Aurora Awakened

The first day of camp was interesting. All of the girls, save Cass and the prisoners, wanted some 'me' time to celebrate, and Cassandra was even up to sharing Ruby between the two of us, much to Ruby's delight. Maleficent seemed pretty shocked at all the open sex and just stayed by the slumbering Aurora. There was definitely some kind of bond there, the tall woman could have tried to slip away but seemed content to watch the sleeper. She was smart enough to realize the bracelet was messing with her mind and wise enough not to fight it apparently.

By night the camp was well and truly set up as Kat had made several trips, grabbing stuff I hadn't packed from the castle. She also delivered a cup of my spunk back for Ariel, who thanks to Kat's mental manipulations, was in need of a fix already. Probably should have brought her along, but I hadn't thought of her new addiction when planning the party.

I snuggled up with Hilde and Rapunzel while Cass and Ruby stayed up on watch. Hilde had wards up, but it was best to stay on guard, especially with Maleficent as a prisoner. They'd get to rest during the day while we were here. Kat, of course, waited for Maleficent to settle down next to Aurora for the night, then began to whisper in her ear. She was quite eager to be let off the hook to play her games, though I was adamant that she stick to the program I wanted. The bracelet would be making Maleficent submissive to me anyways, Kat would just be sure she got off on it. Hopefully it would even accelerate her capture.

When I checked my device in the morning I was pleased to see that for whatever reason an additional twenty hours had been shaved off of Maleficent's timer. That day and the next went pretty much the same. Nothing intruded on us by the ruins, and Maleficent was a model prisoner. Hilde and her talked at times while I lazed about with Kat.

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During the third day, when Aurora had less than a dozen hours left to go, Hilde came to tell me Maleficent wanted to talk to me. That certainly worked for me since I wanted to test the waters on how she was progressing. I knew she stood at fifty hours to go, but a raw number aren't a whole lot to go on.

She stayed seated as I approached and even ducked her head to me, good signs both. She also waited for me to speak first, which could go either way, but I chose to consider it good. "Hilde tells me you wish to talk."

"I do. I wished to say that it would appear you treat your women well. Do so for Aurora as well and I shall give you no trouble."

I nodded. "I'm glad to hear so. I meant it when I said I intended to leave her in your care, I have no real plans for her. I do you."

She raised an eyebrow at that. "Indeed? If you have no plans for her why take her? You could have left her here once you captured me."

I sat down next to her and noted she did not shy away. "I do need her. I have a quest to collect a number of Princesses, and she is the last. However I may take more if I'm feeling greedy. Once she's mine though I don't really have a use for her I can think of." Which was the honest truth, there was nothing about her that Ella didn't have and more. Sad to say, she just ticked a number.

She looked interested in my words. "A quest you say? From someone powerful enough to expect you to pick up royalty like baubles, no?"

I laughed, Hilde wasn't the only one seduced by power it would seem. They made quite a pair. "The people I work for are far more powerful than you could imagine. Serve me well and one day I could set you up to work for them directly yourself."

"Indeed?"

I nodded. "You wouldn't be the first person I've sponsored." I'd made damn sure my favorites wouldn't be fed to the void before I started this journey. I hoped they were doing well.

"And just how do you expect me to serve? You have plans you said."

"I do. Hilde is my administrator, and a good one, but she is not a **** in the field. Cassandra is strong, but you are more flexible. I intend you to be my enforcer, my strong right hand to take what I want. Among other things, I intend for you to be my steed." This would push her more than a little.

"You what?!" Well she looked angry, but didn't blank out, so no intent for harm. Excellent.

"You're a shapeshifter. Looking like a horse no one will suspect I could be riding a dragon at a moment's notice, though I intend to ride you in that from as well for intimidation's sake." I reached a hand over to place it on her thigh. "I intend you to serve under me in this form as well of course." I slowly ran my hand up her leg, under her dress, and she shivered but did not pull away.

"To be your steed." She whispered, then in a stronger voice. "It would be humiliating. I shall do no such thing." She looked me in the eyes, trying to ignore my hand in her lap, but she was shivering.

I stood up, and she rose with me. "If you say so. It wouldn't be your only use of course. Not someone as powerful and beautiful as you. But do think on it, I shall be back in the evening for Aurora's awakening."

I walked off chuckling. She acted affronted but I was currently a werewolf. I could smell her arousal.

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The conversation ended up chopping off even more hours from Maleficent's timer. The first time she faced being subservient to me, and realizing how that made her feel, thanks to Kat's manipulations. I was extremely leery of anything from the Monster Girl Encyclopedia due to bad run-ins in the past, but she was damn useful so far. By evening, when I returned with Hilde by my side, Maleficent was looking almost eager for my return. Only twenty-four hours left on her timer now, with three whole days' worth of hours dropped aside from that spent in camp.

"So how's our girl doing?" I asked, looking over at the still slumbering Princess.

Maleficent looked fondly at the blonde girl and ran a hand over her hair. "Same as always. Innocent and unspoiled."

I ran a hand over my bracelet, checking the timers. "Not long now."

I was ready for the pop-up as the final second ticked over. Aurora captured: Milestone reward, Pocket Apartment x2. Princess Quest Complete: Reward, Exit Stage Left.

And there it was, I'd finished the key quest in my first world. Exit Stage Left seemed like a pretty stingy reward but if you included the final keystone that was plenty nice. One hundred and forty feet of squared extra-dimensional space was nothing to sneer at. And I needed the Exit to continue the Gauntlet anyways.

I was also very glad to find that I was right and I had time to deal with loose ends here before being catapulted into the next world.

While I was contemplating that the sleeping Princess began to stir and had our immediate attention. I hadn't actually been sure Body Tune-Up would work to shake the curse, and still wasn't. It was entirely possible that Drain Defense had, or maybe just because her ultimate self wasn't under it. Honestly though, she could have stayed asleep for all I cared, aside from how Maleficent felt. She looked at the waking girl in wonder, and I had to consider she might not have been able to undo the curse herself. Did she regret what she did? Why fight the Prince to the **** then? Oh well, what was undone was undone.

Aurora sat up, blinking, and looked us over before settling on Maleficent. "Godmother?" The woman in question swept the blonde into a fierce hug. This was the Queen of Evil? I looked a question at Hilde, who just shrugged back at me. "My Lord." I looked down, Aurora was looking at me now. "Thank you for waking me with the power of love. I dreamed of you and now I am yours."

Wait, seriously? The love bond from being captured woke her up? You have got to be fucking kidding me. "That's great, I'm leaving you in your Godmother's care for now. We'll welcome you into the harem more formally when we get back to someplace more comfortable." Fucking 'true love' curses. I was so ready to be done with this Disney park.

Well, almost done, I had a Prince to deal with, and maybe a trio of faeries if they were stupid enough. Then back to the castle and decide if I was really going to cut and run now or pick up a few more choice targets while still in a low danger setting.

One thing was for sure, the way Maleficent was looking at me now it definitely wasn't going to take her the whole twenty-four hours that had been left.