Unlikely treasure
Nick had started his hike towards the cave the old man in the village told him about. Having had little luck in his previous attempts to find anything worth of value, and this would be his last try before heading back home.
If he wasn't able to find anything he didn't know what he would do really. Everything he tried recently he'd had little to no luck with making any money. A hundred here and there was okay but all it really did was allow him money to live on while searching for the next treasure and to send some back to his wife.
He thought about this as he walked through the woods, his worries distracting him from the beauty of the forest that might otherwise calm him a little.
"Please just let this be the one." He said speaking softly to himself.
The light of the afternoon sky was slowly turning darker as the edge of a storm started to show itself as he closed in on the cave.
"At least I got here before the storm" He thought as he quickly stepped up his pace some as he made his way up the tree covered hill. A few large stones litter the outside entrance but otherwise only a red bush stood to cover the entrance slightly.
Just as the old man Reece has said, "A days walk south, past the standing stones and through the old woods you'll find the red bush. That is where the elder caves are. Take care boy, though you may seek knowledge the spirits of old live in those woods and caves. Disregard that at your own folly."
Nick had felt bad about lying to him; the old man had even been kind enough to share his food with ' Nick the scholar '. Had he know it was a thief before him; Reece would have likely beaten him with a cane rather then speak with him.
Still Nick needed coin to live and old burial grounds and caves used by long gone people tended to have 'leftover" things. Nick felt that they were better used by those who needed them...people like himself.
He slowly entered the cave, speaking as he did so. His words holding a small amount of power to them, causing a small orb of light to flicker into being before him. A soft sigh of relief escaped his lips as the spell worked, his knowledge and ability in magic was much like himself. Rather poor.
The cave itself seemed to have been worked as Nick moved inward. The floor looking as if someone had cleaned it out and smoothed it down some how, likely via magic or some kind of carving tool. Even the walls looked as if someone had worked many hours on making them abit smoother then nature had made them, the look over all still natural though.
Upon looking around further into the cave, he found a spot where the floor dipped slightly; it also looked blackened inside and around the edges. "A fire pit." He thought to himself as he continued to look around abit. The cave floor having a fine layer of dirt and dirt on it, the fire-pit also seemed to remain unused or cleaned for sometime.
Nick continued looking about the cave for anything that might be of value. A sudden crack of thunder from the storm outside caused to him jump back. The surprise of this caused him to lose his light spell and stumble backwards further into the cave.
As he stumbled backwards he tripped over something and went tumbling down a semi smooth path that spiraled down deeper into the caves heart. After a moment he reached the bottom striking his head on a wall, falling unconscious from the blow.
Nick awoke sometime later rubbing his forehead and feeling a fair deal of pain. His body ached from his fall and he tried to call forth some light, though his was unable to muster the concentration to cast the simple spell.
He crawled slowly about the cave floor, feeling around it as he looked for his tinder box and a torch. Something began to glow a soft blue just within sight as if he thought of needing light caused it to spring to life.
Still it was just enough to find what he was looking for. Within a few moments he had lit a torch and started to gather what spilled out of his pack during the tumble.
He felt along himself after gathering his things, only feeling a small bump on the back of his head. A sigh of relief escaping him that he didn't have anything else wrong with himself that he could feel. Slowly he started to take in the chamber he found himself in.
Much like the cave upstairs the lower half looked to have been carved out somehow. Though in here the walls were abit more smooth then upstairs and there were crystals and etchings as well. The crystals looking to be a natural formation, though the etchings most certainly did not.
There was abit more about this chamber then the crystals and etchings. Looking around Nick found some old pottery and some old scroll case's, even a table. That sadly is all he really found item wise within the room, but other then that there was only ornamental crystals formations on the wall. Though there was what looked to be an arch way into another room.
Sighing softly Nick felt the chances of finding anything worth of value sliding through his grasp. He moved into the archway, his torch before him casting its flickering light across the spacious room.
His heart leapt in hope as something glittered across the room. Though the other thing he saw sent chills down his spine. Sitting in an old bed was a skeleton of a humanoid being. The skull of which looked to be some sort of canine. What ever the being was it also appeared to have had four arms judging by the bones of the body.
Steeling himself Nick pressed onward. Nick spoke quietly to himself as his eyes fell upon a gem a little larger then a robin's egg. "Its okay, just one more dead body among many others you've rolled." He moved the torch closer to get a better look at the gem; it looked to be multifaceted and glimmered a soft blue as the light of the torch was cast upon it.
The gem rested loosely along the spine of the dead creature, seeming as if to have been placed there. Tentatively he reached down and took the gem. It felt oddly warm to the touch for a moment then became cool as the air within the cave.
After finding the gem he continued to search the beings dead body and found two other items. A silver necklace and another small gem, it was a clear green and was quite smaller then the blue one. Besides the gems and necklace he also found a leather bound book.
Unable to read very well he only briefly glanced over it, failing to notice that the writing matched the etchings on the cave wall outside the room. Looking over the rest of the room he found some more old pottery and a small table. Nick could see little else of interest within the room after that.
Hearing the brief echo of the storm outside he decided to settle down for the day till it quit. Slowly he prepared a spot to set camp, making a small camp fire in the lower chamber with some of the old table. After getting his fire made he took out and began to polish his gains, the blue gem seeming to take to being polished quite well. Almost seeming to glow in the light of the fire.
He sighed a little knowing he'd eventually have to sneak these out past the borders of the town he had passed through to get to here. A smirk slowly played across his face though, he had a trick or two that always worked on small items like these.
Lifting the green gem up he tossed it into his mouth and swallowed it, a few moments later he coughed softly bringing it back up. He then took the blue one and eyed it, the gem was a little larger then what he'd taken in before but he had to try. Otherwise might have to try other routes to smuggle it out. He shuddered at this idea. That way would be messy and make it harder in other ways. Maybe he could swallow it? Making up his mind he tossed his head back and swallowed the gem.
The gem went down a little rough at first, but it quickly slide down into him after a moment. Nick blinked slightly, as the gem tasted and felt odd. He was trying to think of what if felt like but quickly dismissed the thought. After a moment or two he tried to cough the gem back up, but it stayed down.
He tried again to no avail, and then again. I didn't seem to matter how hard he worked at it the gem stayed inside of him, refusing to move. He kept calm though, he had other times where items he'd taken in had refused to come back up. He grimaced he'd just have to wait on this one and its messy end.
His thoughts as to what to do next though were dashed by a tingling sensation in his stomach. It started out a small tickle and slowly grew into pleasurable warmth that spread up his chest and down towards his legs. As it spread Nick started to feel the cave grow warm, or was it himself?
He wasn't sure but he stripped off his leather jerkin and soon afterward his pants. This left him in a loose cotton shirt and his tie off briefs. It barely helped though, the warmth growing as the sensation of pleasure did too.
A groan escaped his lips as he lay down onto his bedroll. His hands moving to remove the last of his clothing as they were making him too warm. He even began to itch a little his hands moving down to scratch slightly as the pleasure began to grow in intensity.
He trembled with pleasure and fear as his body reacted to the pleasure, his hand betraying him as it strayed towards his throbbing erection. Slowly he felt his hand grasp about himself and begin to stroke despite trying to keep from doing so. His hips arched at the sensation, his pleasure quickly starting to win over his fears and better sense.
He watched in the light of the fire as his cock began to change before his eyes, throbbing with need as he felt it shift. His human shaft began to smooth out slightly, and darken into a dark sky blue.
He wanted to panic but he just couldn't seem to as he fought the pleasure rushing into him. White fur began to slowly form around the swollen base of his cock and bunch up. It quickly started to spread outwards to cover the rest of his groin.
He let out a soft growl, almost whimpering as he felt himself drawing close to a peak but couldn't seem to finish. His hand stroking gently along his engorged length, his breath quickening slightly as he continued to pump himself. The white fur crept down along his inner thighs and up across his stomach as it moved upwards toward his chest.
Along his hips and outer thighs the fur turned the deepest black, spreading up his sides and down his legs to his knees. His hand continued to tenderly stroke and pump at his aching pole as it finished changing into its new form. The final look a cross of human and canine, with a thick knot accenting the base of his blue shaft.
He trembled as he tried to draw his hand away wanting to stop, but at the same time wanting more. The changes continued to progress along his body as his nails on his feet and hands started to darken and become thicker as they turned into blunted claws. The palms of his hands and soles of his feet developing soft black padding as well, as the fur crept up over his chest and shoulders down his arms.
Other changes started to happen to him besides the fur moving to cover him. He could hear and feel a popping sensation just under his shoulders, the skin seeming to move just under his arms. Soon two lumps formed where the skin moved, one under each arm slowly swelling outwards.
As his body changed before his eyes, he could only struggle for control as he groaned in pleasure. Any pain that should have been felt by such changes to bone and flesh was thankfully absent as the lumps pushed outwards.
Stretching and thickening some as they grew the moving flesh began to quickly take shape into a twin set of arms matching Nicks already changed old ones. Another shiver swept over him as he felt the new arms flex, the sensation of trying to move the new pair like trying to move an arm that had been laid on the wrong way. His attention was soon drawn away from his arms as he felt the fur move further down his arms legs and up over his neck towards his face.
Nick felt the pleasure grow more intense as he felt his face begin to push outwards. A cry of pleasure escaping his forming muzzle as it pushed onwards a few more inch's. The sharp spikes of pleasure seemed to accent the major changes in the young thief's body. His vulpine muzzle slowly finishing forming as his ears slide atop his head. His senses blacked out for a moment, the only thing he could feel being the pleasure of his hand gently stroking along his aching shaft. Suddenly though he was flooded with new information as his senses rushed back to him, stronger then ever. He could hear, see and smell once more.
His free hands moved along his body as they felt the soft fur, tracing over the white underside of his new muzzle along to the white cheek ruffs. As he explored himself a new weight started to grow upon his chest.
Nick watched with mixed feelings as his chest swelled outwards. His nipples seeming to darken and turn a dark blue as the swelled up slightly and became thicker. The new dark blue nipples capping the forming breasts.
The new flesh brought with it new pleasures as well as heralding other changes. His body rippled and spasmed slightly as his muscle tone started to change, he could only moan as his paw gently pumped at his shaft as he watched. His body slowly took on a more feminine look to it as he arched his hips.
His waist started to narrow at the same time his hips widened as well. The changes flowing down along his slender body. Something seemed to bother Nick about all of this, but the feeling of pleasure was overpowering and he couldn't seem to gather his thoughts enough to do anything about it.
The changes progressed further, 's hand grew sticky with pre as his breasts reached a nice full c-cup in range. His two new hands strayed to 'inspect' the new additions as another set of breasts began to form under the first.
This caused a moan of pleasure to escape his muzzle, though the sound became rather feminine in tone towards the end. Nick could care little about the sound though, his body staring to ache with pleasure and need. He so badly wanted to fill or be filled by someone or something.
Two more jolts of pleasure crashed into Nick at once, causing his throbbing length to jerk in his paws as he pinched at his swollen nipples The rush making him arch in time for his tail to push itself from the base of his spine. Ebony fur quickly rushing to cover it, with a white tip accenting it.
The other spike of pleasure centered on his groin, causing him to move a paw from the now firm b-cup set of secondary breasts to below his cock. As he did he felt the smooth folds of a female sex finish forming, his balls having withdrawn up into his body into a new position close to the newly formed ovaries of his female anatomy.
His hands began to work feverishly along his body, stroking and petting his aching shaft as well as his new tender folds. He slowly began to move onto his knees, moaning louder then before as felt the gem move within his changed body. He could feel it pulse and throb with the beat of his heart as he felt his peak, which had been denied slowly closing in on him.
He closed his eyes as the pleasure began to consume him. The intense pleasures barely letting him feel the gem settling into his womb and binding itself as part of the new him. As the gem linked it self to him a pleasure exploded from his backside, sending him over the edge as two black draconian wings shot forth.
All at once Nick's mind, body, and soul seemed to be assaulted with new pleasure, information and a strong new connection to magic. His body reacted in a great spasm, his seed erupting forth from his shaft, thick ropes of his essence painting the cave floor as his female nectar coated the pumping fingers of his other paw.
Nick eyes opened as all of this hit him at once crying out in pleasure. A soft "Oh goddess." escaping his muzzle before he passed out.