Reincarnated as a Phoenix Chapter 1 – Rebirth

---I'd strongly advise reading the 'read ' if you haven't already just to get an idea on what you're about to read---

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Where am I? What happened? Wasn't I sleeping?

It's really dark in here.

Am I in a box? No, it feels round. A big oval ball perhaps?

Are my arms bound or am I just hugging myself? Wait, do I even have arms?

Damn it, this is making claustrophobic now. I need to get out as fast as possible otherwise I'm going to start panicking, need to break it open but I don't know what with. I'll bang my head against it if I have to.

I really hope this is so sick joke that soone pulled on , don't know anyone who would do such a thing though. I better not be getting kidnapped.

As my panic was setting it, I started thrashing about trying to get free and my head was the only thing I could move. Luckily, I think my nose smashing against the side seed to be doing the job as I started to hear cracking.

'Co on, just a little bit more'

A part of where I had been attacking then cracked off giving so light and so air. However, the light coming through into the darkness completely took back blinding and the air started to burn my lungs.

I started uncontrollably wheezing trying to breathe in this terrible air. Once my body adjusted to this shock and my eyesight had also started to adapt, I saw sothing extrely large in front of .

'What… the, FUCK IS THAT!?!'

Staring at with huge hungry eyes and a body that defied logic was a creature that scared the crap out of . Not literally, I think?

A dragon, a big black terrifying dragon. Black head, black scales, black everything.

'Yeah, the big scary dragon ans no harm. I need to wake up from this dream'

'Wait, can you read my freaking mind!?'

'Ok, can please one of you explain what the f- No, just what's going on?'

I had to stop myself from thinking about swearing, being smacked hurt.

'You sure that sounds right?'

Being called little one by the male dragon is starting to wind up slightly but from his perspective, I am tiny. I'll just have to deal with it. Thinking about it, I could eat sothing. I can't cook it though, can I?

'Can I have sothing?'

My father throws one of them into the nest. Then I realize sothing important. Can I even eat this? An eagle is the closest thing I can think of that might be similar to a phoenix in looks so I reckon eating raw at is fine but it's not exactly appetizing.

Still looking at the small poor dead goat next to , my appetite starts to fade even more. I did eat at a lot back in my previous life but I never had to actually carve it up. And even if I did, I would have arms and a knife, not a beak and wings.

Yeah, I'm not hungry now.

At least my mother understands my physical struggles. Even if I don't want any now.

The male dragon rips a large portion of the dear off and starts to chew it down finely. I imdiately realize what's about happen, I most definitely don't have an appetite anymore.

'Umm, actually, I'm not hungry anymore'

'That's not the worst option'

'This is disgusting, I'm not doing it'

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I ended up doing it. I think my survival instinct took over.

That was, extrely humiliating to say the least. What makes it even worse was that the regurgitated at didn't even taste that bad. It still wasn't great, reminded slightly of undercooked mashed up lamb. Just might have been better if I could actually eat for myself.

Just why the hell am I a blasted bird?

Anyway, now that I've cald down a lot and filled up, I actually start to have a look around .

Starting off with the nest, it actually is surprisingly comfortable considering its basically just a pile of furs stacked up high on each other. I have no idea how long it would have taken to get this many animal corpses but considering these two are dragons, probably not that long. I think they sleep on the cave floor though so the furs are just for the nest.

There's also another egg in here that in my stressed-out state, I forgot to notice. I assu it will hatch soon but have idea if it will or not. It's roughly the sa size as .

Actually, thinking about it, I'm a lot bigger than what an eagle would be full grown right now. I might end up being the size of a dragon when I get bigger. That's not a pleasant thought.

It still makes no sense why two dragons end up having a different species hatch from their egg but I'm past questioning everything now. Whatever's happening, I'm kind of resigned to just accept it.

As for the rest of the cave, obviously the size of it is gigantic. To be able to fit these two dragons in, it clearly would have to be big. And seriously though, mother is a lot bigger than father.

I guess father must be into bigger won then. And no, that wasn't a fat joke! She literally is twice his size. She's not fat, okay?

There is also a small pond, no reservoir? It doesn't matter what it is called, there's a small hole in the ceiling of the cave which when it eventually rains, water must pour through it into this reservoir. It's pretty cool to be honest how it's naturally ford like that.

The last part of what I can see isn't actually in the cave itself, it's the entrance. All I can see outside is the sky and clouds aning this cave must at the top of the mountain.

Of course, it would be on top of a mountain, dragons like mountains, right?

Now that I'm done noticing everything, I kind of feel like I'm missing sothing. I've supposed to be reborn as this mystical bird so shouldn't I have sothing else? Like a system or a way of levelling up or sothing like that?

'System? Status? nu?'

Of course, that didn't do anything, I'm so stupid. I wonder if saying it out loud might work. No, it probably won't.

'Shit, I thought you were both asleep. Just trying out if I have a special power or sothing like that'

'Well, it's not though. I did live as a human before'

I would tell these two about it but I don't think they really care all that much. Maybe they don't like humans or they just have no interest in the past. I'm fine sharing or keeping it hidden anyways. My life wasn't all that morable.

'So, how does power work in this world then?'

'I an, is there stuff like magic and how do dragons breath fire? That sort of thing?'

That, didn't help at all. He must really hold so disdain to mortals or magic then. I won't ask him about that again.

'Is it kinda like shouting?'

The second I thought that, my mind instantly went to an old video ga about dragons. I wonder if that's been re-released on the toaster yet. I wanted to get it on my microwave as well.

'What about species of dragon? And what even is a phoenix?'

I know a little about Greek mythology but that doesn't an it's the sa story over here. Don't rember ever reading about a dragon hatching a bird.

It's just as I thought, there’s no good information on what I am. It's a sha but what can I do about it? I'll just have to rely on what I know for now.

So, he isn't into bigger won, he's into stronger won. Each to their own, I guess.

Shouldn't she be orange like then if she's strong with fire though? That's kind of a pointless question so I'll ignore asking that.

That kind of goes against the myth though. There are only supposed to be one at a ti and isn't it only supposed to live for five hundred years? That's still a heck of a long ti though if it's true.

'I'm supposed to live that long with no arms?'

'I doubt it'