L'oeil du Loup

Chapter 2: Stuck in Pandoria?..

Pandoria, time unknown

Anne is awakened by a nagging pain in her lower back. Opening her eyes, she finds herself faced with a very unusual landscape. Purple and pink stones, colorful plants. She closes her eyes and rubs her eyelids then reopens them, but the landscape remains the same.
Staggering, she manages to get up, and examines the surroundings. This very disturbing landscape does not remind her of anything on the map of Jorvik, so she tries to remember, but nothing comes back to her. She digs into her jacket pocket, and heaves a sigh of relief when she sees her orb is still inside. Her thought is interrupted when she hears a low moan.

Trying to walk to find the source of this sound, she realizes that her leg is stuck. Looking down, she realizes where the moans are coming from: A little wolf is clinging to her leg and yelping, pleading with Anne with her eyes.

Anne: OH! Let go of me

Anne kicks the wolf, which crashes further down the road. Anne checks that her leg is not injured, but it is intact

Anne in her head: But what is this thing? He was a boy and now a wolf. And then where are we?

All of a sudden, light begins to emanate from the wolf, a light which drowns him before, a few seconds later, he regains his human form, under the amazed gaze of Anne, having never seen such a thing. Gradually the boy opened his eyes and regained consciousness

Anna: Hey! Wake up, are you okay?

Luca still dazed: Yes, that's fine. Where are we?

Anne: That's what I would like to know. You're one of them, right? That's why you came to spy on us

Luca: What are you talking about? I remember going to get flowers, and then I saw a fight, and the last thing I remember was being in the middle of a stone circle, and then I was in four legs and-

Anne: The nice excuse. Come on, spit it out, what are you plotting, you and your master Darko?

Luca: Dar who? This name doesn't mean anything to me, but from what you tell me, you don't wish him anything good

Anne: Not all good?! Your master has caused a lot of damage to the balance of our region..

Luca: Not my master, I don't even know who he is

Anne: Whether you know it or not doesn't change anything it seems. Eventually, you're stuck, just like me. They used you and left you? No matter.

Luca: I'm not your enemy, my name is Luca, Luca Lightchild

Anne: Unknown to battalion

Luca: I am a student at the Jorvik Academy, a member of the diving club, I love underwater animals

Anne: Ah, that explains why we never met. I'm also at Jorvik academy but let's say my interests are a bit more...distinguished. I'm more of a dressage fan

Luca who mumbles: Snob

Anne pretending not to have heard anything: I'm sure that if Linda were here, she could help us, but for the moment, it seems that we will have to find a way to go out alone, no matter what. is this place

Luca: It's true, I prefer to avoid staying longer in this place, the smell is already starting to make my head spin

Anne: Look, I don't trust you. After what I saw you do, I still have my doubts about you. But I want out of here as much as you do. So let's work together for now, but when we get out of here, I want an explanation