Eyes Like Gold- Intro (A hypnotic naga story)

In the depths of the jungle, a small azure lake broke the verdant monotony like a shard of glass fallen on a thick, green carpet. It was fed at one end by a small, rocky waterfall which cascaded constantly in a muffled roar.  At the other end, a stream wound lazily into the trees. The lagoon was elliptical in shape and on one side, equidistant from the waterfall and the stream,  a girl sat on a large boulder. 

To call her a girl was somewhat fallacious, given that she was now eighteen. She was sat cross legged on the peak of the lakeside rock,  her head bowed. With a start, she sat stark upright. Clearly she had accidentally dozed off. Her skinny frame and tired eyes gave her face a gaunt look but this did little to disguise her beauty. She had large Brown eyes with full, expressive eyelashes and luxurious Brown hair that was held in a thick plait over her left shoulder. Her full,  rosy lips were pursed in anxiety and she fiddled nervously with the tuft of hair at the end of her plait. She wore red converse shoes, a burgundy skirt held by a thin Black belt, a white crop top and a baggy, slate grey hoodie. Her name was Isobella and her fairly pale skin made it obvious she was not from around here.  She had been wandering through the jungle for almost a day and was now too afraid to leave the relative safety of the lake and return to the trees. A general lack of knowledge as to which jungle fruits were safe to eat meant she hadn't eaten in some time and her stomach rumbled painfully. "Shit... How did I get into this mess?" She mumbled to herself.

From the bristling ferns and bushes thirty feet behind Isobella, two striking yellow eyes watched her intently. They belonged to a boy of similar age to Isobella although once again,  boy was an imperfect term: Sebastian was only a boy from the waist up. From the waist down, he had a huge snake tail, it's sandy coloured scales similar in pattern to the peruvian red tailed boa.  It receded into the darkness of the trees behind him but was clearly of a considerable length. His human half was noticeably handsome,  with a hint of a six pack and pronounced biceps. He wasn't particularly tanned but his skin was smooth and unblemished.  His features were boyish and friendly,  with a ready smile that could make girls melt. His hair was dark blonde and stylishly messy. A little shiver had rolled down his serpentine body on seeing the girl.  Sebastian thought she was beautiful and knew he had to talk to her. The question was, how to do it?

Gritting his teeth, the snake boy slithered out from the undergrowth, the harsh sunlight making him squint. He glided across the sandy shore like a shadow,  absolutely silent. When he was perhaps ten feet behind the girl, who was lying on her side and sleeping again, he called out gently.  "You know there's crocodiles in that Lake,  it's not safe to be so close to the edge. "

Isobella woke once more with a start,  spinning round to see the source of her disturbance. Her heart leapt when she saw Sebastian,  finally another human being! But her heart soon dropped again when her eyes gazed down past the cloth at his waist. Where there should have been legs emerging from a loincloth,  instead there was a giant snake tail, coiled up beneath him. She felt herself grow faint as she attempted to reply "S-stay back! Who are you?"

Sebastian looked dejected. This would take some explaining.