2 Chapter 2 - Hatching

She pulled her hands back and quickly slammed them forward with however much strength she could muster up— which wasn't her full strength since she was still in a weakened state.

Yet it was enough to cause some impact on the thing that encased it— it seemed with a small crack forming on the encasement as she did so.

'So it could work. Then I just need to keep it up.'

She thought to herself as she attempted to keep doing it— slamming against the encasement over and over again.

Slowly the cracks on the encasement grew until finally, she was able to completely shatter it and get free of the thing she was trapped in.

Slowly crawling out from within it.

She was instantly met with a burst of light— such a bright light that it temporarily blinded her from her surroundings in order for her eyes to adjust to it.

But quickly she found herself able to see perfectly fine— maybe even somewhat better than she was able to see before. Yet she didn't realize the minute change due to the thing around her.

She wasn't in a place she was expecting to be in.

When one is kidnapped you would expect to be in a basement or maybe some sort of old abandoned building so that the kidnapper could hide out and the kidnapped person wouldn't get away.

But she was in neither— in fact, it seemed like she was out in the open, surrounded by what looked like vast and lush forestry.

Trees and plants as far as she could see, with herself being located in the center of what looked like a crater that was overgrown with greenery.

While amazed by the location she was in, one question came to her mind.

'Where am I?'

She had never seen a place like this before, and it definitely wasn't a place a kidnapper would store you away, so where the hell was she?

Stumbling to her feet properly she looked back at the thing that was encasing her, that she broke out from, only to be surprised by its large round shape and black crystalline texture.

And while it may look like a gem to some, the fact that it had a weird-looking semi-translucent white liquid coming out from it, only made her think of one thing.

'Is that an egg?'

As that thought crossed her mind another came just as quickly— making her self-conscious about her body.

'Wait, why am I so short? And why don't I have any clothing on?'

Now that she was standing up she was able to tell just how much smaller she was now compared to how she was before.

And while she may not have been some 6 feet tall beauty before, she was definitely at a good height.

But now however she was much shorter than that— she could tell she wasn't even 5 feet from how tall everything else was.

And that wasn't even the main issue— she was completely naked. She could feel the cold winds beating against her bare body, along with the liquid slowly drying on her skin.

It was odd— why would she be naked inside of some weird egg thing in the middle of a forest? Not to mention, how did she get shorter?

Confused— but interested, she decided to find out the answer to this question.

Which lead her to deciding to wander around the forest a bit.

While she knew that the forest would be dangerous, she also knew that staying out in such an open area would be even worse.

She would be easy prey for any animal that tried to hunt her.

Not to mention it was getting dark, and when the night came, dangerous animals that she wouldn't be able to see sneaking up on her would start to roam around.

So she had to get moving quickly.

Taking a few seconds just to get her bearings in order, she decided to head right— because right is always a good direction to go.

One way or the other she was bound to run into something useful, so she went off.

While wandering around, she saw nothing but endless trees and greenery, without any sign of human intervention as far as she could see.

Not a single road, building, or even a harmed tree that was destroyed to make a pathway.

It seemed like it was a place completely untouched by humans— which was surprising to her since humans loved to take stuff and make it their own.

But she wasn't too surprised by it because she had seen even more surprising things over the course of this day alone.

After a solid hour of straight walking, a surprisingly long time given that she didn't feel tired or thirsty in the slightly even after not taking a break for so long she came across a large lake.

'I wonder if I can get some food here.'

Her hunger had been growing ever stronger over the course of the past hour to the point where she felt like she could eat a horse whole.

And she really wanted to get something to eat.

She was hoping that maybe she could try and catch a fish in the lake since she knew how to start a fire and cook fish on it.

But catching a fish without any fishing gear would definitely be a hassle.

With a soft sigh escaping her lips she made her way over to the water in order to get a drink of it, and wash her face off.

Yet as she kneeled down at the side of the water and peered down at her reflection, she couldn't help but freeze at what she saw.