The first thing the newly conscious Gembound became aware of was heat. It was a strong heat, as if there was a fire nearby but the Alaskan Malamute actually liked it. She wiggled her tiny legs, pressed her pink pawpads against the shell of whatever it was that she was stuck in and felt the warmth against her sensitive skin.
Unlike before, the heat now soon began to grow too much to bear and the dog pulled back, shaking her whole body to express her dislike. No, no, called her young mind, shaking more wildly.
Eventually, the thing atop her head - she could not see but only feel it - hit the shell of her Chrysalis, heavily damaging the thin glowing Imperial Topaz. The fluid within started to pour through the tiny holes the female Gembound had accidently created and soon she was taking her first breath of air. And now she really felt like she needed to get out there and see what the heck was causing her Chrysalis to warm up.
A few swift kicks with her front legs broke the shell and then she was free and the first thing Athena saw was fire. Her chrysalis rested in the entrance of Tunnel I, only a few meters from where the whole of Polaris was bathed in fire.
"Ah, hot!" The young Malamute barked, shaking yet again - once more to show her distaste for the current situation and to get the sticky fluid clinging to her thick coat out of her fur - and grimacing quite obviously.
Athena saw a huge thing sitting on a blue spire in the middle of Polaris and she retreated further, relying completely on her instincts. Whatever it was, she definitely didn't want to mess with it.
"No, no." She muttered, retreating further into the opening of the tunnel and leaning against one of it's cold walls. Not that she felt much of it through her thick, light brown coat.
"Listen to me."
Table by Shax
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