Despair, utter despair. Black to the blackest black, is what I am feeling right now, you ask why? Well you could say I've been reincarnated, and what do you think of when reincarnating, well I can assure you its not what's happening now. What's happening now you ask? well to explain that we'll have to go back in time a bit.

I was walking home in the busy crowds. The hustle and bustle of the late afternoon. Unrelated noise and chatter was filtered out of my mind, all I could hear were the tapping of my feet ,the beating of my heart and my own steady breaths. My gait comes to a stop as someone pushes past me, I didn't notice at that time how suspicious he was acting or how hurried he was because my whole being of attention was taken upon a scene I find most hateful: a young couple of about twenty or so years old ravaging each other mouths, I could feel the rage, disgust and envy boiling up in me, no longer being able to take the view I looked away. And as I did so I cursed under my breath

"....I hope you explode...."

That was when it happened. I suddenly felt an impact as the air was blown out of my lungs, I was thrown to the floor like a ragdoll, I could feel my ears ringing as I heard a loud sound followed by shrieks from all directions. A burning pain burst throughout my whole body that made me want to scream, but I found I couldn't, I wanted to move , but I couldn't, slowly pain transformed to numbness as my view of the concrete slowly started fading. I could hear muffled shouts and sirens. and then. It was dark. It felt like being in a ocean of stagnant water. Heavy , cold, sluggish. Like a piece of driftwood.

I felt like that for what seemed like an eternity. I no longer remembered many things that I have impressions of being important. Names, faces, friends and family.

And then it happened ,I saw a small flame starting to flicker in front of me. I bathed in warmth as I watched. I wanted to get closer , but I couldn't move , so I watched, focused and willed for until I could feel closer. No I was closer ,I started trying again. Watch, focus and will.

Then suddenly I was engulfed and all I could perceive were white, blank, nothingness. It slowly started changing to burning vermilion red. I could feel my senses starting to return. Trying to sense my surroundings, all I could perceive were a lukewarm temperature and a watery feel. Then i realised; Water! Swimming! I started to try to kick and swim in the way I perceived as upwards until i reached upwards and felt nothing but a a slight air resistance. Surface!

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I opened my eyes to what seamed like something straight out of the bible, and not the good side; a picture of something like hell itself. My brightened mood instantly damped as I thought:

"What did I deserve to go to a place like this!!!"

I looked down to only realise to my horror that I wasn't in water but hot , glowing magma. I screamed for a while only to realise that it didn't hurt . i tried to put the absurdity of the situation to the back of my mind because I had realised that something, or rather someone was looking at me. It looked like a child but it had fiery red eyes and orange and hair. He was innocently staring at me. I looked away not being able to stand the untainted aura his eyes conveyed. Swimming to the black rock shore-ish area that he was standing and hauling myself up. I found that to my surprise that he was rather big. Trying to seem gentle and sweet, I spoke my question.

"Little kid what's your name?"

".....uuuh name? And your only a little bigger than me"

I tried to keep my expression from shifting at the rude remark and voiced another question:

"What do you mean 'only a little bigger' and where the fuu... I mean where is this'?"

"Duuuh! this is the fire spirit domain and of course your only small your a newbie"

"..spirit?.."

"You don't even know do you? You must have had one of those crappy worlds without magic"

"....magic?..."

"Magic is magic what else could it be?"

He said while pushing his hand out to the dumbfounded me.

"Pay up; give me some of your starting mana"

"Mana? Wait no! Why!"

"Info"

But before I could further refute a glowing warm light came from my feet. As I looked down I could see runic symbols flashing underneath, and before I realised the little bugger had stepped further away while cursing in both discontent and schadenfreude.

"Crap...unlucky newbie ha she's gonna get stuck with a brat"

I had a seep sense of foreboding as I reached forward and tried to get away but before I could, I found myself before a giant face of pure glee. Bright green eyes, long soft blond hair, small pink lips and red chubby cheeks. Then I noticed two massive fat hands closing in on me like maws of death. I felt a sense of de ja vu as the air was forced out of my lungs . with a joyful laughter I was shaken. Yes shaken , as the dizziness came in I could feel dread no despair crawling within me as I thought

"The whole ordeal and whatever and now I'm a child's toy!!".