Mother and first meal.

State: Hatched/Premature.

'Aww, …..Shit, I left my egg too early. Well, that explains Strong Hide[0]. I wasn't fully developed yet.'

A grimace formed on my face. By leaving my egg too early, My body is weaker than it was originally supposed to be. No wonder why one of my Traits was undeveloped. In my hurry, I did something foolish….

'But how was I supposed to know such a thing would happen?..... Some kind of prompt or warning would have been appreciated… Perhaps there was one and I might have unknowingly skipped past it.... Damn Status page….'

'No.'

I couldn't help but shake my head.

'This isn't a game…. This is real life. In my excitement, I must have gotten the two mixed up. I should have thought about the consequences of breaking out of my egg....

But brooding over it now won't fix the mistake. I can only try and be better in the future.

My thoughts are interrupted when a thumping noise makes its way to my ears.

'Ears? Do I even have ears?'

As I turn in the direction the noise is coming from I subconsciously bring one of my clawed hands to feel for any ears…. Nothing.

From around the corner, a giant white Deathclaw appeared….. Any human that sets eyes upon it would be running for the hills, That is if they don't die of a heart attack immediately after they see the creature I mean Just look at her, Her mere presence could probably make the most powerful Super Mutants squirm let alone something like a soft weak Human. The only thing that may have a chance at standing up to her without running for its life would probably be either another powerful Deathclaw variant or a Super Mutant Behemoth. And even then I doubt a Super Mutant Behemoth would win if such an encounter did occur.

'Though I can't really back up any of my opinions. I mean How am I supposed to know if an Albino Deathclaw is stronger than a Behemoth? There are most likely a few Yourtube videos on that but I was never the type to watch that kind of thing... Though getting a better look at her she does look a bit different than a normal Deathclaw, And I'm not talking about the Albino features either...'

As she continued walking forward more and more of her body revealed itself. White scales covered her from head to toe. Red eyes that almost glowed through the dimly lit cave. I swore I could hear growls coming from her throat as she breathed. She sounded very angry but that could just be my imagination. Her horns were grey and bent backward-pointing opposite to the direction she was looking. They looked very intimidating… Like they could be used to ram a car into the air and across the street. The biggest difference between normal Deathclaws portrayed in the Fallout series and my mother would be her overall body structure... She still looked somewhat like a Deathclaw but her posture just seemed a bit more.... Human-ish? Smaller arms, Smaller claws, and while she still had a hunchback it was barely noticeable….. And a.... A skinny spiked tail? Well….. That's…... Curious….. Maybe it had something to do with my earlier fear. Or maybe it was because she was leaning over me but I couldn't see the differences when I last saw her. It seems she shares a few similarities to me…. Not that it's weird or anything. I mean... While Molag Bal does look a bit like a Deathclaw no one would mistake him for one. He looks a "bit" similar, But at the same time, the resemblance isn't that great. It wouldn't make sense for a normal Deathclaw to pop out a Molag Bal lookalike. But It would make sense if the Deathclaw evolved a bit each generation. Judging by how similar yet different we look I'd say my Grandmother only looked slightly different when compared to a normal Deathclaw And my Great Grandmother was most likely just an average plain Deathclaw.

I was going to continue meditating on the subject but something caught my eye.

'Hmm….. What's that?'

In her bloody left hand she was dragging something across the rock floor. No doubt something to eat…..

'Well, hopefully, it's something to eat. I'm starving.'

She turned to look at me and our eyes met….. For some reason, the fear I felt when looking at her before was completely gone. In fact, I even felt a bit excited. Maybe it's because I know now it's my Mother.

*Swish, Swish* And it would seem my tail is also excited.

Mother stared at me for a moment, Immediately her gaze was filled with affection. She walked over to me, With her kill in tow crouched down, and licked me on the forehead. My eyes closed as I felt the contact. And contrary to how I felt earlier when she licked me, I actually enjoyed it. It was truly strange. There must be something affecting my mind because I know for a fact the Human me would be absolutely freaked out right now. But the current me was actually elated….

Mother backed up a bit and gently placed the meat she had in her hand onto the floor. Even if something did change my mind a bit I still couldn't help but grimace when I saw what used to be an animal of some kind placed onto the floor in front of me.

I knew this was coming. Being a Deathclaw Baby and all, The moment I realized I was hungry I knew I'd most definitely have to eat bloody raw meat for the foreseeable future… I just hope humans aren't on the menu at some point. I was a Human until yesterday after all… I'm not sure how I would react if my new Mother were to bring Human meat here…. Though looking at the current meat pile in front of me, And again while it definitely looks disgusting I don't really feel against eating it…. No that's not exactly right I do feel a bit against eating it, But it's the same feeling you get when you look at the veggies on your plate, Not a carcass on the ground.

*Growl*

Well, I shouldn't keep my little tummy waiting…. I really am hungry though.

Just as I was about to move towards the dead animal on the cave floor I felt something start to ring in my head. For a brief moment, a flash went off in my mind. It was a bit distracting but I felt no pain.

'Eat.'

My demon-like eyes widened as I heard an unfamiliar voice in my head. Well, it felt like a voice but there was no actual sound to it. More like just a thought.

I turned my head and looked towards the strange White Deathclaw.

'Mother? Is that you?'

This time it was my Mothers turn to look surprised. Well if a Deathclaw could even look surprised.

'Young understand?'

I couldn't help but note that her speech or well thoughts sounded very primitive...… She didn't hear that, did she? I looked up to her and couldn't really derive anything from her expression. So for now I just decided to answer.'

'Yes, I understand Mother.'

She tilted her head curiously then pointed her clawed hand at the meat pile.

'Need eat, Belly fill.'

With that I felt whatever was linking my mind to my mother's break. Interesting….. It seems I received my Mind Link skill from my mother genetically. And what was with that reaction? If I saw a talking baby it would definitely take my interest. But she just looked a bit surprised then waved it off. And what's more, how did she receive such an ability? Did it develop naturally?

*GROWL*

'Well food for thought later, Food for belly now.'

Slowly making my way up to my meal. I couldn't help but study it for a bit. It had six legs and the back two had hooves? But its body looked like it could be some kind of large dog….. Brown skin with a few patches of fur here and there oh and no head. It seemed that it was already torn off. It was not something I was familiar with.

I crawled over to one of its front legs. It had a putrid smell. Well, all of it had a putrid smell. I leaned forward without hesitation and bit into it. My razor fangs easily tore the skin apart. Even undeveloped it seems I'm still quite dangerous.

*Shhhhlick*

A strange squishing noise sounded out as I ripped the flesh from the body.

Even if I don't have many negative feelings towards eating raw meat it seems the terrible taste still remained because as It entered my mouth I almost hurled. It tasted so disgusting. I can't even liken it to something I've eaten before.

I ignore my mouth's protest and forcefully swallow it down. It's a good thing I don't need to chew being mostly a carnivore and all. If I did, I'm not completely sure I could keep it down….. And even then I couldn't help but squirm.

Mother had a content expression on her face as she observed me eating my first meal... It was a very bloody sight.

Soon I took another bite.

End of chapter 3

Here's another chapter I'm glad I got another one in and I hope you enjoyed it. I originally said I was going to post only every other day but so far I've posted once every single day. Please leave a comment about the story I'd love some input. You know like some idea for the future I could use. I may not use them but I'd definitely consider it if it's a good idea. Oh and also I updated the previous chapters cus I kept changing from first person to third person without realizing it.