Kinktober ⛓ Day 1
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Paring: Avatar!Jake Sully x Fem!Human!Reader, Human!Jake Sully x Fem!Human!Reader
Prompt @kinktober2023: Macro/Micro
WARNINGS: SMUT 18+ (minors DNI), oral sex (male and female receiving), significant size difference, interspecies sex, fingering, p-in-v sex
Summary: Jake Sully and (Y/N) came to Pandora in the ISV Venture Star as part of the same research team. From an early stage, the pair got on well, and everyone could see that. But there were certain proclivities that they reserved for each other.
A/N: your eyes do not deceive you, I am taking on the Kinktober challenge for the very first time. First off the bat, I will probably not post it consistently but I will finish it even if it takes me until the end of the year. Second, they're gonna be Fem!Reader just because it is easiest for me to write (and I'm sorta being selfish with my first Kinktober). Also, I will post on my original schedule as well even if it kills me. Hope y'all enjoy this as much as I'm enjoying writing it!🤭🤭
Sorry not sorry for this shitshow 🫣🫣
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Working in Pandora was everything (Y/N) had dreamed of since she was a little girl. Her parents had been members of the RDA research team and had brought up inside her a love for the alien planet and its inhabitants. Especially its inhabitants.
From a young age, she had studied the foreign creatures. Their blue skin, their pointy ears, their swishing tails, and their massive height. She imagined what it would be like to be in their bodies. To have a connection to her Mother Earth as they did. What it would be like to live amongst the wonders of that planet.
Because of her proclivities as a child, it came as no surprise that the girl trained her entire life to join the RDA’s Avatar program. (Y/N) was the youngest of the group. Her intelligence and wit propelled her forward quickly and with few obstacles in her career, and she joined the pioneer program as a scientist first and an Avatar driver second.
It was the day they were meant to be put into cryosleep that (Y/N) saw one Jake Sully for the first time. He had rolled into the port with a sour look on his face, as though he was unsure why he was there. But she knew. Everyone in their research team did.
Losing his twin brother, Tom, had been a devastation like no other for their small team. And when an identical copy of him had come in his place, it had sent them reeling. She had listened to Norm Spellman drone on and on about how unfair it was that Jake was allowed to join the team with no scientific experience and even less training with an Avatar. But the military had dug its claws into their work, and there was nothing they could do. If Jake hadn’t come, Tommy’s Avatar would have been forever condemned to a conservation tank. A body with no soul to wield it.
She smiled at him from afar, gifting him with a small wave as Norm stood scowling beside her. She had no qualms about the man and felt no need to treat him with any disdain. Though she had to admit, the uncanny resemblance to their friend was rather eerie. The brothers might have looked the same, yet they certainly were not the same. But it would take six years for (Y/N) to come to any conclusions about Jake.
When they awoke from cryosleep years later, (Y/N) had been the one to calm Jake during their first Avatar run. Unable to control the massive body of the creature, he stumbled in the exam room as the doctors tried to check his vitals. With his returned ability to walk, the excitement had built inside him, and there was no way he could stay still.
Norm had run behind Jake as he emerged into Pandora, but he struggled on his feet as he wielded the new shape. (Y/N), on the other hand, had taken full control of her Avatar. She heard the commotion from the other room and went to follow it, finding a blue Jake in a hospital gown running into the courtyard.
Where Norm failed, (Y/N) succeeded, catching up to the man as his feet dug into the cold Pandorian soil. “Hey, Jake!” she called. “Someone’s excited, huh?”
“You can say that again,” he chuckled, turning toward her. “You’re (Y/N), right? I saw you when we boarded the ship.”
“The one and only,” she smiled before taking hold of a Spartan fruit and throwing it in his direction. “Think fast!”
Jake caught the purple fruit easily, biting into it and staring surprisedly as it burst all over his face. She joined his side, taking a fruit for herself.
“This is delicious,” he sighed pleasurably. “I didn’t know it would be this good.”
“There’s a lot of things you don’t know about, Jake Sully,” (Y/N) smiled. “Thankfully, you have an amazing team behind you that will help you learn about this amazing world.”
“And will you be there to help?”
“Well, I am in your research team, so that would be a yes.”
“How lucky am I?” Jake said, a playful grin splayed across his face. “Well, if your tutoring sessions are as good as you are beautiful, I think I might become an expert in no time.”
“What a charmer,” she chuckled. “But you should know that I am known to be quite a ruthless teacher. I am a bit rough when it comes to teaching about this planet.”
“I never expected you to be,” he responded before leaning into her. “And I like it rough.”
In the coming weeks, Jake and (Y/N) grew closer, both as Avatars and as humans. When they were on break, one would not be seen without the other. They had become inseparable, and no one at the base could deny the intense chemistry that flowed between them. And within the confines of the link station in Site 26, it was undeniable that something was brewing between them. No one could deny it. Not even them.
What had become almost impossible was acting upon their desires when their duties took up so much of their time. While Jake gained the trust of the Omatikaya people, (Y/N) would busy herself with her scavenging and her lab tests. And when one was inhabiting their Avatar, the other was back in their human body.
But that would prove to not be much of a problem.
(Y/N)’s fascination with the Na’vi went farther than she would ever admit out loud. It had started innocently enough. A simple curiosity about the alien creatures that populated the planet her parents studied. But as she grew, her curiosity seemed to transform into something… less than innocent.
There was something about their gigantic bodies compared to the smallness of her human one that sparked something inside her that she could not extinguish. In the late hours of the night, before anyone had connected with their Avatars, (Y/N) would spend hours upon hours inspecting their bodies inside their conservation tanks.
Tom’s Avatar–now Jake’s– was a favorite of hers to stare at. She studied every curve and line of his muscles, the valley of his blue skin, the stretch of his body, the plumpness of his lips, and the size of his member. The first time she had seen it, it had made her mouth water and her heart flutter. There was something about the way the blue body almost doubled her in size that set off a fire inside her. She wanted to know what it would feel like for those long arms to wrap around her, how he could probably pick her up with just one arm, how he could probably stretch her out more than any man could ever do.
When the thoughts had popped into her head, they had startled her. They made her feel as though there was something wrong with her. Not only was she thinking of a creature that was massive in comparison to her, but she was thinking about interspecies relations. Because her fantasies didn’t involve her Avatar. No. Her mind created images of her small human body and the blue people of Pandora.
What she didn’t know was that she was not the only one plagued with those thoughts. When Jake had first seen (Y/N) while in his Avatar body, something had stirred deep within him. It had taken everything inside him not to make a move on her. She looked so small that he knew he could if he really wanted to. Jake could feel warmth traveling between his legs, pressing onto the fabric of his clothing as his cock hardened.
But neither one acted upon their desires. Each thought themselves to be depraved and slightly sexually repressed, and believed that even talking about those fantasies was bad enough. And there was no way they could do anything with Grace and Norm always around. They both believed they’d be burdened with their thoughts for the rest of time.
As luck would have it, or rather as Eywa had allowed in her divine timing, a day came were only (Y/N) was left in the link pod. She had been tasked with labeling samples and documenting findings while Grace and Norm scavenged the forest as humans –claiming they needed to give their bodies a nice stretch. She had been focused on her work, engrossed in paper after paper, slide after slide. It had been what she had come to Pandora to do, but she couldn’t help but feel a little jealous that she wasn’t the one amongst the Omatikaya.
She was so engrossed in her work that she didn’t notice when the nine-foot blue Na’vi walked into the too-small-for-him shack. It wasn’t until he knocked over their breakfast plates from the counter that she turned to find the man standing inside.
“May I ask what gave you the brilliant idea to get in here with that body?”
“I needed to see you,” Jake responded rather breathlessly. “I thought it was big enough for me to fit.”
“Your body is literally less than ten feet away from me in the pod, Jake,” she chuckled. “All you had to do was wake up.”
“I-I… I couldn’t.”
“What do you mean?” (Y/N) worried. There was a slight desperation in Jake’s voice, accompanied by a glaze in his eyes that concerned her. “Is everything alright?”
“I need you, (Y/N),” he blurted as he took tentative steps toward her, careful to mind his head.
“What do you need from me, Jake? Are you feeling okay? Are you hurt?”
“That’s not what I meant,” he responded. His tone got darker, laced with something she couldn’t quite pinpoint. “I need you.”
As he essentially growled those words, (Y/N) eyes examined his body for any sign that he could have been wounded in any way. The word, “Oh?” escaped her mouth barely above a whisper as she tried to understand where Jake was coming from. His head seemed fine. So did his arms and his torso. It was when her gaze fell on the space between his thighs that was covered with the brown loincloth that she finally understood what it was that he needed.
“Oh,” she said louder. The fabric that covered him was tighter than usual, tented by something thick and hard that was being held back by the covering. “You’re… I don’t… how am I supposed to help you with that, Jake?”
“I’ve tried to make it go away, but it honestly just keeps getting worse. I feel like my entire body is on fire.”
“I think you might be in rut, Jake.”
“What is that?”
“In heat,” she said, slightly embarrassed at the words. “It means that your body is going through a stage where it wants to find a mate and breed.”
“And how long is it supposed to last?”
“It could last from one to four days, but I can’t be too certain about it. It’s not a well-researched topic,” (Y/N) explained. “What I could suggest is that you find somewhere to ride this out. Possibly a very cold river. Or you could find someone to ride it out with at the village. I know the Omatikaya value their vows and loyalty, but I’m sure a guy like you could persuade anyone.”
“But I don’t want anyone back in the village. In fact, I have just the person in mind.” (Y/N) couldn’t help but not the darkness that now clouded Jake’s eyes. The yellow irises were trained on her, looking her up and down as though they could see through her clothing. “All I need to know is if she wants it right back.”
She was dumbfounded. Completely perplexed at his words. He couldn’t have been asking what she thought he was. If he was, (Y/N) was sure she was dreaming. “Jake, I… I can’t help you right now. It’s almost impossible,” she stammered before remaining quiet for a moment. “I could hop on my link pod and help you out that way if you don’t mind waiting.”
“I don’t think you’re understanding me, (Y/N),” he growled. Jake had closed the space between them now, and he towered over her even in his hunched position. “I don’t want your Avatar. I want you.”
(Y/N) stumbled backward, her back hitting the desk as she tried to put some distance between them. Jake was simply acting on a lust-fueled brain. He wasn’t thinking clearly. And as much as she wanted what he was asking for, she wouldn’t let him regret it later. “Look, Jake. I don’t think you’re thinking clearly right now,” she chuckled awkwardly. “You probably woke up alone, and your head brought you unconsciously here. Why don’t you just go back to sleep and unlink? It might help you cool down a bit.”
“I know you want this too, (Y/N),” he whispered. “I can smell it on you.”
At those words, the woman clenched her thighs together. Her body reactions were something she could not deny, and his keen senses had picked up on it. Her breathing became staggered and her chest heaved as she felt the warmth of Jake’s body so close to her it was almost as though they were touching.
“I know you want to try this,” Jake said. “I used to watch you back at Hell’s Gate. The night before we finally linked, you were staring at this very body you see before you. Your skin was flushed, and you were heaving–kind of like you are now. Then, when you went back to your room, I heard you. The RDA might have a lot of funding, but they definitely did not invest it in thick walls.”
“I wasn’t…”
“But you were, (Y/N),” he grinned devilishly. “I heard every single sound that escaped from your mouth that night. And I’m pretty sure I know exactly what you were imagining.”
“Oh, yeah?” she said, feeling slightly bold. “What was it then?”
“This very cock,” he responded as he palmed the hardened bulge between his legs. “Buried deep inside your human body.”
Her breath got hitched in her throat, tightening her windpipe as Jake worded everything that was running through her head. “W-what’re you s-saying?” she stammered. “How could you know any of that?”
“Well, other than the way your body is reacting right now,” he grinned, revealing his razor-sharp fangs. “And because I’ve been dreaming of the same thing.”
“Jake,” she gasped.
“And if I had known you were thinking of this too, I would have jumped at the opportunity the very first time,” he growled. “Now, come here.”
(Y/N) didn’t know what had taken her over, but she walked toward Jake’s Avatar. He was kneeling on the ground, sitting on his ankles, his legs spread far enough for her to fit between them. Her hands ran across his exposed chest, taking the dagger sling that was draped around him off. She trailed the features of his face with her fingers, drinking in the closeness she could not get when the body was in the tank. She traced the eyebrows above his yellow eyes, the wideness of the bridge of his nose, the curve of his lips, the white spotted freckles, and played with the braids that fell on his face.”
“You having fun there?” Jake chuckled, bringing her attention back to the moment. “As much as I’m enjoying your little curiosity delineation, I don’t know how that helps my little problem down there.”
“It’s not little,” she breathed. “Really not little.”
“And what are you gonna do about it?” he said, placing a finger under her chin to fix her gaze on him. A finger so big it looked like a hand cradling her face. “Because I have a few ideas of what you could do.”
“And what are they?”
“I want you to say what you would do.”
“I-I can’t,” (Y/N) muttered as embarrassment surged through her. She was certainly not inexperienced, but there was something about saying out loud what she had kept to herself for so long that made her close up. “It’s embarrassing.”
“You know what’s embarrassing? Running through the forest in this loincloth with a painful hard-on just so I could get to you,” he playfully growled. “Now. Tell me, what do you want?”
(Y/N) took a steadying breath before staring directly into Jake’s eyes and saying, “I want to rip that loincloth off your body and take what I can of you in my mouth and wrap my hands around your cock. Even if I can’t take you in completely, I will make sure no part remains untouched. And I want your mouth on my clit as you stretch me out with your fingers, prepping me to fit you inside.”
“Good girl,” he purred. “Now come here.”
Jake crashed his lips onto hers as best as he could, one of his hands wrapping around her waist to pull her closer. He was the first to moan into the kiss, the need inside him taking over and growing. The touch felt like fire, a burning desire that he wanted to feed, and she was just the accelerant he needed.
She was sweet and warm against him, and all he wanted to do was to learn how she felt everywhere else. Her smell was already intoxicating, and he needed to know just how addicting every other part of her would be.
“Lay down,” she instructed with a smile as she finally broke the kiss, skin flushed and lips red. “Careful you don’t bump into your own link pod. Might make this experience a bit different.”
“I’m just glad the hall is big enough for me,” he chuckled. “Wouldn’t want this to be interrupted by an oxygen machine.”
“Then let’s stop wasting time before you’re the one that might need a swig of CO2 to survive.”
“You’re the one with layers on, baby,” Jake grinned, slipping off the white lab coat that covered her. “If anyone is wasting time, it’s you.”
(Y/N) could only chuckle as she slipped off her t-shirt before shimmying out of her jeans, leaving her in a sports bra and a pair of cotton panties. She wished she had been wearing something sexier, maybe something that matched. But she knew it didn’t really matter. They wouldn’t be on for much longer. Jake made sure of that. With a quick stretch of his arm, both pieces of fabric were ripped off her body, exposing every inch of skin to him.
“You know, I don’t have much underwear here.”
“That’s fine. I don’t plan on letting you need it.”
He kissed her again, trying his best to convey all of his want through their lips. But he wanted more. He wanted her warmth around him, he wanted to stretch her in ways she had never imagined, he wanted to fill her with his seed. Even if he had no idea what could happen after.
But (Y/N) was the first one to move. She turned away from him and crawled down his massive torso, her eyes deadset on the painfully hard bulge that was being held back by the tight piece of fabric. Slowly, she undid the ties that held the loincloth together, slipping it off his body as she had done his sling. Only this time, a small gasp left her throat as his cock was finally released.
Jake’s erection flopped onto his stomach, beads of precum glistening on his purple-pink head. As she stared, his length twitched, and she couldn’t help but admire the specimen before her. Her scientific curiosity would always win. She got as close as possible without touching it, examining the veins, the stiffness, the length, the girth, and the shining tip that beckoned her closer.
“Please,” she heard Jake whimper. “Please.”
It was all he needed to say for (Y/N) to take hold of his cock with both of her hands and give him a tentative lick. She chuckled as he shuddered at her touch, reveling in the reactions she pulled from him. But what surprised her wasn’t his sounds. It was how easy it was to fit the tip of his cock in her mouth. (Y/N) thought she’d receive more fight from her body as she took his size, but it was almost as though she was made for him.
Unfortunately, though, her mouth was only big enough to take some of him in, but she gladly made up for it with her hands. She established a steady rhythm quickly, treading close to the line of his edge. (Y/N) took him as far as he could, hollowing her cheeks as she bobbed her head and using the mixture of her saliva and his own precum to aid her hands on the rest of his shaft.
What she had not expected was Jake’s hands holding her hips and sinking his mouth into her cunt. He did just as she had told him, working his tongue expertly across that needy bundle of nerves. Jake swirled and sucked, moaning as her taste flooded his tongue. And she would have been grateful for just that touch, until she felt one of his fingers enter her.
“Oh, fuck,” (Y/N) slurred out, releasing Jake for a second. “It feels so fucking good.”
“That’s just one finger, baby,” he chuckled. “I’m gonna need you to hold on for more.”
“Then, hurry,” she whined. “I want the real thing inside me already.”
With another hearty chuckle, Jake set off to work. He pumped his finger into her, listening to her sounds as a guideline. Once he felt her stretched enough, he slipped another digit, earning him her first orgasm. Her walls clenched around the two fingers, her throat accompanying the flutter with a string of beautiful pleasurable moans. A beautiful song that made Jake’s ears twitch.
As the Avatar continued to work, (Y/N) grew sloppier in her ministrations. Her entire concentration had shifted to the intense burning between her legs as Jake stretched her more and more, adding yet another of his large fingers as he lapped at the sensitive bud just above her entrance. It was as though her body had skipped the uncomfortable stage and had delved directly into the mind-numbing satisfaction.
“Jake,” she moaned. “Jake, I need you inside.”
“Not yet,” he muttered against her. “Fuck, you taste so good.”
Jake was entranced with her body. Worshiping the smaller figure before him. If Eywa decided to take him right there and then, he would have died a satisfied man. But it was her turn to beg for more. “Jake, please,” she said. “I want to cum around you.”
And who was he to deny her pleading? With another gusto-filled lick to her core, Jake removed his fingers, watching as (Y/N) walked toward him. But the gasp that came from her mouth as he took his fingers into his mouth and savored her once more was what brought a shit-eating grin onto his face. He wanted to have that memory tattooed into his brain for the rest of his life. The way her body glimmered with sweat, the way her chest heaved as she tried to steady her breathing, the way her eyes had darkened with lust as she drank the sight of him.
“Take it slow,” he commanded as the woman positioned herself right above his cock. With one hand, she grabbed his length, holding it just below her entrance. With the other, she kept her balance as she pressed it against his toned chest. “Don’t overexert yourself.”
“I don’t know how much slower I can take it,” she teased. “We’ve already waited two months to do this when we could have been doing it the entire time.”
“I’m pretty sure we would have been in a lot of trouble if someone had caught us. It must be against some type of rule.”
“Since when do you care about the rules?”
“I don’t,” Jake cockily grinned. “That’s why we’re fucking right now.”
“We’re not fucking yet.” She took the moment he laughed to finally sink her body onto the giant’s cock, slowly inching down as far as her body could take him. (Y/N) felt something inside her burst, filling her with an overwhelming euphoria that she didn’t know how she had ever orgasmed with another man before. “Now we’re fucking.”
“You’re so fucking tight, baby,” Jake moaned. “Does it hurt?”
“No,” she said breathlessly. “It feels amazing!”
“If you keep squeezing me like that, I’m not gonna last long, (Y/N).”
“I can’t help it,” she moaned as she felt comfortable enough to slowly bounce on his lap. “It just feels too good.”
“I wanna make this moment last, baby,” he purred against her ear as he tried to delay his finish. “Fuck… you gotta go slower.”
“I really can’t, Jake,” (Y/N) moaned, moving her hips faster and faster as she felt warmth pooling deep inside her. “And we don’t have much time left. Grace and Norm will be back any… fuck… any minute.”
“Damn it,” the man cursed. “You’re gonna make me look like a high school boy blowing too early.”
“Luckily, I won’t have anyone to tell,” she teased. “But don’t worry, I’ll know I never gave you a chance.”
Her pace was punishing now. It didn’t even allow Jake to join in the movements, his entire mind concentrating on making the moment last as long as possible. But the attack on her part was calculated and brutal, searching for their mutual ends as quickly as she could.
(Y/N)’s hips moved on her own, raising and falling from what she could take of his cock, her mind focused on the one thing he didn’t want just yet. She wanted to combust around him. Wanted to feel him come undone inside her. To, for just a second, have something of an aberration inside, to imagine that two completely different species could ever come together.
The more she moved, the more her insides squeezed the blue creature’s shaft. Every second that passed brought them closer and closer to the inevitable end.
“I’m close,” (Y/N) moaned. “Fuck, Jake, I’m so close.”
“I know, baby,” he groaned in response. “I’m close too.”
It wasn’t long until (Y/N) was screaming the man’s name and dropping onto his chest as her orgasm rippled through her body like it had never done before. And while she shook in the intensity, Jake brought it upon himself to search for his finish, plunging his hips as deep as he could into her until he felt his cock release everything he had inside of her, filling her until he could feel their essences dripping out of her.
“I wish we could have done this outside,” she muttered against him as she recovered her strength. His softening cock was still buried deep within her cunt as he softly rutted against her while riding out their orgasms. “It would have been such a completely different experience.”
“You’re right. But then, I couldn’t have done this,” he smiled as he kissed her lips tenderly, basking in the taste of her mouth. “And I would have died if I couldn’t have.”
“I would have too,” (Y/N) said, returning the smile and another chaste kiss. “I also wish we could stay like this forever. But you need to go, Jake.”
“A couple more minutes,” he groaned, letting his head fall back onto the metal floor. “I just wanna forget that the rest of the world exists for a couple of more minutes.”
With a chuckle, (Y/N) granted him that prayer. It was the only thing she could. She ran her fingers across his queue as his large fingers traced shapes against the skin of her back. And for those next few minutes, it truly felt like it was only them.
But all good things come to an end, and (Y/N) noticed the clock on the wall was at seventeen hundred hours and the two other scientists would be coming back any second. She scrambled to her feet, groaning as Jake exited her body, the stretch contracting slightly but still aching inside her.
“Go back to the village,” (Y/N) instructed as she cleaned them both up with a towel and dressed. “We’ll talk when you’re out of the pod, okay?”
“I’ll see you tonight, baby,” he smiled, giving her one last kiss before he left the far too cramped shack.
If Grace and Norm had found anything awry in there when they came back from their scavenging, they did not mention it. They went about the rest of their day, documenting their samples and writing their daily logs. The only time they seemed to talk to (Y/N) was during dinner time, but there wasn’t much she could say about her day. And, thankfully, they didn’t ask much, too exhausted from their day to stay awake for much longer. Once the younger scientist announced she’d wait up for Jake, the pair left for their respective beds to sleep the day away.
That night, when Jake finally opened his link pod, (Y/N) was waiting with a giant smile on her face. She waited until he was on his chair and rolled to the small dining table, where a plate of hot food was waiting for him.
“Hey, marine,” she smiled.
“Hey, yourself.”
“Thought you might be hungry,” (Y/N) chuckled. “I heard you had a busy day.”
“You heard that through the grapevine, huh?” Jake snickered. “I will admit, I had a very busy day.”
“Hm, the Omatikaya are working you harder than expected?”
“If only they had been the ones that took my time today,” he responded before motioning for her to sit on his lap. “But no, I spent the day with a very beautiful but small woman that blew my mind away. No pun intended.”
(Y/N) kissed him tenderly, making note of just how different it felt to kiss him as a human. “Well, you blew her mind away as well,” she smiled. “Pun intended.”
“You know, if we’d only talked about this, we could have done this so long ago,” he whispered, his forehead pressed against hers. “But at least we finally did.”
“We really did, huh?” she chuckled. “Now, all we have to do is check when’s the next time?”
“Insatiable, are we?”
“You don’t know the half of it.”
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One thousand and one nights (Ydris x Reader)
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"ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ɪᴛ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴜᴄʜ.
ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ, ᴛʜɪꜱ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴛʜᴏᴜꜱᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ."
I wanted to howl. This has happened to me more than once in meetings at the Secret Stone Circle but never for this reason. Usually I was bored because of the moralizing lectures. This time, it was because no one around me understood me.
Usually, druids and Soul Riders agreed. We had common enemies that had to be defeated: Mr. Sands, the Dark Riders and Garnok, who we have been particularly focused on recently. The only problems we encountered were in executing of the plans. Mine, Alex and Evergrey's ideas were often spontaneous and Lisa and Linda often agreed with them. Fripp, Avalon and Elizabeth had other ways of achieving their goals. Several hundred years of experience had taken away their willingness to take risks and they planned each step more carefully.
However, we always came to an agreement in the end because we knew that although our visions did not fully match, we were fighting for a common cause. That was until this afternoon, when the topic of Ydris was brought up.
The owner of the tent on Nilmer Hill was not who he initially claimed to be. He was actually from Pandoria. It took us a long time to see through his intentions, as well as to get into the tent he had cleverly covered in illusion. Then we made the mistake of trying to weaken the magician with Big Bonny's cosmic clock. I broke the device into pieces and Ydris finally made Garnok retract his tentacles back into the other dimension, at least for now. Later, in a rather perfidious way, I freed Concorde and the girls from the Bobcats club.
The Pandorian didn't seem particularly offended though. He thought about it for a while and then decided that he wanted to see me back in the circus tent.
In theory, I could never go back there. But I wanted to.
I loved the atmosphere of this place, with the colourful lights and a hint of mystery. I loved the little colourful butterfly race that the rather quiet clown, Xin, put on for me. Every moment I admired the majestic and intelligent mare named Zee was another happy memory. However, I enjoyed the moments with Ydris the most. Every time he showed me new tricks or put on a show just for me, I felt enchanted. I gave him a genuine smile when he inserted French words into his statements, although I never had any idea where he knew them from. In my bag I still carried a miniature mascot of his mare from the fashion festival. I saw how he treated his companions and they seemed like family. Maybe crazy, mysterious and with secrets but still. Interestingly, he started to include me in the group, even though I came only occasionally, not doing much since helping with setting up the tent.
I was aware that the Pandorian was powerful but I didn't think of him as a bad person. He escaped from his endangered world. He also predicted doom for ours, claiming that one or both dimensions would perish. But it didn't change the fact that he helped us last time. Even if he didn't believe there was a way we could save Pandoria and Earth, I felt he deserved our trust.
Unfortunately, the druids had a different opinion and said it was high time to make me realize how harmful meetings and interactions with magicians are. A slightly different view came from Linda, who was with me on the hill when I destroyed the clock and managed to get to know Ydris's behaviour a little better. The other girls approached it completely differently.
We became very close, especially during the search for Anna, still missing.
I tried to argue my point, despite the vein already pulsating on my forehead. However, everything I presented on the forum was immediately contradicted or caused a lively and loud discussion to break out, turning into a quarrel between two parties. I couldn't listen to it and, dryly saying goodbye to everyone, I jumped on [Name of horse/mare] before anyone reacted. I rode out the portal to cool down among the huge old Valedale oaks.
— Are we going back to Moorland? — asked [Name of horse/mare].
I sighed, staring at the cheerfully jumping red birds.
— I don't want to. The girls will be looking for me there — I muttered.
— Pffft...— I was indignant at this equivalent of laughter. — I know exactly where you want to be now.
— It's not funny. In fact, why weren't you and the other horses allowed to speak?
— My dear, I don't have that much to say.
— You have to have your own opinion — I insisted. — And I want to hear it.
This was an opinion that mattered a lot to me.
We had a treasure, that kind of bond between horse and rider that was born once every hundred years. A unique and extraordinary kinship that allows us to understand each other and do amazing things that most of the inhabitants of Jorvik have already forgotten about.
— You know I'm on your side. As long as you're happy and safe, I don't mind. So how about going to Nilmer's Hill, dear?
— You only live once!
I scared away half of the birds of the Hollow Woods and galloped along the main track.
Soon, a pink and purple tent appeared before my eyes.
I got off [Name of horse/mare], stroked its face and let him go to Zee, a beautiful northern Swedish mare. Apparently the horses also had things they could only talk about together because soon there was a faint neighing sound heard.
However, the owner of the colourful stall was nowhere to be seen. Only Xin showed me a small tent that I hadn't seen before. There I found a black-haired Pandorian, surprisingly without a top hat, placing various items on the already cramped space.
— Ma chère, it's interesting to see you today. I present to you the new specialty of our circus. From now on, the future will no longer be one big unknown. The wonderful Ydris will foretell what awaits you! — He pointed to a large, pink glass ball.
— You'll tell me of the future later. For now, I'll help you unload these boxes.
The magician, now almost a fortune teller, looked at me with piercing eyes and pointed to the appropriate boxes.
It was not uncommon for me to take the initiative to help. But I had never come to the hill at such a late hour. This time I mainly wanted to occupy my mind with something other than arguing with the druids.
There were quite a lot of different accessories in the boxes. I looked through tarot cards, fringed tablecloths and even some ancient gray hat with a four-leaf clover. Only when I almost fell into the tent did Ydris finally decide to speak.
— Put it down.
— Don't panic, I'm alive — I said.
However, one snap of his fingers left me without any ballast.
— You never come at this hour, my dove. There's something going through your head. — He crossed his arms over his chest.
I quickly analyzed the situation. The circus owner knew more than me on a daily basis anyway, so trying to avoid the truth was pointless. I wasn't even sure if he didn't already know the whole truth but just wanted to hear it from me.
This was one of my longest conversations with the eccentric Pandorian so far, although it looked more like a monologue with his occasional interjections:
— I haven't changed my mind. I still believe there is no chance of saving two dimensions.
I felt anger rising within me. It wasn't directed at anyone in particular but the emotions accumulated that day were starting to find a way out.
I gave everything I could. I was training. I tried. I meant well. Except it wasn't enough. No one even wanted to consider my option.
Who needs a hero if they are powerless?
— But if anyone could do the impossible, it's you, little dove.
This sentence made me freeze. I never expected it because he always declared that he would write everything off. I didn't know how to respond to this confession, so I grabbed his hand.
I needed to feel that someone was next to me.
I was probably the first and last person in Jorvik to even come close to a Pandorian.
His hug was gentle and warm and he smelled of cotton candy. He didn't seem surprised by my behaviour either.
I felt safe. For once.
We stood on Nilmer Hill behind the circle of light falling from the circus tent. Above us stretched the Jorvik sky with a million stars and in front of me I could see the colourful flowers of Silverglade Village. In the distance, I heard the faint neighing of [Horse Name], who was obviously still having some sort of chat with Zee. The crisp, summer air carried the scent of stables from Moorland.
I wanted to stay with him forever at that moment and be able to revel in it.
I think I could use that space clock right now.
— So what? Care for some foretelling? — he asked, taking the back of my hand. — The great Ydris will show you what awaits you — he said with a trademark smile.
— For me, prophecies are rather empty promises but so be it.
That's what I've always thought. Every time I went to fun Jorvik festivals, they were not taken seriously. For example, Midsummer's fortune telling, which forced me to spend several days galloping in search of seven different flowers.
— If it doesn't work out and your world ends, I can promise you that I will hold your hand just like I do now — he whispered.
His multi-coloured eyes sparkled and I was sure he would keep his word.
— Maybe divination does make sense sometimes — I replied with a smile, watching the slowly rising dawn in Jorvik.
Sometimes it doesn't take much.
For me, this night was enough for a thousand others.
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