His Holy Ascension

When I awoke, there was nothing but pure darkness.

The darkest black I had ever seen. I felt cold and wet.

I knew I was dead, but where were these thoughts coming from? Why was my brain still thinking and my mind still questioning?

Then suddenly my eyes were hit with bright light as if I had just awakened from a hundred year slumber. The sound of voices slowly creeped into my ear.

The sensation lasted about 2 minutes before I could finally observe my surroundings.

I seemed to be in some lavish room that looked to belong to a person of noble status. The tall walls were adorned with gold paintings and expensive ornaments. While the marble floors were spotless as if never walked upon.

Many people of copper skin were gathered around the bed that I seemed to be held over.

'Where am I?'

I wondered as my attention shifted to the woman cradling me. She was elderly and hunched with white eyes devoid of any emotion. From appearance alone she didn't seem to be a day over five hundred.

"Lilyana my dear, you have done it. You and your baby will live to see another day."

The woman who I guessed to be Lilyana only gave a faint smile as her body was laid across the bed. She appeared dead in the face as if her whole life had been sucked out of her, but I could see traces of an unparalleled beauty that used to exist in her stead.

Lilyana had long white hair that looked to reach her waist, accompanied by sea blue eyes that were fighting not to shut.

'These people are gigantic… or?'

I questioned as I glanced down at my own body. It was that of a brown-skinned baby who had only been born mere moments ago.

After a quick evaluation, I had deduced that I was a baby boy.