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Chapter 9

“We’ve been walking forever. Are you sure there’s like no map or something that we could have grabbed before we walked in here? We’re just going to end up in some random place and not where we want to be.” Jungkook huffed in annoyance, looking over at Suga.

“Oh, there probably was a map somewhere, but you know how long it took for us just to find the passage. It would already be too late by the time we found one.” Jungkook guessed he had a point there, but they kinda left without telling V and without any plan.

“I suppose you have a point. But are we just going to continue wandering around aimlessly until we manage to find something? Isn’t there any spells that could aid us in finding the Bitter Sweater?” Jungkook asked.

A voice suddenly resonated from behind them. “Where do you two think you are going?” Jungkook turned around and cringed when he saw V. He looked upset.

“Uhhhh, hey there V! How’d you find us?” Jungkook chuckled nervously.

“The two of you are so loud I could practically hear you from back in the library. What are you two doing in here? We don’t know the way to the castle catacombs! You could easily get lost. Honestly, I kind of expect this from Jungkook, but Suga! You are my mentor!”

“We had a deal.” Before Suga could speak, Jungkook butted in. “I wanted to find the lever to get into the catacombs and I had Suga help me. In return, we would go see J-Hope. It was the only way that he would help me and we ended up just walking in here.”

“But why? I understand you wanting to find the entrance, but I thought we discussed not going in until we knew where we were going.” V pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. “What exactly is your plan here?” V was asking these questions and scolding them, but he had joined is as they continued to walk down the corridors of the passage further into the catacombs.

Jungkook looked over to Suga, not knowing the answer. “Ask him, not me. He was determined to walk in here.”

Suga had stopped. Before, he had been leading the group as they walked, but they had come to a place where the path split off into five different passages. He held up one finger as a means to silence the others. Were they going to have to split up? Jungkook wasn’t too eager to split of from the others in this place. He had no idea where he was going or what he was doing. This was all really Suga’s idea to begin with. Jungkook waited for Suga to say something but he stood there, frozen.

Jungkook cleared his throat and nudged Suga’s arm. “Should we just go back for now? I don’t entirely think splitting up is a good idea.”

Without another word, Suga headed down the left-most passage. Jungkook panicked and ran after him. He didn't want to be alone down here. He chased after the wizard and stopped only when he realized he had managed to lose sight of him. Suddenly, he heard someone calling his name. V? Where was he now? Where did Suga go? Jungkook was so sure he saw him come down this passage. A sense of dread washed over Jungkook when he remembered something Suga had told him. J-Hope’s niche was mind magic. Jungkook spun in a circle, searching for the vampire. When he didn’t see anything, he continued on warily. Suga had to be here somewhere; there was no way he imagined it.

“Are you lost, dear friend?” Jungkook stopped abruptly. He looked around quickly but saw no one around. Where was the voice coming from? “I can help you find a way out.” The voice spoke again. Jungkook looked around more frantically. There has to be someone around talking to him, right? Or… Was it all in his head?

Jungkook smacked his hand against his head, trying to shake out the voices. “Where are you?” he asked aloud. “What is going on?” The voice was familiar. It sounded like J-Hope. “Get out of my head!” Jungkook brought both of his hands up to his ears and shook his head in protest.