After walking for around three hours, we finally reach the outskirts of the forest. A deep black circle of trees awaits us. It looks as if it's ready.
I brace myself.
We take our final steps towards the forest and peer between two misshapen trees, "are you ready?" Jimin asks, "Yes," I say confidently.
We enter.
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"You're a rather handsome human aren't you?" A voice asks Jin. He is too afraid to speak, "human... you can talk," "Take off this blindfold please!" Jin begs. "Fine," the voice removes the leather from around Jin's fair-skinned face. A dim lit setting fills Jin's vision. Shades of crimson red surround. A dark wall is behind him, digging into his back. He struggles a bit.
He focusses on the crouched figure in front of him.
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Jimin pov.
We fearlessly trudge through the boggy terrain. Everything seems dry, if not, burnt. Burnt.
The air feels tighter as we arrive at a foggy area, the air is moist and smells like human waste. Jhope looks worried, "are you okay?" I whisper. "Not really, but im just focussing on finding Jin so I don't care,"
We continue walking, it gets more gloom-ridden the deeper we venture.
It must be 11:40 at the very earliest.
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Jhope pov.
We're lost. Oh, we are actually lost. My breathing increases and my hands get sweaty. My knees are weak and my arms are heavy. I try to control my breathing but I just keep rushing into the obyss. "Jhope..." "Yes?" "We can turn back if you want-" "No. We have came to far now, we have to keep going!" I huff, "even if we wanted to turn back we can't, have you seen everything. We're surrounded!"
My speech gets quicker and slurred and I almost break down.
Jimin pov.
"Calm down, calm down!" I reassure Jhope. We stop walking and stand, ankle deep in murky water. I look up and the bleak sky, it's empty but filled at the same time. It feels like were being followed.
Snap.
A branch snapping can be heard from not far behind. Jhope charges forward jumpimg over fallen trees and making mud flick into the air. I chase after him, dodging trees as I do.
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We stop running after about two minutes as we ran too far away from where the snap was. We catch our breaths and stand straight.
From the corner of my eye I catch a glimpse of something shining. Within the darkness, it stays prominent. "Jhope!" I whisper and shout at the same time. "What?" He does the same back. "Can you see that?" I say as my bodies travels slowly towards the shine. It's like I couldn't control it, something is just pulling me towards. A trans. Jhope follows behind. The twinkle makes me feel safe. I go to pick it up.
"No don't," Jhope says as he grabs my sleeve.
I stop and look. Jhope joins me.
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We gaze upon a beautiful stone. Fire red is the colour my eyes are drawn to most. The emerald green dots within the purple-based gem radiates an aura.
An aura which Idon't like.A deeply impious aura.
"Pick it up,"
A voice which sounded like it came from external sources whispers to me.
"Grab it and hold on tight,"
I don't want to but my body bends over to reach for the gem. Jhope grabs my hand to pull me away. But it came to no avail.
