[Abandoned]Matthew, a 16 Year Old teen from Chennai, India dies and finds himself reborn as Shaun Summers. He tries to navigate the mystery of his rebirth and memory retention in spite of the said rebirth and goes on an adventure. But things are alw...
A/N: I know that my profile says that I am working on a fanfic in the romance genre. I am trying to make it epic. But in the meantime, I am going to write this standalone fic set exclusively in the Buffyverse. Also, there may be some minor descriptions of trauma throughout this fic. Spoilers for the entire Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. I haven't seen Angel except for one or two episodes of season 1. So if there are some inconsistencies with that show, I am prewarning you. I'll stop blithering on now.
December 1, 2015
It had been raining heavily for the past 2-3 weeks here in my hometown Chennai. Also especially in the suburbs of the city where I resided.
But today was the worst. It rained cats and dogs. My house was now plunged into darkness. All we had with us were some candles, hand fans and a radio.
"Welcome to All India Radio Chennai." The female radio host announced.
I and my parents listened to the radio in attention mode.
"Today's news. Due to the historic rainfall of more than about 34 cm, the official death toll as of now is 52. The figure is expected to rise as the rain is still continuing and today has been announced as a public holiday" She continued giving some more devastating news on the flood.
I have always prayed to the Hindu Rain God consistently to have more rain. It was not for the general benefit of society but for my own selfish reasons.
More rain meant flooded roads which resulted in a holiday being announced for all the schools in the city. What? I'm sixteen!
I hate going to school. Of Course, I could have ditched school but when you have overbearing parents like mine who know my every move, it is impossible to do so.
I am reasonably good in academics in the sense that I always score above 90%. You get the gist. I was also preparing for JEE exams which were one of the toughest exams in the whole world. So, while I was good at studying, I absolutely loathed it because of how stressed it made me.
But now I am starting to regret that prayer. There were some reports on the radio that the entire ground floor and the first floor went under flood waters in some areas. This made me extremely scared as we were on the ground floor of a high-rise apartment.
"Matthew, don't worry. This rain will most probably subside tomorrow." My parents reassured me.
I just nodded my head. I had a bad feeling about this but I went on to sleep because it was nearly 10:30 PM at night.
After some time, I found myself awake but weirdly unable to open my eyes. I felt like I was breathing water and choking on it. I felt a burning sensation in my chest. I shook my body and my hands vigorously in a sense of reflux. Still, after all that, I felt like I was dying.
And died I did.
Someplace I don't know yet
I found myself gasping and awake. When I look into the mirror, I found myself looking like a Hollywood celebrity. Asa Butterfield to be precise.
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