Chapter 5 Little Toe

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It was early in the morning, possibly four or five and the sun didn’t have the time to rise. Richard was tipsy after drinking all that buzz dwarfs ordered for the occasion and traumatic after what he had seen the previous day. Was it the fact that the chances of him ever getting away were fading with each and every day or was it the amount of alcohol that he consumed, he wasn’t entirely sure. Maybe it was the appearance of hookers, who woke in him fluids he had long forgotten. Possibly, it was the fact that after the party he found himself insignificant, lonely and lost. But it was a fact. At some point of his wobbly return, he heard that he was followed.

He heard footsteps stepping behind him, following him all the way to his room. He heard a noise when he was closing the door. And when he lied down to sleep, he felt someone leaning towards him, stretching its arms and touching his face.

It was a dwarf. As a matter of fact, it was a female dwarf. She, since it was she who was touching him, started taking off her clothes and unwrapping bandages, which squeezed her breasts during the control. Two female breasts regained their freedom. Protruding pink nipples made it impossible for Richard to take away his eyes. He was hypnotized. The dwarf took all of her clothes off and Richard saw her shaved vagina and felt blood pulsating to one place in his body. Man, it was an attractive dwarf woman! She had all the right curves around her hips and bottom, a crease under her belly button just over her mon pubis from the little amount of fat that separated her stomach from her erotic zone. Her long brown hair and green eyes were shining and seducing him. He just couldn’t resist her. She unzipped his trousers and sat on him. He felt the warmth of her body and all her fluids were making his lap wet and hot. It was her who mounted him, it was her who jumped on him like on a jumping ball and he tried as much as he could not to scream but the passion overwhelmed him and he released muffled periodic sounds of desire’s defeat. Then, when it was over, almost instantly, he fell asleep.

He woke up late during the day to find himself undressed from the waist down, alone in his room and helpless. The stains of dried semen were on the floor and he tried to rub them off. He pulled up his trousers and went to the bathroom to wash. When he got out of there, there was Frank First Aid Kit standing with a group of ten dwarfs, all waiting for him.

‘Either you will come with us or we will have to tie you,’ he explained, showing him the rope.

This time Richard knew that he had done something improper. Without objections, he followed the group of dwarfs without even saying a word. Frank opened the door of what Richard had thought to be a storeroom for hoover and brushes, but what appeared to be the staircase leading to the basement. It wasn’t a basement that Richard was used to seeing in houses which he visited for plumbing reasons. The basement led to a system of caves dug in the ground centuries before. Frank and the dwarfs were holding little fire torches and lit the way before them. Richard had to look out for the rocks protruding from the ceiling as he was comparably taller than dwarfs. They were passing numerous chambers and corridors, they entered chapels with rock sculpted figures of ancient dwarfs and mining equipment. Richard could see gems which were stuck in the eyes of underground rock creatures: rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. He could see gold bars placed like bricks from top to bottom of the walls within the reach of his hands. He could admire underground lakes shining beautifully under crystal chandeliers and golden bridges, which were sometimes the only way to get from one place to another.

‘We’re here,’ Frank announced and he blew up his nose from the humidity that was coming from the water lakes ‘I’m actually glad that we moved up, Mr. Innocent. Imagine, all our parents had spent their lives underground. No sunshine, no fresh air, no birds chirping and leaves rustling. Times changed, we had to embrace the modernity. You can get genuine urine infection from sleeping by these walls. But Kindergarten is too small to keep all our institutions upstairs. We still run the Judiciary branch, prison, and hospital with birthing units in the mines. Some dwarfs are conservative. They believe that the best environment for dwarfs to grow up is to soak the air from the underground. They strongly suggest that it will make them resistant to mild diseases and infections.’

‘Where are you taking me, then?’

‘To our judges, of course. Mr. Innocent, wasn’t there anything wrong you did last night? Are you entirely innocent?’

Richard didn’t answer. He might have heard Frank talking about human-dwarf interaction (or that it is forbidden), but right now he pushed these thoughts away.

They entered a big chamber in which there was a wide variety of low wooden benches. There was a table in the center at which five old dwarfs were sitting and hitting the panel with little hammers to obtain the silence from the gathered crowd. Richard saw the dwarf woman with whom he spent a certain amount of time last night; she sat at the right end of the room. She smiled at the sight of Richard. It wasn’t a nasty smile. It was a smile of mutual understanding.

‘Please, be seated,’ one of the judges pointed at the bench just in front of the panel. Frank sat by him, the other dwarfs that accompanied them spread somewhere all over the chamber.

‘What’s your name?’

‘Richard Innocent’

There was a laughter in the room, laughter longer than a few giggles.

‘Mr. Innocent, I hope that you see the paradox of this situation. No innocent man has ever been invited to these chambers. What have you been doing here in the walls of our institution?’

‘I have been kidnapped. I came here to fix the tap and was forced to stay here against my will.’

‘Is that true, Mr. First Aid Kit?’

‘Yes, your Honor, he is a plumber and we had needed one for some time. He’s very good at his craft. He proved to be indispensable. Also, he behaved well during the control.’

Was there some sympathy on the side of Frank? Richard sensed that he tried to present him in good light.

‘He’s good at his craft, you say?’, he heard some whispering among the judges and nods of approval.

‘Yes, Sir. Very professional.’

‘I will take this into consideration. Let’s get to the case. Mr. Innocent (laughter again) can you deny that last night you had an intercourse with the present Silia Lovely Bottom?’

Brown-haired Silia smiled, exposing her curved teeth.

‘I cannot deny it. But..., your Honor, I didn’t intend to do this, I didn’t induce it. I was...’

‘Are you suggesting that you were raped?’ the judge looked at Richard above his glasses.

Richard looked at Silia for some understanding.

‘Well, no, your Honor. I was simply seduced.’

‘Were you aware that dwarf-human interaction is forbidden?’

‘I might have heard something along the lines.’

‘Mr. Innocent, it is an old law. We had to protect our species. See, you’re not the first man who was charmed by our beautiful women. But these interactions ended in traumatic events. Our women got pregnant with children and these children appeared to be so big that females died in terrible pains during childbirth. On the other hand, male dwarfs who fell in love with human women were rather ridiculed over the years, some committed suicide for being replaced with a strong, human husband. They felt deceived, robbed of their jewels and then abandoned. It’s an old law but we still obey its norms. Wouldn’t you agree with it, Mr. Innocent?’

‘Your Honor, I’m really sorry for all these poor abandoned dwarfs but, in my defense, I must say that I have never met this woman. She came to my room and started taking off her clothes.’

‘Did you object?’

‘Well, not really.’

Dwarfs laughed.

‘Mr. Innocent. I understand that you are a victim in this situation. You didn’t know. Miss Lovely Bottom is known for seducing dwarfs, especially higher rank dwarfs, and she’s been heard boasting about her intention of, well, ‘shagging’ a human being to her friends. She’s been hunting for you since you stepped on this ground.’

Silia Lovely Bottom laughed.

‘And I don’t regret it! I would do this again!’

‘Miss Lovely Bottom, please don’t worsen your situation. I believe, Mr. Innocent, that you are a good man. Frank First Aid Kit recommends your services and I believe him. However, no wrong deed can go unpunished, both for the sake of history and our children looking at our actions. You will be judged for extramarital intercourse and Miss Lovely Bottom for the dwarf-human interaction of the first degree. The punishment, accordingly, will be body reduction and one month in a dungeon on bread and water without sun and fresh air.’

It was a very fast procedure, Miss Lovely Bottom was taken away despite her swears, shouts, and cries. Richard was quickly tied by dwarfs. They managed to reverse the spreading process and came back to him within a second. They held him, took off his shoe, then took off his sock. It all was quick: he saw the sharp edge of the ax, felt an unbelievable pain, saw his little toe separated from his body, rolling some centimeters away on the floor, and due to stress, pain, and shock, everything before his eyes went black.