GUESTS FOR CHRISTMAS Or "The Twelve Slaves of Christmas" Part 1 of 4
This is a story of erotic fiction meant for adult readers over the age of eighteen years
Written by Jean-Christophe (Chris)
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Part 1: Making Plans Note: This story touches on characters referred to in "The Sports Fan"
Sebastian loves Christmas. There is something `special' about this time of the year; he doesn't understand why but he is always excited in the weeks leading up to it.
As an only child, he'd been raised in the church by his parents and he'd attended Sunday school and church services throughout his childhood. And he'd loved the Christmas pageants, the Christmas Eve carol singing and all the other things that went to make up the festive season.
Sebastian is gay and on reaching puberty, it became clear to him in which direction his burgeoning sexuality was to take him and so he'd drifted away from his parents beliefs.
For several years, he hid his homosexual tendencies from his parents and school friends and lived the secret life of a closet gay. His flamboyant nature chafed at this; he hated the subterfuge and hypocrisy of his life but because of his love and respect for his parents - prominently rich - he continued to keep his secret.
Yet he was desperately unhappy; this secret life he lived was, in fact, a denial of who he really was as a person. How he hated that. He longed to 'come out' and declare to the world who and what he was.
He deliberately decided to attend university in another state rather than the one in his home city. His doting parents were disappointed with his decision and only reluctantly accepted it. But for Sebastian, living away from his home, his parents and the local community, was liberation.
For the first time he had the freedom to be himself and to live a lifestyle he was born to. At eighteen, he threw himself into both his studies and his gayness. These were exciting times for Sebastian; the experimentation and the discovery of new pleasures ensured life was lived to the fullest. Unrestrained by parental and societal attitudes, he soon became prominent in local, gay circles and moved in a wide circle acquaintances.
However, Sebastian's childhood solitude doesn't allow him to make friends easily; in his mind friendship is something that has to be earned and correspondingly reciprocated. He has a small group of true friends and foremost among these is his special friend, Marcus.
He'd first met Marcus at university where there had been an instant rapport between the two, young students. This had quickly developed into a passionate relationship - too intense to be permanently lasting - which eventually cooled and was replaced by a friendship that has continued down through the years with a lasting love and mutual respect. Sebastian has implicit trust in Marcus and he knows that Marcus is always 'there for him'. He loves Marcus with a passion - both as the brother he'd always longed for and as a sometime lover. And he knows that Marcus has identical feelings for him.
Marcus lives in the city where he is a successful professional and although Sebastian graduated from university with 'magna cum laude' he prefers a more solitary life living on a remote and large, farming property far from its nearest town. Here he is able to pursue his real passion of training and selling young, male slaves to an exclusive international clientele.
Very early in his university days, he'd developed a fondness for the local slave culture and he had immersed himself in it wholeheartedly. Over the years his passion for slaves and slavery became an obsession and now, aged in his early thirties, he devotes his whole life to it. That he is able to do so is due to the generous trust fund and fortune left to him by his late parents. He no longer needs to work for a living and can now devote all his time to his hobby.
Apart from his household and farm slaves and his Nordic manager/slave trainer, Olaf, he lives alone - far from the prying eyes and curiosity of his neighbours. A perfectionist, Sebastian limits his slave training to two intakes a year, each lasting six months and each consisting of six recruits. This allows him sufficient time to acquire and train his livestock for the twice yearly auctions he conducts on his property.
He has recruiting agents constantly on the lookout for suitable trainees and only recently, Marcus had sent him two superbly fit, young men he'd spotted at a beach. Marcus is quite a sports' fan and attends many sporting activities seeking out possibilities for Sebastian. He is delighted with Marcus's latest recruits and had conveyed his appreciation to him. Still he wants to do more to adequately thank Marcus for the new slaves.
As it is approaching the end of the year, Sebastian has twelve head of slave stock on the property. Six of these have just graduated from his last course and they will be sold at an auction scheduled for mid-January. The other six are all new recruits about to embark on their journeys into slavery.
Sebastian usually tries to sell his graduates before bringing the new recruits onto the property. His sense of order prefers it this way, but unfortunately; he'd been unable to schedule a suitable auction date which allowed all his valued clients to be in attendance before mid-January. So of necessity, he must hold onto his six graduates until then. But sometimes these unexpected annoyances have a habit of working to one's advantage. And so it is with the twelve slaves, Sebastian has devised a plan for their use over the Christmas holidays.
Sebastian loves Christmas although his interest in it is now purely secular. There is a special something about it that stirs his soul and lightens his spirits. Perhaps it is the feeling of goodwill that replaces the self-centredness, greed, animosity and indifference so evident throughout the rest of the year. Or is it the opportunity to meet up with family and friends for that one day and to temporarily forget all the reasons why you studiously avoid them at all other times? But it could be, as is the case with Sebastian, simply a case of loneliness. In the absence of family, and with so few friends, he needs to spend that one day of the year with the people he truly loves.
With this in mind, Sebastian planned to invite six of his closest friends to visit for the two days of Christmas and now his excitement knows no bounds. Feverishly, his imagination goes into overdrive. He wants so much to make this a memorable Christmas for his friends and himself.
Some six to seven weeks away from Christmas, he had sent invitations to his friends asking them to spend the holidays with him on his property. And he has just received an acceptance from Marcus; now he eagerly waits for the replies from his other friends. In the meantime there is much to be done.
Over the next few weeks, Sebastian is kept busy with his plans for Christmas. He is gratified that all his invitations have been accepted and he is now free to devote himself to the organisation of it. His energy is boundless and he is kept busy ensuring all goes to plan and on schedule. There is much to arrange and he is constantly on the phone and/or internet searching for firms and suppliers to provide him with all the things he needs for the success of his friends` visit.
Once he has chosen a supplier, he regularly travels into the city to check that all is going to schedule. Tenaciously, he pursues each manufacturer and supplier ensuring that his specifications and delivery dates are being adhered to. He knows they regarded him as a nuisance - on one occasion he'd even heard himself referred to as a 'pain in the arse' - but this didn't deter him. Nothing is to stand in the way of his preparations for the visit of his friends.
Finally, his weeks of tension are at an end. Thankfully, all that he requires for the success of the visit has been delivered to the farm and is now safely stored and locked away - out of sight - in a distant shed. And it is still ten days to Christmas. There is adequate time for him to experiment and try out his new equipment.
Part 2: Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve dawns hot and cloudless: the ever present blue sky is dazzling in its brilliance. And the forecast is for this weather to continue over the two days of the holidays. Sebastian is pleased. It means he can take his friends on a tour of his extensive property.
The property is large and varies from grazing land to virgin bush. Sebastian loves the Australian bush and the heady, exotic smell of the eucalypts as it hangs in the shimmering, heat haze. He appreciates the remoteness of his property and he has painstakingly explored every hectare of its area.
However, there is one particular spot that he appreciates more than any other. Tucked away in a far corner of the property - some five kilometres from the homestead - is a virtual oasis in the harsh environment.
There is a rocky escarpment that is a part of the geological upheaval that formed the landscape millions of years ago. Here among its tangle of weathered, red iron oxide rocks is a verdant green oasis - a permanent spring of the purest water imaginable - and growing around its perimeter are the most exotic of plants. These are in stark contrast to the surrounding dryer, blue-green eucalypt and mulga trees and consist of lustrous green palms, prehistoric cycads, ferns and colourful native orchids. It is a sad reminder of what the area once was - before the environment grew warmer and dryer. Here, because of the inexhaustible water supply, this beautiful remnant of the past survives and thrives.
For Sebastian it is a magical place, bordering on his concept of 'heaven on earth', and one he comes to frequently to swim and to recharge. It is an area he generously wants to share with his friends and he is keen for them to see it for themselves. His intention is to bring them to this spot for a day of swimming and relaxation and he chuckles at the thought of other possible pleasures a day of skinny-dipping could afford them.
After all, there are twelve, magnificent, young slaves - six trained and six untrained - available to him and his friends and he has decided that their services will be fully utilised.
But for now, there is still much to be done before his friends arrive later this afternoon. He understands that they will be traveling together in two cars and that they had planned to leave the city at the same time so that they all arrived together.
As the morning progresses, Sebastian's excitement increases and he constantly questions Olaf "are the rooms prepared?', "do we have the catering right?", "is the equipment set up?" and most importantly "is everything in place for tonight?"
Good-naturedly, the ever patient Olaf assures his employer that everything is in hand and there won't be any unforeseen slipups in his arrangements. As always Sebastian is re-assured by Olaf's calm answers.
Now he impatiently waits for the arrival of his guests.
During lunch, Sebastian receives a text message from Marcus to say they are on their way. Marcus is traveling with Jeremy and Dominic whilst the other three, Adrian, Julian and Gabriel are following behind. On Sebastian's reckoning that means they should arrive at approximately 5.00 PM which leaves him with the afternoon to fill in.
Following his usual daily routine, Sebastian retires with a cool drink, to the welcome shade of the deep veranda surrounding the rambling, stone homestead. From here he has an unimpeded view down over the landscaped gardens he loves so much. And he spends many of his afternoons here.
When Sebastian bought the property it was very much run-down; the beautiful 120 years old, sandstone homestead bordered on the derelict whilst the extensive gardens - neglected for many years by the previous owners - where overgrown and weed infested. Where most would have been daunted by this, Sebastian was challenged and set about restoring the property to its former glory and a home worthy of him.
Of course, money was no object and he lavished love and a small fortune on modernising the house and landscaping the gardens. Today, both the homestead and its gardens stand as testimony to his vision and determination. Now, he is able to enjoy all this effort and expense by relaxing on the vine-shaded veranda and watching the activity in the gardens.
Gazing out over the gardens, he listens to the chirping of the cicadas - always associated with hot weather - and the screeching of the parrots and galahs high up in the tree canopy as they feed on the ripening fruits and seed. But what attracts his attention is another form of animal life - his slaves as they toil to maintain the perfection of the gardens.
There are twelve, naked slaves working in pairs throughout the gardens. In his wisdom, Sebastian has paired a 'graduate' with a new 'recruit'; this way the old is able to instruct the new. As part of their training, all the slaves are made to work in the garden for a set number of hours each day.
They also provide the muscle for some of the hard manual labour around the property and work with the farm slaves on fence repairing, cropping and the handling and feeding of the livestock. Sebastian sees this enforced labour as essential in toughening up his slaves; it maintains their fitness, aids their muscular development and tans their skins.
From where he is watching, Sebastian is able to distinguish a recruit from a graduate by the colour of his arse. The graduates, exposed to the sun over the past six months, are a uniform golden tan whereas the new recruits are at varying stages of colour. In their previous free lives, some of them obviously shielded their bodies from the sun and are only now starting to tan whilst others were in the habit of working or swimming semi- naked.
Sebastian really dislikes this latter grouping; he finds the white dividing line between the deeply tanned upper body and the legs to be jarring and he looks to add colour to these new slaves as quickly as possible. He is pleased to note that the smooth, milky- white curves of their arses are beginning to darken although they don't, as yet, match the rest of their bodies. Still Sebastian knows that time spent working in his garden and paddocks will soon correct this anomaly in their appearances.
Sebastian watches, entranced, at the play of light and shadow on his slaves' naked bodies. They are bent to their labours and are sweating profusely and he is fascinated at the way the bright sunlight, filtering down through the leaf canopy of the overhanging trees, is casting dappled shadows onto their glistening bodies. He finds this to be particularly erotic and, seeking relief, he moves his hands down to the hard, throbbing in his groin.
Sebastian reflects on the two very different states of mind at play in the two groups. First of all there are their attitudes towards their enforced nakedness. The graduates, now well accustomed to complete nudity, wear their nakedness with pride and familiarity.
The new recruits, on the other hand, haven't as yet accepted or adjusted their mindsets to this new facet of their lives. They are still embarrassed by their nudity, and amusingly, they try to hide themselves from each other. It puzzles him as to why they do this. Each was especially chosen for his great physical beauty and all are equipped with prodigious genitalia. They really have nothing to be ashamed of.
However, Sebastian knows this is only a temporary phase that all newly enslaved, young men go through and that within a week or two they will lose all their inhibitions. Olaf will make it clear to them that, most likely, they'll never wear clothing again and that their nakedness will be a source of immense pleasure to their new masters.
Then, there is the difference in attitude between the two groups as to their future lives. Over the past six months, the graduates have been well schooled to accept their new status in life. Trained in all aspects of slavery they stand ready to serve in whatever capacities their new owners demand of them.
Sebastian ensures all his slaves are trained to the highest standards as waiters, valets, body servants and most importantly as pleasure slaves. They have been given the skills to use their bodies to satisfy the most demanding of masters and Sebastian - good teacher that he is - regularly tested them to see if they met his exacting requirements. He is very pleased with his latest graduates and looks forward to selling them next month.
The six graduates, for their part, share Sebastian's anticipation. The have been conditioned to accept that they are special and because of their great value they can look forward to lives of ease and luxury serving their masters.
They know nothing of a master's fickleness that can see him quickly replace them when he either becomes bored with them or simply feels like a change. Inevitably, they will be sold on and on with ever decreasing value until finally, they find themselves working in some low-grade brothel where their whore-master will sell their wares cheaply to a seedy clientele. Mercifully, they don't know this.
For now, the six new recruits feel only dismay, fear and confusion. As yet, they haven't fully accepted that their former lives are over and that their futures lie in lives of servitude. The next six months will be hard on them as they undergo the intensive training required to turn them into loyal, obedient and submissive slaves. But six months from now, they too will stand on the auction block and be sold to the highest bidder. This is the inevitability of their fates.
As he watches, transfixed by the beauty of his sweating, toiling slaves, Sebastian loses track of time. Several times he's interrupted by a young house slave whose task it is to periodically refresh his glass with a cool drink. On one occasion, he even orders the slave to his knees to relieve his throbbing hardness. As he enjoys the warm, moist embrace of the slave's mouth, he reflects on how good life is.
Affectionately, he reaches out and strokes the slave's cropped head before gently drawing it closer to him. Sighing contentedly, he abandons himself to the pleasures of the moment. This slave, like all his house slaves, is well trained in serving his master's cock and Sebastian is pleased with him. He must remember to reward the slave for his good services.
Sebastian regards himself as a good master. He is firm but just and his concern for the well-being of his slaves is uppermost in his mind. He demands total dedication from his slaves but he returns this by treating them humanely - punishments are rare and only administered in extreme circumstances. He takes great personal pride in their appearances and ensures they are exercised to maintain their muscular fitness and he feeds them a specially formulated food that sees them remain healthy and disease free while retaining their trim, youthful bodies.
He'd tasted this food once - just out of curiosity - and 'yuck' - he'd found it to be bland and tasteless; nevertheless it is free of all the bad features of processed food and he ensures this is the only diet fed to his slaves.
But it is Christmas and he is feeling 'goodwill to all men' and this goodwill extends even his slaves. Therefore, he plans to reward them with some tasty titbits.
On Christmas morning, Sebastian has decided to gather all of his slaves together by the Christmas tree in the drawing-room to watch as he and his friends exchange and unwrap their presents. Then as a surprise, he'll give each of his slaves a small gift of a special candy-bar. He smiles as he considers their confusion at this unexpected example of his generosity.
He discovered this special candy-bar quite by accident during his recent researching on the internet. Some enterprising manufacturer produces this candy-bar to be used as an occasional reward for a deserving slave.
He'd immediately ordered several cartons which had been delivered to the property only yesterday. He'd read the ingredients list on the outside of the cartons and was pleased to see it contained nothing that would upset a slave's digestion or rot his teeth.
The reward for the slave is in its sweet taste and the manufacturer guarantees that, if used with discretion, no harm will come to the slave. However, Sebastian did note the warning on the carton advising owners that the bars should only be given to a slave very rarely. He must remember this.
Now, Sebastian wonders -
"Do slaves think about Christmas? Do they think about Christmas Past' or Christmas Future'?"
He concludes they don't.
After all, Christmas shouldn't have any relevance to a slave. A slave's past is behind him and he shouldn't be concerned for his future - that is something for his master to determine. Still he is pleased to think that this kind gesture on his part will help his slaves to enjoy `Christmas Present'.
He glances at his watch and is galvanized into action. Good heavens! It's well past 3.00 PM and his friends will be here in approximately two hours and there's still much to be done. He looks out from the cool shade of the veranda to the toiling slaves sweating profusely in the intensity of the mid-afternoon sun. It is time to call a halt to their labours and get them ready for the arrival of his guests. He calls for Olaf.
To be continued .....