School #2
Chapter 4
It turned out to be good fortune that Tara and Kate became friends. They helped each other in class instead of frequently arguing about something all the time. Classes became fun, and they actually learned faster this way. Emma, their teacher, was impressed. Teaching them how to cast a Hex was next. They had 14 different Hexes to choose from. A few were truly evil, while most weren't considered so, per se.
For example, Cackle wasn't believed to be evil, while Poisoned Heart might be such. It all depended on who you cast it on. Then there was Fiendish Appendage, which was pure evil.
They both caught on fast on how to cast a Hex, though they didn't have a volunteer to try it out on.
It helped that they were friends while searching through the scrolls, too. Tara was on the ladder way up high, pulling down scrolls and reading them, only to shove them back into place.
"Kate, I think I found something," Tara called out and climbed down the ladder to show it to her.
Kate quickly skimmed it. It looked promising. "LYLA!" Kate yelled for her to come and see it. "LYLA!"She screamed at her that time.
"I'm coming," Lyla replied. "I heard you the first time. What is it?" She'd been summoned before, only to see it wasn't what Kate hoped for.
"This." She handed Lyla the scroll. Lyla carefully rolled it out on a table and read it.
"I believe this is it," Lyla told them, getting their hopes up. She continued to read. "But there's a piece missing. It isn't the entire spell. We need the other half of it." She flipped it onto its front to see whether anything was written on the back, but there wasn't. "Where did you find it?"
Tara pointed way up high. "Up there."
"If one part is up there, perhaps the rest is too. Go look, would you, please." Lyla waited, and Tara scrambled up the ladder to reach the top and start looking.
"But this is it, right? What we're looking for?" Kate now had hopes and dreams.
"It looks promising. But I need the other half of the spell. Hopefully, it's up there next to it." Lyla looked up, and they both watched as Tara searched.
Tara dug through the entire box and came up empty. "Nothing, it's not up here," she called down but didn't give up. Maybe it was in the box down from it or compartment, which might be a better word. So she searched through that one. One by one, she pulled them out, looked at them, and rolled them back up, then stuffed them back in.
Kate and Lyla watched her work.
"Nothing, there's nothing." Tara was downcast. She had such high hopes, but it wasn't there.
"Well, shit," Kate cursed, then blushed, remembering where she was, and apologized for her language. Again.
"I'll hang onto this half. All you need now is to find the other half of the spell." Lyla rolled the scroll back up and took it with her.
Tara came down the ladder. "I'm sorry, Kate."
"It's not your fault. You found half of the spell. The other half has to be here somewhere." Kate looked up at all the scrolls left to be gone through.
Tara's stomach rumbled. "How about a lunch break?"
"All right. Come on, Patches, you can come too." Hearing his name used got him to bark at her.
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"At least we're close," Tara commented.
"Yeah, but the other half could be anywhere." Then Kate suddenly felt a pang of pain and she grimaced.
Tara saw that something was wrong. "What is it?"
Kate tried to pass it off. "It's nothing."
"We're friends, Kate. You can tell me."
"All right, but it's nothing. I need CUM to live. If I don't get enough, I feel pain."
"CUM, you mean like male CUM?" Tara was astonished.
"Please keep your voice down. Yes, I need male CUM. I've been getting it from Rick, but he's gone right now."
"You mean Richard Castle? Our boss?" Tara watched her nod. "You go, girl! You're having sex with Richard Castle. Do you love him?"
"A little, yeah, but please don't tell him. I don't think he's ready to hear it."
Tara zipped her lips closed. "Not from me. So you and Richard Castle." Amazed, Tara shook her head.
"I've learned to love him but haven't told him yet. I'm chicken. I'm a Succubus. What if he doesn't feel the same?"
"You're never going to find out unless you tell him. So suck it up, girl, and tell him." Tara checked the time. "We have a class coming up soon. No time to search."
"I wonder what we'll learn this time?" Kate mused. "Come on, Patches, it's time for school. You have a class, too." She watched him lower his head. He didn't want to go to school. What he wanted was to stay close to Kate. She might need him.
"Go on, off to school with you." Kate watched him leave.
Tara smiled as Patches left. "He's a good dog."
"He really is. It's off to class with us." Kate got up, followed by Tara.
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In class, they learned when they reached first class, they would know two Cantrips. They would know three spells and be able to cast two first-level spells with a bonus depending on their Intelligence score. The higher the score, the larger the benefit.
No matter their score at this level, they would gain one extra spell. When they reached 20, they would get another first level spell. Add to that a single second-level, a third-level, a fourth-level, and one fifth-level.
They asked how they could increase their Intelligence and learned they would gain a level at fourth-level Witch, another at eighth-level, another at 12th-level, another at 16th-level, and again at 19th-level.
Emma, their teacher, was a 12th-level Witch, and she had an Intelligence score of 22, which meant she gained yet another first and second-level spell.
"WOW!" Tara was impressed. Even Kate was impressed.
After class, they went back to looking through scrolls, trying to find the other half of the spell. They at least now knew it existed.
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Kate was lying naked in their bed. It no longer smelled like Rick, or at least, she couldn't detect it. What she needed was CUM, but she was stroking herself, bringing herself to an orgasm. It was just a stop-gap measure that took some of the edge off of her.
Then in walked Rick dressed like he left, but he was messy-looking. "Starting without me, I see."
"Thank the gods. I need you to fuck me. I need your CUM."
"Right after I take a shower." Rick started taking off everything he left with, beginning with his backpack.
"Screw the shower. I need you, please." Kate wasn't above begging him.
"I see. The shoe is on the other foot this time." Rick remembered the last time he begged her to let him come.
"That's different. I need you, or I'll die, Rick. Really die. If I can't get it from you, I'll look elsewhere."
"When you put it like that, I suppose…"
"Yes, now fuck me." Kate spread her legs wide, inviting him in.
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Kate was resting on top of Rick. He had fucked her first, then he made love to her, then fucked her again and again until he couldn't get another erection.
"How did it go this time?"
"We almost lost someone."
Kate lifted her head to look at him. "Oh, who?"
"The Vassal of Bahamut. It was the Ancient Black Dragon that was the main problem. My Gold Dragon finally killed him, but we nearly lost him."
"Your Gold Dragon? You mean you turned yourself into a Gold Dragon?" Kate was astounded. If he could do that, what couldn't he do?
"Yes."
"Wow, I'd like to see that."
"Maybe later. Not on the roof, though. It would never hold my weight. So, did anything happen while I was gone?"
Kate nodded. "We found half of the scroll Lyla needs."
"Half?"
"Only half. We found a scroll, but it contained just half the necessary spell. We haven't found the other half yet." Kate lay her head back down on him and doodled on his blue chest. His long white hair was everywhere; it was longer hair than she had.
"At least you know the spell exists. Now, you only need to find the other half. How's your schooling coming?"
"It's good. I've learned to cast Cantrips, and I can cast a Hex on someone. We learned that I need Intelligence to increase the number of spells I can cast. We haven't learned any first-level spells yet. Though I can only know three spells."
"Three is better than none. You'll get there, Kate. You'll be first-level in no time. Perhaps I'll take you with me next time."
Kate raised her head to look at him. "You'd really take me with you next time?"
"Only when you can cast first-level spells, but yes, I'll take you with me next time."
Kate kissed him. "You got yourself a deal."
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It was the next day, and Rick entered the Temple, where he spotted Kate with Patches and someone else searching on the upper level. But he was there to see Lyla.
"Hi, Lyla."
"I heard you were back. I also heard you almost lost someone."
"It was bad. Fortunately, it all worked out, but it was close, too close. Damned Ancient Black Dragon, and we didn't even find its hoard."
"Life is more important than a Dragon's hoard, Richard."
Rick changed the subject. "I hear you found half the spell you need."
Lyla nodded. "Tara found it. Those two have become close. Tara is Kate's classmate."
"That's good, Kate needed a friend. And I noticed she's in her Succubus form."
"She's showing herself more and more lately, a redeemed Succubus. I hope you understand just how rare that is. …Do you love her?"
"I'm learning to."
"Have you told her?" Lyla waited expectantly for his answer.
"No, I can't do that. What if she doesn't feel the same way? It's strange enough as it is. I'm a Barbarian/Druid Water Gensai, and she's a Succubus."
"She's also a woman and a Witch, Richard. A woman wants to hear that she's loved. You should tell her."
Rick looked up at Kate as she searched the stacks for her spell. "Maybe later." And he left.
"The blind leading the blind. If I can't get him to talk, maybe I can get her to." Lyla looked at her, working diligently. But Lyla chickened out. "Perhaps later."
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They were all up on the roof to attend the monthly party. They didn't celebrate anything in particular; they just celebrated. Kate was celebrating because she was officially a first-level Witch. She could cast first-level spells now. She only knew three spells, but she could cast each one three times.
She chose to memorize Ray of Sickness, Witch Bolt, and Hex. She had learned to use a Light Crossbow, Blowgun, Dagger, and Quarterstaff.
She was currently dancing with Rick. She held him close to her and breathed in his scent. Kate was in human form, the better to keep her body tight to his.
She was enjoying herself and wondered if this was a good time to tell Rick she loved him. Just as she had gathered the courage to say anything, a flare lit the sky.
Everyone stopped to watch it going up into the air. Even the band stopped playing.
"I'm on it." Rick jumped over the side as he changed into a Giant Eagle.
"Wait for me!" Kate dropped her disguise and changed into a Succubus. She jumped over the side and beat her wings to catch up to him.
She was hot on his heels and landed right next to him. "What are you doing here, Kate?"
"You said you would take me with you next time," Kate fired back at him.
Rick recalled he said that. "Just keep your eyes open. Help will be here in a moment." Or so he hoped, anyway.
"There!" Kate breathed.
He gave a nod. "I see them; Abominations, two of them."
Suddenly, a group of snakes came at them. "They've seen us," Rick warned her as he changed into a Dire Bear and attacked the snakes. She watched as both Abominations charged them.
She didn't have a weapon on her, only her claws. But she did have spells. She cast Ray of Sickness at the one closest to her, which rewarded her with seeing him stop so he could throw up. But the other kept coming. He was close enough to take a swing at her with his Scimitar. She went Ethereal and watched as his sword went right through her.
He was momentarily shocked into inaction, which was his undoing. Still a Dire Bear, Rick attacked him from behind and nearly cut him in two.
The other one recovered from throwing up and charged them, only to be struck by a lightning bolt, which stopped him in his tracks. Rick changed back to his usual form.
"Thanks for the help, Balin." Rick knelt next to the Abomination to search his body. "Nothing, just a weapon." He stood back up.
Balin frowned. "I thought you got rid of all the Abominations."
"So did I," Rick replied just as two more people arrived. "Spread out. There may be others," he told the three of them and went himself.
The five of them were back. "Anything?" Rick asked the others.
Kate shook her head. "I didn't see anything."
The two of them both said, "Me neither."
"You two head back." Rick watched them vanish.
"You did well, Kate. I'm proud of you."
She stood a little straighter. "Thanks."
Rick held his hand out to her. "We should head back to the roof and the party."
"In a minute, I have something to say first."
"O-kay." Rick didn't understand.
"I…" Why was this so hard? "I… I love you." There, she had told him!
Rick wasn't certain he'd heard her right. "You love me?"
"Yes, I love you. Please say something."
Rick held her close, and Kate started smiling up at him. "I love you too, Kate. So much."
Kate asked haltingly, "You...love me?"
"Yes, I love you. I'm in love with a beautiful Succubus. Lyla told me you were a woman who would love knowing she's loved. So I'm telling you that I love you."
"You love me!" She kissed him with as much passion as she could muster.
Rick looked down at her. "Come, we should get back before someone wonders what happened to us."
"And make love?"
He smiled. "Right after the party."
"You got yourself a deal, mister." Kate released him, watching him turn into a Giant Eagle, taking off, flapping his wings hard.
Kate spread her wings and pumped them hard to gain height and follow him.
They landed one after the other. "It was just a couple of Abominations," Rick announced. "This is a party, so let's party!" The band started playing, and eventually, everything returned to how it had been.
Rick danced with Kate, the human, and he held her tight to him with the wonderful knowledge that they loved each other.
Kate held onto him and smiled at Lyla who smiled back at her.
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Kate ran across Emma while Rick was off getting their drinks. Emma smiled at her. "Congratulations, Kate. You're officially Second Level. Which means you can memorize one additional spell and cast another spell. So come morning, when you study your spells, you can add another."
"I'm Second Level? But all I did was combat two Abominations."
"That was enough. You'll find it's easy to go up a level when you're low level. It gets harder the higher you are."
"Thanks, Emma, I'll make you proud of me." Kate couldn't wait to tell Rick, so she went looking for him.
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Rick was indeed proud of her for making it to Second Level. He kissed her in front of everyone who was watching them.
Later, they made love to each other. It meant something more now that they had each told the other they loved them.
That morning, Kate studied for a new spell and chose Sleep. She couldn't wait to be able to cast a second-level spell.
She met Tara for breakfast, and they made a plan of attack to search the scrolls. They decided to concentrate on the area around where Tara had found the first half. They thought the second half had to be somewhere in the same section.
"At least now we know the spell exists," Tara told her.
"That's a good thing, I guess. But it would have been better to find the whole spell. I wonder why it was broken up into two pieces, though?" Kate was thinking out loud.
Tara shrugged. "Who knows, but I saw you and Rick kissing."
Kate smiled at her. "We did, didn't we."
"And if you did more than kiss, I want to hear all about it. What's it like to have a blue cock inside you? How big is he? Is he a good kisser?"
Kate balked at telling her everything. "Getting rather personal there, aren't you?"
"Yep, now give." Tara wasn't at all bashful about talking about Kate's sex life, seeing as how she didn't have one of her own.