The Beginning from the end

'How did it come this... being killed by so called friend'. Arical was lying on floor bleeding while holding his dead parents hands. In the outskirt of city inside an apartment, a late 20s age man seconds away before exhaling his last breath thought to himself

Arical blamed himself for the death of his parents because he knew who the masked culprit was, he recognised the culprit's voice said before being shot 2 times in the chest "You never gave up do you".

He also heard what the culprit said just before he left the scene "This is for the shame you put me in, filthy commoner!" that voice gave Arical a clear clue who was he.

It was Fret, Arical's virtual dodgeball teammate who was blinded by shame. He must have waited for Arical to give his home address just want to take his childish revenge of shame but this wasnt the revenge he was expecting from him.

Fret was from one of the proud royal family known for many achievements but hated when taken by others below their status.

***

On that day, Arical wanted to celebrated his achievement for winning the world virtual dodgeball tournament with his parents inside his newly rent apartment.

He had also invited his teammates to celebrate a day after his parents celebrate with him and went back home but that was his great mistake when fret came the same day.

Arical was known to be talented with amazing reflex evasion as professional dodgeballer but not to a speed of a bullet.

He only managed to avoid his fatal point of his body but that only delay his death.

After fret left, he mustered every will had just to write fret's name and circle around it with his finger on the floor with his blood.

He didnt care it would quicken his death as long as he was able to leave any clue for anyone to investigate what happen.

He turned his head slightly to see what he wrote on the floor only to find dissapointment.

His writing wasnt big enough which made each blood letter mixing next to eachother, only the clear was a circle around it

He tried to move with his arm but he forgot that he had his arm injury long ago that make him retired as professional dodgeballer in real life but he tried anyways. Still the result was the same.

He cursed loudly as his blood came out from his mouth 'I hated people with their stupid royal pride! I swear on my next life i get my revenge for the death of my parents and i. Those arrogant people deserves to die!' shouting inside his head as he slowly losing conscious due to blood loss.

***

A floating sensation and slowing drafting to one direction was felt after Arical awake from his conscious.

'why it felt like floating all the sudden, the pain from the gunshots on my chest dissappear? is this how death feels like? where am i going?' he questioned himself before opening his eyes but it wasnt any different from closing them and decided to close them back.

What he can see was only darkness, he cant even see his own body.

After time felt hours had past drifting in the darkness, he felt an unplesently feeling followed by an excruciating pain at his forehead.

He cant anything about it except to endure it. The pain slowly dissipate and replace by a warm sensation.

***

*"Soffiya! Hurry take the baby and we need to leave now! i cant hold them any longer!"* a deep mainly voice heard by Arical but cant understand the language, sounded like he was in distress.

*"Im done healing, stand aside Amsyar! im going to make a path for us!"* a feminine voice with soft tone heard after the first one.

'What are these loud noises? it seems like 2 people are talking each other'

'Hospital? no.. i dont think i would survived the gun shot' thought before opening his eyes.

[Fire Explosion]...

BOOM..

Arical was shock couldnt understand what just happen 'Where that fire came from?! Magic?!'

Crackles and Pop sound heard from the fire impact, it seems something just burn, looks like a short humunoid figure but with bigger head.

Arical looked up and saw women warped her arm carrying him "what is going here?! Fire!? and now a large size women?!' Arical Screaming before crying uncontrollably.

Arical was in baby body and could not understand the situation which raise the urge to cry like a baby would.

*"hushh hush there baby, we're ganna take you somewhere safe"* said Soffiya and ran to the nearest town and hopefully lose the creature that were following them.

If they catch up, the towns guard could takecare of them easily.

Meanwhile Arical calmed down trying to read the situation after finish holding his tears and realised that he in a baby body and teleported to a different world that magic is possible.

'I wonder what kind of magic i can learn in this world? fire ? water ? or maybe flying?'

Arical got exicited that his face can be read by Soffiya who was still carrying him while running towards the town.

*'this baby has the ambitious happy face almost looks like he has the world at the palm of his tiny cute hand"*