Author'snote: This is my first story on this site so just remember to have fun. If you spot any problems let me know so I can fix them, thank you for reading.
'Where am i?' I thought to myself. It felt like I was in a void, and yet it did not feel cold. I tried to look around but I could not move at all.
'Wait, what is the last thing I remember?' I thought back and immediately remembered the house fire. I remembered feeling the smoke entering my lungs as I slowly passed out.
'Oh right, I died. I guess I should be thankful that despite dying in a fire, I did not feel any pain. I guess I went into shock when the roof fell onto me. I really hope we managed to get everyone out of the building though.' I thought to myself
'Alright where could I possibly be? If this is the afterlife I don't really like it, would have much rather preferred a world of endless creativity than a void. I can't move at all, maybe I didn't die but rather I am just in a coma... I am honestly not looking forward to waking up if that is the case. I don't want to deal with the amount of scarring and the immense medical bills i would have to deal with even with insurance.'
'on the other hand if I am dead, then is this the waiting room before the afterlife? Or am I currently being reborn right now? Oh Atlas (1) I swear if I have to go through life with my original memories in a world that is only slightly different that is going to piss me off something fierce.'
'Well I guess there is nothing else to do right now except wait for something to happen.'
-One Month Later...Probably-
'HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE!'
I could do nothing in this void except think.... and sleep. At least I think i was sleeping, I had lost consciousness a couple of times but I have no idea how much time passed. Strangely however the void was still warm like a hug except it was everywhere.
Suddenly, something seemed to change, I felt a pressure all around me.
'Okay something is happening finally, maybe I am being reborn. Or I am closer to waking up from the coma.'
The void shudders and the pressure increases.
'Nope this does not feel like someone trying to wake me up from a coma, I am probably being reborn' -sigh- 'Alright, brace yourself me... god, being here has really messed me up mentally, and it will probably only get worse if I still remember everything.'
-Several hours of labor later-
'Okay you have got to be kidding me'
Looking around I was not in a hospital, I was born in a trash heap. Literally a trash heap. Where the name of Atlas was I? Looking at my new mother the first thing i noticed was the terrible state she was in. Ratty clothing, malnutrition, all the blood from having just given birth! How long had she lived here like this?!
There was also no one else around from what I could tell, which wasn't saying much as i could barely even move my body. My new mother had also passed out before she could even give me a name, but it is understandable considering everything that I was seeing.
'Now i just have one question, WHERE AM I?!'
Author's notes: (1) Atlas is not referring to the Greek myth but rather referring to the machine known as Atlas from the game No Man's Sky. Atlas is a machine that simulates entire universes that was built by humanity to better understand the universe only to be left behind, endlessly simulating universes until it began to break down. In these simulated universes Atlas would be a god and so our protagonist thinks if reality is a simulation or creation of a higher power (me in this case) then they would basically be like Atlas. I rather like this concept myself, what do youthink?