The group breaks free from the treeline in the evening light, foretelling the darkness of night approaching. They walk across the path on the grassy hill between the woods and beach towards the light at the beach house as their targeted destination. The group had been talking to the new person and figuring out who she is. The Lady of the Lake, owner of the sword Excalibur, guide of King Arthur’s heirs, part succubus, and some other mysterious part. Vivian didn’t indulge what her other part was. She mentioned her intent for coming was to see the latest heir and to judge to see if he was worthy to wield Excalibur. You felt a huge expectation when she mentioned that. Afterwards, she asked about your history and how you got to meet so many succubus. The journey back to the house was catching her up to speed of your life and the point your little neighbor became a succubus.
“I still can’t believe your parents never mentioned anything about your heritage. Even to make sure that you don’t know much about King Arthur.” Vivian walks to the left of you, very regally. Sarah is on your right, signaling how close she is to you. “That is tragic.”
“I think that my parents wanted me to live a normal life, not being constrained by my blood.” You make an excuse for why they didn’t tell you. “Maybe they were waiting until after highschool.”
“I hope it was waiting until after highschool but they took a risk. If you accidentally awaken your blood at an inopportune time, you could have hurt someone. Imagine kicking a football with the strength of a bull, you could break the ribs of the goalie if they caught it.” Vivian warns of the danger your parents took.
“I think you mean soccer. Football doesn’t have goalies.” Amanda says as she and Caspian walk behind you three.
“It is soccer in the USA and football everywhere else.” Vivian turns around to remind her about the difference.
“I can’t believe that the Lady of the Lake keeps up with modern stuff, including sports. I can’t tell the difference between basketball and soccer. They both have nets.” Caspian marvels at Vivian’s knowledge of current events, expecting her to not know much about the modern era. Instead, she was quite knowledgeable.
“Living alone in your home is quite boring if you think I come out only to answer the call of a descendent of Arthur. I will go out and visit around the world. It is very convenient to have ponds and lakes act as portals.” Vivian responds with what she has been doing in her free time. She wasn’t holed up waiting for you to call.
“What were you doing before Dweeb called you?” Sarah asks, leaning back to get her attention. Once Sarah knew who Vivian was and her goals, most hostility vanished. The only hostility that remained was the thought that you had some personal demoness you could summon. Other than that, curiosity about talking to a legend was higher up.
“I was in Hawaii walking along the beach when I felt Dwayne’s call. I dropped everything and ran to the nearest pond. I had to jog a good distance on a golf course to reach one. I hope they are not looking for me at the bottom of that pond.” She gives a picture of golf staff frantically searching a pond to rescue her.
“So you can teleport between any body of water?” You scratch your chin as you ask. You were worried about those poor employees not finding anyone in the pond.
“Only freshwater that is still and clean. If they are dumping sewage in it, I can’t. I wish more people took care of the environment.” The group reaches the beach house. “Which is why your parents probably didn’t do lake visits.”
“Any freshwater? You mean you could have popped up if I was taking a bath? Or in a swimming pool?” You think of some embarrassing moments she could have appeared. Sarah’s eyes grow wide towards Vivian as she realizes what could have possibly happened. She didn’t like that thought.
Vivian walks up the steps first. “Oh no, no, no. I can’t do that.” Vivian waves off that ability. There is a huge sigh of relief from Sarah. “The bathtub is too small of a body of water. It’s like saying I can pop out of a glass of water. For a swimming pool, there are too many chemicals to allow me to swim to it.”
“So teleportation is like swimming.” Caspian asks. He was trying to learn about all the abilities he could about succubus.
“For me, yes. If Sarah can learn how to do that high level spell, she probably say it feels different.”
“I’m right now on low and mid spells.” Sarah says. She bows to you as you open the door to the house.
“I thought that big Shadow Ball was high level.” Amanda notes the large spell Sarah fired at her during training.
“It’s slow so it isn’t considered high.” All of you enter the beach house.
As you enter, you prepare to make an excuse as to why you had an extra person with you. The idea was a lost person in the woods, hiking. She only needed to stay one night before someone had to pick her up. Scanning the room to figure out how to start the conversation, you see Alfred, Amy, and Mia in the kitchen preparing dinner. Everyone else is around the entertainment center of the house. Madi, Nick, Megan, and Davis were playing Mario Kart on the TV.
“NNOO! Not the blue shell!” Megan cries. She had been hit by the infamous first place killer.
“That’s what you get for bananaing me.” Nick cries out in triumph.
“I still have a mushroom.” Megan yells. Her character, Yoshi, speeds up to try and reclaim her spot.
“And I have a red shell.” Madi chuckles. Her bang turns orange as her Koopa Troopa fires a red shell.
“NNNOOOOO!” Megan screams as she gets hit twice. Her placement tag goes into the lower half. “I was going to win!”
Your group walks over to the TV to talk to them about Vivian. The screen flashes the winner on the character playing Link, which is Davis. Madi comes in second, Megan in fifth, and Nick, Luigi, in sixth.
“Mario kart is like that. A single item can change the fate of the game.” Melody chimes in. She and Chad were sitting on a couch watching the game. They both look up towards you, shocked at the arrival of a new person.
“But I wanted a perfect score.” Megan slumps dejectedly into her cushion. Her pride hurt.
“You still won the cup. We get to verse the champions.” Davis gestures towards Chad and Melody. They won all their sets.
“And I’m not going to lose again.” Megan bounces up to seize her controller. “Let’s do the flower cup.”
“I guess this would be an okay time for us to interrupt.” You interrupt. Everyone stops paying attention to the screen to look at your party.
“You’re finally back. I thought that Caveman and I would show up late.” Madi leans into Nick to show there was more going on there. You expect that their exploring resulted in more things than just exploring. Madi’s bang went white for a second when she jolted when she saw the person that was with you before going back to red.
“It is funny. But we-” You were about to explain things when Megan did something unexpected.
Megan bolts up and jumps over the backside of the couch. She scurries around the table directly to Sarah. She holds Sarah’s hands in her own and stares frantically into Sarah’s eyes. “Are you alright? Please tell me it was an accident? Do you know which soul? Are you feeling hungry? Angry? Horny? Anything unusual?”
Everyone was shocked by Megan’s sudden action. Your train of thought switches over to Megan’s extravagant concern of Sarah. Sarah was also taken back by this worried Megan. She seemed so happy and cheerful all the time, what happened? She did say “souls.” Did she reveal that she knows what Sarah is?
“I..uh… Don’t know what you are… uhm… talking about.” Sarah stumbles over what to say. She was trying to keep her identity hidden while trying to understand what Megan said.
“It’s only recent so probably you haven’t noticed.” Megan frets over what she is getting at, snapping her fingers in the process. “It has to be an accident, right? The Hunger is never a good thing.” Megan points towards her butler. “Can you search the local news? We have to figure out how this happened.”
“Right away, Ma’am” Alfred bows. He heads off somewhere to do his task.
“Don’t you worry.” Megan grips Sarah’s arms. “We’ll figure out how to deal with this, trust me.”
“I am currently kind of scared of what you are talking about.” Sarah trembles under Megan’s hands. Megan was making this sound very scary. What happened to Sarah? You step forward next Sarah to comfort her.
You were about to ask a question when Vivian stepped next to Megan, putting her hands on her hips.
“You need to calm down and explain things, Megan. Can’t you see the young succubi is scared?” Vivian scolds her. The tone made it sound as if they were very familiar. “Hunger is an issue but there are ways to treat it. You make it sound like death.”
“But Hunger has driven succubi insane. I don’t want to see my friend like that.” Megan directs her attention to Vivian. She pauses and her eyes go wide as she recognizes her. “VIVIAN? When did you get here?”
“You finally noticed. I have been here since they walked in.” Vivian pushes her hips out, while gesturing to you and the woods travelers. She was indeed familiar with Megan by this shift from a more regal bearing to a relaxed speech. “Your senses must have dulled. Must have chosen the more casual route. Got bored in creative mode? I remember the tales of the Megan that could-”
Megan jumps on Vivian with the ferocity of a mother cat protecting her kitten. She covers the mouth of a shocked Vivian. "Shush or I'll dress you up as Vaporeon. Neck frill and all."
Vivian’s eyes scream, “Not that!” She taps Megan’s shoulder to comply with her demands. Megan lets go of Vivian’s mouth slowly, ready to slam back on if needed.
“Could you please excuse us for a second?” Vivian politely asks.
Megan and Vivian go into a corner and start whispering among themselves. The fear you had was replaced by curiosity. The Hunger that Megan talked about lingered but the intriguing connection between Megan and the Lady of the Lake was bigger. The lingering question in your head that Megan was special was confirmed by Vivian knowing Megan. The new question was what sort of special exactly?
“Do you know how these two know each other?” Nick leans over to ask Davis. The person you knew who knew Megan and wasn’t in that private conversation.
"Not a clue. The Allersons have more contacts and ties than Bowser's tries to kidnap Princess Peach. And that's not counting some of her more eccentric friends like Sonia. Never a dull moment for a simple baker operating out in Haven." Davis says, dousing your hopes of getting answers.
“Dude, you’re part of your family’s bakery. That’s awesome.” Chad perks up when he hears that. It was as if they became instant best friends. “What is your specialty?”
“Cakes. We specialize in that. From what I have heard is that your family makes muffins. Really gets the morning crowd.” Davis informs what his family is really good at making.
“But cakes get the wedding venue.” Chad rubs his hands together to symbolize money.
“Yeah but it doesn’t help if Peach turns down Mario and Bowser mid engagement.” Nick uses a Mario Odyssey reference for his family woes with cakes.
You decide it is better to let them talk amongst themselves. You glance to the side to see the maids going down the stairway that Alfred went down. This situation must be tense for them as it looks like Sarah’s secret is out. They must be securing the other witness if things go south. You turn your attention to the two secretive girls whispering, with some rise in the volume giving you snippets.
“Haven’t told them..”
“Can’t bring that up..”
“Are you scared?”
“Tell your Kyogre daddy..”
“Wouldn’t dare?”
“Hey.” Madi knocks on your shoulder, interrupting your eavesdropping. “I’ve been meaning to ask. Who is the lady you brought here? I’m not liking the vibe she gives off.” Madi scowls towards Vivian. Her bang turns a burning red at this disapproval.
“She has some family ties to me that go way back, and I mean way back.” I motion with my hand that my history with her involved actual history, like history they taught in school. I also wanted to make it sound as if she was someone I knew before moving here.
“Oh.” Madi nods her head slowly. “So is she a cousin? Is she like you, a hero with Divine Blood? That could be the weird vibe I’m feeling.” Madi looks down as she taps her leg as she thinks of the connection to you.
“She isn’t my cousin.” You reply. You move close to her ear to whisper. “Remember to keep the Divine Blood thing on the low.”
Madi turns blue as she realizes what she said. “I’m sorry.” She looks up to see if Amy and Mia were there. “Whew, that was close.” Madi sighs in relief that they followed Alfred.
Megan’s head bounced up as you talked to Madi but none of you noticed.
“Wait what?” Melody tilts her head to the side. A metaphorical question mark appears as she was confused. “Dwayne-san is what?”
“Oh yeah, Melody doesn’t know. Come over here.” Sarah motions for Melody to come over to her. Melody complies. Sarah begins to whisper near the top of her head, where her fox ears would be. Melody’s golden eyes burst as Sarah told her your secret. It had to be revealed to her at some point. Melody’s big eyes stare at you with fear and awe.
As Sarah told her, you try to eavesdrop again to the other secretive girl group.
“Have Divine Blood..”
“Divinity is..”
“He is already..”
“I guess so..”
A pull on your sleeve interrupts you this time. You look to see Melody looking inquisitively at you. She puts hand next to her mouth to whisper.
“Can you cast Smite?”
“Maybe. I don’t know. I haven’t learned much.” You reply. Melody references your DnD paladin’s skill.
“Bummer but I will keep your secret a secret.” Melody winks and gives a thumb up. She is happy to be in on this group secret.
“Sorry for the odd behavior before.” Megan apologizes as she and Vivian return from the corner. “I thought Vivian was going to pull my Sheik disguise before freeing all the sages. But with how I acted, I have to reveal the princess Zelda secret.”
Everyone shifted slightly when Megan said that. Their attention on what she would say. You were getting used to how Megan references worked in her speech. She had a secret that she wanted to tell later but now has to tell the secret, creating a stillness in the air.
“If you mean that you're from a rich family, we already know. If it is because you’re princess Zelda, that’s new.” Nick jokes, trying to ease the situation. This only caused Madi to tap the back of his head. “Hey!” He grumbles.
“This sounds serious. Don’t make a joke about it. We have to listen to what she says.” Madi bang turns blue in disappointment with Nick. She then points an accusing finger towards Vivian. “But I am burning to hear what this fishy little lady has to say.” Madi says rudely.
“In due time, Baby Hatchling. I will wet your ears with that information after Megan tells you about herself.” Vivian patronizes Madi. Vivian gives a disdainful glare at Madi. She didn’t like Madi’s comment.
“Why you-” Madi bang turns a burning red as she gets angry with Vivian. Her body gets slightly bigger as she was getting ready to throw it down with Vivian.
“Hey, Hey.” Sarah waves for everyone to calm down. “No fighting. I know there is a lot of confusion right now but we don’t need to get angry. We just have to be patient and listen to everyone one at a time. Otherwise there would be chaos.” Sarah steps into being the adult in the situation. She didn’t want her friends fighting.
“Sarah’s right. Patience is key right now to understanding everyone. If we don't, a huge misunderstanding could happen.” You piggyback off of Sarah. “We want to avoid violence if possible.” You put your arms out to make sure that Madi and Vivian didn’t try to attack each other. Madi seems to be very feisty with Vivian and vice versa.
“Dweeb’s right.” Chad steps in. He sees the sparks between Madi and Vivian as well. “One at a time would be best. I think we should start with Megan as we were going to hear what she said first.” Chad motions for Megan to proceed.
“Thank you. Let me begin.” Megan thanks Chad. She advances forward to the center. She squeezes her hands above her chest. “I’m sorry that I deceived you. I didn’t mean to harm you. I was afraid you wouldn’t like me if you knew who I was. You would be scared of me.”
“You gave me a fright when you didn’t show pictures of your boyfriend. I thought you would steal my General. What can scare me now?” You heard Amanda whisper.
“We are your friends. Why should we be scared of you?” Sarah claps her hands together and points them at Megan. She was being very caring and considerate of Megan’s plea.
“That’s very sweet of you.” Megan happily smiles. “But I should clarify something before I say it, else you might not understand the pressure I was under.” Megan takes a deep breath. She was readying herself. It was creating tension in the air
“I know that you are succubi.”
That cut the tension.
All the girls took a step back after she said that. Each one having their own funny expression of denying Megan telling them the truth about themselves.
“No,” Sarah waves furiously off the question, looking away guiltily, “we can’t be succubi. They don’t exist.”
“I was with Vicky before but that doesn’t make me a slut.” Amanda puts her hand on her hips as she acts offended.
“What video game have you been playing recently? WoW? League? You must have gotten a crazy idea from that.” Madi bang turns white from the fright. She tries to reason with Megan that her idea was absurd.
“...” Melody crouches down and wraps her hair around to cover her face.
“You don’t have to hide it. I know it is a secret and I plan to keep it that way. I knew when I laid eyes on you that you were succubi. But if you want proof, I can hit the mystery box to show you.” Megan looks back and forth between the girls. She wasn’t buying their excuses. All of them were hesitant to answer her
“When you laid eyes on them?” Caspian repeats what she said. “Can you explain that? We would like to hear how you came to that conclusion. Plus, the proof would be nice.” Caspian seeks to get to the bottom of this.
“That’s part of why I was scared and I will get to that. I will tell you the proof.” Megan lifts her hand up to start counting. “First, Volleyball.”
“Dang it.” You put your head in your hand, embarrassed. The girls indeed were caught using some of their powers during the game.
“Madi’s spikes. Those things were way too strong for a normal person to block. Mario forward air doesn’t spike that hard.” Megan states Madi’s slip up.
“Shit.” Madi presses her temples with that mistake.
“Hold on. You went full dragon mode on me?” Chad realizes the implications of Madi using her draconic strength in volleyball. He sweats a bit. “You could have broken my arm.”
“Sorry.” Madi was high pitched in her apology. She puts her hands together and smiles big and shyly towards him, making herself small.
“Sarah’s jumps and ball control. She used her powers to throw Cappy control on the ball and to keep herself afloat.” Megan points out what Sarah did to cheat in the game.
“Hehe.” Sarah turns red out of shame of being caught, looking down at her breasts. “Maybe I have a good jump.”
“Possibly you have Luigi’s jump but the ball floating was akin to a simple jedi floating trick.” Megan pushes off Sarah’s excuse. She wasn’t allowing the girls to escape from the moments they cheated during the game.
“What about outside the volleyball game? That could have been a spur of the moment interpretation.” Nick tries to discredit some of Megan’s proof with elaborate hand gestures to try and aim her away. “We can’t use only that. There needs to be more proof.”
“He just said ‘full dragon mode,’ I think that says I wasn’t misperceiving this and proof as well.” Megan points out what Chad said as another mess up.
“Everyone.” Vivian claps her hands, halting everyone looking for excuses. She then comes forward, standing proudly and regally, speaking to all of you. “I know the secret is very precious to you and keen on your survival but I can assure you that Megan is a trustworthy person. She knows that I am a succubus and has kept my secret, a precious secret, from the world. She would be silent about yours.”
After she spoke, Vivian’s ears became pointy and long, like triangular fins. From her back, large frilly fins appeared where the wings would be. The frill wings were blue and rippled through the air like they were in water. They looked very much like a goldfish and betta fish combine. With this, there was no denying that Megan didn’t know the girl's secret.
“How do we know this isn’t a trap? How can we trust her?” Madi crosses her arms. She did not believe Vivian or whatever she said, not letting go of her disapproval of Vivian.
“Because she is tied to my family.” You speak up. You had to give credibility to Vivian to those who didn’t meet and get to know her yet. Pulling out your family tome from your bag, you explain. “Vivian goes way back into my ancestry, over a 1000 years. She comes to assist and test my ancestor’s worthiness. She happens to be part succubus.”
“How do you know she is over 1000 years old? She looks to be a little bit older than us. She should actually look like the Old Crone.” Nick mentions Andrea’s ‘Mrs Willows’ old lady disguise. “But then again she could be using her powers to look young.” He had learned from last time.
“Dwayne, I think that you forgot to mention one important thing.” Caspian assists you. He knew that you didn’t know the King Arthur lore that well. “Vivian is the Lady of the Lake. We know this because she appeared in the middle of a lake and she honed in on Dwayne’s lineage right away without being told, which is something that most people wouldn’t say. There are other things to that point to her identity being the Lady of the Lake if you would like?” Caspian was better explaining the background to everyone else for her credentials. Since they knew your heritage, it was easy to believe where Vivian comes from.
“Sounds believable. I’ll bite.” Chad accepts the rationale.
“I will go with it.” Melody joins Chad.
“I’m not convinced. Something smells fishy.” Madi huffs. She was being stubborn solely because it was Vivian. They really didn’t get off on the right foot.
“I can believe that. Dragons tend to-” Vivian shoots a smug glance at Madi’s stubbornness. She was having the same attitude as Madi against her. They weren’t mixing well.
“I think we have to accept that Megan knows we are succubus.” Sarah quickly interrupts. She saw a snide remark coming. She didn’t want to stoke the fire or let the floods out. Changing the subject would be better. “I think we should settle on that fact.”
Sarah lets her succubus wings, tail, and horns out. She looked mighty and strong letting them free. She wasn’t going to hide anymore to encourage the others to do the same.
“I guess we are doing this.” Melody sighs. She follows her cousin's lead and lets her tail and ears pop out. They droop a bit in embarrassment from how they compare to Sarah. It livens Chad’s face though to see with her kitsune features.
“You look so cute.” Megan gawks at Melody’s revelations. She wiggles her fingers wildly. She wanted to touch Melody’s ears. She claps her face to stop herself. “Focus, Megan. Don’t focus on the adorable fox girl.”
Megan becomes more serious. “Thank you for trusting in me to show your true forms. I think I should do the same, hence why I was wary.”
Megan breathes in deeply.
“I carry Divine Blood.” Megan states firmly.
This calmed everyone down and made everything still. Everyone was letting that revelation settle in. They had an idea that something was up from what Uncle Joe said but they were trying to figure out the implication of this secret. The only ones not having their gear cranks were you, Sarah, and Davis. You and Sarah had guessed it but were glad for the confirmation. It all depended on if she was associated with the Mayflowers, which it looked like she wasn’t. Davis had tilted his head and shrugged his shoulders in a way that said. “Okay, that is what it is.”
Madi was the first to talk. She had a head start with the volleyball game conversation you had with her. “Does that mean you are a Mayflower?”
“No, no, no.” Megan waves her hands frantically as she adamantly denies that connection. “I have no ties with that Team Plasma clone. I don’t want to be associated with a group that says they are nice but are mean.”
“I’d buy that. I’ve got no reason to distrust you.” Madi shrugs as she accepts Megan’s reply. She knew Megan the longest and most, even if it was for a short time, she could tell when Megan’s opinion was genuine. Madi grew to let her demonic appearance shine, causing Nick to step aside from her massive tail.
Megan looks happy with Madi’s response but you had a question. “So it’s possible to carry divine blood and not be associated with the Mayflowers?” Asking that question would settle a fear you had when you learned about your heritage.
“Definitely.” Megan nods greatly. “Or any of the other associated organizations with ties to the Mayflowers. Many will fear you that you belong with them because you have divine blood. That was my fear.” Megan places both her hands on her chest to emphasize why she kept it secret. “I hoped to show that I wasn’t one of them before revealing myself.”
“King Arthur’s bloodline is a great example of what Megan is talking about.” Vivian breaks away from Megan to talk to you directly. “Their heirs broke away from the greater organization centuries ago when they felt that they were being too brutal. They departed and hid themselves to not be affiliated with them. I followed suit and took away the weapons and tools I gave them. I trust that the heirs made the right decision.” She puts a hand over her heart as she stares deeply into your eyes to show the care and devotion she had to Arthur’s descendents. From gazing into her blue-green eyes, you saw there was probably more than duty.
“My ancestors decided to break away from them, good.” Your head bounces approvingly at their decision. “I’m glad that I don’t have ties to a group that predetermines judgment before knowing a person.” Sarah beams after you said that.
“Couldn’t you be scamming us with this friendly act and then betray us later? I’ve seen it happen.” Chad scratches his head as he thinks about anything the others might have missed.
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“Like in the Rising of the Shield Hero or any other animes where a close friend or associate betrays them.” Melody wags her finger while pointing at Chad, agreeing with Chad’s concern.
“If it is, that is news to me.” Davis steps in. “I’ve known Megan since she was six and she’s had no association with the Mayflowers. If she did, they would probably kick her out for playing too many video games. If that doesn’t convince you, I can give you her WoW account and you can do whatever you want with it.”
“Davis! I’ve spent years building up my character. Please use something else.” Megan begs. Her green eyes seem like they could cry at any moment
“We need to show them you are not connected to the Mayflowers.” He gestures to your group with both arms.
“Yes, but why my WoW account?” She is on her knees pleading with Davis not to do this.
“I don’t think we need her WoW account to convince us.” You decline Davis’s offer. Megan’s reaction to losing it was clear that she wasn’t planning on betraying your friends. “I think that is evident enough.”
“Thank you.” Megan sheds a tear of joy for you not taking up that offer.
“That clears that up.” Chad nods approvingly. His nod resounds with everyone that Megan can be trusted and is a friend. “Sorry for doubting you.” He apologizes.
“It is understandable.” Megan smiles at their acceptance of her.
“I’m glad that we are now really friends.” Nick claps his hands together for attention. “But can someone tell me how the Lady of the Lake, Vivian, got here? And why did she come to visit Dweeb?”
“That will take a little time.” Vivian bows her head to Nick, accepting his question.
Vivian, with help from Caspian, who she greatly appreciates his assistance, explains the forest and lake trip. They inform how she got here and her role with the descendents of King Arthur. They listen very closely. Soon, everyone was on the same level of who Vivian was and her intent.
“That is why I am here, to train Dwayne Kenders to command his Divine blood and to test his heart to see if he is worthy to wield his family’s heirloom, Excalibur.” Vivian finishes her statement. She lets it end with delivering a grand, very demanding, expectation on you.
Davis walks next to you, putting a hand on your shoulder, to show support. “That’s rough, buddy.”
“That’s a tall order to have your character scrutinized by a legendary figure, to be compared to another legendary to see if you are a good person. That is a lot of pressure.” Chad pats your back.
“I can surmise that Dwayne can meet that expectation.” Caspian has confidence in your character but he then shivers. “But I want no part of that training.” He fears the physical demand of that sort of training.
“You can watch and just observe where he gets it wrong. I can help with the physical Divine blood training stuff.” Amanda grins as the training would involve sword practice, which Amanda wanted to show off her skill.
“I’m glad I’m not you. That is a big task to try and be similar to someone legendary.” Nick shrugs at your circumstance. He seems relieved by it not being him. But that didn’t last long before he grabs his crotch. “That’s because I would totally fail!” He says rapidly in panic. He glances over at Madi before he sighs in relief.
Madi has a smirk on her face. She had just snapped her fingers, causing a small flame to appear inside his pants. Her bang is orange as she winks to Nick in approval of his closing comment.
You suddenly had two big, strong arms wrap around you from behind to give you a sweet embrace. Two large pillowy masses squeeze against your back. You feel a heartbeat and your heart changes pace to match it. A soft, reassuring voice whispers into your ear.
“You got this Dweeb. I know you better than anyone else. Your character is heroic and kind. That is who you are. Don’t stress on trying to be like someone else. You are good enough the way you are, especially to me.” Sarah’s sweet voice sings down to your soul.
“Thank you, Sarah. I need that.” You reach a hand up to stroke Sarah’s cheek as she hugs you from behind. You had been feeling stressed about this expectation, the weight to be King Arthur. It was a lot to take but Sarah was there to remind you who you are.
“I’m not a strict judge about handing over Excalibur. I just want to make sure the heir isn’t a maniac.” Vivian shifts her body a little bit as she observes you and Sarah, showing small signs of jealousy. “I have handed out Excalibur many times to heirs.”
“This isn’t Phoenix Wright. The court isn’t rigged.” Megan adds to Vivian’s defense that she isn’t harsh.
“Just be you. It has led you on the right path so far.” Madi throws her two-bits in. “And no, that wasn’t a pun on top of what Megan said.” Her red tail points at Nick who was about to speak. She read his mind about him going to make a comment on what she said could be taken as a pun.
“I have been wondering.” Amanda friendly gestures towards Vivian. She is pensive as she speaks. “You said you are half succubus and half something else which you don’t want to speak about. I understand not wanting to talk about that. But what is your succubus class?” Amanda was curious about Vivian's rank, probably power level too.
“Oh, I know that.” Caspian raises his hand energetically like he was a student ready to show off his knowledge to the teacher. “It should be very obvious.”
“So you know my class?” Vivian looks at Caspian with interest. “You seem like one who likes seeking out knowledge, a Lancelot type. I will let you guess but I want to guess all yours afterwards.”
“A little quiz.” Sarah gets excited at the little game. Madi just shrugs. She leans closer to Nick.
Caspian blushes at her praise. Amanda steps close to her nerd in an act of self defense for her love.
“From how you got here, your legend, and your wings,” Caspian pushes his glasses up his nose with a gleam, detective skills at work. “You are an elemental class, water to be specific.”
“Very good, very good.” Vivian claps approvingly of Caspian’s deduction. “That is correct. You really are a smart fish.”
“Can you guess us?” Sarah points to the other succubus friends. She liked this game. “What class are we?”
“Amanda is easily Blade class. She pointed her Soulblade at me when we first met.” Vivian starts off the bat with the obvious.
“Guilty as charged.” Amanda concurs.
“You are in the Caster class.” Vivian gestures to Sarah. “I felt your demonic energy and could distinguish it but that wouldn’t be the whole reason I know.” She points to you, specifically your crotch. “You let your tail out to try and get a quickie on the boat. I saw that, a big giveaway.”
“Heh, hehe” You blush hard for being caught in the middle of the lake in a compromising situation and then being called out like this. It was embarrassing.
“I still would like one.” Sarah nudges you. She had a different opinion of the matter. She was a succubus that was fine showing her affection openly while you had some reservations of public displays of love, a quickie with her tail is one of them.
“This burning personality can only be described as a fire elemental.” Vivian answers sassily about Madi.
“I knew she was a water elemental. She smelled fishy, rotten fish.” Madi retorts sharply. Her scales are brown with disgust. She didn’t like Vivian. “We need to burn a candle to get rid of the smell.”
Vivian seemed to burst a vein in her head by Madi’s comment. She lifts her arm up and opens the palm. A flower vase nearby has all the water pulled out of it. It floats over towards Madi’s tail.
“Put the water back, Vivian.” Megan whispers “I don’t want you two starting a fight and setting my house on fire. I’m rich enough to afford it but I don’t like it.”
“Okay.” Vivian replies, sending the water back. Madi and Vivian seem to be at each other’s throats.You want them to get along and you hope the conversation about Vivian’s origin allows them to make peace. But it seems they still had friction, like their respected elementals demanded it.
“And you,” Vivian continues her game. She stops at Melody, looking down at her small frame. “I don’t know. Your class feels familiar but also very weird.” She scratches her chin on Melody.
“I’m a Trickster. The first Trickster, actually.” Melody flattens her ears, seemingly from feeling judged by Vivian for her childish looks.
“She’s sensitive about her looks.” Chad leans closer to Vivian to explain.
“I’m so sorry if I made you feel conscientious about yourself. I didn’t mean or think of any of those sorts of things. I am sure you will find someone who appreciates true beauty” Vivian bows her head with an apology. Melody gives a small smile as she glances at Chad. “I was just curious about what the unfamiliar part comes from. It seems exotic.”
Melody beams when Vivian says ‘exotic.’ She felt like a treasure and unique, in a mature way.
“The unfamiliar part is Yokai energy. I’m part Yokai and Succubus.” Melody chimes cheerfully.
“Fascinating!” Vivian’s eyes sparkle with fascination.
“Excuse me, ma’am” An older man’s voice interrupts. It was Alfred with the two maids following behind him. “I have found the information that you are probably seeking.” Alfred hands Megan a tablet.
“Thank you, Alfred. You’re the best.” Megan scrolls down the table as she reads.
“The butler was correct. The lady is a succubus.” Mia gawks at Vivian in her succubus form. “I guess Allersons do know about succubus.”
“They got to. Everyone else has revealed their succubus form.” Amy looks over at Sarah and the girls in the true forms. “Or are we about to do a memory wipe?” Amy reaches towards Alfred’s shoulder
“No memory wipe.” Sarah reaches out her arm. Her hand has a red aura on it and a red aura covers Amy’s arm. She was using her power to stop Amy.
Megan’s divine energy surges for a moment as Amy stretches for Alfred but resides when Sarah stops Amy. “We’ve known about succubi for a while. The memory wipe would be impractical since you would have to erase years. It would be bad if an Allerson had someone hit a reset button on her.”
“The whole family knows. I have visited them before.” Vivian reassures that it wasn’t necessary for Amy and Mia to do their typical thing.
“She is quite correct. Would milady like the codes to the mythical pokemon in Alpha Sapphire? We collected them but they might be expired?” Alfred hints at how far back that Megan and Vivian know each other.
“That is sweet but I will take any spare Sword and Shield codes.” Vivian thanks the butler for keeping codes for her game. It was surprising that the Lady of the Lake played pokemon.
“Is this the woman you met at the Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby release?” Davis points at Vivian, hinting at some recognition.
“She is. She only got it because it had too much water. That’s how you get a water succubus hooked.” Megan affirmatively nods. She was scrolling through the tablet.
“I only got it for that, nothing else. I am not hooked.” Vivian states firmly. She had a regal bearing but buying Pokemon games might sink that image.
“Pokemon games are not perceived as only a kid’s game.” Melody chimes in. She didn’t want the games to have a similar connotation that she was a kid for playing it with her height and age.
“I’m not looking down on any of you. They are fun and people shouldn’t be judged by looks or what they find for fun.” Megan finishes scrolling on the tablet. She hands it to Sarah and you. “Alfred figured out where you probably brought the onset of Hunger on. Read this article.” She points to the news article.
Sarah takes the tablet and begins to read. You go next to her boob to read. What you read surprised you.
“Oh my. You can't be serious!” Sarah covers her mouth as she reads. The sun had completely set by this time to have the entire outside cloaked in darkness except for the beach house to illuminate the shore.
“What is it?” Mia spoke up. She seems worried.
“What happened?” Nick, the reporter, was trying to hear about the latest news to be caught up to speed.
“You know the person who molested me in the store?” Sarah looks up at her friends, astonished.
“Who couldn’t.” Madi remembers clearly trying to protect Sarah’s involvement in that before Sarah revealed herself to her friends.
“The one who outed the police chief for corruption. There is no way I would forget that.” Nick wouldn’t forget the biggest news in town.
“Well, the person has died. He was assassinated in his prison cell.” Sarah answers gloomily. The first person she stole a soul from had died.
“What?! How?!” Melody’s ears and tail spikes in the air, startled.
“I don’t know. I didn’t make him feel angry or anything. I wouldn’t want him getting in a fight in prison or commit suicide. That is wrong. I just wanted justice.” Sarah says meekly. She didn’t want everyone to think this man's death was done by her hands. You knew that she wouldn’t do it. She was letting the law deal with him, like it should be. She was feeling horrible as she felt that she herself condemned the man to death. The darkness of depression tries to surround and overtake her.
You scrolled down the article. “It says a fellow prisoner killed him. He had the knife in his hands and in the cell when the guards came.” You rub her back to show that you are still here. You do not blame her. This was not her fault. This was the light like the house that rejects the darkness of the night. Sarah brightens up from your affirmation.
“So a fellow inmate killed him, why?” Nick was digging for more information. He pulled out his phone. Everyone else was turning side to side as they wondered what was going on with the man’s death. Amy looks down, deep in concentration though.
“Doesn’t say the inmate’s confession or reasoning.” You keep reading. Sarah has her finger on the words as she reads. “But there is speculation, two speculations.” You hold up two fingers.
“The inmate didn’t like the molester touching kids or the police chief hired him to kill the witness.” Nick rolls off the two speculations. He found the article on his phone.
“Bingo, Caveman.”
“For whatever reason the molester was killed, this is a big issue for Sarah. I’m guessing that she has the man’s soul.” Megan jumps back into the conversation.
“That is correct, Princess has it.” Megan’s guess was confirmed.
“That means that Sarah has a bad cheat code now. She has received the Hunger.” Megan says eerily. She raises her hands to make it sound very scary. It was working as Sarah and you were starting to sweat about this cheat code.
“You’re scaring them again. Don’t make it sound like it is the end of everything.” Vivian firmly rebukes Megan’s antics. “They are not going to die from it.”
“But they can.” Megan whines, concerned.
“Can someone clarify what Hunger is?” You had to stop this roundabout talk about it. It made everything ominous. “This is not helping us remain calm or fearful.”
“Sorry about that, Megan is a very dramatic person.” Vivian takes over. “Hunger is not a fatal condition if treated. It comes from when an earthbound succubus eats a soul and the person dies while the succubus has the person’s soul. The soul no longer has a tether to this world and is not free to go to the afterlife. The soul disassembles and is consumed utterly by the succubus body, becoming infused. The soul is no longer a rechargeable battery that can be removed but a permanent steroid shot for bigger muscles. It is a major power boost to an earthbound succubus and opens up many possibilities that weren’t there before for a succubus.”
“What sort of possibilities?” Amanda asks Vivian, curious as to what this power boost does.
“Increased magic energy and output, possible queen status, and better energy consumption from soul and sexual energies and the likes.” Vivian informs her. “It draws out more of the demon side of those with mixed bloods.”
“Better energy consumption?” Caspian ponders on those words. “Is that why Amanda doesn’t grow when she… uhm. Shows affection to me?” Caspian asks. He was embarrassed to say that Amanda was giving him blowjobs.
“Hey.” Amanda turns red from Caspian’s question.
“That is correct. A succubus grows with more energy they consume, creating a larger storehouse but that is dependent on how well they can metabolize it. Queens and those with Hunger do it better allowing for more growth and power. A demon without that sort of status might consume 5-6 souls before even growing an inch. The energy metabolism is not that great for regular succubus.” Vivian gives more information about this Hunger status. It seems like a desired condition to have but you knew it wasn’t the case.
“If I have to kill someone to grow for my General,” Amanda grabs Caspian’s head and pushes it into the side of her boobs, causing a trickle of blood from her General. “I won’t do it. I don’t want to do something like that to a person.”
“I agree.” Megan finally hops back in after Vivian explains part of the Hunger. “Besides it being wrong, there is a huge negative side effect to it.” Megan points towards the succubus in the group, sliding her upper half around to point as she warns them.
“What is this negative side effect?” Amanda asks again.
“Madness.” Melody answers. There is a puff of pink smoke as Melody creates an illusion. Yae Miko appears from Genshin Impact but not how you recognize her. The clothes are tattered and torn, the eyes are crazy and bulging, and the skin has bruises and cuts. Melody is acting like a zombie in this form. “A madness that drives a succubi to hunger for sexual energy and souls, like a zombie. Mindlessly desiring this source of sustenance. Male or female, it doesn’t matter. They need to feed.”
“Koopa Shells.” Megan pouts. She was ready to act scary but Melody stole her thunder. “But yes, Melody is correct.” She straightens herself up. “The Hunger creates a sense of madness, not like a mad scientist. The madness is akin to a drug junkie. The succubi with it seeks to satisfy this craving that will drive them crazy. They will do nearly anything to get that fix if it gets bad. Some have gone feral by not getting it treated.”
“Wait, wait, wait.” Nick waves his hands furiously before pointing at Megan, with great concern on his face. “Are you saying that every succubus who has the soul of a person and that person dies, they get this Hunger?” Nick was making sure he got this right.
“Correct. A succubus becomes desperate for the energy that a human can provide.” Megan confirms that chilling information.
“Fuck.” Madi groans while grabbing her forehead. She turns a deep depressing blue. “I’m just going to be like my old Zane.” She references her brother that had a drug habit.
Everyone looks over at Madi. You all had been worried about Sarah with Hunger that something slipped almost everyone’s mind. Madi should have been experiencing this Hunger practically ever since she was a succubus. She had killed the biology teacher while she had his soul for tormenting and blackmailing her for years. You and Sarah realize that this should be the reason for Madi’s personality change.
“Who’s Zane?” Melody asks.
“One of Twigs’s older brothers.” Chad answers. He didn’t delve into his background, that was Madi’s choice to share.
Nick puts a hand on Madi’s shoulder to comfort her, showing a closer relationship than before. You suspect that something happened on their cliff beach excursion. “Hey, it’s not the end of the world, Twigs. Vivian said that it is treatable.”
“But I still have it?” Madi waves her arms at Nick. She is sharing her grief specifically to him while everyone hears. “It was because of the Rat King like you thought but I didn’t think it was because I killed him to make him pay for all the girls he hurt. Now I have the worst version of Pokerus, where I am going to become feral with this stat boost instead.”
“Feral was too strong of a word.” Megan steps up to correct herself to try and cheer Madi. “It would be like a Red or Blue shell homing into sexual energy and such. Those shells can be blocked.” Megan didn’t want this to be despairing.
“But what if it is all Blue Shells?” Madi’s colored scales match the first place destroyer shell’s color. “I feel like I will be overwhelmed.”
“I will be here for you.” Nick puts his hand into Madi’s black claw hands. Madi turns magenta from Nick continually trying to combat negativity surrounding this Hunger. “There is an item in MarioKart to beat out the Blue shell. I will use it as many times to protect you.”
Madi’s magenta scales glow brightly from Nick’s words. They seem to light up when she is feeling great emotions, with anger being the only one before being able to make her shine. Nick was able to pull out another color to shine brilliantly. Nick was warming up the heart of a dragon.
“Thank you. That means a lot.” Madi smiles significantly at Nick. Her pink eyes sparkling with love for a fellow occupant of a cave.
Chad leans over to you, Sarah, Amanda, and Caspian. “You might not know this but when they came back, they declared that they were now boyfriend and girlfriend.”
“I know.” Amanda says confidently. She could read her best friend without the color hint.
“About time.” Sarah replies. She looks briefly happy for them but quickly goes back to a worrisome face for them with the Hunger having an effect on Madi for a while.
You turn to Vivian. You wanted to hear more and help Madi but your first concern was Sarah. “You said there was treatment for those with Hunger.” You had to help her as she would deal with it too, like Madi. “What is this treatment?”
Giantess World
Author's Chapter Notes:
The group that visited the lake return to the beach house with an extra person. How will everyone react?
Chapter End Notes:
What is this treatment? What will it be like to have someone who has Divine Blood as well for Dwayne?