Rei slowly reached over with her other and and laid it on top of the Queen's. A thousand different requests went through her mind in an instant but as she looked into the Queen lovely eyes, one stood out. "Your Majesty," she spoke in a slightly hoarse whisper. "Will...will you make love to me? If I must go into the Man's World, I would like to spend the rest of the night in your bed and you arms. At least so I can keep in mind what I am fighting for. Your perfection is more then enough."
Rei turned her head away to look at the far wall. "Forgive me if I misspoke my Queen," she said. "The Test and being unfulfilled has made me mistake my place..." Her words were interrupted when a gentle hand turned her head to face the Queen again. The royal smile was still there and if anything, even wider.
For the first time, Rei noticed the Queen's hard nipples poking out of the sheer gown. There was also a dampened spot on the gown where it touched her mound of hair.
The Queen trailed a perfectly manicured fingernail down Rei's chest, over her sternum and between her rising and falling breasts. "Sister Rei, for this night, your wish is my command."
Rei shivered slightly. Not just from the touch but from also the fact that she was going to make love to her Queen. A woman the Amazons considered a near goddess. "Thank you my Queen," she whispered.
With a sultry smile up at the violet eyed Amazon, the Queen moved her finger along the faint depression that ran down Rei's stomach. The long, elegant fingers tickled and teased the overheated flesh of Rei's midsection, making the muscles and skin tingle pleasingly.
She sighed softly at the Queen's wonderful touch. Rei's sweaty skin acting almost as an oil that aided the movement.
The fingernails of the noble woman's went down Rei's neck, supplementing the tingle running over her body. Blonde hair flowed over the gold and diamond tiara around the Queen's forehead as she leaned down. Her tongue darted out to touch Rei's engorged nipple. The Amazon leader smiled as she felt the effect pass through Rei. Leaning down farther, with her long curls falling over Rei's chest, her lips encircled the stout nipple, and gently sucked it within her mouth.
Rei whimpered softly as the Queen's talented mouth erotically abused her sensitive nipple. The Queen was stoking a fire that had smoldered within her subject ever since the Test. As the Queen bent over her, Rei could see the Queen's large breasts pressing against the sheer fabric of her gown. Not being able to help herself, she reached with a hand to cup the pleasurable weight of one of them. Her hand gently squeezing, kneading, and tormenting the the nipple of the royal flesh.
Fingers tantalized Rei's body, one set running up her neck and through her sweaty, long dark hair, as the other hand tingled their way down her lower abdomen and into the right crease of her hip. The nails played over her hipbone, and followed the crease. Fingers descended into the cleft between Rei's legs. A forearm pushed the asian Amazon's leg open, forcing Rei's leg to fall off the altar. Rei's toes barely touched the cold marble of the floor as the Queen's finger rolled over the puffy lips of her sex and slid up the length of her drenched vagina.
The touch in that most sensitive of all of Rei's body produced a new gush of her fluids. "Ohhhhhh yessss....." she moan. "So gooddd...." She could feel her channel throbbing in time with her racing heartbeat. While one hand cupped the Queen's lovely breasts, the other drifted up to slide fingers through the silky blond hair.
Finger and thumb came to rest upon the pink pearl atop her womanhood. With a slow, rolling motion, the spot was pinched softly, as the Queen inhaled Rei's breast, sucking in as much of the soft, yet rock hard, mammary within her warm mouth as possible.
"Oh gods......" Rei groaned as the fires of passion consumed her insides. Her body shivered as she reached the level of pleasure that she had encountered in the Test. This time however, she didn't try to restrain or deny it. This time, she let it flow like the liquid that leaked from her channel.
Rei arched her back and hips up off the alter. Pushing the Queen's mouth in Rei's soft breast and her finger deeply into the young sister. As Rei filled the room with her deep moans of passion, she could feel the Queen's lips turn into a smile as the older woman pleasured the younger. The Queen's magical lips and fingers gently extended Rei's orgasm for longer then the girl had thought possible. Other sisters had told Rei that she was talented in the art of love making, but now she realized what true talent really was.
Finally the Queen stepped back from her new champion. A hand wet with Rei's juices lightly stroked the younger girl's quivering stomach. "My Queen," Rei moaned. "Please let pleasure you as well." "Of course Sister Rei," the Queen said with a gentle smile. "But let us continue in a more comfortable place."
With that, one of the Queen's hands pushed the sheer gown from her elegant shoulders. The garment slid to the floor without a sound. Rei gasped as she the Queen before her clad in only her tiara and bracelets. The Queen smiled again at Rei's reaction. She approached the wide-eyed girl and picked her up in her arms as if she was a doll. The motion moved Rei out of her stunned reaction and she leaned in for a deep kiss with her Queen. As they kissed, the Queen carried Rei through a unobtrusive doorway behind the alter. One that led directly to her bed chamber.
Soft steps, so soft Rei hardly knew she was moving, led the two Amazons through the night air then into the antechamber of the Queen's private area. The soft, lush red lips of the Amazon ruler caressed those of the weak Rei. The Queen's tongue darted through Rei's mouth, twisting around her own tongue like a dancing snake.
Rei's tongue playfully warred with the Queen's. Each exploring the other's mouth in doing so. While her right arm wrapped around the Queen's neck to hold her body against the Queen's lush one, the other cupped a full breast. Her fingers slowly tormenting the her, pink nipple.
She lay the smaller Rei down upon a divan filled with plush pillows. Smiling, the Queen broke the kiss. "Tonight, Sister Rei, you will have me as yours." Reaching up, the beautiful woman pulled the diamond and gold tiara from her forehead and let her blonde curls fall over her face. She leaned down, eased her arms around Rei's body, and pressed her own full form against her Champion. Breasts and legs fit neatly like gears meshing as the Queen brought her lips to Rei's once again.
Rei and the Queen both moaned into each other's lips as their sensitive nipples and womanhoods pressed against each other. As the Queen laid on top of her, Rei's arms encircled her to cup and caress the soft, yet firm buttocks. Her fingers tracing a line in the crack between the cheeks and gently probing the royal domain within. "Let me show you the pleasure you have given me this night," Rei whispered into the Queen's ear, licking it slightly with her tongue.
"Oh yes dearest Rei," the Queen whispered back. She lightly rubbed her blond mound against Rei's brown one causing both of them to groan in pleasure. "I wish to feel it so much..."
The younger girl sinuously slipped from underneath the Queen to kneel on a cushion at her side. Rei's eyes took the long, lush body that glowed in the moonlight that filled the room. She noticed that the Queen was watching her with sparkling eyes and a smile. As she smiled back, a finger traced a line down the Queen's spine from her neck, through the crack of her buttocks, to the mound of silky wet fur between her legs. "You are so lovely..." she whispered.
The Queen shivered and whimpered from Rei's touch on her most private of parts. "So are you..." she whispered back. One of her hands reaching out to stroke Rei's firm thighs.
Rei leaned her head over to retrace to journey her finger had taken. When her head reached the delectable cheeks of the buttocks, Rei's fingers gently spread them apart to reveal the mystery within. Her tongue probing the wrinkled little hole slightly for a few moment. Resting her head on the cheeks, she smiled in contentment. "We sisters are but a pale shadow of your perfection..." she whispered.
"Oh Rei...." she gasped at the touch of the girl's talented tongue on her neither opening. It had been centuries since she had another woman touch her in such intimate way. "You are not shadows Rei," she sighed, reaching down to take one of Rei's hands in hers. "You are your sisters are everything that I hope that you would become when we came here. I'm so proud of you all."
"Thank you my Queen," Rei whispered, kissing the small of her monarch's back. "Please turn over?"
In response a whispered plea, the Queen rolled over to reveal her bountiful treasures. A Rei's trembling hands gently stroked the Queen's quivering stomach, she could see the cushions beneath them become darkened as royal fluids dripped from the Queen's womanhood.
Eyeing the full breasts rose towards the ceiling with each breath, Rei shifted her body so she laid on top of her Queen. Her head nestled between the breasts. "I love breasts..." she whispered as her lips sucked on the side of one of them. "Sister Mariah even let me suckle some of her milk when she nursed her babe. Royal milk would be even sweeter then hers I expect." With that, Rei lifted her head slightly and began to suckle on a nipple. Her lips and tongue stimulating the hard bud. One hand gently massage the heavy flesh of the breast she was sucking on while the fingers of the other hand teased the nipple of the other breast.
The Queen smiled as the pleasurable feels raced through her body at the touch Rei's lips and fingers upon her flesh. Her long fingers stroked through Rei's hair as she held the girl's head in place. Suddenly, the Queen gave a very loud sigh as Rei felt her mouth fill with warm, sugary sweet liquid. Instinctively, Rei swallowed the first gush of fluid that was immediately replaced by more. "Oh yes Rei!" the Queen gasped. "Nurse me! Take my milk! Please!"
Rei did as she was told. She sucked and swallowed the creamy milk as fast as she could. So much poured out that thin trickles appeared from the corners of her mouth. She pushed her face into the mammary and brought her other hand over to help knead and squeeze it. Rei couldn't believe this was happening as she milked her Queen. It was a dream come true of a sort for her. Against her stomach, she could feel a wetness as the Queen's vagina emitted more fluid of a different variety.
Eventually, all things must end as this did. To Rei's disappointment, the flow slowed to a trickle and finally stopped. As her lips and tongue lightly punished the nub for stopping, she felt the Queen shift her body slightly. The nipple popped from her mouth as she felt her head being moved slightly over. She instinctively locked on to the twin of the other nipple and began to suckle it just as hard. Just as before, a flood of sweet milk soon sprang from it. "Ahhhh....." the Queen groaned.
The room was filled with the sounds of the Queen whimpering and moaning in delight and the sounds of Rei suckling like a newborn. The Queen moved her head back and forth in pleasure as she held Rei's head to her.
Like before, the flow stopped after several minutes but Rei stayed at the breast. She changed from suckling to tormenting the nipple with her tongue switching from nipple to nipple several times a minutes. The Queen gasped and groaned in pleasure. "So good! Soooo long!" she panted. Rei clasped her hands around the heavy breast flesh and pushed them both together so she could suckle on both nipples at the same time.
Suddenly the Queen pushed her hips and wet mound up against Rei and orgasmed in a shuddering climax. "OHHHHH REIIIII!!!" she moaned as her womanhood poured fluid from its depths.
Rei raised her head and saw the most lovely sight that she had ever seen: her Queen in ecstasy. She smiled broadly and took hold of the Queen's buttocks in both hands. Slithering down a bit, Rei used her mouth and tongue on the intimate parts of her monarch. Extending the Queen's orgasm even longer and making it more intense.
The Queen arched her back and was supported by Rei's firm grip. For the moment, she wasn't the Queen of the Amazons but a woman who hadn't had this kind of pleasure for so very long. She felt Rei's tongue and lips touch her in ways and places that she herself was shy about. The young girl set off fireworks behind the older woman's eyes.
Rei knew just how long to continue the pleasuring so that the orgasmed peaked at just the right spot. The screams had told her so. Finally, the Queen hung limp in her grasp as Rei finished. She gently and carefully set her monarch on the now soaked cushions. Cuddling close to the Queen's body, she stroked it as the woman gasped for air.
The Queen eventually was able to turn her her to look at Rei. She saw a smiling Oriental girl who's face was plastered with milk and female fluids. "By the gods Rei," she groaned pleasantly. "Aphrodite blessed you greatly"
"Thank you my Queen," Rei replied. "I'm glad I pleased you."
"Pleased isn't the word for it!"
"I was a bit surprised at your...um..."
"My milk?" the Queen smiled. "I am the mother of the Amazons and any good mother must have her milk for her children." She reach over and gently moved some of Rei's wet hair from her face. "But I only let very special sisters nurse from me. You are very special Sister Rei."
Rei hugged her monarch very close in reply.
For a time, they both lay there listening to the night. Frogs chirping and the sounds of distant surf. Suddenly, the Queen leaned over and kissed Rei on the lips. "It's time for me to thank you for pleasing me," she said with a giggle as she kissed her way down Rei's body.
The Queen and her Champion spent many more hours 'thanking' each other until they more fell into an exhausted slumber and dreamed the dreams of the contented.
As rosy fingered dawn crept up into the heavens to the east, the light shined through the sheer curtains. As the gentle morning breeze blew them teasingly, the wafting drapes cast dancing shadows upon Queen Helen and her champion lying upon the divan. Their naked bodies were sprawled across each other. Tanned legs twisted and bent amongst their counterparts, as bodies and breasts were pressed tightly together.
The cushions that they lay upon were stained with the womanly fluids both had produced in copious amounts. Neither had noticed when one of the Queen's personal servants had quietly placed bowls of fruit and some clothing near them. She smiled when she saw the look of total contentment on the Queen's face. "It's been much too long since I've seen that," she thought as she silently left the couple.
The Queen awoke, her crystal blue eyes bleary in the morning sunbeams. Helen sat up and stretched. As her blonde hair cascaded back over her shoulders, she looked like a cheetah waking up from a long night of feasting as her body stretched magnificently. Her palpable perfection moved beneath her silken skin, with every muscle and tendon gliding sinuously, with the softness of her breasts angling up proudly.
Rei murmured slightly in her sleep as the Queen's body moved against her. She didn't waken from her slumber however. Just brought her legs in slightly and gently sighed as her body recovered from the exertions of the night.
She looked down on the sleeping form of the asian beauty. Rei had been the victor of the most horrific test the Queen had ever given, and in return she had given Rei a night few of her sister Amazons had ever been allowed to share. The Queen had always held her passion within, always holding back so that it could never be used against her as it had once been.
"Perhaps..." she thought as she remembered the exquisite feelings Rei had caused in her. "These are my sisters and children and they are different. Perhaps it wouldn't be so terrible to let give me the passion this girl gave me. She did it not to use me but out of simple love. I must think about it more..."
Queen Helen ran a finger down Rei's side, followed the curvature of her ribs and muscles, descended to her waist, then ascended the steep incline over her well formed hips. This would be her champion, this Amazon would be the one that would survive. The other four had all been strong, powerful specimens, but all were so typical, so insulated, of her sisters. Generations, centuries upon her beloved isle had made most of the Amazons forget the dangers of the outside world. Rei was unlike so many, she had little interest in the outside world. Helen's only fear was that Rei would not be a true ambassador of her people. Her cynicism was unwelcome upon the island, and might put the Amazon race in a poor light to outsiders, but it would aid her well in her dealings with those that had already defeated four previous champions.
The Queen's gentle touch finally awoke the sleeping champion. For a brief moment after she opened her eyes, Rei struggled to figure out where she was. When she remembered the Test and the 'prize' she had received for winning it, a smile came to lips. She had never wanted to become the champion but had won the title because she had been the best. It was up to her to carry on the honor of the title. Rei knew that some of her views on the concept of the champion weren't exactly met with favor. Amazons were a strong, proud race but the outside was huge and evil. Perhaps they should concentrate on protecting themselves and the best way was to remain hidden.
As Rei turned over, Helen patted the sleepy Amazon on her hip. "Fair morning, Sister Rei." She stood up, returning to her habitual aloofness that kept she felt she needed to maintain the respect of her sisters. She picked up a bowl of fruit from the small table and knelt down to exhibit it to Rei. "Eat, you will need your strength, Rei. After you are cleansed from," she paused, and smiled in memory, "the events of the night."
"After that you will take up your mantle, and I shall tell you much of the world you will soon enter."
Rei smiled as well and reached out to gently stroke one of the Queen's hands. "Though the night is over and its dawn, can we still act as though it is? At least till we go into the public? You are my Queen but in the darkness, you showed me another side. That you are a woman with feelings like all Amazons. I have never loved you more then when you allowed me in. You're not just a Queen but also an Amazon sister. You've always taught us that sister never hurt sisters." Rei reached up with her other hand and stroked the Queen's cheek. "It would be wonderful I think if you were to allow us to care for you as much as we want too." Rei laid her head on one of the Queen's supple thighs and closed her eyes. "Forgive me if I was too bold but I love you too much to see you alone among your children."
Queen Helen looked down at Rei and saw her own reflection in the pool of dark violet that made up the asian Amazon's eyes. "Dear Sister Rei, you do not yet realize what weights are borne by your Queen, what knowledges I keep within so that all of you, all my daughters, may live your days in joy, love, and peace. I must keep my distance, so that I do not weakened and share my fears."
"My Queen, you are the mother to us all. I wish to remove some of that weight so you can live your life as you wish us to do."
Helen shook her head. "I know, Sister Rei, but I could not bear to place that weight upon another."
She took Rei's hand away from her cheek and placed it between her hands. "Please, Sister Rei, do not ask me of what I speak. Only trust that your Queen thinks of you at all times, whether waking or asleep. This is why you must be our champion, why I must send another of my daughters out into the world of men, and pray to the Gods that she returns to us safely and serenity. I have no choice, but must follow the fate of our people."
Rei laid her other hand on top of the Queen's. "I won't ask your Majesty, but I will listen if you ever wish to tell me. As you know, I have my doubts about sending Champions out into the world of men. However, if you think it is the right thing to do then I trust your judgment. You know more then I in this case. As your Champion and your daughter, I will not let you down."
"I realize you have doubts, Rei, but you do not know what I know. The world will wonder about us, our people, our resources, if we do not show them that we are strong and good. Curiosity will eat at them until someone from the outside feels the overpowering urge to force open our doors, just as they did to the homelands of your father many years ago."
"If we show that we are a powerful, just, and good people, we may only hope they will not invade us as happened so many centuries ago."
"From what I know of the world of men, I fear they would not care. That even if they knew of our strength, they would still try. I pray to the gods sometimes that they remove us to a faraway planet or some such thing. Someplace where we can truly live in peace without a hint of fear."
"If I may make a suggestion my Queen?" Rei asked. "It might be from my father's heritage but I find that discussions in a hot bath tend to be better then outside of one." She slowly shifted to kneel before her Queen. "May I have the honor of washing my Queen's back while tells me of the outside?" Rei asked with a smile. "I might already know a bit of the outside however. I ask many of the sisters what they saw outside. While their views might be colored by pleasure and excitement, we Amazons are very observant. However, I know my Queen probably knows more then I."
The Queen pulled Rei to her feet. "No, you may not wash my back, I shall wash and serve you this day, just as I served all of our other sisters that have went into the world of men."
"I'm honored," Rei said as she stretched lightly. "But, forgive me for saying, you could use a bath as well. We both smell of lovemaking to the nth degree. While it is a pleasurable smell, we might tend to...stimulate some of the weaker sisters a bit too much," Rei giggled.
The Queen smiled politely to Rei.
Without releasing Rei's hand, Queen Helen lead the smaller, more lithe Amazon out of the bedroom and down a hall of the palace. Rei had been here before, but being lead by the Queen personally, nakedly, was nothing she had experienced before.
Rei's sharp eyes caught glimpses of sisters hiding at the edges of corners. "Uh oh..." she thought. "The whispers will be spreading quickly about the Queen and me." Rei was about to point it out to the Queen but before she had said a word, she noticed something. A heavily suppressed smile and a slight twinkle in the eyes. "She knows and she doesn't care. I she's doesn't then I don't."
Turning around a row of interlaced marble columns, the Queen lead Rei into the bathing chamber. A round tub billowed with soft white bubbles. A sweet morning breeze blew in amongst the columns, separating bubbles from the mass and sending them floating around the room.
"Now this looks like heaven..." Rei smiled. "A good bathe and discussion are good for both the body and mind. HMO... I have to write that down! Sounds pithy. I like pithy."
The Queen went directly into the tub, going down steps unseen below the mass of bubbles. "Tread carefully, Sister Rei, the marble will be quite slippery," she warned needlessly, knowing Rei as one of the most agile of all the Amazons.
"Thank you for the warning. I don't wish to end my days as Champion because I slipped in the bathe."
Pushing Rei down onto a large unseen step, the Queen circled around her new champion. "You must have many questions for me about your mission, Rei. I will tell you of what I know, then you may ask all the questions you wish."
Rei closed her eyes and took a deep breath to allow the steam to fill her lungs. "You'll regret letting me ask questions. My mother said I was born asking questions. She said she particularly disliked 'Why do I have to go to bed, mother?'"
"You may ask me as many question as you may ask, and as many as I may answer."
Leaning over to pick up a yellow sponge, she dipped it in the water and rubbed it across Rei's back. "You will be given the power to come and go from our island. It is intrinsic to you, and only you. Tania's young friend was able to follow her, but only through Tania's free will. You must concentrate, and think lovingly of your island home."
"That should be easy," Rei said with a smile. "What of Tania's daughter Julia? Does that mean she is dependent on me to bring her home? Speaking of her... How did she get to be this 'Ultra Girl'? I'm just curious. Also about Tania's friend. I heard she was...'unusual'. Actually the word was cursed."
"Julia will have trouble getting home, and I want you to find her as well. I fear from her safety, as she is still new to that world, and has not the maturity of yourself, Rei, even though you are only a decade or two older. Sister Rei, when you find her, please tell her we all wish for her safety, and wish her to return home. This adventuring about as Ultra Girl was not in my thinking when I allowed her to visit her mother."
"Is this a command for her to return home or a request? Subtle but important difference I think. I understand your concerns too. Julia is like many of the sisters. Strong and confident but not knowing what the outside is really like. There might be things stronger that can defeat even an Amazon and you must be prepared for them. I understand and accept the risks."
The Queen hesitated before answering. "I would not wish to command Julia to return at present, Sister Rei, as I realize she will wish to find her mother before coming home, and I very much respect this. Once Tania is found and returned to the island, I will request that Julia return hence." Rei nodded, knowing that a request from the Queen was much the same as a command to any Amazon.
"I will convey your request to her. First however, I will have to find her and that might be a problem. Although making a few appearances might just make her find me."
"Sister Rei, you will first be appearing atop the building in which Tania resides. It is called an apartment by the people of that world. I have been in it, and it is amazingly small and crowded, but it is common there. We will have you go there first, and I hope you will either find Julia there, or find a clue to her whereabouts, and those of our dear lost Tania."
"You have been to the outside?" Rei gasped. The news that the Queen had left the safety of the island and the sisters shocked her. "My Queen, while you may go where your heart pleases you, I wish you wouldn't take such chances! At the very least Tania was there with you. I must strongly urge that if you were to visit again that you give me some kind of notice. So that I might prepare suitable conditions and safety for you.
"Have no fear Rei, I have no plans to enter that world again. I wished to see only a small part of it, which consisted of Tania's abode. I do not foresee myself returning to that world, my sister."
"That is a weight off my mind then. I just ask that if you ever do have to make a visit to please warn me. If it wasn't so dangerous I think I might wish to show you interesting places suitable for you there. If such places do exist that is. Perhaps I will bring back a gift of some sorts."
"As for Sister Rachel, she was not cursed. I would use the word 'afflicted', and she gained great control over her affliction through the training she underwent here on our island."
"May I know her affliction? She was close to Tania I understand so she might know what happened. I find it best to know as much as possible before undertaking anything. Its so I can prepare better.
"Her affliction was a blood hunger, Sister Rei. This dreaded affliction that so haunted the middle years of recent civilization claimed her, and she fought nobly to contain it. You need not worry, as we Amazons are immune to its hungers."
"A vampire amazon? That's an odd combination... You don't suspect that she could have had something to with whatever happened to Tania, do you? Sister Rachel was an Amazon but her hunger could drive her to do 'things'." Rei makes a mental note to be very wary of this particular sister.
"What you do in the world of men will be entirely in your hands, Sister Rei." As she spoke, Helen dipped the sponge into the water, then brought it up to Rei's neck and squeezed it, sending a small flood of water spilling down Rei's chest and breasts. "You must do, as you shall do, only deeds that are good and just, and will reflect proudly upon your sisters on this island. You will represent us, all of us, from your Queen to Sister Brigida to your own mother. They will be seen through your actions and words."
Rei sighed at the nice sensation of the warm water on her skin. "Um...'good and just' are a tad broad. Do have have some specifics in mind of what aren't those? I just want to be clear on things so I don't make a mistake and shame us."
Queen Helen ran the sponge around Rei's neck, caressing the smooth skin with the soft, soapy sponge. "You have taken the classes in morality and ethics, Sister Rei. You know what your people mean when they speak of justice and goodness. Apply this in your actions, defeat those that intend evil upon the innocent, and prey upon the powerful and malign. Do not let yourself be distracted by the lower level of depravity you may see, but seek the greatest threats that imperil the justice and innocence of that world."
Rei sighed slightly but not from the gentle touch. Mostly from the memories of the intense 'discussions', Amazons never have arguments, with her teachers in those classes. They always looked at things in black and white while Rei saw things in grays, beiges, half-truths, and compromises. "I understand and agree my Queen. I should combat those of power that the outsiders can't or won't fight. So as to help them fight the underlings."
"I wish you first to find out what has happened to Sister Tania, Rei. If you can return her..." The Queen paused, still rubbing the sponge over Rei's back in slow circles. "If you can find what has happened to her, you must. We all worry about her, and so much can happen out there."
"Do you think Tania is dead? That she has fallen is certain but..." Rei sat silent for a few moments. "I hope she is because I don't wish to imagine otherwise." She turned to look the Queen in the eyes. "I swear your Majesty that I will find out what happened to Sister Tania and return her if at all possible."
The Queen paused in her ministrations to Rei's back. The sponge went down Rei's back and down into the water slowly. "I fear she may be dead, but I do not know. We only know that the artifacts of our champion returned. This is why I wish you to find out what has happened to her as soon as you can. If she is dead, she deserves the ceremonies of a heroine here upon the island. If she is otherwise," she said, not needing to mention the name of Melania, "then we can only hope to return her here and pray for a cure to her affliction."
"I will return my sister to her home. I promise," she said taking hold of one of the Queen's hands.
The sponge slid around the outside of Rei's arm as the Queen caressed Rei's arms with the soft sponge. "I pray every night that Tania is alive and well, but I fear the worst." She laid her head upon Rei's back for a moment. "I know you will do all you can to return her here, Sister Rei, which is why you were chosen as one of the six to be the next champion." She leaned back up, then ran the sponge over Rei's breasts, wiping away the dried sweat and juices from her chest. "You are our champion, and I know you will never make your sisters regret my choice."
Rei repressed a small moan as her nipples broke the surface as they hardened. She turned her head to place a small kiss on the Queen's troubled forehead. "I know it is difficult my Queen, but please don't worry about Tania so much. She, like I, knew the risks and accepted them. She wouldn't want you to worry so much. You're right that I won't make you regret your choice. I may be...defeated, but I will never shame you or my sisters."
"This is why you were chosen, my sister. I know you will never shame us or make anyone regret my choice. You are brave, intelligent, wise, and a warrior. You are also resourceful," she added, almost as if to say some of the other champions might have lacked this quality. "You may suffer small defeats and tribulations, but be strong, and you shall always prevail."
"You and my sisters have given me that strength so I prevail in the end. It is not arrogance that I say that, but knowledge. I have you all in my heart and is strength enough to win any battle."
"Now your Majesty," Rei said pulling the Queen on to the bench with her. "It's time for your bath as well." She picked up a second sponge and proceeded to wash her Queen in the same way she was being washed. "You may wash me but I get to wash you."
The Queen shook off her melancholy. "Ah Sister Rei, you are a delight. If you are as effervescent in the outer world as you are here in this tub, you will be as much loved as Tania ever was."
"Thank you," she smiled. "I would rather by respect by those of good and feared by those of evil more I think. I'll save the love for the people that count in my eyes. Namely you and the sisters."
"Do not forget those of the outer world, Rei, there are many good people there as well. Reach out to them, and you will not be forsaken."
"True enough. Though it may be hard to sort out those who are truly good and those who are so for their own selfish reasons. Being careful in dealing with outsiders is no vice I suspect."
As she leaned back in the pool of water and bubbles, the Queen let her blonde hair sink into the water. Rubbing her sponge down Rei's leg, she said, "What other questions will you have me answer, champion?"
Rei turned a bit so she could face the Queen. Her sponge gently stroking the Queen's lovely breasts. "Hmmm.... Is it possible for me to make some adjustments to the uniform? Nothing really major I think. For example: changing it from a two piece garment to a one. Also removing the heels from the boots. I can not walk in things like those I'm afraid."
The Queen smiled almost guiltily. "The heels were the choice of myself and Deanna. We thought, wrongly perhaps, that the heels would make the champion more acceptable to the people of the outside world, as the heels are a symbol of femininity there. Curious and strange, I know, but it is their customs we must respect. However now I see no need for them. You are welcome to make your changes, Sister Rei."
"Thank you. Perhaps also with the bracelets? I've noticed that the ones I shall wear have a gem set within them while yours do not. Its not so much that I wish to copy yours but since the bracelets deflect objects, the gem might tend to problems in that regard. Ricochets and that sort of thing. May I have your permission to remove them?"
"Of course, Sister Rei." She looked down at her bracelets, as a visage of concentration grew upon her face. Like liquid, the metal bracelet flowed over her wrist as she pulled it off. Once away from her wrist, the bracelet again took on its solid form, as if she had simply slipped it over her hand. In a moment, the other bracelet was off.
Rei watched this with her eyes wide. She had heard of such magic but had never seen it with her own eyes.
The Queen reached out and slipped Rei's hand into hers. "You will wear mine, my sister. They are also enchanted to return to our home, in the event I myself fell in battle against inimical forces." Again the metal bracelets seemed to flow over a wrist, this time that of Rei. Her skin tingled as the magic band flowed around her wrist until it became a part of her, unable to be removed. Helen lifted up Rei's other hand, and placed the second bracelet upon the young Amazon's wrist. "I know you will wear them with pride and efficiency, my sister."
The young champion was stunned at the honor the Queen had given her. "I..I don't know what to say my Queen except thank you! It truly is an honor to wear your bracelets! I shall do them justice and I will certainly return them to you when I have completed my mission. Will you please do something for me however?" Rei held the Queen's hands in her own. "Please wear the other bracelets until I return yours. It doesn't seem right that your arms are without them."
"I will Sister Rei, fear not." The took Rei's hands in hers and smiled down on the concerned Amazon. "I have nothing to fear here upon our island home. My sisters are all the protection I will ever need. If they fail, then my bracelets will be of little use."
"Still...It is better to be safe then sorry."
"I do not have to wear the costume all the time, do I? It does make it hard to blend in when dressed like that. I think there are times when not being noticed might help. Is there a way that I can switch from one set of clothes to another without actually removing them?
"By crossing your wrists and thinking of the attire you wish, Rei, you may change your uniform for clothing of the outer world. Your outward appearance will change, such as your hair, and the facial additions, called makeup, of that world. It will appear in a flash, as will your uniform of Champion when you cross your bracelets and think of it."
"Now that is quite nice! Although I've heard of this 'makeup' and it makes me a bit ill to think of covering my skin with it. However, sacrifices must be made of course."
"The outside is different from us in that they don't share things like we do. They use coinage to 'buy' things. As gold is plentiful here like sand on the beaches, I was wondering if I could receive an allowance? Enough so that I may have a simple place to sleep. Nothing fancy I assure you! I am there to fight, not enrich myself."
The Queen smiled patiently. "Sister Rei, you are truly a wise selection. We have been financing our champions through our resources. We wish to be subtle about our riches, which is why our champions have lived most of the time in anonymity, both to have time to rest, but also to have time to observe the world of men. You will not be in want for the needs of your life, my sister."
"Thank you your Majesty. Anonymity is a fine feature I think. There should be a small amount of time where I don't have to look over my shoulder too much for surprises. This might also help to to complete my book on the outside and its history. So far I've been dependent on what the sisters tell me on their trips to the outside. My mother worried that when I would make mine that I would spend it all in a library instead of with a man," Rei said with a laugh.
The Queen smiled at Rei's humor patiently. "This is a good thing, Sister Rei. I would prefer you spend your time in the libraries."
"Perhaps there I would have found the right man like my mother did and make love amongst all the books," Rei says wistfully knowing that dream is all but gone now.
"Please take care of mother," Rei asked. "I fear she is taking all of this very hard."
The Queen kissed Rei upon the cheek. "Your mother shall be safe here with me and her sisters. She will worry, as mothers do, but I myself have made the supreme sacrifice, and I would have my sisters chance no less."
For a very long moment the two were silent as they remembered Princess Deanna, the first champion and the daughter of the Queen.
"I guess I don't have any questions for now but I reserve the right to ask more," she said with a smile. Rei then laid her head on the Queen's shoulder. "I will miss all over terribly. I'm grateful that I can at least visit and see what I'm fighting for. May we...spend other nights with each other? I don't mean every night but once in a great while. It is good for you I think to have nights like that on great occasions. Perhaps you must be strong for all of us but once in a great while you can be just a sister for a few hours.
The Queen let the sponge fall from her hand and sink into the water. She put her arm around Rei's bare back and pressed her body against the smaller Amazon. "My sister, you are not as reticent as so many of our sisters tend to be around me. It is a welcome change. Yes, perhaps it will do me good to share this time with a sister. When you return to visit and report your experiences of the outer world, we might spend our time together once again."
"I truly look forward to those times," Rei said wrapping an arm around the Queen's shoulders. "I think the memories of our time together will inspire me fight harder so that I may return home in victory sooner. I shall be careful but inspiration can be a good thing."
"I think I am not as reticent as many of the others as I don't see you as a demi-goddess. I see you as a great and loving mother to use all who is also a sister. You are a sister and that makes me love you even more. How can I love a goddess in the way I love you as I have never met one before. They are remote and you are not."
Helen placed a kiss upon Rei's forehead. "You are truly a wonder, sister Rei. I know you will make myself, and your sisters, proud."
"I shall try."
Moments passed as the Queen held onto Rei. Rei could hear Queen Helen's heartbeat, a slow, rhythmic pulse, powerful and subtle.
Finally the Queen released her hold upon Rei and stood up. She took Rei by the hand and lead her out of the bath, the bubbles still patched over their wet, glistening bodies. She gathered up a towel from a bench and began patting Rei dry. "We have much still to do. You must still be fitted from your mantle, Sister Rei. We will ensure it fits you properly."
Rei took another towel and began to dry the Queen as well. "I'm sure it will. It is Amazonian so it's perfect of course," she said with a smile. When they had finished drying each other, Rei took one of the Queen's hands in hers and stepped back slightly. "By the gods...." she sighed as she looked at the Queen's wonderful body. "Are you sure that you aren't Aphrodite in human form? You are so perfect..." Rei resisted the urge to bury her head in the Queen's lovely bosom. "We should go before I'm tempted to ask to spend the day in bed with you."
"We cannot do that, Sister Rei," the Queen said with a faint smile over her sternness. "There is much yet to do."
She lifted Rei's bracelets up, crossing them before the champion's chest. "Close your eyes, Rei, and remember how Tania appeared. Now, think of ourselves in her place. Think of the boots of the champion, think of the blue panties, think of the bustier making your chest tighten with anticipation of battle. See the golden tiara of the champion upon your brow. Feel the golden belt around your waist, the rope of Hera upon your hip. They will all appear..."
Rei closed her eyes and concentrated on the appearance of that she remembered. At the same time thinking about the changes: No heels and one piece uniform. Suddenly a shimmering flash of light filled the room. When it faded, Rei stood before her Queen in the uniform of the superheroine 'Ultra Woman'. "Wow..." Rei sighed as she looked down at her body now enclosed in the satin like clothes. She looked up into the pleased eyes of her Queen and smiled. Rei reached over to takes the Queen's hands in her own again but moaned slightly as the fabric rubbed again her nipples and womanhood. "That is something I shall have to get used to," Rei giggled. "Its pleasurable like a sister's, or a Queen's, touch."
"As you said your Majesty, we have much to do. Please led the way."