Two Separate Lives: Ashen Series I

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER THREE:
SENTIENCE

[7 Years Later]

[Thanatian 3rd, 10th Year of the 7th Sildiran Emperor, 4:28MT]

[Location: Lightborn Duchy Manor, Acheian Sildira]

A young boy can be seen sitting down on a chair with a table in front of it. On the table are some leather-bound books with indecipherable letters as its cover, however, the translations of those letters are as follows... "Agnostic Mathematics for Beginners", "Magic in Simplest Form", and many more books related to magic. The boy took a quill from an inkwell and took an empty book with a cover page written with recognizable letters that say "Diary of Another World". He then opened the empty book and wrote on its first page. The letters are quite recognizable to the boy.

ENTRY #1
So... Here I am. I finally am able to write and speak properly. Took me 5 years as well. Since I...

"What to write..." the boy muttered to himself.

...woke up from a long sleep as a newborn person, I think about... 5 years ago? Yeah, probably. Anyways, I should introduce myself. My name is Ashen Lightborn, in this new world I am in. But, as far as I remember, I got struck by a car and hit my head, then I woke up inside the body I am in now.

"...Wow, it looks like a mess." the boy muttered again, this time, with a slightly annoyed tone.

Before that incident, I clearly remember my name from the world I came from. It was... modern, I'll just say that. And as for my former name, it was Alexander Ivan Calixtro. But, I'm okay with abandoning that name, I'm not living in that world anyways. The only thing I remember when I woke up in this body 5 years ago was my life in that world, how shitty it was, and... everything else is static. I don't know why or how I got transferred here. It's like... a memory gap of sorts. And when I try to fill in that gap, all I see is static, along with a text image in my head and an automated voice that says "Memory restricted by a higher being with consent from yours truly. Please do not mind about it. All will be revealed in due time."

And subconsciously, I follow the voice's "request" of sorts. Anyways, you're probably wondering why a 7-year old (yeah, I am a 7-year old, I was aware of my state when I turned two and couldn't do anything about it unless I re-learned how to walk, run, read and write) can write this well. As far as memory serves, I died at... age 16, probably? And somehow, when I learned how to do the basic stuff, muscle memory's coming up, allowing me to remember my past skills.

While I was Ivan, I remember I was smart, not too smart though, just, probably middle? But, I could learn things pretty fast, and I could analyze well... with the exception of art. So, that talent carried over to my Ashen Lightborn identity, and stayed there. I'm currently using my skills to my best.

The boy read over his writing and frowned. "....It... still looks like a mess..." Then he shrugged. "Oh well. Not like anyone's gonna read this. Only I understand English anyway."

I should explain my situation and this world's state. So. I'm reborn to this world. There's no name for it though. There's only one Sun, but I can always see two Moons. I asked my mother in this world (her name's Yllafaye Lightborn, she's beautiful and kind ^^) why there are two moons and her response is somewhere along these words.

"One Moon controls our water's movements, our seasons, and many more, while the other, smaller Moon allows the usage of magic. Both Moons then act like a mirror to the Sun's light and give us the light we need to see during nighttime."