Chapter 1
The sky above me is green and not the green before a storm, it’s almost teal. Sort of pretty actually, but I know it’s not right. I look around and even the trees are different. “Where the hell am I?”
I remember heading to meet friends for a drink, next thing I know I’m waking up here. It’s like I fell down a rabbit hole or something and not the good kind like in Alice in Wonderland either.
I roll over and onto something rather hard.
“What the fuck?” rubbing my head, it felt like I hit a brick wall.
He (I’m assuming he anyway) looks to be seven feet tall, broad chest, muscles and I can see the tip of his dick peeking out beneath the leathers he’s wearing. Or it’s a tail? It has to be a tail right? I mean no dick can be that big.
“Little one is awake.”
I still have to look up to see his face as we both sit up. “Where am I?”
“The forest.”
Looking around, “no shit. What town?”
“We are outside Takos.”
“Takos?”
“Yes, on Azen.”
This has to be the worst dream ever.
“Come little one,” lifting me up, “we must go.”
I felt him carrying me and I dozed back off. Takos, Azen, what sort of dream is this? It wasn’t a dream.
“I don’t understand how I got here.”
“You must’ve fallen through a portal. They open between our worlds every five years, it helps enable us to breed. Our numbers are starting to drop and you humans are the only compatible species that can carry our young.”
“Every five years!?” Yes, that’s the only thing I’m choosing to focus on out of everything he just said.
“Yes and we never know when or where they will open, you’re unable to return. I found you on my way home from ordering supplies.”
I’m surprised to see that we are approaching a house and not some hut. He scans his hand and the front door opens. It’s larger than it looks from the outside and much more modern than anything I have ever seen before. He doesn’t seem to mind me wondering around.
I can’t believe how large it actually is, it feels like a mansion and I’m surprised at how modern it is. You’d think with technology like this he would be able to wear more than just a piece of leather for clothing.
I turned to walk out of the last room and run directly into him, “how are you so quiet for someone so large?”
“Come, eat little one.”
“I have a name you know.”
He looks down at me, “little one suits you.”
“And beast suits you.”
He winks at me, “I am and not just in battle either.”
Part of me wants to ask what it is exactly that I’m eating, but I think I’d rather not know. It’s good though, whatever it is.
I’m able to get a good look at him as we eat. His skin is burnt orange in color, his ears slightly pointy, his nose and jaw sharp, hair dark and defiantly not human. Overall, very attractive for whatever he is. He could, without a doubt, easily snap me in half like a twig if he wanted, my five five, buck ten body doesn’t stand a chance.
“Are you the only one that lives here?”
He nods, "I am a warrior."
"So you can afford a place like this but no actual clothes?"
"The woods are dangerous and my leathers are easier to move in, I do not wear them everyday."
"Just when you may possibly be fighting?"
He nods and opens the back door and sets down the leftovers and a beast like I’ve never seen before walks over. It’s larger than a horse and looks like a mean dog, I make a note never to go outside alone.
"What the hell is that?!" Is there anything here that's not gigantic?
Beast laughs, "that is Tokery. I will introduce you in the light. Don't worry, he will keep us safe."
I doubt that. I would be nothing more than a midnight snack to that thing.
I'm still dreaming, I have to be. I mean, how else would you explain it? Maybe a stranger slipped something in my drink and I'm hallucinating?
No, that's not right either. I never leave my drink unattended. I don’t know and I'm not sure I even made it to the bar. Maybe someone used a chloroform soaked rag on me? I guess I’ll know if the plants start talking.
“I’ll have to make some adjustments for you.”
“What the fuck does that mean?”
“It means that you are little and unable to reach many things on your own. Don’t worry.”
