Holidays started off great. Maya spent the first few days in Madrid before taking the train down the the Andalusian coast. She spent a week travelling up and down the coast before she found a picturesque town with a walled old city. Maya decided she needed to stay at least for a little while and there was a relatively cheap hostel at the edge of town. She booked a 4 night stay. The next day, Maya decided to fully explore the old city. She had set off from her hostel in shorts and sandals armed with a tourist map of the town made with awful 90s graphics.

 

The morning was beautiful and she ate seafood for lunch at a historic cafe overlooking vast expanses of shining sea. The old city was beautiful, somewhere you could picture getting lost in and staying forever. Maya continued exploring after lunch and came upon the old city center where a stylishly dressed man was selling souvenirs at a street corner.

 

"¡Ey Señorita! I have lots of stuff. Very big selection. Come take a look"

Maya was never much of a souvenir person. That was tourist traps. There were t-shirts, mugs with the town's name, clay figures or dancing ladies. Mary looked over the selection, hesistantly wondering if she should buy something. "Also, I have a special item that I usually don't sell." Maya looked at the vendor, judging him as he upped his pitch. "But since you are a very beautiful girl, I will sell, just for you."

 

He pulled out a necklace with a rounded, polished gemstone. Inside, there was a miniature model of the old city. Its castle walls, its blocks of houses, so delicately carved, all trapped in blue crystal, timeless, still. "What do you think?" No words came to Maya as she was entirely absorbed into the world of the gem. It was as if her old life as Maya was just an illusion and her real life was in these streets and plazas frozen in an otherworldly blue haze. The vendor took her hand and had her hold it, dangling it in front of her own eyes as she mindlessly stood there completely lost in the gem. Her head lolled to the side and drool ran down her lip. The city in the gem was so beautiful, and at the center, was... this very spot she is now standing on. A profound realization hit Maya. There was nowhere else she needed to be but here, staring deep into the gem. The windchime hung above continued to play its disorienting, achromatic tune as Maya sank. Waves of relaxation hit Maya as her mind sank deeper and deeper. The voice of the vendor came in tender whispers into her ear. She could not make out what he was saying other than a few words like forget, need, heart, sleep, but whatever it was, it felt like it became part of her. Maya smiled. Then, the gemstone was gone. She blinked. The vendor had covered it with his hand. Maya was still lost for words, so he spoke up. "For you, beautiful, this is a gift from me, completely free." he placed it in her palm and guided it to her purse. "If you ever need anything from me, I live right here". He pointed to the door behind him.

 

That night, Maya was lying in bed. The internet connection here was terrible and she shared the room with a group of loud vacationing sorority girls. Maya found her mind wandering to earlier that day. What was it about the crystal city that enticed her to stare deeper and deeper? Maya pulled out the necklace and stared deep into the crystal. She kept turning it over in the blue moonlight. A knot formed in her stomach. She was so alone, seperated from the the castle walls. The city... the heart of the crystal... Suddenly, she realized. I need to be at the heart of the crystal.

 

She ran away from the hostel wearing only her underwear, skipping down the stone steps to the street barefoot. It was a cloudless moonlit night. She felt the presence of the blue midnight haze around her as she raced towards the old city. Just like... In the crystal. She had to be at the heart of the crystal. As Maya ran, the last remanants of thought in her head cleared away like fog parting from a lighthouse. The heart of the crystal. Maya came to the spot where she had been tranced earlier. She knocked on the door, nothing. She knocked again, louder. Someone moved upstairs. Then, the vendor opened the door. "I need to be at the heart of the crystal", Maya blurted out.

 

"Good, good, you are at the right place." The vendor let her up the stairs. When Maya reached the top, her whole body relaxed as there was nothing left to be done. She was at the heart of the crystal. The vendor came up from behind and put his arms around Maya. "Can you tell me why you're here?"

 

"I need to be at the heart of the crystal"

 

The vendor took the crystal from Maya's hand and hung it on the wall. He positioned her body so that she was staring directly into the crystal. Maya audibly sighed. "You need to be the heart of the crystal", he agreed, "you need to be naked at the heart of the crystal". He stripped off what little clothing was on Maya's cold, shivering body and sharted massaging her shoulders. "I need to be naked at the heart of the crystal" There was no Maya now, only a drone repeating exactly what her master told her. The man moved down to her breasts. "I need to be naked at the heart of the crystal" The blank monotone of Maya's voice momentarily cracked with sexual pleasure. The vendor's erection pressed between Maya's soft bare buttocks, making small thrusts as he ached to be inside Maya's sexy body. He thought for a moment. The vendor then took the crystal off the wall so he could hold it as Maya watched. Then, he gradually lowered it, supporting Maya's limp body as she gradually went down to the ground. Maya lay in ecstasy with her master straddled her body, dangling the crystal in her face. "I need to be naked at the heart of the crystal"

 

"You need to be fucked at the heart of the crystal", the man corrected. "I need to be fucked at the heart of the crystal", Maya grinned, slightly crosseyed from the crystal being so close. With her permission, her master penetrated her. It all came together. The beautiful city in the crystal, with her at its heart, with the master of the crystal inside her. She moaned her mantra over and over again, her voice growing hoarse as she edged closer and closer to orgasm.

 

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Maya woke up with the sun in her face. It was already past 10 but last night's hypnotic fucking was so good that it put her into a very deep sleep. Her master made breakfast for her. Tomato paste and olive oil on bread as with spanish custom. He realized that he hadn't even asked for her name yet. "Maya", she answered. As she finished eating, master took her plate and placed the crystal city necklace in front of Maya. It was even more beautiful than she remembered, brilliantly shining in the morning sun. "Hey beautiful, can you hear me?"

 

"Yeah", Maya sighed.

 

"Is anything on your mind right now?"

 

"The city... in the crystal..."

Maya's voice went flat as the crystal city pulled her deeper into trance. She continued, "the beautiful crystal. the heart of the crystal. I need to be at the heart of the crystal. I need to be naked at the heart of the crystal. I need to be fucked at the heart of the crystal. I need to fall into a deep mindless sleep at the heart of the crystal"

 

Her mastor was thoroughly impressed at how she even remembered the last line from back when she was at the souvenir stand. But the girl was too deep now.

 

"Maya, it is very good that your deep mind is truly asleep right now. Your true, deep self can always remember the good times we had together last night"

 

Maya smiled proud and content.

 

"But your waking mind needs to forget about that and the crystal. Just put it away as you go about as a tourist. Visit old churches, take pictures, swim at the beach. Your waking mind will be unaware until your deep mind is activated when you find yourself at a safe place all alone tomorrow evening."

 

Maya nodded.

 

"And awake"

 

Before she knew it, Maya was out the door. She was clad in only her underwear, wearing her hypnotic gemstone around her neck. A man passing by on a bicycle whistled at her. Maya smiled. She went into the nearest store and bought a dress with the cash that she had in her hand... somehow. She couldn't remember why she was holding it but that doesn't matter. The plump older lady at the till took her purchase and just rolled her eyes at the scandalous ways of the American tourist. When she was younger, she probably could have gotten into something just as stupid.

 

The next afternoon, Maya found herself sipping martinis at the hostel bar. The view of the ocean wasn't great from here but you could still see it from a crack between two buildings. Maya had ordered a plate of fried oysters and salad and had been slowly munching down on it, taking breaks to admire the scenery. The spaniards eat at really at really odd times, Maya thought. Who the hell eats dinner at 10 pm? Maya let her thoughts wander as she watched people on playing on the beach, the seagulls fighting over scraps of food. As Maya lazily finished the last bits of food on her plate, she checked her phone. 5:02 pm. Evening. A switch flipped in Maya's head. Oh... she thought.

 

In a daze, Maya sleepwalked out of the hostel, guided only by thoughts of needing to be at the heart of the crystal. The crystalline world of miniature walls, houses, and streets encased in a blue seal appeared at the center of her mental vision as she followed this vision. When she reached the door, her master was already waiting for her. He was impressed by how beautiful she looked slightly daze in a red dress. He held the door open and followed in behind her. As soon as the door was shut, the man commanded his hypnotized plaything: "Sleep"

 

He bent the mindless Maya over on the stairs as he fucked her from behind. She had spent so long staring deeply into the crystal that she didn't need it in front of her anymore. The crystal was already in her mind. She was the heart of the crystal. As her master came, Maya passed out. Her mind had been throughly overloaded. Her master carried her up the stairs to the bed.

 

The evening dragged on. Master fucked his plaything two more times. At one point he went out and bought a big plate of paella home for dinner. By the time they fell asleep it was already 2 am.

 

As her master woke up, he knew this was the last time he'd see Maya for a long time. He brushed the sheets covering Maya's bum and fingered her pussy from behind. Maya stirred. A slight grin formed on her mouth. Time for a farewell pronebone.

 

As Maya was getting ready to head out after breakfast, her master had one more thing to ask of her "Before you go back to the US. Here is my facebook." They exchanged social media. "You will find it completely normal to share very sexy and sensual pictures of yourself as we are just very close friends."

 

That all made sense to Maya.

 

"Also, don't forget how wonderful it is to look into the crystal." He took the necklace from his pocket and handed it to her. "But don't get too distracted." They exchanged fairwells and Maya headed off.

 

Maya went back the the hostel to get her stuff and checked out. The clerk reminded her that she hadn't paid for her food last night. A profusely apologetic Maya offered up the money, explaining that she hadn't even realized it until now. As Maya dropped off her keys and tyrned around, a girl she had met on the evening of the first night came up. "So sad to see you go!" etc. etc. The girl had a very expressive face that emoted along vividly to the conversation. As Maya was about the leave, the girl asked her where she had gone last night. Maya had no explanation. The girl smiled mischeviously and winked.