At the bottom of the hill, is the town of Bessemer. It's a small quite town of a hundred or so people. The people here are mostly those with a skill in a trade like blacksmith, silversmith or they own a shop of some kind. Bessemer has a lot of shops that sell all kind of things. This a traveler's ideal town as a sort of speak. Bessemer may be small but has a small group of people that protect the town from bandits and others that want to raid the town. It's a small and safe town but very business class in terms of style. For Xander and Prysa it's a place to stop and stock up on supplies. It's still rather early but as they enter the town they can see that there are already people in town buying things from the towns folk.

As they walk through the town they look for a shop that's not too busy. Prysa find a shop that's not so busy that is selling little bag of mixed vegetables, rice and every thing else. Xander grabs a few things including more food and a bag of mixed nuts. Prysa also grabs a few things for herself. They have enough food for Four more days of travel. Xander is glad to have as many gold coins as he was given. Heading out the store they see someone in a patch of nearby gas "Shadow Boxing". This Eevee person is wearing a green short sleeve shirt that is rather tight. His pants are also green but are slightly loose. He is wearing black gauntlets. He spots Xander and Pyrsa out the corner of his eye. He walks over to them with a smug smile on his face.

"That's every good." Pyrsa said.

"Thank You." He said. "The name is Darfix."

"Nice to meet you Darfix." Xander said. "I'm Xander."

"I'm Prysa." Prysa said.

"It's a pleasure to meet both of you." Darfix said. "I can tell that you are travelers. Where you heading, if you don't mind me asking."

"We going to Vappore Valley." Xander said. "The one thing I'm looking for is there."

"I'm on a quest to master of the elements." Prysa said. "I'm from the Villa of Flames, now I seek to learn more than just Fire."

"I see." Darfix said. "Well I'm looking for the legendary, Sage Gauntlets at the Sheaneion Temple. I long to be the greatest fighter ever and those Sage gauntlets will help me to do just so."

"Well you are welcome to join us if you wish to." Xander said.

"I'd love to." Darfix said. "Just let me get a few things for the trip." Darfix runs off.

When Darfix is out of sight, a strange cloaked person comes up to Prysa and hands her a map of some kind. On this map are several points that have been circled on it. One of the points is Prysa's Villa. She looks at the strange cloaked person for a question. This cloaked person just nods and walks off. Prysa tries to stop the cloaked person but can't. She sighs.

Xander happens to look at the back of the map to find strange characters written on it. Xander reads the characters. He is puzzled by what is says.

"Pyrsa.. If I'm reading this right.. This righ on the back says: "The Elemental Stones"." Xander said.

Prysa looks at the back if the map. Her eyes grow wide seeing what thes characters on the back said. She looks the map and sees that one of the points circled is very close to where they are. Then Darfix retuns with a bag over his shoulder. It's small compared to Xander's but it's good enough for him.

"Darfix what is this place?" Prysa asked pointing to a circle on her map.

"That is Thunder Palace." Darfix said. "No one has ever dared to enter as far as I know. It's just out side town but I've heard that the legeandary ThunderBird lives there."

"I must check it out." Prysa said.

Xander shrugs his shoulders. All three leave town and head for Thunder Palace.

Outside of Town, Thunder Palace stands in all of it's five floors. It looks to be well kept considering it's age is unknown. A low roll of thunder rumble across the partly clouded sky above it. As they get closer, Prysa can sense a powerful presence hiding some where in or around the palace. Xander and Darfix are unaffected. They carefully enter the palace gates. Xander draws his sword. There are a few brief flashes of lightning as they get closer to the front door of the palace.

At the front door, Prysa find the that it's locked. She looks at Xander and Darfix, shruggin her shoulders. He attempts to open the door using her Fire magic. She sends a fire ball at the large wooden door. Nothing happens. She turns around to face Xander, but someting catches her eye. In the distance something walks up behind Xander and Darfix. Prysa tried to say something but can't. She gasp and points behind Xander.

"Is something wrong, Prysa?" Xander asked.

"Look..behind..you." Prysa said.

"What is behind me?" Xander asked turning around. He sees a huge black eagle-hawk hybrid looming over him. ThunderBird. "What the....?" Xander moves away from the large bird. Darfix follows closely.

"Who are you to enter my domain?!" ThunderBird booms. "Which one of you wishes to challenge me if that's what you are here for?"

Xander and Darfix step back behind Prysa. "Thanks alot." Prysa said angry. "I do. I'm Prysa, of the Villa of Flames."

"So you wish to challenge me? So be it." ThunderBird booms.

Prysa charges up some Fire magic and sends a fire ball at ThunderBird. The fire ball just bounces off ThunderBird. Pyrsa gasp. "Xander, Darfix, Help!!" Pyrsa said.

"What should we do?" Xander asked.

"I don't know." Darfix said.

"So much for help." Pyrsa said. Prysa continues to battle ThunderBird.

ThunderBird sends it's electric attacks at Prysa. It's attacks are powerful but they are easily deflected by Prysa wooden staff. One of the deflected attacks strikes Xander in the tail while his back is turned.

Xander is now angry. "OK. That was uncalled for." Xander said. "I was not going to enter this fight but now I will." Xander draws his sword and goes to battle ThunderBird.

"Hey wait...oh never mind." Darfix said. "Might as well help." Darfix goes to help.

ThunderBird looks at send more electricity at Darfix rolls out the way letting the lightning hit the ground. ThunderBird is hovering over head. It's too high to jump. ThunderBird swoops over to Pyrsa and attempts to grab her but is stopped by Xander who swipes at the bird when it gets low enough. Xander strikes the wing of the huge bird taking some feathers with him. Darfix follows up with a flying kick to the leg of the huge bird. When the attack connects, ThunderBird shrieks loudly. Prysa follows up with a powerful fire attack. A pillar of Fire rises from the ground burning ThunderBird's underside.

With loud screams, ThunderBird rises from the fire and launches a barrage of lightning bolts at them. The lightning strikes every points around the area. Xander ducks behind his sheild but gets hit anyway. He gets sent flying backwards into Darfix. They land on a wall of the palace. They lay on the ground one on top of the other, their bodies letting off smoke as they groan. Prysa is able to avoid the lightning and counters with a another fire attack that brings ThunderBird down. Thunderbird lands in fornt of her with a low thump.

"You, have beaten me?" ThunderBird groans.

"With a little help yes but what did those two do." Prysa said.

"You did well." ThunderBird said. "I will reward you with my Topaz of Electricity." At that, a flashes of lightning fill the sky. Then a small Yellow stone falls from the sky and lands in front of Prysa. She pick is up off the ground. "With that jewel, you can now use electric type magic. Be careful, though, Electric magic is very powerful. Use it wisely."

"I will." Prysa said. She looks over to Xander and Darfix.

"What happened?" Xander asked.

"I don't know but you need to get off of me." Darfix said.

Xander gets off of Darfix and they stand stand. "If you tow are done mucking around we can leave." Prysa said. "I have what I need."

They leave the palace and head east towards the Vappore Valley. While walking, Prysa uses the Topaz of Lightning to make a lightning bolt strike the ground in front of them. Xander and Darfix stop just as the lightning bolt strikes in front of them. Prysa giggles a little bit.

"That's not funny." Xander said. "You could have hurt one of us."

"Yeah, be careful please." Darfix said.

"I'll try." Prysa said.

Darfix sighs. He leans over towards Xander. "I don't trust her." He whispers.

"I can't say." Xander said. "She's been so nice to me."

"Hey what are you two talking about?" Prysa asked.

"Nothing." Xander said.

"Oh you and Darfix can talk about it and I can't hear what it's about..." Prysa said. She starts to charge up electric magic.

"RUN!" XAnder yells.

"I'm right behind you." Darfix said.

Xander and Darfix start running from the now angry Prysa. They hual butt down the trail away from her. Prysa growls and sends a barrage of lightning bolts after Xander and Darfix. The lightning bolts strike them on their butt cheeks. making both of them fall over. They look back to see her approaching with an angry look in her eyes. They both smile nervously.

"Now I think you to have something to say." Prysa said firmly.

"Sorry.." Xander and Darfix said.

"Now, we wasted enough time." Prysa said. "We need to continue before it gets dark."

"Let me check the map." Xander said. Xander looks at his map. He seeing that the next town over is just across the grassland. They will head towards to continue North east from there.

Later on as the sun starts to set, they realize how far off this town really was. Now they have to prepare to set up camp for the night in a little while. At least this grassland won't be as Dark as the forest was, Xander thinks.

At night fall, Xander and Prysa set up camp, while Darfix grabs fire wood for a camp fire. The sky is clear and the half moon is clearly visible. There is little to no wind and is rather quiet. Darfix returns with fire wood and lumps some in the fire and leaves the rest near the tent. Xander sits by the fire next to Prysa talking about various things. While they talk, Darfix shadow fights near the camp fire. He sends around of fast punches and kicks through the air.

A bit later on Prysa and Xander sleep peaceful in the tent. Xander is sound asleep with Prysa next to him. In another tent next to them, Darfix sleeps silently. Everything is peaceful...

In Xander's dream, he is in a field of tall grass. The sky is grey with rain clouds. Xander moves through this grass field hearing rumbles of thunder behind him. He picks up speed but the sky darkens quickly. A few drops of rain hit Xander in the head as he walks.

He reaches a a small cabin and goes up on the porch. Then it's starts to downpour. The blinding rain is accompanied by rolls of thunder and almost non stop lightning. He knocks on the door to see if anyone is home. There is no answer. He knock again and waits. Still no answer. Xander reaches for the door knob but then door opens. Xander shrugs his shoulders and enters the cabin.

Inside the cabin, the first room is very clean. There are no cobwebs. No dust. It's like someone lives here. Xander finds it strange that who ever lives here just left the door unlocked. He looks around seeing nothing but dated furniture, some unlit candles and books. He continues to look around seeing cups on a table. He moves to another room of the house and calls to see if anyone is home. There is no answer. He looks around.

Suddenly he gets hit in the back of his head with a hard blunt object. The blow knocks him out. A cloak figure appears and drags him to another in back of the cabin. This cloaked figure has is somewhat smaller than he is but has a lot of strength. Xander is dragged to a room in the far back of the house where he is proped up on a table. He is strapped to the table by is wrist and ankles in a spread eagle form. The cloaked figure walks away.

Xander wakes up. He finds his himself confined to the cold metal table. He pulls on his straps just to see that he is firmly strapped to this table. As he struggles he can hear voices coming from somewhere. He stops to listen to what is being said.

"What do we have this time?" One of the voice said as a black furred Vixen moves into the light.

"We have us an Umbreon boy." The cloaked figure said removing the cloak to reveal a Yellow furred vixen. Her features makes her appear to be to be abit younger than the black one.

"Hmmm. A bree boy. What color are his rings?" A Orange furred Vixen asked.

"Red." The Yellow one said.

"A rarity." The black one said.

"He's a keeper." The Orange one added. "You can do whatever you want with him. But save some of his strength so I can really "break" him in. I have a feeling he won't fail like all of the others have." She grins.

The Yellow vixen nods and leaves the room going back out in the dimly lit room with Xander in it. She walks over to Xander and examines him. Xander can only watch as this Yellow vixen examines him. Suddenly the Yellow vixen pulls out a small knife. Xander closes his eyes in fear just to hear the his shirt being cut by the knife. He sighs feeling relieved. Then he feels something being pressed against his chest. He looks to see two pads on his chest. A Red one and a blue one. He sees that a long wire is on the pads that leads over to where the yellow Vixen is. Suddenly Xander is shock by a suddenly burst of Electric power. He flinches in pain.

The Yellow Vixen looks over at Xander. "So it did work." She said looking at the wrist bands she is wearing. One of them is red and the other is blue like the pads on Xander. She charges up electric power again and gives Xander a nice shock. Xander's cries out as his body is ripped with the electric current.

"What was that for?" Xander asked her.

"Don't worry about it." The Yellow Vixen asked. "Just be quiet."

"You must tell me what's going on here." Xander said. "What's your name and why are you shocking me?"

The Yellow Vixen growls and then slaps Xander's face. "I said be quiet." The Yellow Vixen said. "Just call me, Tristi."

Xander takes the slaps and growls lowly. He watches Tristi go over to a small cart and grabs two more pads with wires on them. She then sues her knife to cut off Xander's pants leaving Xander completely nude in front of her. She grins seeing Xander's sheathless cock hanging limp in between his legs. Tristi then places the pads on the inside of Xander's thighs. The blue pad on his right side and the red on the left. She then connect the wires in her wristbands and steps back a little. She then charges and sends a blast of Electrical energy to Xander.

Xander cries out in Pain, arching his back as the electric current rips through him. The electricity makes his rings glow brightly. Tristi smiles seeing what's happening. Xander pants heavily as the electricity dies down. He watches Tristi move the pads from his chest down to his groin.

"No, you better.....--- " Xander said but is cut off as electricity rips through his groin. He cries out in pain. Tristi just grins as she pumps him with elecltricity.

She stops the flow of electricity and then moves the pads to Xander's cock and balls. She looks up to Xander with a twisted evil smile. Xander unable to do anything just sighs and droops down within his restraints. Tristi charges up with a buzzing noise. She releases a harsh charge of electrical power.

"Owowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" Xander cries out in pain as his cock and balls feel like they were struck by lightning. This makes Tristi grin some more as she pumps high amounts of electricity to Xander. Now even though it's extremely painful, the electricity makes Xander's cock erect .

Tristi stops the electric power seeing Xander's cock hard as a rock. She take of the wrist bands and goes into another room. Then a slightly taller, Orange Vixen walks out with a whip in her hands. She grins evilly as she walks over to Xander.

Xander springs awake in the tent. His heart beats rapidly. He looks over to see Pyrsa sound alseep. He slilently crawls out of the tent and goes down to a small stream of water. There he splashes water on his face trying to recover from his nightmare. Then Darfix approaches him.

"Xander? What are you doing up this early?" Darfix asked.

"Had a nightmare." Xander said. "I trying not to think about it."

"I see." Darfix said. "This is when I start my excerising and my training."

"Oh, that's neat." Xander said.

"Do you what to train with me?" Darfix asked. "I could use a training partner."

"You fight hand to hand. I'm a swordsman. I don't think it would work." Xander said.

"Well.. I'll do this then." Darfix said. "I'll show you the basics and you can go from there."

"That will work." Xander said.

At that Darfix shows Xander the basic moves of the fighting style he uses. Xander seems to understand. Darfix first shows him some defensive moves and conuter attack. Xander understands this it's similar some of the training he first did. Then Darfix puts Xander in a little test to see if he really understands the moves he showed him. Darfix shows Xander one of the fighting stances he know and then puts him the test saying that he must block or counter his moves.

At that Xander, hold his Defensive postion. Darfix then attacks Xander. He throws a series of fast punches at him. Xander block off the punches and conuters one punch by grabbing his arm and tossing him to the ground. Darfix breaks the fall by rolling into it.

"Wow that was really good." Darfix said. "You learn very quickly."

"Thanks." Xander said.

"What are you boys doing?" A voice calls.

End of Chapter Two