~FFA, ~BHM, ~BBW, Magic, Adventure - Young women coming of age share a love of the big boys, a secret power, and an unknown destiny.
Prologue
Fireflies danced around the edges of his vision and the moonlight shone down through the tops of the California Redwoods. There was a peace here he hadn't felt since his awakening in another world. This forest was much like the one he began his life in. Faylish never did understand why his kind came into being simply by waking up in the forest. Someday he hoped to find out, as did most elves.
This forest would be a good place for him to stop and rest. He was weary from his recent defeat. There were forces in this particular world far stronger than his magick. To battle these forces he would need even stronger allies.
Faylish was being drawn south by the music. It called to him much like it had in the past. He pulled his pipe from the pack on his motorcycle and sat down on a fallen tree. He played through the night, answering the call.
Somewhere beyond the veil separating the worlds, ancient forces began to stir, yearning for entry into the world, where they could roam free. Roam free and take what they willed from the world, after their price for entry was paid of course. Faylish had found the allies he needed.
Chapter 1 The Bridge Club Initiation
A pulsating techno beat synced with the flashing of the strobe lights, making everyone in the under 21 club appear to strike various poses. The smell of sweat mixed with that of assorted perfumes and colognes permeated the air.
As the throng bounded and shuffled around on the dance floor, Melanie kept a sharp eye out for something else. Something that slinked and slithered above the crowd, waiting up in the lights. She could feel its presence, as though it was crawling around in her mind. That ability was one of the many perks of her membership in The Bridge Club.
Melanie could feel it was very close indeed. She moved her arms down to the side of her black vinyl skirt, where two half-moon shaped plates of polycarbonate draped from either side. They had been sharpened to an edge on the curved portion, allowing them to function as blades. Otherwise they seemed to be as decorative as the other pieces of plastic and metal that adorned her outfit. They appeared somewhat dull, but were very effective against some of the creatures she had been encountering recently.
Melanie never saw it coming. Barbed tentacles whipped around her, preventing her from drawing her blades. The tentacles slid under her black hair and around her ivory white neck. The tentacles began to squeeze, the barbs burying themselves into her flesh. She tried to scream out for help, but she couldnt find the breath to do so.
Melanie Firsch cleared her mind and told the pain to go away. Free from the torment of the barbs piercing her skin, she concentrated on finding the body of the creature around her. She could feel it above her, hanging on to a light bar with one tentacle, and onto her with myriad others. Melanie thought the creature had much less of a grip on the light bar than it did on her. She pulled her legs up, hoping that the extra 125lbs of force was enough to bring the creatures body down to her level before she ran out of air.
Liz was only a few feet away, and could get there in an instant, but had problems of her own. She was behind the DJs stand dodging something that was almost as fast as she was. Almost. A jet black crab-like creature was skittering back and forth, trying to find an opening to jump. It had six legs, much like an insect, but a torso and head that stood up from the center. It occasionally snapped at Liz with a long, thin beak, lined with razor sharp teeth. It didnt appear to have eyes, but had no problem figuring out where Liz was. The entire creature was slick jet black, like a fresh pool of oil, glistening in the moonlight. It stopped darting around for a moment, feinted a leap at Liz, and skittered underneath the DJs stand.
Melanie fell to the ground as the creatures grip on the light bar gave way. She took this chance to slightly loosen the hold that the tentacles had on her. That is when she saw the body of the creature face to face. At least what it had for a face. It looked like a two foot wide head of rotting cabbage, and it smelled like it too. There was something resembling a mouth, but Melanie couldnt see any teeth. But she could feel a numbness spreading from the barbs buried in her flesh, as though some sort of toxin were being delivered. Her vision began to blur.
Liz dropped to the floor and looked for the creature. It was nowhere to be seen. She crawled under the DJs stand and thoroughly searched under the apron, but there was no sign of it. As Liz crawled out from under the DJs stand, the creature leapt onto her back. It held her arms back with its claws latched onto the sleeves of Lizs black and silver jumper, and snapped at her head with its beak. Liz rolled over and tried to crush the creature against the floor, but it was too strong. It clamped its beak around Lizs buckwheat hair and pulled her head back.
As Melanies vision continued to blur she caught sight of one of the dancers split off from the writhing throng and come around the side of the DJs stand. She was an Asian girl, about 56, wearing a gold skirt and white cotton top. Rather conservative dress for this club. Her hair was tied back into a knot, which was secured with two long white sticks that tapered to a point. She had an engraved jade bracelet on each wrist. The girl look fairly nonplused at the fact there was a two foot wide tentacled head of cabbage strangling someone in front of her.
The Asian girl worked the clasp on one of her bracelets and removed it. It snapped into a completely different shape, forming what looked like a crescent moon with a short handle protruding from the middle of the outside edge. She did the same with the other one. She held the crescents by the handles and reached behind her head with them. The handles locked onto the thicker ends of the sticks in her hair, and she drew them out. The jade handles and sticks resembled small sai. Her jet black hair fell down around her shoulders. She held the weapons out before her, and assumed a fighting stance. She stared at the creature with her piercing yellow-brown eyes and barked out a challenge to it in an ancient dialect of Chinese. It immediately retracted its tentacles and made its way towards the girl, leaving Melanie gasping on the floor.
The cabbage creature wasnt the only one that responded to the challenge. The crab-like creature released its grip on Liz and sidestepped its way to where Melanie and the Asian girl were. Liz rolled over, leaving smears of blood on the floor from wounds on her back, arms, and back of her head. Liz began to crawl toward Melanie, her strength already beginning to return.
Melanies recovery was even quicker. Fortunately, her healing power also included the ability to detoxify. She made a mental note to study this further when she got the chance. She stood up and began to catch her breath.
The Asian girl dashed for the crab-like creature. It skittered closer to its cohort, hoping that together they could overpower the girl.
The cabbage creature lashed out with several tentacles as the Asian girl approached. She leaped over the spray of tentacles and sank her sticks into the shell of the crab-like creature. It split into pieces that scattered around the girls feet. Without so much as looking behind her, the Asian girl backflipped over the cabbage creature. She landed directly in front of it, standing on several tentacles. The girl crossed the sticks over the creature and drew them through it, cutting it in half through the center, spreading what resembled rancid coleslaw over the floor.
Rio Vista High
aka The Rio Vista High School Senior Girls Bridge Club
and Conquistadors Defensive Line Appreciation Society
A young adult adventure - Episode 3 of the Phoenix Heart saga
by thevictim
[email protected]
aka The Rio Vista High School Senior Girls Bridge Club
and Conquistadors Defensive Line Appreciation Society
A young adult adventure - Episode 3 of the Phoenix Heart saga
by thevictim
[email protected]
Prologue
Fireflies danced around the edges of his vision and the moonlight shone down through the tops of the California Redwoods. There was a peace here he hadn't felt since his awakening in another world. This forest was much like the one he began his life in. Faylish never did understand why his kind came into being simply by waking up in the forest. Someday he hoped to find out, as did most elves.
This forest would be a good place for him to stop and rest. He was weary from his recent defeat. There were forces in this particular world far stronger than his magick. To battle these forces he would need even stronger allies.
Faylish was being drawn south by the music. It called to him much like it had in the past. He pulled his pipe from the pack on his motorcycle and sat down on a fallen tree. He played through the night, answering the call.
Somewhere beyond the veil separating the worlds, ancient forces began to stir, yearning for entry into the world, where they could roam free. Roam free and take what they willed from the world, after their price for entry was paid of course. Faylish had found the allies he needed.
Chapter 1 The Bridge Club Initiation
A pulsating techno beat synced with the flashing of the strobe lights, making everyone in the under 21 club appear to strike various poses. The smell of sweat mixed with that of assorted perfumes and colognes permeated the air.
As the throng bounded and shuffled around on the dance floor, Melanie kept a sharp eye out for something else. Something that slinked and slithered above the crowd, waiting up in the lights. She could feel its presence, as though it was crawling around in her mind. That ability was one of the many perks of her membership in The Bridge Club.
Melanie could feel it was very close indeed. She moved her arms down to the side of her black vinyl skirt, where two half-moon shaped plates of polycarbonate draped from either side. They had been sharpened to an edge on the curved portion, allowing them to function as blades. Otherwise they seemed to be as decorative as the other pieces of plastic and metal that adorned her outfit. They appeared somewhat dull, but were very effective against some of the creatures she had been encountering recently.
Melanie never saw it coming. Barbed tentacles whipped around her, preventing her from drawing her blades. The tentacles slid under her black hair and around her ivory white neck. The tentacles began to squeeze, the barbs burying themselves into her flesh. She tried to scream out for help, but she couldnt find the breath to do so.
Melanie Firsch cleared her mind and told the pain to go away. Free from the torment of the barbs piercing her skin, she concentrated on finding the body of the creature around her. She could feel it above her, hanging on to a light bar with one tentacle, and onto her with myriad others. Melanie thought the creature had much less of a grip on the light bar than it did on her. She pulled her legs up, hoping that the extra 125lbs of force was enough to bring the creatures body down to her level before she ran out of air.
Liz was only a few feet away, and could get there in an instant, but had problems of her own. She was behind the DJs stand dodging something that was almost as fast as she was. Almost. A jet black crab-like creature was skittering back and forth, trying to find an opening to jump. It had six legs, much like an insect, but a torso and head that stood up from the center. It occasionally snapped at Liz with a long, thin beak, lined with razor sharp teeth. It didnt appear to have eyes, but had no problem figuring out where Liz was. The entire creature was slick jet black, like a fresh pool of oil, glistening in the moonlight. It stopped darting around for a moment, feinted a leap at Liz, and skittered underneath the DJs stand.
Melanie fell to the ground as the creatures grip on the light bar gave way. She took this chance to slightly loosen the hold that the tentacles had on her. That is when she saw the body of the creature face to face. At least what it had for a face. It looked like a two foot wide head of rotting cabbage, and it smelled like it too. There was something resembling a mouth, but Melanie couldnt see any teeth. But she could feel a numbness spreading from the barbs buried in her flesh, as though some sort of toxin were being delivered. Her vision began to blur.
Liz dropped to the floor and looked for the creature. It was nowhere to be seen. She crawled under the DJs stand and thoroughly searched under the apron, but there was no sign of it. As Liz crawled out from under the DJs stand, the creature leapt onto her back. It held her arms back with its claws latched onto the sleeves of Lizs black and silver jumper, and snapped at her head with its beak. Liz rolled over and tried to crush the creature against the floor, but it was too strong. It clamped its beak around Lizs buckwheat hair and pulled her head back.
As Melanies vision continued to blur she caught sight of one of the dancers split off from the writhing throng and come around the side of the DJs stand. She was an Asian girl, about 56, wearing a gold skirt and white cotton top. Rather conservative dress for this club. Her hair was tied back into a knot, which was secured with two long white sticks that tapered to a point. She had an engraved jade bracelet on each wrist. The girl look fairly nonplused at the fact there was a two foot wide tentacled head of cabbage strangling someone in front of her.
The Asian girl worked the clasp on one of her bracelets and removed it. It snapped into a completely different shape, forming what looked like a crescent moon with a short handle protruding from the middle of the outside edge. She did the same with the other one. She held the crescents by the handles and reached behind her head with them. The handles locked onto the thicker ends of the sticks in her hair, and she drew them out. The jade handles and sticks resembled small sai. Her jet black hair fell down around her shoulders. She held the weapons out before her, and assumed a fighting stance. She stared at the creature with her piercing yellow-brown eyes and barked out a challenge to it in an ancient dialect of Chinese. It immediately retracted its tentacles and made its way towards the girl, leaving Melanie gasping on the floor.
The cabbage creature wasnt the only one that responded to the challenge. The crab-like creature released its grip on Liz and sidestepped its way to where Melanie and the Asian girl were. Liz rolled over, leaving smears of blood on the floor from wounds on her back, arms, and back of her head. Liz began to crawl toward Melanie, her strength already beginning to return.
Melanies recovery was even quicker. Fortunately, her healing power also included the ability to detoxify. She made a mental note to study this further when she got the chance. She stood up and began to catch her breath.
The Asian girl dashed for the crab-like creature. It skittered closer to its cohort, hoping that together they could overpower the girl.
The cabbage creature lashed out with several tentacles as the Asian girl approached. She leaped over the spray of tentacles and sank her sticks into the shell of the crab-like creature. It split into pieces that scattered around the girls feet. Without so much as looking behind her, the Asian girl backflipped over the cabbage creature. She landed directly in front of it, standing on several tentacles. The girl crossed the sticks over the creature and drew them through it, cutting it in half through the center, spreading what resembled rancid coleslaw over the floor.
