Night had fallen over the supercontinent Pangaea once again, the stars twinkled over the vast landscape of the Savannah, Aquasa's two moons shining overhead, both unencumbered by shadows and shining like twin orbs of the purest silver in the night. Not to mention that the inky blackness between was also awash with shooting stars, a veritable meteor shower dancing in the dark. A rare sight indeed, not just both moons being full, but with shooting stars at the same time, it was as if the heavens themselves were celebrating.
 
 
And there was a definite reason to celebrate on this night.
 
 
The village of the Anthropomorphic zebra tribe was alive with its own activity, with a massive bonfire of green flames dancing at the center, lifting into the sky for several feet, almost in tempo to the music the residents were playing. The tranquil rhythm reverberated throughout the night, a cacophony of drums, pan flutes, didgeridoos, and several other instruments being played to the full extent of their players' talents, resulting in a tune that excited and motivated all who heard it to dance. Several humanoid equine shapes could be seen heeding this message, silhouetted in the bright light of the fire, dancing to the full limit their skeletal structure would allow, their excited cheering and murmuring mingling with the music that set their souls on fire.
 
 
Nillyna, however, was not participating in the merriment.
 
 
She stood on the outskirts of the crowd, observing a specific group among the dancing striped masses. Amahle was currently surrounded by other zebras of similar size and stature as her, no doubt being of similar age, everyone grinning and cheering, hugging her, or patting her on the back, obviously overjoyed at her safe return. Amahle herself was wearing a broad smile, joyful tears streaming down her face, obviously just as thrilled to see her friends as they were to see her. After a while the youthful group surrounding Amahle calmed down enough to allow her to properly converse with them.
 
 
From what Nillyna could tell she was probably recounting her experiences for the last few days, the horrified looks on the other foal's faces being a good indicator. She obviously described being eaten too, what with her mimicking something bearing down over her and the others actually screaming in terror and holding themselves. Nillyna smiled at the display, relieved to see that Amahle didn't appear to be too affected by the recent occurrences, while also feeling slight pride for the role she played in the young zebra mare's safe return home.
 
 
She also contemplated how she herself felt about recent events.
 
 
The whole reason for this venture, at least for Nillyna personally, was to test her zeal in combat after all. But even now she felt nothing for what she had done to the lamia's who had abducted Amahle, the only slight sensation registering to her was the unnerving feeling of her blade biting deep into their flesh, and slightly nauseous at seeing all the blood. But all Nillyna had to do was imagine them doing to Lily what they did to Amahle, not to mention Imani as well, for her to be more than inspired enough to push past these minor drawbacks to where they were just as insignificant as the next blink of her eyes.
 
 
After all, Nillyna had no intention of this being her only brush with violence, not if she was to protect Lily.
 
 
"It would appear that our baby girl isn't too affected by all that's happened," said a sudden voice beside Nillyna, making her jump in surprise for a moment, but she calmed down upon seeing who it was.
 
 
Annika had come up beside Nillyna, apparently to observe her daughter in the same manner that Nillyna was. Nillyna's only response was to smile in agreement. It was both her and Friedrich who suggested that they hold a grand celebration once Nillyna returned with their daughter. It was actually a miracle that the three could stop hugging each other and openly sobbing with joy about being reunited.
 
 
But Annika and Friedrich weren't the only ones overjoyed by Amahle's safe return. She will one day be chief of their tribe, after all, so the whole village had been ecstatic upon learning she's alive.
 
 
"Indeed, she isn't," Nillyna agreed with Annika, knowing full well how traumatizing being eaten alive could be, having gone through the experience herself quite literally, though, admittedly, with totally different outcomes, especially regarding the predetor involved. "She's a strong little zebra."
 
 
"Indeed she is, and we are eternally grateful for the service you have done for our tribe" said Annika, her eyes glistening with gratitude.
 
 
Nillyna blushed humbly at her clients' gratitude. "There's no need for such chivalry. It's what you hired me for, after all."
 
 
"Oh, but I wasn't just referring to Amahle's rescue," commented Annika, watching as Amahle began showing off the glowing talisman she wore around her neck, the other foal's gathering around it and staring with awe. "Me and my husband are fully aware of what that little trinket is. You've made it that much more possible for our dear girl to achieve her dream of learning magic by giving it to her."
 
 
"Oh, that," said Nillyna, also gazing at the little silver amulet shaped like a vulture's skull that once belonged to Mistress Scales. "Well, she deserves it, after all she's gone through."
 
 
"I won't argue with that," said Annika cheerfully, looking from her daughter and her gaggle composed of the other young ones from the tribe to gaze at Nillyna directly. "You could join us in the festivities. After all, you were the one that brought her back to us."
 
 
"I appreciate the offer but I must decline. After all, this celebration is for her being reunited with her family," said Nillyna, watching as Fredrick came from within the crowd and plucked Amahle up into his shoulder and began parading her around, the little foal laughing gleefully as her father bounced her around. "And besides, I am just the mercenary you hired to retrieve her. Tis not my place to partake in this celebration."
 
 
"I would be inclined to disagree, but, with all you've done for us, I won't argue," said Annika, reaching down to untie a sizable sack from around her loincloth. "And speaking of the whole mercenary business, I do believe we owe you compensation for a job well done."
 
 
She held out the sack for Nillyna to take, its contents tinkling. Nillyna felt slightly guilty accepting her promised pension for saving Amahle, it seemed kinda vulgar to measure someone's life in monetary value, but this was a new branch of her services, after all. If word ever got out she was doing this stuff for free who knows what else might be asked of her for no charge. With as wealthy as she is Nillyna still has a lifestyle to maintain, and an expensive one at that, not to mention she now has a girlfriend with somewhat…peculiar needs.
 
 
And it might also send the image that she's doing this strictly because she enjoys it, enjoys killing and violence, which is strictly not the case.
 
 
"Thanks," she said graciously as she accepted the offered bag of gold nuggets, tittering slightly under its weight.
 
 
She refrained from using all of her hands though, for she still needed to hold her talisman cane, and her final hand was rummaging around in the pocket of the outfit her wings were currently morphed into. With great effort and concentration, what with having to heft a sizable sack of gold in turn, Nillyna managed to extract the contents of her pocket and held it out. "Would you mind returning this to the Gazelle tribe? I think they would like it back."
 
 
Annika examined the spindly object and her eyes widened with reconciliation, "Is that…?"
 
 
"Yes," Nillyna answered Annika's unfinished question, her voice laced with sadness. "It's Imani's necklace. It pains me greatly that there was nothing I could do for her, but this should at least give her family some closure."
 
 
Annika observed the necklace belonging to a deceased gazelle girl for a moment, her eyes swimming with emotion. Nillyna surmised she was feeling sorry for the poor girl, same as she was, and was contemplating the fact that her own precious daughter had almost met the same fate, avoiding it by mere moment's in fact. Nillyna couldn't blame her, she would have felt the same, in fact, she did feel the same, and Amahle wasn't even her daughter.
 
 
Eventually Annika accepted the necklace and gave Nillyna a look of understanding. "I will see you it that Imani's family receives this final memory of her's,"
 
 
"Thanks," said Nillyna appreciatively, giving one last look at Amahle as she frolicked among the celebration in honor of her return. "And, if I may, let me pass on to you some advice. Be sure your daughter becomes stronger through this experience. I gave her some advice I thought might help, but she may still need guidance so that all this doesn't affect her negatively as she grows up."
 
 
"Ah, yes, our dear girl told us about your advice, and we agree, with the right guidance this experience may help her grow into the chief of our tribe that will do us proud," said Annika, also glancing at her daughter, but had a thought as she observed the luminous trinket around her neck. "Do you really think she can wield magic as you do, some day?"
 
 
"If she keeps that talisman close she may, someday," said Nillyna, "Magical potential varies from person and race, but ownership of a talisman might awaken some arcane skill for some."
 
 
Annika looked to Nillyna with a hint of desperation, "Should that come to pass may we…rely on you to turn to?"
 
 
"Obviously," said Nillyna with a bit of an eye roll. "It would be very irresponsible of me not to offer advice in such a situation. I gave her the talisman, after all."
 
 
Annika smiled and bowed graciously. "Thank you, for all that you have done for us, Enchantress Nillyna."
 
 
"It was my pleasure," said Nillyna, deciding that now was a good time for her to depart, lifting her talisman cane in preparation for her teleportation.
 
 
"Oh, one more thing, please, enchantress," said Annika, Nillyna lowering her talisman cane and looking at her expectantly. "The lamia you didn't slay, the one you suspect devoured poor Imani, she can't return, can she? We have heard of their people, they are known to be…vindictive."
 
 
Nillyna smiled smugly at the memory of the snake bitch she had sent careening into the ether with a teleportation spell.
 
 
"You don't have to worry about her any more than Mistress Scales," she said reassuringly. "Where I've sent her there is no escape."
 
 
Annika flinched slightly at the cruelty in Nillyna's response as she said this. "Did you send her to an incarceration facility of some kind?"
 
 
"By now I bet she wishes I had," replied Nillyna, and, before Annika could inquire further, she lifted her talisman cane and morphed into a sphere of light, which then lifted into the air and sped into the night like several of the shooting stars above.
 
 
Annika watched the spot from where Nillyna vanished, trying to stop herself from even imagining what Nillyna meant. But the lamia's who had orchestrated this whole unpleasant affair soon faded from her mind. Nillyna had fulfilled their requirements and had made her departure, now it was time to bask in the relief that her daughter was home and join in on the celebration in honor of her safe return.
 
 
___
 
 
Lily stood beneath the star speckled sky, her sole eye not obscured by her hair swimming with delight as she observed the tranquil scene of the meteor shower occurring above. In her hand, she held a small black eyed susan. She had been entertaining herself with it before the show of shooting stars began, and, with the fact that half the pedals were missing from the bud, one might wonder whether or not she had been playing the game of:
 
 
 She-Loves-Me-She-Loves-Me-Not
 
 
And it didn't take a genius to figure out who that might be referring to.
 
 
Not that she would ever admit it out loud to anyone…though maybe she should. It was getting harder and harder for Lily to hide her affection for Nillyna under a mask of indifference and convenience recently, the actual thought of where her precious Lepidopteran girl was at this very moment made her humanoid heart flutter. She was out who knows where, engaged in violent confrontation, all so she could harden herself to protect the both of them, should anyone ever discover the properties of Lily's fruit and seek to do them harm to obtain it.
 
 
 Lily had let some of her emotions out before Nillyna left on this dangerous task and it had bothered her ever since. She wanted to tell Nillyna how much she meant to her, but the predatory side of her, the side of her that allowed her to consume people without regret or mercy, just couldn't accept the fact that she cared for someone who was once food. The whole thing with the black eyed susan was actually Lily debating whether or not she should tell Nillyna how she really feels, rather than the traditional love me love me not, despite what her predatory side thought. She picked it up after it blew in from the direction of Nillyna's garden and decided she would pluck the pedals one at a time while reciting whether she would tell Nillyna she genuinely cares about her or not, resolved to follow through with the outcome, whatever it may be.
 
 
Unfortunately, and fortunately, the meteor shower had begun before she could reach the end of the pedals, the sight above so rare that Lily couldn't help but be captivated, despite her current emotional circumstances.
 
 
FLASH!
 
 
And then something else happened before the meteor showers conclusion to distract her.
 
 
A great flare of bright light shot off a good distance from Lily's right, causing the plant-girl to throw up her hands to shield her face from the immense brightness, especially with how late at night it was, a strong gust also being kicked up, the wind whipping back Lily's hair and wrenching her black eyed susan out of her hand and carrying it away. Lily lowered her hands as the light dissipated the next second, spot's dancing before her eyes, her hair draping back over her face and concealing her eye. She looked at her now empty hand with slight annoyance, disgruntled at the loss of her flower that had yet to play the deciding factor on what she should tell Nillyna, but a chipper voice sounding from the direction of the blinding light had soon drawn her attention.
 
 
"LILY!"
 
 
The plant-girl who had just been addressed by name suddenly found four elegant arms wrapped around her in a passionate embrace, followed by the sensation of soft lips pressed against her own. The elegant white face possessing deep dark eyes at the end of her vision was all the clarification to who it was and Lily soon found herself slipping blissfully into the passionate kiss, wrapping her arms around the body pressed to herself in turn. Soon she felt a tongue entering her mouth, which she willing met with her own, hot wet muscles twirling and caressing each other in an enthusiastic dance of affection that made the blood boil with lust.
 
 
However, Lily had a desire to see her kissing partner in her entirety before anything else, so she painstakingly broke the kiss, their tongues bridged by a narrow strand of saliva for a second before she drew back into her mouth.
 
 
"Nillyna…" she gasped out, still reeling from the immense hormones coursing through her system, but was now able to see the white Lepidopteran girl in full view before her, once she leaned back a bit, remaining close enough to keep her hands on her shoulders. "You're…you're back…"
 
 
Nillyna nodded slightly, a small smile on her face as she kept her gaze locked on Lily's, "I missed you."
 
 
Lily almost responded with one of her snarky remarks but was able to bite it back this time.
 
 
'To hell with it,' she thought to herself.
 
 
"I…missed you too," she said quietly.
 
 
Nillyna balked slightly before she blushed in gratification. This was one of the few times that Lily had acknowledged that her wellbeing actually meant something to her openly. But she didn't dote on it, instead deciding to go along with it, throwing herself back into an embrace with Lily.
 
 
Lily returned it, running her hands up and down Nillyna's back with a contented sigh, feeling Nillyna's warmth and heartbeat against her body. She needs to sort out how she is going to proceed with her love from now on, the whole convenience thing was starting to feel shallow and empty. Never in Lily's entire life did she imagine she would grow to care for the wellbeing of another soul, other than her own. It was still a new experience, with its own share of hurdles, some not so great.
 
 
But the more she experienced the more Lily grew to accept that she was enjoying it.
 
 
"How are you?" Lily asked over Nillyna's shoulder. "You didn't get hurt, did you?"
 
 
"Nah," said Nillyna, slight humor in her voice, "I didn't encounter anything I couldn't handle." She leaned back slightly and motioned towards a tree that stood near the spot where she had teleported in. "And, as you can see, I was most successful."
 
 
Lily followed her gesture and saw that, lying next to Nillyna's talisman cane which was propped against the tree, was a sizable sack. It had toppled over in her direction, most likely due to Nillyna's eagerness to embrace her as soon as she got home, scattering a few glittering nuggets of gold upon the ground, several more seeping through the mouth of the sack. Lily's single visible eye glistened as the shiney, precious metal glittered in the moonlight, though more captivated by its beauty than monetary value.
 
 
"Want me to tell you about how everything went?" Asked Nillyna, eager to share her first experience as a mercenary with her love.
 
 
"Sure, I'd like to hear all about it," said Lily, eagerness in her voice, for she was genuinely curious about how Nillyna's assignment went.
 
 
Nillyna giggled excitedly before throwing herself bodily at Lily, who caught her in her arms bridal style. Lily gave her a slightly annoyed expression, but it melted when Nillyna snuggled herself against her. After all, she didn't mind the contact, and Nillyna isn't that heavy, at least for her.
 
 
From there Nillyna began to regale Lily with all her experiences in the Savannah. About how her mysterious first clients turned out to be the chief and chieftess of the resident Anthropomorphic Zebra tribe, whose child had been abducted and supposedly being ransomed, but a similar scenario that happened to others recently led them to suspect that the abductors had no intention of returning their child so they turned to Nillyna for help. It was made all the more ironic that the victim happened to be an admirer of hers, so her parents had prior knowledge on her reputation.
 
 
Nillyna then told Lily about how she had located the perpetrators by combining hers and the zebra's detection abilities, teleporting there to confront them, only to discover that those responsible were lamia's, and they were currently in the process of devouring their captive. Nillyna, having been halted by a magical barrier, couldn't get to them in time to stop them so did what she could to ensure that the little zebra would be able to survive inside her devourers stomach for the time being, that being casting a spell on her that would protect her from stomach acid and ensure that she had air to breathe. Afterwards, it was a simple matter of breaching the barrier, vanquishing the cruel snake women, and liberating her quarry from that ones stomach.
 
 
"Afterwards I was able to return Amahle to her home, no sweat," said Nillyna, looking over to her commission as it lay next to her talisman cane, a sense of a job well done coursing through her. But talking about her recent venture also brought another subject she had been meaning to address with her love. "Speaking of which," she suddenly said, turning back to Lily as she lay in her arms with a sly smile. "Did you get my little 'care package'?"
 
 
Lily took a while to register Nillyna's inquiry, she had been so enthralled by Nillyna's descriptive tale of her recent exploit, but eventually she contemplated what her Lepidopteran company had said and realized what she was referring to. It brought a gratified, yet, at the same time, sinister smile over her face.
 
 
"Oh yes, I got it," she said, licking her lips at the memory of a few hours ago. "And I sincerely enjoyed it, thank you."
 
 
 
 
—
 
 
A FEW HOURS EARLIER:
 
 
Lily stood in the clearing where she was rooted in place, staring up at Nillyna's huge house with extreme curiosity. The desire to have a look inside was nagging at her like termites through a tree's bark, not just because this was the first time she had been able to see a domicile of any kind up close, but she also wondered what it would be like to live in such a place, such as Nillyna does. Ever since her rescue at the hands (all four of them) of the powerful Lepidopteran Lily had been wondering about her a lot, and not just her individually, but the type life she lives well as.
 
 
An active life of motion.
 
 
 Lily is a plant, a stationary being, and, despite her intelligence, and sentience, she was incapable of moving from her spot in the ground, her only mobility belonging to her humanoid body, extensive plant mouth, and all her vines, while, being dextrous in their own right, were all rooted in place by literal roots. Such had never been a subject of interest to Lily before; in all her life she had merely focused on the mundane of existence, but after meeting Nillyna and accepting her offered proposal of responsibility for Lily's wellbeing Lily found herself wondering more and more about what it must be like to be mobile, without any limitations.
 
 
To be able to go anywhere she wished.
 
 
Lily could be uprooted and move around by slithering on her taproot, recent occurrences having proved that, but it wasn't the best of experiences. Without direct contact to dirt for her roots to draw nutrition and moisture through Lily would wither just like any other uprooted plant, and, even if that wasn't the case, exposed so Lily was far larger than usual. Certainly too big to even fit through Nillyna's front door.
 
 
It seemed like an impossibility, but still, Lily couldn't help but wonder…
 
 
Bzzzzt!
 
 
The sudden noise yanked Lily out of her mullings and towards the source, which happened to be straight up. Looking above Lily could see, pressed against the massive arcane barrier Nillyna had cast over her estate so Lily wouldn't have to worry about intruder's during her absence, was a fairly large sphere of blue light. Where it made contact with the magical dome arc's of electricity shot out, draping over the barrier like a massive luminous spider web, crackling with energy.
 
 
But it only lasted for a moment, for, right before Lily's eyes, the ball of light slipped through the barrier and fell towards her location, the arcing electricity dissipating afterwards. Lily watched, slight fear in eyes as the glowing object descended closer. Nillyna had told her that nothing but the most powerful of magic could penetrate the barrier, and even so, she also assured her she would be back before anyone who had the capability even had a chance, reassuring her that such would take weeks for even the most talented of spellcasters to build up the necessary power to breach through.
 
 
And yet something had gotten through quickly and was falling towards her.
 
 
Before long it landed before Lily, though the impact was gentle, despite the long drop. Lily trembled in slight fear as the blue glow began to dissipate, shrinking in size until it resembled a thick band of light, stretched out on the ground, around ten feet long. Lily could only watch, wondering if she should recede into her plant body for protection to whatever threat this thing may pose.
 
 
But then, in less than a blink, the light dissipated completely, and Lily's fear and nervousness with it.
 
 
There, laying on her stomach, was a half human woman half snake being Lily recognized as a lamia. It wasn't difficult, Shadow had lured several types of people of all walks of life to her meadow over the years, lamia's included. None of them proved much of a threat then so Lily doubted this one was any more dangerous to her.
 
 
Especially since Lily didn't see anything on her person, indicating she didn't have a talisman, and if she didn't have a talisman it was unlikely she was even a magic user.
 
 
Still, what was she doing here? "Um…excuse me, Mrs?"
 
 
"HISS!"
 
 
Lily reflexively drew back as the lamia suddenly sprang up from the ground to glare at her, steadying herself on her coils, her bare breasts bouncing around in her haste to upright herself.
 
 
"YOU MOTH BITCH!" Slither hollered, clutching her bruised neck as her own words caused her great discomfort. "I WILL NOT BE BESTED BY SOME POWDER WINGED SKANK…!"
 
 
Slither finally seemed to register her surroundings, looking around frantically at everything in the clearing.
 
 
"WHERE THE HELL AM I!" Her eyes fell on Lily, her eyes widening at her bizarre appearance. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!?"
 
 
"Uuumm…?" Mumbled Lily, confused at what was going on.
 
 
But before she could contemplate further a ball of white light flew out of the lamia intruder's chest and hovered before her. It levitated in place, both Lily and the lamia it emerged from staring dumbfounded at it. Then it began to wiggle and mold until it took on the very familiar visage of a certain Lepidopteran sorceress's head.
 
 
"Lily, sweetie," said the representation of Nillyna's head as it faced Lily. "Sorry for the disturbance, but I was wondering if you could do me the favor of devouring this snake bitch, though I'm certain you have no objections. Enjoy."
 
 
With a smile the glowing head vanished.
 
 
Lily let Nillyna's words repeat in her head a few times, their implications slowly dawning on her. Nillyna had sent her this person for her to eat? She never thought she would see this. Still, all this meant was that, for the first time since she was almost burned alive by Shadow, she would get to savor the rare delicacy of a sentient meal.
 
 
Lily's expression became ravenous, a sinister smile blooming on her face, she always did prefer intelligent prey.
 
 
"Ha, you, eat me?" Laughed Slither, pointing a taunting finger at Lily. "As if!"
 
 
Lily was taken aback as the lamia slithered around her humanoid body in a heartbeat, her eyes going wide as she suddenly found herself staring into her slitted pupils.
 
 
"I think I will be the one doing the consuming around here," whispered Slither, licking her lips with her barbed tongue, suddenly swallowing Lily's head with her unhinged jaws.
 
 
Lily stared into the wet abyss, her mind reeling, but before she could contemplate retaliating she suddenly found the outside world visible again. She looked down. The lamia had dropped off her and was now rything on the ground, sputtering and spitting, clutching her throat.
 
 
"CRAP!" She screamed, looking up at Lily in revulsion. "You taste like broccoli!"
 
 
She stood up again after she apparently regained her composer and dusted herself off, glaring at Lily. "Screw this, screw you, I'm out of here."
 
 
"You're not going anywhere!" Mumbled Lily angrily, glaring, Slithers saliva still dripping off her annoyed face. This wasn't about consumption now. This was personal.
 
 
"Hah! And just what is a delicate flower like you gonna do to stop me?" Sneered Slither obnoxiously.
 
 
"Delicate?" Inquired Lily, her cruel smirk returning. "Who says I'm delicate?"
 
 
Slither opened her mouth to respond but suddenly found something seizing her tail. She looked back curiously, but her eyes bulged in terror at what she saw. Several vines were coiling around her serpentine tail and getting a good grip on her.
 
 
"Hey! What the…" Suddenly, several more vines seized her arms and she was hoisted off the ground, her tail stretched taught, her arms extended spread eagle.
 
 
Lily took in the sight of her ensnared quarry, the image stirring her appetite. It had been so long since she had seen something that could plead for mercy in her grasp.
 
 
"RELEASE ME AT ONCE!" Demanded Slither as she was brought before Lily's humanoid body.
 
 
Though apparently pleading wasn't in this one's nature. Oh well, she would still do.
 
 
"Oh, I think not, my dear," said Lily, lifting her hand and, much to her lamia captives' shock, grabbed her breast and began kneading it, admiring its softness. Most of her arousal was reserved for Nillyna now but this has always been a part of Lily's feeding habits.
 
 
Besides… it's not like the lamia will be around much longer.
 
 
"Aaah," said Slither, squirming as Lily pinched her nipple. "Stop that."
 
 
"Oh, you want me to stop?" Asked Lily sinisterly, moving her hand up to cup the lamia's chin. "Very well, not too interested in doing much more, might as well get to my favorite part."
 
 
Slither noticed the ravenous look in Lily's eyes and let out a chuckle.
 
 
"You seriously believe that you can eat me?" She laughed. "Look at that tiny mouth. The only thing you can eat is my dust once I get free."
 
 
"Oh, you will find," began Lily, Slithers attention being drawn to the rustling of the trees behind her captor. "That there is more to me than meets the eye."
 
 
Slither watched, dumbstruck as a massive cylindrical form emerged from the trees, capped in a massive pod. It leered over the both of them, several feet tall, green in color, massive plant like veins spread throughout its form. Slither felt her bravado leaving her as the massive thing loomed closer, easily dwarfing her in size several times.
 
 
"What…what is that?" Slither mumbled out to Lily looking back at the plant-girl.
 
 
Lily didn't respond other than to continue to sneer menacingly, but the massive appendage reared back, Slither looking back towards it in time to see the massive pod spread open, revealing a large tongue, framed by two rows of teeth, all silhouetted against the sky.
 
 
"No!" She mumbled, struggling in her restraints, now realizing that this thing was more than capable of delivering on the promise of ingesting her. "NO!"
 
 
With a flash of motion Slither suddenly found her vision obscured by the inside of a large mouth as Lily's massive jaws closed around her, the vines releasing her a moment later, but her arms had no room to move, pinned between the upper and lower jaws. Outside, Lily moaned in bliss as the delectable taste assaulted her senses. She watched on as the lamia's tail and lower portions jutted from her mouth, having retracted her vines and allowing her tail to thrash about. She had a good grip, why not let her struggle? Lily always liked watching her prey squirm anyway.
 
 
And speaking of squirming, why not really give her something to really squirm about?
 
 
Slither let out a muffled scream from within Lily's plant mouth, her tail thrashing harder. Beneath her the huge tongue had poked through the lips and was assaulting her womanly vulva with its tip. Lily moaned herself, the movement of her tongue causing her prey's uterus to open and allowing the tongue access to sensitive flesh within. Steadily Lily began to taste the familiar sense of a woman's arousal.
 
 
It never failed to intrigue Lily how, even during such a perilous situation, a woman could be aroused when you stimulate their genitalia.
 
 
It was only when such a trickle was flowing from Slither that even the drool from Lily's plant mouth wasn't as fast that Lily decided she had had enough, tilting the lamia back and drawing her hips into her mouth. Slither screamed again, her head slipping into the moist tunnel of the mouth's throat, soft flesh closing around and smothering her desperate cries further.
 
 
Lily watched in slight amusement as the serpentine tail of her victim thrashed about desperately, even appearing to occasionally try to coil around the lips encompassing her, but wasn't long enough to get a grip around the circumference of the pod. However, Lily's amusement was cut short when a low rumble reverberated through her body, like her very own hunger was protesting her delay to deliver her meal inside her. Deciding enough was enough Lily opened her lips slightly wider and…
 
 
SSLLLUUURRRRPP!
 
 
…Slither's tail was slurped up like a pasta noodle, a great wiggling bulge traveling down the stem of Lily's plant mouth, carrying Slither's muffled protests all the way as she was swallowed whole. Lily sighed in bliss as her meal was deposited into her stomach and began wiggling pleasantly, intending to enjoy the sensation for as long as it lasted.
 
 
She was grateful for the experience.
 
 
 —
 
 
"Which reminds me," said Lily coyly, Nillyna suddenly finding herself being laid down on a thick conglomeration of Lily's vines.
 
 
"Lily, what are you doing?" She asked, already missing the enticing warmth of being held in Lily's arms.
 
 
However, Lily soon accommodated by protruding further out of herself, her stem below her waist carrying her humanoid body over and above Nillyna before then settling down on top of her gently, blissfully looking into her eyes as she took her two upper hands into her own.
 
 
"Well, you've fulfilled your part of the arrangement," she whispered seductively, pressing her forehead to Nillyna's with a gentle nuzzle. "Now I will fulfill mine…"
 
 
Nillyna didn't protest as Lily's humanoid mouth captured her's in another lustful dance of lips and tongues, their blissful moans mingling with the erotic sounds of there lips caressing each other. Nillyna felt her mind fade into a mist of hormonally induced lust as the familiar flavor of Lily's nectar flavored saliva invaded her mouth, her body switched from voluntary control to instinct driven reflexes. She soon broke her hands free from being intertwined with Lily's, traveling up Lily's sides and under her collar, where the plant-girls breasts were waiting, her lower hand wrapping around her waist.
 
 
Lily moaned into Nillyna's mouth as her succulent lady orbs were gently caressed by the one below her, the sensation inspiring a need to return the favor within her lustful thoughts, bringing her own fingers now free from being entwined with Lepidopteran counterparts up to Nillyna's upper body and finding her own set of perky breasts to knead and fondle. Nillyna let out her own first sensual moan as Lily touched her, her heartbeat hammering like an internal thunderstorm. But Lily soon discovered that Nillyna had a slight advantage over her in pleasuring their partner, due to the fact that she still had…
 
 
…covering.
 
 
Lily reluctantly broke the kiss, another passionate strand of saliva connecting their tongues for a brief moment before Nillyna broke it by leaning up, trying to reunite their mouths. One of the vines she was lying on gently restrained by wrapping around her shoulders though, but only long enough for Lily to deliver her inquiry. She didn't need to speak, all she had to do was tug the front of Nillyna's clothes impatiently.
 
 
Nillyna understood instantly and let her clothes return to her wings simply by letting the magical energies dissipate from her body, a task easily done, with it being the dead of night. Lily smiled in appreciation as Nillyna's upper body became visible when her wings spread wide and out of the way, providing an unobscured view of her heavenly breasts adorning her chest. Nillyna blushed as Lily's eyes devoured her naked form, her eyes growing half lidded and a small, lustful smile spread over her face as she batted her eyes seductively.
 
 
The sensual expression proved to be the final spur Lily needed, driving her to lean down and, rather than resume kissing her partner, wrapping her slender arms around her form and placed her lips at the nape of her neck. Nillyna cooed softly, tightening her grip on Lily as the plant-girl suckled upon the sensitive skin above her shoulder. Lily equally moaned, for when Nillyna tightened her grip she squeezed her breasts more forcefully as well, Lily's voice reverberating throughout Nillyna's neck, stimulating her further and almost drawing out a ticklish giggle.
 
 
Lily's lust grew all the more powerful with the sensual flavor of Nillyna's flesh on her tongue, not to mention the sounds her actions produced from her, a slight tingling beginning to form in plant-girls loins, further fueling her desire to proceed. She abandoned Nillyna's neck with a final kiss to her collarbone before sliding further down her body. The split second Lily was disconnected from her body was almost an eternity for Nillyna until she felt Lily reposition her hands over her exposed cleavage, taking her large mounds into her grip and spreading them apart.
 
 
Nillyna moaned again as Lily nestled her face in the sensitive skin between her bust, her entire body tingling as her leaf shaped tongue trailed up her cleft, her vulva twitching again with building desire. Lily, for her part, revealed in the taste and feel of everything aspect of her lover's chest, trailing her tongue past the valley of Nillyna's mammary and a little bit to the left, finally making contact with the sensitive peak and ravaging it with all the capabilities of her mouth, from kissing, licking, suckling, and biting, the pulsating form beneath her increasing its trembling at the sensation, especially when she began alternating between breasts. Nillyna was no longer satisfied with making small noises of pleasure at this point, her mouth extending open to its fullest to release her instinctive responses to the stimuli her body was currently experiencing, as well as managing to force out her praise to Lily's success so far.
 
 
"OH….OH…LILY!" She half mumbled half screamed, her navel area twitching in response to Lily's sensational tongue treatment to her breasts. "That…AH…that feels amazing, Lily…Please…don't stop!"
 
 
"Don't stop?" Inquired Lily, lifting her talented mouth away from Nillyna's chest, much to her displeasure and disappointment, but was unable to protest due to Lily still cupping her bust with her hands. "But, my dear, we haven't even gotten to the best part yet."
 
 
Nillyna was reminded of how much more there was to come when Lily trailed her right hand down from breast and towards her taut stomach. The Lepidopteran mage felt the nimble fingers slide over her navel for a second before arriving home, resulting in a sensual moan from the both of them. Nillyna's legs spread out of their own accord, the flat of Lily palm clapped firmly against her groin.
 
 
Lily let out her first moan of pleasure as well, the feeling radiating from her hand was extremely pleasurable. Nillyna's vulva was soft and slightly damp with arousal, Lily able to feel the horny moth's rapid heartbeat through the sensitive lips, pulsating in rhythm to her hand's movements as it stroked her sex from the bottom to the top, back and forth with equal speed and pressure, a light scraping noise audible beneath the moans of the two diverse girls. The steady moderate of the hand massaging her plump groin meant that it didn't take long for Nillyna to reach her first release, letting out a low but extensive moan of pleasure that reverberated throughout the clearing lightly.
 
 
Lily removed her hand from Nillyna's nethers as soon as she fell limp against her bed of vines in a fit of wild pants, her only response was to twitch slightly and increase her panting as the cool night air suddenly kissed her exposed pussy. When she was able to open her eyes again she saw Lily brought her talented hand to her mouth and was making an obvious show of licking it clean with her leaf shaped tongue. She shared a brief mischievous look with her before her expression disappeared behind Nillyna's own perky breasts, descending down her body, Nillyna unable to keep her arms around her as she extended beyond reach.
 
 
If Nillyna didn't have an inkling to Lily's intentions at first, she did when she felt a soft kiss placed at top of her navel, followed by a taunting exhale lightly blown against her clitoris, the little bundle of nerves extending out of its hood and growing as hard as a pebble. Nillyna almost wanted to protest, having not fully recovered from Lily's fingering, but had no breath to spare for the words. Besides, she wasn't entirely against Lily's current actions, just wished she had had more time to prepare herself for it.
 
 
But some things can't be anticipated.
 
 
Nillyna practically yelped in pleasure as Lily's soft lips wrapped around her pleasure button, her legs spreading out so far she could almost swear they might pop out of their sockets. Lily used this to her full advantage, laying her palms on Nillyna's thighs and pinning them in place, making it all the more difficult for Nillyna to cross her legs if she ever desired. Not that Lily ever intended for that to ever be the case.
 
 
She drew Nillyna's clit deeper into her mouth, her grooved tongue rolling over it like a silk cloth, suckling it, first hard enough to be comparable to the strength of a vice, then to light enough that the little marble of pleasure might as well be caught between the delicate wings of a butterfly. Lily kept this up for a few minutes before she released the little nubbin of flesh, letting it spring back in place on Nillyna's mound, Nillyna moaning in despair at the loss of the stimulus, but Lily's intention wasn't to let her sensual partner suffer, placing her mouth to the base of Nillyna's vaginal lips.
 
 
Nillyna resumed her passionate cries as Lily's nimble tongue swiped up the valley of her peach, the feeling of the wet muscle stroking over her lips driving her arousal to almost a painful degree. Lily herself was equally aroused, finding the soft flesh and savory taste of Nillyna's sex drawing a steady stream of fluid from her own lower region, her sensual nectar glistening in the light of the moon's. And, just when Nillyna thought she couldn't take anymore, she felt Lily combine her licking with her previous clitoral stimulation from a few moments early, drawing her bead into her mouth after each swipe, rolling it around for a second, before focusing back on the stimulated lip, which, at this point, had spread so wide that Lily's tongue had an easier time touching the sensitive flesh within, rather than making contact with both lips simultaneously.
 
 
Nillyna couldn't hold back…
 
 
Lily was too good at eating her out…
 
 
She was gonna…
 
 
Everything came to a crashing halt when that wonderfully talented mouth removed itself from Nillyna's source of pleasure, Nillyna almost outright sobbing in despair at, yet again being deprived of the opportunity to finish.
 
 
"Lily, please!" She begged pitifully, leaning forward to get a better look at her pleasurer turned torturer. "Please, I can't take anymore…"
 
 
Her pleas were cut short when something smooth and wet clasped against her mouth, her body now entirely pinned as Lily threw herself over her and drew her into another a passionate kiss. At first Nillyna wanted to protest, for, as much as she adored Lily's kisses, she still felt the unbearable dissatisfaction of being denied climax. But whatever desire she may have had to throw Lily back and demand she gets back down there died in her occupied mouth as she felt Lily's vines elevate her hips slightly, followed by the sensation of a different pair of lips making contact with her vulva. Nillyna moaned into Lily's mouth as both their sexes collided softly, the sound of a wet smack mingling with muffled moaning as a new tempo was set.
 
 
Lily graited her hips smoothly, running her delicate green lips over Nillyna's pale white lips, which welcomed them by flexing and motioning whenever they made contact, almost as if Nillyna's vaginal lips were just as eager to kiss their counterparts as the lips of her face. Said lips were currently engaged in an aggressive battle with Lily's, the familiar taste of her nectar flavored saliva, as well as her own fluids, driving Nillyna further open below, almost enough to allow Lily to shove her whole sex into Nillyna's, the other vulva clamping down on hers so hard it was almost challenging to pull back out. Both moaned blissfully into each other, their arms being brought to bear and exploring each other's bodies passionately.
 
 
Lily found herself at a slight disadvantage when the bodily exploration began. Nillyna had two more arms than her, so was able to touch more of her at the same time, wandering her shoulder's, while, at the same time, massaging her breasts. Lily tried to reciprocate, but Nillyna was one step ahead of her, gripping her back hard and pressing up into her. Lily's eyes widened in surprise and pleasure as Nillyna pressed their breasts together, the peaks of their mounds mashing against one another, Nillyna apparently having decided to participate more actively in this steamy activity.
 
 
Next, she started pumping her hips against Lily's, meeting her thrusts with equal force, increasing the strength of each impact for both of them, the sound of wet slaps increasing as well. Then, her final contribution was to extend her proboscis into Lily's mouth, the long, wet appendage dancing throughout Lily's pallette like the tentacle of an angry octopus. Lily felt herself reaching her peak as well, the building sensation throughout her body growing to the point that she felt like she might explode if grew anymore.
 
 
But she didn't intend to finish alone.
 
 
Nillyna may have a generously long tongue and an extra pair of arms but she also had something that would work in Lily's favor. An extremely sensitive butt. Sliding her hand down Nillyna's petite back, sliding past her moth abdomen and to the bulbous glutes of her backside. Nillyna paused slightly when she felt her ass being caressed but soon welcomed the sensation among the others bombarding her body, feeling Lily's nimble fingers squeeze and massage her cheeks just the way she likes.
 
 
It was an overabundance of sensations for both of them.
 
 
Their sexes meeting with wet slaps, their breasts smothering each other, their tongues dancing passionately, not to mention their unique contributions, such as Nillyna's long tongue in Lily's mouth and Lily grasping Nillyna's perky, oversensitive bottom. Climax was inevitable for both of them at this point, drawing closer and closer. Nillyna, for her part, feared that she would finish before her beloved plant-girl, due to her extensive ministrations before, and the last thing she wanted was to leave her dissatisfied while she hit the highest of pleasures.
 
 
But she had one trick left up metaphorical sleeve.
 
 
Reluctantly, and with great effort, Nillyna parted their mouths with an audible pop, Lily's eyes widening in confusion as to why she would break such a beautiful kiss, but didn't get a chance to object with what Nillyna did next. The Lepidopteran extended her head over Lily's scalp, plunging her proboscis into the core of the flower that grew from the part of Lily's hair. Lily was completely overwhelmed as this sensation mingled with the others, collapsing against Nillyna's chest and moaning passionately as Nillyna sucked nectar from her flower, though she still grinded her hips against Nillyna's for all she was worth.
 
 
The final crack in the dam broke…
 
 
Lily's plant mouth flailed and squirmed in the distance, acting in conjunction with Lily's pleasure. Two beautiful girls filled the night with cries of passion as both simultaneously climaxed, wet squelching intermingled with their sensual calls. Afterwards Nillyna and Lily lay prone on the ground, Lily astride Nillyna, who's four arms held her tight, both panting heavily as if coming up from a deep dive underwater, both coated in the results of their recent actions.
 
 
"Oh…that was wonderful," breathed out Nillyna, looking down at Lily as she lay against her chest. "Thank you so much."
 
 
Lily looked up with a small smile, "You're welcome."
 
 
For a period of time they lay there, catching their breath and simply enjoying each other's presence, listening to each other's breathing and heartbeat. But as the night grew older Nillyna reluctantly extracted herself from Lily's embrace and stood.
 
 
"I should get inside," she said, brushing herself off after laying on the ground for so long.
 
 
"Couldn't you stay out here for a while?" Asked Lily.
 
 
"I would love nothing more, Lily," said Nillyna, walking up to Lily's humanoid body and placing a hand to her cheek, Lily smiling at the contact. "But I have work to do in the morning."
 
 
"But you just got back," complained Lily.
 
 
"Oh, it's not a mercenary assignment," reassured Nillyna. "It's just an average, mundane task I am usually charged with."
 
 
"Oh," said Lily, realizing that Nillyna was talking about her average commission. "What about?"
 
 
"A rich client wants a special flower for his sitting room," Nillyna explained, Lily's interest peaked at the mention of flowers. "Apparently, he wants one that opens and closes its bloom repeatedly, with a different flower appearing each time."
 
 
"Is that possible?" Lily asked, astounded.
 
 
"Oh, it's fairly simple, shouldn't take me long," said Nillyna, turning to head to her house. "Anyway, I'll visit you tomorrow as soon as I finish, I need to get some sleep before I start tomorrow and I also need to get cleaned up before bed."
 
 
Lily watches as Nillyna turns her back to her and begins to walk away, the sensual fluid from both of them still coating her body. A mischievous smile formed on her face. 'She wants to get clean, huh?'
 
 
Before Nillyna could take another step she was suddenly engulfed from the waist up in a dark, dank enclosure and lifted into the air, lying prone on her against something soft and wet.
 
 
"Lily!" She protested from within the plant mouth, kicking her legs lightly in retaliation. "What are you doing?"
 
 
"You don't need to go all the way into your house to freshen up," commented Lily, bring her plant mouth forward and positioning it to where Nillyna's protruding lower body was pointed at her, her one visible eye sparkling as she observed the swaying glutes of Nillyna's butt as she kicked her legs. "Here, I'll do it for you."
 
 
Nillyna yelped as the massive tongue of the plant mouth began to lick her all over, slathering her in spit. Thinking fast she used the last of her magic to morph her wings into a simple scarf around her neck to keep them from getting wrinkled. It was a good thing to, for the next second the last of her concentration was stolen away when she felt a smaller tongue licking at her bottom, tickling her.
 
 
"Hee…hee...hee…Lily knock that off," she said, bucking her backside to try and throw her aggressor off her. "This isn't helping. You're making me more dirty."
 
 
"Oh, am I?" Inquired Lily with mock surprise, grabbing Nillyna's rear in her hands and holding it in place, sighing in delight as she felt the soft muscles again. "In that case, let me enjoy the fruits of our labor before you waste them with a bath."
 
 
She brought her tongue back to Nillyna rear, running it up her rounding sit spot and swiping up the leftover cum. Nillyna, for her part, simply gave up, lying still in the mouth and letting both tongues clean her of the sensual fluid.
 
 
"Just, ahhh…"Nillyna began, flinching as Lily pressed her tongue into her flesh rather hard. "Just please don't start up again."
 
 
"Don't intend to, my dear," reassured Lily, petting Nillyna's rear non-sensually. "I just want to admire your scrumptious derriere before you go to bed. After all, I might not get another chance for a while, if you get another assignment like the one you just got back from."
 
 
 Nillyna had to admit that Lily had a point.
 
 
Who knows when she might have to come to call like that again? Nillyna still felt she needed to do this in order to protect Lily and her special fruit. But that was for the future, now was the time to enjoy each other while they could.
 
 
 
 
"Well," she said, perking her butt up and shaking it before Lily's eyes. "If that's the case maybe we should include my rear in our intercourse more often."
 
 
Lily had no objections to that.
 
 
Eventually Nillyna was able to get to her house to bathe and sleep, her mind filled with satisfaction at her and Lily's previous interactions, even being held in her huge plant mouth at the end.