Through The Ranks- Part One: Escape Plan Executed

Story by Kerolusion on SoFurry

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#1 of Through The Ranks


Im going to try my hand here at a multi "chapter" or part if you will story. This is something ive had in my head a long time and I'm converting it into furry because it's just more fun. Im trying to explain as much as I can in story about the world without sounding too dry and talking from the story itself, so forgive me if it seems that way. To start you off, this is a space station, and yes it's ruled by a king and queen. They have 4 daughters; Solana, Nerin, Marina, and Lira in that age order. The royal family has the top of the colony to themselves and it has a few floors. The lower floors are for the militray and then the common people. It's like a normal mini kingdom just in space and vertical. Rule of the land is that once a child reached a certain age, the parents cannot see them again until they reach adulthood for that society. The common folk can see that they exist, bu they have to wear something to hide their face at all times. Only selected members of staff who bring food and whatnot can see them without it. So essentially, very few people know what the princesses look like and that staff is cycled often. If anything else so far is unclear leave a comment and I will try my best to explain it. Something though dont have a why, they just are. So here we are, part one. Also, Im still trying to think of a name for this little series so I'll just be calling them by parts until I decide on one.

The king and queen were going on a trip. A long trip. Marina could hardly contain her excitement as she watched the clock on her mantle. Any moment now their governess would bustle in to herd them out to the throne room and hide her and her sisters behind the curtain to be present as their parents departed.

"Alright, ladies, are you ready?"

Right on time. Marina looked up as the rabbit tapped her foot impatiently. Of course they were ready. They'd been ready for hours now.

"Why do we have to get all fancied up when no one is even going to see us?"

This came from Marina's youngest sister. She looked so pretty in the new gown that had been made for the occasion. Her cream fur stood out brilliantly again the blue satin. She was the first pure white wolf in the family in a long time.

Marina's fur was pure black like her mothers, but hardly uncommon in the family. Her uncle and great grandmother had also had black fur. Her two elder sisters were both gray like their father. They typically took the longest to get ready because nothing matched.

Marina had picked red for today. Red seemed like a good color for a getaway.

"You are still a princess, Miss Lira." the rabbit said promptly. "No matter what the occasion, you must always look your best. Besides, you know very well that people will come to watch you walk there. Your clothes at least will be seen, just not your faces."

"I want mama to see me in this," the young wolf said sadly.

She was still getting used to the law that forbid the royal parents to see their children from a young age until adulthood. Marina was not sure why the law was even put into place, but it certainly helped. Other than selected staff and their governess no one on the ship was allowed to truly see the princesses until their introduction into society. Marina's eldest sister was the only one right now who would be next to their parents when they left.

This was Marina's favorite time of year. Her parents ventured off on they annual visit with the other colonies and the girls were left to themselves for the duration. They could do whatever they wanted basically within their level of the ship. The governess got the time off for some well deserved rest.

Last summer travels, Marina had gone days without seeing her sisters. She'd practiced seeing what she could and could not get away with. If her plan worked tonight, then she wouldn't be missed for at least a week or two. By then it would be too late. The damage would be done and no one would want to make a scene and she'd be left to her own devices until her parents came back at latest.

"Let's go," the rabbit said, clapping her paws together. "Masks on please."

Lira giggled. She loved her sapphire blue mask. Since she'd last worn it she's added some jewels and feathers that made it look as if she stepped right out of a masquerade. Marina's other sister wore a plain gold mask that bore the royal seal and a veil that covered half of it. Marina hated those masks, so she wore a thick velvet veil that attached to her hood. Only her emerald green eyes peeked out from under the fabric. She stared into those eyes before the mirror in the room before being drug from the room.

The people loved their rulers, and their offspring.

Marina smiled, and wished that the people could see that smile. They pushed against the guards that lined the corridor to the giant throne room. The waved and called out to their princesses. It would have been a bit daunting had the threats coming from their mouths hadn't been those of hugs, kisses, cheek pinching, and food. They clamored and called of admiration for the younger princesses and her most beautiful fur. The praised the glamour and poise of the two elder sisters. They delighted in the strong stance and resemblance of her mother that Marina had. Now she knew what she'd have to work on in order to fool them. She couldn't walk like the proud princess she was. She'd have to walk as a nobody. She would be a nobody.

Some of the pushing got out of hand. One of the guards holding the crowd back was thrown from the line and went sprawling into Marina, knocking them both to the ground. She yelped in surprise and looked up into the ice blue set of eyes that belong to another black wolf. He stared at her in disbelief for a moment before realizing what had happened and hastily clambered off her. Or at least she thought he had. Marina now saw that one of the personal bodyguards who'd been in front of and behind the procession of princesses had seized the wolf by his scruff and dragged him off.

"Get back in line," the jaguar hissed. "Hold them."

He shoved the wolf back into place, but there was no more need for crowd control. They'd seized the one who'd cause the guard to fall and were busy forcing him out, each one lecturing him along the way. Marina smiled. She loved her people just as much as they loved her and her sisters. They were true, loyal, and strong. This was one of the reasons for what she'd be doing tonight. It wasn't all personal. She had to keep reminding herself of this.

Marina tapped the chair she sat on impatiently. Sending the king and queen off was such a long tiresome process. The curtain that surrounded their booth was so thick that you couldn't see anything through. Their only link now to what was going on outside was the monitor in the corner. The eldest sister stood there on the arm of their father smiling as the men who would join her in commanding the ship while the royals were gone made their pledges. The young wolf would rule with those advisors on her own for the first time. Before, if something needed to be done, they would contact the queen and king. This year was a trial for the next queen.

"I could do just as good a job as she could," the next in line muttered.

Nerin was always the jealous one. She was jealous of Lira's beauty and her bright white fur. She was jealous of Solana's right to be next in line for the throne, and that she could go outside their part of the ship. She was jealous of Marina because nothing was really expected of her other than to be a good princess and find a good husband.

"But me? I have everything and nothing expected of me. I have to be ready if heavens forbid something happens to our sister, but not too much that I can't be auctioned off," she had spat during one of her numerous rants.

"Stop it, Nerin," Lira said angrily.

Marin was surprised that her younger sister had spoken up. She looked carefully at the cub and saw tears streaming down her face. She got up and wrapped her arms around her sister.

"They'll be back before you know it, Lira," Marina said softly. "Remember the same thing happened last year."

"Mom was able to tell me goodbye last year," the cub sniffed. "She hugged me and kissed me goodbye."

"And she is again. Look."

They all looked up at the screen to see both of their parents waving at them and their mother blowing a kiss. She mouthed each of their names and then I love you. She and the king boarded their ready ship and the crew began the preparations for departure.

"What's wrong with her?" Solana asked, nodding to Lira who was curled up in a chair in the back of their sitting room.

"She's still adjusting to the separation," Marina explained.

"Ah, well speaking of are you planning on doing your disappearing act again this year?"

Marina inwardly sighed. This saved her a lot of trouble from having to bring it up herself.

"Yes, it's the only time I get to feel alone and free. Is that so wrong?"

Solana shook her head, "No, but within a couple years here you will be out in society and then you cannot hide yourself away. You'll have more responsibilities."

"Which is why I want to savor this time while I still have it," Marina said. "You know me, sister. I know my duty and what will be expected of me."

Solana smiled, "If ever there was one of us with their head screwed on right it's you. Maybe you could try and put in an appearance now and then though. You know how Lira gets. She will come find you."

Marina nodded and smiled what she hoped was a convincing happy smile. Her sister took is and glided off to speak to the little sister in question. Marina did know this. Lira would come looking for her and that posed the biggest threat to her being exposed sooner. She had spent the last several months creating diversions to make her sister think it was a game and that was spending time with her sister, but never actually seeing her.

She'd put the last puzzle piece in place only that morning. She figured she had at least a few days before Lira started looking in their usually spots they went to together. Then each clue would take her somewhere else but it would take a while. It simply had to work. Marina just hoped her sister patience held.

"Goodnight!"

Lira was in a much brighter mood by bedtime. She hugged her sisters goodnight and skipped off to her bedroom, tail wagging behind her. Marina smiled and shook her head.

"I think I'm going to take a long walk before bed," Nerin said suddenly. "It'll be a lot quieter without everyone bustling about."

She didn't wait for a response but left Marina and Solana staring after her as she disappeared.

"That's actually the third night she's gone to take a walk," Solana said. "I wonder what she's up to."

"Probably off ranting to herself and plotting to overthrow you," Marina said and laughed a bit too loud.

She didn't want someone else walking about the corridors tonight. It was bad enough that Nerin was unexpectedly going to be out there.

Solana giggled, not hearing the panic in her sisters voice. They embraced and then Solana headed off to her own room. Nerin was still not back within the hour. Marina could not wait any longer or she might miss her window. She'd spent all last year mapping this floor I her mind. She knew every corner, every bridge, every door so well that she could move about it in pitch black.

"Time to go," she said quietly to herself.

The wolf grabbed a small pack from her room and set off at a trot to the outer corridors. Security here was always loose. At the end she slipped past a guard easily and made her way down to the next level. She made a maze of the hallways here avoiding the guards as they came, sometimes having to double back in order to miss their route.

It was the last guard she was worried about. According to the blueprints she'd obtained last summer, the nest way to get to the floor below in an area that would allow her to mingle in was through a ventilation shaft that was in a room close to the door this last guard was not supposed to leave. It was far away enough and dark enough that if the guard was not paying attention or he got distracted by something, that Marina could rush into the room silently and then that was that.

Marina neared the hallway where the door was and stopped. Her ears pricked and swiveled forward trying to catch the sound from the hallway. What was that? She edged closer and peered around the corner. What she saw made her jaw drop.

Nerin was hanging on to a low bar that ran down the hallway and around the next corner. Her dress that she'd worn to the ceremony was hanging on her waist, leaving her chest all but exposed save for her bra. Marina squinted and could just make out that the bra was actually ripped in several places. The rest of her dress was hiked up and the jaguar guard was positioned there with his maw in her privates.

Marina was ready to blow an entire years worth of planning to save her sister, but as she started forward she heard her sister giggle and moan. Horrified, Marina shrank back into the shadow unable to look away. The jaguar reached up and grabbed Nerin's breasts in his hands and squeezed them. She sighed and lolled her head back.

"More," she panted heavily.

The jaguar ripped off the rest of her bra and suctioned his lips to her nipples, sucking and licking at them hungrily. Marina felt a stirring beneath her own clothes and squirmed it away. She knew the basics of what went on between males and females but she'd never actually seen anything like it. So this is where her sister had been sneaking off to.

Nerin let go of the bar and shimmied off the rest of her dress. She was now completely exposed before the guard. She touched her chest. Then she ran a hand down along her stomach and her hips. The jaguar watched, his tail lashing about behind him.

"Strip," Nerin said.

"My lady, if another guard comes," the jaguar started.

"Off!" Nerin commanded.

Within moments the jaguars uniform was a lump of cloth on the ground. He stood side profile to the princess and Marina couldn't help but marvel at the size of him. Nerin too apparently was impressed because she slithered down and took him in her mouth. The jaguar let his shoulders slump and braced a hand again the wall to steady his balance.

Nerin worked him in and out, lapping her tongue over every inch. She sucked him and pawed at his balls. Marina fidgeted still unable to look away. She had to get to that door, but as involved as they were, they were standing side profile to her. Even when blending in one was bound to see her.

"More," Nerin panted again.

The jaguar lifted her up and slammed her up against the back wall. Marina saw his hips move and thrust that fleshy member inside her sister. Nerin cried out in delight and hung her head back.

"Shh," the jaguar hissed. "Not so loud."

He began thrusting his hips forward at an alarming speed it seemed. He buried his face in the bouncing breasts of the princess and her head seemed permanently tilted back. Their sighs and moans drowned out the sound of Marina's racing heart, at least she hoped. She had to take the window. If her sister looked up, it would be all over.

She edged around the corner slowly and began shifting down the hallways, sticking very close to the wall. It was poorly lit here and being a black wolf helped her stay mostly in the shadows. The jaguar began to thrust harder into Nerin. Her whole body was rocking against the wall with the face. Marina could make out the claws dug into the back of the cat. She could see wetness matting the fur of them both and dripping from that action going on between them. She could smell the thick sex in the air.

Marina stopped dead. What is the smelt her? She hadn't thought of that. Nerin could have not been here and the jaguar could have just smelt Marina out.

"Harder," Nerin cried.

Marina started, looking up. Her sister had moved her head forward but was looking down at the jaguar, not at her. They were both locked on each other as the jaguar pressed his whole body against hers and kept his hips slamming into hers.

A few more feet and Marina was at the door. It was unlocked, as it was supposed to be. She opened it slowly and slipped inside. As the door clicked shut behind her she heard her sister and the jaguar cry out in the same satisfied growl.

Marina pressed her back again the wall and listened. Her heart was beating so fast and she was shaking. She had to get into that vent and get out of here before the smell of the two lovers wore off causing only hers to linger. She pressed her ear to the door and could hear the two murmuring at each other.

She swung herself up into the vent and started crawling. The shaft ran through places that were unused or uninhabited at the time being. She shouldn't be heard by anyone, but she went slowly to avoid as much noise as possible. The metal was cold and dusty. Marina had to constantly fight the urge to not stop and wipe her paws off constantly. Dirty.

There was supposed to be a turn up here. Marina checked her memory and began crawling a bit faster. After this curve she would be close to where she could get out. She crawled, not paying any attention. One paw in front of thee other. Then suddenly, there was no more metal when she took that next step. Marina plunged headfirst into darkness.