《Fate of Maggot》 Chapter 1: Im So Sorry Maggot POV It was dark , very dark. But what is this feeling? It''s squishy and slightly sticky. ''IT FEELS AMAZING!!!'' I could feel the amazing squishy feeling over my entire body. I wiggled and wiggled, and i''m pretty sure I wiggled one last time with delight. This was the best feeling I''ve ever felt before. ''.......wait a minute.'' I think this is the only feeling I can really recall now that I think about It. I looked around, it was still really dark but there was a hint of light coming from above, so I wiggled my way toward it. I found a hole in a round redish white thing with something red coming out of it. GRGGGLE! "I think you are right mister tummy that does look appetizing, but we must at least go outside before we eat." I crawled through the opening and was blinded by light. After a few moments I could see that I was standing on something that obviously wasn''t a part of the land that was around me. I looked under me and saw a giant pink thing, it had grey hair and a lot of its pink skin was wrinkly. ''Parent?'' For some reason that word came to mind, it did smell familar, so I guess it was my parent. "Thank you for giving birth to me parent...SNIFF...SNIFF." That smell, it was astounding, it made my mouth hole water out of control. "Parent I''m so sorry but I''m hungry and you smell soooooooo good" I took a bite out of the round white thing on my parent which I can only guess is the eye, that was when... "IT TASTES SOOOO GOOOOOD!!!" I don''t know if if the world just loves me or what but this is just too amazing. I ate through the eye back to the place I originally was and then ate all the squishy stuff that was left. By the time I was done and was back outside my whole body was bloated to the point of almost bursting. I rolled myself down my parent onto the green landscape below and fell asleep. When I woke up it was once again comepletely dark I tried to wiggle but noticed I moved differently than I did before. Well now I"m confused. Stumped I just laid there. A few hours later I had an itch on my face so I started rubbing it on the ground, that''s when something came off my head. I looked at it and it looked like the shape of my head, but too small. Now that I finally have sight again I started to notice a few other things. "What the.." What I saw now was that my body had changed, I now had two arms, two legs, feet, hands and the such. I looked more like ''parent'' but I was still fairly different. I had grey skin with black fur, I only had three fingers and three toes. I felt my face and I could feel a nose like ''parent'', two eyes too. For ears I had these drooping pointed ones on the side of my head that were fairly long. As far as I could tell well...If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. "I''m SEXY! Parent don''t be discouraged you gave birth to an amazing looking..." I looked down "..man, so I''ll be sure to make you proud." And with that I was on my way. I moved through the green grass which I could now look over. It was dark and the sky was filled wth lights everywhere, it was beatiful and I am so thankful that parent gave birth to me. As I kept walking I kept hearing something almost like a question. "hoo hoo hooooo" (???) The noise excited me a little bit because I might meet someone like ''parent'', but they have yet to show themselves... "Oh no" WOOOSH!!! Just then a creature the complete oposite of ''parent'' flew down trying to catch me in its sharp pointy beak. It turned back for another chance to get me, but I booked it to the nearest tree. I knew I wouldn''t make it so I picked up a stick away from the tree and pointed toward the creature. It swept down right when I pointed the stick at it and it got that stick right in the eye. CRASH!!! The thing landed face first into the ground behind me and there was no other movement from it otherwise. "TAKE THAT HOO-HOO!!!" I jumped around and did a little dance, then I walked over to what I''m now calling hoo-hoo. The stick that was in the eye seemed to have been shoved even futher in during the crash, so no getting that back. I took a few bites of the hoo-hoo which seemed much easier with my long fang-like canines. After the quick snack I went to where I first saw the hoo-hoo when it swept down at me. I came to a tree with a hole in the top of the trunk, that caught my interest. I looked around for some way to climb the tree then my gorgeous mind came up with an idea. I walked up to the hoo-hoo again and tried pulling its clawed feet off. ''Alright this might not work but lets at least give it a try.'' I pulled with all my might and then I started to hear... RIIIIIIIP!!! With that I fell on my butt with a bunch of red wet stuff on me and a claw in my hands. ''I guess I''m stronger than I thought.'' Now the second step of the plan, separate the toes from the feet. That''s where I got stumped again, but surely this sexy, strong, genius can figure it out. ''Brrrinnnng I have an idea!'' I took the seperated claw foot thing and walked over to the other one that was still connected to the hoo-hoo. My idea here is to use one of the sharp claw things to cut two toes off of the the foot that''s still connected. ''Alright, here we go'' SHINK! SHINK! SHINK! ''This is going to be awhile'' A few hours later ''Alright it worked, but it took forever. I am tired beyond belief now, better find out whats up in that hole and then get some beauty sleep.'' I walked over to the tree again and use the two toes with claws to get a grasp while I climbed up. Halfway up I was starting to think I might slip from my sweaty palms, but in no time I made it to a branch. I sat down on the branch to get my breath, then went to the hole in the trunk. I peaked my head inside and saw a pile of dead grass and sticks. On top of the pile there seemed to be a white rock. ''Well I think this is a good place for a rest.'' It was decently warm and the pile looked soft so I plopped down next to the rock to have a rest. The Next Morning TAP TAP TAP CRACK!!! "I so seepy.....pwease just a little longer" CRACKLE!! Hoo! I heard the sound and quickly got up. When I turned to see what was making the hoo-hoo''s hoo , I only saw a hoo-hoo the same size as me. It didn''t attack or anything so I could only come to one conclusion. "I GAVE BIRTH LIKE ''PARENT''! Now I guess I''m a parent too. I knew the world loved me now I can raise you like ''Parent'' was never able to do for me." Chapter 2: Thief Maggot POV We stared at each other for what seemed like an hour until I just couldn''t stand it anymore. I mean it just didn''t feel right. "BLINK!!!" I yelled. But instead of actually doing it my new child kept staring at me with those never closing yellow eyes. "Hoo hooo? (???) "You''re right you do need a name. Since you seem to not be male like me I name you Maggie." I replied. "Hoo." She said as she waddle around from foot to foot. ''Ok I think she likes it now, how do I raise my own child?'' As thoughts went through my head I was left with the predicament of not knowing anything about being a parent. ''I guess the best method is for her to eat and drink the same things I do'' So with that I went to search for water outside. As I got down off the tree and onto the ground I went deeper into the woods. I heard many things in the woods and was still hopeful I would meet someone like parent, but the latest experience with the Hoo-Hoo made me keep an eye out. About an hour walk into the woods I kept hearing a loud trickling noise. Caution to the wind I ran toward the noise to discover what was there, and what I found was a stream running into a large pool of water. ''Prettttyyyy'' It was beautiful and sparkling, but more than that it was water. That was exactly what I needed right now. ''Hmmm..how am I going to bring this back?'' The genius mind was working at full capicity on this one, but I came up with nothing. ''Might as well drink some while I''m here.'' As I was drinking my fill from the serene pool of water the genius mind pulled through once again. ''That''s right I have a perfectly good mouth to carry water in.'' With that thought I took as much water to fill up my cheeks and ran full speed back to the tree Maggie was in. It took less than an hour to get back home and back to Maggie. I was standing in front of Maggie trying to do hand motions so she would open her beak, but she just cocked her head. ''Please don''t blame your Parent I''ll expain afterward.'' I thought. I saw I wasn''t getting anywhere so I forcefully opened her beak and spit the water in. She flapped her wings in panic but still ended up drinking it. "Don''t worry my dear the water came from the most beautiful place, a goddess must have put it there herself, so I assure you it''s safe." She didn''t look convinced and I was sure she was glaring with those never closing eyes.Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. "I''m going to go get some food now so when I get back make sure you open your beak this time." "hoooooo." She replied sorrowfully. I ignored her little hoo and went out to go get food. The only food that I knew of was my ''Parent''s'' body and the Hoo-Hoo I murdered. I respected my parent and even though I already ate some of it I wanted to let it be. On the other hand that Hoo-Hoo tried to kill me, sooo..... "What do you say tummy want some yummy yummy?" I asked. "Grrrggle!!!" Tummy replied. The Hoo-Hoo was agreed on and I made my way over to it''s body once again. SQUEAK!! SQUEAK!! I kept hearing this high pitch noise near the Hoo-Hoo, and while ear piercing it was really cute in my opinion. I didn''t see anything in the sky so I didn''t think it was something like the Hoo-Hoo. So I knelt down, the grass was covering me and I peaked in on what was going on around the Hoo-Hoo. When I spread the grass a little and could see the body I looked slowly in all directions around the crash. SQUEAK! My eyes locked onto the noise and came upon a brown, four legged, pink tailed beast on the head of the Hoo-Hoo. It had black eyes and a pink nose which was sniffing around the eye wound I left the Hoo-Hoo. It took a bite out of the wound and used its fingered paws to hold the chunk of meat it ripped out. ''Alright Squeaky, if you want to eat my meal you''ll become my meal.'' I still had the claws that I used to climb up and down the tree, so I moved around the crash until I was behind it. I got in a charging stance and rushed as fast as I could. I was right behind it until it knew I was there, then it bursted off with a tremendous amount of speed. The tail which I was regretfully standing on pulled me off my feet, but I successfully grabbed it when I fell. As of now I am being hit in the face by what seems like an endless sea of grass. I pulled my self together and put the one claw I still had in my mouth while I climbed the tail that was pulling me. Once I finally reached the base of the tail I took the claw and drove it into the right leg that was closest to me. That was when we crashed... BOOM! ''Oooooow..ooow....I think I bit my tongue, oh yeah that tastes like blood, definitely my tongue. Well hopefully'' As I got up I saw the Squeaky about fifteen feet away trying to move. I looked around for my claw and then noticed it was still in Squeakys back leg. Squeaky was as happy about the situation as I was, he started moving toward me with a snarl. "Squea squea SQUEEEAK!." Squeaky said angrily. "Now listen here buster, there''s no need for language. It''s your fault your in this situation to begin with, you tried to steal food you didn''t work for." I replied slyly That seemed to set him off and he pounced at me with his slobbering teeth. I side-stepped to the right and made sure to bite Squeaky instead, I set my teeth into Squeaky''s neck and bit with all my might. "SQUEAKK!!!" Squeaky screamed. Squeaky shook its body trying to fling me off, but I was dead set on having this thief for dinner. I wrapped my arms around its neck and my legs around its shoulders to try to hold on. "SQUEEAAKK!!!" I knew I was close, Squeaky was bleeding everywhere and its movements were getting slower. That''s when it stopped its shaking and slumped to the ground. I got off of it and made sure it was dead. When I was sure, I took my claw from its leg and started cutting the Squeaky in pieces. I decided to use the skin as a holding device, so I could carry a larger amount of meat back up to Maggie and thieves won''t eat it. I spread the sheet of skin on the ground and put the meat in, I then rolled the sheet up and headed back to the Hoo-Hoo. Once back at the Hoo-Hoo I picked up the other claw that I dropped and went home. As I climbed the tree I held the roll of meat underneath my chin thinking about how excited Maggie would be for her first meal. I made it to the branch and walked into the opening saying... "Magggie! I''m home! I brought food would you like to see?" Maggie waddled right over at hearing food and when I unwrapped the meat, I could tell she was already straining from digging in right away. "Well, well, aren''t you excited?" I commented. "HOO!" She replied earnestly. "You didn''t forget what I said before I left did you." I reminded as I put a chunk of meat in my mouth and chewed it for her. "HOOO HOOOO!!!" She regretfully remembered. Chapter 3: The Missing Maggot Cpt. Donovan Lox POV It was a little after midnight, I was finally falling asleep after getting done my mountain of reports on my desk. Knock! Knock! ''Hmmm....I must be hallucinating I thought I just heard a knock.'' Boom! Boom! ''Please say it isn''t so.'' "SIR!!, PLEASE COME TO THE DOOR I KNOW YOU''RE IN THERE!" Yelled the youthfull voice behind the door. "I''M ON MY WAY MILADY!" I yelled sarcasticly as I tossed off the blankets. I walked to the door and took off the board I used as lock for my door. As I opened the door, the light from the hallway entered my private room and blinded me. "AH SHIT!!! I''M BLIND!" I screamed as I collapsed into my subordinates arms. "Sir, could you please be more serious sometimes?" Said my subordinate. "You know very well Laura, the only reason that I don''t have hemorrhoids like those old bastards is because I act this way." I replied. My beautiful subordinate deflected my response and put a strand of her red hair behind her ear. She then pushed up her glasses and began to give her message to me. "Sir, the Chief Elders have gotten reports on the whereabouts of Bradley White and would like you to investistigate immediately." She relayed the command. "Not this shit again, I''m too old to run around chasing random reports with no evidence." I replied with a sigh. "But Sir, any report could help to bring him in. His case is also not to be written off, you know as well as I that he is a demon summoning practitioner." She said encouragingly. "HE HASN''T BEEN SEEN FOR FIVE YEARS!!" I said with crazy bloodshot eyes. "That''s why every report is important." She said knowingly. "Siiiiiiiiigggggggggghhhhhhhh......alright let me get prettied up and we''ll all set off in an hour." I said with a wimper. Laura put a hand across her chest then departed. I closed my door and started stretching my muscles for the day. I then went to look at my reflection in my helmet to fix my hair. At the moment it was still hanging down to my shoulders but it was tangled, so I got my wooden comb and combed my greying blonde hair. After making myself look the best I could at thirty nine I put my armor on. First my vest, which was bronze on the shoulders, pecs, and shoulder blades. The rest was a layer of darkened leather at the abdomen, back, and also underneath the bronze to avoid chafing. I put on the skirt next that had wide leather strips hanging to almost my knees. Then were my leather greaves which were really nothing special. And lastly the helmet that was bronze and covered everything but eyes, nose, mouth, and cheeks. When I put the helmet on I immediately looked toward the flask of wine near my bed and took a sip. "Can''t go to work on an empty stomach." I muttered with a smirk. I then went to the barracks and gathered the troop for the march. No one was really pleased, but they didn''t argue. With my four-hundred soldiers in tow I made it to the main gates to wait for Laura the troops'' scribe. About ten minutes later Laura came running to the main gate holding a bag of parchment. As she reached the troop we set off in the destination Laura''s report gave. The Plains. A few hours later A few hours into the march we were only halfway to where the report said they witnessed Bradley White doing some sort of chant in a field. "So Laura?" I asked. "Yes?" She replied next to me.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. "What does Bradley White look like, so that we don''t hurt or kill some old sob taking a stroll?" I asked. Laura took out a parchment from her back and started to read. "Apparently he should be around his seventies to eighties, grey hair, and he is human with a rosey pink skin tone." "Who was the person that reported the sighting?" I asked. "It says here it was a rancher who heard noise while hearding his livestock." She replied. ''Well, this report''s looking more promising than the last ones.'' I thought A few hours later "Why does this report have to be hours aways from Lankland, why couldn''t someone just see Bradley White at an Inn?" I complained. "We''re almost there sir, so just think about seeing Gwin on your day off tomorrow." Said Lt. York "Thanks for the reminder." I replied remembering the day I see my daughter. I walked with a smile on my face for the next couple minutes until we came upon the area of the report. Before me, was miles of Plains heading east. To the north, Elshaw Valley, a sink in the ground that goes down hundreds of feet. It looks like a scar on the earth left behind by something that is long been dead. To the south is Willard-Wood, just trees and a few ponds but nothing of danger. ''Alright, I guess I''ll get this over with.'' I thought. "Laura, where is the Ranch from the report located?" I asked with a bored expression. Laura pointed more toward Elshaw Valley, so we traveled to meet the rancher. The Ranch was at the edge of the Plains near Elshaw Valley and the rancher told us he saw a man chanting in the center point of the Plains. ''Well I guess we''re done then'' I was ready to get this goose chase done with already. We were already near the center of the Plains and there was no one there. As I was thinking about marching the troop home I saw birds circling around a part of the Plains we didn''t cross. ''Please, let this man be dead. This is my twenty-third report for this guy. PLEASE!!'' I begged in my head. I brought the troop to the site where the birds were circling and I almost did a dance. What we saw was a Bradley White lying dead on the grass. "Oh shit." I said reflexively. As we were investigating the body, there were fat maggots all over his body, that weren''t normal in any way. "Laura make sure to document all this for the Chief Elders." I commanded. Laura did as I said and wrote down everything we were seeing and discovering. One hour later After investigating the body we brought all the maggots and the body to a secure site in the area and burned everything. Afterward we headed back to Lankland to report to the Chief Elders. But once we got to the city we were told the Chief Elders were dealing with matters of the Estate and could not be disturbed. One month later I opened the doors to the meeting hall and was greeted by the Chief Elders. "Welcome Captain what important news have you brought to us today?" The 1st Elder asked a hand on his cheek. I looked at all four Elders whose names nobody knows but the King, and said. "Bradley White was found dead at the last reported location." This seemed to get the other three Elders attention and they all started to smile. "The Gods must have struck him dead themselves." The 4th Elder said with a laugh. They seemed to have wanted to celebrate the moment but I wasn''t really finished. "May I continue with the report Elders?" I asked bowing my head. "There''s more? Do please continue." Came the First Elder. "The body was found with abnormaly sized maggots on and inside of it. I would have thought nothing of it beforehand, but the report stated he saw him chanting." I said. After I was done speaking, the Elders got deathly silent. One of them even looked like they were starting to sweat. "Did you make sure to dispose of maggots?" The 3rd Elder asked. "I burnt the body and the maggots that were with it, why do you ask? I replied. "DEMONS THATS WHY!!! That crazy bastard tried to summon fucking demons, what was he thinking?" Elder 2 said in a rant. "What she was trying to say was demons can''t come into our world fully formed. When they''re summoned they could be an egg, baby, or like what you saw it with Mr. White, maggots." "And that also means that dumbass used his own body as part of the ritual. That''s why you never see maggots in these cases because no one is that crazy." Elder 2 said. "At least all the maggots were destroyed. We would have had a lot of trouble if those demons went wild and did what they wanted. They might have even instigated a war." Elder 4 added. That''s when I started to sweat a little myself. "Well.... we did discover one empty maggot skin shell near the body. And during the inspection of the body the brain was entirely gone." I said with a worried expression. "If that demon ate a whole brain when it was a maggot, it''s no longer running on instincts, it has intelligence." The 3rd Elder said. "Captain, take your troop back to the site and burn everything. If we can''t find it then we''ll try to kill it or chase it to someone elses kingdom." The 1st Elder commanded. With the new command I put my arm across my chest and went to give the troop the orders.