Kati waited. She waited some more. And a bit more. She wasn't sure how long she had been waiting, but it felt like hours. Two other dragonesses waited beside her, both looking almost as nervous as she was. The white, smooth-scaled dragoness had been awaiting this day for months, after she met a dragon who told her he could make her fantasies come true. Kati was always fascinated by her own paws, in particular her hind paws. She didn't know why, but they were the part of her body that she took the most care of. They were also the most sensitive part of her body, and sensations she experienced on her paws could make her happier than anything else. It was only recently, though, that she took an interest in other dragons' paws, and other dragons took an interest in her paws, with one of her friends informing her that she most likely had a fetish. She soon began conversing with another dragon she had noticed looking at her paws, who told her he could get her into a place that any paw fetishist would love. Soon enough, Kati received a letter which could have changed her life.

“Dear Kati
I have been told by a friend that you are discovering your fetish for the feet of dragons. I can assure you that while this fetish may seem highly odd, you are far from alone. There are many dragons and dragonesses local to you with an intense passion for feet, and I believe you may be interested in meeting them.
I am one of the housekeepers at Claw House. Claw House is a place where many dragons, both male and female, are given a comfortable and safe environment to live in at absolutely no cost. The only requirement to live at Claw House is that you must do as you are told by the housekeepers. Everyone who is admitted to the House must have clean, attractive, responsive hind feet, and the housekeepers, which you will refer to as masters or mistresses, will take advantage of this fact. You will experience sensations and feelings on your feet that you have never felt before, most of which will be intensely pleasurable to both you and the lucky master or mistress that is assigned to you. At no point will your feet or any part of your body be in danger of severe injury or bloodshed, but I must warn you that some of the activities we take part in could be considered to be torture or sadism, and you will be expected to accept restraints/bondage frequently.
If you are not interested in a life centred around your fetish, then you do not need to reply to this letter. However, if any part of this letter has piqued your arousal, please come to Claw House this Saturday, where you will be assessed by one of our lead housekeepers. I look forward to seeing you.
Anonymous
Claw House”

Her and the two dragons beside her were waiting to become submissive. They were promised a comfy, loving home in a large house on the provision that they would submit their hind-paws to the housekeepers. Kati was mostly excited, not only at the thought of the fancy home she would be given, but the prospect of her feet being frequently admired and played with by other dragons. However, the mention of 'torture and sadism' in the letter was unnerving. Still, she was only being 'assessed', and she was free to walk away if it was too much for her.

Kati looked back and forth at the two other dragonesses that were either side of her. The dragoness to her left had bright blue colour scales and noticeably long horns, contrasting with Kati's own small, petite horns. Noticing that Kati was looking at her, the blue dragon turned and smiled, before speaking up.

“Are you as anxious as I am?” she asked.

“Heh...I'd be lying if I said no.” Kati replied “What do you think they will do to assess us?”

“Who knows” ,the blue dragon responded, “Personally I'm hoping they start with the lighter stuff. Of course there are a few who will want to get straight to the rough action, isn't that right, Albi?” The dragon leaned her head around and addressed the dragon to the right of Kati.

“Shut up, Cyan! You're making me sound like a right perv!” She replied. Albi was a bright pink dragoness with horns around the same size as Kati's, and spoke with a fairly strong British accent. She also smiled at Kati. “I'm sure they will just look us over today, they will save the rough stuff for later! There is no reason to be nervous! If you haven't already guessed, my name is Albi. What's yours?”

“Kati. It's nice to meet you. Are you two already friends?”

“Not sure friend would be the right word to use” Cyan replied in a jokey tone, “Albi over there has certainly stuck with me for a long time, but 'annoyance' would be a better word. She's the one who would pin me down and tickle me for hours despite me telling her to piss off!”

Albi giggles, “You know you love it! If you didn't then you wouldn't be here! I suppose you can thank me for giving you your fetish for feet and tickling! Hey, Kati, how did you find out about your fetish...uh..if that isn't too personal a question?”

“Oh, not at all, after all we are all waiting to have our fetishes explored right this minute, so it's not like sexual talk is irrelevant! I don't really know how I knew I liked paws...or feet if that's what you prefer calling them. I just think they are the most attractive and sensitive part of my body, and I can get seriously and weirdly excited by the sight of another dragon's foot.”

Kati was interrupted by the sound of another feminine voice, not coming from Cyan or Albi.

“Hmmm, it sounds like you are in the right place, young lady.” The voice was coming from a large, bipedal red dragoness who had appeared in the corner of the room. Kati was surprised to see a dragon walking on hind feet since most dragons in her area were quadrupeds, and what an alluring set of hind feet they were! The large dragoness slowly walked to the center of the room in front of the three smaller dragons, carrying a large case, with Kati drawn to the movement and look of her feet as she did so.

“Hello, ladies. I am one of the housekeepers at Claw House, if you hadn't already guessed by now. Firstly, I must make a few things clear. If you choose to stay here, you will be submissive to us at all times, but we do not want this to become a frightening and oppressive atmosphere. We are all friendly to each other here, and even in the event of a punishment we use the 'tough love' approach. However in order to satisfy the needs of both the housekeepers and our residents as best we can, you will refer to me as 'mistress'. Understood?”

“Yes, mistress” Kati replied, almost instantly. She was already submissive enough that she practically replied involuntarily. Cyan and Albi followed with the same response a few seconds later. The mistress smiled at all three of them.

“Thank you. I can see already that you all have lovely pairs of feet on you. I can't wait to begin your assessment. You are all looking for a lot of fun on your scaly feet, yes?”

Cyan and Albi simply nodded, but Kati could not control her blushing at the complements to her feet, and she gave a huge embarrassed grin. This didn't go unnoticed by the mistress, who looked at Kati and gave a smirk back to her.

“Brilliant. Well that is what you lucky ladies are going to get. Let's go to the assessment room straight away, yes?”

The three dragonesses were led into the room next door to where they were waiting, and Kati was the first one to enter. The room was beautiful, dimly lit with soft red carpet that felt delightful on her paws, but the thing that grabbed her attention the most was the set of wooden stocks in the centre of the room. Three sets, in fact, all padded and with a set of chains nearby to restrain the upper half of the dragons that were placed in there.

“Right, all three of you, sit down on the tables and put your forepaws above your head!” the mistress ordered, which they obeyed swiftly. Kati was to the left of the room, with Cyan in the middle stocks and Albi on the right. Even the sight of the stocks in front of her white feet was setting off all kinds of pleasurable thoughts, and she hadn't even placed her ankles into the holes yet. The mistress wasted no time in chaining the dragonesses' raised front legs to a pole behind them, restraining them for good. Kati let out a soft whimper as she felt the chains tighten around her scales, the fact that she was now bound and helpless was setting in. She watched as Cyan and Albi had theirs bound, with Albi looking particularly nervous and pulling slightly against the chains. As she watched, Kati placed her feet into the stocks in front, savouring the feeling of the soft padding around her ankles. Cyan and Albi had to be told to put their feet in place. It wasn't long before the mistress slammed the stocks shut, trapping their now helpless feet with their soles displayed outwards. Kati was surprised at how tight the bondage around her ankles was, although the padding made it very comfortable, there was no way her feet were escaping, resulting in her toes wiggling rapidly as they were the only things she could freely move. If she flinched her feet to the left, she could gently rub the top of Cyan's foot, which made both of the dragons blush.

“Does it feel nice to have your feet exposed and vulnerable like this? I have to say, this is a very beautiful sight. Three pairs of large, soft dragon feet, all mine!” The mistress said before letting out a fairly humorous cackle that made her sound like a cartoon villain. “I wonder how ticklish they are!” She said as she opened the case that she was carrying earlier. The only dragon who could see inside the case from their restraints was Albi, and her brief, worried sounding whimper was not comforting to Kati or Cyan. Kati thought about what situation she was in. It was only a few months ago that she accepted she had a paw fetish, now she was willingly going to have her own paws tickle tortured? Her anxiety began growing but her thoughts were soon interrupted by the soft, cute sound of Albi giggling.

Kati looked over and saw the mistress sat in front of Albi's cute bound feet, softly waving a small feather across them. It didn't seem to be tickling her too much – her giggles were quiet and restrained and her toes were not flinching at all – but this didn't impress the mistress.

“The feather doesn't seem to affect your soles at all – am I really going to have to bring out the heavy-duty tools this soon?” She said, threading the feather between Albi's toes hoping to make them curl, but to no avail. She put down the feather after just two minutes of barely responsive tickling and replaced it with a large bristly brush. Without saying anything, she quickly swiped the brush across her arches. This did result in a much louder laugh from Albi.

“I think we are getting somewhere now! No foot can take a brush without tingling!” The mistress said with a smile as she scrubbed progressively harder on Albi's pink feet, which resulted in increasingly louder laughter, but the feet were staying firm and still.

“You are certainly ticklish...but not ticklish enough for my liking!”

“Mistress...ahahah....it does tickle..hahaha...very much so...hahahah..honest!” Albi replied as her paws were still tormented.

“I've got a better idea for you, dragoness.” The mistress said, as she stood up and opened up Albi's restraints. “Your feet, as alluring as they are, do not react acceptably to tickle torture. But maybe you yourself know how to make another dragon's feet do so?” She handed Albi the feather from earlier and pointed at Cyan. “You will be the torturer for a while. Tickle her helpless feet!”

Albi grew from being worried to being genuinely excited. She loved playfully tickling Cyan's paws as a friend, and now she was fully in control of her tickling!

“Hey! Don't you even think about it Albi!” Cyan said

“Oh, being defiant!” said the mistress “I think you should make the treatment on her feet harsher for that!”

Albi nodded at the mistress with an evil smirk and began to tease Cyan's arches with the feather, immediately making her toes curl downwards and her laughter to begin loudly. Kati was transfixed at the sight of the feather traversing Cyan's paws, and would look forward to any brief moment were Cyan flinched her foot to the right, as it would contact her own foot and briefly rub it. Albi was clearly enjoying being in control of the feather, and was masterfully focusing on the same spots of Cyan's feet. Feathering her arches would cause her to clench her toes down tightly, but Albi could easily tease them open and glide the feather between them.

Whilst Kati was enjoying watching Cyan suffer, she felt her feet being softly rubbed by the paws of the mistress, pressure being applied to every inch of her smooth soles, which led to an ecstatic feeling within her. She spread and wiggled her scaly toes as they were fondled by the mistress, and had to hold back her pleasured moans.

“Mmmm, delightful.” said the mistress, moving her face closer to Kati's feet as she rubbed them. “You have the most delicate and soft feet of any dragoness I've assessed so far. You will be even more receptive than your friend here!” After saying this, she stopped rubbing, but quickly licked across the tips of Kati's toes, just underneath her claws. Kati let out a brief, soft giggle, but her eyes opened wide when she saw the mistress grab the bristly brush.

“While your two friends are busy, I want to test you personally. Cootchie cootchie coo!” the mistress teased as she placed the large brush on Kati's soft white soles and began to slowly scrape it across. Kati went wild almost immediately. She had never had her feet tickled before, and the sensation was more phenomenal then she had imagined. Her toes wiggled vibrantly, curling around the bristles of the brush attacking her big paws. The mistress looked absolutely delighted, and began to rub the top of Kati's feet and gently push them into the torturous bristles.

“Show me you can wiggle those adorable little toes!” the mistress shouted, trying to be heard over the sound of both Kati and Cyan's laughter. Kati's toes were indeed curling and spreading, something which she could barely control. She had to face it, she was being tortured, but she did not want it to stop. The fact she was completely vulnerable and helpless and having her sensitive, smooth feet tormented with such a small item was driving her wild.

The arches of her feet were by far her most sensitive spot, something which the mistress had evidently realised as this was where the bristles were usually attacking. Kati had thought that her wiggly toes were safe from torture, but this was not the case as the mistress soon put her tongue out and began delivering teasing, ticklish licks to her clawed toes. This drove Kati even crazier, and it wasn't helping that she also had to watch Cyan's tickling at the same time, with hers and Cyan's feet occasionally making contact from flinching.

Every nerve in her sensitive soles was being tortured and Kati was blushing heavily from the ticklish humiliation. Part of her brain was telling her that she wanted the torture to stop, but a much bigger part of the brain was telling her that she wanted to feel it harder on her feet. Who was she kidding, she didn't want it to stop! She wanted her feet to be mercilessly tortured, she wanted her feet to be tied and helpless, she wanted her soles as taut as possible as they were teased for hours on end! It was safe to say, she was going to love her time at Claw House.

After a long, intense tickle, Kati felt freedom on her feet as the brush was pulled away. The mistress also pulled the feather from Albi's paw, officially putting a stop to the tickle torture session.

“You are all beautifully playful dragons! You will all fit in brilliantly at Claw House, some moreso than others...” the mistress said to the dragons, lightly stroking Kati's toes in the process. “You two, Cyan and Albi, you will be assigned to two mistresses of your own. Please go up to room 34 after you are released. As for you, young Kati, you are coming with me...”

The mistress released Cyan and Kati from their restraints, with Cyan and Albi both being led to the door and given directions to room 34. Kati waited for the mistress to take her somewhere.

“You did amazingly well in your first tickle torture. I've never been more excited to be torturing a pair of helpless dragon feet in my life, I can tell I'm going to have one hell of a time with you. You can come with me and help me with my next job, come along...”

Kati followed her new mistress out of the room and into a long corridor. Despite having just been tortured, she was blissfully happy. This house is a chance for her to be basically given an amazing lifestyle for free and satisfy her desires at the same time. She couldn't wait to get settled in.

“Here we are, room 16. Now, here at Claw House we have a strict set of rules. Easily followable, but if broken then we will make sure you learn your lesson.”

The mistress opened the door, and Kati looked inside. There was another dragoness, purple in colour, in an uncomfortable looking hogtie position in the middle of the room. A large leather muzzle was placed around her mouth, and she looked at Kati with a very worried expression on her face. Her large, purple feet were exposed and were almost begging to be played with.

“I need to make sure that to live in the house with me, you are willing to do anything you are told to. Here is your chance to prove it. You can help this naughty dragoness here learn her lesson.”

TO BE CONTINUED