Back on the beach, the group clusters together.
"Should we split up to explore the island from them?" Seo-ho suggests.
"No," Kyung-hwa shakes her head. "We all stick together. I think we should head back to the cabin and form a plan."
"That sounds good and smart," Ryu-jin says, nuzzling her head against Jeong-yeon's leg.
"So, let's go," Shin-won says and begins to lead them away from the waters.
Kyung-hwa joins him, while Ravn settles onto Seo-ho's dark gray furred back and blends in perfectly. Behind them, Jeong-yeon and Ryu-jin walk side-by-side, Haechan and Tae-il lock fingers with one another and Seung-kwan lets out a sigh every minute. They launch into the meadow, heading away from the ocean and head for the familiar camouflaging canopy that leads to the secretive cabin house.
As soon as they are all on the other side of it, they are blinded by white light. Tae-il screams and throws himself on Haechan, who reacts by hissing and baring his fangs. But the white light is followed by a strange buzzing and another and another.
"AH!" a voice exclaims.
Seung-kwan perks up. "JAEMINIE!!" He braves the white light and darts forward, toward it.
"Ah, Kwanie, stop!" Kyung-hwa shouts out, shielding her eyes.
There's the sound of sizzling and then a thunderous crashing sound. And then a groan and a, "Hey! Get off of me, Carat-boy!"
The others gradually proceed forward to find Seung-kwan tightly hugging Jae-min by the campfire location.
"Oh boy..." Ryu-jin grumbles, shaking her head.
Jae-min has on a purple and black warlock outfit and there are a bunch of burnt food particles scattered on the ground around him.
Shin-won's eyes land on the remains of one of the potatoes. "You...didn't...NO!!" He dashes forward, drops to the ground, grabbing the burnt potato and dramatically cries out to the sky.
"Shin-won, please, get yourself together. It's just a potato," Ravn remarks.
"Just a potato? JUST A POTATO?!" Shin-won growls, angrily. "I'll roast you and have a raven-potato!"
Ravn spreads his wings and zooms into the air. "Catch me first!"
Shin-won flings the potato remains at Ravn and narrowly misses the black bird.
Jae-min grunts and struggles to get free of Seung-kwan's embrace.
"I think the better question here is what happened?" Seo-ho states, looking at Jae-min. "Care to explain?"
"Yes, as soon as Boo lets go of me," Jae-min gasps out.
"Don't tell Vernon, you're better than him!" Seung-kwan says, squeezing tighter.
"I...can't...breathe...help..." Jae-min manages to get out.
"God, Seung-kwan, let go of him!" Kyung-hwa says, clapping her hands at the Seventeen member.
Seung-kwan relaxes enough that Jae-min can slip free and shove him to the side. In shock, he lands on the ground, blinking and produces an array of sunflowers from his hands, while Jae-min brushes himself off.
"What is wrong with you?" Jae-min scolds. "That flower tiara makes you look like a girl!"
Seung-kwan's lip quivers. "I-I crave skinship and being loved."
"Whoa! Jae-min, too far, bro," Haechan snarls. "Go hug him."
Jae-min sighs and then leans down to wrap his arms around Seung-kwan. "Sorry, the flower crown is pretty and you look like a prince."
Seung-kwan's face brightens up and he smiles. "Thank you."
"Now, what happened here, Jae-min-ah?" Kyung-hwa questions.
"Did you know that I can produce lightning from my fingers?" Jae-min inquires and lifts up one of his hands to show his skill as a tiny spark of electricity emits from his fingertips. "So I tried to make some food and...well...things got kinda out of hand."
"I see this..."
"Please, please tell me you only wasted one potato and it wasn't my newly acquired stache from the pantry..." Shin-won says.
Jae-min rolls his eyes. "It wasn't. There was only one and I found it. I didn't even know there were any in the house."
Shin-won breathes a sigh of relief. "Phew."
Seung-kwan pouts his lip. "Lightning is cooler than flowers..."
Jae-min turns to him. He sighs, before telling him, "Hold out your hand, palm facing up."
Seung-kwan blinks but does so.
"Think about your favorite flower," Jae-min says, gently cupping Seung-kwan's hand on either side with his own.
Seung-kwan nods his head and, from his palm, bursts a pretty blue forget me not flower with a yellow and black middle.
Jae-min plucks it from his palm and tucks it behind his ear. "Your powers are beautiful."
Seung-kwan blinks in shock, his cheeks flushing pink and takes a step backward.
"That was cute," Kyung-hwa remarks.
Jae-min holds a hand out to Seung-kwan. "You're a lot like Haechanie, clingy, whiny, needing attention...but...better..."
"HEY!" Haechan snaps.
Seung-kwan takes Jae-min's hand, smiling. "And we're the only ones who have magical powers!"
"Shapeshifting?" Ryu-jin, Jeong-yeon and Seo-ho question.
"Vampirical teeth?" Haechan remarks, pulling Tae-il close to him with one arm looped around his waistline.
"Being an actual...bird!" Ravn exclaims, still hovering in the air.
"Alright, stop bragging," Shin-won and Kyung-hwa say. "We get it."
"I mean, I understand, I got the short end of the fun here," Tae-il pipes up. "The most I can do is be attached to Donghyuckie."
"And that is a problem...?" Haechan asks, raising an eyebrow at him.
Tae-il shakes his head. "Of course not, Donghyuckie. Never."
"And then there were three missing," Ravn says, settling back onto Seo-ho's back.
"Haknyeonie, Dami and Jin-ho," Kyung-hwa remarks. "We still don't know where they are at."
"One of them is a fairy, I bet money on it," Shin-won states, pounding a fist into his hand.
"How unfortunately right you are, Shinwonie," a familiar voice says, followed by a chiming noise.
They all spin around to the source of the voice and, though they are somewhat expecting it, their eyes still shoot wide open.
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Mystery / ThrillerMoon Kyunghwa, Dami, Ryujin and Jeongyeon are pretty good close friends. But the latter three are also idols. One day, they mysteriously receive a letter in the mail that invites them and eight other male idols (Shinwon and Jinho of Pentagon, Seungk...
