Chronicles of Eden - Act III (24 page)

Sitting inside the cabin the other girls were going about their usual activities. Specca was sitting against a pillow with her tail curled up beside her, a good book in her hands, and a gentle smile on her face as she engrossed herself with a fantasy world from a human author. Next to her Triska was again tilting her dagger around in her hands, the blade reflecting some light as she just stared at it while deep in thought about last night. And across from her Alyssa was drumming her fingers on her staff which she had laid across her lap, her eyes watching Triska with a dull stare as she and her hadn’t said a word to each other since their morning argument.

“This is really nice and relaxing,” Specca commented softly while she turned a page in her book. Alyssa glanced to her then back to Triska while raising an eyebrow.

“So, Triska, what did you and Daniel do last night?” she asked with a bite.

“Well, it
was
nice and relaxing,” Specca sighed as she knew where this was going to lead. She closed her book and set it down beside her before looking to seeing Triska having a smug smile on her face as she just watched her dagger still.

“Nothing that concerns you,” Triska said casually.

“Triska,” Specca spoke up. “Before Alyssa baits you into this conversation, we already know what you and Daniel were doing last night.”

Triska looked to her with a jump then to Alyssa as the witch nodded slowly.

“What? How would you… hey, were spying on us?”

“No,” Alyssa said shaking her head. “We were all sitting around the campfire before we heard you from there.”

“We heard something and were curious,” Specca clarified. “Squeak and I remained by the fire while Alyssa went to see what you were doing that was so loud. Anything to say for yourself before we go on?”

Triska glanced to her then to Alyssa before looking at her dagger to avoid eye contact with them.

“I’ve got nothing to apologize for.”

“Really,” Alyssa said with narrowed eyes. “Because you were sure begging for Daniel’s forgiveness last night.” All that got out of Triska was a small smile as the teen remember how much she ‘begged’ Daniel last night to forgive her.

“How exactly did that end up happening anyway?” Specca asked.

Triska glanced over to see Daniel and Squeak still sitting up front, neither seeming to notice the girls’ conversation.

“I wanted it.”

“What do you mean?” Specca asked again. “Why would you desire such a thing?”

Triska looked down as she sheathed her dagger at her side.

“I grew up with Daniel, for so long we were the best of friends. So much so that he saw me as a sister more than a friend, like family,” she said, having a hint of remorse in her voice.

“Still not following how that made you want to get a spanking from him,” Specca commented. Triska showed a small amused smile for a moment before looking to her with concern.

“I was afraid last night. He always saw me as his best friend, as his sister, but… I was afraid that’s all he would ever see me as. I was afraid that he wouldn’t see me like he would any other girl, that… he wouldn’t notice
me
.” Triska looked down while holding her arms around herself, a nervous smile coming across her face. “I was afraid that by waiting so long to tell him how I felt, I may have lost him already. So, I wanted to know if he could really see me as anything more than a close friend. I told him that I was sorry about what happened yesterday, about everything that I ever did to him that upset or hurt him. I admitted that I was wrong and out of line, and then… I asked to be punished for it.”

“You
asked
to be punished?” Alyssa asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Why?” Specca asked.

“I wanted him to do something to me that he wouldn’t do to just a friend, or to a sister,” Triska reasoned. “I wanted him to… I wanted him to do anything to help him see me as I am. To be honest, I didn’t expect him to do anything like that, or what he did. I wasn’t sure what he would do, if anything. When he took hold of me and… bent me over his lap like that…” Specca and Alyssa watched her with wonder as she sighed and looked down with a warm smile.

“I never felt like that before in my life. For the first time ever, he was in complete control of me. Nobody ever had that kind of power over me before. When he started punishing me for being bad, I felt all my strength leave me. I was all his, to do with as he wanted. I was helpless. And I liked it.”

“He… he chose to do that to you?” Alyssa asked worriedly. Triska nodded and looked to her with a small smile.

“All I did was ask, no, beg for it,” she admitted. “I just wanted him to do something, anything to show that I could be more than just a friend. And he gave me a chance, he treated me like I was a bad girl who needed to be taught a lesson. He was so commanding over me, it was unreal.”

Alyssa and Specca looked over to Daniel, the boy just sneezing once while he gazed around the landscape, and then back to Triska with wonder as the girl blushed slightly.

“I don’t know if it worked though,” she said coyly.

“What do you mean you don’t know if it worked?” Specca questioned. “It sounds like you seduced him rather splendidly.”

Triska chuckled and glanced to her with a smirk.

“No, I mean, I don’t think he taught me a good enough lesson. To be honest, I liked being a bad girl for him,” she said with a wink. Specca jumped a bit then glanced to Daniel while Alyssa gave the teen a dull stare.

“You like being punished by him?” Specca asked.

“Yeah, I actually do,” Triska said softly while looking to Daniel, her mind replaying the events from last night again and again. Alyssa scoffed and looked down at her staff, rolling it around back and forth across her lap while hiding her scowl.

“Well, isn’t that just great for you,” she muttered.

“Jealous, Alyssa?” Triska asked before looking at the witch with a slick smile. Alyssa slowly looked up to her, the girls seeing her eyes giving off a purplish hue briefly as her staff glowed for a moment.

“Another girl had Daniel’s hand on her ass-”

“Repeatedly, I might add,” Triska mentioned with a twitch of her eyebrow. Alyssa held in her growl as she bared her teeth slightly, the other girls then watching her cautiously as she drummed her fingers on her staff.

“Another girl had Daniel’s hand on her ass
repeatedly
last night,” she hissed. “Of course I’m jealous. And let me tell you something, Triska, if it was any other girl than you three that did so, I wouldn’t be sitting here doing nothing about it.”

“But you
are
just sitting there doing nothing about it,” Triska pointed out.

“Triska,” Alyssa said flatly. “We just finished repairing the back wall, do you really want all that work to go to waste?”

Triska watched her carefully as the witch slowly breathed out and looked at the skull ornament on her staff.

“Do you have any idea how much willpower I have to use,” she asked in a strained voice. “Not only in keeping myself from lunging at Daniel with all my emotions, but to also refrain from treating your body like a ragdoll after what you did? I want my turn with Daniel, so much, so much indeed, that I’m willing to bear this suffering so as not to lose my chance with him.” She breathed out and looked away while closing her eyes.

“Just because you got a spanking from Daniel doesn’t mean you’ve won him yet. He touched your ass, big deal. Just wait until I get my turn with him, then it’s all over for you.” Triska and Specca watched as the witch kept looking away from them.

“You’re not going to win him from me that easily, you stupid girl,” Alyssa muttered.

“Well then, good luck with your turn,” Triska replied. Alyssa looked to seeing the teen giving her a challenging smile while leaning back against the wall. “You’ll need it.”

Alyssa showed an annoyed smile and shook her head.

“I really do hate you,” she cursed bitterly.

“I hate you too, Alyssa,” Triska replied with a calm smile. Alyssa blinked then looked at her curiously, seeing the girl just watching her while not getting upset at all. Specca however was looking at her with confusion.

“If you hate her then why are you smiling like that?” Specca asked shaking her head.

Alyssa looked at Triska curiously as the teen slowly shook her head with a smile on her face.

“I hate you, so much, Alyssa.”

Alyssa looked down for a moment then glanced up to her with a slight smile.

“I hate you more, Triska.”

“No, I don’t think you do. I hate you the most.”

Specca looked back and forth between them with confusion as the two girls smiled at each other.

“Why are you two saying that?” she asked. “And smiling at each other in doing so?”

“Because I hate her so much,” Triska said softly.

“Not as much as I hate her,” Alyssa quipped.

“You’re both making me feel uncomfortable,” Specca said as she scooted away from Triska. “Stop doing whatever it is you’re doing, please.”

At the front of the caravan Daniel and Squeak were sitting together while Lucky continued to run without tiring at all. The caravan rolled along the worn path they were traveling on, with Daniel merely giving a little guidance to the horse every now and then since Lucky was trained to stay on paths properly from his owner. Daniel only had to give minor signals to the horse as to which path to take if there was a crossroads before them or if there was a problem to stop, otherwise Lucky just kept right on running as he was trained to do. Squeak however just stared at Lucky constantly, seeming to be thinking about something intently since that morning. Daniel glanced over and saw the ant girl fixated on the horse still, wondering what was going through her mind.

“Squeak?” The girl glanced to him curiously as he smiled at her. “What are you thinking about?”

Squeak pointed to the horse then quickly made some vague hand signals while squeaking something, having a curious expression as she kept looking from Lucky then back to Daniel who just stared at the girl in silence. After Squeak finished her speech Daniel glanced to the horse, back to the ant girl, and then showed a weak smile.

“Um… what?”

Squeak face palmed and squeaked with closed eyes, with Daniel showing concern as he could see her frustration in their language barrier.

‘She’s trying to tell me something, something about Lucky. What could she be thinking about with the horse?’

He looked at Lucky closely then Squeak, watching as the ant girl looked to the horse with saddened eyes. There was something about Lucky that was on her mind, and Daniel was determined to figure it out somehow.

“Squeak?” he asked, getting a glance from the ant girl. He smiled a bit while watching her carefully. “Tell me what it was you were trying to say, but this time, take it slow.”

Squeak showed a curious expression then nodded. She slowly pointed to Lucky and squeaked slower, seeming to slow down her own ‘words’ while Daniel watched her carefully. She then made the hand gesture again, which looked like she was holding her fist in front of her at waist level and tugging on something, then pointed to Lucky again as she looked at him curiously. Daniel glanced to the horse then to Squeak while the other girls were noticing them now.

“Daniel? What’s up?” Triska asked. He held a hand back to silence them while studying Squeak’s movements, the ant girl then finishing her speech and looking at him curiously.

“Something about… pulling on something, with Lucky,” he said looking to the horse.

“What?” Specca asked.

“Squeak’s trying to tell me something about Lucky,” Daniel said as he pondered what the ant girl was trying to say. The other girls moved closer to the front while Squeak watched Daniel curiously. After a while the boy glanced to her with a small smile.

“One more time, please,” he said kindly.

Squeak nodded then started repeating the same motions and squeaks, with everyone watching her closely. Daniel watched her hand signals more meticulously this time, seeing as how there wasn’t any way of determining what her squeaks meant. She pointed to the horse, made the same gesture that she was holding onto something and tugging it towards her, and then pointed back to the horse. Correction, she wasn’t pointing
at
the horse at the end, she was pointing to something else in front of her, something Daniel started to take notice of.

“I’ve got nothing,” Triska said shaking her head.

“I don’t follow either,” Specca added.

“What does any of that have to do with Lucky?” Alyssa asked.

Daniel traced Squeak’s pointing finger to what she was trying to show him. She wasn’t pointing at the horse, since her finger was actually moving up and down slightly. She was pointing to the reins, which were bouncing around a bit with their slack. Daniel blinked then looked down to seeing how he was holding the reins in front of him, in the same grip and hand formation that Squeak had mimicked. A smile formed on his face as he glanced to Squeak.

“Did you want to hold the reins for Lucky?”

Squeak nodded eagerly with a bright smile, squeaking a few times while the other girls looked at her curiously.

“Hold the reins for Lucky?” Triska asked.

“Why would she want to do that?” Specca asked.

Daniel looked around at the caravan then laughed a bit as he turned to Squeak with a gentle smile.

“She wants to drive the caravan with Lucky like we’ve all been doing,” he explained, finally understanding what Squeak had been thinking about. The ant girl nodded and hopped a bit with an excited smile, happy that Daniel understood her. Daniel nodded then looked back to the other girls.

“I guess she’s seen us doing it all this time and wants to try it herself,” he reasoned with a shrug. The other girls smiled a bit while Squeak looked to Lucky with a few squeaks.

“Really? I never would have guessed that,” Triska said in wonder.

“That’s amazing, Daniel,” Specca said with a curious smile. “How did you figure out what she was trying to say?”

Squeak looked to Daniel as he smiled gently and winked at her.

“I just had to pay attention to her,” he said, with Squeak blushing a bit with a timid smile. Daniel chuckled then looked to the reins in his hand, and then held them out for Squeak to take.