And the results are in!
Your parents are only too happy to award you with the orb of your choice. Seeing their children grow up like this brings them no small amount of pride, and they give you all their blessings. After all, the effects of this first orb will change you for life. They will be your first step into true individuality - after all, no one orb affects two Xenica the same.
Once you've gathered your prize, you bid your siblings and parents goodbye and head into the forests. It's quieter here, and you want some time to yourself to figure out how your orb works. It's hard to climb with it in your stubby arms, but you manage to scale a tree all the same. The weather is lovely, with only a few clouds in the sky. In the treetops, there is only you and the orb.
In all honesty, you have no idea what to do next. It's a beautiful thing, and you can see yourself reflected in it. You rock back against the sturdy trunk of the tree and move it from paw to paw, watching it roll. You're dimly aware of a shape inside of the orb, something that's not your reflection. It seems to be... growing, oddly enough, as if something's rushing towards you...
Before you can react, your reflection changes into a great muzzled beast, which roars at you. Then, the world goes black.
You have no idea how long you've been unconscious.
When you open your eyes, you're no longer in the tree, and you're no longer holding the black orb that your parents had given you. Your limbs are sore - you must have fallen. You're feeling very glad that the orb had kept you from climbing any higher as you climb your way back to your feet. The world seems... Different, strange. You're seeing it from a different view... You can smell things better, and your hearing has increased massively.
You hear the sound of running water nearby and hurry to it, hoping to find a pool to catch your reflection in.
Once there, you don't need to think for more than a few seconds about what the orb's magic was.
Bear. You can see it in the new shape of your muzzle and nose. You now posess two furry round ears, and upon closer inspection, you find that your tail is smaller and furry now. When you open your mouth, there is one more surprising change - you have teeth. They're long and sharp, glistening in your maw.
In many ways, they're the best gift you could have asked for from your orb.
The fact that you have a natural weapon means that you can leave your home forest.
This is, in fact, the next choice that awaits you - what will you do with your newfound freedom? The possibilities are nearly endless - you are free to stay and explore in your home forest, you can leave for the school and learn to fight, you can leave but simply wander, perhaps travel to the nearby city... It's entirely up to you.
That's right, guys. :3 Now's your opportunity to have fun. Discuss with others and with me about what you want to do. This is a much more free-form opportunity, but I've got a bunch of things ready to happen to our dear little Hikari. :3 Let's do this thing!