3 Ways

Return to Me

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Chorong's biggest worry was what to do in order to get out of this time era. She didn't belong there. There was no way of finding out how she'd gotten there either...unless something had happened on the other side. Chorong felt her eyebrows deepen in thought while the petty maid fussed with her wedding outfit.

Yes, something must have happened on the other side. This was a dream...an all too real one, which caused her more suspicion. How could a dream feel so real? How was everything moving along as if there were days and nights in her dream? That never happened in dreams, it just didn't...or had they gone to sleep and somehow been sent back to the past? That was possible too...

"Where did you go? How could you leave like that!?" the maid gently scolded her again in that tone that Chorong so heavily hated.

"Done, good?" Chorong asked spinning around in the red silk dress for the maid to look.

"Ah...you're so stunningly beautiful!" the maid complimented before adjusting the coat around her shoulders. "Isn't your husband going to be so happy..."

Chorong shot the maid a curious stare before alas she was led out of the house and into the little boxed carriage outside. She'd always wondered how it was to ride in one. Even though the space was limited it was somewhat comfy with the little cloth carpet inside. She let out a clumsy shout and reached out in an effort to grab the walls when the men lifted the carriage up.

"Oh...gosh...this is freaky," Chorong said to herself before she heard footsteps and the front gates opening.

So she was going to get married...but she wouldn't be there to experience it, thank god. She would come up with something along the way...like create a storm or have lightning strike the road or something. Chorong eased her breathing and slid the tiny side window open. They were just embarking onto the road and would probably take another 15 more minutes to arrive her husband's house where the wedding would start.

She hoped things were going well on Namjoo's side and suddenly wondered where Victoria was.

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"Where are you going?" Changmin asked when Victoria took a step into the dark street.

"Wait here," Victoria ordered before walking away from the light.

She'd never stepped off the highway before. Never had she been so gutsy in her life, but there was no time to stand back and wait. The engine had been killed when Changmin had taken it to the body shop for a checkup. That was just all too weird that it would break down now...tonight.

"I know you're there," Victoria said in a quiet voice. "Come out, come out, wherever you are."

And she almost regretted saying it when something zipped in front of her with a high squeaky whisper. With arms up in front of her face for defense she peered around and suddenly thought the billboard which had been well lit up earlier had now suddenly darkened. Her heart thudded against her rib cage so fast that she couldn't hear Changmin shouting behind her.

These things zipped in front of her again taunting her with their whispery screams. There were two, then six, and they quickly multiplied into a crowd of shadows surrounding her into a box. They were moving at such speed that Victoria couldn't see how many there were anymore. Just dark, dark shadows...if that was what they were. But they didn't seem like the ones that had been in the house a few days before.

"No, no, fight this," Victoria whispered to herself, but shut her eyes when one of them leaned forward to continue taunting her.

Gripping her hands into fists she squinted her eyes and watched as a few of them flew through the air. Suddenly her racing heart started to ease and she did it again.