Commission: Catching Fire
#1 of Fina's Tale
The first chapter in the tale of Fina, the charmander. Commission for a good friend of mine, who wishes to remain unknown. Gonna try posting one chapter a week. Let me know what you guys think of this!
Fina screamed her anger as she was carried down a hallway. For being such a small creature, the charmander was surprisingly vicious. The guards had tied up her muzzle to keep her from blasting them with flames. But each of the golems and gravelers were sporting soot marks and had gouges ripped from their stony bodies Two gravelers were carrying her down the hall, each restraining two of her limbs. The golem stomped along behind them, making sure that the two other brutes didn't harm the goods. Too much.
Her eyes were wild as she tried to figure out where they were taking her. She couldn't see much in the dark, the flames on her tail only providing fleeting glimpses of the area. They were on a walkway in a big, enclosed area. Not a cave, not unless they started making caves out of planned wood. Wasn't a house either. Not unless they made houses really long, tall, and started slapping wheels on them. No, it was a cart of some kind. Something like the slaver carts the elders used to scare hatchlings into behaving. Just bigger.
Thinking about the village elders brought her mind racing back to just a short time before. She'd been out doing some gathering when several rocks, her captors, pounced on her and knocked her out. She hadn't been out long, at least she didn't think it had been long. She'd been hooded and bound when she woke. Instead of fighting and struggling right away, she stayed quiet and listened to her surroundings. It didn't take long before she heard a familiar voice. Seka, the village's matriarch and one of only a few females (Fina included) in the village. But what was she doing there? Were the boulder brains raiders and negotiating her release? Nope. The bloat-belly bitch had sold her! All because she didn't want to become another egg-firing female to be bred time and time again by the village's men, if they could be called that, until she died from laying exhaustion. Besides, if any of them were real males, they would have found a way to woo her that wasn't just strutting up to her with an erection.
But that bitch had sold her off! From what she gathered, Seka and a few of the other leaders, had some sort of deal with the slavers. The slave traders would get the unruly of the village, and in return, the village would get supplies, and some "less than desirable" females. She wasn't sure what that meant, other than the fact that she was being traded like a sack of grain. It didn't take much to get the hood off, just a bit of fire, and the ropes weren't much of a match for her either. Seka had seemed genuinely surprised when she came lunging at her, trying to rip the bitch's face off. That's when she'd been reintroduced to her stony friends, who carted her off while she spat fire and curses.
Which brings her back to her current predicament. Trapped in the inescapable grip of two unamused guards while a third followed behind them. Her body ached, muscles screaming at her from the constant struggling. She hadn't made the trip easy on them, so that was one small victory. Even if her fighting did mean that they had delivered several smarting blows to her head and face to stun her. She was getting ready to have another fit when her captors stopped suddenly. They waited for just a second before a shape came scuttling down the wall. Fina jerked back, eyes wide as an ariados bolted from the shadows and looked at her with a penetrating gaze. "New girl, eh?" One of its long limbs folded out and brushed her face, examining her. "Did you have to rough her up this badly?" The charmander hissed through her bound muzzle and lashed out with her tail, making the spider dance backwards with a chittering noise. "Perhaps you did. Head."
Reaching over his partners, the golem wrapped her head in two massive hands and pulled up. Fina squawked against the motion, tears gathering in her eyes as her neck strained from the hold. She didn't struggle, out of fear that he might just pop her head right off. The ariados wrapped a braided leather collar around her neck. As he braided, the golem grumbled, "We were guaranteed that she is fertile, but told she was untested."
The spider tsked, "We will discover soon enough." It tightened the braiding just enough to make her choke for a second before releasing. But then it began to touch other parts of her body. "Hmm good, she didn't lie to us. This one will get a nice price." Fina hissed and squirmed as the hairy limbs stroked her vent. "Hmm, yes. In."
Her head was released right as the ariados opened a grate next to the catwalk and backed up. The golem snatched her from the gravelers and held her over the opening. Hissing still, she thrashed around, digging her claws into the pokemon's wrist as smoke curled out from her bound mouth. Looking almost bored, the golem shook her back and forth until she lost her grip and fell into the cage. Fina tumbled a few feet before smacking into a hard, wooden floor. Overhead, the cage door slammed shut and was locked, sealing her in.
It took Fina a moment to catch her breath, since she'd landed flat on her back. First thing she did was rip off that muzzle they'd put on her. With her mouth free and clear, the charmander threw her head back and began to literally blast curses towards the grating. Bursts of fire shot from her muzzle as she worked her way up and down the family trees of everyone she could think of. By the time her voice was about to give out on her, she had suggested that a good number of the traders and Seka's ancestors had done a great many things that were physically impossible. Just as she was wrapping up Seka's family line, her hand shot up to that collar and latched onto it.
"I wouldn't take that off if I were you."
Startled, she spun around with a hiss. There was a male in the cage with her, seated off in the corner. He was leaning against the wall with his hands resting on crossed legs, and his tail resting in his lap. The fire glinted in his eyes, giving them a greenish glow as he watched her. Fina dropped to a crouch and hissed, "Who are you? What are you doing there? Why shouldn't I take this off? Where are they taking me?"
He breathed out slowly and leaned his head against the wall. "I'll answer your questions on at a time. This train heads from the deserts and outlying villages, and hauls goods back to The City."
Fina shifted to a crouch, sitting on her heels. "The City? That's a stupid name for a place."
The charmeleon rolled his shoulders in a shrug. "It probably has a different name. All I've ever heard people call it is The City. As for your collar, I wouldn't remove it because they'll just put another one on you."
Her lips curled as she growled, "Then I'll rip that one off. And the one after it, too! I'll keep tearing them off until they stop putting them on me."
"They have ways to make sure you don't take your collar off." He rolled his head to the side and brought his tail up. Fina hissed and backed up when she saw the angry, jagged scars that circled the male's neck. "Take it off too many times, or just talk wrong to one of Them and They'll make sure you remember who is in charge." Fina's eyes narrowed dangerously as she looked at him, but her hand lifted to stroke over her own neck. What had they done to leave such wide markings, and how long had it taken? The male dropped his tail into his lap and shut his eyes. "To answer your last questions, they call me Ten and I am the stud that's going to breed you."
Fina snarled and backed up, not stopping until her back was pressed against the wall of her cage. "Like hell you're going to breed me! No male has ever touched me like that, and I'm not about to let someone like you get to have a turn! It's my choice whose eggs I bear, and no one else's!"
His voice stayed soft and low, "You do have a choice in the matter." Tend opened his eyes and looked at her for a split second before averting his gaze, as if embarrassed. "The first choice is me. I can guarantee that I will be gentle, and tender with you. Which is a far sight better than you might go once you hit market." She growled at him, but didn't ask what he meant by that. "The other option is that you will be taken to one of the breeding houses. Out there, they have ways to ensure that a female is fertilized, willing or not." A shiver ran through his body, "They give you some herbs or a medicine, I don't know exactly what. Then they bring in a group of males, and have us take our turns on you. In the end, the choice is yours which of the two paths you'll walk." He closed his eyes again and laid his head back against the wall. "It's a long journey back to The City, especially since we still have several stops to make. You have time to think on it."
The charmander couldn't help but gape at the male as he told her all that. There is no way that she would let anyone do that to her. Seka had tried to get a couple males to corner her a while back and breed her, but she'd managed to fight them off. Few well placed slashes show the males that she wasn't messing around. She wasn't ever going to let a male just force himself upon her, not while she had a choice in the matter.
A chill raced along her spine as that thought crossed her mind. She didn't have a choice in the matter. Back in the village, the males were used to females simply submitting to them. But here, in this place? They'd be used to females wanting to fight. They'd already proven that they could handle her in a straight up fight. How hard would it be for them to simply wear her out then dose her with whatever stuff they had before letting some males have at her? Fina looked over at Ten before curling up on herself, wrapping her arms around her body. Her entire life, she'd fought against becoming just another female with a belly that sagged from the sheer number of eggs that they produced over a lifetime. Tears gathered in her eye as she hugged herself tighter. It had been her dream to find a male that wanted her for more than a warm place to stick his dick and have eggs come out. To have a loving partner and a few children. And now? Now she was going to be sold off to the highest bidder at best. At worst she'd be drugged to her eyeballs and bred even more times than that bitch Seka had been.
Fina sobbed quietly as she kept her arms wrapped tight around herself. She didn't want this. She didn't want any of this! Her hands tightened into fists against her hide as she shook with a mixture of anger and sorrow. She'd only been crying for a moment before a hand reached out to stroke her back gently. The touch froze her mid-sob and made her stiffen up. She lay there as the hand gently stroked her between her shoulder blades. The touch made her think of her brother, who had vanished years ago while he was out scavenging. Which now she knew what that meant, he'd been sold off as well. She shivered as his hand rubbed her spine gently.
She wiped at her eyes angrily and sniffed, "What type of name is Ten anyway?"
He kept stroking his hand in slow circles on her spine and shrugged, "It's what they call me." He snorted, blasting a few sparks out of his nose. "Train Stud Number Ten. Or just Ten for short."
Fina sat up and put her back to a wall, really looking at him for the first time. He appeared to be in fairly good shape, if a bit thin. "Didn't your mother give you some other name?"
He shrugged "If she did, I never learned it. Mother was a breeder and so was my father. Bred by breeders to be a better breeder."
She snorted at him, "You sound rather proud of what you are."
Ten let out a soft sigh, "Just because I do it doesn't mean I'm proud about what I do, it's just what I do. I just do my best to make it as pleasurable as possible for my partners."
Fina looked at him long and hard, eyes flicking over his form. Ten met her gaze evenly and remained sitting in his cross-legged pose as she gave him a through examination. A shiver went through her body as she thought about what fate might lay ahead of her. Either way she was going to be bred. Might as well do it on her terms, at least a little bit. "Go ahead with whatever you have to do."
Looking away from him, she started to move onto the all-fours position that she'd seen so many of the village females bred in before. His hand touched against her side and stopped her. "If you're sure that you're ready, then let me take care of you first."
She tilted her head at him, "Take care of me how?"
He ran his fingers down her back, using just enough claw to make her shiver. "I have a certain way I like to do things. As I said, I like to make sure that my partner enjoys themselves." He gave her a bit of a smile and leaned in to kiss her cheek. "It's one bit of training that I enjoyed learning."
Standing up, he moved to a side of the cage and reached under a blanket to fish out a battered box and a bowl. He returned and sat across from her, setting out several items, including a couple bottles and some cloths. Fina watched as he poured some water into the bowl and dipped a cloth into it. Gently, Ten took one of her hands and began to wash it. "Wh-what are you?"
"Shhh," he smiled at her and ran the cloth along her arm. "Just enjoy it." She blushed, but kept quiet as he took his time, wiping down her body. After the day's events she was covered in grime. Both from when she was attacked, but also from the long struggle to get her back to the train. It wasn't long before she issued a soft purr as he cleaned around her neck, angling her head back to give him more access. She only became uncomfortable when the cloth moved along her thighs and belly, getting dangerously close to her vent. But he kept his touches there light and brief. By the time her hide was clean, she was starting to squirm. "Lay down on your belly."
Fina looked at him curiously, but nodded. The charmander stretched out on her belly and looked over her shoulder at the male as he drew another bottle from the box. Her nose twitched when he uncorked the bottle and released the sweet aroma of flowers and herbs. Ten poured the oil onto his hands before pressing them against her back. Fina stiffened when he zeroed in on some tense, knotted muscles. The charmander female hissed and twitched as his oily hands kneaded her aching body. As he rubbed the oil into her hide, it began to warm up. Fina shivered and breathed out a coo as Ten worked the tension out of her body. Her cheeks flushed as she lay her chin down on crossed arms.
A deep purr came from the male as his hands traced up and down her back. Gentle touches combined with soft scratches from his claws to make her arch towards him slightly. The fingers roamed up and down her back, sending shivers along her spine as the warmth began to spread out. Her tail twitched as his hands roamed lower on her body. Her cheeks grew hotter as her tail began to lift the closer his hands got to it. By the time his fingers touched her rear, the charmander's tail was high enough that she felt a breeze across her privates. Instead of going right for it, Ten wrapped his slick hands around her tail and began to massage it as well. She let out a soft moan, biting into one of her arms to silence it. A shiver ran down her spine as his fingers worked around that tail, roaming right from the base all the way up to the tip. He didn't linger on her tail too long though. Soon enough, his hands were moving down her thighs and feet.
Fina felt like she was melting as Ten delicately massaged her thighs and calves. It felt like she was floating as he touched her hip and gently rolled her over. The male's purrs deepened as his hands made slow circles along her belly. Fina lay on her back, legs parted by the male's body, cheeks burning hot now. His hands roamed across her chest and up to stroke her neck. They nudged her collar gently, stilling her for an instant at the reminder of why she was doing this. Any resistance she might have had left evaporated when he cupped her head and brought her into a kiss. She moaned into the kiss, lips parting eagerly as his tongue probed against them just a little. Wrapping her arms around his head, she pulled him in and pushed her own tongue against his. The slick muscles wrestled with one another for several long seconds as she pushed her oiled body up against his. She stilled when she felt something hard and incredibly hot nudging against her tail.
The kiss broke, Fina blushing and Ten sitting up. Looking down, she could almost make out the shape of his manhood in the shadows between their bodies. "Not yet," he whispered, hot breath washing over her cheek. Lifting himself off her, the charmeleon moved his body downwards. His nose bumped and nuzzled into her throat, kissing and biting at it tenderly. She breathed out a louder moan as his tongue traced her throat, then wound its way down her chest. Her head lifted curiously as he moved down, planting kisses across her belly then down to her....
She gasped and arched as he planted a kiss right onto her pussy, tongue sweeping across the swollen flesh. Cradling her rear, the male pushed his tongue into her untried folds. Legs lifted towards the ceiling as her body bowed up against his touch. He looked up at her with a smile, mouth opening wide to let his tongue bath her folds. Fina gasped, mouth hanging open as her stomach tensed and fluttered. Lights flashed and danced in front of her eyes as the male's tongue swirled against her insides. She pushed and arched against him, licks of flame starting to dart from her muzzle. Reaching down, she cupped his head and held on as she bowed upwards. She'd never felt anything like this before. Not in all the times she'd sated herself with her fingers, or even managed to bend to lick herself. The act of having someone else doing it to her was simply beyond comprehension.
Just when she thought the world was about to explode, Ten pulled away from her. Fina looked at him with a needy whimper, hands touching his cheeks. The charmeleon smiled at her and moved over her. She swallowed, that eager surge in her gut joining with a nervous flutter to make her squirm under the male. He slid against her oiled body, pressing her into the floor with his gentle weight. She swallowed nervously, feeling his hardness pressed against her soft folds. "Ready?" Nodding, she buried her head into his throat and waited.
A quick roll of his hips and the male was pushing into her. Her squeak was smothered into his neck as the male's thickness quickly spread her virgin walls open. Even though he wasted no time in burying himself hilt-deep inside of her, between the massaging and his oral attention, her body was more than ready for him. A tremor raced through her body as she panted into his neck, clinging to his arms as her thighs pressed to his hips. He held himself flush against her, letting her body adjust to the burning rod that was buried deep into her folds. She panted into his neck, her head pounding with each beat of her heart. And that wasn't the only thing that was throbbing. She could feel her insides pulse around him with each beat of her heart. Slick, hot muscles squeezing around his rod.
The world dissolved around them as he began to move. Slowly at first, barely more than a little shift of his body. Then the strokes grew longer as she held tight onto the male. An incredible warmth flooded her as his member slid between her folds. It felt as if she were melting, as if she were becoming something pliable for him to mold. Ten whispered gentle noises at her as his weight settled fully onto her. Arms wrapped around her, pulling her against his strong body. Her head fell back as he kissed her again. The male was filling her in every conceivable way. He was all she could see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. Every time he withdrew, she ached for him. Each plunge, she welcomed him in. He filled her to the very brim. There wasn't an inch of her body that he didn't touch each time he was buried inside of her.
Time ceased to matter for the little charmander. The only important thing was this male over her. A male to whom she was given to breed, but who had taken the time to show her kindness. The taste of his mouth. Feel of his body. Touch of his claws. Heat of his member. While they were together, there was no slavers waiting. No train taking her to captivity. No despair. There was only rapture.
Her body arched against him as everything went white. She might have cried out then, before the inferno consumed her. She was only distantly aware of the flames that spewed from her mouth as her limbs tightened around the larger male. He moved faster against her before joining her in the sweet nova. His white-hot release burned as it filled her furnace. Deep inside, his flame sought out the waiting fuel to create a coal. Eyes rolled back in her head as she let out a sweet whimper before falling limp, unable to withstand the conflagration any longer. A deep purr followed her into oblivion as gentle lips caressed her face.
Fina woke slowly. She was on her side, partially curled up. Ten was behind her, pressed protectively against her backside. One of his arms was draped over her body, fingers delicately tracing the swollen shape of her belly. The charmander offered a purr and stretched against him, butting her head gently into his chin. She'd lost track of the days she'd spent in that dark cage with him. They'd spent an eternity together. Her telling him stories of her village and family. Him tending to her every want and showing her so many wonderful things. Their little prison bore many scorch and claw marks now, a silent testament to their passions. He never told her how many days or weeks that she was with him, only saying that they'd be reaching their destination soon. From the noise overhead, it might be sooner than she wished.
Ten's hand lifted to her cheek to brush at a tear that had started to flow. The charmeleon leaned over and brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss. "Be strong for me. Be strong for you" His hand returned to trace the growing egg. "And be strong for..." his voice trailed off as the cage door swung open over head.
Thick, sticky webbing rained down on her, snaring her almost instantly. Fina let out a whine, then a hiss as they fell upon her and stuck to her flesh. The female thrashed against them, but only managed to entangle herself as more fell upon her. Didn't take long before she was being hauled upwards, her body cradled in the webbing. "Careful with her, our number ten has done a good job once again." She caught the glittering eyes and hungry look of the ariados as the golem reeled her in like a freshly caught fish. Twisting around in the cocoon, she looked pleadingly at Ten, her mouth bound by the ensnaring webs. He looked at her with a terrible sadness in his eyes before turning away and moving to the corner of the cage. The saw him settle into a cross-legged position as she was pulled over the rim.
Hairy limbs parted the web to stroke her belly. "Oh yes, very nice. This girl will fetch a high price once she has lain. Take her to the rookery. Once she has delivered she goes to market and the egg goes to the hatchers." Fina screamed and thrashed as the rock creature slung her across his shoulder like a backpack. Her tail lashed out and struck the ariados in the face, making him scream and back up. "Take the bitch now!"