Midnight Dip!

"So how much further to this magical lake of yours?" One of the two men complained as they made their way through a dense forest. "Just a bit more, it'll be worth it!" the more optimistic of the two replied. The two carried their fishing rods and some provisions in their baskets.

After a long trek, the pair arrived at a lake, surrounded by all sides by hills, only broken up by a single waterfall at one end. "I better catch some big fish for this. Isn't this close to where the empress of this nation lives? Won't we be in big trouble if some royal guards catch us?" 

"Relax... my friend that lives around here says nobody comes to the lake at night. He says the catch during the day is alright but something about full moons makes the haul even bigger!" They both put down their baskets and make themselves comfortable by the lakeshore, casting their lines and waiting for fish to bite.

Several hours pass and the two men have nothing to show for their effort. The men got up and walked along the lakeshore towards the direction they came in from, calling it a night.

 "Magical lake huh?"

"Oh shut it. My friend says..." 

"Maybe that's the problem. Your friend, not FRIENDS. Maybe the reason nobody but your friend comes here at night is because the fishing isn't particularly amazing!"

"Well not exactly no one, he says he's seen a woman bathing in the moonlight here a couple of times. He's never seen her up close but he says she's got quite the body!"

"Great, so now I come here in the dead of the night to hear TWO tall tales. What a big load of-" "Look!"

The two men stumble upon a fancy nightgown and a towel left on the ground near some bushes. "Looks like pure silk. Bet we could sell it for a pretty penny...ow!" The optimistic man grabbed the back of his head as his friend slapped him.

"Don't you see that insignia on the towel?! It's a royal looking thing, we could be in deep trouble for just holding it! Do you know anyone just dumping a silk nightrobe like this on some dirt? Put it back befo-"

The conversation was cut short by the splashing sound of a swimmer coming closer and closer to shore. "Hide!" The two of them quickly dove in some bushes. The two of them peered through the leaves, and could scarcely believe their eyes.

The full moon revealed her body, glistening in the light as her torso slowly rose out of the water as she waded to the shallower parts of the lake. She cupped her hands and splashed her face, then sensually ran her hands down her body. The two men were glued to the sight as she continued to splash around in the lake.

"Isn't that the empress of this land?" He whispered to his friend with equal amounts of concern and astonishment. "Think so...Aren't we lucky?"

"No!" He shot back in a hushed tone. "What do you mean? We're watching foreign royalty giving us one hell of a view!"

"And when she finds out we've been here the whole time? You think she's going to just let us off?"

"Might just get myself off right now, this is hot!" Another muted slap connected to his head.

"Let's get out of here before she comes back ashore to get dressed!" Before he could crawl out of the bush, the man froze in place as he glanced at his friend's basket, both the towel and silk night gown sticking out of it. "You took them?!!"

"Well, I figured we could sell them for our troubles." His friend exasperated, held his head in his hands. "Great, voyeurism and stealing from royalty! Just want I planned for when I followed you to this damn lake!"

"Hey, didn't see you complaining about the former earlier! Besides, we should stay put right now!" He grabbed his friend's head and pivoted it towards the woman. "She's coming, shut up and stay still!" The empress climbed ashore and made her way just in front of the bushes where the two were hiding. She hummed loudly with a relaxed expression on her face, soon replaced by one of confusion as her eyes darted left and right, looking for her towel and clothing.

She then bent over to take a harder look at the ground where she left her clothes, putting her breasts right at the pair's eye level. Panicking, she got down on all fours and felt the ground around her for any sign of her things. She spun around in place and unwittingly exposed her rear to them, giving them an unobstructed view of her butt and crotch. She stood up straight and covered herself with her hands, looking around for anyone around. Unable to find anyone, she darted off as bare as the day she was born into the distance.

"Right, can we go now?!"

"Yeah, show's over... That was great!"

"Great?! We could have been punished severely for that!"

"Aw, don't tell me you didn't enjoy having her putting her bits inches from our faces!"

The other man's enraged face slowly cracked into a suppressed smile. "Ahh, the man is human after all! What say we come here again next full moon?"

The man, now grinning, shook his head in disbelief as they made the trek back to their homes.