I opened my eyes. Something doesn't seem right. Why do I think something was missing? What happened? It took me a while to get myself together. I slowly started to look around, nothing was there, not even one person. I was surrounded by loneliness. After a while I finally spotted two people in front of me who seemed to be talking about me because they always looked in my direction. Where did they come from? One of them had a black a coat with no face, that must have been death. So it seemed like I died, maybe he was here to take me to the afterlife. I looked at the other person next to him. They were dressed in a white coat with a beautiful but mysterious, white mask which had a really beautiful and unique design. Who could they have been? Maybe a death angel? Death slowly walked closer to me and reached out his hands to help me get up. I hesitated and just calmly looked at him. I didn't take his hand because I was supposed to be scared. But I wasn't! Why wasn't there any feeling of fear? I kept looking at death who patiently waited for me to take his hand. For some reason he wasn't as mean and scary as in the stories I heard about him. I took a deep breath while I reached out to his hand to let him help me up. Just a second after our hands touched I was able to see where I was. Death just looked at me and nodded like he would say goodbye. Then a red flame came, and it seemed like they would eat him alive while he patiently waited to disappear. 

Now it was just me and this strange person dressed in white. We were just staring at each other. Well I couldn't tell if he was staring at me or not. The longer I looked at them the more familiar they looked. Where did I meet this strange person? I couldn't remember them." We were both the owner of this soul." he said after a while before he started to walk away. Same soul? What could they mean with that? I just followed them. I mean there wasn't any other place where I could go now, so this was the only option I had at the moment. There were so many questions that I would like to ask, but I kept myself quiet while we both walked in complete silence. "There must be a lot on your mind right now. Don't be shy and just ask. I am here to give you answers for all your questions." they said after a while. It was like they could read my mind. "Have we met before? " I asked. "Kinda, I watched over you the whole time. We are two different memories who had the same soul." I looked at them while I tried to understand what they just told me. It must have been obvious that I was confused because it seemed like they just looked at me for a while before they started to explain "You see every human has a soul. After we die our souls leave the body and are going to their new owner and the memories will try to find the owner and just stay by their side till they die." While I was still processing my whole situation. I took a deep breath and decided to take my chances to ask all the questions I had in my mind.

"How come that you look so familiar even if I can't see your face?"

"Because I have always been by your side if you had had paid more attention to what happened around you, you would have been able to feel my aura, but you were always busy with your daily life, so only your mind was able to reconsider me."

"How come you wear a mask? Will I also need to wear one?"

"The masks represent your memories and personality like every symbol on someone's mask can tell you something about their life. We all have them as soon as we die which means that you already wear yours."

We kept walking for a while and I still haven't organized all my thoughts.

"Can I ask you some more questions?"

"You're already asking me. But sure, go ahead."

"What will happen after we find the new soul owner?"

"I will leave earth and enter the afterlife and rest in peace. The rest is up to you."

"So you will leave me?"

"Yea, but don't worry you won't be alone, there are other memories around here."

" Really? I haven't seen them."

" Well you have only paid attention to me the whole time. If you wouldn't have only focused on me, you could have seen them."

"But what do I have to do when I meet the new soul owner?"

"Don't worry too much about it. You will figure it out yourself" 

"But what happens when they die under my watch?"

"You can't control how long someone lives. It's their faith when and how they die."

"Do you really have to leave me?"

"Yes, my time on earth is done soon."

"We have been walking for quite a while now. When will we arrive? "

"Not long. In fact, we're as good as there."

"What do you mean? "

"We just need to blend out every kind of noise around us to find the new soul owner."

I did what they said, took a deep breath and closed my eyes to concentrate better. The surrounding noises got quiet, and I could slowly start hearing a really familiar melody. It made me feel safe and warm inside. How come that I never felt this way? Was I really distracted by all my daily tasks and never had the time to see and hear all of this? I started to regret that I never appreciated the surrounding beauty. My thoughts were always about work and success. No, I need to focus again. I took a deep breath again to calm myself down and tried to reach out to the hand of the memory of my previous life. As soon as I felt their hand in mine I started walking with them in the direction where the melody came from. They gave me a feeling of trust and safety, I felt how I got more confident with every step I took. My eyes were closed the whole time. The more we walked, the louder the melody got, the more lively I felt." The melody of the soul, am I right?" I said with a small smile while my eyes were still closed. I never felt more alive than I did at this moment. Did I really have to die to learn how much I missed in life? Seems like it. I hope that the person, I will watch over will appreciate their life the way it will be. "You're right. You will meet the new soul owner soon."