SCHOOL
Warning: This story is full of mature content. Reader discretion is advised.
I repeat: Reader discretion is advised.
This story does not start out as a Caskett story. Far from it in fact. However, it does end as one.
There is no major character death though a number of minor character deaths are mentioned.
This story will have sex and some violence in it. If neither of these are to your liking you can stop reading now. This is your final warning.
This is an alternate world story. Meaning it is not the world you are expecting to read about.
One Chapter Only
Roy had been putting this off for way too long. He was doing this for a lot of reasons. It was the primary reason was the name of the person it involved. Katherine Houghton Beckett.
The day he had heard she had entered the Police Academy he had followed her progress. He had high hopes for her, very high hopes. The mere fact that she was doing this was his savior. Someone was finally listening to him. Redemption for the one event in his life that was going to make sure his next life was made in HELL.
Roy gathered the folder and opened it. It said K. BECKETT on the tab.
Kate finished toward the bottom of her class. Not because she didn't learn to shoot. If anything, she broke most of the Academy's records when it came to shooting. She was faster and more accurate than anyone on record.
No, Kate's problem in the Academy was socializing with others, including her instructors. One fight every month of the six month course. Most of it was just bruising but one got sent to the hospital. EMTs sent him but he was released.
Roy turned over that paper and moved on to the following reports. These were all from Mike Royce. Roy had assigned him to train Kate and turn her into a cop. Anyone who thought the Police Academy did that didn't understand the Police Academy. What the Academy knew about real life would fit on the head of a pin with space left over. So Royce was meant to train her. However, his reports read more like a nightmare.
Kate was short-tempered when anyone questioned her authority. She had drawn her service weapon nine times in her eighteen months while riding with Royce. Of those nine times she had discharged her weapon twice. She had shot someone once on those two occasions. He lived and Internal Affairs had cleared her on each occasion.
Roy had moved her to Vice where she spent the next year. These reports were better. She still had a short temper but at least she hadn't shot anyone or pulled her weapon. She had, however, been about ready to beat up any number of Johns looking for sex.
Roy grabbed a pad of paper and started mapping out the incidents. He soon found that most of the bad ones occurred roughly every two to almost three weeks.
"Two to three weeks." He started to wonder if it was PMS. It was just it occurred too often for that. His next guess was drugs. That had him going back through all of Royce's reports and the calls they answered.
Nothing was adding up though. So that had him going through all the projects in Vice Kate was attached to. Contrary to what most people might think, Vice wasn't just about sex. They did everything and that included illegal drugs, gangs, and weapons. The only thing they didn't handle was murder cases.
Roy was tapping his pen against his desk. If he was honest with himself he would have fired her months ago…but he hadn't. She was Kate Beckett.
The three reports, one a month from his Lead Homicide Detective. He had promoted Kate to Junior Homicide Detective three months ago. She had sounded happy and told him she wouldn't let him down.
Finding her during her first week as a cop in the Archive Records room where she had no clearance to be should have gotten her fired right then. But he was the one that had caught her instead of someone else. He had given her an out and she had taken it. As far as he knew she hadn't been back. Though as a Junior Homicide Detective she now had clearance to go look.
Roy started reading, really reading, his Lead Homicide Detective's reports on Kate. He did the others as well as part of his job, but for now he was only interested in Kate's.
She seemed to understand murders and had insight into who committed them. But her interactions with the family of the victims left a lot to be desired. He might be willing to call it ripping the Band-Aid off but according to his Detective she was heartless, bordering on cruel. They were already hurting and she didn't seem to care in the least according to this.
Roy put away all of his files and had reached a decision. He would bring her in and talk to her. If she didn't improve in three months he would have no choice but to fire her. It was that or he would be written up by 1PP when they finally caught up.
«o\ɸ/o»
They called him BABY. Not his real name. He touched the lock, said a couple of words, and the lock was unlocked. He started to open the door and found a chain. "Smart girl, but not enough." He reached in to touch the chain and it broke so he could walk in, close the door behind him, and actually lock it again. First rule, or maybe it was the second rule, whatever. Never allow anyone to get behind you.
He didn't see her so he looked around and went into the bedroom. Totally naked, she had crashed on her bed face down. Now while he didn't see anything much, she did have a nice ass.
"I owe your parents and I always keep my word," Baby told her even though she was still out like a light. He took out a small leather bag, dumped some of the powder into his hand, and put the bag away.
He stepped in close and blew the powder over her. Then he intoned a number of words. As the dust hit her naked body, parts of her slowly vanished. Baby said a blessing over Kate, "May Tymora Goddess of Good Fortune smile on you," as little by little her body disappeared until she was gone.
"Good luck with your new life, Katherine," Baby said. "I have paid my debt, Jim and Johanna. I've done what I can and sent her to a good place. Maybe they can give her what this world couldn't," Baby told them both knowing full well they were both still here and watching.
"He's a good man and he has the power to help. Talk to you two later." Baby said a few words and vanished in the blink of an eye.
Jim was put out. "He didn't tell us who."
"Relax," Johanna crooned, attempting to calm Jim. "He knows people that we don't and finding him again to ask him is going to be hell. After we figure out how to ask him anything."
"I just want to know where he sent our daughter," Jim fired back.
"We're dead, Jim. It's not like either of us have a choice," Johanna told him. "Now come on, we still have work to do. We need to check on Bracken and find out what that Evil man is up to. Then we can decide what we're going to do about it."
"Lead on, but he still needs to tell us where he sent her." Jim faded away so he could go find Bracken.
"At least he kept his word," Johanna reminded him and faded away to join her husband.
«o\ɸ/o»
Rick hated this part of the job. He preferred teaching but he needed to keep track of everyone so he could make sure the School didn't need something. And he needed to keep up with all the kids who didn't have parents staying here. Being in charge was sometimes such a pain.
Then suddenly Ann came barging into his office all out of breath. "BOSS!" Ann needed air to say anything else. She bent over and sucked in air.
"Ann? …Deep breaths," Rick told her as he watched her sucking in air.
"DEMON…LOBBY…" Ann didn't get any farther as she watched Rick turn himself into a cheetahand take off running for all he was worth. "NAKED!" Ann added after he was gone. "I have to see this." Ann took off after him even if she was never going to catch up.
«o\ɸ/o»
Rick slid into the air, came to a stop, and changed back to his normal form. He also wasn't alone. He was betting half the school knew there was a Demon in the lobby.
A NAKED DEMON!
"Blankets, now!" Rick called out and finally saw someone walk away to find some. "So what's your name? It's not every day a Succubus makes it though our barriers to land in the lobby of the school."
Rick crouched down to look her over. She looked normal for a Succubus with the exception of her skin color. Unlike most Succubi that he knew anything about her skin color was more normal. If anything, she had more of a light tan instead of reddish skin. However, that didn't stop her from having large, dark red wings with ebony highlights. The same for her tail. She even got off lucky and didn't have very large horns.
He knelt down, checked for a pulse, and found one. "Someone go find Lyla, please. Tell her we have a Demon in the house," Rick asked the people around him. "Now, please. She's not going anywhere." They weren't going to miss anything.
Rick got his two blankets and spread one across her to cover her in case she was modest and waited for Lyla. Just about then Ann comes sliding to a stop.
Less than a minute later Lyla walked in. "Something about a…Demon. A Succubus, no less." Lyla bent down to look her over. "How did she get here?" She knew what Rick did. The school had barriers to prevent such things.
"You know what I know." Rick looked around. "Anyone see this happen?"
"She just sort of showed up," someone told them.
Lyla looked at her. "Describe it."
"Well, it was… it was like this powder stuff started falling and as more and more of it fell she became more and more solid until it stopped. I thought this was impossible." She didn't see how it could happen.
Lyla frowned. "Pinpoint Plane Shift. Someone sent her here, someone that knows about us. Knows how to bypass our barriers." Then she placed a hand over her head and said a few words.
"Interesting. She's not Evil. She's Chaotic, but not Evil. You know Redeeming a Demon isn't easy. That it takes time and dedication. So who Redeemed you, I wonder?"
"Here, take this." Rick handed over his other blanket. "I'm going to try and turn her over after I tuck in her wings. I need to find her a room. Someone find Duke for me. She isn't going to like it but I'm thinking Arcane Lock on the door." Then Rick worked on tucking her wings into her body.
A boy raised his hand. "I can do it, sir."
"Good enough." Rick changed himself into a Hybrid – part person, part Bear – and lifted her up into his arms. "Doesn't weigh much. Maybe she's not eating much. All right you two, you're with me. That's it, break it up. I promise you'll learn what we learn." Rick walked away while carrying her carefully.
They had spare rooms for future students that didn't come with parents so Rick chose one and lay her on the bed. "Just in case, no poisons, no diseases, no curses, no booby traps," Rick asked Lyla.
Lyla smiled at him. "You're going to need someone else for the no booby trap part."
"I'll get him." His volunteer for the Arcane Lock took off running.
"A human Succubus. You don't see those very often," Lyla commented and cast her first spell.
"And just how many Succubi have you seen, Lyla?" Rick asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know," Lyla teased and cast another spell followed by a third. "She's pretty."
"Aren't all Succubi pretty? Doesn't not being pretty kind of defeat the purpose of being a Succubi?" Rick countered.
"I'm not the one who didn't automatically dismiss her from the school grounds," Lyla said sharply, momentarily annoyed with him.
Rick glared at her. "I may be in charge around here but even I don't have that power and you know it."
"True, but I can…if you want her gone. That or we can go get Duke to do it." Lyla watched to see what his response would be.
"Do not start getting any ideas. I'm a Water Gensai and she's a human Succubus. Tell me how that makes us compatible?" Rick challenged her.
"Rick, we both know a Succubus is compatible for everyone. That's their mission in life and she's not Evil. You'll have to tell me why that is. I have a class so I'll leave you alone with her. Try not to rip her to pieces," Lyla teased him and left.
"All right, Teddy lock the door for me." Rick and Teddy were outside and Teddy cast Arcane Lock. "And stay out of that room."
"ME!?" Teddy said indignantly.
"Yes, you. I was your age once and we have a Succubus in the school, so don't go getting any ideas. She may not be Evil but that doesn't mean she won't suck all of your life into her body. I'm not interested in explaining to your parents how you got stupid on me," Rick told him.
Teddy cringed. "Yes, sir." It was obvious that Rick had caught on to what Teddy was thinking.
"Good man. Now go attend your class if you have one at this hour." Rick sent him away and looked at the door. "Who are you and who sent you? And who knows about us that isn't here? Great. Now I have to do research. You better be worth it." Rick headed for his office. He had work to do. Scratch that, he had more work to do.
«o\ɸ/o»
Kate was awake and looking around. This definitely wasn't her bedroom. She still looked like a Succubus and she had blankets on her which was interesting.
The room was rather plain. One bed that was actually pretty large, white sheets, white comforter, and a desk with a chair. A very intricately carved armoire was the only other piece of furniture. That and a door.
"Empty." That took care of getting dressed and trying to figure out where she was. At least not doing it naked. Next she tried the door. "Locked. So I've been kidnapped and I'm being held somewhere. Great, this is just great." Just then she heard scratching at the door followed by a whimper.
"Hello?" Kate knelt down to the level of the sound. She tried again, "Hello?" and got another whimper. "I've fallen down a well and need help."
"BARK!"
"Go find help." Dogs couldn't open doors. "It worked on Lassie." The dog didn't claw at the door or whimper so she was guessing it had left. "Good dog."
Since there wasn't anything else to do she put up her illusion, sat on the bed, and waited for Lassie to bring help.
«o\ɸ/o»
Amazingly, not much later there was a knock on her door. "The door's locked," Kate called out.
That told Rick what he needed to know so he spoke the password. After all he'd been here when the door was locked so he knew how to open it. He walked inside and got passed by quickly as he watched Patches go straight to her and stick his nose in.
"That's just Patches. He wants to check you out." Rick watched as she reached out to pet him. "I brought you something. Thought you might want something to wear. I see you've switched to an illusion. Probably just as well." Rick was a little thankful for that. It meant he didn't need to ask it of her.
Kate took the bundle of clothes from him which included shoes.
"I'll be outside while you get dressed. Just knock when you're ready." Rick looked at Patches. "You coming or staying?" Patches lay down and didn't move. "Staying it is." Rick left and closed the door.
"Patches, huh?" Kate studied him. His hair color was made up of patches of color. She watched him sit up and bark at her. "You're just a puppy." Kate had finally noticed his big paws.
With Patches right next to her, Kate knocked and watched the door open. She still didn't know who this person was. He was BLUE! Blue skin, almost waist-length white hair, white shirt with puffed sleeves, blue belt that matched his skin color, khaki pants, and shoes much like hers. Two rings and he had earrings.
"You clean up nicely." Rick looked her over and liked what he saw. She was pretty. Very long-legged and tall. "Don't you have a class?" Rick looked at Patches who promptly lowered his head.
"Go attend your class. She'll still be here when you get out. Now off with you," Rick told him. Kate was amazed and all of a sudden the dog took off running.
"Who are you and where am I?" Kate questioned him.
"My apologies. My name is Richard Castle. This is my school. I built it and I run it. With help, of course. And you are?"
"Kate, just Kate." She wasn't willing to give up her last name quite yet. She was betting she could get away now that she was out of her locked room. It was just this man, while being blue and handsome… There was just something off about this place. He knew she had put up an illusion to cover looking like a Succubus. That was interesting in itself.
"Well, Just Kate, if you would care to follow me." Rick took a few steps but noticed she hadn't moved. "I'm going outside."
"OH!" It meant she could shift and fly away easily enough so she joined him. "Can you tell me about your school?"
"We teach nearly everything here. Within reason, that is. Last I checked we have one hundred twenty-one students. From five-year-olds to twentysomethings. About half are here with their parents; the other half have no family. Of that perhaps half again have no family of any kind. Not even distant relatives.
"We teach languages, history, and other things to the really young. The older you get you can select a future for yourself and we teach you all we can. We teach all the basics. Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Wizard, Sorcerer, Rogue, and even Monk. Oh, and Druid." He almost left out himself.
"From that we teach sub-classes. I believe we even have a Mystic Theurge. That's half Wizard and half Cleric. Did I leave out Cleric? Lyla will have my skin for that. Promise not to tell?" Rick looked at her.
"I don't think I caught any of that." Kate heard the words but most of them held no meaning.
"So where are you from, Just Kate?" Rick questioned her just as he reached an opening; he pressed a panel and waited. Then a disc showed up and he stepped in. "Please?" Rick motioned for her to join him. "Unless you prefer to take the stairs. It's a long ways up," Rick warned her. He could tell when she made her mind up. He watched as she stepped in and up they went.
"It's an elevator. Without doors." That didn't sound overly safe.
"We call it a lift. To put it simply it's a controlled, permanent, floating disc. You just have to tell it what to do," Rick explained and waited for it to reach the top.
Once outside Kate could see blue skies, a few clouds, and lots of people with lots of tables and chairs.
"This is the rooftop patio. You can bring your food up here and eat if you like. We hold parties up here once a month for everyone to join. Potluck, everyone brings something. Weather permitting, of course. This way." Rick walked over to the edge.
"WOW!" They weren't just up high, they were on the side of a mountain with a mountain behind them.
"This is the largest and tallest building in the school. Mostly it's rooms for students and classrooms. We teach everyone here," Rick said. "Behind is is house for students that arrived with their parents."
"Like dogs," Kate noted and kept looking. What she saw was amazing.
"Last I knew we had twenty-one dogs, I believe. Though Lilly is pregnant, so soon we'll add however many pups she has. Some of the dogs are trained to help students. Some of our students have not had happy lives and we've found that a well-trained dog can help alleviate some of the pain.
"Others are trained to be guard dogs. Either for the school itself or for families who believe they need the extra protection," Rick explained. "Patches, we believe, will make someone a great companion." Rick thought perhaps it might be Kate since Patches had found her on his own.
"The domed building on your left is training for Wizards and Sorcerers mostly, though others use it as well. The building next to it is Administration and my home. In the middle is the Market. Just about everything can be purchased there. To the right is the wall.
"It's over fifty feet thick with only the one entrance. Double gated with double portcullises and it's a little over two hundred feet tall. Outside of that is the dock area for trade ships and a few warehouses. Most of those are actually inside the wall.
"We have mountains on two sides, a near vertical cliff on one side, and the wall on the other. The Gate has guards, the cliff has alarms, and the mountain has guards," Rick explained.
"This is actually a school?" Sounded to her like it was more of a fortress.
"To the south is the Jungles of Chult, home of the Yuan-Ti. They test our security on occasion. Part of our advanced training is to go out and clear sections of the Jungle of the Yuan-Ti," Rick told her.
Out of nowhere a red flare shot up into the sky. That immediately caused everyone on the roof to become silent. "I have to go. Just stay here, I'll be back." Kate watched him jump over the side and he changed into an enormous Eagle and flew away.
"HOLY SHIT!" Kate watched the bird fly off to her right where the flare had come from. Since Kate wanted answered she dropped her illusion, undid her top for her breasts and dropped her pants a little for her tail and spread her wings. She jumped and pumped her wings hard to try and at least see where he was going.
«o\ɸ/o»
Rick landed, shifted back, and was quickly joined by three others. "Just the one," Rob stated.
"Wanted to prove himself perhaps," Rick considered. "An infiltration attempt would have been a Pureblood. This was something else. Dale, do me a favor and go assemble a team. We need to find out what they're up to."
"Right away." Dale said a few words and vanished just like he had arrived.
"Well, at least the Golems still work." He and the others knew this mountain range was littered with them. Still more at the Gate and even one watching over the sheer cliff.
Kate had landed and saw a dead body. Put her shirt back together and lifted up her pants. "WHAT IS THAT!?"
"Easy, this is our guest." Rick stopped the other two from attacking her. "This is Just Kate. I don't think she trusts us yet."
"I heard we had a Demon on Campus. Word has it she's not Evil." Kane eyed her not quite believing what he had heard.
"So Lyla has informed me. And so far this morning she has been proven correct. This, Just Kate, is a Yuan-Ti Abomination. A snake body, snake head with strong arms. Hence the sword. Totally Evil creature. They inhabit the Jungle south of here.
"I chose this location because it could be defended. Just had to make it secure first." Rick knelt down and ran his fingers over the scaled body. Then he looked out into the Jungle, thinking. "What are you up to?" Rick questioned out loud.
"Divination might help," Kane suggested and saw Rick nod his approval. So he spoke a few words and vanished before them.
Kate saw him just vanish. "How did he do that?"
Rick was more interested in what the Yuan-Ti were thinking than explaining a Teleport Spell to Just Kate. Rick saw Kate leaning down to pick up the weapon. "Leave the sword! Too many of their swords are Evil-aligned. If you're not Evil you'll get a nasty shock or worse. Then you'll end up in the Temple." Rick watched her stand back up without the sword.
"Mage Hand, please. Let's dispose of this likely cursed thing," Rick asked Rob and now Kate was watching this barely-there hand pick it up and it flew away with one of them.
"I think we can leave. Let the scavengers have the body. Back to the roof, please," Rick asked her and shifted into an enormous Eagle again, pushed off, and beat his powerful wings. The others vanished on her.
Kate was left standing there, looking at that dead body. She had seen dead bodies before but never one like this one. Still, she spread her wings wide, jumped, and pumped them hard to catch up. Rick wasn't flying quite as fast this time. She landed on the roof next to him and put her illusion back up just in case. Thankfully, her top expanded enough to accommodate her increased chest size while in Succubus form after popping a few buttons.
"So what are you?" No one could just change into an Eagle like that and fly off. It just didn't happen.
"My name is Richard Castle. Ask anyone. I'm part Barbarian and mostly Circle of the Moon Druid. I can assume any shape I wish at will. You're a Succubus. You don't know about Druids?" Rick questioned her.
"I thought druids were a myth," Kate replied.
"Not around here. Where did you come from, Just Kate?" Rick asked. It was time to find out something about their uninvited guest.
"New York City and it's Kate, Kate Beckett." Kate noticed that that got a reaction from him.
"That explains the Pinpoint Plane Shift that got you here. I didn't think your parents were powerful enough for that. Come with me, please." Rick jumped off the roof yet again, shifted into the Eagle, and flew home. He looked to make sure Kate was behind him.
«o\ɸ/o»
Kate followed him into the large room. "Your office is a disaster." It was filled with books and old fashioned scrolls. So far all the light came from various sources. Torches that didn't burn fire, to the same in here, to marbles!? Kate picked up a marble and saw it glowing back at her before she set it back down.
She watched him searching for something. "I know it's in here somewhere." He hadn't read it for a while so it could be anywhere.
"How do you find anything in this mess?" His shelves were all full and he had stuff piled up everywhere.
"I spend far too much time in this room so I know where most everything is," Rick countered. "HA! Found it." He knew it was in here somewhere. So he sat down to open the scroll case and pull out the scroll. "Come around here," Rick said.
"Kate Beckett, daughter of Jim and Johanna Beckett. You were two at the time. I guess that explains that." No wonder she didn't know where she was. "Banished to a different Plane of Existence by Lord Hifin Velvatin, Dame of the Singing Fields.
"He believed that all Demons were Evil and that all should be banished from this Realm. Redemption was not possible. Singing Fields… Singing Fields." Rick needed to think. "Isn't that out on the southern end of The Endless Wastes? Boy, are you a long ways from home." Rick turned to look at her. She still looked like a Demon. A damn good-looking and sexy Demon at that.
"You knew my parents?" Kate didn't see how he even knew their names.
"Not personally, no. I simply remember reading about them. Where are your parents?" She was here so where were they?
"DEAD! They're dead." It was a sore subject for her. Kate walked away from him and went over to one of his two windows so she could look out and not think about just how dead her parents were.
Kate more felt him next to her and didn't look at him. "I'm sorry. What happened, if I may ask?"
"They were both murdered. I was nineteen and still adjusting to being a Succubus in a land that didn't know anything about them except in books or movies. Always Evil. Always willing to kill anyone they wanted to in order to get the Life Force they needed to survive. What I've done." Kate wrapped her arms around herself. She had fucked so many guys in her life. Didn't dare have a lover. Didn't dare tell anyone what she truly was.
"Welcome back to the land of Faerûn. We can teach you what you need to know here. Not all of our students pay to learn here. I still wonder just who sent you here. Pinpoint Plane Shift isn't an easy spell unless maybe he had a magical item." Rick still hadn't learned much about that.
Kate turned her head to look at him. "A what?"
"Oh, we've got a lot to teach you. A two-year-old isn't going to remember much. But we can do it. I don't know who or why, but you came to the right place." Rick rubbed her arm when without notice his door opened.
"We have trouble," Eli announced and that had Rick leaving Kate to join him.
Rick was standing beside him when he told him, "They've built a Temple and they have Green and Black Dragons."
"That is trouble. Inform Lyla. It sounds like the Teachers go this time. Including me," Rick said. "Classes will just have to be suspended for a short time."
"Right away." Eli left Rick with a new problem.
"Did he say dragons? As in real fire-breathing dragons?" Kate really didn't understand just where she was now.
"Technically, not all Dragons breathe Fire. Green Dragons breathe a Gas while Black Dragons breathe a line of Acid. All Dragons are deadly. Black Dragons can also breathe Water so they could swim in and jump out and attack the wall. However, our Bay is protected. We have a Dragon Turtle that we have a deal with. He protects the Bay from invaders and we give him magical items for his hoard. It works and it keeps him happy. Sounds like he might actually have to work this time." Rick hoped he was enough.
"I warned you that we have a lot to teach you. Faerûn is not the land you grew up in," Rick cautioned her.
"So I'm noticing. You don't seem to have a problem with me being a Succubus," Kate pointed out since if she had done this at home she would have to run and hide somewhere.
"Faerûn has all kinds of creatures. Thus far you've seen just me and a few humans here. Not all of us are human. We take in and accept just about everyone, including you.
"Are you hungry? I'm hungry. Time to find the Cafeteria. You can stay Succubus if you like. Not really much reason to hide here. Besides, I'm betting the entire school has learned about you by now."
«o\ɸ/o»
Kate knew she was being watched as she watched Rick eat. She was mostly just nibbling on a piece of fruit. Then out of the blue Patches came charging in and skidded to a stop next to Kate. He tried his best to find a way to put his head in her lap.
"See, I told you he would find you. He's taken with you," Rick told her. "Even if you think you don't need a dog, you've got one now."
Kate reached down to pet him. She still wasn't sure what breed of dog he was but it wasn't hard to tell how he got his name. "What happens now?"
"We need to get you enrolled in classes, get you more clothes, and make sure you know how to get around so you don't end up lost. The main building can be a bit of a maze for some. Select a counselor for you to help you decide what you want to be or can be besides a Succubus. Warlock or Sorcerer comes to mind. Or perhaps you would fancy being a Witch," Rick said thoughtfully. "We do have a few of those."
Kate immediately rejected being a Witch. "And get burned at the stake? No thanks."
"This is Faerûn, Kate. I don't know about burning you at the stake but that might only happen if you turn Evil. You don't strike me as wanting to be Evil. What were you doing before you ended up here?" Maybe that would help.
"Mom and Dad were murdered so I left college and joined the Police Academy. I wanted to make it to Homicide Detective so I could find out who killed them. I don't think I was doing very well. I have a temper and it was getting me into trouble," Kate replied.
"What is police and something…detective?" Rick didn't know those words.
"We have laws. When you break one, especially a bad one like murdering someone – which is a homicide, by the way – we have a police department that hunts you down and puts you in prison for your crime," Kate explained.
"Oh, I see. It sounds like your Succubus half didn't take kindly to being ordered around. I think we can help with that too. How does being a Paladin strike you? A Succubus Paladin would really be something." Rick couldn't think of a more opposite if he tried. A Succubus was usually all Evil and a Paladin was all Good.
"Paladin?" Kate thought she understood but around here that might not be the case.
"Paladin. The Paladin is a holy knight, crusading in the name of good and order," Rick offered.
"Like King Arthur or King Richard the Lionheart. I'm not so sure that's me." Kate kind of rejected that as a way of life.
"We'll think of something. Still, that does sound something like your Police. You hunt down and vanquish Evil but we have lots of options in this school." They would find something.
"What is this Lyla you keep talking about?" Kate mostly only knew her name. He kept using it.
"Lyla? She's our head Cleric. She rules the Temple to Oghma, the only Temple we have. There are a few shrines to other gods scattered about but those are usually not manned by anyone.
"Oghma is the Lord of Knowledge. Which fits this school and its reason for being here perfectly.
"An idea has no heft but it can move mountains. An idea has no authority but it can dominate people. An idea has no strength but it can push aside empires. Knowledge is the greatest tool of the mortal mind, outweighing anything made by mortal hands. Before anything can exist, the idea must exist.
"— An aphorism and common prayer of Oghma's faithful," Rick explained.
"Next to myself she just might be the next most powerful person in this school," Rick told her.
"Interesting. I like it. We have a saying, 'Knowledge is Power.' I wasn't really sure about that. Not when you can shoot dead anyone you choose. Still, the way you put it, it just might work," Kate considered.
"Sounds like we need to have a conversation with Lyla then. Perhaps Favored Soul. Not exactly a Cleric but pretty close. Or how about Rainbow Servant or maybe Stormlord? Yes, we need her counsel. We have options; we'll find something that is you." Rick had faith. Someone sent her here and he was going to do all he could for her.
"A temper, you say?" That gave Rick an idea.
"Someone presses my buttons and I just erupt like a volcano. I don't mean to, it just kind of happens," Kate admitted.
«o\ɸ/o»
"Kate Beckett, may I introduce Lorelai Elizabeth Annabelle Rosalie, Daughter of the Night. We just call her Lyla." Rick introduced Kate to her and cupped his hand next to his mouth and whispered, "Her full name is a mouthful." Then Rick tried to save his ass. "But we love her. I'm going to leave you two alone. I have a Yaun-Ti Temple with Dragons to worry about."
"Go talk to Renée, Richard. She might be interested. I'll hold down the Fort," Lyla offered.
"Interesting, I hadn't thought about her. You're in good hands, Kate. I will see you two later." Rick bowed a little and left.
"So, a Succubus in her true form that isn't Evil. Do you have any idea just how rare that is? Redeeming a Demon isn't easy," Lyla told her.
"My parents raised me. I'm finding out I was just two years old when we arrived somewhere else. It was the only place I knew till I ended up here," Kate said and waited somewhat impatiently.
"Please have a chair, tell me about yourself. What makes Kate Beckett be the person she is?" Lyla was interested in hearing all about her. It wasn't every day she got to talk to a Succubus.
«o\ɸ/o»
Lyla had listened to all Kate had to tell her and had gotten up and called for some help. "Find Alaraster and ask him to join me here, please."
"Immediately, Mistress." And Lizbet took off.
"Mistress?" Kate queried.
"You try being the head of a Temple and avoid having someone call you Mistress. Lizbet is an Acolyte looking to learn all she can about Oghma and I'm more than willing to teach her," Lyla told her and sat back down.
Minutes later Kate and Lyla watched as someone entered her chambers and he put his fist in his open hand. "How may I help, Mistress?" He bowed just a little as well.
"See what I mean." Lyla rolled her eyes. "Alaraster, meet one Kate Beckett, a redeemed Succubus."
"I have heard we had a Succubus guest suddenly show up. How interesting." This was a first for him as well.
"Kate's Succubus's basic Evil has been interfering with her life, I believe. I think some dedication and direction in her life just might be what she needs. It would be helpful if you might explain who you are to her," Lyla asked of him. "Maybe she will like the sound of it."
"A pleasure. I am a Sacred Fist. In other words, I am a Monk who has forsworn the use of weapons and heavy armor. We consider our bodies and minds gifts from their deity, and believe that not developing those gifts to their fullest potential is a sin. With a clear mind I use my hands and feet to defeat my enemies in Combat. By accepting my Deity as my God I am granted Divine spells much like Lyla utilizes. I find them far superior to any weapon. Have you done much hand-to-hand combat?" Alaraster questioned her.
"I've taken out my frustrations and anger on a punching bag in my time. I know some hand-to-hand combat but I have had no formal training," Kate responded.
"The mind is the ultimate weapon. Otherwise you are just an animal full of anger. The correct mind can calm a person's soul. I can show you and allow you to decide for yourself. It would be an honor." He slammed his fist into his open palm and bowed slightly.
«o\ɸ/o»
"You don't look convinced," Lyla commented since Kate wore a face of conflict.
"I guess I'm not. I grew up somewhere else. I don't really know how to fit in around here. Other than to be stared at because I'm different," Kate looked at her with pain-filled eyes.
"Once people here see you either as you are or with an illusion, they will always look. You are one of a kind, Kate Beckett. If you don't want to be angry you need to calm your mind. You talked about wanting to be a Lawyer. That speaks of wanting to use Laws to your advantage. Hmm." Lyla had a new idea. "Perhaps we should wait for Richard and Renée to return. It may be possible that Renée can show you something."
«o\ɸ/o»
Kate sat up straight when Rick came back but it was who was with him that had her attention.
"Still here, I see. Are we making any headway?" Rick inquired. "Oh, my manners." Rick could see Kate only had eyes for Renée. "Kate, meet Renée. Renée is a Rainbow Servant."
"Our Succubus guest. Your being here is spreading like wild fire. Richard tells me you are feeling lost. Rainbow Servants are those who have learned what the Couatl Temples have to offer. They are known as Rainbow Servants because they agree to further the Couatl's Agenda of Virtue and Hope no matter how far they stray from the Jungle in exchange for the knowledge that they've received.
"Like the wings?" Renée spun a little and then spread them wide. They were Rainbow feathers. Red, yellow, green, blue, and finally pink with purple tips. "Technically, I'm a Sorcerer Rainbow Servant. I will gladly go into the Jungle to combat these cursed Yaun-Ti. What they do to the Jungle should never happen." They were defaming her beloved Jungle heritage.
"You can cast a spell, Kate. You have been hiding yourself behind your illusion. Divine or Arcane spells are not beyond your capabilities," Lyla assured her. "You just need training. If Sacred Fist and Rainbow Servant are not to your liking, we have others. What do you know about Dragons?" Lyla questioned her.
"You mean besides the fact that they don't exist and in fantasy books they breathe fire, not much," Kate countered.
"Perhaps the Vassal of Bahamut? He was going to be my next stop. If she doesn't believe in Dragons how is she expected to worship one?" Rick asked her.
"Just a thought." Lyla admitted he had her there. "However, Kate talked about wanting to be a detective. To hunt down someone who has done something wrong and bring them to justice."
"I've already tried Paladin and Succubus. I mean, can you imagine the two combined?" Rick still loved the idea.
Just then Patches came charging into the room and ran straight for Kate. He did all he could to get her to pet him. The very sight of the pup had all of them grinning, even Kate since somehow Patches was reaching her heart. Maybe it was because he was just a dog. He didn't question who or what she was.
Lyla had a sudden Inspiration. "Richard, what about Laine?" (pronounced Lay-nay)
"Bloodhound?" Rick hadn't even thought of that.
"You want me to be a DOG!?" They had lost their minds. Both of them.
"A Bloodhound is someone who tracks down wrongdoers and brings them to whatever justice awaits them. I don't believe that they gain a companion that I recall but that doesn't mean you can't have one. Especially when you already have one." Rick grinned at Patches. "He's not overly gifted as I recall but he might be able to teach her."
"Patches, go find Laine. Go find Laine," Rick asked him. They wanted to see if his training was paying off and they watched him charge off.
"I think I'll follow and help him," Renée offered and jogged away to catch up to Patches. "And then go find our resident Vassal of Bahamut. Green and Black Dragons are perfect for him."
"Bloodhound." Kate wasn't so sure of the term. "Just so long as it doesn't turn me into a dog." She had enough trouble being a Succubus.
«o\ɸ/o»
Dead or alive, fast tracking, ready and waiting
Pacekeeping, restlessness
Improved subdual, move like the wind
Shatter, traceless track
This was what Laine could do. He thought he was good but he knew he could be better. "Bloodhounds leave calling cards or even brands on their marks; most don't kill their targets if they can help it. They prefer instead to subdue their marks and bring them in. For those of good alignment, this practice satisfies some deeply held belief in the cause of justice," Laine explained.
"Oh, that does sound a lot like a Homicide Detective. But I have a question. Someone sent me here, so can someone send me back?" Kate still had to solve who killed her parents. Provided her captain didn't up and fire her. He had her dead to rights once down in Archives but he didn't.
"Unfortunately, my dear, you have yet to accurately explain the Realm you came from." Then Lyla broke it to her. "None of us can send you some place we know nothing about. Where you came from is an unknown to us. Until that changes I at least can't help you."
Rick shook his head. "Don't look at me. Lyla has powers I don't have. I may be good but I'm not that kind of good. It's partly why I built this place."
Kate huffed out a sigh. "Wonderful." She was stuck and she still didn't really understand just where she was.
"This place is why I came here," Lyla added.
"Same here," Renée echoed.
"Track down a person through a Jungle? How could I pass that up. Count me in, Boss," Laine told him.
«o\ɸ/o»
Kate with Patches practically in her lap was back in Rick's office while he searched for something to answer her question. "You're sure you don't have an owner?" She didn't want to be stealing Patches from someone.
"He's only about three or I think, four months old. He may not have bonded with anyone yet. Looks like you're it," Rick said with a smile. "Here it is!" He knew it was in this pile somewhere.
"This is us here. All of this is the Jungle of Chult. Mist Cliffs are here. Kobold Mountains are here and yes, last I knew they were full of Kobolds. Not really a danger to us. However, the Peaks of Flame are another matter entirely. Rumor has it a very ancient and powerful Red Dragon makes his home here. It's three side by side volcanoes that are still active. Thankfully, only smoke ever comes out of them.
"Now all of this Jungle off of the East Coast is Yaun-Ti territory. I haven't learned just where this Temple is yet but I have no doubt we can find it. The closest settlement is here, Fort Belurian. It really is a fort. Somewhere around fifty members of the Flaming Fist garrison the place. They don't have our power, but then again they don't have a school like this one either. It's a trading fort.
"The Capitol of this Region is here, Mezro. All human last I knew. Population of around twenty-seven thousand. Now us, Fort Belurian, Mezro, and Port Castigliar are all that is over here. The next closest City is here, Samargol in the Kingdom of Samarach. About one hundred six thousand last I knew.
"To the best of our knowledge, everything else is Yaun-Ti, Abominations like you saw. Then there are the Truebloods. They look human enough to pass for Human unless you look closely. And there are the Half-Bloods. Think snake body with a human torso and head with human arms. Of course, there are giant snakes all over the place," Rick explained.
"I think I'd rather not." Kate didn't mind rats or spiders but she drew the line at snakes.
"Well, this is where some of us are going soon. So far it's me, Renée the Rainbow Servant, Laine the Bloodhound, and Martinas the Vassal of Bahamut. There will be others.
"Perhaps Alaraster, but we need a thief so I'm hoping for Kalmen, he's a Slayer. An Assassin, just a good Assassin," Rick offered.
Kate tilted her head slightly and tried to figure out how that could be. "I didn't know there was such a thing." How could an Assassin be good?
"You can ask him tomorrow after I find him. For now, though, I think I've kept you awake for long enough. I'll show you to your room." Rick was betting she still didn't know her way around yet. It was a big building.
«o\ɸ/o»
"Can I ask something of you?" Kate was in need and maybe he was better than good enough.
"Of course, ask away." Rick wasn't too worried.
"Well… I'm a Succubus and as such I need Life Force to live. Really all I need is male Cum. So I was wondering… I mean, if you would be willing… I need someone to fuck me." There, she had said it. Usually she just went out and found someone and fucked him. Maybe had an orgasm and maybe not. But she always got his Cum in her pussy just like she needed. So here she was, asking someone to fuck her. This just wasn't her but there was something different about him and this place.
"I was wondering when your last feeding had taken place. It would be an honor to keep you alive," Rick replied gladly and began to take off his clothes.
"I'm rather physical at sex so if I hurt you, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to," Kate said contritely.
Rick knew just the answer. "Rough, it is."
Kate hadn't been made love to… perhaps, ever. All of her sex was a one time person. Get him hard and then fuck him to get the Cum she needed. Being kissed while looking like a Succubus was different. Then to have him suckle her nipples. She hadn't even know what pleasure that was.
Next she was watching him kiss his way down her body to her soaking wet pussy. He wasn't going to do what she thought he was going to do, was he?
Suddenly he was, he was licking her pussy lips and it had her arching her back and lifting her ass off the bed to gain more contact. It took nearly no time at all to climax all over his face. But he didn't stop, he just kept licking and so she had orgasm number two.
She was still calming down from that when unexpectedly, she was flipped so that she was on her stomach. She had her wings tucked in tight so it was possible. Now he was lifting her up so she was on her hands and knees with him behind her. Yes, she wanted him to fuck her pussy. To give her the Cum she needed to live. She felt his hands on her hips holding her in place. That was when she felt it. His Cock was rubbing up and down her entrance. She wanted it, she needed it.
"You want me to Fuck you?" Rick questioned her.
But his voice was different. It had a certain growl to it so she turned her head to look behind her. What she saw confounded her. He was still a bit Blue but he also had a lot of hair and his face had a Bear look to it. "What the…"
"You want me to fuck you, then beg me. You said you liked it rough, so beg me to fuck your pussy. Beg me to ram my Cock into your pussy."
"What?" She was still trapped in what he looked like now instead of sort of a human but Blue in color.
Rick grabbed hold of her hair and pulled hard. "I said beg me. You want to be fucked, then beg me. Beg me to fuck your pussy or I'm leaving you here," he growled, "soaking wet and in heat."
That wasn't what Kate was used to. She was always the one in charge. Always. But she needed his Cum. "Please fuck my pussy. I need you to fuck my pussy. I need you to fill my pussy with your Cum."
"Better, but not good enough. You don't sound very sincere." Suddenly he slapped her ass hard. "I said, 'Beg me to fuck your pussy. Beg me to pound your pussy into submission.' You said you liked it rough."
She had, but she meant her being rough, not the other way around. "Please Fuck my pussy. I need you to pound my pussy. Make me beg for you to come in my pussy."
Suddenly he yanked on her hair again and it hurt. "Say 'Please, Master.'"
"Please, Master, fuck my pussy, fuck my pussy hard," Kate begged him and was rewarded with feeling him ram his Cock all the way in in one swift stroke. "Yes, Master, fuck my pussy, fuck my pussy really hard. Make me scream."
«o\ɸ/o»
Kate was resting on Rick. They were both still naked and he was back to being Blue again. She had to admit that she had enjoyed it. She had fucked men but she had never been fucked before. Certainly not like that. Plus, he had a really big Cock. He had stretched her pussy lips wider than anyone ever had in her lifetime.
It had been amazing. Looking down she could see his Cock. It was soft and normal in size but it was Blue. Maybe next time she could get him to fuck her where she could see his Blue Cock pounding in and out of her pussy.
"You thinking about round two?" Kate heard his voice and looked up instead but he had his eyes closed.
Kate knew she had never been fucked twice in the same day. That hadn't ever happened in her lifetime. "Yes." Kate felt her blush rushing up from her neck to cover her face. She wanted to be fucked again. She really did want to be fucked again.
"Can you maybe lick me down there again, too?" That was maybe better than being fucked. Even begging to be fucked by her Master.
«o\ɸ/o»
Kate was standing there next to Lyla as the team assembled. One Barbarian Druid, one Sorcerer Rainbow Servant, one Bloodhound, one Slayer, one Vassal of Bahamut, and one Sacred Fist. There was just one Human in the bunch. She still didn't know what all the others were. Still didn't really understand just what a Water Genasi was, which was Rick.
"Lead on, Laine," Rick said, asking him to take lead and then he turned into this impossibly large bear. Way too big of a bear and he had these bones sticking out his back mostly.
"What is he now?" Kate asked Lyla softly.
"Richard? He can change himself into any form he wishes and in that form he can still cast all of his spells. He just can't use any of the items he is taking with him. They mold into his body. Right now he is a Dire Bear. A very big Dire Bear. He will likely be a Dragon when they encounter either the Green or Black Dragon." Lyla was still impressed as to just what Richard was capable of.
In her eyes he had power. She just had spells and knowledge. She was happy to be here. She was getting to train priests into how to be a Cleric and serve Oghama, her God. It was the dream location of a lifetime.
"He'll be back as will the others." She had little doubt about that. "You like him, don't you? He's found a reason for you to live and not fear being a Succubus, hasn't he?" Lyla gave her just one eye to see if she was blushing and she was.
"Yes." It had taken them a week to make class arrangements while they were gone. In that time they had scried and spied on the Yaun-Ti and their Dragons. During that same time Rick had made love to her each and every day for a week. She had even moved into his room to be closer to him. She had never been so full of male Cum in her life.
She hadn't called him Master again. So far it had just been that one time, but she was ready to call him Master again if he begged her. She had even gotten to watch him fuck her pussy with his Blue Cock. It was still playing over and over again in her mind. To see that Blue Cock pounding her pussy. There was just something very erotic and exotic about it.
"Good, Richard has been all alone here. He needs someone and I think you'll do nicely. Who knows, maybe one day soon we'll hear the pitter-patter of little feet. Give Patches someone to guard and help," Lyla said and smiled.
"What?" Kate was pretty sure she was talking about children.
"You didn't really think you were sterile, did you? Silly girl. How do you think you were born? Magic? Come, we have to protect the School while they're gone. They come back to find it burned to the ground and Richard will kill all of us." Lyla turned and left. Lyla actually was thinking Richard was physically capable of killing all of them. He had power, true power.
Kate stood there. It was too early to say that she loved him. But she was falling in love with him. Maybe it was him, maybe it was the fact that she was being made love to instead of just fucking some random guy.
"Please come back," she whispered. "I don't have anyone else." Kate wiped away a tear. Maybe she was closer to being IN LOVE than she thought. Plus she wasn't hiding here. She still needed to decide on her training but she was learning about this place.