When I wake up, I am already a cocoon.

Not just any cocoon either. My body is now as big as a small cat.

Thanks to this growth, my hidey-hole has collapsed, burying me underneath dirt and sand.

And add to the fact that I am a goddamn immobile cocoon, with no legs and arms.

I am stuck here, ain't I?

I try to wiggle my body left and right. It works but it does nothing to free me from this earth prison.

Is that it? Is this how I am going to end? Just because the universe is a giant dick who collapses a cave over me while I'm asleep?

As I slip further and further into the endless abyss that is named despair, I suddenly have an epiphany.

I know now what I should do to escape.

Concentrating, I focus my thoughts around me.

And then, I let it explode.

And explode it did.

As I roll out from the dust, I let out a shout of joy... that is, if I could do that as a cocoon.

I am now psychic.

To be exact, I can now perform psychokinesis; exerting force, moving things just by my mind.

I've always wanted to do this back in the real world. Imagine how much more convenient life will be with this ability. Want to get a drink? You can bring the soda can from the refrigerator just by your mind, without moving a single step from your chair. Carrying a heavy bag with you? Just lift it with your thought and free your shoulders from that burden.

Oh, and of course you can use it to flip girls' skirt up but you don't hear it for me. No sir, I am a perfect gentleman.

Anyway, returning to the present, I decide I should play around with this power some more; see its limitations and all that.

And what a wonderful coincidence. Those noisy birds are right there perched on those branches.

First, I try pulling them towards me. Doesn't work. Too far away, I suppose.

Then, I send some rocks flying towards them. The rocks' speed is too slow to catch them off guard. They all manage to flap away before they hit their soft bodies.

Damn those birds! Even with psychic power, I still can't reach my fang into them!

I roll towards the other branch where they have landed. I notice how my rolling speed is far higher than my belly-crawling speed when I was still a worm.

And then, I have another epiphany.

Concentrating all my thoughts towards my body, I slowly levitate myself away from the ground.

And then, I fling myself at the birds. This time, the distance is zero since I am levitating my own body, thus preserving its maximum power from dissipating due to distance.

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The birds don't see me coming. When they leap away, it's already too late. I am already close enough to wrap one of them in my telekinesis.

It lets a squeak as it falls down with me. Then, before it can do anything else, I tackle it with my hard, spiked body.

And that is how I get my first bird meal.

However, the cocoon only has a small hole for my mouth. I can no longer swallow things whole like when I was a worm. I have to tear apart the bird's meat piece and piece as a result.

What a bother.

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And thus my bird hunting days begin. One by one, they all fall to my trick. It is such a joy to get revenge on them after all they had done to me when I was still a worm.

In a month, not a single chirp is heard in the vicinity.

By the way, during my hunt, I finally meet what you would call a "monster".

It was some type of plant, but it could walk around and was carnivorous. It devoured a deer when I discovered it.

I am not sure I can take it on the way I am now, which is all the more reason I should grow even further.

And to do that, I need to hunt something bigger.

Perhaps I should follow its lead and hunt some deer myself too.

And just when I think of that, a deer flashes by.

Another glorious coincidence.

Quickly, I levitate after it., moving around my spikes so that it mainly juts on the front.

Yeah, I discovered I can do that just a few days ago.

Eventually, the deer rests in a nearby lake, as it lowers its graceful head to have a nice cool water to drink.

I strike without mercy; my spikes hitting it right in the jugular. They pierce, making me somewhat stuck on the deer's neck. Not for long though as it goes into a frenzy right away. I fall down to the ground right before it kicks me--with great strength, mind you-- right into the lake. Luckily, my cocoon is hard enough to handle that blow though it still hurts like a bitch.

Quickly, I levitate myself out of the water. The deer is still there, tossing and turning like no other. I don't bother to attack again. I already know it's doomed to die. It has lost too much blood already.

And so, I eat my first deer. Once again, slicing it to pieces takes a lot of work, even with telekinesis.

But it was all worth it for after that, I can feel that it's time for me to evolve once more.