Academ: Stuck in the Books

Story by ReynartWrites on SoFurry

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#1 of Academ

Summary: Back to the beginning again. Mara is a student who is a bit too clever for her own good and a bit too ambitious for the good of anyone around her. She prefers the company of books to the company of people and is dead set on mastering the arcane arts. Among the hidden sections of the library she is to deliver a book and return to the main portion of the library, but she can't help but want to unseal what is within, and oh the trouble she'll get in.


A set of buildings made of orange and red brick stood surrounded by verdant forests separated by a wall and several gates. Some of the buildings were connected together and others had pathways leading from one to the other in between where a campus could be seen with wandering students and professors in robes of varying sizes and colors. The gates and walls were enchanted and set in place mostly so that if anything went wrong the students wouldn't end up blowing up the forest around them or the town that was just a quick hike down from the entrance of the academy. The main building held classrooms for the first, second and third year students who were considered at times the least and at the same time most dangerous of the sort. There was a reason why the main building seemed bulkier than the others and that was because many troublemakers existed among the lower ranks, whether because they were too curious, or a special kind of gifted that needed proper tutelage. Sometimes, there would be a student among the bunch who was far too curious and gifted at the same time; a disaster and a blessing all in one.

The halls of the main buildings were grandiose, with candles and wisp flowers hanging from the walls and stone floors festooned with glowing runes to give it that magic look, and to keep it safe from any magical mishaps. Everything within the main building was well-protected and anything within the main halls could withstand a magical beating if not an explosion or two before breaking.

Among crowds of students leaving their final classes of the day and heading to the dorms, was a short blur of purple who seemed to be heading in the opposite direction of the crowd. After a moment, a purple-furred feline with bright orange eyes popped out of the bulk of the crowd with a sigh. At her side, she had a bag and she wore robes of black with white sleeves that seemed a bit big for her. Mara dusted her robes off with one paw before beginning to shuffle along the hall away from where the rest of the students were heading. Certainly, there was some who were coming towards the same direction, but most of the students were more concerned about taking their weekend to rest and relax. Mara was not one such student. The purple feline was the sort who always had her nose in a book studying magic of some sort or another and that was exactly why she was heading to the library.

Mara had come to the academy from her home to make a name for herself in the world of magic, and get away from her rather sizable family. She had blown away the entrance exam, in a manner of speaking, and had soon found herself requesting extra testing to make certain she was being placed correctly. Eventually, they settled on allowing her to sit with the third years and she had been more than certain she would have been ready for apprenticeship, but the school said she still needed some work, and well, they weren't wrong. She might be ready mentally, but she was still lacking in the magic department. Some of her elements were a bit off and sometimes explosions had a habit of appearing around her when she flaunted the fact that her control wasn't the best, but never the less, she was determined to learn and so on she went to the library with a little hop in her step. Hopefully, the librarian would have something good for her today.

Further down the halls, there were less and less students until she found herself at the grand doors of the library standing alone. With one paw she reached to grab the door and pull it open, a feat she had no problem with considering her size in comparison to the door. The Library itself had a wooden floor with bookcase after bookcase lining the interior. There were several floors with more books and even doors leading to other areas of the library, some of those areas restricted and given access to only specific groups of students and staff. The front desk was right by the doors and sitting behind it was a bored looking rat with half-lidded eyes that were staring down at an open book. It seemed that today was a lazy day.

Mara made her way to the front desk and cleared her throat, "Good day."

The librarian looked up from his book and down at Mara. He squinted at her before he sat up fully and set his book to the side with a small smile, "Why, if it isn't the little firebug. Here to set these hallowed halls aflame again?"

Mara sniffed, "It was only one time...A mistake anyone would make."

The librarian rolled his wrist and eyes together as he sighed, "A mistake anyone would make of trying a fire spell out in the middle of a library. Excitable cat." Mara's ears fell back and she looked down at the floor with a bit of shame coloring her features, to which the librarian chuckled and reached to give her head a soft pat, "Now now! You're welcome here anytime you wish and I was just teasing, so, what is it you're here for."

Mara huffed, "You know why I'm here."

The librarian rubbed his chin with one claw and tilted his head, "Oh...Now, why would you be here...Perhaps, you're here to rob me of one of my books and return it with food stains."

Mara squeaked, "One time!"

The rat laughed, his voice carrying through the library before he forced himself to quiet down, "I'm sorry dear. I know, I know. You're here for work, though, why a young girl like yourself would want to spend her time with books instead of peers I'll never know."

Mara's tail twitched about as she answered, "A book teaches me many things, whereas it is variable whether or not what someone near my age will have to say is useful or not."

The rat nodded, "True, I suppose, but you learn other things by interacting with others. Though, that isn't for me to teach you. Your mentor will have to bang that into your thick skull sometime, not me." When Mara was about to reply with something haughty, he pulled out a tome and set it down in front of her while speaking, "Here we have your duty for today. Your singular job, and all I need from you. I have some accounts to look over, so I need you to put this thing in its place."

Mara blinked and took the tome in both paws. It was a heavy thing with thick green bindings and a small lock on the front which was strange enough. When she touched the lock, she yelped and brought back her suddenly shocked digit to suck on it. The librarian chuckled at that, "I'll repeat. Your only job today is putting that away, but that book is sealed for a reason. Do not under any circumstances open it. All right? I'm letting you into a section of the library forbidden to students at your level and trusting you to be good."

Mara's eyes were glued on the lock of the book. Her mind was already working out how to break the seal. She could see little runes and a circle along the plating of the lock and she already had a few ideas of what to do, but the librarian's voice called her to reality, "Mara!"

The studious feline looked up from the lock and nodded with a big smile, "You have nothing to worry about sir. I promise that I'll put this where it belongs and I won't attempt to crack it open like an egg."

The librarian gave her an odd look, eyebrow raised, arm on the desk as he leaned in to look into her eyes, "Mara, do not break the seal. If you do, our working relationship is over and so is our relationship of me feeding you books that are off limits to your level."

Mara's ears raised and pricked at that, "What?! But we have a deal!"

The librarian nodded, "And doing this would be a deal breaker. So, off you go. There will be an empty display in the door marked with the sigil on the cover of the book. Put it in the display, wander about and look at the books that aren't sealed, but do not break this seal. Okay?"

Mara grumbled, but she gave in, "Fine, I'll be good."

The librarian settled, though he figured that Mara was lying. Somehow he figured he should either go with her, or send someone else to do the job, but then again perhaps making a mistake like this would teach her a lesson in self-control that she had not yet learned. Regardless he nodded and shooed her away, "Now then. Go. I have a lot of paperwork to do."

The plum-furred feline walked away, her eyes on the tome she was holding, her mind racing for methods to break seal and spells placed on locks. She had lied when she said she wouldn't attempt to break the seal, but then again, what was the harm? Surely the tome held some great knowledge that would assist her in learning and if it was something dangerous, she could simply choose not to use it. How wrong she was.

Mara took the tome to the back of the library and through a door with the marking similar to the one on the cover. There were several tomes in glass displays and a few bookcases. One of the glass displays was empty with a panel open and ready for the missing piece to be set inside of it, but the student feline had other plans. She found herself a table that was gray with dust and she slapped the heavy book down on it sending clouds of the stuff every which way. She sneezed and waved at the air in front of to clear the dust away. When she could see clearly she peered down at the lock on the tome and stared at the symbols. She had seen these runes before. She knew that their purpose was simply to seal, but should anyone try to break the seal then they would most likely get a nasty shock that would leave them fried for a bit. Thankfully, when she had tried to open the lock it was with her digits rather than magic. Any incorrect spell thrown at it would have probably resulted in a quick trip to the nurse's office, or worse. With a hum and a smile, she took from her bag at her side her own personal tome that that had a simple brown leather cover. It wasn't anything impressive and it wasn't complete yet, but she placed everything she mastered inside of it along with notes of things she intended to master. Someday she planned to finalize this magic book of hers and publish it for public use. She would need to find her own spells for that to be the case.

For now, she focused on the task at hand. She opened the book and flipped the pages, looking over her notes carefully until she found the page on magic seals. She found the symbols on the lock and traced them with her digits, whispering the words next to them while wondering if she could really crack it open without harming herself. After a few more pages, her eyes were bright with curiosity and her lips were curved up into a smile. There was only one way to find out.

The feline set aside her bag and her personal tome on the floor. She breathed and set a single digit against the lock with her eyes closed. In her mind's eye, she saw the symbols traced out clearly before her and felt the energy sparking off of the sigil. The basic principle behind complicated seals like this was the fact that there wasn't one single spell placed on it, but rather a mesh, a weaving of magic knitted into a quilt. Making them required a sort of patience that Mara just didn't have at the moment, but breaking them apart was a task of interest as it required constant stimulus. Very carefully she started plucking at the weavings of sigils and seals on the book using her paw to grab strings of light that were summoned from the seal by her whispers. If she tugged in any single wrong direction then she would end up zapping herself something fierce, but she was careful as she undid the spell. There were loops and knots she had to be wary of, strange shapes that if unwound in the wrong order would snap the seal back in place, but she was confident in her abilities and moved without pause.

When the seal was torn and taken apart, she opened her eyes and clapped her paws together, a big smile on her face as she leaned in to reap the benefits of her hard work. With careful digits, she opened the book with big eyes to look at the contents. She began flipping the pages with her tail swishing back and forth, and the learning began.

The tome was something that she shouldn't have looked at, indeed she should have simply put it in its place since the magics within were liable to corrupt the body and spirit if used by people who were inexperienced. There were magics on how to subjugate the will of others and turn them into thralls, powerful spells meant to draw directly from the life force of individuals, and magic that tampered with the mental and spiritual state of victims and enemies alike. Mara found a cold chill racing down her spine as she absorbed the information, but not from fear, but from excitement. She found herself excited that she was learning this forbidden knowledge and that she could most likely apply it to her own magic. Many of the spells she would never dream of using, but there was just a few of them that she copied down onto her own personal tome, and more interesting than that, was the last page of the tome. The last page had a circle with a few symbols on it. It didn't seem like anything special, but she noticed there were no instructions next to the circle. With a frown, she traced the circle with her paw, curiosity touching her mind. What use was a circle of power without instructions? Was it some sort of summoning circle? A circle meant to bring some sort of cataclysmic power into this world?

She then noticed that a portion of the circle wasn't closed. It was open which meant that the spell was incomplete. Blinking, she took a pen from her pack and thought that if perhaps she completed the circle then some greater understanding would befall her. With a single movement, the circle was complete and her regret began.

The air around her seemed to grow cold. The lights from the wisp plants nearby on the wall seemed to travel along the floor and gather into the circle on the page. Mara watched with wide eyes as the circle's light turned violent red and she stepped back as a portal opened in the air. She gasped as an arm covered in black and crimson fur thrust through the rip in the dimension. The feline student stumbled back onto her rear as a visage of fangs and four blinking red eyes with a long and wide muzzle appeared. She watched as a monster unlike any other she had ever seen clawed its way out of the portal to sit itself on the table with a grand sigh. The creature was some sort of shaggy-furred bipedal canine with powerful legs that it swung over the table to plant two digitigrade feet on the ground. It stretched wide and yawned, rows and rows of fangs on display. For a moment, it seemed as if she might be invisible to the creature, but all at once all four eyes focused on her and it leaned down to point a single claw at her, "Did you bring me out?"

What fear she felt was vastly outweighed by the curiosity that boiled at the surface. By completing the circle she had summoned some sort of monster to this world with a bassy voice that sounded too smooth for the amount of teeth in that mouth. It could be a demon or some sort of malignant spirit, but it could also just be a creature that had been trapped inside of the tome, but at the same time, she figured that it wasn't supposed to be something that was free. Her mind barely registered the fact that he spoke to her, but eventually, she decided to answer with a little nod of her head while she looked him over.

The beast smiled, lips pulled back from ear to ear with razor-sharp fangs on display, "Good! I should have hoped that my savior was a cute one. It means that my wife will be one as well. Makes everything simple. Now...I've been sleeping for a long time, but I assume that my captors are somewhere nearby...Hmm...I should, I should simply leave, but I want to stake my claim to you first I think. Now, what do you think?"

Mara didn't like the sound of that and she huffed, "Excuse me? But if I'm the one that let you out, aren't I the one who is in control here?"

The beast's smile didn't go away as it slipped off of the table on all fours to bring its nose right against hers. Mara didn't falter, her ears pinned back and her tail flicking from side to side. She knew that by all rights as the person summoning this thing that she should be in control, but she also knew that she didn't have anything binding it and didn't know the spell used to call it. Hopefully, the beast wouldn't call her bluff.

Rather than lash out at her or show some sort of anger, it simply spoke in a calm voice, "Why, I suppose you are right, but the problem is little one, are you strong enough to contain me? The one who is called may only be controlled by one with enough power to not be overwhelmed, now, see...You don't seem like a powerful mage, so I'd like to think that I could take your mind quite easily from you."

Mara huffed and crossed her arms, "Not a chance!" She said with no lack of confidence.

The creature laughed and its eyes seemed to glow a shade of purple. She watched the beast's eyes with an unwavering gaze of her own and felt the creature's presence breach her mind. She immediately thought to recoil and fight, but the beast's presence was large. The power behind the beast was immense and yet it was only using just a small amount of its power to try and control her. Rather than fight, she hid herself deep within her mind and kept control of herself despite appearing as if the creature had caught her in its snare.

Her ears flicked up, her tail remained still, and she wondered if the creature would fall for her ruse. When she didn't struggle, didn't say a single thing, and her stance turned neutral, the creature brought a massive hand-paw to rub at her cheek while it spoke, "See? Isn't that better? It has been a long time and I didn't want to harm you, so I only used a tiny bit of influence. Isn't that nice? I do not want to break you. It has been a long time. A long time since I've been free. None should be able to resist, so let us enjoy. Now tell me, does anyone know you are here?"

Mara didn't think twice about the lie, "No. I came here by myself master."

The beast nodded and sat on the table again once he was sure Mara was under his spell, the feline suddenly very glad that a large ego trumped double checking the spell, but she dared not show any excitement or lose concentration on the fact that she was allowing his puppet strings to play with her.

"Good. That means we have time to play. So strip for me."

Embarrassed and flustered she moved to obey, paws moving to slip the robes off of her body and let him see the fact that she wore underwear as orange as her eyes. His gaze looked her up and down and she felt his eyes appraising every inch of her body, but what was more embarrassing was the fact that she could see his cock growing between his legs from a fuzzy sheathe. She knew where this was going and had the solution prepared at the back of her mind. She'd give him a taste of his own medicine, but only when she was close enough to touch him.

Mara felt the tug of his presence on her body without a command from his mouth and she moved as if she were really underneath his control. She stood just before the sitting beast, his legs spread and his hand moving to the back of her head to guide her mouth to his red shaft that was growing thicker by the moment. Her paws moved to grip on the shaft, but there was less acting this time. Genuine curiosity was playing in her mind, her body growing warm at the sight of such a large thing. She had only found herself having sex with one other person, and they certainly hadn't been this large. While she was close enough to enact her plan, dangerous curiosity and lust took precedence over concrete thought and caution.

By the elements was he huge. Her paw barely fit around his shaft and it only seemed to throb and grow just a bit bigger. Again, she felt his phantom strings tug at her mind and she did not disobey, though her plan was ready. Slowly, carefully, she brought her lips over the tip of his cock and parted them to let his member slide in against her tongue. She worked herself up and down, reminding herself to keep calm while she stroked what she could not fit in her mouth. She heard him groaning and dared to bring her gaze up to see that he was reclining with his head thrown back. This was her chance to escape from this situation, but was it really the perfect opportunity? There was no sense in making excuses. She could pretend like this wasn't the best time to fight back with a surprise attack, but really she was just that interested in the cock that her tongue was coiling and curling against. The excuse was that if she pleasured him perhaps he would be further weakened and she could take advantage of that state, but the truth was that her body simply craved this carnal touch and she couldn't help but purr as she sucked on his cock.

The feline's head bobbed up and down as she worked to pleasure her so-called master. She took her time in trying to dip down lower and lower and lower but found it difficult to get even half of his cock in her mouth. She didn't have much experience and it showed as she gagged and trembled while trying to please him. Surprisingly, she felt his phantom touch pulling her away rather than closer and she heard his voice come out in a near purr, "Poor thing...You're having trouble even servicing me, don't worry, you'll learn in due time, but for now how would you like to skip to the best part? We shouldn't wait for too long after all."

Mara shivered, but she nodded and moved to obey those invisible puppet strings tugging her towards him. After slipping her underwear off, she climbed onto his lap and shifted about until his shaft was sliding against wet folds. She could feel the kiss of his warmth sending little bits of arousal up her body and the curiosity of how that canine cock would feel inside of her took over whatever little caution she had. She shuddered as she felt his puppet strings tug her limbs to a halt, kept her eyes closed as she heard him shuffling about to grip his own cock and edge it against her entrance. At that moment, her ears folded back, the anticipation building in her chest ready to blow, and her tail began to lash about. The tip pressed inside of her slowly and she let out a breath that brushed against the creature's chest and shook her body.

The feline had braced herself for the worst, braced herself for an utter pounding, but instead, she found the beast was gentle with her. One of his paws moved to grip at her rear and the other at her side as he slowly edged himself inside of her. The feeling of his shaft stretching her every so carefully was pleasant, but there was something missing, something almost disappointing about this encounter. Her expectations had been to be on the ground panting and needing all of her mental strength just to keep herself from breaking, but the creature seemed intent on making love to her. How weird.

Up and down he began to bounce her on his lap and she felt his cock pressing gently against her inner walls. With every thrust, she brought her hips down to help him, but he didn't seem to take advantage of the fact she was so eager. He only kept thrusting with meager little pushes that had her wondering if he was a demon or a puppy. She let out little huffs to signal her pleasure, but she found herself growing frustrated as the moments went by. He picked up a bit of speed with his thrusting and even began to claw at her back just a bit, but his claws only seemed to graze beneath her fur and nothing else. Her arousal was only growing and there didn't seem to be any solid satisfaction out of this. With eyes narrowed, she began gathering the magic at the back of her mind she had been hiding for her escape plan.

A whisper of cold power escaped her lips and she brought her paws up to feel through the fur of the beast's chest. He perhaps thought of it as some sort of loving motion, but chain's erupted from Mara's paws and they latched onto the demon's neck. The beast yelped and his eyes widened with surprise as he looked down at the collar he now wore. His eyes turned from deep crimson to orange, and then the demon shuddered with his arms at his side as she bound the creature's presence that had still been attached to her mind.

Mara frowned as she looked up and down at the demon. Thankfully that spell from the book had worked or else she would have revealed herself far too soon, but now that he was under her control she could trap him back in the book and leave, but still she felt a certain itch that nagged at the back of her mind and at her heart. She hungered for the creature to ravage her and so with a small smile she ordered, "Continue where we left off...And this time with a little gusto okay?"

Mara was surprised to find a strange tugging at her mind. She felt his presence moving to obey without question and without budging and she couldn't help but smile as she watched his hands move to grip at her rear. As far as first times with spells went, this one had been an absolute success. She grinned and found herself swelling with pride, but gasped as he suddenly slammed half of his cock inside of her. Just as she had ordered, the creature began thrusting inside of her with much more strength than before, but still, it wasn't enough.

"More!" The feline cried out even as she felt her insides stretched wide by the sudden girth being pressed against them. She held onto the chains tight and tugged them as she felt the beast's balls slap against her when he began ramming inside of her with a feral hunger.

Up and down she bounced on the creature's lap and her insides were sore with the pleasure shaking her form. Pain and delight danced along her spine and she purred through her moans as she rode the wild beast. There was a sort of glee that she couldn't explain about being able to tame such a wild beast while being ravaged by it at the same time, a sort of mental satisfaction that was almost as good as the pleasure she felt rocking her form through that cock slamming against her cunt.

The beast made a good act of things even though he was acting underneath her power. He snarled like a wild animal and his cock pressed inside of her again and again without care for her pain or pleasure which only served to please her. Mara felt her insides tightening on that massive thing and at the back of her mind she knew she should get him to pull out, but at the same time that little bit of caution at the back of her mind was overwritten by the pleasure crashing against her senses and her oncoming orgasming rising through her body like a waterfall. Soon, she doubled over as she felt the canine creature's cock swell at the base to tie them together resulting in her insides stretching and her orgasms sudden appearance.

Mara gasped aloud and bit down on her lip to keep herself quiet as she felt her own orgasm strike her senses, but if that weren't enough, the creature also began filling her. His canine cock twitched inside of her while she groaned and purred from her orgasm. There was so much of the demon's seed that she swore she would grow fat from it, or at the very least if she didn't take precautions she would grow fat from it in a couple of months. Shuddering, panting and sighing, she looked to the side where the tome that had summoned the creature laid. She needed that to put the demon back where he belonged. Even if she wanted to keep him, she could feel the strain of the domination spell wearing on her power. Perhaps if she were a better mage she could have made some sort of permanent spell, but for now, she would put this one away. If she could only reach the damnable tome to do a little research.

The demon, as if sensing her desires, reached with one long arm to grab the book and present it to her. Blinking she took it with both paws and opened it while nodding, "Ah, thank you uh...Good demon, right. You just sit here and I'll find out how to get you back in here."

The demon's words were hollow as he replied to her wordless question, "If you desire that, mistress, then simply erase what you have done and take the life back from the tome you gave it. It is my connection to this world unless I inscribe it on a vessel of flesh."

A chill ran down her spine as she turned to the page with the demon's circle. She could have been in deeper trouble, but with the breaking of the circle and the taking of her power, she should be fine. With a thumb, she smudged the symbol and took a deep breath as the life that she had placed into the circle ran back into her. The demon began to fade from existence before her eyes, which was unfortunate considering she was on his lap and stuck to him. When he was gone, Mara was left to fall on the table on her rump. The feline let out a little hiss as she brought a paw around to rub at her lower back while slowly getting off of the table and searching for her clothes. Fully dressed, ready to get her day done with and feeling exhausted, she sealed the book and set it where it belonged before closing the glass display. Everything had gone off without too many problems and she was glad for it.

"MARA!" Said a booming voice that shook her to the core and brought her hackles up on edge.

She turned to see the librarian approaching her with narrowed eyes and crossed arms. Playing it cool brought herself to face him and dusted her robes off with a small smile, "Yes, sir?"

The librarian looked her up and down with a quirked brow, "What's taking so long?"

Mara presented her tome, calmly and collected, "Well, you see, I was just taking notes on some things I forgot and on some of the books in here."

The librarian looked her up and down before rubbing at the back of his head and sighing, "Right...I'll ask that you not do that in here. You were gone for a bit and I was worried something happened...Anyway, run along. I don't need you for anything else today."

Mara gave a curt bow to her elder and stepped around him before walking with the slightest bit of excitement in her step. She had gotten away with murder and lived to tell the tale. Her orange eyes glimmered with a sort of glee as she made her way out of the library. Of course, when she remembered that she hadn't put a magic seal on the lock on the book, her pace quickened and she hoped above all else that the librarian wouldn't look too closely at the tome.