"What the...?" The soul looked around confused.
I made myself known and stood beside the soul. "Greetings."
"What? Who are you? Where am I? Did you kidnap me or something?" The soul asked.
"One question at a time child", I said. "Worry not, you are safe. Walk with me."
I began going forward. The soul lingered where it was for a few moments then joined me.
"Well um...Who are you?" It asked.
"I am known by many names and faces. Mictlantecuhtli, Donn, Shinigami, Hades. Perhaps you know me as Death?"
"Oh. I'm dead?"
"No."
"Why am I with you then?"
"The vessel you were formerly placed in has passed. You will soon be put into another vessel and begin a new life", I told the soul.
"What does that mean?"
"It means that you will be put into a new vessel. You see child, souls do not die. There are many of them. More than all of the vessels. Past or present. Each one has been used. Some a few times. Maybe once for some. It simply depends on the soul the is selected."
"You mean I've had another life?" The soul asked.
"Yes. All souls have. You in particular, have actually had multiple lives. Your last was one of a young man in 2015. You were once a fish in the 1950s. Before that, you were a young girl who was murdered in the 1800s. I could go on for a bit about your lives."
"I was a fish?"
I smiled. "I know how strange that must seem. You see child, any living organism has a soul to occupy it until the vessel dies. Even seemingly souless people or things have souls."
"Wow."
"Do you have any other questions?" I asked the soul.
"Are we in rush?"
"No."
"Aren't there more souls that you have to go talk to or something?"
I smiled. "No. I am not just one. I am everywhere."
"That doesn't make sense. What are you?"
" I am Death", I said simply. "I am everywhere but I can also be no where."
"That doesn't make sense either."
"Not a lot makes sense if you think about it."
"Like what?" The soul asked.
"Well there are a lot of things. Time, for example."
"Hmm...I guess so. Why don't we remember our past lives?"
"Souls aren't meant to fully remember those lives. You see, when the soul's vessel dies, it goes through... a filter, if you will. it releases everything except the small things that you tend not to remember. That is why a place or thing that happens can seem familiar despite the vessel never having experienced it", I explained.
"Oh. I suppose that makes sense."
"It does."
"How long have we been walking?"
I smiled. "Time doesn't matter. We have simply been walking."
"This is weird", the soul stated
"It won't be soon."
"Why not?"
"You will not remember it."
"Why don't you let souls remember stuff?"
"Simple. It would overwhelm you and you would go mad and collapse upon yourself", I told the soul.
The soul seemed to be in thought.
After a few moments, it said, "Why do you refer to yourself as "I" if there's more than one of you?"
"Ah, but you see, there is only one of me."
"But you are everywhere? Like air? You're just one big entity?"
"Now you've got it!"
"That makes sense."
"It does."
"Where are we?" The soul asked after a few moments of silence.
"If you'd like me to specify, we are around 1780. As a matter of fact it does seem that it is time for you to depart", I told the soul.
"i'm not ready. Can't I stay longer?"
"But what would be the purpose? You will remember nothing. There is no point."
"Is there a point to anything?"
"You are starting to understand things." I smiled at the soul, then sent it to it's next life.
(A.N. So like this is the first thing I've posted and yeah, I'm excited i guessXD I hope it's cool and stuff)
