A Fight For Integrity

IX | The broken Library

The morning came soon to the Thunder Kingdom. Soon the peaceful night came to an end and the city became busy just like any other day. The palace started getting busy with workers doing their chores. The king woke up and went to his office.

The 5 boys were still in bed sleeping peacefully and not wanting to get up from the sleep. "Minho! Minho!" Chan called Minho as soon as he got up. "Hyung- let me sleep" the younger groaned not wanting to be awakened from the deep slumber. "I am leaving and I wouldn't come back until sunset. Okay?" The older got nothing than just the humming as a response from Minho.

Chan's mind was filled with thoughts of the things the king had said to him the night earlier. 'Can that be a myth that we always feared ? And what did he meant by you guys? What can the negative force be? Should I just go there and find out?' Thoughts like these were wandering in his head while he did his chores and left the palace.

"Hyunggg" Jeongin said and waved his hand vigorously at the sight of the older. "How are you?" Chan asked embracing the Jeongin into a warm hug. "I am fine and how about your training?" Jeongin asked. "It's going pretty good but I have heard something that seems to be very difficult to understand" said Chan with a worried voice. "What is so difficult to understand for a smarty like you?" Jeongin said jokingly. "Ehh I ain't a smarty. The information that I got would amaze or shock anyone in this world. Even the non powerful ones." Chan said and seriousness was covered in his voice. "Chan hyung don't worry much. Everything will be fine" Chan nodded in reply.

Chan didn't say much about the information about the external force he got from the king to Jeongin but he did mention the gateway being broken. "The gateway is open again Jeongin and this time it's attacking Felix" said Chan. "Felix Hyung? But why?" Jeongin asked his Hyung.

Jeongin was the maknae of all. He was the youngest but he still was one of the strongest. His power was controlling life and memories though his own life was just of 20 years. His own memories were filled with both sorrow and happy memories that he can easily replace with other great memories but he wants them to cherish throughout his life.

He was kind of a thoughtful being. Once he collected some memory he wanted to cherish it as it was something very precious to him. Good or bad he still wanted to keep it safe. He always learnt from the memories he collected whether it was his own or someone else's.

Since he was young he could feel that he was able to exchange memories and create fake ones. But for that he had to get into his realm and learning that was the most difficult part. Getting a hold of his realm was difficult but not impossible. He did it when he was just 13. From the age of 13 he could swap memories, mix them to make a new one , erase them, make people heal from frightful ones and most of all he could make someone forget all they had in order to give them a new life.

He never used the spell with which he could erase all of someone's memory until one day a little boy whom he took care of said to him "Hyung can you erase everything from my head? I don't want to get all those nightmares again. I don't want to see how my mother and father died. Hyung help me please" the boy cried out and he had to use his powers to give him a new life. Jeongin got into his realm and erased all the memories he had including him and gave him a new mind. The boy felt free of all the burden but Jeongin knew he would get burden again once he grows up.

Erasing memories can seem like getting a new life but getting a new life means experiencing the same burden, the same depression and the same anxiety again along with the same happiness. It's one's choice to make their memory stay and go. Jeongin for some reason never liked removing memories. He wanted then to stay in his head forever.

"Coz- coz-" Chan tried to tell Jeongin but he couldn't as he didn't want to break his word that he gave to the king. "It's okay hyung if you don't want to tell" Jeongin understood the hesitation behind Chan's words.