Chapter 2: The Pure-breed Centaur

“The Lady, she says she likes you.”

“I’m sorry what?”

Alexander looked at the flying ball of green light as if it was an impossible sight. Which he shouldn’t have, considering what had happened to normality the last few years. Not that it was that common. Fairies of her kind could be met here and there, but almost never in cities. When they mingled with humans, they tended to take their normal-sized appearance, not those forms of little lights, closer to the legends of old.

And They certainly never did that in a mall so crowded by humans and semi-humans that it was almost impossible to not hit someone when walking around. It was too dangerous for them. And as a worker in one of the main shops catering to the larger than life semi-humans, colloquially known as Monster Girls, Alex felt quite confident that he had never, ever, met a fairy in that form before.

“The Lady, she says she likes you!” repeated the little sprite, sounding a little angry now.

Alex looked up and up at said lady. A centaur. Among the semi-humans, they weren’t the tallest, of course, but they certainly were massive. This one looked more refined than most others he had seen, but she was perhaps even taller than the standard breed. She was lithe, and even her human torso did not sport the bulging muscles and large breasts of the other centaur women he had had to help in his line of work. Her face was hidden by a veil, which looked quite Arabic, and so did the precious dress she wore over her human portion.

“Well, it’s an honor then!” he blurted to the towering creature.

He suspected her must have looked ridiculous, but he hadn’t much of a choice. The horse-like portion of her body was as tall as an African elephant, after hall, which meant he barely cleared the part where her legs joined her “first torso”. And where the elephant’s head would have been was the start of her equally impressive human body. She truly made him look puny and pathetic, and he knew quite well that the larger the patron, the wisest it was to be always polite and deferent, even if he also had to establish some firm boundaries.

“The Lady is pleased by your words, but the Lady, she says you don’t seem to understand. She likes you, and yet you remain here, as if waiting for a new customer!” spouted the fairy, which surprised Alex a lot, and started to unnerve him a little.

“Well, hum, it’s… it’s my job. I can’t just go around when I’m in service. I’m sure someone of such high pedigree as the Lady would understand. After all, centaurs are known for their respect of duty…” he tried, but the giantess let her hooves hit the ground loudly as if she was starting to get angry.

“The Lady, she says that she never met someone as able when it came to helping her with her hooves and legs since she came to this world. The Lady, she says she wants you to come with her. Your duty to the Lady is obviously far greater than the one you owe this place! The Lady, she says she is growing impatient, and she’d rather you come willingly, but the Lady, she says she won’t leave without you!”

Alex started to feel a cold sweat forming on his brows. He had heard the stories, everyone had, really. He didn’t know anyone who had finished in his position, but he had read about it on the Internet, and even on TV. About people being abducted by over-eager giantesses who ended up hurting them – or worse. And the Government did nothing. Some said it was under their control, others that it was just too craven – or greedy, riches seemed to be in an infinite supply in the Monster World, and only its inhabitants could cross between their realm and the Human’s one…

“I… I’m not saying I don’t want to come with the Lady”, even if I don’t… “It’s  just that… I have a contract with this place, I just can’t come and go around as I please. But I, uh, I’ll finish my shift in an hour or so, so I’ll be able to accompany the Lady around here, if it so pleases her.”

It was a poor attempt to avoid having to go with the gigantic centaur woman, whose whole human body was hidden. As he looked up at her, he saw her turning her head away from him, but he swore he had been able to see two hazelnut eyes looking at him for the briefest second. It made him somewhat more nervous. If, for some reason, she felt anxious or, God forbid, enamored… if doubted he’d be able to escape her clutches after the end of his shift. But at worst, he just had gained an hour to think about the best way to escape this madness. At best, she’d grow bored about the whole prospect in a few seconds.

“The Lady, she asks” stated the fairy, bringing his mind and eyes back to her. “If you were not affiliated with this place anymore, you could come with her immediately, correct?”

“Well, yes but-“ tried Alex, but he hadn’t the time to finish his sentence that the little sprite had disappeared in a flash – a real one which hurt his eyes and left phantom lights in them; leaving him alone with the centaur woman.

“Alex, is everything alright?” asked Kathy, a senior member of the crew, who was just starting her shift. “You seem-“

She too was interrupted when the giantess moved around. She barely did more than take a step or two forward, but it was enough that the two humans had to try and dart out of the way, and when he had stopped, Alex discovered that the Lady had firmly set herself between him and Kathy, all by using her forelegs alone. Each of those was thin enough that he could have tried to dart around them to the relative safety of his co-worker, but it was as if the Lady read his mind, as she constantly shifted to prevent him from even seeing the other employee.

“Excuse me, Ma’am?” bravely stated Kathy, taking her sternest voice. “If my colleague has finished his work on your hooves and legs, I’ll have to ask you to leave the store. We have other patrons, who are patiently waiting their turn, and are kind enough to not make a scene out of it.”

The Lady just lifted her leg and let her hoof fall loudly on the tiled floor, cracking it in a thunderous sound. He heard Kathy yelping, but he couldn’t tell if it was from fright or pain. In any case, this simple gesture from the centaur had taken the wind out of her. He saw her moving away, and he couldn’t fault her for it. It wasn’t as if she could force the Lady out of the store, to begin with. She’d have had to request the help of one of the monster folks who were already waiting for their turn and they both knew they wouldn’t help against one of their own.

“Ghaaah!”

“The Lady, she says you are now free to come with her. Following her of your own free will would be much appreciated” stated the fairy, whose reappearance had made him scream in quite a ridiculous manner – but her words and what she had in hand made him forget about it almost immediately.

It was his contract with the store. And on it, as he had seen once or twice since he had started working here was a red mark which read Terminated. Which meant that someone, probably the manager herself, had thrown him to the wolves. What had she been promised by this ostensibly wealthy monster-girl? He’d probably never know. Alex wanted to cry. He had a life; he was still a bachelor, still a virgin even! All he wanted was to settle, use this work to really get some money on the side so he could impress a charming girl with whom he’d get to live his best life!

Instead, he’d end up broken by a monster-girl who couldn’t even be bothered to talk to him! Really he could feel the tears forming in his eyes, but he knew there was nothing he could do. No one toward whom he could have turned to try and get some protection – or help. With a heavy sigh, Alex looked around him and then at the fairy. He wanted to squish the damnable little thing more than anything, but he contained himself. Hurting the friend/servant of whoever was also becoming his boss, was out of the question. All he could do was pack his stuff and come with them.

“I just need to change my clothes, I can’t leave with the store’s outfit” Alex mumbled, and mercifully he was allowed to do it.

* * *

When they finally reached their destination, Alex was panting and wheezing like never before in his life. He had had to run for almost two hours straight, the Lady never deigning to take their size difference –nor the fact that he was only bipedal – into consideration. He was drenched in his own sweat, probably reeked and felt very much ready to collapse on the ground, so even the sight of what could only be a wooden mansion fitting the size of his unwanted crush, or whatever it was the Lady felt for him, wasn’t even able to faze him.

“The Lady, she says you need a bath. There is one at ground level.”

Nothing more. Not even an acknowledgement that if he needed a bath so desperately, it was because of them. But Alexander didn’t dare speak back. He only had to look at the veiled face of the giantess who had stolen him from his life and his dreams to know it’d amount to a grand total of zero. He couldn’t change his situation right now. All he could do was walk toward the doors and despair when he realized that they were only fitted for someone the size of the Lady. He couldn’t even make them move, and she had to come to the rescue, pushing them lightly and prying them open, silently.

Finding the bathroom was easy, and he was surprised to notice that he could actually use it. It had accommodations for someone his size. He wondered if it was for the fairy, if she could sometimes take a human form, or if the Lady had thought about capturing a male human for some time… Not that he cared much about it. He knew he was a prisoner here. He started to wash himself under the shower, savoring the sensation of his sweat being removed from his skin. He was so lost in his own thoughts that he never heard the Lady approaching and only noticed her when an enormous hoof touched the ground next to him.

“I’ve finished!” he yelped and he tried to dart away; only to be pushed to the ground by the same leg which had startled him, and be trapped on his back, entirely naked, when she put her hoof on his torso. “I… I’m sorry!”

“Do not be” boomed a deep and yet feminine voice, forcing Alex to look up – up beyond the entirely naked body of the Lady, and to her striking face, whose hazelnut almond-shaped eyes were looking at him, and her middle-eastern looking skin blushed beautifully. “It is I who should be ashamed of my behavior… To mistreat you like so” she continued, lifting her hoof from over him, leaving Alex utterly confused.

“I… Thank you. I guess?” he mumbled, not sure what he needed to do now. “Do, uh, do you want me to leave or…”

“Please, stay with me. I want to share a bath, just the two of us. It is… unbecoming to speak to someone else in public for a young centaur girl of my standing but I knew when I saw you, when I felt your hands working on me. I knew you were the One I had been waiting for all my life.”

“I… I just did my job, there is plenty of talented people out there who-“

“It’s not about your skills, dear. It’s about the connection between us. All Centaurs know that someday they’ll meet the One who is their Destined. I did not expect to meet you today, but I did, I can tell with absolute certainty. And because I know, I want only what’s best for you…”

Alex blinked as he slowly got up. She was crazy, he decided. All this nonsense about the One or whatever was just pure madness. Not that he could tell her so, what with the size difference and all. But he really didn’t like the way this was going. He didn’t feel any connection to this girl, and no matter how much she believed in her centaur ways, it was just impossible for him to even start to consider that they could be fated to be together or some ridiculous idea like that. The young man decided that for now, acting as if he was going along with her delusions was for the best, however.

“Well, uh, perhaps we could present each other? I mean, perhaps you know my name and all, what with the contract, but I don’t know yours…”

“Oh, of course! In truth, I don’t know your name either. It’s my fairy assistant who deals with the rest of the world, speaking my words for others. I wouldn’t want to interact with anyone but the One in this world” she explained, sounding rather haughty suddenly.

“Oh, okay. Well, the name’s Alexander Blake, and I’m 23 years old. Nice to meet you” he said, doing his best to hide his shock at the idea that this gigantic centaur could have basically kidnapped him without even knowing his name.

“Alexander… I like this name, it has a great sound to it” dreamily said the Lady. “Well, my name is Souraya al’Easifa, of the proud Easifa dynasty! As a ruler among my kind, it is a great honor to stand by my side and to partake in the glory of my name, Alexander! This is why, from now on, you ought to be quite prudent in your dealings with the outside world, for you are now an al’Easifa too!”

“But we’re not married!” he blurted, unable to keep the words in – she was truly insane!

“Married? Oh, right, I read that you have such an institution here. We centaurs don’t need it. When we find the One, we know it, and if he’s weaker than us, he takes our name. Of course, I may be misjudging humans, but I think I’m the strongest, don’t you agree my beloved?”

What could he answer? He was incredibly small, weak and fragile compared to someone who probably weighed several tons. And when he had worked on her lower legs before, he had felt her muscles. They weren’t a joke, he was sure of it. He had had to use a lot of strength just to massage them correctly, after all… There was no way he could pretend he was stronger than her, or even on part. But the whole situation was becoming more frightening by the second. If she believed they were already husband and wife, even fleeing the house wouldn’t be the end of it!

“Well, I’m glad that we get to know each other more” said Souraya, as she walked toward the bath and sat in it – and even in this position, she dominated him by a wide margin. “Now, would you be a dear my love and come wash me? I want to feel your hands on my rump…”

Even if her tone hadn’t betrayed her intentions, Alex would have recognized an invitation to something far more licentious than taking a bath with a woman he didn’t know. No, the Lady – Souraya – wanted to do the naughty. Which was a terrible idea in his eyes. He was far too small, far too weak, to do it with such a massive being. Had she been an elf, or perhaps a Halfling, it could have been possible. The former were twice as tall as humans, the latter just the same size, or roughly, but in both cases it seemed somewhat realistic.

But with this centaur girl? No way in hell. And yet he knew he had no choice. You can’t say no to someone who can literally crush all your bones if it takes her to just… lie on you. If she so wanted, she could kill him with one blow of her hooves. Normal horses could do that, and their bodies weren’t the size of an elephant’s! So, regretfully, Alex entered the water. He was surprised by how warm it was – it wasn’t so much a bath as a hot spring, really, but he soldiered on. Finally, he reached her rump and touched it, his hands near the base of her lush tail.

“Yes, just like that. Can’t you feel it? Our connection”, she whispered as he let his fingers caress her fur.

No, he couldn’t. All he could feel was fear and strange trepidations. She was massive, and clearly not-human here, but there was something in the air, which couldn’t help but arouse him. He could smell her. Her womanly parts, that is. Her smell was strong, stronger than anything he had ever experienced. Perhaps it was because he had never been with a girl before, but he wondered if it was normal. It was so pervasive that he felt as if he was getting a little light-headed, as if he was drunk, or high. Was it the connection she was talking about? Or just all his blood rushing to his penis.

“Yes you do” she continued on with her soft, incredibly deep, voice, looking at him and his traitorous member, which had engorged himself more than ever without him even noticing. “I saw you were a little confused, but now your body can’t deny our connection. Go on, Alexander, seal our union…”

As she said that, she lifted her tail, which had been so lush and large that it had hidden her pussy. That thing was humongous. It didn’t look like a woman’s, at least none Alex had seen in porn. But somehow he doubted it looked like a horse one. It was something unique, something which he needed to touch, to caress. Before he knew it, he was delicately grazing it, earning moans and neighs as a reward. His dick was painful now, as if it needed some measure of release, or perhaps because it felt he would soon cease to be a virgin.

“Enter me, my stallion” she ordered him, and his body moved to obey her command.

A part of Alex screamed and tried to refuse. He couldn’t just fuck a woman he had just met, no matter what bullshit – horseshit? – she believed in it. He wasn’t some destined lover or anything like that. He was far too small to please her truly anyway! Her vagina, as she was laying in the bath as much as her horse body allowed it, was level with his head! He’d have had to climb her, to try and take hold of the firm muscles of her rump, put his feet on her long gracious legs to try to do as she asks, for God’s sake. It was just utter madness, and the fact that he had immediately done as he was told was the worst of it all.

Climbing a living being is far harder than doing so on a tree or a wall, or anything inanimate, really. The Lady shifted and moved and chuckled and shivered when he touched her in places which were surprisingly ticklish. It was the strangest experience of his life, really. He didn’t know why he was doing it, what sort of craziness had befallen him but Alex really couldn’t help himself. He climbed the elephantine body, marveling at the power he could feel in her every muscle, each of which was probably more powerful than his whole body.

Finally, he reached what he hoped would be the most appropriate position. He laid his upper body on her back, positioning his feet on her upper legs and his penis toward the entrance of her very hungry womanly cave. Her tail was kind of in the way, waving and sometimes hitting him, but its long hairs were surprisingly soft and they didn’t hurt him at all, something he was happy about. He didn’t want their first time to be violent or hurtful for anyone. Wait, first time? His mind tried to rebel. He didn’t want to have more time with the Lady, right?

His doubts and questioning disappeared when he entered her. He had expected… he didn’t know what he had truly expected. Perhaps something so large his member, even as painfully hard as it was now, would just be unable to satisfy her. He had been supposing that her vastness down there would make it extremely hard to satisfy considering their size difference. But instead, he felt his member stopped by some sort of membrane. He frowned and groaned and pushed and suddenly, he felt it breaking, as something hot covered his dick.

“YES!” she screamed, half neighing really, as her whole body trembled, almost sending him falling – Alex had to grip extra firmly to her back, groping her short fur, her dense skin. “Keep going, my dear!” she ordered him as he struggled to get back into position. “Satisfy me, fill me up! We were meant for each other and now you need to give yourself to me!”

Alex went into overdrive. He couldn’t tell what she had done to him, but he felt a burning fire raging inside him, forcing him to act more like a wild beast than a man. He fucked her without stop or respite, letting her scream and moan and he stopped only when he had released his seed inside of her several times. He dropped from her, falling into the bath. He barely had the energy to get up and avoid drowning in the far deeper body of water than he had expected. He breathed raggedly and his body ached, as if he had overexerted himself.

“Wonderful, truly perfect” whispered Souraya, turning her face toward him, looking somewhat red and yet with a dreamy expression on her face. “You were incredible, my Alexander… I’m so happy you are my One. I’ll take care of you in a few moments, you need to rest a little, I know it. But right now, wouldn’t you want to wash me? I want to feel your hands on me.”

Alex opened his mouth but then closed it. With a groan, he got up and walked toward her. He didn’t want to do it, his whole body was exhausted. But he picked a soap and a brush and he started washing her. It seemed it took him hours during which he toiled on her horse-like body, while she took care of her human half. Finally, he collapsed, absolutely unable to do anything more. The last thing he remembered as his consciousness drifted away was her large fingers descending and caressing his torso, as her deep voice sang softly.

* * *

“Wait, I really can get outside?”

“Of course love” chuckled the Lady – Souraya. “I wouldn’t want you to feel as if you’ve been abducted or deprived of your freedom. I want you to be happy and feel loved, Alexander But…”

“But?” he pressed her on, as her voice trailed off – in the last two days, he had realized that he couldn’t refuse her anything – he didn’t believe that because he was her destined one, and more so because her kind had this effect on humans they got a fancy on. “What do you want me to do?”

“Nothing too crazy but… among my people, especially among important families like mine, it is custom that the weaker partner wear a sort of… I’d say protective gear when he goes outside, with or without his superior lover” she explained, sounding quite serious. “Just like single centaurs do.”

“Wait, you want me to…. To what? Wear a veil or something?”

“Well, yes. You wouldn’t want me to be ashamed, right? Wouldn’t you want to please me, my Alex?”

She leant forward, revealing the pieces of clothes she had in her hands, and he shuddered. He couldn’t say no to her, and it made him both sad and strangely ecstatic. He looked at her and felt his dick hardening. If it was what she wanted, who was he to say no to her?