"Yeah so my name is Sera and who might you be" was the first question she asked us when she took us else where .
"Well am from earth and I died patheticly that's about all I remember about my past self"
It was not a lie after that whole world while I only recalled my previous name and the way I died. it was like those were the only thing we were meant to recall from our previous lives. All past acquaintances were lost along that journey.
" Your previous journey has ended and another one is ahead of you now. But unlike your previous life where you were both basically useless you will be giving an opportunity to better yourself in this life".
she really really chose her words very harshly without living face for us at all.
" Don't even ask me questions cause I don't have any answers to them as I was only kept her to handle the anomalies like you and your sister whose soul strength was too strong that your soul exceeded to limit we kept for those other souls there. That's why I guess you can talk here".
"But can I see your boss there are still something's I would like to confirm from him/her about me and my sister"
I asked to know if she had any idea why me and my sister had strange dreams and sometimes felt that the world we came from was not meant for us almost like we were misplaced and lost there.
"No no no even me have never seen him he only had few friends from what I heard about him a long time ago, and the died in the war that took place many thousand years ago or so I heard"
A mysterious man that does not come out on his own and hides in his own shadow while making others carry out his job. I guess all of them here are strange one way or the other.
"So what's going to happen to us now; as we are not going to see him no longer".
"Everything cut short is that you are going to go through that portal where you are going to be washed and reborn by constant baptism of fire and water". She explained.
" Oh not normal fire right another form of fire that's is not painful and also feels like water on the skin right right" pearl asked with her body shaking with fear of how it would feel almost like dying and been reborn what times over.
" Of course where have you seen a fire that does not burn" Sera scoffed at pearl answering.
" What you can't be that wicked right? how will you in your right conscience put someone in that kind of fire?" on her knees pleading pearl said.
" There is also water there is there not hahaha.... and that is the punishment for living a worthless life without meaning".
"Ehn? what do you mean by that?" I asked her.
" Well reincarnation is only meant for those who lived reasonable lives in their former lives. like doctors, pharmacist, pilots, engineers in your world not people like you that spent your whole life walking up and down looking for something you did not lost". she sat down with her legs crossed explaining to me. "And then the people that go through the left portal are useless type of people like you and her while the rest are just live new lives without stress like you and then those that don't survive the fire and water baptism will vanish and seize to exist so let's just call it the survival of the fittest hahahahaha". she added laughing like an evil old witch
"Wow no wonder my subconscious was always carrying me to different interviews lately almost like my soul was pleading with me to get one". I murmured to myself silentlty processing all that at once.
"Ok you can be going I think I have other business to attend to presently so leave when you are ready- and If you enter the one on the right, it will shred your soul to pieces and you will never be reincarnated". Sera said then added after almost like she knew what we were thinking about then she disappeared like smoke 'puff'.
I sighed and looked at pearl who was still frozen as her skin cringed as she recalled the world's Sera said and how she crushed her last dream of escaping through the right portal.
"So pearl who is going first", I whispered barely with all the strength I could gather.
" Why don't we do it at the same time " she suggested.
An idea I did not want to carry through as I wanted to know how she will feel as she jumps through at first so I could prepare myself before hand but her idea also seemed pretty approachable.
"Ok we can do that let's go" I said as we can close to the portal on the left with unsteady and shaking steps.
The portal was as big as a standard gate on earth but the only difference was that it was circular with several types of inscription on it that made it look beautiful. But all our thoughts crumbled like paper as we looked through the portal and saw the blue and red colour that danced beautifully inside but looked terrifying to us as we knew what it was immediately the fire and the water that was mentioned earlier.
Pearl held my hand as we went closer and closer to the edge of the portal as she said:
" Let's jump in together brother and after the journey we should look for each other till the end of the world untill we are with each other again". I only nodded my head and added:
" Yes not even a world will separate my from my little sister you are after all all that I have left in this world" I said trying to be the strong one even with the tears running down my eyes as I said:
" In (5) pearl... 5 .... 4..... 3 ..... 2 .... 1 jump" and we jumped.