As I wake up, I found myself laying in my mother lap, under a tree and surrounded by a green field in a sunny day, she was casually stroking my hair and humming a little lullaby before looking down on my with a big smile. "Welcome to your new life sweetie"
"Am I…like you?" I ask still asleep while lifting my hand, witch soon I notices had significant changes, my palm and base of fingers were still there but, the rest now resemble more the black exoskeleton my mother had, ending in sharp edges at the end making them look like claws. The shell also spread all the way until it cover the top half of my forearm. .There was second layer of shell place, separate only by a small hole near my wrist. In the space between the two I could felt a sharp object firmly place inside that for some reason didn't gave me any discomfort, in fact it felt like it was part of me, I even manage to move it at the speed I wanted, releasing and shedding it at my command, not only that but I soon discover that my other arm also had the same condition giving me the complete set.
Am I Baraka now?
My train of though was soon interrupted when I felt a hand holding my own and then notices my mom guiding it so it touch her cheek "Better my sweet child, you are now the perfect fusion of changeling and human"
She tell me before brining me a mirror so I could admire myself while I stand up. My face was still the same minus some minor changes; my eyes where now complete green, 2 fags where emerging from my mouth, I had what it looked like a crown made out of shell with 2 small horns in the sides, and my hair was now pitch black as suppose to dark brown like it used to be. "My face…is still the same"
And thank god I only had 2 fangs instead of 100, that would be a nightmare to brush
"Just the way you deserve to be" I put the mirror down and look directly at my mom "yYou always had such a pretty face"
"Mom…I…I don't get it, I though I was going to become a changeling, why am I…like this?" I point at myself noticing the white shirt and black pants that I was now wearing.
"Because when you were about to die, I save you and interfere with your reincarnation, you still revived but because you never die as a human you still are a human"
And that is good, in other for this to work he needs to look as human as possible, to look treating Chrysalis mentally though before looking at the human that was looking down in sorrow.
"Kabuto, what is wrong?"
"I'm just worry mom, I wanted to be just like you, so I could feel like I truly am I part of your new life, but if I remain in this form, others will look down at you, they probably will think that you are the changeling with a freak as her son"
I was suddenly brought into an embrace by her as she place my head in her chest and proceed to cares my hair once more "My dear sweet Kabuto, I don't care what other will say, let them, think what they want what you must always remember is that mommy will always love you no matter what. So none of those train of thought do you hear me?"
I tear up a little with her words and embrace her as well before answering "Yes…mom"
"That is more likely" she separate us and head to a door no too far away from us "now come sweetie there is much we need to discuss"
"Coming" I try to follow but trip when I found an adding weight in my back and when I turn I saw two pairs of red insect wings "I…I had wings?!" I ask in exciment as I start to flap them rapidly making them, imitate the sound of a fly
I hear a giggle in front of me and when I look down I saw my mother giggling before offering me her hand "Indeed you have Kabuto, I will lovely teach you how to used them later but for now, its time for you to meet your brothers and sisters" she tell me while helping me stand up and after making sure I had regain my balance and was able to walk I start to follow her
"I… I had siblings?"
"But of course, didn't I told you that I embrace my new life as the queen of the changelings?"
"Je must had forgot…so would I meet my new dad too? the king of the changelings?"
That only result in another giggle from her part "Oh Kabuto there is too much you will need to learn, starting with the understanding of our society, for now just think of us as a bee hive"
"Bee hive got it" I nod with a smile before the realisation of that sink in "wait… doesn't that mean… ?"
I try to ask her but my answer came on the form of an underground city form from changelings dress in what I assume was civil cloths from feudal japan, buying stuff in a flee market or flying around throw out holes that were constantly moving.
I jaw must had hit the floor because before I knew it, my mom close it up for me before extending her arm to show me the whole place "Kabuto, my dear sweet son, welcome…to the Changeling Kingdom"
I was still trying to process all that was happening, so I only was manage to look at wave at the occasionally changeling that turn to see me.
This is going to take a while to absorb
I felt someone pulling my hand bringing me back to reality and notices my mom guiding me into the market "Lets go Kabuto,there is so much for me to show you and so little time" she tells me with some excitement making me smile and follow.
I didn't knew what to do off all of this situation, or how long will it take me to adapt for all of this but one thing I knew for sure, as long as I had my mom by my side I would embrace anything this place had to offer.