Beyond the Darkness

'Is that the way out?'

Soren reasoned that the light in the distance might have some significance in helping him escape. However, despite his attempts, he couldn't move. This was understandable since he had no limbs or knowledge of what he was. 

'It seems I can do stuff such as squint, but it's more like zooming in on a smartphone. Not sure how that's useful. That light just becomes enlarged, nothing special about it. 

Looking closer into the light.

'Wait, wait, if I look close enough I can see...'

'Nothing. Well, that's disappointing, this light might not be the way out.'

Giving up on the light for now, he tried fiddling with his other options in this chamber. Nothing seemed to work though. He kept ending up right where he started. 

He couldn't see anything else, feel anything, or hear anything. Just thinking and zooming appeared to be his worth. 

'Alright, this isn't working I need to change my strategy. The godly voice said I was keeping myself here, I just didn't know how.' 

'How am I supposed to know what that means? Riddle my a*s.'

'Let's think. I don't have a physical body, so that means it has to be within whatever I am or in my mind.'

Soren thought for a while before succumbing to his childish thoughts. 

'Fine, let's try it.'

'Let me OUT! Uh, please? BEGONE DARKNESS!' Soren internally sighed. 

'Of course that wouldn't work, why would it?'

A sudden thought occurred to him.

'Can, other gods or whatever they are, hear me? That would be mildly embarrassing.'

He stopped thinking.

Getting nowhere had started to annoy him. Thinking would become harder and harder until he was making no progress at all. Therefore, he took a break. 

'What to think about in the meantime. Maybe this situation? No, I'm trying to get away from that. How about different words that describe watermelon.'

His thoughts could not have left the situation any better than what he was doing. 

'So watermelon, it kind of just bursts in your mouth when you bite into it. So, explosive. That's a beautiful description. Yes.'

He continued this for a good while. This may have seemed stupid, but it helped him immensely. 

Coming back to reality he started thinking again.

'Since I can't do anything outside let's try for something inside me. Can't hurt too much to try.'

Diving deeper into his mind was a difficult task. Most people find it hard to do with so much going on in their daily lives. Soren was able to though. After all, his only life right now was the void.

He wandered around searching for clues, finding none in the process. He did find memories of his first life, his true life, as he called it. He and his parents were all baking in the kitchen making cupcakes for dessert. It was a refreshing trip, but once again, not what he was looking for. 

After some time passed, he got lost. He wasn't sure where he was in his head. He seemed to pass the memory section going to something else, more bleak and less entertaining to him. However, his only clue said the answer was inside him.

So he continued his internal journey. 

After what seemed to be a millennium, he turned a corner and found something of interest. It was a transparent wall. It blocked his entire way forward, leaving him with no choice, but to evaluate it.

This was something that wouldn't be found unless you endlessly searched your mind for it. 

'That goddess's voice said I wasn't the only one, so does everyone go through something like me? Maybe.'

He mentally moved himself to the wall, appearing right in front of it. 

As he reached to touch the wall, he paused for a brief moment, and thought, 'Hopefully, this works.'

And then the world stopped. 

Nothing directly happened after touching the wall, except for it disappearing. 

Soren then felt like he was moving down. He didn't know why he felt that, but this feeling became increasingly more real each second.

He then felt his legs again. Something he had missed so dearly, after having them be crushed and then having no physical body at all.

Next was his torso. 

By this time, he could tell he was falling through the void based on the slight wind he felt on his body. 

Then the rest of his body joined him. His arms, feet, and then lastly his head. 

That wind was a magnificent feeling to him, it was but a trickle of water. Each second he was in it was more gratifying than the next. 

Slowly, the wind picked up, becoming more like a fan set to the highest setting. 

'This could last a lifetime.'

Soren had thought this with no worry on his mind, but how long could something so beautiful stay so pure and not become corrupted?

The wind never stopped increasing in speed. Soon, the feeling of a tsunami crashing against his body became a reality. Pelting his body with winds that could cut wood itself. 

His body remained untainted though, only his mind feeling the pain was left to experience it. 

Something resembling worry appeared in his heart. This pain was not fun and he didn't like becoming so used to it as of recently. 

Then, with a sudden and resounding impact, his body collided with solid ground, sending a jolt of searing pain rippling through every fiber of his being. Rendering him unconscious in this unknown environment.

Hours passed while the pain subsided to a manageable amount.

When he woke up, the first thing that assaulted him was a blindingly vibrant blue sky with streaks of purple weaving itself into his vision. 

Soren's eyes widened with surprise, "I'm alive."