Awakening

Story by Tygriss on SoFurry

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#2 of A Change In Fortune

I know its been so long since I uploaded, this marks the 2nd and last part of my short piece with Folfy69. Hope I did a well enough job all?

Again Keerka/Kerra are characters of Folfy69 and belong to him. And extra credit for him helping me with the editing. <3


The night passed with Sariah telling her new apprentice about herself. This and that, how she used to an Ancient Dragon who was said to have created the rest of the planets life. And then the mistake that led to her much more frail and weakened state and the scar that ran across her delicate neck from nearly having head severed from her shoulders.

In all honesty, despite her distrust of people, Sariah was very glad to finally have someone to talk to and who seemed so eager and interested to hear more. "So your magic...it will eventually fade?" Keerka said in a somewhat saddened tone of voice during the start of his training the next day.

"No, not unless I over exert my limited power. Oh I can do things like make a gust of wind blow for a second or heal wounds...that are none too severe," her hand went to her neck at that before continuing, "Minor magic, basically. A far cry from what I was once capable of..."

Seeming to lose herself in thought, Keerka looked up at her lowered face. She didn't seem scary at all now, in fact she looked...fragile. "Sariah..." he said in his light voice, placing a hand on her arm, brining her out of her reverie.

She looked down at him, at his sincere wide eyed face and how cute he looked. Then images of him turning into an adult, then eventually growing old and passing away flashed through her mind whilst she had hardly aged. Gently pushing him away, she cleared her throat. "Anyway, time to begin lesson one," in a voice she forced to be strong.

With a somewhat downcast expression, he obliged her and the two focussed on the basics of alchemy.

*

Two days later, Sariah was making her way back to her tree. She trusted the little cub enough that she felt she could leave him to gather the last of what she needed for her prototype gender altering potion.Keerkahad proven to be quite a diligent student and seemed eager to learn.Even though she had mollified him at the start of his second day when he asked why she was teaching him when she already said the secret of potion making should die with her. "Alchemy is only the foundation of potion making, I intend to teach you basics enough to competently help me but that is it beyond there," she said in a curt tone.

Later that day she had looked at her reflection in the mirror and wanted to shatter the image. She hated herself for how bitter she was acting, at how she must keep an emotional distance between the two of them.

Shaking her head, bringing herself back into the present, she uncloaked herself and carefully bundled the purple velvet cloak under one arm; her basket of exotic materials over her other. Fanning her wings, she reached the natural stairwell, her scantly clad chest jiggling gently with each step to her den. She had caught the cub looking at her as she moved about with her own potion brewing from time to time, a look of hunger in his young eyes for a body like that. She wouldn't admit it, but it flattered her to be idolised like that.

As she came into view, she couldn't suppress a smile as she saw Keerka studying the book she had loaned him. It wasn't one on alchemy, that was a great thick tome by his side where he had left a piece of paper to mark his progress. This was a thin book on the female system, and everything he could be expected to go through as well as enjoy. His cheeks were practically glowing red as he went through one particular section before he looked up and gave an embarrassed squeak before quickly closing the book shut and hiding what was obviously the young cubs arousal.

"Oh, enjoying yourself a bit too much are we hmm?" Sariah said with a smile on her muzzle, seeing his cheeks practically glowing red with his blush.

"N-no, yes...maybe," he said in a shrill voice, looking at the floor with the tips of his ears glowing. A ruffle on his head had him raise his head up in surprise to see the dragon lady standing over him.

"I'm sorry dear, you're just too cute," the red and cream dragoness admitted with a slightly abashed turn of her head at the statement. Coughing, she took a step away from the cub, "Just remember, along with the privileges of a woman you also have to accept the negatives: such as when you go into heat, how to control the urges and how your body's needs will differ from your current male form. It won't be all fun and games and pleasure."

Her sudden serious turn in tone he realised was to dispel the awkward moment, the cub wondered if she was going to be like this the whole time, trying to put distance between them. "Yes, I know. I read the part on what females also struggle with. And yes, I still want this 100%,"

Sighing softly, she shook her head and took the lid off her basket. "I have here, the final ingredient for making my potion..." she said as a foul stench filled the room, causing Keerka to hastily retreat. Pulling a corked wooden bottle out she held it up, "It is the core of a woman, the distilled essence of a females womb."

"W-what, that's disgusting," Keerka said as he made a face. "How the hell did they do that? Did they...?" he stopped as she held a hand up.

"Honestly I'd rather not know. These things are...tribal specialities. They believe it helps their mates get with cub. I doubt it works but I don't meddle, and I threatened to burn down the sellers entire tribe if it wasn't the real thing which I will test for."

Keera gave her a worried look, "Sariah...you won't really...will you?" he said in a timid voice, suddenly afraid of what she might do if he misbehaved.

"No, but they don't know that and yes I have shown them I can do magic so that puts awe and fear into them. It sounds cruel but I would never harm the savages unless in self defence."

"Well, good. I was starting to...um well, you know," he stammered under her red eyed stare.

"Question what kind of person I am?" She said before turning her head away from him. "I wasn't always this way," she said before making her way away from him to her protected bedroom and library. "I'm going to study more to make sure I do this right, follow my instructions and use only the smallest sample for testing the womb essence, I'll be back shortly."

"O-okay..." he squeaked, the dragoness hardly hearing his little voice. He knew he had touched on a bad spot and felt terrible. He wished sorely that he could comfort her. Looking to the sheet of paper, he sighed and decided the best he could do was follow her instructions for now.

*

Half an hour later, Sariah emerged back from her room with a book tucked under her arm. "Keerka, have you being able to test a sample yet?" she called out but failed to receive a reply. "Kee--"

"Well well, if it isn't the brewer," a wheezing voice sounded from her right. "Or should I say the dragon," a wheezing laugh had her whip her head to the right.

There, standing next to a bound Keerka was the old gypsy, a gun calmly pointing to the terrifiedcub's head along with two others from the gypsy caravans. "You...how the hell did you find me you old moggy?" Sariah growled in her voice at him, flexing her short taloned claws.

"Ah ah ah," he said with a lopsided grin and pressed the muzzle of the gun firmly to the cub's head, "you don't want his death on your hands now do you?

Looking at the cub before sighing heavily she lowered her arms and offered herself as the other two rushed to grab her. "As for how we found you, well it was just a matter of gentle persuasion of the natives. Seems you have become rather sloppy of late with keeping yourself hidden. Isolation making you tired of being alone?"

"That's none of your damn business, let him go. He doesn't deserve this," she said before his cruel chuckle cut at her heart.

"And let go of our leverage I think not, age and time has taught me to never throw away a bargaining chip. You will allow my men to strip that magical armour of yours off and the place for all your notes and tomes on potion making. This will be my Aladdin's cave and we will strip it bare and reap the rewards. Such knowledge and power should be shared after all."

"For your own personal gain," she growled before someone cracked her head from behind. Of course he wouldn't be alone, he was no fool time had taught him better safe in groups.

"Mind how you speak to us dragon lady, you don't want to mess with us in your position," he breathed all over her nose, making her gag as he held his hand round her neck to keep her from rising. Her assailant was a cheetah, just coming into his twilight years and not as old as the cat. Though ageing he wasn't too far off been as tall as she was and still packed a good deal of muscle on him.

"What a fascinating array of smells and ingredients you have here. I will look forward to learning from you notes what they are," the old cat said with a wheezing chuckle before taking off towards where her disguised upper floor was.

"Wait. I must know...how do you see through my illusions old cat?" Sariah grunted from her stooped position.

"Mmh, well we do plan to gut you and sell you in parts to the highest bidder. No harm in showing the lady before taking that pretty head off her shoulders," he wheezed and took a pendent out from his garment.

Sariah couldn't help but wonder as to why life was trying to make her headless as he held the pendent in the air. "This interesting item can grant the wearer the ability to detect and see through magic. I had known for years you were not normal, but when I saw you were a dragon, I knew from your horns alone I could retire. Its how I found your lair past your ivy wall as well."

The pendant was ghastly, a tiny golden skull with twin crystal eyes, a faint glow in the gemstones making it all the more eerie. "Sariah...I'm sorry, I'm s-sorry I got you into this mess," Keerka squeaked with tears in his eyes.

To the panther cub's and the gypsies surprise though, Sariah gave a small laugh before the cat growled. "You think this is funny? Lets see how amusing it is when I cut your head off in front of the cub!" He wheezed, whipping a wicked blade from under his robes and placing the blade at her neck.

Ignoring the cub's cry, Sariah kept her voice neutral, "Before you do, let me ask you something. What is needed for magic, other than a source?" She asked the band.

"Everyone knows that, an incantation and hands to cast the spell," he said in a self assured voice before she laughed again. "I've had enough of you,your new home will be your head mounted on a wall!" Hewheezed, raising his arm for the killing slice... "wh-what?"

He tried to move his hands down for the slash, but his muscles were frozen and unresponsive. "You are only half right, yes an incantation, but those who were born from magic need no such vulgar means nor do we need hands, just focus and a target for the spell which happens to be everyone here," she said before calmly and easily removing herself from the large Cheetah holding her.

"What did...what...did...you...?" He tried to grunt out before his muzzle ceased working as well.

"It is a freeze spell, basic and easy in its form but effective none-the-less," she said before easing out of the felines grip and walking over to the cat that still had his gun to a very still Keerka's head, also effected by the paralyse spell unfortunately. "Don't worry, I won't be long," she said before one by one she saw them out. With a strong vine she took from a nearby tree, she had them all tied up round the same vine tree before letting out a distinct call she had heard the Uruta people make, similar to a bird call so as not to disturb any prey.

Before slipping off back to her tree, she reached into the old cats vest and tore the pendant from around his neck. "Magic won't be needed, not in the afterlife," she said to a hate filled stare from him before vanishing into her tree.

A hunting party emerged seconds after she had vanished. _"What are it?"_one said.

"Sacrifice for our god," the other said before the band got excited and dragged the still frozen trio away, fear written in their eyes.

*

Reaching her chambers, she saw that the freeze spell was wearing off slowly as Keerka was slowly starting to move, as though he was in thick syrup. A brief glow of her eyes and the spell was lifted, the poor cub getting up a little too quickly and ending up on his face. "Oh dear," Sariah sighed as she tried to withhold the humour from her voice at the poor cubs comical display.

Helping him up off the floor, she wasn't prepared when he threw himself at her in a tight hug, his head only reaching under her cleavage as he cried. "I-I was sc-scared!" he cried into her, his face streaming tears and getting her belly wet and smooth with moisture. Stunned, the poor dragoness didn't know what to do as she held her arms up. "I was so scared, I thought that we-we was going to-going-go..." he couldn't get the words out as he started hiccuping, his body trembling hard against the dragon.

Eventually common sense dictated for her to put her arms around the crying shaking cub, gently holding him to her waist and ran a hand down the back of his head. "I know it must have been terrifying for one so young, and I'm sorry you also had to be a target for the spell but I had no time to put a targeted freeze spell together," she said in a soft tone.

"I-I really thought...I didn't want to see what they would do to you. I wanted them to kill me first but I was so scared," Keerka shook violently against her before quieting and going limp against her form.

Looking down in concern, she saw the poor little cub had passed out into a recuperative sleep. "Poor thing," she said before picking him up to carry to her quarters, "life isn't looking too kindly on you is it?" She disappeared off up the stairs, vanishing through the concealed entrance.

*

Shortly after delivering the cub to her bed, Sariah got straight to work with her potion. From the test results Keerka got she knew it was the real extract. As she worked, she inadvertently started to hum a tune she had once heard from the Uruta tribe. It was a solo piece from a crudely crafted pipe but it had sounded so peaceful. Catching herself partway, the red dragoness shook her head and laughed softly, "I'm becoming soft having this cub around," she said quietly to herself.

Reflecting on it, she never had anything to really protect in all her life since the war, and she wasn't sure how she should feel about it. A shuffling sound heralded the cub's movement as he descended the stairs, somewhat slowly as they were built with her 7 foot size in mind, not his small 3 foot. "Sariah...how can you stand that smell?" He squeaked out as he managed to make the bottom step before gagging and covering his muzzle up.

"Well that's a fine way to say 'thank you for the potion,'" she said with an a slight shake of her white horned head.

Finally taking the vial off the flame, she held a very unappealing looking, bile yellow bottle in the air for him to see. "Sariah...is that...is that the potion?" he said, his voice squeaking cutely in excitement as he realised what she had been staying up working on.

This time Sariah didn't bother to hide her smile at how eager the cub was. "My its certainly an improvement from yesterday, little cub," she said with a soft laugh before holding a finger up, "I still stand with my offer though. You will train under me as my assistant for four years as per the agreement. Understood?" she said with an air of authority.

"Yes I understand. But Sariah, isn't this going to be more work for you than help?" he said before he met her stony stare and meekly looked down at his paws.

She wouldn't admit to it, but she was having him stay more for his protection. If everything went as planned the cub should turn into a female, but should put on a few years so she would be halfway through growing up, and as Sariah knew from her few brief interactions with the people, it was worse for females for some reason.

He blushed to his ears at that but remained enthusiastic none the less as he bounced on his heels in excitement. "I know what the answer I still going to be, but are you 100% sure?" she said to which the cub nodded fast, the answer in his eyes as to what he wanted.

Handing it to him, she whispered into his ear, "Straight down," she said before passing him the vial to drink. However Keerka almost dropped the rare potion, his paws were trembling that much that the dragon lady sighed and took it off of him. "Just open that little muzzle of yours and let me pour it down before I change my mind about this okay?" she said with an irritated flick of her tail.

His muzzle opening straight away in reply she grabbed the bottom of his jaw to widen his mouth a little more before upending the contents down. The reaction was almost instantaneous as he made to expel the solution before she firmly clamped his muzzle shut, getting a sense of deja vu from when she rescued him from the tribe.

This time was more extreme however as he scrabbled at her arm with his claws. Begging her to let go as he made a number of violent retching sounds as he was forced to keep the horrible potion in, grazing at her scales in the process. She was almost convinced he was going to throw up and waste her experimental potion before, with tears in his eyes, made a hard swallow before she felt safe to let go. "T-that...was the most vile...it was worse than eating sick, crap all at once," he shuddered in revulsion to the lingering taste of the horrible mix.

"The reality and fantasy don't quite measure up do they?" She said with a shake of her head at the tales told of potions before glancing at her arms.

Pausing in the middle of wiping his tongue on his arm to rid the taste he looked sheepishly at her "Oh I'm sorry about your arms Miss Sariah..." he said as he saw the marks on her small scaled arms, taking his tail in paw in shame.

"Its alright, nothing some extra palm oil won't help with," she said before looking at the cub who seemed a little disappointed. "Did you expect it to work straight away? Your body needs to absorb the potion for it to start working and it will be slight changes whilst you are awake. My guess is the main changes will happen once you go into a deep sleep," she said before picking the book he had been reading. "Now then, it will do no good fixating on waiting for the effects to kick in, resume your actual study of alchemy please," she said more as an order than a request.

And for the next few hours of that day Keerka studied, becoming more familiar with chemical reactions and how to identify compatible ingredients with Sariah checking up on him from time to time but mostly in the background on a few cushions. She was reading what appeared to be a typical novel but she had disguised the book which was actually about the female body. Ever since she had become humanoid she had neglected to experiment or learn much of her own new body. Oh she had now and again groped her chest and fingered the nipples and even brought herself to climax with toying with her pussy but she had not really looked into the best ways and functions such as the little nub of flesh just inside her pussy and what breasts were actually for.

A few times the cub had excused herself, and on one or more occasion she gave a squeal from the cleverly in-built waste outlet when he could see the changes starting to take effect on his body.

And indeed it started to become more noticeable as his fur started to take on a lighter shade of black and the chest fur became slightly more dense. Slight changes to his figure started to become apparent when he started to moan about how he hurt in his hips and thighs. Not much long after he started to doze off as he tried to study a chapter, his mind now not really on his studies. "Okay I'd say you need your rest now before you collapse and ruin a priceless book," Sariah sighed, taking the book from him and helping the poor nodding cub confusedly to his feet.

"Wuh? Nnn-no, I'm good momma, I swear," he said as he just about fell over on his face if she hadn't caught him.

"Oh you silly thing. I wish you'd stop it...I'm starting to grow fond of you," she muttered before cradling him to her chest where he fell to sleep almost immediately. Shaking her head she ascended the steps to her chambers, taking him where she could keep an eye on him and where he would be safest.

*

The days rolled by as the changing cub snoozed away his change, day after day Sariah noted the changes to be more noticeable. One day his hips would flare out into the pattern she had seen in females and herself and the next day she undressed him to see (much to her blushing) that his cock was saying goodbye as a slit started to form around and his sack was slowly pulled in whilst shrinking. She told herself she it was to help her and not other reasons, but she had to admit to herself it was fascinating and somehow arousing to watch.

By day five Keerka was looking to have aged a good few years, looking more like a young girl of 14 with small budding breasts and a forming lovely figure with slimming hips and a small waist. Occasionally the changing male cub would moan and turn under the silken sheet she covered him with though pain or pleasure it was hard to know for sure. She was in the middle of finishing off a potion in her main chamber when her acute hearing heard from upstairs the sounds of movement followed by a small gasp.

Walking up to her sleeping and reading chamber she couldn't help a smile as she saw the cub standing in front of a tall mirror. She was staring almost dumbstruck as to what looked back as she seemed to turn to see from all angles, pinch herself in areas to make sure it was all real. "Hmm, looks like it has proven to be a success I see," Sariah smiled, her face prideful in what she had managed. Keerka turned round, tears in her eyes, "Keerka, this is what you wanted wasn't it?" She said, a note of worry in her voice.

Running, the changed panther practically threw himself into her, a cry of joy sounding ina high female note. "Its more than I could ever hope for!" she cried, her head buried under the dragoness's breast much to her embarrassment. "Thank you thank you, thankyou thankyou thankyou!" she cried, her joyful tears soaking her chest as the cub held her tightly.

"Oh, uhm y-your very welcome um, but this is uncomfortable for me," she said as she showed a rare sign of feeling uneasy.

"Hm?" Keerka mumbled from between her chest before suddenly gasping and backed away quickly. "Oh sorry, sorry I'm just so...happy," she squeaked cutely, looking at the natural wood floor with her ears back.

A soft hand on her head had the changed female look up at her with a lighter shade of amber eyes. "I understand, you're excited and feeling brand new experiences," she smiled before coming to eye level with her. "How do you feel?"

"I feel...like I have awoken from a dream and this is how I always should have been. Although...there are differences I do find hard getting used to," she said with a slight ear blush that made the dragoness smile.

"Yes, such as you won't have something to grab hold of when you go." she said, her smile widening as his ear blush brightened. "I'm sorry, your so easy to tease my student," she said with a soft laugh.

"St-student?" she said. Looking up from the floor to her.

"Yes student, you after all are being trained by me," she said matter of factly.

Nodding at the sense that made, Keerka had a think before opening her muzzle, then closing it before opening it again. "Oh come on," Sariah sighed and shook her head, her tail lashing in irritation, "we really need to do something about your confidence. Out with it already," a playful ruffle of her head told the cub she wasn't angry.

"Well I guess confidence is something I will have to work on, but what I was going to say was...well my name. It hardly fits. Do you think Kerra would better suit me now?" She finished in a quiet tone.

"Kerra hmm?" Sariah said before nodding, "it fits you well enough, and speaking of fitting," she said before vanishing down the stairs a brief moment, leaving a baffled looking cub before she reappeared with a neatly wrapped bundle.

"What's that?" she asked, her curiosity growing as she saw her extract a piece of yellow silk form the brown bag.

"This, I got from the village I trade at whilst you were asleep. This is your new garment my dear," with a bit of a show she let the fabric unfold until an exotic one piece fitting silk dress could be seen.

"Oh wow..." Kerra mumbled as she eyed the dress, running her paws over the garment having never felt such material in all her poor life of living. "The colour though...won't it make me um, stand out?" she said, feeling her face flush lightly.

"That was the idea, to get you more attention and help you feel prideful in who you are now," Sariah said before holding it open. "Come on, unless you enjoy been naked in front of me all the time?"

A silence followed her statement as the cub looked first shyly at her feet, then the dress, then Sariah. "Um well..." she started off

"No, it isn't a dresscode I will accept around here young lady," Sariah said in a serious tone of voice before Kerra frantically shook her head.

"No no!" She said in quick succession, "I will dress but um. Well to be honest I have been awake a while now and trying to figure my body out. I have been um, well feeling things and not sure how to...ease this itch."

"Itch? What do you..." Sariah said before she trailed off as she caught on. There was something else to the air, not just Kerra's changed scent but there was a scent of need to it also. Mentally recalling back through the pages she read on their bodies they went through a lot of big changes at her age, both mentally and sexually.

"Oh, well um, I don't really have a males tool to help you with such a thing so, well," Sariah began stammering, the subject making her nervous. For all her sexual allure she had never been with anyone due to her trait of avoiding other humanoids.

"Well...from what I read other women are really better at understanding and helping with the urges. I actually read that quite a few mothers help show their daughters where it feels good so um..."

"But you are not my daughter, so th-that doesn't apply. Now...just do your best to figure it out yourself okay?" Sariah said, about to heel turn and walk out when she felt the young panther grab her tail.

She whipped around with a dragons growl, ready to scold her when her teary face shut her up. "I know you are not my mother, and I know you don't really consider me a friend. But...please. I'm happy with my new body but I'm scared. I...want to get the confidence to know my body all over again. Please Sariah?" she begged, her eyes almost seeming like liquid gold with the tears.

Sariah sighed mentally and dipped her head, she couldn't help but have hatred for herself at being so heartless in the first place. These humanoids...would she ever feel comfortable around them? Raising her head she made her choice, "Fine I will help you. Maybe even find some secrets of my own out given I haven't really explored the full potential of this form," she said, her words met by a squeal of delight, a blush following the cubs outburst.

Sariah couldn't help a laugh at her, halting the cubs anger with a finger to her muzzle. "Okay then, but you must follow my lead okay? After all, how often is it I get to be pleasured by another that won't try to gut me hmm?" she said, receiving a nod from the cub who was, if anything, blushing all the more.

But despite her calm exterior, inside Sariah was as nervous and excited as the cub. She had never had a partner, even as a feral due to her young age. And to have her first been that of a newly changed cub was...exciting. With a slight amount of hesitation, Sariah slowly stripped her armour off which was a chore due to the complex arrangement. Once it was off, the magic armour seemed to shrink in size on the ground.

"W-wow," Kerra swallowed as she saw her alluring figure in all its natural glory. At first she assumed because she wasn't a natural humanoid that she had no nipples to speak of on her prominent bust, only on a second look did she see that her nipples were actually the same creamy colour as the rest of her front.

Without the armour supporting her chest, her breasts wobbled and bounced with nearly every movement. She had to admit it made her feel very hot at the admiring stares the cub gave her. "Okay, now then first of all breasts. What are they for. From what I have read they are"

"I know what they are for, everyone does," Kerra scowled at been treated like an infant. "They are for supplying milk of course, I'm not that ignorant."

As Kerra folded her black furred arms, Sariah found she had lost her tongue. Even this cub knew more than she did about the female body before she had to study. Honestly when she had found out they gave milk she was a little surprised because she had assumed that was the function of bovine stock. "Ahem," she said, trying to regain her composure, "yes they are for the feeding of young indeed, how silly of me to assume you didn't know. But do you know what the vent between your legs is used for?"

Kerra sighed and nodded, "Sariah...I read up on all this in that book you gave me. What I want is...to build confidence up in exploring my body is all," Kerra said in a quiet voice.

Mentally berating herself for forgetting she would have looked this up in the book on the female body, she chalked her lapse in thought to the fact she was also nervous about all of this. "Okay, then lets get straight to it shall we?" she said, taking another step closer to Kerra so that her large chest jiggled before sitting at an angle that would allow her good access of Kerra's pussy. "Okay, I will run you through what my own experimentation has found. Spread your legs my dear," she said, her voice suddenly low and even huskier sounding than normal.

Swallowing, Kerra did as she instructed, spreading her legs so that her young slit was exposed to the air. The fur around the edges of the slit was already matted as the cubs excitement grew and grew in the build up. "Well, I must say that you have turned out lovely indeed my dear," Sariah said in that same, deep tone, her own mind starting to fog over with arousal. She had scented her own juices before, even tasted them. But this was new, it set her heart hammering, her breast flesh gently trembling as both her hearts hammered as she slowly reached a slender finger out.

Suddenly, Kerra's paw found its way on her own much larger hand, shaking with the tension. The dragon lady looked into her amber eyes, seeing need and understanding in those eyes. With both working together, she slowly inserted her red finger inside of the cubs dripping slit, been careful of her short talons. Just the tip had the cub gasping as her young tunnel clenched around the digit. Pausing to let her adjust to the feeling, Sariah waited patiently as the cub clenched her eyes shut, enjoying the new feeling and adjusting as she herself tried to control her breathing.

At Kerra's nod, she slid more in slowly, gasping softly as the soft walls clenched and pulled at her digit eagerly. With Kerra moaning Sariah paused again, leaving her finger in at its second notch. "Please, k-keep going," the young pantheress moaned, arching her back to urge her on.

"I thought now would be a good time for a lesson," Sariah said in a breathy voice, sounding even huskier than usual. "For instance, these two layers around your vagina are the labia majora and minora, they protect all the important parts of the female private inner workings," with an impish smile she accented her statement by gently lifting the flaps of lightly furred skin with her other hand, the little cub squirming and reacting to the tease.

Moving her second hand in slightly and upwards she then pressed a finger to her clitoris, "This is what would have been your penis, however its function is now useless and here only for one purpose now," with that she pinched the button-like nub, causing Kerra to cry out in pleasure, "to help stimulate an orgasam," she whispered before rubbing her finger over it whilst thrusting her first finger in and out in slow, deliberate motions.

A couple of squeaks and a mewling cry sounded Kerra's first ever orgasam as a female, spraying and coating Sariah's hand and finger in her young juices. "Oh my, what an adorable reaction," Sariah purred before pulling her finger out and after a slight hesitation, inserted the finger into her muzzle to taste.

Trembling from the rush, Kerra just watched with her face growing hot as she saw the dragon taste her juices. "Wh-why are you doing that, isn't that a bit um, well, dirty?" she said, her innocence reminding Sariah that she was still eleven years old.

"Well my dear, a future partner may want to see what you taste like, or even taste it directly," with that said, she slid onto her elbows so that her face was level with her pussy. The cub was about to ask what she was doing before her long tongue slid out. Long, thick and smooth, Sariah penetrated her deeper than she had with her fingers before pulling out and flicking up to run across her clit.

A loud cry of pleasure sounded from the cub before clamping her hands over her muzzle, but her body was still buzzing from the sensation as it shook, wanting more. "See? That feels nice I bet?" She smiled to her.

Nodding, she took a few gulps of air before trusting herself to speak. "Yes...I-I want more," she said as her lips drooled their pleasure onto the wooden flooring.

"Well, about that. You see I...have never had much of a chance to have another pleasure this body of mine," Sariah spoke in a tone that seemed to suddenly lose its playful, sultry manner and taking on a lonely quality, sad and needing. "I know this is wrong, you are a cub after all mentally still. But...would you practice what I have shown you on me?"

Kerra sat and stared at her, she thought for sure her heart must sound like a drum as it roared in her ears at the thought of doing that to her. "Y-you want me, um, I'm to..." she fumbled, breathing heavily before Sariah sighed and shook her head.

"No, I'm sorry it was unfair of me to drop that on you, forget I asked Kerra," she she smiled but was unsuccessful in masking her disappointment from her tone.

As she was about to get up, Kerra balled her fist up in determination before jumping at her, causing Sariah to fall back on over at the tackle. "Whuh?" But before anything else could be said she felt the cubs breath against her own leaking slit.

"Sariah...you have done nothing wrong, you have done so much for me. It would not be just unfair to not repay you. If anything has taught me from living with you it is you don't deserve to be alone at all."

"K-Kerra..." Sariah trailed off, stunned at her reply. Just when did the cub become an adult all of a sudden? Smiling in genuine warmth, she spread her legs wider and gently pressed her hands down on her head, "then please...show me how much you appreciate what I have given you," she said before her small feline tongue ran over her slit.

The reaction was like nothing by her own hands, it was...electric. Just that one lick had her tail thumping on the hard floor. "A-ahh!" she cried, her wings unfurling and furling back as she felt her tongue probe the spots she had told her and work its way inside.

Even for a short tongue, the feeling was breathtaking as shocks of new pleasure ran through her being with each lick becoming more inquisitive and bold. "Hah hah, oh I'm not going to last long like this," she panted before with a supreme effort of will, she stopped her tail trembling and lined her tip with the oblivious cubs own soaking slit as she ate her out.

A sudden small thrust had the slender tip part the outer petals and slide slowly into the cub. She cried out from the sudden intrusion as her body bucked to the intense feeling but Sariah kept a firm but gentle hand on the back of her head to stop her from pulling out, the wriggling and moaning further stimulating her at the sensation. "I-its okay, shhh. Just enjoy it," she panted, her eyes half lidded as she tried to ward off her own impending orgasam.

Slowly, she began to thrust in and out with her tail, working slowly deeper into the cub until Kerra could feel the slender tip press against a barrier of some kind. The sensation that ripped through the cub at the feeling had her screaming into Sariah's pussy, burying her little face into her smooth, warm pussy. A roar a few seconds later sounded her own orgasam, humping at Kerra's muzzle as she felt that eager tongue explore and lap up her juices that sprayed her black furred face.

"Ooohh Kerra. That's...so good," Sariah growled, shuddering from the largest orgasam she had in her 50 years as a humanoid before Kerra started struggling against her slit. "Mmh? Oh crap!" She cursed as she could see she was clutching the cubs head hard to her vagina and the poor thing was struggling to get air.

Gasping as the poor cub fell , backwards onto her back panting, her thin chest heaving, Sariah peered over her anxiously, looking at her matted face and closed eyes with worry, "Kerra...are you okay?" she asked before she weakly opened her eyes, a look of pure happiness shining in those orbs.

"Sariah...that was...amazing. Thank you for making me whole...thank you," she said breathlessly, her tongue unconsciusly licking around her muzzle to get the drops of her feminine juice off before stopping and blushing again.

"Oh Kerra...it is I who should be thanking you," Sariah said with a breathy chuckle. Once she could trust herself to stand she held her hand out to the cub, "come on my dear, lets get cleaned up."

Epilogue: Four years later.

The stench of brewing and the heat of burners filled the large room in the great oak tree. "Okay Kerra, take it off the heat now," Sariah instructed her as the now late teen pantheress did so. The dress she had given her had looked so nice at the time that she wove a special enchantment into the cloth so that as Kerra aged, so did the fabric, growing with her size much to Kerra's delight.

She had been taken out for a few trips with Sariah as the known brewer had introduced the cub as her apprentice and much to her embarrassment, the cub had received quite a few appreciative stares from the local young males.

Her student had matured into a fine example of a petite pantheress, slight of figure and small at just over five foot tall but curvy and topped with a modest C cup bust. And for some reason she had developed a white patch of fur that helped accent her chest. Nodding as she carefully picked the warm vial up with her claws to avoid burning, the young female set the vial down with a slight sigh of relief. She had been working so long with various scented ingredients that she no longer really noticed the stink just like Sariah.

Bending down to look first at the vials contents then at her student the dragon lady nodded and smiled before ruffling her hair. "Congratulations Kerra, you've made your first healing draught," she said to the anxious feline.

"Really? I did it right this time?" She said, unable to believe she had made something so special.

"Yes," Sariah chuckled before letting her hand rest on her shoulder. "That means you are no longer my apprentice, you are no longer tied to me and are free to explore your own pursuits."

Kerra's smile vanished as she heard the lonely tone to her voice and placed a small hand on her own. "Sariah...you don't have to live like this, shielding yourself away from the world. I've seen you, you are not quite as heartless and uncaring as you'd like people to believe."

With a sinking heart Kerra felt her pull her hand away and take a few steps away. "Listen Kerra...you'll make someone a lovely wife I am sure and make a family, raise young. I will live to see you grow from young to old and then also outlive your cubs, and their grandcubs after." She tightened her fist between her large breasts and closed her eyes. "I'm sorry...but we Must part ways. It isn't fair...for either party," she said, making to walk towards her hidden chamber.

She was stopped however as the young changed pantheress grabbed her hand with surprising strength. "No!" She said, looking at her with angry tears in her eyes. "No no no! I refuse...I will not live knowing you are like this!"

"Let go you stupid cub!" Sariah growled, puling with all her strength and instead puling Kerra into her as she wrapped her arms stubbornly around her.

"I won't...I can't..." she cried into her. "Please Sariah...please travel with me. Don't hide...please. Hiding away will only drive you insane or ill in the end. No being, no matter how great, can live 900 years alone. Please, travel with me. Maybe you will find a means to return."

Sariah shook her off and glared at the frightened Kerra before relenting and sighed heavily. "Damn it, when did you become so smart-ass?" She growled but she could see the flicker of a smile on her muzzle. "Meet me at the bottom of the tree in five hours, I will have your answer then," she said before dismissing her with a flick of her tail.

*

Five hours ticked by with Kerra having little else to do than keep quiet and read through notes she had on her that she kept in a rough satchel Sariah had made for her, checking up on points she had made. She was just dozing off when Kerra heard a soft thud behind her.

Turning around, the young female had to cut off a gasp of surprise. It was Sariah but...not. She had no wings, no horns, a plain cream scaled covering and a shorter muzzle and wider nostrils. "Don't be alarmed my dear, it is something I had worked on but never finished until now," she said before removing a pair of bracelets from her arms, each with a small embedded crystal.

Her form wavered as though a heat wave passed over her form before the familiar form focussed into view.

"Sariah...if you could have done that to start with then why not long before?" Kerra said in confused awe.

"Because my dear...I had no reason to. Doubt kept me here, shielded off from the world but been with you has made me realise how misguided that was. Plus..."

"Plus...what?" Kerra said with a cock of her head at the hanging sentence.

"Plus...I never had a friend to travel with," Sariah finished with a small smile.

"Sariah...lets both start and finish our journey together, okay?" Kerra said, reaching up to grab her larger hand in her own.

"Yes...that sounds good Kerra," Sariah said with a happy smile. Together, hand in hand, they made their gradual way from the jungle she had always known and out into the unknown.