Chronicles of Eden - Act IV

by Alexander Gordon

  “Please, Daniel can make them see reason. Please trust him like I do.”

  Falla growled then turned to Daniel with frustration, the boy just watching the sisters with an uncomfortable smile before he glanced to Kroanette, the centaur staring at him with a promiscuous smirk as she twitched her eyebrow a bit.

  Triska groaned quietly then looked to Daniel with an uneasy frown.

  “Daniel? What should we do here?” she asked, almost fearful to know the answer.

  Everyone turned to him as he slowly glanced to the butterfly sisters then to Kroanette, knowing that he could indeed use their help as they needed every monster supporter they could get for Charlotte to stand with them as well.

  “Well…” he reluctantly answered. “Centaurs and giant butterflies, that’s two more races we could get to help us. We would have three then with Squeak’s nest, only two more after that and then Charlotte would back us up as well.”

  His girls looked to each other with concern then to the others as Luna nodded eagerly to that along with Kroanette, with Falla just glaring at Daniel as she crossed her arms in discontent. Kroanette then walked over and stood beside the girls as she smiled confidently at Daniel.

  “Then it’s settled,” she declared with a few light claps with her hands. “We’ll travel to our homes together with you and allow you to speak to our kind with your beliefs. I’m quite certain you’ll succeed with doing so, you managed to convince not only all of us but also an alpha witch that great change can be possible.”

  “I’m not convinced at all!” Falla shouted out. “He’s out of his mind if he thinks he’s going to convince monsters to stop raping humans. That’s simply the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard, and I’ve heard a lot of stupid things from my sister.”

  Luna backed away from her then held onto Triska while watching her sister with worried eyes.

  “Please, Falla,” Luna sadly begged. “I don’t want to rape anyone, I just can’t knowing how horrible it is for them, and I don’t want you doing such a thing either. If Daniel can help show all of our sisters to be kindhearted so they can get humans without hurting them then we have to try to help him.”

  Falla looked at her with a dull glare then to Daniel with a raised eyebrow, with him and all the girls around watching as she snarled quietly while baring her teeth slightly.

  “Please, Falla?” Luna whined while hopping up and down. “I don’t remember how to get home from here, we need you to show us where to go.”

  Triska glanced to her with an uncomfortable frown as she felt Luna’s breasts rubbing up and down against her back while Falla growled and watched Daniel with an accusing glare.

  “First you promised to knock me up,” Falla scoffed. “And then run away from doing so. Then you treat me like crap when I need your help finding my sister. Now you’ve corrupted Luna with your stupid beliefs and nonsense about how monsters are supposed to treat humans. Give me one good reason why I should take you to our home and let you speak to our sisters about anything, give me one good reason.”

  Everyone looked to Daniel as he saw the butterfly girl fuming with anger while her wings fluttered once behind her, his eyes then slowly going around from one girl to the other as they all waited to hear what he would say. After a moment to think he walked forward from the girls towards Falla with a solemn expression.

  “Do you remember the pain and torment your sister went through?” he asked. “The suffering she endured when she was raped? How did that make you feel towards Emily after you found out what she did to her?”

  “How did it make me feel?” Falla yelled out. “How do you think? I hated that fucking bitch! I wanted to kill her myself for what she did to my sister!”

  “And how would you feel knowing you inflicted that same suffering, pain, and torment onto another?” Daniel demanded. “How would you feel knowing you were just as bad as Emily?”

  Falla looked at him with wonder as she fell silent, with Daniel then holding her close. The girl looked over his shoulder at everyone as Daniel closed his eyes and held her gently.

  “Please, try to understand,” he implored. “The monster that Emily was, the horrible things she did to your sister, you would be just like her if you raped a human. If you tricked a man into having sex with you, if you tied him down and took him by force, if you used him just as a tool for breeding, then you would be no better than the very monster that raped your sister.”

  Falla shook her head and looked down while closing her eyes.

  “No, that’s not the same,” she argued. “We have to do that to get pregnant, we have to!”

  “No you don’t, that doesn’t have to be the life for you or your sister.”

  “Liar!” Falla shouted out with frustration. “No human would ever willingly do us! Look at us! We’re freaks to you humans! Just because we have wings and antennae on our heads and eat insects you think we’re abominations!”

  “Um, what was that last thing?” Triska asked with a raised eyebrow.

  Daniel glanced to Falla with a slightly disturbed expression then slowly shook his head with a sympathetic smile.

  “You’re not an abomination,” he gently reassured her. “You’re very attractive and beautiful.”

  “You said that to me before,” she said softly. “Though I still don’t believe you, Daniel. How can I?”

  “Please, give me a chance to save you, Falla,” he kindly requested, with Falla then leaning back and looking at him with confusion.

  “Save me? From what?”

  Daniel backed up towards the other girls while watching her with a caring smile.

  “From becoming a Darker One in this world,” he said shaking his head. “From turning into the kind of monster that Emily was. Please, I don’t want that for you or your sister.”

  Falla slowly looked around at seeing the other girls nodding to that then crossed her arms and turned her head away with a grunt. After a while she growled with frustration then looked back to Daniel while setting her hands at her hips.

  “Fine,” she snapped. “I’ll show you the way to our grove. But I’m not helping you preach your beliefs to anyone. Once we’re there you need to convince them yourself that you’re not bat shit crazy.” Daniel nodded with a smile before Falla pointed to him accusingly.

  “And you’d better take responsibility for what you did to my sister. Either you actually help her find a human to get pregnant with without having to rape anyone, or else I swear I’ll make you fuck her myself.”

  “Don’t worry, Falla,” Luna said with a happy smile. “By being kindhearted girls and caring about others Daniel will love us and then knock us up himself. You’ll see.”

  “WHAT?” Triska, Alyssa, and Specca shouted out at her, with Squeak merely squeaking loudly at the butterfly girl. Luna giggled then hugged Daniel tightly from behind with a twisted smile on her face, the boy showing weak expression as she laughed crazily into his ear.

  “I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL WE MAKE BABIES TOGETHER! I’M GOING TO BE YOUR GOOD GIRL FOREVER! HAHAHAHAHAHA!” she screamed out with wide eyes, with Specca and Triska then struggling to pry her off while Squeak tried to pull Daniel away from the lunatic butterfly. Alyssa groaned tiredly at the sight then glanced to Kroanette as the centaur was watching Daniel with a curious smile.

  “You just want him to have sex with you now too, don’t you?” Alyssa accused dryly. “That’s why you’re being so nice to him, isn’t it?”

  Kroanette glanced to the witch for a moment then looked away, casually fluffing her hair and brushing down her shirt while avoiding eye contact with the witch.

  “I don’t know what you mean. I merely wish to help a noble man like Daniel with his quest, that’s all.”

  Alyssa drummed her fingers on her staff briefly before looking back to the scene in front of her with a dull expression.

  “Sure you do.”

  Chapter 14

  Lovers and Friends

  In the world of Eden, traveling with others made things
not only safer but more enjoyable. Being with friends or even lovers on a journey through the land was much more preferable, and advised, rather than traveling alone. One would have help should they run into trouble, company to talk to about similar or varying interests, hopefully at least one person in the group who knew how to cook a decent meal, and would feel a sense of empowerment or courage when braving The Outerlands with those closest to them. When faced with the mystery and danger of what lies before them, having those that mean so much close by could make all the difference in the world.

  And in most cases, having even more than that couldn’t hurt either.

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  After the group finally separated Luna from her embrace with Daniel, which involved all the girls pulling on each one to break the butterfly’s tight hold on the poor boy, everyone prepared to leave Eston for the butterfly sisters’ home located to the south. Daniel and Alyssa were seated up front on their caravan, with the witch holding the reins to her horse while Daniel was taking in one last look of the surrounding village before they left. Looking back behind him into the spacious cabin they now had he saw Triska working to hook up their black curtain over the entrance to act like a doorway for privacy while Squeak was watching with a dull stare as Luna was hopping up and down on the bed, the butterfly girl giggling happily while Falla was sitting on the edge of the bed and glancing back to her with growing irritation.

  “Would you stop that?” Falla scolded. “You’re not four you know.”

  “It’s so bouncy and comfy!” Luna cheered before rolling around on the bed. “I can’t wait to sleep in it with Daniel!”

  “Keep dreaming, Luna,” Specca mentioned while seated at the table and writing in the monster guide. “You and your sister are sleeping outside. Only those Daniel actually chose to be his mates are sleeping in the bed with him.”

  Her tail swayed about gently behind her as she was working to add the Gemini entry into the guidebook, making sure to document everything Charlotte had told them about the two near-immortal monsters. Luna looked to her with a pout while Falla scoffed and set her hands at her hips.

  “Hey,” Falla sternly argued. “I’m showing you the way to my home so Daniel can talk about his stupid idea to everybody there. You can’t tell us to sleep outside while you all get a nice bed to sleep in. And like hell I’m sleeping next to your horse again.”

  “Please?” Luna whined. “I promise to be good.”

  Specca rolled her eyes then glanced to Triska, the teen finishing putting up the curtain above the doorway before she looked back to the butterfly sisters with a sharp eye.

  “Fine, Luna can sleep on the couch and Falla gets the floor,” Triska said before pointing to them accusingly. “But if either of you so much as goes near the bed without his permission I swear to god I will kill you where you stand.”

  Luna looked to the couch then smiled happily at Triska.

  “Okay, thank you, Triska,” she said with a nod.

  “What?” Falla yelled while standing up and stomping her foot. “Why do I get stuck sleeping on the floor? This is bullshit!”

  “It’s that or outside, take your pick,” Specca said plainly as she turned a page in the monster book. Falla growled while crossing her arms in discontent before Luna grabbed and yanked her down onto the bed with her.

  “Don’t be so grumpy, Falla,” Luna giggled. “We’re all going home together! This is going to be so much fun!”

  “Let me go, Luna!” Falla barked out while struggling to get free. “They’re treating me like an animal and all you can think about is going home, what kind of sister are you anyway?”

  “Isn’t this bed so soft and comfy?” Luna cheered while rolling around with Falla in her arms. “We have to try our best and be nice to Daniel so we can sleep in it with him one day too!”

  The two sisters tumbled about together while Squeak and Triska watched them with dull expressions.

  “She still doesn’t get it, does she?” Triska asked flatly, with Squeak and Specca both shaking their heads to that.

  Daniel watched with an amused smile as Triska and Squeak walked over to the couch then looked over to see Kroanette trotting towards them while holding a large brown bag, the centaur then holding it out towards him with a warm smile as he and Alyssa looked at the sack curiously.

  “Here you are, Daniel,” Kroanette kindly presented. “I managed to procure these for you and all your friends.”

  “We’re his lovers, you’re just his friend,” Alyssa corrected with dull glance at the centaur while Daniel took the bag and looked inside, seeing it filled with fresh red apples.

  “Wow, thank you, Kroanette,” he said with a curious smile. “Where did you find all these?”

  “I found a lovely apple tree near the edge of town,” Kroanette said with a coy smirk at the boy, her arms crossing below her bosom and perking it up slightly. “And I thought to myself, Daniel would surely love these juicy looking things.”

  Daniel struggled to keep his eyes on the centaur’s face and not her large breasts that she was so obviously flaunting to him, giving a shaky nod with a nervous smile as he closed the bag up again.

  “Well… thank you, Kroanette, they really look huge- I mean great!” he said, trying to quickly correct himself before he shut his eyes and nodded with a weak laugh.

  Alyssa watched Kroanette with a dull stare then waved her hand back, causing the bag of apples to fly into the cabin and right into Falla as the butterfly girl was approaching the entryway, promptly knocking the girl down to the ground with a thump.

  “Yes, thank you,” Alyssa muttered.

  “Ow! What was that for?” Falla barked out as she sat up while rubbing her head with aggravation.

  “Alright, we’re off,” Alyssa called out as she snapped the reins, with Lucky neighing before taking off along the road with a quick gallop. Kroanette ran alongside the horse without any trouble, watching Daniel with a gentle smile as her breasts bounced around heavily, something Daniel was trying not to stare at as he struggled to keep his eyes straight ahead of him. Alyssa glanced to Kroanette with irritation then looked back to Falla as the butterfly girl was looking inside the bag to see what had knocked her to the ground so abruptly.

  “If you want one help yourself, otherwise put them away,” Alyssa said before looking ahead with a dull expression.

  Falla scowled at her before she reluctantly took out an apple and dragged the bag over to the side corner where the belongings were set, muttering something to herself as she took a bite out of the fruit. Walking over to the table she sat down across from Specca and just looked down with a dull expression as she chewed her snack, with Specca glancing up to seeing the butterfly looking at the apple with a raised eyebrow.

  “Just my luck, no worms,” Falla muttered before taking another bite.

  Specca watched her with a disturbed expression to that then smiled a bit.

  “By the way, I never got a chance to thank you,” she said kindly. Falla glanced to her while chewing her food as the nixie tilted her head slightly. “You saved my life, twice. First when Jovian was going to eat me alive, and then when Charlotte almost made me strike Triska’s dagger into my own heart. You could have run away, you could have let me die, but you didn’t. You saved me. Thank you, Falla.”

  Falla just looked at her for a moment before swallowing and looking away to avoid eye contact.

  “I keep telling you people, I’m not some Darker One. I just want to have a daughter.”

  Specca nodded then returned to her work with the monster book.

  “You and your sister are certainly not Darker Ones, you can rest assured of that,” she agreed, with Falla glancing to her before taking another bite of her apple.

  The group made their way out of the village of Eston, with Daniel, Alyssa, and Kroanette seeing half the town having been reduced to charred debris and ash from the fire last night, and traveled along a worn path to the south as they set off towards the grove of the giant butterflies
, Flairwood. As the caravan’s sturdy wheels rolled along the ground with Lucky and Kroanette’s hooves galloping almost in rhythm together, Daniel looked up and around at the blue sky with renewed spirits. Knowing they had two promising leads with monster races that would be at least safe to approach and talk to he felt even more confident that he could help instill peace in this world.

  “Alyssa, why don’t you go double check the map with Specca and Falla,” Daniel suggested to the witch. “I want to make sure we arrive at Flairwood as soon as we can.”

  She looked to him with a happy smile and nodded as she handed him the reins.

  “Okay, Daniel, anything for you,” she said with a wink before hopping up onto the seat, kissing him quickly, then hopping into the cabin. Daniel chuckled with a smile then looked to seeing Kroanette watching him with a smirk, her breasts bouncing heavily with each gallop she took alongside him.

  “You know,” she mentioned. “I can get us to Flairwood in no time if you let me lead the way. I know several shortcuts that can get us there very quickly.”

  Daniel smiled weakly and nodded then looked ahead.

  “I’m sure you do, but I’d rather follow the map, just to be safe,” he reasoned, not wishing to comment about the centaur’s horrible navigation skills. He glanced back into the cabin and watched as Alyssa unrolled the map on the table, with Specca and Falla looking at it curiously while the butterfly girl traced her finger along the route to her home. As they discussed the best way to get to the grove Daniel noticed that although the caravan rocked and tilted now and again on the bumpy trail, the inside of the spacious cabin never appeared to move around at all. The vase of flowers on the table never swayed nor slid about, the flowers themselves in the pot and also near the back corners remained still and serene, and the girls themselves were able to move about while never struggling to remain balanced. Triska walked up to the front of the ride and looked around at the cabin with wonder before she turned to Daniel with an awkward smile.