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 surroundings as the small beast

rise further away? Why did it hurt to look up? What was this strange feeling around its own body? Was this

about these concepts, and all of them felt foreign to it. It had no knowledge

Sniff, sniff!

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

the tiny being started crunching on the eggshells. It proved rather easy to eat the eggshells, and the tiny being almost couldn't believe

at the broken

BANG! BANG! BANG!

started using its legs and tail to throw the eggshells away. It didn't know why,

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

the tiny being's first

have destroyed the shells. Now, it would become much harder to eat. The tiny being did its best to gather the pieces again and proceeded to

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

of 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 look at

time at all, it laid

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 everything

know was that, with the nourishment of the egg, it had become a Demonic Beast. It had grown to be a full meter long.

called cute anymore. In just a couple

reason, its mind told it that it was called Aris. It,

name, but it felt right. For some reason, Aris was sure that his name was

life. His frustration

these walls, Aris became enraged again. Was this another

BANG!

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

CRR! CRR! CRR! CRRR!

walls proved to be much harder than the fragile egg. The walls were quite powerful, but

a 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 hesitated for a second but then started digging his claws and feet into the wall. Then,