Lightning Is the Only Way

CRK!

The sound of a cracking egg echoed throughout the surroundings. The egg was rather hard, and it proved to be rather difficult to break out of it. Yet, the small lizard did its best.

CRRK!

A tiny black and shiny arm broke out of the egg. The tiny arm aimlessly tried to grab something but didn't find anything.

Bonk!

The egg fell over onto its side as the weight inside the egg shifted. The egg fell onto the arm, giving the small thing its first experience with surprise.

CRR!

The claws on the tiny arm created some scratch marks in the soft earth beneath it as it tried to salvage the situation. After a while, the arm retracted, and a small black snout came out of the egg as it took its first breath of fresh air.

Whoop!

The snout retreated as two tiny hands grabbed the edges of the hole.

CRRRRRK!

The power of the arms was quite surprising as they widened the hole in the egg. After seeing that this approach worked, the tiny black thing did its best to free itself from its prison.

CRK!

Half of the egg got destroyed as the small thing felt light for the first time on its face. It had an elongated black snout with some small teeth poking out of its sides. The tiny thing looked into the sun and quickly closed its eyes due to the blinding light. Out of reflex, it held its small hands in front of its eyes.

After waiting for some seconds, the tiny thing looked around, but it didn't dare to look up again. By now, the tiny being could be fully seen.

The scales were so black that it looked like they absorbed all the light. Reptilian eyes looked around their

stuff below it? Why did this soft stuff rise further away? Why did it hurt to look up? What was

to it. It had no knowledge of anything and simply

Sniff, sniff!

enticing. It turned around and looked at the broken eggshells, the pieces of its former

the tiny being started crunching on the eggshells. It proved rather easy to eat the eggshells, and the tiny being almost couldn't believe that something this fragile and delicious had been

the broken eggshells. These

BANG! BANG! BANG!

using its legs and tail to throw the eggshells away. It didn't know why, but it hated the fact that it had

minutes, the tiny being felt proud of its accomplishments as

Grumble!

tiny being felt hungry again. It looked at the small pieces of eggshells with regret. They had all become dirty, and many pieces were so small that they couldn't even

the tiny being's first encounter

again and

the tiny being wasn't developed enough to realize that it could simply clean the eggshells. To it, it felt like it had to eat the eggshells as they

appeared. The tiny being opened its mouth widely as it felt its eyes starting to

all, it laid

tiny being opened its eyes as it looked around again. It felt like no time had passed, but in

that, with the nourishment of the egg, it had become a Demonic Beast. It had grown to be a full meter long. In just a couple of hours, the tiny being had become

of this black lizard. In human standards, it couldn't be called cute anymore. In just a couple of hours, it

beast also knew what it was called. For some reason, its mind

but it felt right. For some reason, Aris was sure that his name was Aris. Aris also knew that what he

the first time in his life. His frustration guided him into releasing

saw these walls, Aris became enraged again. Was this another prison!? Aris

BANG!

over as he misjudged his movements. Yet, that only made him angrier. He started scrambling forward with all his limbs as he

CRR! CRR! CRR! CRRR!

fragile egg. The

suddenly got a brilliant idea. He looked upward again and saw the black sky. For some reason, there was no more light falling onto him anymore. Aris hesitated for a second but then started digging his