Aria and Talia

Part 1 “An Amazon Adventure”

By Shadowdancer

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Part 1

Aria and Talia went to the nearby lake to rest and be alone after the birth of their daughters and their son of whom they would never mention again. Aria understandably walked extremely slowly, and the normally impatient Talia patiently walked two paces behind her, pausing to allow Aria to get a few steps ahead and then catching up in two or three steps.  “Talia go on ahead, it’s alright, you don’t have to wait for me. I’ll be fine, you don’t have to follow me, I’m not going to get attacked this close to the village”. “No, I won’t leave you alone. You know I’m always supposed to be with you if your guards aren’t. I can’t leave you alone. Besides you know what happens if you’re attacked because I left you, I don’t relish the idea of loosing a finger or two”.  That rule doesn’t apply to you, you’re my First Warrior” “Of course it applies to me, I may be First Warrior but I’m still a warrior, and my responsibility to my Queen is the same as it is with the others, no different”. “Talia…” “Don’t “Talia” me, “I said I’m not leaving you and that’s all there is to it, now keep walking”.

 Aria gave up the battle knowing she wasn’t going to win this one and kept going.  You just didn’t argue with Talia and expect to win because you couldn’t win; when Talia argued, she intended to win and usually did.  They continued the long slow trek to their favorite place, Talia automatically on guard as she followed Aria. “Aria, I was thinking, the boy is our son, and it isn’t his fault that he’s male. I think we should raise him with his sisters within the tribe”.  “But Talia, you know tribal law says that no male may live within the village of the Amazons” “Yes, but it doesn’t say anything about him living outside of the village perimeter. All we have to do is build a hut outside the village perimeter for him and make sure that he has a nurse assigned to him who will stay with him at night, and during the day he can be with his sisters.  He won’t be “living” within the tribe so to speak, he’ll live outside of the village. The only time he’ll be in the village is during the day when he’s with his sisters being treated like the prince of the tribe that he is”.  “Talia that’s really pushing it, you know I can’t break the rules just because he’s my son. If I change the rules to accommodate myself then I have to do it for all the warriors of the tribe, and if I’m going to do that then I might as well change all the rules and I can’t do that”. 

          As they got to the small stream, Talia helped Aria to sit in the cool shade against her favorite tree, and continued the talk. “I’m not asking you to change all the rules, just stretch this one. He’s my son as well as yours Aria, and I want him to be raised with his sisters in our village, he has a right to be raised with the family he was born into and not be punished just because of his sex. As I said, it’s not his fault that he’s male why should he be punished for it”.  “I agree with you, but Amazon law exists for a reason and it cannot be altered in anyway just to accommodate the needs of the one when they were put into place to benefit everyone and keep them safe.  No, he can’t live in the village or even near it, it isn’t allowed, and I above all can’t bend or break the rules to suit my own needs or desires. I’m the Queen of the tribe Talia, I’m the one person of all in the tribe who must uphold the rules and laws of the tribe as are you as my First Warrior and Bondmate. How would it look if we broke or bent the rules to suit our purposes? We’d be hypocrites and that just wouldn’t do”.

“Yes, but Aria, he is your son, surely an allowance can be made for the Queen of the tribe?” “No Talia, not even for the Queen of the tribe, especially not for the Queen of tribe. As much as it breaks my heart, he can’t live in the village.  Being an Amazon is my life, it’s the only life I’ve ever known, and he because he’s male, he can’t be part of it”. Then another heart wrenching thought occurred to Aria, “Unless…..”  “Unless you leave the Amazons to raise your son” Talia finished for her, having had the same thought at the same time. “You would have to give up the only life you’ve ever known to create a whole new life with your children in a world other than that of the Amazon way of life”. “Yes, the only world I’ve ever known, the only life I’ve ever led. I don’t know if I can do that, I don’t know if I’m strong enough to leave the Amazons Talia, and I know I can’t leave you, you’re my heart, I love you more than anything but I can’t leave you behind. Without you by my side, I would die, I would just, (gasps), die”. The thought of having to leave her Amazonian way of life and her bondmate had literally broken Aria’s heart and brought a tear to her eye.

Talia took Aria in her arms, and told her, “You would never have to leave me behind, I go where you go. If you leave, then I leave, you’re as much my heart as I am yours. Don’t you know you’re my only reason for existence? You are my heart, my soul, my breath, my spirit, my very life. If it weren’t for you, I would have let Belana of the Eastern tribe kill me in that battle two moons ago, and she nearly had me too. I would have let my wounds take me to the Amazon land of the dead, but I fought for my life, because I knew you wanted me to live, because I knew you were there day and night caring for me, washing me, feeding me, changing the dressing. You are the reason I fought for my life, the only reason I fought for my life”.

“Oh Talia” Aria said as she pulled back her head and looked her bondmate in the eyes, and allowed her hand to touch the long scar on Talia’s right side that was the wound that had nearly taken her life two moons before.  She tilted her head up for a kiss and leaned into Talia and was in a deep, passionate kiss before she could draw her next breath.  Talia lifted her up in her arms, and carried her, still kissing her, to the shore line of the little secluded pond that was fed off of a stream that began from some unknown origin in the woods and laid her down, then knelt on all fours beside her, and began the kiss again, this time her tongue exploring Aria’s as Aria put her hands on Talia’s hips and attempted to indicate to her that she wanted her to straddle her which Talia did.

Withdrawing her tongue and kneeling above her, Talia whispered huskily as Aria’s hands went up under Talia’s tunic, and began to lower her undergarment, “It’s too soon, we can’t, you just gave birth”. “Not all of me is sore First Warrior. Now shut up and show your Queen how much you love her”.  Thoroughly aroused, Talia answered, “Yes my Queen”, and began kissing Aria, working her way down to her neck, and lower and lower until she had lowered Aria’s halter top, and was kissing and licking and biting each ample, milk filled breast as Aria probed Talia’s warm, wet, womanhood.   

Talia suddenly pulled away from Aria and dropped down beside her on the long soft grass, “we can’t do this; it’s too soon, not yet”.  “At least let me pleasure you Talia; let me make love to you. You always pleasure me; this time let me pleasure you.” Aria gently pushed Talia down until she was lying in the grass and began to make love to her; nibbling, licking, and tasting the soft, supple light brown skin.  When she began to gently suckle and tongue the full, ample breasts, Talia moaned in ecstasy, her eyes closed in utter pleasure. Talia was in Amazon equivalent of the Christian Heaven when Aria began to kiss her way down her body until she reached Talia’s warm, wet woman’s center, and began to lick, and nibble at it as if it were a juicy apple. This was the first time they were actually without guards and they were taking full advantage of it.

  When Talia arched her back, Aria moved back up to the full breasts and licked at the hardened nipples, eliciting yet another moan of utter pleasure from her bond mate. Talia felt odd allowing Aria to make love to her, she was always the one in control, she was always the one who made love to Aria, but this time Aria was in control, and she found that it wasn’t so very bad, not bad in any sense of the word. She did have to fight with her inner being to allow Aria to do this, but it was a fight worth being fought...

Lozara  had known where her Queen and the First Warrior went to be alone and went there when she hadn’t found them where she’d left them, thinking they would probably prefer to be alone  after the birth of the babies, and she found that she hadn’t been wrong.  She hadn’t thought that she would find them making love however, and knew that when she had she should have either left immediately or make her presence known, she did neither.  She knelt there under the cover of the heavy brush and silently watched them.  After she’d watched for quite awhile, her conscience told her that it was time she made her presence known, especially it being the fact that if she were caught spying on them as she was, she could be killed, or banished for the offense against the Queen and her First Warrior/Bond mate. She moved silently away a few paces, and moved back onto the natural path through the woods to the spot where they lay and cleared her throat to make her presence known to them.  They quickly gathered themselves, moving apart, and Talia replacing her clothing quickly and Aria gave permission for her to enter the clearing.

“My pardon my Queen, and  First Warrior, for intruding on your privacy, but our Goddess Artemis has taken the child who is not to be spoken of and has said that she will find him a home among the people of the nearby village. She will allow you to know where the child who is not to be spoken of lives if you wish it”. “Thank you Lozara” Aria said, “My First Warrior and I will make offerings to our Goddess’s temple for her favor to us”.  “Yes My Queen. Do you want me to send guards?” “No, we’re fine. We’ll be returning to the village in a moment. Are the princesses cared for?” “Yes My Queen, the entire tribe was smothering them both with kisses, and “Ooohing” and “awwwwing” over them when last I saw them. They will not want for Aunts My Queen, and will no doubt be incredibly spoiled in no time”.

Aria and Talia both smiled at that, pleased that their daughters were already deeply loved by the tribe strong, agile, warriors who showed no sign of being female in anyway other than in affection towards one another, or in this case, brand new additions to the tribe. “Thank you Lozara, you may return to the village, we’ll be along in a minute”. “Yes my queen”. 

“It would seem all our problems are solved” Talia said to Aria, “Yes, but will Artemis want in exchange? What favor will she want in return for finding the child who is not to be spoken of a home? What will it cost us? That’s what worries me”. “I don’t know but she is a goddess, and could ask for anything, and if and when she does, we cannot deny her”.  The Queen and her First Warrior sat there deeply worried about the consequences of their favor from the goddess. They knew from long experience that a goddess did nothing without expecting something in return, and no matter what that might be, they would have to do it, even if it meant they had to kill one of their own warriors, they would have to do it. You didn’t deny a goddess, especially the goddess of the Amazons. “What if she commands us to capture men from Pherae and kill them after mating with them? “.

 “She won’t Talia, don’t be paranoid. She knows it’s not our way to kill after mating though some tribes do it in the most remote, isolated parts of the country. Our goddess would never ask us to do such a thing. Though I can’t imagine you would have a hard time killing men, you never have had a hard time of it before. I’ve never seen anyone hate men as much as you do other than Morlana, she hated men as much as you do, or more so. I never did figure out why she hated them so. She hated men since childhood; I think her mother was the one who instilled the hatred for men in her”. “You know why I hate men Aria” “Yes, but Talia, not all men are the ones who attacked and raped you in the woods that horrid day”. “I know, but the fact that they were never captured and that they could be doing it to other women if not Amazons out there is what makes me so angry. I hate the thought of them possibly attacking other women the way they attacked me more than the assault itself”.  This was also the reason why Talia couldn’t stand to have her wrists bound or held in anyway, and always had to have her right arm and hand free at all times when she carried something, because it was her strongest arm.

Talia had been hunting in the woods alone one day a mile or more from the village when six men jumped her and then proceeded to rape her one after the other, and abuse her in the most atrocious ways, taking a knife to her in places a knife was never meant to go, slashing her breasts, cutting, and abusing her horribly.  Aria still cried to think of her lover having been hurt in such a way. “Talia, not all men are bad, you have to give them a chance, there are some nice ones out there” “I have no need for men, I have you, and I have the tribe, and now I have our daughters, what possible use do I have for men?” She could see that it was hopeless, there was no point in arguing with her about it; Talia had never liked men before the incident in the woods, and after wards she out right hated them. Nothing could convince her otherwise so Aria decided she would quit trying. “Let’s go back to the village before our daughters are too spoiled to do anything with”.

As they began walking back, Talia asked, “Aria, I know that the one who is not to be spoken of is dead to us, but I will never forget him, nor will my heart. My heart will never forget him”. “Nor will mine Talia. The mind may forget in time, but the heart never will. He will always be a part of us forever”. “I don’t think the mind forgets really, I think it just puts things in a little corner in a pouch for storage in the back of your mind for you to take out and look at from time to time when your brain is idle and your heart is ready to remember without pain”.

Talia gave her a sad smile. “You’re right Tallie, How did you get so wise? You haven’t seen that many seasons; you’re only a few seasons older than I am” “It’s because I’m an Amazon, all Amazons are wise, The brunettes are usually wiser than the blonds, but the blonds can’t help that” “Hey!” Aria said with a grin, and shoved her taller bond mate playfully. “I may be blond, but I can still do knots that you can’t do yet” “Yeah, and I can climb into trees who’s branches you can’t even reach”. “Yeah, yeah, I can out wrestle you any time” “Only if I let you shorty” “Let me? Please! You can’t get out of my head lock for anything and you know it”. “It’s only because I don’t want to hurt you by reaching around and pulling you off my back. It’s like having a little monkey on my back”.

“Oooohh you’re asking for it Talia!” “Yeah? Why don’t you come and give it to me then!” Talia took off running with her long legs, teasing and taunting her short legged bond mate and Queen of the tribe, but not running so far ahead that Aria couldn’t have caught up to her easily if she’d wanted to. Talia turned and stood with hands on  hips taunting her and egging her on to chase her, “Come on mushroom! Catch me if you can”.  Aria was still sore, but she couldn’t resist, they maybe Queen and First Warrior, but sometimes they were as child like as eight year olds. Talia waited until  Aria was nearly to her and then took off again several feet ahead, and then stopped and waited again. She could have been gone well out of sight easily if she’d wanted to, and they both knew it, but she didn’t want to leave Aria behind, they were only playing. It went on this way all the way back to the tribe.