For as far as the eye can see it's all green. No buildings, no cars, no people, not a single thing in sight. I quickly glance around my surroundings. It's all trees and one dirt path.
I hear a muted thud.. I feel a sharp pain on the top of my head. It feels like I've been hit on the head with something, like the feeling of thumping your own head with your hand. I look around on the floor and see a shiny purple looking apple. My gaze then proceeds up. I've been so busy taking in the surroundings I didn't see the huge tree right behind me. I haven't noticed anything at all. I stare at the tree in awe as my jaw quite literally drops to the floor. It's colossal… Simply majestic. The leaves of the tree shimmer in the light of the drowning sun as it dances and sways in the cool breeze. This breeze feels awfully familiar. I've never seen such a tree or place in my life before but it feels similar. It feels like I've always been here.
Squatting down, I reach for the glowing apple. It feels like an apple and looks like one. Its color is the only thing that's not added up. As I spun the apple around it glimmered in the sun. Am I in some sort of trance? Is this the beautiful sight I've been allowed to see before death? Maybe this is the afterlife. Yeah.. Maybe this is it. I've surely hit the truck and died right? I've died so I'm in the afterlife… I'm dead???
Memories of my life start rapidly coursing through my head. From the day I was first hospitalized to the day of my supposed death. I've spent each and every day of my life and now that I think back on it I'm not satisfied. The most I can say about it was that it was a life that wasn't well spent. Lying around in a hospital bed all day, reading books, watching shows, playing games, and learning all sorts of things; just to die and not use any of those skills. What a complete and utter waste. What was life even about? To just die and get sent to this grassy valley? Nobody is even here. There's just a bunch of weird looking apples and trees. The dirt path… Maybe that's how I'll go and meet the god. He's surely the one who sent me to the afterlife. I've been a good person so of course I'd go to heaven. This must be heaven then.
I ponder around about my life as I hold the apple. What about Mom? She's probably all sad right? Thinking about it now it sucks that I died. She probably misses me.. Nobody else is gonna miss me though huh? I wish I could've said some last words to her though. At least one "I love you mom." would've been enough. No point in being mopey in the afterlife right? That won't do much for me..
I clutch the apple harder as I look up into the slowly darkening sky. Tears slowly start flooding my eyes and pouring down my cheeks. This is it? I guess this is where my life ends huh? I've lived an unfulfilling and pathetic life. Maybe the freedom I've always dreamt of was in death. More and more tears gush out of my eyes as they fall onto the grass beneath my feet. It's a terrible day for rain…
I wipe my tears with my wrists and hands. My vision is a complete blur. As the sorrow resides, so do my tears and sniffles. I take a closer look at the apple in my hand. It's still glowing from the inside. It's weird and purple but something in me wants to take a bite. I mean, I'm dead anyways so what's this strange apple gonna do to me? Poison me? I chuckle as I bring the apple to my lips. As I take a big bite out of the apple, liquid gushes into my mouth. Surprisingly it's sweet. Probably the sweetest thing I've ever tasted in my whole life. I'm dead so I can for sure say this is the sweetest thing I've tasted. The golden liquid from the apple slowly leaks out of it making its way onto my clothes.
Looking down, trying to wipe away the liquid, I notice my clothes. I'm wearing really cheap linens. The type of drapey clothes a slave would wear in the older times. It's all dirty with dirt and apple juices covered all over it. It's really just a simple and cheap tunic. The linens feel very rough and stiff. The beige color of the linens faded away, replaced by spots of brown where dirt has been rubbed in. I thought this was heaven not some bummy rip off heaven.
Using my hands, I brush away the dirt off of the linens. My hands… Wait…. My hands… They're so small… I look down at my body as I realize that I'm not even in my own body. My own body was so frail and pale. Right now, my hands are pretty full and they're not pale at all. They're smaller too. I've failed to notice my own self amidst the beauty of the lands here. I'm not in my original body. My old body was so skinny, there wasn't fat anywhere on my body. As I feel around I notice this body is pretty healthy. Just the right amount of fat and meat on my bones. What the fuck is genuinely happening… My hands make their way to my face feeling all over. I'm certain this isn't my body. I have a smaller head in general now, my nose is a little longer, and my ears are long too. Wait… My ears are long??? I run my fingers along my ears feeling the cartilage extend upwards from where the top of the ear would usually end. It's longer and pointy… I've read so many fantasy novels that this could only mean one thing; I'm an elf??? I grasp my chest as I come to realize that I've even changed race. I notice something squishy on my chests. My breathing is ragged and jittery but there's definitely something on my chest. I take a look underneath my tunic and notice I have breasts.
So not only have I died, I've been transported to heaven as an elf girl in some raggedy and dusty tunic. Jeez what'd I do wrong in my life to have that even happen. I sit down, leaning against the titanic apple tree, and finish eating the glowing apple. At least I have these apples, I chuckle as I continue eating.
It's slowly dimming down and the sun is setting. Surely there aren't any creatures in the wilderness right? It's heaven after all. Maybe I'll just lay down beside the tree and go to sleep. I'll just follow the dirt path tomorrow and find my way to where everyone else is in heaven, if anyone is even here.
As the sky fades to black, I see the shining stars all across it. Like glitter spread across a canvass of absolute black. I don't know if I even know a word to describe it. It's simply stunning. My eyelids start to get heavy as I slowly drift off into sleep. I wonder if this is it for me. No point in pondering a question I won't get an answer to.