"Damn that hurt!"
I really didn't think my day would end, or should I say my life would end like this. But of all things, WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE TRUCK!? It's not like there aren't any other ways to die. I am not even Japanese or from Japan, nor was I there or have ever been there. So why a truck!?
Going back a bit as a form of introduction, just to be polite. My name is or was apparently Micheal Folster, above average in most things in my life: good family with some loving and supportive parents, the ever annoying sibling that as the elder I must never admit to actually loving and constantly protecting, good grades in school and active enough in physical activities. Aside from that, my hobbies and interest were pretty varied from literature to martial arts, with a little bit of the anime thrown in there I am unashamed to admit.
Though if I had something to admit is that I was a bit too much into online novels of a lot of genres. I read everything from some of the gritty anti-hero's and straight up villains to the fluffy romance ones with some drama thrown in to face slap some people. I was recently indoctrinated into the world of fanfics and I have to say it ate a lot of my time. Star Wars, Naruto, MHA, Bleach, but for some reason the ones that made me lose myself in the world they recreated over and over again were the Harry Potter ones. I just enjoy the characters and how some changes or points of views could change the way everything ends.
Now that you have a basic grasp of who I am, let's get back to how I died because it just made me curse at the cliché of it all.
I'd just finished high school with good enough grades to enroll into the university of my choice and with my parents supporting the path I was trying to follow in my life. I took a long time to really think about what I wanted to do in life and I come up with something no one envisions for themselves as a child; I wanted to teach.
On my way back from the University to fill out some of the last forms and get my student ID. I stopped to get some of my favorite snacks as a reward for everything going well. As I stepped outside and got to the corner of the street, I saw a young mother and her child crossing the street. (We know where this is going)
She looked like she twisted her ankle due to her heels and was hurting pretty badly so I stepped up to help.
I got to the kid who looked like she was almost about to cry and said "Hey there little one. My names Micheal, I'm going help your mommy get out of the street so can you go to the bench right there and wait for us?" As I pointed to bus stop at the corner.
The little girl nodded and ran over to stop, turned around and stared at her mother. "Thank you for the help, these are new shoes and I just misstepped." Said the young mother on the ground.
I extended my hand and replied "it's no problem at all. Let's just get you out of the street first."
I got her up, picked up her purse and started to make my way over to the sidewalk. And that's when I heard a loud honk. Then I saw a light coming towards our direction. Problem was that it was coming towards me and the hurt women, but swerving out of control towards the bus stop which just so happens to contain one frozen little girl.
"MILLIE!!" The mother yells in horror as she realizes where the truck is heading towards.
In that moment I don't know what came over me but I let go of the mother and sprinted towards the girl. As the truck got closer I jumped and pushed the girl out of the way. And it was just in time for me to get hit by truck and boy did that not feel great. Even if it was just for a short while, I don't think I can forget the sound of pretty much every part of me snapping and crunching at the impact.
I did see that the girl was out of danger the moment before I got hit, which is nice to know since I'm not getting up from this. I know this, everyone who saw this knows it and I honestly couldn't even feel much of anything at that point
Everything was simply getting darker and darker as my brain was shutting down, until I closed my eyes and just let myself go into the darkness.
That is until I realized I was still thinking. I couldn't feel my body so my first thought was that I lived but somehow ended up completely paralyzed. But after a few minutes I also noticed that I'm not breathing or feeling any sort of pain, which I assumed that being paralyzed doesn't stop from feeling pain.
This made me think of a lot of possibilities: one is that I'm a soul and I'm being judged right now, two is that this is that this is limbo, three is that this is the afterlife (which in all honesty sound frightening, I mean an eternity of nothing is just horrifying), and lastly that this is somehow a waiting room for something.
After what could be considered a few dozen minutes there was a sudden white light that engulfed me. A few seconds later I'm standing or floating or whatever I doing in front of two people: one is a man seemingly in nearing middle aged judging by his salt-pepper hair and neatly trimmed beard on his sharp face made him look like stern man, he had the red eyes which almost seemed to glow with how intense they were and was wearing almost blood red robes kinda similar to what Jedi's wear. The other was a woman: she had pitch black hair and eyes, looking like darkness itself, but her features were gentle like a mother waiting for you to fall asleep, wearing a similar robe to the man but black as her hair.
They were looking at me until finally the man opened his mouth to say "Micheal Folster... you are now dead."
"Well Fuck." I reply as that last bit of hope to still being alive just crashed.
I thought of my parents and even my little brother. My Friends. My dreams. Everything that I thought I could do in my life. Then two random thoughts came from the back of my mind; at least I saved that little girl and I'm glad I didn't die a virgin.
"Cough cough" I hear as I snap out of my thoughts.
"Now unfortunately what my husband said to you is true." I hear the black haired woman say as she shows an apologetic expression on her face. "But their is some good news. You preformed an incredibly good deed before your death and you've also led a good life, with the fact that you actually weren't meant to die yet. And so we've decided to give a second chance."
I froze.
Isn't the exact situation that anyone who's read some reincarnation stories dreams about? Isn't that what I've dreamed about at least a hundred times? It can actually happen?!
"Does that mean going to a different world like a fantasy one or sci-fi one?" I asked to confirm exactly what they were offering
"That's right." Said the the stern looking man.
"And do I get to chose where I go?" Asking for clarification.
"We will have to see if it's an appropriate world, but yes you do get a choice." Answered the almost motherly woman.
"And do i get some kind of cheat ability or skill to help me?" I asked in a hopeful manner.
"No." Answered the man basically crushing my hopes.
"Oh stop being so harsh and explain things properly dear." Said the woman in a slightly huffy manner. She looked back at me and said "You do get some bonuses as long as they aren't going too far, but do be warned that it will be up to the world to fulfill your desires, we will simply make it so they will be fulfilled but cannot do it directly as that would encroach on the domain of other gods and they would probably try to kill you and get us punished for it." Explaining how this would work.
"So I get wishes as long as they aren't too extreme and you don't have any control on how they would be granted?" I asked to confirm
Both simply nod at my question.
This makes me think for a while until I finally make up my mind. I mean this is something I've dreamed about for a long time so I did have things planned out in an imaginary manner.
"Can I go into the world of Harry Potter as a wizard?" I asked the couple.
"That is an acceptable world. Reasonable risk, no dimensional travel, no ascension possibility, you have knowledge about it, close to your own and with a lot of leeway to make your bonuses come true." Said the man with the most words I've heard out of him so far.
"Can I be born a few years before Harry Potter?" I'm asking in the hopes of getting closer to my ideal path
"Of course dear. As long as you don't ask to be put into any of the truly important people chosen by the worlds fate you're fine." Answered the woman in a gentle manner.
"That's great! And how many requests can I make to help me in my new life?" I asked excitedly.
"Depends on the requests." The man answered back in his short but to the point manner.
"I was think of being born with some kind of family legacy, like being the heir to a lost or noble family. Possessing an almost eidetic memory. Being a natural occlumen. Possessing an enormous amount a magic. Being able to communicate with animals and magical creatures. And finally adding an incredible will to improve myself and never giving up, and being handsome never hurt anyone." I said to the duo as I finished my ideal list of desires.
"The bloodline will be easy enough when inserting you in the requested time period. The Occlumency and Eidetic memory can be related hence will not pose any issue. The magical energy will be a bit trickier. We will have to work with how the world would make it possible, but making your body extremely adaptable and giving your new body the ability to absorb and manipulate magic with some practice should ready you for however it is done. Your looks certainly won't be an issue and giving the requested willpower and drive is simple enough. The last ability you requested will truly depend on if the world will allow this, we will not be able to help." The man answered all my requests in a direct and final manner, whilst also beating his previous record of words spoken.
"Yes I do believe that everything apart from that will not break the limits of the world. And do you worry your little head about anything, I'll handle your looks and make you perfect." The woman said with a look that almost made me see stars in her eyes.
"Then I will thank you in advance for everything." I said to convey my appreciation. "Ah. Will i keep my memories of my previous life?" I asked remembering cause I really want to remember.
They looked at each other for a moment before they nodded in response.
"That should be everything then." I said as I was thinking if I had missed anything.
"Then you should prepare yourself dear, we are going to send you down in a moment then." She said while looking at me with excited eyes.
"Prepare yourself, because your wishes will almost certainly require you to suffer quite a bit. But only for some time, and you shall attain your rewards." Said the man warning the about the dangers of the situation
"Thank you both, but before I leave I did want to ask who both of you are. It's kinda rude that I didn't do so before, but I do want to thank you properly for everything." I said slightly sheepishly while looking at them.
"We are Death." They answered in perfect unison. "And now it is your time to depart"
I blanked at the response.
"Then thank you for everything Mr. & Mrs. Death!" yelling as everything was fading away.
And that's how my second life began.
I kind tried to give a little spin on Death, giving a more stern and warrior vibe for the more violant and unwilling deaths, whilst making a gentle motherly one to represent its acceptance of all things and the gentle embrace it can offer.
Also this is my very first time writing anything and I’m really wonky with punctuations as a whole so don’t hate me for them. Hope you enjoy.
I opened my eyes for the first time in this new life of mine with my head hurting and seeing something I didn't expect, a body.
I saw a woman holding onto me, shielding me with her own body, with tears coming down her face but with a fire in her eyes they could not extinguish. She looked frightened but it did not stop her as she keep looking at me. She had long chestnut colored hair, a pair of steel blue eyes, soft features which shows that she must have been pretty if it wasn't for all the dust and dirt across her face.
"It's alright Aedan, it's alright, you're ok. Daddy and mommy will take care of all those nasty men. Just keep quiet for a while ok?" She said to me trying to reassure me as she wiped a bit of blood of my head.
It looks like something happened and this Aedan died and that allowed me to become him. Thinking about how the Mr. & Mrs. Death sent me here. And it looks like I'm young, like no more than 5 young.
The woman In front of me took me into her arms and ran while holding me and muttering to herself " I hope the order notices what's wrong soon, because if they don't I truly don't know what we can do."
We arrived at a staircase where a man was running towards us. He turned around the instant he heard a noise coming from the door behind him whipped his wand and shot out a series of spells resulting in a large cut appearing in the door and a man falling while clutching his throat.
"We have to go now my love. We can't hold them back. The house-elves are all but dead and everyone else is simply trying to drag more down with them." The man who I assume would be my father by that way he looked at both me and the woman who appears as my mother.
This whole time I've just been so confused. I wake up in an unknown house, held by some woman who is apparently my mother, and we are running around while screams and explosions just keep happening. There are bodies laying on the ground and people fighting everywhere. I keep looking at the man in front of me in the hopes of getting some kind of information.
His hair was short and brown, it must have been styled in some manner but unfortunately for him the battles made him looked completely disheveled. His hair had mud and what I presume is blood matting it, his face looked stern and serious with sharp features, a neatly trimmed mustache and strong looking chin. His green eyes looked at the both of us tenderly, but also with a hint of sadness in them as he seemed to know that all this would not end well at all.
"Hide with Aedan, I cant let them find the both of you." He said in an authoritative tone while at looking at my new mother.
"You think I'm just going to leave you to fight alone Edgar! Not a chance in hell!" She almost growled back at him with an angry look in her eyes.
"Serena please. We can't just leave Aedan alone in this world. Hide him and yourself. This way I can truly protect you both." He replied imploringly at his wife.
She looked at the man for a moment with a steely gaze before slowly nodding.
"Thank you my love." He said with a sign of relief.
She kissed him briefly before running towards the back of the house. We came to a large room filled with bookshelves and a fire place lit with a few reading chairs near it. She pulled a blue book and it opened a secret compartment behind one of the bookshelves. She put me in the room before hearing shouts and more explosions coming from the direction we came from. She bit her lip placed me down on the bench inside before looking at me.
"Aedan, you are our beloved child and I'm so sorry for having to do this, but I simply cannot leave your father. You will have to be strong for Mommy ok? You are the proud heir to the house of Bones. You may break a few, but we will come back stronger. We are never afraid to fight for what we believe, even when the world doesn't share that belief. So be a good boy and stay quiet for me please. Because I need to believe that what I will do will keep you safe. I love you so much, so very much and I know that in the future you will do me and your father proud." She said as her voice went from determined to unbelievably soft and gentle.
She bent down and place a soft kiss on my forehead. I don't know why, but that one kiss made me unable to hold back the tears I didn't know I was about to shed. I truly did not want this woman you looked at me like I was the world to her, to leave me. I felt such pure love in that one kiss that i just couldn't keep it in. I don't know if this came from me or from whatever was left of the original before he departed, but I didn't truly care.
With my blurry eyes I simply looked at her and nodded resolutely. It doesn't matter if I just came here or that I just met these people. They are protecting me as their child. They are giving their lives for this and showing what it means to truly be resolute. I decided to do as the woman asked. I will make her proud of her decision. I will be in this world which I wanted to explore and discover as Aedan, heir to the noble house of Bones. I will fight as they did, for what they believe was right. It might not be the same but my will shall be.
With that the woman, my mother, Serena Bones, gave me one last look with deep emotions in which I could see sadness, love, anger and determination, stepped out of the safe room and closed the door behind her.
"I love you Aedan and I'm so sorry for leaving
you so soon." She said as the door finally closed with a click.
I simply couldn't help but shed tears for her and the love she tried to express before leaving. The longing to see your own child grow as you watch over them and the fact that she could no longer afford that luxury.
And so I waited like she asked.
I waited for what seemed to be at least an hour until I felt something shake. I focused for a second and felt it shake a second time, only stronger. Then sounds like a hammer striking against the wall started. It got louder and louder until I finally heard "CONFRINGO!"
And the wall in front of me exploded.
A man in full black robes, wearing a silver mask akin to a dead mans face, with ornate design near the eyes and on the forehead. It made it seem as if snakes were coiling themselves on the mans face, emphasizing the madness in his eyes. Besides him was a tall woman with long, thick, shining black hair. She had thin lips, dark, heavy-lidded eyes, and a strong jaw. He tight black dress and black boots added to her presence as someone you saw herself above others. And she truly believed she had nothing to hid since unlike the man, she did not have a mask, showing clearly the most famous or infamous and devoted death eater; Bellatrix Lestrange, looking almost as she did in the movies, only younger.
Her eyes stared into mine as I didn't budge an inch to the two death eaters.
"Hahaha!" She cackled with an almost insane glee. "He doesn't look scared. The little half-blood filth stares into the eyes of his better and dares not beg!" She suddenly switched to rage as if it was only at the flip of a switch.
"CRUCIO!" She yelled as she pointed her wand at me.
In that instant, pure pain shot through my body. I couldn't breath, everything just stopped working like I wanted. I was a simply on the floor, writhing, unable to even yell as the pain made my entire body feel like it was on fire and breaking every bone at once. You cannot imagine what it could make you feel. This is the spell she used to drive two of the bravest Order of the Phoenix members to insanity and I'm getting first hand experience as to why that is.
She pulled back her wand with an insane grin on her face as she looked at her work.
As the pain stopped I could finally breath. Giant breaths filled my quickly as I shivered from the leftover pain. After a few seconds I simply look right into her eyes again and glared.
The grin on her face dimmed seeing this. She lifted her wand and as she prepared the cast the Unforgivable curse again as an arm shot up and said "stupefy."
"You dare stop me from executing the lords order Barty!!" She shrieked at the man beside her in anger.
"Not at all mistress Lestrange. I simply believe he will be useful, very useful in one of the dark lords experiments. Strong willed, has some bloodline even if it was polluted by that filthy mud-blood. He should be perfect." Said the man, that from what Bellatrix said should be Barty Crouch Jr.
And that's how after an hour of being reborn I lost my new family and was put at the center of some of the darkest magic known to wizard kind as Aedan Bones, heir of the noble Bones family.
Tried to actually make him care about his family name or at least connect him to it a bit, even if I killed them off. He’s got to have freedom to do as he wishes in the future and this is part of the steps I could think of to give him the wishes he wanted. First one granted, noble house acquired. Since all the Bones except Susan and Amelia were supposed to die anyway, I thought it would be an appropriate place to insert the OC as a lucky survivor of the whole ordeal.
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