Ch2 Bernie & the Plant from Outer Space (FE3H) [Patreon Reward]

[Contains bodysnatching, identity fuckery, hivemind corruption, and girlcock]

A chilly draft was blowing through Bernadetta’s room. The reclusive girl curled up a little tighter on her bed as she slowly returned to the waking world. It felt odd that she wasn’t snug under her blankets; in fact, her bed felt too firm and her pillow hadn’t been flattened out by the weight of her head. Whoever was gently petting her was doing a wonderful job, though.

…It eventually dawned on her that she was not on her bed nor in her room.

The forest was much darker now: the sun had dipped below the horizon, making it easier for Bernie to lift her heavy eyelids. Before her was Marlene’s bulb, as well as the sac that had once again encased the original Edelgard. The cool wind blew through the leaves above, but Marlene remained quite still.

“M-Marlene…?” Bernie muttered blearily.

“Hmm hmm hmm~” A humming giggle filled Bernie’s right ear.

Bernadetta’s blood ran cold; she realised a gloved hand was stroking her head, and her head was resting on someone’s lap! She slowly turned upward to face the duplicate Edelgard’s perfect visage simpering down at her.

“P-p-please d-don’t hurt me!” Bernie stammered.

“I would never harm my friend.” The false Edelgard said perfectly calmly but seriously.

“P-please… don’t r-replace me! D-don’t do th-that to me…” She gestured to the sac which housed the original Edelgard, which was still softly squirming and moaning.

“You’re irreplaceable.” Bernadetta felt Marlene’s grasp of her tighten ever so slightly as she spoke. “I’ll protect you, forever~”

“I-I wanna go back to my room!” Bernie yelped. Marlene gave no resistance as she writhed out of her grasp, got to her feet, and backed away.

“May I accompany you back?”

“I-! Um-! N-no!”

“If you desire my absence, you may have it.” Marlene stated with a hint of disappointment in her tone of voice. “Good night, Bernie.”

Wasting no time, Bernadetta fled back to her room, where she promptly locked the door and wedged a chair under its handles - just to be safe. Before she could so much as breathe again, she lunged into bed and burrowed under her blankets so she could feel hidden.

“Ohhh, now you’ve done it, Bernie! You just got the Emperor bodysnatched!! The Military will have your head! Your friends will all hate your guts! And-! No… N-nonono! When H-H-Hubert finds out about this, he’ll-! H-he’s gonna-!! AAIIEEEEEE!!!” At just the thought of Hubert looming over her with a dagger in his hand and death in his eyes, Bernadetta once again fainted - thankfully in her own bed, this time.

—

Five rapid knocks jolted Bernie from her slumber. The pattering of raindrops on her room’s tall, narrow windows provided a soothing ambience, but were again interrupted by five more thumps against her door.

“Bernie! Bernie, are you in there?” Caspar’s voice reverberated through the sturdy wood of the door. “You missed the war council meeting!”

Poking her head out from the safety of her cosy blankets, Bernadetta shakily called out a reply. “S-sorry…”

“The professor wants to get you caught up. She said to meet her in the Advisory Room.”

“O-ok, fine…” She squeaked, dreading having to leave the homeliness and seclusion of her room.

“You’ve been doing so well, too… I haven’t seen you miss a war council meeting in months.” Caspar sighed. “We missed having you there, Bernie!”

Though she felt a little judged, Bernie saw Caspar was at least trying to be encouraging. “I’ll be right there…”

Caspar’s heavy armour loudly clanked away as he walked off. She couldn’t help but wonder if he suspected anything amiss; surely Edelgard - or Marlene, or whoever she was - attended the war council meeting given her role as Emperor, right? But how convincing was her act? Was there anybody who suspected something wrong? Bernie tried to push those questions aside as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

Sliding out of bed was a chore, but she somehow found the strength in her to do so anyway. Seeing her paintings of Marlene and the chair wedged against the door was enough to convince her she hadn’t just had a horrific nightmare, in turn making the knot in the pit of her stomach return with a vengeance.

“No… No, I’m not going out and they can’t make me!” She declared, turning to slump back in bed. “But…” She froze. “I… I can’t just ignore this… If I warn the professor, m-maybe she’ll know how to fix all this. Yeah… Yeah!” With her faith in Professor Byleth burning bright in her heart, Bernie pulled away the chair and found the strength to leave her room.

It was pouring rain outside - a sight that would normally have been enough to corral her back into her cosy little nook - but she pressed on as swiftly as her wobbly legs would take her. It only took moments for her clothes to be thoroughly soaked by the chilly rainwater, prompting her to shiver and her teeth to chatter.

“It’s f-for L-lady Edelgard… The P-Professor will know how t-to get her back…” The anxious woman tried to convince herself. “Sh-she’ll know what to d-do…”

Before long, Bernie found herself walking into the Audience Chamber on the second floor. The soggy, squishy steps of her sopping wet boots echoed through the pompous room that used to be the Archbishop’s guest room back before the war. She found Byleth and Dorothea standing with their backs turned just beyond the wide open doors to the Advisory Room.

“P-Professor! Dorothea!” She called, rushing into the Advisory Room as quickly as possible. “S-something’s happened to Lady Edelgard, and she needs our help!”

In tandem, Byleth and Dorothea turned to face the dripping wet botanist with identical, eerie grins on their faces.

“I d-don’t know how long she has left, I don’t know if she’s g-gonna be eaten, I don’t… know…” Bernie trailed off as the alluring scent of lavender filled her nostrils. It took a moment for her to look up and realise who it was she was really talking to.

“Oh Bern…” The duplicate Dorothea began.

“...I’m not going to eat anyone.” The duplicate Byleth finished.

“As I showed you, the Edelgard you knew is being shown bliss like she’s never felt before.” Edelgard’s voice rang from behind. “And so too are Dorothea and your Professor.”

Bernadetta looked over her shoulder to find the duplicate Edelgard closing in. Before Bernie could free her frozen muscles and try to slip past her, the false Adrestian Emperor closed the doors behind her and walked up to her. Bernie felt a cool breath on the back of her neck, bringing her shivers back in force.

The three Marlenes’ smiles faded away as they noticed how chilled Bernie was, instead adopting a look of concern all at the same time.

“You’re going to catch a cold if you stay in damp clothes.” Marlene said via Byleth.

“And we simply won’t have that.” Marlene added via Dorothea.

Working in perfect unison, the three planty doppelgangers grabbed their favourite human, laid her on her back, and began disrobing her!

“Wh-wh-what are you doing!?” Too shocked to resist, Bernie whimpered shakily as her chilly body continued to shiver uncontrollably.

“We’re going to dry you off and warm you up.” Byleth’s duplicate promised, removing Bernie’s soggy boots. She then removed her own coat and laid it flat a safe distance from the room’s fireplace.

“And keep you company.” Dorothea’s duplicate chimed in, pulling Bernie’s wet dress over her head and unhooking her small bra to reveal her tiny pair of tiddies.

“And comfort you~” Edelgard’s duplicate cracked a little smile, tugging down Bernie’s shorts and smallclothes to uncover her lovely girlcock - which was rather stiff given the exciting surprise she’d just been through.

The pseudo-Dorothea cast a fireball at the fireplace tucked away in the corner of the room while the other two Marlenes carefully carried their precious human girl onto Byleth’s dry, warm coat.

“Wh-why are you doing this…?” Bernie squeaked. Her shivering began to die down as the comforting warmth of the fire seeped into her body.

“You’re our friend.” Byleth responded.

“And we love you~” Edelgard said flirtatiously.

“You what!?” The shy woman’s face flushed and her girlcock visibly throbbed, much to her dismay.

“We’ve always loved you, Bern~” Dorothea cooed.

“You know who we are, right Bernie?” The imposing figure in striking crimson Emperor’s attire knelt before her. A warm, if not ominous, grin had returned to her face. “It’s true that I am Marlene - we all are - but I’m also still Edelgard.”

“-and Dorothea.”

“-and Byleth.”

“We may be different now, but we’re still the same comrades you consider your loved ones~” Edelgard slowly crawled forward over Bernie’s bare figure.

“B-b-but-! B-but the plant, and the v-vines, and-!!” It was hard for Bernie to think with such an imposing, sexy woman looming above her. This sort of thing had only ever happened to her before in her fantasies!

“Hmm hmm hmm, I suppose it only makes sense that you don’t understand.” The Emperor hummed playfully, almost teasingly. “Their thoughts, their memories, their identities… They’ve merged with mine. I am them, and they are me.”

At that, Edelgard leaned in and locked lips with the naked woman below her. Bernie tasted the sweet, invigorating floral sap that was Edelgard’s saliva - and it practically lit her on fire! Her first kiss, with a sexy plant woman who was also one of her biggest crushes!? It was like a dream come true - in a twisted, horrifying kind of way. She could feel Edelgard’s tongue slip into and out of her mouth, depositing more sap that sent sparks through her senses.

But soon enough, it was over; Edelgard removed her tongue, placed one last little peck on Bernie’s forehead, then withdrew herself from the overwhelmed human such that she was sitting just beside her.

“Do you see now, Bern?” Dorothea knelt down between Bernie’s legs. “We’ve always loved you~”

“And we always will~” Edelgard gently rubbed Bernadetta’s tummy with her gloved hand.

“Apart, we were alone and afraid of sharing our feelings.” The Professor sat at Bernie’s other side, opposite Edelgard, and placed a hand on her burning cheek. “But together, we’re confident in our love of each other, and of you~”

Bernadetta still struggled to come to terms with the fact Marlene was now a hivemind that included three of her most cherished friends - and that she’d just shared a kiss more heartstopping and arousing than she could have ever imagined. Moreover, her whole body was ablaze with a libido she’d never before experienced! She was aching to be touched by those she loved so dearly, but was too afraid to ask for it.

Thankfully for her, she didn’t have to.

“Don’t think we didn’t notice how stiff you are~” Dorothea purred, lightly brushing a finger down Bernie’s shaft.

“Nnng!” She melted at the slightest little touch, arching her back as her girlcock pulsed and a spurt of pre escaped.

“Hmm hmm hmm, you like that, do you?~” Dorothea flashed a dominant, wicked smirk. “I’ve waited so long to make you feel like this, Bern…” Oh-so delicately grabbing her lover’s shaft, she leaned in and rested her plump lips right on the very tip of Bernie’s penis!

Byleth and Edelgard, meanwhile, each claimed one of the human girl’s soft little tiddies for themselves and smooched Bernie’s sensitive nipples!

“Ahh!!” Bernie squirmed submissively as she let her Marlene-corrupted comrades kiss her most intimate body parts. More aphrodisiacal saliva seeped into Bernie’s flesh, amplifying her haptic sensations and heightening the erotic pleasure induced by each little act of love. “Nnng, mmmm, p-please…” She needily squealed despite her best attempts to control herself.

“Anything for you, Bernie~” Edelgard growled between fervent kisses with a carnal lust that evoked further fear and fervour within Bernadetta.

‘They love me…’ Thinking to herself was an arduous task given her stimulating distractions, but Bernie was at least able to form one thought in her frenzied, hormone-flooded mind. ‘They… love me…’

Indeed, only genuine affection could account for the pure passion and sheer zealousness conveyed through their every intimate touch: the tongues needily circling her erect nipples; the fingers possessively grasping her length, carefully milking her precious girlcock; the hands sliding under her warm body to squeeze her cushiony glutes; the gentle little love bites to her areolae just when she least expected it; and the suckling on her tip that felt better than she knew was even possible.

It was all too much for the subby human girl, and in time Bernie was sent over the edge! Her dick seized, spilling her seed into the plant version of Dorothea as her back reflexively arched and eyes nearly rolled back into her head. Searing pleasure rippled through her whole body as if every square inch of her was an erogenous zone thanks to the overwhelming power of Marlene’s aphrodisiac. Wave after wave of her girlcum was unloaded, every drop of which was eagerly swallowed.

“AHHH!! AHHH!! AHHHHHHH!!! Ahhh! Ah. Ahhhh… Nnng…”

As all good things must, her unfathomably potent climax ended, leaving her lying on Byleth’s damp jacket. Catching her breath was a chore, but it didn’t matter when the post-coital glow felt so intoxicatingly pleasant.

“This is the rapture we would bring to this planet~” Edelgard whispered softly.

“This is the bliss we feel at every moment~” Dorothea hummed quietly.

“This is the peace we will share with you, forever~” Byleth mused gently.

“No more war…”

“No more abuse…”

“No more lonely days and nights…”

With her energy drained, Bernie struggled to keep her eyes open, and the last thing she saw before passing out were three simpering faces crowding just above her.

—

When Bernadetta next opened her eyes, she was back in her own bed, safe and sound. The showers outside had grown into rolling thunderstorms rumbling off in the distance, and a ray of sunlight was peeking through the clouds directly into her room.

Hesitantly pushing off the covers, Bernie found that she was perfectly dry and still completely naked! Her breasts and phallus were a little red from their earlier stimulation, and she still felt the lovely afterglow of her encounter with Marlene. Her cheeks grew rosy to match when she was hit with the realisation she must have been carried stark-naked through the monastery back to her room!

“Eeeeeek!! Ohhh, I hope nobody saw me!!”

Despite her embarrassment, she oddly didn’t feel nearly as panicked as she usually would have. Could this have been an effect of that electrifying aphrodisiac Marlene seemed to have in spades?

A part of her was even starting to come around to the idea that a strange plant had merged with her loved ones, but she remained mostly anxious and horrified. “C-could they all really be happy with this? Or are they just saying that because it’s what Marlene wants? And… is she serious about bringing peace? …about making people happy?”

She paused, gathered her thoughts, and asked perhaps the most puzzling question of all.

“Do they really love me?”

Bernie reluctantly pulled her blankets back over herself and curled up all warm and cozy. She had a lot to think about.