The next thing I know I'm surrounded by light. I try to raise my hand. I feel that I'm raising my hand but I don't see my hand. Its nowhere around me. I can't even see my limbs.
"Where the fuck am I now"
[WELCOME TO MY DOMAIN LITTLE ONE.]
The same screen pops up in front of me but instead of being blue with black lines it was as intensely white as everything around me With golden letters.
"Uh hello?" I ask out loud. A little bewildered still.
[I GOTTA SAY LITTLE ONE. I ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE. ITS OFTEN DIFFICULT WALKING THE PATH OF THE JUST AND RIGHTEOUS WHEN MET WITH IMPOSSIBLE ODDS AND OBSTACLES. I OFTEN SEE RIGHTEOUSNESS TURN INTO WICKEDNESS IN A MOMENTS NOTICE. SO SEEING YOU WAS RATHER REFRESHING.]
"Um thanks. Where are you and who are you?" I finally ask the hovering screen. I don't know if It was the fact that I had actually tasted death or between here and the land of the living it was just a bumpy ride but I was absolutely confused and it was increasing by the moment.
[I AM WHAT YOU CALL A GOD I GUESS. IN THE SYSTEM HOWEVER, I AM AN ADMIN. BUT I WONT GET INTO THAT. YOU WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT. YOUR WORLD IS STILL NEW TO THE SYSYEM AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO EXPORE IT. JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE INSIDE THE SYSTEM NOW AND IN A VERY GOOD POSTION FOR I HAVE AN OFFER I HOPE YOU WONT REFUSE.]
"Interesting, I think I kind of get what's going on because I've read similar novels but go on please. I would love to hear this offer." I try to stay polite because I know I really don't have a choice right now. I'm at the mercy of this being and its system.
[HAHAHA THIS IS NOT MY SYSTEM. IF ANYTHING I'M JUST AS RESTRAINED BY IT AS EVERYTHING ELSE. I'VE JUST BEEN GIVEN CERTAIN PRIVILEGES WHICH I CAN FLEX EVERY NOW AND THEN. THAT WAS A GOOD LAUGH. ALSO THE CHOICE IS ENTIRELY YOURS. YOU ARE FREE TO PASS ON OR BECOME MUCH MORE. ITS UP TO YOU AND I MUST WARN YOU. DON'T MAKE THIS CHOICE LIGHTLY.]
"Sorry I just assumed. Anyways please what is the choice."
[I LIKE YOU LITTLE ONE. YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE ON YOUR WORLD TO SHOW SUCH LOVE AND FORGIVNESS TOWARDS ANOTHER BEING THAT IS NOT ONE OF YOUR OWN. TECHNICALLY AN INVADING FORCE IF YOU WILL. FOR DOING THIS IT HAS MOVED ME, PLUS, THE SYSTEM HAS DEEMED YOU SPECIAL FROM THE START AND YOUR SOUL HAS AWAKEN A VERY SPECIAL GIFT. A POWER I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT. JUST FROM THESE FEW THINGS I CAN SAY YOU WERE DEFINITELY NOT SUPPOSED TO PARISH IN SUCH A WAY. AND HONESTLY YOU SHOULD HAVE AWAKEN SOONER. BUT THEIR WAS SOME KIND OF FORCE DEEP IN YOUR HEART THAT WAS HOLDING YOU BACK. A KIND OF DOUBT.]
[MY CHOICE FOR YOU IS ONE WHERE YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO LIVE IN DOUBT AND YOU COULD DEFINITELY HELP THOSE AROUND YOU IF YOU DECIDE TO. ITS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU. I OFFER YOU A CHANCE TO REINCARNATE INTO A WORLD OF PURE FANTASY COMPARED TO YOURS. WHAT DO YOU SAY LITTLE ONE?]
"What kind of world is it? What will I be? Will I be human?" I ask rather impatiently and excitedly.
[WELL I CANT TELL YOU MUCH OTHER THAN IT IS A PLANET COMPLETELY DOMINATED BY THE SYSTEM. IT'S FULL OF MAGIC AND MYSTERY. AND NO I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT YOU'LL BE IN THE SAME RACE. BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WOULD YOU REALLY WANT TO BE IN THAT RACE?]
{They’re right. I know deep in my heart that I want to be something more. Something different.}
After thinking for a while, I finally decided
“Yes. I want to be more"
[HAHAHA GOOD LITTLE ONE! GOOD! I'VE ALREADY PREPARED SOMETHING FOR YOU. THE WORLDS NAME IS FANTASIA I WON'T SPOIL ANYTHING ELSE. GO, CHANGE THE WORLD AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN LIVE YOUR TRUEST LIFE. THIS IS GOOD BYE LITTLE ONE]
The next moment I felt like I was falling. And that went on for awhile but I think it was pretty fun. What wasn’t fun was what happened next.
As you could imagine at the end of the fall was a plop.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh” I screamed as I clawed at my chest.
{Wait I have a chest again! Shit, pain.}
“Ahhhhhh" I ignore these new sensations and I roll over out of whatever I was on. Apparently, it was a high up bed because I fell again and smacked the floor. Which didn’t matter because I was already in so much pain.
*Cough *cough *blegh I threw up some kind of black foul liquid along with a lot of stomach juices.
*knock knock “Young Master!!” The door to the room I was in suddenly caved in and then burst into a million pieces
“Young Maaaaaster! A huge figure rushed towards me. It was a man wearing black wolf ears and a wolf tail. And he was extremely well built with kinda pail skin with scary red eyes.
Kinda frightening.
But he rushed over to me and right before I passed out, I could see tears in those red eyes.
I started to wake up but I felt something heavy pressing on my chest. I fully woke up and to my surprise it was that same cosplay dude! He was leaning on my chest!
“WHAT THE H..” Before I could manage another word, I was suddenly assaulted by a massive headache!! I passed out again and while passed out this time I was suddenly surrounded by darkness. The exact opposite of where I was before I came to that world.
Before I even spoke a word, I suddenly heard footsteps coming towards me. And from the inner depths of the darkness in front of me I saw a boy walk out but he seemed to be the exact same height as me. This boy was wearing the same kind of get up as the last person I saw except his ears and tail were a silver color and his eyes were a weird greyish white like the clouds but not like white white. They were like a darker white. It’s a strange color I remember thinking. He was also wearing harem pants like that other guy and his chest was exposed while he wore a silver sleeveless vest.
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“Hey you" the boy said and smiled
“Ummm hello young man, where are we?”
“That’s a hard question to answer, ha.” He said while looking apologetic and scratching his face
“Well I guess first off. We’re in our mind.” The boy dramatically opened his arms up as to show me the absolute nothing around us.
“Did you say ‘our mind’? the hell do you mean by that!” I say a little angry now.
“Whoa calm down and let me explain okay? First off yes, I didn’t say it by accident. I mean our mind. You are in my body therefore making it our body. I’m just a little piece of what’s left of the soul that inhibited the body before you. The remaining will. I really wanted to meet you and go over everything with you before you truly take over my body. I also wanted to see if you were a good person. I mean it doesn’t matter anyway because either way this body is yours but it would truly let me rest in peace if you were the kind of person I hope you are.”
“That’s fair” I smile towards the kid to reassure him.
“Well kid, catch me up on the details. Why are you just a sliver of your soul and why did I takeover your body? Also, where is here? I know this planets name is fantasia but that’s about it.”
“Yes, that’s good you know the world’s name. Or at least one of its name’s. All the races here call it something different like the humans call it Eden and the elves call it Gaia. We the Beast race, call it Fantasia. Its kind of funny how carefree I used to be. Listen to what I’m about to tell you because its very important. This world has rules. We all coexist with a system. The system itself is very very old but the format hasn’t changed since we were first introduced to it.”
“Okay, was there ever a time their wasn’t a system?” I ask out of curiosity
“I did run into some texts that referenced a time with out the system but I’m not sure.” He puts his hand under his chin and assumes a scholarly pose while he’s in deep thought. I just wait patiently.
“I can’t remember but the elves might know. They are the longest-lived race, though they are extremely few in number now since the great war 200 years ago. The war hit them the hardest because they were always less in numbers than the rest. But you can pick up a book and read all that.” He sticks his tongue out at me and I remember that I’m speaking to a child.
“Anyways come sit by me. Let’s watch my life.” He disappears for a second and then reappears next to me sitting down.
I sit next to the kid and face where he’s facing.
Then, the darkness in front of us seemed to become more solid and flat. All of a sudden images and pictures started play over it like a video projection. I truly thought this little bit was amazing!
“My story begins 12 years ago. I was born to the high priestess and the chieftain. They both were blessed with a very powerful gift.” As he begins to narrate, I see the images of him being born to 2 individuals and a baby. I can only assume that those are now my parents. One was an extremely beautiful woman with red lipstick and red paint over her eyes and nose with a red dot on her forehead. The fur on her ears was snow white. She was holding me with so much love and care but I can see that with each movement she becomes weaker and weaker.
“It was a very difficult birth. Which is very unusual for the beast race because we’re known to reproduce the most offspring like humans and our mages are quite skilled in delivering and healing. But even in this age of magic, it could not save my mom. This enraged the chief but at least he had an heir to the chieftain position. Sadly, to be chief you have to be extraordinary. I was anything but that. My stature was below average for a baby and was viewed as weak. The only thing that set me apart from the rest was the fact that my fur was a deep silver somewhat like my fathers. So, he couldn’t immediately disown me.”
I watched as our mother took her dying breath only after she had made sure that she handed us to the rightful father. Then I watched as our father caressed her hand one final time before it went limp. Tears coming off his mighty face. I noticed that his fur was a little different from the both of them. It was like a dirty silver and he was built like a body builder and scarred like a warrior. He looked more like a beast then anyone else in the room. Whereas from what I’ve seen. The common wolf beastkin looked more like a human doing cosplay with the beast ears and the tail. His chin and cheeks were covered with fur and his chest as well. To put in perspective, he sorta looked like the s**er say**n 4 version of G*ku except instead of a monkey hybrid it was a wolf hybrid with wolf features. Also, his canines stuck out and his eyes were a fluorescent blue. He also wore harem pants or Aladdin pants like the boy before me but no sleeveless vest. Which makes sense.
I looked over at the boy and he looked back at me obviously reading my mind and had a depreciating smile on his face.
“Yup good ol dad. Anyways I mentioned gifts. Gifts are powers you are born with. My father’s gift is a certain control over lightning and my mother’s gift was healing with the use of light. It would be a few years before we found out that I wasn’t really blessed with a gift. That I wasn’t special at all. My body was too weak for any kind of physical labor. So, the kids in the village would torment me day in and day out. The elders of the tribe would turn a blind eye to it. Though no one dared to do anything while my dad was present but he always had something to do so he never even bothered with me. The only people that were kind to me was the librarian and some of my family members on my mother’s side. My father’s side hated me. Treated me like some kind of scourge. I hated every second of it. But I couldn’t give up and I desperately wanted my father to acknowledge me. I wanted the whole village to acknowledge me.”
The scenes switched to a baby being left in his crib without anyone to attend to him then it fast forwarded to a small kid being bullied. A small kid finding solace in books and study and eventually being acknowledged by the librarian. It also showed that same kid playing with a little girl. I focused intently on that scene.
{Wait I recognize that little girl! It was that elven girl that stabbed me.}
“WHO IS THAT GIRL!” I suddenly yelled
Breaking the boy out of his narrative, he also focused on the girl and after a moment of contemplating and remembering he finally told me.
“That’s the High elf's daughter. He’s a sun elf and so is his 2 children. They were the symbol of hope for the elf kingdom. They were called the miracle births. Twins I believe. Their names were, Estel for the girl and Haldir for the boy. I was actually gonna speak on that but I sorta forgot. The three of us were best friends and the boy and I were pretty much brothers. We each have enchanted bracers made by the best elven blacksmith and they will always glow when we are near. That’s one function another function is that if you speak the hidden word it’ll activate a hidden fiction on the brace and you’ll have access to another dimension where you can store all your stuff. The hidden word is Halvar. It’s the first three letters of his name and the last three of our name.”
“…and what is our name?”
{This little punk is very forgetful}
“Ah shit. Yeah hahaha my bad. Its Aavar.” He says it proudly
{Its truly not a bad name.}
“So, the girls name is Estel, why is her hair white and her brother’s is golden?” I ask curiously
“That’s because she’s blessed by the light and her gift is rather special. Like my father she has Manipulation over an element and that would be light. The light element is rather mystical even compared to the other elements. Except darkness. They are like twins. Where light seems to build the darkness wants to break and take away. One wants to show while the other will always choose to hide. My mother was also blessed by the light. That’s why her fur was so white.”
“This really makes sense. Well what happened to the girl and the brother?” I ask
“Tragedy. The king went mad and let the humans and angels come into the kingdom and burn it down. If it wasn’t for my dad it would have ended up like the tragedy 200 years ago. And the last I heard the humans got ahold of the princess. I’m guessing that was their main target.” The boy looked down and tears started to drip from his face.
“I’ve actually seen that girl” I spoke up
“YOU HAVE!” the boy yells. Which is right in my fucking ear since we’re sitting so close. But I get it. I could tell how highly this boy thought of the twins.
“Yes, but for whatever reason she was in my world. Hold on this is both our minds right? Can’t I share my memories like you have been?” I focus on the darkness in front of us and try to focus my mind on my last moments on my planet. The darkness becomes bright again and plays my last moments.
The boy is quiet. He’s looking down and letting his long silver spikey hair cascade over his eyes. Then he starts to shake. I can see he’s clenching his jaw as hard as he’s clenching his fists right now. I hit his shoulder.
“Hahaha it’s alright dude. I ripped that damn collar of her neck with my own bare hands. I’m positive she’ll be alright from here on out. So don’t worry okay?”
“th..thank you, honestly when she disappeared along with the only friend I’ve ever made my age it tore my heart out. I didn’t know how much longer I could have gone on. Like that would have even mattered with the poison. Still thank you.” He turned to me with tears running down his face. I could feel his honest emotions. It truly was refreshing.
{I’m happy I got reincarnated in this body.}
“Ehemm, well moving on. This is the last bit and I think I’ll be able to move on. One day I heard the villagers beating on a man. He was a sickly man. One of our own actually. But his fur was as dark as the shadow’s. He was very malnourished and bloody. Of course, I rescued him. Which also earned me a beating from the more daring villagers. Anyways, this man was locked up for most of his life by his parents. They couldn’t deal with the thought of killing him but they thought they could beat and pray the darkness that taints his fur away. So, for 15 years they kept him locked up ironically in the dark. So, I helped him to my place and treated all his wounds. I continued to nurse him to health and taught him everything I knew.” His eyes became very bright and proud when he said this.
I watched as the scenes played out. I noticed that that deformed skinny guy turned out to be the lean muscled youth I saw before I passed out.
“I decided to name him Loki. He’s my most trusted friend... I would consider him as my brother through life and death. Please promise me that you’ll take care of him. No matter what” he then turns and faces me staring deep into my soul. I could feel deep in my heart the burning passion this boy felt. And I knew I couldn’t disappoint.
I met that gaze with just as much intensity “I promise" making sure I pronounced every part of the word to convey how seriously I took that vow.
The boy smiled at me seemingly satisfied and got up.
“Well I really don’t have much else to show you. I only lived for 12 years so there’s not much else I can really have had accomplished by then.” The boy turns to me again and puts his hand out to help me up.
I grip his hand and stand up but the boy doesn’t let go.
“I truly think you are worthy. I hope you can truly make something of our life. Remember I’ll always be here for you.” The boy then smiles at me one last time before suddenly combustion into light particles. Then they went on to surround me and swirl and twist till they formed a straight line and swam straight into my forehead and my heart.
I opened my eyes for the second time in this new world. More confident then ever and even happier.
{It’s time to fuck some shit up.}