Daisy and the Lithers

Daisy strode purposefully through the strange mirror world. Accompanied by a single orb that Kat had directed to guide her, she made her way back to her friends bedroom so she could exit this world where she'd entered. Daisy had figured she could just follow the same way she'd came in, but it seemed as if the infinitely connecting rooms of the world had a tendency to...move. She'd told her friend her reasoning for leaving was school, which it was partly, but mainly she wanted to see Jack again after sneaking out of his bed without a word the day before.

Stepping out of a small apartment living room into a hallway made of what seemed to be another house, she realized she recognized the door at the end where the orb was leading her. She'd made it back to Kat's room it seemed. At least this world's version of it. Stepping through the door, she noted the stings of black lattice that had begun to cover the room. They'd both noticed it when they had first stepped through in the morning, But Daisy had assumed it had something to do with the presence of that lither. Now that she looked closer, she wasn't sure that was the case.

Hearing a rattling, she looked over at the top draw of a dresser where much of the black webbing seemed to be emanating from. Sh considered taking a look to see what lay inside, but quickly thought better of it. Turing to her orb companion, she motioned towards the mirror. "Do you wanna, you know, let me out of here?"

She waited for the orb to move, but it hovered there stiffly, as if waiting a command. "Such obedient little creatures, if you know how to speak to them." an unfamiliar voice intoned behind her.

She whirled around to find one of the slick black creatures slithung out from beneath the bed, the mass forming into a femine shape Daisy didn't recognize. "You're not, um I mean, you're not the...other one, are you?"

The creature seemed to ignore her questions as it slithered towards her in a smooth walk that brought them nearly face to face. "So you're one of the ones who've challenged the ethereal. Dangerous business you've gotten yourself into."

Daisy didn't like the way this thing was eyeing her hungrily. "Yeah, well, I, um, we didn't mean to cause any trouble..." Daisy tried to take a step back, but the creature quickly wrapped a smooth black arm around her waist and pulled her tight against the creatures now firm body.

"Oh! Look, I'm not sure..." but the creature cut her off.

"You know one of the differences between us and the ethereals?" the creature questioned smoothly, and Daisy shuddered as she felt the creatures hand slowly dip down the back of her pants into her underwear, where it began it stretch and spread into smaller tendrils. "To use your body as their own, they need your consent." Daisy squirmed against it's tight grip as tendrils creeped down between her legs, sliding up her pussy and dipping casually into her folds in a caressing exploration. "We don't."

Daisy gasped as she felt a dozen firm tendrils grip her ass, holding them apart as something seemed to rear up near her exposed back door. "But we prefer it, don't we." a firm familiar voice interrupted the ****.

Both Daisy and the creature turned to see the now familiar feminine shape of the lither that had helped them get Sofia back. The creature holding Daisy almost seemed to hiss in disappointment as she felt the tendrils begin to retreat from where they came. "Yes. I suppose we do." it muttered as it released it hold on a shaking Daisy and stepped back.

It walked away in that smooth slithering manner towards the new comer and stopped in front of it. "You may be stronger for now, but one day..." the creature didn't finish its sentence as Daisy's apparent savior suddenly shoved its fist right into the other creatures face. The arm sunk into the slippery creatures head up to the wrist, and it began to suddenly ripple and convulse. A few moments later, the creature pulled out its hand, and the rippling creature steadied into a now perfect copy of the other creature. "Keep her in there until she's learned her lesson." the lither told its new clone. The copy nodded with a smile, before slipping away into the closet to disappear amongst the shadows.

"I, erm, thanks I guess." Daisy muttered as the dark creature turned to her.

"The queen is furious with you girls. She's looking for you now, and she may have already found some of you." The lither proclaimed sternly, slipping across the room to the dresser that had been rattling.

"What? Well, shit! We need to tell the others!" Daisy declared.

The creature reached into the drawer and seemed to be muttering to something. When it pulled its arm back out, Daisy saw three small squirming mass of slippery tendrils that seemed to be made of the same oozing substance as the creature that held them. Turning back to Daisy, it approached her with it hand outstretched, as if presenting the creatures to her. "I'm helping because I've chosen a side, not for any subservience to you in any way." It stopped and stood in front of her, eyeing her up and down before it sighed. "We don't need permission, but we get nothing without it." the creature met Daisy's nervous eyes with its liquid black gaze.

Daisy's mind was racing as it eyed the creatures in the lither's hand. Where they really in that much danger? Daisy thought back to the last sight of the ethereal queen and the rage on the entity's face, and realized the lither was probably right. "Alright." Daisy said slowly. "You can help. But stay out of me this time."

The creature smiled at her in a way that suddenly made Daisy think this might be a bad idea. "Oh child, before this is over you'll be begging to let me back in."

"Sounds like I've missed a lot." Lauren muttered as her friends finished catching her up to speed.

So, they don't know everything yet. Interesting. The rogue entity hiding in Lauren thought to itself. Unless they're lying. Perhaps I'll wait a bit longer to be sure.

The entity looked through Lauren's eyes and sized up her friends. The tall dark haired girl was still something of a mystery, but Sofia she had met. At first she'd thought the mistress had returned in the flesh, before she realized it was only her vessel. How interesting though, how much these girls knew, and at the same time how little.

The girls were still chatting, but the entity tuned them out as it began to make a plan, eyeing Sofia hungrily. Oh yes, this could work out wonderfully.