Chapter 1: Transmigration

“Hey, Aiden...”

“... Yeah?”

“ Is it time already?”

“ ... I suppose so.”

Creak...

The sound of an opening old wooden door break the silence. Behind it, an old middle age man, holding a tray of baby foods and clean white clothes for us appear, as usual. We start eating our meals obediently, wash ourselves using towels dipped in the cold water bucket.

After seeing we are done changing, he cleaned up and leave imediately through the door, and disapear along with it.

We live here, isolated from the outside world. It was a small, old room, with a single bed, a tiny table and no window. The only source of light we have was a fist-sized light stone and a little crack, as big as a baby's palm from the rocky walls. However, the sight was limited, and through the thick leafy branches, we are only able to distinguished between day and night. For as long as we remembered, we have been living here.

We are called Aiden and Alora in this world. We are twins. Orginally, we belong to a place called the Earth, and it seems like we are transmigrated to this place after we died. It was an unfortunate accident.

We are a twin boy and girl, both will be 17 this year. It was such a wonderful day. We went on our plane, exited for the trip to England to met with our parents and siblings.

It will be our birthday tomorow, exactly a week after we start school's summer break.

However, things just don't go as we planed.

During the time we crossed the vast ocean, a storm occurs, and the plane was hit by lightnings so one of the wings exploded. The plane fell from a height of over 10,500 meters then crumbled on the sea surface, breakdown and swallowed up by gigantic, fierced waves.

We died, drowned.

It was a scary experienced, but it was strange too. We felt sufficated for a breif moment, but the terrible feelings are gone now. Once we opened our eyes, it was dark and cramped.

Are we locked inside of a box? We were about to scream for help, when all of a sudden, a man's voice was heard.

“So, are these things the rumored twins?”

The box was kicked from the outside.

“It's ‘em, there are no way we got ‘em wrong since their appearance are so eye-catching.”

Another man replied.

“Since when did ‘that humble person' interested in strange things like these?”

“We just need to do want we are told, don't questioned anything, that is, if you still valued your lives” Another women voice, sounded grumpy.

“Deliver the goods and we're done” Said the man.

After a long time, the motioned stopped, and we can felt the box being lifted up by someone. Where are they bringing us?

It was then we are placed down and the box's lid was opened. The sudden light after being in the dark for so long almost blinded us. When our visions are clear and we looked, there was tall man, masked and cloaked.

He pulled us out forcefully, then take us to a dark forrest, deep inside. It was dawn. While passing through the forrest, trees and branches leave light scraches all over our body, even our clothes are torned up like rag.

He took us to a tall tower made of rocks. It looks sturdy and ancient, with bushes and green vines of ivys all over the wall. He unlockes a wooden door using a gold key adn through us inside. The last thing we heard when he leave us their was still vivid for us.

“Aiden, Alora, live here for the rest of your life like worms and try not to die before we can make use of you, ok?”

Creak...click

The heavy sound of the wooden door was heard closing. It has disappeared right infront of our eyes. We began to get ancious and panic. The was really gone. We don't even know where we are or what was happening earlier. As we scan through the room, it feels like this place was an old room for prisoners! The light stone was just enough to lit up this room and give us a clear view of what's inside. After a while, the boy start to speak.

“... Let's calm down first and see what going on here.”

They both decided to sit down on the bed together, the sheet was soft.

“Ahhhh...” gasped the girl, in supprized.

“Y...you, your appearance..., is that... really you, younger brother? Asked the girl.

Along with what she just said, the boy's facial expression seems amazed as well.

“ ...Something is strange about this situation, aren’t we, like, supposed to not be here, and even living, as that?” Asked the boy.

“I don't know, and whose body's this anyway? Why are we thrown in here? And what about the crazy bullsh\*t things that strange man just said?” Cried the girl, panicked.

“... Let me think for a bit, from what he have said earlier, hmm... Aiden and Alora, i can assumed that they are the ‘names' of these bodies we are in then. You are Alora, since it sounds girly, so i must be Aiden then.” Claimed the boy.

“ Seeing that we are going to live in a place like this, are we imprisoned after being kidnap?!?” Said Alora.

“... I supposed that was the most sensible option we can come up for now, so let's assumed we are.” Said Aiden, in a disheveled tone.

“ No way!!! I don't wanna live in a crappy place like this, it looks disgusting! And how are we supposed to live without food and water anyway! I want presents and birthday cake! I want delicious food and i want to see mom and dad! They must be so worrried! Wahh.... I wanna go home... Not here...” Said Alora, sobbing.

“... Let's just calmed down first, and then think of a way out together, sister.”

They start to look around for some useful thing, sadly, there weren’t any. It was quiet in the room. There are broken things here and there, covered in dust. A three-leg chair, a mug with chipped edge and a tall, old wooden grandfather clock. The big clock looks neglected in this room. It must have stayed in here for quite a long time, since the clock's hands stop turning.

We tried to open up the clock and fix it, but it didn’t work no matter how hard we fix, so we leave it like that.

Once again, the twin sat down on the bed again, tired and exhausted. They look at each other, saying nothing, hold hands and went to sleep.

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