Deep....deeper...deepest...down past the realms of flesh and bone, down past the plain of mortalia....down into the very depths of  of the universe where thought and energy flowed together like a rivers heart the succubus stood upon ground that had been created by the thoughts of the soul that she walked now the soul who control she held sway upon and the soul which at this moment bore the brunt of her loathing as she all but sought to all but throttle the dragoness that was chained to the pillars in this place.<br/><br/>As she had learned long ago, it was easy to force control upon anothers soul if that person believed that they could do nothing about it....in the ethereal plain a thought could strip a person of their sanity or empower them and right now all the power was in the hands of this succubus.<br/><br/><br/>"Bought it on myself......do you think that would be enough to convince me" i whisper as i lean forwards and increase the pressure upon Crystal's throat even as my slick tongue slides from between my lips to be dragged along the scales of her chest and up to her face before i pulls away and backhand the wretch once again.<br/><br/>"fine!..if you have no interest in heeding what i say then perhaps a visual aid will be more useful" i growl out as i grab crystals face and force her to look upon the ground in front of her where the familiar form of a large anthro lizard lies staked out upon the dead earth, his arms and legs clearly broken.<br/><br/>"take a close look little princess" i mumble as i wave my hand and the images changes to one of a male dragon lying face down in the dirt with his skin flayed off<br/><br/>"this is what awaits your allies if you resist me.....in this place time means little.....i can torture you for a thousand years and only a moment will have passed in the mortal realm"<br/><br/>a cold sneer passes over my face as i say "What trickery have you wrought upon me.....i will have the truth!<br/><br/><br/>I was about to change the image once again when i feel the world around us shift...it still looks the same but there is something suddenly different and oppressive about it.<br/><br/>"And what truth little being... will satisfy you" a cold voice rings out and i whirl to see a massive shadow spread over me as that same massive golden dragon that had been haunting the last few hours of my life falls to the ground before me as it bursts into flame and as if turning to ash it dissolves into smoke as a figure walks out from its depths.<br/><br/><br/>"wha..." i growl as i sense something behind me and turning back to the princess i find that the chains that had bound her to the pillar are hanging loose with the ends melted into slag.<br/><br/><br/>With a roar i charge and the newcomer with the intention of rending its flesh but when i get close i see that its a young golden scaled dragoness in anthro form moments before i fall right through her.<br/><br/><br/>"what trickery is this,who are you, what have you done with her!" i yell as i leap to my feet<br/><br/><br/>with a small wave of her hand this dragoness creates a large boulder to form as she sits upon it before saying "oh....for the moment she is out of your reach...dont get me wrong you still control her body but at least for now her soul is beyond you and its odd that you use that word trickery again after the things you have done"<br/><br/><br/>"its  a shame that someone once so magnificent as you would have fallen so far and yet still retain so many of your basic powers....tell me....your shape shifting....is it still controlled by your instincts or have you grown past that"<br/><br/><br/>i feel my stomach give a lurch as the rage that had been building inside me was suddenly drowned by surprise and without thinking and with a little quaver of uneasiness in my tone i say "h...how can you know that....its been nearly  a century since i was released and ive never told anyone not even Xeron, how can you know that"<br/><br/><br/>As if she wasn't fully listening, as if i were just something to be studied the young dragoness lets out a sigh and she say "yes...such a  shame...i should apologize for my earlier reaction to seeing you...the idea that"...."this" a casual glance indicates my body  "is really what ive amounted to was disgusting...to think that we would become such cowards to have to run from our mistakes is laughable"<br/><br/><br/>"what do you mean "our mistakes".....i dont even know you" i say as i try to make scene of what this arrogant creature was saying<br/><br/><br/>An oddly familiar sneer creases the dragoness's face, one that i had seen upon my own face so often before made me pause as she says "and how can you know that...when you hardly know yourself....dont presume t........hmm.someone is trying to gain access to this place.......he calls for you"<br/><br/><br/><br/>"no wait!!" i scream as i feel and see the world dissolve around me as my mind is ripped back into reality and i find myself wavering upon my feet as i stare at the becoming arm of my Lord Xeron before i shakily step and kneel before him as he talks.<br/><br/><br/><br/>"do not fear of my loyalty my love, i am sworn to you"<br/><br/>I could hardly keep my gut from heaving at the sensations that had arisen inside me after the odd conversion with that dragoness and yet as lord Xeron talks of other wanting  to return me to my captivity inside the gem i well of deep fear blossoms within me just as it alway had when i thought of being trapped inside that thing again.<br/><br/>Nooo....i wont go back...no one will ever send me back!"<br/><br/>i could never remember what was so horrible about being inside that vile gem, id just known that as much as i loved feeling its power flowing through my veins...i was also terrified of what lay waiting for me inside, an that fear had led me into the consoling arms of my Saviour and lover Lord Xeron.<br/><br/><br/><br/>With the commotion int he waking world coming to a head as the planetary alignment approaches..down deep inside the realms of Crystals soul she find herself enclosed in warm strong arms as a soothing voice calls her name and says "be at ease..duaghter of my soul, you must rest, there is much to discuss but for now..please rest"<br/><br/>As her eyes close out fo exhaustion she finds her eye drawn to the soft silvery scales of another dragoness as she is carried through the air on gossamer wings