Magical Bonds

@ BearGirl

Esther shook her head as she clung to Blaise, trembling a little in his arms. This all had to be a nightmare. She must be asleep in the hotel room, or back home, and any minute she'd wake up, and laugh it all off with Blaise after she explained this crazy dream to him. "I'm not even twenty yet, I'm in no position to have a baby right now, even if Blaise and I agreed we wanted one in the future. I'm sorry, but you have to have the wrong person." She insisted as she looked up at the cultists with a frown.

"Please.. Just let us go. This is all a huge mistake. I'm not who you think I am." She turned and hid her face in the crook of Blaise's next, trying not to cry in front of the strange cultists. "I just want to go home.."

@ katahdin

"It is our responsibility to ensure that you lose your virginity here!" The leader told her, not becoming a little more forceful. He then took a step back and cleared his throat. "My apologies, you just do not understand how long we have been preparing for this," He turned to one of the other cultists and motioned for her to go get something. She ran out of the door before the leader turned back.

"Quite honestly, I am unsure if you conceive here, on this day. But I know that it is the utmost importance that you have sex here. That you lose your virginity here. It is the God's wishes that you do so. And I am unsure when a baby comes but I know it comes through your womb."

The woman came back in with a large leather bound book. The man took it and started to show Esther and Blaise everything within it, all of it containing important information about the day, the great mother and the child that would come after. "You see? It is all here, and you fit the exact description. And, quite honestly, I am not going to let you leave until the ritual is completed."

@ BearGirl

Esther flinched when the cult leader raised his voice at her, glaring up at him as she clung to Blaise tighter. She didn't want to talk about any of this with these people. Her virginity was none of their business, as far as she was concerned, and neither was any children she did or did not have. She only frowned more when the woman returned with a book that seemed to describe her and everything that had happened so far, letting out a shaky sigh as she ran her hands over her face in frustration.

"Ok, fine. So we do your stupid ritual, and then we can leave, right?" She asked, holding onto Blaise tighter. She knew they'd have to talk about it after the cultists left them alone again, but going through the stupid ritual sort of killed two birds with one stone: the cultists would let them go, and they'd finally get to have sex.

@ katahdin

Blaise glanced back at Esther like she had lost her damn mind. "Just what are you thinking?" He whispered to her, his eyes widening a bit. "Have you lost your mind?"

"Yes, once you do the ritual, you may leave." The leader said before glancing at Blaise, his eyes narrowing slightly. "And do not speak to the Great Mother like that in our presence."

A growl came from Blaise and he quickly moved Esther behind before raising his hands to cast a spell. Though, the leader was much faster at casting his, a light hitting Blaise's forehead and causing the man to be suddenly pushed back. "Enough of this. I will knock you out again, do you understand me?" The leader growled at Blaise. "Or do you want me to zap those flithy powers away for the next day or two?"

@ BearGirl

Esther frowned a bit as Blaise looked at her like she was insane, opening her mouth to argue with him when he decided to try to pick a fight with the leader, scrambling to get between the two when Blaise was hit by another spell, holding her hands up defensively as she tried to shield him from another blow, but also keep Blaise from striking out again.

"No! If you hurt him I won't do what you want, I won't go through with the ritual." She frowned up at the leader, terrified he'd hurt Blaise again, or worse, and she'd be left alone with these crazy cultists. "Please, just give us some time alone to talk about all this.. We're tired and hungry and cold, and this is a lot to take in.." she frowned, looking back at Blaise, silently pleasing with him to keep quiet and behave.

@ katahdin

The leader was quiet for a moment before he gave a small nod to Esther. "Of course. The ritual does not start until the sun sets, so you have time, Great Mother." The man said before walking away. The other two cultists followed after and once they were out of the hut, they closed and locked the door behind them.

Blaise was now rubbing his head again as the pain from before was coming back. He let out a small groan before looking up at Esther. The look of his face was mostly confusion though there was some anger behind his eyes. "What are you doing working with these people? Didn't you hear what they want from you? They want to fuck you and you think that is just okay? Well I am not going to let them!"

@ BearGirl

Esther waited until the cultists were gone before turning back to Blaise, hurrying over to make sure that he was alright, gently brushing her fingers through his hair in the hopes of soothing him some. She frowned as he spoke, shaking her head quickly, pressing a kiss to his forehead to hopefully keep him from getting angrier, although she wasn't sure how successful she would be.

"No, Blaise, that's not what's going to happen. They said they want me to lose my virginity here, but they never mentioned who they wanted to take it, and I told them I'd do their ritual if we, as in you and me, were the ones to do it." She explained, squeezing his hand reassuringly. "I'm not going to let some random man fuck me, Blaise. I want you to do it.. Besides, they said they won't let us leave unless I do it. If we do their dumb ritual, then we can leave, and also finally have our first time.. Yeah, it's not the most romantic or anything, but this week has been awful, and I just want to get it over with at this point." She frowned as she looked at him. "Please don't be angry with me, Blaise.."

@ katahdin

It took Blaise a few moments to piece together what Esther was saying, but once he did, he started to calm down. The man let out a small sigh as he reached up and pushed his hair back. "This week really has been a mess, hasn't it?" He whispered to her softly. "It feels like no matter what we do, somehow it gets ruin. Don't you find that strange?" Blaise made a slight face before he glanced at the door that the cultists walked in and out of.

He then let out a long sigh before giving her a small nod. "I wanted it to be different than this, something you would look back on and be happy about.... but I guess this will get us out of here, as long as it can just be you and me. I guess it will be memorable, at least?" Blaise said as he rubbed the back of his head, trying to offer her a little smile that could somehow reassure her. Though he wasn't sure that it did. "I am really sorry Esther. I wanted it to be so much better."

@ BearGirl

Esther released a breath when he began to calm down, smiling weakly at the face he made, nodding a little in agreement. "It's very bizarre.. Maybe they're right. Their book seemed to predict everything. Maybe whatever God they worship really does want my virginity." She sighed, running a hand over her face as she groaned in frustration.

She smiled a bit as he began to speak about what he had wanted their first time to be, moving to sit in his lap as he apologized, shaking her head. "None of this is your fault, Blaise. I bet everyone imagined their first time to be different than it actually is. Besides, if it's just us, and private, then maybe we can pretend that we're not doing some ritual for a weird sex cult." She laughed a little, resting her head against his shoulder as she snuggled close. "At least we'll have a lot more chances in the future to make good memories... right?" She worried a bit that after all this he wouldn't want her anymore, and honestly, she couldn't really blame him if that's what he decided. Who wanted to be with the woman who was supposed to deliver a magic baby that would change the world according to some weird cult

After another moment of thinking she frowned, sitting up a little to look at him. "Blaise? If.. If I get pregnant, like the cultists say I will... What will we do?"

@ katahdin

Blaise slowly started to run his fingers through her hair as Esther moved into his lap. Though, after a few moments, his hands dropped as he laid his head on top of hers. If he was honest, he was exhausted. And having to really think about if all of their mishaps had been leading up to this was too much to consider at this point. What he needed to focus on was the present. Did he really want things to be this way? No. But would it be the worse way to get out of a cult like this? Also no. "Okay." Blaise murmured softly. "You tell them the conditions in which this will occur, the leader seems to respect you. And then, we'll do it and head back to the hotel afterwards. Then, from there, hopefully we won't run into any more problems the next time we try to have some fun."

His arms wrapped loosely around Esther, pulling him closer into his chest as he closed his eyes. But, after a moment, Esther started to ask what they would do if she actually got pregnant. Blaise let out a low hum in response before speaking softly. "If you get pregnant, then we will just have to figure it out. It would be a discussion on what we want to do. But I don't think there is any reason to really worry about it now. I doubt the cultist know everything anyways."

@ BearGirl

Esther relaxed into his arms as he ran his fingers through her hair, happy to curl into his arms as he was rather warm despite the cool room. She closed her eyes with a little sigh when he rested his head on top of hers, humming a little in agreement as he spoke. "Alright.. Hopefully this will work." She sighed, turning to press a few small kisses against his neck as she snuggled close. She was hungry, but didn't trust the food that they'd been offered, and figured that trying to sleep for a while might be a good idea, especially if they had to make a quick escape later on.

She cuddled closer as he talked about what would happen if she got pregnant, nodding a little. He had a point, the cultists might not know everything, but they'd been right on a lot of other things... Their book had talked about her birthday, her family, how she and Blaise met and fell in love and defeated her father. It was all scarily accurate. "I'd want to keep it." She murmured softly after a few moments, her arms wrapping around him loosely as she snuggled closer, ready to drift off to sleep, despite the seriousness of the conversation.

@ katahdin

A soft smile moved over Blaise's lips. "I know you were going to say that." He whispered to her, his voice becoming more gentle as he realized that Esther was getting closer and closer to drifting off to sleep. Blaise laid back onto the floor, pulling Esther into him to help her relax, to get the rest that she would need. It was clear to him that they couldn't eat the food that was provided, but they both needed to get some rest in the meantime so that they could be ready for whatever might come.

"We can keep the baby." Blaise agreed. "But we will still have much to discuss if it comes to that. Though, in the meantime, I think the two of us shouldn't worry about it. We have other problems that need solving first." His head slowly slid off of hers as he laid his head against the floor. "For now, we should get some rest before tonight."

@ BearGirl

Esther smiled as he spoke, snuggling into his arms as he pulled her down with him, letting out a happy sigh. "You'd be a good father.. But.. But I'd want to get married, if we had a baby.." she murmured softly, opening her eyes briefly to look at him. She knew it was unlikely, and they had bigger problems at the moment, but it was important to her that she be married before she had children, it being something she always knew she wanted. "It wouldn't have to be a big deal or anything, we could just go to the courthouse and sign the papers... But if we had a baby, I'd want to be Mrs Reonas." She whispered, pressing a gentle kiss to his cheek before cuddling into his arms as he suggested they rest, nodding in agreement.

"I won't let them take you, Blaise.. I promise that I'll protect you if anything bad happens." She promised softly as she finally drifted off to sleep, her magic curling around them like a little protective cocoon. It wasn't long before branches began growing up from the wooden floor, and they were shielded from the door by the branches and brambles, which would surely be a pain to deal with if someone tried to get to them while they slept.

@ katahdin

Blaise wanted to tell Esther to take it a bit slow when she mentioned the two of them getting married. It wasn't that he was against marrying Esther, as that certainly couldn't be further from the case. But Esther was moving so quickly in planning what the two of them should do for this imaginary baby. In truth, he would prefer if she just pretended like that wasn't even a possibility at this point. Though, it was clearly at the forefront of Esther's mind, for whatever reason. Blaise just wanted to chalk it up to worries and nerves but who knew if that was actually the case.

Once Esther laid restfully in his arms, Blaise knew that he should drop the whole matter. It was something that the two of them could talk about if it really came to it. Though, Blaise seriously doubted that Esther would become pregnant from this occurrence. The cultist knew a lot but seeing someone's past was a lot easier than predicting the future. Which, as far as he was concerned, was not proven. But even with these thoughts in his mind, Blaise was able to sleep soundly with Esther in his arms and a protective shield of brances ad brambles sealed around them.

@ BearGirl

Growing up, during stressful situations, Esther would always try to focus on what good the future might hold instead of focusing on the present moment, which was usually not good for her. When her brother would terrorize her she'd imagining herself living in a home far away where he'd never find her, or when her father burned her hands after finding out about her lessons with Blaise, she imagined running away with him, and standing up to her father so she could live a happy life if he ever found her. It was exactly what she was doing with talking about their imaginary child. Rather than focus and talk about the insane cultists keeping them captive, she would rather focus on something good, and in this moment, that was her and Blaise's child. She knew she'd have to apologize for getting so ahead of herself later, but the idea of having a family with Blaise was the only thing keeping her from freaking out at the moment.

She slept for hours curled up in Blaise's arms before waking with a soft little groan, opening her eyes briefly before snuggling back into his arms and burrying her face in his chest, her arms wrapping around him.

@ katahdin

The leader came into the room, the sun now beginning to set. He glanced down, surprised to see the little cocoon that the two had made for themselves. And, he was even more surprised to see that neither of them had eaten their food. Though, that was little consequence to him. Soon the ritual would be completed and the two could be on their merry way. He would even offer them a ride home if everything went well. But now he had to see if they were ready to bend to the will of the Gods or not.

The man cleared his throat loudly before knocking on the side of the wall, wanting the two of them to wake up. Blaise woke up without an issue, letting out a small tired groan as he did so. Though when he saw the brambles and the sticks wrapping around them, Blaise lightly shook Esther awake. "He is here." Blaise murmured softly to her. "And you need to take the spell down."

@ BearGirl

Esther whined tiredly when Blaise shook her awake, snuggling closer to him when he sat up, although when she peeked up at him and saw the brambles she frowned, tucking her face into her arms as she reversed the spell, the branches and brambles slowly shrinking back into the wood of the floor befor disappearing all together. Without the branches and Blaise's arms around her she quickly grew cold, and with a frustrated sigh she sat up, her hair a bit of a tangled mess as she rubbed sleepily at her eyes, before turning to look up at the cult leader with a frown.

"We'll do your ritual, but I want it to be private. I don't want anyone watching us. And once it's all finished we're leaving." She stated, figuring it would be best to tell him now rather than later.

@ katahdin

Once Esther started to speak, Blaise was on his feet. He was ready to protect Esther if he needed to. Nothing was going to get past him anymore, and the fact that he had failed the last two times was embarrassing enough for the man. So he was ready to throw a spell the moment any of this turned wrong.

The leader, on the other hand, seemed completely calm despite how tense Blaise was. His eyes were only on Esther, who was the one calling the shots. And, as far as the leader was concerned, the only one who was important to keep his attention on. "The two of you completing the ritual is fine with me. And you can certainly leave once it is completed. I will even have someone bring you home if you wish. However, I have an issue with your conditions. How am I supposed to know that you actually did it? I understand you don't want anyone watching this...private moment but I need some confirmation."

@ BearGirl

Esther frowned as Blaise scrambled to his feet, standing as well after a moment to rest her hand against his chest, hoping to calm him down. The last thing they needed was for Blaise to do something foolish and ruin their chances at getting out of here. She looked back toward the leader as he began to agree to their terms, relieved that he was ok with them completing the ritual and was willing to let them leave after, shoulders relaxing as she listened to him.

However, when he said he took issue with letting them be alone for it, shaking her head a little as she gripped Blaise's arm. "I don't want people watching. I don't know what you would consider confirmation, but I don't want anyone watching, and we haven't really asked for much, so I don't think it's an unreasonable request."

@ katahdin

The leader was quiet for a moment as he glanced off to the side. "It is unreasonable when you consider how much work and effort my group has gone through to get to this point. We are doing this for the Gods, not for some sick perverted satisfaction." He told her, a frown coming over his face. "I think there is an easy solution. I understand that you do not want anyone watching you, that is fair. However, we need to know that this is actually being done. Let one of the women peek in once, in the middle of the ritual to ensure that it is being completed. She would only have to look for a moment and you won't even see her."

A deep frown moved over Blaise as the leader's suggestion. Though what he was offering was certainly a lot better than a bunch of people watching them the whole time. And, they would get to go home at the end of it. But, as far as Blaise was concerned, this was up to Esther. He was less worried about one woman seeing them have sex for a moment but it might not be something that sat well with her.