trouble ... but somehow I felt here .... at home. Again and again I looked into the forest. I saw the angry wolf leave, but it could be that it will come back. But strangely enough, I felt safe now. I don't know why ... somehow I felt like I was being protected. But suddenly I heard a loud bang and started from the noise. Ahead of me, about 500 meters, a huge cloud of smoke rose into the sky. I didn't know what to expect there, but I started running. Maybe I would meet someone there.And indeed. At the top of the hill, I stopped, gasping for air and looked down into the valley, where I could see two figures. It was people! At least that's what I thought. I continued to walk slowly and carefully because they didn't seem to have noticed me yet. I heard them talking ... or arguing?
"Oh Luvia. How often should I explain it to you? You have to concentrate more. It won't work that way.", Said the girl with the long green hair and the protruding ears. She appeared to be an elf.
"Yeah… I'm sorry. I'm trying, but I just can't…" replied the other girl. She was shorter than the other, had short blonde hair and next to her was a long stick. A wand?
"You just don't pay enough attention in class."
"But that's so boring ..." the blonde moaned.
"Come on, let's try again.", Said the one with the green hair and held out her hand to the other girl.
She was about to reach out for her hand when she finally withdrew it and looked in my direction. She raised her hands towards me in a strange position.
"Stop! Who's there!" She shouted.
I stopped. Hopefully there wasn't any more trouble ... I was speechless.
"Who is that?" The other girl asked the green-haired woman.
"I don't know. I've never seen her here before. She could be an enemy."
"A demon? What nonsense. She doesn't look like that ...", the blonde denied the statement and walked past her friend and came up to me.
"Luvia. Stay here!"
I stood there as if rooted to the spot. I was uncomfortable with all of this.
"Hello. Did we scare you?" She asked me.
I couldn't answer, I had a kind of lump in my throat. The green-haired elf came to me now.
"You don't have to be afraid. I'm Luvia.", Said the blonde girl, smiled and held out her hand to me.
"I ... my name is Lina." I replied and shook her hand.
"Lina. A nice name." Luvia smiled. She had bright blue eyes, really great and a very nice and friendly face, which immediately took away my fear.
"Sorry if I scared you. I'm Rachel. Nice to meet you.", The elf greeted me.
I slowly found my language again and it occurred to me what I actually wanted to ask if I met someone.
"I ... I don't know where I am. What is the name of this place? Where am I here?" I asked without hesitation.
The two looked at me puzzled and then they exchanged a few glances.
"Aren't you from here?" Rachel asked me.
"No ... I ... I got here somehow. I don't know ..."
"How? How did that happen?"
I looked down at the thick book that I clutched in my arms.
"Herewith.", I held the book out to them.
"With the book?" Asked Luvia, surprised and skeptical at the same time."Yes. I'm from New York and I bought this book from a library and read it at home. There is such a funny saying in it. I read it and then suddenly I woke up here again," I told them .
"New York? I don't know ... that doesn't mean anything to me ... you Rachel?", Luvia looked up at the elf.
Rachel didn't answer, she was already leafing through the book and had a strange expression on her face.
"Is everything alright with you?"
"New York lies on another planet Luvia. New York lies in the world that we cannot enter. Only a few manage to conjure up there. It is the earth. Where only people live and where there is no magic." Rachel replied, causing my eyes to widen. Luvia also seemed frightened.
"What spell did you read, Lina?"
"I think it was page 465.", that was the number I could only remember.
Rachel suddenly turned to page 465 and read it carefully. I stepped next to her and also looked at the book. Then I discovered the spell at the bottom.
"It was. I read this one to myself." I pointed my index finger at him.
Rachel literally froze. Then she closed the book again and handed it to me.
"We have to go. We have to go back to the academy. Lina? You will come with us." Rachel said in a strange tone and was already heading in the direction we had to go.
"Hey Rachel! What's going on? Why back? And why should Lina come with me?", Luvia understood as much as I did. Why should I go with you? Well, I would have gone with you either way than wandering around here in the wilderness all alone, but still ... what's the matter with her?
"She has to go to the director."
"To Miss Castillio? Why?" Asked Luvia, startled.
"Because she is the chosen one!" Rachel said seriously and suddenly Luvia seemed to understand everything.
She turned to me and looked at me dumbfounded. On the other hand, I only understood the station.
"Chosen?"
"Yes, I can't explain it to you now Lina. I'm very sorry, but you don't need to worry, we'll take care of you. We just have to go quickly. It's important. You are important!" Rachel looked sympathetically at me and then I realized that she was not joking, but that it was really important…. I was important ...