Dreaming A Dream | An ONF Fanfiction

Chapter 1

Hey you there, hey you there

Please don't sing sad song

Come closer, come closer

Can you feel it? Summer is coming

I suddenly woke up, startled by the obnoxiously loud alarm. Seungjun must have changed it again while I was sleeping...
I turned the damn thing off and deactivated airplane mode.
I let out a loud sigh and rolled on my other side to check if Seungjun woke up after that damn alarm. To my surprise, his bed was empty, the sheets jumbled, almost touching the floor. No way I was cleaning after him again...
I was still very sleepy, my mind was slipping in and out of consciousness; the gig we performed the day before was very tiring. Especially since it started raining in the middle of it and there was no roof above our heads. I was just glad we didn't get sick after singing in the rain for over an hour.

I decided to check my phone to make an attempt at fully waking up.
7 am? No wonder I could barely keep my eyes open. I was sure I set my alarm to ring at 11 am since we got home around 3 am the day before. Seungjun must have fiddled with that too. But why? Was there a reason to get up this early after a long night?
While my sleepy brain was still processing everything, my phone started ringing. It was Seungjun.

"H-hey Hyojin... I need some help here... Good thing I fiddled with your alarm... You need to get here as soon as- *Crash!*"

Scared by the loud noise, I immediately got on my feet.

"Seungjun!! Are you ok?!" I screamed into the phone.

After a few seconds of silence that seemed like an eternity, Seungjun was able to say something back.

"Don't worry, that was just a tree falling... this one's big Hyojin... when I saw the wanted poster... I thought it was small, it looked so cute... But I can't do this alone, reach me at the clearing near the town immediately!!" he said, almost running out of breath.

I immediately changed clothes, putting on the first thing I got out of the wardrobe; I quickly grabbed my bow and a small bottle of Healing Lemonade from the fridge and sprinted out of the house.
After about 5 minutes, I reached the designated spot. I hid behind a tree and noticed part of Seungjun's black and red hair peeking from a bush nearby.

"Seungjun!" I whispered; he peeked out of the bush and smiled with relief when he saw me.

I tossed him the Healing Lemonade; he drank it in a hurry and, visibly feeling better, he sprinted towards me.

"Thank you Hyojin, you saved my life... again."

"Next time don't try taking on a bounty without telling me. Those wanted posters can be deceiving."

I wasn't angry at him, but I really didn't want him to get in danger again.

"Ok, so where's this monster?" I asked.

"There! Look at that terrible beast!" Seungjun shouted, making me peek from behind the tree and look at the clearing.

"Seungjun..." I sighed, putting my hand on my face. "That's just a little bunny... Are you hallucinating or something-" Seungjun quickly put his hand over my mouth to prevent me from talking.

"Look." He said, pointing at the small animal.

Suddenly, the bunny noticed us and its eyes got red. Its body started morphing and growing. In a matter of seconds, it became a terribly deformed, 5 meters tall monster with teeth as sharp as blades; it let out an agonizing screech and started accelerating towards us.

"I'm sorry I doubted you Seungjun." I stated in shock, not taking my eyes off the beast.

We started running towards the woods.

"I have a plan. When it was transforming I saw a red orb forming on its back. It must be a weak point. So, you need to distract it and I'll shoot it with my bow."

"Hyojin, are you crazy!! I'm gonna get killed!"

"I'll be quick, I promise. Now let's split up. I believe in you! Go!"

I turned right while Seungjun continued to go straight. I didn't want to leave him alone, but I saw no alternative.
The monster took the bait and continued to run after Seungjun. I quickly circled back and positioned myself behind the beast. While running, I readied my bow. If I missed it would be over. I aimed and released, closing my eyes.

I heard a chilling scream and when I opened my eyes, the monster was falling face-first into the ground. But before hitting the ground it disappeared. Puzzled, I started shouting Seungjun's name.

"I'm here! It's ok!"

He was a dozen meters ahead, running towards me with his arms open. I opened mine, ready to hug him. He violently ran into me and I barely kept my balance.

"Thank you so much Hyojin, I knew you could do it! But..."

He let me go and ran towards the spot the monster was supposed to fall on. He found a dead little bunny instead, with a little red orb near it. He carefully put the orb in a bag while I approached him. He sighed.

"I've seen orbs similar to these a few times while hunting monsters, but they always ran away before I was able to finish them off... This does not bode well..."

We were quickly startled by an evil, low-pitched laugh coming from the trees. We looked up and saw a mysterious figure, wearing a long black cape with a hoodie.

"It is my work... I need to do more research on this... My beasts need to be more powerful and smart..." the hooded figure muttered. Then he slowly took his hood off and revealed a familiar face.

Seungjun and I widened our eyes, unable to process what we were seeing.

"...Wyatt?"

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The doors slowly slide open as I approach them.

Blue neon lights are illuminating the whole place.

This location is perfect.

I can finally start my new life.

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