I discovered my love of plants, or rather one particular plant, rather late in my relatively short life. It was by chance that I stumbled across the plant that would give me my new point of view on things. Before discovering it, I had enjoyed gardening only to watch young plants make their way out of the ground. After that, it wasn't so magical.
I had long been intending to explore a small cave-like opening in the cliff high above my simple village in the mountain. It was something I'd discovered a long time ago as a child, but never thought of until one day when I remembered it was there and decided it would make an interesting exploration.
When I managed to get to the entrance, I saw it was not a natural cave, but excavated from the rock, with the excavation debris having been dumped just outside the entrance. Over this debris of smallish boulders and the like, there grew an interesting plant. It was a vibrant, deep green vine with large velvety leaves, and I thought it was a pumpkin plant. There were several flower buds here and there, all ready to open, all revealing deep yellowy-orange flowers to come. That was about the entirety of the attention I paid the plant, aside from looking for where it was growing from and noticing that there were no pumpkins or other fruiting bodies just yet.
I climbed up the pile of rocks, being careful not to step on the plant, and upon reaching the top, I realized that I had forgotten the one thing I needed: a source of light. Caves get very dark very quickly.
Just then I heard a rustle and a suckling noise behind me, and I turned around to see what it was. Because it startled me, I turned faster than I should have, and my footing was lost. The next thing I knew I was on my back, and the plant had wrapped itself around my arms, legs and neck with at least one branch of its viny self for each appendage. It felt rough and slightly prickly against my neck. I was instantly terrified.
Something began making strange sounds in my left ear, sort of a cross between wheezing and sucking and whistling. I tried to turn my head to look, but the tightening of the vine told me that was not allowed. Then I saw what was making the noises. It was one of the flowers.
That flower came around to the front of my face and opened a bit, revealing a pollen-laden anther on a thick stamen, which sprouted from the center of the flower. It wiggled, sprinking that orangy colored pollen all over my face, and I could not help but breathe some of it in despite my best efforts. It made my eyes water and my nose started the itch of a sneeze. I sneezed several times, after which time another flower, without either anther or stamen, appeared and covered my mouth and nose with its amazingly soft, sensual petals. Try as I might, I could not make the thing move away, and soon its thick, cloying scent had acted on me and I was feeling my body relax, even as I became aroused.
Aroused? What the hell? Here I was in the middle of a nightmare, being attacked by a damned pumpkin plant and I was getting aroused? But, undeniably, I could feel myself growing erect, feel it growing considerably with each heartbeat, until it was straining against my pants. And so what if I was being attacked by a pumpkin plant from hell? It was OK... Yes, all was right in the world and everything was OK.
My arousal grew, unabated, and I could think only of departing my clothes from my body enough that my new lover could have me. Yes, those long, sinewy vines, so strong and flexible! The deep, rich green of the lightly furred leaves... mmmmm. I snarled like a cat in heat at my seductress. The flower over my face wiggled for a moment in response, sending flames of desire through my face and head. Yes!