SoulBond: A Beacon Of Hope

Have you ever wondered what death feels like? Ever wondered if there is really an afterlife?

Well I haven't, I just wanted to be done with school, get a job and earn a living so my mom wouldn't have to work so hard all the time. I didn't think I would die on the way! Especially not a virgin. 

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"He is loosing too much blood! We might lose him!"

*Damn, why do I feel so cold, and why is it so loud! Where am I anyway? Last thing I remember is stopping Ashlyn from jumping. Oh yeah Ashlyn, that's right, I saved her, then I fell instead.

Am I in an Ambulance? I think so, Am I alive? Well I can hear this lady's voice, so yeah I guess.

But I'm cold, jeez, did they leave the windows open! And why is it so loud! My head hurts, I hope Ashlyn is fine. I feel tired, let me just close my eyes for a bit *. I voiced in my head.

"Wake up North, you're losing time"

"Huh?" I responded to the voice that sounded like it was about to audition for a movie role. 

"Wake up!" Now louder and commanding. 

"Okay! Jeez you sound like my neighbors every morning" I raved, gently opening my eyes to a blinding light that covered everywhere. 

"Where am I?" I muttered. 

Then I heard the same voice from a distance, saying, "You don't have much time left, so I offer you a choice"

"A choice? " I asked, as my eyes adapted to the bright surrounding.

*What is this place?*

"Listen human, you have less than a minute to decide, or you'll die, and where you're heading, you may find great joy or great misery. So decide, for I offer you a choice, embrace death or become my Avatar, being the beacon of hope in a world surrounded by darkness. Choose wisely, for your destiny awaits"

"Who are you?" I groaned, now feeling the cold state my body was in. But got no response.

"Show yourself!" I demanded. But still got no response, leaving my voice to echo and reverberate. 

I looked around and saw no one, all I could see was some kind of white mist that filled the floor and endless space. 

"An Avatar? A beacon of hope? Oh cut the crap! I wanna go home" I shrieked, feeling dizzy while my vision became blurry.

Now getting harder to breath, the feeling of passing out settled over me. I looked at my cold hands and muttered,

"I guess it was right, I'm dying. But who cares anyways. If I die, it's gonna reduce stress on my mom, no one is gonna remember me, my life didn't have purpose".

With my back laid on the floor, I gently closed my eyes so it all could end. My life had no purpose anyways.

As my eyes finally shut, I got irritated of myself, I felt pathetic. 

"My life had no purpose, my life had no purpose" kept echoing in my head, then I had thought,

*Purpose..... What is that?*

So with my last breath, I uttered.

"I accept"

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I felt the warm surrounding, so my eyes gently opened to seeing a ceiling light. And this time there wasn't much noise. 

The first thing I heard was an ECG, which kept on beeping. It was recording my heartbeat. 

*Am I in a hospital?*

"What happened?" I softly voiced, sitting up with a start.

My mom who had been sitting beside me, let out a startled yelp, her eyes wide with surprise.

"Baby, you are okay. Don't you ever scare me like that!" She exclaimed, her voice trembling slightly after giving me a hug that almost knocked me out. 

"I almost got a heart attack when I heard what happened. Please tell me you're fine, how do you feel?" She asked worried. 

I looked at her, still trying to process what was happening.

"Mom! I... I don't know", I stammered. "I just feel".

And at that moment, my cells were vibrating fast, my senses heightened. I could feel my heart beating faster, my breath quickening. And then in an instant, I was flooded with an intense awareness of my surroundings, I could see, hear, and sense everything around me with crystal clarity. So I just sat there, staring, gazing over my surrounding.

"Mom, what happened to me?" I asked with a feeble voice.

"You fell from a 3 story building honey" she replied with tears in her eyes. 

"After that?" I asked, leaning forward to wipe her tears. 

"After that, you got rushed to the hospital. You've been asleep for 4 days now. The doctors said you hit your head so bad, and it placed you in a coma and they didn't know when you would wake up. I am just glad you're okay" she said, giving me another tight hug. 

I processed her words, trying to recall the events leading up to the accident.

"Ashlyn... is she okay?" I asked, concern etched on my face.

Mom's expression softened.

"Yes, Ashlyn's fine. She's been visiting you, worried sick about you" she replied.

"Oh. That's good" I voiced with a smile.

"Yeah. The doctors are on their way, they'll be here soon" she said, tightly holding my hand.

I smiled.

*It's kinda blurry, but I remember now. And what is that feeling at my back?*

"Mom?" I called, my voice low but audible.

"Yeah, honey?" She answered.

"4 days?"

"Yes. 4 days" she replied, raising a hand to wipe her tears. "Baby, are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm okay" I smiled. "I'm sorry for making you worry"

*I am okay, but I do not feel right. What happened to me?*

I asked myself, as waves of thought came flooding into my mind, not knowing the changes my body was going through.

The answers eluded me, but one thing was certain: my life, my reality, had just been fractured in ways I couldn’t yet understand.

Updates: 

North: main character, male, 17, avatar (half human, half angel), tall (6'1), white-tipped black hair, brown eyes, timid, attractive, kind, intelligent, straight, white angelic wings (when summoned)

Special Abilities: Strength , wings, telepathy with other avatars, rapid healing, agility, vibrokinesis (can manipulate body's vibration, sensitive to sound), swordsmanship.

Rank: D 

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