Warning: this chapter contains suicidal thoughts, physical and sexual abuse, and other horrible things. Completely M rated.
Demeteous 15th, 687 of the Imperial calendar
If you had told her that in four months the Empire would throw itself into a unwinnable war with a nation far stronger, her father murdered and herself thrown into a dungeon by her eldest brother she would've called you mad by saying the Zorzal was far too stupid to pull it off while her father was a political genius. But here was she now, eleven days without sunlight and living off four slices of bread a day. Apart of her wished that this was only temporary and her American allies would swoop in to save her but that got more unlikely with each passing day. Memories of her soldiers training how to march in formation and being awed by the marvel that was New York during her visit on the other side of the gate. Overwhelmed by self pity she started to cry for the thousandth time but the sound of the cell door unlocking stopped her.
She expected it to be Zorzal or a Prison guard but it was someone completely different, and who see recognized. "Well, well, well." She said in a singsong tone, "How have the mighty fallen. I almost didn't recognize you in those rags." Those words cut like a sword through butter, but she would let a demi-human slave belittle her. "At the very least I am not a sex toy." She shot back though the later didn't even react. "Hmm, throwing childish insults then? Perhaps I'll to remind you of your situation princess." The former queen then slapped the younger woman with enough force to send her tumbling to the stone floor.
"You are nothing now princess! Just like me!" She grinned and her blood red eyes seemed to glow with hate. Your entire family has no knowledge of honor, loyalty or respect, only power." Tyuule at that moment made Piña feel small, very small. And while the princess wanted to object, the slave tragically had a point, her dynasty had fought to enlarge and strengthen it's power for centuries. "I and the order of the roses have shown our honor at Italica with the Americans! They'll free me soon and Zorzal shall face justice for killing our father!" Her cheek was bruised from the hit and it stung horribly.
"I've already known, let's say a...companion told me of your deed but my point still stands. You were about to backstab them when their flying chariots arrived, slaughtering the deserters like sheep." "My friend perished for a noble cause, even if I had planned to I was and will be forever in debt to them. I was ready to sacrifice myself to defend the city ." Tyuule's grin dropped and her glare sharpened. "You think that's sacrifice? Losing one companion is hardly a scratch compared to what I had to enture for three damn years!!!" She yelled, causing her to flinch and the air became cold.
"I begged for your bastard of a brother to spare my people, I even offered him my body just for him to consider. But in the end it was all for nothing." The demi-rabbit's tone became somber, memories flooding back. "My kind was exterminated or enslaved, while I had to live with it. There are nights that I wish to die, to be free of this hell." Her hairy hand curled up into a fist, "There are nights that I wish that all humans would just disappear from this world, perhaps things would be much better. It wouldn't be so bad you know, you hold us all in chains while being so weak." She let out a quick and exhausted laugh. "It's funny how humanity went from a band of furless shits in caves to rulers of whole empires."
Piña could feel the hatred radiate off her, wondering if the Demi-human had broke a nerve. "Even the women and children helped the demise of my people, the woman birthed boys while the children grew to be soldiers. They all deserve to die." If her words were to be believed, the those years of abuse under Zorzal had twisted her mind beyond compare. "Thank the Gods your brother is such a idiot, listening to my words like the simpleton he is." 'What? Listening to her?' She thought, the sentence not making any sense. "What makes you think of that?" Tyuule grinned slyly, "I was the one that gave him the idea of killing Molt, it was all according to plan."
There as a moment of silence, her world or what was left of it was crushed into dust. The continuation of the war and end of the greatest empire the world had ever seen would be caused by one measly slave. Sensing that the princess had a loss of words she continued. "With all the war-hawks and Zorzal in power, your allies will annihilated the Imperial army and put Sadera to the torch, especially with word of other-world slaves being brought through the Gate."
Piña blood froze and her already pale skin turned white as snow. "W-what?! So you would use innocents that had nothing to do with you for revenge?" "Precisely, if the other-worlders are to cross over the mountains then what is left are all to be rounded up and executed. Even so, you do know what the empire does to war slaves? The men are taken to the mines and fields, the women are sold to wealthy landowners and the weak and all the children are feed to the beasts." The situation was clearly decayed beyond saving, the emperor had been killed, incompetent leaders at the wheel, slaves held as ransom and now all that way being manipulated by Tyuule.
"The empire's already weakened!" Pleaded Piña, "Tell zorzal to release the slaves and they'll backoff. You could even get your land back." The Demi-rabbit scoffed. "You think this is for land? What remains of my people believe me to be traitor and wish me dead! I won't be satisfied until the empire has been erased for this world forever." She turned around and shut the massive door, the lock letting a loud clank. Now she was left once more by herself, to count the days going by.
Tyuule made her way through the corridor, reflecting on her life and situation she found her self in. She did this everyday and had become a sort of a ritual, being one of the few things she could do with her free will. Once she had once been a queen, now she was a slave.
Three years ago...
The queen watched as the battle took place, the two sides clashing like waves of a turbulent sea. Demi-rabbit warriors slashed away at the Imperial scum while many of her kind were impaled by pike and cut down by arrows. So far her thousand strong royal guard faced a force of eight thousand and was holding it's own just fine. "My queen, please keep back! Those humans may have archers aimed at you!" Warned her long time friend Sula, a gentle soul with light brown hair.
Tyuule shook her head, "I appreciate your concern but it is not need, Ive send a party lead by Delilah to deal. Speaking of which..." Her ears perked and she could hear the sounds of yelling coming from the tree line behind the main Imperial formation. Soon enough she could see three hundred warriors emerging out of the forest and charging into the enemy's rear with the red-head up front. Dispite their small numbers Delilah's vanguard tore through their formations, slaughtering the confused Imperials as they pathetically attempted to either flee or hold their ground.
It wasn't long before the last of them had been vanquished and leaving plenty of food for scavengers. The sun peaked through the clouds upon the demi-rabbits, as if the heavens itself was congratulating them for this victory. But Tyuule wasn't in the mood to savor the victory as she stayed in her hut, looking over plans to defeat the human foe. Then Delilah as requested entered before kneeling to the queen. "My queen, what has compelled you to-" "that enough formality, you may rise." The warrior did as was told but was met with a slap to the face.
"What were you thinking! I only asked you to take out the archers, not come rushing in like bloodthirsty fools!" Delilah was left fumbling at her words. "The battle was won though, the Imperials didn't expect us and we won. What's wrong with that?" Tyuule pinched the bridge of her nose. "It doesn't matter, you disobeyed my orders. What if the Imperial reacted quickly enough? Your force would've been at best taken moderate loses and at worse crushed! Now leave, I have important things to do while we rest."
It was admittedly felt off as it had been years since shestretch her legs freely though the occasional glance of guards who were not used to see a demi-human walking around. She however ignored it and pressed on to the exit of the prison, more memories on repeat.
The queen made her way to the camp of her foe, preparing herself for a what was to come. The capitalandonly real city in the Confederation was only garrison ed by her guards and militia that barley had any training as many of her warriors had been either killed in battle, captured, defected to other tribes, or succumbed to disease.
She knew how the Imperials treated demi-human but only hoped the demi-rabbits would be given the same status as the elves or dwarves. As Tyuule approached, she could she moment in a watch tower and the blowing of a buccina. In impressive time a centuria had surrounded her and held shorts at the ready but she wasn't afraid nor intimidated. "I am queen Tyuule of the demi-rabbits of the north, I demand that I meet your general to discuss peace terms." The soldiers agreed and marched her through the camp, catching the attention of those who had either been still awake or had been woken up.
She swallowed the lump in her throat as she entered the large purple tent, the size of a small human house. The inside was luxurious beyond the imagination and there he was, waiting for her with a unsettling smile. "Greetings queen, I expected you to fight to the last?" He wore a burgundy coat and shining jewelry on his fingers that complimented his blonde hair. "Prince Zorzal, I hope that we can agree to a peace treaty." His eyebrows rose but his smile remained, "And why?" He asked before grabbing a cup of wine and drinking it all in the span of a few seconds.
"As their queen I must do whats in the best interests for my people. I fear that if the war continues on this path then they'll be annihilated. We are willing to join the empire as long as we are given both autonomy and fair treatment." But it wasn't so simple, "How do I know your not just stalling, hoping to find the right time to scalp my soldiers? If that's the case then I must exterminate the inhabitants of Tve?" In that moment she lost her calm and began to panic. "N-no! Please, I beg of you! You've already won this war. I'll conform to all your demands!" "All of my demands?" She nodded weakly.
He looked to the men who escorted her inside, "Leave immediately." The centurion who was there was shocked. "But my highness, we cannot allow you to be alone with this bea-" "I said leave! Go before I crucify you for insubordination!" The prince roared, frightening him and the men. Without another word the scampered away, leaving the two of them alone.
He switched his attention back to her. "Undress for me." "W-what?" Tyuule stuttered, "I. Said. Undress. You have chosen your destiny, a life for a life dear." Understanding she had no say in the matter complied, shame ripping through her as she took off her tribal gown and her body expose to the vile man. "Good." He said as he bit his lip while walking towards her, completely towering above her small frame.
She jumped as he suddenly grabbed her breasts roughly, Zorzal indulging in his sexual desires. "You are quite beautiful Tyuule, Im going to enjoy you to the maximum." He leaned in and bit her left ear hard, causing her to scream in pain as blood dripped down. "Please stop!" She was suddenly punched, sending her to the ground while she gripped her right eye. "How dare you 'no' me you stupid bitch!" Zorzal kicked her in the gut and knocking the wind out of her before grabbing her by the hair, dragging her to his bed. With ease he flung her on and began to chock her. "I like it when women play hard to get, it makes it much better when I break them." At this point, tears began to run down her pale cheeks. Hoping that the gods took pity and allowed her people to survive. "You are mine now." He growled, "You are nothing more then a whore for me to play with, I now am your master." He was the face of a demon, sadistic evil at its peak form. "Now tell me your my whore." She felt tiny, insignificant and humiliated but it had to be done. 'I must for my people.' With a deep breath she said the words, "I... am your whore."
Outside was a carriage waiting outside for her, being rather plain compared to other carriages used by the upper class elites of Sadera. Suddenly she heard scretching noise and looked up to see white streaks in the sky created by tiny dots in the sky. Then out of nowhere, there was loud bangs and the earth shook, frightening the horses. She looked in awe as smoke from the harbor district rose and the sounds of yelling from women and children could be heard, reminding her of that fateful day where Tve burned.
"Barbarians of Tve!" Boomed zorzal as he dragged Tyuule along with a chain by her neck. "I come here with your queen!" She was pushed up front for the crowd of both warriors and citizens to see, horrified to she their queen this way. The previous night was rough, she was covered in bruises and had a black eye while her was completely naked save for her fur. "Yesterday, she came to my camp in the middle of the night to save her skin from the wrath of the empire!" She was horrified! She surrendered for her people and he was claiming that she did the opposite. "She abandoned you to your fates! Now submit to the empire or die!" She tried to protest but the clothe in her mouth prohibited her ability to communicate, so she had to watch her people as they cursed her.
This is your only warning; surrender or be vanquished!" He yelled but there was no reply. "Arrow incoming!" Shouted a soldier as a lone arrow can flying down towards him. 'Maybe it's my chance! She though but Zorzal had quick reflexes and managed to catch the arrow a thumb's length from his face. But there in the crowd, she could see someone hold a bow with light brown hair and light blue eyes. 'Sula!' Hot tears flowed down as she watched Zorzal give the order to let loss the archers and catapults, cursing herself for being so naive to believe that the humans would spare her people. Then there was new sensation, one that drowned out the rest. 'I will avenge them!' She thought as she watched her sisters slaughtered in the far away field, 'I'll make all the humans pay!'
Quickly she was escorted in side and the carriage rushed to the Imperial palace while explosions continued to erupt across the city. 'Perhaps they'd decided to wipe it off the map.' She thought and unbeknownst to the driver she let out a quite giggle, 'My vengeance may be coming to a closure!'
Happy April fools! I have finally brought Tyuule into the story! I know lot of you will be happy now she's in the plot, working behind Zorzal's back to destroy the empire from within. I don't plan on ever creating a chapter with that much sexual content ever again so sorry for those who are disgusted, we'll get back to good 'ol ass-kicking in the next chapter!