Pain. That's my first memory. Then came fear. Confusion. And rage.

Why was I angry again? I don't remember.

But I do remember the pain, coursing throughout my body. No one told me what pain was but I instantly recognized it. How? I can only guess it was my instincts. I don't really care anymore.

I could move, but only a little before my body hit something.

Sometimes sounds could be heard but I couldn't understand what they belonged to. Some sounds were loud while others was so quite I could barely hear them. I liked some sounds while I hated others. Some sounds were followed by pain, that's why I hated them.

I remember the first time I opened my eyes, I had never had any before. The first thing I saw was light. I closed my eyes and return to the darkness.

The light scared me more than the pain. The pain was familiar but this... This was something NEW. I had never encountered anything new before.

It was... interesting. I wanted to know more, despite my fear. This was my first taste of what is called curiosity.

I opened my eyes again, this time slowly, letting my new eyes get used to this light. And I SAW. For the first time I saw.

Around me were THINGS with SHAPES and COLORS. Everything was new for me. I could feel something inside of me heath up, and I felt ALIVE. It was scary. It was new. It was thrilling. I needed more.

I looked down on myself for the first time.

While I didn't know what their names was them I know them now and can describe what I saw. Two arms, with one hand on each and every hand had five fingers on each. A torso, legs and feet with two toes on each.

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That was me. I looked around. There were others. They looked like me, as far as I could tell, but they had something more above their torso, a head. I came to the conclusion that I also had a head. My first conclusion in life. It makes me feel nostalgic just thinking about it.

Most of the others were unconscious, only a few were like me, awake. They also looked around but after they satisfied their curiosity they went to sleep.

How could they be satisfied after seeing so little, I thought. How can this not intrigue them?

I spent so long checking everything. I now knew what confined me but I didn't know what it was called. It was see through but I couldn't pass through it, my body stopped after moving a few inches.

It made me angry. I wanted to know more. It was so much that made no sense to me.

I started to feel my body becoming tired even if my mind was full of energy. I tried to resist it but I failed. In the end I had no choice but to go to sleep, just like the others.

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A young woman walked in the room. Right behind her walked what seemed like man, even younger than her. It was difficult to even call him a man, a boy would be the right description. The sound of their feet echoed in the silence. None of them said anything. The woman suddenly stopped in front of the row of glasscontainers.

"This, your majesty" the woman said, "this is your army".