My body was floating in darkness for what felt like a millennium. Wait. No. Actually, I should say my soul was surrounded by darkness for what felt like a millennium. As for what I could tell, I had no body. I was aware of my conscious, but i couldn't move at all, so i assumed this was me as a soul. Then I wondered if this was all that death was. Was it going to be just this for eternity? Where was that light at the end of the tunnel that people who came back from the dead used to say? Was it just a lie, or a damn hallucination? Fuck, this sucked. Me, just floating around in...nothingness forever...it was going to drive me crazy, if a soul soul could actually go crazy of course. With nothing but endless time ahead of me, all I could do was fantasize and imagine what ifs.
What if I could reincarnate? is it possible? Where do souls go after they die? Is there an afterlife? Does heaven and hell exist?
These thoughts popped up one after the other and in quick succession. I began to ponder on these for a while. After an unknown amount of time, there was a change. I saw a small speck of light, in the distance. It was so small, I thought i was seeing things for a moment. I stared at it for a while to see if it would disappear. It didn't. Since I didn't have an actual body, I couldn't move. I wanted to go toward the light and see what it was. While we are on the subject, how the hell can I see if I have no eyes? Oh, well whatever. I want to investigate this light. Not sure if it would work, I tried to will myself closer to the light. I imagined myself flying toward it and the light growing bigger and bigger. At first, I thought it was wasn't working, however seconds later, I noticed the light getting bigger and bigger. It was slow, but i could clearly tell I was getting closer. Or was it just getting bigger while I stayed still? Well, either way, it didn't matter. Something was happening. After some time, I began to hear something. I tried to focus on it. It was so faint at first, but as the light got bigger, the sound got louder.
As the sound got louder, it changed from a static to what seemed to be slurred voices all tangled up. What? What's happening? Were those voices? Are people speaking? How is that possible? As the light got closer, I focused entirely on the sounds. they gradually got clearer until I could hear it clearly.
"Push ma'am. Push! he is close. A couple more deep pushes!"
Words! Actual words! What....?
An then an idea came to me. Is this...Am i being reincarnated?
At that moment, I didn't notice that the light had surrounded me completely. Suddenly I was blind and closed my eyes quickly.
Eh?
I closed my eyes? But, I don't have a bod...
Suddenly I felt different. I felt heavier, contained. That's when it hit me. I have been reincarnated. Suddenly I was excited. I have been reborn! With this, it opens up a whole new realm of possibilities. I just had to find out as much info on wherever I am at as quickly as possible. I couldn't give my hope up in case of disappointment, but if there was even a chance...
First things first. get control of my new body. I tried opening my eyes for the first time in this life. It was difficult but i managed to do it eventually. My eyelids felt so heavy and I felt so tired. Does this what babies usually feel when their born? Huh. Interesting. At first everything was a bit blurry but as I focused them more, things got clearer. The first thing I saw was a woman's face looking down at me with crimson red eyes and a pale white face with sharp eyebrows . She had a loving look on her face as she stared at me from above.
"Congratulations ma'am. you have a handsome young boy. Have you given him a name?"
The woman who was above me, lifted her face, stared at the one who asked for a second before looking back to me and said with a smile "His name is Bran."
Bran huh? Not bad. So this is my mother. i wonder what her name is. ill find out eventually. Time to move on and see if I can control this tiny body. This is gonna be so weird.
So, as it turns out. It wasn't as hard to move my body as I thought it was going to be. I had focused on trying to my move my left arm with all my effort, but suddenly, it came flying towards my face and...I slapped my self silly, straight in my baby face. Yup, that's right folks. i baby slapped my face as soon as I was born. To make matters even more weird, I tried to say ow, cause it hurt of course, but I somehow made a Waa sound. I immediately shut my mouth then. I wanted to face palm, but stopped' myself. I don't want to slap my self again.
Mom "..."