This is a short work of erotic fiction containing furry, or anthropomorphic, characters, which are animals that either demonstrate human intelligence or walk on two legs, for the purposes of these tales. It is a thriving and growing fandom in which creators are prevalent in art and writing especially.
Please note that all characters are clearly over eighteen and written as such in all stories.
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She knew that there was no guarantee that the king would choose her as his consort, his mate for life, but the dragoness had to try anyway. She had spent hours before the mirror in what could have been deemed her dressing chamber that evening, waiting to meet the king, Vaeros, under the cover of darkness, in the throne room. The dragoness had not spent all that much time in a castle or any kind of building before, preferring to sleep when the weather was fine with the stars watching over her, but that would have to change if he chose her.
Her scales were primed, oiled and shining, her horns gleaming with attention. Her claws were polished, her wings tucked softly down against her back, though her frame demanded attention. That was why she was there, after all, for she knew that she was the best of the best, the only consort that King Vaeros would ever need, even though she still could not say quite what was to come of the night there.
She and the other dragonesses, females that simply did not seem to match up to her stature, were led along with her to the throne room, the red carpet leading between the stone pillars up to the dais and the throne itself. Her heart lifted, for there he was, the starry splendour of the night sky showing through the open windows to his back, the drake that she yearned for.
There was no other male in the entire world that could match up to the might of Vaeros, which was exactly why she had decided that she needed him, why there was no one else that she could possibly accept to be her mate for life. Even without meeting the dragon face to face, she had known that he was the one for her, from the long, muscular lines of his black-scaled body to how his tail curled back and forth as it hung over the edge of the dragon-suited throne.
Of course, he was a quadruped like her, his yellow eyes gleaming as he rose, exposing the yellow of his underbelly, the scales slotting together there, one after the other, to form the line from the top of his neck all the way down the front, underside of his body to the base of his tail. Up close, the red, twisting markings that adorned his body were even more defined, though she would never have admitted aloud how his double yellow horns, two on either side of his head, and thick spine-frill made her heart swoon.
But she was powerful too, strong in herself, though she did not brag the muscle that the larger drake so easily held for himself. The other dragonesses tittered and shuffled amongst one another, a couple even shrinking back from him, his size intimidating, that confident yet dominating smile of his, as if they thought that they could blend into the polished, grey stone of the throne room. She could have snorted at them, though held herself in higher, more regal regard than that. Why were they there if they truly feared the king who they hoped would choose them as his consort?
Of course, in her eyes, there was nothing to worry about as Vaeros rose languidly, his gait rolling, steady, as if he had all the time in the world, casual and confident in his power. Her eyes locked onto him, as intense as a bird of prey locking onto a rabbit, though Vaeros was and never would be a rabbit, not in anyone's eyes. No, the dragon was so much more than that and yet the dragoness still was not surprised in the slightest as he dismissed all the other dragonesses, one by one.
"You..." Vaeros rumbled. "Have you travelled far?"
It was a simple question, but the dragoness stumbled over her words, too in awe of him and his presence to find herself. It was an easy thing for Vaeros to dismiss her, though tears welled up in her eyes. The dragoness suppressed the urge to roll her eyes, tail flicking lightly, waiting for her turn, though it was difficult to find something to satisfy the impatience in her heart while she waited for the inevitable. There was no doubt in her mind, of course, that the king would choose her, though that was something indeed that could well have set her up to fail if circumstances had been at all different.
The others tried to preen for him, putting themselves in the best light, and others tried to dance, swinging their hips and tails for him, as challenging a feat as that was for a non-anthro type dragon. Still, they tried and she had to admire them, at least a little for that, even if their attempts were in vain. For the king's eyes returned to her, time after time again, as if he simply could not take them from her, the only dragoness in the room that could hold her attention.
As another dragoness took to the air, the stone-walled room looking out over the mountains more than roomy enough, she flaunted herself quietly, letting her noble stature and the set of her head speak volumes for her. There was nothing else, of course, that a dragoness who truly knew her place needed to do, casually watching the fools before her try to make themselves known, seen, even those that tried to win the king over with words, their wit. She held back a scoff, tongue pressed to the roof of her mouth, wriggling there. That she was the sharpest dragon in the room, even with the king, should never have been something up for debate.
One by one, they were dismissed, some going quietly, others squalling, saying that they had not been given a fair chance. Yet she knew that that was not what the king wanted and she watched with amusement, light dancing in her eyes, until the king stopped before her, his tail swinging slowly, hypnotically, back and forth. The sway of it captivated her, drawing her attention hungrily to it, back and forth, back and forth, something that could have mesmerised her, if she was not as strong as she was. But that was the way it had always been for her and she was not about to become any kind of dragon that she was not.
"My king..." She smiled and tilted her head. "It seems you have found the jewel, though I am no treasure to be made part of anyone's collection."
He paused, waiting with her, conversing with her, though, in hindsight, she could not remember anything that they spoke about. The jealous glares of the dragonesses left bored into her, though she did not care. She was already right where she needed to be, taking everything in claw, her king right there before her, a gleam in his sharp, yellow eyes, wings mantled proudly over his back.
They were dismissed. She was not.
Only she was left, the last of the dragonesses shuffling from the room with their head hung in shame. A victorious stab of triumph lanced through her.
"You..." He rumbled, his eyes focused on her and her alone, his attendants having left already during the process. "You may attempt to please me. I like how you hold yourself, dragoness."
She could have scoffed.