Tʜᴇ Bʟᴀᴄᴋ Pʀɪɴᴄᴇ (ʙᴛs 𝑓𝑓)

CHAPTER 48

LABYRINTH

Jimin POV

As I went through the entrance of this trail I realized I have entered into a labyrinth, I took a deep breath and reminded myself that not to be lost in this place forever, after a long time I feel like I am on my own again and now there is no turning back. I have to do this for Taehyung, lately he has been going through a lot and he has helped me in getting out of Yoongi's claws.

I miss that friendship times with Tae where we just used to go to shopping and hang around and going to different parties or places well basically Taehyung rarely used to agree for any parties but still, it makes me sad when I realize all those times are now gone, I sighed.

I walked more into the labyrinth made with rocks, I kept walking and walking but there was always a dead end, I guess I am lost and it has just began. After walking in circles for hours I saw a sign near the cave which says,

'For love I gave all,

In hope of finding thee

My joy, peace and even my life'

I frowned at that as I glanced at it and read it over and over again, "Seems like a riddle." There was a sign on the cave which has a gate made of steel; on top of it is written...

'Through me things can be past with ease, what am I?'

"Urm..." I went back to the sign and read it all over again, "what could this riddle mean?" I thought to myself, "For love I gave all...in hope of finding thee...my joy, peace and even my life..." I think it through and it clicked in my mind, "Peace!"

I walked towards the gate and said, "The answer is peace!"

The door opened and I entered into another labyrinth, "What! Another labyrinth! The heck!"

After going throw circles all over again I began losing my patience until I reached another riddle, I walked close to it and on top of it is written,

'It's my strength and also my weakness, what am I?'

"That's easy mate, the answer is love." And the door opened, making me enters another labyrinth, I groaned, "My god! You got to be kidding me now! Now I know what she said she meant by 'no return from this trial,' I already began to hate this!"

I took a deep breath and walked forward, going into circles and facing so my dead ends I felt my head spinning and breathing heavily but then finally I reach the end of this labyrinth as well, I read 'I always finds a way back, what am I?'

I tilted my head in confusion as I am losing my mind and it's becoming hard to concentrate through walking in circles in the whole labyrinth for three times in a row, I let out heavy breath, "Urm... joy?"

The gate didn't open instead the labyrinth expanded taking the gate further away and the rocks formed more in front, I tried to reach that place again and after more and more circles I reached it while painting heavily. "I always find a way back!! Life goes on...the answer is life."

The gates opened, I sighed in relief. And there was no more labyrinths just one more riddle on the gates.

'When all is lost, all that is left is...'

I chuckled in pain because of walking in riddles already in condition of losing consciousness, "Hope!"

The door opened, and tears brimmed down my cheeks, crossing all the labyrinths. I took small steps as my legs turning wobbly not having any strength to walk further, and I sobbed and saw a trumpet kept in the middle on a huge stone table. I blow into the trumpet with all my strength left.

A ray of light came down right from the sky all the way to right in the center; the ball of light then took a form of a person, my mouth agape.

"Congratulations you have successfully completed the trail." My eyes widened as I saw Hoseok standing in front wearing a tunic with gold brooches and belt, and a ray of sunshine coming from him, "You have succeeded where people lost their minds to reach through."

"Hobi!" I rubbed my eyes and tried to clear my vision, thinking it as just an illusion but it wasn't an illusion, tears flowed down at the realization that it really is him. "Hobi! It really is you!"

"It is me, your hope." He smiled brightly in joy, "J-hope."

I sobbed loudly and fell on my knees, "You disappeared on me!"

"I apologies for that Jimin I shouldn't have done that to you." Hoseok said with a sad smile.

"Is it really you or my brain is so exhausted that it's creating an illusions now!" I said in confusion with butterflies in my stomach.

He chuckled softly, "It is me Jimini."

"How could this be...you are-you are!"

"The god of sunlight."

"I asked you to guard over the light stone for me and because of me you lost your wings, forgive me Jimin, I know I cannot bring back what's lost but I can give you this." Hoseok used the staff that was made of gold with beautiful decoration; the stone on top of it looked like a white stone, when it lit up it looked like the reflection of sun, "I can give you back your true form."

My body ascended from the ground and whole body was surrounded with the light that Hoseok send from his staff, and slowly and gradually a new set of blue butterfly wings grew at my back and a staff appeared in my hands that is having a pearl like stone on top of it.

"I don't-k-know how to thank you, Hobi!" I said in tears as my heart swelled with happiness seeing my wings back.

"You guarded the light stone on my behalf that much I can do for you, Jimin." Hobi said with a smile, "Tell me what lead you to come here?"

"The stone of divinity! Taehyung! his in danger and I want to help him be back to normal." I asked as I realized what I came here for at the first place.

With his hands he raised it in the air and the light coming out of his created a stone like structure and he handed that stone to me, the stone was like a crystal with silver lines. "Take care of the stone of divinity; it's in your hands to keep it safe from now."

"Thank you Hobi." I said and bowed to him, he turned back into the form of light and the ray returned to the sky where it came from.

With the help of my new wings I ascended into the air, flapping my wings over and over and crossed the labyrinth from above and returned from the mountains back to the temple where Jungkook and Baekhyun are waiting for me.

"Oh my...Jimin you got your wings back!" Jungkook said in astonishment.

"Woah I didn't expected you to return completely as a moth now!" Baekhyun said with raised brows in disbelief.

"I know! The deity gave me back my wings." I said with a leap of joy, "And you won't believe the deity was Hoseok!"

"Who?" They both asked in confusion, "Oh yeah they don't know him very much," I thought to myself and I fluttered my eyes and sighed.

"By the way I knew you would be able to pass the trail." Jungkook said with a grin, and I smiled at him.

"Did you bring the stone with you moth?" Baekhyun asked with raised brows.

"Yup, here." I said and tried to hand over the stone, but Baekhyun denied holding the stones in his hands, "It would be better if you keep it."

We walked out of the temple and climbed onto the dragon and on the way to underworld, since I can't fly that high and for that long.

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