The lights flicker off as he steps out of the apartment. he walks to the railing looking over the city and setting sun. cars and bikes fly through the air stopping only at the floating lights that flash red, green and yellow.

wishing he could have a flying model of a car he looks to his left towards the stairs and walks to his regular 4 wheel car to leave the apartment complex.  "Ping." he looks down at his phone as he starts the car to see a message from his professor.

  "Where are you i took the time out of my day to help a worthless student such as yourself just for some extra credit and you dare to make ME wait. Jacob if you arent here within the next 10 minutes you are failing this class!"

Jacob looks back up and doesn't dare text back. he puts the car in gear and speeds out onto the street. his tires screech as he speeds away.

I cant fail this class i have to get there now... ill be late if i keep up this speed.  he speeds up not caring about getting in trouble. he continues down the street in urgency and rounds the last street corner next to his university. as he does this a person walks out onto the cross walk.

Jacob slams on the breaks but the car screeches forward towards the person. "MOVE!!" he screams as yanks the wheel of the car and veers to the right in an attempt to avoid the guy. A crashing sound is heard as he burst through the railing and down into a lake. Jacob watches as his car tumbles down the hill into the water, breaking the  surface; the car jerks forward and he hits his head on the steering wheel. his vision blurs, he touches his forehead and feels a cold but warm sensation, he pulls his hand away to see blood. he looks around struggling to keep his eyes open. a sudden tiredness rushes over him. he watches as the water rises past the driver side window. he looks to the windshield and sees only darkness. water begins to pour through the Air conditioning vents and spills onto his feet. he feels around for something, anything that will break the glass so he can get out.

 He finds nothing but a notebook and his pen. water continues to fill the space, he unlatches his seat belt and starts banging on the window in hopes to break it. "Please... someone." he looks around in angst, the water now chest level and rising faster than before. He rubs his eyes and feels a sudden urge to close them and go to sleep.

 Jacob presses his face against the roof and breaths in and out, the water now almost filling the whole car. He takes one last breath and goes under knowing their isn't any more space left to get a breath.He continues to beat on the window until his lungs are about to burst.

  If only i had woken up on time i wouldn't of been speeding, All of this could of been avoided. i haven't done anything with my life, ive slept it away and played video games. not once did i have anyone close enough to call a friend. he thinks back to his childhood and about his parents. He thinks of how they will react when they hear that... that im dead.

the air inside of his lungs is now burning like fire. he cant hold it in anymore. he heaves a sigh and lets it out and the water invades his mouth and nose. he clutches at his throat in an attempt to hold back the water from surging into his throat and lungs.

He continues to struggle until he feels lightheaded and the water choking him, he falls back into his seat and looks at the blackness through his windshield as he feels his eyes heavier then they've ever been before slowly close. darkness, the only thing he sees; is now almost comforting. he lets his thoughts and feelings drift away into nothingness.

 Darkness now the only thing he can see, Jacob reaches out to feel for anything in hopes to feel something. He feels around to feel only a smooth floor.

"Where am I? Can anyone hear me!" Jacob screams into the void. His voice echos around like hes in a large room. he continues to feel around, hoping to maybe touch the steering wheel or his notebook.

"This must be a dream. no way did i die... right?" Jacob steadies himself and stands up. Suddenly the ground starts to vibrate and a slight buzz can be heard from all around him like a train is coming straight for him.

A light appears behind him slowly, in an instant the area around him is lit up. He looks around to see high rise ceilings in what looks to be a large church. He turns toward where the light came from and saw a figure. the light seeming to emanate from behind them.

The curvaceous figure starts moving closer to him, Jacob can clearly see them now. It was a Blond women with hair down to her legs. it gracefully floated down her back and didn't move naturally, almost as if it was suspended in the air. She was wrapped in what looked to be a white gown that extenuated her figure.

As she got closer Jacob wanted to back away, she was tall. Very tall, like 12 feet tall. The lady looked down at him and stared at Jacob. Jacobs heart skipped a beat when he saw her face. She was easily the most beautiful women hes ever seen in his life.. albeit was a short life.

She had glowing blue eyes with a small button nose and a round face, She noticed Jacob staring in awe and smiled. Jacob felt himself stand straighter unconsciously. Her smile melted him like candy in the sun. Jacob felt a sudden need to impress and not disappoint the women standing in front of him.

"I see your confused Sir Jacob." Jacob suddenly snapped back to his senses at the sound of her voice. "Yes! I am, I don't know where i am, And i'm pretty sure i just died!" Jacob felt his emotions return to him in a rush and wanted to cry at the mention of his death.

"I know Sir. Jacob, i will explain everything to you in time. But first we need to get you in some clothes." Jacobs eyes widened as he heard her, he looked down at himself and noticed he was completely *****. "AHH! What?" Jacob put his hands in front of his...junk, hurriedly.  "Why am i *****! did you do this!" Jacob screamed at the women accusingly.

"hahaha!" the women smiled and burst out laughing. "Of course not! You died, and your clothing isn't apart of your soul, so of course it didn't come with you." She smiled smugly and waved her finger towards Jacob.

A Bright golden light shot out of her finger towards Jacob and wrapped him in light. Jacob panics as he sees her do this. The light fades and he looks down to see a white shirt and pants on his body. "Wow..." Jacob looks back at her in disbelief. "How did you do that?"  she looks at him and smirks "That was Magic. But forget about that. follow me."

She turns back towards where she entered the room and turns her head back towards Jacob. "By the way, you can call me Zara." She turns back to walk again. Jacob doesn't feel like following her but She may can answer some of the questions he has. Jacob looks back to where he was at previously and noticed his pen on the ground. He walks over to grab it and puts it into his pocket and turns back towards Zara to follow her.

 As Zara walks out of the church Jacob follows closely behind. "Why does it feel like i'm a child being led by an adult.." Jacob thinks out loud. "i guess your a little surprised at my height." Zara says as she continues to walk. "Don't be too surprised, most people around here are usually this tall." she smirks and continues walking.

they continue to walk until they reach a large door that looks to go outside of the church. Zara softly speaks some wording that Jacob cant hear and the door slowly cracks and swings open.Bright light invades the space and Jacob is blinded.

Jacob rubs his eyes to adjust them to the light. when he opens his eyes a sight unravels before him that couldn't be described with just one sentence. Right outside the door is a large staircase that leads down into what looks like clouds. The clouds stretch out like a large field. Carriages being pulled by horses with wings are gliding along the surface of the clouds back an forth. More 10 feet tall people are swimming through the air and stopping to land on the clouds to walk around. Beautiful buildings are spread out here and there, some of them more grand than others but not a single one could be laughed at. The smallest one was as big as a mansion and covered in gold and silver and all kind of different valuable minerals.

"Wow..." Jacob stares in awe at the scene in front of him. "Don't be too surprised, isn't the afterlife supposed to be grand." Zara smiles and continues down a path of clouds after descending the church stairs. "So this is heaven."

"No not quite, i guess you could call it heaven. Its more like a waiting room for souls."  Jacob continues to stare and notices lights zooming through the air. "Are those the.. Souls?   "Yes."  Jacob looks at Zara and back towards the balls of light. "Then why am i not a ball of light!" Zara looks back at Jacob and smiles.

"Well one reason is that you were chosen."  "Chosen. by who?" Zara ignores Jacobs last question and continues to walk down the clouded road. As they walk, the buildings become even more grand.

"So, where are you taking me?" Zara lifts her hand for ward and points at a Large building in the distance, It wasn't the biggest building around but it wasn't in any way small.  In fact it would put the Yankees stadium to shame. Jacob thinks back to his old life again. "Don't worry Jacob, soon you'll be ridden of those sad memories." Zara says as she notices the sad look on my face.

"Ridden... your gonna steal my memories?" Jacob looks at Zara in disbelief. "Well, were not stealing. You were chosen to be reincarnated. and for an American such as yourself this is a rare occurrence. But to be reincarnated you need to have your memories form your past life removed."

Jacob laughs aloud to himself..."No."

"What did you say?" Zara says as she stares at Jacob wondering if she heard him correctly. "You do know that if we don't take your memories then we cant allow you to reincarnate."

"Then i wont reincarnate, ill just go to wherever those other souls go." Jacob looks back towards Zara with a glint in his eyes. Zara sighs loudly and turns back towards the building. "Well Sir. Jacob you don't have a choice." Jacob stares at Zara in defiance but notices Zara looking just as angry and decides not to say anything for the rest of the walk.

As they come to the end of the path and stop at the foot of the stairs leading up to the grand building before them Two more people who were the same height if not taller than Zara were standing there waiting for us.

"Mrs. Zara, Sir. Jacob! We have been waiting for your appearance."  one of the men said with gusto as he saw them. This man was the same height as Zara but had a more lumpy and round body and he wore glasses and a mustache that looked like it was sprayed on his face. definitely not as good looking as Mrs.Zara.

"Its good to see you Mrs. Zara. The ritual is ready at anytime." The second man said with a wily smile. This next guy was more appropriate looking. He had flowing blond hair and a jawline that you could crack an egg on. His eyes were just as shiny and pretty as Mrs.Zara's. But his smile was very proud. almost like he thought he was the the best looking man ever, and it showed on his face.

Mr.Glasses looked at Zara and me, "Follow me i will escort you two to the ritual site and we can get you a new life." Glasses turned away form us and started up the stairs with a pep in his step. The rest of them started to follow. Jacob stood there in awe at the whole situation but continued to follow. Welp,  lets see whats gonna happen.