Chapter 1 - Death to reincarnation

“Will I die here, I couldn’t even finish it” a young man with long gray hair with well-built physique uttered to himself, as he coughed up blood, he was heavily injured from being stabbed in the chest.

“I guess this is the end of the line for me” the long gray haired man faintly smiled as he slowly closed his eyes.

Just as he had thought this was the end, he was enveloped in light it felt as if he was swimming in the clouds, he finally felt true peace of mind, all his dark feelings were washed away, his life of suffering and pain were forgotten, and for the first time in his life tears dropped from his cold eyes.

Feeling a strange warm feeling, he abruptly opened his eyes, he was amazed at what he was saw he was surrounded by shining light, instead of feeling anxiety from been in such situation he felt joy.

Where I am, where is this place

“I will answer all your question”

A soothing voice resounded inside his head

“Who are you, where I am” the young man immediately asked.

“I am T’chiyah, the god of rebirth”

“You have died”

“I must say what a hard life you had, filled with dark feelings, don’t you have any regrets?”

The god T'chiyah sounded as calm as the evening sea.

“Even if I had regrets, of what use would they be”

The young man looked unaffected by T’chiyah surprising words  

“You’re a interesting one, unfazed by death”

T’chiyah voice sounded with a tone of curiosity.

“Everyone will eventually die, what is there to fear?”

“So what happens now, do I go to heaven or hell?

The young man cold indifferent eyes were full of serenity.

T’chiyah laughed and spoke out in amusement

“You really are different”

“I have decided, I will give you a second chance at life”

“What do you mean?”

The young man slightly confused asked.

“You will be reborn in a different world”

T’chiyah promptly stated

“What kind of world is it?”

Curious the young man asked.

“You will soon know,”

“As a present from me, you can keep your memories, even though they may be the cause of great pain and sorrow for you”

As T’chiyah said his departing words, the young man started to disappear.

As the young man was disappearing, he could not help but think of  T’chiyah as a sort of trickster god, before completely disappearing.

The young man suddenly felt alive again, as he opened his eyes and looked around, only seeing a sickly horse beside him and stacked straw around him

is this possibly a stable?

He was lying down on straw, not been able to tell what time it was, or where his parents where, he was slightly worried about what would happen to him

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What if  I die here?

He tried speaking but only incomprehensible sounds came out, he tried to struggle to get the horse to move,but it was all in vain the horse didn’t even budge an inch.

Shit, what can i do?

All the struggling had caused him to feel hungry and exhausted, he inadvertently closed his eye and quickly fell asleep

Waking up after a long nap he opened and to his surprise, he saw a woman staring at him with a gentle smile, she looked pretty plain brown disheveled hair and hazel eyes, he was next to a baby girl that had the same brown hair, the baby girl next to him was looking at him while sucking on her thumb

"We can raise them together"

she said while giving them both a faint smile

Then a man appeared next to her, he seemed rather stoic, and had grey short hair, and quite a muscular body

“Where did you find him!?” The grey haired man said in shock

“He was abandoned in the stable, poor thing would have died if I didn’t find it”

she calmly answered as she looked at him with a pleasant expression.

“It's sad to see,things like this happening “

the grey haired man uttered in a disgruntled tone.

Calm down dear, he is very cute let's raise them together

she quickly declared while facing the man and smiling happily.

He could understand what they were saying , and he was overjoyed that there were kind people in this world that would take him in.

“Look at how Yaira is attached to him”

the brown haired woman said while pointed at the baby girl

“What should we name him?”

The grey haired man said while watching the young baby closely.

The woman stood there staring at him as she thought deeply then suddenly she smiled

“How about raven?”

“That what I would have called our baby, if it was a boy”

she said excitedly while clapping her hands together.

“Maria come on let’s go, we have fed them, it’s time for them to sleep.”

The grey haired man said while taking one last glance at the two babies.

“OOkay,Stan”

Maria murmured with a dejected face

So now I am called raven, I actually really like this name.

As they left, the young baby now named Raven, quickly checked the room he was in, he immediately noticed that it looked astonishingly primitive, the couple that took him in looked like peasants, realising that nothing could be done about the current situation and with his hunger satisfied, he closed his eyes and slept peacefully.

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