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Never Take a Shortcut

YCH Story for Silverdragon

Written by Rix / Solsticefennec

Koryelro let out a frustrated growl as shi looked at the directions shi'd been given. The crude map had gotten wet when shi'd slipped on a stream-bank and fallen in. It had been at that point shi found out the ink hir guide had used to scrawl down the map through the Aldenwood wasn't exactly waterproof. With a snarl, the chakat threw the now useless map on the ground and shredded it with hir massive forepaws. Despite hir worries about getting lost, feeling hir claws tear the paper to ribbons felt cathartic.

Hir whole trip had been a disaster, really. From the moment shi'd resolved to find a way through the Aldenwood to visit an old friend in a settlement on the other side, rather than going around, shi'd seemingly been cursed with bad luck. It had seemed like such a good idea at the time; taking the shortcut through the Aldenwood would cut hir trip by almost a week and a half.

"Should have paid for an actual fuckin' guide to come along," shi muttered, and stomped hir hindpaws in frustration. The Aldenwood was a dangerous place if one didn't know what paths to take. All sorts of stories had cropped up, about monstrous predators and even hungry plants ready to snatch up unwitting travelers that didn't know how to avoid them. Much to hir chagrin, Kory had learned the hard way that paying a bit more could have saved hir a lot of frustration.

The guide, a helpful and very friendly rabbit, had written detailed descriptions of the landmarks and paths that Kory would have to take. With luck, the striped chakat would have made it through in four days. For just a bit more money, shi could have brought the rabbit along with hir and even had someone to curl up with at night. Hell, he'd seemed fascinated with the idea of being with a herm, and had even complimented hir on the pattern of hir stripes. Why the hell had shi rebuffed his interest in being a personal guide?

"Well, now you'll be lucky if you get out here at all, Kory," shi grumbled, and sat back on hir haunches, trying to figure out what to do about hir predicament. The Aldenwood was notorious for having dangerous predators, and even the flora could be dangerous. Looking at the gouges in the dirt beneath hir, Koryelro had no doubt shi could handle the fauna. shi had no idea what a dangerous plant looked like. The stories about them were vague enough that it was a guessing game what form they would take.

As Kory looked down the nearly-overgrown dirt path, hir stomach took that particular moment to remind hir that shi was hungry, in the form of a loud gurgle. shi sighed and flumped down on all fours and reached for hir pack. Jerky... jerky... more jerky. A few packs of dried noodles shi could cook in a pot over the fire. Powdered milk to mix with water shi had in hir canteen. One benefit of being a chakat, shi thought, had to be the fact shi could carry so much. Still, the prospect of having to eat jerky or drink powdered milk for the third day in a row was unpalatable to say the least.

Pulling hirself to hir feet, Kory looked around for any sort of bush or tree with fruit. If shi could find some, it would be perfect. Fruit juices, fiber, a bit of sweetness. shi could definitely get behind that. shi knew a few kinds of fruit that were safe to eat, if shi could find them. Pulling hir compass from hir pack, shi checked it, and given that the path shi was on was headed in the right direction at least, shi started on hir way, hoping shi might find something to eat.

It took over an hour of walking before Kory found what shi was looking for. At the edge of a small ravine, the same one the path had followed for the last ten minutes, there was a tree with what looked like pears on it. The season was right for it, and there had been a few trees shi'd seen on hir first day in the Aldenwood. They were the right colour and the right shape, at least, and there weren't many hanging very low, which meant that something was eating them.

The nearest looked to be almost out of reach, hanging tantalizingly over the lip of the ravine. If Kory was careful, shi should be able to reach it. Inching toward the edge, Kory tried to reach out and grab the plump fruit. Try as shi might, though, it was just out of reach. Smoothing down hir shirt, the striped chakat crept a little closer to the edge, hir forepaws at the very limit. Digging in hir hind feet, shi reached out again.

"Just... a little... more..." Kory growled and strained to reach the fruit. Just as hir fingers gripped the bulbous pear, the edge of the incline crumbled beneath hir forepaws and shi started to fall. Try as shi might, shi couldn't hang on with hir hindpaws, and soon shi found hirself tumbling down the incline in an uncontrolled roll.

Letting out a surprised holler, Kory had but a few moments to reflect on the wisdom of hir actions, as well as wondering just which god shi'd offended to be this unlucky. As shi fell, shi felt a branch snag hir pack and tear it away. Little whiplike branches snapped at hir and cut into the thin clothing shi was wearing, and by the time shi landed in the bottom of the little ravine, in a thick puddle of some sort of gooey muck, every last scrap of clothing shi'd been wearing had been left in tatters in the path of destruction hir tumbling body had left on the incline.

"FUCK!" Kory spat, trying to pull hirself to hir feet. But somehow shi was unable to pull hir haunches off the ground, and shi was stuck into the glue-like muck. "Oh hell... quicksand?" shi asked of nobody in particular, hir heart hammering in fear. If shi could just get out of the ravine... shi could... do something. Anything. Losing hir clothing was embarrassing, but shi needed hir pack.

All around the bottom of the ravine were thick purple and green vines, and a few bushes covered in leaves so thick shi couldn't see between the branches. One of the vines was just in reach of hir arms, which were thankfully free of the muck, and it seemed thick enough that shi could drag hirself out. As the trapped chakat strained to reach it, wiggling and squirming in the muck, shi let out a triumphant cry as hir hands wrapped around the fibrous vine.

That cry of triumph turned to one of dismay when the vine leaped into action, wrapping around Kory's wrists in turn and pulling them away from each other. Not even a second later, shi felt something moving in the muck, wrapping around hir hind legs before shi even had time to react.

"Oh shit.. oh SHIT..." Kory sputtered as more of the vines approached. With a roar shi flailed at the ones that tried to wrap around hir forelegs. shi felt a rush of elation when shi connected with the offending things, drawing deep gashes in them. The moment hir claws made those cuts, the whole ravine seemed to shudder, all the way from the muck-covered bottom to the lip of the ravine almost a hundred yards away. The chakat felt a knot of fear form in hir belly. The entire place was one creature! One plant. Could the fruit, that had seemed like it was moving out of the way as shi'd reached it, have been part of it too? Had it been a trap from the very start?

Kory's moment of inattention proved to be a mistake, as four new vines attacked, wrapping around hir forepaws from different directions. The chakat, realizing hir mistake, struggled and pulled against the vines, but soon more of them had begun to approach. "no no no," Kory stammered. Soon, another half dozen vines started to wrap around hir, two around hir belly, one just behind hir forepaws, two on hir chest and one around hir neck.

Struggle as shi might, the progress of the vines was implacable, and soon they were lifting the chakat out of the muck effortlessly, as if their presence negated the gluelike stickiness of the substance. The vine around hir neck wasn't tight, but Kory felt its presence keenly. Wherever the vines touched hir body, they left a thin trail of a slick saplike substance.

Once the chakat had been lifted about a foot above the pool of muck, shi saw a number of thinner, more textured vines emerge from the pool, glistening with moisture, and begin to approach hir. They looked almost fragile, and were Kory free, shi'd easily be able to break them. Instead, shi had to endure their touch, slick and slimy, as they began to squirm and wriggle all over hir helpless body.

More and more of those thin, tendril-like vines emerged from the pool, and as they began to explore as well, Kory threw caution to the wind and yelled for help. "SOMEONE! Anyone! Help me!" Soon the tendrils were wrapping around hir breasts and pushing around under hir tail.

From head to toe, they had begun to explore hir body, touching every place they could as they wrapped around hir. One or two dipped between the petals of hir netherlips, even more pushed into hir sheath, wriggling around in the pouch of flesh and even wrapping around the head of hir cock while it was still inside hir. Their ministrations were gentle, but it still made the captive chakat struggle even more. Shi wasn't used to being touched like that, especially not by a plant.

When the tendrils reached hir mouth, Kory did the only thing shi could do, shi snapped at them with hir teeth. shi managed to bite a few of them, but it served only to make them retreat, coming to rest at the very corner of hir mouth. Soon, shi was covered by a network of a hundred of those tiny tendrils, hir wrists, forepaws and hind legs pulled taut and immobile. The tendrils began to secrete a strange greenish substance which soon hardened like a shell around Kory, leaving hir completely bound and helpless.

Hir mind racing, Kory wondered just what the strange plant had planned for hir. Nothing tingled, and there wasn't a pod or a flytrap-like mouth anywhere in sight, so it didn't want to eat hir at least. But what in the hell could it need, keeping hir trapped like this? Again shi tried to cry out for help, though shi quickly realized that could be a very bad idea. If there were any predators around, shi'd make an easy meal, if the plant that had hir didn't get them too.

For the moment, the plant seemed to have stopped. shi could feel the vines twitching and wriggling a bit, but they weren't nearly as animated as they had been when exploring the chakat's body. shi could still feel the tension in the larger vines, and when shi tried to move, shi could move an inch or two, and open and close hir mouth with effort.

The stillness was broken when a new vine rose from underneath and snaked its way toward Kory's head. This one was different, with a strange hole in the tip and a number of long tendrils wiggling around the base. As it lifted itself to face Kory, gently pushing at hir lips, shi realized what it 'wanted' to do, and the though horrified hir. No way was shi letting that thing in hir mouth!

It seemed, however, shi didn't have much of a choice, as the vine around hir neck tightened, starting to choke hir. Holding out as long as shi could, shi finally gasped for air. The vine at hir mouth moved with almost lightning quickness, forcing itself in between hir lips and teeth as shi gasped for air. The tendrils around the vine quickly wrapped around hir head, joining the network of other tendrils and secreting more of that substance, sealing the vine in hir mouth.

Kory tried to bite down on the offending vine, but the fibrous exterior was stronger than shi would have thought. It just rested there, the tip pressing down on hir tongue. The taste was earthy, almost sweet. In any other situation it would be considered pleasant, but Kory, frightened and helpless, certainly couldn't appreciate it.

Seconds later, a rush of fluid and a number of semi-hard nodules spilled out of the tip of the vine in Kory's mouth, making hir holler around it, wriggling and writhing. The taste was heavy, heady, a mixture between unidentified fruit juice and maple syrup. More and more of it filled hir muzzle, and with nothing else to do, Kory swallowed reflexively, not wanting to choke. shi tried not to think of what the strange nodules were, and what they would do to hir.

Minutes passed, with the vine producing more and more of the substance, until Kory felt hir belly aching with how much shi'd consumed. Finally, the vine stopped, though it didn't pull away. It was almost as if the vine was feeding hir deliberately. Whimpering and mewling a little, Kory was left confused, wondering why the plant would do this. There had to be a reason, and shi really didn't want to know what it was.

The answer to that question came soon after, when Kory started to feel warm all over, as if shi were starting to go into heat. Not long after hir cock began to swell and slip from its sheath, and hir nethers grew warm and moist. A deep, heady arousal had begun to overtake the helpless chakat. shi let out a little moan, involuntarily licking the tip of the shaft in hir mouth. shi was rewarded with a squirt of more sap and a few more nodules.

Minutes passed, and every second Kory felt hir arousal growing, until shi felt like shi'd gone beyond the peak of hir strongest heat, and still it was growing. Hir cock had pushed free of its sheath fully, the tip all but dribbling precum. There was a great deal more being produced than usual, though shi couldn't tell. hir nethers were no better, the lips having grown swollen and puffy, slightly parted. A thin trail of feminine arousal had begun to drizzle down hir leg. Accompanying it all was an ache in hir chest as hir breasts grew slightly, starting to feel tender, with hir nipples stiffening.

Unable to twist and look at what was happening, Kory didn't notice two new vines emerge from the pool. Shi certainly felt the first though, as it wrapped around hir cock, drawing out a deep, desperate moan. Kory couldn't focus, all shi could feel was that deep, insistent arousal. Blinking, Kory tried to dispel the fog that had begun to settle on hir thoughts. For a single moment, shi fought it off, but then the tip of the tentacle on hir cock opened and engulfed the tip in warm, sticky wetness. Shi tried to buck hir legs, to thrust against the ministrations of the vine, but shi couldn't even do that. All that shi could do was endure the slow progression of that vine down hir shaft until the 'lips' hit the base. The moment it did, it started to undulate inside, starting to milk hir length.

All thoughts of escape fled from the chakat's mind, and soon shi gave hirself over to the sensations. Suckling on the vine in hir mouth, shi swallowed more of that sap eagerly. Though shi couldn't see it, the other vine that had risen to hir nethers opened up like a flower blooming, with a bumpy, glistening thinner vine in the centre. Without warning, it pressed itself to hir netherlips, the inner vine pushing into hir effortlessly, with the petals sealing themselves against hir, little tendrils integrating with the rest all over hir body.

The moment the vine pressed into hir, Kory almost screamed as hir first orgasm rocked hir body. Hir cock spurted an incredible amount of semen into the hungry vine that had enveloped it, and the one inside hir thrust deeper while absorbing all of hir arousal there. Kory soon became dimly aware and understanding of what the plant wanted. It wanted hir arousal, it wanted what nutrients shi could provide. When two new vines with thick pods on the end lifted to hir now-aching breasts, shi tried to arch hir back against them. The pods soon opened, and enveloped each breast, massaging them with something inside suckling on hir nipples.

The bumpy vine inside Kory began to undulate, pushing deeper and deeper until it met with the barrier of hir cervix, remaining there. All the chakat could do now was twitch and buck, and soon came another climax, and another, with the plant drinking down every last drop of what shi could provide. In hir pleasure-clouded mind, Kory wondered just how long it would keep hir...

Climax after climax came, feeding the plant over and over even as it fed hir. Shi soon lost count, utterly given over to the need to breed. When the sky grew dark, shi didn't even notice, and even when shi slept the plant continued to use hir for its nourishment.

A full three days had passed before something changed. The pods on Kory's tits detached with a lewd slurp, leaving the depleted orbs covered in slimy sap, even as the one on hir cock pulled off. shi squirmed and wriggled, not wanting it to stop, wishing the plant would keep on feeding from hir. shi felt a single moment of pain inside hir and a fullness shi'd never felt before. Uncomprehending, shi squealed around the vine in hir mouth. There was a warmth in hir belly now, foreign and utterly alien. Some small part of hir mind realized that the vine inside hir had breached hir womb.

From hir perspective, Kory could see where the vine lodged deep inside hir had emerged from the pool. Hir eyes widened and shi weakly tried to squirm away. Something was traveling along the inside of the vine, making it bulge to the size of a softball. Helplessly, shi watched as another emerged, and another, and another. Soon, the first one moved out of hir line of sight.

Half a minute later, shi felt a swelling at the vine inside hir, and a deep ache spread as it stretched hir wide. Another little dull ache came seconds after as the vine deposited a goose-egg sized seed in hir womb. shi moaned, feeling a climax rock hir body with each one deposited. By the time it was done, nearly three dozen of the seeds were deposited in hir, leaving hir belly gravid and swollen.

The large vines holding Kory began to move now, laying hir at the edge of the pool, out of the muck entirely. The thin, tendril-like vines that held hir secreted something new, dissolving the shell-like substance that had kept hir so perfectly immobile. Finally, with a sucking sound, the vine inside hir detached and pulled out.

Kory lay there for what felt like hours before shi felt the urge to move. shi wasn't weak, exactly; the nutrients provided to hir had kept hir healthy and hydrated. Three days of immobility though, had taken its toll on hir. As shi struggled to hir feet, mind still hazed with pleasure and confusion, shi looked at the pool, which had grown still, and the now-inert vines all over.

"G-gonna... get out... find t-trail. F-find pack," shi slurred to hirself. Climbing unsteadily to hir feet, shi started off toward where shi thought shi'd seen hir pack fall. shi made it a hundred yards before hir sex clenched and shi felt the sudden urge to push. All that shi could think of in that moment was pushing, clenching and lowering hir haunches. With a cry, Kory felt one of the seeds pushed out of hir, an orgasm crashing through hir as the bumpy thing stretched hir and then slipped out.

The urge to move returned, clouding Kory's mind again, and then shi knew... shi had to 'plant' the seeds. Something in hir knew that until they'd all been laid, shi'd not be able to resist the urge to wander. As shi began to walk aimlessly, pack forgotten, shi wondered if shi'd ever make it out of the Aldenwood, and what state shi'd be in when shi did. Two weeks later, still confused, hir memory of the ordeal growing fuzzier by the moment, shi stumbled onto a clearly marked path, and was soon found by another traveler.

On hir return trip, this time accompanied by a proper guide, shi found hir pack at the side of the path, and suddenly had an uncontrollable urge to climb down into the ravine...