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Chapter 4 – Welcome to the World
The tiny little creature opened its eyes, instinctively inhaling its first breath. The sudden vastness of its world was alarming, and an incredible force beat down upon it, leaving the creature dazed by its power. Prior to this the creature had known only darkness, and had never considered the possibility of anything else. Now however, the universe seemed to have been flipped on its head, and the creature recoiled instinctively from the light, stumbling and rolling backwards, anything to get away from the incredible power before it. The creature cried out loudly, discovering in the process that it could make sound, and that sound itself existed. There was no escaping the light though, and the creature resigned itself to its fate.
Slowly however the incredible power of the light seemed to ebb, as the newly hatched creatures eyes adjusted to their function. Gradually an image seemed to appear in front of the creature, its first view of the world in which it had hatched into. The creature however recognised nothing. After all, how is recognition possible if you have no memories? Before the creature could begin to make sense of the picture in front of him, however, something new seemed to enter it. The creature felt fear rise within it and froze, survival instincts kicking in. This new being came closer and closer until it stood over the hatchling. The sheer size of this being almost terrified the creature into fainting; it towered above the hatchling as it whimpered. Another being then seemed to appear behind the first, but this one hung back slightly. The arrival of the second being was too much for the tiny creature, and it cried out loudly, seeking help from what it didn't know. Noise then proceeded to echo into the hatchlings ears, a foreign and horrible sound, its first experience of laughter.
'Skit, skitty! A loud one. Must be a boy!'
The creature cried out again at the loud and seemingly meaningless noise, before suddenly the world started to spin and when it stopped the gigantic beings were the other way up. The creature cried out even louder in indignity, flailing its tiny body against the strange force that seemed to have turned everything around. More of the laughter sounded out.
'Ab, absol! Yep, it's a boy!'
Before the hatchling could cry out again, the world spun once more, and his four feet came in contact with the ground. Briefly they held his weight and the creature stood for the first time, before his little legs gave way and he tumbled to the floor, the hatchlings first experience with both the effects of gravity and the feeling of pain as his nose bumped against the floor. The creature immediately cried out in surprise at the sensation, prompting more laughter.
'Skit skitty... Ski skit? Such a cute Absol... What will you name it?'
There was silence for a few seconds, merciful silence, the ears of the hatchling still ringing slightly from all the noise that it wasn't accustomed to. Then there came one final syllable, a name that would one day be known and feared across the lands.
'Jet.'
Author Note: Short chapter I know, but I didn't want to suddenly skip ahead a bit. You may also be wondering what this has to do with the first three chapters, and the answer to that is... you'll just have to wait to find out. ^^