Circe Academy Chronicles

Chapter 2





“Something that’s still bothering me about all of this.” Aside from the whole magic being real thing and all this other freaky stuff that makes no sense whatsoever, anyway.



“What is it?” Yuu asks.



“Just what is my family going to think? I mean, I\'m going to just disappear off the face of the earth...literally!”



Yuu takes a few moments a few moments to think about it. “You know, I have no idea. My family knew about it and sent me here themselves...”



I feel a lump form in my throat. I can’t imagine how everyone will react to me going missing...and when I do go back...



“But don’t worry. I’m sure they’ll set something up. After all, everything is supposed to be a secret, so I’m sure it’ll be fine. It\'s not like you\'re the only Earth person here,” she says quickly in a cheerful tone after seeing the look of worry on my face.



“Hey, how about I show you around the campus a littlie bit? It’s pretty big. I mean, like the size of a city,” Yuu says, trying to cheer me up.



“Okay...I do kind of want to learn more about what’s going on here.”



A wide smile appears on her face as she hops up from the table. “Alright! Then let\'s go. We can take care of the dishes later.” She then grabs my wrist and yanks me up, and starts to drag me off.



“Can’t the dishes wash themselves or something?” I ask.



“You have a lot to learn about magic. It can’t do everything, especially on its own. This isn\'t Fantasia,” she says.



When we get out to the living room, I’m surprised to see a young girl with dark skin and long, deep purple hair sitting on the couch. She\'s wearing a uniform. She quickly looks over at us. “Hi. I had no idea that anyone else was here yet,” she says in a bright tone, getting up. She walks toward us with a curious look in her eyes.



“Wow, I never would have guessed that I’d be sharing a house with two humans,” she says with a sly-looking grin as she brushes back her hair, revealing a pair of long, pointed ears. They and the large, multi-colored wings coming out of her back are the only things that make her look any different from a normal human...a lot smaller difference than Euphrasia. Her wings are almost as long up and down as she is, and are a lovely pattern of lavender gold. I guess she must be an elf or something.



“Hello. I’m Sugimori Yuu, but you can call me by my first name.” That’s right...I forgot that in Japan you\'re supposed to call someone by their last name. I knew they switched it around. Good thing Yuu seems so laid back.



“My name is Seren,” the elf girl says politely. “And you are?” She looks at me.



“Oh...I’m Janis Deja,” I introduce myself.



Seren chuckles. “It’s so strange how you humans always use two or more names like that.”



“Well, you know, every race has their own way of doing things,” Yuu says. “So, I’m guessing you\'re new here, as well. If you want, you can come with us for a tour.”



But Seren shakes her head. “No thanks. We dark elves are mostly nocturnal, and I’m not really used to being up this early, so I’ll be taking a short nap.” And with that, she leaves the two of us.



“I wonder how many others will be living here this year?” Yuu wonders out loud.



“Speaking of that, why aren’t there more people here now?” I ask.



“Oh, the students are brought in a few at a time, based on where they live. Those who live far away are brought in a few days earlier than the closer ones come in.” That makes sense, I guess. “Second and Third Years often come back earlier, too, but everyone who lived here aside from myself graduated last year.



“Now then, how about we swing by the Financial Office first, so you can get your monthly allowance, and then go get you some stuff to make you more comfortable?”



We walk out of the dorm house, and just like Yuu said, it does look like a good-sized city.



“This is amazing,” I murmur, looking along the tops of all the buildings stretching off into the distance.



“I know. Hard to believe it\'s a school, huh?” Yuu says. The only thing I can do is nod in agreement.



After giving me a few more seconds to get used to the sight of it, Yuu begins to lead me around, pointing out a few major places, such as an enormous clock tower that must be a few miles away, but is clearly readable even from here.



“That’s where the Headmistress’s office is located. You better hope you never have to be called in there. She’s pretty scary when she gets mad,” Yuu comments with a shudder, going a bit pale, as if remembering something horrible.



“That’s the main building for First Years in the eastern area where we are right now,” she says, pointing to another large building that looks like a fancy private college. “Most of your classes will be held there. A few will be in other buildings. And right behind it is the practice field where any and all mock battles will be held.”



I pause for a second. “Did you say battles?”



“Yes. Fighting is extremely common in the magical community. In fact, there are almost no wars here in Terra, because all the governments hold big tournaments every year where they send some of their strongest fighters to have big public matches, and after seeing how strong their main soldiers are, almost no one wants to fight. And aside from that, the strongest countries also have some incredibly powerful weapons.”



So no wars, huh? That sounds good.



“Anyways, you don’t have to worry about the fights we have here at school. They have a barrier set up so that you won’t be killed...more than likely.”



Wait what did she just say? “Um...”



Yuu nods. “Don’t worry! Almost no one has even been killed or crippled...except that one guy I fought last year, but I warned him that if he tried to feel me up one more time I’d rip his arm off!”



Going by the fact that the look on her face is exactly the same as when she told me everything else, it’s kind of hard to tell whether or not she’s joking, and I think it‘s best not to ask. As we walk along, I can’t help but notice a bunch of other students. Some of them I can figure out what they are, and am surprised to see them, like a few harpies with differently colored feathers than Euphrasia, and some other elves, although most of them have pale white skin and golden or light brown hair. And there are a few others who I had no idea what to call, such as a couple of guys who look like they\'re at least ten feet tall. One has bright red skin, and the other has blue skin. Both of them have large horns, and the sight of them wearing the male version of the uniform makes them look even stranger, since they\'re plain white shirts and brown slacks.



“Oh, look, a couple Oni! It’s even more rare to see them than other people from Earth. This is my first time seeing them in person, in fact! We didn\'t have any that I knew of last year,” Yuu comments, giving them a small wave.



After a few more minutes of walking, we end up at what looks like a bank. “Here is where you’ll get all your allowance, and if you get a job, you can keep your money here and get interest on it.”



I blink a few times. “We can have jobs?” I ask her.



“Yep, there are quite a few student-run businesses here. They help everyone learn to live outside the school better. Not to mention that some of them end up making a lot of money for after they get out.”



Well that’s good to know, I guess.



“By the way, I’m the top chef at one of the restaurants. If you ever drop by, I’ll talk the boss into giving you a discount.”



“Thanks,” I tell her, before we go into the bank, where there are quite a few people, none of whom I can identify the species of. We walk up to the counter, and after a very short conversation and filling out a few forms, the guy working behind the counter, who has a pair of cat ears, hands me several bills that have a picture of a pair of swords crossed in an X shape with a staff between them.



“These are called Linta. They\'re the most common form of money. Think of them as a dollar,” Yuu explains as I count them out...about a hundred. “That’s enough to buy a lot of the most important stuff they don’t give you for free. Like if you want to modify your uniform, or for your sex toys.”



Sex really seems to come up a lot around here.



“Well anyways, I’ve got a few things to take care of with some friends of mine. You should be able to make it back to the dorm on your own right?”



“Yeah, I’ll be fine,” I tell Yuu before she goes off on her own. Okay, this is all so weird, and I’m really starting to doubt this is a dream. It’s just too real and detailed.



Just as I walk along back to the house, I see something that causes me to stop in my tracks: a beautiful girl with long, bright red hair and a set of large, curved horns is leaning against a wall on hooves instead of feet, clutching a leash with her skirt hiked up. Another girl, who from her ears and bright parrot wings coming from her back must be an elf, has a collar connected to the leash the redhead is holding. The elf girl is kneeling down and licking away at her thighs. The redhead notices me staring and lets out a small giggle.



“Do you want to join in? She’s great at licking pussy!” she asks as she reaches down and grabs the other girl’s hair, giving it a yank, causing her to yelp. “Or maybe you’d rather eat her out? She’s pretty horny by now.”



To emphasize her point, the elf girl lifts her hips slightly and pulls up her skirt, revealing that she has a large dildo in each of her holes, with some of her juices dripping off of the one in her cunny. The sight of it sends a shiver up my spine and a small tingle through my crotch.



Why am I getting turned on by this? And why are they doing it right here in the open!? I glance around quickly and see that almost no one else is really paying any attention to them. As I look back at them, the elf girl is shaking her hips invitingly.



“N...No thanks,” I say quickly, before turning away.



“Too bad. I’ve never had a human sub before!” I hear the horned girl say as I walk toward the dorm.



I let out a small sigh of relief as I enter into the main room and close my eyes, the image of those two still fresh in my mind.



“I can’t believe how open everyone is like that!”



Yeah, that’s just what I was thinking. That must be another one of dorm mates who said that. I wonder what she is. I open my eyes and look toward the source of the voice, and was shocked to see a centaur standing there with her back turned to me. Her lower half and hair were jet black, and from what I can see, she has porcelain-white skin. I can’t help but let out a small gasp, and that’s when she turns and sees me. She has bright green eyes behind a pair of thick, square-framed glasses. For a moment the room is deathly silent, before she lets out a yelp and backs away, blushing brightly.



“S...Sorry about that! It’s jus-just, I’ve never seen a human before!” she stammers out, clearly embarrassed.



“It’s fine. I’ve never seen a centaur before, either,” I tell her.



After a few moments of awkward silence, I decide to introduce myself. “My name’s Janis Deja,” I tell her. Her face lights up.



“Janis! Janis is a variant of Janice, which is an elaborated form of Jane, which itself came from the Medieval English form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes,” she says excitedly. “Furthermore, Deja means \'already,\' from the French phrase \'deja vu,\' meaning \'already seen.\'”



Wow, I never knew any of that. And I never had any inclination to. She blushes again slightly. “Sorry about that, if it seemed really strange...I love to learn the origin of names. Mine, by the way, is Atalanta, but every calls me Lana for short.” She pauses for a moment. “I’d tell you where it comes from, but it’s a considerably longer story.”



She seems really nice, but kind of nerdy. I mean, who learns about names for fun? It\'s like a nerd who looked at Yugioh Cards and comic books and thought, "Too mainstream Nerd. I need a hobby that Dungeons and Dragons players would look at and mock!" But there’s something else that I’m wondering about more.



“You sounded like you were freaked out by seeing...” I see her blushing brightly as she reaches up and fiddles with her hair. She\'s really cute, but the horse part is really strange...although Euphrasia was part bird, not too different, and that didn\'t keep her from being sexy as anything...wait, what am I thinking?



“Those other girls out there, right?” I ask, getting back on to the subject.



“Yes, I’m….I\'m not used to seeing stuff like that out in the open,” she tells me.



“But I thought that stuff like that was common here in Terra.”



Before Lana can answer me, one of the doors upstairs opens, and Seren steps out. “It is, but centaurs are a bit more modest than some of the other races when it comes to doing it in the open.” She slides down the banister.



“But from what I hear, they make up for it by being total, kinky animals behind closed doors!” she says, approaching Lana with a grin on her face.



As Seren walks toward her, Lana blushes even brighter than before and starts to stammer incoherently. It almost looks funny to see her so flustered by a girl who barely comes up to her waist. Well, I guess it\'s a waist, since it\'s where her human part starts.



“You know, I\'ve heard something else about centaurs...So tell me, what\'s your reaction to this?” Seren asks. She slips off one of her shoes and socks, and lifts her leg up, wriggling her dark little toes. Right away Lana’s face goes even brighter than before, which I wouldn\'t have thought was possible.



"...U-Uh..." Lana keeps opening her mouth and closing it, and her voice seems completely seized up.



“Well? Something you want to say?” Seren asks. "I\'ve always thought I had pretty cute little toes, but maybe you could give me an opinion."



Okay, this is starting to get way, way too weird for me. I have no idea what\'s going on, and I don\'t want to just now, so I carefully start to leave the room, walking toward the kitchen. Just as I open the door, I’m greeted by the door swinging open, right before everything goes dark.







“I’m so sorry! Are you alright?” a soft voice asks in a deeply concerned tone. I slowly start to wake up, and realize that my head is resting on something soft and warm.



“I think she’s okay,” Seren says. Yeah, as okay as someone can be after getting nailed in the head by a door. I try to open my eyes, but they don’t want to work quite yet.



“I can’t believe this! My first time meeting other species, and I knock one of them out,” the sweet-sounding voice says. Even though I can’t see her, I think I’m starting to like her. I don’t know why but there’s something about her voice alone. She sounds really nice, and just...appealing. Sometimes you just hear a person\'s voice, and it really grabs your attention, you know?



I try to open my eyes again. This time they work, and the first thing I see is a set of bright golden-colored eyes and matching hair, along with a face that looks like something you’d only see on a statue in a museum. I start to sit up, but as soon as I do, a dizzy spell overtakes me, and I fall back down.



“You shouldn’t try and move for right now! You may have a concussion,” Lana says, looking down at me. “I’ll call the school nurse. Seren, could you please get a cold rag for her?”



I hear the two of them run off as I reopen my eyes. I see the face of the girl with the nice voice. There’s something about her face that really draws me...if I believed in love at first sight, which I totally don\'t, that’s what this would probably be. No, that\'s what this would HAVE to be. Just...her eyes, her nose, her expression, the way her face is shaped, it\'s...so...I just want to stare at it forever. Okay this is just too weird!



“I’m really so sorry. I’m still not used to my human form, and don’t know how to react in time. Otherwise I wouldn’t have hit you like that,” she says in an apologetic tone. It’s only now that I realize that I must be resting against her lap. I find that I like the idea.



“It’s okay, I guess. Everyone makes mistakes,” I tell her. Wait, did she say something about human form?



“That’s so good to hear!” she says with a smile, and that\'s when I notice a pair of fangs, and a set of small horns growing out of the top of her head. “I’m Orinda, by the way.”



Okay, I wonder what she is? She said something about being new to human form. “I’m Janis Deja,” I tell her. She smiles again. Those fangs of hers are more cute than scary. For a moment, I even consider saying that (I\'m in THAT much of a goofy trance by how pretty she is), but my brain is thankfully working just enough to decide not to. For all I know, saying that could be a huge insult or something...her people might take pride in frightening people with their fangs or something.



Just about then, Seren walks back in. “Here. It might help with that bump,” she says, handing Orinda a rag, which she places on my forehead. Right away the pleasant, damp coolness of it takes away some of the pain that I was mostly blocking out, and I let my eyes drift shut.



“So what are you?” Seren asks. “I mean, you kind of remind me of a Naga, but you’ve got legs...so that’s out.”



Well I’m kind of glad she asked. It would have felt really awkward to do that myself. And I have to admit, I also like not being the only person who doesn\'t know something about this world.



“Oh, I’m a Dragon,” Orinda says matter-of-factly.



“Wow, a dragon? I didn’t know there were any young enough for school,” Seren sounds genuinely shocked, so I’m guessing dragons are rare.



“I\'m the only one in the world right now. There aren’t many Dragons at all, and since our parents are so slow to reproduce, you pretty much never get more than six Dragon children in the world at any one time, and hybrids are even more rare. At the moment, I\'m it.”



She gets cut off by the front door opening. I hear hoof steps along with a metallic clanking enter the room.



“So this is the girl who hit her head?” I guess that’s the nurse. Her voice sounds strange...not sure what it is.



“Yes. I still can’t believe I was so clumsy.”



I hear more of the clanking before the rag is pulled away and replaced by a soft, warm hand. Suddenly a strange feeling seems to wash over my entire body, kind of like dipping into a lukewarm bath.



“I don’t sense anything particularly wrong, but a quick check wouldn’t hurt. After all, pure humans are more fragile than most species. Now then, I need you to open your eyes so I can give you a quick look-over,” the nurse says in her strange, off-sounding voice.



I do as she tells me and find out just why her voice sounds so strange. She has no head...attached to her armor-clad body, anyways. Rather, it’s sitting on the floor next to her.



“Now follow my fingers with your eyes,” she tells me, waving her hand around. I follow her fingers as best as I can, ignoring the urge to look over at her head or the blank spot of her neck. After a few moments she picks her head up.



“Alright, you’ll be just fine. Take some aspirin and keep some ice on the bump, and you’ll be just fine,” she says, before lifting her head up to eye level with Orinda. “And you need to be more careful. If you\'re so unused to a humanoid body that you\'re dangerous to those around you, you shouldn\'t be in a social setting. I suggest you get used to yourself quickly...if this happens again, I WILL write you up for disciplinary action,” she says in a firm tone before leaving.



Once the nurse is gone, Seren helps me to sit up. It’s only now that I get a really good look at Orinda. She has a very lithe but powerful-looking build, and a set of large wings growing out of her back. They have bright gold scales along the edges with thin membranes between the long bones, like a bat\'s wings. And in addition to that, she has a faint glow in the light that I hadn’t noticed earlier.



“You know, she has a point. If you can’t control your strength, then you really shouldn’t be around a lot of the people here, like humans, nature\'s children, or elves like me. We\'re all pretty fragile, by your standards” Seren says. I see Orinda’s face go slightly pale.



“I don’t think that will be much of a problem, with some help,” Yuu says suddenly. Everyone turns around to see her sitting on the couch, sipping tea.



(When did she get in here?) I wonder, just before Lana lets out a another yelp like before.



Yuu introduces herself, and right away everyone other than Seren lets out a gasp. “You...You are Yuu? As in the Yuu who ripped off that guy\'s arm and beat him with it, before using the same severed limb to put him in a choke hold?” Lana asked.



“The same Yuu who got the nickname Unstoppable Force during your first year?” Orinda added in.



Note to self: NEVER get her mad.



“Yes. Well anyways, I heard that a Dragon was going to end up in my dorm, so I swung by to visit a friend of mine who’s looking into becoming a crafter, and had her give me these,” she says, holding up a small bag. She tosses it to Orinda.



“They are strength suppressors. So long as you wear them, you’ll only be half as strong. It should make it easier for you,” Yuu explains as Orinda pulls out a small bracelet that has a few charms hanging off of it.



“You\'re really giving this to me?” Orinda asks, her wings giving a small flutter. Yuu nods.



“Of course! It’s important to learn to help each other so we can learn more about other races and inspire good will.”



Seren snorts. “You sound like some kind of hippy guru,” she says, laughing a bit in between her words.



“I know, but it’s true. And it\'s also one of the major things we\'re all here at Circe to do: learn the intimate details of all Terra\'s people. Anyways, what do you say we all hang out together and get to know each other a bit more?” she suggests. “Let\'s have a marshmallow roast.”



She turns to face the fire pit and makes a quick gesture with her right hand, and instantly the flames grow brighter.



After a few hours of talking with everyone, we\'ve all learned more about each other, like the fact that despite the fact that Yuu is most polite girl I ever met, she’s also terrifying because the thing about ripping the guy’s arm off is the least gruesome thing she’s done to people who force unwanted attention on her. Lana is the first member of her family to get to Circe Academy, and she’s actually really talkative once she gets used to people. Seren is kind of sarcastic, but not in a mean way. And lastly, Orinda has never been around anything that wasn’t a Dragon, and only knows about the outside world from books and T.V. (which seems to exist here in Terra as well). In a way, she\'s almost as new to all this as I am.



“Well, it’s getting kind of late. I think we should all go to bed now,” Lana says as she gets up from her lying position on the floor.



“Are you sure you want to just go to bed? After all, I’m just now getting awake,” Seren says as she flaps her wings, lifting herself up so that she\'s face to face with Lana, who blushes brightly again. I’m kind of curious about this, but at the same time it’s making me uncomfortable, so after quickly excusing myself, I go right to my room. I look around it, still awestruck by it...but at the same time, it really bothers me. I mean, this is all happening too fast! I have oral sex for the first time and it’s with a woman--who was part bird! And it\'s not like it wasn\'t good...I really, really loved it! If Euphrasia was here right now, I\'d beg her to go at it again! Then I meet an Elf and a Centaur, and I\'m in a school for magic on a different world...and as if that weren’t all enough, I think I’m falling in love with a Dragon girl! And to top it all off, I have no idea what my family and friends are thinking, and I don’t have any of my stuff.



Suddenly there’s a knock at my door. Relieved to have just about anything to take my mind off of it all, I open the door and see Orinda standing there. Seeing her standing there makes my heart skip a beat.



“Mind if I come in?”



I step aside. “Sure.”



Right after she passes through the door, it closes on its own. “That’s so amazing!” she comments as she turns to look at it. Her tail lifts up, giving me a glimpse of her panties, which causes me to feel a slight tingle of excitement.



“So I’m guessing that you aren’t used to this sort of thing, either?” I ask. I like the idea that we could have something in common. She shakes her head. “Not some of it, no. We Dragons don’t really use doors like this...it’s usually just a boulder that we role in front of the entrance. After all, houses aren’t exactly built to our size.”



I can’t help but notice as she talks that her tail swishes a little when she’s excited. “But you can change to human size, right?”



She nods. “Yeah, but not until we’re around eighteen, and even then, almost all of us prefer our natural form more,” she tells me as she slowly walks around the room.



“So what did you want?” I ask her.



“Oh, well, I wanted to really make up for what I did,” she says softly. Her tail and wings both have subtle movements as she walks toward me. Some part of me is saying to get away from her, but a much, much bigger part of me is saying to stay put.



But before either side can really take an action, Orinda pulls me into a kiss. The soft warmth of her lips is like nothing I’ve ever experienced. They have a heat to them that seems to spread out through my entire body. They also have a faint taste of honey and fruit. I’m completely frozen in place. I don’t know whether I should push her away or pull her in deeper...after all, I’m still not sure how much I like girls, but...but I can\'t lie, I do like her.



I feel Orinda’s tongue lightly brush against my lips, and without thinking I open my mouth and let her in. She slips her tongue in and starts exploring my mouth. The warmth I felt before seems to grow more intense, as does the taste of honey. As she deepens the kiss, I feel hands begin to glide along my back, moving lower until she reaches my ass, which she give a firm squeeze, causing me to moan softly. Almost out of instinct I mimic her.



After what seems like an hour, we finally part long enough to breath. Right away Orinda starts to unbutton my shirt, and kiss along my neck as she slides my shirt off. I’m really starting to get freaked out. Something about this just feels right...but that\'s the part that freaks me out! How can this be so...so good, natural, needed?



Once my shirt is off, Orinda reaches up and begins to work at getting my bra off. She fumbles for a few seconds before getting it, and once it’s out of the way, she gently presses me against the door and kisses me again. As she starts to fondle my breasts, that strange heat that her lips have is in her hands as well, and it moves into my breasts. I moan deeply into the kiss, which seems to only encourage her more, as she kneads my breasts more lightly, pinching my nipples between her fingers.



I’ve never felt this good in my entire life. Masturbation, dreams, imagination, nothing like this. My little time with Euphrasia was the closest, and it was nowhere near this great. Every tiny brush of her skin against mine seems to send more of that odd and wonderful heat to transfer into my body, and the more of it I feel, the more I crave it.



I reach back and lightly trace my fingertips against the base of her tail. The second I touch it, I’m amazed at the feel. It’s like solid, seamless steel, only soft and malleable, and at the same time it has the same warmth as the rest of her body. I keep lightly stroking her tail with one hand, letting my other hand cup her ass. Orinda slowly lifts one of her legs and presses her knee against my crotch. Right away my hips start grinding against her knee. I move my one hand away from her ass, slipping it down so I can feel the bottom of her soaked panties. I easily slip a finger in.



Time seems to stop altogether as we grind and finger each other, never breaking the kiss. That strange warmth of hers is only getting more and more intense and as it does. So does the pleasure I’m feeling...I don’t think I’m going to last much longer!



Orinda suddenly pulls out of the kiss and latches onto my neck, gently suckling and licking at the skin there. Then she gives me a tiny nip...the warm feeling of those fangs of hers is more than I can take, and right away my body is washed over with pleasure like nothing I ever felt before. I can feel every single muscle in my whole body go rigid for a few seconds, and every single inch of them is screaming in pleasure, just like my mouth is. As I cum, Orinda follows a few seconds later, moaning as her tail and wings flicker all over the place.



Once I finally come down from the waves of pleasure, Orinda steps back. “So do you forgive me?” she asks.



I’m far too weak from the super powerful orgasm I just had to really answer, and can only nod before my legs start to give out. But before I can fall to the ground, Orinda catches me.



“We can talk some more in the morning,” she tells me, before easily picking me up, carrying me over to my bed and lying me down. She leans in and gives me a light kiss on my forehead, right where the bump was. The gentle warmth of it seems to relax me even more, and I feel myself slowly drifting off...