K-atched

Chapter 1

Once upon a time in the K-Pop World at the kingdom of Twiceland, there were K-Pop fan citizens there from all around the globe internationally with such unqiue backgrounds and appearances!

The diversity among them all truthfully was quite impressive and exquisite!

Due to the Kingdom's population, wars would often be caused from time to time. Gigantic or small.

Before the Kingdom existed and became very populated, there were very few early Kpop Fan citizens compared to the present, now. Some of them still exist and majority don't, sadly. They were very rare to find. What made them so unqiue was that they've stanned so many groups for years with all their love and support.

Rumors and legends crawl around from ear to ear that one still lives now to this day.

"Oi! Aly! Over here!"

Behind the humble house of Jo on a sweltering, humid summer afternoon, Aly and Tess played an imaginary game of sorts while their mothers sat on the porch up front, gossiping about their husbands and their latest antics. The house sat in the village next to the forest, where the ancient capital of Twiceland used to sit according to legend. Children were drawn to it, however it was forbidden to entry. It was rumoured that an old Kpop citizen lived in the forest, and that they would lure any child towards them with a toxic tune.

And once they (jim)in, they can't (jim)out.

However, for a child like Jo Aly, adventure was second nature. And she was bound to break rules every once in while.

"The dragon is over here! We have to protect the castle!" Tess called, and Aly ran to her aid, swinging her stick sword while spinning. Tess belted a battle cry as she sliced the imaginary dragon in half from head to tail.

"Tess, have you heard the legend of the Twiceland forest?"

Tess stopped mutilating the air and looked at Aly as if she had killed a real dragon.

"Yeah. What about it?"

"Tess do you think that legend is real?"

"Aly...it's just a dumb story everyone tells to scare little kids. How is it real?"

"Sometimes when I go to the river near the forest, I hear singing. You have to really listen to hear it."

"Aly please. It's probably nothing but Old Father Kook singing while he washes the laundry."

Old Father Kook was the eldest in the village -- ninety seven years old, to be exact. Everyone loved Old Father Kook, and the adults respected him as the leader of the village. He would sometimes space out and start singing a song in an unknown language while he did things, but no one seemed to mind. He would tell fairytales to kids like Aly and Tess, and was almost always found by the river near the forest.

"But what if it is true? What if"--

"Tess! Come on, lass!" Tess's mother called. She shook her head and walked back to the front of the house.

Before she left with her mother, Tess looked back at Aly.

"It's all nothing but a tale."