A New Dawn - Chapter 35 (A Fresh Start)

Story by Malakye on SoFurry

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#39 of Malakye's Story - Part 2 (A New Dawn)

Malakye's all excited now that Aceh is taking on new students! He decides to visit Cody and the others.

So this is the last of the fresh start chapters, and it is a little shorter than usual. In truth it is more like a side chapter, with nothing critical for the story occurring during it. But with the arc ending we are now hitting the 6 month time leap I was talking about a while back. So this chapter is more like a last look at how some of the lives of the other characters are going before we jump forward. But you might get some enjoyment out of the various scenarios and life decisions some of Malakye's friends decide to make.

A New Dawn is the sequel to my story 'A Place to Belong'. I hope you enjoy this part as much as the last (if not even more! :-)) and those of you who are late to the party, I recommend that you follow the link above and read the first part. Or don't, it's up to you.

The Encyclopedia I have written detailing places, races and various parts of history will come in handy if you come across a word or phrase with a * at the end of it. This symbol ( * ) depicts that there is an entry in the Encyclopedia so you can have a more indepth knowledge on the subject at a moments notice.

This story will have mature and adult rated chapters along the way, if you find yourself unable to find missing chapters please check that your age-rating (or your SFW settings) are set appropriately so you can view them before notifying me. This happens a lot more than you'd think!

This time round I do not have a proof reader so please let me know via note if there are any glaring (or small) mistakes so that I can fix them. And as always, constructive critisim is welcome!*************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

"You're taking on more students?" I asked.

"Hmmm." Aceh nodded. Smiling. "Are you worried?"

"Worried?"

"That I won't have time to train you?"

"No!" I chuckled. "Just a little surprised is all. I mean... if you're taking on students does that mean you're not planning on leaving?"

He scowled slightly.

"We all spoke the other night." He said. "We agreed that it is dangerous to leave while the wolves as being so aggressive. Your father tells us that the scouts they sent out confirm that war has already broken out. Caravans and travellers are constantly being attacked in draconian lands."

"Really?" I asked.

"Yes. I have heard the same reports." Kassius confirmed.

"So we have agreed that staying put for a while, until the fighting dies down, would be best for all of us." Aceh explained. "Your father asked if I would be interested in training any of the warriors here while we stay."

"How many are you going to train?" I asked curiously.

"A dozen at most."

"Wow..." I grinned.

It was going to be strange to train with others under Aceh. Maybe now I wouldn't get my tail handed to me quite so often during sparring lessons.*************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************


"Kassandra! Wait up!" I called as the blue scaled dragoness was about to walk round a corner and out of sight.

She paused and turned towards me as I tried to push my way through the crowded marketplace to get to her. She scowled in annoyance but didn't move. She stood with her arms crossed.

"What do you want?!" She snapped.

I was a little shocked at the annoyance in her tone, but I just smiled. It was who she was and she wasn't going to warm up to me straight away.

"I heard you beat the crap out of Baroc during training today."

"Yeah!" Her tone had lost a lot of its hostility as smile graced her muzzle. "Lets just say... he also won't be fucking anyone for a while."

I flinched at the thought. I had heard that she had been particularly brutal with him. I had also heard from Laguna that at first his brother strongly disputed being paired with her, but a quiet word from Kassius had him cooperating fully; if reluctantly. I can imagine the talk that Kassius had with him. I grinned a little at the thought.

"So I guess Kassius will be pairing you with everyone in class that was involved?"

"So he promised. He also said he won't be giving them his recommendation to become warriors for a long time as punishment."

"That makes sense. Don't want guys like that looking out for the well being of others."

She laughed briefly before returning back to her default scowl.

"So was that everything?" She almost growled.

"Well... I was wondering if you wanted to hang out?"

"I told you before I'm not going to fuck you!"

"What??" I half laughed, half choked at the bluntness of her words. "I said nothing about sex."

"You're a male... it's all you ever think about."

"Well sorry to disappoint you! But I have no interest in sticking my dick anywhere near you!" I chuckled. "You're not really my type anyway."

"And what is your type?" She asked curiously.

I stopped myself from answering her question. I knew she was just going to turn it around on me in some way. Truthfully I didn't want to fuck her, she was admittedly beautiful, her smooth blue scales, her figure and those legs... yes... definitely beautiful, but damn if she wasn't a bitch! I was only trying to make an effort to be friendly.

"Look..." I sighed, not entirely sure what I was going to say. "If you don't want to hang out.. get some food or whatever... then that's fine! I'm just trying to be friendly."

"Uh-huh..."

She was not buying it apparently. Fine, I've got better things to be spending my time on than trying to convince her of my 'lack of' intentions of fucking her.

"Fine! If you want to do something then you know where to find me." I grunted. "I'll catch you later."

I didn't wait for a response. I just turned and walked away. I don't know what I was hoping for but I was a little disappointed when she didn't call after me. After walking a fair distance a spared a glance over my shoulder to see that she was already gone.

I sighed a little in frustration, she was a lot more hassle than I had anticipated trying to be friendly with, shook my head and began making my way to see if Cody or the others wanted to hang out.

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"You're really serious about this!?" Michael asked Jason.

The stallion was busying himself with braiding his tail. I just stood back and let their exchange happen, I did not want to get involved! Cody sat next to me as we watched the couple bicker, unable to leave without having to pass uncomfortably close to them.

"Why wouldn't I be serious about this?" Jason countered.

"Because you hardly ever take anything seriously!"

"Yeah... well..." Jason stammered, obviously a little hurt from the blunt comeback. "I'm really serious about this!"

"You..."

Michael let out an exasperated sigh of frustration and began to pace a little as Jason returned to braiding his tail. I had seen other stallions with braided tails, and it did look smart. Making his tail much neater and elegant than just leaving it to hang across the back of his legs like he normally left it to do.

"Are you jealous?"

"JEALOUS?! Why the 'fuck' would I be jealous?!" Michael snapped. "I'm ashamed! You're just going to go out and sell yourself like a cheap whore!"

"HEY! I am not cheap!" Jason snorted. "And I'm not selling myself on the street corners or anything!"

"Then what are you doing?"

"Providing my services as a stud to those who want me to rock their world!"

"And how is that any different from a prostitute?" Michael asked rhetorically.

"Becaaauuussseee... I'm not! I'm providing a service! All these females who are unsatisfied sexually by their partners! I'm going to teach them how to please each other in the bedroom! All males know that a happy wife, means a happy life!"

"This is fucking insane!"

"No it's not! Plus it's good coin! And I've got several couples looking utilise my services as a sex expert! I'm sure they'd be more than happy to let you join in if you want."

"I DON'T WANT TO DO IT!!! AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO IT!!!"

I flinched as Michael's bellowing voice echoed around the small cave we were in.

"Why not?"

"Why do you think!?"

"Look... it's not like we've never slept with other furs..."

"It's not the fact that you're sleeping with them... it's the fact that you're selling yourself! You're better than that!"

"So what? You want me to do it for free?" Jason asked. "We've got to eat and coin is running low!"

Michael made some unidentifiable noise before growling angrily and kicked a wooden stool, that had been sitting next to him, across the room.

"Look honey." Jason said, abandoning the tail wrap he had been trying to do for the last while and stood up and gave Michael a hug and a quick kiss on the side of the muzzle. "I'm not doing this because I want to, I still love you and you will always be my 'one'."

"I love you too." Michael whispered, his eyes watering a little as he looked ready to cry.

"I'm just looking for a way to earn a little coin, and have some fun at the same time. It's better than doing the mines right?"

"I just don't want you to do this! We'll manage! We always do!"

"Uh...." I made noise to get their attention, hoping to get their attention and possibly bring an end to this fight. "You know... I have some coin you guys can have if you want it."

"We don't want to take your coin..." Michael said sadly.

"I know, I know... but I want to help out. Besides... it's kind of an inheritance." I said earning a slight look of curiosity. "And I'd be happy for you guys to use it. After everything you've ever done for me it's the least I could do."

"That's sweet of you bud." Jason smiled.

"It's no problem." I smiled. "I'll take it round to you tomorrow."

"No... you really don't need to." Michael insisted. "We'll manage."

"Sure we will!" Jason grinned. Wrapping an arm round Michael's shoulders, the pair finally agreeing on something. "We always do right?"

"Right!" Michael chuckled, sharing a wet kiss with his partner.

"So are you gonna help me with my tail?"

"What... for fu..." Michael looked ready to blow.

"Hey-hey-hey!" Jason held his paws up defensively. "I'll do you a deal yeah?"

Suspicious, but keen to listen more Michael relaxed a little.

"Go on."

"Lets treat this like anything else yeah? I mean we're no strangers to sleeping with others, yeah?"

"Yeah..." Michael asked, clearly not sounding convinced.

"So lets do this together!"

"You want me to sell myself with you?"

"NO! Well... kind of, but it's not the same thing!" Jason explained poorly before waving a dismissive paw, indicating that he was going to start his explanation again. "Lets do this as couples. There are a few couples who want some help spicing up the bedroom. So why not do like a double date thing? We have dinner together, get to know one another, and then if we like them. We help them out!"

"But you know..."

"That you don't like females. I know! But I mean... a blow jobs a blow job right, and an ass is an ass! Don't matter if it's coming from a guy or a gal right?"

"That is the most..." A sigh of defeat from Michael made me know that he was realising the futility in the argument. "If I say no..."

"Then we won't sleep with them."

"Promise?"

"Cross my heart!" He smiled, drawing a cross in the center of his chest with his finger.

"Fine... but I'm still not comfortable with the whole thing."

"Relax... it'll be awesome!" Jason grinned. "Now come on, lets spruce ourselves up a little.

"I can't believe I'm agreeing to do this."

"Nor can I." I chuckled. "But at least you can say no!" I tried to appease him. "Sure you don't want the coin?"

"We'll be find bud. Thanks."

"Why are you so against this whole thing anyway? It's not like I've not seen you guys sleep with others." I asked.

It's just the whole coin side of it. I mean it's fine if it's just innocent fun, but once you start doing it for coin it just seems wrong." Michael replied.

"Then just don't charge for it."

"Well there is that, but like Jason said, we need to eat somehow, and even if Eric gets a stall we all need to find a way to earn some extra coin.."

"Well... I'm sure you guys will be fine." I watched as Cody went to help Jason with his tail. "You want a paw with your tail?"

"I guess..." He gave a reluctant smile. "Guess we may as well look pretty right?"

"Right!" I grinned.

I was glad that they had worked things out. I knew that this could kick off again in the future if things went sour. But I knew that no matter what happens that these two would stay together. The thought of them not being together... well it just seemed wrong. I had never seen two furs more right for each other than Michael and Jason.

"Good news everyone!" Eric declared as he stepped through the curtain. "We have a stall!"

Everyone cheered.

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As I walked home, Jason and Michael having headed off for their 'double date' a short while ago, I had a bite to eat with the others before deciding to have an early night. Tomorrow Aceh would start training his newest disciples. From what I gathered he had managed to get a total of eight new students.

"You... you... there's not a word yet discovered to describe you!" Roxis snarled angrily at Tristen, as I walked round the corner towards them. Roxis poked him in the chest repeatedly as he spoke before storming off.

Tristen looked dumbstruck. He was always winding up Roxis in some way, the pair bickered over insignificant things in some sort of rivalry the pair shared. But this was something else entirely. The last while there had been something different about them, their arguments didn't happen as often and they seemed closer somehow. But in all my time with them I had never seen Roxis lose his temper like that. What ever I had just walked in on was serious.

"What did you do?" Laguna asked.

"I don't know!" Tristen insisted.

"Sounded pretty serious to me." I said, the pair finally aware of my presence.

"Malakye!" Laguna beamed, immediately moving to my side.

"So what did I just walk in on?"

"I seriously don't know! We were just talking and Roxis suddenly goes all... 'rawr' at me!"

"What were you talking about?" I asked.

"Tristen was telling us how he'd love to fuck 'that slut' that is always hanging around by the abandoned mines." Laguna giggled.

I was well aware of who they were talking about, having learned who she was after walking in on here being double teamed by a couple of dragons over by the mines that time I'd gone there with Laguna. She was a whore, she slept with any drake who had coin. I had yet to find out her name, everyone referred to her as 'that slut'. I knew of several warriors who paid her regular visits. It seemed to be a contest to see who could come up with the most degrading acts to preform on her. But she seemed to accept it willingly so long as there was coin to be had.

"You really want to fuck her?" I asked, my snout curling in disgust.

"So?!"

I know it was a horrible thing to judge her the way I was, she was essentially an outcast among her own kind. A social pariah. I dreaded to thing of what circumstances lead her to sell her body the way she did. She wasn't even that ugly. In fact with a bit of effort I'm sure she could clean up quite nicely. But she was always dirty, smelled badly and dressed in rags. With the amount of coin she got from a few of the adepts alone she could probably afford some decent clothes, but it was like she didn't care.

"I'm not judging!" I insisted. "Just figured you weren't that desperate for sex."

"Well... I'M NOT!" He snapped. "I could try out a few things..."

"I dreaded to think what things he wanted to try."

Hang on... if that is what they were talking about why would it offend Roxis so badly? I mean it was one thing to find it disgusting, and Roxis should be more than used to the way he talks about females.

"Well what ever it was that upset Roxis you should probably go apologise." I said.

"Why should I apologise to him!? He's the one that freaked out over nothing."

"Well something upset him... for the sake of your friendship it'd be best if you apologise. And at the very least find out why he's upset."

"Yeah..." He said bashfully.

That was strange. I expected him to argue the point a little more, but the moment I mentioned their friendship he was all bashful. Oh! No! It couldn't... Tristen and Roxis!?

I stared at Tristen who was now staring in the direction that Roxis had stormed off in. He looked worried. Tristen was not one to worry about others feelings. The fact that they had seemed so close of late, the sudden uncharacteristic worry. It had to be that! How had I not noticed earlier?

"Go on!" I insisted. "Before he holds it against you!"

Tristen didn't argue, he hesitated but eventually began to walk off after Roxis.

"They're fucking aren't they?" Laguna asked once Tristen was out of earshot.

I choked in surprise before laughing at the sheer bluntness of his question.

"I think they are!" I chuckled.

"About frickin time!" Laguna chuckled. "Think they'll... 'kiss and make up'?" He asked, his tone sounded very suggestive.

"I think that the chances are high!"

"So what should we do?"

Here we go...

"You want to...?"

"Uh-huh!" He nodded eagerly.

"Not going to find yourself a boyfriend or girlfriend?"

"Eventually." He smiled. "But in the meantime..."

"Fine!" I laughed, relenting. It had been a while since we had slept together. "So... my place or yours?"

"Yours!"

"Come on, lets go!" I grinned.

"Think I can stay the night?"

There goes my chances of an early night...

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