Chapter 1:Accepting Dizyntk

Michael Christopher sat with his eyes closed as he listened to the crew around him go about their jobs. He was still not used to the idea that he rated a ship the size of an Imperial cruiser to transport him. It was true that he had been a Dizyntk ambassador for almost three cyankas but during that time he had not really done anything. He was supposed to be the representative of the Empress to any humans that wished to settle in Dizyntk space. That made sense when one considered that he was the only human currently residing within the Dizyntk Imperium. The reality was that for the past three cyankas there had been no human ships that had come seeking entrance into Dizyntk territory. One week ago that had changed however. An Imperial messenger ship had arrived on Sapphire with news that a small group of human transport ships had arrived and had been escorted by Dizyntk warships to the planet of Elishen. This was the planet that he and the Empress had agreed to bring any humans to during the meetings they had held those three cyankas earlier when Michael had been made ambassador. Now he was on his way to finally do the job that he had been asked to do.

The large sleek starship, whose name in English was Amber Lightning, was brand new. It had completed its' trial flight only three weeks before. The ship's captain was the same Dizyntk who had been in command of the destroyer which had rescued Michael and his mate five cyankas before. Captain Lefarsa had served in the Imperial fleet since he had been 12 cyankas old. He was now nearing his thirtieth birthday. This made him just a bit older than the human whom he was now transporting. He still smiled when he thought of how well this human had adapted to living among his people. He had not really thought that Michael would stay on Sapphire. Lefarsa had been genuinely surprised when Michael had actually bonded with Princess Feyalisa. He had only to look at the young female standing next to the pilot's station to understand one of the reasons why the human had done so. No male, even if he was human, would ever willingly abandon such a beautiful and intelligent child. It was obvious by looking at her that both of her parents had done a fine job in raising her.

Ariarisha was having fun watching the pilot guide the ship. She had been fascinated with piloting ever since she was a child on the uninhabited planet she had been born on. The fact that her father had been a starship pilot probably had much to do with this. She watched as the young ensign's fingers rapidly entered information into the computer that altered the large ship's flight path. The Dizyntk pilot wore a helmet that gave her a three dimensional view of the ship's surroundings. It was almost as if she was the ship. Using this equipment a skilled pilot could maneuver the ship through an opening no larger than a foot wider than the ship itself. Ensign Nalaria was most certainly a skilled pilot. Ariarisha's presence next to her was not distracting. If anything Nalaria enjoyed having the eldest daughter of the princess watching her work with such obvious interest. As she finished entering the last information needed to guide the ship to the jump point she removed her helmet and turned to the Captain.

"We will reach jump point in ten minutes, Captain Lefarsa." she said. "The ship is responding well."

"Very good Ensign, thank you." he replied.

Nalaria looked at Aria and asked, "Are you going to learn how to pilot star craft, My Lady?"

Aria nodded and answered, "I have already learned a little of how to do so. I love it."

Michael watched as his daughter and the ship's pilot talked. It was hard to believe that she would be eight cyankas old in just two months. Had it really been twelve years since her birth? Had it really been fifteen years since he had seen another human? Yes, it was that long since he had crashed on that fateful day so long ago. That day on which he had saved a young Dizyntk not much older than Aria was now. He still loved Feyalisa as much now as he did on the day two years after the crash that he had first had sex with her. The very day that Aria was conceived in fact. He now had two more children. His son, Kalenderan, was now almost three cyankas old. His birthday was only a month after Aria's. His newest child was a daughter by his other bonded mate, Velakari. Asinalani had turned two cyankas just a month ago. Now Michael was on his way to meet other humans again. He had not intended to bring Aria with him but she had insisted. She had never known another human other than her father. Being half-human herself she was very eager to acquaint herself with more of her father's race. The fact that she was able to speak English as well as her father would help him in his mission. That had been her argument to him when she asked to come along.

About two hours after entering FTL, Michael and Aria retired to their room and went to sleep. This was the other reason why Aria wished to accompany her father. She knew that he would need a sleep mate during the trip. Aria loved sleeping with her father. She did not get to do so nearly enough as far as she was concerned. For at least the next month, however, she would be able to do so almost every night.

As she snuggled next to him and felt his arms wrap around her, she said in her father's language, "I love you, daddy."

Michael stroked her hair and replied, "I love you too, Aria."

The two of them rapidly fell asleep.

Back on Sapphire, Velakari was standing at the foot of the bed that her daughter shared with Feya's son. Even at such a young age, Dizyntk did not like sleeping alone. The two children were curled up in a ball with each other and sleeping soundly. Kari had her eyes closed and her hands crossed over her chest as she offered a prayer to the Goddess for the safety and health of both hers and Feya's children. As she finished, she felt two arms wrap around her and two hands come to rest on top of her own. Kari smiled even wider as she felt Feya's body press against hers and her face nuzzle into her hair.

Feyalisa breathed Kari's scent in and smiled. She loved the way her mate smelled.

"How often do I thank you for watching over them every day?" Feya asked.

Kari closed her eyes and felt Feya squeeze her tighter. "At least once a day." she responded.

Feya then turned Kari around to face her. She then cradled Kari's face in her hands and leaned in.

"That is not nearly often enough." Feya whispered.

Feya kissed Kari softly and deeply. Their tongues intertwined as Kari wrapped her arms around Feya. They hugged each other gently as they kissed. Their tails were wrapping around each others waists. Feya, who was quite aggressive in her lovemaking with Michael, was usually very gentle with Kari. It was if Kari's own tenderness infected Feya when the two of them were together. Feya released Kari and walked over to the bed. She bent over and softly kissed the two sleeping children. She walked back over to Kari, took her hand, and led her out of the room and down the hallway to their own.

After entering their bedroom, the two of them slowly removed each others clothing. Kari tilted her head back as Feya softly licked and kissed on her neck. Feya's fingers slowly stroked down the soft fur covering Kari's spine. As her hand reached Kari's tail she gently wrapped her fingers around it and slowly stroked its length.

Kari gasped as she felt her tail being stroked. The feeling of Feya's fingers running down her spine had already started to get her wet. As the hand slowly went up her tail, her pussy began dripping. Kari felt Feya's other hand slide between her legs. Feya's fingers began softly stroking her pussy. Kari's entire body began tingling as Feya continued playing with her. Feya gently pushed her down onto the bed. She began stroking one of Kari's ears as she continued to play with her pussy. Kari reached up and petted Feya's face. Feya leaned down and kissed her. Kari felt Feya slide her tongue into her mouth. She slipped her own tongue into Feya's as she returned the kiss.

Feya began licking her way down Kari's body. She could feel Kari's hands running through her hair. As she reached the pubic area, Feya softly rubbed her nose against the soft layer of fur. Feya breathed in deeply through her nose. She was intoxicated by the scent coming from Kari's soaking pussy. She buried her face between her mate's legs and slid her tongue completely inside of her. Kari's body arched upwards as she did this. Her hands pulled Feya's head tightly against her wet slit. Feya continued to lick her friend for several minutes. Just as Feya sensed that Kari was about to climax, she stopped her licking. She waited for the approaching orgasm to recede before she continued licking. She did this several more times over the next hour. Finally she slid up Kari's sweat covered body. She kissed Kari as she felt her lover's arms wrap around her. Feya positioned her tail at the entrance of Kari's drenched pussy and slowly pushed it inside of her.

Kari was almost incoherent by this point. Feya had rarely teased her for this length of time. Her entire body was shaking. The sensation of Feya's tail plunging into her made her hips buck up. She squeezed her arms around Feya's body pulling her tightly against herself. She could feel the tail pumping in and out of her. It moved slowly at first, then with increasing speed. As her orgasm raced towards her, she unconsciously dug her claws into Feya's arms. Feya wrapped her arms around Kari's head and pulled her face against her chest. Kari felt Feya's tail change its angle. As it continued to pump in and out of her, the new angle caused it to brush rapidly against her clitoris. Kari felt her body lock just before her mind went completely blank.

Feya felt her mate's body tense. As her body tensed, Kari howled so loudly that, even with her face buried against Feya's chest, it echoed off the walls. Feya could feel Kari's claws as they drug slowly and painfully up her arms. Starting halfway to her elbows, Kari scratched all the way up to Feya's shoulders before her body went limp. As Kari collapsed on the bed, Feya could feel the claws retract. Feya released her arms from Kari's head and gently laid it on the bed. As Feya waited for Kari to regain her senses, she withdrew her tail and began licking Kari's juices off of it. She loved the taste of her mate. She looked down and saw that Kari was opening her eyes. Feya took a finger and ran it through the blood flowing down her arm. She took the finger and softly traced the blood onto Kari's lips. Kari was still in a daze but slowly licked the blood off of her lips.

The taste of Feya's blood caused Kari to come back to full awareness. Her eyes widened and she shakily sat up and looked at Feya's arms.

She looked into Feya's eyes and said in a shaky, halting voice, "You ... did that ... on purpose."

Feya nodded her head. "Yes, I did." Then she kissed her.

Feya smiled and said, "You know I love the way your tongue feels when it cleans my wounds."

Kari laughed at this. She leaned forward and began licking the blood from Feya's arms. She kept licking for almost half an hour. Finally the cuts she had made on Feya's arms stopped bleeding. Kari continued licking on the rest of Feyalisa's body.

Feya was in such a state of arousal that it did not take long for Velakari's skilled tongue to bring her to orgasm.

Afterwards, the two bonded mates wrapped their arms and tails around each other, snuggled their bodies against each other and fell into a blissful slumber.

Amber Lightning arrived at the planet Elishen exactly on schedule. Elishen was the smallest of the planets in the Second Star Cluster, population wise. Even so, there was nearly one billion Dizyntk on the planet. Elishen contained four major landmasses. The majority of the population was located on the largest two. The human refugees had been taken to the smallest, and most remote, of the four. It was called Oleestrin. Oleestrin covered nearly six million square kilometers, almost the size of Australia on Earth. It was a rugged land. Almost half of it was covered with mountains. Its location in the southern reaches of the planet also meant that it was a cold land. The northern coast was the most hospitable region but even here summer was short. Because of this, the Dizyntk population here was only about 50,000. All but about 5,000 of these were divided evenly between the two largest towns on the northern coast. The rest were spread out among about a dozen small communities scattered across the remainder of the land. The reason for bringing the humans here was twofold. Firstly, the small local population meant that the new arrivals would have a chance to get used to their new home without having to interact with large numbers of Dizyntk, whose language and customs they were not yet used to. Secondly, Oleestrin contained a small vacation residence owned by the royal family on Sapphire.

As the shuttle approached the residence that Michael would be using, he thought that he would not use the word small to describe it. While it was certainly not as large as the palace on Sapphire, it was still three stories high and had a footprint of almost an acre. The surrounding wall encircled almost a square kilometer. The small ship landed right in front of the building and Michael could see about a hundred dizyntk waiting for him. Thirty of them were military personnel who were there as security. The rest were the staff needed to maintain the house and surrounding grounds. As Michael and Aria exited the ship, the assembled Dizyntk bowed their heads in deference. While he may have been human, Michael was both the official representative of the Empress and the bonded mate of Crown Princess Feyalisa. The head of the staff approached Michael and Aria and bowed again. She was five feet tall with fur and hair that was a swirl of light and dark green. The hair was tied back and reached down to the bottom of back. Her eyes were a deep ruby red with an average amount of flecking. Her tail was quite long, almost 8 inches longer than normal.

"Welcome to the Oleestrin Royal Residence, Lord Michael and Lady Ariarisha." she said in a very formal tone. "I am Iriatrosi. I am the head of the staff here. You may call me Iria if you like."

Michael nodded to her and said. "Thank you, Iria. I will not be staying long. Could I ask you to look after my daughter till I return?"

She raised her head and replied, "Of course, it would be my pleasure."

Aria looked at her father and protested. "I want to come with you, father. I want to meet them."

Michael put his hand on her cheek. "You will get to meet them, but not today. I need to talk with them first and explain things. I promise I will take you there in a couple of days, ok?"

Aria was disappointed, but nodded her head in agreement

Michael patted her head and said, "I love you, kitten."

This made Aria feel a little better. She liked it when her father called her kitten. She went with Iria into the mansion. After talking with the head of the security detail, Michael re-boarded the shuttle and left for where the human colonists were.

As the shuttle approached the human transports, Michael immediately recognized the ships. They were old Baker class transport ships, six of them. If he remembered correctly they were capable of holding up to 500 people each. By the looks of them, they had been through a lot. Three of the ships looked to have taken battle damage. Michael could see that the people from the ships had set up shelters around the outside of the ships. He could also see about 200 Dizyntk troops in full battle armor surrounding the area around the ships. Dizyntk battle armor was a pretty scary looking outfit. It had a faceplate that did not show the operators face. The faceplate instead looked like a fierce feline mask. The suits themselves were dull gray and possessed "combat claws". These were four inch long blades that could snap out from the fingers. The Dizyntk battle armor was responsible for most of the descriptions among humans of what Dizyntk looked like. Michael sighed and shook his head. He realized that security was necessary, but he did not think that full battle armor was called for.

He looked at the comm. officer and said, "Contact the officer in charge of those troops and have them withdraw three kilometers."

"My Lord? Are you sure?" the officer asked with a bit of worry in his voice.

Michael nodded and smiled at the comm. Officer. "It will be easier to talk with them if they are not frightened."

Michael waited as the orders were relayed. As expected, the Major in charge of the troops protested the idea. In the end, however, she obeyed the order and the troops began withdrawing. As they did, Michael instructed the pilot to land the shuttle.

Kristine Gerhardt, as the senior surviving Captain, was the nominal leader of the 2200 humans who had made it to this planet. They had originally had ten ships and 4000 people. In the three weeks they had taken to get to Dizyntk space, they had been attacked twice by Protectorate ships. Thankfully, in both cases it was a single small vessel. That was enough to destroy four of their ships and damage three others. The attacks had also killed 1800 people. Despite these loses she had to consider it a success. She had not really intended to stay in Dizyntk territory. She had simply meant to cross through it in order to shake pursuit. She was surprised and thankful that the Dizyntk warships that had intercepted their transports had been able to easily translate basic English and had allowed them entry. She was even more surprised when they played a recorded message that invited them to stay in dizyntk space if they wished. After discussing this with the other leaders of the group, it was decided to take up the offer. They had taken another week to get to the planet they were instructed to land on.