, the dreaming human already stretching her new skills as she looked back upon her life from the memories in her mind. She almost forgot where she was, drifting over the many years and seeing her own self in a new light. So many parts of her life seemed to make more sense, connections made she had never even considered before. She saw everything as the whole that it was, her family, her town, the world, the earth it all was apart of a grand dance. It was awe inspiring, seeing the scale and entwining of everything. And a small part of it was her, a young woman named Megan, as interconnected to the whole as it was connected to her.

All the paths, decisions and events of her life seemed to be culminating to this very moment, the moment she woke up.

Her eyes flashed open, the hazy gold of the catalyst clearing as she saw Remus's paw reaching out for her as he called her name.

Fingers extended she reached out, feeling the firm digits of the canine as she grasped. Lifting and pulling Megan breached the surface of the pool as she gave a loud gasp, air filling her lungs once again.

The young woman's body shone brightly as the catalyst dripped down her skin. She gave a deep breath into the open air, an energizing feeling within her.

Remus stood in the catalyst with her, smiling as he looked into the eyes of his human mate.

“How do you feel?" He asked, giving the young woman his feelings of pride in her ascension.

It was hard for Megan to describe, she felt like her body was almost vibrating with energy, her mind shining brighter as the thoughts quickly formed in her.

“Like a goddess." The young woman responded. Closing her eyes, smiling as she took it all in.

She already felt the effects of the change. Squeezing Remus's paw she marveled at her own strength, the big canine grinning back as his other paw held around her back, pulling her in as his muzzle hung close.

He was delighted to be with her for this, watching the young woman he had met rising to the greatest heights one could achieve, even now their minds sharing their emotions as they swelled.

A moment of realization hit Megan, stopping as she reached up with a hand to her forehead. She did not find the crown upon her, the device long since discarded as its function was unneeded.

Looking back up she smiled wide as she kissed Remus on the lips, she would no longer need such a trinket to express herself, she was a human Sovereign.

Megan grasped around the canine and pressed into his lips and tongue, sharing the unabated kiss between them in celebration.

The couple continued their mutual passion, the sparkling fluid shining upon smooth skin and slick fur.

Falling from this kiss Megan giggled, hands still running through the big dog's fur as she felt her bare belly against him and saw the pride in his mind for her. This was the feeling Sovereigns always tried to describe to humans, the intense intimacy of entwining minds and bodies.

Another voice called to the couple as they turned, the woman from before standing proudly as she stretched out her hands.

“Welcome Sovereign, arisen child of Terra! Master of the stars!" She proclaimed, looking down to the smiling couple.

“Cherish your gifts, Live, love and thrive! May you brighten the cosmos with your light!" She called out, smiling as another joined the Sovereignty, their combined power greater with every new mind.

Megan looked above, her eyes falling back to the carvings around the chamber.

Her eyes were sharper, mind quicker as she traced over the intricate shapes.

It was astounding, the realization hitting her quickly as she began to read into the complex patterns weaved into the design, a hidden code among it all.

It told of the Sovereign destiny, a shared fate to reach out into the universe and become the heralds of life upon worlds innumerable. She smiled up to it, feeling the power she held, the glory the Sovereigns were to achieve.

Megan and Remus climbed from the pool, their bodies lightly dripping before air rushed over them, drying them of the light fluid.

Megan was still astounded, her body nude and glistening as she felt her new self, running a hand over her smooth and sensitive skin.

Remus too had been enhanced from the catalyst with her. Having been an earthbound Sovereign he had not inherited these new genetic gifts from his parents. But now he had the greater enhancements of modern Sovereign science. He too would live for hundreds of years, a body stronger and fitter than any in history.

Megan and Remus stepped from the building, striding in time with one another as the young woman looked back upon the world in the sky on which they stood.

It was even more wondrous than before, her eyes reaching farther as she looked out upon the dark sky beyond the planet below, the ring stretching far as so many made their home here.

The young woman held her head high, smiling upon this new beautiful world as a pleasant breeze passed over her bare body.

She leaned into her tall canine partner as she walked the street without a care. She was beautiful, skin shining and body bouncing as her bare feet strode along the soft ground.

The couple continued their walk, sharing thoughts and an occasional kiss between them.

Her greater mind took it all in more than ever before. The sights of this world, each individual person she saw about seemed more intricate and expressive than ever. Among the immensity and complexity she saw order and patterns her mind had not ever considered. She saw the interconnectedness and the converging paths of every living thing here, her place within it and the grand purpose for which they all strived. It was enough to humble the greatest minds, to understand the unity of the whole, the power of this grand design.

They walked past great statues, the nude bodies of man, woman and canine carved like gods of old. The figures were of no individual, but monuments to the strength beauty and unity of this grand place above the heavens.

They exited the common social hub and came to the rolling hills and streams of the emerald green plains.

Megan was in constant awe at the sights, the ring's architecture and nature was the culmination of human and canine art and design, the greatest beauty the world had ever seen. This truly was a veritable heaven, floating high above the clouds.

They walked over the soft grass, feeling it between their toes as they made their way. All around the inset houses of the Sovereignty dotted the landscape as they saw a group of children ran down the hill shouting and yipping in play. Some of them were human, others were canine, running on two or four legs. The kids saw little differences between one another, carefree and happy in their shared game.

Megan was amazed, many down on earth had thought that they had reached the heights of civilization decades ago. They enjoyed great comforts, the hardships and seeming hopelessness of the distant past replaced by the expression and challenges of this new world. But she knew now there was so much greater, and even greater still as the children ran past, laughing and jumping over the pristine grass of this vast paradise.

Art and sculpture too filled the landscape of rolling hills and vibrant foliage. There were great monuments to individuals who inspired, other works testaments to the shared dream of life itself.

A great sculpture lay ahead, intricate pieces of metal balanced across the piece as the abstract images of human and canine seemed to dance together. It embodied near perfect composition and artistic form. Its shapes poured over the hillside, entwined with the landscape as the figures danced along it.

Upon the hill sat several Sovereign families. All manor of relationships were celebrated here, no matter their shapes they were all Sovereigns, a grand unity among them.

Megan and Remus conversed with their minds, the young woman stretching her new mental muscles as they thought of their future here.

It would be a grand place to raise a family. Spending a part of their long lives in the most beautiful and harmonious creation ever yet accomplished, the earth as their sky.

Along one of the many hills they found their new home. Like many of the buildings here it was designed as part of the landscape, entwined with the grass, rock and foliage. Like everything it was part of the whole, harmonious. Many other homes were nearby, several figures now approaching as they came to greet their new neighbors.

There were four families present.

First a handsome man stood aside a large four legged doberman female, the long joined couple the oldest present. Sharing their thoughts Megan learned about them, their names Gabriel and Persephone. Gabriel was a seventy eight year old man, yet he only appeared as if he was in his late twenties thanks to the Sovereign gifts coursing through his veins. He was well built, a scientist and quite handsome for a human, Megan complimented. The bitch at his side held no jealousy, only pride for her man. The couple had been long joined in work and in love for many years, their children long since grown up.

To the side was another woman standing with her own four legged mate, a large great dane of impeccable stature. He was sitting tall, his ears reaching her shoulders. He panted proudly as their children lined up before them. There were five of them from three litters, two pairs of great dane hybrids and one more peculiar. She was their human daughter, her eyes sparking with the keen intelligence of a Sovereign.

Since humans began to hold Sovereign genes some of the interspecies families found human children as a product of their love, their genes accepting this new shape as equal to the canines that gave rise to this all.

Megan smiled to the children as they bowed politely to their new neighbors. Megan was glad Sovereign children were so famously well behaved. Yet they still shouted out as they were dismissed, running carefree over the hill to rejoin the other youngsters in the warmth of the day.

Two more couples introduced themselves. A young man stood in front of a tall Sovereign wolf, the beasts large paws on his shoulders as the males smiled together. And finally there was a pair of four legged canines wagging with their ten young children up to the new couple.

Megan and Remus leaned down to greet the happy pups, big eyes shining with their great spirit.

Finally the couple entered their new home, the door sliding open for them as the lights faded in to softly brighten the interior. The space was large, a tall common area surrounded by retractable glass and wrap around porch. Inside was balcony leading to the other rooms of the house.

The floors were softly carpeted, walls bare and only a few pieces of essential furniture and equipment. They would need to work to decorate their new space, molding it to their liking.

Her small bag of belongings sat upon a small table, delivered by the drone and being the last vestiges of her older life.

The now ascended young woman walked forward, beautiful body bare as she spun in the open room. Stopping she smiled back to her canine mate.

“We have quite a big space to fill." The canine smiled back, thinking of their coming family.

“It's really like they said, there is nothing like seeing it for yourself." Megan remarked, having seen video and heard stories of humans visiting this wondrous place, but it was nothing like actually standing so high above the earth, surrounded by this grandeur.

“We sit upon the greatest creation our combined species has ever accomplished, together we can build wonders, reshape world's." Remus smiled back, stepping forward on his long canine legs.

Even to the canine Sovereign such sights were astounding, the pinnacle of creation and design.

But in this moment his mind and eyes settled on Megan, his mate basking in her candid nudity. The young woman's curves called out to him under the soft light. Her ample breasts and wide hips posed subtly, the woman feeling what her mate had in his own mind.

They both had been occupied with the significance of today, but now their minds firmly latched onto one another, ready to explore love making as true Sovereigns.

Remus stopped in front of the young woman, paws slowly raising as he lightly held them about her waist.

His soft paw pads graced her smooth skin, basking in the eternally youthful, healthy form of the newly ascended human. He continued up her sides, taking in her feminine shape with his paws and eyes.

Gracefully his pads rounded the shape of her breasts, holding them in his digits as gentle thumb pads rubbed over her wide nipples.

Megan giggled, returning the favor as she combed through his thick belly fur, flicking over his own canine nipples nestled within.

“Shall we celebrate your ascendance with an intimate union?" The well mannered canine thought, leaning close as the young woman almost swayed and danced in his arms.

“We shall…" She cooed, leaning back up as her hands reached his neck, bringing him down to her as their lips met again, mouths grasping in an impassioned kiss.

Her bare chest pressed into him, the taller Sovereign leaning down for his human mate as she sunk into his chest fur, his well muscled arms wrapped around her.

Megan let her arms pull, feeling her new strength as she lifted herself up Remus's body with little struggle.

His paws slid under her rump, the young woman latched onto the tall canine as their weights balanced upon his strong paws.

The couple had been intimate before, exploring one another's bodies and expressing their passions, but they had decided to save the most intimate of gestures for this momentous night.

Megan had wanted this day to be even more special and Remus was happy to oblige her. This night was to be like a traditional honeymoon, the proclamation of their romantic and physical bond. Sovereigns never really made a ceremony out of mate finding like humans always had, but they were nothing if not explorative.

Megan pressed herself into him, feeling the strong elegant canine holding her nude body against him, his soft fur covering her supple front and brushing into her thighs. His long tongue slid across her, teasing the humans soft lips before he dove in, dancing with her tongue as the impassioned woman awaited him. Megan had spent most of her life dreaming of moments like this, a loving Sovereign to spend her long lifetime with.

Megan pressed against his cold canine nose, feeling his labored breathing and pleasured sniffing. Their minds teased one another, remembering their past encounters, feeling one another's anatomy, reveling in their differences and delighting in their shared pleasure.

With a slow withdraw Remus slipped his tongue back into his own muzzle, holding to pant as his strong arms adjusted the woman latched onto him.

Turning her about a paw slipped under her legs, grasping under her knees as his other held her back.

Megan laughed, letting herself be carried as Remus made his way to their currently spartan bedroom, striding upon his long legs. The young woman gave a long pleasant sigh, closing her eyes as she leaned into the warmth of her lover and the beating of his large heart. His long muzzle leaned down, arms pulling in tight as she was wrapped in his warm fur.

He carried her over the threshold of their new room, his eyes never leaving hers as he slowly laid her upon the bed.

The mattress and sheets were exceptionally soft, billowing out like a cloud as the human lay back. Her hands slid up herself as she stretched high above her, showing off her delectable curves. She gave a coy smile, eyes lidded as she displayed her womanhood to the gentle beast staring down to her.

Remus panted, falling forward as his paws landed on either side of the woman's hips, his keen eyes watching her slowly writhe on the bed. He could feel her internal arousal, the lurid thoughts bouncing between them as he panted from his smiling maw, succumbing to those primal need and temptation before him.

Megan, raised her knees as she spread, leaving her smooth thighs open as she felt Remus take his place against her, paws gliding up to hook around her presented hips.

“Make love to me..." She cooed in her mind, body presented and ready for the large shepherd dog.

Remus's excited canine member kissed the girl's lips, slipping against her as the slow friction of their coming joining made her moan, locking eyes with the handsome canine.

Remus's wide sheath held between her legs, body standing tall as he held her hips tight. His member was poised and ready, twitching against her delicate folds.

“Yes my dear... " He moaned happily, slowly leaning down into Megan as she grasped around his neck, his open maw and tongue met her lips, kissing into her as his hips curled beneath.

Megan gasped into his strong muzzle, Remus spreading her body as his member slipped inside with one smooth motion.

“Mhhhh..." the young woman moaned out, arching as the big canine took her, sheath withdrawing against her folds as his soft fur rubbed her suple body. He was so warm, gently pulsing as he held himself in check, letting the heat and friction of the woman's body delight him as he smiled against her, sharing the moment in their minds.

“Oh yes… oh please..." She begged against his strong tongue, gasping as he licked slow and firm. Remus was hilted to the knot, pulsing as he began to gently thrust. Each pump pulled their bodies tighter together, promising a strong tie with the human.

Arching bellow megan hugged hard around Remus's furry body, her breath splashing against his maw and tongue as they sloppily kissed. She held firm to him, pulling against his furry back as he began to thrust quicker, giving her a more proper canine rhythm.

He could sense her need, her body fully ready for him as their pleasure swelled.

Remus leaned his weight down into the woman as he pounded rapidly, making her bounce against the sheets. Megans mouth hung agape as she was overpowered, eyes falling between her legs as the big shepherd unleashed his power.

“uhh..uh-MMHh… mh-h-h..." She moaned into his muzzle, voice vibrating with her as she felt Remus filling her, hot breath from the dog warming her face.

With her ascended body she could feel every part of herself more intensely, gasping under the canine as she sloppily kissed his lips and hanging tongue. She reveled in the intensity of their love making, her body strong and sensitive to every slip and pulse of their joining.

Remus kept his pace, paws now gliding along her sides, framing the young woman as he bred her. She lifted her back as he grasped around and pulled her even closer as she let out a long unabated moan. His whole body pressed against her, deep inside as his swollen knot tested her body, pulsing and spraying as the male reached the peak of their breeding.

Now Megan could felt it like she always imagined, that large, hot member of the Sovereign pushed deep, almost vibrating with his feral power as her body clung on. She could feel it close, eyes shut as she focused, Remus was spurred ever harder as he felt her upon the precipice.

The big canines motions continued, humping more forcefully as his wide knot pumped into her sensitive flesh, each motion rocking her body. She was hugging him so tightly, with both body and hands as her fingers dug into his back fur, muscles tensing as her weary body shuddered, choking back a gasp as she hit her peak.

“Remy… oh god… ohh! Ohhh!" She cried out with her voice, unable to hold back as her pleasure poured out into his mind.

The large Sovereign's eyes rolled back in his head, letting out a long gasping breath into her open mouth as the woman's orgasm added to his pleasure, pumping, grasping and shuddering as his long muzzle smiled in ecstasy.

His paws pulled her closer, feeling the girl's lungs pumping hard, her pleasure oozing over them both as she came on his hard knot, his continued motions slow and deliberate as the slide of their hugging flesh sung to them both.

Their mouths hung apart, panting raggedly before they finally slowed, taking in the feeling of their impassioned breeding tie.

Looking up to meet the eyes of her lover Megan ran a hand over his cheek, feeling the love and gratitude from the Sovereign as he gave a gentle smile down to her.

As their lips met again another slower, but just as passionate kiss punctuated the new couples energetic love making.

Between them Remus was locked inside the human, the pulsing canine member seeding the young woman as her body held him, an occasional twitch and tremble between their sensitive flesh reminding them of the union.

Remus shifted at the foot of the bed, grabbing Megan as he pulled her up into his chest, shuffling with her assistance as he stayed locked. Turning about and laying his own back against the top of the bed he sat up while megan laid upon his fluffy chest, bare skin against him as her breasts sunk into the cushion of his fluff.

More comfortable the male relaxed, huffing long through his nose as his paws slowly stroked through her hair. Sighing, Megan closed her eyes as the eventful day caught up to her. She was safe in her lover's strong arms as their breeding continued, now a constant pleasure coursing through them both.

To Megan it was the fulfillment of a dream, to live like a goddess, to know the love of a Sovereign.

But this was yet the beginning, through the comings years and centuries she would find her place in this grand society, to fulfil her great destiny.

Nearby in their own home Gabriel and Persephone lay in their wide bed. The man lay nude as the large female doberman cuddled into his bare chest, both of their eyes focused on an old analog book as Gabriel held it out. They read it together, their rapid eyes and minds processing the story quickly as he turned the pages.

The book was an old romance story, the tale of a knight and a timid handmaiden caught in a whirlwind romance.

Persephone's paws kneaded into Gabriel's strong chest, the bitches long muzzle nestled in the crook of his neck as she read with him. She loved her man, having spent many years with him and never tiring of a quiet night spent together, their minds syncing as they experienced something new.

Turning to the last page they finished, Gabriel placing the novel down on the bedside table, finishing the latest instalment of the series. They had collected many books on their latest trip down to earth. Printed text had long since been made obsolete but many still enjoyed the novelty of printed works, preserving the age old tradition even into the late twenty first century.

The doberman hugged close, opening her muzzle as she panted lightly, feeling Gabriel's strong arm wrapped around her. She reached up giving a gentle peck on her man's nose.

“Someone's gotten a bit bothered." The man thought and smiled. Knowing stories like this always got his beloved bitch going.

His answer was a strong lick to his stubbled chin and thoughts of distinct need from the female canine flashed into his mind, the bitch giggling at her directness.

His hand ran down her side, scratching into her short fur. Her nubby tail wagged as her legs spread, shifting on the bed as the couple moved to the inevitable end of the night.

Persephone was just beginning her fertile cycle, the bitches hormones tingling through her body as her sensitive nose huffed against her mans chest, scenting that strong masculine feeling from him as it teased her heated mind.

The couple had raised their first litter many years ago, their children long since settled into their own lives. Their first litter was six upright dobermans, conceived before he had become a full Sovereign, each holding their subtle clues to their human father.

Now years later the couple thought of letting another litter into their lives. Persephone had already forgone her ovulation suppression, letting her body take full bloom for her mate, the very thought arousing them both, ready to bring another bundle of love into their rich lives.

Gabriels hand traced down her lithe body, fingers spreading as he massaged into the bitches well muscled thigh. Like all modern Sovereigns she was exceptionally fit, muscle fiber taught and body beyond the peak of health and strength. An enhanced four legged Sovereign could outrun any creature on land.

Still pressed against Gabriel's chest she felt him hug around her with his own augmented strength. The man held her with pride, his beloved beast.

Gabriel may be seventy eight years old but he still held all the energy of youth. And he was promised to hold such a form for centuries. Persephone too would match him, her youthfully elegant body now heating up as he pet her, tongue lolling out as she felt the man raise her up in the bed with him.

“You are of the most splendid of flowers, milady..." He spoke to her, smiling as he repeated the line from the old novel.

“Oh brave sir..." Persephone smiled back, falling into the light hearted roleplay as a paw rose to her chest, posing like a swooning damsel.

“So fair and kind, do you giveth your most tender heart?" Gabriel said with a grin, giving his best old english, giving them both a chuckled with its flaws.

He ran the back of his hand over the bitches cheek with the most tender of thoughts.

“The draw of the flesh overcomes me, take me…" Persephone called back to him, throwing her head back as she let herself fall into the role. Her feral heart beating strong as Gabriel reached in and kissed down her elegant neck, purposeful pecks along her supple form as she breathed aloud.

Her paws lightly grasped his arms as he ran down her body, the man's lips closing in to kiss upon a long nipple. The doberman peered down, panting as she let him tease her, his large hands grasping the fullness of her barreled chest.

Gracefully he lay her back onto the bed, her head falling to the soft pillow as her forepaws clasp together in the air, giving the best swooning pose the quadruped could manage.

They exchanged a playful glance as he moved lower, flicking over another teat before he reached her open legs.

Persephone's spade sat swollen and ripe between her thighs, giving a twitch as she opened wider for him, feeling his fingers close upon her feminine shape.

With a gentle squeeze of her full lips between forefinger and thumb he saw a drip of her fluids trickle out, caught by his eager tongue as he made no hesitation, squeezing around her ample flesh as he plunged in to taste her.

Persephone arched on the bed, her sensitive bitchhood carefully caressed by her lovely man. Gabriel loved the scent and taste of her heats. He didn't sense it like a canine, but the dark musky aroma had become very familiar and tantalizing to the human.

So he indulged in her nectar, strong tongue teasing the bitch as she quivered, sinking deep into the bed as he sated himself with her body.

“Ohh... I've been waiting all day for this..." Persephone cooed to him, giving a relaxed huff before he rose up, licking his lips and leaning over her body.

Persephone panted weakly, paws in the air as she waited submissively. The doberman was often more dominant and demanding, a wild beast in bed with her human lover, but in her heats she enjoyed being taken. Gabriel was happy to oblige, watching the usually domineering doberman panting with puppy eyes up to him, needing him to complete her in this moment.

With one hand he guided his firm manhood towards her splayed body, sitting up on his knees as she curled her body to meet him.

His member met her flesh, its shape gently slipping around him, wet canine lips against his human firmness.

His hips rolled slowly, circling about as he rubbed into her heat swollen mound. His excited fluids mixed with her well lubricated body, their genitals slipping and contorting together as the head of his member bathed in her heat.

With a gentle push on the top of his long shaft Gabriel felt himself hook into her, sinking into the bitches warmth. Gabriels other hand steadied onto the bed as he continued to push down into her velvety depths.

Persephone's eyes glazed over, staring up to her man as she felt the wide human cock slowly push into her, each agonizing inch swallowed up by her fertile body. Gabriel grinned and grunted above, letting her tight body wrap around him, covering him in her delicate heat as he gently pushed down.

Below Persephone twitched, arching hard against the bed as she tried to hold back, feeling another inch and another inch slide in until he hilted, filling her to the brim. Her paws flew up to his chest as he continued to press, her flesh stretching as the feeling of his large cock hilted inside her ripe pussy overwhelmed her.

She pushed her paws hard against him, helping her arch harder as she felt it crash through her.

“Mmmmmm!" Persephone moaned to him, letting out a long gasp from her canine mouth as she came, twitching under the strong man filling her. His grip around her was so firm, his member reaching deep as she felt every bit of him twitch contently inside her as she bucked into him. She could not hold much back in her heat.

“That's it baby… that's… it." Gabriel grinned above, feeling her powerful canine peak in his own mind, smiling wide as he let it wash over him, adding to his own pleasure as he expertly kept his pace, now sliding out as he gave another strong push in. With his slow pumping he taunted the heated bitch with his endowment, making her tremble in the aftershocks of her orgasm.

His girth spread her so well, the dobermans paws and claws flexing as they held against Gabriel's strong pecs. He stared down proudly, giving another firm buck as he felt her pleasured body grind against him, the man twitching eagerly as he rose towards his own peak.

Gasping and recovering Persephone looked back up to her human lover, eyes more lidded as the echos of pleasure held within her.

Gabriel pushed in a little quicker, giving a high roll of his hips as he lifted her rear from the sheets. His feet slipped back on the bed, giving more leverage as the man took dominance over the canine. His hands held to her sides, sinking her deep into the bed as he leaned.

He kept his thrusts long and powerful, sliding the whole of his member in and out of her heat swollen body. Her needy body grasped at him, slicking in smoothly as her arousal leaked out, giving a wet squelch on each long push.

On each revolution Gabriel felt himself edge closer, taunting Persephone with the thought, the knowledge of how close he was to filling her with that burst of thick human seed.

“Honey…. Cum in me…." The doberman called to him, bouncing against his body as she dreamed of her belly growing wide with his pups once again.

The heated bitch took special pleasure in the thought, imaging that wide human member letting loose, seeding her, filling her. She couldn't help but give a little moan at the idea, her body open and ripe.

“I'm gonna give you the strongest, most beautiful pups, our pups." Gabriel called back, letting the joy of their coming family comfort them both, the culmination of this moments love.

No matter how many times they made love Gabriel always found himself immersed in the sexy doberman, now inseparable from her. Long ago he had never imagined himself to fall for a Sovereign canine. But here he was happily mated to the beautiful female, ready to share the coming centuries with her.

His patient pace neared its end, that delightful feeling rising up inside him as he bucked into her, persephone's soft short fur rubbing his thighs as she bounced under him. The man grew faster, panting as he began to stammer, peaking within her.

“I love you baby..." The human moaned happily, feeling the frantic friction between them grow incredibly tight. He twitched as her body squeezed against him, feeling the anticipation and his peak overwhelm her hormone addled mind once again.

“Honey..." Persephone moaned back to him, arching against the bed, paws on his shoulders as her hind legs spread wide, hind paws shaking out into the air as she was penetrated firmly and deeply.

Gabriel let out a grinning gasp as he came, twitching and spurting in the fertile bitch as he pushed hard. Her tender body held him as he shot his seed deep. Between them human and canine anatomy seemed to meld together as their minds wrapped around one another in the mutual peak. They gasped and panted as one, the feedback of one another's pleasures surging in them both as they enjoyed the height of Sovereign lovemaking.

A few more pumps from the man's hips let another volley of seed burst forth, savoring the raw breeding as he gave everything he had to his beloved.

Man and bitch smiled, eyes closed as they reveled in their exertion. Gabriel slowly sat up, bringing Persephone with him as her paws still clung about his neck. His own hands pet over her back, now giving long scratches through her short fur. She was in his lap, exhausted and satisfied as she held against his bare chest.

He kissed her eagerly, running a hand over her face and delicate ears as her long tongue met his lips.

Their heartbeats began to slow from the fevered pitch, settling against one another as Gabriel moved to separate their entangled bodies.

His wide member popped free, uncorking as he pulled a string of his human seed from her body. He had given her a full load, his ascended body more potent than ever before. Persephone looked down savoring the feeling as she imagined it washing into her body, seeding her as new life took root within.

Gabriel lay his head against the pillow, feeling a little winded as Persephone lay her chin across his neck, nestling up to him.

“Have you thought more about our upcoming holiday, dear?" Gabriel asked, slowly petting his canine wife.

The couple was preparing to take a kind of retirement from their robotics work. For almost sixty years they had been partners, two among many spearheading the developments that made constructs like the Elysian Ring possible.

They like all the other Sovereigns faced many centuries in their future. A decade or two of rest seemed appealing to the old couple, ready to raise another family and return to the sciences refreshed, or perhaps they would find another calling, spend a century as artists or poets. All paths were open to them, their long lives an adventure in this wondrous age.

There were many places they might go. The solar system developing all around them.

The many Jovian moons had become places of interest, the most breathtaking views from the orbiting gardens of the engineered moons. But the places were still developing, most of the inhabitants still scientists and engineers working out in the outer solar system.

The planet Venus was being terraformed, its thick toxic atmosphere transforming as the vision of a balmy tropical world slowly became a reality. But only the most basic engineered microbes lived there, the process long and purposeful.

Mars too was being terraformed, the first such project of the Sovereigns. Its surface had just become breathable to an enhanced Sovereign body. Across its once barren surface now were evergreen forests, the climate still chilly as it became an alpine world, the tallest mountains in the solar system becoming a desirable ski location where even a Sovereign would find great physical challenge.

One could settle down on the once red planet, living on the new frontier as the ecosystem rose up all around, find a quiet life amongst the young world.

Gabriel smiled at the thought of playing lumberjack in the young world, Persephone and their pups at his side. Or maybe they would set out in a roaming home, taking in the new sights as they embraced a simpler life in the lower gravity.

Persephone thought it a quaint idea, but she shivered at the thought of the cold planet, her short fur not well suited to it. It was typically the more well furred breeds that took to life there.

Thinking together they considered a shorter vacation there, taking the next few weeks of her heat at one of the many ski lodges on the once red planet.

Persephone thought it more desirable, spending the remaining time of her heat by the fire with her man, tired from a day on the massive slopes. The idea made her smile, such a romantic, fitting place to conceive their new family.

But for the longer term the doberman thought of one of the many tropical islands of earth.

She imagined warming in the midday sun, Gabriel tanned and handsome as the year round warmth let them take in the fresh air. Persephone liked the idea of raising the pups on earth, showing them the beauty of Terra before they might depart it.

Gabriel smiled at the thought too. An island home would be quite nice, he had grown up in the south, used to the warmer temperature. Perhaps he could get his farm boy tan back.

Persephone smirked back with her mind at the thought. So It was decided, a stop by the slopes of mars before an island paradise for the resting scientists. The couple gave a lazy kiss before they settled, thinking of a long, glorious future together.

Megan was sleeping soundly next to her canine lover. She drifted off in a dream, her breath slow as a hand combed into Remus's fur.

She found herself on a placid shore, soft white sand beneath her bare feet.

The night sky was wide and dark, innumerable stars shining brightly as she glanced into its vastness. She walked, stepping forward within the dreamscape.

Before her she saw Remus, his unmistakable fur pattern turned away as he seemed to busy himself on the edge of the edgeless ocean. He stood with a meditative trance, stoic and calm as the most focused monk.

The young woman walked forward, curious in the dream, something about it more tangible than usual.

Sensing her, Remus paused, turning with a smile as she reached out to him.

Her hand touched his arm, the softness of his familiar fur between her fingers. He felt so very real, but yet she knew she still dreamed.

“Hello Megan, have you come to join me?" Remus smiled, turning as his paw gently touched her chin.

“Are you…?" Megan asked, starting to realize what this was.

“Indeed. I am not a conjuring of your imagination, this is I." Remus smiled.

He too was dreaming, their ascended minds joining together as they slept, a shared dream formed between them. It was common for close Sovereign family to find themselves like this, their unconscious minds finding one another.

Megan was astounded, eyes focusing up as she saw the bright star filled sky. This was Remus's dream, her mind's eye taking it all in as she witnessed his creation before her.

Then she looked forward, seeing his other paw extended. In his digits she saw the swirling light of hundreds of stars, gingerly held within his large paws.

Remus was a Sovereign astronomer, one of the many who operated the vast array of telescopes sensors and probes in the solar system. The network stretched wider than the system itself, peering out into astounding vastness between the stars.

“I often dream of this place… standing upon the shore of the cosmic ocean." He spoke, looking out as Megan saw the shimmering water not as water, but innumerable tiny stars stretching into the edgeless ocean.

“I yearn to dream of every star, every world within their light."

“Yet they are innumerable, even the largest paws unable to hold them all."

Turning, Remus's paw held out to Megan's now outstretched hands, pouring the swirling stars into her open palms.

The warmth of the stars radiating over her skin as she marveled at their dazzling light in the dream.

In her mind she saw the many stars, their sizes, positions, everything that had been learned about them translated into her memory. They were the most recent catalogs by the big shepherd, his charges amongst the vast galaxy.

Megan smiled as Remus held close.

“For so long humanity dreamed of the world, the stars and of themselves."

“The world seemed so vast, untamable."

“But with canines at their sides man struck out into the world, becoming masters of the earth."

“And now we stand together, man and dog with our arms outstretched, ready to grasp the very stars." Remus stood tall, long arm held out to the sky as Megan smiled up with him, seeing the distant stars grow closer as they lifted up into the dreams sky.

Megan found them both floating through the cosmos, bodies weightless and drifting as Remus held close with her.

She giggled as she floated, holding onto Remus as he guided them deeper into the dream.

Then their eyes focused, the tiny light of Sol coming into view, earths only star.

“For eons we have walked a small spec, and for only a century we have stepped into the solar system."

“But now… We have done the impossible..." Remus spoke, their eyes drawn to something nestled within the star's light.

They saw it like it was stretched before them, a spaced out corridor of powerful devices nearly a full astronomical unit long. It was beyond the orbit of Jupiter, floating as a long ship came into view.

It was strewn with powerful equipment and automated systems, an unmanned drone prepared for an incredible journey.

She had heard of the Jovian catapult, its theory, the possibility it offered. Megan knew this was not imagination, but the memory of a real event.

Rocketing through space the ship made its alignment, speeding through the array as energy was imparted to the craft.

Space itself warped around the craft as they followed its journey. It grew faster, gaining more energy as the long corridor catapulted the craft to breathtaking velocities.

Emerging from the solar system the stars themselves moved in the sky, warped as the craft tunneled through space, reaching velocities once thought impossible.

Sol disappeared behind them as they followed, traveling at ten times the speed of light the ship was like a shining beacon, reaching out from our star as it streaked across the void between worlds.

Megan and Remus watched from afar, seeing the ships long path coming to an end as it dropped back into normal space time, now bathed in the light of a new star.

Megan was astounded, she had not yet heard the news, the still long journey only receiving confirmation a week before. The Sovereigns were waiting to release the full story of their grandest discovery.

And yet there was more, her eyes beholding the imagined images of dozens of new worlds. The first close up views of another solar system in earth's history.

Then she saw it, closer to the deep orange star a small planet, blue and green as it hurtled about its orbit. She just stared as their view zoomed in, following one of the many probes launched by the robotic explorer.

They plummeted through the atmosphere, vast oceans all around before they pierced the clouds, finding a great plain below.

Slowly the craft touched down, the images captured by its cameras now seen in her mind.

A herd of large beasts fled from the descending craft, long grasses and other foliage sprouted all around as the reality of this discovery held in both their minds.

“We are not alone, we never have been alone." Remus spoke to her, both of them now standing in the vision of the alien planet, watching the abundant life around them. It was surreal, so very different from anything in earth's history, their minds taking in the primordial world.

The Sovereigns sensors had long found evidence of life in this system, upon this world. And now the theories were proven, life beyond earth found.

Despite the probes in its skies the Sovereigns would not colonize this place, only wishing to study the miracle of life amongst the vast emptiness of the cosmos. It had long been the holy grail of biological science, to study another system of life, and in turn begin to learn the secrets underlying the origins and patterns of life itself.

Remus's focus turned upward, zooming back out as this other small world faded from view.

Among the vast stars The shepherd was held by his human mate, their eyes watching as many more points of light streaked from Sol.

Their bodies floating in the ether Megan and Remus imagined the future, the children of Terra departing their ancient home and ensuring their immortality among the universe.

The vast ships carried their combined species to the stars, entire other worlds for which they would shape.

With the Elysian ring they had proven it, their abilities honing further over the coming centuries and millennia as they turned barren worlds into blooming gardens, shaped grand structures and lived a united whole among the stars.

“We live in the mere beginning of our eternal story, the first chapter in an endless novel." Remus spoke, looking out to the grand scene.

“We the children of Terra, live, strive and grasp into the edgeless cosmos, frail beings such we are."

“Yet our power is incredible, our dreams undeniable. One day we will move the heavens, shape the very foundations of reality."

“So let the cosmos hear our voices singing out, the will of life triumphant."

“Our children will inherit the stars, shape them and herald the grand procession of life into the darkness."

All around them the stars swirled close, their warmth gracing Megan's skin as she held close to Remus. They soared through the galaxy, the light of innumerable worlds passing by as they rose ever higher.

Closing her eyes she dreamed of that future, constructing worlds in her mind, sharing them with her lover as they drifted into the cosmos.

“So take my paw, let us celebrate our glory and the endless triumph of life and imagination." He called out, twirling out as Megan grasped his paw, their bodies poised as their eyes met amongst the shimmering stars.

Shifting Megan and Remus twirled about, dancing in the weightlessness.

Megan laughed and Remus smiled, their bodies spinning into the imagined cosmos as they stretched their dream around one another. It was fantastic, the young woman never experiencing something so surreally beautiful as she felt a thousand tiny points of warm light wash over them both. Their bodies shimmering as they danced like gods among the cosmos.

Coming closer they spun slower, meeting one another's eyes as they felt the familiar comfort of fur against skin.

“My goddess… my love." Remus spoke to her, paws on her back as he looked into his lovers eyes.

“My guiding light… my beloved." Megan called back, feeling their bodies still floating through the sea of stars.

In the dream their head tilted, lips and tongues meeting as human and canine embraced among the light of innumerable galaxies, their mutual dream.

Driving ever onward into the future the Terran Sovereignty would make their way out into the cosmos.

Upon their grand arc ships they would look out, holding hands and paws as their united destiny lay stretched before them. Each ship was a world to itself, holding the entire knowledge, capacity and strain of life from the earth.

No matter their shape, man and woman, dog and bitch, two or four legged they were all Sovereigns, their genes flowing together to create a combined species. They were gods striding out to stars, shining lights of the galaxy.

Each barren world they touched sprouted with life. Shaped by adaptive microbes, plant life and massive engineering efforts. Where there was once toxic pools and jagged rocks now sprawled soft fields of terran grass, the air vibrant as vast forests arose.

Walking those forest were the many beasts of earth, they too travelers in the cosmos and explorers of the endless frontier. They were all the children of Terra, a chorus of life singing out upon new worlds.

The seeds of the earth would take root, reshaping or constructing awe inspiring worlds in the light of alien stars, the Sovereigns eternal fate as wanderers of the cosmos only just dawning.

Within it all each world was connected by the mindscape, the vast subspace world the Sovereigns had discovered and now dove into with their technology. Within it their minds could wander, space itself not existing as thought itself became tangible constructs.

Life itself drew energy here, a grand mystery ever explored as its true nature eluded even the Sovereigns. Within it many found rest, letting go of the physical as explorers at the end of their time until they might join again with the cosmos.

Within the mindscape they were never apart, the dreamlike world reaching across space as they stood united.

Back upon the earth efforts had been made to bring new voices into the Sovereignty. First the great mammals of the sea, the dolphins and whales were brought into the program.

The intense intelligence of the creatures made the transition easy, years of careful study and testing making way for the first Sovereigns of the sea.

They were to see to the vast oceans upon the worlds they found, bodies stronger and adaptive to most any environment as they too wielded the great tools of the Sovereignty.

The Sovereigns would never cease, the dawn of discovery only just beginning as lifeless world after lifeless world began to hum with the music of life, the seeds of earth taking root as the children of Terra great and small found their way.

And above them the Sovereigns of the earth stood, no matter their shape they held the power and respect of their great stature. Their bodies were strong, living for centuries upon centuries as gods of creation, of exploration and of enlightenment. No matter their shape they found life, love and purpose with one another. Their monuments to life and love would shine among the crystal skies of numerous worlds, each heart looking back to holy Terra, the birthplace of their combined parentage.

Few could have imagined the fate that awaited those first Sovereigns, huddled in the dark abandoned lab as they hid from the world, preparing and planning. But where once they hid, they finally stood tall for all to see, having long ago reached down as a beleaguered humanity rose up with them, joining them in the light of the stars. The world itself was never to be the same as the insight and guidance of the Sovereigns transformed the very planet.

Humanity had struggled much, the faults of the species crashing down before a new dawn seized the future. Many feared the change, while others saw the shared dream, rising up as the troubles of the old world faded away.

Even when they held a million worlds under their feet the Sovereigns had only just touched the galaxy, a tiny spec among the endless stars of the universe. Their journey was eternal, peering out and looking in as innumerable Sovereigns held their heads high.

Infinite possibility was before them, incalculable power in their grasp as their very imagination gave rise to the most wondrous creations and the most cherished of lives.

Love connected them, curiosity and wonder drove them as man and dog embraced into the endless horizon.

Long into the future man and dog would hold each other, hands in paws as their bright minds sung out to the mutual dream, joining together in the great chorus of life.

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Author's Notes: And there it is… the end of series.

Man this has been a weird journey. I was able to stretch myself a bit in writing and this chapter was actually pretty hard to put together, trying to wrap everything up and make it a nice send off for this long series.

It's finally good to show where it was going, that the turmoil several chapters back had a thematic purpose. And also to reveal the real meaning of the title Sovereign.

Sovereigns are the rulers of the earth, whatever their form, it doesn't mean “big tall canine" but one who has ascended to a higher level and is truly capable to lead. Thus why four legged ferals were still called Sovereigns, a human who reaches that level so too earns that title.

I also thought it was interesting to write a biological kind of ascendance. Often sci-fi goes into cyborgs and the rise of AI. I think it's more practical and appealing that the Sovereigns would master biology and bring about an organic ascendance and push their bodies higher to near immortality and godhood. Weavers of life as they are now, still grounded in the organic and primal draws of life.

It's been a struggle, i've had a number of missteps early on but I am happy to finally reach the end, to tell this long world spanning story. Part of me wants to go back and fix things up, but probably best to just move on. The shifts in time characters and tone could really use a going over, but again probably best to leave it as the exploration that it was.

I'm putting the series to bed, but this world's past and future is ripe for expansion, so go wild with your imagination.

So hope you enjoyed reading it, the process of writing has actually made me feel more optimistic, who knows what strange impossible future awaits the earth.