UNKNOWN LOCATION, NEW PLANET

Inside of a dark cave, a red-gold coloured egg glowed rhythmically illuminating the entire cave. The egg would vibrate now and again with bright lights but would dim soon after and become motionless once more.

"Grr.." A low deep growl came not too far from the egg, the growl that originated from the creature sounded impatient and a little irritated.

The creature's appearance was that of a lioness and looked similar to the cub corpse that was present not too long ago. The difference was that this lion was bigger, female and the eyes of this lion seemed to have flames inside, now and again flames would dance on the tip of its tail. The lion also had strange patterns on its body similar to the cub, the strange patterns were the same in both design and position. The cave was wide but not tall, making it a bit uncomfortable for the lioness since it had no choice but to stoop on its four legs to fit inside. This is probably the reason it seemed a bit annoyed and frustrated at staying here.

The expression on this lion seemed to be one of curiosity, the object of its curiosity was the egg in front of it. Normally, an undefended egg like this would be a meal for this flaming lioness but in this particular instance, the lion was very confused. The reason for its confusion was that it had suffered an attack from an enemy and both the lioness and her cub had been savagely wounded, so the lioness hid the cub inside the cave as it fought off the enemy creature. When it returned to the cave, the cub was no longer there and an egg stood in its place.

At one point the flame lioness had wanted to attack the egg, however, it had changed its mind when it saw the patterns on the egg. The egg also gave off the cub's familiar scent, so the lioness changed its mind in the end. Even though the lioness was unsure about the egg, it continued to stay here regardless and it would go hunt in the mornings and return to keep watch on the egg. It repeated these actions for almost two weeks but the egg showed no sign of hatching.

The Flaming Lioness gave off a loud yawn and its tail flopped to the floor, its eyes becoming a little hazy and it appeared to be a bit sleepy. The Flaming Lioness closed its eyes and just as the lioness was about to fall asleep-

*Crack*

The cracking sound made the lioness awaken and both eyes flashed open to stare at the egg. The Flaming Lioness crept forward, and moved a bit closer to the egg; its big eyes widening.

*Crack* *Crack*

Slowly cracks started appearing on the eggs' body, the egg also stopped glowing red-gold colours and became a bit dark in colour.

*Crack*

The lioness saw something pushing from the inside the egg, and its' tail danced side to side in anticipation of whatever would appear.

*Crack* *Crack*

*Splash*

Suddenly the entire egg broke apart and out came a humanoid shape organism covered in red-gold goo. The lioness was completely shocked as it looked at the humanoid shape in front of it, it had never seen a creature shape such as this before.

*Sniff* *Sniff*

The lioness took a few sniffs and realized that the smell of its cub was coming off of this creature. Curious to know more, the lioness crept over and started licking the goo off of the humanoid creature. After clearing the goo, it noticed that the humanoid creature had slightly red skin and golden hair similar to itself, but most importantly, it discovered that the humanoid creature had the same patterns on its body as its cub. The lioness looked at the small humanoid creature and realized it was not moving and was very weak.

The humanoid creature opened its eyes for a brief moment and looked at the Flaming Lioness and then closed its eyes again. In that brief moment, the Flaming Lioness noticed that the humanoid creature had golden pupils similar to its own eyes. However, the Flaming Lioness was unsure if the humanoid creature was its cub and did not know how to act.

The humanoid creature was very weak and shivered from the cold winds outside, its face seemed to be uncomfortable and its stomach grumbled and appeared very hungry. The Flaming Lioness looked at the humanoid creature and slowly backed out of the cave, it paced back and forth outside the cave while its eyes shifted between the cub and the opposite direction; as if considering something.

Eventually, the Flaming lioness could no longer fight its urges and made its way back to the cave. It lay down next to the humanoid creature and with a small nudge of its tongue, the Flaming Lioness brought the humanoid creature to the embrace of its stomach. The Flaming Lioness nestled up to the humanoid creature, its fur keeping the creature warm and then a nipple found its way near the mouth of the humanoid creature. The lioness closed its eyes as if it were concentrating, after a few moments, a single drop of milk fell from its nipple into the humanoid creature's mouth. The humanoid creature moved by instinct and begun suckling on the lioness' nipple, the expression of the humanoid creature eased up as if it were in peace.

Whether it was the furry body of the Flaming Lioness that kept it warm or the nourishment it was receiving, the humanoid creature seemed to be very relaxed. After receiving a full stomach of milk, the humanoid creature burped and fell asleep quietly. The Flaming Lioness looked at the humanoid creature and its expression was a bit confused but it just quietly looked at the humanoid creature.

After some time, The Flaming Lioness licked the humanoid creature affectionately and then brought its huge forehead to the forehead of the humanoid creature and a strange scene ensued. A bright gold light emitted from the Flaming Lioness's forehead and the glowing gold patterns on its body became duller, while the golden patterns on the humanoid's body became brighter and more filling.

The Flaming Lioness then licked the humanoid creature and rubbed its huge head on the humanoid creature. It then slowly backed out of the cave till it reached the entrance; the Flaming Lioness gave one last long look at the humanoid creature and disappeared. In the Flaming Lioness' eyes, the cub was deformed and if she carried it back to the pride it would be killed. This was the fate of a weak or deformed cub in the pride, food was a precious resource and those that could not hunt would not be allowed to eat. This was the only thing it could do for the cub, the Flaming Lioness would not be able to survive long on its own and had no choice but to return to the pride.

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THE NEXT MORNING, INSIDE THE CAVE.

The young boy let out a yawn as he stretched his body, he moved around a bit searching for the warmth he felt last night and could not find it. Finally, he opened his eyes and his golden pupils searched the cave but could not see anything. The young boy felt a bit of shock as he looked around, he did not recognize where he was and could not even remember a single thing. As far as the young boy knew, waking up in this cave was the only thing he could remember. There was only a few sensations he knew, the warmth from last night, the taste of milk and the strangely familiar smell that was quite comforting.

There was only one direction to go, so he slowly creeped out of the cave feeling the earth underneath his feet, a curious expression forming on his face. The young boy took a handful of earth and played with it in his hands, feeling the strange texture of the mushy earth. He then put some of the earth in his mouth, after experiencing the dirty taste he then spat out the dirt. He noticed this strange mushy brown thing was everywhere, and he soon lost interest in it.

He continued climbing towards the entrance of the cave, a bright light made him back away and shield his eyes on instinct. The young boy that was still inside the cave, hid in the darkness and looked at the bright light outside of the cave. He noticed the light did not move, after a few minutes, he decided to put his hand in the light.

The young boy noticed that nothing happened when his hand was covered in the light except for a bit of warmth. This warmth felt a bit familiar and it gave him a nice feeling, it reminded the young boy of the warmth he felt last night. This familiar feeling gave him a bit more confidence as he crept out into the light. However, to his horror, a black coloured creature had appeared behind him silently and scared him.

"Uhh!" He screamed in terror and once more hid inside the cave, however, the dark coloured creature had already disappeared.

The young boy was scared and did not know what to do. He worked up the courage once more and quickly creeped out of the cave, once more the dark coloured creature appeared and so he once more hid in the cave. The young boy repeated these actions a few times, every time the dark coloured creature would appear but it would disappear once he hid inside the cave. Eventually, he noticed that the creature would always appear behind him. Feeling frustrated, the young boy jumped out of the cave and swung his arms at the dark creature.

*Thud*

However, what the young boy hit was the earth on the ground and he remembered this texture. He noticed the dark coloured creature did not move after he attacked it, he stared at the dark coloured creature and noticed something strange, the dark coloured creature mimicked his actions. This was a very strange feeling for the young boy, whenever he tried to touch the dark coloured creature, he would instead touch the earth. Whenever he moved the dark coloured creature would also move in the same manner.

The strange thing the young boy noticed was that this dark coloured creature would only appear with the light and it would always imitate his actions. This made the young boy curious about where the light came from, he looked at a part of the cave and then outside and seemed to be confused. There was light outside the cave, but none inside.

He sat down on the floor and looked at both the inside of the cave and the outside of the cave over and over again. Suddenly his pupils strangely flickered, numbers appeared deep inside his eyes which continuously scrolled for a few seconds. The boy did not notice anything strange or feel different in any way, he just suddenly felt as though he knew where the light came from.

He suddenly looked up into the sky at the two huge yellow-red circles in the sky giving off a resplendent light, the young boy had to shield his eyes and look away. After looking at the two red-yellow orbs in the sky, he did not know how but knew the light came from those two red-yellow orbs and was no longer curious about his shadow, the same way he lost interest in the dirt.

He did not know what was outside of the cave and was not able to see the surroundings, the cave was located inside of a mountain and its random natural formation made it hard to see anything outside except the open sky above. The young boy once more resumed his climb, he came to a cliff and finally was able to see what was outside of the cave.

"Uhhh!" The young made a noise of amazement as he looked over the cliff. His eyes wide open and his mouth slightly open, he carefully looked at everything before him.

Through his eyes, as far as he could see were humongous, tall, and green trees. Numerous creatures were flying through the air and very frightening roaring sounds coming from deep within the forest. He was in great shock and awe as he stared at all of the new colours and shapes of the flora, and also the most shocking thing was the many other living creatures; none of which he had seen before.