"Ahhhh" I screamed. Why couldn't I just enjoy my first moments of life? The moment I gained consciousness a throbbing headache was causing me to wish I was still nonexistent. After some flailing about the headache subsided, well partially. But partially was enough to at least think strait.

I was born with a name, Mathew. I knew not who gave me that name but the sense of identity that came with it was nice.

I decided to look for water and food, both of which I had been in need of since my headache subsided. In the meantime I decided to take stock of the surroundings. I was surrounded by thick towering trees that must have been thousands of times larger than me. There was an occasional boulder but they were in much lesser number than the trees.

The forest floor was covered in sticks that could not puncture nor harm my feet. I couldn't tell if the branches were just brittle or my feet are hard. I far preferred to believe the latter though.

Eventually I grew impatient. Then I had an epiphany. Could I possibly eat a tree? Only one way to find out! I opened my mouth wide around a part of the tree and bit hard."Ahhh!" That hurts like hell! I wont be bested by a stupid tree. I punched it. "ow!"

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Now I was enraged. I acted on pure thoughtless instinct drawing on some mystical force from within my body. No that's not right, this energy came from somewhere far stranger, my soul. Forming lightning in my hand, its destructive power drawn from using my searing rage as a conduit.

I took control of this chaotic energy and, using my remaining hand thrust the lightning forward into the tree.

"booooom"

The lightning exploded against the tree with violent and chaotic energy. To my great dismay the explosion did nod discriminate

The explosion blew me back as shards of wood cut at my face and flames scorched my skin. Black fluid began pouring from my dull marble skin in the few wounds that weren't cauterized by the flames. I felt Pain. I felt searing pain. I was hurt, but how? How did I do what I just did? Wha-

"Snapping creaking and bending noises"

My train of thought was ended abruptly when the tree, now charred black began to splinter and crack as it fell towards me. reflex took over as I leaped off of my stomach and to the side.

"Crash"

That tree better have been edible.