KISS Oneshots

#2 Kiss x Reader

Again I stood in the dark hallway that was only illuminated by a few torches on the wall. The same dream occured over and over since last week and everytime I got closer to the end of the hallway. Like a few nights now, I dodged the poisoned arrows shooting from the wall and the many trapdoors on my way. Same goes for the flames that shot up from the floor and the sharpened rocks that created a maze I needed to go through.

Tonight I finally stood in front of a huge door that had four symbols carved into it. A star, a tiger, a flame and a planet. I went to open the door and as soon as I opened it a crack, an arrow came flying through right into my head.

I shot up in bed, breathing heavy. That wasn't the first time I died in the dream but I learned to dodge all the traps. After a while I calmed down and searched for a piece of paper and a pen. I drew the symbols from the big door on the paper, deciding to go to the little library in the tiny village I lived in to search for some answers.

Standing in front of the library the next morning, clutching the paper in my hand I looked up at the big columns in front of the entrance. I walked up the steps, getting into the library and started my search. After a long hour in the history section I found nothing. The only thing I found were stories and family trees of the current king, a really gruesome man who doesn't care about the little people. He forbid any religious thinking, specificaly about the old gods.

I don't know anything about them, because when I was born the king already ruled over the land and my little village. Luckily I had a friend in the library so I searched for him instead. "Hey Thomas, can you help me out with something?", I asked as soon as I spotted him. He turned around and smiled at me. "Hello Y/N, what can I help you with?", he asked as I stood in front of him.

He was older than me and knew about the gods who ruled before the king. "I had this dream and saw this symbols on a big door. Do you have any books about them?", I asked quietly, showing him my drawing. His eyes got wide and he closed his hand over mine that held the drawing. "You are on a dangerous path there Y/N! Be careful and don't show that to the wrong people.", he whispered and I nodded.

"Now come, I'll get you into the part that is forbidden. There is everything you need to know about them", he whispered again, dragging me behind him. Before he let me into the closed off room he looked around for someone who could see us. Then he opened the door a crack, letting me slip inside. "Good luck, the books about the gods are to the left.", he whispered and closed the door behind him.

I started my search and found a book about the old gods really fast. Flicking through the pages of the old handwritten book I found a drawing of the symbols that I saw in my dream. The star represented the god Starbearer, prince of hearts. The tiger represented the King of Beasts or Beastking, Lord of the Hunt. The flame stood for Demon, Lord of the Wasteland and the planet stood for Celestial, Scion of the Cosmos.

A little lower on the page were descriptions of the gods.

Starbearer-bringer of passion and pain. He can move hearts to tender love or murderous rage. His element is water

Beastking-personifies the animalistic instict in everyone. He doesn't know mercy or cruelty. His element is earth

Demon-lord of blood and thunder and creature of fire and shadow. Embodies vengeance and terror but also the flames of rebirth. His element is fire

Celestial-represents the perfect balance of the cosmos. He observes everything and sees all sides of dilemma. His element is air

I flicked to the last page were only one sentence was written down.

The king is keeping them locked up

I couldn't believe that a normal human being would be able to lock away gods but thats what the book said. As I wanted to place it back in the shelf a folded piece of paper fell out and onto the floor. I placed the book in the shelf and picked up the piece of paper, unfolding it. It turned out to be a kind of map of a building that seemed oddly familiar.