Chapter 10

Then she saw a light.

It was a bright curved line dominating her vision. Soon she saw the sun coming up over the horizon and walking out from it was a young man. His face was friendly and his hair was golden. He wore white linen clothes lined with gold and he was carrying a bright orb in his hands. Much to Lilith’s surprise he spoke to her in a familiar voice. “Hello, I have brought you a gift from your god. The one with the three in one mind.” Lilith could not look away or speak the light was so bright but it also felt warm and familiar. The young man continued. “You may not like every aspect of this gift but it is a gift just for you. Will you take it?”

Not knowing what else to do, Lilith reached out her arm towards the bright orb in his outstretched had. After only a moment of hesitation she grasp the orb and felt a strange sensation. At first her hand sank in, but then it began to merge with her hand and arm. The light traveled up her arm and covered her whole body. She couldn’t see it so much as she felt it. The warm wave washed over her like sunlight on a cold day. Then, when it was over, the young man backed away still smiling and spoke again. “I will be looking out for you. So don’t be afraid tomorrow.” The light behind him swelled and cast a warm glow that enveloped the young man and then diminished into a point.

Jason continued to dream more peacefully this time, as several memories came to him as he slept but they all had one thing in common. In the first he was watching a sun rise over a farm field in central Texas. Horses galloped in the distance while the cool morning winds blew through the grass like waves of water. Then he remembered a fishing trip that began before dawn. Jason was putting on polarized glasses as the sun glistened over the smooth water. Then he saw a sun rise over a baseball field with several balls being thrown between pairs of kids. Finally he remembered a sun rise over Buffalo Bayou as he ran for his morning cross country practice. There was a familiar oak trees silhouetted against the rising sun as he picked up his pace wanting to keep up with the rest of his team. In each case the sunlight felt warm against his skin and he knew he was not alone.

Lilith awoke to someone shaking her. She pushed their hand away as she herd her name being called. “Lilith wake up your eyes are glowing!”

She sat up and looked at Celeste standing next to her bed with a strange look on her face. “I know they glow. I saw them in the mirror yesterday.” Lilith was still groggy and shook her head a bit to try and wake up. This sent her long red hair all over the place and she had to clear it out of her face before looking at Celeste again. As their eyes met though she saw a look of disappointment.

“Oh its gone now” she said dejectedly.

“Whats gone?” Lilith asked.

“The orange glow. It was like orange liquid light coming out of your eyes.”

Lilith reached up to touch her face holding a finger very close to her right eye. But all she could see was a soft red glow on her finger just like the previous day. Her mind then snapped back to her dream as she sat up slowly and turned only her head to look at Celeste. “I had a dream or a vision. Someone visited me while I was sleeping.” Lilith said hesitantly, thinking of the young man and the light of dawn behind him. At the same time she heard a rustling noise directly behind her and felt something move under her night gown. With a start she turned to look behind her but saw nothing.

“A vision? What kind? Was it good? Was it bad?” She asked in rapid succession.

Lilith didn’t say a word instead she ran her finger tips across the skin just under her right eye finding that it was warm to the touch.

Seeing Lilith touch her face in such a delicate fashion, Celeste asked “What did he look like?”

“It was a young man who appeared out of the rising sun. The light was warm and he had a kind voice and he gave me a gift.” Lilith leaned forward and swung her legs around to sit on them but she felt a strange tugging sensation from her rear.

“Oh my Gods that had to be Lathander!” Celeste exclaimed while grasping one of Lilith’s left hand.

Lilith felt excited that she now had a name to put with the face and as Celeste jumped up and down while holding her hand it pulled her slightly off balance so she pulled back slightly and heard a movement behind her again and felt it more distinctly. She was fully awake now and turned to look behind her, this time turning her upper body and neck. There she spotted a strange shape under her night gown. Lilith pulled back the drape of her gown revealing a large green tail.

Celeste leaned around Lilith’s side to see what the fuss was about. Only to see a green lizard tail behind her friend. Celeste was quite certain that wasn’t there yesterday. “Whats that?”

“I don’t know!” Lilith exclaimed as she got out of bed and walked towards the full length mirror attached to the closet door. Lilith lifted and threw off her nightgown while Celeste snapped her finger and lit every candle in the room. Looking over her shoulder into the mirror Lilith could see a 3’ long lizard tail attached to her rear “Honestly what is with these gods! Who gives out tails as a gifts!”

“Ya that’s quite the gift Lils. But I don’t think that’s the only thing you got.” Lilith was naked except for a fresh pair of panties she had put on before going to bed but they weren’t completely on right now. Instead the small garment was pushed down in the rear by her new green friend. She looked at Celeste to see what she was pointing at but instead Celeste just walked closer much closer almost touching. Lilith could feel her tail whip behind her twice but she didn’t know if it was a subconscious reaction to try and move, balance or because of excitement. Celeste held up a hand like a military salute and measured it against her chest.

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“Yep you are a taller than yesterday. Last time my eyes were looking at your chin. Now they are looking… below your collar bone. Hey did these get bigger too?” Celeste asked as she poked Lilith in the boob with a single finger. Lilith stepped back and thought about covering herself with her arms but instead she grabbed Celeste by both her shoulders and pushed her away to a safe distance outside of poking range.

Lilith looked back to the mirror and stood up on her toes and then fell back onto her heals to do the old jiggle test. They seemed to bounce a lot more than yesterday but that didn’t tell her much. It was a fun but very unscientific test after all. She looked at her self a bit longer trying to decide what size she was. D or E even? But she had never bought a bra so her breast size would have to remain a mystery for now. Instead she turned her head to the side and said “These don’t’ fit can you Help me find something?” Lilith asked as she took off her underwear and threw them onto her bed.

Eventually they did find a pair of underwear that rode higher above the hips that they could cut a whole in. It was a big hole. Her tail was about 5” wide at its base. Lilith then got dressed in her commoner’s clothes but had a bit of trouble getting her arms in. Apparently she had put on a little bit of muscle too. The clothes were meant to be loose and allow for free movement but the chest and shoulders were a bit tight on her now, especially the chest.

With Celeste finally giving her the nod of approval they walked into the banquet hall to get breakfast. As her eyes adjusted she noticed there were fewer tables than yesterday and there was only a slight wing shaped stain on the floor to signal the violence of the previous nights events.

Lilith gathered food off the serving table and noticed that her tail liked to lift her dress as she bent forward. So she began trying to point it downward as she grabbed a few more sausages. Her dress while functional was much lighter material than the formal gown she had worn yesterday. I was supposed to come down below the knees but it was just even with the top of them as she stood today.

While she was a bit focused on keeping her overloaded plate steady, Lilith almost bumped into Wendel as she was heading to find a seat.

“Morning Lilith glad to see… you’re taller.” He slurred as he looked up at her with a surprised expression. Stepping back a bit he then began eyeing her up and down with a bit more surprise.

“Don’t you start that too.” She sneered as she went to walk by him only to slap the side of his upper leg with her tail.

“Holly hell women you almost got me….. that’s a tail”

Lilith sat down opposite of Celeste at the table and began eating her sausages. They were absolutely delicious and she began making scandalous noises again. “Mmmmm ahhh Mmmm” as she ate.

Celeste looked at her as if she was crazy. “Its not that good”

“So these aren’t like magic delicious sausages or something?” Lilith asked her mouth still half full.

“And be careful how you eat those people with stare.” Celeste cautioned

“They are already staring… I think it’s the tail.” She half whispered.

“So, I checked on Pen-whats her face this morning and there was a giant pile of poo inside the magic circle with her. I might clean it up some time this evening. I hope that’s all she has in her but I suspect I will have to clean up after her at least one more time.”

“How does Demon biology work anyways I know we don’t have to eat but it seems that we really like to eat…. a lot. Like these scrambled eggs are awesome. I think my taste buds are different from when I was human.” Lilith asked between bites.

“I read that Demons use food to repair their bodies and use it to fuel certain types of magic. But ya if you aren’t injured and you aren’t using magic you don’t need food at all.”

“That makes sense I did get a bit hungry after that fight last night and my arm was completely healed before I knew it.” Lilith took some more time to chew “So if we don’t feed Pencheska her wing will never grow back, right?”

Wendel sat down next to Celeste and looked eager to join the conversation. “Well it will eventually, but it might take 5 years or so. Demons naturally gain energy from the weave at a slow rate. There is no way to starve one to death really.” He said while looking between his food and Lilith.

“Ok but why does everything taste so good.? I wasn’t even hungry this morning but I couldn’t resist this smell.” she asked her focus switching between the wizard and his apprentice.

Celeste looked over at Wendel to indicate that she didn’t know the answer. “I think its because most of the stuff in the nine hells probably tastes so bad.” He said while bobbing his head slightly and looking at Lilith.

“So my taste buds have low standards?… Ha!” She laughed and then finished off her hash browns.

Celeste stared at Lilith as she finished off her plate. “So are you going to tell Wendel about your visit from Lathander?”

Wendel as if on cue coughed up a bit of sausage and began to wipe his mouth with a cloth. “What!” he exclaimed while getting a few looks from around the room.

Lilith looked down to see if she had any on her top and started to say “Ya he appeared out of a rising sun, bright as the new dawn. He said that he had a gift from my god back on Dirt. And then he said ‘I will be watching out for you so do not be afraid tomorrow’”.

“So what was the gift?” Wendel asked as he ate some more of his sausage.

Lilith shook her head still not sure what to make of her day so far. “Well it looked like a glowing orb of sun light when I took it from his hand but apparently it was a green tail and a boob job.”

Both of the humans looked at each other and mouthed the word boob job in complete non understanding.

For her part Lilith couldn’t be bothered to explain what plastic surgery was, it was way too early in the morning for that.

“And the message ‘don’t be afraid tomorrow’ what does that mean to you” Wendel asked before he took the first bite of his scrambled eggs.

“I think it has something to do with me attending the noon service today at the temple.” Lilith said before she was rewarded with a small shower of half masticated eggs.

Wendel coughed again and wiped his face with the same cloth as before. He was about to wipe some of the egg off of Lilith’s dress when he though better of it and pulled his hand back. “Where did this come from? That is probably a very bad idea.”

Celeste was about to cast prestidigitation when Lilith held up her hand to stop her. “Well I was kinda invited by Father Theo. And I am pretty sure it is Lathander who is serving as a proxy between my god and this realm. In my dream it sounded like he wanted me to come. So I’m going.” She said with a bit of finality.

“Ohhh it was Lathander that helped you walk out of that magic circle last night. You should be pretty glad that you weren’t in there this morning let me tell you.” Wendel said while pointing a finger at Lilith.

“Yes I heard.” With that Lilith stood up leaving her plate on the table and accessed her spell codex she noticed it had six pages now. She read off the rune words for prestidigitation which was on the first page with all the other cantrips. She then focused on the entirety of her dress and hair and she was clean once again. “So master Wendel what are your commands for today?” she asked in a half mocking voice.

“Well I have magic lessons to give to Celeste this morning and you need to report to Sir Tanel. He said something about adding you to his staff when I checked in with him.” Wendel said using his calm and commanding voice.

Lilith was still looking down at her dress. It was clean now but she felt like it was a bit unsupportive up top. Shaking her head she refocused and looked back up at Wendel realizing she didn’t know where Sir Tanel nor where anyone was really. “Ok where can I find him?”

“The master study. Down the main hall towards the big windows then left at the end.” Wendel explained while pointing.

Lilith then said her goodbyes to both her friends and set out down the hallway at a brisk pace. As she entered the hall she realized she was jiggling all over the place as she went. Feeling very uncomfortable with this new sensation she decided to turn around and walked just as briskly back to her room only to slam the door shut behind her. “God, is this your way of getting me to invent the bra for this world?” ‘I can’t be the only person who needs one.’ she thought as she leaned back against the door and banged the back of her head against it softly, her hair cushioning the blow.