Star Wars: The Rise of New Order

Chapter 3: Chapter 3: The Gifts (1)



A little more than Ten Years ago...

"Huh, am I alive?" Jayden muttered to himself.

"No, that's not it. I can sense, but I can't feel anything or see anything. Everything here is dark. If I am not dead, then I am definitely in a coma", Jayden felt saddened, remembering what happened.

The scenario that landed him here was not as glorious as saving some kid from an accident or saving a damsel in distress from goons gone wrong.

It was his stupidity.

Jayden had a fight with his girlfriend, who cheated on him with some rich bastard she met at a mall. When he learned about this, he first confronted his girlfriend, broke up with her, and left her house.

He was angry and wanted to beat the bastard for stealing his girlfriend.

He was so immersed in picturing beating that bastard while driving his car, he didn't see the vehicle that was coming in the opposite direction. In the last minute, he was able to swerve it away, but that happened on a mountain road..

One can easily imagine what happened next.

The car that Jayden was driving fell off the cliff. While in transit downwards over the cliff. Jayden lost consciousness, but before that, he knew that he would die.

Now, after waking up, Jayden was not sure whether he was alive or dead.

"I hope I am dead. I remember the accident. If I am alive and in coma, I most probably broke every damn bone in my body. If I wake up from this coma, then I would have to live with a broken body and a bill that would make death look sweeter than life", Jayden thought with a hint of sadness.

Though he thought it would be better if he were dead, there was a part of him that wanted to live.

Who would want to die?

No one.

Even the ones who commit to leave this world, a part of them wants to live, but some situations force them to that end. If given the chance, they would want to live longer.

Even he was no exception, but living in a broken body with a huge bill on his head, that is not a life one wants to live.

Moreover, he was an orphan. Except for some friends he made during the time in the orphanage, he didn't have many acquaintances. Not many would miss him.

So, he didn't feel sad about leaving that life.

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While he was lamenting about his life, it was then that Jayden heard an ethereal female voice, which came 

He instinctively turned around to look who was speaking, or at least that's what he thought he did, but he couldn't feel anything regarding his movement.

"What was that? I think I turned around, but I couldn't feel my movement at all", Jayden was puzzled by what was happening.

"Child, it looks like you are having difficulty comprehending what happened. You are dead and this is the void", the ethereal voice came again.

"So, I am dead", Jayden sighed in disappointment.

Though he wanted to be dead rather than be alive with so many burdens, a part of him wanted to be alive after all.

"Thank you for giving me a clarification, but who are you, and why can't I see you?" Jayden asked.

"Who I am may be difficult to comprehend for you at this stage. So, you can just call me ROB", the ethereal female being said.

"Regarding why you can't see me, well, it's best that you don't see me. Your soul would burst if it sees my true form", the ROB warned.

Jayden nodded in understanding.

He has read a lot of webnovels, including many fanfictions, where stories go in many directions, like a multiverse. Sometimes, the fanfiction stories are better to read than the main stories. It was not like the main stories were bad, but many stories have too many bad things that happen in the stories.

The best examples were Naruto or Game of Thrones.

In the start, they may look happy and good with how they start, but as the story goes on, one would see how much sadness was stored in the future or in the past.

Naruto was raised as an Orphan, and never knew his parents' names. He would have thought that his clan might have hated him, at least when he was too young to know all the clans present in the village.

He might have understood later on that there was no Uzumaki Clan in the village. That could have raised another sorrow for him, and that was the death of his clan members.

With every clan member dead, he would have thought he had no family to properly bond with.

Game of Thrones was different, as it killed off the main characters, making the fans sad about their deaths, more than a few times.

So, many of the fanfictions would be written in a way that these favorite characters get what they deserve, not what they got in the story.

From these fanfictions, he came to know what ROB represents. It was a single being, but someone who shares similar power and are very powerful. Seeing their true form might obliterate his soul, which he didn't want to, as there was a chance that he would get a new life and didn't want to miss out.

Seeing that the boy understood, ROB continued to speak, "Since your life ended prematurely, I would give you another chance at life. You can choose where to be born and in addition to that, I can grant you three gifts, as long as they are not some insane things that can disturb the balance of the universe".

Jayden thought for a while. He spent a lot of time in watching movies, anime and reading webnovels. So, there are a lot of options to choose from.

After a minute, he finally spoke, "I want to be born in Star Wars before Clone Wars on Naboo", he chose where to be born.

There are many worlds to choose from, but he wanted to be in star wars for a few reasons.

It was a Sci-fi mixed with Fantasy. There was much to explore or re-explore in the galaxy that was long forgotten. Also using the Force and a lightsaber would be pretty dope.


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