Beach Day
By:  Nocturne Duskclaw

	The sun rose slowly over the horizon, its rays slowly illuminating a white sand beach on a tropical island.  Also being slowly lit up by the sun is a bungalow on the beach, where Nocturne, his mate Selene, and their son Jack are staying for the week.  Inside of the small bungalow was a pair of beds, a bathroom with a shower, and a small dresser with a TV on top.  The three were still sound asleep, Nocturne and Selene in one bed and Jack resting in the other.  A few hours later there was a small stirring in one bed as Selene began to awaken.  She opened her eyes slowly and smiled, giving a soft yawn as she sat up and stretched her arms, and her wings.  
	Selene got out of bed and opened the curtains on the window a little to look outside.  As the sun washed over her body, she stretched her legs and gave a soft sigh.  She is six foot eleven, with a pair of large angelic wings.  Her tail is long as well, nearly as long as her body and very thick and fluffy.  Selene is curvy, with wide hips and a large bust.  She has a single small roll of fat on her belly, and a round thick rear.  Not very fat, but big in all the right places.  Her hair is black and wavy and goes down to the middle of her back.  Her eyes are a deep purple, and her face usually has a peaceful and serene expression on it.
	The female skunk opens the window a little to let the sea breeze in, her arms toned and powerful like the rest of her body, despite its softness and plush look to it.  She inhales deeply and lets it out slow, sighing happily as she walks back over to the bed, sitting down on it.  She looks down at her mate, the shorter fox sleeping deeply on his side.  She reaches down, gently petting his head and rubbing her thumb behind his ear.  Nocturne murrs in his sleep deeply, his two tails wagging slowly as he begins to awaken now, Selene removing her hand as the fox stirs.
	Nocturne sat up, his body slender and lithe with an almost feminine look to it, with a lean chest and rounded hips.  He is five foot six inches, so Selene is a fair bit taller than he is.  His fur is black all over with a white belly, chest, and muzzle, and his twin tails have crimson-colored tips to them.  He also has small little bat like wings on his back, covered in a leathery skin.  He, like his mate are nude, the resort they are on right now is clothing optional and the bungalow they rented for the week has a section of the beach private just for them.  After a yawn and a stretch, the fox turns to Selene and leans in, the two of them embracing and sharing a deep kiss.
	“Good morning Selene, did you sleep well?”
	“Yes, my love, I slept wonderfully.  This was a very good idea to take the week off.  It is rare I get a chance to get away from the temple for this long.”  Selene says, holding Nocturne in her arms.  Selene is the high priestess of a temple deep in the woods of a place called The Evergreen, where she gets many visitors who offer prayer and offerings to the goddess Void.  She also comforts those who are feeling stressed or in pain and offers advice for people who come and seek it.  As much as she loves helping others, she knew she needed some time to unwind and relax.  Nocturne had found an island resort that was far away from the temple, so she could get the quiet she needed and decompress for a bit.
	Nocturne nuzzles to Selene as the two of them kiss again softly, pressing close together.  Selene gets up and says, “I am going to go to the water and meditate for a while.”
	“Okay, I’ll let you know if anything happens or we’re eating or something.”  Nocturne says, as he looks over and smiles.  “I’ll look after Jack, so you take as much time as you need.”
	“Thank you, Nocturne.”  She gets up and opens the door, walking outside onto the soft sand.  As her feet pad over the smooth sand, she smiles at the warmth of the sand and sun on her body.  She listens to the sound of the waves crashing on the shore gently and the sound of gulls calling out.  Selene looks around on the beach, seeing that there’s no one around, the bungalows are many feet apart so there would be lots of space for people to enjoy the beach.  She steps forward more and feels the water roll in and cover her feet up to her ankles.  She wiggles her toes in the water a little and begins to wade in.
	The water wasn’t as cold as she thought it would be, it felt nice as she waded in up to her waist.  She then crouched down and pushed off the sandy bottom, swimming out.  She kept her wings tucked in tightly as she swam to where it was about ten feet deep and she took a deep breath, diving down under the surface.  Under the water, she saw some brightly colored water plants and stroked her hand over them as she swam forward and down, going deeper.
	Selene swam down by some algae covered rocks and sat down on the ocean floor.  The surface was about 15 feet above her as she curled her knees to her chest and hugged them close, closing her eyes and leaning her head down so her forehead touched her knees.  She then exhaled softly, a soft trail of bubbles coming from her nose and mouth and gently rising to the surface.  She didn’t need to breathe; her holy magic was able to sustain her for as long as she needed.  She smiles softly as she just sat under there, letting herself relax more and more.
	Her mind gently drifted in her meditation, going back to when the temple she lived in had many sisters there, and she was a Paladin.  She protected the temple and the people living there and wore a full set of platinum armor with a pair of lances as her weapons.  She had friends and loved ones there and was very devout in her worship of the creation goddess Void.  One day however, a demon lord they had been fighting came to the temple with an army.  The fight was brutal and destroyed many of the buildings on the temple grounds, the main building all that was left after the fighting ended.  Many of her sisters had been slain and the people who were left one by one left the temple as it was too hard for them to stay.  She remained behind as she was the high priestess and sworn to her duty.  Her faith never waivered and she still believed in her goddess even as she walked alone in the temple day after day for many years.
	She was alone for several years, until she met Nocturne when he was thrown through one of the stained-glass windows of the temple and landed in the reflecting pool.  She found him and healed him, and he stayed with her while he recovered.  He also stayed when he was fully healed and kept Selene company.  He was an assassin, from birth trained to kill but he ran away from the people he was working for as he didn’t want to keep going after what he found out were just innocent people.  He had gotten into a fight with someone else from the people who trained him, and that was how he ended up at Selene’s temple.  The two of them got to know each other and became close friends, the skunk lonely and the fox never having anyone to even call a friend until he met her.  In time, the two of them fell in love and pledged themselves to one another.
	Selene smiles as she continues to meditate, feeling much better as almost all her stress was gone, and she was feeling recharged and not beaten down or drained.  Her thoughts focused to one last thing, and her smile grew warmer as she thought of her son.  Nocturne and herself had wanted children, but the both of them were sterile.  But there was an earth spirit the two of them knew, and the three of them used their magic and abilities to form a sort of hybrid being.  A mix of all three of them they decided to name Jack.  She and Nocturne have been raising him, teaching him, and Selene is training him as a Paige in the temple.  Training him to help the people who come relax and prepare for them to meet with Selene, as some people are intimidated by her.  He also does chores around the temple and is a well behaved and good kid.
	While the skunkess was meditating deep in the water, Nocturne was outside on the beach, having spread out a large blanket.  Laying on the blanket is Jack, sunning himself.  He looks about 12 years old, and he looks human, with soft looking brown skin all over.  His eyes are purple like his mother’s, and he also has a skunk tail like hers.  His hair is black and white and looks messy as it comes to his shoulders.  He has large fox ears on top of his head like his father, the human look mainly coming from the Earth Spirit who formed him.  His body is also, like his father’s, slender and a little feminine with it being lean all over but a little curve to his hips and a round little butt.  He is also nude like his parents right now as he sighs.  “Is Mom still Meditating?”  He asks, looking up at Nocturne.
Nocturne is standing at the end of the blanket with a small portable grill making lunch for them, as he says “Yeah, but you can go let her know that lunch will be ready soon, okay?”
	Jack gets up and says, “Okay Dad!”  and he runs towards the water, running into it and vanishing under the surface quickly.  Nocturne chuckles softly as he watches his son run off quickly as he flips the burgers he has on the grill.
	Under the water, Jack swam forward and smiled.  He loved swimming and he loved going to the beach, he was thrilled when his father said they were going to a private one for a week.  He looked around as he swam, looking for Selene as he dove down deeper and swam out farther.  He then saw something behind a tall rock, some black fur sticking out from the side of it.  He grinned and swam over to it and around the rock, and saw Selene sitting there.  He reaches out and puts his hand on her shoulder and gives it a gentle squeeze.
	Selene felt a presence swimming towards her, and she felt a hand on her shoulder.  She opened her eyes and looked at her son floating there, and she smiled, giving a soft chuckle.  “Hello sweetie.”  She says, some bubbles coming out of her mouth.
	“Found you Mom!”  He says, his voice glubbing as bubbles came from his mouth and nose.  Selene laughs and uncurls herself, taking Jack into her arms and holding him close.  She leans in and presses her lips to his, sharing air with him as she pushes off the ground and swims to the surface while holding him.  They surface and Jack hugs her around her neck, laying on her back as he says, “Dad told me to tell you lunch is going to be ready.”
	“Lunch?  How long was I meditating for sweetie?”
	“Well, I think for like, two hours?  We woke up around ten in the morning.”  Jack says as he clings to Selene while she swims towards the shore.
	“I see.  I guess I lost track of time a little.  But I feel much better having that time to rest and think about things.”  She swims to the shore and stands up, moving Jack to her front and hugging him tightly, kissing the top of his head and setting him down on the soft sand.  She heads to the blanket as Jack runs over and gets a towel to dry himself off.  Selene walks over to Nocturne and kisses him on the cheek, giving it a little nuzzle.  “Smells good Nocturne.”  She says, as she begins to dry herself off.
	“Have a good time?”  Nocturne asks her, as he gets the food ready and helps her dry off, handing her a brush for her fur.
	“Yes, I thought about a lot of things, and I feel much better than I did before.  I am ready to go back to the temple when this little vacation is over and resume my duties.”  She says, sitting down on the blanket as the three of them began to eat their meal and just relax, talking to each other for the rest of the day.