BAT - MARE

AIDEN

Aiden regain his senses and found himself  in a  strange place, a white large room that was deserted. What shocked Aiden more was that he didn't even find a scratch on his body. 'How can a person endure no harm after falling from the fourth floor?' he thought to himself.

He stand up on the floor and look around. 'this doesn't look like a hospital.' he thought. 'am I dreaming again?'

"Welcome to the Department of Afterlife"

A melodious voice greeted him. 'afterlife?

Definitely dreaming'.  He look around himself but found no one around him.

Aiden didn't believe in the Afterlife or any religious source. He was sure that anytime soon, this white room will turn into a thick and dark forest. He will have bat-mare once again. Then someone will splash cold water on him to wake him before the bat get to attack him.

"Your guardian will join you shortly to help you through the necessary procedure." the voice spoke.

Aiden waited patiently for his guardian to arrive. "Hello, I'm Mui-mui your soul guardian," a cheerful voice said as a grey fur ball enter his vision.

Fear gripped his heart and he take a step backward. "Why are you here?" he ask.

The ball smile sweetly at him in response.

"Hello, I'm mui-mui your soul  guardian"

He Repeated again.

Aiden look at him in horror and kept walking backward. "Don't worry I won't hurt you," MuiMui said to  him. "really?" Aiden ask in doubt "Of course, as your soul guarding I must protect you" Mui-Mui assured him.

'As you protect me in orphanage' aiden thought dryly. fear replace the  fury  and he leapt toward the stupid ball. Mui-mui reflexively dodge his attack and fly higher in the air.

"Why the hell did you kill me, if you are my guarding angle!" he scream at him. Mui mui looked confused for a second then bounce on Aiden's head and flew back to a safe distance.

"Firstly, I didn't kill you. You fell off from the rooftop." Muimui said in a nonsense  tone. "second, I'm your soul guardian and not guardian angel, there is a difference between the two."

Then he drop to Aiden's eye level and said in same tone. " control your emotion and dont raise your voice if you dont want to enter the punishment pool."

" what's punishment pool?" Aiden ask curiously. " scream one more time and you will find out" Mui-mui said smirking.

Aiden thought about it and drop the topic.

"Then why didn't you save me" Aiden argued on previous topic. "cause I was sent to bring you back. You killing yourself,  save me trouble to kill you myself" he answer flatly. Aiden glared at him angrily.

"So why am I here?" Aiden gritted through his teeth.  " is that your 'golden question' you keep asking why I'm here or why you are here?" Muimui tried his hand at humour but fell miserably when he receive a cold stare in return than warn laugh.

"Ok, I will get to the point. Listen carefully . And don't interrupt, at the end, you will have your chance to speak." he murmured and flew at a distance from Aiden.

"Soul no.567, was trained to enter the special life but due to a technical issue, he enter human life. To rectify the mistake you will be sent back to the special life to continue the divine plan to handle the demon king." 

"We don't have time to train you again so the afterlife department will keep your memory intact so you don't need to follow other procedures. We will send you to the body of the deceased Prince of Sierra, which was supposed to be you."

"Any questions?" he asked. Aiden can feel restrictions lifted from him. " Are you crazy? How am I supposed to handle a demon king?" he ask in frustration.

"Are you deaf? Didn't I said you were trained" Muimui replied. " but what about my survival skills?" "if you can handle dirty politics, you don't need to care about it, you will do fine."

"And demon king is nothing compared to the empress you are going to face" he murmured. " what does that mean?" Aiden asks alarmed.

"That's  too many questions. Now go before your body gets buried." Muimui said and started revolving around Aiden as the  Earth revolve around the sun.

Aiden feel energy consuming him. Making him  lighter and lighter until darkness engulfs him.