"welcome good soul"
that's when Edward heard a voice. He didn't feel anything right now but at peace. He tried to look around but he couldn't see anything aside from darkness. He tried to move but he was shocked because he didn't even possess a body. He wondered were he was and what happened after the crash but he couldn't remember anything.
"good soul, it pains me to tell you that you passed away after the crash. As far as where you are, you are nowhere, You are now just a soul waiting to choose your fate"
"what, what is this voice? where it's coming from ? " wondered Edward he didn't feel any feeling no worry, no pain, no sadness nor grief , just peace.
"Good soul, i am your creator and the creator of everything from the skies to the depths of the ground. i am the God"
"As for why are you here, it is because i gave you the chance to choose your fate "
"Fate, what am i supposed to choose and why am i here ?"
"because you have been a good one"
"but i didn't even believe in any god or in any religion that means i am not good as you say.
am i not supposed to go to hell ?"
"being good doesn't need any religion. it is something related to your heart and to your own personal belief. you didn't hesitate to sacrifice your self to save your family and more than thirty million people and that is enough to make you a good soul"
"can you tell me what happened to my family "
"your efforts saved all those existing in Tokyo including your family. You have been recognized as a savior in Tokyo and statues where built to commemorate your deeds. your family were compensated and are respected everywhere and they are living a great life"
"ohh, thank god, i mean thank you."
"that aside it is now time to deal with you. due to your deed, i am giving you the chance to go to heaven or i will transport you soul to another world where you will have a chance at another life with great differences to yours"
"what other worlds?"
"of course good soul, there are other worlds each is unique in its own way"
"well that is interesting, by the way what happened to Walter"
"he chose heaven"
"hmm, good for him"
"so?"
Edward pondered for some time and he said
"well I am really interested in these other worlds, but is there anything that i must do there"
"no, just live your life to the fullest"
"and if i die again what happens"
"if you did not do many bad things over there, i will send you to heaven. otherwise you will burn in hell"
Edward was silent.
"so what should i know about these worlds"
"there is world that comes to my minds which would be perfect for you and you would acclimate pretty well there it is similar to your previous one but there are ... some changes"
"what changes exactly?"
"i'll leave that for you to discover if you wish to go there"
"okay, take me to that world please"
"oh before you go there, i'll let you know i might drop some gifts for you there to help you on your journey, i like your character"
"thank you very much god"
"alright then GO"
and just like that i was back to silence. but rather than feeling nothing i felt warmth enveloping me. i tried to move but i found it quite tiring so i stopped. after some time i felt something pushing me outside of this warmth and some thing grabbed me and started pulling me. that's when i knew i was being born.
the first thing i did after getting out was trying to open my eyes. but just as i did that, i felt like they were burning, just as someone placed hot flaming coal on them, so i hastily closed them. and without knowing i started crying just like a baby. i felt a hand holding me and wrapping me in some sort of a cloth. then i felt like i was transferred to another person who placed in between his arms.
i tried to open my eyes but still couldn't bear the pain. so i kept sensing my surrounding based on what my skin touches. after a few minutes, i felt like i was hungry and so i started crying again. i didn't know why but i felt like it was something natural to do. i sensed some movements than i sensed some thing poking at my mouth. i already knew what it was. i didn't know what to do right now. i was extremely embarrassed to something like that. i just couldn't picture myself doing it. but at the same time i knew i had to do it if i wanted to live.
after some seconds, i surrendered to my fate and placed that squishy flesh in my mouth and stated sucking on it hard. my first experience in this world was awful so after some hard time, i let go of that nipple as i felt drowsy and sleep took me.
And that's how i passed my first couple of months as a newborn. eat, sleep, and taking dumps.
(uhh, i can't wait to become an adult at least in my previous life, i didn't have to endure all of this and live every single day in this mess)
at three weeks, i started to see clearly, but still i still chose to not let anyone see me while i am looking because that would be weird. newborns wouldn't open their eyes this early as it took them around eight weeks for that to happen. but still five weeks were acceptable and not suspicious.
i started recognizing the people around me. my mother was black haired, late twenties. it reminded me of my mother back on earth but this one had blue eyes instead of brown. she was above average in terms of beauty according to earth's standards. she was kind hearted and caring and as the days passed i was starting to like her. but it was kind of weird for me because i was older than her. but still being around her made me feel at peace. maybe that's the effect of a mother. i don't know.
my dad on the other hand didn't appear much, only at night. i guess he is some one who is busy working during the day. but at night, he would come to my crib, pick me up and start playing with me throwing me in the air and catching me in his arms. he was a well built man with a brownish hair with a tinge of yellow. his hair was nice. he had green eyes. he was in his early thirties. yeah he was handsome. i felt close to him and a sense of security when he is around, it reminded me of myself when i had my kids. i hope they are doing fine.
i also had two siblings . the eldest was a girl around eight years of age she was so cute with yellow hair and moms blue eyes. and the other sibling was a boy around five years. he was really nice with a black hair and green eyes. i noticed he was kind of shy but i noticed that he is extremely intelligent and sharp.
i liked my new family they were all very caring and loving. but it made me miss my previous one .
after nine months, five events did happen , i was about eleven months old .
first, i stopped breastfeeding, and thank god for that. it was a horrible experience that i could never get used to
the second event, i started walking, it was difficult at first. i couldn't balance myself with this baby body but i am getting the hang of it.
the third event, i started comprehending some words that are being said. it was a different language that was different from anything in my previous world. so i decided that when a conversation was being held i would focus on hearing it while trying to guess some words. it was really hard but i was making some slow progress. slow but still progress.
the fourth thing that happened was that my vocal cords were ready to utter words but i decide till i was eight month before saying anything. so around that time, i uttered two word "mama, baba". when my parents heard that they started crying and fighting for who will embrace me. in the end my mom won.
the fifth thing that happened which left me completely flabbergasted for a few days, was seeing my mother in the kitchen creating water from thin air. that was when i recalled god's words
( Some changes )
and i knew what those changes were. the existence of some sort of magic or sorcery. as a scientist who specializes in physics, i started doubting my beliefs. it felt like my whole world came down crashing on me.
but a few days, i started paying some attention to magic. i was a scientist and curious by nature. i saw my dad lighting wood on fire. with a flick of his fingers. and many more acts that took a long time to sink in my head.
my parents noticed my curiosity for magic and sometimes they would try to explain things to me. which mostly i didn't understand. but i was looking forward to making magic as they did. i would even picture myself making a giant ball of fire and a huge tornado with my hands but those were just day dreams. apparently my siblings couldn't use magic. at least i didn't see them using it. and i didn't see my parents looking worried about it so i guess it is normal.
one year passed since than, i was almost two years old, my older brother was around seven years old and my sister was a month away from her tenth birthday. in this year my brother started going out in the morning and coming back three hours before sunset. my mother told me he was going to school. i didn't know exactly what was he studying but i didn't ask about it. i am sure i will find out when i get six years old.
i learned a lot of things this year, mostly words and names. i could follow a simple conversation but any hard words were still out of reach for now. i learned the names of my family. my dad was Roland, my mom was Stella, my sister was Sacha and my brother was Endric. Luckily my name was Edward.
next month was my sisters tenth birthday which marks a special day according to what father says. she would awaken her elemental affinities. and those affinities would mark someone's potential and strength in his life. i was intrigued by this but still didn't ask about it further, i didn't want my parents to think i was kind of weird.
in this month, i would sometimes ask my parents and siblings about magic and they would answer me. my sister was the most helpful because she was feeling proud of teaching me and would get carried away which i didn't mind at all. it would save me the trouble of going around asking my parents.
so i basically knew what was being taught at school. one would awaken their magic at the age of ten. well not exactly magic, everyone was born with magic but at the age of ten they would unlock their elemental affinities. i asked my sister what are those but her answer was
"hmm, i remember it was fire, water, earth, wind and.... ahh i forgot what are the rest hhhh. oh don't tell mom i forgot them she will be mad. i think i need to study more"
so i decided to ask dad
"hey son"
"baba, what are the elemental affinities one can have?"
"hmm, curious at such age , you are growing up to be smart just like dad"
he took me and placed me on his lap as he said
"well the basic affinities are fire, water, earth and wind. but there are other affinities that could exist we call them evolved or mixed affinities. evolved ones are those that evolve from a basic affinity. such as ice affinity which is the evolved water affinity, and the thunder affinity which is the evolved wind affinity and so many others and there are mixed abilities like magma which is the affinities of fire and earth and the storm affinity the mixed ability of water, wind and thunder which is pretty rare. other than that there are other affinities some call them rare, some legend and some useless. for the rare affinities there is healing a major example, for legend, well they are legends but people say that there is the affinity of creation and death but it is legend no one have even seen it with their eyes. well and last but not least useless affinities that's what most people say but i call bullsh*.."
as he was saying that mom threw a pan towards dad which he easily evaded and said
"Roland Raiden, watch your language "
as she said that my dad's face went pale.
"sorry ... *ehm* as i was saying there are some affinities that are regarded as useless by most people because how hard it is to understand them such as space affinity and time affinity because most people who end up with these affinities end up having a hard time comprehending them. you see people can't use spells unless they understand the use of it the nature of it and the mechanic of it. it's easier lighting fire you see daily but you can't make a spell that you yourself don't understand."
"okay that's enough Edward go sleep "
"okay mama"
i went to my bed pondering about what i learnt today.