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Jordan, a normal boy with a huge and abnormal family filled with determination and adventure, had died because of a plane crash on the day he was supposed to die due to Cancer. And as he blacked out, he felt his body separated from him, like how you would drop something but can't reach it.

He felt empty and wanted to feel his body again, but it felt cold and as he realised it, everything was lifeless. He thought about it in an oblivious plane, he couldn't see himself nor anything around him, this was death.

He finally saw something other than darkness, there were 5 different types of stones with a lot of their kind, glowing with an ominous aura. He felt like he needed to approach it. But then felt like he was in a trap, suddenly, a voice spoke, telling him to touch one of the variety of stones, for it represented 5 options for his 2nd life. And he layed in silence, trying to remember anything the family may have said on this stage of their death. But turns out, they never actually told him about it.

The voice spoke up again, interrupting Jordan from his wondering, telling him that he must choose one. It was first obvious to him, but when he thought about it for a while, the voice actually said that he should choose the role he is to play for the world he's about to enter as his new life would begin.

The voice didn't give him any hint of what each stone represents, so he was anxious about it. If he chooses something, there might be a chance that he would become a peasant or worse, a villain. He can't refuse to choose, because if so, he will experience Death, the cold ending...

" I'll choose the green stone. "

The voice wasn't around at all, suddenly, a door opened with High luminosity. Jordan was confused, but then again, everything around him so far was confusing, so he didn't exaggerate much about it as he entered.

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He felt the blinding lights on his body and the heat surrounding him, but when he opened his eyes, he could see the sky. It was blue just like Earth, and the breeze lightened his mood. He looked around, wanting to walk, but he felt his body held by something.

That's where he saw a lady look down at him. She had pale skin and facial features just like a Latino American. Her hair cascaded down to his face, even though it was unkempt and muddy. She didn't seem to be happy, but she tried smiling again and again, but still kept on returning to her frown.

Another person came by, and this one was a man also pale with facial features of a normal American. His hair was cut brutally by something and he seemed to be tired with all the work he's been doing. The man looked sad in seeing his face too. But he tries to smile just like the lady.

Jordan noticed that the man was wearing rags and concluded that they might be poor and maybe worried about his future. But he got it a bit wrong, and he figured that out in the worst way possible.

In a few minutes, he heard people panicking and the lady who was holding him quickly hid him somewhere and closed the spot with some kind of wood. He was scared, what kind of creature would have roamed the area that would make people so frightened?

He gathered all his strength into crawling, and saw that even the clothes he was covered with were rags. He froze as soon as he heard something, like people talking, everything went silent, he couldn't understand the language, but the tone hints that it's not good news.

He looked through a little crack of the wood and saw the lady bowing down to the man in a Japanese way of saying sorry. And the man was bowing down in the way of the Europeans of presenting respect. So then again, he concluded that the men must be led by someone big, strong and fearsome, and maybe even someone close to monarchy.

The men who came had a leader, but the leader was ruthless as he kicked the man's face and pulled the lady's hair, talking in a set of maniac gestures and pronunciation. He couldn't bear the fact that he can't do anything about it, because that would mean getting himself in trouble or maybe even dying at this rate.

The men finally left, but they took the lady with them, the man seemed to be sad and wanted to fight for his wife, but he had no chance against armoured people who were armed by rifles.

After they completely left, the man opened the wooden closing and picked up Jordan. He realised that the man was his new dad and his wife was supposed to be Jordan's new mom. He unintentionally cried as his baby instincts kicked in, because he was hungry and had no way to communicate. But the man closed his mouth as he took him somewhere else. It was filled with people when they arrived and the buildings around them looked futuristic.

The people who were passing by his dad were either giving him death stares or gestures seemingly to depict disgust and agony. He wanted to stand up for his new dad so much, but he couldn't do anything as he was now just a baby boy.

The man went through several alleyways and once encountered a group of shady people that had rifles and knives. They didn't do anything to him, and he just passed by without looking at them in the eye.

He wandered through the big, futuristic city filled with people of different sizes and different colours: He would sometimes see a short person with elf ears and an aggressive attitude or a giant with a gentle attitude. Humans weren't as populated, but there are groups of them roaming around, clinging tight into each other, uncertainty covering their faces.

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He would also see the same people practicing magic, but it was only levitation and transportation. He felt a little bad for this world, but then again, it's better off being like that, otherwise the man that took his new mother would have been done with a threat worse than getting kicked and pulled.

After a few hours, the man reached a place filled with plants and he went right in, to see the beautiful landscape, in which it only turned out to be a hologram. And a lady sat on a floating couch, looking through people's lives like a normal TV.

The man approached her and did the same bow to her as he did to the aggressive men. Jordan concluded that she might be someone powerful too, so this time, he used up all of his energy so that he could make a barrier that would activate before his new dad would receive any threatening danger in the surroundings of a hundred meter radius.

The man suddenly spoke English, who got him by surprise and gasped in awe -

" Ms.Whitlock... This is my new son, I hope you could take care of him, I could sense a lot of mana in him, maybe he could be from a world close to your homeland? Maybe even related to... "

The man paused as he and Jordan saw bluish-black hair bouncing with the witch hat on her head. Sweating, he quickly retreated into a bit of a failed voice.

" Never mind what I've said, please, at least give him some attention. "

Jordan was bamboozled with questions circling around his head at the speed of the Bullet Train -

' Whitlock? Could she be from Earth? From America? She has to be an American! Or maybe even a family member of mine! Could this be the past? No, it has to be the future... But then again, where would this be? It has some connections with western pop-cultures as far as I could see, but it's so futuristic!! Or maybe it's something Chinese since they're so serious about technology! Or maybe... - '

" All right little guy! stop yapping around with a million questions! I can read your mind and it's making me go nuts. Silly me, don't you remember who I am? "

He took a closer look at her, she had short black hair that barely touches her shoulders with a good physique and pale skin. Her eyes had a slight blue colour but mainly filled with a glowing turquoise. Wait a second, she had a bracelet, pretty edgy but still beautiful, he widened his eyes as he took in every detail of it.

" ... Isn't that what I made for... "

The lady chuckles sheepishly as she turned back to her screens, clearly concentrated.

" Josephine! Is that you!? "

The man had jumped in shock at Jordan's suddenly screaming and almost dropped him. But his cousin had saved him just in time. He was floating up and down in her spell and she giggled when she realised who exactly he is.

" It's amazing how we would see each other like this! But then again, nothing is surprising for the Whitlock family, aren't I right? Jordan? "

" Of course... "

Out of all the people to meet, it had to be her. Jordan was never fond of her. But in this case, as much as he wanted to leave her be and be on his way, all he could do was act as nice as he could, not wanting to bump into people even worse than she is.

" Does that mean Mom is also here? "

She grinned. Grinned in the most evil way Jordan has ever seen.

" Maybe, maybe not, it depends on whether she died or not. She's a tough one so there's less chance of dying unless we had crashed into the seas. Besides... "

She then gnashed her teeth as she turns back to the screen, the man also shocked at her reactions. She muttered these crual words out of her, as if she wanted to say it for a long time.

" She's better off within a beast of some sort, always so picky like any old lady... Oh well, haven't seen her yet... But when I do... "

The man just looks at her talking non-stop, clueless and speechless as he was, he just slowly left the house they were in without him. He didn't understand why the man would do this, but then he got an idea. So he spoke with them the sweetest voice he could do.

" José, could you maybe adopt me? "

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She almost jumped when he called her with a nickname, which he had never done. She then shivers a bit before answering, not wanting to adopt him at all. But then she suddenly grinned, remembered something and then spoke about it with a proud face.

" Adopt you? Your father is my slave so you're my slave too. "

" There's no way to adopt a slave on your own? Wait a minute... I'm a slave!? "

He shivered a bit at the thought, he had gotten the worst possible life, a life serving the worst member of the Whitlock Family. But she seemed calm and even pleased as she talked in a proud face.

" Unfortunately, yes, I can adopt you but that means you either had to be my apprentice or have to be my personal assistant 24/7 289. "

" Isn't a year supposed to be 365? "

" The year's shorter here. "

" Well, that could make sense. But still, why do I have to work for you to be adopted? "

" Slaves here have to work to earn anything, it's kind of a rule, you must work for me as my apprentice or personal assistant for 5 years in order for you to become my son. "

He gasped for breath, trying to take in the information he just heard. But he just couldn't accept it, but all he could do was complain on the inside and agree on the outside.

" I can do that! I just need to adapt to the environment and I'm ready to go. But... "

Some thing got hold of his mind as Josephine then turned to look him in the eye, observing him.

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Josephine had an angry look in her eyes as she read his mind yet again. But she wasn't angry at him, but rather, something else.

" Uncle Barren had taught you magic but not me!? "

" I mean - you never asked him to, so why should he? "

" That's a good question, fine, there's something more serious going on now - "

Suddenly, someone knocked on her door. She quickly turned off the hologram, revealing the room to actually be a bookstore. She also changed her looks by magic into a decent and young lady. She went over to the door, but then remembered Jordan.

So she quickly cleaned him instantly with her wand and put him down on a chair that was nearby with clothes that fit him. She held her breath as she finally opened the door, and men charged into the room - the same men that had taken away his mother.

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