When I opened my eyes, I was lying in a corner.
How did I know it was a corner?
My back was against something solid – OK so maybe it's just an assumption here. Whatever, I'll assume everything until I get something concrete.
Didn't I die?
I was ripped apart by sharks, I think, or whatever fish or thing in the wharf that had such sharp teeth. With my mind still being kind of hazy, I don't think what I remembered was correct, so maybe my memory could be faulty.
I wanted to focus a little more on thinking but the voice that suddenly spoke forced me to lose focus.
The voice in my head was strange, an echoing mechanical sound.
Was this a system?
I've read of this, ah! I can't believe that being eaten alive gave me a chance to be reborn. This was karma but it was not all my fault, it was something ingrained in me... All those things I had done throughout the years.
Either way, there was no need now, I'm sure I will have no more bloodlust here. After all, that body was gone, this is a new one.
Ah, all those books, movies, and anime were made real?
Wah!
Wah!
Ah!
How awesome is this!!!
I froze with my inner dialogue because I felt that still, this was a bit too strange…
The mechanical voice echoed again in my mind.
I flinched. When someone asks you, to 'stay calm', the downside always is... You explode! Stay calm? Hehehe, I can not stay calm in this case.
The body hurt so bad, was this body injured?
And like I said, I couldn't stay calm. A voice was suddenly heard.
"Thallion, slow down!"
It was a masculine voice. I felt myself panicking. Forcing my eyes open, I noticed that I was in a hollow of a tree, and kind of half lying on a bed of dried grass; I squinted, looking at my feet, and noticing that they were awfully small.
So I really died, because my feet were a size seven and not what looked like a size four.
So maybe I'm around ten or so? Or a midget?
Oh shit, I hope I am not a midget, no offense but for someone who was tall before it would be a devastation to be short after this... Rebirth?
I tried calling in my mind, trying to not say anything aloud, but it was silent. After waiting a bit, and still hearing, nothing I treated it as my imagination.
Perhaps I was going crazy again.
The thought made me freeze as memories rushed forward, and I felt my new body tense.
A voice spoke, jolting me from my trance, it was a male probably around sixteen or so.
So many thoughts swirled in my mind.
Will they kill me?
Will they chain me up and make me a slave?
Will I be tortured?
Will I be sold off? Oh god, I don't wanna be sold off, I whined inwardly. My vision became blurry with unshed tears. Damn, these waterworks were kind of faster than I thought.
"We are here to practice, not laze around. Hurry up!"
I felt myself panicking. The voice sounded around 17-18 years in age and masculine, with an undertone that was somewhat seductive.
More strange thoughts filled my mind.
Should I go out?
Are they good people?
What if they were pedophiles?
I have no idea what sex felt like even if I had seen many instances... I'm a person who would rather watch than do the deed even if my job was a bit... you know … ambiguous.
Biting my lip, I kept still. When there was a boom, the tree shook and I struggled not to yelp in fear.
My heart accelerated at the thought of being discovered so I huddled in the corner making myself smaller so I wouldn't be discovered, trying not to panic.
"Guys, come on!"
Another voice. How many were they?
Boom!
Boom!
A snapping sound was heard, then my surroundings shook.
I felt a breeze, strong light filtered in, and it was extremely bright, almost blinding. Raising a hand, I looked up at the sky, shocked to my core at what I was seeing.
One... One... Two... Three. Three suns were in the sky; the clouds... the clouds were... they were –
I didn't bother to continue looking. Instead, I forced my gaze to look around, but the fear, the panic, intensified.
I saw that my surroundings were not normal.
Did I get reborn on some alien planet, really? I questioned inwardly, but then I struggled to breathe as I thought that maybe I looked nothing human right now. I looked at my hands. OK, still a dark brown. I touched my hair. OK still kinky, even if it had more curls than coils... I felt in my mouth; teeth were normal. I touched my chest, my butt and –
"Look, guys! Look what I found!" I froze. The voice was deep, but somewhat childish, as if he was yet to be fully a man, maybe I'm not his type.
I hoped that I wasn't this underage kid's type.
"Wow, you found a rare one!"
"Hadn't they been bred out?"
Bred out? Am I like an endangered species?
Ah... Wait! Am I a human?
"Well look we have one right here, though she seems to have been hidden."
"Hey, Little one, where is your mother?"
I flinched then sneered. What did this fool think I was... An animal or something?
Tch, I spared him a glance and thought to myself, Beauty... Ah, a beauty... Oriental beauty... Ah... Beauty.
He was gorgeous with those bird-like lips – you know, pouty top, smaller, almost thin bottom. They were pink, stark against his pale skin... even if I thought he needed some color. Crescent moon-shaped eyes slanted encircling bright silver irises and light brown hair which reflected strands of gold in the light.
With a skin-tight shirt that seemed to have been part of his skin with long sleeves, gloves wrist guards, he looked like a soldier.
Right in my personal space, he even looked larger than I was, and by far.
This didn't seem right. It seemed I was really a midget!
I immediately felt depressed, wishing that I would just stay dead.
I thought rebirth was supposed to be awesome. What is this?
I feel like I have received the sh*** end of the stick!
Memories bombarded me so suddenly that I passed out, falling into strong arms.