Passing

It all started with a young man that had a weak soul. After he felt unloved by his parents, outshined by his younger brother and feeling like he failed in life, with no goal to keep him going forward, we find this young man on the top of a tall building, admiring the city beneath his feet.

"I should just do it, there is nothing for me left here, I wonder if my parents would care if I died." is what he was thinking. Ready to end it all, he moved his right foot forward but did not take the step, still pondering on the decision he was going to make, his right foot came back where it was.

"I can't do it, I am not brave enough, guess I have to still try a bit more.." suddenly, a strong gush of wind came from behind, it was enough to push his slender body off the edge. 

Scared, he tried to grab something but he was unlucky, he watched, with wide eyes, how he was distancing from the rooftop. Vague memories started appearing in front of him, with one common thing each. He was always alone. From playing with toys, to first day of school, first day of highschool, and every birthday, he was always alone.

As his life was ending, his only regret had been leaving his younger brother alone. "Sorry lil' bro, see you on the other side."

Darkness engulfed our protagonist, everyone wondered what the afterlife looked like, heaven, hell, rebirth, wandering the universe as a soul, a lot of crazy stuff. This is what the young man was thinking, very scared of the darkness surrounding him, not knowing what is going to happen to him but at least that darkness was warm, giving him the sense of security, easing his fear of this darkness.

But soon, another fear struck our protagonist, a sudden light appeared not far from where he was situated. "At the moment, light sounds better than darkness, hope I don't lose myself for real.", gritting his teeth, he moved towards the light, moments later he left the dark place and was welcomed by a strong, blinding light. It took him a couple of seconds to adjust. When he opened his eyes, there were two beautiful and young females, who looked at him kindly, they said some words unrecognizable to him. But for this narator it's easy to understand ;)

Female 1: "Bwana Thamani, yeye ni mtoto imara, hata hakulia alipozaliwa." (Sir Valor, he is a strong baby, he didn't even cry at his birth")

(A.N: I'll use english for their language and I'll mark the stuff that the mc can't understand with **)

Marcus Valor: "*A healty, strong and beautiful child, the Valor bloodline is blessed by the gods, hand my child to me, i shall test this childs future by doing the mirror test.*"

M.C.: " (Why is this guy holding me in his arms? It's weird.)"

(A.N. i'll use () when someone is talking to himself.)

The protagonist looks around the room. It was an average sized room that looked like a bedroom, a king sized bed in the middle of the room with two nighstands on each side of the bed, a big cabinet was situated at the end of the bed with a gap for people to wall through.

Marcus walked to a mirror beside a window on the right wall from the cabinet. He lifted his to face the window and waited to see what he would do.

M.C.: (What is this lunatic doing, what if he drops me, i may be skinny but he can't hold me like thi...) he looked at the image in the mirror and couldn't believe his eyes. He saw a small baby being held by an adult, he gasped and started touching his face to see if what was happening was real, the gasp startled the people in the room and made them wonder what was going on inside his small head.

At that moment Marcus started laughing and said "* Did everyone in this room see what this kid did? He isn't your average newborn, he is a talented Valor, a first in hundreds of years, every kid cries at the mirror test, but my kid already knows about himself he is self aware, HAHAHA.*" He went straight to the woman on the bed, kissing her forehead and handing her the baby. "*Did you see, Maria? Our kid will be a legend in the years to come. I will name our son Luther Valor, like the ancestor who founded our family hundreds of years ago.*"

Maria, with a soft smile, said: "* Honey, take it easy you'll scare the baby.*"

Marcus: "*My dear, how can i relax when my son will be known in all of Starya as a prodigy.*"

Luther: "(What the fuck is going on?)"