Chaotic: Child of the Cothica (A Chaotic X Self Insert Story)

Prologue

The wind and rain came roaring down as Takinom , second in command and mate to Chaor, ruler of the Underworld,
flew through Pouril Forest. 'I'm glad we don't have weather like this in the Underworld. It seems almost unnatural.' She thought to herself as she flew under the canopy to give herself cover from both the weather and any Overworlder scouts that would try to ambush her.

She had been given an order from Chaor to go and spy on the Overworld capital of Kiru City, but as she was nearing her destination, the storm appeared and nearly tore the wings off her back! 'As much as I'd like to find shelter from the storm, I'd better continue the mission quickly, so I have something to report to Chaor.' Takinom thought as she continued to fly through the trees. Yet, just as she was nearing her destination, a bolt of lightning crashed right in front of her, blinding her and causing her to crash to the ground, leaving scorched earth and vegetation in its wake, but that was not all the bolt left behind.

As she came to, Takinom thought she could hear something besides the ringing in her ears. "By the ancients that was close." She groaned as she slowly recovered from the lightning strike. Yet when her ears recovered, she heard a sound that confused her... the cries of an infant. "What is...?" *gasp* She said before she looked to where the origin of the sound was coming from. In the small crater that the bolt left behind was a bundle of cloth, but what the cloth contained was what shocked her. It was an infant, but one unlike any creature she had ever seen. Its skin was pinkish tan, with a small patch of blonde hair on top of its head, with blue eyes that almost seemed to pierce her heart. A feeling she knew all too well from her experience with Nivenna. She was brought back from her stupor when the infant's cries intensified as the rain continued to pour, "OH, shh now. It's ok. Ssshhh." She said soothingly as she picked up the infant and shielded it from the rain with her wings calming its cries. "It's ok. I've got you. I've got you." She cooed to it as she checked under the cloth to see it's gender. "A boy. Hmm, and with a strong voice, too." She said as she looked into the calmed babe's eyes. Yet when she did, she noticed that the boy was staring at her with curiosity, not fear, as if he knew that she would not harm him. "You are a brave young one as well." She observed as she moved touched the baby's nose with her claw, to which the boy giggled and wrapped his hands around the digit. Takinom could do nothing but freeze as she made a decision right at that moment. "Don't worry, little one. I'll take care of you, and it won't be just me either. Your new father and sister will help as well." As she said this, she noticed writing on the corner of the baby's cloth. "Herbie... hmm, very well, then you shall be named Herbie, Prince of the Underworld! Now let's go home." With that, Takinom took flight to the Underworld, not knowing that with her decision, she not only changed the fate of the Underworld but all of Perim itself for the better.