An Uninvited Guest

Duchess Erin skulked through the hallways trying to find the source of the loud crashing noise. She felt the odd sensation of her breasts as she moved. They were not her own. They were Lauren's, or maybe more accurately Marion's. Unused to the smaller bust of a mere DD cup, Erin felt them bounce around in her shirt. Breasts didn't even usually bounce like that, but Erin had a sneaking suspicion that Lauren had something to do with that. She manages to get to the end of the corridor and finds Yundare fantasizing. She taps the shoulder of the yuan-ti and the sorceress jumps in surprise and excitement, "Lord Lauren! Most felicitous tidings on your wedding day! May your sex be ever orgasmic!"

"Red Bird, Yundare. It's me."

"Mistress! What news? Did you find the thing?"

"No. I think maybe Lauren is a figurehead here. What was that noise?"

The snake woman shrugged her shoulders and tried to make her breasts bounce as much as possible, "Something occurred in the main hall."

Erin nodded and snuck to the double doors of the main hall where the rest of the Red Mourners, Lauren's party, her guards, and the princess's procession all waited anxiously for the ceremony. Inside she saw a silent battle occurring. Apparently Isabelle had put up a Silence spell and it seemed like there was a mage duel between Ilya and an undead caster. Erin wracked her brain for who this skeletal man was, until she realized that it must be the lich Teloron. She scanned the field. Riley was loosing arrow upon arrow but the lich clearly had some defense against such trivialities now. Libido was evacuating the princess's procession with Temerity and Vorka, all of whom would have trouble against the flying Teloron. Jasper was no where to be seen. Sein and her drow were defending Isabelle. Erin's guards were escorting out some genasi as well. One of them, the fiery Cinders, was muttering something as she held tight to herself and a small stone. She was looking increasingly worried. She saw Erin and broke free of her guards to rush over to her.

She spoke quickly, "It's not working! What do I do?"

Erin processed that Cinders thought she was Lauren and quickly tried to play up the role, "We need an alternate strategy."

Cinders looked on expectantly. Erin started to panic a little. What should she say to calm the most famous prostitute in the world? She had to gamble, "Where is it?"

Cinders took a moment to look at Erin and the duchess felt sure her ruse was discovered but then Cinders held up a small smooth stone in her hand, "It's here but nothing I wish for affects Teloron!"

Erin wasted no time in snatching the stone away from Cinders, "I wish you forgot about this stone!"

Cinders gained a blank look for a moment before fear filled her face and she ran behind Erin, "Lauren! Do something! That lich is going to kill us all!"

Erin smiled. She had won. The reality affecting artifact, a stone as it turned out, was hers. She then saw Ilya land at the doorway, ****. She looked around and saw that Teloron was making short work of those left in the hall. The evacuating groups had made it out, but Isabelle and the drow were frozen in place by some mass holding magic. Riley had been magically put to sleep, and Jasper was being held by the throat as Teloron laughed. As Jasper also lost consciousness, Teloron released his grip, deciding to deal with the rogue later. His empty eye sockets bored directly into Erin, who just so happened to look like Lauren.