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.

entire body. The scales were so black that it looked like they absorbed all the light. Reptilian eyes looked around their surroundings as the small beast took the world in with interest and

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

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

Sniff, sniff!

and looked at the broken

eggshells. It proved rather easy to eat the eggshells, and the tiny being almost couldn't believe that something this fragile

the tiny being got angry at the broken eggshells. These eggshells had

BANG! BANG! BANG!

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

its accomplishments as small shards of

Grumble!

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 properly be

the tiny being's first encounter

become much harder to eat. The tiny being did its best to gather the pieces again and proceeded

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

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

no time at all, it

felt like no time had passed, but in truth, it had slept for multiple hours.

didn't know was that, with the nourishment of the egg, it had become a Demonic Beast. It had

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

reason, its mind told it that it was called

was sure that his name was Aris. Aris also knew that what he

his life. His frustration guided him into releasing

Aris became enraged again.

BANG!

over as he misjudged his movements. Yet, that only made him

CRR! CRR! CRR! CRRR!

with all his power, but these walls proved to be much harder than the fragile

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,