Unicorn Problems (Chapter One
This is a 'prequel' of sorts, to my oft-disjointed series of stories based on the fictional Inteli-Pet Corporation. Said Corporation provides animals who have been genetically and often surgiically, altered as 'pets' for the wealthy and well-off. Their services are not cheap, but you get the ideal pet of your dreams - it has the 'baseline' of being able to think rationally, politely hold a conversation in whatever language you specify when placing your order, and they are loyal to their owners until the day they die.
This prelude, as it were, explores the relationship between a 'First Gen' - a Eastern Grey Kangaroo, one of the first to be 'produced' by the Intelli-Pet Corporation, before they become what they are known as (in later stories, over a hundred years has passed, so the Corporation has grown and evolved even further - this 'current', when they're first learning how to sucessfully 'birth' these talking, intelligent pets) - and his mistress/owner, a Human/Unicorn cross....
Unicorn Problems (Chapter One)
© Cederwyn Whitefurr
All Rights Reserved
January, 2015.
Kelendrianas pushed back an errant lock of ebony black hair from her violet eyes, before she snorted through her wide nostrils and threw down her pen, a look of exasperation and consternation crossing the young Unicorn/humans distinctly equine muzzle. Across the table from her, the slightly younger Eastern Grey Kangaroo looked up, holding his tea cup in his black gloved paws, then his brow furrowed and he flattened his ears, never liking it when it partner grew frustrated - he knew a frustrated Unicorn cross could be a danger - just her 2' long ivory spike that grew from her forehead was threat enough...
He rose, then walked around behind her, mindful of how quick she was physically - not to mention strong - and he reached out and laid his black paws on her pale tan shoulder and gently massaged. A ripple ran through Kelendrianas' body, as Andy trailed the middle claw on his right paw down the distinctive black stripe of her spine, continuing to gently massage with the other.
Reaching back across her body, then back with a white and tan gloved paw, Kelendrianas titled her head back and sighed, as she lovingly squeezed her partners massaging paw.
"You know how to calm me - " Kelendrianas whispered, as her dark eyelids fluttered closed and she continued to squeeze the young kangaroo's paw.
"I think," Andy laughed quietly, as he nuzzled at her long, tubular ears. "After ten years my love, I'd know what pleases you..."
"You're too good to me - " kelendrianas sighed, as she reached up with her free striped paw, then began unbuttoning the thick blouse she wore - unfastening the first four buttons and sliding her paw in to lightly scratch at an irritation, her nails dragging through the pale creamy fur just above her left pectoral muscle.
"Nonsense," Andy laughed, as he kissed along the edge of her neck, nuzzling at it. "I think you're too good for me - what with - with all you do, you're - I don't know how to find the words love - "
Pushing herself back from the chair, Kelendrianas patted her lap, and Andy obediently walked back around, then straddled her lap, his heavy, black tipped tail lying between her slender thighs.
"You've come so far - " Kelendrianas whispered, as she smiled and touched her broad nose against his lightly furred black one. "From the laboratory where you were first conceived - a first generation - "
Andy leaned back on his tail, pulling away from her, as she blinked, then snapped her striped paws up and gripped his paws in her own - his easily being enfolded in her much larger ones.
"I...I don't remember..." Andy sniffled, as the tears instantly welled in his eyes. "Why can't I remember what - "
"My love," Kelendrianas whispered, as she gently squeezed his paws with her own. "You know that - your past - it doesn't matter, that's behind both of us - I quit the Intelli-Pet corporation, I saw what they were planning and..."
Andy began to cry, the tears sliding down the young Grey Kangaroo's muzzle and dripping onto Kelendrianas' lap, but she was oblivious, as she pulled him close and cradled his head against her chest.
"Shhh, come on now little one, please don't cry - you know how it gets me crying when I see the one I love in pain... I know your past my beautiful, strong, virile young buck - you're a first generation - one of the first - the Corporation ever successfully designed...and you're perfect, in every way. I refused to get you the 'training' they were whispering about in the lunch room. How...how could they? How could they...dare...to subject a sweet, gentle and innocent creature - to such conditioning - imposing these - ridiculous sexual practices on a virgin mind...giving them these compulsions, to obey under fear of punishment from other compulsions - no - it was wrong my love, and I know they started on you before I could buy your freedom - even though it cost me nearly everything I owned - I'd do it again in a heartbeat, just to have you in my arms...to know you're free - a living, breathing, independent creature all to yourself - who is free to love as he will - I'd never give that up for anything."
Andy sniffled, nuzzling against Kelendrianas' chest as he battled to bring his fragile emotions back under control, knowing his mistress and lover cried easily - especially when she felt her pets pain and suffering through her empathy.
"I'm sorry mistress - " Andy sniffled, as he wiped at his wet cheeks with his paw pads.
"Do not be sorry my love," Kelendrianas told him, as she stroked back his ears and again cuddled him close. "you did not choose the path they set you on, I am only glad I claimed you - for you do bring me much pleasure, my dear, sweet, gentle Kangaroo Buck."
"I..." Andy sniffled, then nuzzled her throat, his dark, soulful eyes rolling up to stare at the underside of her chin.
"You do, more than you realise - now come on, be brave my young Kangaroo - don't cry any-more, you know how my empathy works - especially in physical contact - you wouldn't want me to start crying now...come on, dry those gorgeous brown eyes of yours, I'll give you a special treat tonight - since you've been so traumatised..."
One black tipped ear flicked, and he sniffled and shuddered in her gentle grasp, before he hung his head and swallowed, his voice faint - but easily heard by her large equine-like ears.
"I'm not a Joey any-more..."
She snorted, then lightly nibbled the tip of his right ear. "You refusing your special treat? I know how much you enjoy it - even when you were only truly, a tiny, frightened Joey - I cradled you in my lap and fed you, cared for you, and loved your tiny, fragile body - watching as you took your first hops - how you were so timid and small...how you snuggled into the makeshift pouch when you were tired and I'd carry you around like a feral kangaroo would her joey - " Kelendrianas smiled, caressing his ears with her long fingers, then tenderly scratching at their base with her hooflets.
"I - " he began, then swallowed and again, lifted his head and tried to look into her eyes.
"You do not remember, I'm not surprised, one so young, forced to grow to the age where you could be sold...no, no more bad stories tonight my love, you'll have nightmares, and you and I both don't want or need them - " Kelendrianas whispered, as she cuddled him close, then stood and he obediently gave two quick, short hops to get out of her way.
*
Andy, was a product of the Intelli-Pet Corporation, and stood only five feet three inches tall when standing fully erect, one of his species, would usually stand closer to 7' or more from feet to tip of their black tipped ears. His tail was thick, long and surprisingly heavy, not uncommon to his feral kind, the black tip almost ten inches from the tail end, he had black paws with delicate, soft paw pads and short, sharp nails on each of his five fingers, his nose was lightly furred across the upper bridgework - also a common trait of the Eastern Grey's - and his slender feet were long, tipped with black toe claws and three toes on each foot. If Andy didn't speak, and just stood as naturally as one of his feral ancestors, people would never have guessed he was a product of the Intelli-Pet Corporation - for as a first generation - he was a 'trial' to perfect the genetic sequencing of his kind and that of others - the first generation that was - that was successfully born.
It had taken over three hundred years, for the Intelli-Pet Corporation to perfect their genetic work - and when Kelendrianas resigned, they were experimenting with 'behavioural implants' - almost microscopic implants that were grafted into a Intelligent-Pet's cerebral cortex. This would act as a "Behaviour Inhibitor" - which kept them docile and controllable, as it suppressed their urges for violence - with the added benefit - or so the corporation thought - it was all theoretical sciences so far - that it would, when perfected, allow the pet's master or mistress to give them a command - and they would be forced to obey - if they could. Refusal or outright disobedience would trigger the device, which would in essence - electrify the offending pet's nervous system, causing them terrible pain, until they complied and obeyed.
Kelendrianas had been horrified when she read the briefing on what her and the fellow technicians were to begin working on - yes - they had perfected the ability to give the pets the ability to speak, think and hold a thoughtful and intelligent conversation with their owners - in whatever language their owner desired - they'd perfected that over a hundred and fifty years ago, but this - this rubbed the young unicorn the wrong way - this wasn't science - this was cruelty, forcibly compelling the pet to obey was wrong - it was a form of slavery, and that abhorrent practice had been stamped out over 2000 years ago.
Kelendrianas had purchased Andy when he was still a young, tiny joey - barely furred - and she had nearly been bankrupted in the process. Intelli-Pet Companions, as the company referred to them - were not cheap, and as the technology was only now truly advanced enough to allow their creation - the market was untested - but seeing as Anthropomorphic animals and humans had co-evolved together over the millennia - the corporation saw a niche market to cater to those of wealth and power - they were going to refine and build a whole line of thinking, intelligent and speaking pets - the profits they predicted were...
*
Kelendrianas snorted and one cloven hoof crashed down, as she felt the supple paws of the young Buck clutch at her belly, and he uttered a low, coughing sound - a sound kelendrianas remembered as the sound a frighted Joey made - it had to be serious, for Andy to resort to his feral instincts - and use such primitive language.
"Oh...Andy - I'm...I'm sorry my love - " Kelendrianas whispered, as she crouched and cuddled him close. "I was - reliving the past, I'm sorry if I frightened you honey - it - it is behind both of us now, and it should remain there..."
"Mistress..." Andy whispered, not fully comprehending what she meant, but his sense of smell detected the myriad of emotions her pheromones brought to him - anger, sadness, hate...so many feelings he didn't understand, but when she cuddled him again, it was all forgotten as he clasped at her short with his paws, looking up at her.
Kelendrianas shook herself, then lovingly ruffled his ears, feeling the tenseness slowly draining from him, before he released his grip on her shirt and she stepped around him, mindful of his long, thick tail.
"Go to our room love, I'll bring you your treat." Kelendrianas told him.
Obediently, he dropped to his paws and crawled off down the hallway, loyal and obedient like a a dog - but unlike a dog, Andy had feelings of his own - sure - he was still growing, but as a six year old Buck, he was defined at three as mature - even though all Intelli-Pet were, by law, genetically incapable of conceiving or siring offspring.
Kelendrianas busied herself with the cupboard, pulling down a tightly sealed container, from which she scooped two large spoonfuls of a powdery milk, then thought better of it and added another scoop - she was going to ensure Andy slept tonight - deeply and as dreamlessly as she could manage. Taking another container down, this one labelled as a powerful tranquilliser - she took a single capsule from the container and put it away in the cupboard. Breaking open the capsule, she added the pale blue powder to the milk formula and began adding hot water - mixing it with a long wooden spoon and adding some cold water, until the milk was blended thoroughly and she poured it into a bottle, screwing a special kangaroo teat onto the top and vigorously shaking the bottle as her cloven hooves clicked on the hardwood floor, moving towards their shared bedroom.
Andy lay sprawled on the bed, his long legs folded one over the other, and he obediently hopped to the floor as Kelendrianas entered, setting the teat and bottle on the sideboard as she shed her clothes and slipped into a short silk gown, tying the sash around her slender hips. Andy's eyes moved to the teat and bottle, then back to Kelendrianas, she could see the desire in him for the warm milk, but another part of him was timid and shy - as a mature, fully grown kangaroo never suckled from a bottle and teat like a six month old joey - but it was something he enjoyed - even if it was only on special occasions she fed him the delicious milk. Kelendrianas lay on the bed, then placed some pillows behind her back before she patted the bed and Andy leapt up onto it, before he crawled close and lay on his side, Kelendrianas gently sliding her paws under his back and pulling him up and back until his spine was pressed firmly against her belly, his head resting against her chest. His long legs stood upright like twin flagpoles, and his heavy tail lay limply between them, as he wriggled slightly - getting himself comfortable, his short arms resting lightly on his belly before he nodded and patiently waited for the bottle to be held before him.
"Drink slowly - " Kelendrianas reminded him as she held the latex teat against his muzzle, then felt him quiver in anticipation, his furred lips parting and tongue quickly curling slightly, sliding down the length of the teat.
As Kelendrianas tilted the bottle up, Andy placed both his paws on her single one and he began suckling, his eyes closing as he savoured the warm Marsupial milk, his throat rippling in time with his suckles. Kelendrianas tenderly stroked his stomach as he nursed from the bottle, smiling to herself and keeping a careful watch over him.
"That's it my love, good - nice, steady suckles...not too fast now, or you'll choke like you did last time."
Andy weakly opened his eyes and gazed up at her, his lips firmly pressed against the teat and he gave a weak nod, before closing his eyes and resuming drinking.
"I remember the trouble I had, when you were only a day old - barely furred and you refused to drink the milk...you drove me wild...I tried everything I could - to get you to drink...finally - hunger won you over, and I'll never forget my relief as you finally accepted the teat and began to nurse..."
Andy blinked, pausing in his suckling and he glanced up at her, but Kelendrianas gently rattled the bottle, and he resumed suckling the warm milk. Already half of it was gone, and as she watched, his suckles grew weaker and weaker, before his paws fell away and she lowered the bottle - the teat slipping from his slack muzzle.
Kelendrianas smiled, then placed the almost empty teat and bottle on the bedside table, before she sighed quietly and slid her paws down the kangaroo's hips, and carefully pushed him further down the bed, so she could lay beside him, and place her left arm over him, cuddling him protectively before she snapped a finger and the room plunged into darkness...
To Be Continued