Act IX

by Alexander Gordon

  “Are you fucking serious?” Clover stuttered out. “You would… you would do all that… for me?”

  “Ever since we met, you’ve been rude and crass with myself and all the girls,” Daniel recalled as he took her hand and pulled the girl up onto her feet. “Yet even then it was apparent you did care for us. You’ve drawn your arrows in our defense time and again, and you’ve rushed to our aid even when we never expected you to. You may have a rough exterior, Clover, but I can see the kindhearted girl within you. The same one I know Zoey saw and fell in love with.”

  Clover held in her tears the best she could along with her voice as she felt choked up by his words, her hands holding onto his tightly as she felt herself warming up inside greatly.

  “And you,” Daniel mentioned with a playful glance to Doku. “I dare say you belong with us. With me. You’re a wonderful girl, Doku. You’ve been a loving and caring member of this family already, so I think it’s time we make it official. Don’t you?”

  “Official?” she breathed out. “You mean… I… you…”

  “Yes, you and me. Together. Well, us, and all of them of course,” Daniel reasoned looking back to the other girls.

  “You’re serious,” Specca said in awe. “They really mean that much to you, don’t they?”

  “They do. But I don’t want you to think this means I’m going to love you all any less. I know this is a big responsibility, and that I’m likely going to be exhausted every night from caring for so many beautiful girls, but this is something I’m choosing to do.”

  “But, Daniel!” Alyssa whined hopping up and down.

  “So this is your final answer then, isn’t it?” Triska mused. “Doku and Clover. They’re going to be your mates too. That’s your decision.”

  “That’s right,” Daniel agreed, with Doku and Clover smiling brightly at him. “I took their hearts without meaning to, but that’s no excuse. I have to do what’s right about it.”

  “I changed my mind!” Alyssa yelled out. “Apoch, Astreal, take them away! I’m not sharing Daniel with more girls! No way!”

  “Doku would be alright I guess, but Clover?” Falla said with an appalled face. “Hell no. I’m not sharing my man with her.”

  Squeak merely stared at Clover with great distress, obviously not liking the idea of the elf joining them either.

  “I want to stand by Daniel’s decision and make him happy,” Kroanette fretted. “But… that elf is rather abrasive and I fear would be too much to bear.”

  “I don’t mind,” Pip said raising her hand. “I like her. Even though her boobies are small. I mean they’re really small. Not as small as Alyssa’s, but still small. They’re small boobies.”

  “Is she going to yell at us still?” Luna worried while hiding behind her sister. “I don’t know about this.”

  “Perhaps she should spend some time with Charlotte and learn some manners instead,” Specca scoffed. “We’ll keep Doku, she can have Clover.”

  “I’m really dirt to everyone, aren’t I?” Clover sulked with her head hung low.

  “I don’t think you’re so bad,” Doku promised her. “Even with your horrendously foul mouth and incredibly volatile temper.”

  “Gee, thanks.”

  Triska scowled then marched past Daniel towards Clover, the elf backing up nervously before Triska grabbed her by the collar and yanked her closer.

  “You don’t have my vote yet either,” Triska stated. “I’m not going to lie, you’re not the worst person in the world, Clover. Hell, I’d fight to keep you safe if you were in danger. We could be friends. But lovers? Co-mates? Those that share my Daniel together in bed? Uh uh. I don’t agree with that at all.”

  “But… but… Dan said…” Clover stuttered nervously.

  “You were his mate. And you are.” The girls looked at Triska quizzically as she smirked slightly. “See, although we’re all against the thought of you joining us with Daniel, you do have Kitten’s approval.”

  “What? I do?” Clover bewilderedly asked.

  “Kitten wants her to be Daniel’s?” Alyssa exclaimed.

  “Why in Eden would Kitten agree to such a thing?” Specca demanded with a stomp of her foot.

  “There’s a kitty around here?” Cindy cheered with a bright smile. She quickly looked around for it then turned to Star. “Do you have a baby? Where is it? Babies are so cute!”

  Star merely shook her head with a puzzled look before everyone turned back to Triska as she was nodding at the elf.

  “Do you know what she said to me? She said you are the worst choice for a mate for Daniel. You never shut your mouth, you treat Daniel like shit, and… well, let’s just say a few other choice words were spoken about her opinion of you.”

  “Um… okay?” Clover slowly replied.

  “And one of those words was that you’re Daniel’s property now,” Triska asserted. “We saw the way he fought to protect you. It’s obvious you mean a lot to him. He claimed you as his, so that means you’re his. As far as Kitten is concerned, despite her displeasure about it, you’re his now, Clover.”

  “Um… yay?”

  “However if you’re going to be his then you’re going to be all of ours,” Triska warned, grabbing the elf by the jaw and keeping her fearful gaze on her. “And right now our opinion of you is rather low. So I’m going to give you a chance to redeem yourself. Just as it was with the other girls, you need our approval before you’re allowed to sleep with him. Isn’t that right, Daniel?”

  Everyone looked to Daniel as he rubbed the back of his neck with a concerned expression.

  “Well, yes, that would only be fair I suppose.”

  “That’s right,” Triska agreed with a stern smile at Clover. “Daniel may have chosen you to be his mate, but you’re not mating with him until you get our approval. We were his first after all. Either you shape up and quit being such a bitch to all of us, or you’re never sleeping with him. You got that?”

  “I got it, I got it,” Clover quickly insisted.

  Triska shoved her away with a grunt before taking a moment to calm herself. She then glanced to Doku, watching as the harpy trembled a bit at being her focus, before turning to Daniel with a sharp smile.

  “And don’t you forget, Daniel. You promised to take care of all of us as well. We’re going to hold you to that, so you’d better not slack off with us now that you have two more girls in your harem.”

  “Wait, we’re letting them join?” Alyssa whined.

  “Only if Daniel owns up to his promise with us,” Triska reasoned with an expecting look at him.

  “And I will,” Daniel assured before kneeling down before Alyssa. “In fact I dare say I need to pay extra attention to all of you for everything you’ve done for me, I need to show you all how much you mean to me.”

  Alyssa leapt into a hug with him, burying her face in his chest as he held the little monster close. She murmured something into his vest while he gently patted her back.

  “I love you, Alyssa, no less than I have before. I promise nobody will ever take me away from you, and I’ll always treasure you more than any other witch in all of Eden.”

  Slowly Alyssa peeked up to him with timid eyes, electing a small chuckle from him before he kissed her forehead and winked at the girl.

  “Nobody could ever replace you, my little Wildfire Witch.”

  Alyssa blushed and murmured something again before hiding in his chest and shaking her head. After a while she groaned then looked over to Doku and Clover with a dull stare.

  “Does this mean he can be my husband still?” Doku shyly asked.

  “And I can be his mate?” Clover spoke up nervously.

  “How big is our family going to get before this stops?” Alyssa muttered. She sighed then rested her head against Daniel while eyeing over the two girls. “Fine. Since Daniel likes you so much, I’ll give you a chance. But you’d better not cross a single line with us or else! If you so much as touch his pants without our permission you’ll regret
it! Do you hear me?”

  “We understand!” Doku and Clover pleaded, nodding quickly at the witch who was clinging to Daniel tightly with a stern glare towards them.

  “I suppose… we can let them try,” Specca hesitantly agreed. “Daniel wishes to take care of all of us. If he’s able to do that, and if Clover can keep her damned mouth shut, then maybe…”

  “He did fight rather gallantly to save them,” Kroanette added with a bashful smile at him. “As long as we still have him as our mate I guess we can allow them the chance to join our ranks.”

  “Again, I’m fine with Doku, but Clover?” Falla worried with Luna peeking over her wing at the elf.

  “Be nice, Clover,” Luna softly said. “Please be nice now.”

  Squeak shook her head slowly while scowling at Clover before rolling her eyes and looking away with crossed arms and a quiet huff.

  “Yay! More boobies!” Pip cheered as she flew over into Doku’s chest and hopped about between the harpy’s breasts. “I like this! Everyone wins! Daniel has Doku and Clover and they have him! And I have Doku’s boobies now and I also have-”

  The fairy halted and looked over to Clover for a moment, the elf watching her with an uneasy frown, before again hopping about merrily in Doku’s bosom.

  “And I have Clover! I have Doku and her boobies and Clover! Yay!”

  “They’re not that small,” Clover worried looking down to her chest. “Are they?”

  Daniel stood up with Alyssa still holding onto his waist, looking around at all the girls he was fortunate to be able to call his own, and then noticed Triska watching him with a stern smile while tapping her foot expectedly.

  “Daniel? What are you waiting for? Be responsible for your actions.”

  Daniel blinked and showed a puzzled expression for a moment before smirking as he understood what she meant. He then walked over to Doku who was watching Pip laughing joyously in her chest before looking up to him in wonder as he gently held her around the waist.

  “Daniel?” she wondered before he brushed aside her bangs to clearly see her yellow eyes.

  “Welcome to the family, Doku,” he kindly said before kissing the harpy. She trembled with wide eyes as Daniel held her close, with Pip giggling and poking her head up between the harpy’s breasts as she watched Daniel expressing his love for the girl. Doku felt her heart beating heavily in her chest while the world faded around her, the sudden realization that Daniel had officially taken her as a mate prompting a quick reaction from the shy bird.

  Daniel slowly drew back, smiling kindly at his newest mate, then watched in surprise as the girl dropped to the floor with a thump as she lost consciousness.

  “Doku?”

  “Dropped like a rock,” Astreal commented with a raised eyebrow.

  “Doku?” Triska asked with an amused smile. “Are you alright?”

  Pip poked the harpy’s chest a few times, getting no response from the sleeping girl, and then resumed bouncing about happily between her breasts without a care in the world.

  “She really is delicate,” Kroanette giggled.

  “We’re going to break her in bed, I just know it,” Alyssa commented shaking her head.

  Daniel chuckled at seeing the harpy’s reaction from being kissed by her loved one then turned his focus to Clover, the elf watching him with a timid smile that still seemed so new to see on her. Stepping closer to the elf he gently brought her closer by the waist, the girl offering no resistance as she slowly slipped her hands up onto his shoulders.

  “I was afraid… that you would never look at me like that after how I was with you before,” she nervously admitted. “I didn’t think I stood a chance in hell with earning your love. Thank you for coming after me like you did.”

  “Does this mean you’re done pushing others away from you?” Daniel asked as he brushed the hair around her ear. “Or are you going to kick me in the nuts again for touching you like this?”

  “If you don’t take care of me I’ll beat the shit out of you,” she softly said with a blush. “You did this to me, Dan. Now… own up to it.”

  “Well, if I have no choice,” he mused before pulling the girl into a kiss. The other girls watched in wonder and a slight amount of surprise at seeing Daniel actually kissing Clover, and with the elf not physically attacking him for it. Clover felt something spark inside her from his kiss, feeling more drawn to him than before as she felt like a heavy weight was lifted from her heart. After the kiss ended Clover took a shaky breath then smiled bashfully as she looked down.

  “Wow, that was… great. Dan… thank you. I want you to know that… I really do lov-” she said before suddenly being thrown back with a magical force, the girl screaming as she rolled across the court before slamming into a wall with a thud.

  “Okay,” Alyssa muttered while holding her staff out towards the dazed elf. “That’s enough of that.”

  “Alyssa!” Daniel scolded her.

  “What? I was kind enough to allow her to kiss you to begin with, that’s way more than she deserved. I just didn’t want her hanging on you so much afterwards. It was bothering me.”

  “What the fuck?” Clover shouted while rubbing her head. “C’mon, that was our moment! Why did you have to do that? I didn’t fucking do anything wrong here!”

  “Just keep the physical contact to a minimum,” Alyssa snapped before looking away with a stubborn scowl. “I still can’t believe I’m letting her get closer to my man. I guess that just goes to show how much I love him. I really am too nice to everyone.”

  “Really now,” Triska dryly said with a raised eyebrow at the girl.

  Daniel sighed and shook his head at his overprotective witch then looked over to Clover as she was again yelling obscenities while thrashing her arms around in a fit. Turning his gaze down he saw Doku still out cold with Pip enjoying herself wedged between the harpy’s breasts. He then caught sight of Cindy a mere second before she suddenly tackled him to the ground with a heavy thump. Everyone stopped and turned to see the wraith lying atop the surprised boy while sniffling with watery eyes.

  “Cindy?” he asked as she kept her body pressed against his.

  “You really like monsters that much? You really do?” she desperately asked him while leaning extremely close to his face.

  “Uh… I… um… yes?” he managed to get out in response.

  “You really like me that much? Do you mean it?”

  “Wait… what?”

  “You said you love all of us, even though we’re monsters. You actually fought those two meanies to protect me! I couldn’t believe my eyes, you were incredible!”

  “Hold on, what are you talking about?” Triska asked shaking her head.

  “Daniel didn’t fight to protect you,” Alyssa argued.

  “I actually forgot you were even here,” Falla mentioned with a shrug.

  “You really like me so much even though I’m a monster?” Cindy wailed while gripping the floor beside Daniel’s head. As she did the girl literally crushed in the marble with her bare hands, the loud crunch causing everyone to stare with wide eyes at seeing her destroying the ground while sniveling in Daniel’s face.

  “Wow,” Luna squeaked out.

  “She’s… strong,” Specca said in wonder.

  Daniel glanced to where the wraith had crushed the floor into bits with her clenched hands then smiled nervously at the girl as she whimpered while waiting for his answer.

  “Well… I mean… sure, I like you, Cindy, but-”

  “Really?” Cindy shouted while slamming her fists onto the ground, shattering the floor and denting it inward with cracks etching away from them in all directions.

  “Did you see that?” Kroanette feared pointing to the destroyed floor.

  “She’s really strong,” Specca nervously corrected.

  “Yes, I do,” Daniel shakily insisted with an uneasy smile. “Really. So, could you please get off-”

  “This is so amazing!” Cindy cheered as she pulled Daniel up
and shoved his head into her bosom. “I can’t believe someone actually cares so much about me like this other than my mother! He loves me even though I’m a sand wraith and I’ve been bad before! He actually wants to take care of me forever and ever!”

  “WHAT?” the other girls cried out.

  “I’m so happy!” Cindy exclaimed before pulling Daniel’s head back, allowing him to gasp for air which he quickly did so. “Is this because I’m being a good girl? Do you like me being a good girl? Do you?”

  Daniel caught his breath while staring at the wraith with wide eyes. Slowly he glanced around to see the girls all watching them in stunned silence while Cindy was apparently really enthusiastic, being evidenced by her sharp breathing through her wide smile and the way her hands were trembling while holding onto Daniel’s head in such a way that made all the girls fear that she would accidently crush it with her great strength.

  “Um… yes,” Daniel carefully answered, believing that was the only right way to respond at the moment. “I do like it when you’re a good girl, Cindy. So, could you please let me-”

  “Yay!” Cindy cheered while tossing her hands up in the air. In doing so Daniel was thrown back down by the wraith and slammed against the ground with a heavy grunt, the girls around them gasping in surprise while Cindy was waving her arms around in celebration.

  “Daniel!” Specca cried out. “Are you alright?”

  “Take it easy with him!” Falla scolded. “You’re hurting Daniel!”

  “She’s stronger than we thought,” Kroanette worried.

  “Cindy, get off him right now!” Triska sternly ordered.

  “He loves us!” Alyssa stressed while tugging on her hat. “Us, not you-”

  “I’m going to be a good girl!” Cindy declared before smiling happily down at the dazed boy. “I’m going to be good just like you wanted! And you’re going to take care of me then, right?”