A million requiems unfold before my eyes as this flashing light envelopes my body. Just what have I become?
Heat continues to build up around me as stars run rampantly through their own lives, as mine stagnates and reverses. I failed to notice something as crucial as myself. Strangely enough, I had been traveling with great precipitancy throughout the cosmos. Time flowed both around me and through me.
I reckon only an hour passed for me, but my sense of self made it so I never truly noticed the rapid expanse of time that had truly passed. Eventually, it became clear to me that I made it back six months ago, before the tyrannical dragon god made their rampage through my planet and plunged my very way of life into cinders.
My mind began to run ablaze with sheer rage. I felt as if with all these emotions fluttering and building up within me, I'd simply explode. Though I refused to accept or show anything, given how futile anything was.
"More than anything, I simply wished I could've saved my friends or myself."
This thought echoed like a ripple within a large pond. With my body set ablaze, slowly being reduced to ashes within the endless expanse of space, I wondered if the benevolent creator of this world intended for all this to happen.
I refuse this path.. I must take things into my own hands. I've got to change my fate no matter what. No.. I've got to change everyone's fate with the same bang that ended us all. It was only then a voice shuttered out from the great expanses of my world.
"He shows qualities for one of grace."
Uttered a benevolent voice. This voice came from a myriad of different worlds all at once. Full of possibilities and wonder.
"Not only that, this boy has all the proper conditions met to become a candidate. Along with the conditions being met, he shows determination in the face of defeat and despair."
Echoed another benevolent voice from afar. This one, however, came from a world devoid of anything, purely negatives and fallacies.
"I'll see to it that this child is given the "Bang" of revolution. A grace befitting someone who's destined for great change, much rather. You've already changed much, it simply hasn't occurred yet. Go on my child with my gracious blessing, attain the greatest honor and pleasure attainable. The link that binds us all." One more benevolent voice had joined in.
If there was one way to describe them, it'd be black, white then gray.
These voices faded briefly before my mind was elevated. I had attained a greater understanding for where I placed within this serene macrocosm.
Information flooded within my still-developing mind, grace candidacy, the link. Ascending to a greater power, gods, serenity, and the power I've come to possess. A flash of images came across my mind as this occurred, the endless cycle of life and death that circulated throughout the cosmos. For the briefest moment, I had come in contact with the greatest truth one will ever know.
I was struck by a bang, one that will set off a multitude of events, possibly leading to the collapse and reconstruction of everything we know. With the flash of imagery, my body was slowly reconstructed from whatever remained of the dragon god's rampage. The imagery told me of a manual that will guide my journey as one who has been graced.
"Come-forth, my divine guide—"
The manual appeared to me with a large font on the front: "Grace, How to! BANG edition." Only one page was available to me, in a large font at the top, it said Bang Traversal. With little hesitation, I grazed that page only to be shot even further into space, revolving around my planet at an even greater speed. I eventually came to notice my body got closer and closer to the ground, things became more and more familiar as I saw my life before the great disaster that befell upon us.
I saw myself momentarily while traversing at a great speed in the planets orbit, however the moment I saw myself I began speeding up towards that replica for an inevitable collision.
BANG!
"What's your name kid?.." muttered a concerned stranger waking with their wagon.
"..Astrea."
Eventually, I came to, everything felt blurry and out of place. I looked around and found myself exactly on the same road I walk on every day. At this realization, I hopped up and started running as fast as I could with a distressed expression on my face.
I patted myself down and realized I was back. I felt lighter, stronger, and relieved to know everything was back. I had to get to my friends. I rushed down the road with my bag swaying violently behind my back. The wind rushed through my hair as tears ran violently down my cheeks. I couldn't help but to feel a flurry of emotions seeing everything back to normal. Though it won't be this way for long, if today is the day I think it is then I have only a week to make sure things don't go downhill in 6 months.