No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no.

That was the only word that was going through his mind at the moment, that word digs into his mind the fester, to grow, to cement itself within him. Why! Why did it have to be this world?
Why! FUCKING why

Thinking about that pain, how his body gave out and fell to the floor. The putrid smell of his vomit on the floor, that feeling of hopeless of the inevitable: Death. But no! Fucking No, he had to get this ability in this world. Sure it was a useful ability on paper, but for the long run, he's going to do insane from it.

On the floor, Evan held himself, crying still from the experience of death for the first time. He just couldn't get it out of his mind still. So he needed to deal with it, if he was going to survive he needed to deal with his situation and try to figure out what the hell happened.

"Alright….Calm down Evan...just calm down. So what happened. I died, yes I know that. But how did I die"

Evan would raise his hand to his neck, he felt the bite wound? Then he started to think about how he died. Back then he was getting weaker, his strength was getting drained, he vomited on the floor that feeling reminded him of something. He remembers how Subaru died on the second loop of the mansion. That snake was a fucking ma-beast

"That fucking snake was a ma-beast, that means a curse is on my neck. GOD DAMNIT"

Kicking the sand around him in a rage, he was just pissed off at this point. He was in a desert, he was cursed to die at the end of the fucking day. Things weren't going his way

"Calm down, calm down. How the fuck do I get rid of a curse" On that night when he called out for help, those lights in the sky whispering to his ears. Those voices saying that they couldn't help him one bit at all. But those were spirits, somehow in his time of need, they came for him. But only to just watch him die.

"The Lights in the sky, those were spirits yes? yes, they were. So all I need to do, call them again and see if they can try to help this time"

Picking himself up from the sand, his body aching from that tumble he took from early. Putting his hands together, both hands pressing on each other like if he was praying. Evan didn't know how to call spirits, but he sort of had an idea on how to.

So he relaxed every mussel in his body and closed his eyes. His breathing became slow and soft as opposed to the fast and confused one's from earlier. He started to clear his mind slowly, trying to get fear out.
All the Anxiety from dying, slowly he got those emotions out. With everything set, he would say something

"Hello?"

"Hello"
"Hi"

"Why hello"

"Greetings"

"Hi"

Light whispers flooding into his ears, he didn't know how many spirits were there. But it sounded like there about 5 or 6 of them. But Evan asked another question

"Spirits, is there anything wrong with me?"

"Yes, your hurt"
"Bitten"
"The witch"
"Your Gate cursed"
"Need help
"Help"
"He needs help"
"Help"

The spirits were talking among each other, they sounded worried for the young soul.
All of them thinking of what to do about the young boy. Evan asked another question for the spirits to decide

"Is there a spirit who can help me"

His voice was tainted with desperation, a desperate call for help. The spirits would be talking among each other, trying to figure out what they were going to do. A glowing yellow light would appear in front of Evan, sure his eye's were closed but he saw a bright light shining through his eyelids

The yellow spirit: "I think I can help, child. Open you're eyes and look"

Evan opened his own eyes, the sight was beautiful. There were little white balls of light shining brightly. There were more of them than he expects, there was a dozen of them. But why did he only hear 5 voices? Maybe he wasn't that good at this to hear them all.

Right in front of him, there was small yellow light floating in front of him. While the other little white spirits would make way for her

The yellow spirit would fly up to Evan slowly, in a mothery voice it would say

The yellow spirit: "We can help you, break the curse. Poor child. Let us form a contract"

Hearing what the spirit said, surprised him. To have a spirit wanting to contract with him on the first meeting was interesting. But then again, Subaru's spirit affinity was very high, so maybe his was very high as well. Damn, was he just an imitation of that man?

"I would gladly form a contract, please I just don't want to die" For the first time in this godforsaken world, from the endless desert and his first death. He could have a friend, so evan would want to make the best of this

"I, a human. I offer you a contract. I wish for you to rid me of this curse. Come with me on my journey of mine. Protect me and I will show you the world"

Evan would a soft tone to his voice, it was laced with desperation. The isolation was killing him at this point, so this was going to be a make it or break it

The Yellow Spirit: "I, an Earth spirit will make a contract with you young child. From this contract, I will rid of the curse and protect you, young one. I accept these terms"

"Thank you" Saying those last words, the spirit would glow brighter and brighter. So bight that he had to cover his eye's one more. Slowly it died down to a soft glow, the spirit would float in front of him.

The yellow spirit: "Don't worry child, I could see a child die. So what is your name Little one"

"Oh, my name: It's Evan Landeros. What is your name?"

The yellow Spirit: "I don't have a name, you can name me whatever you want"

Evan would think about what to call this spirit. From the way the spirit talked and the tone, he could tell the spirit considered itself female. So he needed to think up a good name for a female.

He looked around for a second since he couldn't think up anything of his own. He needed to gain inspiration, there was nothing but sand and sky. He looked at the ground. He was surrounded by it, so maybe an earth-related name. It had to be cool sounding, something that people would remember. So he would think about some magical figures from history.

"Let's see, maybe...Greek mythology. Something with the ground...OOOOH, I got a cool name. What about Gaia?"

The yellow spirit: "That name sounds lovely. I would Glady accept it"

"Alright, then Gaia. About the curse thing, can you help me with it"

Gaia: "Alright, we'll need the help of the other spirits. Try to focus their mana to the spot of the curse, I will take care of the rest"

"Alright" Evan again didn't know how to draw mana from the spirits of course. Maybe it was like calling them, but this time he thinks he has another good idea. So Evan would look at the spirits, then he closed his eyes. He would start drawing mana from the air and spirits around him.

It felt like water was being poured onto his body, latching onto his body as he did so. Meanwhile, the spirit would fly up to the boy's neck, the flow of mana was strong and this curse break is going to make a lot of mana from him. So Gaia would focus mana to that part of his neck, the curse with the overflow of many would slowly break. With all of the mana being used to break the curse, his body felt weak. But after a few seconds, the spirit glew brightly again before flying up to Evan

Gaia: "It is done, the curse that was on you is now destroyed. Your mana is drained so let's take a little break"

Falling on the ground behind him, he felt like a weight was lifted off of him. On his face was a large smile, the other little smaller spirits would all disappear from the sky. Only Gaia was with him now

"Yeah, your right Gaia. So what do you want to talk about?"

For the first time, he actually had someone that he can talk to. Evan could tell they were going to be best friends. But he looked out onto the endless sands once again, he wondered what would happen. At least now he has a friend who can protect him now.

Chapter 5 complete: Thank you for reading I have been slowly getting better. But I am still improving, so please give me help in the comments. Also, don't worry I'll get to the important stuff in chapter 7 or something. Until next time