What is this warm feeling? And this darkness, where am I? I tried to move my body but my movements where weird. I can't explain why and there's also this wet sound whenever I move. Cracking sound?
Suddenly, memories of when I heard my own spine cracking flashed back on my mind. I was launched forward and I hit the ground. Did I got hit by a car? My vision went red and dark at that moment and all I see is Kaizer struggling to make himself flip.
Did I? Did I die? I thought to myself and then wave of emotions hit me. My life is miserable but i am happy. My siblings and my beetles . I was immersed in sadness and then I remembered my situation.
Did I really die? If so, why do I still have sense? Why am I still thinking? Where is this? I heard similar cracking sounds that I heard earlier. It was resounding from every directions. And after that. I heard, Beetle's cries.
I am familiar with them because I was always with beetles. And this sounds are from young beetles. Could this be?
I once tried to read a novel but it was about reincarnation. The main character was reincarnated with his memories intact and in chapter 1, he heard his self crying like a baby and some strangers voice which turned out to be his parents.
But if it's real, then in my case, I was reincarnated as a beetle! I did really died then? But why was I reincarnated as a beetle? No! I need to confirm first! I willed what ever limbs or part of my body that I'm controlling. I felt that I touched a surface. It's hard. This must be the shell. Now, push!
*Crack! * I did it! I break out of whatever the hell is this thing is! I managed to free myself out of the shell and stumbled on the ground. My vision is facing the ceiling and I kept moving my limbs but I'm not moving at all. I released a screech as a creepy face filled my vision. Screech? I did Screech, then I'm really a beetle after all!
The face has 2 pairs of compound eyes aligned horizontally. It's mouth has two short horn shaped fangs and has countless moving fangs on an organ I recognised as the mouth! It looks like a beetle! Just have 4 eyes and monstrous and huge! But maybe it's not huge, I'm just small. I'm an infant beetle after all.
Did I got reincarnated as a beetle because I love beetles so much? But why do I still have my memories? Hugghh! This is giving me a headache! The big beetle lowered it's head and I saw a beetles trunk! It has long thick stem and 3 sharp branches. I felt something from my back .And then my upper body was raised until I was flipped over. Now my limbs are touching something. For some reason, my 3 pairs of insect limbs move as if i know how even though I don't really know how! I turned back and saw two huge beetles flipping some baby beetles who stumbled upside down like me. Are they my parents? There are like 7 of us infant beetles here. I wandered my gazed at the place we're at. We're in a dark cave but as I see it, the wall were soils not rocks the ground was soil too but it was covered by soft kind of soil. In front of me were where my parents is, there's a light shining from the side. I guess that tunnel leads at the entrance of this cave.
I moved closer to my siblings who were walking mindlessly everywhere and my parents are pushing them back keeping us close together. I observed my parents but I can't define what expression they were wearing. But somehow, I feel that they were happy. I screech mindlessly training to call them and both of them gazed at my direction. I was just standing still looking at them and they stared back at me too. The one who has bigger and intimidating beetle trunk with many branches complexly pointing in front of him moved towards me and he patted me with his horn which was thicker, bigger and has many branches than the one who flipped me. It seems that he's our Father and that one was our mother.
I am somehow happy because I can feel their emotion. I can feel affection and happiness from both of them. Unlike my other siblings who keeps and crawling like crazy around that my parents always have to push them back again on our circle. This might be because to keep us warm. I tried to crawl close to the wall to examine it but I felt cold as I move away from my flock of siblings.
Some of my siblings settled close to our parents and scooped in to sleep I think but I kept thinking about why did I reincarnated as a beetle and with my memories intact. If I was a human, that would be helpful but I'm a beetle. Perhaps, this happened so that I can observe my favorite species in my past life closely.
Finally, the crawling and screeching sound settled and my siblings where now asleep. I wonder how big we where. This beetles are strange than the beetles I know. They act so much like they had strong familial bond and we have two pairs of eyes. My father's trunk too was kinda weird. It looks more like an reindeer horn.
Maybe this wasn't earth but somewhat similar to it. I kept thinking like this until I felt dizziness. I'm an infant beetle after all. I'll just sort out this thought tomorrow. I don't even know what time is it in this world, but from the blue lights emitting from the entrance, we must have been born at night. I'll sleep now. I nudge my self close to my siblings and fell in a deep slumber. I wonder if beetles do dream?
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"Lord Edo, we've spotted unknown individuals from the north forest but we couldn't capture them. We think they are spies from Adilis, they're fast and their presence are faint. "
"Warn the townsfolk to not approach the north forest for 3 days and unleash shadow hounds on that forest."
"Yes m'lord."
"Albert. Report about the assembling of our force?"
"Yes my lord, our units are now at the fortress assembling their armors and weapons. The rations has arrived this morning just in time. Catapults and horses are ready. Our forces will be movable after 2 hours."
"Very well. Tell the lances that they will go in advance for scouting. I shall prepare too."
"Yes our Lord. "