The Traveller
Althalos was a fairly tall, light skinned human. He was quite young at only 21 years of age but looked slightly older than he was. He had short black scruffy hair. He was considered to be very handsome by many people, yet despite this he has never been with a female. He had emerald green eyes, an oddity among his species, although many females claim this made him more exotic. He travelled quite a lot and often did physically demanding jobs for various people, giving him a well toned body. He wore a leather shirt. He wore cotton pants, and thick leather boots. He also wore a thick leather jacket due to the current winter season. He had a small sack, slung over his back, which held essential food and supplies and a short single handed sword strapped to his side. He was travelling to the next town, as he had a job lined up for the last of the winter season that provided accommodation as well as pay. He'd been trekking for a while now and was required to be at the job location in the next three days or he wouldn't get it, making this journey a waste of time.
Althalos came up towards an inn just before a mountain side and decided to rest a few minutes. The inn itself was fairly small, but was full of many parsing merchants and travellers. Althalos made his way up to the bar and sat down on a stool. He was approached by a large grizzly bear, he assumed to be the innkeeper.
"Good eve sir, what can I get you?"
"Just a small ale please" Althalos said
The bear left him and came back small mug of ale.
"Are you staying the night?" the bear said, handing Althalos the mug
"No just passing through"
Althalos took a swig of the ale and asked the bear a question.
"Do you know how far it is to the next town?"
"Well if you keep to the path round the side of the mountain, I'd say it is about another two days trek."
Althalos sighed. He needed to be at the next town by tomorrow, also he was running low on supplies".
"Isn't there a shorter route to the next town?" Althalos asked
"Well there is a path that goes up the mountains that will take you to the next town in two days, but I wouldn't recommend it"
"Why not?" Althalos asked
"Well it's quite a dangerous route, and with it being the winter season the path will be almost impossible to see with all the snow."
Althalos thought. It would be wise not to take the mountain path due to the weather conditions but this job was the only one available in the next town. Also he had been on fairly dangerous treks before so he should be alright.
Althalos finished his drink, paid the bear, and got up to leave the inn. Just as he got out the door the bear he was talking to earlier shouted after him.
"Yer not thinking of taking that mountain path are yer?"
"Well due to my current situation of don't really have a choice"
"Well don't say I didn't warn yer" the bear shouted, and went back into the inn.
Althalos made his way up to the mountain side. There were two paths, one that lead to the far right of the mountains and one that lead straight towards the mountains. Althalos took the path that lead straight ahead and started his trek up the mountain side.
Althalos held out his hand in front of his face. The weather got worse as he continues along the path, and in the space of a few hours a large blizzard had appeared. Snow had covered the path completely, and Althalos could barely see his hand in front of his face. The blizzard was so strong he couldn't even tell what direction he came from so he couldn't trek back to down the mountain side. Althalos took a few more steps before tumbling down a steep slope, landing in the snow. As he tried to pull himself back up a large burning pain radiated from his leg. As he tried to move it again only got worse. Althalos slumped down on to his back and looked at the sky. He was cold, extremely tired and injured to the point of not being able to move. It seemed as though he would be meeting his end on this mountain. Althalos sighed.
'So this is what death feels like' he thought
Althalos' vision fell into darkness.
Althalos awoke to find himself, no longer on the freezing snowy mountain side, but in a very warm brightly lit cave. The light and warmth was eradiating from a large spherical object in the middle of the cave. Althalos was currently lying on top of a soft bed of moss with a large blanket covering him. When he looked under the blanket, he saw that most of his body was covered in some strange markings, in the shape of flames. The markings was glowing a very faint green colour.
"I see your awake now."
Althalos turned his head to see where the voice had come from and gasped at what he saw. Walking towards him, from the entrance of the cave, was a dragon. Dragons were still somewhat of a mystery in the world and despite everyone knowing about the existence of dragons for centuries, very few people have ever made contact with them. The one thing that was known about dragons was that they are extremely powerful beings that should never be underestimated. The dragon's scales were black and red in colour, the red colour covering its underbelly and lower jaw. The dragon was slightly taller than he was and had a very well muscled frame (a feature Althalos couldn't help but notice). The dragon had markings similar to the ones he had and wore a loincloth.
The dragons walked up to Althalos and knelt beside him. He pulled up the blanket covering Althalos and inspected his leg (the one that was injured).
"Well your leg seems to of healed nicely" the dragon said.
The dragon walked out the room and came back with some clothes.
"Here are your clothes should you want to get changed".
Althalos simply looked at the dragon. His face was red with a mixture of fear and embarrassment. The dragon noticed this and simply smiled.
"I'll leave you alone then." the dragon said, and walked out of the cave.
Althalos quickly got up and put his clothes on. He noticed the pain in his leg was gone, but he was still feeling quite tired. He walked out the cave and came out into another cave. This cave was much larger, and had various plants growing inside of it. There was also a glowing spherical object in the centre of the larger cave, much like the previous one, except this one had glowed a blue colour and didn't eradiate any heat. The dragon Althalos saw earlier was on the other side of the cave, pouring liquid out of a large bottle into a makeshift cup. The dragon noticed Althalos presence and approached him.
"Are you feeling better now?" the dragon asked
"Ermm yes thanks."
"That's good"
"I...err...take it you're the one who saved my life, Thank you"
"You're welcome" The dragon, walked towards were he previously was, picked up the makeshift mug and handed it to Althalos.
"Here drink this"
"What is it?" Althalos asked
"It's a special elixir that gives your body the nutriments it needs, it's a essentially a substitute for food"
Althalos first thought when he looked at the clear liquid in the mug was that it might be poison, but if the dragon wanted to kill him he could have left him to freeze in the blizzard. Althalos drank the liquid and almost spat it back out. The elixir had the most horrible taste he had ever experienced. The dragon saw the expression on his face and laughed
"Yeah I know it tastes horrible"
The dragon took back the cup from Althalos and sat down on a nearby rock.
"So do you have a name?"
"Oh sorry, I'm Althalos"
"Althalos eh, I'm Chronos"
Chronos offered another rock to sit on, Althalos sat next to him.
"So what brings you up the mountain path? Normally I don't see any come travellers up here"
"Well there was a job I had lined up in the next town. I didn't have enough supplies to last the normal route, nor did I have the time to trek it without losing the job. I heard this route was quicker so I took it"
"But surely someone must have warned you about the harsh conditions of this route, especially in the winter"
"I thought I could handle it."
Althalos glanced at the markings that were on his arm. They didn't glow a faint green colour but were now glowing blue.
"What are these strange markings on my body, I didn't have them before?" Althalos asked
"The markings are a very powerful healing spell. It is constantly active so any wounds you have will heal at an accelerated rate."
"Are the markings permanent?"
"Yes"
Chronos got up and walked towards another cave in the leading off from the larger one.
"I recommend you get some rest, it is likely your body is still recovering" Chronos said
"Wait, do you know when this blizzard will die down so I can leave"
"Not for another one or two weeks at least"
Althalos sighed, the job he had lined up would be over by then and as far as he knew there were no others in the town he was travelling to.
"Isn't there a way out of the valley without going through the blizzard?"
"Not unless you know how to fly."
"Don't worry you can stay here until the blizzard clears, It'd be nice to have some company for a change" Chronos shouted
Once Chronos had left, Althalos made his way back to the cave he woke up in. He lay back on the soft moss and looked towards the ceiling of the cave. Althalos closed his eyes and tried to go to sleep, pondering about the situation he was currently in.
Althalos stared at the cave ceiling. He had been lying on the soft moss for what seemed like hours. His eyes didn't feel heavy, and despite fainting earlier he felt surprisingly energetic. Althalos got to his feet and decided to have a look around the cave. One Althalos had a look around he realised that the cave wasn't cave at all and was in fact a large network of tunnels and paths leading to other caves. All the paths lead off from a large central cavern that reached higher than what could be seen with normal sight. Althalos didn't see Chronos anywhere while he explored, he assumed the dragon was asleep somewhere.
Once Althalos grew tired of exploring he decided to make his way back to the cave he was trying to fall asleep in. On his way back he heard a low growling sound coming from one of the caves leading off from the main cavern. First instinct told Althalos to ignore the sound and continue back to his own cave however being young, he was naturally curious so decided to see what was making the noise. Althalos was half expecting to find Chronos sleeping and the noise he was making just a dragon's version of snoring, what he did find however shocked him. Althalos was right in that the growling noise was coming from Chronos, but he wasn't sleeping. Chronos was lying on his back stroking his cock, while curling his tail and thrusting it into his tailhole.
Althalos stood transfixed at the scene before him. His mind was telling him to leave immediately but his body wouldn't move, and his eyes were completely focussed on Chronos. Every feature that Althalos saw on Chronos became even more noticeable than before. He looked at Chronos' well built and sexy frame, his red and black scales that shone in the dim light that enveloped the cave, the extensive markings (now glowing a red colour) that covered Chronos' body, the long tail that thrust in and out of Chronos tailhole and most noticeable of all, Chronos' large cock that was almost twice the size of his own (in both length and girth).
Althalos was so enveloped in the scene he didn't noticed the changes his own body was undergoing. The markings on his body were now glowing the same colour Chronos' are, and while he was watching he didn't notice his own cock being fully erect. He subconsciously moved is hand over his cock and started to stroke it in rhythm with Chronos. Althalos continued this rhythmic stroking until Chronos climaxed, causing himself to climax at the same time. When Chronos climaxed he let out a loud roar, which was all well and good as it drowned out the loud moan Althalos made when he climaxed.
Once Chronos had finished Althalos snapped out of the trance he was in. Feeling a slight breeze in his nether regions he looked down at his crotch. His britches were now down at his ankles and his right hand was grasped firmed around his cock which was dripping cum. Althalos began to panic.
'Have I just...' he thought
Althalos quickly pulled up his britches and ran back to his own cave before Chronos noticed him. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Chronos got up and walked over to the entrance of his cave. He didn't see anyone but he noticed some droplets of cum on the floor, near the entrance of the cave. He picked up a droplet with the claw on his finger and licked it with his long snake like tongue.
'Tasty' Chronos thought before moving back into the cave.
Althalos lay in the cave he was in originally, now in a bit of a sweat. Not only had he just watched Chronos masturbate but he masturbated to the scene himself. What's more it was the best jerk off session he'd ever had. His cock was still tingling from the pleasure. Althalos stared up at the cave ceiling again. Although he regretted doing what he just did, he couldn't help but wonder how Chronos felt when he was thrusting his tail into his tailhole.
'I wonder what it would feel like.' Althalos thought.
He quickly pushed the thought out of his head and tried to go to sleep, despite taking part in the events that had just conspired that night.
The next few days were extremely awkward for Althalos. Ever since that night he couldn't stop thinking about Chronos and whenever he saw him, the image of Chronos' naked figure flashed through his mind. As a result of this Althalos tried to avoid Chronos as much as possible, whenever Chronos was around he would either walk to a different area of the cavern or try to look like he was doing something (not that there was anything to do anyway).
A week had gone by and Althalos was well and truly sick of his current situation. He wasn't use to staying in the same place for so long without doing some sort of work, and the event that happened the first night was still on his mind. He was currently sitting in the cave he slept in thinking yet again about Chronos' naked figure.
'Why can't I get that image out of my head' Althalos thought
Just then Chronos entered the cave that Althalos was in.
'Terrific' Althalos thought
Chronos approached Althalos and spoke up.
"Althalos could you please come with me"
"Why is there something wrong?"
"No, I just want to show you something"
Althalos got up and followed Chronos out of the cave. Chronos took him on a path he hadn't seen when he first went exploring. The path seemed to go upwards, towards the tip of the mountain they were in. While en route Althalos began to worry about where Chronos was taking him and why he was doing it.
'Does he know I was watching him the first night, no he couldn't he would of said something by now of he did.' Althalos thought
When Chronos had reached his desired destination he showed Althalos through. Althalos walked through a dark corridor and came out onto a large open space. There was no ceiling in the area so you could see the sky, Althalos looked up and saw that it was night time. When Althalos was down below in the cavern, the blizzard outside the entrance made it almost impossible to tell what time of day it was, the only reason he could tell the time of day was because the glowing orbs found in some of the caves would change from bright to dim at certain times in the day. The stars in the night sky shone onto the floor, giving the area an odd glow.
"What do you think?" Chronos asked
"It's very pretty." Althalos answered "Did you bring me up here just to show me this?"
"Well no, I brought you up here so I could talk to you." Chronos approached Althalos "You have not spoken to me since you first awoke, and since I am the only one living here it would be nice to have at least some conversation with my guest."
"Oh right" Althalos breathed a sigh of relief
Both Chronos and Althalos sat down in the centre of the room. Despite being a little calmer Althalos still felt very awkward. A silence filled the area for a while before Chronos spoke up.
"So Althalos, why don't you tell me about yourself" 'Instead of sitting there saying nothing' Chronos said.
"Err... what do you want to know."
Chronos sighed "Anything, like how became a traveller for example."
"Well back in the village I came from the main job to do there was farming. The village itself was very far from the main road so we never had a problem with things like bandits or wars so there was no need for anything like soldiers. For generations most people in that village wanted to be a famer and there was never any reason to be anything else, but I was different. I didn't want to become a farmer because I hated it, not to mention I messed up nearly everything I did. I didn't even like doing some of the more interesting jobs like hunting or being a blacksmith. There was nothing for me in that village so when I was sixteen I decided to leave and go travelling."
"So you became a traveller because you didn't like the village you lived in?"
"Well I hated doing every job available in that village, and those that I did do I made a mess of so I didn't see any point in staying. I felt I just didn't belong there."
"But what about your family and friends, don't you miss them?"
"I never really had any friends there, and my real family was never there."
"What do you mean?"
"Well my parents were not from the village I was born in. They were, apparently, from a large city to the north that was locked in a war with a neighbouring nation. My father was supposedly killed in the ensuing battles while my mother came to the village and died give birth to me."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that"
"Don't be, I never really knew them so I don't feel sad when I think about it."
Another silence filled the area. This time Althalos was the one to speak up.
"Chronos, do you mind if I ask you a question?" Althalos asked
"No, go ahead"
"Where are the other dragons?"
Chronos looked at Althalos, puzzled.
"Excuse me?"
"This place is just far too big for one dragon to be living in, and from the amount of caves it looks as though there were quite a few dragons that use to live here."
Chronos sighed and looked towards the sky.
"You are right there use to be a whole clan of dragons that lived here, but now out of that clan I am the only one that is left."
"Why is that?" Althalos asked, his curiosity perked
"When I was younger I like you did not like my surroundings. The clan were intent on staying here but wanted to leave and explore the outside world. The clan rejected the idea but I wanted leave more than anything else, so one night when most of the dragons were asleep I left the cavern."
"But if you left then why are you still here?"
"After a year a so I decided to return to the clan to share with them the knowledge that I had gained in my travels, but when I returned the whole cavern was empty." The markings on Chronos' body turned blue "There was no indication of where they went or why the left, there just a bunch of empty caves with a few belongings left".
"But surely they wouldn't leave you without at least giving some indication of where they went"
"Anything that is done in a clan is done because it benefits everyone. When I left I was only thinking of myself and so as a result I was no longer a member of the clan. The reason no message of the clans whereabouts was left was because I was an outsider."
Althalos sat in silence, he only left his village because he didn't like there but Chronos' clan had left him to be on his own. Hearing Chronos' story made Althalos feel how self centred he had been when left the village. He hadn't said goodbye anyone when he left either. Chronos noticed the change Althalos' expression.
"Please don't let my history depress you, it happened many years ago" Chronos said
"It's not that, it had has just opened my eyes to some of my own misgivings"
Althalos stood up
"Do you mind if I go back down to the cavern?" Althalos asked
"No of course not, I will show you the way"
Chronos and Althalos left the open space and made their way back down to the central cavern. While en route Althalos began to shiver, Chronos noticed this and stopped.
"Are you ok?" Chronos asked
"I'm fine, just a little cold that's all"
Althalos walked past Chronos, but stopped when he felt Chronos grab him from behind. Chronos had pulled him into a hug and caped his wings around him. Althalos would have struggled but the dragon's strength vastly overpowered his own.
"What are you doing" Althalos asked, shocked
"I'm hugging you"
"I know that, why are you doing it?"
"To share my body heat with you, you said you were cold"
Althalos was about to ask Chronos to let him go but a sensation in his body prevented him from speaking. His entire body started to feel warm, but not the sort of warmth you felt when the temperature was high, this warmth he never experienced before. He moved his hands onto Chronos' body and started feel his features. The scales that covered Chronos' body weren't rough but very smooth and had an odd texture to them. Althalos also felt Chronos' muscles which were well defined.
The embrace Chronos and Althalos was in continued for a while until the image of Chronos masturbating flashed through Althalos' mind again. Althalos then realised what was happening, he was getting aroused and just from Chronos hugging him. He also found that once again his right hand had found its way to his erect cock and had started stroking it, or at least he thought he was stroking his own cock. When he looked down he wasn't stroking his cock, he was stroking Chronos' who was in turn stroking his. Althalos stopped when he realised what was happening however Chronos then whispered something into his ear.
"Please don't stop, it feels so good"
Althalos, hearing Chronos whisper continued to masturbate Chronos, while Chronos did the same to him. Both Chronos and Althalos reached climax at the same time, with both crying out in pleasure. Once finished Chronos finally realised Althalos from their embrace, the markings on both of them were glowing a very bright red and they were both still very much erect.
"Would you like to continue?" Chronos asked
"Errr..."
Chronos didn't give Althalos any time to answer and almost dragged him back to the cave he pleasured himself in on the first night. Once there Chronos grabbed Althalos again and brought him back into an embrace.
"Ermm I've n-n-never done this before" Althalos said shaking, both in excitement and fear.
"Shh don't worry, I'll take care of you" Chronos answered, in a seductive tone.
Althalos was just about to say something else when Chronos pulled his head forward and inserted his tongue into Althalos' mouth. Althalos felt the tongue slide in his mouth and down his throat. The tongue explored his mouth before Chronos removed it leaving a long string of saliva in its wake.
"Ever since I tasted you that night I've wanted your body" Chronos said
"What are you...."
Althalos then realised. He had masturbated himself while watching Chronos that night. Chronos surely would have noticed the mess he left. Althalos began to feel ashamed of himself.
"Don't worry if I was angry I wouldn't be doing this, besides I shouldn't have been masturbating knowing you were here to begin with." Chronos said.
Chronos then turned Althalos around and stood behind him. Althalos wondered what Chronos was doing but soon realised when he felt Chronos' cock enter his ass. Althalos moaned as Chronos thrust his cock in and out of Althalos at a fast pace. Althalos was expecting to feel pain due to the size of Chronos' cock however he only felt intense bursts of pleasure every time Chronos thrust inside him. When close to climaxing again, Chronos bit into Althalos shoulder. Although it was quite painful, it only succeeded in increasing the pleasure Althalos was feeling even more. Once Althalos and Chronos had both reached climax, Chronos roared as loud as he could while Althalos let an equally loud moan. Althalos collapsed to the floor, panting from the pleasure he just experienced. Cum was dripping out of his ass and also form his cock. Chronos lay beside him and pulled him into another embrace.
"How long till the blizzard ends?" Althalos asked
"Another week" Chronos answered
Althalos smiled then fell asleep in Chronos' embrace.
The next week consisted of both Althalos and Chronos continuing in their sex escapades'. Neither Althalos nor Chronos felt tired after every session and the only reason they stopped was because all the mess they were making. Eventually the week was up and the blizzard outside the cavern had subsided so it was safe to now continue down the mountain path. On the day he was leaving, Althalos felt an immense sadness at going. As odd as the two weeks stay with Chronos was, he enjoyed it and partly wished not to leave but there was something important he wanted to do.
"So where will you go once you've left" Chronos asked
"Well I want to go back to my village and see if everyone's alright, after that I'm not sure."
Chronos turned around and looked back at the cavern. He stared for a while before turning back to Althalos.
"Althalos, can I ask you a question?" Chronos asked
"Sure go ahead"
"Can I come with you on your journey?"
Althalos was taken aback by the sudden question "Why, don't you like it here?"
"Before you came I was very lonely up here and the small amount of travellers that I did meet while I was here, I never saw or heard from again. Although I have only known you for two weeks, you have come to mean more to me than just a guest so I don't want to lose you"
Althalos stood staring at Chronos. He felt exactly the same way but he didn't have the courage to say it.
"What about your clan, what if they come back?" Althalos asked
"I am no longer a member of that clan, and if they ever did come back I would simply be expelled from the area."
Althalos smiled and hugged Chronos.
"I'd be more than happy if you came with me"
Chronos smiled and hugged Althalos back, the markings on both of them shone a red colour again. Once they pulled away from their embrace, Althalos and Chronos made their wall down the mountain and towards the main path. Althalos looked back at the cavern then continued forward, wondering where the road would take him next.