Hak-nyeon grips the reins of a midnight black horse as he races through the thick forest. Two important things are etched into his mind: one, he owns a powerful steed named Maverick and two, he has to find the beautiful princess hidden away in the forest. Every so often, he can hear her beautiful, raspy vocals filling the forest.
A black bird zooms by him, heading toward the edge of the forest lining and vanishes from sight. Then two black blurs: wolves. He ignores them and continues to guide Maverick forward, following the latest song-call.
"Maverick, where is she?"
Maverick snorts a response to him.
"I can hear her voice and I think we're close, but maybe we're just going in circles now, buddy!" Hak-nyeon exclaims, an ounce of defeat filling his voice. "We'll find her, right? We HAVE to find her!"
"At first, all we do is mess up
Everybody is like that
Even if you go slowly
Even if you're not good at it yet
So what
(Oh, don't give up, be yourself)"
Hak-nyeon and Maverick skid to a halt and look around to locate the direction of the voice's source.
"You hear her, right boy?"
Maverick whinnies.
"Who I am
What I want Wah
(Even I don't know myself)
Where I am going
Why I am like this Wah
(Where are you)"
"Where are you, beautiful princess?!" Hak-nyeon cries out to the forest.
"What it means to be myself
Who knows if I might forget it
I've waited for this day all along
Get set, ready, go."
Hak-nyeon flicks Maverick's reins and they launch off once more. The voice grows louder and louder and the two hurdle fallen tree branches and duck under low branches, before bursting through a foliage curtain into a vast valley-like scene.
"Dance the way I please
Scream until I'm satisfied
Stop being self-conscious, laugh
Whatever anybody says
I won't stop oh
Get set, ready, go."
They skid to a halt at the edge of a long river that leads to a waterfall. At the edge of the water sits a young woman. Her red hair is loosely pinned up into a ponytail and she is wearing a casual purple dress.
And from her mouth, comes the song Hak-nyeon has been following tirelessly:
"Doing however I please
Going wherever I please
It starts now
(Go, go, go)
Following my feelings
Raise my head to the skies
Sing for me
So beauty full."
"Excuse me!" Hak-nyeon calls out.
The young woman startles, cutting off her song and almost toppling into the water, but with fantasy prince speed, Hak-nyeon is off Maverick's back and seizing hold of her arm before she even touches the cool liquid of the river.
Hak-nyeon gently pulls her back away from the water and to the safety of the grassy-bank. She has a basket to her side and in it, a variety of flowers sit, bunched up into a bouquet.
Hak-nyeon plucks a purple flower from the bunch and sticks it into her hair, behind her ear. "You have no idea how obsessed I've been with wanting to find and be with you, my princess, Dami."
Dami blinks, looking at him. "You've been searching for me...?"
Hak-nyeon smiles and nods at her. "Yes, you are the princess of my dreams. You occupy my thoughts 24/7 and I can not get you out of my head."
Dami glances over his shoulder to Maverick, who is waiting patiently and loyally. She reaches a hand up to his cheek. "Oh, what has he done to you...?"
Hak-nyeon takes her hand into his own and gets up to his feet, bringing her up with him. "Come, we shall ride away...to our happily ever after."
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