What do you think of when you hear the word marionette?
A puppet.
A doll suspended by strings.Moving only when commanded.Smiling when told to smile.Dancing when told to dance.
Never thinking.Never choosing.Never free.
Yes… that was me.
For as long as I can remember, I lived as someone else's puppet , dancing in the palm of unseen hands. I called it fate. I told myself I was merely "going with the flow."
It was easier that way.
Until one day… the flow was disturbed.
Without warning, the strings snapped.
I felt it , emotions I had never truly owned before.Desire. Anger. Joy. Confusion.
Every action I took afterward filled my entire being with something intoxicating , excitement. But along with it came doubt. The beliefs I had built my entire existence upon began to crack.
The one I once trusted… noticed.
They saw that I was no longer obedient. No longer empty.
So they dragged me before a crowd filled with a faces I knew. Faces that once looked at me with indifference… now watching with fear.
I knew that day would become my turning point.
The events that followed are long and soaked in blood. I will spare you the details.
In the end… I died.
Yes. I died.
But not before making those responsible pay.
The destruction I caused was immense. Enough to stain history.And yet… I did not regret it.
Because in my final moments I had what I always desired.
Freedom.
Still… I had one regret.
I couldn't say goodbye to someone important. Perhaps we will meet again… in another life.
Good night.
Saying so I finally closed my eyes, my body slowly getting weaker until I can't feel anything. Only darkness remains as the world turned silent.
I don't know how long my soul drift in this world. Until suddenly I started to hear some sound, at first it's only an audible voice but as time passed the voice grow louder and louder, until I can hear the sound clearly. I recognize which sound it is. It's the sound of a rushing water. Not only that but the world also started to shake.
As I slowly open my eyes I was blinded by the sudden light that enter my eyes. It takes a few minutes for it to adjusted to the light.
I slowly looked my surrounding. The first thing I saw is how bright the sky is, perfect weather to go on picnic. Why do you think I say picnic? It's because of how my body positioned, that I have to see the sky the moment I opened my eyes.
But I quickly deny this though when I see my surrounding.
I realize that I was surrounded by a thick wall made of a woven wood material. Then I inspect my body, only to realize that I was in a baby body.
It's seems I was reincarnated, and not an ordinary reincarnated at that since I just saw some bird flew by since it's a bird I don't know and known at the same time. It's because I only see it inside a game and anime in my last life. It's a Pokémon.
Yes, I was reincarnated in the world of Pokémon.