No one knew about the shaman who lived in the jungle, she kept to herself and interfered on her own accord or for when she thought it was necessary. Kaa the snake was in her domain today, looking for food. He hadn't eaten anything for a couple of days and was very hungry. He slithered into an unknown part of the jungle that no animal would ever go to. The rumors were said that once you go there, you never come out alive. Kaa, didn't partially believe any of the rumors. Right now, he just cared about finding something to eat. His tongue caught the scent of a baby fawn that was roaming the area, and he was determined to find it.

An old woman stepped out of hi grotto. Heavy long dreadlocks with multi-colored beads hung down her cheeks and her animal skins hugged her lanky figure. She was the ancient shaman of the jungle. Not many knew of her exist, for she kept her presence hidden. She looked over the jungle and it's animals as if they were her own children. She turned and saw a fawn frolicking through the grass, stopping for a bite to eat. She smiled till she felt danger in the wind. It was then she saw Kaa, the snake, sneaking up on the fawn. She was angry. It was the law of the jungle to never interrupt one's hunting if they were just eating, but she could see the cold heartedness in the snake. He did not care as long as he got his meal, it didn't even matter to who or what it was. Even humans. The shaman smirked and waved her hand. Vines came loose from the treetops above and made their way down to the unsuspecting python. Just as Kaa was about to lunge forward with an open mouth, he found himself wrapped in vines and forcefully dragged away from his prey. The shaman stood tall as Kaa was dumped onto the jungle floor still in vines. His yellow eyes looked up and there he saw the shaman in all her glory.
"Hunger is all there is to think about isn't it?" She said with a blank mask and emotionless voice.
"It isss the law of the jungle-" he tried to smooth talk his way out,
"To only eat for one's survival. I know the law, Kaa," The snake flinched in shock as he realized she knew him, "and I have seen you hunt for not just your hunger but also on the innocent. Going after young ones and even humans who did nothing."
Kaa grew scared as he heard every little detail this woman was pointing out about him.
"Because of how I have seen what you do, it is time for you to receive a lesson in humility."
The shaman waved her arms and sparks of magic flew out from the tips of her fingers, levitating the snake and encasing him into a glowing yellow ball. Kaa felt himself hurt all over, as he felt his body change. Appendages forming and coming out from both sides near his head and his tail starting to split. He let out a scream of agony as he passed out on the jungle floor, seeing the shaman's satisfied smirk as he went out unconscious.

Kaa felt a pounding headache. Worse than when the girl-cub Mari had him go face first into a tree trunk when he missed lunging at her. He opened his eyes and let out a sigh of relief as he saw he was still in the jungle. He reached up with hand and started-wait…hand? Kaa turned his head and saw he indeed had a hand. His eyes widening he saw he had two legs and feet. He looked at the hand and turned to see he had arms! He was human! That shaman turned him into a human! He wasn't the great enormous python he was born as, but instead a human! And a man!
"Ssshe turned me into a man!" Kaa said out loud, only to gasp as he heard his own voice. It was a bit different. The tone was deeper and not reptilian. Looking wildly around, he spotted a river and tried getting to his feet. Only to stagger and fall. He was used to slithering, not walking!
"Oh, I sssupossse I'll have to walk." He said indignantly.
Kaa slowly got up onto his new feet and tried putting one foot in front of the other. Wobbling like a toddler does, he made it to the river and saw his face. He let out a cry of shock and flopped backwards. Till he slowly went back to confirm what he saw. His face was lean and somewhat suave looking; he had dark brown hair that stopped a few inches past his ears. It was the same color the spots on his tail were. His skin was tan like the color of his body was. Complete with yellowish brown eyes. He was human.
"Oh what am I gonna do?" Kaa panicked. No one would recognize him and if any of the inhabitants saw him as a man he would be attacked with no mercy. Kaa was on the verge of freaking out, till a sly smile appeared on his face. He remembered that the man-village was not too far from here and it happened to be the one Mari, the girl-cub, lived not too far from here.
"Wonder how the girl-cub will react sssseeing me like thissss?" Kaa laughed at the thought of that spunky girl's face when she saw him like this. He could also use this to his advantage. No one would expect a man wandering through the man village. He could walk in there and grab her. Devious thoughts went through Kaa's mind at what he could do. However, she could also be useful with this 'new form' of his.
"Maybe ssshe could even help me." He thought out loud.
Wanting to get back to normal was the only thing he had on his mind right now. He had a girl to find for help.