LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 1: The Festival of Reincarnation.
I am not that significant of a person, you may know of me simply as Chris Teal. I was in Arizona, living a normal life with my family. My mother was Hind Teal, and my father was Fisher Teal. My ancestry comes down back to the Great War when it peaked. My grandfather—who everyone knows as Francis Deuteronomy—was a soldier in the Soviet Union. He's now living today somewhere in a field in America.
My life was all for nought when one night, I had a strange dream. I awoke laying on my bed at the middle of nowhere. The clock ticked for who knows how long, until a man appeared in front of me.
"Greetings, Chris. For now, you may consider this nothing but a dream. I am the dream God, you shall acknowledge me as Tan."
His voice echoed, as if he was talking inside a bathroom. I didn't have much to describe him, as he was shaped like a human, but shined intensively, indicating that he isn't. His glamorous appearance hovered above ground, where he stood before me.
"Uhh... Okay. Tan was it? Greetings to you too. How, and why are you here? I'm just your average Joe, aren't I? What brings a god like you to stand before me?"
I asked, sitting up, legs crossed. It was strange, why would a god be here? Maybe he was just a part of my dream? My mind was hazy at the moment, so I couldn't quite tell if he was even real. I didn't even really think much about anything that was happening.
"Your existence here has little to no meaning. That being said, a festival of entertainment has been hosted by one of our sponsors. A festival of where many of the pointless ants that roams about gets to experience the treasuring life that lies beyond what they have ever imagined."
"Hraaahhgh... This bed is quite cozy, it feels like my bed back at home... Well. Now that I look at it, it IS my bed!"
"Such impudence a mere mortal can have. Though it is but disgrace to the higher beings that rule above me, it is also one of the very reasons why you were chosen."
"Hah... Me? Chosen? Shut your mouth, little feller. I like the life that I, as a pointless ant, am living right now. Don't take that away from me, even if you were to present me heaven, I'd still say no."
Half of what I said was true. I was simply making fun of the entity that appeared in my dream. After all, it's just a dream, isn't it? None of this is real. Nothing will happen after I wake up. It'll all be back to the simple days where I go to school, hang out, go home, and then repeat.
"Impertinent fool. You may be of interest by the gods about, but shall they wish to abandon you, thou will be struck down before an instant."
"Bla-bla-bla. It is common knowledge that if god does exist, then they could just wipe away anyone who goes against them. Tell me, what have I done to be hit by lightning? That hasn't happen yet, therefore I haven't done anything yet."
"Your point is that you have done no wrong so god won't do nought to thee? Very well... We will see... At the second opening once again..."
With his final words, I awakened back in the real world. My room was pitch black. The curtains prevented light from entering, but through the tiny gaps, were beams of light cast down onto my dirty floor.
After packing up all my things, I repeated the daily cycle of going to school, and going back home again. Although this time, the cycle had been broken. When the traffic lights delayed my walk, I gazed upon the empty roads to find nothing but civilians walking through. I could see no risk in crossing the red light, but you know, "anything that can go wrong will go wrong".
A car, which came out of nowhere, hit me.
The next thing I perceived was that I staring up at the sky where the sun scorched my vision. Alongside the pain in my eyes were the pain in my lower body. It was nothing to worry about, as it all slowly began disappearing. A few witnesses came to look at the scene before the paramedics arrived to get me. It didn't take too long for me to lose all connection to the psychical world, leaving only my consciousness behind.
Endless repeating patterns were all that I could see. It was colourful, vibrant, and terrifying. It felt like I was in another dimension experiencing god knows what. All I thought of in here was "death". It's not a stretch to say that my life ended there when I was hit by a speeding vehicle. Suddenly, the words of Tan came into mind, when he told me about the festival that will let "pointless ants" experience "the treasuring life that lies beyond what they have ever imagined". The meaning was pretty clear, I was the pointless ant, and I guess I'll be transported into heaven?
The world around me then began to shatter. The shards of spiral patterns and rainbow fractals fell to form a walkable floor that prevented me from falling into the abyss.
My ears still had nothing to take in, deeming them useless, until a new figure arrived. Despite being deaf right now, a soft and feminine voice spoke to me following the appearance of a woman who looked just like another citizen of earth. She was wearing baggy pants and an oversized long sleeved white shirt striped yellow, along with a trenchcoat and a red necktie.
"Yahoo! Yahoo! Our 201st candidate for the festival of reincarnation!"
She had jet black hair and red eyes. She then began clapping with a big smile on her face as confettis rained down on us.
"Clap clap clap!!"
I stared at her in confusion, wondering what was happening. I didn't even have a physical body anymore, I was just a floating transparent ball with a face. I could tell she was quite an important figure judging by the fact that she's here, in this strange world with repeating patterns.
"Ummm... W-who are-"
"Ahem ahem! Thou shan't interrupt me, mere mortal! I am a bit jocular but by the existence of you here, little Chris. I am Nyx, N-Y-X, or Nyz̀zy'kl Zūy'iyriså Kkyrieyrå! I am the 2nd Goddess of Creation! Some might say I'm a fake, so I tossed them into a lake! Fyaa-hahahahaha!!!"
She put her left hand on her chest, and her right hand on her hips to present herself. It was quite an exaggerated greeting. I wonder why the Goddess of Creation is here to meet me. Is it because of the festival Tan mentioned, or something else entirely?
"R-rhyming..? Anyways... Why are you here? I thought I died, now I'm inside in some sort of hell."
"Calling this 'Hell' is impertinent, little Chris! This is the plane between life and death! We call this the Daylight Nightlight Graveyards! I have come down to speak to thee about tedious matters of En's world. The festival hosted by one of our fellow sponsors requires innocent souls like you, and I was selected as the director of creation, just like how you were selected as a candidate for this festival!"
"Candidate..? Isn't it insanity to just hit one of us with a car and then bring them over to heaven or whatever just for some festival? Whoever you guys are... You're all too far from god..."
"Wha-! You dare not speak of En that way, little Chris! Even if you are a bit special to them, this disrespect against En shall not be tolerated by me! As the one responsible for your recreation, I shall turn you into a snake, a putrid animal fitting for the likes of you!"
Did I provoke her or something? I was a bit irritated by how the gods just hosted a festival and then took me in without my knowledge. They could at least transport me to wherever it's taking place in through less violent ways. "Recreation" was the most notable thing I've heard from her. Even though she's supposed to be creating things, she's going to be recreating things instead, if that's what she's responsible of. So instead of "Goddess of Creation", she's more of a "Goddess of Recreation". I can tell why she's called a fake. Also, when she told me that she was going to be recreating me, does that mean that I'm going to get reincarnated?
"Hmmm... This festival you guys're talking about, is it perhaps a festival of reincarnation? A festival of recreation, or a festival of reincarnation. You guys do speak a lot, I don't understand most of it, but by the words I understood, I figured that this'll be a festival of reincarnation?"
"Ting-ding-ding!! Correct! We got a winner here! The award of being the dumbest person ever goes to Chris Teal!!"
She's annoying... I want to go home already..! How was I even wrong there? This is a reincarnation festival, right? I've seen a lot of books and TV Shows where the protagonist is hit by a car and then gets reincarnated into a fantasy world, just like what is happening right now.
"Huh..? What? How am I wrong!? Explain yourself. Also, what was that snake you were talking about? Are you going to turn me into a snake? Why would you do that? Are you even supposed to do that? Also, how, in any way is that a putrid animal? You dare mock creations of god, you imbecile!?"
"BWAA-HAHAHAHA!!! You call me an imbecile while you spoke about reincorporating?!! You make me laugh, idiot!!!"
She broke down laughing hysterically. I was confused by what she meant when I was actually correct about what I said. Also, she didn't even acknowledge her disrespect to her own god, En, or something?
"Ha- ha-...!! What do you mean by reincorporating..? The festival of reincorporation..? Stupid fool! Gwahahahaha!!!"
"Oh. That was what you heard!? You damn wench, you're dumber than I thought! I said RE-IN-CAR-NATION correctly! You're dumb and deaf, just like what I thought when I first saw you!!"
"Reincarnation..? Reincorporation..? Eh? Really? You were right? And I was..."
"WRONG!! HAHAHA!! Stupid wench!! Ha-ha!! Hahahaha!!"
Suddenly, she got angered by my laughter and yelled at me furiously. This whole entire conversation was pretty stupid. I got it wrong and then she made fun of me so I made fun of her instead. But in the end, this all seems like some childish fight. I almost forgot that we're in the middle of a strange dimension.
"Kh! Grrr!!! Y-You call me a wench, so how about I turn you into one in your next life?! That word is supposed to be for women who do weird things, isn't it? I swear to you that I. AM. NOT. one!"
"Hehe forget that, forget that. I just ran out of words to use."
"You only have 2 words in your dictionary?! Fhu-! Destitute little swine! I, as the one responsible for your recreation, shall turn you into a little wench swine in En's world, as a part of the festival!"
"Eh... I understand a REAL, TRUE god, but a fake god abusing their powers for their own satisfaction..? You aren't supposed to do that, aren't you? Just reincarnate me as another Chris Teal in the other world. I don't care about what other things might happen. Even if the sky fell, as long as I have a bed and a place to sleep, I'll be-"
"Hah... Alright. I guess it's time... Actually, I'm not supposed to do anything personal. I'm just here to spin a wheel and turn you into anything according to what I got from the wheel. The wheel's called the 'Wheel of Fate'... I'll meet you again, Chris, in the 2nd opening."
"Eh? What? Wait! HOLD ON-"
I yelled at her to wait, but she didn't listen and proceeded to blind me instead. Her entire personality changed, from an energetic girl, to a serious, and calm woman, just right after she sighed.
Everything blurred for a second before I woke up again.
I was in the hospital after getting hit by a car. Behind the windows are rain and the cloudy sky. Was everything that happened after I got hit just a dream? It'd be cool actually if I was reincarnated into another world like in ones of those Japanese TV Shows, but it seems like that won't be happening any time soon. Maybe I've watched too much of those types of stories that I'm beginning to have dreams about them.
However, it wasn't actually just a dream, as an unfamiliar little girl appeared before me, sitting on a chair whilst the darkness covered her face, highlighting her bright red eyes and a bit of her black hair. Was it Nyx? She spoke to me the same way Nyx and Tan did, but it was obvious that it was neither of them.
"...Thee never-dying flame sought more warmth in hell... Thine eyes at me, soft and flowing, yet shallow like a puddle. You lack comprehension, Heart. May your juvenile heart be of use to the dying place known to you as the afterlife."
I sat up from the bed, gasping for air as I realized what has happened. At that time, I remembered that I was hit by a car, went into a very strange dimension, and then woke up in a hospital bed probably long after the accident. The lights are out, and it's raining heavily outside. No one but me and this girl were here.
I tried speaking to her, but my voice began to hurt, preventing speech. She appears to already know this, because she proceeded to take out a gun, aiming it at me.
"Relax, I won't harm thee. Instead, dread awaits within this rock that floats about space, so why not guide thou, a lost sheep to ye flock, with this glock."
I reached my arms out to stop her, but it was already too late. The sounds of gunshots filled my ear. It didn't take too long for me to lose all of my senses, and then my consciousness.
The best I could describe her was that she was wearing a black skirt and a white shirt. The rest of her appearance was caught in darkness.
It felt like a long time, but then I finally met air again, regaining my consciousness in the other world Nyx and Tan talked about. I felt extremely uncomfortable and cold as I cried to the 2 humans in front of me. They spoke in an unknown language whilst I laid there trying my best to get their attention. Meaningless to say, I have been reborn, but is it normal for babies to be able to see and think properly at this age? Or is this because of me being a reincarnation?
I later figured out that the 2 humans who took care of me the next following years me were "Maya Corr", my mother, and "Trnzhennel Corr", my father.
How strange it is. I was reincarnated into another world just like in those Japanese TV Shows. But something still feels off—something that feels like it shouldn't belong here. Although it is no use to think about the past now, my mind still turns to look at it, as if it was any better back there.
My questions now are; is this world any better? Or was my old world just terrible? Well. I will answer that later, once I have lived long enough...