Seal of Dark Fate

Laboratory and the Student Council President

"YOONGI, I TRUST that you could take care of yourself, your sister and Jungkook while were gone," Mr. Min said to his son as he loaded the last suitcase in the car's trunk. It was a Sunday afternoon and the couple was off to a three-week vacation out of town which Yoongi found very odd. Why would they take a vacation in the middle of the year? The boy was itching to ask questions regarding the conversation that he and Haeyoon overheard the other night but decided against it. His gut is telling him that their parents are keeping a terrible secret from them and that it somehow greatly concerns him and his sister.

"Yes, dad, you can trust me on that," he replied though his mind was still reeling from all the events happening around them.

Mrs. Min soon came out of the house with Haeyoon and Jungkook in tow. "Yoongi, please refrain from staying out unless necessary," she said before turning to the two younger people. "You, too, Haeyoon and Jungkook, since you'll start going to school this coming Monday, unless it was school-related, please keep yourselves from going out. It's not safe, not with all the attacks and...the things currently happening around us." She paused with a very worried look on her face. They all know that she was talking about the recent murders happening around the city and the fact that most of the targets are high-schoolers made the matter worse. "Please, tell me you'll be safe, I really hate to leave you all but..." the woman trailed off when her husband placed a hand on her shoulder.

"They'll be safe, have some faith in them. Yoongi can handle this," he comforted his wife as he exchanged looks with his son.

"Yeah, mom, don't worry and just enjoy your vacation, we'll be fine and we'll call everyday," Haeyoon beamed as she hugged her mother.

"I love you, princess," her mother whispered, eyes brimming with tears.

"Aww, I love you, too, mom, but it's just a three-week vacation...right?" she said but even she knows that deep down, it's not just going to be a simple vacation. She doesn't know why but her mind is telling her something big is going to happen. Maybe it was the hushed conversation of her parents, maybe the black book, maybe Jungkook and the mark or maybe even her friends' strange acts but all she knows is that she wants answers.

"Yes, of course and we'll be home before you know it," with that said they bid each other goodbye before her parents drove off and disappeared from their sights.

THE THREE OF them were eating dinner that night with a rather glum expression on their faces. There was no other noise except for the variety show blaring out from the television. There were a few more minutes of silent dinner when the oldest of the group snapped.

"We've searched every nook and cranny in our house but nothing!" Yoongi sulked over his dinner that was generously cooked by his cute sister.

"Maybe they've brought it with them," Jungkook tried reasoning out and Haeyoon was relieved to see that the boy was slowly opening up to others besides her. She thought that he needed to get used to other people if he's going to high-school.

"I think he's right, Yoongi," she uttered after a swallowing a spoonful of rice. "If they really don't want us knowing something, they'd be careful enough not to leave any source of information."

The brown-haired boy pursed his lips, face looking paler than usual. "Do you think they're going to that Lucere place or something?" he mused then an idea suddenly hit him like a brick. "Fuck!" he blurted which earned him a nasty glare from his sister and saying that it's not nice to curse in front of food. "I'm sorry I just thought of something, anyway, think about this...if that book was actually real then Lucere will be real and if that's the case...then is mom and dad some kind of sorcerers?"

There was a dead silence where you can drop a push pin and actually hear it. Yoongi looked at the two other people on the dining table, waiting for some kind of reaction.