He was a child, stuck inside the bright and shiny world of his chrysalis. Warm and content but with a fire burning in his belly. He just wanted to get more out of life! To see what else was in store for him! To stay here and float through endless time was close to torture! But, now that he thought about it. This wasn't such a bad thing. He had no real desires other than to explore? He pondered on that. Did he want to know more about life? The reason why he was here in this fluid filled world. Maybe he really wanted to understand who or even what exactly he was? He would remain here, just a little while longer. He could hear the loud humming of life that burst throughout his small being.

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.

Sluggish shifting, small paws running through the short fur of her stomach. A golden eye cracked open, peering up intently at the dancing colors of blues and browns above her, holding her in a comfortable and familiar embrace. As she shifted, so too did the chrysalis, creating colorful swirls across her vision as her heart beat softly in her ears. She had no desire to leave the familiar safety of her home, she was content to remain in her chrysalis. Simply listening to the sounds of bugs darting past her home, and the faint shifting of foliage around her.

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.

Heart racing he woke with a stir. It was time, the deep thumping of his heart prepared of new and waited spoils. He could feel it, the hot sensation burning through his veins. It spoke loud and clear to him now. That instinct, that is what it had to be. This thing that had been speaking to him, preparing him for this moment. It ran through his being, he grew hot and impatient now. Eyes shooting open he pushed against the very walls that had kept him safe. It was time! The king would emerge now! To see reign over his new kingdom! That is what if said, that is what it promised!

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.

Ears twitched and her gaze subconsciously shifted around her, hearing a rather displeased 'rowr' echo through the sides of her chrysalis. Slowly, the cub shifted to turn her head as far as the familiar walls allowed, faint images of the surrounding foliage flooding through her mind, staining the insides of the chrysalis green with the images with an unamused huff from her throat. Something was too close to her home, to her safety! Annoyance fluttered faintly through her mind, though was short lived as she turned her attention back to the walls around her, experimentally nudging her paw against the smooth surface once more with a low, curious rumble rising faintly in her throat as she watched the colors ripple once more over her.

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.

Did he fall asleep? He was tired, especially being frustrated would do that to a young cub such as he. It didn't matter, he was awake now. Eyes fluttering open he could barely move around, this wasn't the same as it was last time. The confines of this chrysalis seemed to shrink with each passing second. That voice once again spoke to him, reassuring him that now was the time to break out. To break free and see the spoils of the land that belonged to the new king.

A smile grew to his face, images flashing through his young ample mind. Babbling brooks and foliage that was yet unseen through this diamond walls! With a deep inhale he readied himself. Craning his posture to hit the same region as before. He could do this, he must. The land was waiting for it new king! It's only king he mused sternly. He couldn't keep the world waiting much longer! It was probably growing impatient as well! A swift smack, nothing happened. His tail flickered beneath his furiously. A rumble grew in his throat, he would flail at this wall. For what seemed like ages to his small being. Exhausting himself till he ached with all the energy he was expended foolishly.

Maybe, he wasn't meant to be king.

Lips curled and tail flicking violently to and fro, he lay there within the diamond prison. Yes, this place wasn't a home any longer he mused. It was a curse! A foul trick on those who were birthed of royal blood and his prestige. He was in a diamond for crying out loud! Fate had to be working against him! To expect such a small creature to break through this!? He was crammed now, and his temperature beyond sizzling. And just before he could think it couldn't get any worse. It spoke to him. Screaming at the young cub as if this was the final countdown.

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!

The cub twisted around as much as she could in the confines of the Chrysalis, her single golden eye widening as her ears twitched, hearing the yowl that was much too close to her safe place for her liking. Her heart rate sped up, thundering in her ears as her instincts told her to get out of the chrysalis, that she wouldn't be safe in it for much longer. Her attention shifted around the surface of the multicolored shell. Fear rushed through her system as the feeling of being constricted pushed against her sides, squeezing at her ribs and making it feel hard for her to breathe.

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.

The satisfying sound of the diamond shell crackling under his claws had him curl his lips upward. What a divine moment this was, to be free, to finally be a true king! Only little did he know, that he really wasn't. He was just a cub, one somewhere in the underbrush of a great big place called Eridanus. He would come to learn about that later though.

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.

She allowed herself to glance over her surroundings, feeling familiar with the ferns that covered what had once been her home, the images that had flashed through her mind. Sitting back on her haunches, the bear cub swatted curiously at the shards of her chrysalis that had come with her, either caught in the short fur of her shoulders during impact, or simply being dragged along by one of her paws. Regardless, there were still shards, and they were hers after all.

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.

It had all moved so fast! Leaping through the bushes and tackling down the fearful stranger with NO sense of self preservation. Only the sound of a startled scream alerted him of a direct hit! What was this cub thinking!? The answer was, he wasn't. He was young, so luckily it would slide this time. But before he could bring back his visual senses it had went dark. The light from before, it had vanished! And the someone new, they had escaped his grasp! What kind of trickery was this!?

Magic it said, magic was at play here. They had taken his light, the kings light. Well that wasn't fair! They had to give it back, you cant just go taking light away! Though in retrospect you cant just go around tackling other people you don't know. But that was besides the point! It told him to focus, to call up the very power flowing richly through his royal veins.

A smile curled his lips, he would find this fearful someone new. He would show them what he could do! You can take away a kings light! But you could never take away their will to fight! Bright golden eyes seemed to pulsate to that of his heart beat. Shimmering like lots jewels in the current surroundings. He could see them now. They were, like him? Small and new to this world? A few shards of their chrysalis still hanging from their dark fur. All desire to show this, bear; who was the boss had faded.