Spankings in Space!

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Princess Stella sighed. Last week, she had defeated her elder brother, the Dark Lord of the galaxy in combat, with the aid of her many allies. Now, not only asa heroine, and as the princess of her world, she needed to find her scattered people and defeat the various remnants of her brother’s armies and armadas.

She had said a tearful goodbye to Prince Rio, her little brother in all but blood, this morning. She had hated having to let him go, but her people needed her! With a heart heavy from sadness, she took off in her ship, leaving the city of Ryan’s planet behind her.

However, unbeknownst to herself, her ships’ AI, Ancilla, was about to defect a certain little stowaway...

[Andras]

It had only been a week since the fall of Lord Darkstar; leader of the so called Black Void Empire. But even then, the repercussions were being felt across the inhabited galaxy. The UAS (Union of Allied Systems) was already moving to assess how much damage had been done by Darkstar and to free all of the prisoners that his regime had taken so they could be brought back to their planets and reunited with their families. The UAS also needed to defeat the forces of Lord Darkstar that remained. He had some lieutenants that commanded his army after he fell, some remaining loyal to his vision of empire and others turning to warlords or armed pirates; trying to take advantage of the galaxy's current instability. Then there were other alien races and crime lords who Darkstar had kept under his thumb for their cooperation and to prevent them from interfering with his plans of ruling the galaxy, who were now free to operate and rise to new opportunities.

It was a strange time, one where the defeat of Darkstar had brought joy and gratitude but also new dangers and challenges. At the center of it all was Princess Stella, the royal lady and champion of Gemina; world of two stars. Now she was not only a hero on her native Gemina, but across the whole galaxy. After 10 years of the Black Void's tyranny and threat of tearing the Union apart, Stella; with her mystical powers and trusty spaceship, had led a crusade against her brother's evil ambitions and brought her sword of light into his lair itself, dueling him one-on-one and ultimately banishing him into the heart of one of the black holes which he worshipped and derived his powers from. Having to banish her brother weighed on her heart, but she would have given anything, even her own life, if it meant the free peoples of the galaxy would be safe. As a result, the people of the galaxy now saw her as a legend. Soldiers saw her as the greatest warrior in a hundred years, explorers saw her as an icon, and even some religious figures claim she was sent by the gods as a savior to the galaxy. And most interestingly, women of many species across the stars now saw her as their inspiration to overcome adversity and defeat society's sexist expectations of women.

While she had lost a brother, some might say she gained another in his place. Prince Rio, of the neighboring planet Terminus, had befriended her during the adventure. A very young little prince, Darkstar had him kidnapped to force the people of Terminus to hand over their planet's defenses to the empire, which would have allowed their planet to be used as a launching point to crush Gemina. But Stella had rescued him, carried him to safety in her arms, and kept the mischievous young prince under her wing during her journey. At times his mischief resulted in him being put over the princess' knee and given a good spanking. But she only did so out of her love and protectiveness for Rio. Eventually they grew to see each other as siblings; little brother and big sister.

"Milady, life signal detected aboard. Scanning..." said Ancilla. "Energy signature analyzed. Terminan male, age 11. Signature appears to be Prince Rio of Terminus, milady."

Rio had been crawling in the ship's vents. He ended up crawling over a loose vent, and it buckled beneath him.

"Whoa...WHOAAAA!"

the vent gave way, falling to the floor, and he fell with it. Landing, thankfully, on a comfortable couch on the main deck of the ship.

"Ughh..." he groaned. The cushion had protected him, but it was still a rough fall.

"Stella!" he said, leaping up on the couch. "You can't seriously go on an adventure without me, sis!" the horned boy added.

"I was like your #1 teammate during your adventure! You need my help! Please please please let me come with you! The palace on Terminus is so boring!"

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“A small part of me isn’t at all surprised by that,” she sighed and got up, leaving the cockpit and entering into the ‘living room’ of the ship, as you could say. “Rio! I told you to stay at Terminus! I have to gather my scattered people and defeat the evils of the Empire and the new rising threats!” She scolded the boy as she came up to him.

“Have you even bothered to think how your parents and servants are feeling?! They’ve doubtlessly noticed your absence by now, and are doubtlessly worried sick!” She grabbed one of his horns and began to drag him to the communications room. “First we’re calling your mother, little brother, then I promise you, my palm and your bare bottom will be having quite the ‘conversation’, indeed,” she scolded.

Once at the communication room, she set the frequency to the Terminus palace, her authorization making it so she could speak directly to the royal family.

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"I knowww!" yelped Rio. "That's why I'm here to help you!"

"They're probably feeling relieved they don't have to deal with me, and besides, I'm a prince! I can do whatever I want!"

"Nooo, don't spank me, Stella! I didn't do anything bad!"

However, when she tried to hail the Terminus palace, the ship received heavy interference. They weren't able to get through to the palace, only static. This was highly unusual.

"Huh? What's goin' on?" said Rio.

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“I... I’m not sure Rio. This is highly unusual,” Stella said in slight puzzlement. Then her eyes narrowed, “Ancilla, scan the system for unusual readings! Are there any other ships in the system?! I think we’re being jammed!”

The Princess unconsciously pulled Rio closer to her, determined to keep her little prince safe from any and all harm (save for her spanking palm on his naughty bare tushy).

[Andras]

"Scanning now...no other ships seem to be present in our sector, but I am detecting a spatial anomaly 870 kilometers ahead of us. Displaying on monitor now."

The "anomaly" was something that Stella and Rio had never seen before. It looked like a small galaxy...except that it had what looked like tentacles made of light coming out of it, which moved of their own accord.

It wasn't just an anomaly. It was alive.

"Alert, anomaly is approaching us at high speed. Brace for combat."

The strange monster soared through space towards Stella's ship. If she managed to fire at it, then it didn't seem to do anything.

"Weapons systems are ineffective. Recommend immediate hyperspace jump to evade entity."

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“Do it!” She ordered Ancilla. “Anywhere that isn’t here!”

[Andras]

"Confirmed. Activating Hyper-Jump with random coordinates now." answered Ancilla.

A portal opened up before the ship, dimensions splitting open as it entered hyper-space: a strange realm of countless colors and sounds. The ship shook violently. The creature was doing something to try to interfere with its jump.

"Stella, watch out!" Rio shrieked. It appeared that the glowing tendrils of the creature were phasing through the ship itself, like the hand of a ghost. They seemed to be reaching for Stella and Rio!

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Holding him close to her, Stella called upon the power of the stars and shot a beam of pure energy at the tendril, forcing it out of her ship and disorienting it enough that the ship was able to take off and get the hell out of there.

Stella held Rio again, “are you okay, little brother?”

[Andras]

"Y...yeah...I'm fine, Stella. Thanks for saving m-"

A piece of the ship that was damaged by the attack fell right on Stella, knocking her out.

"Stella! Stella!" Rio yelled, shaking her.

"Minor injuries detected." said Ancilla. "Deploying Medi-Bot."

A small white robot with a red cross on it's head emerged from a compartment on the bridge and rolled over to Stella. It scanned her and began administering medical care.

"Injuries are non-fatal and non-debilitating. Estimated time of recovery: thirty minutes."

Rio was relieved. She was going to be fine. He looked at the stellar map and saw the ship had arrived in an entirely new solar system.

"Ancilla, where are we?"

"Unknown. Data on current astrological position is unavailable."

Rio looked out the window. There was a vast, green planet the ship was hovering over."

"Ancilla, what are the atmospheric conditions of that planet?"

"Analyzing...atmosphere is similar to that of Terminus."

Rio decided he was going to explore it.

"Ancilla, I'm taking a life pod down to that planet."

"Inadvisable. You lack the combat capabilities that Princess Stella does, and could be easily captured without her protection. Stella would also not approve of such actions and will most likely use corporal punishment on you; presumably by striking your bare buttocks with her hand to cause pain and encourage compliance."

"No!" Rio stamped. "I'm gonna check out that planet to see if there are resources there! If we're lost than I gotta go find useful stuff so that we can survive our trip home! Maybe there's also minerals or other stuff there! I can get mining rights to the planet!" Rio bragged.

He took a life pod down to the planet. Entering the atmosphere, he landed and found himself on a lush planet with giant mushrooms everywhere, and what appeared to be giant lizards with long legs who were peacefully walking through the forest and eating the mushrooms. A vast flock of single-eyed birds flew over the landscape, and a couple of dog-sized bugs were crawling around beneath the mushrooms, but they seemed to not mind Rio's presence.

'Whoa..." he said.