May 29th 2016 Mysterious Forest, Neverland, 9:00 P.M EDT (smut warning. corruption and manipulation)

I might have gotten a bit lost in the foreplay. Mermaid pussy tasted surprisingly sweet, and something about knowing she was a princess had me rock hard throughout my whole snack. I chowed down on her overflowing cunt for probably an hour, enjoying hitting her sweet spots and making her squeal as I softened her up. Her pussy was one of the tighter ones I'd seen, and she was a tiny thing, so I wanted to make sure she was up to taking my dick.

Sitting up, I wiped my mouth as I decided she'd had enough. Her eyes were glazed as she stared at the ceiling, hazy with lust and contentment. "What…what was that?" She said in a giggly daze. "That was wonderful. I've never felt anything like it. How did you do that? Can you do it more?"

Hearing her babble, I realized I'd forgotten one of the most core traits of Ariel in the stories. Curiosity. She was an eager and excited student of anything from the surface, and not only had she been a virgin, she hadn't even had a pussy before this. I grinned as I had a fun idea for how to break in my new princess.

"This is how men on the surface care for their women." I said seriously. "Now that we're to be together, I can teach you all about how it works. You're a beautiful girl, Ariel, but you have a lot to learn about pleasing your man." Clearing my throat as if I was embarrassed, I looked away. "But if you're not interested I'm sure we can make do. We'll have a good time either way, I just thought you might want to learn about some of the surface culture."

She sat up, her eyes widening. "Of course I do!" She said eagerly. "You've shared something so wonderful with me. I want to know everything about it. You can teach me! I promise I'm a fast learner."

I put on a worried expression. "Well, if you're sure. It's just, private affairs between a man and his woman can be a bit more…enthusiastic than normal surface behavior. I'm worried you might feel embarrassed or demeaned by some of what we do together. These kinds of things are between a man and his women, and aren't talked about in polite company."

Using the word 'women' was a nice way to soften her up to the reality of her situation. She didn't seem shocked or bothered, which was nice. Then again, in the little mermaid king Triton had like thirteen daughters or something, and none of them looked much like him or each other. Maybe she came by the harem scene honest.

"I trust you." She said softly, smiling happily up at me. "Teach me how surface women please their man. I'll learn everything you have to show me. This may be for the good of everyone, but you've promised to cherish and care for me. The least I can do is return your care."

I grinned at her, scanning her spread, naked body. "Good girl." I said brusquely. "Let's start with vocabulary. How much do you know about human anatomy?"

She blushed. "I don't…we don't get many human visitors in the undersea, and those who do come don't discuss such private matters."

I slipped a hand between her legs, and she squeaked cutely, head lolling back with a moan as I started strumming her pussy like a master guitarist. Thank you Eros and Psych. "This is your pussy." I purred as I fingered her to the edge of orgasm and then backed off. "It's one of those 'private matters' you mentioned. Only your man or one of his women should get to see this. Sometimes when we're alone other terms are used to enhance pleasure. Cunt, twat, snatch, various names, but only I get to use them. Understood?"

She nodded, gasping sweetly. "It's only for you. I understand. It's my…my pussy. My cunt. My pussy is for you, and you can use other names for it to enhance your pleasure."

I sped up my fingers, rewarding her for her good answer. "That's right. Your pussy is all mine. I can use it whenever I want. This is where I can enter you. The thing I use to do that is this." I unbuckled my pants, letting my cock flop out. I took her hand and wrapped it around my dick, showing her how to move her soft palm while I talked. "This is my cock. It goes inside you. Your mouth, your pussy, even your ass…erm, your backside. They're made to take it."

She gasped, getting so close to cumming she was barely coherent, but I held back, not letting her tip over. I waited there, for her to repeat what I said, and after a minute she nodded desperately. "Your cock. My pussy was made to take your cock. It's where you come inside me. I can feel it. I can feel it aching for you to be in me…please let me feel it!"

I pulled back, smacking her cunt, and she writhed, ALMOST cumming from the slap. "Be good." I said sharply. "Men decide when a pussy gets used. This is mine to enjoy. I'll make sure you have a good time, but don't forget you're my woman."

"I'm your woman." She whined. "I am. I know it. I know what this is. I read mentions of it in books. This is intercourse. Making love. You're going to make love to me. I know how this works. You'll put children in me." As I expected, she knew what sex was, but with literally zero context, thank you overprotective xenophobic sea king for serving up your sexy daughter for brainwashing.

I sped up again, letting the orgasm bleed closer as I flexed my Eros and Psyche. She hit her peak, but I choked it off, forcing the orgasm to bubble up slowly instead of crashing into her. "Making love is a way to use your pussy." I said with a nod. "But it's soft and slow. Do you want me to go soft and slow, princess?"

"No!" She yelped. "Go faster. Go harder. What is that? What is it called when it's faster?"

"Fucking." I said in an educational tone. "It's called fucking, or getting fucked. Is that what you want Ariel?"

"Yes!" She squealed, grinding her cunt up at my fingers. "I want to be fucked! I want to be fucked in my pussy! You said I'd feel good. You said you'd teach me! Teach me to get fucked! Teach me to get fucked in my pussy!"

I slipped down to hover over her, pinning the head of my cock against her soaking cuntlips. "You sure you're ready for that Ariel? Once a woman lets her man fuck her pussy she needs to be ready for more at any time. You'll need to be prepared for me to stick my cock in you whenever I like. Is that what you want?"

She was practically sobbing with neediness. "I'm ready! I'm ready to be a surface girl. To let my man fuck my pussy whenever her wants. I need you to enter me Nicky, I need to feel it. Finish teaching me!"

With a groan of satisfaction, I slid forward into her grasping hot pussy. "Finish?" I said with a laugh. "This isn't the end Ariel. You've just started learning. As a princess, you need to be willing to study hard. You're going to learn everything about how a surface woman pleases her man." She clamped down, a low roar of tension as I split her open.

But she WAS B rank, even if magic was at work. Her cunt could take me easily, even if it was stretched to the fucking limits. She wrapped tight and hot around my dick, her head thrown back in shock and wonder.

"You're in me." She whispered as she locked eyes with me. "This is what women do for their men. How they show love on the surface. Does this mean you love me Nicky? Do you love my pussy?" Her eyes were so adoring and hopeful I probably should have felt bad, but I was teaching her how to enjoy a good fucking. She'd be better off for it, and besides it was hot as fuck.

Leaning down, I kissed her roughly. "That's right." I said fondly. "This is what true love feels like. Do you want to feel more?"

She nodded quickly. "I'm learning so much!" She giggled. "You're teaching my pussy to fuck! My…" She looked up uncertainly. "My cunt?"

I started fucking into her slowly, giving her time to adjust. "That's right. Good girl. Changing up the words makes it better. Use all of them. And describe it too. You have a tight little pussy. Talking about how needy it is or how much it wants my cock makes me feel good. Try it for me. Say something about what I'm doing."

Her eyes fluttered. "You're fucking…my twat." She said slowly, moans interrupting. "My small, excited twat?"

"Try horny." I said. "It means you're ready to fuck. Or desperate. It's a great compliment for your pussy to crave my cock. Tell me how much you need it." Teaching this pretty little redhead dirty talk was highly amusing and really fucking erotic.
She nodded excitedly. "I'm being fucked!" She cheered. "I'm being fucked in my horny little snatch! It needs your cock Nicky, needs it so deep and hard. Keep fucking me! Fuck me even harder in my small cunt!"

I sped up, that was close enough. Fuck she felt good. "That's right." I cooed down at her. "I'm fucking that tight little pussy. Doesn't being in love feel good Ariel? Your true love can do this to your needy little twat whenever her wants, casn't he?"

"That's what it's for!" She crowed. "My pussy was made to please my man. I want to enjoy your love every night. I love fucking. I love cock! Your cock is my true love! I'm a real surface girl now! I'm fucking like a real surface girl!"

Throwing her legs over my shoulders I started really pounding into her, letting her squeal out babbling nonsense I'd taught her and instructing her what to change to make the dirty talk more natural. Fuck she was so hot and needy and responsive. My dumb little princess learning everything I was teaching her about how to be a dirty little bitch for her dragon.

My balls started to tighten up, and I gritted my teeth. "You're almost there Ariel! You've almost finished becoming my woman. You just need to accept my cum. This might be when we make a baby, are you ok with that?"

"I love it!" She crowed, sweaty face red and manic. "Surface men make babies with their women. I'm ready to make a surface baby! It'll be the perfect symbol of our love!"

Damn, this whole destiny thing got bitches in the mood quick. I thought Ruby had been an outlier, but either mermaids were just as horny as werewolves, or karmic soulmate destiny shit was the ultimate aphrodisiac. I really needed to talk to Amy about hooking me up for any future girls I needed to tame.

"That's right!" I grunted, pounding her into the mattress. "This pussy is all mine. You're gonna have my babies someday. You belong to me. My little mermaid. Say it!" She did, repeating me happily. "Good girl, now get ready for it, you're going to feel my love for the first time Ariel. Let it consume you. Just let go and become mine."

Angling my hips, I tagged her G spot as I bottomed out, my balls spasming as I blew my load deep into the squealing redhead as she exploded all over my cock. I couldn't help but grin as an orange tattoo burned itself into view on her flat, pale stomach. A womb tattoo. That was fun.

Not that I was finished by a long shot. As I flipped her and pulled her cute little ass up off the bed to get an angle on her pussy for my next go, I couldn't help but hum "part of this world". Just for my own amusement. She was too fuck drunk to notice anyway.

May 30th 2016 Mysterious Forest, Neverland, 9:00 A.M EDT

I was in shock. Not bad shock, granted, it was kind of pleasant, but as I looked at the drooling, still giggling mermaid passed out on my bed, I couldn't help but be a little impressed. Caked in sweat, cum, and a fair number of bites and handprints, Ariel wiggled happily in bed in her sleep, cooing as she rubbed her thighs together.

Ariel was…made to fuck. There literally wasn't another way to put it. Unlike some of my other girls, it wasn't a body thing. She had this deep insatiable need to learn, and informing her I was going to teach her how to take dick had done WAY more than I was expecting. After I finished her the first time, I wasn't halfway done, so I flipped her over to clap that bubbly ass again.

She loved it, the new sensations, the new positions, the new vocabulary (I liked her learning dirty talk and kept teaching her) she adored every second. And when I finished, she asked for more. And more. And more. And she was fucking loud about it. Begging and whining and wriggling until she got her way and my dick (not that I resisted very hard) she was insatiable, and I had slipped into Eros and Psyche a bit (careful not to break her) just to put the little slut down.

I'd wanted to watch Zee make our new puppy her little bitch, but that was long over, so I just went to sleep. Woke up to my cooing mermaid snuggled up to me, hand slipping down under the blanket towards my cock even asleep.

As much as I'd love to pound a princess into a sex coma though, we had actual shit to do, so I grabbed her wrist, promising myself once things cleared up I was going to teach Ariel how long a dragon could last when he put his mind to it. Maybe Barbie could help. I bet they'd be a treat in bed together.

"Ariel." I said softly, switching back from my more realistic 'do what I say slut' personality to the kind prince I'd been spinning for her before I got that pussy. No need for a shock so early in the morning. I could be nice to a cute little mermaid princess, especially one who was still leaking my cum. "Ariel, wake up sweetheart."

She squirmed a bit harder. "Ruin my dirty mermaid asshole." She murmured. "Give your little whore princess her cream filling."

I snickered. "Baby girl, your asshole IS ruined, and I don't think you can take any more cream filling. But the time for talking dirty is over. I told you only during sex, right? We need to get up and meet the others."

Whining, she snuggled up to me, and I was reminded quite a bit of my other favorite redhead. Same body type (mostly, Ariel's ass was a bit more bubbly and a bit less toned, and she had thicker thighs), and it seemed they were just as spoiled. "I don't want to get up. I felt so loved last night. I can feel your affection inside me even now. I want to feel it more."

I groaned, reluctantly pulling away. "And I'd love to give it to you, but we have other things to be about on the island. Plus the others are waiting for us."

That seemed to take the wind out of her sails. She bit her lip, looking away. "I'm not…not your true love am I?" She said softly, looking heartbroken. "I know you enjoyed our time together, but even now you think of the others. I can be enough for you Nicky, use me even more, I'll make sure you enjoy it." Her big blue eyes were pleading.

It was…actually sad. I felt bad for her. I ALSO knew exactly how to disarm this particular landmine. I took her face in mine, kissing her deeply. "Of course I love you, Ariel." I didn't, actually, but I was sure I'd get there. I was extremely possessive of my little princess already, and I did like her. "And love is wonderful. I love several of my girls, most of them actually."

"But you're supposed to be MY true love!" She wailed, tearing up as she jerked away from me. "I want your heart! All of it."

Chuckling, I bumped her under the chin with a finger. "My bratty little princess. Hearts don't work like that. You can have many people in your heart. Don't you have a big family? You love all your sisters right? Does loving one of them mean you can't love the rest? I have room for all my girls in my heart. Part of being a dragon."

I'd worked that tidbit in during our hours of nonstop fucking. She'd been surprisingly receptive. She looked a bit unsure. "Dragons…dragons need to love more people?" She paused. "I suppose that does make sense. I've read about dragons and their 'whoreds'. You won't just cast me aside? You'll take care of me?"

Reaching down, I pressed a finger to her new womb tattoo. "You're mine." I said possessively. "I take care of all my treasure. No other man will ever touch you."
She shuddered at the possessive tone, but I felt a deep, gnawing pang of lust run through her. She LIKED that. Great, maso objectification dirty talk princess. I was never going to get out of bed again when this shit was over. "What about…" She cut her eyes to the door. "What about women?" She asked, whispering it like it was a sin to say aloud. "I noticed Zee and Ruby retired to another room. I thought I heard screaming, and even some barking."

I shrugged. "As long as they're my women, I don't mind. I know how curious you are. I'm sure Zee would love to teach you about eating pussy. You liked when I did that right?"

Her eyes widened and she nodded quickly. "I loved that. I could learn that? But I thought our pussies were yours?" The innocent matter of fact way she asked that, like she was asking about the weather, REALLY got me going, but I pushed it down.

"They are. But I share with my girls." I thought of the best way to phrase it. "Think of it as getting new sisters. You already have a big family, and now its bigger. I expect you to learn all about them and do things with them that you both enjoy. It doesn't have to be sexual, but if you're curious, several of them would love to teach you."

Her eyes sparkled (like literally somehow, they were GLOWING with excitement, must be mermaid bullshit) and threw herself against me, arms clinging to my body. "I'm so glad we'll be together." She whispered. "You made me your woman in every way I can imagine last night. I don't know what I'd have done if you left."

I smacked her on the ass sharply, earning a squeak. "You're not going anywhere." I growled. "Now, apparently this place has running water. Get your sweet little ass in the shower and wash up, then meet me outside for breakfast and debriefing the others."

She popped to her feet, pecking me on the cheek and darting off in the direction I pointed. I enjoyed the view as she left, then climbed out of bed to stretch. I'd seen her little 'mine' fit coming. But I'd seen other things too. Ariel missed her sisters, and she loved them dearly, even if they treated her like a burden.

Getting new sisters, sisters who would do things to and with her she'd never heard about before…it was like waving a bloody steak in front of a shark. Plus I'd been subtly conditioning her for multiple partners all last night, mentioning other girls. That was what had tipped her off to not being my 'true love'.

Already I was excited to have Ariel open a path home with Hooks ship as a vessel. We'd be riding in style and at the drop of a hat. I'd have to upgrade her to be able to take human form naturally, but C rank wasn't a big deal.

I got dressed and emerged from my room, refreshed if somewhat pent up. Ariel might have been insatiable, but she did have limits, and I didn't. I missed my Raven. Nobody could take my dick like my former succubus deva. At the very least I still had a fairy and a witch to fuck, so that would have to tide me over.

Speaking of which, I grinned at my girls as I came out of the room. Ruby was standing behind Zee, who sat on a couch, braiding her hair with a dopey smile. My sorceress looked pleased as punch and twice as sweet. Her grin widened when she saw me. "Well if it isn't our fearsome dragon. You have fun making the princess climb your tower?"

I smirked at Ruby. "How long did it take her to come up with that pun?" Our puppy giggled as Zee shot her a betrayed look.

"About an hour. She's been working on it since we got up." She blushed, clearly remembering last night, and I cursed mentally at myself for sleeping instead of taking a turn with them. Preparing Ariel for her eventual group fuck was a better idea though.

Zee grabbed her wrists, pulling her over the couch and rolling her midair so she landed on her lap. She shoved a hand into Ruby's shorts, drawing a moan from my puppy. "Yappy little bitch." She cooed in the taller girl's ear. "Didn't mommy teach you to only bark when she says speak?" Her voice was low and lustful, and I enjoyed the show immensely.

Ruby whined and wriggled around before yipping like a dog, and the archon let her go, pushing her off her lap and smacking her tight little ass. Zee had picked up her bitch management style from me, and clearly internalized the parts that worked.

"Nice to see you two bonding." I said dryly. "If I'd known you wanted a puppy so bad I'd have gotten you one earlier. But I'm glad we waited. This one is so cute." I winked at Ruby, who blushed and looked away.

Zee giggled. "True. I'm thinking about making her my familiar. I don't have one, but I know how the magic works, and this puppy is the only one worth my time."

"Please stop." Came a pained voice from across the room. I turned to see my brother looking tired and annoyed. "All of you. It's like living in a pornography video. How do you ever get anything done?"

Snickering, I flopped down on the couch. "I got plenty done last night." Then I paused. "Well, I got one thing done last night, but I did it about forty two times."

Ruby chuckled. "OH I heard. You tied that poor girl in knots." She blushed. "And the things you made her SAY. She was filthy. I couldn't believe a princess was screaming those things. I learned a few new things."

That got another laugh from Zee. "That's why you got so excited out of nowhere huh? Maybe we need to set up some alone time for you and our new princess."

"We don't have the time for that." Scowled Rumple. "Can you deviants focus? We need to work on countering my parents. I came here to kill my father, and I refuse to be delayed by your quest for carnal delights."

I held up a hand. "Peace, my brother." I said placatingly. "You heard the plan yesterday. The quest for carnal delights, as you so eloquently put it, is HOW we beat our mother. Once she's occupied you can take out dear old dad, and I'll make sure to help you end him." I stopped talking then, as a wet haired Ariel practically skipped from the bedroom. No need to bring up the murder plans around the disney princess. Now was time for breakfast.

May 30th 2016 Mysterious Forest, Neverland, 10:00 A.M EDT

"Alright." Said Zee as we finished eating. Ruby had cooked for us, having learned quite a bit of culinary skills from Granny. She made omelettes in a frying pan I had lying around in my pouch. I'd long since started carrying food on me just in case, so I had a steady supply of ingredients for her to use. "Now, we have a tentative plan for how to proceed. We're going to need to go through several stories, and we need to do it carefully."

I nodded. I'd expected that. If I wanted to flood the weave of my mother's magic on this island, it had to be slow and steady, otherwise I'd shatter it and probably Neverland with it. "I don't suppose you were able to puzzle out where the other two are from the weave?"

Theoretically anyone would work for the anchors, but I wanted Tinkerbell, and besides, there weren't really any people on Neverland aside from lost boys. Both them and the animal transformed were off the table for obvious reasons.

"I have a general direction." She said with a sigh. "But chances are good we're going to have to trek through a few fables before we get to them."

I wasn't against that, truth be told. I'd been anxious getting through this one, but now that I knew we had a plan and had to wait anyway…it took the pressure off. I was more willing to go at a more sedate pace, and the idea of fucking any combination of my girls together definitely didn't play a role in that. Honest.

But…the expressions on their faces told me it wasn't going to be that simple. "Ok, what's the catch?" I scowled. "You're sitting here looking like you're about to diagnose me with cancer of the puppy. Why is this not going to be easy as pie?"

Zee grimaced. "It has to do with Neverland's nature. Children come here in their dreams, it connects to all realms. It's a dimensional weak spot. That's probably why integrating your mother's fable domain into this place pushed it to A rank. Because of the connection to all the worlds, her power is able to manifest people from the enchanted forest and dozens of other realms. Some, like the witch we met, will have already died, and will use placeholders, but others…"

I growled in frustration. "We're going to have to deal with real fairy tale characters. Swell." And chances were I couldn't even Brand them, because given what I knew about Neverland people came here in their dreams, and mom's magic would probably do the same.

It was going to make the scenarios way more complicated though. Thinking reasoning people were more likely to introduce variables than stupid bunny girl witches.

"Whatever." I said in annoyance. "We'll do what we need to do. I should have assumed that I guess, given the power of A rank. I suppose it wouldn't be worth the rank if it didn't do something other than bullshit fake subdimensions. Doesn't matter though, we need to get going sooner rather than later. Are we following Ruby's nose again? Or did you find us a proper path?"

Ariel, who was snuggled up against me, made a frustrated sound. "I wish we were in the ocean. Mermaids can open portals as easily as breathing. I could bring is straight to the people we need to meet."

"I'd advise against it, dearie." Said Rumple with a chuckle. "If you leave Neverland, you may not be able to return. It's not the same place you approached before our mother's release. The rules are different. But yes, we found a path to take, tracing an overlapping road through the island's leylines. Neverland is a magical nexus, and there are thousands of them. Some wide as a river, some as thin as a hair."

I wanted to study them. Leylines were a subject of interest to me, enabling people to tap into massive amounts of magical energy without taking their own powers. I had no need of that, of course, but I cheated. Operating a base on the level that someone like, say, Kyra Arg, would need to stay competitive against the other system users would require a shitload of magic, and the Rage System was a physical enhancer.

Leylines were rivers of powerful magic that crisscrossed the planet (and this island, apparently), and they were natural and unceasing. It was the magical version of geothermal energy, and it was a favorite method of building sturdy defensive structures. Shadowcrest, for instance, was built on a dense leyline nexus.

Zee and I had even studied the ones on old Gotham before the merge, using them to map out possible ritual sites Doctor Gotham might have been using for his big plan. She knew all about them, and Rumple presumably had some idea, so if they mapped them out to help us find a path we were ready to go.

Popping to my feet, I caught the squeaking redhead who tumbled off my lap. "Ruby, you're on guard duty." I said firmly. "Ariel is the least powerful of us right now."

I could upgrade her, but I wanted to wait. I hadn't seen how her power functioned yet, and QOL upgrades would be best applied after I got a feel for what she could do. My puppy nodded solemnly, stepping over to take up position behind the pouting princess. She didn't like me underestimating her, I could tell, but given how we'd met she couldn't really argue.

Ruby looked sexy as hell next to tiny, delicate Ariel. Towering over the redhead like an amazon goddess. Which I could say with authority, because I had two of those. I briefly considered how hot it would be if Ariel took me up on the suggestion about experimenting with my girls. Imagining Ruby's long legs wrapped around her head was…I blinked. Not the time for that.

With everyone up to speed, we all headed out of the witch's house. The clearing we were in looked pretty normal, no obvious transitions to other terrain. Zee took the liberty of pointing me in the right direction, and I pulled ahead, wanting to be the first through into the next fable, not sure anymore what we might find.

I followed the path she indicated, letting everyone else trail a bit behind, though I kept a firm hand on the bonds to my girls and my brother, in case I needed to pull them through with me when I hit the next zone.

When I reached the spot where the barrier between subdimensions was, Zee called out for me to stop, and ran a series of checks, while I scanned it with my karmic eye. I saw nothing of consequence. Dimensional cutoff meant most of the threads didn't carry over, and the ones who did were underlying mechanics of the island from what I could tell. They didn't offer any clues.

Stepping through, I found…snow. Ice and snow and a whole shit ton of mountains. "Huh." I said, relaxing slightly. "That's underwhelming. I was expecting something more exciting." I studied the area around us, looking for literally anything I could use to determine what story we were in. Off in the distance, I could see a huge elaborate castle, which helped me literally not at all.

Or it wouldn't have, except I remembered that I was a fucking Greed System user, and I could appraise shit.

[Appraisal function activated. Treasure detected. Arendelle Castle- D rank fortress. The royal palace of the monarchy of Arendelle, currently under the shadow of the unintentional tyranny of its queen, Elsa, who suffers from uncontrollably powerful outbursts of dangerous ice magic.]

I repeated it out loud, and I heard a gasp of joy and excitement as I turned around to stare at Zee. "This is the castle from FROZEN!" She squealed. "Oh Nicky I loved this movie so much! Are there people? Can I meet Anna and Elsa? I know all their songs by heart. It's my second favorite musical after Tangled!"

Turning, I raised an eyebrow at her. "This is a…movie?" I hadn't seen it, but I wasn't really a musical guy. Honestly I didn't watch movies much at all. I'd been more of a go out and get into trouble kind of guy growing up.

"It's the BEST movie." She gushed. "It's about Elsa, who is the queen of Arendelle after her parents die. Secretly, she's a powerful ice witch, and she has to try to hide her powers so no one realizes how dangerous she is. Eventually she learns to harness her powers and becomes a wise and kind ruler, driving off an invasion from Hans, the prince who tricked her sister into agreeing to marry him so he could steal the kingdom."

That was interesting. Not the melodrama. The queen thing. I briefly considered if I could Brand a person through their dreams…but I knew if I stopped to dick down every pretty girl on the way we'd never find my mom.

I sighed. "So what's the job then? We're following the fable, so we need to help Elsa stop this army? Because fighting an army of randos is actually one of the easier ways I could think to end things quickly." Before she could answer, I held up a hand for silence, head jerking up as I heard something in the distance. "Wait, what's that? Everyone ready positions!"

As I waited for the sound to reveal itself, I heard a crashing as something approached. I drew back my lip, horns branching from my forehead as I prepared to meet whatever it was head on.

With a deafening explosion of wood, the trees in front of us exploded outward, revealing a trio of creatures, two of which were human. I did a quick appraisal. The non human one was a reindeer named Sven, and the two humans were a big friendly looking guy named Kristoff, who had apparently been raised by trolls, and…fuck, another princess.

I clamped down on my instincts. She was a redhead, and she had fucking BRAIDS. She was so cute and wholesome and I wanted to fuck her until her brain leaked out her ears. But I didn't. I'd already picked up a redheaded princess this trip. I was going to spoil myself if I gave my inner dragon its way all the time. I would abstain.

"Um…hello?" Said the princess cutely. Gods those lips. No, fuck. Focus Nicky, now isn't the time to think about how she's obviously not wearing a bra in this stifling cold. Look at Ariel. I did look at Ariel…and then I wanted to be the meat in a redheaded princess sandwich.

I cleared my throat, forcing my voice to remain pleasant and level. "Hello, I'm Nicholas Lord. I'm here seeking an audience with your queen. I hear she might be having some troubles, and I've come to offer my assistance."

Her eyes widened excitedly. "Really? You're here to help Elsa? That's amazing! I'm Anna, princess of Arendelle and Elsa's sister. We're actually out looking for her right now. She's been missing for a while, and I'm so worry-" She broke off, lapsing into a coughing fit. "I'm sorry. I've recently caught a cold."

I smirked internally, because according to the description her heart was being frozen by an ice enchantment. Which was KIND of a cold. If you squinted. I glanced at Zee, who was already stepping forward to help her. I waved her off. She didn't look happy, but I gave her a placating smile and mouthed 'soon'.

"I'd be happy to help you find her." I said cheerfully. "We can help her together. These are my companion by the way. Princess Ariel of Atlantica, Zatanna Zatarra of Shadowcrest, Red Riding Hood, of the Enchanted Forest, and my brother Rumple." I didn't mention his full name, Rumple seemed to have a knack for spreading word of his dumbassery.

Rather than focus on him though, she rounded on Ruby excitedly. "The Enchanted Forest? I have a friend from there! His name is David! He's a farmer!" She was almost bouncing with anticipation, and I was so distracted by her cuteness I almost missed what she'd just said…I replayed it in my head and blinked in suspicion. Was she talking about who I thought she was talking about? That was a hell of a coincidence. Well, one way to find out. I opened my karmic eye.

May 30th 2016 Arendelle, Neverland, 10:00 A.M EDT

"This is so EXCITING!" Anna practically sang as she followed us into the mountains. She was looking for her sister, and I'd learned to track someone via blood relations from Rumple's globe. Triangulation would have been helpful, but since Elsa was supposedly closeby, it was less necessary. "I can't believe I get to go on an adventure with new friends."

Ariel squealed with excitement. "And I can't believe I get to meet another princess! Can you tell me about your castle? Surface buildings are so fascinating, and from what I saw of yours it was so big and impressive!"

Zee giggled softly. "This is so weird." She muttered to me. "Seeing Ariel and Anna chatting, I feel like I'm living a Disney movie."

"Less Disney, more brothers Grimm." I said in warning. "Remember these are my mom's fables. I'm surprised we got this version of things, but it might just be pressure from mass belief. Whatever the case, we're likely to run into a nastier interpretation of this story if we don't guide things carefully. Speaking of which, I should really fix Anna's curse. You said you know what that's about?"

She nodded eagerly. "Of course. Elsa spent years suppressing her powers. When they finally erupted, Anna tried to comfort her sister and Elsa pushed her away. The explosion of icy magic burrowed into Anna and took root, slowly beginning to turn her heart to ice."

"And this is a childrens movie? With music?" I asked incredulously. "That's kind of dark. But that's fine. I can break that I think. Anna!" I called up to her. "Come here." The princess scampered over and I put a hand on her head. "I'm going to reach inside you and untwist the ice magic that's threatening you."

I saw her consider pulling away, but then decide against it. Still, she didn't seem sure about what was happening. "I…need an adult?"

"I am an adult." I assured her as I shoved my metaphorical hand into the strands tangled through her spirit. She gasped, knees going weak as I started rooting around through the strands. It normally wouldn't feel so jarring, but I was going quickly, and the sensation of me grabbing and tugging at the threads was probably strange.

I found the white thread that was inflicting the ice magic pretty quickly, but that was where the easy part ended. I could cut or rip the thread easily, but it was wound around about a hundred others. I could tell if I severed it I might damage something else, and I quickly set to the annoying task of trying to untie it.

This was my first time doing this particular style of procedure. Normally I dealt with threads as they connected to the outside world. Finding and snipping them between targets. Dealing with the core, the tangled mess of threads that made up a person…I had never even considered it. It made me think of an old quote. 'What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets.' Or I guess knots in this case.

The tangent almost caused my hand to slip, and I had to refocus on the magical equivalent of trying to slide a single chord out of someone's tangled mess of a hall closet after they spent years throwing every chord in the house into one giant snarled pile.

Slip that one aside, wind that one around, pull that one down. This was easily one of the most annoying things I'd ever done. TYING knots like this was way easier than untangling them, I'd picked up merging easily enough. Those were just objects though. No need to be careful or watch what I was doing.

It gave me a headache because I needed to learn to merge living beings for my plans. This could be considered a low stakes lesson, so I paid close attention to how karmic threads interacted. I had some instinctual grasp on things, but beyond that, it was a complex and convoluted mess.

Finally, I managed to properly isolate the strand I needed. I'd had to be careful not to snip it while it was entwined since some of the threads were tied in at lower spots and it would have detached them. Fucking ice magic could burrow in deep it seemed. Slashing through it easily with my claw I severed the ice magic from her completely, letting it dissolve into the air like a spiderweb under a heavy rain.

"Done." I said, stepping back. "You're officially free of magical influence. Well, from that at least. Lots of magic here." I didn't mention her sleeping soul being dragged into another world because…well it didn't seem relevant.

With a squeal of joy, Anna threw herself at me, clinging to my larger form as she bounced excitedly. Her experience with the examination had clearly already faded, because she didn't hesitate at all to wrap her arms around me. "Oh thank you Lord Nicholas! I don't know how to repay you. With this we can definitely get Elsa to come home." She paused. "Do you think…you might help her too? You seem so skilled at magic. Maybe you could teach her to control her powers."

I hesitated. I could probably do that actually. Not the teaching part, but the helping. If I branded her, I could order her to do anything I wanted. Given her complete lack of control, I had to assume that her issue was unconscious, which meant governed by the parts of the brain I could actively mess with. If I ordered her not to use her powers, she shouldn't be able to. Which would give a good baseline for control.

I'd have to Brand her though, and she wasn't really here. I might be able to place a Brand on a soul, but how would I…I froze. Ariel. She was taking us home after this, a B ranked portal creator. If she could take us back to Brightedge, she could stop in Arendelle or wherever this was to pick up my new queen.

Part of me wanted to take Anna too, but…I was already bringing a bunch of girls home, and I HAD a redheaded princess from this trip. I might be a greedy bastard, but Kristoff was making eyes at the little cutie in my arms, and he seemed like good people. He and the reindeer had a good shorthand, and animals were good judges of character.

I wasn't a good person, not did I have any desire to be, but I tried not to be an active dick to people who didn't deserve it. I could content myself with an ice witchy snow queen to go with my mermaid. Anna wasn't super strong anyway, so I'd have to blow a bunch of points upgrading her.

"Well." I said stiffly, unsure how to handle a hug from a girl I'd decided not to fuck. "I think we should get going. We want to catch up to your sister as soon as possible."

She bounced back, nodding so hard her braids jumped. "Of course! I'm sure you can help her. This is going to work out perfectly! I can finally help Elsa after all this time!" She practically skipped back to Ariel, and Zee, who had been waiting, stepped up next to me.

"How long do you think until she realizes she doesn't know which way we're going?" She asked with a small chuckle.

"It'll be fine." I said with a shrug. "I can tug Ariel's bond if I need to. My karmic magic gives me more versatility with the Brand than just domination. Let them have their fun. How strong do you think this Elsa will be? You know the most about this place."

She frowned. "I can't say. Her powers are small scale as we would see it. At max output they cover a country, but it takes time to ramp up. I'd say…maybe B rank tops. Assuming she could do more with instruction and control. Maybe C. Why?"

I explained to her my thoughts about branding women here. She bit her lip. "Maybe. I mean, the Brands need to be somewhat soul based. I don't have a body in my Archon form, but the brand is still there. If you could really fix her it might not be a bad idea. I don't think we have a wide scale elemental manipulator."

"We don't." I agreed. "We have plenty of large scale powers, but nothing like that." I smirked at her, gesturing up to the mountain in the distance we were slowly approaching. "We definitely don't have anyone who can do THAT, for instance." I raised a finger, pointing up at the frankly absurd ice castle perched up on top of the peak.

It had been hidden by clouds until we reached the base of the mountain, but as we approached, they drifted back in the center, and the sun hit the crystalline structure, sending a cascade of rainbows sparkling out over the snow. Of course, there was a still a vortex of polar storm clouds circling, making an interesting dichotomy.

I didn't love snow. It was cold and annoying, and while pretty, it was treacherous and deceptive. My father used to tell me that snow was a perfect metaphor for women. Which probably said more about him than it did about women in general, but the comparison still made me snort a little as I remembered it.

Then again, he might have been thinking of a specific woman. He HAD fucked the nastiest fairy queen in the world.

Zee's eyes lit up. "Oh, it's so pretty. It looked cool in the movie, but this is next level. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Do you think we can add a crystal room to the hall of nevers? I'd love to get something made of a nice mana crystal. I could engrave spellwork formuli on the walls and hang three dimensional spell forms and-"

I turned her out. As much as I enjoyed Zee's company, when she was getting her nerd on, she was almost impossible to understand, especially since she'd gotten her upgrade to A rank and become an Archon. She had an instinctive understanding of Arcane magic the same way I could understand the flows of karma. Without those instincts I had no hope of understanding what she was talking about.

As we approached the slope, there was a shift above us. I heard the rumble of displaced snow, and without even blinking, I shoved Zee to the side and jumped back. Even without much power in it, I was strong enough to travel a good twenty feet, which took me well clear of the anthropomorphic avalanche that slammed into the snow where I'd been standing.

Snorting, I inhaled and breathed out, an explosion of golden shimmering karmic force slamming into the weird giant snow golem. I still had access to the evolutionary forms of my breath weapon, and channelling some vital force to manifest as heat was easy.

The thing melted to slag within seconds, still roaring at me with giant icicle teeth as it dissolved. I turned to glance at Anna, who looked terrified. "You were saying how easy this would be now?"

She blushed, but forced herself to stand up straight, painting a determined expression on her face. "It's not her fault. She can't control it. We can still fix this though. We have to get up there and talk to her. If you can help her, she can finally put down this burden. I know she'd give anything to be normal."

That was definitely what I was hoping. I could see a lot of utility for this kind of power. Of course, thinking about that made me wonder where Anna and Elsa were. These were their souls, pulled to this place by my mother's magic. Would I see this castle in real life when Ariel brought me to pick Elsa up. Oh well, time to see it remotely first, and pick up a new girl while I was at it. I just hoped there was a non ice bed. If not, Elsa was going to be on the bottom. I was betting her ass couldn't get frostbite.

May 29th 2016 Mysterious Forest, Neverland, 4:00 P.M EDT

The trip up the mountain was every bit as annoying as expected. With my body and capabilities, falling wasn't an issue, but we still had to slow down for Anna, Ariel, and Kristoff. Since we were going nowhere fast, I fell into step beside my brother, curious about one of his affectations. "So…why the cane?" I asked as we trudged through snow. "You don't need it right? Your whole body is strengthened by dark magic."

He nodded. "Aye, that's right. My limp is simply an affectation. But it's a deeply personal one. It has to do with how I got my abilities. I take it you've never heard of the Ogres War?"" At my blank look, he chuckled. "Well I was sent out to the frontlines when I was younger. I was…I was a coward. I broke my own leg to escape." He filled me in on a bit more, telling me about the war and his fellow conscripts, but then trailed off.

I waited for him to elaborate, but then I shrugged. "So?" He looked at me in confusion. "Cowardice is a bullshit trap that society dangles in front of us. 'This is the circle of stuff we want you to do, because it's brave, do anything else and you're bad'. Being a coward isn't some horrible curse. It just means you worry about your own life. It's only an issue if you do things that compromise your OWN goals out of fear. Fuck everyone else."

"But…I was sent to the front lines." He said slowly. "My cowardice got other people killed. I ran and they died."

I burst out laughing. "Am I hearing this shit? The Dark One concerned about random peasant farmers? How many people have you killed for sneezing wrong Rumple? That war wasn't your business. The king of your country sent a bunch of untrained peasants to the front line to soak some damage. You didn't owe him your life, and if the others were stupid enough to think they did, that's not on you. Hundreds of years old, and you're still letting the expectations of others define you."

He frowned. "I suppose…I'd never thought of it like that. Cowardice is a sin, I've always been told that. So many people have looked down on me for it all my life."

"It can be a problem." I cautioned. "The trick is figuring out when that is. If you run away out of fear and it costs you something great, that's not good. Being unwilling to take risks will seriously fuck up your life. But those risks should be for things you actually give a fuck about. Being 'brave' because other people tell you to is stupid. That's just letting them control you."

My father had given me plenty of lectures on this. Cowardice as a construct was insidious. It connected other people's expectations to your self image, and made you want to do illogical ridiculous things, sometimes for complete strangers.

Courage was a watchword for morons like the League, who cared about being symbols and making the world a 'better place'. Cowardice was only a problem when you let your fear control you in a situation where it harmed your own interests. Granted, because of my former emotionless status, fear wasn't a concept I was super familiar with. Even before I'd gotten powers I hadn't really ever found much to be afraid of. But it seemed like the kind of advice my brother might benefit from.

"I hadn't thought of it that way." He said slowly. "I probably should have. It makes sense."

I shrugged. "This world doesn't really support moral relativism. Too much narrativium bullshit. It's useful in some ways, see my new princess, but it's also very restrictive. I liked visiting but I wouldn't want to stay here. I dislike being railroaded when it doesn't benefit me, and if I stuck around I'd probably end up getting in a fistfight with magic on a wide scale when it tried to push me around."

He burst out laughing. "I would question that, but having seen some of your power, I could see it. You're…a unique person, little brother."

"Not sure how useful that unique take will be to you." I said with a chuckle. "That little australian cutie of yours is drinking the good and evil kool aid like a camel in a desert. You seem attached, so you're bound to get sucked into that shit. Women can make a man do weird and incomprehensible shit."

His grin widened. "That they can. You speak from experience, I take it? Your women seem to mostly follow your lead."

"They do." I admitted. "But it's because my lead takes them into account. I could order them around like pawns but…why would I want to? Aside from being time consuming and obnoxious, it would also feel wrong to me. I don't need servants or sycophants. I've tried that, it's not as fun as it sounds. I like my girls to push me a little. Makes it more interesting. If not I'd just make a hyper realistic sex doll to empty my balls in every day."

That got a wince. "Cruder than I'd have put it, but an understandable sentiment. Admirable even."

"I don't know how many people would admire me." I said with a shrug. "But I also don't care. I don't live my life for the approval of others. I'm happy with me, regardless of how other people might interpret my morality. I'm not a good person, but what fucking benefit would I get from that? I don't buy into that shit. I do what I want in the moment, 'good' or 'evil' don't play into it."

Clapping him on the shoulder, I smiled. "Something to think about, brother. I won't talk your ear off. I have to go check on my girls, and that castle is coming up soon. I'll be going in alone to…negotiate."

He rolled his eyes, but he had a small smile. I like to think I'd helped him out. Not many people in this crazy polarized world I could pass on my life lessons to. Trudging ahead, I caught up with the others.

Ariel looked…bad. Her pretty face was almost as red as her hair, she was shivering, and her legs seemed clumsy and barely functional. Stepping up behind her, I swept her up into a princess carry, getting a happy squeal of surprise. "Nicky!" She said in shy embarrassment. "What are you doing?"

I smirked. "Not what you're clearly imagining. Keep your panties on. You're having a lot of trouble." I turned to Ruby. "Hey puppy, you feel like letting our princess ride on your back? A big warm wolf to snuggle might help her out."

Ruby blushed a bit. "I…suppose I could do that." She said softly. "I've never let someone ride me before."

"Not in wolf form at least." I said with a smirk. Her blush got deeper. "But seriously, transform and let her ride on your back. At this rate she'll get frostbite."

Ariel was a powerful B-ranker, but much like back home, rank could be pretty variable. Rather than standardized powers like Gemworld, people here seemed close to metahumans, in that they could have absurd over the top abilities in one specific aspect and be useless in others. Her world hopping power was incredible, but she didn't have much else going on, especially not with the magic legs the spell had given her.

I'd kept my voice low for most of it, not wanting to put Anna off. I'd prefer her support for when I talked her sister into being mine. Speaking of which, I turned to the other redhead. "Hey, when we get up there I plan to approach alone. It'll be easier to convince Elsa to let me help if no one else gets hurt, and I'm the strongest one here. Is there any phrase that I can say to your sister to let her know you sent me and that I have your trust?"

She paused, looking uncertain, before a determined expression painted her face and she nodded firmly. "Ask her if she wants to build a snow man. That'll be enough. Are you sure you can really help her?"

I nodded amiably. "I know exactly how to do it. She just needs to let me." I had a B rank windfall from Branding Ariel, so I could upgrade her and fix the problem. Given how the energy shifting of my merges worked, it should affect her through the soul just fine. I chatted with Anna bit more, trying to make her comfortable, before we got close enough to the castle of ice.

"Alright." I announced. "I'm going in to talk to her. This should be peaceful but just in case stay out here. I don't want any of you getting caught up in any disagreements."

Or interrupting me when I was about to bust a nut in some quality royal pussy, which I was sure from Zee's expression she assumed anyway. With that, I headed up to the castle and mounted the extremely intricate stairs.

It really was a gorgeous place, and I was looking forward to having her make me something nice to play with. Merge myself a new summer home from one of these and make it diamond or something.

When I reached the massive double doors, I didn't bother knocking. I just put my hands on the doors and shoved, the huge constructs grinding open easily.

When I entered, I stopped. I heard…singing. Interesting. I followed the beautiful voice to the top of the castle, where I saw a beautiful blonde in a blue silk dress sitting in front of a mirror. Elsa was…stupendously pretty. Strong nordic features paired with a delicate bone structure that underlined how feminine she was. High patrician nose, ice blue eyes. Gorgeous.

Sure enough, a quick appraisal confirmed that she was C-rank. "Pretty voice." I commented as I leaned against the door.

She squeaked, almost falling off the chair and whirled on me, hands coming up to point at me like they were weapons. "Who are you?" She demanded. "Why are you here? You need to leave before you get hurt."

"But I'm here to help you." I said with a smile. "And trust me, you can't hurt me. I'm safe enough right here. I can't bear to see such a beautiful woman so sad. Would you let me help?"

She blushed, looking away. I don't think Elsa was used to flirting or compliments. Considering Anna and Zee said she spent her life locked up away from any other humans that made sense. Time to abuse the narrative proclivities of this world toward fairytale romance once again. I was going to miss how easy it was to get premium pussy here. As much as I enjoyed a challenge sometimes, shooting fish in a barrel had its own appeal.

"H-how could you help me?" She said, trying to sound derisive through her flustered state. "Do you even know who I am?"

I smiled. "Of course." I said gently. "Your sister sent me to help. She told me to ask you if you wanted to build a snow man?" Her head snapped up, eyes going wide at the statement. "She's fine, by the way." I continued, still smiling. "I was able to fix her right up. That was a doozy of a curse you put on her, but I know it was an accident. It just shows how much talent you have."

Her eyes were wide and fixed on me hopefully. "You...helped her? She's ok? That's…amazing. How would you help me? I'd do anything to be able to control my powers!" I smiled internally. I really loved when things went according to plan. And she was in luck. I had plenty of anything for her to do for me. She'd taken the bait, now it was time to reel her in.

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