Exploration RLA: Part 4: Story of My New Life

Story by Ryan-masterpaladin-Lewis on SoFurry

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#4 of Exploration RLA


Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership of the characters mentioned in this series, except for a select few, including myself and all those in the past few introductory chapters. The characters from here on out are owned by their respective owners (you know who you are) and has been written with permission of user TheNovelist, who can vouch for me. Be sure to check out his story, to have a better idea of this story (It's long but it's really good). Thanks TheNovelist for your continuing support. Also those characters that are owned by me are not allowed to be used and/or altered without my permission.

Adult Warning: This story (as a whole) contains Sex of both Hetero and Homosexual nature. If that doesn't suit your fancy or you're not of legal age to view such material, please click the back button on your browser or go somewhere else. Also if you are underage and are caught reading this, I will deny any knowledge of you. Other than that please enjoy.

Also Worth Noting (PLEASE READ): The bulk of this chapter and the next was already written by TheNovelist in my point of view in his story, but has been slightly altered with his permission, because these chapters are necessary to the story progression. It is still very much the same material though, but with a few additions here and there. I write this to settle all possible claims involving plagiarism in the future. Thank you.

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The plane ride unlike everything else that happened the months before was going pretty smoothly. It was a short few hours sitting in the middle of coach, with my suitcase of luggage resting in the compartment above me. I spent the entire time pondering what was going to happen in this strange new place I'd be entering. I looked out the window to gaze over the city as the plane began it's descent, and I could tell that things would be much different.

Within a few minutes the plane had landed, and carefully retrieving my gear I stepped out into the open. Quickly and silently I made my way out the door and into the bright morning sunlight. I took a huge sniff of fresh air, and I could feel the cleansing feeling of it, the cleansing feeling of starting a new life. I was still Ryan Lewis, but a whole new Ryan Lewis from now on. I probably would have remained standing there forever if it weren't for the horn going off from a nearby taxi, it was one I had rented before I had even left St. George.

"Are you Mr. Lewis?" I heard the driver ask as I approached him and I nodded in confirmation, "get in then, and welcome to Dunedin." I noticed the new accent of his which was common in New Zealand, a commodity I would need to get used to, but it wasn't hard to, since they naturally spoke English.

"Where's the best place to go when you're looking for work?" I asked looking out the window from my back seat.

"You come all the way from America looking for work?" he asked and I shot him a quick glare, no way was I going to share with a complete stranger. "I would probably suggest the Octagon. But seriously, most Americans come here on vacation, not immigration." He said nothing else and drove off, and within fifteen minutes I was at my destination, and quickly and literally, dumped from the vehicle. "Best of luck to ya mate. I hope things go out well for you." He sped up and I got up, regaining my composure. Around me people were going about their business. I idly passed them by heading for a bench with a table with a welcome sight for my sore feet, and I sat down. The weather was fine, although from the nearby walkers it was fairly unusual at this time. I looked lost and pathetic, a lone figure, and debated what to do next. I drew my chess set out, playing chess helped me concentrate on other things as well. I was setting up at the table when four teenagers sat at the table next to me. One was female with the other three male.

"So, Alduin where in Central are you taking us next?" one of the males asked. There was a female there, and she spoke next.

"Hush, Grant, I found the art gallery very interesting. I guess some lunch is in order." I listened to this idly while setting up the game. Obviously one of them spotted me doing so, and I saw a shadow cast over my game. A friendly figure looked down at me.

"Are you playing someone? Sorry to intrude if you are, but I was just wondering." I blinked in surprise.

"Er, no?" I replied.

"Why ever not? You can't have a proper game of chess by yourself." His smile was infectious, and I shook his hand warmly.

"Thank you. I'm Ryan, what's your name?" I asked. The boy looked at me quizzically and then shrugged.

"My name's Alduin. Time, Can you take Grant and Winslo to get some Subway?"

"Will do." Time appeared excited in the prospect at going to Subway. It was as though she had never done so before. Alduin shot me an unexpected question.

"Have you got lunch? You appear to have just arrived here, by your suitcase."

"Er," I replied, "I have just arrived here, and I don't have any lunch."

"What sub do you want?" he asked. I mentally reeled in surprise, and Alduin smiled at my expression, apparently my thoughts had made themselves plain on my face, or Alduin was capable of reading minds.

"Don't worry, Ryan, I have lots of money." He said.

"That's true enough." Winslo chuckled. "So that's a Spicy Italian for you, Alduin?"

"Yeah, get Ryan here another. Do you particularly dislike anything?" he directed at me, and I shook my head. The three walked off, leaving Alduin and me on a table hunched over the chessboard. He allowed me color choice, and we began. It was obvious Alduin was a fair player, but I hadn't been playing in my own city team in the USA for nothing. He fought well, and was cunning, but slowly and surely I began to turn the tide against him. The three came back with the food by the time I was winning, and Alduin looked up at his friends, looked at the board, and thought.

"Your game's over, Alduin, Ryan will have you in fifteen moves or less." Time looked briefly at the board. The two boys were showing interest in the game, but Time didn't seem to care about it. Woah, she was good. Somehow she could mentally calculate the hundred of possible moves that we could make in that time, and Alduin sighed.

"Time Dancer, some of us don't have your brain power. I'm still trying to figure the best way for a draw." I felt a little bad and extended a hand over the table.

"Draw?" he laughed, and shook it.

"Done. Which one of you has mine, and his?" he turned, just as Grant handed him a wrapped up sub. He did the same to me, and I made to shake his hand. He paused ever so slightly, and shook my hand. As I gripped his hand, it felt, different, slightly hairy if anything, yet his hand was quite smooth looking. I broke off, not showing that I had noticed it, and we all sat down, as we observed the stopped game.

Winslo was the slightly pale male who did not say much, but listened intently. When he thought no one was watching, he would draw symbols in mid air underneath the table. Grant was more toned and muscular, and more vocal than Winslo. Every move he made was swift and graceful, almost cat like. Time Dancer had a most firm manner; she looked at you as if examining you minutely. But while she rarely smiled, she did seem to be content in herself. Alduin was laid back, and laughing over every little thing. As we spoke of many things about Dunedin, Alduin began to observe me more and more intensely, before he spoke slowly.

"Where have you come from?" I looked down.

"I come from the U.S, I came here to make a living, because I can't there."

"Why not? A good friend of mine comes from there." He replied.

"Not exactly." Time spoke and looked upwards. Alduin made a face at her, which she returned by smiling.

"Something happened there, I can't tell you." I said.

"I'm a very good listener." Alduin replied, but I shook my head.

"No, I'm afraid I can't tell you, Alduin. I was just wondering where the nearest Y.M.C.A is. I need to find a place to live, and somewhere to work."

"I would allow to live at my place, but unfortunately that can't be the case." Alduin replied, "but I do know somewhere you can work, my supermarket is offering a part time job as a shelver, if you don't mind doing that."

"It would pay the rent." I smiled, "but where could I stay?"

"He wasn't prepared for this." Grant looked at me jovially. Time Dancer spoke.

"He wasn't Grant." those three words sent a tremor down my spine. It was as if she was reading my mind through my eyes. She knew a damn sight more than she said. Grant stopped, his smile faded, and the female leaned back, and returned to looking innocently upwards.

"I'm sorry for Time, she has an annoying tendency to put people off their stride. But why don't we walk together, the Y.M.C.A is not far from here, and further up the hill is my place." Alduin offered. I smiled back at the teen.

"That's O.K., Alduin." We finished our lunch, and much gratified, I followed them along the street. As me and Alduin talked, I was aware that Grant and Winslo were speaking in a different language. I couldn't recognize anything of it, not even some of the shorter words, and I knew one or two common words in quite a few languages.

"Alduin, what are they talking in?" I asked and the ever-pleasant boy smiled.

"It's a very rare language, spoken by only a few around here. In fact, I know all that do in Dunedin. It is what I would call Centralite, I don't think there actually is a proper name for it anymore." I was impressed, these two could converse together, and no one would be able to understand them. We got to the Y.M.C.A, and Alduin spoke.

"This is it, but before you go in, you are always welcome to come around to my place, providing you give me notice."

"How can I do that?" I asked. Alduin wrote down his phone number.

"I'm not one for surprise visits, call me if you need anything." he smiled, and we continued up the hill. After another five minutes we arrived at a small house. Dense trees surrounded it, and the front had a two-meter stone wall broken only by a meter wide hole where the gate was. In front of me was a perfectly normal house, and Alduin walked up to the door and knocked four times in rhythm. After half a minute, the door opened, and two more teenagers were standing there.

"Ah, Alecto, Gareth. We're back a little early. This is a new friend of mine, he's called Ryan." Alduin spoke. Both of the teenagers nodded at me, and I came forward. Both of them had their hands behind their backs, and I didn't offer to shake their hands. The seven of us went inside. To the right was a huge bank of windows, separated by three pillars of plasterboard from the inside. It continued down the length of the house. Directly to the left was a walk in kitchen. The living area was spread out around us, and two couches, a T.V and a computer desk in the far corner were there, along with a couple of low shelves filled with books, DVD's or music CD's. The back door was next to the computer desk. Alduin showed me the bathroom, the two bedrooms, and the rest, and I thanked him.

"I shall certainly visit, you've been exceptionally kind."

"Not at all, Ryan." Alduin dismissed it, "If you want, I can get a form from work so you can start work right away. Have you any previous work experience?"

"I was a filler at the local grocery store during the school holidays." I replied. Alduin smiled.

"Excellent, you'll fit in just fine."

I left, feeling a little staggered at my good fortune. I had already one very good friend, and possibly a job. I had no idea why Alduin was being so nice, but as I went to the Y.M.C.A, I thought it was damn decent of him.

I arrived at said Y.M.C.A not too long after, and I had a form filled out shortly after. I paid the manager rent from some of my extra cash reserves and headed into a room. Several beds outlined the walls of each one, so I headed over to the one empty bed in the very far corner. It was next to a pair of Germans, who insisted on practicing their English on me.

"All I can say is your English is better than my German," I told them. That night, despite all the thoughts reeling in my head, I slept well.

The next day was Sunday, and I was finishing up paperwork that allowed me to work here as Alduin showed up, with the unpleasant sight of yet another stack of papers.

"So why are you working here again?" He asked as he handed me the set of papers. I felt a little bit of my old anger begin to build up inside me.

"Alduin, I'd prefer not to tell anyone." I replied, idly ignoring the voluble Spanish argument at the other side of the room.

"Come on," He said again, "I like to help people in need, and I can certainly help you if you tell me why you randomly came all the way to here from America." I tried to stall, but then decided that I had to keep the friends I had. There was no avoiding this bullet.

"My entire family were murdered by random thugs during my brother's wedding." I said, looking down. His response was a look of pain, he looked heart broken.

"I am so sorry, Ryan. I had no idea." He spoke after a minute.

"It's okay," I said slowly, turning away to face the wall. I could feel the terrible memories coming back, it was a stigma that had seemed to unfortunately followed me on the plane. All I wanted to do was forget about that place, and now that it's come back I felt my emotions start to stir out of control again. Before anything happened though he spoke again.

"Right, I shall never mention that again." he said firmly. He took the other paperwork away, he told me he would sort it out.

"You are very gracious, Alduin." I smiled at him weakly but Alduin looked solemn.

"Ryan, I have never known what you have, but I know it must be terrible. I would hate myself if I refused to lend a hand." with that said the boy turned and walked straight out. I was surprised at this sudden change of behavior, and it only added to the confusion when he came back a few hours later with a smile too large for his face.

"Here's to the newest citizen of New Zealand!" He stated handing me the official document. My jaw dropped completely this, did he just say Citizen of New Zealand? "If necessary, I can change it back, but I know friends of friends, I would speak of them, ah hem, in glowing words." He smiled in a private joke and continued, "and they might have caused a few cogs to turn, but regardless, you are hereby a citizen of New Zealand. I swear, you've heard of recreational impossibilities, like trying to fly or trying to convince the Civil Service that you're not interested in paying 125 million dollars for the new stadium that no one wants?"

"Not really, but I get the drift." I replied slowly, and Alduin smiled.

"I swear, getting New Zealand citizen ship without the help of my friends should be under that list somewhere, possibly between flying and walking through mountains."

I was absolutely astonished, and not just because of the astonishing lines of jargon I had just been listening to. This man had the key to the country; it was literally his plaything, if he could do what he had just done. I stood, wordless, and embraced him tightly.

"Come on," he smiled, "I did what any decent person would do."

"A decent person wouldn't have managed that." I could feel tears trickling down my face.

"Okay, so I had a few short cuts, but still." I broke off him, and he left. Happy to the world's end, I lay back on my bed, thinking what this meant. This guy was incorrigible, and seemed like he was capable of moving mountains.

A week had passed when I went for my job interview. It went by really smoothly, even with a little help from Alduin. After it was over I was told I would get my response within a week. That week passed in a slow and unhurried way. Grant turned up twice for polite conversation. This brought back an old thought that had been stuck in my head for a while now, and I decided to ask him about it.

"Grant, do you all flat in Alduin's house?" Immediately, Grant stopped speaking. I had done something dreadfully wrong, I knew it. The youth looked thoughtful, and then he spoke slowly.

"In a matter of speaking, Ryan. Gareth and Alduin live in it all the time, Alecto also, but the rest of us are just good friends, and pop in frequently." The conversation returned to it's normal cheerful way not long after, but I could tell I had startled Grant. What he had told me was truth, but not in a form he could give it. I wondered what he was hiding. I mean, it was reasonable for people to have their own secrets, but I couldn't see what was wrong with what I had asked. The week ended, and immediately I got confirmation from Alduin, who came in with the letter, beaming.

"You work three days a week, twenty four hours in total, and you get Friday to Monday off. I like that sort of weekend, pity I don't have it." He handed me the letter, and then pulled a package that had a couple more pieces of paperwork and a booklet on the rules of working at the supermarket.

"It's fairly standard, translated it's a bunch of paperwork you neither like nor really want, but have to have read. Code of Conduct, uniform, etc, etc, just a bunch of bumf." he shrugged, "Just read it up, sign the piece of paper, and bang. Your uniform will be there on your first day, which is tomorrow. See you at work." he smiled. If I died this moment I would have died a happy man. I could not stop thanking him even as he walked out of the place.

Work was, I found, fairly tedious, but as Alduin put it, it was work, and that meant it was paying the bills. I was beginning to question who was really in charge here. He got partnered with me so we could work together and he could show me around the store. We slowly made our way over to the biscuit aisle.

"This is my aisle," he began, "well, while we aren't supposed to have aisles, this is the one I spend the most time in. Now pay attention to where everything goes, there are over three thousand products in Grocery, and it's very hard to keep track of them all." As he begun, I was aware of a somewhat tall, say six five, low twenties man standing casually against the dairy cooler. As I looked up, he started forward, and spoke.

"Alduin." Alduin's head shot up from the shelf, almost collecting the roof of the shelf with the back of his head.

"Draco, what are you doing here?" he looked very pleased, but also a little annoyed. The adult shrugged.

"I happened to be in the neighborhood." he replied, "Who's your work mate?" Alduin clapped a hand on my shoulder.

"This is Ryan, no not the one you know, he's from the country of America." He spoke.

"Pleasure to meet you, Ryan." the adult nodded, bowing his head to me. Draco looked, in a word, cool. His body was lean and muscular, his hair was a sleek black color, and trimmed neatly. His clothes were all silvers and black, and he looked, for want of a better word, hot. Alduin made his introduction.

"This is Draco, he works with me doing other things, my best friend." he said smoothly. "He also broke a wine bottle last time he was around, so warn me if he gets a hold of anything fragile." Draco rolled his eyes.

"Stop teasing me, Alduin, it was an accident." Draco said.

"It was, on the other hand you should have been more careful." Alduin replied.

"Will do. By the way, Doran wants to know if you'll be around for dinner tonight."

"Of course." Alduin replied. Draco turned and walked out of the store.

"Hey Alduin," I said.

"Yeah?"

"You seem to be in a very good mood," and he smiled, he remained like that the whole day.

For the next couple of weeks I got settled into the groove of working. I would spend Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday working with Alduin, while he spent the next one working by himself. I would visit him occasionally as well. The only thing Alduin insisted on was me giving him five minute's warning. Furthermore, he said, he went out a lot during the weekends, so I shouldn't be too surprised if I wasn't there when I rang.

Then after the fourth week, I decided to thank Alduin for all he had done. He had confided he enjoyed playing computer games, so I bought him a copy of Battlefield Bad Company, and on the Saturday night, snuck up the road to his house. All was quiet on the street, and I smiled as I slipped noiselessly through the gate. I liked giving surprises to people, and so far it had been one way traffic with Alduin. Then there was a loud bang inside, and I stopped inches from the door. Two more followed that bang, and I crept around the side of the house, towards the bank of windows. I realized that this banging, unless Alduin was having a cap gun fight, was not usual, and I looked quietly into the window into the house. The curtains were not drawn, and I saw everything perfectly. I nearly passed out at the sight. Standing next to Alduin was a, well, fox. Standing six foot tall, on its hind legs, and talking to Alduin. The window was open, and I could hear the conversation clearly.

"You're back early, Alduin."

"I am, Silverine said there was no planet visiting for us this week. And after the last couple of weeks, and Central New Year still several weeks away, I was feeling fresh for a planet fall." I ducked back down, and looked at the wall in confusion.

‘Who is this Silverine character, what's Central New Year, I certainly hadn't heard of it, and planet visiting?' I thought keeping quiet, and listened. Then I heard Time speaking.

"The fact remains Alduin that Silverine thinks you need a break from adventures."

"I do not. Besides, I enjoy having them." He replied.

"No doubting that." Alecto replied. I looked back up, and saw two more. One was another fox, and the last was a canine, dog like creature, again standing at about six foot, and chatting most naturally with Alduin. And furthermore the canine had very developed breasts, and a feminine physique. That was Time Dancer?

‘What in the name of God had I stumbled across here?' I thought as I ducked back down. ‘Alduin consorts with, with, aliens, every week. And the one beside him was Gareth? How did he look human every time I came and visited? Same goes for the others. What about Alduin, Is he human? I guess so, although he might not be.'

"But enough of the argument." Alduin dismissed it, and I looked back in. Time was leaning against a couch in slight boredom. "Where has Draco and Propani got to?"

"Well, Javid and Propani are in the bathroom, that wolf has a very strong liking for draconic sex, and Salbar and Blake are in Gareth's bedroom." Time began, before the fox called Gareth interrupted.

"Excuse me, that's my room, I should point out."

"On the other hand, you're not having it off, are you?" Alecto smiled. Gareth shrugged.

"I could be."

"Is that an invitation?" Alduin smiled at the fox evilly. The fox backed slightly.

"If you're intending to fuck me in bionic form again, no." My What the Fuck meter was going way up, this was getting too strange.

‘Not only, does it appear, that Alduin regularly spoke to aliens, he and all his alien friends have sex with one another.' The mind truly boggles. My mind was being annoying, trying to imagine Alduin having it off with one of the ones I had seen in the room. ‘I can't quite seem to imagine this truly happening, even if I am a little curious about my sexuality.' In true honesty I hadn't even thought about sex beyond the required sex ed. discussions in school. In fact, I haven't even masturbated, which made me 100 percent virgin.

"Silverine said he'd be popping around later, by the way." Time continued.

"I am not having that sex crazed Lupogriff charging around my rooms." Alduin replied.

"Actually, sex was the last thing on his mind. I think he just wants to converse with you about something, he wouldn't say what." Time said again.

"Knowing Silverine, probably something along those lines though." Alecto chuckled.

"Still, he's bringing Kodey along, the reindeer hasn't seen this planet yet."

"Not surprising." Alduin yawned, stretching.

‘Reindeer,' I thought, ‘these creatures explore other planets for a living, obviously. Thus the scouts visited one another on their own planets, which explains the other's presence. But it still doesn't explain how they were able to look like normal human beings.' I felt at this point that it would be wise to get help, or ring the police, or do something other than listen. But who would believe me. Short of photographs, nothing would convince people I was telling the truth. I looked in the window again.

"So Alduin, if you're not interested in fucking me, can we play a game?" Gareth asked.

"Well, if the other's are interested, I want another game of Colditz." Alduin replied, and I ducked as one of the foxes walked over to the bookshelf near the window, and grabbed a box. Then, to my amazement, they sat around the center of the room, putting out pieces, and beginning a game. I was absolutely dumbstruck. Here I was, watching two foxes, a canine and a human, playing a game, and all of them seemed to think this was reasonably normal. I continued staring until I heard a noise behind me.

"Enjoying yourself?" a sibilant voice said, and I turned. What I saw almost made my heart stop completely. The voice I instantly knew to be Draco, but he for sure wasn't human. He, or it, was standing seven-maybe eight-foot tall, and was covered in shiny scales that glinted in the pale moonlight. His fingers and toes ended in what looked like three-inch claws. A long serpentine tail curled behind him onto the ground, and two magnificent wings were slightly outstretched behind him. His head was reptilian, and I knew this was a dragon.

‘Holy Shit! A D-D-Dragon. I've seen them in books, but this..." I was completely silenced by this creature, who was looking very intrigued at me. This was possibly a bad thing, and I took a very slow step backwards, never taking my eyes off the dragon's black, almost hypnotic pupils. He made no movement, yet, but seemed to be waiting for something, like an answer.

‘RUN!' I screamed in my head, then bolted away, obviously he was too quick. With one swift motion on his part I was easily lifted high into the air in one large scaly arm, and a hand cup over my mouth to muffle the screams. ‘Oh god please let my death be quick and painless.' It apparently didn't even come at all, which was bittersweet relief. Draco carried me towards the back door, while I struggled violently in his grip. The dragon chuckled as I flailed wildly.

"Youngster, I have had to fight struggling dragons before, you are not a problem."

This did not help me one little bit, and Draco sighed as I hit his scaly figure.

"You're only going to hurt yourself, hitting my scales like that." He had gotten to the first part of the back door. The back door was in fact in two parts, the first led to a sort of ante chamber. Draco used his tail to pull down the twisting handle, and as he tried to get in, I grabbed both sides of the door with my hands and feet. Draco merely pushed hard. I could feel my arms begin to bend of their own accord, and with a gasp of pain my hands lost their purchase.

"Ryan," he sighed heavily, "you're not getting out of this, face it." I mumbled through his claws. He removed said hand.

"Say that again," He said.

"I said I'm trying not to face it." I kicked hard with my heel into Draco's legs, and heard him grunt.

"You don't know when you're beaten, do you?" the dragon said, still holding me around the waist with one arm. He walked across the short antechamber, while I tried to delay him. I kicked him with my heel again, and Draco stopped walking. He breathed deeply.

"While I admire courage and bravery," he began, "if you kick me in the thigh one more time, I will have to hurt you, watch."

Suddenly I heard inhalation behind me, and a long streak of flame burst past my ear as Draco let go with a blast. I jerked away from the dragon flame, craning my neck as far as I could from it. The fire gently licked against the windows, and I could feel its unbearable heat on my neck. Draco stopped, the flame disappeared, and in the silence, he spoke again.

"Do we understand each other?" He asked.

"Why did it have to be a dragon?" I whispered to myself, and Draco chuckled as he reached for the doorknob.

‘Why did I have to be there? Don't answer that, Alduin's probably going to be asking the same thing.' I thought and felt terrible. Alduin had gone to all that effort to get me settled in New Zealand, it wouldn't have been easy, and I had returned the favor by finding out he lived with these creatures. I struggled as Draco opened the door, but refrained from whacking his shins again, I didn't want to test his patience. None of the others were looking my way as we entered. Alduin was deep in concentration in the game.

"Alduin?" Draco asked. Alduin didn't look up.

"What is it?" the human sighed.

"We appear to have a visitor," the dragon said, setting me down. Alduin looked up, and his face went from confusion to horror. If anything he looked utterly terrified. He jumped to his feet as I collapsed onto my ass.

"What the Fuck was he doing here?" he looked wide-eyed at Draco, as all the others playing the game looked at me. Draco shrugged behind me. Both the foxes were looking in mild worry, possibly at Alduin's own reaction, but Time Dancer looked amused, and I felt very scared that the canine was smiling.

"Listening at the window, by the sounds of things." The dragon responded.

"I came up here to give you something, I heard muffled bangs, and came round the side to see what they were." I said, crossly, straightening my shirt as I stood myself up. Alduin placed a hand in front of his eyes. The bathroom door opened, and a second dragon, except black and slightly larger than Draco and had runes around his wrists, looked out, looking at me in interest. Behind him was a wolf, which was jet black. He had globs of white around his mouth, and judging by the way he was wiping them off, extremely hot.

"What did I miss?" the new dragon asked.

"Ryan Lewis just found out I live with you guys, Propani." Alduin was looking absolutely pissed off, with himself. ‘So what's going to happen to me now? Should I just kill myself and get it over with?'

"Oh, so this is him, I had heard." the dragon looked at me but I turned away, focusing on Alduin. A second door opened, and a tiger with large draconic wings stepped out, looking in confusion. Behind him stepped another reptile, but this one had no wings, no horns like the dragons and carried two swords on his back. All three who had looked into the room were looking at me with interest and curiosity, and I felt slightly apprehensive in the group stare.

"What did I miss?" the tiger echoed the dragon's question. Alduin stopped shifting, and with a fake smile, pointed at me, while looking at the tiger.

"This man is Ryan Lewis, Blake, I helped him get settled in here. In response, he's found out that I live with a fox, and have a host of other characters that visit."

"So?" the larger dragon replied. Alduin took a deep breath.

"Propani, I told you before, this place would go mental if they knew aliens had come into contact with Earth. We'd have the bloody Secret Services from every country on the circular globe after us to dissect and experiment."

"Point of order," I raised a trembling hand slowly, "Who said I intended to tell anyone?"

"I thought we had been taking that into account." Draco replied behind me. I turned to face him, my anger was beginning to build up again, like back at the bar in St. George.

"Quite clearly not. What Alduin has as his secrets can stay that way." I said angrily.

"And what makes you so honest to god?" Draco replied, looking down at me. I pointed at Alduin, while confronting Draco. A part of me was saying this wasn't really clever, but I needed to make my point.

"That man has done a lot for me. He has made me a citizen of this country, so I don't have to worry about visas, he got me a job, I forget how many times he's bought me lunch. If you must know, I came here to bring him a gift as a way of saying thank you."

"Really?" Alduin sounded interested, and suddenly amused. I reached into my bag and pulled the game out, giving it to him. He took it, and smiled.

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting to find that game, Ryan. Just a pity you chose tonight." He said

"I really didn't mean to." I replied, solemnly.

"And fair enough, a surprise present turning into a reverse surprise doesn't often happen." Draco said behind me. Propani shut the bathroom door, and I got extremely curious again.

"What is Propani doing in there?" I asked. Alduin smiled.

"Making love with Javid, I guess. Did you hear about that?" He said that way too casually.

"I heard it, I just wasn't one hundred percent sure of your sanity." Alduin laughed, as did everyone else.

"Ah yes, no one would believe that we all make love together, ‘til they see it." He spoke. Draco stepped forwards, smirking.

"Can I enlighten him on that subject?" He asked. ‘Wait what the hell?' I thought.

"As long as you don't go too hard, I can't see why not, although you'd have to ask him." Alduin replied. I got the drift immediately after he spoke, and looked at the dragon.

"You have got to be kidding me." I said, walking backwards into Alduin. The human put a friendly hand on my shoulder, which only heightened my nervousness.

"Ryan," Alduin began, "there is nothing wrong about having sex with someone, not even a dragon. If you're straight, I can understand that, but I cannot see anything wrong with having it off with Draco."

"It's not sex that's worrying me." I replied, fast.

"Ah, he's scared of Draco himself." Time Dancer replied from the floor, "Fair enough, I suppose." The canine was waiting patiently for her turn, to her I was no more than a minor inconvenience. Draco smiled, this time looking very warmly at me.

"Don't worry, Ryan, I won't hurt you. Trust me on that." He said.

"You said earlier you would." I replied.

"Kicking someone in the shins has a tendency to annoy them." the dragon chuckled, and I saw a small flicker of flame escape from his mouth. I stayed motionless, and then Alduin spoke.

"Now, are you straight, or is it just Draco scares you?"

"It's the second one." I replied slowly, ‘I can't be that curious can I? Seriously?'

"Fair enough." He took my hand, and gently pulled me towards his room. My heels left protesting noises on the floor, and Draco followed in afterwards.

"Time, the game's stopping briefly." Alduin called as an afterthought, while Draco shut the door. Before I could really react, Alduin bodily grabbed my shirt, and pulled it up. I naturally resisted.

"Alduin, I-" he cut me off.

"Ryan, do you want Draco to do this? Than stop struggling." He pulled the shirt off me, and then undid my belt and pulled down my trousers. I was somewhat back in shock area. Alduin then undressed himself, and as soon as we were both naked, he spun me around to face a now naked dragon. Draco was looking at some amusement at Alduin. Okay I admit I liked the sound of sex, with any of them, but I was still very worried about sex with a seven-foot tall reptile with claws the length of a fire lighter. Alduin spoke.

"Now, are you prepared to let Draco fuck you?"

"Alduin, he's capable of tearing me to shreds, what do you think?" I replied.

"Reasonable, although a simple no would have sufficed." Alduin grinned, beside me. I managed a weak grin back.

"Okay, it sounds fun, but come on." I pleaded.

"No, I had the same misgiving for a few minutes when I first met him." he replied, "So what would you prefer?"

"Right now? Not to be here." the resultant laughter echoed across the room, and Alduin took hold of me. He pulled me backward onto the bed.

"Alduin, what are you doing?" I asked, as I felt his arm wrap around my chest. He placed a hand in front of my eyes, and I struggled.

"Alduin, let go right now!" I implored. He spoke calmly into my ear.

"Ryan, calm down, I am merely going to have it off with you, is that okay?" I relaxed on his words. I could hear nothing, but after a few seconds I felt a large thick cock being pushed against the entrance to my anus. With deliberate force, and with a feeling I had never experienced, said cock forced it's way into me, and I cried out.

"Dear God, it's so big." I said, still unable to see. Alduin chuckled.

"That wouldn't be a surprise." a sneaking suspicion crept over me as he said that.

"You let Draco just insert his cock into me, didn't you?" I said, trying to sound natural, and both of them laughed.

"Give a man some credit for coming up with it." Alduin replied. "Do you want me to uncover your eyes?" I felt Draco shift, and his legs brushed mine as he slowly sank deeper into me. I shifted, sighing in a mixture of pleasure and uncomfort. A dragon was fucking me. How on Earth did we get to this?

"Ahh, can I have time to answer that one?" I asked, and then felt a pair of lips on my own, and also felt two scaly arms gently pulling me closer to him as he sank down on top of me. Draco was making out with me, and all the nervousness vanished under the grip of the surprisingly gentle reptile. I pulled Alduin's hand off my eyes, but I closed them myself, concentrating on kissing Draco back. I reached around the dragon myself, and gently brushed against the spines that ran down his back. Draco broke off the kiss for a second.

"Yes," he hissed, smiling," I like that." I guessed the spines made him more sexually excited, and so I began stroking up and down them with one hand. I felt pretty pleased with myself, I was making him feel good. I continued stroking, and then he began to thrust with his cock. What he managed was incredible. His slow but deep rate filled me completely on every in stroke, and he dragged the process of leaving out, so I could feel his cock catching every fold of skin. Then Alduin began to do something mean. He took my erect cock in his hands, and began stroking back and forth. I moaned as I felt a shiver of warmth ripple through my cock.

"Alduin, you, you," the words wouldn't come, mind you I had a dragon continue his kissing.

"I feel like we should both fuck him." Draco smiled. I had never been doubly penetrated before, Hell I hadn't even been penetrated before, I didn't know what to expect, but Alduin soon showed me. His cock dragged against the base of Draco's and he pushed really hard against me. My body was unwilling to let this new insertion in, but Alduin persevered, and I shouted as he finally pushed his way in. True he wasn't as big as Draco, but the two of them together made me feel exceptionally tight.

"Ahhh! Draco, it hurts." I shouted.

"You're not used to having something so big in you." the dragon replied, "We shall have to loosen it a bit for you." he thrust gently with Alduin in tandem, and I opened my mouth, and began to moan. As I did, Draco kissed me once more, and I felt his forked tongue curl against mine. I felt Alduin's hands continue is stroking of my own member, and felt so intensely warm, I desired more. The dragon was going quite slowly, as was Alduin, but what they were doing together was quite quickly getting me off. I arched gently underneath Alduin's firm grip, and Alduin smiled. I could hear he was smiling, and he radiated contentment.

"Keep still, Ryan. I take it you want us to go faster?"

Draco broke off the kiss, so I could speak. I panted, and then mumbled an answer.

"I'm definitely enjoying it right now."

"Oh, good." Draco laughed, "Then he'll enjoy it more when we fuck him harder." The resultant thrust from the pair of them really hurt. Both of them went very deep, held it, and then Draco began thrusting a lot, lot faster. The dragon grabbed me firmly by the shoulders to get a better grip, and I began moaning in pain.

"Draco! No, please don't." I managed to gasp, but the dragon didn't listen, keeping at this new rate. Alduin began stroking my cock at a faster rate, and my protests dissolved into unintelligible moans. It goes without saying that I went first. Alduin and Draco seemed to spot it a mile off, and the dragon almost stopped thrusting entirely as he got off my upper body, and craned his body down. With his forked tongue, he delicately licked the tip of my cock, and I twitched. I had my eyes closed, and I felt his tongue sedately run up and down my length, as Alduin's stroking kept further down. Then the serpentine tongue curled around my cock, and began to slide up and down by throbbing member.

"He likes you." Alduin said in my ear quietly, "Now let go in him. He has a taste for human semen."

Ever so gently, I felt two rows of sharp teeth grip my cock firmly, as the tongue continued. I moaned, and after another half a minute, couldn't contain it any longer. With a howl that would have woken the neighbors, I let go with a burst of cum into the dragon's mouth. Draco kept it all in his mouth, milking me delicately until I had finished. Then he swallowed, and rose off my cock.

"Delicious, you humans are all very tasty. But what does Ryan think of mine?"

"I've never tried." I replied, and the dragon removed his cock from my ass. I sighed, feeling the gaping gap left by the dragon, until it closed on it's own accord around Alduin's patient thrusting. Draco walked up the bed on his knees, until he was standing above my chest, his very large member hanging in front of me. I brought my hands up, and took hold of the reptilian cock, stroking gently. I licked the tip as I alternately stroked. Draco did not appear appeased.

"No, no, Ryan, hands away." I did so, a little confused. Draco reached down and took the back of my head in one scaly claw, and then thrust into my mouth. It was hard enough to breathe, let alone work his cock with my tongue. But Draco didn't care about me working him, he wanted to fuck my mouth by himself. At a rate like how he was doing my ass, he thrust back and forth, going deeper and deeper until his tip was practically in my throat, and he still hadn't put the whole thing in. Alduin's patient thrust finally came to something, and he shouted as he let go with a huge burst of cum that flooded my ass. He stopped with his cock all the way in me, as Draco continued his abusal of my mouth. This was probably so he could cum faster. After a minute, he began ramming my throat hard and fast, making it nigh impossible to breathe. I tried to stave his efforts away, but Alduin took my hands away. Then with a roar, Draco thrust as deep as he could go, and let go with a staggering load. The first burst filled most of my mouth. The second did, and the third sent an overload of cum spilling down my chin and onto my body. Before the fourth burst, the dragon removed his cock from my mouth, and the next three bursts landed over my face. The warm sticky fluid oozed down my face, as the dragon relaxed. I swallowed the stuff inside my mouth, and it tasted, well, delicious. Draco slumped down on top of my chest, and I took the initiative, and took the tip of his cock in my mouth, sucking back and forth while both hands worked the base. The dragon looked very gratified.

"I guess you like mine too." he smiled. Alduin cleared his throat.

"Before we go second round, I want to get out."

"And we'd like to get in." Alecto and Gareth said from the open doorway. I shot off both Draco and Alduin in surprise. Alduin got off the bed, and smiled.

"I'm not in this one." he turned to me, and whispered. "I'll distract Gareth, you come up from behind and fuck his ass." I looked at Alduin, then briefly at the fox in question. Alduin walked towards the two, as Alecto received the come over here signal from Draco. Draco sat on the bed normally, and Alecto sat astride of him, facing away. Draco pulled out a length of rope and a ball gag from a drawer, and, tied the fox's hands behind the dragon's neck. Then he inserted the ball gag, something Alecto wasn't expecting, and he struggled in the dragon's grip.

"This is what happened when you let a dragon get too dominant, Alecto." Draco said, smiling, as he thrust his cock into the fox's ass, and then used his tail to fuck Alecto's vagina. Alecto made a loud muffled noise. Meanwhile Alduin was talking to Gareth about something, and he continued past the fox towards the door. The fox turned to face him, and I snuck up behind him, and grabbed tightly around his arms and chest, using my strength to pick him up off the ground. Alduin was so close he shot forward, and grabbed the fox's legs as the fox kicked up. He maneuvered past the legs, and thrust his cock into Gareth's vagina. The fox went limp in surprise.

"Ryan will fuck you now, you are to be his whore, is that clear?" Alduin looked sternly at the fox, removing his cock.

"Yes, master." I let him down, and he went down on his hands and knees, his tail up and his ass and vagina waiting expectantly. Relishing the prospect, I got down on top of him, and thrust hard into his ass. Alduin removed a necklace the fox was wearing, and then spoke to me.

"This is his translator, so he can't understand us now. You will possibly get one if you come to Central, and I would consider it. But meanwhile, treat him like a bitch, he likes the occasional submission."

"Does Gareth live with you permanently?" I asked, remembering Grant's enigmatic comments. Alduin smiled.

"He wanted to live with me, as my lover, and I said yes. Most of the time he's submissive, like today, but sometimes he can be almost as dominant as I can. I'll leave you to it." he walked out, and shut the door. Behind me, Draco was almost hammering Alecto two fold, the fox's eyes closed in a look of pain. Never once did I ever think I would ever have it off with a fox, much less dominate him. Gareth lay on his hands and knees, and I draped over him, thrusting my cock into his ass at a rate nowhere near as fast as Draco. Gareth whimpered under my efforts, and growled something I did not understand. It sounded pitiful, but I was listening to Alduin, and I thrust a little harder. There was no point in telling him to be quiet, he wouldn't understand me either. I wondered how those necklaces worked. Hell, I wondered quite a lot of things about this mysterious group. Draco let go into Alecto, and as he finished, the fox slumped sideways onto the bed, breathing shallowly after the hammering he had received. The dragon stood, and came over to me, smiling. This was worrying, he had a lot of razor teeth in that mouth.

"I see you're getting the hang of it, Ryan." He spoke casually.

"So what's going to happen, Draco?" I asked him.

"About you finding out about us? I'm thinking of several alternatives, none of them nice." I stopped thrusting, and scowled at Draco. He laughed.

"In all seriousness, have you ever thought of exploration? You have the curious tendency, otherwise you wouldn't have investigated the teleporter noise."

"It sounds a lot better than the alternatives." I emphasized this last word, and Draco laughed.

"I wouldn't kill you, Ryan, you're too good in bed." He replied.

"And that's supposed to make me feel better about it?" I shot back, and Draco laughed again.

"I like you, Ryan." he said, and walked out. Soon I came to the climax myself, and began doing my hardest to fuck the fox in front of me. The fox squirmed at my quick rate, although I still wouldn't compete with Draco, and finally I shouted, and released a jet of semen into the fox's ass, the pleasure taking control of my voice and entire body, going as deep as I could into the fox, until I had stopped cumming. He stiffened feeling me in go deep, and as I removed myself, gently lay outstretched on the floor, breathing deeply. There was a muffled cry from the fox on the bed, and I went over to him.

"Alecto, do you want free?" I asked, concerned. The fox nodded violently. I removed the gag, and he coughed.

"This is what happens when you let Draco exert his authority on you." he managed to gasp, as I untied him, "What is today?" he added.

"Uh, 31st of March, I believe." I said.

"Oh dear. Ryan, you are aware of April Fools Day?" He asked.

"Oh yes." I replied.

"It's gone down well with Centralites, and their jokes tend to be extreme, and occasionally sexual in nature." He explained.

"Occasionally?" I repeated .The earlier display was making me think how much was occasional, and the fox read my thought.

"Okay, mostly sexual." he amended, "Do not accept a drink from anyone tomorrow morning, two to one says there's a love potion spiked in it." At that moment, Alduin walked in, handing Gareth back his necklace, and taking the fox's arm.

"Alecto, take Ryan." he said, with a smile, and vanished. There was a bang, and he simply was not there. There were several other bangs outside the room. Alecto made to take my hand, but I broke away, reaching for my clothes to redress.

"What happened? Where have they gone?" I looked worried. Alecto sat back on the bed, looking relaxed.

"They have teleported to Central, do you want to come?"

"How? One moment they were there?" I was confused. Alecto showed me his wrist, on which was a shining golden armband with a blue gem on it.

"The teleporter allows us to travel great distance. If you really are so worried, take my hand, and you press the blue gem." With a feeling of desire to find out about it, and yet repulsed by the idea, I first tentatively and then forcefully took hold of the fox's arm. The fox smiled.

"Relax, Ryan. Now press the blue gem." I did, and instantly I closed my eyes. I seemed unable to let go of Alecto, and we were flying or falling on invisible wings. I had a great sensation of speed, and yet I couldn't tell if we were actually moving. After half a minute, we appeared to slam onto the ground, and yet I landed slightly heavily on a steel corridor. This sensation was so unsettling that I when I was in control of my own body, I let go of Alecto, and collapsed to the floor for the second time that night.

"If I asked where we were, would I regret it?" I asked the fox. Alecto chuckled.

"You're perfectly fine." he said, and I sighed in relief.

"Well that's something." I said quietly

"You're on Central, god knows how many light years from Earth, and we appear to have a Lupogriff coming this way with Alduin."

"Ah," I said sagely, "Obviously this is a new and unusual meaning of the word safe that I was previously not aware of." I managed to get to my feet. I wish I had stayed on the ground. Next to Alduin was an eight-foot tall wolf. This thing seemed worse than Draco. Giant eagle like wings folded inwards, huge claws sprung from the furry feet and paws, and his chest was a myriad of scars from battles, as was most of his body. He wore a short black skirt like item that covered all the indecent bits, and loomed over me, the wolf's head glaring at me, and about a mile out the other way. This creature stared at me just like Time, and I fidgeted in front of the, Lupogriff, I think Alecto said.

"Salbar and Javid are on their home planets, you are allowed to use their bed in Alduin's quarters. You will be assigned to a team in the near future, but don't count on being in Alduin's team, because they are full. Are you skilled with any weapon?" the voice was short and sharp, a staccato, but underlined with a very scary growl.

"Yes sir, I am practiced with a sword." I remembered my countless sparring sessions with my friends, and battles against my rival Sterling, which gave me a slight curiosity of whatever happened to him.

"What about your skill with intelligence?" the Lupogriff hissed.

"I play chess." I replied, only my pride keeping me from backing away.

"And how fast are you at picking things up?" the Lupogriff finished.

"We shall have to see." He glared at me as he turned to walk off, I collapsed into Alduin's arms. ‘I think I just pissed myself.'

"There, there, Silverine is intimidating, you're not alone in that fear." He said.

"What is he?" I asked horrified.

"He's half wolf, half eagle, half lunatic, and Chief Scout of Central. He is Silverine, and he scares the willies out of most of everyone else. Don't worry, though, he's not half as scary as the friends who got you moved into New Zealand. You'll probably see one today." What on Earth- er Central could he be talking about? And with that enigmatical statement, he helped me towards where he said his quarters were.