The light faded away leaving only the darkness remained. Standing there I think about everything that had just happened.

"Bright..." So my name was Bright. It was an awkward name and I remember being made fun of by other kids when they heard it. That's why I chose the nickname B instead.

  I had not known that it was mom who chose my name. I always thought it was dad playing a joke on me... I suppose parents wouldn't joke around with something like a name.

  While I was thinking the darkness began to twist on itself forming a figure of a man dressed in a robe. His short messy hair seemed to offset not only his appearance but the darkness around us as well.

  His hair was white, so white that it felt like a light was on top of his head. He looked a lot like a lamp, but I suppose that would be rude.

"Indeed it is." His voice was mature and sharp, it was very fitting for a man that looked like what I thought a dad would. Unlike my dad who had a really pretty face.

  Sometimes dad's tanned hair would become blonde after staying in the sun for a while and I would mistake him for mom. Wait, did I just remember something that wasn't in that light from earlier?

"Yes, that illusion earlier was only a portion of your memories. The rest of your memories will return to you slowly over time." He gave a quick nod as he spoke softly to me.

"I see, but what about those memories of mom and dad in the hospital? I don't think a baby could remember something like that?" It was strange how I had seen memories that weren't mine, I wonder how I saw them?

"Normally you would have to wait till you are older and more devoloped, however our souls can record memories well before we are born and those are the memories you saw."

  I don't really understand what he said but I suppose it's not all that important. After all, I got to see my mom while she was still with dad. Now that I know what she looks like I will definitely have an easier time finding her!

"Trying to find someone who has already died would be impossible. After death, a person's soul is judged by the creator. If they lived according to the creators will they will be allowed into the eternal garden called Heaven, where they will live eternally with the Creator."

  I see, so mother is in Heaven. Then I should go there quickly, but how do I get there? I look at the black robed lamp and start to ask him the question before he shakes his head at me.

"Not all souls are sent to the eternal garden. Some are sent to eternal torment for their great misdeeds." He paused after speaking, wait what is he trying to say?

  There is no way someone as awesome as my mother would be considered evil! Mom is good, dad told me so! He would always say how gentle and kind she was. He described mom as an angel.

"I'm sorry, it seems I mislead you. Your mother isn't in either of those places so don't fret. Also if she was in Heaven you still wouldn't be able to reach her as that is a place only for the true followers of the creator."

"Why didn't you say so sooner!" I couldn't help but shout.

"Well, I thought that comparing someone to something like a lamp was indecent and should be punished properly you see?" So he says with a slight grin on his face. His deep blue eyes seem to sparkle for a moment as if he were having fun.

"I'm sorry..." I bow my head. I knew it may have been a little rude but he's just mean! Fooling me with that gentle man's tone and mature look.

"I apologize for my ill humor." Apologizing he nods his head at me, I see so he is a good guy that likes to play jokes.

"My ill humour aside, your mother really isn't in either Heaven or Hell. Aside from these two places, a person's soul can be sentenced to reincarnation. Reincarnation is for the souls that have managed to live decently but failed to meet the creators requirments to enter into eternal life with him." He continues to explain in a gentle soft tone, it's almost sounding like one of the school teachers.

"After seeing your memories I can say that your mother has indeed been reborn in a new world, however..." He makes another pause.

  So being reincarnated means she was born as a baby again I think is what he was saying. I see so I'm looking for a baby version of mom! Easy, all I have to do is search the whole world for her right?

"... There are countless number of worlds that your mother could have been born on and not just this one. Actually the world you are on now is not the one you where on before. Searching every planet would be impossible even if you were reborn over and over."

  I see, then I might never find mom... Wait, what if dad is also reborn! Then I would have to hunt him down too, It will be impossible for me to find just mom and now i'll have to find dad too!? The black robed man smiled and shook his head.

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"Don't worry, I have already talked to the creator and he will have your dad reborn somewhere in this world. As for your mother I suppose I might be able to give you some hope on finding her." Hearing him say so makes me lift my head. I grin happily and wait for what he will say next. He sure likes taking his pauses.

"It's important to be patient in these things. Well your mother is probably in this world." Wait I thought he just said that would be impossible?

"Don't worry, while it would have been unlikly it's not impossible. I can say this because you are here." He points at me giving that gentle man smile.

"Why would me being here mean that mom is here? Wait it couldn't be that mom wanted to find me so badly that she came looking for me?" I began to feel excitment, mom is the best!

"Well, rather than her trying to find you, it was you trying to find her!" The black robed guy lets out a chuckle.

"Normally a soul is judged then sentenced based on how they lived. However, in very rare occasions, a soul will wonder off into the universe to search for something. When I found you, you where a wondering soul, most likely you where searching for your mother."

  So I will get to see mom! She might even be on this world then? I can barely contain my excitement. I jump up and down.

"That aside I will explain to you the reason I have come here to speak to you." Suddenly the black robed man's voice becomes more strict. The reason?

"Wasn't it to show me those memories?" I ask tilting my head.

"That was only part of it. The real reason is to tell you that after I found your soul wondering on this planet, I put you into an egg and had you reborn as someone from my race."

"So that's why I look different and can do stuff I couldn't before!"

"That's right, but don't worry about your looks too much. Right now is when you are growing and changing the most. Most likely you will end up looking very close to what you did originally. The only difference is you will have my white hair."

  So I will still look like dad does? I see... I felt happy hearing that, knowing that I will be able to keep something that my dad had given me.

  Well I guess this black robes guy would be my second dad though. Yeah black robes is dad number two, but my first dad will always be number one.

"There are a few things about our race you will need to know." He holds up his hand raising a single finger.

"First, it is very difficult for a member of our race to be born so there are very few of us. Since you already had a soul and where reincarnated into our race you had a higher chance than normal." He raises his second finger.

"Second, our race is special and has special traits at birth. It is similar to how some insects and animals are born with poisen or other traits."

  While he was talking I couldn't help but think about a certain commic book with a hero that had a S on his shirt that dad would read to me.

"Well if compared to the people from your old world I suppose it would be like having super powers." Black robes chuckles.

"You see, our race is made from light. The egg you where born from is called a light egg and will turn into light when destroyed. It's just like how a humans body will turn into dirt when they die. When we die, we will become particles of light."

  Oh, that's why the egg dissapeared when it hit the ground. Does that mean I'll do the same thing if I hit something to hard? Hm, lets not think about it.

"If you get hit hard enough you'll probably break like that egg." I could see him holding back his laughfter. His sense of humor is kinda mean. But I guess it's alright. My friend Alex was alot like that too.

"Don't worry though, our light bodies are really durable and won't break easily. You can also absorb different forms of light to make yourself stronger."

"We can also create duplicate bodies so if our orginal bodies get destroyed we will still be able to live within our duplicates. Be carefull on how many you make though since it will use up your bodies light energy each time you make a clone."

"What happens if I use up all my bodies light energy?" I had to ask, it seems important. I look at black robes waiting for an awnser.

"If you loose to much light energy, your body will not be able to hold togeather and will break apart just like the egg."

"Oh." I just stared at black robes, I think I'll try not to make too many copies. But it does sound really cool so I'll only make a few. Yeah just a few.

"Now then, thirdly..." Black robes held up a third fingure, "There are many different races within the universe and amongst them, ours is quite rare. Because of our unuiqe ability to abosrb light and convert it into energy with our bodies, there are many who will hunt us down to take advantage of this." Black robes started using a sharper tone.

"You need to be very carefull about interacting with different people. No one on this world should know of our race or its special properties so you will be safe here for the time being."

  I began to think about being turned into a battery to power someone's gameboy. That would deffinetly be unpleasent, I will absolutly not tell anyone that's for sure.

"This also means you should keep your abilities a seceret. Now then that's all for now, oh one last thing. I thought that you might have trouble finding your parent's reincarnations so I gave you a special ability that I learned while traveling through the univerese." Black robes started using his gentle but mature tone again.

  I really hope he gave me the ability to teleport, that would be awsome. I mean we are made out of light so we should be able to move fast enough to teleport right?

"It's not to teleport..." He awnsered while shaking his head. Okay, I have been thinking this for a while now, "can you read my mind?" I asked while making the most seroiuse face I could.

"Hm, I was wondering when you would ask. Rather than reading your mind, I am reading the thoughts of your soul. It is the special ability that I am giving you."

"All you have to do is look into a persons eyes and imagen that you are looking at their soul. If you become as good as me, you can see a persons soul just by being near them." He begins to brag with a satisfied look on his face.

"When looking at a persons soul you can see the memories of each life that soul has lived, unlike if you where to just read their mind. Reading a persons mind will only show you the memories they have had in this life after all."

  Black robes nods while smiling at me. Really the things he talks about are complicated, but I have a feeling he's been speaking in a childish tone so that I would understand it.

"So if I find someone that might be my mom I will be able to tell by looking at her soul?" Ha, I'm not as childish as you think!

"OH! That's right, good job." Black robes clasps his hands togeather and smiles fatherly like at me.

"..." I have nothing to say to this mister black robes.