THE WIZARD [vkook]

1: masquerade

Taehyung stood on the stage near his parents, the king and queen. Parents who want him to become a good king in the future, who want him to be happy yet still follow the rules. something that just didn't really sit well with Taehyung, he wasn't made for this yet he will do whatever is asked of him, It's the way of life. What else was he supposed to do anyway.

He sighed deeply when his parents ended their greeting speech and the music cued in, the small orchestra playing their piece live for all the guests in the hall. Music, Taehyung enjoyed music a lot. It made him feel happy, moving along on the notes that came from those instruments. He would love to be able to play an instrument. A cello or violin were his favorite.

So this day was something Taehyung had been looking forward to for a while. The royal ball. a place with only fun, music, dancing and delicious food for them to eat. Finally something to do for him. As a prince he didn't do a lot of activities, at least, not activities that he enjoyed doing. Everything felt very plain to him. With a smile he swayed a lot to the music, his elegantly detailed jacket moving along with him, the clothes were just to make him look important and beautiful. As a prince should be....

He heard a giggle and turned his head seeing the king take his queen to the dancefloor, leaving their son standing on the stone stage with their thrones. Don't get him wrong, Taehyung loved his parents. He just did not like this way of life, it wasn't for him. He would like to have a brother so he wouldn't have to live up to such expectations, he can let someone else become the king, he would be able to live more freely than he does now.

Another sigh left his lips and he turned his head back to the crowd that was having a good time. Nothing caught his interest in particular, until one person was moving differently than the others. One man who did not have a dance partner was walking forward with confident steps, making sure not to bump into anyone. His eyes were fixed on Taehyung who tilted his head curiously towards the masked man.

He looked different than the other royals here. His outfit was way too colorful, it was such a busy design, like chaos sewn onto a jacket. An Interesting design. The man also wore black gloves on his hands; he did not look like royalty... at least, not like the royalty Taehyung was familiar with.

He did not move like he was bound to rules and etiquette, he moved more freely, not bothering to put his arms behind his back or keep his head straight. He even went down on one knee to bow at the prince and extended his hand to the one who stared down at him from the stage.

"Most beautiful person at this ball, would you care to let me take you dancing this night?" the man said and looked up at Taehyung. He didn't know what the prince would say, anything was fine to him, but he had to admit he was feeling very happy when Taehyung accepted his request.

"I would love to, kind sir." Taehyung smiled, this was the excitement that he needed. Finally someone interesting. He placed his white gloved hand in the man's. letting the masked man pull him gently onto the dance floor where he took both his hands and started to guide the dance. taking the lead.

"What's your name, sir?" taehyung asked while he danced along with the man.

"Whatever you want it to be" The man smiled and looked at taehyung again. Taehyung now could have a good look at his eyes and they were intriguing. His eyes were different colors. One was a regular brown color while the other was purple. Such an odd color, he wondered why that is.

"Why is your eye purple?" Taehyung asked and twirled under Jungkook's hand. having a conversation while dancing would take a while, they keep having to turn around, twirl and lose eye contact.

"That's a secret, your majesty. But i would love to tell you..." the man stopped talking mysteriously, making taehyung even more curious.

"But what?" Taehyung raised an eyebrow, why was this man teasing like that? And Taehyung was biting into the bait. Why wouldn't he, he finally met someone who was interesting and did not just talk to him in hope he would give them money, fame or marry them. This man was playful, and he liked that.

"You will have to come to me somewhere... private" the man grinned and suddenly halted taehyung's twirl by grabbing him with both hands,, his eyes intensely gazing into the prince's. "It's a dangerous story to tell"

"and why is that?"

"People here don't like me, you can say that I'm here... in secret" the man chuckled and started the dance again. The song was slower and they started to just sway around, following all the other couple dancers here.

"So, you're not a royal. I noticed it right away, "Taehyung chuckled and tilted his head. "So who are you then? From an overseas country?"

"Sort of, I'm not from your world, my Prince. I'd love to take you there but i cant right now"

"why not?'' Taehyung frowned when the man suddenly let go of him and stepped back. "where are you going?" He didn't want the man to leave so soon. He was getting interested, he wanted to know more about this mysterious man. What was he talking about, he was not from this world? his strange eyes, his odd clothing? he had to know who this man was!

"My time here is up, it was lovely talking to you, maybe we will meet again" the man gave him a playful wave and turned around running away at the same time the doors burst open and a group of guards charged inside.

"get him! don't let him escape!"

Taehyung was surprised, he watched the guards pass by him and follow the masked man who stood on top of the balcony of the hall, bowing at his crowd before jumping down. Everyone gasped and Taehyung ran to the balcony. "oh my!" he shouted and grabbed the edge looking down, he expected to see a body dead on the tiles below them, but there wasn't. The last thing he saw was a small bit of the man's colorful jacket going around the corner of the walls below them. "How did he do that...'' he mumbled and smiled.

This man caught his interest.

He had to meet him again.

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here is the first chapter! its going to have a rough start like usual. i suck at starting stories so i hope this was alright. I hope you will all enjoy the story. i have been mentioning it a lot of times before and im glad to be finally actually working on it! I cant wait to show you all what is going to happen. 

see you in the next chapter!

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