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.

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

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

concepts, and all of them felt foreign to it. It had no knowledge of anything and simply

Sniff, sniff!

turned around and looked at the broken eggshells, the pieces of

easy to eat the eggshells, and the tiny being almost

the broken eggshells. These eggshells had kept it away

BANG! BANG! BANG!

to throw the eggshells away. It didn't know why, but it hated the fact that it had been held prisoner by

tiny being felt proud of its accomplishments as small shards of egg were strewn all around its

Grumble!

tiny being felt hungry again. It looked at the small pieces of eggshells with regret. They had all become dirty,

was the tiny being's

would become much harder to eat. The tiny being did its best to gather the pieces again and proceeded to eat them. It didn't like the taste of

it could simply clean the

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

around again. It felt like no time had passed, but in truth, it had slept for multiple

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

called cute anymore. In just a couple of hours, it had transformed

called. For some reason, its mind

some reason, Aris was sure that his name was Aris. Aris also knew that

time in his life. His frustration

these walls, Aris became enraged again.

BANG!

movements. Yet, that only made him angrier. He started scrambling forward with all his limbs as he charged at the

CRR! CRR! CRR! CRRR!

much harder than the fragile egg. The walls were quite powerful, but Aris saw progress as chunks of the

idea. He looked upward again and saw the black sky. For some reason, there was no more