'Where am I?' thought William as he woke up in a completely pitch black surrounding. ' Didn't I die at the hospital? '
He didn't get to ponder on his thought for long as he heard a voice.
"You poor thing. You really have suffered alot in that world. "The voice sounded... ethereal almost, as if thousands of different voices were speaking at once. It was also quite disturbing.
William in a panic frantically looked around trying to find the source of that voice. "Where are you? Show yourself! " He tried to say but no sound came out.
"Fear not young one. I do not mean you any harm. I'm merely here to help you. " The voice answered back.
"Help me? How? And where are you? No more importantly 'What' are you? " William asked or tried to though no voice came out as a being which had that many different voices at once definitely was not human.
The voice seemingly understanding what William was understanding even though no words was spoken by him replied. "What I am is of little concern for you, little one. You could just say im a guide for souls that helps them reincarnate. "
"Meaning I can be reincarnated?" Asked William. He did not care for if what the being said was true or not. He was too old to care anyways. And regardless this could just very well be a near death hallucination he was experiencing.
"Yes you can. And as a form of condolence for that shitty life you had back then, I'll give a boon? "
William raised an eyebrow when he heard this. "A boon? " He asked thinking that this was all just some near death hallucination. "And what might it be? "
" Yes little one, the boon you shall be receiving is that you can retain all your knowledge of this world, other than the trauma. "
"Alright then. " Said William " Watcha waitin for? Reincarnate me! "
"Farewell." said the voice as a giant cocoon of light surrounded William before he and the cocoon vanished.
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Land of Ayuvnair, 12:39 Magical Institution
Operation Room.
"Push harder miss. " A voice resounded through the room. After a while a loud groan from a woman as well as a sigh of relief from everyone followed by the crying of a baby was heard.
"Congratulations ma'am. It's a boy. " Said one of the doctors in the room.
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Outside the room was a man dressed in what looked to be a black vest with a white overcoat, with blue pants. The man looked to be 40-ish with brown trimmed hair, blue eyes and a light beard.
The man was pacing outside the front door restlessly, until he heard the crying of the baby. He looked at the door with a face of happiness and relief. The doctors exited the room after another hour and as soon as the doctors inside the room opened the door the man rushed to them, catching one of them by the shoulder and started asking questions such as " If his wife was alright. " or "Is the baby okay? " in rapid succession. One of the doctors stopped the man from shaking the poor fellow to death by saying.
"Yes sir, your wife is in stable condition due to the heal spells. Although she needs some rest, she could still converse with you. And yes your child is okay as well."
The man breathed a sight of relief and asked if he could go inside to check on his wife and son and the doctors agreed.
As the man entered the room he gazed to the woman in the centre of the room. She had red hair with freckles on her cheeck and with piercing golden eyes, she was quite beautiful to the eye. And her hands held a child.
The man quickly ran up to her side and asked in a worried tone.
"Bretta, are you alright? Is there any problem? Are you feeling anything strange?"
The woman known as Bretta just smiled at the antics of the brown haired male.
"You worry to much Grice. I'm fine. Look, our child. " Said Gretta as she showed the child to her husband.
The man Grice looked at the small little child in her arms and couldn't help but smile fondly. This little gremlin was their child. He felt his fatherly instinct almost immediately take cover as he approached the sleeping figure of the child.
"Wanna hold him? " Asked Gretta.
"Wha-What? N-No wait I mean Yeah! Wait, I don't even know how to, what if drop the child? " Asked a flustered Grice.
"Aww cmon Grice, you'll be fine, besides I don't think that one of the greatest mages in the kingdom would drop the child so easily. " Said Gretta as she attempted to hand the child over to Grice.
Grice although at first hesitant took the child in his arms and held the baby. It's delicate skin brimming with pink.
"Have you thought of a man for the boy? " Asked Gretta to her husband.
"Yeah I've got the perfect name for the little gremlin. Valedarin ver Anguis. For I know he is destined for greatness. "
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When William was surrounded by the cocoon of light he felt himself get transported to another place and also felt his shape getting rearranged, though he did not fell any pain.
William then found himself transported from a dark place to..... another dark place. Except this one seemed to be contracting and relaxing.
"Push harder miss. " a Voice resounded throughout his surroundings though he did not recognise the language, as after a while he found himself in contact with fresh air. On instict he started to breathe as he realised he was actually holding his breath all that time, but instead of a breath he started crying. He couldn't open his eyes and there was some kind of sticky fluid all around him.
He continued to cry for a few more moments before he stopped and could breathe normally. He just layed where he was for what felt like an hour wondering if he truly did reincarnate while drinking some kind of fluid from god knows where which was being shoved in his mouth, but hey free food.
After a while he heard footsteps coming from somewhere. Then a voice, no not just a voice but two voices. . He did not know what they were talking about as he did not understand the language, but judging by the tone of the voices, they were happy.
The only thing that was noteworthy there were the words Valedarin ver Anguis as he felt an innate connection to the word.
Eventually fatigue overcame him and William fell to a deep slumber.