This story is based in a fantasy/medieval world so I have taken the
liberty of changing a few things to match my own vision. Despite the
technology level of this reality I have imported certain items and
words such as bra and panties simply for my own amusement.
Twelve-year old Penrod toed the line expectantly, eagerly looking
forward to the race. To look at him he stood out not at all, save for
perhaps in height. He was the youngest of the crowd of boys jostling
for the prime starting position, although a keen eye might notice that
no one chose to jostle him. There was nothing about him that would lead
an ignorant observer to choose him as the Crown Prince of Belisle out
of the crowd of youths.
He was clean, yes and obviously well fed, but so too were the others.
Perhaps Penrod, 'Pen' to his friends, was a shade brighter of eye and a
little quicker to smile than the others but he had less to fear of the
race's outcome than did they. He was the sole heir of the Kingdom and
the only one allowed to practice the actual course chosen for this
year's race. It would not do for him to fail, nor would it do for
Belisle to be without an heir considered to be an adult when the King
of rival Mulgrave arrived for the peace talks.
Twelve was too young to be allowed to take part in the annual Kor-Za,
but the King had his reasons for breaking tradition. Belisle must
appear strong if the peace talks were to go well and with the death of
his younger brother only weeks before, he had no adult male heirs.
Penrod must step up and prove himself in the Kor-Za or risk more years
of war.
This did not mean that Perodin, Penrod's father and King, had not taken
steps to assure his son's success in the manhood race. As a sporting
event, it was more glamour than trial as few if any ever failed to
succeed. In ancient days their people had viewed the race as vital to
the strength of the kingdom and those who failed were chastised, or
even killed. In these enlightened days the choice was humiliation for
the failures.
Following the tradition of the past two centuries, those boys unable to
complete the race in the allotted time were forced to dress, live and
act like women for a period of time, but were all allowed to retake the
test the following year. Peasant lads who failed wore dresses for a
turn of the moon. In order to set the proper example, those among the
nobility declared that their sons who failed would live as a woman for
three months. Not to be outdone Penrod's great, great, great
grandfather had decreed that failures of noble birth would live as
women for a year.
Few were the instances were those retaking the test ever failed and in
reality few ever failed the test to begin with. Time had watered down
the race until it was simply a cross-country run with ample time to
finish. Most failures were those who twisted an ankle, or broke a leg
descending a hill too quickly. Those with birth defects that would make
the race impossible to complete were allowed to opt-out of the race
altogether and just remain as sub-adults for their lives. Those among
the nobility with such defects were not given that opportunity, as too
much responsibility, power and wealth were at stake. Such was the case
of Chadwick von Stegewick.
Chadwick was the only son of Duke Arin Stegewick and the sole heir of
the Northern provinces. It was these provinces that annually bore the
brunt of the attacks staged by Mulgrave and the Stegewicks had long
proven their fighting ability in blunting those invasions. With no
other heir, Duke Arin forced his only son to take the manhood rites
despite a foot twisted since birth. It was strongly doubted that young
Chad could even complete the Kor-za, much less finish in the allotted
time. The Duke had even taken the unusual step of delaying his son's
first attempt and at fifteen Chad was the eldest of all those
attempting the race this year.
Pen glanced at his friend and gave him a wink of encouragement. "You'll
be fine, Chad, don't worry."
Chad smiled weakly, but his wide eyes belied the fear in his heart.
"Look, we worked it all out didn't we?" Pen asked. "I'll stay with you
the whole way, you'll make it. We'll finish together in plenty of time.
I won't let you fail if I have to carry you."
"We'll make it if I can make it. Pen you should go on without me," Chad
stammered.
"No way, we'll make it together or pick out dresses together," laughed
Pen, confident in the knowledge that he could never fail, even if he
were not the Crown Prince of the realm.
Chad's smile grew a little broader. It was hard not to believe in the
confident young prince. Every morning for two weeks Pen had been
allowed, perhaps encouraged was a better word, to practice this year's
course for the Kor-za. Each day he had returned that evening with Chad
to show him the obstacles they would need to overcome and the best ways
for them to make it together. Chad knew the greatest obstacle he would
need to surpass was simply keeping his twisted body moving.
Pen saw the priest stepping forward to begin the race and excitedly
tugged the warriors knot at the back of his neck a little tighter,
ensuring that his long black hair would not impede his vision in the
race. A boy he knew had failed the test just last year for that very
reason, his hair obscured his sight for an instant and the fellow had
stepped into a hole and broken his ankle. That would not happen to Pen.
The ox-horn sounded and the race was on.
Whooping and yelling the crowd of thirty-six boys burst down the steep
trail, carefully passing their prince but once past him they ran on
uncaring who they bumped or knocked down. Chad only just managed to
keep his feet after one intentional shove.
Once the 'herd', as Pen laughingly referred to the other race
participants, was out of the way, he and Chad moved side by side down
the trail at the fastest pace they knew Chad could maintain. Pen did
not notice the startled looks on many of the noble's faces, nor the
proud smile on his father's, but would not have cared if he had. His
friend needed his help and he would be there for him.
On and on they ran, Chad freely perspiring and breathing hard almost
immediately. Pen stayed beside his friend, only occasionally running
ahead to check out prime ambush spots. Rivalries among the nobility had
sometimes spilled over into the Kor-za and there were those who dared
to dream of who would be the next Duke of the Northern Provinces should
Chad fail to attain manhood. No attacks came and the boys continued to
plod along, resting only when Chad was forced to.
Two hours they made their way along, Pen visualizing the road ahead.
Most of the other boys would be finished by now and he and Chad were
making good time. In his mind he was picturing the ladies of the court
and how they would fawn over him when he completed his race. Even
though he was twelve, he would be a man and could finally take part in
the offers made to him by the ladies, participating in their rite of
ascendancy to womanhood. He was thinking of one particular young lass
when he heard a sickening 'pop' and Chad's cry of pain.
"What happened?" Pen demanded, rushing back to his friend's side.
"It's my knee, I stepped in a hole," wailed Chad, clutching his leg in
pain. "I didn't see it?" his words were broken off by another cry of
pain as Pen touched the knee.
"It's twisted at least," he declared. "You'll never be able to put any
weight on it."
Chad was crying, as much for the pain as what he knew was going to be
his fate when he failed to finish the race in time. "I'm going to be
wearing a dress for months! I'll have to wear silk underwear and be
called 'Missy' and?"
Pen punched his friend in the shoulder. "Stop that, 'cause it's just no
true. I told you we'd finish and we will. I'll carry you."
"No, we'll never make it in time, Pen, just go on without me."
"Not hardly," Pen stated in his most imperious voice, the one that
always got him his way with the servants. He considered taking Chad's
arm over his own shoulders so that the other boy could help bear some
of his weight on his other leg, but threw that out when he realized it
was Chad's good leg that had been injured. Not much help would be
available from Chad's twisted foot. He'd have to carry him.
Pen struggled to pull his friend's dead weight onto his shoulders but
stood up easily once he was in position. He worked hard every day in
the training yards and was more than muscular enough to carry Chad's
thin body. They would finish the race in plenty of time? well, Pen knew
that there wouldn't be a lot of time left but he was certain enough
remained to keep them out of skirts.
The remainder of the course was level save for the last hill. Pen ran
as fast as he dared across the open valley making as much time as he
could, knowing he would need to rest more than once while climbing the
steep slope ahead. His breath was ragged and forced as Chad's weight
began to wear him down. Inwardly he cursed himself for being weak,
unable to admit that he had already lasted longer than most twelve year
olds could have in the same situation.
A brief rest at the bottom of the hill was followed by a longer one at
the one-quarter mark. Pen began to nervously watch the sun's position
in the sky. They could still make it if he only rested twice more. He
gazed up the hillside before him, choosing the spot he would force his
exhausted body to reach before he rested again. There, in the shade of
that boulder and again by that scrub oak tree near the rim. From there
he could run if he had to and they would still make it in time.
Shrugging his groaning friend into position Pen bulled his way up the
slope, his eyes fixed on the spot he had chosen for his next break. One
step, then another, forcing his body to move onward and upward. He
swore he would not stop until he reached the boulder, making vows to
every deity he had ever heard of in his determination. Finally the
boulder neared, ten more steps, eight, six and he could rest.
He never saw the man hiding behind the boulder.
"He is here, Your Majesty," yelled one of the Royal Guardsmen, knelling
over the unconscious form of his Prince.
"Does he live?" demanded an officer, the first to reach the guardsman's
side.
"Aye, he does, though this wound on his forehead looks bad."
King Perodin leapt a small boulder, sliding down the loose shale of the
hillside to reach his son's side.
"He lives, Your Majesty," announced the officer, eager to allay the
fears of his monarch.
"He has bled," added the guardsman. "He has taken a grievous wound."
Perodin knelt over his son, hugging him and weeping unabashedly. At
that point he was not a King, but a father grieving over an injured
son. Shouts about the darkening hillside spread the word among the
searchers that the Prince had been found.
"What of young Stegewick?" demanded the voice of Duke Stegewick's
Champion Sir Danis. "Has he been found?"
"He is there," offered the guardsmen, pointing farther down the
hillside. Sir Danis and several others ran to Chad's side.
The King held his son until a litter arrived.
Pen's mind swam back into focus, or so he would later describe his
first awakening after the race. He didn't really awake, for he felt
that he had been more dead than asleep.
He failed to recognize his surroundings, or the servant girl that
nodded in the chair by his bed. The bed was canopied in pale blue silk
and his first movement sparked a groan of pain as a blaze of light
blasted through his skull. This sound roused the servant, who sprang
from her chair as if she were afire, fleeing from the room shouting
that Pen had awakened. In minutes Perodin and his Wife Ophelia were at
their son's side.
"Oh Penrod," cried Ophelia, clasping one hand and stroking his hair.
Perodin allowed the tears to run freely but the joy in his eyes
demonstrated his relief at his son's consciousness.
"Father, my head?" groaned Pen.
"Hush there lad, don't try to talk. It will all be explained to you
soon enough. Just lie back and relax, you're out of danger now."
Pen had no choice but to obey, his eyes already drooping with fatigue.
Two more days passed as Pen recovered, he slept for hours at a time,
awakening only long enough to be spoon fed broth by overly nervous
servants before sleeping again. His parents looked in on him often, but
missed his brief bouts of wakefulness. Finally he felt alert enough to
send for them, but only his father responded to his call.
"Father, how is Chadwick?" was Pen first question.
Perodin's wane smile faded away as he sat upon the cushioned chair by
the bed. The pride he felt at his son's first concern being for his
friend faded quickly under the onslaught of the news he had to share.
"Pen, Chad is dead. His neck was broken in the attack."
Pen went cold, the room spun about him at the shock of his loss. Chad
couldn't be dead. He tried to speak, to argue with his father about the
impossibility of the fact but Perodin motioned him to silence.
"Chad's neck was broken when you fell. We assume you were carrying him,
is that correct?"
Pen nodded slightly in confirmation, trying vainly to remember what had
happened. All he could remember was climbing the hill and then?
"You were attacked on the hillside, a man with a sling was waiting for
you. A steel bullet struck you in the head, likely you never saw it
coming."
Pen tried to shake his head, wincing instead at the renewal of pain. He
was distantly aware of his father's physician Gotred entering the room.
"He must have lain in wait for you most of the day, but knew you well
enough to know you on sight and strike you down. Your head was cracked,
young Chadwick likely died instantly when you fell. You slid down the
hillside a ways, that's where we found you." The King's voice cracked
with emotion.
"My trackers found the man and his accomplices. We have dealt with
them. Likely they were agents of Mulgrave, yet we have no proof of
that."
Perodin gazed at his son. "I want you to know that I'm proud of you,
boy. You didn't turn your back on a friend, no matter the cost to
yourself. To have carried Chad that far was an incredible act of
bravery? you will make a fine King one day. I know that Belisle will be
in good hands when I am gone?"
Pen drank the smelly liquid from the bowl Gotred held to his lips out
of reflex more than thirst, trying to see his father over the rim,
waiting for him to say that Chad was well and not dead. Almost
immediately the sedative began to take effect and he felt himself
drifting back into unconsciousness. He barely heard his father's next
words.
"Everyone agrees that if you hadn't been attacked, you and Chad would
have made it?"
Gotred, the King's personal physician, decreed that young Pen should
remain sedated for three more days, allowing him only short periods of
wakefulness to feed him. On the day he was allowed to wake naturally he
did so with no headache at all and a distant feeling of having been
away.
Pen awoke with no symptoms and immediately thought to arise from the
soft feather bed. The servants would have not allow it, threatening to
hold him down with the weight of their bodies if he did not remain
abed, as the King himself had ordered. Eventually he gave in and
allowed the servants to fluff his pillows and feed him a thicker
version of the broth he had subsisted on since the attack.
Shortly after his meal Pen asked for a chamber pot as his bladder felt
near to bursting. To his surprise it was the male servants who left the
room and a middle aged spinster that lifted the blankets aside. Pen's
protest died in his throat when he first saw what awaited him under the
blankets.
That couldn't be him. The body that greeted him from beneath the silk
sheets wore a satin nightgown and the toenails that protruded from
beneath the hem of the gown were painted a deep crimson. What was worse
were the twin mounds that rose from his chest, lifting the bodice of
the gown and revealing the slightest hint of cleavage. This was the
body of a woman, or at least a teenage girl.
He began to cry.
His father arrived as the last sobs heaved from his aching and now
expanded chest. The needs of his bladder had been attended to, which
had further increased his depression when the red satin panties he wore
had been revealed. The only positive experience had been the sight of
his manhood, smaller than he remembered but still in place. That had
almost placated him save that his servants had insisted on calling him
'Princess' rather than 'Prince'.
His father gently answered his demands for an explanation.
"Had you been closer to the end of the race when the attack came,
everything would have been fine. No one would say a word but because
you hadn't yet climbed that last hill, I simply couldn't declare your
trial complete," Perodin explained before launching into one of his
famous mind-numbing treatise on the duties and expectations of the
nobility.
"But father, I've known a few boys who failed the Kor-za and none of
them had breasts!"
"That is true, Pen, but none of those boys were Royalty. More is
expected of us and of you as the first Royal to ever suffer this. You
are no longer a Prince, but for the next year you are a Princess and
will have to look, act and dress appropriately."
"But Breasts, father?"
Perodin sighed. This was no easier for him to accept than it was for
his son.
"Most current ladies fashions require a certain amount of revealed
cleavage and those born without are forced to augment themselves in
some fashion. One of those methods is a concoction made by Gotred that
causes male breasts to enlarge and genitalia to shrink. Every noble-
born boy who has failed the Kor-za in the last forty years has used it.
He assures me that the effects will reverse themselves as soon as you
stop taking it."
"But father, what of the peace talks? Not only does the Duke of the
North not have an heir, now you don't either!" Couldn't I just be a boy
until after the talks? You said yourself that we needed to appear
strong or Mulgrave would be unsympathetic about ending the war!"
"True, it will make the talks more difficult but we must not be seen as
considering ourselves above the traditions of our people. I have
discussed this with my advisors, Pen and there is simply no other way."
Defeated, Pen fell back into the thick pillows. "Then at the least send
me to the summer cottage, so I won't be seen by anyone."
Perodin sighed. "I wish I could, son, but you'll have to remain here at
the palace and continue your Royal duties as a princess. That means
being seen and helping me with the peace talks."
"How can I help with the peace talks? I've heard stories about Prince
Sean. He's cruel and being sent here against his will. I know you
wanted me to befriend him but now? now I'll just be a humiliation!"
"True, he'll likely treat you badly and say awful, terrible things
about you, but Pen I need you to be there, to show him that you can
endure his petty words. Someday you and he will be Kings and you may
one day meet on the battlefield. He may underestimate you at first as a
boy in a dress but you have to use the opportunity of his stay to allow
him to view the character beneath the clothes. He must know in his
heart of hearts that you will be a strong King and a relentless enemy."
Pen was silent for so long that his father almost thought him asleep.
"Father, what is to be my name?"
"The feminine version of your own name, Penelope."
Their conversation went on for some time, Perodin often joining his son
in his tears but in the end Pen knew that he must accept his fate. For
the next year he would be a Princess.
A fortnight slid slowly past, the days seemingly endless to the new
Princess. Penelope was given a crash course in the latest fashions,
taught to myriad uses of makeup, perfumes, walking in heels and given
intricate knowledge of the purpose of dozens of different types of
female garments he never before knew existed. He learned to add layer
upon layer of silks and satins to stay warm where once he would have
added a single layer of cotton or wool. All such lessons were barely
acknowledge by the sulking princess, yet the worst humiliations of all
were visited upon him each evening after dinner, when he was forced to
endure dance lessons with the Minister of Dance.
Master Tomei was a brilliant dancer, else he would not have his current
job, but Penelope resisted mightily learning the female side of dances
he barely knew the male steps to. Nightly he found himself held tightly
in the embrace of Tomei as he was whirled about the ballroom constantly
being urged to 'spin faster', or 'smile'. All the while his Ladies of
Demeanor would chide him for not keeping his thighs together, or
allowing the hem of his gown to ride up and expose too much leg.
Each day Penelope's strength returned and each day he was forced to
drink more of the bitter mixture that seemed daily to increase his bust
size. He kept careful watch of his manhood; afraid that Gotred's foul
magic was slowly robbing him of it. Although it was certainly smaller
than it once was, he reluctantly had decided that it was no longer
shrinking. Not so his hips, for they seemed to him to expand each time
he looked at them and by the end of the second week he no longer needed
the padding garments he once had to allow his dresses to fit him
properly.
In one small measure of rebellion, he began hiding some of the mixture,
adding a portion of each day's dosage to an ornate silver teapot in his
new rooms. The teapot was never used, so he felt it quite likely that
he could store it there until he found a more permanent method of
disposal.
After the second week Penelope was required to present himself before
the court each day and listen to his father preside over his kingdom.
It was only during these terribly embarrassing moments as he watched
his former friends laugh at him from the back of the chamber that he
found himself longing to return to his new apartments; with the
canopied bed, the thick carpets, the closets and rooms filled with
dresses. Fresh flowers were to be found on every table and everywhere
he looked awaited something made of silk or satin.
The dressing alone was ridiculous; with a full hour necessary each
morning simply to get out of bed and don enough clothing to break his
fast. Often he was required to change his clothes several times
throughout the day and quickly learned to dread the sight of his
Chamberlain.
Among the clothing he hated the most were the girdles he was ordered to
wear, even though he was thinner of waist than any of those attending
him. He initially scoffed at one item explained to him as a
'brassiere'. It wasn't long, however, before he came to appreciate the
support these odd garments gave his enlarging breasts. The panties were
the easiest to ignore as they were really more comfortable than his
normal underwear and were hidden so deeply beneath the other garments
that he often forgot about them completely. Nights were better, for the
thin silken gowns he wore were light and airy and impeded his sleep not
at all.
He had his dreams to take care of that.
Chad came often to his dreams, accusing Pen of taking his life. Pen
often was forced to spend his nights fleeing from nameless men with
slings, or from Chad's accusations. Most disturbing of all was that in
all his dreams he was always Penelope and was trying to run in floor
length gowns and impossibly high heels.
It took another month before Penelope truly began to accept his new
life. With but two weeks remaining before the arrival of Prince Sean
and the delegation from Mulgrave he found himself able to ignore the
pinch of his corset and actually began to enjoy dancing and even
needlepoint. Not that he admitted it to anyone. He even found himself
enjoying the company of his ladies in waiting and found that their
gossip was quickly bringing him new insight into the daily happenings
of the court.
Even the daily dressing time had been reduced as he became more and
more able to help with his own apparel. He was surprised by how much
time he was able to save himself once he began to cooperate a little
more.
Penelope had no idea that the men of the court had begun referring to
him as 'the Princess', or that many of them looked forward to catching
glimpses of 'her' and her impressive cleavage. Having inherited his
mother's features and luxurious long black hair, he daily became more
feminine in manner and in looks. Soon it was secretly acknowledged in
many hearts that Princess Penelope was the most beautiful woman at
court.
The endless days were behind Penelope and while not truly happy living
as a girl, he slowly began to forget to hate everything and even
occasionally let slip a smile. That is until the final preparations for
the arrival of Prince Sean began.
No expense was spared in the parade and tournament provided to
celebrate the arrival of the Mulgrave delegation. Penelope knew that
some of their people may go hungry during the coming winter, such was
the expense of the preparations, but he also knew that their Kingdom
must seem strong before Mulgrave if the talks were to be of any real
advantage.
And Prince Sean was everything Penelope had heard. Cruel, handsome,
tall and strong, he sneered at everything he saw in Belisle and treated
Penelope badly. His advisors mimicked his actions and a dozen duels
were narrowly diverted among the Knights of both sides.
Ten years older than Penelope, Prince Sean took a different woman to
his bed nightly and spent his days laughing at Perodin's negotiating
efforts and insulting Penelope. The cruel jests he developed at
Penelope's expense were creative and visited upon the Princess right to
his face.
Initially Penelope had to fight the urge to take a sword to the Prince
but after the tenth day of the Mulgravian's visit he had lost that
drive and simply retired to his chambers to cry. Unwilling to allow his
favorite victim any such solace Price Sean began to demand that
Penelope visit with him each day, even forcing her to don riding habit
and follow him on his hunts sitting side-saddle.
Eventually the cruelness wore Penelope down and the insults and jibes
began to bounce of his ears without penetrating. By the time the four-
month anniversary of the attack on Penrod had passed, even Prince Sean
had ceased to bother with his insults and began ignoring the princess
though he still demanded Penelope's attendance of him each day. Another
month crept by and the peace talks at last begun to turn serious.
"You called for me, father?" Penelope asked as she entered her father's
study. Her curtsey was deep and practiced yet she missed the approval
in her father's eyes for she kept her gaze demurely upon the floor.
Perodin took a moment to gaze upon his daughter before answering,
taking in the beautiful young woman she had become. Her gown was of
pale blue with soft silk violets visible from their place on the bodice
of her slip. The dress hugged her tightly from the waist down and
rarely had the King seen a more graceful or curvaceous woman.
"Yes, Penelope my dear, I did indeed," Perodin stated loudly before
ordering everyone to leave he and his 'daughter' alone.
Once the doors closed behind the last attendant Perodin dropped the
pretenses and guided the princess to a chair.
"The talks begin to progress at last," he whispered, laughing a single
quiet 'ha' to punctuate his words. "And you are doing magnificently!"
Penelope glowed at his father's praise, even though he didn't
understand exactly what he meant by it.
"What am I doing?"
"I'm not totally certain myself, yet Prince Sean no longer insults you,
threatens you, or indeed seems to notice you at all. You have become as
a piece of silken furniture to the Prince and the things you have told
me that he mentioned in your presence has made all the difference in
the negotiations."
Penelope smiled. "I'm so glad, father. I want to be of help to you."
"And so you are, please keep up the good work."
"I'll try, father." Penelope paused before continuing. "Father, how
much longer do you expect the peace talks to last? Another week? Two?"
Perodin laughed more loudly. "More likely three more months."
"Months? Oh father," Penelope said, tears glistening in her eyes.
"Now, now Penelope, it is your duty," explained the King, offering his
daughter a handkerchief from his sleeve.
"But why so long?"
"During the time the Prince has spent with us, no Mulgravian attacks
have struck our borders. They fear what we would do to their prince,
have no doubt. On the off chance that the peace talks may end up as
unsuccessful in the end, I have decided to delay them as much as
possible, at least until after the harvest. I don't have to remind you
how many years it has been since we had the chance to keep an entire
harvest for ourselves."
Penelope nodded, numb at the thought of spending three more months with
the hateful Sean.
"And you just want me to keep being furniture?"
"Yes, unless he begins to open up to you. Be his friend if he wants, I
have seen to it that he has no others here and have sent away his
closest confidants as often as I have found cause. Either remain in the
background and repeat to me all he says to his advisors, or take any
clear opportunity to become his friend and convince him to open up to
you even more."
"Yes, father."
Perodin's mirth melted away. "How are you doing?"
Penelope dropped her eyes. "Well enough I suppose. It's been difficult
adjusting."
"I can imagine. Have the? ah? changes leveled off?"
Penelope blushed deeply. "My breasts have stopped growing, yes. I
believe all the changes have happened that could happen."
"I'm glad," announced Perodin, noticing the hesitancy of his daughter
to speak of the physical changes. Gotred had explained in detail the
temporary reduction in size of the genitals that would accompany the
increase in bust size.
"Gotred tells me that it'll be safe for you to stop taking so many of
his potions a couple of months from now, by then you'll have built up
enough of the magic inside of you that weekly doses will maintain what
you have gained."
"Thank you father."
Another week slid past and it seemed to Penelope that Prince Sean may
indeed have begun to view him as a friend. It had been a long, slow
time awaiting the insults to become silence and now the silence was
occasionally broken by neutral greetings or casual remarks. Penelope
still spent much of her day sitting quietly in the corner of whatever
room Prince Sean was in, but more and more often she found herself
briefly included in the conversations.
Penelope began to believe that Prince Sean was indeed in need of a
friend and, despite the bustling activity of the palace, he was a very
lonely young man. Even the stream of seemingly endless woman he enticed
into his bed had dried up, as the Prince seemed too listless to bother
with sex. Despite himself and the cruelty he had been shown by the
Prince, Penelope realized she had begun to feel sorry for him.
Penelope's thirteenth birthday came and went, forcing him to suffer a
day of parties and feasts in his honor. The presents he received, once
a source of joy to him, were all feminine in nature, with dresses,
bolts of fabric and jewelry the most numerous. Prince Sean briefly
returned to his original nature and gave Penelope an embarrassingly
sheer gown, such as those that new brides wore for their husbands. The
Prince explained that Penelope could one day use it for her wedding
night. That evening the Prince began a ritual of nightly drinking of
epic proportions.
Prince Sean's drinking became near legend in the palace. The servants
began to make bets as to where the Prince would pass out each night and
where he would be found the next morning. Often he awoke covered in
urine as the common folk of Belisle had lost relatives and friends in
the war with Mulgrave. Each day the Prince sunk further into depression
and the peace talks began to drag. Penelope knew he had to do
something.
One evening a few weeks after his birthday Penelope ordered a pair of
guardsmen to follow the Prince and return him to his bedchamber once he
passed out. This worked well for a few days, until the guardsmen moved
too quickly one night and picked the Prince up before he was truly
unconscious. Sean's dagger gave one guardsman a scar he would never be
rid of and the Princess had to try something else when the Prince
threatened to kill anyone following him about the palace.
Penelope tried to speak with Sean through the day, trying to lead him
to speak of what was causing his depression, but with no success. The
only time Sean would speak with him openly was when he was drunk and so
the Princess began searching for him late each night, rescuing the
Prince from whatever hole or closet he had passed out in. Penelope
would then make sure Sean was fully asleep and order someone to carry
the Prince back to his room. There Penelope would try to rouse him just
enough to speak with him. This plan was highly successful and Sean
never remembered the conversations the next day.
So it was that just over six months after the attack Penelope found
himself once again attempting to undress a snoring Prince Sean. Afraid
to ask a servant to do it because of Sean's temper and hidden knives,
the princess took the task each night and assured that it was done
properly, one of the first tasks of which was to search the Prince for
hidden weapons. Then, once the Prince was stripped down to only his
thin cotton underwear, would Penelope try to interrogate the Prince.
Information came from the Prince in slow bits and needed to be pieced
together over several days before Penelope felt sure enough to report
the information to his father, but the facts he was learning were
painting a very different picture of Mulgrave than had previously been
known.
Apparently Mulgrave was suffering worse from the war than was Belisle.
A daring counter raid by Belisle forces had been destroyed behind enemy
lines two years before, but now Penelope found out that the column of
cavalry, once it realized it was cut off from retreat, had actually
attacked the Mulgravian Palace and killed a number of high-ranking
noblemen before being destroyed in turn. A blight had struck their
crops three years in a row and starvation was rampant in the northern
and western provinces. Belrovian barbarian tribes, ever a thorn in the
side of both Mulgrave and Belisle, had intensified their attacks on
Mulgrave, sensing their weakness.
All of this information was received by Perodin with delight and he
vowed that he would reward Penelope once the peace treaty was signed.
Then came the fateful night following Penelope's six-month anniversary
of living as a woman. That night Penelope was undressing the Prince as
usual and noticed that Sean had an erection. This was not so unusual as
the Prince had not been having flings with the servant girls in more
than a month by this time. Penelope always felt uncomfortable when he
noticed the erections, but tonight he seemed more than normally
embarrassed by the bulge. Focusing his attention anywhere else, he
removed the Prince's tunic and boots but was then forced to untie the
laces of his breeches.
Hands shaking Penelope worked at the knot of the leather tie, the side
of one hand forced into solid contact with Sean's erection. This night,
like he had many others, the Prince groaned slightly at the pressure as
the blood flew to Penelope's face. She had almost become used to
touching it this way and had justified it in her own mind that it
wasn't the same as touching it for real because of the leather between
her hand and his cock. That was the moment that she realized that, for
the first time throughout the entire ordeal, she was thinking of
herself as 'she'.
She sat back on the edge of the Prince's bed and cried. It took a few
moments to calm herself before she returned to the laces of Sean's
breeches. Her mind fought with the idea of being a woman. Why shouldn't
she feel like a woman? Look how she dressed, how she lived? But she was
still a boy, that was what she had been born as. Hadn't she been happy
as a boy? Yes, of course! Was she happy as a woman? She couldn't
answer. The immediate idea was to answer a firm no, but she found that
she couldn't. What of the changes that Gotred's potions had made to
her? Where they permanent? Her father had said that at some point the
potions would start coming weekly, but as of yet that had not happened.
Could she return to being a male?
Perhaps it was the tears in her eyes, but somehow her fingers got
tangled together and the laces of Sean's breeches became knotted. She
moved her weight about so that she could work on the knot with both
hands, tears still occasionally running down her cheeks. The palm of
one hand now firmly cupped the Prince's erection as she worked. She
tried to ignore it but it was simply too apparent. Sean's groan of
appreciation didn't help her any and she stopped working at the knot to
make sure he wasn't waking.
He wasn't and she began to believe that the knot wasn't going to come
loose the way she was working. It was then that she realized that when
she had stopped working on the knot she had not released her grip on
the Prince's cock. She cried again, this time with both hands to her
face and the sobs fairly shook the bed.
Calling a servant in to finish the task, she hurried back to her room
and cried herself to sleep.
Above all else a Prince, or Princess, of Belisle was taught duty and so
against her own will Penelope did not fail to bring the Prince back to
his bedchamber each night and undressed him. Three days passed and she
noticed with trepidation that the Prince had again worn the leather
breeches with the front ties and again he was brought to bed with a
raging erection.
Her hands shaking, she removed his tunic and boots first, trying to
avoid the bulge she knew awaited her below his waist. Her dreams of the
past nights had been dominated with visions of her hand on that
leather-covered bulge and she was sorely ashamed at herself for wanting
to touch it again. The moment came when she had no choice, she must
either untie the laces or call for a servant. The urge was too strong.
The only sounds in the chamber were the snores of the Prince as her
trembling hands reached for the leather ties. She was amazed to see her
right hand ignore the ends of the ties and move straight to the bulge,
pressing her palm firmly down upon it. She did work at the ties with
her left hand but her eyes were riveted to her right as she traced the
lines of the cock with her fingers. Sean was very well endowed. So
distracted was she that she tugged on the wrong tie and again the ties
knotted.
Still sniffling she tried both hands on the knot, but soon gave up the
cause as hopeless. She tried to use a pin from her hair to untie the
knot but that was also to no avail. Determined to finish the job
herself, she lowered her face to the ties and took the offending loop
firmly in her teeth.
Which placed her cheek directly on Sean's erection.
She tensed as she realized what she had done, then shakily placed her
palm back onto the cock as she worked the knot with her teeth. Twice
Sean moaned softly, once pushing his hips upwards to meet the steady
pressure of her hand. She had never seen him bulge so large. Finally,
almost regretfully, she vanquished the knot and removed her hand from
his bulge. She moved slowly to the foot of the bed and gripping the
legs of the Prince's breeches with her fingers, lifting his legs as she
tugged them off.
She tugged too hard. The Prince's thin cotton underwear slid down with
the breeches, leaving his cock standing straight and proud before her
astonished gaze.
Her eyes traveled up and down his strong, nude body but found herself
constantly pulled back to the sight of his hard cock, jutting upwards
in his lust. Many times she had seen the Prince shirtless, or wearing
nothing but his underwear, but somehow his body look more beautiful to
her now. She moved closer, darting glances at Sean's eyes to ensure he
still slept. He did and snored to prove it. Hands shaking and tears
flowing, Penelope reached out a finger and stroked the very tip of the
Prince's cock.
Seeing no visible reaction Penelope dared to place her entire hand
around Sean's staff, gripping it lightly, still afraid to wake him. He
murmured once but Penelope didn't notice. Her entire world had been
reduced to the sight of her hand and the warm throbbing cock it held.
She never knew just how long she stood there by the bed, holding the
Prince's magnificent manhood in her small delicate hand. Finally her
senses returned and she released the dick as if burned. Grabbing the
waist of the Prince's underwear, she tried to pull them back into
position. She knew that if he awoke with his underwear down he would
ask questions of the servants. It didn't take her very long to figure
out that the erection was not going to allow her to stretch the
underwear back over it in its present condition.
The Princess paced about the room in despair, hoping against hope that
the powerful erection would ease. When that seemed not to be the case,
she desperately gripped it once again and leaned it down until it
touched the Prince's stomach. She then held it in place with one hand
while she tugged the uncooperative underwear back into position. It
didn't work very well, the head of the beast and at least three inches
still protruded above the waistband, but it would have to do. She
tucked the covers into place and retreated to her own room, once again
crying herself to sleep and dreams of Prince Sean.
If her nights were spent crying her days were becoming brighter. Each
morning she awoke in a better mood, throwing herself whole-heartedly
into the task of choosing her own clothing and makeup. Everyone began
to notice her moods and even her mother commented on how happy she
looked. Penelope maintained that she was happy having passed the half-
way point of her trials but in truth she had come to love the feeling
of silk and satin and the firm grip on her body of corset and bra.
Silken hose became a necessity and panties were a gift from heaven.
She found herself looking forward to her time with Sean each day and
didn't even bother to feel guilty about it. The evenings came with
great anticipation and on the occasional nights that Prince Sean failed
to drink himself to excess filled her with a terrible sense of loss and
frustration.
So intense were these emotions that Penelope traveled to a nearby
village to visit a witch-woman known to live there. The old hag charged
an outrageous sum to teach Penelope how to make a potion that would
guarantee that Prince Sean would pass out. This she began to daily add
to his drink and, eventually, his food.
On those nights when he did drink, which still outnumbered those that
he did not, Penelope changed her routines and always removed the
handsome Prince's pants as soon as possible. Once his underwear was
revealed she would grip the band and tug them down and inspect the
object of her fascination, her inner self torn by desires she did not
truly understand.
After her nightly inspection was complete, she would touch the cock,
lightly at first and eventually tease it into full erection. With the
cock standing up in all its glory, she would then take her time
undressing him further, all the while admiring the erection she had
'made', touching and stroking it occasionally to keep it hard. A week
or so of that and even bolder dreams began to intrude upon her slumber.
Often she awoke with one hand firmly squeezing a breast while the other
roamed about beneath the sheets.
Gradually the clothing she chose became ever sexier, ever more daring.
Her breasts were usually more visible now than covered and the hems of
her dresses edged ever higher or contained deep slashes to show off her
legs to full advantage. She even began to admit to herself that she was
looking that way for Sean and hoped he would notice. He did and she
knew that he did, but he said nothing and neither did Penelope.
No longer able to stand the suspense of when Gotred would arrive to
tell her he was reducing her dosage she went to see him. She explained
that her father was concerned that a lessening of her femininity now
might drive Prince Sean into another bout of abuse and so he would need
to maintain the heavier dosages of the potion until the Prince left.
Gotred was not cooperative at first, claiming that preparing the
concoction was difficult for him due to the aches in his joints.
Penelope asked that she be taught to make the brew. Then the
ingredients could be placed in her chambers and she could make it for
herself as needed. That way she could reduce her own dosages when the
time came. Gotred was at heart a lazy man and eagerly gave in to
Penelope's arguments.
She had no intention of reducing the dosage so long as Prince Sean
remained in the palace. In fact she had already gone back and consumed
the entire amount of the brew that she had hidden over time.
As had become her custom, Penelope began taking long naps in the
afternoon or evening so as to be awake and alert when 'her' Prince
needed her. One evening she nearly overslept and was startled by the
tap on her door. Hurrying to the portal hoping in her half-asleep state
that it was Sean come to visit, she flung the doors open without
stopping to don a dressing robe first.
The startled guard informed her that Prince Sean had just been left in
his room, having passed out as usual. The man didn't even try to avoid
staring at the womanly body almost visible beneath the nearly sheer
gown. Penelope was both embarrassed and pleased at his reaction and her
nipples fairly burst to erection beneath his gaze. She thanked him,
taking her time in doing so and then slowly shut the door.
Heart hammering, pulse racing, amazing feelings of arousal flushing her
young body Penelope stripped the gown off as she prepared to summon her
dressing servants. Loving the feelings that coursed through her body
she dared to imagine that it had been Sean whom she had opened the door
to. The bolt of pleasure that leapt through her body was stunning and
her knees nearly buckled with the emotion.
Determined to maintain that feeling for a little while longer she
ignored the bell-rope and decided to dress herself. Moving to a
wardrobe she removed a pair of brief silk panties and then the sheer
camisole that matched it. Next she pulled a simple dress from a closet
and went to do her duty. Once in Sean's chamber she assured that he was
asleep and then performed her nightly inspection. Once she had the firm
attention of the Prince's cock she thrilled herself by lifting her
dress and showing off her sexy apparel. She was forced to sit in the
floor and shudder through an orgasm before she could continue.
Expecting another night of guilt and tears Penelope amazed herself by
returning to her room and sleeping wonderfully the rest of the night.
As well as each night that week.
The next day her father called her to his chambers. He explained that
the talks had all but halted and the day was quickly approaching when
Prince Sean was due to return to Mulgrave. She asked if the talks
couldn't be extended longer but her father explained that the King of
Mulgrave had demanded that his son be returned to him before the onset
of winter, which was approaching quickly. Penelope was ordered to do
whatever she could to coerce the Prince into completing the treaty.
Penelope was concerned about the peace talks, of course, but at that
moment was far more worried about losing her man. She knew she would
have to stop drugging him and try to convince him to complete the talks
and thus avoid more war. Within her heart she ached at the thought of
him leaving. Their daily talks had become wonderful and her nights
alone with him enormously erotic.
That night she took a daring step. After completing her inspection of
his beautiful erection, she cried as she explained to his unconscious
self that this would be their last night together, as she must stop
placing the sleeping potion in his food. She squeezed his cock extra
long that night, lying next to him on the large bed and stroking it
lovingly. Twice it twitched and she thought that she had gone too far
somehow he did not erupt.
She prepared to leave but one last peek at her man's cock sent a thrill
of determination through her. If this was the last time she was to have
this opportunity, she would do something she had been thinking a lot
about lately. Tugging his underwear back to his knees, she fondled
Sean's cock back to full erection and then hesitatingly lowered her
lips to the crown.
Leaning back she looked at the lipstick she had left on his cockhead in
wonder. Did I do that? She felt no guilt, not horror at her actions,
only a longing to do it again and so she did and then again. Dare she
do more? She dared, kissing it again but this time with her lips
slightly open. The next one she dared touch her tongue to it as well.
Then she opened her mouth and placed the head of his cock inside.
The orgasm that rocked her body was the best she had ever known. She
gripped the beautiful cock of her Prince in both hands, the head of the
beast resting on her soft, sensitive tongue as her body throbbed and
shook. Her passions lasted for an eternity and then, just as she began
to calm herself, Sean's hips bucked upwards, driving half his length
into her mouth before pouring his sperm into her throat.
In surprise she pulled back only to watch in fascination as gobs of his
passion continued to explode from the cock she still nestled lovingly
in her hands. His sperm splashed her face and neck, some even making it
through the surprised 'o' of her mouth to join the initial spurt
already there. She swallowed from reflex, still staring at the cock in
amazement.
In his sleep Sean moaned a name as he came. Her name.
When she realized what he had said, still gripping the cock of her man
in both soft hands, she shuddered through another fantastic orgasm.
The next night she vowed to be even more daring. Simply considering her
idea kept her flushed and excited throughout all the next day. Surely
she wouldn't go through with it? She asked herself. No, she would just
prepare herself as if she would and then allow herself to back out at
the last instant. The feelings were too intense not to. Then she would
stop giving him the sleep potions. Just one more night.
She prepared herself that evening as if preparing for her wedding
night. She bathed much longer than usual and covered herself in powders
and perfumes. When she left to care for her Prince she wore the sheer
nightgown Sean himself and given her. Over the top she wore a simple
dress that buttoned up the front and so was easy for her to manage
alone. When all was ready, she went to see her man.
Locking the door behind her Penelope tried hard to swallow her heart,
which had somehow climbed up into her throat. She was petrified of the
beautiful young man before her and yet could not wait to touch him.
Removing his boots was difficult as she was nervous and in a hurry. The
breeches slid off easily enough and she did not even attempt to leave
the underwear on him.
She stripped him completely this time, as she had never truly done
before. Once he lay naked she quickly teased him to full arousal. She
arranged the sheets and blankets as she wanted them, then moved to
where she could stand in full view of the Prince had his drugged eyes
been open. Once in place, she unbuttoned her dress with trembling hands
and let it fall away.
Gods, she felt wonderful. She felt wonderful and beautiful and
desirable. Her nipples were stiff with arousal and she knew that to
touch herself anywhere close to her sex would bring a fantastic orgasm
but she did not, for there was more she wanted to do this night and
feared losing her nerve if she brought herself to completion too soon.
Dressed in her bridal finery, the sheer white lace accentuating all yet
concealing nothing, she approached her Prince as he lay in the middle
of the large bed on his back, naked, his enormous cock thrusting
powerfully up into the air. She was frightened and yet had already
dared more than she ever dreamed she would and knew with certainty that
she was about to chance even more. Reaching the side of the bed she
slid in beside her love and drew the covers up about them.
She draped her arms about him, running her hands freely across his
body. She placed his own hands on her breasts as well, moaning and
pretending he was awake and participating in the act. When she could no
longer resist, she slid beneath the covers and took him into her mouth,
kissing and licking his erection as she longed to do.
Penelope teased Sean until she thought his orgasm must be near. When
she felt him ready to explode she licked firmly up his shaft and slid
the head of his cock into her more than willing mouth. Gripping the
base firmly in one hand as the other caressed the finely toned muscles
of his chest, she slurped as much of the hard dick into her throat as
she could. All day she practiced on vegetables whenever she could find
the privacy but she still was not prepared to take all that the Prince
had to give her. Contenting herself with what she could handle, she
sucked deeply on cock.
Sean groaned, his thighs tensing even as he bucked his hips forced
another small fraction of his cock into her mouth. She squeezed tightly
with her lips, maintaining a strong suction, praying for another taste
of his delicious sperm. Seeing his hands clenching, she began to bob
her head up and down his meat, sucking and pulling at his wonderful
shaft as she did so. A few seconds of this attention and Sean again
groaned her name as he pulsed his seed into her mouth.
After licking him clean she returned her head above the blankets and
pillowed herself on his strong shoulder. She lay with him for an hour
or so, dozing and waking in complete contentment and bliss. Afraid to
wait longer she then stroked him back to stiffness and again sucked his
rod until he came. She cleaned him up and put her dress back on,
returning to her room with his taste still on her tongue, once again
crying herself to sleep because she knew this was the last time she
dared be with him.
The next night passed in the same manner, save she wore an outfit of
deep crimson. This was to be the last night she would allow herself to
give in.
The next night she wore black.
The next night she wore powder blue.
The next night she didn't bother to make her vow.
The day of his departure approached and she was frantic with her desire
to keep him with her. The time they spent together was wonderful as he
now treated her well. He referred to her as 'My Darling' and 'My lady'
and never failed to treat her as a chivalrous man should so long as
others were not about to hear. During the days he made her feel like a
lady and at night he made her feel like a woman. She no longer knew
which she preferred.
On the eve of his last day in Belisle, she came naked to his bed. After
she had sucked his cock and temporarily sated her needs in that regard,
she climbed atop him and slid her sex against his as she shuddered
through orgasm after orgasm. That night she stayed with him until
almost dawn.
In the end it was Prince Sean who delayed his departure by a week and
then two, saying he couldn't return when they were so close to
accomplishing their goal. However winter was fast approaching and the
final details of the peace treaty were proving very difficult to
complete.
Any still Penelope shared his bed each night.
The white camisole matched the silk of her stockings perfectly. The
front was cut low, allowing her aching nipples freedom to be seen had
Sean be awake to view them. This had to be the last time together, it
had to be. Tonight she would say goodbye and tomorrow cease taking the
potions that she now took several times a day. This was her farewell to
womanhood, in a sense, for the spring would bring a new Kor-za and a
return to her life as the Prince of Belisle.
But tonight, at least, she was a princess and her love awaited her in
their bed.
She found her Prince asleep and swiftly undressed him, marveling that
his cock already stood tense and prepared without and attention from
her. Never had it looked larger, or more delicious and she couldn't
wait to wrap her lips around it.
But if this was to be her last time she wanted to make it last and so
she took the time to give her Prince a long tongue bath, working her
way around to those portions of his delightful body she loved best. She
thought about her plans as she worked, wishing she were strong enough
to move him around by herself. She would adore having him atop her with
her legs spread wide and his manhood pressed against her.
Lovingly she licked and sucked his cock, gnawing at it in her hunger.
Sean whimpered as he came, but did not call out her name as he
sometimes did. She slurped his cock until every drop had made its way
into her mouth, then allowed herself a few moments of cuddling up to
his strong, muscular body before returning to suck him back to full
erection.
She slid atop him, pulling the crotch of her panties aside as if she
were really preparing to mount him and slid his hard dick up inside and
along the crack of ass. She groaned softly at the pleasure, then
forward to rest a nipple on his lips. A few times he had suckled her
out of reflex, but this time he didn't. She ground against him for a
while, growing closer and closer to orgasm.
She knew she couldn't, knew she shouldn't, but her body was in control
and she had no choice to be obey its demands. She eased his precious
cock from out of her panties and placed it directly at the opening of
her hole. She slid it against her for a moment, wondering at the amount
of fluid and then, hating herself for her weakness, she slid the head
of Sean's cock inside her.
Stars exploded in Penelope's mind as she came, soaking her welcome
invader in her juices. Without conscious thought she eased downward,
glorifying in every inch that penetrated her body. She was amazed at
the ease by which he impaled her and thankfully ground her clit against
his body when she at last had him fully inside of her.
Hanging her head in wonder at the feelings, squeezed tightly on Sean's
cock, reveling in the feel of his hard meat throbbing deep inside her
body. It was so magnificent, how could she ever pull it out?
It was then that Sean's eyes popped open.
"What the hell?" he demanded, staring at the place where they were
joined. Penelope's eyes went wide in shock, knowing that she had likely
prolonged the war for another generation.
Instead of throwing her off immediately, Sean surprised Penelope by
throwing her to the side and following her over. This left him on top,
her below legs spread and fully impaled on his hard cock. Her internal
muscles squeezed tightly, knowing she was about to lose this dick she
so wanted inside of her.
His eyes showing his puzzlement as he stared at their groins, Sean
started to pull out of her, but then chose to force himself back in.
Even more confused, he pulled his cock almost all the way out before
driving it back in to the hilt once again. Still unsure, the Prince
gave the Princess a few more experimental strokes, much to her delight
as she lifted her hips to allow him total access.
"What the Hell?" Sean demanded once again, pulling himself out and
leaning back to give himself a better view. Penelope immediately began
to cry and drew her legs from around his hips and crossed them to hide
her shame. Roughly he grabbed her knees and forced them back to the
bed, staring hard at the area between her legs. There, nestled beneath
a trimmed triangle of black pubic hair, was a wet, sweet, vagina.
Penelope continued to cry, her eyes covered by her hands as she wept.
She felt so vulnerable with her legs being held apart by the man she
loved; a man who likely hated her now and always would. The joy she
experience when Sean slid his cock back into her pussy knew no bounds.
Sean closed his eyes and just experienced the feel of her wet, warm
pussy gripping his hard shaft. He opened them to see the woman who had
haunted his dreams for months impaled upon his rock hard dick. Penelope
wasn't a boy in a dress, she was a woman! Completely, totally and he
was making love to her!
Their eyes met as he began thrusting into the satin folds of her pussy.
Her gasps joined his groans as they fucked, he driving his hard cock
repeatedly into her cunt as she moved with him, meeting every stroke
and ensuring he penetrated her fully on every stroke. Over and over he
pounded into her, his movements becoming more desperate, more frantic
as he reached the point of release. Calling her name aloud he exploded
inside her as her screams of ecstasy drowned his out.
Before the lasts spurts of cum were finished blasting onto the walls of
her pussy, they were kissing and crying, each trying to tell the other
of their love.
The peace talks were completed within days. The two nations of Belisle
and Mulgrave lived in peace for many, many years and eventually merged
into one nation. A peace that began with the marriage of Sean and
Penelope.