Chapter 04: Struggle & Error

It did not take long for me to find out when the woman was asleep so I could sneak out and experiment within this new world.

Driven by vengeance I crawled as silent as my body let me, sneaking off the bed, and onto the chair. As I reached to the ground with my little feet I slipped and fell...

*thud*

Followed by silence, I did my best not to cry and whipped myself up. Slowly crawling towards the door and looked at the knob which was clearly out of my reach... I pouted a little... knowing it might be impossible for me to reach...

Restraining myself from throwing a tantrum I looked around in the room dimly lid by the moon. Soon noticing the kitchen being close to the door.

Deciding to try the impossible I had to find a way up, but couldn't find one so far. Irritated but not defeated I returned to the bedroom, there the woman was fast asleep. I tried crawling back onto the bed which posed a challenge, but eventually succeeded, carefully placing myself in the arms of the woman.

~ The Next Day ~

The sun stood high at the heavens,

peering through the windows lighting up the room.

The woman awoke to my sleeping face which warmed her heart. Deciding to let me sleep she carefully lay me on the bed and gently tugged me in.

Moments later I awoke to a sweet aroma.

She must be cooking. For a while I lay in bed without a care in the world, until the woman came to get me. It was time to eat.

Serveral dishes were spread out in front of me,

and even thought I was hunger, I couldn't care less... Because she made sure I was well fed.

Today was special, as soon after the woman decided to take me outside, allowing us to enjoy the weather together. I couldn't think about much, other than the betrayed of those close to me, because... why did they stab me in the back?

The bright warm day was something which felt like an old friend... it embraced me... having almost forgotten this feeling it slowly filled me with warmth and fuzziness. We didn't do much, just lay there staring at the clouds, until she fell asleep next to me.

Carefully observing, it became apparent she was fast asleep, so now I had to make sure I was able to walk.

Struggling to stand up, it took a while,

before I was able to stand up... only to fall to the ground shortly after. Serveral attempts later is still wasn't able to walk... and who could blame me... I was still a baby... not even a year old...

So I cut myself some slag and began to crouch to the bushes, making sure no one could see me. This was the chance I had been waiting for. No watchful eyes... one one telling me what to do... man... this? This was the best!

Behind the bushes I thought of something unusual, that what the god, "Mars" wasn't it? Had actually kept his promise and spoke the truth. Did he?

I had to find out, one way, or another...

The weirdest of all, was the fact that while thinking about this, memories of the past began flooding in.

But this... this life was different,

so... Would my abilities even work the same?

As I reached out towards the ground I focused much as I could. Thinking about the things I wanted most.

"Companions".

I missed my friends, I really did... And to be fair...

I didn't know what to do without them...

That was when it dawned on me...

I just had to make my own! Cause if I still had the abilities of my previous life, I should be able to create them from scratch, right?

The concept was there, and the idea was really cool. I had to find out if it had been all true, or just yet another lie to get him off his back...

I tried collecting energy, and felt a cold breeze softly caresse my arm as it crept higher and higher, until I couldn't feel my fingertips anymore.

That was when I opened my hand and tried to release it, suddenly a burst of black wind shot from the palm of my hand, blowing a small crater into the ground.

Not what I had hoped for, but it was a begin...

Serveral hours had passed and I hadn't gotten further than spreading the energy around my body.

I quickly returned to the nice lady, before long she had woken up and gently took me with her. After dinner she went to bed early making us rest for the night.

But... I had other plans. Because it was time for step two. Finding out what was left of my vast prowess.

That night I left the house, making sure I wasn't followed... I looked around. All alone, I had to test out what I was capable of. And as I was able to collect energy from around me, there should be lots of possibilities.

Collecting the energy was easy, but honest,

I didn't know how to unleash it, other than how I blasted it into the ground or air around my,

time and time again.

Frustrated I began to visualise what could be going wrong, and thought of serveral ways to utilize them.

From shouting out emberassing names like.

"Orb of Darkness" "Death Beam" "Churchill Earth".

To carefully visualising every step of the way...

But nothing happened other than the chance of air currents by the pressure I released.

It took a while for me to calm down and think rationally, thinking about different ways to summon my abilities. Knowing the kinds of games I played back in the day...

And that was when an idea grew on me in the back of my mind. What if... Mars knew I wouldn't try the most obvious approach as I had been consumed by anger, fear and frustration. What if... the only thing I have to say is...

"Status".