Most military services have a "hell week" or a "hell month" i however had been going through "hell years". My father was literary a slave-driver, tirelessly he worked me to the bones only for my mother to patch me up again to educate me on history, language and urgh math.
Sadly this worlds numerical system was completely different from the ones I was used to so I was unable to cheat myself around the effort with past knowledge. The things my mother taught me however were highly disturbing. Our whole race was enslaved, we lived in the outskirts of the great Elven-forests and for our right to stay here we had to offer our own young to the Elves, who rule these lands with iron fists.
The highborn Elves would then take any cub they fancied after the coming of age ceremony when the cubs turned five cycles old. That is why I still had no name, only cubs not claimed by the Elves would be named. My family hope dearly that I would not be picked but after the incident with the snake my father wanted to make sure that whatever happened I would be prepared.
Furthermore my species was an artificial one created by an ancient mage to be his servants, our gender would be determined by the use of our energy. Use Qi to become male, use Mana and become female. After the ceremony our gender would manifest depending on which energy we had the best affinity for.
Because of that I trained like mad, straining my body to the limit and reinforcing every fiber I could lay my hands on. Thankfully growing up was quite fast as I turned four I had roughly reached the maturity a twelve year old human would have. If my father was right, I would reach the maturity of a fifteen year old close to the ceremony.
Sadly I was unable to convince my father to let me hunt, he feared that the evaluation would detect a too high level so I was forced to purely grind stats. I simply could not tell even my father that I could prevent level-gain by absorbing the cores, he would have forced me to tell him about
Strength training with big rocks, agility training and sparring with my father, followed by lessons on knowledge and common sense with mother were thus my fate.
The yearly examination got close as all cubs in the village were collected by the village elder and the medicine woman. The old woman stared dagger into my skull, I had been sure that the incident was not “that” major back then but it seemed the old woman held a grudge or something worse.
The ride to the ceremony was uneventful any wildlife getting too close was instantly annihilated by the accompanying guards. Every hunter had been recalled to guard the precious cargo. Thus I was stuck in the middle wagon between six other cubs that looked fairly tame compared to me. A black cub had tried to assert his dominance over the assembled cubs only to be ignore by me.
Trying to get his way by force he earned a smack on the head and a ticket to sleep.
That made the other cubs quite submissive towards me but I ignored them. The ride was boring enough so I simply went to sleep.
I awoke as we arrived at the gathering, a once great temple that laid in ruin. There I saw my first Elves in this world, they were as I imagined, tall slender figures with chiseled features, long pointy ears and the biggest arrogance I found I any race.
The lightly armed elves were accompanied by giant wolf-man guards fully encased in plate armor. The thick metal collar showing everyone that they were bound by a slave-contract. Many of the children amassing were dirty, underfed or in other ways made to look scrawny or weak.
I earned some scared gazes from the other cubs in our wagon as I turned my fur to an uneven mottled pattern of ugly brown colors. Using my Qi I lessened the visible bulk of my muscles as i seemingly deflated.
The ceremony started as the high priest, the oldest wolf-man I could imagine howled a throaty roar before resting heavily on his ornate wooden staff. Assistants began leading cubs towards five great crystals in the middle of the complex. One by one the cubs were forced to lay their hands on the crystal only to get a shock and most losing consciousness.
The change in their aura was abrupt, the second their hands left the crystal I could identify each as either male or female. Unfortunately not all survived this process and behind a broken pillar a pile of dead cubs grew by the hour. The black cub from my cart looked challenging in my direction before being led to the crystal.
But fate was not kind and the pile grew bigger. The Elves picked just a few, a promising male, a female that showed promise in Mana still roughly 20% of the cubs were taken.
Then it was my turn a female wolf-man led me to one of the crystals which was still signed with a bloody paw print of my predecessor. As I laid my paw on its surface the magical formation inside became active. Using the connection I forcefully broke into its system.
The array was so simple, it was designed to charge both Manapool and Meridians with energy, the side that did not crumble to uselessness by the sudden influx of energy was the higher affinity. If both sides held on too long the cub would die, these crystals not only killed one side of our potential they even killed every cub that was TOO talented.
I was not sure if I should be amazed or disgusted by the cruelty that went into creating these things. Just in case I copied the array into my mind especially the part where it triggered our gender, out of spite for fate's plan I triggered both at the same time and then “lost consciousness”. Lowering my breathing and heartbeat as far as I could, my “play dead” was successful, the bored Elves took no notice of me as I was dragged along.
One of the assistants was already hauling me towards the pile of dead body's as he checked my pulse just in case. The Elves were fooled by my act and my limp body was hauled on the cart to be returned to our village. Of the six cubs only three remained, me included.
As the cart left the site and came out of view I sat up undoing the changes to my fur and the Qi restraint of my muscles. That earned me a raised brow from one of the hunters and a big smile from our village elder.
As I was done undoing my act I took in my surroundings and immediately saw the only other survivors. The two other cubs were female and obviously in bad shape. Shortly pondering about what would be the best course of action a memory of my mother lecturing me about “the pack” came to the surface. Sighting deeply I ignored the voice of reason in the back of my head that told me how bad it would be to be exposed.
Infusing just a strand of Mana into both of them I began to check for their health.
The small brown one had a ruptured Manapool and internal bleeding. If her current state became prolonged she may die so I urged her closer to me and secretly placed my palms on her back.
Her underdeveloped Meridians had failed to step into the place of her Manapool which left her life in immediate peril.
She was surprised at first but did not resist, my impression on her from the earlier ride must have been still in effect making her submissive, healing the internal bleeding was quite fast but the Manapool would need multiple sessions. Pressing my forehead against the back of her head I transmitted a silent message “if you want to get healed come to my hut later”.
The second cub, also a small female but with gray fur was more complicated, her entire Meridian system had collapsed, she must have been in great pain. Unlike the first she resisted and tried to avoid my grasp I managed to grab her leg and numb a bit of her pain, which earned me her attention.
When I reached for her again she did not resist but was still wary. I had to infuse her meridians with my own QI to repair the damage but I was not very optimistic, still I worked tirelessly the entire way back to our village. I only manage to drop her “not done yet” as message before I blacked out due to overuse of energy.
My parents were ecstatic to have me back, but the following days were a nightmare of pain. My entire body-structure shifted, my plan to throw a wrench into
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As I awoke the pain was over and I had time to inspect myself. My general shape was that of a quite muscular and big female(for my age), budding breasts were on my chest.
My genitals however were quite a surprise, I was fully functional in both directions, it would resemble a Hyena, a fully developed vulva with womb and an overdeveloped clit that resembled a medium sized penis of my kind thankfully the birthing canal did not end in a pseudo penis like the Hyena's.
The magic involved in the ritual had given me functional ovaries and internal eggs that could produce seed. I had to be careful in the future, I was not keen to find out IF I could inseminate myself.
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My family decided to pass me off as female to the outside, my father would help me with special clothing designed to hide my “differences”.
Getting used to my newfound strength and agility I spent the next two days training and running like crazy, it seems though I would have to invent some kind of bra to keep my front stable though. With a bit luck my male side would keep my breasts small, I was not really interested to see if my mother's over-the-top rack was hereditary.
A day later we had visitors, the two female cubs and their mothers arrived at our hut.
All three mothers were unsure what happened but the two cubs insisted on visiting me, they were even more perplexed as we three disappeared to “play” in the now monster-free patch of forest on our fields, my father had made sure of that.
There undisturbed from view I explained to the two that I could help them and finish healing their injuries. Both were agape as I told them of the possibility of wielding both Mana and Qi at the same time, though fusing both was impossible for them.
Both became regular visitors at our farm, the gray one received the name Erelain, short “Ere”, the brown one Argalea or “Gale”. My parents named me Kaileron but I preferred “Kai”, I helped the two to keep the nature of their dual energy hidden and helped them train, we turned six as Ere posed a question that made me flustered.
“Why do you smell like a male Kai?”
The following situation was comical, both my friends ganged up on me to disrobe my lower half. I had to explain my unique status as “between” the genders but the sudden revelation sparked a contest between Gale and Ere but at the time I did not realize what had happened.
The three of us became inseparable and they were the first true “friends” I had in a long time. With the help of Earthmagic we erected a small home in the patch forest and helped on my parents farm. Gales and Eres parents were not that happy with both of them nearly moving over but the additional hands, sorry paws on the farm combined with a careful application of Mana from all three of us made the farm prosper.
As such Gale and Ere brought a part of the harvest home and their parents got used to our arrangement. But the peaceful time on the farm came to an abrupt end as we turned eight.
On that particular day my mother had decided to prepare a special meal, entrusting us with a few pieces of silver she tasked us with buying rock salt and some foreign herbs for seasoning. Ere, Gale and Me put on our tunics and cloaks to set off towards the village center. The central square next to the well was the trading hub of our small community, traveling merchants and village folks used this gathering place to promote their wares.
Ere was carrying the precious silver coins, unconsciously she was playing with the shiny pieces, which earned her a quick slap on the back of her head from Gale.
The remaining twenty minutes of walk was filled with Gale reprimanding Ere as to why it was bad to display riches in a community filled with people that possess extraordinary good senses. I could not help to grin at the both of them.
Gale had taken more after her mother, including her personality, which in turn made the small gray furred wolf-man quite fierce. She had also assumed the leading role between the two. Ere however had successfully developed her Meridians with the help of my treatments resulting in her becoming quite large. It was fun to watch the dominant Gale lecture her three heads larger friend.
All that was only possible because Ere was really shy and insecure. She had that trait from her mother, a gentle and loving wolf-man. My own size was in the middle of the two, while Ere was more hulking my own build was far more streamlined.
If not for Eres voluptuous rack most would have mistaken her for a male.
Those were also the target for Gale as she grabbed hold of one jiggling mountain giving Ere a sharp pinch which made her yelp and beg for forgiveness. I could not help but chuckle at their bickering, they reminded me of younger siblings. As such I assumed the duty of the older sister and grabbed both of them by an ear and dragged them with me.
We reached the market with Gale and Ere both rubbing an ear and looking down, but the market was not like we had expected. Instead of finely ordered wares and intense haggling there was a commotion in front of the stalls.
A group of foreign wolf-man were surrounding a stall, pressuring the young sale-clerk a petite female that tried her best to remain against the oppressive group.
“Come on, nothing binds you to this shitty place, I already pummeled your male.
You HAVE to come with me, don't force me to be rough!”
“Brother just take her we can break her in later at the den.”
“You are right guys grab her and the stuff in the stall we are returning, put her to the others we are leaving!”
The eight wolf-man started to grab the clerk and stuff pouches of spices and salt in a sack. Then I saw Regulis the mate of the clerk, blood oozing out of his swollen face. At a glace I could identify at least three broken ribs. Ignoring the seven wolf-man I kneed down to look at his injuries.
Unfortunately that earned me the attention of the black furred leader, “Grab that one too she will bear strong heirs!” Just as one of the goons got close to me, Gale pointed at the approaching man and said “Ere sic him!”. Ere visibly bulked up and dashed towards the goon, her fist connecting with his jaw sending the stunned wolf-man flying like a rag-doll.
The confusion lasted only a short time “Boys kill the brown monster she got Kenny!” Metal scraping over leather was heard as the wolf-man drew weapons. But Ere had run back to Gale tears running down her furry face “they called me monster” she buried her face into Gales chest crying furiously.
The remaining wolf-man began to surround my friends just as I was done with the emergency treatment of Regulis. his wife had used the confusion and joined her mate gently resting his head on her lap.
Standing up I lazily stretched, “looks like I have to get involved”.
The leader paid me no mind as he watched his goons close their encirclement of my friends.
A quick jab in his neck immediately robbed him of his consciousness, his sword falling to the rough pavement giving off a metallic ring. Holding their leader at his neck I began a macabre puppet-show, “Oh boy what do we have here little cubs that need a lesson in behavior? Looks like we need to stock up on your lacking education....” Having their leader out cold and obviously in danger the remaining wolf-man switched target, dropping their leader I began to knock them out one by one. “Terrible form”* puck *, “lousy footwork” * pow * “you should not even hold a hunting knife” *bock * sending the fourth one to the floor I saw the last one shivering. His survival instinct kicking in he pointed his blade at Ere's back “stay back you... you BEAST! I will kill her! Don't come closer!” Now he had made me angry, fighting women and children, attacking the unarmed, topping it off with holding someone hostage, ESPECIALLY my friends. Mana began to surge in the surroundings, the earth rumbled and with a * splat * the male face-planted into the pavement.
“Look here little boy, did you really think you were a king in this backwater village? With your measly strength? On top you actually dare to call my friend a monster.....” My voice going softer whispering into his ear “you earned yourself quite a beating...”. With the increased gravity they were unable to even resist as I tore them a new one.
The next half an hour I used my medical knowledge to beat those seven senseless without causing permanent harm. I always gave the people ONE chance. If we ran into each other again that would be their own bad luck.
The village-folk helped me to dump the whimpering males into the village-river, shall the Elves deal with those ingrates.
With my treatment Regulis was up again, his mate supporting his unsteady walk he invited us to his home. I explained to Anis his mate how she should care for his immediate recovery and how to treat minor problems that may arise.
Anis bowed deeply and gave us the reserved wares free of charge for saving their furry behind.
We used one of the coins to buy Ere some toys to bring her onto different ideas, we really had to work on her shyness, currently it was her biggest weakness.
Gale refused any coins claiming as I did the most work I should keep them, we may need some funds for future training sessions. I had to agree, having some currency in stock may prove useful if we needed something special for strengthening us or grabbing a treat.
We delivered the wares to my mother and spent the remaining day lazing on our clearing consoling Ere. I had already forgotten the insignificant incident going back to my usual daily routine.
Unfortunately others had not missed the occurrence and trouble was brewing in the distance.