I instantly woke up in the middle of a field of wheat. I had a splitting headache and my body ached. I sat up, finally realizing that I'm alone in the middle of nowhere. I made sure I was wearing clothes, had all my body parts, and wasn't missing a , I stood up, looking around at all directions, looking for a town or city, or any civilization. Then, I saw a city, a actual city in the middle of nowhere. It didn't really scare me that it was in the middle of nowhere, the people who live there could tell me where I am. I stretched my legs and began to sprint to the city, but the more closer I got, the more run-down it looked. I sighed in relief when I got closer, but then something hard and solid crashed into my side, knocking and pinning me down to the ground, face first.
" HEY!" I yelped, but my tackler didn't listen.I felt a strong hand grip my shoulder and flipped me onto my back, coming face to face with a wild-haired, wild eyed man.
" Who are you? Why were you running?" said a gravelly, deep voice coming from the man. I was about to reply when another female voice interrupted me.
" Faolon, get off her. I told you already how you greet a person! It's "hello" or "hi"! It's not that hard" said the voice, a girl coming into view. The girl seemed 22 years old, just a year older than me. She wore a dirty brown coat with black armor (wha?) underneath. The mans name seems to be Faolon, reeled off me.
" You must please excuse , he's more connected to his….well…..wolf side, I should , whose say." said the girl, helping me up. " Faolon, go to the pack. Let them know that we have a new super." the girl told Faolon. He nodded and ran off, dipping into the wheat field. The dark, wild hair girl led me through the fields, getting closer to the run down city. Then, I saw a little bon-fire with at least 5 people gathered around it, holding chicken over it. My stomach grumbled.
The girl laughed and said, " I'm Amanda by the way." and I replied, " I-I'm J.J.".
" Well, nice to meet you J.J. Welcome to the town of Coal." said Amanda.
" Like, Coalville?" I asked.
" No, just Coal. No ville or town or anything." she replied back.
" Oh." I said sheepishly, looking at the people at the bon fire. Each one wore coats, but under the coats was black armor, just like Amanda's. Are the people role-players or somethin? I wondered. Then, one of the people at the bonfire looked at me, a long scar going down his face like a river. My heart began to race and my head felt like a giant balloon. I began to see images before my eyes. A man standing over another small boy, fingers popping and cracking. Shadows of a man deforming into some type of creature. Then, blood splattering onto walls, the blood belonging to more than one person. I blinked, the scene fading away, letting the real world come back to focus. That's when I realized I was laying on the ground.
" Are you ok?!" asked Amanda, holding my head up, eye brow raised. I glanced at the scarred man once again, him turning away, returning to cooking the chicken.
"Y-yeah….I'm fine." I replied, sitting up on my own. I groaned, feeling my shoulder ache in a pain worse than when Faolon has grabbed it. I looked at my left shoulder, seeing the shirt soaked in crimson blood. Faolon instantly rushed over, holding some clear liquid and a long cloth.
" This will hurt." he said, pouring the liquid down on my shoulder. I screamed, shoulder stinging and hissing in pain. I felt a hard cloth being shoved into my mouth. I bit down on it hard, eyes closing tightly. Then, I felt another cloth being placed and wrapped and my shoulder tightly.
" Ok, it's done. You can stop biting on that cloth now." said Amanda, tugging on the cloth in my mouth. I opened my eyes and opened my mouth, letting go of my grip on the cloth.
" What was that stuff you poured on me?" I asked.
" It's called Essence, but in other towns, it's called Alcohol." she replied back. I mouthed a silent oh and stood back up. Then, Faolon left, heading towards a house. A house big enough for an entire family, including uncles, aunts, cousins, distant cousins, and more! My jaw dropped as Amanda led me inside the house.
" You'll be staying here until you decide to leave." she said turning the knob on the door.
" Oh and also…..don't scream." she added with a smug smile, then opening the door. I gasped as soon as I saw inside. I blinked, in disbelief. There was a girl floating in mid-air, clutching a bar under her, as if she was holding on so she wouldn't fly away, unlike other people who hold it to keep themselves up. I saw a man fling a leg of a turkey all the way across the room, a red-orange furred wolf chasing it. Then, my eyes widened as I saw a giant sword was flung at my face.
" ALEX! I told you already, NO SWORD THROWING!" Amanda yelled, holding the tip of the sword in front on my face. I heard a faint voice yell Sorry and Amanda threw the sword into the crowd of people. She grabbed my arm once more and weaved through the crowd. Finally, we reached some stairs that led down into a hall of bedrooms. We stopped at the last one.
" This is your room" Amanda said, opening the bedroom door, revealing a already furnished, normal, nice, cool room.
" Alex lives here." she pointed to the room next to mine.
" And a girl named Alexia lives their, and yes, Alex and Alexia are siblings." Amanda informed me, pointing to the room across mine.
" Now, cause it's a full moon tonight, I want to show you something. The reason your here will explains it's self at the event." Amanda said in a smug voice. She grabbed my arm once more and led me back outside. Everyone was gathered around, some people hugging each other and some speaking in stern voices. Then, half of the group returned back inside the house, while the other half grouped together, some looking existed, some looking like their dreading what's about to happen. Each person, Amanda too, took off their coats and tossed them in the wheat field, revealing their jet black armor.
" What's going on?" I asked, feeling a bit uneasy.
" You remember when I said Faolon was more connected to his wolf side?". I nodded yes, now wondering what she was about to say.
" Well, that means, some of us in the Sargon clan are…..Werewolves." she said in a chill tone.