As her helmet started to play video, she noticed she had a 360 degree view of everything.
"Congratulations Jessica! You have a beautiful baby boy," a nurse said excitedly. "And just before midnight! It's 11:58 pm so his birthday is April 14, 2008!"
"Sora. I'd like to name him Sora," Jessica said. She was beautiful but looked exhausted from giving birth.
The nurse handed Sora to Jessica, and Brie felt the warmth and love from Sora's mother as she embraced him.
'Woah. I wonder if that's what all these straps and wires were for. His mother loved him so much,' Brie thought.
"He's 10 lbs 3 ounces and 24 inches—" a nurse's voice trailed off as Brie was now watching Jessica sitting in an alleyway, feeding Sora.
"I don't want to give you away my love but if I don't you won't have anywhere to call home. I'm too young to be a mom and I can't help what that man did to me…" Jessica said as tears began pouring from her face.
The baby Sora looked at his mother gleefully as she nursed him. After she finished nursing him, she sang him a beautiful song, wrapped him up nice and tightly and put him in a carrier.
"You will do great things in this world Sora… I'm so sorry but I've done as much research as I could. I even interviewed with them but they said they were full. I'll make sure they take you before I leave you. I'm so sorry baby. I love you," Jessica said while bawling.
It was late and very dark. She left the carrier at the end of an alleyway and ran up to St. Marks Orphanage, rang the doorbell several times and sprinted away, hiding behind a bush.
"Hello, anyone out here?"
"Waaaaaah. Waaaaaaah. Waaaaaaah" a baby cried from the alleyway.
Brie felt the sadness Sora felt.
'His poor mom… she looks like she's 18. She had no other choice,' Brie thought.
"What the heavens. This poor child… quick go and grab him," the woman said to the man.
"But we don't have any room. What are we going to do?" the man said as the little baby smiled up at him. "Ah, we'll make room we always do."
After the doors to the Orphanage closed, Jessica stopped crying and smiled. "You'll be so much better for this. I'm sorry!" she said quietly as she sprinted away in the dark night.
******
"You're such a loser. Go back to your orphanage you poor little baby!" a larger young boy no older than 7, said. He pushed Sora to the ground. Sora scraped his arm but got up.
"No one makes my sisters cry and gets away with it," young Sora screamed.
Two identical blonde girls watched as tears fell from their eyes.
Sora charged at the bully, only to receive a right hook to the face, knocking him unconscious.
'Ouch! That hurt.' Brie thought. "Chronos! Am I going to feel everything he feels?!" Brie screamed with curiosity.
"Yes my dear girl. Would you like to stop?" Chronos asked politely.
"No I'm good, thanks!" she said.
"We're so happy for you big bro! You finally get to live with real parents!" one of the identical twins said.
Sora looked older, but still was skinny and his blonde hair reached his shoulders. His blue eyes looked sad as he talked with the girls.
"Thanks! I'll still visit all the time, I promise. Plus we still go to the same school so I'll see you all the time," Sora said happily, trying to hide his sadness. "Plus, I heard potential foster parents are coming to see if you two are a fit! I bet they'll love you!"
"Don't worry about us silly. We'll be family forever, no matter what," the other twin said while they both gave Sora a big hug.
*****
"Hurry up and get your homework done Sora! Your SATs are tomorrow. If you don't get top marks, you won't get into a great University! You can't live with us forever," a younger man in his thirties demanded.
"Your father is right. We're proud of you Sora but why do you insist on always visiting the Orphanage instead of meeting new friends? It'd be nice to have a friend or even a girlfriend over for dinner," a young woman said kindly.
"Had you two not fostered me, I'd still be there. Plus what's wrong with having friends and family at the Orphanage? Everyone at school just calls me an Orphan loser anyway. I got over that ages ago," a younger Sora said.
"Well, just be sure to make yourself available… you're also so lost in those webnovels of yours," his foster father said.
Brie watched Sora fly through the SAT exams and turn them in with a smile on his face.
Next, she saw Sora sprinting from school to the Orphanage to meet the identical twins he called sisters!
"I got in!" Sora exclaimed.
"Yay!" The girls shouted in unison. "But doesn't that mean you're moving out west?" One of them asked.
"Yes but we can always video chat!" Sora said. "I'm sorry I have to go tell my foster parents I'll be back soon!"
"Congratulations Sora! We're so proud of you. A full scholarship too! Great job son," his foster father said while his foster mother gave him a big hug.
'Kinda seems like they only viewed Sora as a lottery ticket,' Brie frowned.
Next, she saw Sora pleading with the twins not to do anything major for his birthday.
'So that's why he gave me a ruby and a diamond in my necklace and bracelet on my birthday. His real birthstone is a diamond!' Brie thought as a tear filled her eye. 'This is why he's so humble. He wasn't always this SS ranked hunk. He is kind of cute though!'
Brie saw Sora sprinting toward his Orphanage and began feeling the worst pain she ever felt in her life. She watched him run in and out, saving fourteen children and she started bawling.
'In the dreams I had before I met his mom, that's why I smelled the smoke and fire! How did he survive?! Oh, no…' she continued crying as she heard Sora mutter, "my sisters," as the building collapsed.
'They didn't make it out…'
Brie shook off the pain and Chronos temporarily disabled the emotional link.
"I don't need you dying here, my dear girl," he said with a kind smile.
"How many times did he die during these surgeries?!" Brie gasped.
"7 times my dear girl. Ok it's safe for me to turn the link back on," Chronos said as he enabled the link.
She watched Sora lay in bed and felt his pain and sadness.
"Who is that important looking person with all the security presenting Sora with a medal?" Brie asked Chronos.
"Ah, back on Earth they didn't have a King and Queen where Sora lived. That's the President of the United States. He was like Sora is now in your world," Chronos said politely.
Brie felt Sora's happiness for his favorite nurse and the joy he felt when he read the letter from his favorite author.
She saw his last conversation with Jackie and heard her prayer.
'She prayed for him every night for three weeks. What a kind woman,' Brie thought as tears continued to flow from her eyes.
That's when she saw Chronos appear and she heard their entire conversation.
"Did you know he was going to say yes?" Brie asked.
"I did not, but I was under strict orders from Athena to make sure he did so that he could finally become a complete soul on Exteria. The fire was a complete accident. It's as they say in the ancient texts: gods and goddesses do not interfere or influence humanity or the other races. In this situation, however, we needed to ensure Sora became a complete soul on Exteria," Chronos explained.
"What would have happened if he would have said no?" Brie asked curiously.
"Sora Lockheart would have died. An incomplete soul can only live for so long. Thankfully he agreed." Chronos said.
Brie gave Sora one last look. 'That's why he's always so selfless with us. He always puts others before himself.'
"Would you like me to enable the link and continue his life on Exteria? Like I told you, he just recently learned of his younger years as well," Chronos asked Brie.
"Yes, I would. But why are you showing me all of this, Chronos?" Brie asked with a smile.
"Because we need your future husband to save the world, not destroy it. When he blew out his candles, he wished he was able to tell you the truth on the birthday he celebrated with you— when he proposed. That was actually the 1 year anniversary he reconnected his soul on Exteria and met you!" Chronos said joyfully.
'He wasn't lying about any of it. He really never experienced kissing a girl, having a girlfriend and he did grow up isolated. I feel so bad that he wanted to tell me but couldn't. He's perfect,' Brie thought as she watched Aprohodite give birth to a baby boy with an aquamarine left eye and an amethyst right eye.
"14 lbs and 28 inches tall, what a strong baby you carried my love," Cyrus exclaimed as Celeste handed Sora to Aphrodite.
"Well, what would you like to name him Aphrodite?" Celeste asked.
"Sora of course!" Aphrodite said proudly.
'Woah, Celeste was there too!'
Brie noticed Jessica's soul watching from Paradise. 'Aw, it's his birth mother," she thought while smiling.
"Athena, thanks for letting me watch. Is this truly the first time someone has been reincarnated?" She asked.
"It is." Athena said with a gentle smile. "It's the only way."