When Alice woke up it was already evening and the doctor left the room assumedly to go sleep. She sat up and could still see that Lady Elizabeth was still in the room but someone stood next to her. It was a boy around 14 years old.
"Mom when can we go home" The impatient boy asked.
"When we make sure that the girl is okay sweetie" Elizabeth answered as she pinched his cheek. "Oh talking about making sure" She averted her eyes towards Alice in the bed "Good evening sleepyhead" Elizabeth chuckled.
"Good evening... I had a weird dream, it made no sense. You could make flames with a flick of a finger, and doctor Hans co...." Alice started explaining but Elizabeth cut her off in the middle of her sentence.
"But all of that did happen" She proved by making a small ball of fire in the air before putting it out.
"What was that!" Alice jumped again. still unable to comprehend the sight in front of her.
"It seems your injuries left you with a bad case of amnesia, do you remember your name at least ?" The caring woman looked deep into Alices eyes.
"Yes.... It's Alice" The bedridden girl answered.
"Thank god. I will let the doctor know" Worried Elizabeth stood up and started walking "Jack you stay here and call for me if anything happens" She added to her son before leaving the room.
Minutes passed before Alice asked "How did your mom make a ball of fire with her fingers ?"
Jack's eyes lit up "It's because my mom is good with fire magic !" He looked very proud of that fact.
Alice couldn't believe what she heard "Then the doctor's weird healing particles were also magic ?" The thought of being in a weird new world scared her but when she heard about magic her worriness changed into intrigue.
"No that was his rend" Jack said, then he looked at Alice's confused face, he sighed before adding "The difference is that anyone can learn magic but rend is a thing you are born with" He looked with a smirk on his face about his superior knowledge.
"So you and lady Elizabeth also have one ?" Alice wanted to know as much as possible about it.
"My mom's rend is the ability to control the level of humidity, and mine is a bit complicated...." The boy answered with his head down.
Before Alice could ask further about it Elizabeth came back and said "Doctor Hanes said that you are fine to leave now but asked me to take care of you until some of your memories come back."
The group said their goodbyes to the doctor before leaving. Because it was late at night Alice could barely make out the shapes of buildings in the village. When they got to Elizabeth's house Jack was so tired that he instantly went to bed.
"Alice you can stay in our guest room, the bathroom is down this hallway, I will show you around the house tomorrow" With that Elizabeth went to her own bedroom and Alice was left alone for the first time in this surreal world. She was too tired to explore so she went to take a quick bath and then tried getting some sleep in. The constant thoughts of what she will do next made it harder but in the end she slumbered into sleep.
...
In the morning Alice came downstairs to see Elizabeth and Jack eating breakfast "Eat your breakfast first and I will show you around" The caring lady said. Once Alice finished eating and thanked Elizabeth for the food she was taken on the tour around the house.
"So downstairs you have our kitchen and the living room" Now that it was bright outside Alice could see that the house is also made almost entirely out of wood besides the chimney which was made out of brick. "And upstairs are all the bedrooms and the bathroom. There is also a garden outside and a small trainin ground my husband made for Jack. This is basically it" Elizabeth said as she finished explaining everything.
"Is there a place where i can read about history ?" Alice asked desperate to learn about this world.
"Yes. There is a library down the street. You can read as much as you want there. But remember to come back before dinner." Elizabeth said and let Alice go to the public library.
On the way to the library Alice marveled at the sight of the village brimming with life, fruits being sold at stalls, people in robes showing off their magic skills. She couldn't take her eyes away from the show, she knew about fire magic existing but the mages suprised her asa they started casting a spell which looked like a serpant made out of water. Walking to the library took Alice longer than she expected because of her younger thus smaller form, but once she got there she was surprised to see how big the library is. Shelfs upon shelfs of books wherever the eye could reach. She came closer to the counter.
"Excuse me, are there history books? And one about basics of magic." Alice asked the clerk at the counter.
"Ofcourse, come with me and we will find something for you right away" With clerks reccomendations Alice found a book called "Magic for newbies" and "History of Odeth"
She thanked the clerk for his help and sat down to read the books