Hey guys just a warning: This chapter contains more adult themes. If you're not comfortable with this kind of stuff then deal with it.
Lin Chung stepped out of the Spirit Cave, now in his panther form (but this time he had blue/white spots instead of black) and walked over to Sonia.
"You still cold?" she asked.
"Not really," He said halfheartedly. "The fur helps I guess."
Sonia frowned. "You're still worried about Autumn?"
"I'm not worried! I'm just…."
"Angry?"
"Yes!" Lin Chung yelled. "But I shouldn't be! Tien Khuan taught me better and it's making me frustrated!"
"Lin, getting angry is just part of being human," She said. "I've seen you angry before."
"But not like this!" He yelled as his tail swished around angrily. "I've never been angry enough that I wanted to kill someone before! But the thought of Wu Fan with Autumn makes me want to rip off his head and use it as a soccer ball! I need to be the example; I can't let my emotions get the better of me like this! If I do let it get the better of me people get hurt! Just like Huā!"
"Who's Huā?" Sonia asked.
Lin Chung froze like a deer in headlights.
"Lin, who is Huā?"
"N-No one," he muttered. "Let's just head back."
Sonia didn't push the matter, but whoever Huā was she defiantly had meant a lot to Lin Chung.
Upon their arrival at Wu Fan's estate, they were greeted by more of Wu Fan's servants and privet guards. Two female servants in black robes approached them and bowed.
"Take my bride to get cleaned up, I must speak to my father." Wu Fan ordered.
The two women bowed and escorted Autumn into the main building. Autumn was in awe of the pure regality of everything. From the walls lined with various Ming Vases and paintings of Wu Fan's family, too the gold and jewel-encrusted statues of dragons and phoenixes. The two servants lead her into the bathroom and began to undress her.
"Would you prefer to bathe alone?" one of them asked.
Autumn nodded. "Yes please."
The two servants left her alone as she stepped into the in-ground bath. She relaxed for a few minutes and the started washing the makeup off her face. As she washed her-self she couldn't help but look at the moon on her chest. As far as she knew she had had the two marks since birth, but something nagged her in the back of her mind, saying that was wrong. She hadn't had those marks her whole life.
But that was silly, she thought. She remembered kids making fun of her for her marks and her mother making her sweets to make her feel better, that's why she was chubby.
"No! You put on weight because Lady Green cursed you! Charging Bull gave you the moon's blessing and turned you into a moon soldier!" A voice cried in her head. "You are Autumn Moon! Daughter of Holly McGarden and Black Moon! Two members of the U.S Military!"
Autumn rubbed her head. That was silly. She was Autumn Lilly, the pampered daughter of An and Hai Lilly. His father had been a merchant who had sold spices and silks all over the kingdom. She remembered being a bit tomboyish when she was younger, but that all ended when she started her lessons with Heikin, who turned her into a proper young lady. After her parents died in a fire when she was twelve Heikin took her in and raised her as her own. The only reason she had waited this long to marry was because of the war.
Right?
Autumn sighed and got out of the bath and wrapped herself in a fluffy towel. Her head was starting to hurt and all she wanted to do was go to sleep.
"Hello, my love." Wu Fan said behind her.
Autumn jumped and pulled her towel tight.
"My lord! You scared me!" She cried. "Please leave I'm indecent!"
Wu Fan chuckled. "You're adorable when you're scared my flower. I brought you your nightclothes, and a servant will take you to your room." He said and left.
Autumn slipped her nightclothes on and pulled her hair into a bun as a servant girl came in to show her to her room.
Suddenly chill ran down her back, like someone was watching her, but she shrugged it off.
Autumn walked into a large room with a very large room covered in soft pillows and blankets. As soon as she laid her head down, she was out like a light. In the middle of the night, she woke up to what felt like someone touching and playing with her stomach. When she looked around she saw no one and then back to sleep. Once she was asleep a shadow walked past the window and faded into the darkness.
Lin Chung sat up with Duusuu and Stoic, discussing the missing prince.
"I'm sorry Lin Chung but I don't know anything about the missing prince," Duusuu said.
"I don't know anything either," Stoic said. "The only one who might know something is Comet the Humming Bird Queen. There was a rumor that she took in a human boy before she closed off her kingdom."
Lin Chung nodded. "The hummingbirds will be our next stop, hopefully, they'll know something."
"May I ask a personal question?" Duusuu asked.
Lin Chung raised an eyebrow (do panthers have eyebrows?).
"I guess?"
"How long have you and Autumn been dating?" She asked.
"Seven months, and three days, why?" he asked.
"Well is she…. Um… Carrying your child?" she asked.
Lin Chung's tail shot straight up and the inside of ears turned pink. "N-No! We've never even done… That! We're not even married!" He shirked. "Why would you even ask that?"
Stoic and Duusuu laughed. "Because keeping your body temperature up keeps the ice from taking over," Duusuu said.
Lin Chung blushed even more and got up. "I'm going on a walk." He said and walked off into the woods.
As he walked, he began to think about his future with Autumn. He did want to marry her one day but he was far from ready for such a big commitment and he didn't think Autumn was either.
"But you do have to admit, Autumn would look nice in a wedding dress." The animalistic voice said in his head. "White silk wrapped around her soft body, her standing next to at the altar, and later that night-"
"Stop!" he yelled. "I respect Autumn too much to think about doing…. That!"
"Who are you fooling Lin? You've been part animal almost your entire life! And now you're fully an animal and what is one of the basic animal instincts?"
"Please stop."
"To breed! Face it, you know deep down that she is your soul mate! SHE IS OUR MATE!"
"SHUT UP!" He yelled and covered his ears.
"SHE IS OURS AND OURS ALONE! ANYONE WHO TRIES TO TAKE HER IS OUR ENEMY!"
Lin Chung closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Alright, I admit it," He said as he exhaled. "Sometimes I do think about her like that, and yes, I would like to have a life with her."
"And?"
"And I do think her new body is very attractive, but,"
"BUT?!"
"I will wait until I'm ready and she's ready. Now I'm going back to the castle to get some sleep."
Autumn woke up the next morning to someone opening her door. She looked up and saw Wu Fan coming in with a tray of food and tea.
"What's all this master?" She asked.
"You never got to eat last night so I had my cooks make you breakfast," He said with a smile and sat next to her on the bed.
Autumn looked at the food which consisted of a bowl of rice porridge, pieces of fried bread covered in sugar, and some meat buns. The tea was a bright pink color and smelled similar to the rose cake he had made for her last night.
"It looks really good my love, but I was hoping that maybe I could… lose some of this weight?"
Wu Fan stopped smiling and glared. "Why would you want to do that?"
"Well its just, it's kind of hard to move and I feel kind of-MRPH!"
Wu Fan stuffed one of the meat buns into her mouth.
"Let's not forget that I'm the only man who's ever found this," He jiggled her stomach. "Attractive."
Autumn blushed brightly and swallowed. "I know but it's just I feel awkward in my clothes…"
Wu Fan's glare deepened and he began stuffing her mouth with more food. "So, you're thinking of leaving me?!"
Autumn tried to tell him no, that she wasn't thinking about leaving him, but her mouth was so full that she couldn't even get a word in. Once the food was gone Autumn laid down, her stomach hurt bad and she thought she was going to be sick. Wu Fan laid next to her and pulled her close. He rubbed her stomach to try to ease some of the pain.
"I'm sorry I had to do that my flower, but you need to learn that I'm the only man who is ever going to love you." He whispered and kissed her head.
Autumn only hiccupped in response.
The young green-eyed man sat up and picked the tea off the tray.
"Drink this," he said softly.
Autumn sat up took the cup and sipped the hot tea. Her body immediately relaxed as she fell back under the potion's spell. Wu Fan pulled her onto his lap and continued to rub her stomach, which was a little hard from the food she ate, making her look pregnant, rather than just fat.
"Feel better?" He asked.
She nodded. "I'm sorry for disobeying you master," She said softly. "Is there anything I can do to make up for it?"
Wu Fan smirked and nuzzled her neck. "I can think of a few things, but for now I want you to get changed, you still have to meet my father and you have your dress fitting for tomorrow."
The red-head nodded and got up. "Anything for you love."
Wu Fan pinched her love handle before he left, making her blush.
"Wu Fan!" she shirked.
Wu Fan smirked and waited outside for Autumn to see his surprise for her.
"W-Wu Fan? My clothes are a bit well, small." She said and came out.
Autumn was wearing a long pale blue silk dress that had golden flowers stitched on the bottom of the skirt with matching slippers. The problem was that the dress was too small and clung to her chubby body. The dress was also a bit low cut to show off her bigger chest.
"I look fat…"
Wu Fan smirked and stood behind her and ran his hands up and down her body. "You look so beautiful my plump peach blossom." He whispered in her ear.
Autumn blushed brightly. "Wu Fan?"
The older man smirked. "You know what? My father can wait," He said and kissed her.
Autumn kissed back and the two spent the next few hours snuggling. Wu Fan played with her stomach and had a cook bring them lunch. Wu Fan fed Autumn while playing with her fat. Autumn blushed and giggled. Eventually Autumn fell asleep after eating so much. Her captor left with a smirk on his face.
First Squad made their way to Wu Fan's estate, a good day's trip from the village, even on horseback. Duusuu informed them that the only way to save Lin Chung was for Autumn to kiss him. It might have been cliché but she assured them it was the only way to break the spell. As for Autumn's antidote, it had to be charged with Harmonic energy for it to work properly, and unfortunately, Lin Chung's powers were still on the fritz.
During the ride, Lin Chung kept trying to summon his harmonic energy but all that came out were purple snowflakes.
"I don't understand why this keeps happening." He sighed.
"Maybe it's because of the ice?" Might Ray asked.
"Try make snowball!" Jumpy said.
Lin Chung focused his energy between his paws and slowly a purple snowball formed. Once it fully formed it was the size of a baseball. Lin Chung tossed it up and down.
"Nice ice!" Jumpy said.
Lin Chung smiled and threw the snowball at a tree. The tree began to glow purple and grow white flowers, which soon turned into cherries!
"Wow Lin Chung, I didn't know you could do that!" Sonia said as they stopped at the base of the tree.
Yaksha plucked some of the cherries off the tree and gave one to everyone. Lin Chung put the fruit in his mouth and took a bite. As soon as he did a strong calming sensation came over him as his mouth filled with the sweet juice that was surprisingly cold! As soon as he swallowed, he shivered, like someone had dumped an ice bucket on him on a hot day.
"Wow, these are amazing!" Sonia said as Yaksha began picking more to put in Sonia's bag.
"Woah! Guys? I'm having a reaction or something!" Tempest said. His hair turned bright purple!
Everyone let out a laugh.
"Maybe its because you're a spirit!" Mr. No-Hands laughed.
"Maybe!" Tempest snickered.
Everyone relaxed for a moment, the stress that everyone was feeling drifted away for a moment.
Lin Chung smiled and thought, "Autumn would love these!".
But the mere thought of his lost love made his tail and ears droop, but a flame of rage began to burn in his stomach.
He will get her back! He would save her! And he would get the prince to reverse her curse! Or die trying!
When they got to the outskirts of Wu Fan's estate they set up camp and waited for the ram and snow leopard armies to show up.
Autumn giggled as the servant wrapped a measuring tape around her stomach.
"Autumn, please stop giggling." Heikin scolded.
Autumn was standing on a platform as a servant and tailor worked on making alterations to her wedding dress. The red-head stood only in her panties and piece of fabric covering her breasts, leaving her soft belly, wide hips and thick thighs for all the world to see.
"I can't help it; my skin is so sensitive today!" She giggled.
Heikin sighed: the skin sensitivity was one of the many side effects from the potion, and while it was extremely annoying for both the tailor and Heikin, one of the other side effects was very helpful in controlling the giggly bride.
"Autumn if you stay still, I will give you a treat," Heikin said as she held up another rose cake, made from the potion.
Autumn stopped giggling and stood up straight and still, allowing the servant to get better measurements. Slowly but surely Autumn was becoming simple-minded and easier to manipulate. She began to rely on the servants more for help with simple things like undressing herself after some manipulating from Heikin.
"My dear, it would far easier if you let the servants undress you. You're about to become the lady of the house, it's their job to serve you.", "Let them put your make up on you.", "You deserve to be pampered." She was slowly turning her into a pampered princess who didn't know how to do things for herself, let alone fight.
Autumn was closer to becoming Wu Fan's ideal bride, but also her revenge against Sonia.
"Alright, we're done here." The tailor said.
Autumn stepped down from the platform and allowed the servants to dress her. Heikin gave her the cake as the tailor flipped through her notes.
"Now I can let out the waist if you want, but I worry that the bust and skirt will be a bit snug," She said. "I also worry that the waist belt needs to be lengthened."
"My lord loves my curves, and he wants to show off how wealthy he is," Autumn said. "Don't let it out too much."
The tailor nodded.
Autumn finished her cake and let the servants dress her.
"I can't wait for tomorrow," she giggled. "I hope my master likes the dress."
"I'm sure he will," Heikin said.
She noticed that Autumn skin had begun to pale and her lips began to fill out, making them poutier looking and taking on a darker red color as well as her cheeks took on a soft rosy hue. Her eyelashes grew out as well, making her eyes pop.
"Come along Autumn, we have to meet Wu Fan and his father," Heikin said.
Autumn nodded and followed her teacher down the hall and into the dining room where Wu Fan and his father, Wu Lei, were waiting.
Wu Lei was somewhere between fifty and sixty years old with a long gray ponytail on his otherwise bald head, misty green eyes like his son and a gray mustache. He was also so over three hundred pounds with a large double belly, huge legs, thighs, and butt. His arms were so fat Autumn wasn't sure he could raise them above his head. He also had a large roll of fat where his neck should have been. When he smiled he showed his golden teeth. He was rather gross looking, and a far cry from his thin, well put together son.
"Welcome to our home Autumn Lilly!" He said with a loud booming voice. "Please sit!"
Autumn bowed to her husband's father. "I am honored to be in your presence most honored father-in-law." She said in a quiet voice before sitting next to Wu Fan.
"The honor is all mine! When my son said he had found the perfect bride I was not excepting such a lovely young lady!" He laughed.
"Autumn is much more than a pretty face. I have trained her to be the perfect wife since she was twelve: submissive, gentle, graceful, motherly and ladylike. The only thing I couldn't change was her weight." Heikin said as she sat down.
"Bah! It is not an issue! My late wife Tai Lee was much bigger than her when we married! In our family having a woman with a 'well rounded' figure is a sign of our wealth." Wu Lei said. "But enough talk, let us eat and celebrate!"
A group of servants came out will all sorts of foods, enough for twenty people. One servant poured a dark pink liquid into her cup while everyone else was given rice wine. Autumn paid it no mind as she sipped the wine as she ate. Halfway through dinner, Autumn began to get sleepy. Wu Fan excused them and took Autumn to get ready for bed. Once the two were gone Wu Lei began to cough like he was choking. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and a black shadow came out of his mouth.
"Blah! I hate possessing this obese idiot!" It snarled.
"Be quiet demon! You know what to do correctly?" Heikin asked.
"Yes, when Mystique Sonia gets here I will destroy her and consume her soul, so long as you keep your end of the deal witch." He said with a smirk.
"All in good time."
Autumn slipped on her nightgown (with some help of some servants) and walked into her room where Wu Fan was waiting and laid next to him. He wrapped his arms around her and played with her belly, making her giggle.
"Tomorrow you and I will husband and wife," He whispered to her and rested his hand on top of her stomach. "And then we can start our family. I can't wait to see how you look when you're carrying my children. You'll be a great mother."
"And you'll be a great father," She giggled. "I can't wait to carry your child."
Wu Fan smirked; he was dying to make Autumn his. He ran his hands over her stomach and prayed that all would go well tomorrow.