User:Some Color Mage/Rebuild of Echoes of Strife/Chapter 7

Yuan awoke. No longer was she by the remains of Kayin's 'palace', which Alexander had destroyed after the ordeal, but a forest unfamiliar. As she stood up to observe her surroundings, a dull pain shot through her entire body, more irritating than disruptive.

After determining that she had no idea where she was or how she got there, she held the Pearl Staff aloft. "Alexander, are you in there? I know you're responsible for this."

"I am here, my lady," his voice replied. "And yes, I moved you here."

"Okay, then where am I? And why am I so sore?"

"You're in Tesendarian territory, close to Anrish. As for the pain, well, you know that if you haven't used a muscle for a while, it'll be sore after you start using it again?"

"Of course."

"Well, you've probably got that but for the light. Haven't known how to exercise your... uh... light... gland, for about ten years."

"My light gland?"

"You asked a question about human injuries to someone who barely knows how humans work, you know more about these things than I do."

Yuan sighed. "Fine. Why am I here, then, clearly you had some reason for dropping me in a different middle of nowhere to where we were before?"

"There is another disciple of the light nearby. You already know him, but not his true name. I think he is one whose knowledge will help us, so I've brought us here to retrieve him. Shall we?"

The way to town suddenly appeared in Yuan's mind, and she followed the path laid out to her.