The Wardens

House of Cards

A House Made of Cards, and us, inside 

Even though the end is visible, even if it's going to collapse soon

A House Made of Cards, we're like idiots

Even if it's a vain dream, stay like this a little more...

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Yoongi

"Hey! Headmistress wants to see you guys at the Gate!"

Yoongi vaguely hears the voice and knocking over the music playing through his headphones. Sighing heavily, he gets up to open the door to the suite. "What was that?" he asks the older girl that's standing there.

"Headmistress is waiting for you and your roommates at the Gate."

"Why?"

She shrugs. "No idea. The boys from across the hall from you were called too. You know how Headmistress' expression never changes, but somehow you just get a scary vibe when she's mad? Well, she's pissed. Good luck." The student leaves, so Yoongi goes to Hoseok's bedroom. His door is wide open and Hoseok is sitting on his bed doing his homework.

"We've been summoned," Yoongi announces. "I think we're in trouble."

Hoseok looks up from his textbook and frowns. "Jin was caught?"

"I don't know. But the kids across from us were called too."

Seokjin, whose room is next to Hoseok's, flings his door open and slides out into the hall. "No!" he groans. "I knew I should have gone and talked to Jungkook." Seeing his friends' puzzled expressions, he explains, "He overheard me and Namjoon talking about it this morning."

"Oh boy," Hoseok sighs. "Well, we better not keep Headmistress waiting." They reluctantly file out of the room and go down the stairs two levels to the foyer. From there, they go to the subtle door in the side of the staircase which opens up to another set of narrower stairs. The walls turn to stone as they descend into the earth. At the bottom of the stairs, they find themselves in a well lit cavern with deadly looking stalactites and stalagmites bordering the round space. In the center of the cavern is a pool of crystal clear turquoise water. To the side of the pool is a tall, ovular mirror that is angled to reflect light from the electric lights hanging from the ceiling into the water.

Jimin, Taehyung, and Jungkook stand silently in a line in front of Headmistress Yoona as they wait for the others. Namjoon is with them too. He must have been pulled from a class, and he doesn't look happy about it. Yoongi, Hoseok, and Seokjin join them without saying a word.

Headmistress Yoona narrows her small, dark eyes at them. "I have never been so disappointed," she says softly. Her voice is gentle and melodic, but it somehow still cuts into them like shards of glass. "You boys all held so much promise, but one of you breaks our most important rule, another follows, and the rest of you turn a blind eye."

Jungkook bravely dares to speak up. "I can't speak for the others, but Jimin and Taehyung didn't..." The look the Headmistress gives him makes him fall silent. Yoongi can admire Jungkook's gutsiness, but he still shoots him a dark look for partially throwing the older boys under the bus.

"They may not have done anything yet, but this is a preventative measure. Today, you will all be reminded that our rules exist for a reason. First, I will tell you a story: the story of the first Skinwalker. Then, you will receive your punishment."