《The Demons Inside Us》


 Freedom to Train

    Silence¡­. Everlasting silence for all eternity. Not a breadth of life anywhere, which was the punishment decreed by the ¡®gods¡¯ for her tyranny. Ten thousand years had passed since Ebony the Nameless was imprisoned in this crypt and she had long faded into myth, forgotten by the world and used instead as a way to scare misbehaving children into conformity. Once the peak of the world, the queen of hatred now but a discarnate soul who is destroying her power in order to discreetly fade away from the prison into the world outside, where she belongs.


    With the last dregs of her power she broke through her shackles and into the twilight of her world, weak and with only the strength to possess a mortal. She flew through the ebbing night and finally found what she so desperately needed, a small, nondescript village nestled in the mountains, lacking all but some Aura, the necessary component to ascend and break the chains mortality. Flying towards the nearest building she gazed inside and shook her head and thought to herself ¡°not good¡­ not good at all, the only virginal girl in this entire god forsaken village is this thing that lacks even the slightest beauty, geez my standards have dropped.¡± And with that deprecating comment she invaded the body and crushed the soul residing within, without the slightest care for the agony involved of forcibly tearing a soul from its host she took control, and the only pure child of the village, was no more.


    Ebony awoke with the sounds of life, the cattle grazing, the pots clanking and the men swearing at each other before the routine hunt for food and ego. Ebony woke stiff from the hard, baked earth but the feeling of joy echoed throughout her soul, I can feel, I have a body, I have returned to this world that cherishes men and despises woman ready to flip it on its head. Her smile glorious, she donned her host body¡¯s clothes, a threadbare gown, made of flax and stitched using nestles high at the neck and cut off at the knee. Her sandals were hard pieces of wood, with a strap of leather to hold them on to her small, rough nailed feet. A man¡¯s voice echoed throughout the shed she slept in, ¡°Where is that whore, where is she!¡± The curtain, enclosing her of the outside was pulled down, as a muscular man walked in, carrying hunting gear and armed with a few rusting daggers. Seeing her standing in front of him dressed, with a pleased expression upon her bruised face made him go ballistic. ¡°Slut we are going hunting today, why aren¡¯t you there to carry our gear you lowly slave.¡±


    Ebony answered back quickly while plastering a worried, intimidated expression up her face, ¡°so so sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to be late master.¡± In her mind though it was a completely different story, as she thought ¡°this is perfect, I need a way to cultivate in peace and discard this awful appearance and running away during a hunting expedition while carrying their supplies will allow me to not worry about food until I¡¯m strong enough to fetch it myself.¡± The man responded with a gruff ¡°Is that so, well come along we are already late as it is.¡± While bowing low she followed the man and gazed upon her task and in turn salvation, a rucksack filled to the brim with cheeses and meats was there, with two drawstrings to loop around her arms and flat as a board chest so as to keep it from sagging or coming undone. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.


    Ebony uttered a slight sound as the weight of the foodstuffs fell upon her malnourished and boney shoulders, back and neck. The huntsman set off at a constant pace that was slightly to fast for Ebony¡¯s body to take with her current condition resulting in waves of fatigue rippling throughout her being as the hours went on and they went higher into the foothills. The chill of the air bit into her skin and her hair stood to attention in response to the cold. Ebony overheard the men talking over the seasons change and the harvest and quickly became aware that they were still a few moons away from the first snows leading plenty of time to find shelter to ride out the winter when she escaped.


    The sun soon set in the mountains and then came her real test, escaping the huntsman on sentry go without getting caught. The weather was foul, the wind howled, the rain plummeted and the huntsman were miserable in their makeshift tents around the fire. Ebony with her status as a slave was left outside to watch the food so as to prevent scavengers which suited her just fine. Despite her soaked dress clinging to her body she rose silently without the slightest squelch and with a look both ways grabbed the rucksack she had carried all day, donned it upon her back and set off towards the mountain, away from the lush hunting grounds and into the desolate stone. Luck was on her side to send this storm as despite the horrible hiking conditions, all the wild animals would be cowering in their dens and the huntsman would be trying to stay warm as they played with their slaves under the blankets they packed.


    As Ebony scrambled up the rocky path she tripped and with a ¡°son of a bitch¡± she gazed upon her leg, which bleed profusely and mixed with the water to create streams of blood riding down the hill. Weary and eager for warmth she waded through the bog like mud and found more then she could ever hope for, a cave hidden from eyes with an overhang protecting from the rain. She crept up, peered in and with a bold step went straight inside. She flung her rucksack onto the ground and fell asleep the moment her head hit the floor.


    Ebony awoke to the clamor of howls as the wildlife crept from their caves ready to hunt. Ebony felt rested and went straight into her bag eager to devour the fruits of her work. She relished the taste of the salt on her tongue and wanted to gorge herself but knew that unless she rationed it until she grew powerful enough to hunt for more she would starve. Ebony¡¯s body was a piece of trash it was malnourished and ugly. Now let me tell you something Ebony was and still is an egotistical, vain and opinionated person who felt that she was better than everyone else who also possessed a bountiful cleavage which she was once very proud of. So for her to gaze upon a body this bruised, broken and ¡®flat¡¯ and to know that it was hers made a feeling of distaste to rise up from the depths of her soul.

 The Faint Feel of Power

    Grimacing at her bodies condition Ebony climbed hesitantly to her callous covered feet and carefully exited her cave rucksack in hand. The first rays of the sun fell upon her causing an involuntary tremble to surface across her dust covered body. Her leg had scabbed over across the night but it had cramped in the process, Ebony let out a hiss as the scab shattered with her stiff, crabwalk like steps while she slid and fell, through themud decorating the mountain steps. A few hours passed in this way as she crept silently, like a feline onthe hunt towards the forest adorning the mountain¡¯s foothills she was seemingly alone throughout the forest, the huntsman gone in some other way to find her no doubt. Her goal this time was to find firewood and kindling in order to start her progress to ascension and in order to not let her bloody body get sick from the frigid air permeating the mountain at all times. The wood was easy to find and acquire thanks to the violent storm the previous night but this led her to another problem, all the wood was waterlogged and saturated requiring at least a few days to dry out before even having a hope of catching a wick of flame.


    Ebony having accomplished her chore, to some degree collapsed onto the lush grass booming with life after the previous weather and just gazed upon the sky looking at the red hue stretching across the skyline as the sun descended into its slumber and its counterpart the moon rose silently towards its eventually apex. ¡°I bet he¡¯s dead now, even for him ten thousand years is the limit.¡± Murmured Ebony to herself as she lay, inviting a partner to spend the night together. While knowing that, that wistful feel was but a dream that lingered ever present until she was seized once again enclosed in his bodies embrace. With the longing spreading throughout her body she clenched her eyes and let the darkness take her.


    She awoke to a raging thirst screaming around her throat to this she rose quickly to her feet clutching her still damp firewood in her grasp and set off towards the faint gurgling of water that would inevitably lead to some form of waterfall. The sound of gurgling soon swept through the air and a gully reflected in her eyes. With a dash of renewed vigour she ran straight into the gully, carelessly dropping her rucksack and firewood of to the side and dove rejoicing in the cool liquid streaming down her parched throat, ¡°Let¡¯s not go through that again, I can¡¯t believe I forgot that I needed water.¡± Reprimanding herself, Ebony now shivering thanks to her soaking garb heaved herself out of the tributary and grabbing her luggage hastened upstream to, the waterfall releasing dense spray towards the sky. A rainbow decorated the misty surroundings as Ebony gazed upon her home for the next while, a waterfall, a crystal clear pond and a small cave off to the side.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.


    Ebony placed her assorted things inside the cave and grabbing a strip of jerky munched upon the hard, salty texture of the meat. She ate like this for half an hour until the sun reached its apex and carefully took off her clothes and neatly lined them against the rocks and dove in. Swimming carefully towards the rocks directly under the waterfall she clambered taking the full brunt of the waterfall onto her malnourished muscles, stretching them to breaking point before being swept off the rocks into the pond by the spray and the fatigue etching itself into her bones. This was repeated all afternoon, the force directly toning her muscles into a more desirable and efficient shape. Gasping she lay there clothes still unadorned and cheese down her gullet with a soft sigh she climbed to her feet and set up her fire with a long five foot stick in the centre and without the slightest bit of hesitation wrapped her body around it and let the fire burn her skin black. A scream resonated through the air as the fire cleansed her skin of their impurities and like this her night past in mind splitting agony.


    The rising sun woke Ebony from her coma like rest and her blackened skin was testament to her painful endeavour from the previous evening. A quick meal of cheese and beef jerky later and she rose wincingly to her feet and carefully washed away the blackened skin off her body and gazed upon the pinkish brown skin that was remained. ¡°This body must be affecting me, there is no way that I would scream from something as painless as burning.¡± Ebony remarked. The days bled into weeks and soon she had spent nearly a month in her body and by this time Ebony¡¯s skin was pink and white and her face was as gorgeous as a ten year old could be, pale white skin with a slight hue of red inside her iris and like this she approached the limit of the first part of ascension, The Outer Body Cleansing. She was now able to softly feel the power of Aura descending upon her and uplifting her muscles until they reached a degree of strength most would find inconceivable in a ten year old and a girl at that.

 Demoness of the Forest

    ¡°This feeling of power is so, so satisfying, intoxicating like the taste of blood on a cold winters night. It¡¯s been so long but finally I can eat real meat not this trash called jerky, meat freshly killed impaled upon a split juices roiling in the kindles, fats sizzling as it drips, viscous across the surface. Oh how I miss it but soon I will have it the moment I figure out where the FUCK they are.¡± With that ramble finished she sped along the snow covered forest dodging rocks and branches delighting in the feel of the wind upon here still bare skin. She ran circling and slowly narrowing it down until her prey lay trapped in a cloud of frost, regal as the day it was born the almighty snow leopard. It stood at a height of nearly 3 feet and weighed nearly 100 kilos in muscles and fats. But let¡¯s not forget the most valuable part of the leopard to Ebony, despite her desire to feast upon its flesh, the fur draped across its body was worth the most, after all she was wearing cow hide before.


    With a grin decorating her face she said ¡°Sorry kitty cat but I really really really want your fur and meat so I¡¯m afraid I can¡¯t play nice.¡± And before the words could fade into the air she charged, straight as an arrow towards it fists clenched tightly. The leopard swiped with its claws but she ducked under carefully avoiding the blow and retaliated with a curled up fist, right into the pit, shattering its joint with a CRUNCH, She jumped back and gazed upon here move, The leg hung limp hanging by a string of tendon but immovable all the same. She repeated this over and over until all the leopard could do was lie down pitifully, eyes begging for mercy only to flinch as it saw the growing ecstasy rising in her eyes. ¡°You know kitty cat I wouldn¡¯t do this if you didn¡¯t invoke this feeling that I haven¡¯t had the chance to release in ten thousand years but you did so, hee hee.. Please scream I won¡¯t to hear the sounds echoing throughout the forest as a warning for all those that resist.¡± Like this she spent the next half an hour grinding the bones of the leopard into paste using nothing but a rock and pure sadism all while managing to keep the leopard conscious.


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    She awoke from her new found ¡®hobby¡¯ when the combination of ebbing light and hunger pangs shook her mind into clarity. ¡°I guess play times over kitty later.¡± And with that psychotic farewell she crashed the rock into the neck of her ¡®pet¡¯ ending its life with the most satisfying crunch. Ebony grabbed the now carcass and sprinted off towards her ¡®home by the water¡¯ and spent the last rays of light deboning, skinning, sewing and cooking her food in order to prepare for winter¡¯s heart. This wasn¡¯t all that she did though, she drained all the blood from the carcass and dropped into a thin, girl deep hole she had dug the previous night. ¡°That wasn¡¯t enough, such a shame I guess another animal is going to enjoy ¡®play time¡¯.¡± Once this thought was spoken out loud a hint of glee shined within her eyes as she licked her lips seductively.


    In this way Ebony spent the week terrorising the forest denizens until her hole was sufficiently full of blood and upon seeing it like this she slid into the brownish blood and slowly absorbed copious amounts of blood aided by the hatred and contempt held to her by the bloods original owners resulting in a rate of cultivation that would scare most but not her. Her entire style was to put in the least work possible meaning orthodox paths just wouldn¡¯t cut it. She felt the accumulated blood enter her heart and other organs, refining them faster and more painfully then just Aura alone would. Her body screamed out from every point begging for release, for mercy but Ebony¡¯s will was unshaken, as unyielding as a stone wall was to a mortal. Finally the blood pit ran out of blood allowing relief to echo out from her entire being.


    ¡°That felt way more painful than I remembered it but to get enough blood to refill this thing will require a bear or a week of effort hunting smaller critters which could be considered fortuitous because this way I can consolidate my blood path, hatred towards me will condense my cultivation allowing me to build a stronger foundation to draw power from.¡± Reassuring herself that what she went through was in fact worth it Ebony washed the stench of blood off her body and rolled over, still dripping from her waist length hair into her leopard skin blanket, as bare underneath as her naming day.

 Descending the Mountain

    The days followed this routine as the days switched from winter to spring and finally to the cusp of summer. Ebony was lying there neck deep inside the blood pit enjoying the feeling of progress as the blood did its thing. ¡°I need rarer, more valuable blood to bathe in. My body is no longer burning fiercely enough under the refinement for any serious progress to happen¡­ depressing.¡± Ebony rose from the pit and after washing the blood off her body, donned her favorite outfit. A soft fox fur ushanka nestled atop her crown, she wore a leopard fur coat that hugged close to her body accentuating her thin waist and thin body, this was followed by a pair of bear skin leggings atop of hard heeled leather boots made from bark and bat leather. Her face though had, after all the continuous refinement turned increasingly pale, almost sickly. Her hair, a cross now of black and blonde rested just below the tip of her of her ass. Now fashionably dressed, Ebony grabbed her new bag, a bear stomach and hastened on her journey descending away from her obscure mountain home carrying a few weeks of meat and a few furs that were of decent quality.


    The once snowy mountain had truly changed, the whole forest was teeming with life and predators roared and howled as they went along their business. Strangely though when she breezed through areas they had just been in they scurried away into the nearest bush, trembling at her sight. She sped along the path, tracking down her previous travels until she neared her body¡¯s original home, the small mountain village nestled in the foot hills of the mountain range. Ebony didn¡¯t expect them to know who she was, after all the previous escaped slave was useless, terrified and malnourished. Destined to meet an unfortunate end if she escaped whereas Ebony currently was every man¡¯s dream, healthy, pale and wearing tight figure hugging clothes.


    She descended from the mountains and it didn¡¯t take long for the villagers in the rice paddies to spot the new arrival. A motley collection of men came to greet her, including her once master his group of huntsman and an unfamiliar face dressed in fine sateen. ¡°Hello little miss¡± One of the men spoke ¡°May we have the fortune to know of your name?¡± Ebony responded curtly with her name. ¡°Well, nice to meet you Ebony, I would like you to meet Sir Leruvian, a noble character from the great city of Unxors.¡± Leruvian¡¯s face grew more pleasant after hearing the spoken flattery and Ebony batted her eyelashes after seeing the ¡®great¡¯ man that was ¡®Sir¡¯ Leruvian. Ebony, adopting a nervous attitude spoke ¡°You your honor could you be willing for me to accompany you to the city? I have some fine furs to sell as a fee for my passage.¡± ¡°Sure girlie, head to the tents over by the river.¡± ¡°Thank thank you your honor.¡± With that said Ebony scampered over to the tents, past the guards admiring the ¡®view¡¯ and sat below a tree quietly contemplating her next move.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    A few hours later as the sun started to set the guards came up to her, disdaining to hide the lecherous and greedy looks flashing across their faces. ¡°His honor wishes to see you¡± One guard said provokingly. With that comment Ebony opened her red hued eyes, stared at the guards for a minute until they dropped their gazes and slowly walked, swaying subconsciously towards the tent placed domineeringly in the centre of the encampment. She stopped outside his tent and softly ¡°Did the lord wish to see me?¡± There was an immediate response ¡°Yes, now get in.¡± She opened the tent flaps and gazed inside at a sight, Leruvian sitting upon his chair with three woman ¡®serving¡¯ him. ¡°Show the furs¡± he demanded arrogantly and sneer present on his face and like that Ebony placed the furs, folded neatly in front of him. ¡°Decent quality, mmmmmm fine you can stay¡± he stated while softly stroking the girl beside him. ¡°Thank you lord for your generosity¡± the struggle to keep the meek pretense up was seriously taxing but she clearly wasn¡¯t the man¡¯s match allowing her to barely refrain from lashing out.


    ¡°Leave me now, unless you wish to stay with me?¡± Leruvian lowered his voice trying and failing miserable to persuade her to let him fuck her. ¡°I will take my leave lord¡± Ebony¡¯s voice had turned stiff and cold, as stiff as a block of permafrost. She hurried out oblivious to the flash of disappointment that went across his face. The warm summer night meant that sleeping in the open was comfortable and pleasurable a soft breeze tussled her now loose hair as she fell asleep sprawled, legs wide open.


    She was roused from her slumber by the soft sound of glass ruffling around her and the not so quite whispers of several men. ¡°Oh this one¡¯s gonna be so tight, I just can¡¯t wait to get inside her.¡± True that, and those little lips on my pole, SWEET.¡± ¡°She¡¯ll probably thanks us for showing her the ways of a woman after tonight, I can¡¯t wait to tame this wild one.¡± Ebony¡¯s eyes were stern and ice cold, but her lips conveyed a different meaning. Those vibrant red lips were curled in a wicked and excited smirk that was at odds with the rest of her pubescent face. As they neared her she lashed out, directing her fist straight towards the nearest man¡¯s manhood, shattering all the bones inside with a sickening crack. ¡°My my cock¡± the man screamed. ¡°Don¡¯t worry I will let all of you become woman, right after I drain some of that delicious blood from you.¡± The assaulters all ran, yelling as they did rousing all the men in the camp from their sex induced haze. ¡°Who awoke me?¡± ¡°Sorry Sir but she wanted to drink our blood, she even de-seeded Johnny after offering her body up to us.¡±

 An Eventful Night

    ¡°Nice joke, I¡¯m just a poor, little girl who has spent the last few years hunting alone in the forest, well I could be considered an immortal.¡± Everyone just looked incredulously at her ¡°Immortal you?! What a joke immortals are awe inspiring and completely male dominated, woman haven¡¯t been allowed to Ascend since The Shadow Queen may she stay sealed for all eternity existed and even if they were all female ascension practices were destroyed.¡± It was Ebony¡¯s turn to be shocked now ¡°What a sexist bunch and let me tell you woman are just as good as men at Ascending, we aren¡¯t just fuck toys and may I sayyou have really ruined my mood soI willtake my leave now, thanks for the view boys and cheers to the meal you offered.¡± ¡°What meal? One woman said tearfully. ¡°Obviously you whore.¡± Many just collapsed, trembling on the ground at the words accentuated by the sinister and feverish light gleaming from within her eyes.


    Ebony ran straight at some of the men, weaklings only at the Outer Body Cleansing, doomed to be cannon fodder. As she struck down guard after guard Leruvian finally got over his shock, he yelled ¡°hold her off¡± and quickly ran away rushing towards the nearest city to spread the word of her existence, a new female cultivator. ¡°Well boys, it seems you are now being used as a meat shield, don¡¯t you wish to be something more, something more valuable than dust?¡± One guard seemingly braver then the rest, bottom lip trembling raised his voice ¡°Of course we want to be worth something but we are peasant folk destined to serve.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right you are destined to serve but you could serve someone that will lead you to greatness, to power itself not to someone who throws away your lives so they can save their own dog life.¡± A few men were wavering, pondering if her voice was different then a siren¡¯s call, that it might actually offer them the chance to throw away their fates.


    ¡°This is a once in a lifetime offer, not all are on the same level of righteousness as I am but firstly if you are a virgin and willing to serve me step forward.¡± One girl about the age of eleven stepped forward accompanied by a young boy of about fourteen. ¡°Is that seriously all the virgins? Can¡¯t you lot keep your pecker in your pants for five minutes.¡± Ebony admonished ¡°Well good job for coming I guess, you¡¯re now Rezuvious she told the boy and you girl are Absinthe. These two were braver then you, grown men, protectors of the realm and as you can see they are perfectly fine so, who else?¡± Five guards of the remaining eight stepped forward saying ¡°We shall serve her ladyship.¡± Ebony hearing the title cooed ¡°I like that but call me My Queen it sounds nicer more what¡¯s the word, dominating. Now to the woman, are any of you willing to serve me?¡± About five stepped forward tentatively whispering ¡°We will serve the queen¡±. ¡°Good that¡¯s all for today, now to show off your utter devotion to me, go, kill them all and for the woman,¡± Ebony¡¯s face transformed into a smirk devoid of pity, ¡°rape them first.¡± The people not willing to serve all expressed horror at her words ¡°you can¡¯t do this, please don¡¯t we are willing to serve just let us live please.¡± ¡°Too late¡± and like that Ebony turned around and started walking away toward the command tent flanked by Absinthe and Rezuvious.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    The ringing of sword on sword followed with the sounds of screams periodically ringing out into the still night air with the animalistic sounds of men having ¡®fun¡¯ echoing alongside after. A few of the ¡®saved¡¯ girls followed along after a short while, tired of seeing the men enjoying themselves and deciding to go ¡®where the girls were¡¯. Inside the tent Ebony was telling her Absinthe and Rezuvious about what to do. ¡°Absinthe you are to tell all the women to get all the food, blankets and to dissemble the tents, Rezuvious your job is to have the men saddle all the gear to the warhorses, rip all the hearts from the men and women who didn¡¯t serve me and to somehow extract the men from the holes they will have gotten themselves stuck in.¡± A gulping sound resonated throughout the tent as the two stared wide eyed at her. In the end they both managed to say a quick ¡°yes my queen¡± before quickly fleeing to do their tasks.


    Ebony walked out boldly, watching the hive like activity taking place before her eyes. Within a short while everything was neatly arranged before her, ready to hear her wishes. ¡±Saddle up, we are heading back to the mountains this place is going to go south in a few days.¡± She rode up the path she had, just the night before rode down. The weather was still perfect as warm as a midsummer dream and as the first light of dawn reached her she had reached her destination, her home in the hills. She stood before them with them watching her with fear present ¡°Men you <u>will</u> obey Rezuvious as if your life depended on it, which by the way it does. Same for you girls, Absinthe is the boss, Now Absinthe I want you to get the woman to get this place clean fast and also to fix me some breakfast I AM STARVING. Also Rezuvious get the five guards digging that small hole out a bit I need it at least wide enough to fit everyone in, okay.¡±