A Warrior's Heart

Chapter 26; Wedding day

"Do you, Rowoon the Cruel-" The man dressed in wolf's coat started. He held a thick book filled with words formed of the weird symbols and he spoke in a singing voice. "Take Choi Beomgyu, in sickness and in health, in good times and the bad times, in-"

"Yes I do and he does too." The king interrupted him, patience running low. He inhaled sharply and moved his hand in a rolling motion, mentioning for the man to continue quicker. "I now pronounce you husband and wife." He said in a mocking voice and hit the man on his arm, telling the shorter what to do.

The man nodded, eyes wide and he cleared his throat. "T-To make it official," He said. "You must now kiss the bride." He ended, sending a dramatic wink towards the king while the crowd cheered and thrusted their weapons in the air.

Rowoon smirked and stepped forward, lifting his arms up. Beomgyu struggled against his restraints, shifting his weight from foot to foot.

From where they were standing Taehyun could barely hear what they were saying, but he had been to a wedding before. He knew what was about to happen now, and he hated it. He didn't want to look but at the same time couldn't take his eyes off the pair.

Rowoon grabbed the satin fabric covering the prince's face, and he slowly lifted it. He threw it over the boy's head and expected to be met by his beauty, but instead found something very different. Taehyun narrowed his eyes and the warrior beside him gasped.

Instead of the face of a normal, young boy, the prince had big, colorful eyes set in large carcasses, his eyelids going sideways and a long slitted tongue darted out between his lips. He had the skin of a lizard running over his cheeks and small stubbles on the side of his nose.

The king yelled, just like the man dressed in wolf's skin and all the others stood on the balcony. The many soldiers below them on the ground frowned and gasped, confused sounds coming from them. Some of them tightened their hold on their weapons and stood up, ready to fight whatever it was that possessed the prince.

Taehyun's eyes widened and Yoongi gaped as they watched how the king stepped back and pulled his sword, betrayal clearly visable in his eyes even from the distance they were watching from.

"Hello!" A voice said from behind them and Taehyun flinched as he felt a sudden hand on his shoulder. His lips parted as he saw who had just appeared and was now standing next to him.

"Wizard!" He exclaimed. He never thought he'd be this happy to see the dimpled smile of the man. "How did you get here?"

The man sushed him and reached for something inside his pocket. "See?" He asked as he held his hand out. The warrior laughed airily as he saw a certain purple and blue colored butterfly in the man's outstretched palm. "It's simple!" The wizard smiled and walked behind him, yanking the rope from his wrists like it was nothing. "Now go save him!" He said and did the same for Yoongi's tied wrists.

"G-great. Uhm. H-how?" Taehyun stuttered, feeling overwhelmed with everything going on at the moment. The wizard blinked and lifted himself off of his feet, his actions matching his words. "Just jump."

"Jump?!" Taehyun repeated as he reached for the rope around his neck, undoing it and pulling it off. "H-how-"

"Taehyun!" The prince's voice sounded, cutting him off immediately. The king was gripping his sword and some of the higher ranked soldiers on the balcony pulled their swords as well. The boy was scared, he could tell even from this distance.

"With some jumping powder." The dimpled man explained, pulling a small bottle with some clear stuff in it from his pocket. He opened the cap and sprinkled all its contents over Taehyun's feet. The boy watched as electric sparks flew over both his shoes, not really confident in the whole jumping thing.