He just had to wait, it told him he was not yet ready. To be patient, that everything would pay off soon. It promised him a whole new world, fit for a new king. Excitement grew in his small heart, he was already so ready! But he had some time left. He was promised the world, it told him so. The very essence running through his veins. He was made to be king.

Adjusting once more within the confines of her chrysalis, she simply stared out at the dancing colors, her mind wandering with the potential sights of what might be waiting for her outside. The small cub felt curiosity stir in her chest, a desire to see the outside, to smell the air and see more colorful things than the walls of her chrysalis! And yet, she remained still, the desire to remain still remaining the controlling factor of her body, prompting a soft nudge of a paw at the surrounding color of the chrysalis, to watch the swirls of blue and brown dance once more in an intricate display.

She would wait, absorb as much time resting as she could before the desire to explore became too much. Only then would she try to free herself of the chrysalis, to see the outside world for her own eye, and meet the other creatures that had gone by during the endless days she stayed still. She was comforted by the thought, and her curiosity eased. Her mind would tell her when it was time to leave the chrysalis, and it told her the time would be soon, that she had best begin to prepare herself to leave the safety of familiar surroundings.

He pushed and squirmed with all his might. Yet the hard walls imprisoning him did not budge. He grew tired now, impatient of how long this was taking. He was ready! He knew he was, but why wasn't this going as planned? Why didn't this go as promised!? A small sound of displeasure escaped his lips. Then it spoke to him, rest and try again. You had exerted yourself too soon, too fast. He practically flailed in frustration at this, only if he had the room too do so.

So he would wait, gather up strength and try again.

Her stub of a tail trembled against the back of her legs, bringing her mind to focus on the forgotten appendage as she attempted to crane her neck to look at it, only able to see the expanse of blue-brown tinted fur of her side and hind legs, the tail hidden behind her hips. No matter, she'd look at it once she was allowed by her mind to leave the confines of the chrysalis, the longer she remained in, after learning her time to leave was so close, it was starting to get suffocating.

And frankly, she was really bored.

He had to escape, or he will die. This was an unfamiliar concept, it had not spoken of 'die' before. Laying there, unable to comprehend the explanations that flashed like subliminal messaging through him. Finally it hit him. And it hit him hard, to die was to no longer exist. It would be painful, a sensation that it told him to avoid at all cost. A primitive law and rule of life, avoid death and avoid anything that caused pain. To live and to do it healthily, that was the goal.

He would not die here, he had so much to live up to! He was a king! The King! Lips curling back he unleashed a great yowl of displeasure. At least as great of one that any young cub could. Pounding against the diamond wall he could hear it crackle. He could feel it give in! Before he knew it he had erupted out from the confines of his old home and into the starting 'level' of his new kingdom. Finally! He was free!

She knew she wasn't actually being harmed, the walls of the chrysalis hadn't moved, or if they had, they'd moved only slightly to keep the appearance of being in the same place. Her lip curled back quietly as she held a hind paw against the smooth surface of her home, waiting a moment before drawing back, and slamming what weight she had into the surface.

She wanted out

She felt the smooth surface crack under her paw, hearing the tell tale crackle of the surface splitting before tumbling free of the confines, onyx fur shifting ever so slightly as she attempted to gain her bearings. It was with a faint curl at the sides of her maw that she realized...

She had just bearly managed to crack the egg.

Slamming his paws down on the shell below him a few more time for enjoyment he froze. Something else was making the same sound, except this was just behind a bush to his left. It told him someone was near, someone new and someone fearful. He could barely smell what they were talking about. His primitive instinct was strong, talking to him as if another cub. He did not mind this, for the fact it was all he knew. And that technically, it 'was' right about him breaking out. Much later than it had told him the first two times.

Piquing his curiosity and the absolute need to show who was the king around here he lept through the bushes. They would be so pleased to finally find this land's one true king. Though with as much grace as a young cub could manage he landed forcefully onto something else. Something new, something fearful.

Her ears angled behind her, instincts alerting her to something watching her movements, though she hadn't truly realized it until a weight slammed into her back, a startled scream tearing from her throat at the contact as she was shoved forward, head bouncing on soft dirt with a low whine. Struggling to flip over, despite the soft fur of her underbelly being revealed, she sucked in her breath.

She was not going to let this... thing hurt her so early into her exploration!

The gem embedded in her eye flashed faintly for a moment, before darkening considerably, the traces of brown darkening to look gray as she pushed the offending cub away from her, ignoring the darkened surroundings as she focused. Her forelimbs hooking under hind legs to quickly roll away from the indentation in the dirt of where she'd been shoved to the floor.