Episode 5

"Anastacia"

He led me down a long, narrow corridor with several doors around until we reached a specific door. He took a key out of his pocket and opened the door. When we entered, I started to smell something that had been stored for a long time. Since my sense of smell is more sensitive, I clearly smelled the stench of mold and dust, but other than that, everything was organized.

Gui: I haven't been here in a while...

I started to look around, noticing the differences between humans and us. Unlike what I thought, everything was quite familiar. However, it still had its differences, like the place where the water comes out to drink, which looked like a small metal box, and the thing they stored cold food in, which also looked like a metal box, but straight and white.

"Humans like metal too..."

Where I come from, we have a kind of ice room where we put food to store. During the day, we take a sufficient amount of snow and take it to these ice rooms where most of the food is kept.

The glass windows here are huge, and you can see the whole city from them...

Anastacia: Interesting...

Gui: Glad you like it! There are cleaning supplies in the next room and food in the fridge.

"So the straight metal thing is called a fridge..."

Anastacia: All right, I don't even know how to thank you...

Gui: Getting well will be your way of thanking me.

Anastacia: Haha, thanks.

He left, and I was alone in that strangely comfortable space.

I went to the little room where he said there were cleaning supplies and did my best to get everything clean. Even with a few setbacks here and there, everything turned out great!

Then I went to the bathroom and remembered something very important.

"I HAVE NO CLOTHES!!"

What do I do now?

Suddenly, I hear a noise at the door, a sound like a [dingdong].

My head is racing, and I grab a broom to protect myself from whatever it is. I go to the door, and when I open it, I finally breathe a sigh of relief! It was Guilherme.

Gui: I realized you didn't have anything here, so I brought something...

He said, handing me a bag.

Anastacia: What is this?

Gui: It's... Women's things, like clothes, underwear, a razor, creams, and shampoo, a toothbrush, and... Pads.

He said the last part, turning as red as a tomato. But what is that? And what's so embarrassing about it?

Diane: Human women bleed from their private parts every month and use these to stop the bleeding.

* WHAT?? *

Now it was my turn to blush...

Even though this doesn't happen to me, I was perplexed. Human women bleed? What barbarity!

I took it a little apprehensive and embarrassed, then thanked him. When I closed the door, I went to rummage through the bag. The dresses that were there were simply magnificent and matched my hair. What an attentive human!

I went to the bathroom and started bathing; I took the opportunity to wash my strangely beautiful hair. After I got dressed, I went hunting for something to eat because it's been a while since I've eaten... I opened the fridge, and there were many things that looked good to make a meal. Diane taught me how to use their stove and cook! In my land, the stove was powered by mana.

When I finished, I went to the room to lie down. I don't know how much time passed, but it was already night. I got up, took a shower, and went to make something to eat...

Once I finished, I went to eat on the balcony while admiring the human world. It's much more beautiful here than I imagined, huge buildings, several vehicles moving on the street, and unlike the pack, everyone lives their lives without caring about the lives of others. Everyone has their own world here! I wish it were like that in the pack; it would avoid many disappointments.

Diane: Stop thinking about it and let's focus on our goal.

Anastacia: Speaking of which, when will you tell me who my sister is?

Diane: It's complicated...

Anastacia: Then uncomplicate it.

Diane: Your sister is paying for a sin from your past life while receiving souls to guide them to their destination.

Anastacia: What? I don't understand...

Diane: She is a reaper.

Anastacia: What? That exists?

Diane: In the past, you two were inseparable. You were cheerful and smiling, while she was closed off and grumpy. It was like light and darkness. Despite the differences, you were inseparable, and she only accepted physical contact with you... Over time, persecutions arose, making both of you face a cruel fate.

As my she-wolf told me, a huge tightness in my chest was reaching me. I don't know what this is since I don't even know her, but I feel as if my soul had been shattered a long time ago...

I feel my eyes watering, and without realizing it, I started to cry until I was sobbing.

"What is happening to me?"

Diane: I think it's better to let her tell you the rest. Tomorrow, we'll go to a specific place here in this state...

There she will feel you and find you.

Anastacia: All right...

I went to my room and cried all night long for the rejection and the story that strangely shook me to my core. Diane disappeared for a moment, leaving me alone with my anxieties and anguish...

"Narrated"

Meanwhile, on the other side of town...

On top of a building.

The icy wind whipped against the face of a cold and somber figure.

"Found her."

She said, throwing herself off the building and flying over the city towards her target. Her target was a car accident where two people had died. The souls of these two people were staring at the accident with sad expressions. The cold figure begins to speak the names the two souls had in life...

"Rafael Jackson Harris, 37 years old, husband, and father of two girls named Lara and Erica. Milena Parker Harris, 32 years old, wife and mother of two girls, Erica and Lara."

The two souls look at her, sad and dejected.

Milena: Can't we say goodbye to our daughters?

"No. Your reward in life will be reincarnation!"

The figure takes the souls flying across the city to a place that looks like a jewelry store. Arriving there, she opens a secret passage that gives access to a room full of hourglasses stuck to a dark wall full of precious stones. In the center, there was a modern glass table with three chairs, one behind and two in front.

"Follow me..."

Everyone sat down, and the figure began to narrate the lives of the two souls in a kind of huge parchment.

As soon as she finished, she asked if the souls would like to forget this life and reincarnate without the memories of their past life or recover these memories on a specific date in their next lives.

Both chose to forget...

"Great, then follow me..."

A huge golden door opens, revealing a deep light on the other side.

"Have a good trip..."

The couple entered the light, and the door closed.

Well, let me introduce the feminine and icy figure to you...

This is Amara, a reaper of over three thousand years old.

In her old life, she was a war dragon constantly acclaimed by her people, and the rest she will tell you later. She lets out a long sigh as she removes two hourglasses from the wall and speaks:

Amara: Seriously, these couples... Most of them only stay together because of their kids.

"That's because you haven't seen the divorced ones."

Said another reaper, entering the huge hall.

Amara: Can I ask why you're only arriving now?

"I had a mishap along the way..."

Amara: Help me with this paperwork here!

She said, throwing some papers on the table.

"Just because you're the elder reaper, you're always enslaving me, haha."

Amara: And you better work your side hustle quietly.

"What are you going to do? Kill me? Haha, I'm already dead."

Amara: Kill you, no, but report you to the divine...

"Hey... I'm only a thousand years younger."