Darkness.
Is all I could feel around me. And though it surrounded me, I didn't feel unsafe, it was sort of a blanket surrounding me, in a way.
I don't know how long I stood, or floated, in this dark space, but after a few minutes or maybe years, maybe even centuries, a light appeared from a distance, and it seemed to be moving away slowly.
I couldn't help but go towards the light. It was as if it was drawing me to it, or something pushing me towards it.
As I kept walking or floating, I reached the light, and it sucked me in.
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[CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles]
[YEAR XX]
—The XX Hospital—
Lying at a ward in this hospital was an unmoving body, which seemed to be in a comatose state.
It was unknown whether this person would wake up or not.
This person was a solo debuting star, Leah Kim. She'd been in this state for several months now, and it was unclear when she would wake up.
She shouldn't have been in a comatose state, as the injuries she had gotten were minor.
But her body had gone to a comatose state. The doctors weren't really shocked by this, as they were medical professionals, but after a month passed and she - Leah, was still in a state of comatose.
And after four months and her still in a comatose state, after getting minor injuries, they started getting worried.
As there was evidence or proof in a way that she could wake up, but as time went on and her still in the state of comatose, they started losing hope.
As normal people, they felt sorry for the girl, but as medical professionals, they knew that she - Leah, had to leave the hospital as the Entertainment Company she was signed to had dropped her, and stopped paying for her medical bills.
Not only that but they also had to make space for new patients.
The slightly darkened soul inside the body seemed to get up, and get out of the body, and not long after —a few milliseconds really, a new glowing soul entered the body.
The heart monitor machine didn't even stop working for a second.
And just like that the original Leah Kim left the world, and Ren Xiao, entered it.
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As Ren Xiao, or rather Leah Kim now, laid on the hospital bed, the memories of the original owner of this body she was now in were rushing in her mind and after a while she had understood all the original owner's memories.
She had also come to understand that she was reborn, not in her time, but many centuries in the future.
And although this body was in a comatose state it seems the original Leah had heard all that the doctors were discussing around and about her.
She -the new Leah- had come to understand that she'd have to leave the hospital in a week, as the Entertainment Company she was signed to had dropped her as one of their up and coming idols.
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Two days later a nurse assigned to Leah walked in Leah's room and recieved the biggest suprise of her life, the girl they had dubbed as unofficially dead-it was not a medical conclusion- was watching the television with un-concealed curiosity.
The nurse - Linda Smith - was shocked. She stood still for quite some time, looking at the girl with shocked eyes, she felt her limbs and joints locked in place because of shock.
Leah felt the presence of someone inside the room and eyes looking intensely at her, she snapped her head to the direction where she felt the presence inside the room, and saw a lady in a nurse's uniform(scrubs).
She understood that this person was a nurse in this hospital because of the scrubs she was wearing.
After looking at her name tag which had her name LINDA SMITH, and other important details, she sighed in relief, knowing from her memories that Linda Smith is her assigned nurse, and that this wasn't a person sent to kill her.
You can't blame her for being paranoid as she had just been reincarnated, she didn't want to die so soon without enjoying this life and fulfilling her dreams and goals.
"Mhmmh," she cleared her throat.
The nurse seemed to snap out of her daze, and looked at the awake Leah.
"Uhm, hi?", Leah's hoarse voice croaked out.