The Corrupted Forest

Quickly he pressed his hands against his face and hid. The new spectrum began to fade.

"So close to winning our wager. You just couldn't resist the thought of being my toy could you?"

He couldn't reply but his heart broke at her words. Not only did he lose the wager but he broke the one most important rule. 'Never go into the water.'

The tingling static charge that coursed through his veins made him start to whimper, tears began to fall. He felt devastated and like a complete failure. Yesterday his master had looked so proud of him.

He almost jumped out of his skin when her warm hand pressed against his cheek.

"Aww don't cry, you'll love it." Her other hand slid into his lap and squeezed his already hardening cock. "See? Your body already loves it."

He tried to keep his body curled up, but the hand at his cheek closed around his neck, pulling him up to a seated position. She pushed him back against the wall and slid down into his lap. Reluctantly he opened his eyes. The room had returned to normal. Even the Fae appeared as she did before.

Had it been a figment of his frightened imagination? His mouth opened to ask when she gave him the hungriest kiss he had ever felt. Lust filled his body has if his heart had replaced his blood with the need to fuck. Her hand squeezed harder and began to stroke his hard member inches from her dripping pussy.

When she finally pulled back from the hard kiss Enorim gasped for breath. With his guard down, she impaled herself on his dick and giggled as his eyes bulged wide.

"Does it feel good to no longer have to worry about that virginity of yours?"

"H-ho-how did you know?"

"Oh come on. It had been written all over your face every time I teased you! But none of that matters now. You're mine!" She gave a sultry moan as she began to bounce. His body felt like it suffered from an overdose. She had only just started, and he already felt his member swell larger than ever before. Her moans and sexy cries aided in its growth.

"Doesn't it feel so good to give in to your desires? Your body doesn't care anymore, it's addicted to me."

He couldn't find words to reply and simply nodded. Her smile grew wider as she bucked her hips with short, fast movements.

"That's it, lose your mind to the pleasure I promised you. When you fill my womb this time there won't be anything left up here." She brought both hands up into his hair as she referred to his mind. "You'll be nothing but a toy to fill me up."

That made him shake. He didn't want that! But his body shuddered in another way as he felt his scrotum tighten. The pleasure didn't keep the fright from his face. He grabbed her hips and squeezed hard but couldn't stop her.

"Oh, some fight left in you after all! I like that!" Her smile continued to widen until it frightened him.

"Can you stop me baby? Your body really wants to cum." Almost as if on her command his body tightened up. "Too late to fight back, isn't it?"

She giggled at his expense and watched as his body passed over the edge.

"Cum for me!"

He cried out in bliss as his body shook violently, shooting his seed deep into her womb.

"That's it! Lose yourself to me... Wait a minute!" She said in a tone filled with mischief. Her pussy squeezed, milking his dick. He barely even understood what she had said. "Didn't we make the wager in the evening a week ago?"

"Huh?" His body calmed down. Her pussy milked the last of his seed before he could think again. That climax consumed all that lust and energy her hungry kiss had filled him with. The edges of his vision began to fill with black as he struggled to remain conscious.

She giggled again, hardly ably to speak. The whole situation appeared be extremely funny to her. "You had already won..."

The words felt like a dream as he faded out.

******

Those sinister vines were growing all over the hallowed tree Enorim called home. They wrapped tightly around his limbs. The pain woke him up with a start. They were everywhere. Books were scattered all around, covered in slime.

The young wizard strained his neck as he looked around, expecting to see Knigrith standing over him. But she wasn't. Something else, however, stood behind his bed. The same vision he had had of Tatiana. Quickly he closed his blue eyes and chanted to himself.

"This can't be real, wake up!"

The vines shook at his side and he attempted to retreat further inside himself.

An older male voice shouted, "Enorim! Enorim wake up!" He remembered that voice. It was his master!

The young wizard woke up for real this time, covered in sweat.

"It's OK, boy, calm down." Proteus kneeled down and wiped the sweat from his apprentice's face with a dry cloth. "Just a dream, my young apprentice. Everything's going to be OK."

It took a few moments for his thundering chest to calm down. He glanced around and sighed with relief. The room appeared normal. As he calmed down his master began to talk again.

"It's time. We have to take the fight to her. Before it's too late."

Enorim nodded as he continued to look around. That dream had spooked him.

The two wizards prepared all of their things quickly before heading out. Enorim had searched but found no sign of Tatiana. In fact, she didn't leave any evidence at all. He remembered the first day master Proteus returned. They had meditated in the ley-line chamber. The master hadn't seen the Fae even though she had been relaxing in plain sight.

Had he imagined everything? No, he couldn't have... The sore ache between his legs proved he hadn't.

The two wizards exited their home with staffs in hand. Enorim turned to his master as the older man placed stronger wards on their home.

"Do I look different at all?" He said, feeling uncertain of himself.

"Up until this morning you looked more confident than I remembered. But that nightmare must have shaken you to the core. Rest assured, whatever it had been, was just a dream."

The master smiled warmly as Enorim nodded agreement. "Just a dream."

"Your highlights look brighter, but other than that, you appear to be the strong willed apprentice I've been proud of for a long time."

Those words brought warmth to the young wizard's heart. They set out for battle as the forest animals followed. Large panthers, bears and birds joined them, until their journey became a marching army of beasts.

The march felt like it took all day but the sun still shined overhead. Regardless of that fact, however, the closer they got, the darker it became.

"Completely unacceptable!" The master shouted as the first sign of corruption came into sight. "This woman has gone too far! I can't believe I didn't see this coming."

The older man turned towards Enorim with hate in his eyes.

The young apprentice just pointed at the slithering vines that grew everywhere but conveniently off the path. "Those were part of my nightmare, Master."

"Yes, they sure are things out of nightmares. We'll be putting a stop to this mayhem today."

The countless vines reached out for them, causing the marching army to hug the path's middle. An animal yelped out in painful fright behind them. Enorim turned on his heels as blue fire shot out from his fingers. The single vine that dared snag a deer turned to ash.

That, however, became the least of their worries. The young apprentice's attack spurred the entire hive of vines.

All at once the slithering mass attacked. Wizard spells shot left and right! Many animals were dragged off. Bright blue flames joined the masters red. Yet the slithering mass kept falling.

It felt like a mountain falling on top of them as the mass landed. Vines slithered around their limbs before they could react. The young wizard could barely see a foot in front of him, but the fear on his master's face didn't go unnoticed.

He had to act fast. His blue eyes closed as he chanted between clenched teeth. The spell in mind had come from his studying. He had never attempted it, but right then he couldn't think of anything else to do.

A red rose bud descended towards his face. The young man opened his eyes just as the rose bud closed in. The blue glow returned as the last syllable of the spell left his mouth.

All the hairs upon his body glowed bright blue as a controlled explosion expanded from his body. The intense blue light flashed out, cutting through the vines like butter. Since he had pronounced each word perfectly the spell only struck the unnatural plants. Everything else it passed through harmlessly as the ball of light kept expanding. The vines melted and the wizards fell back to the ground.

Enorim hadn't even noticed the vines start to pull them up. They hit the ground with a thud, followed by thousands of animals landing around them. A huge section of the forest had been cleared of corruption. Only skeleton trees remained.

The young wizard attempted to stand up and a wave of nausea overwhelmed him, bringing him back down to his knees.

"Impressive, young man!" The master stood up and turned towards his apprentice. "Whoa! Your hair!"

The startled shout caught him off guard and Enorim gave a start. He opened his mouth to reply but the nausea held strong.

"It's completely blue now. I've never seen anything like it. You truly have surpassed me." The older man helped him up and kept hold until the young wizard could stand on his own.

"I've been studying, like you commanded."

"And it shows. Each person has a different reaction to the ley-line, but this is like nothing I've seen before." The master gripped some of the blue hair and studied it. "It's almost as if... No, that couldn't be it. We must not tarry. You've given us an edge and we must make use of it."

The older man thought for a split second as three panthers ran ahead. "Try and hold back for a while. Regain your strength and stay behind me. The real fight has yet to come."

They continued on towards the castle and each step thundered inside Enorim's skull. That spell had been too much for him. It would take quite a while before he could cast even a simple spell again.

The castle came into view along with another slithering mass of vines. They covered the tall towers, spilling out from above, as if they were spawned from within.

Several blasts of fire soared through the air, impacting the vines around the castle gates. They curled up and died, opening the way.

Hideous humanoid plants stormed out of the opening. Six large bears charged forward, as birds soared all around them. The three panthers that had run ahead could be heard whimpering. Enorim looked around until he saw them, caught within the slithering mass of vines from the right tower.

"Master, can you free them?"

"I'm afraid I don't know that spell you used. My flames wouldn't care about friendly damage. Perhaps."

He raised his hands into the air, chanted and shouted the last word. A gust of wind closed around the vines holding the three panthers captive. The wind pulled, yanked and shoved at the slithering mass. Another spell, and the animals were pulled free. The older man turned back to him, winked and rushed up towards the gates.

Two of the bears remained standing, but they had cleared the way. Enorim followed his master but at a slower pace. The two bears stood close to Proteus as the older man shot blasts of red flame into waves of humanoid plants.

Before long they entered the courtroom. Knigrith sat on her throne like a conquering tyrant.

The master's rage boiled over as he saw her new enhanced form. "Blasphemy! You have abused your right to wield magic!"

Enorim entered the large room right behind his master, and tried his best not to look at her chest.

Violet bolts of energy flew through the air in way of response. They smashed into a white barrier that shimmered around Proteus. More humanoid plants rushed into the room from every angle, except from behind them. The two bears swung their claws as elk, panthers and many others joined them in the fight.

The two spell-casters stood atop the throne room's raised platform, swinging their staffs at each other. Each were hit with powerful spells that were easily countered as the magical weapons swung in the air between them.

Enorim took a deep breath, attempting to gather his strength. He focused and charged through the mass of animals and humanoid plants. With a jump and somersault he landed beside his master. Blue bolts of energy launched from his staff. Knigrith struggled to counter it all now. Slowly the sorceress crept backwards, until her heel hit the tapestry covered wall.

"Surrender Knigrith. Your blasphemy ends here." The master gave up a grin.

"Ha, that's a laugh old man." The magically stunning woman spun around. The tapestry flew up and towards them, only to be slashed in half by Proteus' staff. By the time the cloth fell they realized she had escaped through a doorway that had been hidden behind the tapestry.

"Coward!" The older man took off, his long white beard flowing over his shoulder.

The blue eyed apprentice took one look behind him before following his master. Animals and plants continued to fight, oblivious to the spell-caster's drama. He entered the tight passageway as it twisted and turned. Each time he round a corner the older man disappeared around the next.

Many turns later he approached a T in the passageway. He looked right and saw a long empty, cramped hallway. When he looked to the left he saw his master squeezing through the tighter path. The younger wizard began to follow the master as he looked over his shoulder; having a feeling of being watched.

Knigrith stood at the far end with a smirk that vanished as he saw her. He stopped in his tracks and called out to Proteus.

"She's the other way, master!" However as he turned back to look, the older man had continued out of sight. "Master!"

After hearing no reply Enorim cursed and headed after the sorceress. The tight corridor made it difficult to run but he gave it his all. Dust began to rise up with his movements; making it harder to breath. By the time he made it to the end He saw no sign of Knigrith. However the 'secret' path only continued in one direction, so he kept moving.

All throughout the passage little beams of light had peeked through the many cracks in the wall, but up ahead he saw a doorway of bright light. It had to be the exit. If he was lucky the sorceress wouldn't have gotten far. Had he been thinking clearly, he would have taken a second for his eyes to adjust. Instead, he raced for the opening.

The blue eyed wizard shot from the passageway within a cloud of dust. The bright light instantly blinded him as something large moved behind him. A loud grinding sound made his ears ring before the large object crashed. Enorim rubbed his eyes clear of dust as his vision returned. The large gap he had run through had vanished. Or more like the wall had closed back up. All that greeted him was large stone bricks.

Slowly details became apparent as his eyes adjusted. He had ran into a bedroom from the looks of it. Dressers lined a far wall and... Oh my. The large bed had see-through cloth hanging from posts. Behind those sheets Knigrith laid spread out staring at him with an amused look.

"Couldn't resist running after me all alone, could you?" She licked her lips. "There aren't any windows to escape through this time."

Enorim just rolled his eyes. "Don't flatter yourself." He raised his staff defensively in front of himself.

"Always so feisty! I love it."

~*~ The Master Wizard ~*~

Magus Proteus felt the ache in his joints long before he exited the awfully tight secret passage. The fact that he had exited alone didn't go unnoticed. There were no signs of Knigrith ahead or his apprentice behind.

Had he taken a wrong turn? He thought hard and couldn't remember any point at which the path had divided. He exited at what appeared to be a storage area covered in dust. Clearly it hadn't been in use for quite some time.

Only one option presented itself on his mind; he had to turn back. He spun and headed for the tight tunnel with his staff pointed ahead of him. Suddenly movement caught his eye and he stopped, just in time. But the wall violently slammed shut and crushed the crystallized tip of his staff.

He stared with disbelief at his ruined staff, his link to the life line. Sounds filled the room, of objects sliding on the floor. The humanoid plants walking towards him, dragging their feet.

All alone, and he had to fight with a weapon no better than a broken stick.

The first of the ugly abominations came into view, opening its maw as sap spilled out from within. The elder man almost gagged. If that had been a scare tactic, it worked. The thing crept ever closer as Proteus began to sweat.

The once powerful staff launched forward, the splintered end stabbing into the creature as it howled in pain. Countless more of the fiends joined the fight as the elderly man fought for his life. Small magical spells were cast but without those jewels on his staff his powers were limited.

By the time the master wizard fought his way clear of the abominations, his energy had run out. He leaned heavily on what remained of his staff as he slowly made his way back towards the throne room. Age it would seem had caught up with him. He only hoped his apprentice would be strong enough to defeat his corrupt former apprentice.

******

An aura of blue surrounded Enorim as he prepared to fight the temptress laying upon the bed. Oddly enough, she hadn't made a move. She had just continued to taunt him with sexual advances.

Her black hair framed her magically perfected face, with high cheekbones and rosy red bee-stung lips. Those violet eyes stared at him with a hunger that chilled his bones. She wore a black lace top that clung to her body like a second skin, showing glimpses of pale white skin. Her chest threatened to tear open the material.

The sorceress' lower body hid under black satin sheets. The slow movements of her hand made it obvious that she had played with her clit, not to mention her breathing.

He had stood perfectly still while preparing a powerful spell to strip the magic from her body. The time to strike had come!

He shouted out the last word while angling his staff... Why couldn't he move his staff?!? The powerful incantation fired off into the wall as he looked down. Knigrith laughed as he found his staff to be wrapped up by a sneaky vine. No wonder she hadn't attacked.

The area the spell hit began to crack, stone slowly decaying. It started out small and went unnoticed. It would keep working, even though Enorim had missed his target. Slowly but surely the magic holding the stonework together would cease to exist.

The vine pulled back as he struggled to hold on. The wicked witch choose that moment to pounce. The black satin sheet flew off her body, revealing her to be naked from the waist down. She leapt up from her bed to kick him square in the chest. The blow forced him back as his staff stayed put; the vine quickly dragged it off and out of sight.

Enorim had landed against the wall hard and slid to the ground. It only took a moment to recover but that had been long enough for his weapon to vanish; he cursed and rose to his feet.

The raven haired woman pressed herself against him, forcing him back against the wall. Her lips pressed against his and he felt an unnatural surge of lust take over. Her hard nipples stabbed into his flesh like daggers. By the time she pulled back he had been left breathless and desperate for more.

"I knew you couldn't --"

The young wizard interrupted her gloating as he charged forward; pushing her back towards the bed as he hungrily attacked her lips. Violent energy spawned from her finger tips as her magic tore his robes off his body. They climbed onto the bed before Enorim realized what had happened.