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.

were so black that it looked like they absorbed all the light. Reptilian eyes looked around their surroundings as the small beast took the

did it hurt to look up? What was this strange feeling around

foreign to it. It had no knowledge of

Sniff, sniff!

it smelled something enticing. It turned around and looked at the broken eggshells, the pieces of its

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 able to suppress it

got angry at the broken eggshells. These

BANG! BANG! BANG!

tail to throw the eggshells away. It didn't know why, but it hated the fact

its accomplishments as small shards of egg were strewn all

Grumble!

again. It looked at the small pieces of eggshells with regret. They had all become dirty, and many pieces were so small that they

the tiny being's first encounter with

gather the pieces again and proceeded to eat them. It didn't like the taste of earth, but there was nothing

simply clean the eggshells. To it, it felt like it had to eat the eggshells

forgotten as it finished its meal. It finally didn't have this urge to eat anymore. Yet, another urge appeared. The tiny being opened its mouth widely as it felt its eyes starting to close by themselves. It felt groggy and didn't want

at all, it laid down and started

opened its eyes as it looked around again. It felt like no time had passed, but in truth, it had slept for multiple hours. Additionally, it looked around in confusion as it realized that

had become a Demonic Beast. It had grown to be a full meter long. In

black lizard. In human standards, it couldn't be called cute anymore.

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

why he knew his own name, but it felt right. For some reason, Aris was sure that his name was Aris. Aris also knew that what he was feeling right now was called hunger.

he used his vocal cords for the first time in his life. His frustration guided him into releasing

became enraged again.

BANG!

forward but fell over as he misjudged his movements. Yet, that only made him angrier. He started scrambling

CRR! CRR! CRR! CRRR!

fragile egg. The walls were quite powerful, but Aris saw progress as

black sky. For some reason, there was no more light falling onto him anymore. Aris hesitated for a second but then started digging his