I strode quickly up the steep incline, the small stream bubbling over brown rounded rocks next to me and tall powerful trees closing in around me. I was walking the centre of a deep shaded mountain cleft, aiming for the summit and enjoying the last day of my summer break. The cool dank and musty woods around me exuded peace and tranquillity, a return to those former days when our very existence relied upon the generosity of mother nature, far away from our modern hi tech way of life and all its attendant pressures.
The woods closed in around me hiding me from that outside world, feeling almost protective in a primeval way. I felt I was entering something almost sacred, beyond my experience. I have always felt that there is something vaguely sexual about deep dark woods, maybe it is the ripe musky smell, reminiscent of the smell of arousal, or maybe it is some remnant of ancestral sexuality left from the days of our long past generations. Either way my feelings were heightened by the overt symbolism of my entry into the thickly wooded cleft and the clear, cool, freely flowing water at its centre. Where was I being led by the crystal water running at my side?
I reached a particularly steep section, the sturdy trees almost touching one another providing a subtle defensive barrier to what lay beyond. Gradually the slope decreased and then flattened out altogether, the trees also thinning as I continued. I began to hear the rush of falling water and smelt the dampness of the air, then abruptly I was on the edge of a light clearing. The far side created entirely by a wall of dark rock, bisected by a falling, churning but not too powerful stream of water splashing upon the rocks below. Beneath the lip of weathered rock a deep crystal clear pool had formed, livid patterns of green and brown reflecting off the glassy surface. My attention was immediately caught by a movement in the water and suddenly a dark head broke the surface and with a flick sent heavy drops arcing from strands of long dark hair across the perfect glassy surface of the pool. I moved closer, my slow approach covered by the water cascading upon on the rocks. I began to see that my quarry in the pool was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, with long dark, almost black hair and dark olive skin almost matching the colour of the rich light sandy soil of the woods. She stood up in the waist deep water, her generous ripe breasts swinging delightfully as she moved, drops of water falling off her dark taut nipples, her tanned skin glowing with health. She walked slowly to one of the showers of falling water and stood beneath it, luxuriating in the play of water over her body. Her hands moving sensuously over her soft skin as she revelled in the sensations building from deep within.
The locals in this area had stories of a beautiful wood nymph, the guardian of this ancient forest who only took human form while bathing in the pools and streams of her domain. While in this form it was claimed she sought the humanly joys denied to her in her spirit realm. If ever such a creature existed this was surely her. As I watched she lifted her hands to her breasts and caressed herself obviously enjoying the sensations of her fingers as they touched her engorged nipples. I watched breathlessly feeling ashamed as I enjoyed her pleasure as a voyeur, but unable to tear myself away. Suddenly she looked up and I looked deep into her bottomless black-brown eyes for what seemed like a lifetime. I would willingly have surrendered myself to the depths within her eyes but at the final moment but she blinked and turned away, diving easily and gracefully into the clear water. I watched, cursing myself for my stupidity and selfishness at watching and stealing her secret pleasure, but still waiting breathlessly to see her reappear. My wait turned to anxiousness and then fear as she failed to surface, surely it would be impossible for her to hold her breath so long?
I saw a movement under the water. Convinced that it was her and that she was in trouble I threw myself in an accurate dive towards her. The cool water soaked through my clothes and dragged me down as my hand felt something soft and warm in front of me. My arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her to me tight as I started back to the surface a few feet above us. Her weight and the weight of my waterlogged clothes made the going hard. The surface was approaching but my air was running short, my chest was burning, the natural reflex to take a breath making my ribs heave. Rapidly the blackness of oxygen starvation was rushing at me down a long narrow tunnel. Then I hit the surface, the sweet pure air filling my lungs as I gasped for breath. I pulled her to me as I recovered and looked down into her eyes, they were open, she was conscious and not even breathing heavily. I was drawn once again, deep into the dark limpid pools of her eyes and had to fight to pull my gaze from hers. I asked if she was OK, she nodded but did not speak and lay still in my arms while I moved us both to shallower water. I looked again into her dark wide open eyes and asked her name. If there was a reply I never heard it, instead I just melted as I stared at her. One hand moved to the back of her neck and, together with the hand around her waist, pulled her to me. My mouth opened and sank inexorably down on hers in the most intense kiss I have ever experienced. I felt our souls had joined with that kiss, it was not just our mouths and tongues searching hungrily for each other, it was more, something deep within each of us was reaching out to touch the other.
We half swam half paddled kissing each other and looking deeply into one another's eyes, still without speaking, until my feet touched the cool sandy bottom. I lifted her easily with one arm behind her knees and one around her back, she felt light as I carried her towards the water's edge. I realised then I was naked, how did that happen? Did she undress me or did I? It no longer mattered. I was lost in the dream of her, our bodies touching, her soft warm skin against mine and her supple body light in my arms. The water streamed from us as we approached the soft sandy beach nestling beside the tumbling stream of water at the far end of the pool.
As our bodies left the supporting water she wrapped her arms around my neck and I became increasingly aware of the effect she was having on me. The proximity of her beautiful naked body and our intense kissing had aroused me intensely and now I felt the weight of my swollen erection as it thrust up from between my thighs. As I walked I felt my stiff flesh sway and brush against her smooth skin, each brief touch igniting a small flame of passion and increasing my excitement. In turn I felt her full rounded breasts press into my chest, her nipples hard from the cool water taut against my own trembling skin. Our bodies seemed to be caressing each other as I walked towards the small beach. Gently I laid her down on the soft sand, standing over her as she lay back and relaxed onto the soft bed provided by nature. She looked up at me through eyes half closed but alert, taking in each detail of me as I stood, unselfconsciously, proud and erect above her.