1 Chapter 0 Awakening

In an endless pitch-black void that stretched on infinity, a white orb appears and begins to s

[Hmm looks like the adjustments work, it's stable and rejection isn't occurring. Looks like he's waking up.]

"Where… am… I?" spoke the orb as it slowly regained consciousness; it tried to move only to realize that it had no form. It instinctively knew that this was wrong and it needed a form.

[Hi looks like you had enough time to get your bearings so let's begin shall we.] said the mysterious voice resounded throughout the void making the white orb feel fear as it began to shake.

"Who… are…. you?" the orb managed to ask while shaking.

[That's rude. It's polite to introduce yourself before asking somebody's name. Since I'm nice I'll introduce myself though. You can call me Nyx. I'm a being you can't comprehend so that's the reason I haven't shown myself to you. Think of me as something like a god although I'm more ancient than them.] stated Nyx in a nonchalant manner

This shocked the soul to it well its soul. The knowledge that it was speaking to a god-like being was overwhelming. While Nyx was patient and could wait for the soul to recover it knew that time was not on their side.

[Do you need a minute?] asked Nyx

"I am" The white orb began to say but was as confused as to what to say next. 'Wait who am I? Why am I here? What am I? How am I alive?' the orb's thoughts started to race as questions began to form in its mind.

[Well that's enough of that. I was just testing what you remember and it seems the answer is nothing. Well, let's start by answering a few questions. You are in the void of chaos my domain.] said Nyx cutting thru the silence that had overtaken the void

"Void of chaos? What's the void of chaos?" asked the orb

[This will go much faster if you don't interrupt my dear. As I was saying I brought you into my domain because you have a rare affinity for this space. Most human souls tend to either have an affinity for light or darkness and would be ripped apart simply from being here.] explained Nyx

'So I'm a human soul. That must mean I died but why can I remember anything about myself?' thought the orb.

[That's because upon death souls tend to purge all knowledge of their previous existence so that they may be reborn. In your case, I intervened in that process whereas you still have your general knowledge but memories involving people were purged.] answered Nyx

"Wait did you just read my mind Nyx?" asked the soul nervously

[Well I want you to consider something. You're a soul with nobody so how are we communicating? You have no mouth and are therefore incapable of speech. The answer is that I've been reading your thought wave from your soul so it doesn't matter whether toy means to say something or think it. I hear it all regardless.] said Nyx

'So you can hear this?' thought the soul, as it hoped that Nyx couldn't.

[Yes I can so don't think rude thoughts about me okay.] mused Nyx in a bubbly tone

This revelation caused the soul to shudder a bit. It's not every day you come across a god-like entity that can read your every thought. This caused even more questions to race thru the soul's mind.

[Well we got a bit off track. Now, where was I again? Ah yes so your past memories of self were purged making basically a newborn soul however, you should still retain the knowledge of your previous world. Things like that your previous world was a planet called Earth. To confirm it please tell me what you remember about it.] said Nyx

'Earth is a blue planet inhabited by humans which I used to be. The year should be 2019. Can I ask why you deleted my memories of the people in my life?' thought the soul as it remembered the general knowledge it had on the planet. 'Hmm, I don't seem to know much about it. I must not have cared much to learn about the world I lived in.'

[That's good, seems like you know what the planet is and the year you died. As for the memories they are useless for what's to come next. I let you keep your knowledge because it will prove useful.] said Nyx

'Useless? Useful? What going to happen next?' asked the soul

[This leads us to why I interfered with your memories and rebirth. As I previously stated you have a high affinity for this realm so I brought you here because I was curious.] said Nyx in a serious voice as if it was unveiling the secrets of the world.

'WHAT!? Because you were curious you brought me to a place that could have ripped me apart!?' yelled the soul

[Yup. I haven't really talked with anyone ever so my curiosity got the best of me. You know that a sacred divine purpose doesn't exist for most things.] laughed the voice

The void resounded with laughter as the soul shook with both anger and anxiety. A few moments passed before the laughter stopped. The voice however didn't continue to talk as it waited for the soul to calm down.

'So basically there's no purpose to my being here?' asked the soul

[Well I would go as far as to say that. It's just that 97% of my reasoning was curiosity but the other 3% is probably the reasoning that you were after. The other reason is that I want to make you my kin.] said the voice

'Make me your kin what does that mean exactly?' Asked the shocked soul who started to pulse.

[Well I believe humans would say I'm adopting you into my family. So what do you think? Want to be my child? Also because of this Q&A we've been doing our time is almost up.] said Nyx in a serious voice

'Be your child? Wait what do you mean our time is almost up?' the soul's mind was racing with many thoughts and was unable to think properly. Hearing that they were out of time helped it focus on the important things.

[Well dear like I said you have a high affinity for my realm so you have popped yet but you getting close to that threshold. Since we're low on time before you ask me the question I'll answer it. If you refuse to be my child you simply be returned to the natural reincarnation cycle the rest of your memories will be purged and you'll be reborn as a baby in another world. I'll tell you about what happens if you accept my offer afterward okay dear? I don't mean to rush you or anything but I need the decision soon.] said Nyx in a rushed tone making the soulfully aware that they really had no more time for any other questions.

'I accept!' yelled the soul in a rushed manner. It would never pass up the opportunity to be the child of a godlike being. It also wondered if it would become a god itself. 'I feel strange. Wait I feel'

As the soul stated its acceptance of Nyx's offer to be her child a strange phenomenon overtook it. It immediately lost consciousness and the white light of the soul began to pulse rhythmically slowly getting faster.

[That was close I can't believe I forgot to take time into effect. Well, time doesn't affect me so it's understandable but I'm a parent now so I guess I need to shape up a bit. But it was fun talking to someone for the first time ever. I can't wait for the transformation to finish so that we can talk again.] Nyx was ashamed that her lack of consideration had almost led to the souls' death. She vowed to be more attentive from now on as she watched over the souls' transformation.

Elsewhere in a white void, two entities were discussing amongst themselves. The first had the form of a star of pure light shining constantly and the other a shapeless pitch-black smoke-like mass that was constantly moving and reforming.

[I felt a disturbance in the void of chaos.] said the star

[Really that is unusual since nothing is capable of surviving the void, not even us.] said the smoked

[I'll send some of my subordinates to investigate this disturbance. What will you do?] asked the star

[Nothing I trust you'll be able to handle it well enough without any interference from our side. Besides our sides love to fight one another so if I sent any of my minions they'd simply impede each other's investigation anyway. So what will you do when you find the disturbance anyway?] the smoked asked in an amused tone as if it were about to see an interesting show.

[See if it can be used and if it can't destroy it. I'll be returning to my realm now.] seriously stated the star as it faded away.

[Well this is going to be fun. I do hope this disturbance shakes things up a bit eternity is truly boring without a bit of chaos every now and then.] the smoke said while laughing. It had really grown bored over the millennia and hoped for a new form of entertainment besides war.