Michèle was a dark serpent. He had just reached six hundred years old so he was still pretty young for his kind but he knew he had seen more than he should have. It made him cynical and untrusting of others. But how could he be trusting when so many had tried to stab him in the back? And now, humans, maybe two hundred years ago, began sending their own down to him. And for what. For sacrifice.
A village close to his home slaughtered many of his tals goats, his favorite food. He would admit that he went overboard destroying two villages but no one even tried to apologize.
He still couldn't remember if he told them why he was so upset. It didn't matter they were wrong and he was right. But to beg him to never do it again and seal it with a living sacrifice every year was a bit excessive. But who was he to complain. He did not care much for human meat but free was free. He didn't have to do anything for a human snack. But once a year was way more than enough. Humans had the oddest texture and their meat and bone always got stuck in between his teeth.
Why was he even thinking about this? Oh yes. It was that time of year. One would be sent to him soon.
He lived in a vast network of tunnels and caves. It was a very luxurious place. He had always liked nice things. They more splendid the better. And when he was in his dark serpent form he hated slithering around on bare rock. So the tunnels were covered in the softest fur. And he was not wasteful, of course he ate all of the little creatures before he used their fur. They were much better than human meat. The walls, floor, and ceiling, of his tunnels were all covered in this soft, plush, tan and white fur.
But that is not important now what is important is that he was walking in his second favorite form. He could take on three forms right now. His favorite, of course, was his dark serpent for. Six hundred meters long, red and blue scales, and one red eye and one blue eye. Well he always had one red eye and one blue eye no matter the form he took.
His second favorite form, how he appeared now, was of a humanoid snake. For some reason he loved a serpent tail and two legs. It such an affective fighting combination. In this form he was hairless and covered in red and blue scales.
His final form was completely human and rather boring, except for the fact that he could spew fire and acidic water in all three forms. But in this form he had that fragile human skin, it was a pale blue and he had long red hair with blue streaks.
He must have been a relatively good looking human because he came to some of his captives in his human form and they were rather receptive to him. He still hated that woman who thought she could live if she had sex with him.
He ate her, of course, but it forever had him curious about sex with humans.
It was almost time for the sacrifice and he decided to play with his human this time. Call him bored but he liked playing with humans. He had decided to allow the next one to believe she was free from execution. If she was boring he would eat her right away, but if she was interesting he would like to see how pliable her body was. If she was very interesting he would keep her around for a while.
Humans only lived a few months anyway right? Maybe it was a few years. He always forgot.
Now he was setting up an area for his new acquisition. It was a large cave that he never really used. Since he never used it he was sure that there were things inside it that would be dangerous to his new human. So it would be better to set things up now so that she was comfortable from the start. He only got one once a year he had to make this work. Right?
He was too lazy to go get one on his own.
The side cave was huge and off on its own. It had three spring fed pools that could be used for bathing, and then there was one that could be used for drinking. There was an area that was set up for sleeping and an area filled with piles and piles of clothing. He was sure she would find something she liked there.
He actually walked to the clothing first. He had already sealed them inside a time bubble but there were interesting pests in his home sometimes. He made all clothing he kept fire proof so he just dropped the time bubble and spewed fire onto the pile. Immediately time void beasts and time sleepers all sprang from the pile at once,
It was too late though. His fire was magical fire and it did not let go until what it grasped was cooked to perfection.
Michèle did not like to waste anything. When he was sure every living thing was removed from the pile he replaced the time bubble and added a layered pocket dimension to it. If anything new got through that he would need to check his home's wards.
He popped one of the smaller time void beasts in his mouth like they were skittles or M&M's, his mouth opening wide to accommodate for the size. He then proceeded to clean the entire room, even burning the ceiling. As he watched vermin fall from the ceiling he thought about how he may need to give the female some type of charm or charmed item to clean the ceiling or other hard to reach places.
It felt odd, vermin infesting an area of his home. He would need to watch this place more often.
After he finished with the room he sealed it so that nothing else could enter and then he went to ensure the tunnel to the sacrificial well was clear as well. He would hate to rage if his new experimental toy was broken or destroyed on the first day of acquiring it.
His head, torso, and tell grew in size as his legs and arms shrank in size, as he took on his dark serpent form to check the tunnel to the sacrificial well. Only a few more days and she would be here. He wanted everything ready.
He hadn't been this excited about anything in centuries.