[size=22]Chapter One[/h]
The wind kicks up a little as you huddle closer to the camp fire you've had going since sunrise. Even though it was spring, being as far north as you were you made sure you'd brought the necessary equipment so you didn't freeze to death. Tonight would mark the second week you've been out camping in the forest. You say camping, but given the circumstances, the term living would be more appropriate.
Two weeks ago, you made the mistake of coming home a little early after your boss gave you some extra time off to spend with your wife. "Work hard, play hard!" Is what he said. Of course, while you had been of working hard, you wife had been playing just as hard. You came home that day to find her face completely buried in a strangers crotch, moaning and fingering herself like she'd been born to do it. You stood motionless out of heart broken shock. Perhaps lucky for the both of you, the scum whos cock she'd been gagging on quickly excused himself while you were still frozen in place.
After wiping off the copious amount of semen she had all over her face, she began a tearful story of how none of this was her fault and that all she wanted was to go back to the way things were before all this started. You were almost moved to forgive her too, but when the next day your friend disclosed that she'd been cheating on you for 7 months; before you'd even proposed to her; You knew it was over at that very moment. "I didn't want to ruin your relationship with her especially after you proposed to her..I'm sorry dude."
You placed no blame on him of course, it wasn't his fault that your (ex)wife was a cantankerous whore who'd been living off you like a parasite for so long. To be honest, you probably should have caught it sooner, she'd been acting increasingly distant the past few months. Unfortunately, divorce is not an instantaneous thing these days, and circumstances prevented you from forcefully removing her from the house. Instead of risking going berserk and smashing her face into the dirt where it belonged, you packed up a good deal of camping equipment, took the car, and left. Initially you had just planned to be gone and cool down for a few days, but then SHE had decided that if she was getting divorced, she was going to try and milk you for all you were worth. So a few days turned into a week, and eventually you just parked the car in storage, took all your things, and walked into the forest.
So now here you were, skinning a rabbit from a catch earlier today and watching the fire dance around with the wind. The first time you skinned an animal turned out to be far more difficult than you imagined, and you lost a fair bit of meat in the process. You were getting pretty good now, and could manage to get all the skin off without losing much meat in the process.
Tonight is going to end well you think to yourself. You hadn't managed to catch much else other than squirrels for the past two days, so a fat rabbit like this was going to be a feast. Finally completing the task before you, you tie up the rabbit by it's feet to a stake, and then hang it over the fire to let cook. It would probably take an hour for it to cook completely through, and you were tired from the long day. Now was as good a time as any to catch a nap. Trying very, very hard to not think about how your (ex)wife was likely scheming to get all she could out of the divorce, you lean up against the tree you'd camped out next to. You set your watch for one hour and shut your eyes.
Your alarm is not the one to wake you up, however. Some sort of sound stirred you from your rest, and it seemed to be very close by. In hindsight you decide that catching a nap while your food was out in the open was a bad idea, it was likely a bear come to check out the delicious smell of slow roasted rabbit. Attempting to hide the fact you're awake, you slowly peak through one eye to get a grasp of the situation. Initially, you seem to be correct in your assumption. With your eyes heavily squinted, you can make out a large dark blurry shape right next to your camp fire. Your thoughts race to grab your pistol which i...
Ahhh shit, it's in the box. You close your eyes shut again, trying to keep your breathing steady. This time, foresight is your friend. You decide that it's a good idea you don't have your pistol; a small caliber bullet like yours would probably only serve to piss the animal off. You quickly write off rabbit dinner, and just hope that the bear will eat it and leave. You've got a bit of squirrel tucked away for an emergency so you don't starve. Your best bet is to just stay 'asleep' unti-
*BEEP BEEP* *BEEP BEEP* BEEP BEEP*
What was that phrase about best laid plans?
You almost jerk your arm to shut your watch up , but wits overtake instinct and you continue to play dead. You can hear the bear slowly moving toward you now, it's interest apparently peaked by the odd noise coming from the tree. Seconds seem like minutes as the bear inches ever closer to you.
Just take the rabbit and go, there's nothing interesting about me. Just take the rabbit. Take the rabbit. Take the rabbit. Take the rabbit. Take the rabbit. Ohhhh shit. Eventually you can feel it's hot breath on your face, perhaps only seconds away from eating you whole.
"Hey."
Hey? Hearing the English language is likely the last thing you expected to hear at the end of your life. Perhaps you're already dead?
"Hey wake up!"
A small slap on the cheek jerks you back to reality, and your eyes shoot open. "Ah that's better, must be mighty tired to sleep through that infernal noise." You sit on the ground in a state of bewilderment...was the bear talking to you? "Bear? You thought I was a bear!? Hahahahaaa, your imagination is pretty crazy for you to be thinking I'm a bear" With your senses finally coming back to you, you utter out an apology. "Ahh, I'm sorry. Did I say that aloud?" You turn to get a real look at your new guest. She nods at you. "You really did. But no worries, I won't eat you either!" She giggles at her own little joke and slithers back towards the fire.
Ah yes that's right isn't it, you say to yourself. A good look shows that she did indeed slither. Your mysterious visitor is actually a Lamia.
"I smelled something nice, and just followed my nose. Didn't think I'd find a human this far out into the forest." Having dusted yourself off of the ground, you too walk back to the warmth of the fire and set about taking down dinner. "Same here, I didn't think that there were any monstergirls this far north. While you take down the rabbit, the Lamia curls herself up and rests her head on her particularly long tail. "Well, it's a particularly long tale that doesn't really bare repeating." Her attitude seems very dismissive about the subject, and you don't press the matter. "Likewise. Everyone has a story not to tell." She nods an acknowledgement as you complete your preparations and take a seat near her. "Well would you like to share in some of my dinner as we don't talk about ourselves?" This joke manages to get a chuckle out of her, and so she raises herself up to sit properly. "Sounds like a deal."
The two of you make short work of the rabbit in silence, both of you mulling over personal thoughts. Personally, your feelings are mixed in the new change in the state of affairs; while true that one should find solace in a new guest to split the isolation that comes with camping alone, you had grown accustomed to the silence and busy work required to make a habit of living here. Despite your preparedness for being able to stake out a camp and handle the elements, you had failed to bring any food. You'd likely already lost five or six pounds since coming here as hunting to survive is a workout in and of itself. As both of you finish at roughly the same time, you take both halves of the carcass and head off to dispose of them. "I'll be back in about 10 minutes, I need to get rid of the remains while there is still sunlight left." Another nod in return.
Guess she's not much for words huh? Well that sat just fine with you, no need to talk when there's nothing to be said. That was something your (ex)wife did not care to think about. She was always going on about this and that and-
Nope, not gonna think about her. I didn't come out to the middle of nowhere to have her follow me out here. You finally reach the cliff, where you've thrown all the bones and inedible parts of the animals you've eaten. It helps to keep a clean living space.
The trip back to camp was just as uneventful as the trip to the cliff, but you find that the Lamia has started searching through your equipment. "I'm sorry miss, but we never did exchange names. Who are you?" She pauses her rummage to exam your compass, and then continues. "Ah, well that's kind of difficult. Humans can't pronounce our real names, but don't feel bad. None of the other monsters can either." That makes sense to you. You suppose that with them being half snake, there's probably some fancy pronunciations in there that you just couldn't manage with a normal mouth. "Well then, what should I call you? I'm Scott." She nods in acknowledgement, pausing this time to admire the pistol you'd carried with you. You wait for an answer, but receive none. So you sit down patiently, warming yourself from the frigid spring chill.
After a few minutes more, she finishes her inventory of your belongings and joins you by the fire. "Well Scott, it doesn't seem like you're out here for the long haul despite your rugged look. You can call me Alia for short." You are slightly impressed at her assessment of your things. She was right of course, you did not intend to stay but another week at most. "Well Alia, you are spot on with your comment. Though the same could be said for you I imagine, with naught but the scales on your back. Unless you're hiding a tent in that ample bosom of yo-ow!" You slap your hand up to the back of your head, where she had given you a solid thump with the end of her tail. "Scott, you too are 'spot on'. I'm not out here for any particular reason other than to just be here. Unlike you though, I require a bit more space. Home for now is a cozy cave a few miles from here."
A few miles...that would mean that given the rapidly declining temperature, it wouldn't be smart to try and make it back, especially now that the sun was almost set. That left only one real option. "Guess you'll be staying the night then Alia." It was the Alia's turn to be impressed. "Certainly a generous offer from a total stranger. Looks like I caught myself a nice one this time." She again giggles at her own joke, and sizes up your tent. "That's a very nice tent you've got for just one occupant." While the two of you had been talking, you completed packing up camp for the night and left the rabbit skin nailed to a tree to air out. You hesitated for a moment, but she caught on before you had to answer. "Ah...well it's good to have nice things for yourself these days isn't it?"
At least some women in this world still have some manners, even if it has to be a monstergirl.
The two of you crawled-well you crawled, she slithered-into the tent together. Now came the difficult task of trying to get comfortable. Normally there was plenty of room for you and your (ex)wife. Alia was not your (ex)wife though, and her tail was nearly 20 feet long. This made for a rather awkward position for the both of you. While she did her best to not get in your way by laying her tail along the edges of the tent, you tried to avoid making her uncomfortable by curling up loosely into the fetal position. You both laid this way for about a minute before you both laugh at the ridiculous positions you were in. You speak first. "This doesn't make for a really good sleeping position does it?" She curls herself up into a sitting position and takes a quick glance around the tent. "No, heh, it really doesn't do much at all to sleep like this." "Well do you have any ideas? I don't imagine sleeping in a ball like that is very comfortable either" Alia nods, and ponders for a minute more.
"Well, I've got a solution.." You interest perks up. "Oh? It sounds like there's a 'but' in there somewhere" Alia grins sheepishly and begins to un-curl herself. "Yeah, there's a 'but' in there." "Not gonna eat me are you?" She chuckles at you softly. "Well that thought had occurred to me, but since you're such a nice guy I decided against." "Well what then? You can't go back to your camp, it's gonna be 10 below in a few minutes, and I can't just let a lady brave the cold all by her lonesome." She hesitates for a minute more, as if she's embarrassed to even be thinking about her suggestion. "Just say it Alia, it really can't be that bad if it solves the problem of how small this tent is for you." She looks at you, her face slightly red. "Well, d-do you trust me?"
Another question that sort of catches you off guard. It's not exactly a level of trust as it is you only met her a short while ago. And since Lamia's don't actually eat humans, you suppose that there can't really be any harm in her idea. "Yeah, I suppose I do. As much as one can trust a good looking lady he met only a little bit earlier." She's almost red as a beet now, but she finally spits it out." Well, o-ok then. Just don't freak out ok? Ok??" You almost laugh at how shy she's being, an almost total reversal from the woman who just waltzed right into someone else's camp because she smelled dinner. "Ok ok, I promise I won't freak out." Alia nods, and what she does next completely takes you by surprise. She nervously starts to approach you, and she begins to push her lower body; where the stomach meets the tail; onto your chest. More intrigued than frightened, she begins wrapping herself around you. Shoulder first, and then slowly, the rest of you. Finally coming to a stop as her tail covers the majority of your body. "I uh...I tried leaving your arms and a leg free, ssss-sssince I know that humans kind of like to ssssstretch out when they sleep but uh.."
You've been taken off guard by Alia once again, she seems to be full of surprises. You gently wiggle about inside her coils, getting a feel for the sensation of being mostly trapped. She was wrapped pretty tight around you, not enough to feel constricted, but tight enough to feel as if you were being moderately hugged.
It...feels kind of nice really you admit to yourself. SHE had never really wanted to cuddle when the two of you slept, so the sensation here was actually relaxing. Still, the idea that you were practically cuddling with a woman you had just met (and a beautiful one at that) was not lost on you. Given the circumstance, you and she were also very close together. You couldn't have been more than a foot away from her face. She could probably feel how fast your heart was beating through her coils.
Damn it man calm down, you're gonna put her off. You take slower, deep breaths in an attempt to relax yourself before you embarass the both of you. She seems to take it a different way though.
"Ahh! I'm ss-ssssorry, you're getting ssscared I know it! I'll uncoil you right now-" You quickly grab one of her coils as she begins to unravel you. "Hey wait I'm fine! Wait a second!" She pauses immediately. As you look at her, you feel like you're looking at a child who accidentally broke something, and was really sorry about it. "Y-you're not sss-scared?" You shake your head furiously. "No no not at all! I just...well." You try thinking of some way to say this without making you seem like a pervert. "It's just..not something I'm used to and uhhh. Well it feels fine so, don't worry about it." Her face switches instantly from sad and sorry to a kid on Christmas morning. "Really? You mean it??" "Yeah, I can still move just fine, so no problems. See?" You shake your free shoulder and move your arms and leg about a little, kind of like a dumb dance move. She smiles widely at her success. "I'm glad!" Her good mood seems pretty contagious, and you can't help but feel a little bit of the relief and joy she does at not having scared off a new friend. "Well, we should probably catch some sleep then. The sun comes up pretty early these days." She nods in agreement. "Well umm..good night Ssscott" You reach out and switch the tent lamp off. "Good night Alia."
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I finally decided to sit on my lazy ass and write another Monstergirl story. I'm thinking that this will be the first of three chapters, but that depends on how much I can think up to finish the story. No promises on when the next one will come out, but I'm hoping for sometime in the next week.
As usual. Blah blah blah constructive criticism, blah blah blah enjoy!