Lessons of Life, Lessons of Love

part four

Saturday

I woke up slowly, my thoughts rising through the mistiness of sleep. My body was

warm, but not the warmth of heat, but of contentment.  The feeling that

everything would be all right in the world, and that things would work out.

Against my sides I could feel Emerald and Sapphire, their heads resting on my

shoulders, hands clasped together on my stomach underneath my breasts.  My

breasts.

Last night was so unique, it was like I was someone completely different.  It

wasn't the normal person I was, not quite.  There was more to it, desires that I

never knew I could crave until that moment. There was no other way to describe

it, words fell woefully short in me.

Still, it felt natural to me.  Normal, that this was simply the way that it

should feel.  Not a man visualizing what it would be like to be female, but that

I >was< female, completely, inside and out.  Even my thoughts were tinged with a

more yin texture, reflecting on what had happened to me since three nights ago.

I took solace in this state, merely laying there with my two lovers against my

sides, feeling them stir slightly as they moved in their sleep.  My own fingers

lightly touched their hair, merely that simple act making me feel like I was

really, truly desired.  Not just for pleasure, but for something deeper,

something that would last between us.

In the kitchen I could hear the counter clock turn on, normally set to 7am.

Since it was a Saturday, music softly drifted on the air instead of the

chattering of the DJs, my usual way of waking up.  The station that I had set

employed the most obnoxious pair of people I'd ever want to listen to, it was

usually a very good method to get me out of bed.

The song reached my ears, the opening refrain from an old Tears for Fears piece.

Words tickled my thoughts, and I listened to them, humming to myself along with

the lyrics.

Welcome to your life

There's no turning back

Even while we sleep

We will find you

Acting on your best behaviour

Turn your back on mother nature

Everybody wants to rule the world

It's my own design

It's my own remorse

Help me to decide

Help me make the most

Of freedom and of pleasure

Nothing ever lasts forever

Everybody wants to rule the world

A soft chuckle tickled my ear, and I looked into Emerald's eyes, looking a lot

less sleepy now.  "Mmmm, appropriate.  The song, I mean." He smiled at me, and

kissed me on the cheek.  "You're always appropriate in my book."

I smothered a giggle, then thought about what he said.  Maybe the song was right

for us.  We certainly couldn't turn back and return to what we had been, not

that any of us would want to.  Not even myself. And it was my choice, my

decision to do this with them.  Even if they hadn't been here, and it was just

me, I still would have done it.  Not as soon, but I would have.

Emerald snuggled up closer against me, his body warm and nice.  "I know you're

thinking 'why?' dear," he whispered again into my ear.  "The words just happened

to fit how I feel, that's all.  I don't regret this, and I'm going to make the

most of what I've become, what we've become."

I nodded and turned to look at him.  "Then why did you want to do it so

quickly," I whispered back at him.  He shrugged, and kissed me gently.

"You know a bit of it, how my mother died when I was young, and how my father

really didn't care to raise me."  His eyes clouded a bit, then cleared.  "Well,

I ended up being passed from relative to relative like some gift you really

don't want, while I was trying to grow up.  Hell of a way to end up normal, but

I managed anyways.  I wasn't about to let anyone tell me how to live my life

after a while.

"Once I got to college, things got a lot better for me."  He smiled, looking

over at Sapphire.  "Sure, Saph and I ended up as roommates and lovers, I was

pretty naive at the time.  She helped me out a lot, and I appreciated that in

her.  And I helped her out when she needed me, when her nightmares returned."

I nodded, knowing what he meant.  The times when Sapphire would wake up,

screaming as the memory of what happened returned.  Emerald nodded, reaching up

and caressing my chin.

"But why did I want to drink the water?"  Emerald wore a look of reflection.  "I

just wanted to, because I always wanted to know what it would be like to be

something else for a while, someone else.  We all dream about it, but mine were

vivid at times.  Very vivid, so much so I could almost reach out and touch it."

He sighed, and shook his head. "Then this happens, a fluke, random chance, who

knows?  I wanted it, not knowing what it would cost me."

"It's cost us all, dear."  I smiled a bit, and kissed Emerald gently.  "We have

to accept it.  Do you regret it?"

"Gods, no, I don't."  He smiled at that.  "Even if it costs me my sense of

freedom, I know it won't be true.  I'd have you and Saph, and I can live happily

right there.  Saph, she's already paid part of her cost, back on Thursday when

we had to go out and eat."

"Oh?"  I looked a bit puzzled.  "What was that?"

"I'm a vegetarian," Sapphire said into my other ear.  I turned and saw he was

awake, then looked back at Emerald.

"You knew he was awake."

Emerald didn't deny it.  "Kinda hard to hide it when we wake up."

Sapphire nuzzled my neck and gave me a gentle hug.  "It's ok, dear. Emerald's

right, though, I had to pay for this by learning to accept having to eat animals

to survive.  I've always been a vegetarian, never really liked meat all that

much."

"Gee, I couldn't have guessed that."  They both blinked at me, then I found

myself being tickled, squealing in response.  "All right!  I take it back!" I

managed to gasp out between peals of laughter.

Sapphire gave me a mock glare, then looked down at himself.  "Well, that's

different," he snickered as he settled back down.  "But, no, I just didn't like

eating meat that much.  Always kind of felt that it was wrong."

I kissed Sapphire lightly and nodded.  "I know, it's hard to adjust when

everything you used to believe in ends up turned topsy-turvy. I've not been much

easier, having lost my control with you two repeatedly now."

Emerald laughed at that, and shook his head.  "Let me tell you something, Miss,"

he said in a stern tone.  "I can't speak for Saph, but I would much rather have

you losing your control than anyone else I've been with.  You're fun, and even

when you're totally going wild, you're still caring about us both."  His face

softened, then his eyes sparkled with amusement.  "And you certainly were a

wildcat last night."

Sapphire laughed and agreed.  "First time's always the most intense, isn't it?"

He grinned across me at Emerald and winked.  "Wasn't it?"

I laughed and shook my head.  "It just was so... shattering.  I found myself

wanting it to keep going even in my dreams, it was that good for me."

Emerald kissed my cheek and winked.  "As long as you're happy, we're happy.

Besides," and she gave me a wry smile, "it's about time we turned the tables and

gave you what you give us back."

I laughed and wrapped them in a warm hug, then let out a startled eep! as they

both pinched my nipples.  "Hey, watch it!"

---

Breakfast was a rather unusual affair this time, with me remaining in female

form, wandering about in one of those lycra bathing suits while Emerald and

Sapphire worked in the kitchen, the savory smells of pancakes and bacon filling

the air.  They worked quickly, and soon we were enjoying our meal, chatting idly

like couples often do.

"You know," I commented, laying my fork down after finishing my plate, "it's

funny.  We've known each other, what, two, three weeks in person now?  And we're

more comfortable with each other than some married couples I know."

Emerald chuckled at that, pushing his plate away.  "I noticed that, too," he

replied.  "It's not just that we're able to get along, we were doing that fine

to begin with.  But since drinking the water and changing, we've learned so much

about each other.  And it's brought me closer to you two, I'll admit."

I nodded, then looked at Sapphire.  "You?"

Sapphire smiled.  "You know what my feelings are," he said gently. "I trust you

both, and privately thank whatever gods there are that we did manage to get

together.  And that we're able to get along."

I nodded, and added in my thoughts.  "If I could find a legal way, I'd like you

both to be, well, maybe not my wives or husbands," giving them a wink at their

laughing, "but... well, partners.  As long as we're together, we share what we

have together."

They both gave me warm smiles, and I returned them in kind.  We were partners,

and all that it implied.  I wasn't possessive, I didn't want to keep them.  But

I wasn't going to shackle them to me.  And years later, when our 'family' grew

larger, we'd still love each other deeply.

A soft chiming sound came from the library, a sound I recognized immediately.

Someone was on IRC, someone I had hoped would be around this morning.  I looked

at Sapphire and Emerald, and got up from the chair.

"NYNights is online."

They followed behind me into the library and watched as I sat down at the

keyboard.  I had to move back a bit, forgetting that my breasts were just

slightly in the way now.  With a few quick clicks, I was online and seeing where

she was, now in a channel called #wolfie

Quiet1: Morning.  Did you survive yesterday?

There was a pause, then she replied.

NYNights: Barely.  Rioters torched the building across from me.  I can still

smell the smoke.

Quiet1: But you're ok?

NYNights: I will be.  Had the door barred all night long, and was hiding in the

bathroom.  Wasn't exactly comfortable, but it's better than finding someone in

with me.

Quiet1: I wish I could help you out, sounds like you're really in a jam.

NYNights: I'll manage, I've lasted this long in this city.

I chuckled ever so slightly.

Quiet1: Sounds like you're a fighter.  BTW, my lovers are watching over my

shoulder, being amused.

NYNights: What, they afraid I'll try and seduce you here?

Quiet1: That might be a bit difficult this morning.  I'm not exactly the same as

yesterday.

NYNights: Oh really?  What did you do, switch genders?

Quiet1: Yes.

NYNights: Which way?

Quiet1: Male to female

NYNights: And they went female to male, right?

Quiet1: Yeah.

NYNights: Lucky bitch.

We all laughed at that.

Quiet1: I'd like to think so.  ;)

NYNights: So how did it work out?

Quiet1: I'm still female.

NYNights: Oooooh, I bet.  Damn, I wish I was there instead of here in this

hellhole of a city.

Sapphire nudged me.  "Let me talk with her a moment."  I nodded, and gave up the

keyboard.

Quiet1: Sapphire here.  You really want to get out of there?

NYNights: New York was a hellhole to begin with, but since this mess broke, it's

gotten worse.  All the worst parts of a person's psyche are being displayed

everywhere.  I'd rather be somewhere that folks were at least normal.

Quiet1: Care for a place, then?

I blinked.  "Saph, you're offering?"

"Why not?  You offered to us, and you hardly knew us."

I shook my head.  "Mmmm, true."

NYNights: Is that an offer?

Quiet1: I'm serious.

NYNights: Conditions?

Quiet1: Whatever you'd feel comfortable with.

NYNights: I can feel comfortable with a lot of things, I'll warn you right now.

Quiet1: No problem, we're all learning how to feel comfortable with a lot of

things as well.

NOTE: NYNights laughs!

NYNights: God, you make it sound so tempting.

Quiet1: Tempt.  Tempt.

Emerald punched Sapphire in the shoulder.  "Quit teasing her."

NYNights: Where are you?

Sapphire looked up at me.  "Want to tell her yourself?" I nodded.  "Yeah, let

me."

Quiet1: Sapphire gave me the keyboard back.  We're in Ames, Iowa.

NYNights: Damn, middle America.  Good place to hide out.

Quiet1: Can you do a DCC receive?

NYNights: Hold on...

NYNights: Go ahead.

I sent her a quick text file on how to reach us that I wrote out.

NYNights: Got it.

Quiet1: Mind if I ask a question or two?

NYNights: I don't mind.

Quiet1: What did you do in New York?

NYNights: Technical writer for an insurance agency.  Manuals, reports, usual dry

stuff.  Good job, just boring.

Quiet1: So you surfed the net?

NYNights: And played on the MU*'s and did IRC and all the other things a bored,

intelligent female who intimidated males did. ;>

We all laughed again.

Quiet1: You sound like Emerald and Sapphire.

NYNights: They used to be online?

Quiet1: How we met.  They used to play on the big morphic MU*.

NYNights: Oh? That place is huge, I'm surprised it manages to stay up as much as

it does.

Quiet1: A lot of folks put in the time to keep it going.  I know some of them,

they're good people.

NYNights: Wonder what'll happen when they're the same as us?

Quiet1: Don't know.  Might still survive, it's lasted this long.

NYNights: True.  Listen, I need to go here.  Talk with you later on, ok?

Quiet1: Ok.  Take care.

NYNights: I'm a New York City girl.  Trust me, I know how to take care of

myself.  You be careful, go have fun with those two hunks that are likely

waiting for you now.  I'll find you, one way or another.

The channel closed down, and I shut down the computer.  Sapphire and Emerald

both wore warm smiles.

"Think she'll come here?" Emerald asked me.  I shrugged my shoulders.

"I don't know, but if she does..."

"If she does," Sapphire replied, "then we make her welcomed.  She sounds like

someone I'd want to have as a friend, that much I have seen."

I nodded.  "I found you two online, why not?"

---

I took a little time and showered, needing to feel a little cleaner than I had

before.  Ok, a lot cleaner.  Although in Sapphire's words, 'there's nothing

wrong with some good clean sex that some hot, sweaty sex won't fix.'  But I

wanted to feel clean again, really clean.  I still hadn't shifted back to male,

and as I toweled myself off, I gazed at my form in the mirror.

There was just enough of the original face to be recognized, but nothing else.

From the breasts to the hips, it was an entirely different person staring back

in the mirror, one who knew her body now and how to use it.  The past few nights

had been mind blowing, and instead of being frightened of it, I was looking

forward to trying more things.  The only question was, what?

I slowly shifted back into male shape, regaining the old familiar curves and

angles.  Was I really that different now, being so accepting of what I was?

Inwardly I knew the answer.  Of course I was.  Like Emerald said, we have to pay

the cost of this within ourselves and accept it.  We can't deny it, so why not

enjoy it and have fun with it?

While Sapphire and Emerald were getting their showers, I went into the library

and started pulling things off the shelves.  Fanzines devoted to furry art.

Portfolios that I had bought from mail order and conventions.  Book covers of

any kind of forms that looked good, from drow elves to dragons.  Printouts of

stories from the net that I particularly liked.  Anything that might be fun for

us.

I made a total of three trips, my arms filled with papers and scattered them

about the floor into small piles.  By the time Emerald and Sapphire showed up, I

had them all arranged so that everyone could sit and look at things.

"What's all this?" Emerald asked, settling to the floor.  I noticed that they

both had shifted back into female shape, and nodded.

"Well," I drawled, "since we're wanting to try a bit more as we become used to

this, I figured we need some more resource material.  So," I waved my hand at

the books and magazines, papers and prints, "we can start here."

Sapphire nodded, picking up a book cover and looking it over.  "Any limits,

then?"

I shook my head.  "No limits at all, just that I'd like to keep the changes down

to like, say, three or four for today at most.  Enough time to try them out, but

not constantly changing.  I want to try and enjoy whatever we take, and that

means staying in it for a while."

They both nodded and accepted that much.  "So we take it slow and savor a form,

then?"

I nodded.  "Exactly.  We've got to learn, and the only way to learn is to keep

it for a while.  Maybe even a day or two if we get the chance."

"Silver," Emerald looked up from a picture, asking, "there's something I want to

know then.  Are you thinking of taking female form more often and staying that

way?"

Her question was one I had pondered earlier while in the shower.  "I might," I

said slowly.  "I mean, I liked it.  Strange to say, but I enjoyed being female

for you two, and I think I'd do it again."  I thought a bit more and shook my

head.  "I wouldn't do it for anyone else, though.  I'm not comfortable enough to

take some stranger to bed with me."

Sapphire nodded.  "That's what I thought," she replied, her own face a study in

contrast.  "I liked being male, and finally understood what it's like for you

when you're with us.  But like you, I wouldn't do it with just anyone.  It's too

dangerous, and I don't want to take those kinds of risks.  Between us, yes.

Anyone else, no."

"And anyone else we add into our circle," Emerald amended.  "NYNights I'd

welcome because she sounds like us.  But we'd have to vote on others, making

sure they were worthwhile to begin with.  I don't want someone to come along and

cause problems between us."

I nodded.  "Agreed.  We've been lucky in that we're all fairly comfortable with

each other, but I wouldn't want say, some male with a sense of jealousy to come

along and try to take one of you away."

"I like to see him try," Sapphire grinned.  "He might end up surprised."

We all laughed, and started looking in earnest at the artwork and stories.  I

already had a few ideas in mind, but waited until I heard what they had decided

on first before throwing mine out.

Taking our time, we examined images from the fanzines and portfolios, reading

text files and stories, trying to decide what to do.  Emerald had already placed

two pictures by her size, and was debating on two others, while Sapphire was

nibbling on her lower lip, making up her mind.  I had my suggestions noted on a

sheet of paper, then looked up.

"Any suggestions yet?"

Emerald looked over at Sapphire, then back to me.  "I have mine, yes. Saph?"

Sapphire sighed and leaned back in the chair.  "I've got a few already."  She

looked over at me, and smiled.  "So, who starts?"

"Emerald can start," I said, getting my notepad ready.  "I'll jot down the

ideas, and we can discuss them together."

"Sounds good," Sapphire said, grinning.  "Ok, sib, let's hear them."

Emerald giggled.  "Ok, first idea was that I like big cats.  So how about we try

something like this?"  She pulled out one of the pics, one I knew of a tigress

with a very large bust, and extraordinarily sexy. Sapphire giggled and nodded.

"Actually, that was one of my ideas, too.  Something feline, like my panthress,

except maybe a tiger or a leopard."

I had to laugh, and reached into the pile, pulling up a comic called Fusion.

"Guilty, I always liked Carz.  Ok, so we all take feline forms as we feel."  I

jotted down the notes, then looked back at Emerald. "Next suggestion?"

"A 'taur form."

I blinked at that, and Sapphire turned to look in surprise.  "How would you

propose to do that," she asked.  "It's not like we can become horses yet, and

the size..."

Emerald smiled and gave Sapphire a saucy wink.  "Well, what's a 'taur but the

upper half of a person, and the lower half of an animal?  Why can two people

combine to do it?  Say a fox'taur, since we're able to shift into that one

completely?"

I looked at Sapphire, and could see she was seriously thinking. "Well, we did

take that dragon form together," she admitted.  "Emerald might be right, we

might be able to do a credible taur form with two of us together."

"Hrmm."  I thought about it, and jotted it down as well.  "So we'll add that one

to consider as well," I said.  "I'll admit, I'm intrigued. Might be worth

trying."

"Let's try that first," Sapphire suggested.  "If it doesn't work out, we can

quickly go to something else."

"Ok, sounds like a plan."  I made a star by that one, then looked at Sapphire.

"Any you'd like to add?"

She shook her head.  "I think we have enough to start," she said simply.  "I was

going to suggest the demon forms again, but Emerald's ideas sound like they'd be

best."

I nodded in approval.  "Sounds fine with me," I admitted, putting the pad away.

"Now, the question is do we do this inside or outside?"

"Outside," Emerald said quickly.  "I want to do this outside, so that if we feel

like running or something, we'd have the room to."

I laughed and nodded, standing up.  I offered my hands to help them to their

feet, and we all started for the door.  "Sounds good to me, so let's go have a

little fun."

---

The day was fairly warm, but we hardly noticed the temperature. While we were

dressed casual enough for Midwest standards, I knew that what we had planned

would require us to lose our clothes soon enough. So, after looking around and

making sure that no one was busy close by, we slipped down the rural path

towards the small forest we visited days ago.

A short walk brought us between some tall corn fields, the stalks rising up

above up and providing a good enough shield from eyes.  Quickly we stripped and

stored our clothing off to the side.

Emerald smiled softly and gave Sapphire a kiss, then winked warmly at me.  "I

want you to try this with me," she said, crooking her finger in a motion to come

over.  "If it works, well... it'll be interesting anyways."

I grinned and Sapphire gave me a warm kiss.  "Good luck," she whispered.  "I

want to see this work as well."

Emerald and I stood there, holding hands for a brief moment.  Then my form

rippled, mentally commanding it to become liquid as Emerald did the same.  We

melted to the ground, becoming first two separate puddles of goo, then merged

together into a much larger mass.

Our thoughts mingled together, but this time it was intentional, guided.  I let

Emerald take the lead, urging her on gently.  <Just visualize what you want> I

mind whispered, <and we'll take it together>

*Oh, I know what I want,* she whispered back into my thoughts.  *Get ready for

it, dear.*

I felt myself starting to shift, and mentally groaned.  Legs formed underneath

me, and I pushed up into the air, standing slowly as my body took shape.  My

torso became sleek, red fur quickly forming all across as a long tail pushed out

from just above my ass.  At the same time I could feel Emerald shifting as well,

her body rising up from where my 'head' was, her legs and mine merging into one,

the body shifting about inside adjusting to take on the new shape.  I could see

out her eyes, hear from her ears, her thoughts and mine running in parallel.

We shook ourselves and sneezed, then looked back at our form.  We looked quite

unique, a large fox body with a vixen morph attached, yet it felt completely

natural.  The paws were larger than normal, likely to accept the extra mass, and

the tail was longer to help counter-balance the weight.  We took one step, then

another, giggling at the new sensations.

"Oh, this is great!"  We looked back at Sapphire, who was grinning widely at the

sight of us.  "We're one, really one form now."

<Emerald?>  I sent a gentle thought towards her.

*Mmmm?*  Her thoughts reflected my own.  *We're female, yes.  You mind*

<No.  Just wondering, that's all.>

Sapphire moved closer, running her hands across our backs, then ruffled up the

fur.  We giggled and laughed at that, giving her a light nipping.  "Come on,

join the fun."

Sapphire winked, and her form blurred indistinctly, and moments later a male fox

morph stood before us.  "Come on, race you to the woods."

We took off, kicking up a small cloud of dust.  It felt strange running this

way, but Emerald and I worked together, our body catching then passing up

Sapphire before we were halfway there.  The wind whipped through our fur, and

made us laugh in delight.  It was as natural as breathing, as simple as catching

a snowflake, as wonderful as a rainbow. We leapt over a fallen tree, then

skidded to a stop, waiting for Sapphire to catch up.

He did so after about a minute, coming to a halt alongside of us, letting out a

loud whoosh.  "Damn, you can really tear out that way." His own tail was fully

fluffed out, and grinned at us.  "So what does it feel like?"

"Strange."  Our voice was a blending, but more Emerald's.  "It's like we're two

people in one body, just sharing things.  It's odd sometimes, but as long as

we're working together, it just... works."

"I bet."  Sapphire gave a vulpine grin at us, then reaches to scritch between

our ears.  We let out a soft sound, a kind of murr, and settled down to the

ground.  "So do you think the three of us could take a common form?"

*Silver?*

<Yes?>

*Could we?*

<Don't see why not, we're doing fine.>

"Don't see why we couldn't," we said finally.  "What were you thinking of?"

Sapphire smiled a bit.  "Would you believe a dragon?  Something that would allow

us to try and fly?"

We blinked and thought about it.  <She's right, we might be able to do something

like that.>

*Now?*

We looked at the sky.  <No, not now.  Tonight.>

Our head dropped back down to look at Sapphire.  "Now wouldn't be a good idea.

But we could try tonight, when it's dark.  No moon tonight, so it would be

better."

Sapphire nodded, then smiled and ran his paws through our fur again. We giggled

from the touch, then made a softer sound when his fingers found our rather

sensitive nipples.  Sapphire grinned at that, and kept playing lightly with

them, sending shivers through our body.

"Mmmmm, you know how sexy looking you look this way?"  Sapphire grinned at us,

fingers still teasing our nipples.  We grinned back, tail flicking behind us as

we nuzzled the top of his head.  He chuckled softly, then lowered his muzzle to

flick the tip of his tongue across one nipple, then the other, teasing us.

He worked slowly, running fingers through our fur, kissing and licking across

our chest, down between our forelegs and belly, reaching over to run short claws

from our neck to the base of our tail.  We shivered, murrred and groaned softly,

delighting in the attention.  It was warm, pleasant, sensual, every bit as

caring as we'd want.

Our hands scritched warm red fur, lips meeting to kiss gently, tongues teasing

each other.  Whimsically we made our breasts grow in size, and Sapphire buried

her muzzle between them, his teeth gently nibbling our chest.  We giggles and

squealed softly, then pressed up against his muzzle as he suckled gently on our

breasts.

I felt something within Emerald, a kind of warmth centering 'down' within her,

where my 'head was.  It took me a moment to realize what it was, but when I did,

I managed a grin to myself.  <This could get very interesting.>

*Mmmm?*  I heard her thoughts in mine.  *What could get interesting?*

<Just wait.>  I giggled softly, then slowly began to...

Emerald let out a sudden gasp, and squirmed about, the sudden movements making

Sapphire jump back in surprise.  She eyed us in confusion, then came closer

again.  "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong," Emerald panted, the words echoing in my thoughts. "It's...

*mmmm* Silver's busy... Ohh! busy eating me out."

Sapphire's ears perked up quickly.  "He's what?"

Emerald squirmed again, and let out a soft moan.  "He's somehow managing to...

ahhhh... I don't know how, but... mmmm... don't stop now..."

Sapphire let out a sharp laugh and hugged us both, but I was a little too busy

to notice.  I kept working on Emerald, feeling her body and mine react to my

playful teasing, while Sapphire worked on the outside, suckling on our breasts.

We settled back down to the ground, moaning low as we closed our eyes, savoring

the unusual lovemaking.

A sudden feeling of fullness entered into both of us, and we looked to see

Sapphire sliding in behind us.  Together we let out a long moan, and Saph began

to thrust away into us with abandon.  We yelped in surprise, then started

rocking backwards to meet his thrusts, all the while I was continuing my own

lovemaking.  It was so unique, so surreal yet so wonderful a feeling.  We didn't

last long, Emerald quickly reaching a climax that roared through me, then

together we climaxed as we drained Sapphire dry, feeling him gripping us hard as

he exploded inside of us.  We stayed locked together, gasping and panting, the

urgent needs replaced with a more slow feeling of completeness.

An idle thought flicked in my mind, and was shared by Emerald.  We both giggled

together, making Sapphire look up at us, a rather satisfied look on his muzzle.

"All right, what you are thinking about?"

We yawned and stretched a bit, then giggled again.  "Ever read any Varley?  John

Varley, science fiction writer."

"Some, not much."  Sapphire flicked an ear and smiled.  "Why?"

We yawned again and felt Sapphire slip out of us.  "Mmmm, well, he did a series

of books, _Titan_ being one of them.  About life being found on a moon of

Saturn, and what happens."  We giggled and shook out fur out a bit.  "So there

are these centaurs, only they're not.  They're called titanides, and they have

three sexes."

His eyes grew wide.  "Whoa, that must be wild.  Can you describe it?"

"Well, they're centaurs, only more female looking than male.  Lower half is both

stallion and mare, and you tell the sex from the gender between the forelegs."

"Oh, wow.  Talk about going at it three ways."  Sapphire giggled and snuggled

down on one side of us, scritching gently our back.  "Thinking about us trying

something like that?"

"Well," we admitted, "it would be fun to try out.  But we'd need someone else to

be with to try it."

"Maybe not," Sapphire said, surprising up.  He turned his head and looked up, a

speculative glint in his eyes.  "Think about it a moment. Two nights ago Silver

had two cocks, and we both responded in kind.  Who says we can't manage three,

or even more if we wanted to?"

A low whistle came from us.  "Man, the images that could bring up," we said

softly.  "All the strangeness from say, that artist who created the Alien, or

any really wild hentai anime."  We giggled a bit.  "Or someone with some really

good imaginations."

Sapphire laughed and nodded.  "Exactly.  Think of the kinds of sexual fun a

person could have that way."

"Or the kinds of nightmares he could give to another."  We shook our head and

sighed.  "NYNights mentioned that was happening in New York," we said gently.

"People going around in bizarre shapes just for sex."

Sapphire sighed deeply.  "All the demons of the mind," he murmured. "Folks in

New York must think they're living in hell, with all that's happening to them."

We nodded slowly, and nuzzled the top of his head.  "Nothing we can do about it,

but watch and hope."

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The afternoon slowly passed for us while we enjoyed a purely lazy, relaxing day.

About halfway through the afternoon we switched of, with myself being back to a

male vulpine morph while Sapphire and Emerald became the 'taur, Sapphire taking

the upper half.  I had to laugh as I watched her discover just what it was that

I had done to Emerald earlier, seeing them squirming and twitching from what

could be simply called a self-induced orgasm.  Soon after that I was happily

taking them both at once, listening to their yips of pleasure as we went at it

like a pair of happy foxes.  But soon, the darkness was beginning to cover the

land, and it was time to decide what to do next.

I looked at them both, slowly walking alongside them both, one paw gently

scratching at the junction of the back, listening to the murmur of enjoyment.

We had enjoyed ourselves, but still we wanted to try something different,

together.

Softly I coughed, catching their attention.  "Do you two want to try what we

discussed earlier?" I asked into the evening air, wondering how they'd feel.

"About becoming a dragon together?"  They smiled gently at me, and I warmed

inside.  "We said we would try it, didn't we?"

"We did," I acknowledged.  "But I wasn't sure given everything today that you

two would still want to."

They stretched and grinned.  "Oh, we still want to," they quickly replied.  "We

think it'd be fun.  Even if we couldn't fly, we could still try out taking a

form like that."

I grinned and nodded, seeing the back yard a short distance away. With a flick

of my wrist the bundle I was carrying flew to land there, and I turned to kiss

both of them at once.  "Ok, then, let's do it. Now."

They giggled and winked warmly, then I watched as they melted to the ground,

becoming a large mass of goo.  Without hesitation I put myself into the same

state, melting to the ground and merging with them, feeling their thoughts enter

into mine as their bodies merged with me.  Warm sensations of love and caring

passed through us, that sense of reassurance that helped us survive what's

happened so far and gave us all the will to continue.

It took a moment for us to adjust, but once we were settled, I visualized the

image I wanted, feeling it echoed inside of their minds as well.  The familiar

sense of our body beginning to respond took hold, and we held onto the image

firmly, wanting to become together.

Our body shimmered and stretched outwards, a long, slim head and muzzle taking

shape, followed by a long, sinuous neck.  We felt a tail pushing out from behind

us, while four strong legs lifted us up, the claws digging into the damp earth.

Scales grew across our body, black as the night yet with a glitter all their

own, smooth to the touch.  From our shoulders a pair of spikes pushed outwards,

quickly taking form into two, large, powerful wings, slowly unfurling in their

majesty.  Fringes appeared along the tail and neck, while a pair of horns pushed

back behind our head, sensitive to every motion and movement.

We took a step, feeling our muscles ripple with strength and grace, and we let

out a soft rumble in response.  Our tongue flicked out into the night air,

tasting the wind and nodding in understanding.  Our senses were stronger than

before, vision sharp as daylight in the darkness, while sounds around us were

clear and crisp.  We knew that we could do this, we just needed to try.

Our muscles bunched and with a mighty leap our wings fanned the air in powerful

strokes, sending up clouds of debris.  The ground slowly fell away, and we

started moving forward, each downward thrust giving us motion and altitude.  Our

legs tucked in tightly, we started to slowly soar, each moment gaining

confidence and trust.

It felt wonderful, being able to fly.  The sense of freedom in the air sent

chills through us all, totally in awe at what we were accomplishing.  We

continued to rise into the night sky, letting out a sound of triumph as we

passed over the small forest and headed northward, stretching our wings and

soaring over the landscape.  We could see everything from above, even small

details such as rabbits in a field, owls circling a mile away, the distant

lights of farmhouses and vehicles on highways some distance off.

Slowly we turned, learning how to maneuver in the air, our tail acting as a

rudder much as a ship's rudder would.  Another cry came from us, again of pure

ecstasy as we flew low over cornfields, then pulled up into the air, then

zooming downwards again.  We were overjoyed, our thoughts totally merged

together as we flew along, a sense of true freedom filling our souls.

The stars moved slowly overhead, and with some reluctance we headed homeward,

our body beginning to tire from the exertions.  We landed in the yard, touching

down with a bit of roughness, but then folded our wings tightly against our

back.  We stood there for a moment, then our form melted to the ground, and

split into three, quickly taking shape again into our normal shapes.

Emerald laughed in delight and hugged me tightly, followed close behind by

Sapphire.  "Oh, that was wonderful!" they both said, kissing my face and nearly

spilling tears of joy on me.  "It was like I've never dreamed it could be."

I laughed as well, the thrill of knowing that I had flown still inside of me.

"Gods, it was great, wasn't it?  It's going to take us a few more times to get

used to it, to be able to fly the way we're supposed to."

Sapphire nodded and smiled.  "We make a wonderful dragon, don't we?" She winked

warmly at us both, and we laughed as we headed into the house, I snagged the

bundle of clothes as we passed it by, and grinned at them both once inside.

"So, feel up for anything more?"

Emerald surprised me with a yawn.  "Truthful?  I'm tired, bone tired. I'd rather

go to sleep, if you two don't mind."

Sapphire nodded, and looked at me.  "I think we're all pretty tired tonight,

dear.  You don't mind, do you?"

I chuckled and kissed them both, leading them into our bed.  "No, dears, I don't

mind.  Give me a chance to get some rest for once, actually."

They laughed softly at me, then together we slipped into the bed.  I turned off

the light, and felt them snuggling up against my body, getting comfortable.

"Thank you, lover," Emerald whispered.  "Thank you for everything."

I nuzzled her, then Sapphire.  "Good night, lovers.  Sweet dreams."

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Lessons of Life, Lessons of Love - chapter four

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