Rebirth of Flames

Chap 1

This is my first Isekai story, so bear with me. >w<

"XUE LI, WATCH OUT!"

I was crossing the street and before I knew it, I felt my body get slammed by a fast-moving vehicle. After that, everything went dark.

"Why did everything go dark, someone please save me! I'm scared, I don't want to be alone!"

"You will be fine my child, soon you will meet those you can love and cherish." said a calm voice

"Who are you?"

There was no response.

When I woke up, I looked around me. It was still dead of winter, and I was curled up in a ball in an alleyway.

"I haven't had that dream in a while." I thought

I've been having the same dream over and over again. There is always a voice in my dreams telling me that everything will be okay, but when I wake up; I'm still on the street eating scraps and stealing food.

"Mom, why is that girl in the alleyway?" asked a passing child to his mother

"Shush, don't be so loud."

"Where are her parents?"

"They've abandoned her."

"Why?"

"Cause they don't want her anymore."

"Will you abandon me?"

"Of course not my child, you're my most precious child."

The child walked up to me and gave a big smile. He took out a candy that was in his pocket and gave it to me. After that, he went back to his mother. She took his hand, and they went on their way.

I looked at the candy that the little boy gave me, it made me smile thinking that children will always have innocence.

All of a sudden, a pair of arms grabbed me from behind, and a rag bag was placed over my head. I tried to kick and scream, but I couldn't get away.     

"Where is this person taking me?"

The person who took me threw me into somewhere dark, from what I could hear; there were many children in this place along with me. The person tied up my hands so tight, I could barely feel them. Soon after, we started moving which make me think that we were in some sort of vehicle. We made a couple of stops, at each stop; I could hear more children being forced into the vehicle.

Once the vehicle came to a complete stop, the person came back around and one by one took us out of the vehicle. 

"Welcome, Mr.Klein; are these children here for the trade?" said a man

"Trade? Are we being auctioned off?" I thought

"Yes."

"Like always, it's a pleasure doing business with you."

The man started to take us away, the farther we walked; the colder I felt. I also couldn't hear any noise coming from the building. Suddenly, I felt myself being thrown on the cold rock floor. As he left, he removed the raggy bag from my head.

My eyes slowly refocus and I realize I'm in some dungeon-looking place. The floor was covered with dust and what seem to be dried blood. I quickly saw the kids who were in the vehicle with me, they were all around the same age as me.   

None of the kids spoke, they all just looked at me. The wait was excruciating, I knew I was going to be sold off or worse. I just wanted to get it over with.