Prompt: My First Impression After Reincarnating

Story 1: After Being Reincarnated in A War

'Uhh... What...?' Orison thought as he looked around and saw a stationary army around him. 'Where am I?' He wondered. 'I swear I was just eating some chips.' He continued.

"Soldiers!" A voice yelled from behind him. He looked back and saw a general in red armor.

"Oi, Luke, you know we're supposed to face forward at all times!" A voice whispers with a hiss.

"What...?" Orison asked as he looked at the man that whispered to the person named Luke.

"March!" The general yelled. Suddenly, in unison, the army began marching. Orison hesitantly marched with them.

"If I said I had no clue what was going on, what would you say?" Orison asked.

"What? Luke, we don't have time for this!" The man said quietly.

"Right, but, like, what if I really, truly, had no idea?" He asked.

"Luke, we're about to be in the middle of a giant battle! You need to focus!" He said.

'Right...' Orison thought to himself as he tried to keep in rhythm, marching alongside the army.

"Hold!" The general yelled. Orison bumped into the soldier in front of him.

"Luke, we need you to focus." The soldier in front of him spoke.

"Right, sorry..." He said.

"No. Not 'sorry', you need to do." He said.

"Right..." Orison responded.

"March!" The general shouted. Orison followed the orders alongside the other soldiers. After some time, a whistle blew. "Shields!" He yelled. Orison could see some movement in the front of the formation.

'Oh... I see...' Orison thought to himself. 'We're in that kind of battle...' He added.

Suddenly, the general blew the whistle twice. "First-line!" He yelled. Spears rose in the front and began moving back in forth with a vigorous motion. After a while, the lines funneled and people moved forward as needed.

Eventually, Orison made it to the front of the line, where he held his spear above the shield holders in front of him and copied the motions of those around him. After a few minutes, an arrow hit him square in the face, causing him to fall. Shortly after, he saw the words, 'You died' in gray text with a red underline and found himself back in formation.

"March!" The general yelled.

'What...?' Orison asked himself. 'I thought... That I died...' He continued. 'No... I did, but... I think I have to survive...' He continued.

"Shields!" The general yelled.

'Well... This may take some time...' He thought to himself.

Story 2: Assassination Attempt

I was out playing with my older brothers in the courtyard, when suddenly I got dizzy and cold. I fell over, and I felt like puking. I remember my brothers running over, and yelling for the guards. I was getting really sleepy, my oldest brother picked me up, and began running toward the castle.

I started remembering things that weren't from this life. When I looked up, my brother was crying and I didn't know why. I remembered my name used to be Aki, in a whole other life, but I know my name Vira. I remember a whole other life... Why is that?

My brother was yelling for the doctor and our parents. As I weakly looked around I saw a group of guards following my other brothers as they cried. I then saw blood all over my oldest brother and I thought he was hurt! I began to panic and ask if he was okay, but when I tried to speak it all came out as gibberish.

My brother looked down at me and told me to conserve my energy and that everything would be okay. That's when I realized, I was hurt, not my brother. Then everything went black...

When I awoke, I had two sets of memories, one of this life, and one of a past life. With having these memories, I finally figured out why I hate the idea of being a princess... Way too much responsibility and arranged marriages, which, where I am originally from, aren't a thing...! Anymore...

I weakly looked around and saw all of my brothers and my parents asleep around my bed. I tried to sit up, but I got a terrible, sharp pain in my side, this woke my father. "Vira! You're awake?! Thank the gods! How are you feeling?" He asked.

"Dad, what happened? My side hurts... And my brothers, they were crying... and Riften was covered in blood!" I exclaimed as I started bawling, waking everybody else up. My father explained there was an assassination attempt on my life and I was shot with an arrow.

My name is Princess Vira Stienvield, but I was previously, Aki Blake. These worlds are very different, but I have a loving family now, and even though I never wanted to be a princess, I think this will be a good life.