Chapter 2: Death and Rebirth

Chapter 2: Death and Rebirth

11 : 55 2/2/2026 : Kennesaw Georgia

*Thump*

Closing the door to my car after parking on campus, I started heading to class.

-Only have a few more months left..-

I was a 23 year old who nearly had a Masters in computer game design, it's basically computer science except in the realm of games.

I had always enjoyed coding, to have the freedom to create my own world in the form of a game let me realize at least part of my unrealistic wish for true freedom.

It let me turn my dreams into something I could show to others, and it helped me realize my talent for visualizing things, even if they were super complicated.

-Man if only I lived in one of those novel worlds with magic, I think id be pretty good at it.- As I thought about what Id do in a fantasy world, I let out a little chuckle with a smile on my face. -Haah.. if only..-

Walking through the campus, I smelled the food trucks that made my mouth water and my stomach growl.

-I wish I could grab something but..- I checked my phone and saw the clock display 11:59 on the screen.. -15 minutes till class starts..-

I quickly tried to put my phone back in my pocket but I was froze.

It felt as if time had been paused.

Reluctantly looking up, I saw a baseball-sized black sphere a few meters in front of me.

I never thought I had a fear of death, but looking at that black sphere made my legs go weak.

But I didn't fall over.. I couldn't.. I was stuck, unable to move.

After what felt like an eternity I managed to calm down some. I took deep breaths trying to not panic, to bring my focus back and process the situation but blurry memories started to flash in my mind.

-Is this.. death?-

Suddenly an unfathomable darkness encompassed everything. I couldn't see, hear, taste, or feel anything.

It felt like the air got sucked out of my lungs and I couldn't breathe.. I couldn't do anything except exist.. -what.. is happening...-

Winding up my front leg to break out of the 'egg thing' I was in, I suddenly realized, -wait I have 4 legs and... are those wings and a tail?-

Just as I was about to break out of the shell, some knowledge randomly surfaced in my mind.. -Ah right.. I'm a dragon now.. The dragon named Vasilias Ragnarok..-

Breaking out of the shell, I was hit with a sudden yet extreme hunger and began eating the shell like it was muscle memory.

After feeling a little satiated from eating the egg I finally took some time to look around.

I was in an absolutely gigantic circular room with fancy gold trim and carvings on the various pillars supporting the freakishly tall ceiling. The entire room was white and gold, with a massive pile of gold and treasures in the middle.

I was sitting on top of it with 2 other eggs next to me, a small bundle of feathers below each egg so we weren't laying right on the treasure.

It was truly beautiful but now wasn't the time to be admiring it.

Looking down at myself I noticed I had white scaled forelimbs with a very slight blue shade when looking at an angle. On my feet there were small, snow white nubs I assumed were supposed to be claws.

I spread out what I hypothesized were wings, and surely enough, behind me were two large wings with the same bright white scales.

Looking back by my butt I noticed I also had a pretty long tail.

"Hehehe" -I'm beautiful- With a bright, childish smile, a sudden wave of confidence washed over me.

I truly felt like I was the strongest in the world, it was a very euphoric feeling.

Looking around the room again, I noticed something that had caught my attention.

Slightly covered by the massive pile of gold was a purple and black cube, slightly bigger than me.

Although it looked like a cube, it was fundamentally different. -A tesseract?- Although it was just a guess, it was the best I could think of.

It didn't make any noise even though it seemed to move in place.

It had a very surreal beauty to it and after staring for quite a while, a deep desire started to surface. Everything in my body was telling me to touch it.

Almost as if in a trance I slid down the pile of gold and touched it.

The moment I did, a mechanical voice appeared in my mind. "Conditions Met: Activating Procedure ◇̧̕≠̧҉∫∫̷§̷̸͏§̧͜͢†̶̷͢‡̴͞∝̶̢̕""