Heart part 1

Prologue

There once was a being, a god if you will. Can't see it? Well, it can certainly see you. All it did was watch. What did it watch? Everything. From a pebble drifting down a river, to ants roaming across the forest floor, to a human much like yourself. No matter what it saw, it never lifted a finger. Because this being had no hands. But don't let that fool you into thinking it couldn't do much. It could do about almost anything your mind and beyond could conjure. Create endless pools of gold out of thin air, erase anything it wants with just a single thought, and spring life from only a single drop of water. Despite this though, all it would do was watch from the sidelines and take in all the feelings of the things they watched. All this being did was feel, study, and observe.

One moment like every other, this being snapped awake in the body of a human, an old man in particular. They were lying in a hospital bed with IVs and machines strapped to them, in what looked to be a patient's room. Surrounding them were the saddened faces of unfamiliar people, crying and seemingly grieving. The being had no idea what was going on.

Memories began flooding their head. Ones that at first, they thought weren't theirs, but soon they realized they were. These memories were from a life they don't ever remember living. But whatever this was didn't last long because soon the being's vision faded to black and they could feel themselves losing consciousness.

This feeling, the being knew it well, it was the feeling of death. They felt this feeling in many other creatures when they perished. Then, without even a second passing, the being awoke in another human's body. This time in the body of a young woman. They seemed to be in the middle of a crosswalk in some city. Countless hoards of people walked passed and around the being as they stood there in a daze, trying to figure out what was going on. Like before, images of someone's life and memories they don't remember having began flashing in their head.

After a while, the people around them soon passed to the other side of the crosswalk. Not even a minute later, a large shadow turned the corner of a building and grew over the being as they stood there in a daze. The large shadow was from a semi-truck heading straight toward them, but their mind was too preoccupied with everything else to even notice. Before they even knew it, the being was plowed and killed in an instant.

This cycle of life and death continued on, and as it did the being learned more and more about their predicament.

To put it simply, they were in a 'reincarnation cycle', and the being quickly discovered that the godly powers they had before were now completely gone. As they went throughout this journey of reincarnation, the being set themselves a goal: Get out of the reincarnation cycle and become a god again.