[WP] You have just died, and your eternal fate is being decided in trial by combat. Every deed you have ever done, good or bad, is now manifest as a soldier in a battle to determine the fate of your soul.

The crowd is roaring. I can hardly hear myself think. The screams shouting range from "Kick his ass!" to "You can do it!"

Then a man dressed in all black comes from the stadium and raises a single finger. The crowds screams are immeduately silenced.

"We are here to determine the fate of Jon Raven" the man in black proclaims. "Every single deed Jon has ever done will manifest itself and aid or attempt to defeat the soul of Jon. BEGIN!"

And just like that, every thing I've ever done in my 18 years of life floods into my mind.

The man I held the door for transforms into an old weak but loyal warrior that vows to defend me.

The kid who I bullied manifests into a form of pure hatred and frustration hell bent on killing me.

I remember the time I gave my friend a pen and paper in class. That transforms into my sword and shield that I use to slash the Hatred's back right after he kills the old man.

My mother whom I resented my entire life becomes a creature of evil from which my mind still cannot comprehend. The creature dives onto me and manages to slice my arm.

I seach relentlessly for something good I've done but all I can remember is the evil. Forms of hate, fear, violence and everything unpleasant begin to spawn around me.

It's hopeless.

Then, I remember one thing. I remember the child I pushed out of the way. I remember the child's life I saved in place of my own. The ultimate sacrifice. Redemption...

The child comes from the sky as a humanoid form of pure light. He slowly descends next to me and remains motionless while the beasts stare in fear.

The Light the erupts and sends a holy shockwave which destroys all the evil I've done in my life in one wave.

"Thank you, Jon." The light utters. "I hope one day to save a life like you saved mine. Good luck on your journey."

The light dissipates in front of my eyes before I can say a single word.

Two golden gates open and I walk through. Not damned but redeemed.

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