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.

black that it looked like

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

and all of them felt foreign to it. It had no knowledge of anything and simply tried to make sense of

Sniff, sniff!

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

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

got angry at the broken

BANG! BANG! BANG!

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

being felt proud of its accomplishments as small shards of egg were

Grumble!

the 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

being's

the pieces again and proceeded to eat them. It didn't like the taste of

to realize that it could simply clean the eggshells. To it, it felt like it

this had been quickly 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 to

time at all, it laid

the tiny being 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

didn't know was 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 not-so-tiny

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

was called. For some reason, its mind told it that it was called Aris. It, no he, was

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. It

time in his life. His frustration guided him into releasing it with

walls, Aris became enraged again. Was

BANG!

only made him angrier. He started scrambling forward

CRR! CRR! CRR! CRRR!

harder than the fragile egg. The walls

minute of digging, Aris 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