DARK WOODS
Part 1
By Shadow-Owl

Having been friends for several years now, Celeste, Raiya, Irene, and Elaine all decided to go camping in the nearby forest. Celeste wanted to get out of the city to explore the wilderness, in the hopes of seeing the wildlife, studying them for a college project. Raiya wasn’t too much of an outdoors girl, but she was well aware thanks to her pack, and she was the toughest of the group. Irene and Elaine weren’t too keen on going at first, but offered to come with, Irene wanting to see something different while Elaine couldn’t say no to her friends. 

Celeste was a black cat with a long tail, blue eyes, and white fur on her hands and feet. She also had brown hair tied in a ponytail in the back. She wore a purple shirt with a galaxy design on it, blue jeans and sporting a pair of glasses.  

Raiya was a gray wolf with piercing green eyes and long flowing black hair, with one bang in the front dyed blood red. She wore a dark blue hoodie(despite it being summer) with dark green camo short shorts. She wasn’t too bothered by the heat, but beneath the hoodie was a white shirt. 

Irene was a deer, who had a green t-shirt and black mini skirt, which she wore since it was hot, but she made a mistake of wearing today, giving her friends brief glimpses of her silky pink panties. It’s this reason she opted to stay in the back, not wanting to feel embarrassment. 

Finally, Elaine was a white goat with short yellow horns and yellow eyes. She wore a black long sleeve shirt with a cute bunny icon on the front, and a bright pink skirt that stopped just above her knees. 

All four held a backpack each that contained everything they needed, food, a tent, and extra clothes in case they went swimming one day. 

“How far is the site?” asked Elaine, with Celeste glancing at her compass. 

“Not too far away, we’re almost there.” She said, while checking the map as well. There was a huge sign near the place, which indicated that they were close. It didn’t take much longer before finally arriving at the area. It was a small patch of dirt with trees all around them, two other pathways which, according to the map, lead to a hiking trail and a nearby lake. 

After setting up their tents and an area where they will make a fire at night, they decided to have some fun and swim in the lake, which was only a short walk away, before they got changed into their swimwear in the tents.

Elaine was in a cute frilly two piece swimsuit, and Irene was wearing a blue one-piece with a chest window and open backside, which made Elaine blush seeing her friend in it.

Raiya wore a rather skimpy red and orange gradient swimsuit, which no doubt drew some eyes briefly. Celeste only had a dark purple one-piece, but it sadly was 1 size too small so it squeezed her ass and hugged her curves. 

The lake itself was rather large, but also shallow. It didn’t matter as they stayed around the shoreline anyway, but the real eye catching sight was a tall waterfall. 

They were enjoying their time swimming at the shoreline, splashing each other while having fun. Celeste sat at the side watching the others, mostly interested in just sitting and relaxing. It’s then she noticed something weird, besides her friends’ splashing and the waterfall quietly flowing, there was barely, if any sound coming from the woods, no rustling of the brush, no wildlife, not even birds chirping. Although Celeste felt a bit unnerved, she tried not to think much of it. 

After a few minutes, they put on their old clothes, still wearing the suits beneath, and headed off to explore the trail. 

As they followed the small pathway, Elaine had her eyes on the ground. She was contemplating on telling Irene how she felt. For a few years now, she had felt deep admiration for her, to the point where she was starting to question herself. She tried to deny these feelings, but thought of them more and more. Elaine wondered if Irene was suspecting her of feeling this way, which made her panic a little. 

After taking in the view of the forest, the girls returned to the site as the sun started to set. Once it was fully dark, they cooked a few marshmallows and s’mores, mostly because Raiya insisted on doing so. 

As time passed, Celeste, Raiya, and the others went into their tents for the night, Raiya and Irene in one, Elaine and Celeste in the other. For hours, things started to calm down as all but one went to sleep. 

The fire had died down to a few embers, with only one awake. Irene didn’t feel sleepy yet, she had on a button-on shirt with her favorite skirt, and was checking her phone. She was texting Elaine, hoping for a response, not realizing her friend was asleep, when she thought she heard a twig snap near the tent. 

“Huh?” She muttered to herself, while slowly, as to not wake Raiya, crawled over to the tent, staring at the zipper for a moment. She briefly hesitated to open it, as she waited a few seconds to see if there would be any more noise. After a minute of silence, she decided to get some fresh air.

Opening it up carefully, as to not wake her friend, she crawled out into the campsite. Irene looked around cautiously, as the fire was small. She enjoyed the much cooler weather compared to the toasty tent. The forest was full of the sound of cicadas and occasionally the hoot of an owl.

She looked at the other tent, and saw that it was dark, which explained why she didn’t receive a response yet. Irene glanced around and saw some fireflies dancing outside the site, illuminating the dim forest. 

As she observed nature, an idea came across her mind. She was feeling brave tonight, and decided to take a small dip in the pond again, mostly to have…privacy for herself. 

Once she was on the trail to the lake, it seems the forest got quieter as she traveled, but she didn’t pay too much attention to it. Arriving at the lake, she took a deep breath, before she noticed that it was now quiet, aside from the noise coming from the lake. On one hand, it was rather peaceful to not hear cicadas screeching, but on the other, it seemed to mean something. She didn’t pay too much mind to it though, as she wanted to let off some steam.

Much like her friend, Irene had feelings for the goat, the deer initially paid no mind to her at first, but after being with her for a few years at this point, she really started to fall for her.

“Elaine…” She whispered to herself, as her face lightly burned at the thought of her friend. Despite her feelings, she wasn’t quite ready to open up yet. 

The lake was still, the only movement coming from the waterfall, which gave Irene a feeling of tranquility from the quiet sound. As she took hold of her shirt to lift it up, she heard a twig snap. 

Irene stopped instantly, ears perking up as she quickly pulled her shirt down to look at where the sound came from. She couldn’t see anything through the brush, even with the moon’s light giving her a better look, but she did hear something. 

It sounded like a sack being slowly dragged across the dirt, or a garden hose being pulled along, the noise easily being amplified by the silence surrounding it. It sounded big, yet she couldn’t see anything, the trees seemed more intimidating than before, concealing an unknown presence she was fully aware of but had no idea what it could be. 

“What is that…?” She thought. 

It chilled her, her imagination giving her unsettling images. She remembered when she was a little girl accidentally picking up a garden snake. Ever since then, she was terrified of snakes, and the noise reminded her of how snakes sound when slithering. Although she tried to come up with a rational explanation, she was letting her anxiousness get the better of her. 

She thought of calling out, but something in her told her not to. 

The bushes began to rustle a little, which told her to get out of there. She started to hurriedly walk back toward the trail, which sadly caused her to rustle some grass, so much as to not draw attention to herself. 

“Fuck! No no no no no no no!” Irene internally swore at herself, “I shouldn’t have come out here!”

She started to run when she heard sticks snapping and foliage rustling rapidly now! Irene glanced back, but didn’t see anything behind her. She wasn’t looking when something moved in front of her legs, causing her to trip!

The deer girl landed face first into the dirt, grunting as she was taken aback a little. 

“Ow!” She sat up, and realized it was quiet again. Irene shook her head, until her eyes widened when she felt something moving between her legs, it was cold, long and slender… and scaly. She heard the dragging sound again, this time, it was right next to her, and immediately it clicked in her mind!

Irene looked behind her, which she instantly regretted, her irises shrunk, ears folding downward and cold chills ran down her spine like a billion needles. In front of her, a gigantic dark colored snake faced her as it raised its head to her level. The serpent stood tall, quickly towering over her as the moon illuminated its black glossy scales. It was bigger than an anaconda! It had a vague red glow in its eyes, as it flicked its tongue. 

All of her being screamed as her flight response kicked into action!

She quickly got up and tried to run when it lunged at her! Coiling around her at an immense speed, already wrapping around her waist and pinning her arms together! Falling to the ground, she cried out as the snake slithered forward to face her. Her heart was racing harder than ever before, for that her phobia was in full force!

“Elain–!” Irene was about to scream when the serpent quickly coiled its tail around her throat, turning her scream into a pained wheeze. She choked as the serpent silenced the doe. Irene whimpered quietly as she felt it start to squeeze all around her. She wiggled, thrashing back and fourth to try and loosen the reptile’s grip, but the snake kept squeezing, which further restricted her movement. 

The doe was finding it difficult to breathe, trying desperately to get any gulp of air! Her struggles made her exhausted, and she knew the snake didn’t plan on letting go, only adding to her peril. She was having a coughing fit from the squeezing, which made the snake continue its assault on her.

The serpent watched Irene’s struggles start to slow down, the girl’s pants becoming more faint, the coil around her neck especially blocking her ability to breathe. 

“... r-raiya… el..ahne… h…hel… me…” She stuttered, barely even able to speak. She felt her eyes slowly close, the world as she knew it darkening…only for air to force itself back into her! The snake loosened its grip on her neck slightly, giving her just a little bit of air, enough to drag her back to life! She inhaled deeply, panting hard, but then she saw it, through her watery eyes, she saw the velvety maw of the reptile. Before she could even react, she felt the slimy mouth envelope itself over her head! “Nnmmph…!” 

Her scream was muffled, for the snake took in her whole head! The stench was awful, and she wanted to puke, but couldn’t. Her legs weakly kicked, but its grip held firm on her, her weak struggles the result of not enough oxygen and nearly crushing bone. 

Irene was forced to close her eyes due to the saliva, and bit her lip. After only a few seconds, she felt her shoulders being taken in by the goliath python, she felt its jaw press into her cleavage, as it carefully released her upper arms to allow it to swallow more of her fragile body. 

She nearly fainted twice from the lack of air, but somehow the snake provided just enough to keep her alive and awake! She didn’t even know why it was, but that was beyond her thoughts, as she started to sob, feeling the snake’s grip loosen on her waist, as it quickly engulfed her now bare tummy thanks to her shirt being lifted from the coils. 

As it was swallowing her, her skirt had hiked up a bit from the fight, exposing her cute white tail and silky pink panties. Irene was drenched in saliva, as it had her waist in it’s jaws now, the top jaw closing over her cute little tail and pressing into her ass, before the coils released her legs. 

For a moment, she started to gain back a little energy, and she tried one more time to resist, and began moving her legs, albeit, blindly. It was in vain though, for that the snake already had her ass fully swallowed now, and began lifting itself up to help gravity finish her. 

Her legs moved slightly, feeling her smooth thighs enter the warm embrace of the snake’s maw, her knees following suite, before only her hooves stuck out its mouth. The snake licked them gently, causing a reflex in her as they twitched, before finally closing its mouth. 

Irene slid carefully down the serpent’s throat, feeling her body too weak to fight anymore as she felt her head press into an opening. Irene moaned as she felt a tight, fleshy ring pass her jawline, down her neck, and over her shoulders. The doe enters the beast’s stomach, and is immediately greeted with a warm, slippery sleeping bag of flesh. 

“Elaine…” She thought, “I…never had a chance…” 

She started to breathe more calmly now, it seemed the stomach had small amounts of oxygen inside, but for what reason was beyond her. It seemed whatever species this snake was, wanted its prey to be alive during the process. 

Irene felt tingles on her sensitive body, but seemed the stomach fluids were in small increments at the moment. The deer girl shuttered, keeping her eyes shut, hoping to remember all of the good times with Elaine, as the cervid now started to feel stronger acids come, not enough to burn her skin, but enough to take her clothes. 

After a few minutes, she felt her shirt tearing away, revealing her matching pink bra. She felt the fibers of her lingerie slowly grow thinner, as she started to feel the warm, sizzling juice touch her nipples. 

The snake slowly slithered deeper into the woods, heading toward a small cave the girls spotted earlier. The deer’s body was hugged by the serpent’s walls, making for a vague silhouette of her. 

Irene cried, and just begged for it to stop…