“Good day” echoed thru the huge stainless steel room. White lights glared off the the shiny floor and walls. Stale air hung still, smelt metallic. A crowd of women, silently stood, staring at each other.

A section of wall slid open. A tall woman, with long white hair and black eyes, glided into the room. She waved pale hands with long fingers. “Good day, let me introduce myself. My name is Raven, I will be your guide today. ” Her voice soft, flowed like water. “Please follow me to the pleasure garden of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water. She turned around her transparent gown barely consealing her curves. She entered a dark tunnel. The crowd of women followed.

I watched the crowd enter the tunnel. There were about 50 women lining up to get inside. My hands trembled, my mouth dry. I had heard many legends of the festivals, in the pleasure gardens of planet Earth. This was my first festival. Did people really dance naked? Did they consume drink that changed reality? Were there men? My brain bursting with curiosity, I followed the crowd into the dark dank tunnel.

The tunnel twisted and turned, it reeked of damp earth. My feet slid on the slick floor. The walls felt cold and clammy. The light dim barely lit up the floor, leaving dark corners. The tunnel seemed neverending, it finally opened up into a large dark cave with a huge pond.

Raven clapped. “Ladies please undress, lay your clothes in a pile.” The women undressed and laid their clothes on a long wooden table. “Now enter the pool and swim to the other side, follow the red light. On the far side of the pool was a crimson red light, that reflected off the surface of the water. The women entered the pool and waded.

I dipped my toe into the pool. The water was warm and oily, it smelt of musk. I lowered myself into the dark pool, felt currents tickle my body, teasing female parts. I gladed across the surface.

On the far side, Raven gathered us together. “Ladies, ladies welcome to the Mayday festival. Follow me please.” I followed the group of women up a flight of stairs. A door opened. Bright light flooded the stairway. Music blared, the sound of flutes, filled the air. I smelt increase and wood smoke. Women giggled.

The garden was huge. It was carpeted with thick grass and wild flowers. Tall tree branches reached for a teal blue sky. Women crowded everywhere. They sat naked on the grass, or stood in groups, giggling and laughing. A tall pole stood on a hill. Long brightly colored ropes hung from the pole top, dancing in the breeze. A group of young women, each grabbed a rope and began dancing around the pole. They moved as one, each in step, like looking at one person reflected in a mirror. Around, around the pole they danced, their skin glistened in shades of ebony, bronze and cream. They danced around the pole, until it was tightly wrapped in ropes. Then the music stopped. The dancers bowed. The women cheered.

I was offered a tray of glasses, filled with agua, crimson and emerald liquid. “Is this your first time?” Asked an older women.

“Yes, um yes it is. “

“Lucky you” she smiled reveling laugh lines, ” the first time is always the best.”

“Ok”

“So shy, the aqua takes away shyness, the crimson makes you tingle and the green gives you dreams.” She sipped a glass of crimson and handed me an aqua drink.

I sipped the liquid. The flavor changed as I drank. It tickled my tongue. My head felt light, the feeling spread to my toes. I reached for a second glass.

“Excuse me, not so fast, these drinks are wicked.”

“Hun it’s delicious, I feel? Odd but in a good way.”

Light disappeared. Darkness, darker than any night, made it impossible to see. My heartbeat pounded in my ears. The only sound breathing. My knees trembled. The earth shook, causing me to fall. Thunder rumbled. Bolts of lightning cracked across the sky. “Boom boom boom,” filled the air. Drums? The earth vibrated with the drum beat.

A single flute joined the, ” boom boom boom” of the drums. Lightening stopped. A dim golden light slowly illuminated the sky. Then I saw it. Hair, thick brown curly hair, covered it’s head and face. It had hair on it’s chest and legs. Hair curled and twisted between it’s legs, it was covered in hair. There were several of the hairy creatures, they started to dance to the beat of the drums. I let out my breath, watched transfixed. Their chests were flat. Their waists broad. Their buttoms flat not curved. Somehow not right, but not wrong.

“Are those men?” I squeaked.

“Yes” a woman sighed.

Women joined the men in dance. Their naked bodies moved in rhythm to the drums. Feet beat the earth. Knees bent, hips swayed, long hair swung in primal dance. I saw Raven dancing in the arms of a huge, hairy tan man.

I sat on my butt in the long cool grass. The scent of sweat filled the air. My eyes glued to the wanton display. Men and women disappeared in groups of two. I heard giggles,grunts and moaning. Men and women returned to dancing, changed parnters disappeared again.

I felt the ground vibrate. My body trembled to the beat of the drums. Strange sensation new pleasant and fearful teased me. Frozen I could not join the dance or look away.

A man approached me. He carried 2 cups of crimson liquid. His pale body, covered in golden red hair. He sat next to me Indian style. Something hung between his legs. He handed me a drink.

“Your very beautiful. To bad your a C-1. I’m an A-1. ” He took a sip and winked at me with his green eyes. An A-1 wanted me! An A-1 was the highest class of breeder. An A earned for physical health and beauty. A 1 earned for intelligence. My tongue twisted. My body felt strange. I managed to sip my drink without spilling.

“Beauty and intelligence but not allowed to breed, such a shame. I’ve fathered many healthy children. But let us not waste this May Day, drink up.” He emptied his glass. He took my emtry glass from me. He leaned closer to me. I smelt his male odor, felt his breath on my face. He drew a spiral on my chest. He tapped the center of my chest. My body exploded with sensations. My back arched and my privates became wet?

“Awwwwwwwww oh my.” I gasped, my breathing became fast, my heart beat like the wings of a bird.

“Your first time?” His voice whispered in my ear. He brushed his hand from my neck to my belly, circled my navel and tapped.

“Awwwwwwwww, oh oh oh my ” I groaned. My body trembled. My back arched like a bow. I felt heat building under my skin. He tickled and teased me, like a master strumming a guitar. He drove me to madness. Then he entered my privates. ” OH MY OH MY AWWWW ” sensations, heat, warmth, pleasure upon pleasure, how could anything feel this good?

He slowed, then stopped. He stroked my face, kissed my forehead. A tear slipped from his eye. I curled up next to him, to tired to move, my body humming. I fell asleep wrapped in his arms.

“Good morning ladies. Parties over, wake up ” Ordered Raven.

I woke up alone laying on dew soaked grass. Shivering I heard moans. ” It’s to damn early to wake up.” Yelled a woman. I looked around, the pole was gone and so were the men, no drum or flute music. The sky was white.

Raven herded the women together and lead them to the pond. We washed up quickly then double timed it to the launch pad. I stood in the stainless steel room, surrounded by women. I smelt metallic stale air and listened to the rumble of engines. Raven rounded us up and pointed us to our ship. She waved her long pale fingers good-bye. In a flash of light she disappeared. I dragged myself up the boarding ramp and found a seat by a window. Most of the passengers headed to the sleeping pods, but I loved the solitude of deep space. I listened to the rumble of the engines and felt the ship take off.

I looked out the window at the beige soil of planet earth, the lifeless plains, rocks and dry lakes. White domes dotted the ground, sunlight glistening off there surfaces. I wondered which dome held the garden of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water and where my A-1 man was. I watched until the dead lifeless planet disappeared from sight. I glanced at the deep dark infinity of outer space, searching for Orion.