Heroes of Emerald #1 [방탄소년단]

No banshees please

  Chi found them an old, small shack just a few miles away Flamels Barrow, to stay in for the mean time. 

 The six of them sat on the dusted floor, the five of them were covered in soot. Jimin poured the remaining contents of his water bottle that they bought along the way, on his face to wash away the dirt. The silence was terribly awkward for him, as Chi studied the five, filthy men that was with her. 

 Chi's pixie cut hair was pushed back by a red bandana, which showed the marks made by the the raiders mask she wore. Her eyes stayed on the phoenix sword that was strapped on Seokjin's belt. Jimin wondered what she was up to since she left, and why she was dressed as a raider, but before Jimin could ask, she was the one to speak first. 

 "So let me get this straight-" she spoke directly to Jimin. "You, Seokjin, and Jungkook- found Yoongi, and decided to need Namjoon's help to find the others?" 

 "It was supposed to be Yoongi's old- I mean really old friend Thomas, but he kinda... The fire was too..."

 Chi nodded her head, to show that she understood. Then Jimin continued to explain "And now we literally have no idea where to go next. So far, 'one from the land of light' is what I think we need to look for next." 

 "Land of light?" she furrowed, "Where-" her eyes suddenly widened, as if she realized where it was. "Alfpine! Light elves accommodate most of it right?"

 "Uh we're not so sure if that's what the prophecy was trying to say..."

 "Prophecies aren't rules Jimin." Chi pointed out. 

 "Finally!" The vampire blurted out, almost spilling his water bottle. 

 "But isn't Alfpine quite far? Can't we take a transportation?" Seokjin finally payed attention to the conversation. "How would we know who to look for?"

 "That would be fate's doing then," Chi answered. "We just help it make things work."

 Jimin was relieved knowing that they knew what they were going to do next. This quest sort of became a priority in his life more than anything else, it was part of his kind's nature. Once a werewolf devote himself to one thing, he would do anything for it.

 Beside him, Namjoon sat- merely staring at the ground. He felt guilty for the young sorcerer, Jimin felt like it was part of their fault why he loss his uncle, and now he's stuck with them. 

"Hyung, are you alright?" he checked on him.

 "Y-yeah." he answered him, but still looked down on the floor. "I think- I think I will be."

 "Hey, if you don't wanna come with us-"

 "No." he said sternly "-I will... I want to. My uncle wanted me to, it means he thinks I'm ready." he finally looked at him. 

 Jimin was hesitant, but agreed anyway.

 "I think we should leave in a while." Chi said. "So that we won't waste time." 

 Chi pulled Seokjin aside after. It looked to Jimin like they were talking about something serious, making him hope he could read lips.

 They left a while later in a carriage. During the ride, Chi explained to them that she attempted to find Josie in the castle, but failed to do so. She left the castle in disguise as a raider to escape safely. Jungkook fell asleep on Yoongi's shoulder, while the vampire tried hard pushing his head off of his shoulder. The coachman took another route, due to a construction process at the other road.

 "Sir, let's take that way." Chi instructed the coachman to take the road between Grims barrow. 

"Chi are you sure?" Jimin asked her. Grims barrow always made him uneasy. The woods was harmless as far as he knew, but it was always popular for banshees, and kapres. Based on the stories his mother had been telling him as a pup, Grims barrow was not somewhere Jimin would want to go camping in. 

 Even so he knew Chi was aware of the woods' reputation, she gave him a gesture of reassurance. As they already made their way through the woods, Jimin felt more and more uneasy. He rubbed his arms, feeling his goosebumps. The deeper they got in, the mistier the surroundings got. 

 Jungkook suddenly woke up with a bothered expression, either because he found himself sleeping on Yoongi's shoulder, or it's because the prince had also felt the sensation that something was... wrong about this place. The fog got thicker, and thicker. The werewolf tried to distract himself by counting the trees as they passed by, but stopped when he saw a 'missing' sign nailed on a tree. Jimin glanced at Chi, her face furrowed- looking out the window. 

 Chi saw Jimin's worried expression. "It's just really foggy in here, I guess." But the unsure tone of her voice, did not make things better for him.

 About two hours passed, which was really unusual, because even though Alfpine is far, it still wouldn't take them more than an hour to get there. Jimin looked outside, to see that it was getting really late at night. Most of them was probably already super hungry.

 "Haven't we made it yet?" Yoongi said, irritatedly. "We've been moving for hours." 

 Jimin poked his head out the window to ask the coachman what was taking so long for them to get there, but as he did, his eyes shifted on a tree with the same 'missing' sign nailed on it. 

"Stop!" he called out to the coachman. The five's attention was caught.

 "Hyung, what's wrong?" Jungkook asked.

 Jimin rushed outside the carriage, followed by the rest of them. He paced towards the tree to check on the sign nailed on it. 

 "Do you know him?" Seokjin stood beside him, also checking on the sign. 

 "No- no, It's not that." Jimin answered. "This tree- we've already passed this tree."

 Seokjin stared at him, thinking he was absurd. "It might just be the same sign-" 

 "No! It's not! I remembered this tree! I swear." he insisted. "We've been going around in circles." 

"Werewolves have an incredible memory now huh?" Yoongi snickered, but Jimin did not find the urge to argue. 

 Jimin roughly pointed at the sign, "Guys, I swear-" 

 "Wait..." Namjoon walked nearer to examine the sign. "Isn't that..." 

 And Jimin also just noticed it now. The face was sickeningly familiar. 

 "Chi- Chi, why is our coachman in a sign that says 'missing'?"Chi also, cannot answer the question. 

The sound of hooves, clumping away- made them run where the carriage was, but unfortunately they did not catch up. The carriage was gone.

 "Mierda!" Jimin cursed. "What just happened?" 

 "I- I don't know." Chi stuttered.

 Yoongi glared at her. "You don't know!? You were the one who decided to take this route in the first place!" 

 "Hey, don't start on her!" Jungkook sneered at the vampire. 

 "It's better if we don't fight." Namjoon spoke up. "We're already lost in the middle of the night." 

The surroundings suddenly fogged, and the werewolf heard a deep laughter somewhere above the trees. 

 "Guys, I think we need to wear our clothes inside out."  

Author's Note

Sorry if there are any errors, this chapter is unedited.