2 Water like the night sky (2/2)

That wasn't even the worst part.

Oh, trust me it gets better.

It seems that among all of the people... creatures in the cave, I am the only one who sees those magnificent lights emitting from the fountain.

How do I know that?

Well maybe if there were more snakes stunned from that sight I wouldn't have been surrounded from all directions while looking at the lights myself.

So, yes... I barely got myself out of there.

If it weren't for the fact that most of us still had a slimy residue from our eggs mucus, I would've been unable to literally slip through their, what I'd call, ”a wall of brotherly love”.

I'm pretty sure that I am the weakest link here, probably the only surviving hatchling who didn't have anything to eat since leaving the egg.

All of the others are already noticeably bigger than me, and barely 2 days passed.

This confirms my doubts about our metabolism, it is frighteningly fast. Many times faster than the snakes that I am familiar with.

And that is how my fabulous saga of searching for food ends. It really was lucky to barely slip past that wall of siblings, since a single bite would have been an end of me... Maybe since they had the advantage they didn't want to waste their venom as they had confidence they can catch me even without paralyzing me... At least that is what makes sense to me.

*Boom* *tremble* *tremble* *Shhhh*

Aw, Come on!

What now?

I don't dare go out right now so I'll just take a small peek...

It's a... Hmmm, a hole?

But why are its sides charred and blazing?!

A huge hole formed inside one of the stone walls to the side...

Something very hot either entered or left the cave. I certainly hope its the latter.

By the explosive sound earlier and the trembling following it up, it should indicate that something left... but was something like that really in here with me the whole time?

Could it be that this fountain is actually like an underwater entrance?

No, that is hardly possible as I am under the edge of what should be a normal, closed off fountain, and as such there shouldn't be a hole in it because I would already be in it.

In any case, I hope there aren't any more of those things out there.

On the bright side for a change, that newly opened hole could be my ticket out of here I just need to wait for it to cool down and for my siblings to stuff themselves with each other. Their reduced speed from eating will secure my victory. Hehehehe.

Fuwaaaaaaah...

I could even take a nap if I block the entrance to this hole with pebbles, the rest of those pests out there should be too big to even use the entrance to this hidey-hole by now, but better safe than sorry.

About 30-ish minutes later...

Brrrrr, when did this hole become this unbearably cold?

I know it was cold before but now it actually makes me feel like I might die from the frostbite... and being cold-blooded by nature isn't helping at all...

Wait for a second, where did this water come from???

WHICH ONE OF YOU BASTARDS HAD A DRINK BEFORE GOING TO BED?!

If you come out clean right now, I might forgive you if you let me make a belt from you!

Could it be that trembling some time earlier caused a crack at the bottom of the fountain to open and begin dripping into my hidey-hole?

Usually, I would have been mad but this time my stomach is thrilled to get close to something that can fill it up.

This stuff is drinkable right?

If I was back in the time when I was a human I would have boiled it first, that is of course if I were to completely disregard the fact that this water looks NOTHING like normal water!

Sure it is mildly similar, but it is nowhere close to being the same thing. This water gives off some weird radiation and when I say 'weird' I don't mean 'as if radioactive', what I want to say is 'as if not of the mortal world'. Strange star-like patterns and cluster appear when looked at from certain angles, but nothing is actually there...

It looks even prettier than the light show above the fountain.

Should I risk it?

But my belly won't fill itself, so even if I die from drinking it, I don't really lose much as I didn't really achieve anything but get close to starving to death.

Hmmm, what will it be then, to drink or not to drink...

Either way, death seems like an option, so I might as well gamble and drink it.

Phew, here goes nothing...

*Glug**glug**glug*

Eck, this...it is so~o SWEET!!!

*Glug**glug**glug**glug**glug**glug*

Ahh, this is worth living for. If this sweetness I feel is real and made from real sugar, I should be safe from starving for a while.

But how did something this good end up in an uncivilized place such as this, it makes no sense...

Who cares about that now, Itadaki-

*crash*

OUCH!

What!?

Where is my water!?

WHO TOOK MY PRECIOUS!!!???

A miniature crack in the floor drained away the bit of water that managed to get into my hidey-hole while the crack above somehow sealed itself, not letting any more of the life saving liquid into my grasp.

*Sob* *Sob*

I know they say good things never last long, but this didn't last a single moment and it was over.

I feel cheated!

Ughhh

My head is starting to hurt...

There is no way I got poisoned by that, right?

Awwwwww!!!