The Flying Ship

 

The night was young.

The cold light of the waning moon illuminated the shabby walls of the old castle. Girlish voices could be heard from the dining room window.

"So, the princess is at least one step ahead us. What a shame!" Dame Athanasia, a tall slim brunette, put her needle-like fangs inside the red liquid in her wineglass.

"But she still doesn't get the Paddle, so we have a chance, milady, don't we?" Wolffang, a young greenskin girl, asked a bit nervously, putting some sauerkraut in her mouth.

"Yes." the vampiress nodded. "And that's why we need to find the last part of the Paddle before her. And before the demons."

"The main problem is even not the lack of time," Kajira, a redhead witch, noticed. "Only someone, who has the elder blood in their veins, can open the vaults. And as we know, only princess Maera and her mother meet these requirements. This is one thing, which can't be fixed even by ancient magic." She sighed.

"That's why we need to find the last part of the Paddle before all our rivals." Dame Athanasia smiled. "And then we'll just wait, till the princess will bring us all the parts of the paddle. Or I will drink her blood to get the last part and all the other myself. I guess, if I will taste her blood, it will count that I have the elder blood in my veins." the vampiress laughed.

"I guess so, milady," Livonna, a tall, buxom girl with wolfish features said carefully, chewing raw meet.

"And that's why we need to get the power crystal, girls!" Dame Athanasia nodded at a large ship in the castle main hall, which was visible through the door frame. "Tonight "Night Flier"'s construction will be completed. And we need to make it fly."

"As I said, milady, the most reliable way to get a crystal is to borrow it from a local mage guild," Kajira smiled, sipping her beer.

"Alright, girls. Lets finish our little supper. We don't have all night. Time to go and get the crystal! Nobody can stop us!" Dame Athanasia grinned.

Few hours later an unremarkable stone panel slowly moved, making a creepy screeching sound and opening a cobwebbed, cramped underground passage. She-werewolf carefully looked out from the darkness, carefully sniffing air.

"All clear, milady!" she whispered.

"Excellent! Now let's find the crystal!" Dame Athanasia stepped out from the darkness.

"I wish I knew what it smells like!" Livonna sighed.

"Just try to find anything with the most powerful smell, Livonna," Kajira patted werewolf's shoulder. "I bet my ass this crystal will be the most charged thing in this vault."

Livonna nodded and walked forward. She walked slowly between the shelves, sniffing carefully. Dame Athanasia walked right behind her, giving her impatient looks.

"Is it somewhere close?" she asked.

"I'm not sure, milady," Livonna said carefully "Here are too many smells..."
"Maybe I should give you a spanking, to make your nose sharper?" Dame Athanasia crossed her arms.

"No, no, no! I think I feel the smell we are looking for!" Livonna shivered and quickly went to a built-in wall locker. "I think, it is here!"

"Let me have a look!" Wolffang came closer quickly and took the lock picks. "Kajira, isn't the lock enchanted?"

"Let me check." the witch's fingers quickly folded in a witchcraft sign, while Livonna carefully sniffed the lock. "I don't smell anything but something powerful inside the locker." the wolf-girl said.

"It surely isn't cursed. When I was a student in a School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, before I was expelled for seeking for powerful dark magic, we never locked almost all of our lockers or doors. It was almost useless, since we all were practicing magic..." Kajira laughed, but when Wolffang quickly picked the lock and opened the door. "Oh, Isaiah's silver panties! What had you done?! Yes, the lock isn't cursed, but I'm pretty sure it was enchanted to start the alarm, if somebody will open it without the right key!"

"It doesn't matter now!" Dame Athanasia shouted. "Just grab the crystal and run! Kajira, open the portal!"

"Consider it done, milady!" the witch prepared read the spell from a scroll, but suddenly shook her head. "Oh, crap! We need more space, or the portal will just collapse, consuming nearby shelves!" she ran back to the secret passage

"Quick! Go! Go!" Dame Athanasia ran behind the witch, while the she-werewolf and the orcess quickly followed her. Kajira hurriedly read the spell, and the portal finally opened.

But before the girls could jumped into it, suddenly few masked figures appeared right behind them.

"Nobody expects the Heoths Inquisition!" the tall man in black masque said, while his minions took Dame Athanasia and her henchwomen. Right in the moment, when he said his words, Kajira dropped the crystal, which disappeared in the portal, which collapsed right after that. Nobody noticed that.

The man in black masque ordered to his men with a gesture to turn their captures face him.

"Nobody expects the Heoths Inquisition!" he said again dramatically. "Our chief weapon is surprise... surprise and fear... fear and surprise... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency... Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Divine Order.... Our four... no... Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Divine Order, and nice stylish uniforms!" he shook his head. "All right! Stop right here, criminal scum! Nobody breaks the law on our watch! We're confiscating your stolen goods. And you'd better prepare for the punishment!"

The girls shivered.

"What a punishment do you mean, sir?" Wolffang asked carefully, being almost sure that she already knew the answer.

The man in black masque smirked.

"That depends on what did you stole, wenches!" he turned to his minions "Search them!"

The inspection didn't take much time, since only Dame Athanasia and Wolffang were dressed at all, but inquisitors found nothing suspicious. The man in the black masque shrugged.

"It looks like we caught you right before you found what you came here fore, preventing your stealing. That's good. But you still should be punished for violating the law by trespassing." he turned to his minions "All right. We'll start with the orcess! Bend her over that table and hold her tight!" he turned to Wolffang "And you partners in crime may watch. They will be next one by one anyway."

Wolffang tried to struggle, but was easily overpowered and quickly found herself bent over the wooden table with her bottom bared. The man in black masque smirked and before she even tried to protest some more, the riding crop landed heavily on her round buttocks. Wolffang screamed and wagged her bottom, trying to make the stinging sensation easy at least a bit. The second stroke came quickly. Then were third and fourth and fifth and even more and more. Wolffang cried in pain, squirming over the tabletop. Dame Athanasia sighed, feeling completely powerless. She often threatened her henchwomen with spanking and almost as often spanked them herself, but even while she never seen anything wrong with putting them in danger, even she also never really liked seen them suffering for nothing. Kajira just whimpered feeling sorry for Wolffang and even more for herself, since she knew, that she should be next.

"You bastards!" Livonna suddenly growled. "Let us go with a warning! We even didn't stole anything!"

"I will let you all go with a good warming!" the man in the black masque responded "And you will be next, werewolf-girl!"

Livonna snarled, but didn't dare to actually bite anyone. And it was still not so easy for inquisitors to made her bend over the table. Suddenly Dame Athanasia called out to the man in black masque.

"Grand inquisitor, please, don't hurt her! Can't you see, she's just a beast, who don't know anything, but following orders?"

The man in black masque smirked and took the crop in his left hand.

"Good. I won't hurt her more than needed." He raised the crop. His minions smirked understandingly. Dame Athanasia and her henchwomen couldn't know that the man in black masque was ambidextrous.

Livonna gritted her teeth, promising herself to show this man no weakness, but it doesn't took too long from him to make her squirm on the tabletop, furiously kicking and howling like a wounded from the pain. The crop in his hand was stinging her soft flesh like an angry hornet. The werewolf struggled to break out from the inquisitors grip and wept bitterly, screaming out loud at each burning stroke of the crop landing on her now terrible sore and welted bottom.

When Livonna's cry finally turned into a wolfish howl completely, the man in black masque finally stopped whipping her and gestured his men to release her. The she-werewolf, howling and sobbing, limped in the corner, where already was standing Wolffang. Both girls looked at each other, whimpering, but kept silence.

Inquisitors stripped Kajira from her mantle and made her bend over the table. The witch was much left used to spanking comparing to she-werewolf and orcess, so even the first stroke of the crop made her scream almost as loud as she could and kick her bot legs. The man in black masque nodded to his minion to hold her tight and continued whipping poor witch's bottom, leaving sore welts and making her furiously squirming and kicking at each stroke. Kajura bawled in pain, but all her weep and pleading were in vain.

When her punishment was finally over, Kajira gave her poor bottom a gentle rub, but the man in black masque suddenly gave her hands a swift stroke with the crop.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. No rubbing! Gentlemen, make sure that these ladies, won't rub their bottom until I'll say that their punishment is over."

"But you already gave my poor girls a thrashing! Their punishment should be over!" Dame Athanasia protested, while inquisitors were stripping her from her top.

"It's not over 'til we say so!" the man in black masque said, giving Dame Athanasia a strict look. "And now, lady, it is your time to bend over and take your punishment."

Dame Athanasia gave him an arrogant look, but bent over the table, sticking her firm bottom out. One of the inquisitors gripped her wrists, securing her on the tabletop.

"This is not necessary." the vampiress said "I will take my punishment like a true lady and knight as I am!"

"Your behaviour is very unladylike, Dame." the man in black masque said sternly, raising the crop. "Invading mages vaults in the night, keeping company rubbing shoulders with thieves, witches and even werewolves. You should be ashamed of yourself." and with this words he gave Dame Athanasia's porcelain-white buttocks first hard stroke of the crop. Dame Athanasia growled through clenched teeth, but held still. The notation man in black masque just gave her was much worse than the pain from his crop. But after the first ten strokes the vampire knight broke in tears and finally started wiggling on the tabletop, wagging her now sore and striped bottom, wailing in pain.

Livonna, Kajira and Wolffang could only whimpering, hearing their leader's weep.

After a few minutes, which seemed like an eternity to Dame Athanasia, the man in black masque finally stopped.

"I think now all of you are punished properly." he said, gesturing his minion to release the vampiress. Dame Athanasia slowly stood up from the table, still weeping bitterly, but got herself together enough to not to rub her bottom. She just looked down at the floor, trying to avoid the inquisitors gazes.

"Now you four better to run away from here and never come back." the man in black masque said. "And if I'll ever catch any of you again, this will be a walk in the park in comparison!"

Sobbing and whimpering, the girls ran away quickly.

It still was about some hours before then dawn, when Blood Moon Gang found themselves in the dark woods.

"Well, at least we are still alive and free." Dame Athanasia smiled through tears. "And now we knew, where to look for the crystal! Tomorrow night we will come again and finally get it!"

"Maybe not tomorrow, milady?" Wolffang asked carefully, gently rubbing her terrible sore bottom "Don't get me wrong, I'm all for implementation of you plans, but I'll prefer not to take any risks to get another spanking before I'll be able to sit down comfortable..."

"I wonder, why the portal closed right after it opened?" Livonna asked suddenly "And how did it happen, that the inquisitors didn't find the crystal? Did we just got spanked for nothing?" she pouted.

"I'm not sure. Maybe something fell into the portal, when I opened it... Ow! Ugh! This hurts so bad!" Kajira complained, rubbing her welted bottom "But that doesn't explain, what happened to the crystal. You held it, milady, right?"

"Yes, I took it right when we found it..." Dame Athanasia sighed. "I think I accidentally dropped it, when those dorks grabbed me. Maybe the crystal just rolled under one of the shelves? Do you remember, how it smells, Livonna?" the vampiress patted the werewolf's shoulder.

"Yes, milady!" Livonna replied proudly.

"At least we'll find it much quickly, when we'll make a second attempt. But yes, we won't return to this vault until we all will be able to sit down comfortable again!" Dame Athanasia winced.

They reached Dame Athanasia's castle right before the dawn.

When Dame Athanasia, Livonna, Kajira and Wolffang finally arrived to the castle, spent some time, nursing their badly sore bottom and complaining about their failure.

Only when she finally felt better at least a bit, Dame Athanasia decided to check her notes, so she went to her cabinet. First she didn't believe her eyes. She blinked once. Then twice. But the crystal they found and lost in the vault was laying right on her bureau, glistening in the candlelight. The vampiress couldn't help but laugh happily.

"Livonna, Kajira, Wolffang! Come here! I have a surprise for you!" she called.

The girls appeared quickly, still grumpy and rubbing their bottoms. Dame Athanasia smiled.

"It turned out that our punishment worth it!" she said. Her henchwomen gave her a puzzled looks. Dame Athanasia smiled wider and showed them the crystal. Her smile became even more wider, while she watched, how their faces changed.

"So this is why the portal collapsed so quickly!" Kajira said, smiling exactingly. "You dropped the crystal right into it milady."

"Yes, my dear witch. And now nobody knows that we have it! All turned out just perfect!"

"This was very painful perfection!" Livonna complained.

"No pain, no gain, my dear werewolf." Dame Athanasia smirked, making Livonna wincing. "Anyway, now we have all we need, and "Night Flier"'s construction is finally completed. We're leaving tonight!"

"I'll prepare the crystal," Kajira took the crystal from Dame Athanasia's hand and leaved. Wolffang followed her. Livonna shifted from one foot to the other.

"Milady, are you sure, we are not making a mistake?" she asked carefully "What if this expedition will be a point of no return for us?"

Dame Athanasia patted she-werewolf's head.

"Even if so, we'll face it together, my friend. And we will win this war."

Right before twilight Kajira started the ritual. She put the crystal at stand and cast a spell, awaking it's power. The crystal started glowing, and it's shining heated inside the air balloon, making it inflating.

Dame Athanasia gestured her revenants to open the gates. They started rotating the wheels, moving the massive mechanism. The castle roof above the main hall suddenly moved, opening.

"Everyone to your places!" Dame Athanasia commanded. "Good bye, earth! Godspeed!"

"Night Flier" slowly lifted off the ground and began to gain altitude. Dame Athanasia seated into a captains chair on a soft cushion. Kajira stood near the crystal, casting a new spell to make a tailwind. Wolffang took the helm. And Livonna went to the nose of the flying ship, taking the position of the lookout.

"Our destination point is the land of the Orcs!" Dame Athanasia said. "Off we go!"

The Choice

Dame Athanasia gave Woffang a stern look. The orcess shivered, hugging herself, and whimpered.

"Milady, please! I beg you to save me!" she fell on her knees, bowing at Dame Athanasia's feet.

Dame Athanasia frowned.

"Are you scared of someone more, than me? Scared enough to dare to return to me without Livonna? Who came after you? Explain yourself immediately!"

 

Wolffang sobbed and kissed Dame Athanasia's foot.

"I am sorry milady! I am sorry! I will never disappoint you again! I promise! I swear! Save me, I beg you! They came after me! She came after me!" the orcess bursted into tears.

Dame Athanasia gave her a strict look.

"Who is that 'she' you are talking about? Do I need to spank you again, you, useless wench?"

Wolffang sobbed.

"Please, milady, don't do that! Van'Elle came after me!" the orcess carefully looked up at the vampiress. "I worked for her once. And I... Well... We pulled off a grand robbery, but the guards almost got us. So I took all the money I could carry and left her to her fate. As I heard later, she got a very bad spanking that time!" Wolffang giggled through tears. "But Van'Elle vengeful person. And she finally found me! She and her stupid henchwoman Flavia! I'm afraid to even imagine what they will do to me! Milady, please, save me!" Wolffang wept bitterly and kissed Dame Athanasia's foot again.

Dame Athanasia frowned even more, thinking. From one hand she was sure, that Wolffang deserved to be punished. Even after she already gave her two very strict spanking just about few hours ago. After all, this girl was the reason she lost her loyal she-werewolf maid. But from the other hand, even while Dame Athanasia thought that Wolffang should be punished, she didn't want just left the poor orcess to her fate. It was only her, Dame Athanasia, who had the right to punish her minions. Not some elven thieves. The vampiress slowly nodded and put her hand on the orcess's shoulder.

"Stand up, my girl. I will protect you." she smiled sternly "You failed me, you betrayed your companion, but you are still my minion. And what a mistress will I be, if I'll just left you alone with your calamity?" the vampiress turned to the witch "Kajira, can you help me to teach that Van'Elle a lesson?"

The redhead witch smiled.

"With a great pleasure, milady!"

All three women quickly hidden behind the folding screen.

It didn't take too long before they heard a scratch. A picklock was stirring inside the lock about a few minutes before the door finally opened. A two pair of legs tiptoed inside the room. Dame Athanasia nodded, and Kajira showed out.

"Abrakadabra!" she said, making a magic pass.

Van'Elle and Flavia froze on the threshold unable to move. Their bows fell from their hands.

"So, you thought you can just break into my apartments and threaten my minions, Van'Elle?" Dame Athanasia showed out, smiling sinisterly "Thank you, Kajira. Brilliant work. Wolffang, please, help Kajira to undress our unwelcome guests! I will have a very long talk with them."

Both elven women gulped in unison.

Wolffang smirked, looking at Van'Elle, and stepped forward. It didn't take much time before both elven women were disarmed and almost completely stripped from their armour.

Wolffang tied Van'Elle thoroughly and stepped aside. Dame Athanasia nodded and stepped closely to her victim, raising the riding crop.

"Let it be a lesson to you, Van'Elle." she smirked. With a loud pop the crop landed over the bandit's bare buttocks, making her scream. "Never try to cross your path with a knight! Wolffang is my servant now, and that means that she is under my protection." Dame Athanasia emphasized each word with a heavy stroke of the riding crop, making Van'Elle squirming and screaming on the floor.

"Ouch! Ow! Ow! But she is traitor! Ouch Yaraa!!! She left me... Ouch!!! She left me in narks hands, fleeing with all our money! Eeyoow!!!" the elf woman protested "Ouch!!! Ow!!! Ouch!!! I have the right to... Ouch!!! Ow!!! Eeyoow!!! Yaraa!!! My butt! Ouch!!!"

"All the right you had, elven bitch, is to ask me to punish my servant! I am the knight! I am the lady! The nobility! And I am the only one who have the right to decide if my servants deserved to be punished. Not you, dirty bandit!" the crop strokes kept falling all over the buttocks and the back of Van'Elle, making her bawl. The elf woman wept bitterly. Her arguing quickly turned into begging, but the vampiress didn't stop until her buttocks were completely dark red and her back properly striped.

When Van'Elle's punishment was finally over, Dame Athanasia commanded Wolffang to untie her and put the elven bandit leader in the corner. Then she turned to Flavia, who was already put in the perfect position for the spanking by smirking orcess.

"And now hear, how your henchwoman will screaming in pain. If you are a good leader, Van'Elle, you should be ashamed of yourself, that you failed your accomplice so bad!" the vampiress said, before starting the punishment. Poor Flavia screamed even louder than her chief. It took even less time to make her beg for mercy at any cost. But Dame Athanasia was relentless.

Suddenly Van'Elle turned to the vampiress.

"Your Grace! Please, have a mercy! I have something to tell you!"

 "It is 'Your Excellency'," Dame Athanasia said sternly. "Speak, bandit. I hear you. But if I won't like what I will hear, you will be put on the floor side by side with your henchwoman to get another one lesson."

Van'Elle gasped in fear.

"Your Excellency, please! I beg you! I know, where is your werewolf!"

Dame Athanasia gave Flavia's already terrible sore bottom another one stroke before turning to Van'Elle.

"What did you said?"

"I know where is your werewolf! Your... What was her name? Your Livonna! And I will tell you, where she is, if you will let us go!" Van'Elle gave the vampiress a begging look.

Dame Athanasia frowned. She wasn't sure, if she should trust Van'Elle.

"She is telling the truth!" Flavia said through the sobbing. "We saw her at the forest edge! I'm sure, she is still there!"

"Flavia! What had you done?! Now we have no trumps in our sleeves!" Van'Elle shouted.

Suddenly Dame Athanasia turned to Kajira.

"Release this two from your spell, my dear witch. They learned their lesson. Right, elven scum?" she gave both bandits a stern look. Van'Elle and Flavia nodded quickly. The vampiress smirked. "Now take your things and get out before I changed my mind. Quickly!"

Kajira nodded and whispered another spell, making a pass.

Weeping and sobbing, Van'Elle and Flavia took their armours and weapons and, still naked, ran away, not daring even to look back.

Dame Athanasia turned to her minions.

"Take our belongings, girls. We are moving. Let's go and find my dear Livonna."

The rain finally ended, but the sky was still overcast. It didn't took very long to Dame Athanasia and her minions to left the city and reach the forest. Livonna indeed still was at the forest edge. She felt her former mistress coming much earlier than she could see her. The she-werewolf growled and bared her teeth. It took a few minutes after she heard the footsteps and sniffed the smells, before Dame Athanasia, Kajira and Wolffang finally appeared. Livonna turned her back to them, growling threateningly. Dame Athanasia stepped forward.

"Livonna, my dear, please, listen to me." she said carefully.

Livonna growled louder. The vampiress sighed.

"I know, you have every right to be angry with me. I was unfair to you too often. But, please, just listen to me. Do you remember how we met?"

The she-wolf growled again, but not as loud as before, still baring her teeth. Dame Athanasia shook her head.

"Yes, I know. First I hunted you and brought you to an unfair justice. Just to leave you as my trophy and then taming you mercilessly. But you couldn't control your beast side. I was so strict not just because I am a wicked vampire knight, but mostly because I was afraid that you will lost control ever again, make something very bad, and I will lost you forever. And now I see that my cruelty almost made my fear come alive. Please, forgive me."

Dame Athanasia carefully made two more steps closer to Livonna. The she-werewolf finally turned around, still keeping silence, but finally stopping growling. The vampiress stepped a bit more close. The she-werewolf suddenly came up to her. Dame Athanasia carefully petted Livonna. The she-werewolf didn't bite her. The vampiress smiled and sat down on the ground. Livonna lay down on the ground. Dame Athanasia hugged her carefully.

"My dear Livonna. My beautiful she-werewolf. Please, don't leave me." she petted the she-werewolf a bit more. "It is your choice, Livonna. Your only. If you want, leave me. I know, I was a terrible mistress to you. You have every right to leave me. But please, stay with me. With us. You are more than just a maid for me. You are my friend. Please, don't leave me."

Kajira and Wolffang looked at each other.

"Livonna, I am very sorry for what I done to you..." Wolffang said carefully, stepping closer, trembling in fear. "Please, don't hurt me! Dame Athanasia already punished me twice for what I done. And believe her, she is really worrying about you! Please, forgive me too."

Kajira stepped closer.

"That is true, Livonna. We all care about you. And we don't want anything bad happen to you. Please, stay with us. Our team will never be complete without you. But Dame Athanasia is right. It is your choice, what to do. And we will accept any choice you will make. But please, stay with us."

Livonna suddenly nodded, and her body started changing, turning into more human form. She hugged Dame Athanasia back.

"I never thought, that you really care about me, milady." she whispered. "Maybe one day I will forgive you and Wolffang for what do two done to my love." she sighed and nodded again. "Well, I suppose you both, you, milady, and you, Kajira, are right. We need to stay together at least just for our safety. I don't know, if I will not regret this choice, but I will stay with you."

Dame Athanasia stood up and gave Livonna a hand.

"Welcome back, my dear Livonna. My loyal and brave she-werewolf. The Blood Moon is complete and is raising again! Let's go, girls! We still have the Paddle of Doom to found and a world to conquer! And while we are unite, nothing can stop us! I swear! One for all, all for one!"

"One for all, all for one!" all the women said in unison, walking leisurely along the road.

Beast of Kasterwood

Dame Athanasia sighed and added more wood to the fireplace. Kajira caught her eye. The vampiress nodded.

"So, where had I stopped? Oh, yes. As I said before, I spent a lot of time looking for a cure for vampirism. I studied many books and dissertation about supernatural beings, including vampires, werewolves, demons and such a creatures. I hoped I will find a way to become a human again. I became an expert in the Dark Side of the supernatural just to found out that if I really want to make the cure for my corrupted essence, I would need to spent almost all of my life just to find all the ingredients and to gather them in right moments of time. So, I preferred to stay a creature of the night instead of chasing shadows. After all, being an immortal worth it to drink a sentient being's blood time to time. And since I became an expert in supernatural, many people started hiring me as an adviser or even a monster hunter. A vampire hunting a children of the Darkness. Ironically, isn't it?" Dame Athanasia chuckled. "So, when a ferocious creature started terrorising a place named Kasterwood, the count called for me to help him to hunt and catch that monster..."

 As I arrived to the castle Helsubus, Sebastian Lannister, count of Kasterwood, brought me up to date. As he told me, a monstrous beast was terrorising villages around the town. It was coming every full moon. A wild beast, angry, relentless and almost invincible. No locks or hunting traps could stop it. The peasants and most of the guards were scared stiff by the only rumours about that beast. Beast of Kastrewood - that's how they called it. And count of Kasterwood wanted me to catch it for him. It was quite obvious that that Beast was with a high probability a werewolf. A rogue werewolf, as I supposed. Usually those beasts are living in packs and trying to stay away from any others settlements. At least - during full moon nights, when most of them are unable to control themselves. And, having a working hypothesis, I started my inquiry. It took almost half a year, since the Beast was making it's appearances only in the nights around the full moon, and I had no way to predict, where will it strike next time. Of course, count of Kasterwood and many other people in his lands already tried to systematise, where the Beast could coming from. Their mistake was that they was sure, that it was a kind of a demon in a wolfish body or just a possessed wolf, so they were looking for it in the forest thicket and uninhabited caves, ignoring old ruins. And as I knew, a lone werewolf would try to hide in a place, which will remember it about it's human nature. Or elven. Or dwarfish. Or orcish. Nevermind. The point is that count's people never tried to seek for that beast in any of those old ruins, almost forgotten in the forest. I have no doubt that if the count hadn't asked for my help, one day his people would have started searching for the Beast in these ruins anyway. But now that doesn't matter. I analysed all the facts about the Beast's attacks and then checked all the old ruins on the map for a place, where it could hide to be able to strike like it did that all those month. So I found a very old and almost forgotten Isaiah's temple. It was even uncharted on almost all modern maps. So on the next full moon I ordered to make an ambush near it after the midnight, but before the down. We were waiting for the Beast, but the only creature that appeared in the morning, was a young girl with a barely noticeable animal features. Count's men were unsure if she could be Beast of Kasterwood, but I ordered to take her and bring to the count."

Even the count did not believe me, that I caught Beast of Kasterwood. His men interrogated the girl I brought to him, and she said that her name is Livonna Grau and she was hiding from a loan shark. So the count sentenced the girl to a public birching. And that was a chance for me to prove my correctness! As you know, my dear Kajira, the werewolves often are turning in a beasts, when they are in a great pain. Luckily for me, the day was overcast, so I could stand outside without even umbrella.

A huge crowd gathered to watch the execution. Livonna was tied to a whipping horse. And after the count ordered, the executioner started the birching. The sharp blows of the birches made Livonna desperately screaming in pain and struggling in the ropes very quickly, but unfortunately for her, she was tied properly. So she could only wag her bottom slightly, unable save it from the burning, flesh-tearing strokes. Bright welts swelled on the girl's bubble butt. It didn't take much time before those welts stained with blood. Livonna screamed desperately as the pain was spreading through her body. She squeezed her eyes shut in horror and clenched her teeth. All the spankings she had to endure before were nothing compared to this one. And the very next two strokes knocked the last doubts out of her. At least that was what she told me when she was able to speak again.

An each birch stroke quickly started leaving small wounds around the immediately swelling welt, which bled enough that soon Livonna's plump butt was glistened with blood. Livonna screamed, desperately struggling and wincing in ropes, clenched and unclenched her fists, curled and spread her toes, but nothing gave her any distraction from the pain tearing her entire body apart even for a moment. The executioner knew his job. The birch landed smoothly on the buttocks, which were rapidly becoming covered with purple welts, cutting deeply into the soft flesh. Livonna's buttocks and thighs were becoming more and more covered with welts and bruises, and after each strike, her screams sounded more and more like frenzied grunts. And her body suddenly started changing.

Watching Livonna's body was squirming under the strokes of the birch, how she was screaming from unbearable pain, how her plump buttocks and even her wide back were covering with purple welts, even I began to feel uncomfortable. I won't lying - I never was very merciful with low classes and servants when it was about the punishments, but this birching was too much even by my standards. And when Livonna's wolfish features became obvious to everyone, the count ordered to birch this dark creature to death! And, unexpectedly for myself, I suddenly realised, that I I want to save this girl. I'm still not completely sure, why I decided to do that. Maybe because she was a dark creature just like me. Maybe because I wanted to save her from those dorks just because I knew, that they would torture me the same way, if they will know, who I really am.

So, when Livonna was almost passing out from the pain, almost turning into the Beast, that was scaring all the Kasterwood for almost a year, I thought that it is the time to intervene. And I said to the count, that now nobody can deny, that I caught Beast of Kasterwood for him. And since he promised me whatever I'll ask him about as the reward for catching Beast of Kasterwood, I insisted that he should not only knighting me, but also let me keep Beast of Kasterwood as my trophy. And he agreed.

So I returned to my castle having a knighthood and keeping a half-dead she-werewolf as a trophy. Livonna was in a really terrible state. All her back and buttocks were badly welted and bruised. I wasn't sure, if she will survive, but she did. I spent many days nursing her wounds. Even her natural healing power wasn't enough to make her recover quickly. And while she was weak, I decided not to waste time and started teaching her some etiquette. After all I was planning to make her my personal maid, so she should know how to behave in high class society.

Also I made her tell me everything about her. Just as I thought, she was from lower class. Her name was really Livonna Grau, and she became a werewolf after she stole a cursed pendant from a Gypsy. As she explained me, she was desperately needing any money to pay for her flat. So when I offered her to become my maid, she agreed without thinking.

But the main problem were not her lack of manners or of education. She was a werewolf and she had a big problems with controlling her wildness.

 

You'll ask me, how did I train my werewolf? Well, my dear Kajira, I analysed all the books and dissertations I had read about the werewolves, and reached a conclusion, that since the werewolves are not too different from animals, I should tame my werewolf just I would tame a wild wolf or a bad dog.

Next few month were very painful for Livonna. I was punishing her for every minor mistake. Especially, when she allowed her beast part to take over her humanity. Few times I was very close to give up and admit, that werewolves are untrainable. But after all I got the result.

I'm not sure if my punishments and cruelty worked, or Livonna just spent enough time in her new condition to finally learn how to control herself. And she became the Livonna we both know. A bit reluctant, but loyal. And the most important - able to control her beast and human parts enough to be useful for me. But since I'm still unsure, what really made her able to control herself, I decided to be strict with her forever, so she'll be afraid of me enough to never lose control of herself. Well, maybe I was wrong. Maybe I shouldn't be that cruel with my poor Livonna...

Dame Athanasia fell silent. She sighed and turned to the fireplace, looking at the cauldron.

"My poor Livonna. My poor wolf-girl. Where are you now?" she asked without addressing anyone. Kajira kept silent.

Suddenly the door opened and Wolffang broke inside. She turned to Dame Athanasia and fell on her knees, prostrating in front of her mistress.

"Milady, please, save me!" she whispered loudly "They came after me! Please, save me!" the orcess whimpered in fear.

Dame Athanasia gave her an angry look. "Are you scared enough to dared to return to me without Livonna? Who came after you? Explain yourself immediately!"

Saddle Sore

"AUTSCH!!! AUA!!! Mein Popo! AUA!!!"

"Hold still, Krüger! If you won't listen to me, I'll drive my words in your head the other way!"

"AUTSCH!!! But how do you... AUA!!! AUTSCH!!! How do you expecting me to ride after this?! AUTSCH!!! AUA!!!"

"That is not my problem! And if you will fail, we will start this over again!"

"AUTSCH!!! Mein Gott! AUTSCH!!!!"

A Gentleman and a Waitress

"AUTSCH!!! Mein Popo!!! AUA!!!! Please, Herr! AUTSCH!!!"

"How dare you to say me, that I'm drinking too much, you, naughty German wench?! I'll teach you how to reprimanding a true British gentleman! And when I'll finish with you, you'll bring me my scotch! Is that clear?!"

"AUTSCH!!! Crystal clear, Herr! AUTSCH!!!"

Little Red Riding Hood with a Red Riding Crop

"Where you're going, Little Red Riding Hood?"

"To my dear grandma."

"And why are you carrying that big red riding crop?"

"OOOWIEEEE!!!! HOOOWL!!!! OOOW!!!!"

"To whip your naughty ass soundly, you, wicked predator!"

"BAAAWL!!!!"

"EEEYOOOW!!!!"

"Why do you have so big soft buttocks, Big Bad She-Wolf? To be spanked strictly and soundly!"

Who spanked Fraülein Krüger?

Debt Collecting

"AUTSCH!!! Mein Popo! AUA!!! Please, Frau Brown, stop! AUTSCH!!!!"

"Silence, Miss Krüger! You agreed to be a model to my Drawing Class in in payment for your rent overdue, didn't you? And this is not my problem, that you agreed without asking, what will that include! Good morning to you all, today we will be studying shades of red. Give me just a moment to warm up the model... Class, let me know when you think she's ready!"

Unusual Method

"AUTSCH!!! Mein Popo! AUTSCH!!! Es tut mir weh! AUTSCH!!! How will I ride back?! AUTSCH!!!"

"That's the point, Miss Krüger! Maybe, if you won't be able to ride comfortable yourself, you will think about you horse's comfort and not beat it without a reason and choose the worst routes!"

"AUTSCH!!!"

Failed Scouting

It was beautiful peaceful summer morning. Nothing foretold trouble. At the first blush. A group of armed men was walking through the forest. But what they were looking for?

This was the question which a young she-werewolf was trying to find out. She was stalking them right from they entered the forest. At first she was just tracking them, but after a few hours she grew bolder and crawled near the road.

Suddenly she heard steps right behind her and tried to turn into her human form, but was not quick enough, so young elvish hunter caught her in still a bit beast form. He tied her to the tree and whipped her with a riding crop until she submitted to him and agreed to be escorted to local town on a leash.

As an potentially evil creature, she was locked in a pillory and receive a brutal public corporal punishment before being threw out from the town.

Howling and bawling, she-werewolf returned to the vampiress, who send her to spy for the suspicious people in her forest. Since she-werewolf failed her, she decided to punish poor thing herself, ignoring that she was terrible sore already...