The Strix

Obviously, endurance forced the performance to end early and sticking to sexual etiquette, Sandbar whispered "Silverstream... where do you-"

Silverstream interrupted him and quietly begged "Just do it inside and get it over with... please... I care about you but this feels wrong! End it!"

Sandbar hilted and breathed heavily as he came inside Silverstream's pussy, he felt terrible that Silverstream hadn't enjoyed a second of that but to be honest neither did he. All the sexual stimulation in the world couldn't have made them enjoy what had just transpired on that bed. Sandbar pulled out as soon as he could and just cuddled Silverstream, desperate to make her feel cared for... as usual, the Strix ruined it.

Cackling, Nix said "That pathetic pony couldn't even make her cum before he fired off his own load! You were completely useless boy!"

Magna followed up with "Yeah, I've seen corpses with better sex skills!" Nok and Tuwa exchanged glances, hoping that Magna had either been joking or just didn't think through what he was saying when he talked about the sexual prowess of dead bodies, that was a line that not many crossed unless they accidentally killed their rape victims halfway into it.

Once Nix and Magna had wiped the tears of amusement from their eyes, Nok cleared his throat and asked "So gentleman, now that you've enjoyed seeing them in action, would you like to sample them for yourselves? I can tell you myself that their insides feel quite gratifying!"

Tuwa cut in and said "As can I! Magna, considering your distaste for those of us who don't care about the gender of our fuck meat, I assume you'll want the female? Unless you're feeling adventurous of course"

Magna grimaced, replying "How long have we been best friends Tuwa? You know all too well that Strix or not, I only fuck females! That's it!"

Nix shrugged and went "I guess I'll have the boy, can you tie them up?" Nok and Tuwa just nodded and retrieved some ropes to tie Sandbar and Silverstream to the bed in a way that kept them trapped but also easily maneuverable, it wouldn't do to have them be incapable of movement.

As Nok and Tuwa approached, Sandbar turned to glare at them and ask "Are you serious? Can't you give us a minute to come to terms with-"

Silverstream interrupted "Sandbar... don't... just don't... it's pointless anyway, they'll do whatever they want to us no matter what, arguing will just make it worse for us than it already is... I know you're only trying to defend me but you shouldn't... trust me, you're already doing everything you can and providing everything I need to cope without making them angry... besides, I don't like it when you're aggressive so just let it happen instead of desperately trying to delay the inevitable... I'll be OK..."

Sandbar let Silverstream's words sink in before going "Alright Silvy... just know that I'm here to protect you and keep you safe... alright?"

Silverstream smiled up at him as she said "Thank you Sandy...

Nok and Tuwa shared a chuckle while they began to tie them to the bed, Nok glanced over at Sandbar and went "Looks like your little girl friend has finally accepted her place! Got anything to say now you little prick?"

Sandbar scowled but said nothing, Tuwa rolled his eyes and sighed "Yes yes, it's all so very sweet. Enough with the mushy, romantic and lovey-dovey shit, time to serve your purpose yet again as our sex pets!" Their purpose? Sex pets? Being the servants of two assassins and their pals was their fate? Just to be constantly raped and abused until death? Neither Sandbar nor Silverstream were willing to accept that their destiny was to be subservient little cum rags for their Strix masters, they could escape this tragedy eventually and maybe be happy again. For now, however, it seemed that freedom was not an available option.

Nix and Magna removed their belts, their strong erections coming into view and alerting their soon-to-be victims that they were just as well endowed as Nok and Tuwa, it would seem Strix women weren't satisfied with just a big cock when it came to who they took to their beds if these four were resorting to seeking sexual pleasure from other species. Sandbar let out a small grunt of disorientation as Nix grabbed him and got him to lie on his back rather than on his side, Silverstream yelped as Magna did the same to her, though he forced her to lie on her front rather than her back... the terror of being raped again filled their souls.

Magna smirked and went "Ha! Look at the ass on this bitch!" Silverstream cried out in pain as Magna gave a swift smack on her right butt cheek, the tender skin stinging from the impact, turning red and even threatening to bruise while Magna continued to mock her "Obviously no mere hippogriff could ever compare to the divine beauty of a Strix female but she has a positively laughable pair of buttocks! Perhaps having such a flat rump is normal for her race, thoughts Nix?"

Nix pried open Sandbar's legs and got down on his knees between them before going "I'm more focused on this puny pony's pitiful package! Sure it looked small from a distance but up close and compared to my own decently sized tool, it looks absolutely pathetic! It's almost sad to think that any creature would have such an ill-equipped breeding partner like him! No wonder he couldn't make the hippogriff cum!" Magna spread Silverstream's cheeks and leaned down to drag his warm slippery tongue across her pucker, making her breath hitch at the alien sensation while simultaneously shuddering in disgust, not necessarily at the action itself, more the fact that it was Magna who was doing it.

Nix, knowing that Tuwa had already broken Sandbar in, decided against any form of foreplay or preparation and angled his dick to Sandbar's slightly gaped ring and started pressing forward to enter his frail body. Meanwhile, Magna spat on his own cock and spread his saliva around to make his member slick and shiny, once he was satisfied, he shuffled forward and aimed himself at Silverstream's tight virgin back entrance. Once Silverstream felt the head of Magna's cock pushing at her ass hole, her eyes went wide and she looked back at him to pleadingly say "Wait! I... I've never taken anything back there before! You'll never get it in my... i-it won't fit! You're too big! Please... p-please fuck my pussy!"

Magna, aware that Nok had claimed Silverstream's cunt, just remarked "Call me fussy but I'm not a fan of sloppy seconds and considering you have barely any junk in the trunk, I'm hoping it's better on the inside! True that size difference provides a challenge, though if this were easy it wouldn't be so fun! So shut up and try not to piss yourself as I fuck you"

Silverstream, panicking wildly, wailed at him "No! Please don't! I can't!" Her begs of mercy fell on deaf ears, Magna kept trying to gain access. Nix was having a much easier time with his own prey, he was already inside Sandbar by the time Silverstream had started complaining and was now smoothly sliding every inch of himself into Sandbar's ass, Sandbar, as could be expected, wasn't enjoying himself in the slightest. The penetration was easier than before but that didn't make it any less agonizing due to the pain and more importantly, the fact that he hadn't consented to it, not that he would've wanted a guy to fuck him anyway, let alone a fully grown adult owl man who was using him as a play thing.

Guttural groans emanated from Sandbar's throat as Nix continued to almost effortlessly glide his erection deeper, after a few more seconds of Sandbar gritting his teeth and scrunching his eyes, he felt a pair of feathery hips meet his thighs, Nix had bottomed out inside him at last. Nix hummed and went "Not bad, not bad at all. Snug, warm, soft and a nice firm grip... all fine qualities for milking cock, I dare say that this male pony you've captured would have been better off as a slutty girl!" Nok and Tuwa shared a chuckle before Nix gripped onto Sandbar's shoulders and started thrusting away, his heavy balls clapping against his butt as he began to drill Sandbar with all the might he could muster. Sandbar just closed his eyes and tried to hold back his whimpers as he once again found himself sobbing, tears rolling down his somber face.

Meanwhile, Magna was still attempting to stuff his fuck stick into Silverstream's exceedingly tight booty and refused to give up, he knew that with the right amount of pressure, some perseverance and a little patience, he would eventually be rewarded when her bottom would stretch open wide enough for his stiff member to be squeezed inside. That moment came only a few seconds later, Silverstream winced as her pucker conceded defeat and reluctantly opened up to allow the head of Magna's cock to pop inside her previously untouched anal fuck hole. Before Magna could make any further progress, Silverstream began to cry heavily as she whispered "Please... I'm begging you... it hurts..."

Magna whispered back "I know it hurts, that's part of why it's so fun" and grabbed onto her head, pushing her face into the mattress to muffle her squeals as he slowly began to ease the rest of his erection inside. Minutes went by as Magna focused on his arduous effort to bury himself down to the hilt in Silverstream's backside, eager to be the one to claim her anal virginity and show how dominant a sexual predator he was.

Magna's hard work was not in vain and eventually his entire length was being hugged by the walls of Silverstream's ass from tip to base, his churning nut sacks resting comfortably against the lips of her cunt. Magna let out a breath and went "Phew! That took a while but we got there in the end! I'm glad to say that while the outside leaves a lot to be desired, the inside is very stimulating indeed! More than adequate!" With both Nix and Magna now balls deep inside their respective victims, the room was filled with the sounds of clapping flesh, muffled screams, heavy breathing, grunts of discomfort and squeaking bed springs, all mixing together in a cacophonous symphony of carnal debauchery.

Nix and Magna focused on their conquest while Nok and Tuwa were content to just watch with smug lecherous grins on their faces, though both were unsure of what they liked more, the sex itself or the sheer malice that had fueled the sex in the first place, deriving some form of perverse pleasure that the cruelty of it was what made it so enthralling. In the midst of his fucking, Nix decided to look down at Sandbar's junk to see if having his ass pounded was having any sort of effect on him, he smirked to see that whatever pleasure Sandbar might have been feeling from the constant presence of a thick log of fuck flesh bashing against his prostate, it was clearly being cancelled out from the physical and emotional suffering he was having to endure because he was only partially erect and even then he wasn't getting any harder than that.

Nix cackled "This boy is so weak and worthless that he can't even get hard when his body is being used, maybe he really is meant to be a girl! His ass sure feels decent enough for me to blow my load into his guts!"

Magna responded "If you think he feels good then this hippogriff female has an ass that would make you nut instantly! There's nothing quite like an unused and unabused bitch like this, so fucking warm and tight!" Magna's balls continued to collide with Silverstream's pussy, a pussy that was only the slightest bit wet due to the stimulation to her g-spot through the walls of her ass, again it was the pain, the turmoil and the torment that stopped her body from reacting more favorably to it all.

Nix paused his thrusting briefly to let go of Sandbar's shoulders and instead grab his ankles, forcing the legs down until Sandbar's feet were practically next to his ears, Sandbar groaned from the feeling of his legs stretching further than they'd ever had to shortly before he started groaning for an entirely different reason when Nix's motivation for pushing his legs down became clear. Nix took a deep breath and resumed the pace and strength of his fucking, though in this new position he was able to delve just that little bit deeper inside, which gave him just the edge for his orgasm to build. He was about to cum.

As Nix kept pounding, he huskily went "Look at me boy... open your fucking eyes and look at me, I have something to say to you..."

Not seeing that he really had any other options at that point, Sandbar reluctantly opened his eyes and look at the Strix that was currently ramming his wrecked behind with wild and reckless abandon like there was no tomorrow. Nix grinned as disgusting a grin as he could, saying "You listen here, I'm very close to my climax but I'm going to give you a little choice here just because I'm so fucking nice. So here's the deal, I'm fucking you, destroying you, I'm pulverizing you and annihilating you sexually with my superior strength and superior dick... now, you can either keep being a little silent sissy bitch or you can simply thank me. Now if you decide to carry on trying to ignore that I'm raping you, then I'll hold back my release and keep this going for a while longer... but if you're willing to thank me, then I might be persuaded to end it now. What's it gonna be pony boy? Be a useless little wimp, or be grateful?"

Sandbar didn't want to do it, it would feel so wrong, though in the interest of putting a stop to it, he just whined "I... th-thank... thank you"

Nix barked "Speak up! What are you thanking me for you pussy?!"

Sandbar projected and replied "Thank you for using my hungry ass!"

Nix basically roared "Fuck yes! Take it you greedy jizz pig!" as he gave a few more violently rapid thrusts until slamming himself as hard and as deep as possible and holding himself there as he fired fired thick heavy ropes of cum inside Sandbar, coating his insides with Strix spunk. While Nix was coming down from his finish, it seemed that Magna wasn't far behind and was breathing heavily as his thrusts became faster and faster, which consequently made Silverstream's muffled screeching louder and louder from the increased anal pain she felt.

Magna laughed and said "Oh yeah! Time to mark you as mine skank! Know that no matter who buries their rock hard member in your hot ass, I was the one to truly claim it! I was the first to take it! No creature can take that achievement away from me nor can any creature restore your innocence! I've taken your anal virginity and to solidify my victory I'm going to sully your innards with my load! Take it you worthless cunt! Submit to me and my glorious raping of your unworthy ass! Fuck yes!"

Silverstream let out one long yet still muffled cry of despair as Magna gave one last thrust and emptied his nuts. The heaving and swinging sacks tensed with each shot he pumped inside her, packing her rump with his seed, ultimately robbing her of and breaking her self respect. When they had both come down from their respective orgasms, they both concluded that they were ready for a break before doing anything else with the two creatures they had conquered, or more accurately, been offered up to by the ones who had caught them to begin with.

Nix pulled out, leaving Sandbar's ass empty and leaking small trails of semen whilst the majority of it stayed in the warm depths of his derriere. The same could be said of Silverstream when Magna yanked himself out of her backside, though it appeared that the main thing trickling from her rear end was blood, a result of her ass being so forcefully fucked.

Nok finally piped up as he asked "Despite having such fun with those two, I assume you'll both be wanting another round in a moment, right?"

Nix nodded and said "Of course brother, though while we wait I do hope we can have a conversation and maybe something to eat perhaps?"

Magna concurred "Good call, I must say I'm famished! Thirsty too!"

As they began to leave the room, the last thing Sandbar and Silverstream heard was Tuwa going "Excellent! Food and drink!"

A minute or so of silence went by as Sandbar and Silverstream were left alone without any of the Strix watching them or listening to them. Sandbar turned to see Silverstream's face soaked with her own tears, she didn't even want to open her eyes. Sandbar felt an ache in his chest, he whispered "Hey Silverstream... are you... are you um... like... alright?"

Alright? What a stupid question, how could she possibly be alright at this moment? She'd been whisked away from her home, raped, taken to a foreign kingdom, beaten, tied to a bed and raped again, it wasn't OK! These were thoughts that ran through both of their minds but they both recognized the question came from a good place, which is why Silverstream just shook her head. She wasn't alright, how could she be?

Sandbar shuffled closer to her, feeling sad to see Silverstream flinch, he got as close as he dared and whispered "Silverstream... please open your eyes and look at me, just look at me OK?" Silverstream blinked a few times before opening her eyes and looking directly at Sandbar. Sandbar went "Look... these guys, these Strix... they can take a lot away from us, they can take our self esteem, they can take our freedom, they can take our lives but there's one thing they can't take away, something that we'll always have no matter where we go... we have each other. Understand? I know this might sound really selfish on my part but... I'm glad I'm not alone here... more than that... I'm glad it's you here with me"

Silverstream had just one question on her mind, how was he so perfect? Her adoration for him grew as he managed to make her crack a small timid smile as she whispered back "Yeah... me too... we may struggle to survive this and cope with what they do to us but... we're together..."

Sandbar smiled back, he had to admit to himself that even though he was generally a nice guy, the way he felt about Silverstream made him want to be more protective of her. He wanted to care for her, comfort her and make sure that no matter what happened, that he would always be there for her through it all to make her at the very least feel safe.

Unfortunately their brief solitude was shattered when all four Strix returned, seemingly ready to move on to part two of the "fun" in store. Nok and Tuwa untied Sandbar and Silverstream, most likely for convenience rather than kindness, then coerced them to sit on the edge of the bed side by side facing the four of them. Nix was the first to speak "You know, fucking you two proved to be quite a messy ordeal didn't it? I certainly know that when I was done, my cock was all but drenched in my own fluids, not an ideal look if I want to impress a worthy female"

Magna nodded "That's right, my own equipment is covered in not just my own semen but also my saliva and hippogriff blood! Disgusting!" Silverstream's eyes widened, apparently unaware that Magna's forced entry into her bottom had actually caused some noticeable bleeding. Magna continued "That's why before we leave, we expect you two to clean us up ready for when we seek out a Strix female who can truly satisfy us and sate our most primal needs! Clean our cocks! Capiche?"

Sandbar and Silverstream were slightly confused, that is until Nix rolled his eyes and said "With your mouths you simpletons, suck us off!"

Silverstream cringed and went "Our mouths? We can't suck them! Those things were just in our... our... it's gross! It's dirty! Disgusting!"

Nok sat behind Sandbar and said "Exactly! Their dicks are filthy!"

Tuwa sat behind Silverstream, continuing "That's why you're both gonna open up your mouths and polish their fuck poles, right now!"

Nix stepped forward and gripped onto Sandbar's hair as he presented his erection to be sucked. Once again discarding all notions of choice, Sandbar began to obediently open his mouth with Silverstream doing the same with Magna. Just before they got to work, Nix glared at Sandbar and bellowed "If you bite or so much as scrape me with your teeth, I will tear your fucking head off and fuck the stump of your neck!"

Magna did the same with Silverstream, saying "If you vomit on me even the tiniest bit, I will rip an eye out of your skull and fuck the socket!"

Sandbar and Silverstream didn't know if what they had said were empty threats or not but they weren't willing to disobey in order to find out. Considering that neither of them had any blow job skills in any capacity, they were equally terrified of accidentally angering them either way, which is why Sandbar just opened up his mouth and allowed the slick cum-coated length in front of him enter his mouth, closing his lips around the throbbing tool and starting to suck as well as he could.

Silverstream had been forced to give up her pussy and her ass to these creatures, what point was there in delaying the inevitable truth that there was no hole on her body that she wouldn't have to sacrifice to survive? She followed Sandbar's example and took Magna's cock in her mouth, true she had already sucked on an erection earlier but she doubted that blowing a Strix would be just the same as blowing the boy she admired, she certainly hadn't built up any real technique, she was still a novice.

Nix grunted as he moved Sandbar's head back and forth, immersing himself in the moist warmth of his mouth, letting out a sigh of relaxation before saying "My goodness, such a soft silky mouth, obviously it pales in comparison to a Strix woman but this young pony has such a tender tongue! Have you not tried to defile this one's face my dear brother?"

Nok grinned and replied "Correct! It wouldn't be fair for Tuwa and I to claim every hole and leave you no chance to train them now would it? You just enjoy yourself while I occupy my time with something else..."

Sandbar soon found out what Nok intended to do when he felt his clawed hands gliding down his stomach only for them to start fondling with his genitals, it wasn't humiliating enough that he was sucking off a guy who had been banging him minutes prior? He had to also sit there and have the guys brother molest him as well? How could they do this?

Silverstream didn't get much better treatment as Tuwa decided to busy himself with her bust by playing around with her tits, squeezing her sensitive melons and pinching her nipples. No part of her body was too sacred for the Strix to have their way with, not even her chest was safe. Magna groaned "Damn... as nice as this feels, it really is a shame that she's such an amateur! No skills or technique! No sense of finesse!" Magna gripped onto Silverstream's head, deciding that much like Sandbar, she'd have to be slightly guided into delivering what was likely to be an extremely unimpressive and simply mediocre blow job at best.

Silverstream had gotten the short end of the stick, ignoring the fact that she didn't want to be held captive and forced to give blow jobs to owl people, she was having to taste the slimy and salty layer of Magna's cum, the remnants of the spit he had used to lubricate his member and to top it all off, the metallic taste of her own blood, it was bad enough that the thing had been shoved in her butt and was now in her mouth!

Magna decided to turn things up a gear and started pushing her down, going "Take it into your throat bitch, I want to feel the wet flesh of your esophagus rippling around my prick as you stupidly struggle to breathe! I want to choke you by bulging your neck with my cock! I'm not gonna stop pushing until I feel my fuck sacks connect with your chin! FUCK!" Silverstream clamped her eyes shut, her face going red upon feeling the tip of Magna's strong bitch breaker tickling the back of her throat as he was once again tasked with cramming his dick into a hole that simply wasn't designed with pleasurable non-consensual sex acts in mind.

Magna, of course, didn't accept that. To Magna, her only function was his satisfaction and if that required him to be a little rough then so be it, she was a toy, a doll, an object, her feelings were not his main concern. It was mere seconds before Magna was able to breach the entrance to her throat and despite how she gagged and retched, he kept his promise and didn't let up until her face was pressed right against his crotch. Magna sighed "Ahh... that's right, deep throat me... little slut..."

Magna held her there for a few seconds then started to thrust, not at all removing his turgid length from her throat. Tears of exertion rolled down Silverstream's cheeks as she coughed and spluttered, unable to properly cope with the fact that her air ways had been cut off by an enormous cock in her throat, her lungs burned in desperation for oxygen but Magna kept up his relentless actions with Tuwa doing nothing more than continuing to handle her breasts and grope her.

Nix chuckled at the spectacle and looked down at Sandbar to ask him "Think you can do better than your little hippogriff girl friend? Hmm?" Sandbar didn't even get a chance to register the question and was caught off guard when Nix somehow managed to launch his entire cum cannon down his throat and start hammering away at a feverish pace. Meanwhile, Nok was still focusing on Sandbar's junk though had moved on from simply touching him up, one hand was now cupping and gently squeezing the balls while the other was stroking and massaging Sandbars erection, an erection he had gained when his body naturally responded to a pair of hands attempting to stimulate and arouse him, no matter the species or gender... Nok was gonna force Sandbar to cum.

Similar to Silverstream, Sandbar wasn't exactly well equipped in dealing with a large rock hard member pumping in and out of his throat and he found himself making the typical *gluk gluk gluk* sounds he had heard back at school when he had gone into the toilets to study, only to be interrupted by two horny students rushing into the cubicle next to him for an impromptu bit of hanky panky where no teachers could find them.

While Sandbar had decided to let his arms hang limply by his side and just accept that Nix was gonna use his face like a personal flesh light, Silverstream gripped onto Magna's hips to see if she was able to push him away whenever he pulled back for another thrust. The unfortunate thing was that the main reason she desperately needed Magna to show her some mercy was that she still hadn't been able to breathe and the oxygen deprivation prevented her from having enough strength to even attempt to stop him, her eyes rolled, she began to feel weak and dizzy, she didn't know how much longer she could stay conscious like this.

Magna saw what was happening to her but didn't care, she was a pleasure tool and so he felt no remorse... that being said, he wasn't too keen on actually killing her when he was so close to cumming either. Magna begrudgingly pulled out and idly played with himself as he watched his best friend Tuwa continue to have fun with the hippogriffs hefty milkers. The hippogriff herself gasped lungfuls of air, strings of spittle hung between her lips and Magna's shaft, drool dripped down her chin and she could finally breathe again... for about thirty or so seconds.

Once Magna was satisfied that she wouldn't pass out on him, he slapped her in the face to bring her back to her senses then just immediately picked up where he left off, holding onto Silverstream's head and once again ravenously fucking her throat like it was nothing.

Nix wasn't quite as close to orgasm as Magna but he was getting there, though someone who was closer to climax than both of them was Sandbar himself. Sandbar didn't like that Nok was touching him but his body had stopped caring, Nok was effectively giving him a hand job and he wouldn't stop until he had forced the poor boy to blow his load, mockingly making him feel pleasure at the absolute height of his misery. Sandbar moaned, mainly in discomfort, around the mouthful of Strix cock he was enduring as he nutted, each shot of his ejaculation threading through the air and landing on floor directly in front of him.

Despite Sandbar's obvious finish, the hand job continued, looks like Nok intended to "pleasure" him until Nix was done using his throat. Then it was just as Tuwa had squeezed Silverstream's breasts enough to make her lactate that Magna shouted "Aww fucking shit yes! Take it!" Silverstream found herself involuntarily swallowing Strix seed as Magna blew his load, making sure she gulped down almost every drop before pulling out and savagely jerking off as a final jet found it's place on her face across a, luckily, closed eye. Another sign that he had claimed her, the perfect compliment from the hand shaped imprint and small claw marks on her face from when he had slapped her a few seconds ago.

Nix carried on for a further one minute and though he didn't say a word, he did grit his teeth and growl as he hilted in Sandbar's face and deposited his baby batter into his stomach, deciding that every drop should ultimately end up inside the tender belly of this young pony boy. After Nix pulled out, Nok and Tuwa stopped touching up their respective captives and then... it appeared to be all over for now... Nix and Magna were putting their belts back on and their cocks were flaccid. Done.

Nok beamed and asked "Well then gentleman! What did you think?"

Tuwa added "I trust that their performance was satisfactory?"

Nix and Magna shared a glance at each other, engaging in a silent conversation before they both turned back so that Magna could say "Despite their lack of sexual prowess they are... good enough prey"

Nok and Tuwa would have kept smiling had Nix not gone on to say "However... we will be hesitant to recommend others considering that both of them have shown worrying levels of defiance... you need to reign them in a bit more if you want us to consider inviting friends"

Sandbar and Silverstream went stiff, others? Friends? There was going to be more of them next time?! Were they eventually just going to be sat in a room like submissive sex servants surrounded by six Strix dicks!? Nix and Magna left with Nok and Tuwa bidding them farewell that day... then things got worse, they were angry... and they became violent.

Tuwa punched Sandbar so hard that he fell from the bed and onto the floor, his eye swelling and turning a shade of purple. Nok went slightly more extreme and actually picked Silverstream up to throw her at the wall, she too also thudded to the floor, the two of them shivered in pain, shock and confusion. Tuwa yelled "You insignificant pathetic cunts!"

Silverstream, finding the courage to speak, asked "What did we do?!"

Nok explained "Both of you! How do you have the gall? How do you dare stand up for yourselves and each other!? We are Strix and we are superior, maybe even the most supreme race of creatures in the world! You should know your place! Not only that but you made us look bad in front of the others! You made us look like fools incapable of hunting!"

Tuwa rejoined the conversation "You'll learn to obey! You'll learn fear! We have just the punishment to crush your spirits and humble you!"

Nok dragged the bed away to reveal a large door on the floor, he opened it to reveal a staircase and stood aside to allow Tuwa to grab both Sandbar and Silverstream by the hair and started dragged them down the stairs to what they assumed was some kind of secret basement. From what little light they had available, they could see that the basement was as simple as four black stone walls, the air was damp and musty and they could have sworn they heard the squeaking of rats. The next thing they saw was chains, chains which were promptly used on them to keep them trapped and pinned to the wall the chains were attached to. The punishment was simply prolonged imprisonment.

Tuwa said "Now... Nok and I are going to leave for a while, don't even bother trying to escape because even if you somehow manage it, you won't get too far before Nok and I track you down, bring you back here and not only will we just torture you... but we'll fucking kill you both..."

With those final chilling words, Tuwa left the basement and the door was shut, leaving them both in pitch black darkness with nothing but a cold void and a broken spirit... it was hopeless, they'd never be set free. Once that realization hit them, their thoughts of what was happening to them, what had already happened to them, the fact that they would likely never see their home, their friends or their family again... it all became too much to bare and they both just broke down and began to cry. Several long minutes of the two of them sharing this one singular moment of pure and utter despair with far too many tears shed, it all culminated in a conversation that only lasted for a few sentences.

Silverstream went "Sandbar... I know you said it sounds selfish but... it's just like you said, I'm glad I'm not here alone... all by myself... in Rapax"

There was a pause before Sandbar said "Yeah... I feel the same way... we still have each other... perhaps, maybe... just maybe... we can make the best of this... but we gotta stick together OK? You understand me?"

Silverstream contemplated his words for maybe only a couple of seconds before replying "Yes... I understand, we'll stick together and try to make something of our new lives... it'll be fine, we can adapt and make it work as long as we're together... we're gonna be OK, right? That's what you mean isn't it? Tell me please... are we gonna be OK?"

Sandbar, staying true to his promise to look after her, said the only thing that he really could say in that moment "Yes... we're gonna be OK..."

It had been six days and school was progressing as usual, though Smolder, Gallus, Yona and Ocellus were still mystified at Sandbar and Silverstream's persisting absence that had no possible explanation yet. At the end of the school day when they all met up, Smolder just went "OK, I know we joke around about it a lot but... I dunno you guys, what if they really did run off somewhere to be together? We did that before"

Gallus rolled his eyes and replied "Well yeah but that's because we wanted to hang out, not to get hitched and bang. Besides, they said time and time again that they weren't into each other so it makes no sense for them to run away together, especially without even telling anyone!"

Ocellus, ever the voice of reason, cut in and went "Look, I think we are all getting way too worked up about this. I'm willing to bet that with exams coming up that maybe the stress of it was getting to them a little and after hanging out together they got ill. They didn't feel like coming to school and since Silverstream couldn't fly to Mount Aris, she crashed at Sandbar's place and they are both resting up and trying to get better!"

Yona smiled and said "Maybe we visit! Check in see how they doing!" The group seemed to agree that visiting Sandbar and Silverstream to see how they were doing was a great idea and would put them at ease.

However, it was just as they were leaving that head mare Twilight approached them with a look of concern etched on her features, clearly she felt troubled about something and her worries were made clear when she asked "Hello students, I don't mean to pry but I've noticed that two of the friends in your group, Sandbar and Silverstream, haven't been attending classes and in fact haven't even been coming to the school at all. Considering that exams are coming up, I've made it a priority to find out why this is, do you happen to know the reason?"

Gallus answered on behalf of the group "Yeah, no worries your majesty, we all figured that the reason they haven't been coming in is because they're sick and have been staying at Sandbar's house. We were just about to go visit them actually! Hopefully they'll be feeling better soon"

Twilight relaxed and went "Oh! Well, thank goodness for that! I'll have to get in touch with Sandbar's parents at some point and see how they are doing, maybe send them some notes on the lessons they've been missing out on. I'm sorry to say that if they are ill then I don't think you should visit them, I understand that may not seem fair but if they infect you during the visit and then you bring the infection to the school well... you can imagine that's a scenario we need to avoid at all costs, alright? I promise you that I'll check in on them and let you know if you like"

The group let the info sink in and couldn't help but agree with Twilight's logic, so they left the school to have some fun before they inevitably would have to return to their dorms when evening set in to go to sleep.

Meanwhile, Twilight returned to her office and after looking through the student records, found Sandbar's home phone number and starting to dial so she could speak to him or at the very least his mother or father. After the phone rang a couple of times a female voice answered "Hello?"

Twilight grinned said "Hi! This is head mare Twilight from the school of friendship! Can I assume I'm speaking to Sandbar's mother?"

A little flustered, Sandbar's mom got over the shock of speaking to royalty before going "Oh yes! Yes certainly, forgive me for being so unprepared your majesty, it isn't often that the princess of friendship gives me a call! To what do I owe the pleasure on this fine day?"

Twilight tittered, she still wished people didn't treat her so differently just because she happened to be the newest monarch but accepted that her title and alicorn status couldn't be ignored forever, she continued "Well if I have my facts correct, Sandbar and Silverstream are currently not feeling well and have decided to not come into school for the past week, so I thought I'd just give you a call to see how they are doing and let them know that even if they fail to make it to the exams, they are more than welcome to take them at a later date that suits them. They aren't in trouble or anything, I just want to make sure they are OK"

There was an uncomfortable silence, Twilight furrowed her brow and went "Hello? Are you still there? Is everything alright?"

Eventually she got an answer, a frightening answer. With a trembling lip and a shaky voice, Sandbar's mom swallowed the lump in her throat and replied "Your majesty... I... um... I d-don't know how t-t-to tell you this but... I haven't seen Sandbar or Silverstream at all this past week, they're... they're not here, I just assumed Sandbar was staying at the school to study during his free time, or was hanging out with his friends, he hasn't even come home for a visit... is... is he missing?!"

Twilight could hear Sandbar's mother was on the verge of tears and tried to calm her "Don't worry, I'm sure everything is fine and that there's a rational explanation for this, just to be safe I'll converse with the other teachers and set about a course of action, I promise you there is nothing to worry about. I'll keep you informed, I advise that you stay in your home in case Sandbar or Silverstream happen by"

Sandbar's mom, still getting quite frantic, nodded her head and solidly stated "OK, I will! Thank you..." as she hung up the phone shortly after. Twilight put the phone down and took a deep breath in and then out, in the past she would have ordinarily reacted to this kind of news in a rather negative and non-productive way by going absolutely mental and trying to fix things by finding out what happened in a haphazard fashion, if anything was going to get solved she needed to remain level-headed, strategic and professional about this and approach it nice and calmly.

Twilight pressed a button on the intercom and spoke into the microphone, her voice echoed throughout the school as she announced "Attention all staff members, please make your way to the staff room area as soon as possible for an emergency staff meeting, thank you"