The 1000 Year Great Sage - Chapter 1- 15 years before

I’m ridding my company car to work. I overslept, but I’m not too late, and because I had to skip breakfast, I’m feeling hungry.

I’m crossing a very big bridge on the city that I work, since I’m going to a meeting with a customer on the other side. A lot of traffic, but it’s kind of normal, at this hour off the morning. The traffic is slow and considering that I’m the last on the line, I’m feeling lucky that at least it’s moving.

This bridge is very large, there are 2 lanes going and 2 lanes coming on the other side.

On the right lane, facing the river, there’s a school bus, filled with happy jumping kids. There’s one little girl with blonde curly hair and blue eyes looking very serious at me. Strangely, all the other kids are fooling around, but she is just sitting there, looking at me, very serious. I tried to make her laugh, I close one eye while putting my tongue out while looking up, but she didn’t change her expression. Strange…

I heard a noise coming from the back. A sound off something blowing up. I look through my rear mirror and I couldn’t believe. A truck on the right lane, with the engine on fire, was on a straight curse with the school bus. The traffic in front of me and on the right lane, start to move. The school bus started to move. I reacted. My hands moved. My foot moved. The little girl with blonde curly hair and blue eyes was still looking at me, got up, and scream through the open window of the bus:

Little girl – Are you going to do something?

As soon as she said that, I press on the gas. Turn the wheels to the right, accelerate, change to the right lane, put on reverse rear, and accelerate backwards. Since the truck was not coming at high speed, I thought that I would be able to slow it down or at best of chances, stop it. Right before my car hit the burning truck, I knew:

Me – Shit, I’m going to die…

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Me – ???????????????????? Strange. Nothing hurts. Can’t see a thing. Ups, my eyes are closed. Guess I closed my eyes waiting for the impact from the truck. Stupid….

I open my eyes.

Me – Weird. It’s dark around me, I’m floating very high above the clouds, I’m not falling, can only see a world down there with a strange topography, two moons on my left, strange disposition of stars above me, one little girl with blonde curly hair and blue eyes looking very serious at me on my right…

Something is not right. I can’t be floating without falling, I was going to be hit by a truck in fire.

There’s one little girl with blonde curly hair and blue eyes looking very serious at me??????????????

Me – Hello little girl. Strange to see you here. I think that I’m dreaming after I got knocked by that truck, but at least now I’m seeing your pretty smile.

No reaction …

Me – This is the part when you think I’m funny and you start smiling and saying ‘you’re funny mister’.

And still no reaction …

Me – I hope that you and all the kids on that school bus are Ok. If not, I’m feeling kind of stupid for that stunt that I did. I really hope that everyone is alright and I’m just dreaming on a hospital bed, all messed up.

Little girl – Everyone is Ok, but you are not on a hospital bed dreaming. I’m sorry.

Her expression changed. She looked at me with a gentle smile, and I understood immediately.

Me – I see… Well, if all the kids are Ok, I’m glad. And it seems that you are also Ok, so I guess I did a good thing.

Little girl – Why did you throw your car in front of the truck and ended your life like that? It was because I spoke to you?

Me – No. I was already moving the steering wheel and putting on first gear. It was just a coincidence that I press the gas when you yelled at me.

Little girl – I knew it already. You knew what was going to happen, but still, you rushed your car against that big truck. Why did you do that?

Me – Why not? A school bus full with little kits just having fun. Little kids !!!!! Of courrse anyone would do the same thing.

Little girl – I’ve been watching your kind for many, many millennia. You guys always surprise me.

Lately, I’ve been impersonating this body trying to find someone like you, willing to even throw their life to help others. It’s been hard…

Me – That’s strange. Normally anyone would do anything to protect little kids.

Little girl – Normally, anyone freezes on a dangerous situation. Or takes a second to react and actually be off significance. You did well, and for that, I thank you.

Me – You caused that accident????? You knew that something like that was going to happen?????