Aaron was laying down as the doctors came into the room. He watches as they come in to sedate him for his surgery; the surgery was supposed to remove the tumor from his right lung.
"If i die i hope that i can live a life with more action next time, that i have more friends and find something that gives my life meaning", he thinks as he drifts to sleep from the sedatives the doctors gave him.
He Drifts to sleep looking back on his admittedly short, and disappointingly bland life, he remembers his first time riding a bike,the time he spent with the few friends he had, all the time he spent with his parents. The next thing he knows he is floating above his own body he hears the doctors speaking but all of it is drowned out by the sound of his vitals flat-lining.
"this can't be happening. I don't want to die."
he desperately struggles to return to his body waving and kicking, but it was useless as he as dragged away from the scene of his own death towards a unknown light
"Child, your time has come and follow me to your eternity." A effeminate voice speaks from the unknown light.
Aaron finally reaches the light, and as he does he enters a large open expanse full of mountains, valleys and other natural beauties. The expanse resembles a world untouched by man, the air is crisp and the plants all seem healthier than any he had seen before. In the clearing in front of him was the mouth of a river of almost ethereal blue water.
"Beautiful isn't it child. The true paradise is the home of the virtuous". The same voice from earlier sounds out from behind him.
Aaron was startled by the voice of the woman. He turns around to see a woman with pale skin, red eyes and long curly white hair sitting under a large apple tree.
Aaron looked at the woman in shock. " Mom is that you?" He trembled at the sight of this pale version of his late mother.
"No child, I am what you would call the Grim reaper." The look alike of his mother speaks in her soothing and melodic voice.
"then why do you look like my mom" Aaron says in a surprised and hesitant voice
the woman gestures for him to come sit beside her and as he does she begins to explain.
"As a reaper I appear in the form of a lost loved one that will make you feel most at ease for you, that is your lost mother."
Understanding her words he decides it best to change the subject.
"So I guess I really am dead now huh? So what do I do now, do I just stay here or what?"
"You have two options you can stay in
Paradise and exit the Cycle of life and death"
"and option two" he says
"you can restart in a different time and place away from everything you have known"
He thinks back on his life and on his final thoughts before he died.
"I want to restart, I want to live a life that I can be happy with."
The reaper looks satisfied with his answer.
"You have chosen well young one. Have fun with your new life."
She waved her hand and ethereal lights swirled around him. The world around him faded into the green lights, and then the world was dark.
An orb of white light floats in this dark void; it flickers and fluctuates. He realizes it is beating like a heart; it begins to flash through a myriad of colors and shades finally Settling on a platinum hue.
From the orb of platinum light a open scroll appears along with a pen. The two object hover in front of him
Aaron grabs the pen with caution. He stares at the empty scroll that's floating in the air with bewilderment
Word begins to write them selves on the page
"Choose your race and sub-race"
Goblin
Ogre
Orc
Human(2)
Elf(3)
Dwarf(3)
Fey(5)
Demi-Human(5)
He examines the list in surprise.
"It's like a RPG. I guess I'll be safe and choose humans then just in case.
He rights a check mark next to human and the other options disappear and a new list appears
"Choose Sub-race"
Karokosian Human: The most abundant race of the world of Karokosia this race has a short life span but is very adaptable and resilient to most climates and environments.
Special Bloodline Human: a human born with special abilities or attributes beyond that of other mere mortals they often live lives of either great renown or infamy only a few are born in each generation and they tend to be drawn together by fate as friends or foe
He begins to reach to check off the first option but the void rumbles and he trips causing him to mark next to special bloodline human instead
"Well f**k that's not good" he says as the options gray out and the scroll writing shifts again
"Choose a gender"
Male
Female
Cthulhu worshiper
"Great they have Cthulhu cults it had to be Cthulhu. of course it's always f*@#king Cthulhu!" he says in irritation as he checks off male
Choose continent of origin
Avalon: a continent full of wonderful enchanted forests and sprawling imperial cities has a population of 2.3 billion humans .
Mellis: the smallest continent comprised of many volcanic tropical islands has a population of 50 million people
Levenai a continent where Fey,elves,Humans and Demi-humans all live together has a population of 530 million humans
"Avalon sounds cool but the empires seem too risky. Don't want to get caught up in war or an inheritance dispute. I already have the Bloodline issue so I think I'll go with option three so at least my ability won't stick out as much"
After he chose his continent the scroll changed once again
Name: N/A
Race Human(Hex Blooded)
Status:Nobility
Continent of origin Levanai
Class:N/A
Rank:N/A
Age:0
Height:1'9"
Weight:6 lbs
Magic affinities:
Light(S)
Dark(S)
Earth(A)
Water (B)
Fire(D)
Wind(D)
MP:2000
Title:Heir to the oath
+50% magical affinity
+50% mana capacity
+25%physical ability
Skills:
Oath maker (beast):
Create a binding oath between you and a creature that belongs to the beast category this oath let's you summon the bound beast to aid you in battle.the bound beast can't harm you in any way
Enforcement of vows:
Those who break a promise to you suffer a 50%debuff to all stats.
Hex Blooded Curse (Locked)
"Well seems like a good start I wonder what the Hex Blooded dose it sounds ominous well no use worrying about it now"
The scroll disappears into the platinum orb once again and the orb pulses repeatedly until a light shines illuminating the void between death and rebirth
As the light fades Aaron feels like his body is being squished and pushed through a tight space. As he emerges he hears the voices of people as well as the screams of a woman. He feels like he is being held by large arms. It feels like someone is cleaning him.
He is handed to another pair of large arms. He hears the tired voice of the woman speaking in some strange language. He opened his eyes for the first time in his new life, and around him were 3 people, a man and two women. They all wore strangely medieval looking clothes.
He finally looks at the person that was holding him. It was a tired but beautiful looking woman with long brown hair and green eyes.
The pretty woman looks over to the man standing next to the bed saying something in the strange language that Aaron could not understand.
Meanwhile back in the afterlife the Reapers robe dissolves into a black mist as and is replaced by a elegant gray dress with purple and gold accents
"Levendriel you can stop spying I know your there" the Reaper says with annoyance in her voice
An elf looking man with light green skin and glowing blue tattoos drops from a nearby tree with a half eaten golden apple in his hand. The man has sharp and handsome features his eyes hold a glint of mischievous glee, and his devilish grin only confirms he is up to something either entirely hilarious, or utterly devious depending on what side of his prank you fall on.
Why so serious my dear Rothwiln I was just curious, he says , shrugging off the woman's irritated expression.
The now named Rothwiln looks at Levendriel in destain.
"I'm serious you damned fool why were you spying on me"
Levendriel's expression stiffens and becomes serious.
"I wanted to know why the almighty goddess of cycle, order and laws is yanking around the soul of her bastard son from the lesser realms. I also wanted to see said bastard son and if he was worth keeping an eye on."
Rothwiln looks at Levendriel with barely restrained anger
"That world was draining his soul's power from him. I had to do something to get him out of there before his very being was irreversibly harmed.
"I'm just saying giving your kid terminal cancer has got to be the weirdest show of motherly love in the multiverse" Levendriel says his tone and demeanor going back to nonchalant and playful like before.
Levendriel having seemingly lost interest shrugs and begins to walk away " anyways I don't really care one way or another I'll make sure nothing happens to him till he can fight for himself I might even help him out a bit. But for what it's worth I think you should have told him who you were but like I said I really don't care."
As Levendriel walks off into the forest Rothwiln looks off into the distance, her godly eyes looking upon Karokosia with sadness.
My dear son, I hope you live well in this new world. I want you to know I will love you for all of my lonely eternity.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Please comment to give me feedback this is my first real try at writing a real story and I really want to do the best I can. Please also keep your criticism CONSTRUCTIVE nobody likes a hate