Here's my Masterpiece

Chapter 10

Jungkook dragged his feet along as they traveled down more passageways to where Suga claimed the real first trial was. Jungkook was really beginning to doubt the wizard. Good sense of direction or not, this was taking a long time. Time that Jungkook couldn’t bear to waste. Jimin grew more impatient by the minute, trying on random occasions to pull away from Jungkook’s grasp and run. Jungkook couldn't stand to see him like this for much longer.

Jungkook cleared his throat to break the silence. “So, once we get to the real first trial, what should we expect? Puzzles, magic, giant fire-breathing dragons? Honestly, I’m prepared for anything at this point.”

“Why don’t you see for yourself?” Suga’s lips quirked up into a slanted smile and he gestured into the chamber they had just stumbled upon. Jungkook looked into the room and immediately saw how different it was from the other one. Unlike the previous room they had come across, this one was most certainly not empty. The room was full of plant life; trees filled the room; vines lined the walls. It looked almost like a jungle in a room.

Jungkook looked around the room and admired all the trees. How in the world was this all under a castle in Disneyland?! You know what, this whole experience from the beginning has been the weirdest thing. Jungkook’s eyes wandered over to Jimin who was looking around the room as well, eyes wide with curiosity. What could he be thinking about right now? Did he know what was going on?

“Do you hear...water?” V looked between Jungkook and Suga, question in his eyes. Jungkook listened very closely in the silence that followed the statement. Sure enough, Jungkook could hear the slight sound of running water, almost like a small stream was hiding somewhere in the room.

“Yeah, I do. Wonder where it could be?” Jungkook asked, looking around to try and locate the water. There was obviously some source of water somewhere, but where? As Jungkook was searching for the water, he felt Jimin continuously pull at his hand, but Jungkook didn’t think anything of it. He’s been pulling at his hand this whole time so this time wasn’t any different. Right?

Jungkook whipped his head around to Jimin in annoyance when the tugging persisted. “What is it?” Jungkook snapped at him, immediately feeling sorry when he saw his face. There was a look of sheer panic on the older boy’s face. He turned his wide-eyed gaze down to his leg and Jungkook saw what he was panicking about.

There was a… sloth?! Of all the things that could be happening right now, there was a sloth climbing up Jimin’s leg... very slowly. Looking back up at Jimin’s face, Jungkook almost, almost burst out laughing, but he kept it in. He couldn’t keep in the devious smile though. There was nothing that Jimin could do about the sloth climbing up his leg and he seemed terrified of it. Jungkook almost wanted to help get the sloth off, but he was extremely curious as to where it was going. The others seemed to have noticed Jimin’s problem.

“What the…?” V’s question hung in the air as the three silently watched the sloth climb the vampire. Jungkook was tempted to help the painfully slow creature along, but everyone seemed to silently agree to let it get where it was trying to go on its own. Once the sloth made its way up to Jimin’s shoulder, it stopped climbing. Jimin had frozen in terror, knowing there was nothing he could do about it and was watching the sloth with wide eyes. The sloth slowly lifted its head to the other three in the room.

“Uh... Hey there little buddy? What’re you doing?” Jungkook broke the confused silence and asked the sloth. It seemed to not pay much attention at first, but then it slowly looked at him. Why was it here?

Jungkook could see Jimin’s head whip back to him, giving him a sharp glare. Meanwhile, the sloth had slowly begun to raise one of its long arms until it almost looked like he was pointing at something. Jungkook looked around. Suga was smiling, V looked extremely weirded out, and Jimin looked incredibly uncomfortable with the situation. Jungkook, however, was just confused.