2 "I'm a what!'

'That was so easy'

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''' Yeah it was, but it could've been better.'''

'You're right me, I could have definitely done that in a better way.'

Nathan was having a conversation with himself. His face would change expressions throughout this conversation several times. The conversation lasted until Josh returned from getting lunch, and quite early considering how late he went to the canteen.

"What in the world are you doing Nathan?" questioned Josh

Nathan jumped, he didn't even realize when Josh came in. He quickly regained his bearings and said, "I was doing nothing." There was a long pause as they stared at each other. Breaking the tension, Nathan said, "I didn't expect you to come back so quickly"

"Well, I'm the principal's son, so you already know how things work."

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense," Nathan said, but on the inside, he was thinking 'That's the exact reason, I manip-- I mean spun the truth to use that.'

Josh gave Nathan his lunch, and they began going to their seats. After they sat and started eating, Nathan decided to start a conversation.

"So, how was the match Monday, I heard it was Inter-house, so which house did we go against."

"It was pretty good, we played against Mills and won easily."

"The only reason you won so easily was due to it being against Mills."

They continued talking and eating until lunch was over. Since they were already in the class, all they had to do was throw away their finished lunches and go back to their seats. Halfway through the class, Nathan started to feel bad, and he felt like he wanted to puke. He asked the teacher if he could use the bathroom. As he was walking towards the door, he started to vomit, and you could see he was starting to black out.

'I feel like I'm dying, is thi-'

Nathan Henderson died, just like that. He didn't get to say any last words, and he didn't even get to finish his final thoughts, but that wasn't the end for him.

...

Nathan found himself in a dark space and there were shining white snakes all around him. They looked very creepy and disgusting, but after he became used to them. He felt as if he had no hands or legs.

'Wait, white snakes no arms or legs, No! No! It can't be, that's not possible.'

Some time passed. He didn't know how long, but his hope of something happening was dwindling. He suddenly felt as if something was squeezing and pushing him. Furthermore, he tried resisting but had no control over this feeling. He then saw the other snakes being pushed in a direction. The white, thick-headed, and thin-tailed snakes slowly sped up.

'Finally, the race has begun.'

The race of sperm to merge with the ovary had finally begun. He felt a need to reach the ova and fuse with it to become an embryo. He tried to swim closer as quickly as possible. To be born, he had to reach the ova first. Unfortunately, a few of the bigger snakes were ahead of him.

'I will be reborn!' He exclaimed inwardly. Suddenly, he saw a blinding white light.

The white light was all around him. He didn't know if he was first, but he wasn't last. The race was still ongoing, and the first to merge with the egg was the winner. However, after a while, he felt confused. 'Is there no egg?'

He heard loud moans and soon found himself stuck on something along with the other snakes. He felt like he was blacking out again and thought, 'Not again.' He felt as if he was once again a sperm.

...

He went through so many races, and he didn't win a single one. He realized that speed didn't matter. This was just a race of luck, and he wasn't lucky enough. 'The birth of a child must be a miracle because it was such a merciless competition. There are so many variables, He truly felt sorry for all the white snakes out there.

'Will I be stuck like this forever?' He wondered.

Another race started, and he barely tried to swim.

POP!

'Ahh, wait, what was that sound? Did I finally merge with an egg?' He looked around and found himself enclosed in a sphere. Soon after that, he lost consciousness.

When he woke up, he could feel his limbs, and he was feeling joyous. 'This must mean it's time for me to come out.'

Gathering all his strength, he started punching and kicking. After a while, he started to hear some muffled voices outside, and they sounded English.

Eventually, he started to see light and felt some pressure as the surrounding walls contracted, and then finally he was out. 'Yes! Yes! Finally.' He felt himself being wrapped by a towel, and all he could see were blurry figures around him.

The nurses held them and saw a smiling and laughing baby with a few tears in their eyes. They checked for their gender to tell their half-awake mother. "It's a girl!" one of the nurses excitedly said while smiling as she gave the baby to th- I mean, her mother. In that instant, the baby's face changed instantly to a sad one.

'The fuck did she say?'

"Welcome to the world, my little Rose. I'm your mom, Candice." her mother said.

'Noooooooooo! I can't be a girl' she thought. The baby started to cry and scream.

Candice was frightened. She thought something bad happened to her little Rose. She quickly told the nurses to take her baby and check on her. One of the nurses quickly carried the baby to another room not too far away that was used to do medical tests on babies. Candice tried to stay awake due to her worry for her baby, but she was too weak after giving birth, so she eventually fell asleep. When she woke up, she learnt that her baby was healthy and that there was nothing to fear. She stayed in the hospital for another day before leaving with Rose.

...

'I'm dying once again' an old woman in a hospital thought as some tears started to form in her eyes even though she had a smile. A young man and woman were at her bedside crying.

"It's alright, this is just the end of my journey." the woman said

"Grandma Rose, why, don't go, please fight a little more." the young man said

"I can't. This is the end, f-"

She didn't even get to finish her words before finding herself in the dark space once again. 'Will this be a thing that happens every time I die?' she thought. She didn't want to go through such a cycle over and over again. She believed she would become cold and would lose the connection to her emotions after losing too many people, and would start losing her memories after too many lives. Unfortunately, she couldn't do anything to change that, so she tried to convince herself to just move on with her li-, no lives. Even though she knew she was a sperm again, something about this time felt different, but she didn't know what. Before she could even investigate, she once again felt the squeezing and pushing feeling. The race had begun again, and she found herself at the egg again, but it looked different, not like the ones she'd seen before, almost like it wasn't human. She tried to stop herself but couldn't and merged with the egg, immediately losing consciousness.

When she woke up, she couldn't feel her limbs like usual and around her, there were hard walls. She just didn't know what else to do other than try to break out, and after a while, they finally broke out. In front of her was a pool of water, instantly revealing their appearance. They were a snake, a god-damn snake. They couldn't believe it, and they appeared to be a male black mamba.

'Don't snakes have a short life span if I remember correctly, black mambas in the wild only live for 11 years. I'm only going to live for 11 years, Whyyyy!'

...

POP!

He had merged with an egg for the third time, and he once again instantly blacked out. It was starting to become comforting. He once again woke up and immediately started to kick. Not long after that, he felt the pressure around him once again. He looked around and saw two of these kinds of blue blurry creatures speaking in a strange language he had never heard before, one word stood out though.

'Did they just say Loki? If what I'm thinking is right, that would mean they're Jötnar. This is amazing.'