All my life i've been told i'm a rather strange creature. I think that's kind of funny... I mean, there's nothing spectacular about my life. I'm really just like anyone else...

Sorry. I should probably start from the beginning.

My story starts like any other. On a cold day on the planet Kanata with a man trudging through the snow.

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Jude was a simple man with simple needs and simple desires. All he wanted was to finish his job and get off the freezing hell-hole he was currently stuck on. He didn't know what was in the crate he was trudging through that years spring flurry, and he honestly didn't care. He just wanted to drop it off at the colony, run back to the safety of his nice, warm ship, and fly as far from this icy ball if dirt as quickly as possible.

Just as the settlement's lights became visable in the distance the storm bagan to pick up. Not wanting to be buried under the wall of snow coming his way Jude dragged the crate into one of the nearby ice caves and waited for the storm to ease up. As minutes turned to hours the delivery boy's boredom got to him. And in his boredom he made the biggest and last mistake of his short life...

He opened the crate to see what was inside.

"The fuck?" The brunette breathed as he stared inside the box. At first he was confused. The strange, egg-shaped object was about the size of the average pumpkin. But instead of shell it had a weird leathery skin, similar in texture to a football. "What is this, some kind of sculpture?" The wondered, poking the vomit green package. An action he soon came to regret...

At his touch the sphere burst to life with shudders, the top peeling back like a banana. The following stillness caused the man to look inside. Then, in a flash of white, spidery legs, his world went black. And as he fell back, just before he lost consciousness, he could've sworn he felt something go down his throat.

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Suri sighed as she walked alone through the snow, her fur-lined parka hiding her from the icy winds and her vibrant purple bruises from the various colonists she passed. The asari tween was used to the "tough love" her human classmates showed her by now. And after today's beating she just wanted to have some time alone in the caves. The girl's violet eyes shone when she looked at the sparkling blue caverns. The ice shone like diamonds in the evening sunlight, something the alien had always loved.

Today however a splash of crimson broke the crystal surface. The asari looked the source of the trail and found a tiny form shivering in the corner. The little creature was pale white, dripping with fresh blood, and hissing weakly in fear. The worm-like creature sported four tiny, pathetic limbs in it's proportionally miniscule torso which shook from the soul-crushing cold. Suri took one look at the tiny, infant creatureand she did the unthinkable... She loved it.

"Hey sweetheart, you ok?" she asked as she moved to pick it up, stopping when the alien creature opened it's tiny mouth to snap it's second pair of jaws at her hand. The freckled tween smiled and continued trying to calm the hissing infant, carefully unzipping her parka. As she finally managed to stroke the serpent's eyeless face, she whispered "See... I'm just trying to help you." The alien cooed and, with a little coaxing, practically jumped into the girl's open coat.

"Come on, let's take you home."

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Doctor Miribet gaped as she walked into the now closed off entrance to the caves, her stomach dropping as she saw why she was called here. The blonde swallowed as she stared at the delivery boy's body. She'd been at the recieving end of this man's flirting attempts a few times in the few years he'd been Kanata's resident delivery guy. The doctor felt bile rise in her stomach as she stared at the gaping hole in Jude's chest. Her heart dropped as her memory of the man's cheerful smile contrasted against the agony frozen on his corpse.

"What kind of monster could do this?" She breathed.

"Maybe it was an Ice Hyena, they've been ripping holes in the livestock recently. He could've just taken shelter with in the wrong cave."

Dr. Miribet looked at the alliance officer who spoke, shaking her head at the older man's words. "Sorry Jeremy, but this definately wasn't an Ice Hyena."

"How are you so sure? It looks like a typical hyena bite to me." The grey-haired man said with a snort.

"Well for one, this hole is too small. No Ice Hyena would would leave all the organs behind either! But the weirdest thing is the ribs."

"What about them?"

The woman shuddered "They're pushing outward. Meaning whatever killed Jude came from INSIDE his ribcage."

The two stood in silence a while before the soldier spoke up. "Anyway this could get worse."

As if to spite him one of his squadmates came up. "Sir! We followed the trail through the caves and- well... You're not gonna like it."

Jeremy sighed "Is there another body?"

"No sir. The trail goes to one of the other openings, then it just ends. But that's not the worst part."

"Christ, how could it get worse Stevens?!" Doctor Miribet groaned.

"Well... The entrance it ends in is the one right outside the colony!"

The three stood in silence. Who knows what dangers this monster posed for the colony...

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Suri looked down at the cat-like creature nestled in her arms, happy to see her now clean figure so content. When she first decided to bring home the alien she thought she'd see it as a puppy or a varren cub, but now that she'd spent some time with the tiny serpent she saw it as a baby. Her own adopted daughter! At least, she thought it was a girl. As if reading her mind the tiny form cooed happily.

"You're a girl?" Suri asked, not really expecting an answer. To the tween's surprise the infant nodded it's domed head, a quiet voice filling her head with the words 'Yes, I am a girl.' before nuzzling into the warm arms holding her. The asari girl was surprised at first, but then the baby's voice filled her head again 'Mother? You are my mother aren't you?' The blue skinned girl smiled and replied "Yes, I guess I am..."