Chapter 6 - New World and A System Part 1

'Zura. My name is Zura Ren.' The bat told himself for the hundredth time, as he perched on the ceiling of the cave staring at his reflection in the still waters below that nearly claimed his newborn life upon his arrival into the world. Zura awoke in this world no more than a day ago in an event that he would just as soon forget, for the first thing he experienced was the sensation of falling, only to open his eyes to see a giant bat, staring at him and growing smaller and smaller. It took him but a moment to process that he was falling and less than a second to fully start screaming, and only a few more for the inevitable-. *Splash* He fell backwards, head first into water, instantly he swallowed a mouthful and felt himself drowning. He tried to move his arms and legs in a bid to swim to the surface, only see the miniature bones of an animal covered in barely any meat responding to his call. Once again, he opened his mouth, to scream and once again water entered. He struggled for breath, looking towards the surface of the water, reaching, but not quite grasping, until he blacked out once again. He came to on the bank of the pool. Coughing up lung-fulls of water and attempting to grasp his burning chest, only to realize once again, those were not his arms. He raised his burning eyes and he heaved deep breaths on all fours, looking around in an attempt to get his bearings. The surroundings could only be called one word, spacious. It was a large hollow of what looked like to be a cavern, with the only light coming from the reflection of some unknown source off the surface of the pool, making his surroundings visible. He tried to crawl, but he felt weak. It wasn't until he saw what looked to be a slug inching its way past him towards the pool that he made a bid to move. He moved only his head and neck as he craned his neck up and forward to bring his mouth directly on top of the slug and then *slurp*, he swallowed it whole. *Cough Cough*. He coughed twice to bury the taste, however in the next moment he felt energy surge through his body, feeling his mind begin to clear, bringing on another fit of coughing. He shook his tiny head and placed his hands under him and pushed himself up. The visual of his hands underneath him in that moment is one that is forever ingrained in his mind. He turned his body and crawled towards the pool and looked at his reflection, and then he passed out again "FUCK."