Cliff entered his room and he turned on the lights, as he turned on the lights he noticed a capsule on his bed and beside it, is a letter. Cliff picked up the letter and started reading it;

To Cliff,

This capsule contains a spirit beast egg that your parents left you. They bought this from me when you are just a toddler. They were planning to give this to you in case you decided to be a Diver in the future.

I took custody of this when your parents died, I know they loved you very much for them to think ahead. Even though this spirit beast is not rare but I manage to snag a variant of its species to give it to your parents.

Always remember that we loved you very much, please take good care of this ‘new partner’.

P.S.

I don’t know how this beast is different from the regular ones. Just research it on your free time. Also you just need to impart some of your energy to the egg, for it to hatch and this will also make the spirit beast recognize you as its master.

Love Loraine,

Cliff eyes welled up with tears, even though his parents died they still are taking care of him; also he is very thankful of his aunt because she took him in with no hesitation and raised him on his parent’s stead. Cliff wiped the tears on his face, then he picked up the capsule and opened it.

The capsule contains a black egg with blue markings all over it. Cliff trying to remember, where he have seen an egg that looks like this, he immediately open his PC to check what type of spirit beast his parents left him. Browsing from site to site, he have found what he is looking for.

The egg is a Weaver Spider, based on the appearance of the egg. Weaver spiders are known for their strong webs and skillful traps that can hinder many beasts and Divers a like. Unlike normal spiders, Weaver spiders are not small, they can grow as big as a full grown dog in favorably conditions, but most of the time their average size can be compared to those of a house cat. Also unlike most spiders, Weavers can also excrete their silk threads to their mouths; they are not limited to their spinnerets.

Examining the egg again, Weaver Spider eggs don’t posses blue markings on their eggs. Maybe this what makes it different from the normal ones. Cliff still don’t know how this egg is different from the others, as he takes a closer look at the egg. Since he don’t know what to do, he proceeded to pour his energy to the egg and the markings on the egg starts to glow.

The glowing egg now begins to hatch and legs of the spider now can be seen from the cracks. After a few minutes the Weaver is completely out of the shell. The Weaver spiderling looks like a regular weaver spider but only one difference, the abdomen of the spider has a blue spiral mark.

The spiderling jump out of his hand and landed straight on his shoulder, right now its size can be compare to that of a large rat. As it was resting on his shoulder, he tried to communicate with it. First he gave out a verbal command, “hey little fellow can you grab that pillow on my bed,” as points to the pillow on the bed. The spiderling understood what Cliff just said and it proceeded to do what Cliff have asked. The spiderling immediately spit out silk threads towards the pillow, as it connected to the pillow, it immediately pulled the pillow to them. The pillow sailed thru the air and landed in front of Cliff.

“So it can follow commands, after being born. Let me try another thing.” Cliff said as he put down the spiderling on the desk. The spiderling resting on the top of the desk, Cliff urge it to move left without saying anything. He is trying to test if it can follow mental commands ‘cause spirit beast are bound to their master mentally. Like clockwork the spiderling moved to the left, he begin to try different commands which the spiderling passed flawlessly.

“This really improves it combat capabilities,” Cliff said happily to the spider. “I just can’t keep calling ‘it’, I should give it a name,” as he contemplates on what name he will give to the spiderling. Thinking of the a name, Cliff again noticed the blue spiral mark on the spiderling. “I shall call you Gyre!” Cliff getting inspiration to the spiral mark on it.

The spider heard this and started to fidget around the table like it was agreeing to what Cliff just had said. The spiderling excited on having a name, spat out webbing towards Cliff by accident. Cliff was surprised and did not have time to dodge but block the incoming web with his hand. As the web touch his skin, Cliff felt like his energy is being drained from him. He noticed that while this is happening the spiral mark on Gyre begins to glow, then he immediately removed the web that is sticking on his hand. The mark on Gyre is still glowing and Cliff noticed that Gyre is more energetic compared a few minutes ago. “This is really weird; based on what read about weaver spiders, they don’t posses this kind of ability,” Cliff said as he looked at Gyre with a confused face.

Cliff still confused on what happen, he began to test this ability of Gyre. Cliff urge Gyre to spit out again web towards his hand for him to learn more about this ability. The web again hit his hand; just like the previous event, energy begins to drain out from Cliff and the spiral mark on Gyre begins to glow. Cliff again severed the connection, feeling exhausted but happy at same time, because this improves his battle prowess with the help of this ability of Gyre.

Gyre seeing his master looking exhausted, Gyre spat out a thread towards Cliff. As the two are now connected, Cliff begins to feel more comfortable and like his energy being replenish at a rapid rate. Cliff again looked at Gyre and noticed that the spiral mark on Gyre is getting dimmer and dimmer until its completely out.

Cliff more ecstatic than ever, finally understood Gyre’s ability. “Gyre is like an energy battery, he can either absorb energy from his target or share energy to it,” Cliff said as he picked up Gyre with a happy face. “with this I can have more control and energy in any situation,” Cliff said as he can’t wait to test Gyre’s ability on a real battle.

Cliff calmed down a few moments after he understood Gyre’s ability. He stared at Gyre then said, “Don’t worry I will take good care of you, for you’re my parents last and greatest gift.”

After an hour of showing Gyre around his room, he prepared a simple bed for Gyre and put him on it. “Sleep now ‘partner’ ‘cause there is a big day ahead of us tomorrow,” He said to Gyre as he put him to sleep.

After Cliff tucked in Gyre, Cliff change into his pajamas and also went to bed. Thinking of tomorrow’s training, he can’t wait to get started.