The clangs of swords and the hum of magic resonated throughout the Veil a woman with red hair, blue eyes and a slander figure was battling another robed figure.
''I don't know who you are Grim Reaper but you are going down!'' The red hair screamed. The robed figure chuckle their voice was muffled making it impossible to identify who they were.
''You have beaten more than your fair share of gods Roxanne Dreamer. But you chew more than you could handle this time.'' The figure removed her mask reavealing her identity to Roxanne.
The woman eyes widen in shock. ''You?! But I don't get it. You're a Elder how could you do this to these poor humans.''
The Elder scoffed in disgust. ''Poor humans? Please Roxanne I know the Dreamers have a duty to fight for all mortals races but there no need to feel pity for these filthy apes. I'm doing the universe a favor by getting rid of them.''
Roxanne was boiling with rage. ''How can you talk about them like that?! All living things are suppose to be your children if you treat your children like that you're nothing but a disgusting monster!'' Roxanne charged blade in hand.
But before she could reach the figure she fell into a hole in the fabric of space. The figure laughed. And with a wave of hand they closed the hole. ''Now that the strongest Dreamer is gone the rest should be easy to deal with.'' With that the figure left with a confident spring in their steps.
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Four millions years later
I'm not really the type to complain about my problems. But sometime you need to complain a little bit to get your point across. In this case I need a little context so you can understand why I did what I did.
My name is Peace Dreamer. At least it is the name I took while living in Equestria. I would tell you what my human name used to be but I don't even remember what my original name was. To be honest there a lot of things beside my name I don't remember. To put it simply trying to remember my life as a human is like trying to remember the day I was born.
While I don't remember my life on Earth that much. I do remember the day I died very clearly. I was Canadian I was born in the French province of Quebec but all my life I was hopping from province to province so I talked english more often than not.
All my life I felt like I was born in the wrong place or in the wrong time. I had a thirst for wanderlust that the modern world could not satisfy. I wanted to have adventures to discover ancient civilisations lost to time and discovering islands full of treasures. It was a childish dream but one that never got away.
But the world was arleady explored there was almost nothing left to do and so I decided to live my dreams throught fiction. I decided to become a writer. If I couldn't find adventures in the real world maybe I could created them.
And so I decided to visit all the important cultural places of my country to study the folklore and base a story on it. One day I was wandering throught a town. It was a small farming town that nobody would normally care about. But it was exactly why it interested me. This place was a perfect inspiration for where the main hero lived before the adventure began.
But that's when something really strange happened. Time stopped working. Birds in the sky stood unmoving in midflap. A car in the street would have splashed me with a puddle of water if the liquid wouldn't have stopped in midair. And there wasn't a sound to be heard in the whole town except for my heavy breathing as panic began to set in.
That is until I heard the sound of footsteps. I turned around and saw a grinning man standing there. That would be unnerving enough but he also had a gun pointed directly at me!
''Hello Roxanne It's been a very long time.''
''What the fuck is happening, who are you and who is this Roxanne?''
The man chuckled. ''You don't remember anything huh? That is to be expected. That's the nasty drawback about reincarnation. But don't worry despite your little handicape I'm sure we will still have fun like old times. I think you had your beauty sleep long enough. It's time for the Peace Dreamer to come back.''
He pointed his gun at my head. I tried to run but each time I tried he just reappeared in front of me.
He could have killed me at any moments but he seemed to enjoy playing with me. ''How far you have fallen Roxanne. Your name used to make kingdoms crumble, it putted fear into the hearts of gods and now you're left running from a fellow Dreamer.''
I didn't even try to understand the nonsense he was spouting I just continued to run.
The man sighed. ''Okay enough of this. THE WORLD!'' Suddenly my body was froze in time I could still see and hear but I couldn't move at all.
The man chuckled as he reappeared in front of me. ''You don't know for how long I wanted to say that. You thought I was a simple psycopath but it was me Dio!'' He waited for my reaction but being frozen in time tend to make it hard to show any expressions.
''Oh don't be such a downer you're only gonna die it's not the end of the world.'' He said as if he was talking about a simple visit to the dentist. ''Okay here how it's gonna work once I kill you I will let you live for one year. but after that I'm gonna come back and I'm gonna try to kill you again. If you survive we might have a chance otherwise I will have to do plan B. See you soon.''
How the fuck would he see me in a year if I was dead? I never got to asked the question before he pointed his gun on my head.
*Bang*
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When I died I expect to only see black. Instead what I saw was the color purple. I looked around but there was nothing. I looked down and saw people very far down. That's when I realised I was high up in the sky. With a startle yelp I leaped in the air but as I came back down I notice I was touching a invisible ground and was in no danger of falling.
I could see throught my own hand which was very weird and I couldn't feel the weight of my body at all. It was then that I saw a very beautiful woman with a pair of angelic wings aproach me. I gawked in wonder.
''A-are you an angel?'' I asked I felt like I wasn't worthy of being in her presence. And I really hoped she couldn't read mind because despite being dead my mind still knew when a girl was hot.
The woman smiled gently. ''Pure angels have been exctincts for milennia but we demi-angels have fullfilled their role in their stead. I regret to inform you that you are dead. But this is not the end merely a new begining. We are in the Veil the starting point of any worlds. From here you can choose your next life. Would you rather keep your memories or start anew?''
''Huh?'' I asked dumbly. If the demi-angel was annoyed at me she didn't show it.
She showed me two fingers. ''There are two types of worlds in the multiverse the Gaia branch and the Kira branch. The Gaia follow the same rules as your world you are born you get older and then you die rinse and repeat. The Kira branch of the multiverse however let you reincarnate as much as you like as long as you keep your memories.''
''The Kira branch sound like it would have serious overpopulation issues.'' I said.
''Maybe in a isolated world like yours. But the Kira branch is connected to the multiverse. Which mean that any world that become too crowded can move some of it's population to another world... So which world do you want to go in?''
With a determine stare I replied. ''I want to go on a world where no humans has ever set foot!'' I replied excitedly.
''Mmmh there not many world like that. No offense to you, but humans reproduce like bunny. They're all over the multiverse. But here what I could find.''
Three images magically appeared in front of me. One was a universe simply called 'Robots' where all the inhabitant were robots (obviously). Another was called Mechonis and Bionis. While humans existed in that world they were technically called Homs. She must be really fishing the bottom of the barrel if she presented me a world were they was only technically no humans. Finally the final world was called Equestria. I was familiar with that world it was the country of a show I watched from time to time but did I really wanted to go there for the rest of my life?
With a shrug I said to myself why the heck not it's not like I would fit in with a bunch of sapient machines and homs still counted as humans in my book. Without further hesitation I pressed on Equestria.
The demi-angel suddenly took a business-like tone. ''Okay do you want the Gaia version of this world or the Kira version?'' There was no point to go in a different world if I didn't remember that I want to explored it, so I replied Kira.
''Before you go I must warn you, your body is not made to go in a world with high level of magic like this world. If you want to go there your soul will need to be placed in a magical body to survive. Preferably you would need to become one of the species inhabiting this world is this okay with you? If you accept you won't be able to sue The Council should you change your mind later.''
There lawsuit in the afterlife? Suddenly it feel a lot less mystical. With a bit of trepidation I accepted.
As soon as I accepted I lost consciousness. How could a spirit lose consciousness I didn't know the only thing I knew was that life would never be the same.