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They had all said their goodnights and headed for their rooms for a greatly needed good night's rest. Amelia had waited until the door to her room was tightly shut before she started breathing again. She had been so afraid that she would say or do something that would annoy the others all night at dinner, and as a result she hardly said a word all evening.
Her thoughts drifted to the cause of her anxiety, Zelgadis. He had looked even more handsome then usual today. The way the light of the setting sun had reflected off of his stone skin that evening reaffirmed her thinking that he possessed a kind of beauty unlike any other. "Sure Gourry was cute with all that blonde hair and muscles, but Zelgadis was mysterious, intelligent and sexy," she giggled at her last thought.
As the princess began to get ready for bed she thought about all her efforts to attract Zelgadis's attention. At first she was overly affectionate, mainly because that's how she was raised. Her father would always hug her, smile at her or do something else that showed his love for his daughter openly; in fact everyone in Amelia's family had a tendency to be overly affectionate with the people they loved. However, Zelgadis didn't really seem to respond to her public displays of affection for him. So she had decided to try a different approach. She had begun to show her affection for him in small ways, like a smile or a gentle touch and surprisingly enough it seemed to work.
"He doesn't get annoyed with me like before and doesn't seem afraid to be around me either," she thought as she slipped into nightgown and pulled back the sheets of her bed. "At least its a start," finishing her thought aloud recalling how Zelgadis avoided her because of her attentions and how Lina would tease them constantly, which had hurt her greatly. She considered all of this as she buried herself deep inside the bed covers.
"Zelgadis really is sexy," she yawned "If only there was a way he and I could . . ." her thought never finding completion as the princess drifted off to sleep, never noticing the dimly glowing orb that hovered over her bed.
She cracked open the door quietly and stepped inside his room, carrying a small velvet pouch on her wrist. As she closed the door behind her, she looked over to see him soundly asleep bathed in silvery moonlight that shined off of his skin. Amelia lost her breath for an instant as she watched his sleeping form. Zelgadis suddenly shifted in his sleep, moving so that the moon fully illuminated his body. Amelia stood and watched him, waiting to be certain that he wasn't awake. Once she was sure that he was still asleep she continued to make her way over to the bed.
She looked at the small velvet pouch that hung from her wrist and smiled thinking of its contents. She clutched it briefly for reassurance, then began with the task at hand. Amelia set the pouch on the nightstand by the bed and quietly removed its contents. First she had taken out the rope then the blindfold and set about tying Zelgadis's arms to the headboard and covering his eyes. It had taken her weeks to create the perfect restraining spell that would hold him in place and she was proud of the results of her magical craftsmanship.
She took a moment to admire her handy work. Zelgadis arms were tied above his head, the blindfold neatly in place over his eyes. The sheets of his bed draped over him at the waist, leaving Amelia an amazing view of his body.
Amelia began to rub her breast lightly through her nightgown as she watched her beloved sleep. But to her voyeurism paled in comparison to the real thing and she quickly removed her sleepwear and slipped onto the bed straddling Zelgadis's waist.
Zelgadis was slowly awakened by a sudden heaviness on his bed, then something soft brushing against his sides. He tried to move his hands but found them stretched above his head, tied. The realization that he was bound, fully awakened him and he quickly noticed that his eyes were covered. He tried to free himself the conventional way but couldn't manage to loosen the ropes. Then he sensed it, a very strong restraint spell, which would prevent him from freeing himself or welding any magic.
"Whoever did this must have planned very carefully," he thought, cursing his current predicament. He was about to say something aloud, when his mouth was met by soft, warm lips and equally soft hands on his chest. Amelia kissed Zelgadis softly, judging that by his movements he was fully awake.
He knew he was being kissed, obviously "But by who and why would they tie me up." Then the kiss stopped and he felt a rush of warmth in his ear.
"I see that you're awake," coed a distinctive yet unrecognizable female voice.
"Who are you and what do you want with me," he growled pulling at the ropes binding his wrists.
Amelia leaned closer trying to stifle a giggle and resume the voice she'd practiced for this occasion. "Who I am really isn't important, but what I want should be obvious," she said punctuating her statement with another more passionate kiss.
This mystery woman as he had so dubbed her in his mind kissed him more intensity the second time around. He felt her tongue enter his mouth and tease him as soft moans escaped her lips when he began to return the kiss. The idea of fighting his imprisonment quickly faded from Zelgadis's mind, as he slowly became lost in his body's arousal.
"I want you Zelgadis," the voice said as she moved from his lips and gently kissed his neck, working her hand beneath the sheets, stroking his now engorged manhood.
"And obviously you want me, too," Amelia smiled as Zelgadis moaned at her continued attentions. Amelia began to work her way further down his body with her lips and tongue, then trail kisses back up his body to reclaim his lips once more.
Zelgadis was lost in the overwhelming sensation he was feeling. He wished his hands were free so that he could touch her or even at least see who was making him feel this wonderful.
Amelia continued to kiss and caress him for some time, enjoying the feel and taste of him. With every touch, every kiss she felt a bit bolder. Once she had thought to remove the ropes on his hands but had decided that doing so could ruin the moment she had deftly created.
Zelgadis felt that he was going to explode. This woman was warm, soft and touched him in ways and places that he thought he would never know with a woman because of the chimera body that Rezo had given him. For so long he thought that no woman could be capable of wanting him because of his body and now here he was with a woman who had come to him, who wanted him " Even though she doesn't want me to know her identity," he thought. He wished once again that his hands were free so that he may touch her, to return some of the pleasure that she was giving to him.
Amelia decided to go farther and pull the sheets completely back and lowered herself onto his waiting manhood. It took her a moment to lower herself fully onto him but once she had she sighed happily as he filled her completely. Then she remained perfectly still to savor the feel of him inside her.
Zelgadis had given a sharp intake of breath when he felt himself nestled inside her body. For moments she didn't move then slowly she began to rise and lower herself atop him, gripping him with her inner muscles.
Amelia leaned over and kissed him once again as she began to quicken her movements. She noticed Zelgadis pulling at his ropes as he thrust upward trying to match her motions. As she broke their kiss she brought her hands up to where his were bound to the headboard.
Zelgadis felt the smoothness of her fingers as she touched his hands when he felt the ropes around his wrists loosen.
"She's freeing my hands," he thought excitedly as she finished undoing the last bit of rope freeing him completely.
Zelgadis didn't waste a second; he wrapped his arms around her, drawing her tightly to him and began thrusting into her with more vigor. He let his hands be his eyes due to the blindfold and felt the contours of her body. He subconsciously sighed in relief as he felt her breasts realizing that by their size and fullness they didn't belong to a certain redhead companion of his. He kissed her breasts gently taking in the sweet flavor of her skin and pleased to find her moaning at his current activity.
Amelia couldn't believe how wonderful his lips felt against her skin as he kissed her breasts, teasing the nipples. His hands moved up her back as he began to trail kisses up to her neck trying to find her lips. His hands finally rested on the back of her head as kissed gently along her collarbone. His hand moved to her cheek helping him find her lips, kissing them hungry with excitement.
Zelgadis noticed she had short hair as his hands moved up her back. He ran one hand through her hair as the other found her cheek. Her tresses felt soft and silky as he wove them through his fingers. She broke their kiss and moved over to his ear "Zelgadis . . . I'm going to . . ." but she couldn't complete the sentence so lost was she in pleasure. As she whispered in his ear Zelgadis was able to smell something in her hair, that seemed oddly familiar, but the thought was forgotten in the approach of his own orgasm.
Two embers that had grown into flames that had erupted into raging explosions was the only way Amelia could think of describing what she and Zelgadis had just experienced together. It felt like their bodies had traveled to a new plane of existence and had come back down to earth once again. When it was over Amelia was left breathing raged in his arms listening to the rapid beating of his heart. She gave her second happy sigh of the evening as she held him tightly to her smiling in delirium.
Zelgadis felt her tighten her arms around him and her head nestle under his chin as he lay back on the bed, their bodies still entwined. He kissed the top of her head as a small thank you for the slice of heaven she had just given him. He noticed a faint light in front of him then felt the fabric of the blindfold slowly fade away letting in more images for his eyes to feast upon. His room was a blend of darkness broken by slivers of moonlight all around him. He looked at the head of hair and that he had just kissed as his blindfold fully faded away and through the darkness he was able to identify the color, black. Suddenly the mystery woman tilted her head back and though he could not see her face clearly in the darkness, a streak of moonlight revealed large, blue eyes. The he recognized what the scent was he had smelled moments before. "Amelia?" he whispered, half-questioning, half believing it was her.
She smiled and mouthed a silent yes in reply. As she did so the unseen orb that had been floating in the center of the room during their encounter engulfed them in a pale blue light.
Amelia's eyes snapped open as she quickly sat up in bed, clutching her blanket tightly to her chest. She was breathing heavily as she took in the morning skies beyond her window. Images from her dream began to flash through her mind, making her blush slightly.
"Wow, what a dream," she thought giggling. She released her death grip on her blanket and in doing so the tension she felt upon first waking. The princess stretched, shaking off the last remnants of sleep and got out of bed walking over to the window to look out on the slowly awakening small town. She inhaled the morning air, exhaled and sighed.
"What a dream," she said again aloud, shaking her head in disbelief at the place her imagination had taken her.
"But it was nice and unbelievable," she mused, "another side of myself I never knew I had . . . and besides its just a dream," she finished. "But what a really good one, " she laughed and begun to get ready to meet the others for breakfast. "Knowing Lina she's probably on her third plate of food."
In another room cross the hall and a few doors down Zelgadis sat fully dressed staring out of the window, dumbfounded. "I dreamt I was having sex with Amelia," he said to himself for the tenth time that morning. "And I was tied up to boot," he finished, adding a new variation on his mornings mantra.
Zelgadis never thought he had kinky tendencies, but then he never thought that he was attracted to Amelia either. She was just a friend and even though he knew of her little crush on him he never encouraged her feelings passing them off as nothing more then curiosity, fascination and pity because he was a chimera. Sometimes she was annoying with her lengthy speeches about justice and her public displays of "undying devotion" for him, but she was still a friend.
"If I can deal with Lina, I am more then capable of dealing with her," he reasoned. He had noticed that recently she'd toned things down and began to be subtler in showing her affections, for which he had been grateful. He felt more comfortable being around her now that the fear of being attacked with affection and Lina's constant teasing no longer seemed to be an issue.
"And then I have to go and dream about us being TOGETHER," he sighed. Even though it was his dream and no one would know unless he said something, the whole thing still made him feel awkward. He had never remotely considered the possibility that he could be attracted to her.
"Well, she is nice looking and smart," he said aloud thinking about her vast knowledge of white and shamanistic spells and how she had taught him a few healing spells so that he could tend to his own injuries.
"What am I thinking, this is Amelia," he snapped to himself mentally reaffirming her status as just his friend.
"Hey Zel you awake?" called a voice from the other side of the door.
"Yes, Gourry what is it?" he said trying to bite back his annoyance at the intrusion in his thoughts.
"If you're going to eat breakfast you'd better hurry up, Lina just started her fourth plate."
"I'll be right down."
"Okay, I'll try to save you some food," then the swordsman headed downstairs hoping he wasn't too late to get some breakfast. Zelgadis stood up, straightened his clothes and headed out to his room to see what was left for breakfast.
Lina was in heaven, eggs to the left of her, sausages to the right, not to mention the potatoes, fresh bread, fruit and other delicious confections that lay on the table in front of her. "This is what life is really all about," she sighed, "good food."
"I couldn't agree with you more Lina," Gourry said in between bits of sausage. Zelgadis came downstairs and stared at his travelling companions eating, or more like devouring their food. Even though this was a common occurrence at every meal they shared together it still amazed him how much food they were capable of eating. Lina looked up from her plate and noticed Zelgadis coming over to the table. She swallowed the last of her eggs and waved him over.
"Morning Zel, get yourself a plate, this food's unbelievable," she smiled reaching over to her glass of orange juice.
"It amazes me how much of a good mood you have when there's food in front you Lina," he smiled as he seated himself fixing a plate and began eating, happy to be focusing on anything other than his dreams. Gourry looked up from his second helping of eggs and looked around the room, craning his neck. Lina and Zelgadis both noticed and stopped eating.
"Gourry, what are you looking for," Lina asked as she followed his gaze around the room.
"Oh, I was just wondering where's Amelia, she should've been here by now?"
"Yeah, she's usually the first one up in the morning. That just means more food for me," then she grabbed another helping of fruit and buttered a slice of bread.
Zelgadis had also noticed the lack of Amelia's presence but didn't think much of it until Gourry had noticed it as well. "I wonder what's keeping her," he thought. Although he wasn't particularly anxious to see her, especially after their activities in his dreams the previous night.
"Well, it looks like you guys started without me," laughed a familiar voice from the stairs. Everyone looked over as Amelia approached the table and sat down next to Gourry. They mumbled their good mornings and continued eating as Amelia began assembling a plate for herself.
Zelgadis had watched her walk over and sit down across from him next to Gourry. He almost forgot to swallow his food using every resource in him not to stare at her. Instead of wearing her usual tunic and pants, Amelia sported a pale pink colored tunic with thin straps and a scoop neck that accented her cleavage along with matching tights. She also wore a turquoise belt that matched the color of her boots. Overall, the outfit complemented her curves nicely making some of the other patrons at the Inn pause in appreciation. He also noted that her hair was damp and laid back like "she'd just finished a bath," he thought quickly ejecting it as it began to change into the contemplation of her naked form, and resumed eating.
Amelia took a bite of her eggs, watched her friends and smiled. "How can two people put away so much food I'll never understand," she thought as Lina started her sixth plate and Gourry a close second on his fourth. She glanced over at Zelgadis was eating in a more civilized manner. He wore his usual tunic and cape and stared absently around the room at the other diners. "He hasn't looked at me once since I sat down," she observed as she nibbled a strawberry.
"Hey Amelia what's with the new outfit, trying to get Zel's attention," Lina teased.
At the mention of his name Zelgadis returned his attention to the table. He looked at Lina then Amelia. "Did she wear that just to get my attention," he thought admitting that she had succeeded if that were the case.
"Well, it certainly is getting the other guys attention," Gourry chimed in noting the stares at their table from the other men in the room.
Amelia was starting to get mad, in fact she was fuming. "Why does she always have to laugh at me," she screamed inside her head. "For your information Lina, I wore this because; one I like this outfit and I haven't worn in a while and secondly, unlike some people I like to dress accordingly for hot weather. Do you have a problem with that?" She ended using every resolve she had not to yell out the words. However, the others could see the irritation in her eyes.
"I was just kidding around Amelia, can't you take a joke," the redhead said warily, not knowing what to make of her friends change in manner. "What's she so uptight about this morning," she thought.
"You look really nice, Amelia," Gourry said patting her shoulder for reassurance.
Amelia looked over at the blonde, swordsman and smiled. "He may not be the smartest of guys but he's one of the sweetest," she thought.
"Thanks Gourry, that's so nice of you to say."
"And it's a really great color, light pink right?"
"Pale pink," she smiled.
"Actually the color is called Pale Moonlight Rose." Everyone looked over at the source of the comment, watching Zelgadis finish another bit of potatoes.
"I didn't know that was the exact shades name. How did you know that?" the princess asked.
"It comes from a shade of moonlight that only shines at the Blue Moon festival in Cersia every ten years," He answered.
"But moonlight's not a rosy color," Gourry said scratching his head.
"That's because the coloring in the moonlight was created by a sorcerer who fell in love with a princess. She died during a war with a neighboring kingdom on the night of a blue moon centuries ago. He created a spell to change the color of the moonlight to her favorite color rose as an everlasting monument of his love for her thus the name Pale Moonlight Rose. The color also complements you eyes extremely well," he ended continuing to eat as if he never said a word.
"Thank you Zelgadis," she said quietly looking at her plate in an effort to hide the faint blush that had crept up her cheeks. He quietly murmured something and resumed eating.
Lina looked at the exchange between the two and noticed that some of the waitresses had begun whispering among themselves after listening to Zelgadis.
"Did you hear what he said," one lavender-haired waitress whispered.
"Yeah, have you ever heard anything so romantic, he's such a gentleman," the girl next to her sighed.
"And so well-mannered and handsome," stated the lavender haired waitress as she stared starry eyed in Zelgadis's direction. "I wish a guy would give me a compliment like that," she ended wistfully, then resumed taking orders.
Lina rolled her eyes at the waitresses fawning then turned back to her food. "Amelia catching an attitude, Zelgadis complimenting her," she thought "Why do I get the feeling this isn't going to be a typical day for us."