An Apothecary's 8-legged Dilemma

Story by m00nlight_Juno on SoFurry

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An apothecary goes on a morning walk to find herbs for his village, he also finds himself in the sights of an enigmatic arachnid


I walked out of the door of the shop and heard the bell cling behind me as I exited the building. It was a cold morning today, and a little bit foggy too, but I could tell that the sun was going to be all the way up in about an hour or so.

It was a great season to be looking for mushrooms and herbs I could use in my medicines, and it was a good time to replenish my stock before the harshness of winter would wither away the plants outside, leaving me to try to gather them in the spring.

Today, I was just walking around the area and looking for whatever I could find, and I didn't feel in any hurry, some of my favorite herbs to find are lion's mane mushrooms, yarrow and peppermint. Around this time a lot of people tend to get colds, so I can get a lot of business because of it.

I also heard whispers in the tavern as I got a drink a few days ago. I got what I usually do when I go there, a nice warm mug filled with some honey mead, it had a very sweet and aged smell to it as well, with blueberries and blackberries in it.

Usually the barkeeps like to get their fruit locally, and only use fruits that grow around this region, which I much prefer to the stock of the traveling traders from the capital city that wander through these lands.

Some people talked of a new kind of silk found in the trees, strong as a rope, but soft and malleable like fresh thread. I didn't pay a lot of attention to the conversations, but now in the morning the memory of that time resurfaced, and I wondered if maybe I would come across some, even though most of my thoughts were collecting herbs to help the villagers with their ailments.

Just the other day, an older gentleman came in complaining of sinus pressure, so I gave him some yarrow for the cold, and some dried cayenne pepper in some herbal tea to help the pressure. I could see the smile slowly appear around his face as he drank it, and I gave him a little bag with tea in it and sent him on his way. The favorite part of my job is smelling all the wonderful scents in my shop, and making people happy. It makes me feel like my expertise in medicine is helping others in the village.

I walked along the dirt road away from the village and eventually cut across the road into the dense forest. I could see the oak and spruce trees towering above me and they gave off a pleasant aroma. There were also pine needles littering the floor which gave off a sharp, earthly smell.

I gathered some various herbs and put them into the cloth satchel across my shoulder. Sometimes, I put them into smaller pouches made of rough calico to help preserve the freshness and smell of the plants. I also lowered the hood of my deep blue cloak made of wool, and felt the sun beginning to warm my skin. I had always loved being in nature so much, especially in moments like this.

As I was walking deeper in the forest, I couldn't help but notice some webs along the plants, which was strange, because spiders would mostly be underground and preparing for hibernation around this time. I was somewhat used to collecting silk for bandages, but I was surprised by these webs, they were very large and grayish-white in color and were also far sticker and stronger than most of the webs I collected.

I then remembered the conversation I overheard, and realized these webs matched the description of the webs I heard about a few days ago. I caught my hand on a web and struggled for a bit to remove it, before breaking free and storing some in a larger pouch in my bag, hoping I could experiment with it and find some uses later.

As I continued walking I tripped on a root and fell, attempting to cushion my bag with my body, to not crush the somewhat delicate herbs inside it, but I quickly got up and didn't feel hurt, but my cloak was a little dirty now. Suddenly, I heard a rustle in the trees above me and raised my head to look, before seeing something thrown at me. I felt a sharp pain on my head as I collapsed again, and felt a warmth as my vision went blurry, then black.


I awoke to a pungent odor, of what seemed to be of dead animals. I also noticed that I couldn’t move my arms or legs and that my whole body was stuck in something, though I did not feel constricted too much either, and could still breathe normally and move my head around. I opened my eyes and was completely bewildered by what I could see.

Many objects were hung above me in tight lines of silk. There were also many different kinds of animals too, such as rabbits and birds, and even animals like deer and wild pigs were hanging from ropes and nestled in cocoons. The only light that I could see was streaming into the cave from an entrance, but it wasn’t too sunny outside just yet.

Some of the animals had been there for a little while and were almost unrecognizable, while others were fresher and hadn’t begun to decompose. I was very afraid, because I didn’t know how big or how strong something would have to be to take down animals this size, but since I was strung up as well, I was almost certain I would unfortunately find the source, sooner rather than later.

I heard a loud crunch, and then a suctioning noise by one of the sacs, and turned my neck and head to search for the source of the noise. I saw a spider-like creature hanging off of the cocoon with its back facing me. Long legs with dark gray fur held on to its prey, and it’s back was lined with smooth white stripes. This didn’t seem like a spider I had ever seen though, it was much too big, and its body was much longer and more slender than usual spiders, its abdomen was also not proportionally large to the spider and the creature almost looked to have a sort of almost human-like anatomy.

I was too nervous and focused to care about this though, and when I noticed the spider creature was completely focused on its meal, I gently began to wriggle to try and escape, and see if I could make it to the entrance.

This proved to be a really bad mistake on my end, as the spider suddenly stopped eating and snapped its entire body that was upside down, into spinning right side up and facing me. Piercing deep red eyes watched me, and I finally got a complete glimpse of this interesting spider.

She had very feminine features, with smooth pale white skin and bone white hair on her head, in a shorter haircut that reached to her chin level in the style of a bob. Her skin was also in certain places where hair would be on most spiders, such as her face but also on the first two of her eight arms, with long slender fingers, and rounded black nails.

Her face looked remarkably human-apart, from the four sets of red eyes, and the mandibles on her face, though behind the pincers there were small fangs and soft plump lips that were a deep glossy black.

There was skin along her stomach which was bare, muscular and shone in the sun. Skin was also on her legs, and revealed slender calves leading to a curvy set of hips as well as wide thighs. There was only that dark gray hair from earlier on parts of her breasts and around the area below her stomach.

She quickly began to move over to me as I yelled “please don’t eat me!”

She suddenly stopped a foot from my body and cocked her head slightly to the side, almost in a sense of amusement before she finally began to speak:

“~Ssssssomthing as soft and pretty as you would be such a ssshame to devour.” she said with a soft hiss,”but I haven’t decided your fate just yet human… you could keep me fed for dayssss” she finished with a glint in her eye.

She had a higher pitched voice that was softer than most, and she also seemed to enunciate her S’s frequently, on account of her pincers I assume, which created a unique and captivating accent like I had never heard before.

“Please don’t do that, I’m just a quiet apothecary that likes to collect herbs and interesting things to help my village, can you please at least tell me your name?”

“~Well of courssssse I can. My name is Amara” she said with a little bow and a wink, “and how about yourssss?”

“My name is (Y/N)”

“~Pleasure to meet you (Y/N), sssuch a nice name for a cute human” she said with a giggle.

“Thisss must be your bag then…how useful. I sssee you’ve found my webs around these lands.”

It then struck me that this spider was the maker of the fine silk on the trees from earlier. “Yes.” I replied “It’s among the finest material I’ve ever seen. I was going to take it back to my village to study, until I found myself in this unfortunate situation.”

“Well that’sss no good is it? You're trapped here…with me.” Amara then moved even closer to me, and put her lower leg around my body, pressing her figure against mine, and dancing her long slender fingers across my chest.

“...Well it seemsss I could make an agreement with you my human.”

“I’m open to an agreement that doesn’t turn me into dinner,” I stammered, causing her to laugh again. I noticed at this point I was beginning to grow more nervous, but not just from a fear of being devoured...but rather it was almost an…excitement I felt.

“Right now” She began,” I am all by myself, and there are none of my ssspecies with me, I’m not sssure how many of us still remain.” “I reached full maturity a few years ago and now… I am filled with desire…”

“I now require, no- thirst…to breed.”

“So you want to choose me?” I ask, with slight excitement and suprise in my voice, but still much fear.

She then got very close to my face, whispering in my ear:”Yesss,I find you suitable to my needs…and wantsss.”

I could feel the warmth of her breath tickle my ear as she breathed, and hear frothing as she ran her tongue slowly along her fangs, and it filled me with even more nervousness.

“In return, I shall sssupply you with as much sssilk as you could ever want, and you can then use my gift to help the other humansss.”

I paused and considered for a moment, and thought that it would be nice to get more of the silk, but also that I may be able to help Amara and her species as well. If anything else, being intimate with a giant spider sounded like a very unique and pleasurable opportunity, as well as a hell of a tale I could tell in the tavern.

I was a little hesitant, but I didn’t really see much of a choice, and I would do anything possible to make sure I could go home in one piece.

“I agree to your trade” I said with finality.

“I can tell.” she mused, her fingers dancing along my chest, as she gently placed her ear on it “Your heartbeat is quite fassst and excited.”

“Well then my human, let usss mate together.”

I first gently kissed her on the cheek, surprised at the warmth of her skin, before she cut my webs with speed and precision, gently grabbing onto my body with her arms as she spun towards the cave wall, where another web waited for my arrival.

She then gently laid me against the wall, where the web wasn’t sticky this time, and planted her spider arms firmly on the wall for support, with the rest of her body deeply pressing against me.

Amara then widely opened the first set of her jaws, which was almost the size of my head, and exposed her more human lips underneath. Her black lips were wet with moisture, full and glossy, and she licked her teeth slowly once again, this time coating them in a light blue film that began to slowly drip down onto my face in small strings.

We then locked lips together and began gently kissing each other, and over time began to ramp up the intensity considerably. I could feel her tongue lapping around the inside of my mouth, which left a very interesting flavor.

It was full of sweetness, and almost like a kind of strong nectar. It was very addicting, and I felt like I was in a haze, and wanted to kiss her forever.

“Do be careful not to ingest too much of the venom, my dear” She teased, slightly drawing back, “It can cover up the ssscent of my diet as well as paralyze my prey, but can be quite… intoxicating to your kind.”

I nodded in understanding, trying to force myself to stop kissing, which did work after a little effort and strong will power.

She then moved her head and gently began to nibble and bite on the side of my neck, making small moans and clicking her jaws occasionally. It was very light contact, and though I could feel her jaws tickling me, and the light point of her fangs pressing on my skin, I knew it was for play and not harm.

She then removed her mouth from my neck, and slowly took off my cloak and other clothes with her spider arms, and used her more human arms to slowly move her hands down my chest into my genital area.

“I must prepare you more for our mating soon. First, I should excite you a little bit more.” Amara said. I then sat up off of the web in more of a half standing/sitting position and prepared myself to keep going with what was next.

Amara slowly sat down, and I could see her thighs double in size as she did so. I was in utter disbelief that this spider was so attractive, but far past the point where I was unsure. I was beginning to like my situation after all.

She then finally removed my underwear, and exposed my now fully erect penis, and began to lightly stroke it with her fingers, as she moved her head closer to it.

“Thisss seems like it will be quite a pleasurable size for me, I sssimply can’t wait until I get to ride it.” She said with a breathy, alluring voice.

She then guided her pincers around and slowly put my penis into her mouth, slowly licking and going up and down and around, clicking her jaws in satisfaction.

The sides of the inside of her mouth were also constricting in and out, and the muscles were moving toward the back of her throat, almost as if she was trying to swallow my member whole.

“Amaaarrrra, waaiittt~” I said in both pleasure and concentration, I couldn't let myself go now, but I was starting to lose my control, and sooner or later I would give an offering to my arachnid companion.

She then gently moved her mouth away exclaiming, “you're ssssimply delicious to dine on human~”

Suddenly she moved me almost upright with her, slightly dangling me off the ground with a thin, but sturdy web on my back, while all of her legs were tightly wrapped around my body, I could feel the thickness and strength in her legs which made it impossible for an escape, even if i wanted to...

Slowly she began to grind my member with her body, and I could feel a hot and deep pulse from her abdomen and legs, as a deep moan and heavy sighing reached my ears.

“Can you feel my desire, my pet?” she deliberately whispered. ”My body is longing to receive you, I will have you~ and I ssshall feel you.”

“Yes, we shall keep going” I breathed in exertion.

Amara then set me down, and turned around, pointing her backside towards me where I now had full view of her genitals.

Her epigynum was fully open and was moist around the edges, with fluid occasionally dripping down, it was also mostly the same as her skin but around the area was the same dark gray hair that was on the other parts of her body.

Then after a moment of stillness, I slowly guided my penis in, and began to slowly move in and out, but going deeper with each thrust.

Amara moaned in pleasure “~Ah- ah~, sssss ~keep going my pet! Enter into me~ and mate me!, for I must savor this moment~”

I could feel the walls of her vagina in waves, powerfully constricting my member more and more, with each time having more of a grip, till I could no longer exit the cavity no matter how much effort, and the heat radiating from the inside was so pleasurable, I knew I would ejaculate soon.

I knew now was the time, and loudly gasped as I finally released into her. Amara clicked her fangs loudly saying “~yesss- yesss I can finally feel it my darling~” as her moans reached their highest pitch yet.

We then began to slow down and exited each other, both very exhausted from our experience together. We both began to move towards the opposite wall together, where Amara spun a web hammock to rest in.

We gently sat across the hammock where Amara gently rested all of her legs around me, put her body on my chest and sighed in relief. While we rested for a few minutes, I lightly ran my fingers through her hair, softly kissed her forehead, and gently stroked the rest of her body.

I felt the fur move through my fingers as I gently rubbed her back, and could feel the softness and warmth of it as I laid there with her, hearing her shallow breathing, and feeling it calm my mind.

After a while we both rose, and I put all of my clothes back on. I began to slowly walk towards the end of the cave, but I stopped as Amara wrapped me in one big, warm hug.

“I can’t thank you enough (Y/N), because of you, my species might be saved. Ssspiders can store ssseamen in their abdomen to use for later fertilization of eggs.”

“I have no doubt in my mind that it will be put to good ussssse” She finished with a wink.

“Now aassss promised, here is some sssilk my darling.”

She gently wrapped a large ball of some of her silk, and weaved it into a small bag with precision, where she put more silk inside of it, before gently placing it into my satchel, and handing it back to me.

“Thank you very much for this.” I said with a small bow. “Even though we got off to an uneasy start with one another, I really appreciate the experience I had with you and your hospitality towards me.”

“Good day, Amara”, I finished as I slowly walked out of the cave bidding her farewell.

“Don’t forget that you can come back, and I’ll always supply you with more sssilk darling, and other needs you may desire…if you understand my meaning. Follow the webs to find me again!” she spoke, as she politely waved me good-bye with a click of her fangs and a giggle.

“I definitely will, thank you for the notice!” I shouted, as I finally walked away from the cave, and then back towards the woods by the road. Thankfully, it was only about a ten minute walk from the village, and the sun was bright in the sky now.

I arrived back at my shop shortly after to organize my things, and examine Amara’s silk. I knew that her gift was really going to help me with my services, and decided that I would go back to visit her from time to time when I needed more. Though, maybe just getting silk wouldn’t be the only thing I would look forward to…