Once in a while..

Chapter Two: The Moon And The Flower

Jimin walks outside into the front yard. “I swear there was a gate before…”

“Might be right. That’s why we were confused how you found this place, since humans don’t see this place.”

Jimin looks back to see Jungkook leaning in the doorway. “Where are we?” Jimin asks.

“The underworld.” Jimin drops his jaw when he hears that. “So the tales told about ‘The Underworld’ are true?” Jungkook looks surprised. “Tales? What tales?”

As Jimin wants to explain he lets out a sigh. “One of the tales my grandmum always told me before going to sleep is a story about this one boy being attracted by vampires. This boy had something in himself he didn’t know yet. Vampires were attracted for that thing inside of him. Then, one night a blood moon rose, and the boy discovered his lifelong secret, stopping all the vampires from attacking him. For some reason I liked this story the most out of what my grandmum told me, since it’s one of the few stories I can remember. But tell me Jungkook, the underworld… What is it like?”

Jungkook walks down the small staircase in front of the door, towards Jimin. “It’s not that different from the human world, actually. And as I speak for experience, humans hate this place. The very few who come here basically die immediately because of all the different ‘creatures’ walking around here.” “You mean like- “

“Yes, Jimin. ‘Creatures’ like us.” Jimin gets cut off by Taehyung. “We need to have a talk. Jungkook-ah?” “Yeah, I’m coming. Calm down.”

Taehyung look at Jimin. “You need to be there as well. There are some things that must be… Let’s say, things you have to know.” Jimin nods and follows Taehyung to the living room, where everyone is waiting for the three of them to come.

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There’s a chair a bit further away from the rest. Jimin questions himself why that would be since it’s closer to the door to one of the rooms that can be locked.

“Jimin-ah, could you sit on that chair there? It’s for your own safety.” “Uh, sure.”

When Jimin sits down, Taehyung immediately start talking. “So, Jimin-ah. What do you know about vampires?”

Jimin looks into Taehyung’s eyes, seeing a small sparkle. “What I always heard in stories and stuff like that, vampires have bright red eyes, black hair, pale skin. Classic vampire as my classmates would say. But I can already tell that you guys are different.”

The boys look at each other. “Well, I look like one of those ‘classic’ vampires.” Taehyung tells Jimin. “Oh…”

I have to leave, Jimin thinks. I’m not safe here. I have to find a way out. 

“Jimin-ah, I already told you: you can’t leave. Once you are here, it’s impossible to leave this place.” Jungkook sighs as he says that.

“But why?” Jimin looks at each single one of them when he asks. “Why is it impossible to leave this place once you’re here?”

Yoongi leans forward, so his elbows rest on his knees. “One, simple, reason: you’re basically in hell.” “What? H-hell??” Jimin asks surprised and shocked.

“Like I said, this is the underworld. All different types of people walk around here, except for humans. Vampires, werewolves, witches… Name all creatures you can, they’re here.”

Taehyung claps in his hands. “Guys, we’re here to talk about us, not this world.”

Jimin looks outside, seeing a full moon. I’m not surprised if I will hear a wolf howling. At the same time, Jimin asks himself why he’s sitting further away from them then he normally would. Is a full moon also attractive to vampires?

“Jimin.” As he hears his name he shakes his head. “We asked you something.” “Sorry, I was a bit lost in thought. What was the question?” “Is there something else you know?” Jimin shakes his head. “Nope.”

For some reason, Jimin is slightly feeling uncomfortable because of all the eyes looking at him, intense. So a full moon has something to vampires as well.

Yoongi leans back again. “Well, time to tell you what you landed in, I guess?” He looks at the others, who all give a little nod. “Who’s going to start?”

“I will.” Taehyung gets into a comfortable position and starts telling. “What you said about us being different, is correct. We are. In fact, we formed our own clan. Now what you described as a ‘classic’ vampire, and like I said I look like that the most is because I’m from a clan which is very old.” Taehyung looks at Namjoon, who tapped his shoulder. “Don’t spill too much information. You never know what can happen.” Namjoon whispers into Taehyung’s ear. As Taehyung turns back to face Jimin again, he sighs. “I won’t, Namjoon hyung. Now these two idiots” pointing at Namjoon and Hoseok, “are from the same clan. The solarity clan. Now maybe one of you can explain what you guys do.”

“First of all, we’re not idiots.” Namjoon looks at Taehyung, who’s smiling. “Second of all,” Hoseok continues, “as you might can tell, our clan has things to do with nature.” As he says that, he stands up and grabs an almost dead plant on one of the smaller tables. For some reason the plant starts to bloom up immediately, which surprises Jimin.

“How do you do that?” Namjoon stands up as well. “That’s our thing. Believe it or not, but if our clan weren’t here, no one would be here. And yes, not even us vampires.” Namjoon walks towards Hoseok, touches the plant as well, and a flower starts to bloom. “Besides, all the people from our clan have a different ability.”

Jimin looks confused at the plant they give him. “Keep that plant there. We’ll talk about it later.” Hoseok says as they both go away quickly from Jimin. The plant is a beautiful light blue colour, and it fades to white in the middle. Jimin looks confused for a second, then gets back to the conversation they were having.

“Now the replenish clan.” Namjoon looks at Seokjin, Yoongi and Jungkook. Jungkook stands up, looking back at Namjoon. “Then we need one of you as well.”

Jimin watches as Taehyung stands up and steps to an empty spot next to him. Namjoon walks towards him, lifting his hand to his face. What Jimin sees, terrifies him a little.

“Y-your nails-“Jimin says as he points to Namjoon’s hand. They’ve grown longer. Quite a bit. Also, they look pointy, very pointy.

“Are you sure, Taehyung-ah?” Namjoon asks. “Do it already. Like you normally would.” As soon as Taehyung said that, Namjoon gives him a hug while cutting Taehyung’s stomach. “Please, stop.” Taehyung whispers into Namjoon’s ear. He follows and backs up to let Jungkook do his job. Jimin looks at all of this, shocked of what happened.

“Guys, a little help might be good.” Jungkook looks at Seokjin and Yoongi. Taehyung gasps for breath, but immediate after he screams out of pain. “Taehyung, calm down. You’re going to be alright.” Jungkook stands behind Taehyung, hugging him from the back while slowly putting his hands on the wound Namjoon just made.

“Fuck, that hurts.” Taehyung hisses. What Jimin sees next, gets him surprised. The wound starts healing while Jungkook has his hands on it. “Damn you, Namjoon. It’s pretty deep.” Yoongi looks back to the others. “He’ll be fine.” He reassures them.

“Now, Jimin-ah. What you see happening is real, not a dream.” Seokjin looks at Jimin, telling him what is happening now. “As you can see it’s healing. That’s what people from the replenish clan do: healing others who are in ‘life danger’.” Taehyung hisses once again, asking Jungkook if it’s almost done. “Just shut up and stay still, it’s almost healed.”

“Now as you can see, we can also use our powers for quite bad things, as you saw Namjoon doing.” Seokjin continues explaining. “As for what we can do, we can turn our powers to damage a person instead of healing. Now enough about our clans. The flower.” He points at the flower Jimin is holding.

“Not yet, Seokjin.” Namjoon sits down, cleaning his hand. “We can’t tell everything yet. You never know. Jimin-ah, you can put the plant back on the table.” Jimin stands up and walks to the table the plant was on.

“If you think I’m a spy or something like that: I have no idea where I am.” Jimin looks at Namjoon saying that. “We’re done talking.” Namjoon answers.

“No, we’re not.” Taehyung stands up, walking towards Jimin. “Taehyung-ah, stop.” Seokjin tries to stop Taehyung, but Taehyung pushes him while looking intensely at Jimin.

“Uhm… Taehyung-ah? Are you okay?” Jimin asks. As answer Taehyung smirks and keeps walking towards Jimin.

“Taehyung-“ Yoongi tries to stop Taehyung, but his gaze changes.

“Uh… guys? Are you okay?” Jimin asks while he backs up by standing up and getting behind the chair.

“Oh dear… Guys, hold your senses.” Hoseok looks at the others, who slowly change their gazes as well. He looks at Jimin, saying “Jimin-ah! Get away as quickly as y-“

Jimin looks to the scene playing in front of him and horrifies him. All six pairs of eyes staring at him are red.

Red.

“Oh no.” Jimin walks more backwards when suddenly all six vampires start running. And fast. Jimin doesn’t know how quickly he has to get into that one room they pointed at, closes and locks the door and leans against the door as he hears and feels the banging on the door.

“Oh god. It does have something to do with the moon.” Jimin murmers to himself. “Yeah, of course. What would you think then, Jimin-ah?” Jungkook says from the other side of the door. “Now open the fucking door already!” Yoongi screams.

Hell no. I’m not opening that door.

Jimin gets away from the door, looking if it can hold it. “Looks like it can.” He turns around, looking for things to attack the others with. As he looks into the room, which is quite big and has a lot of drawers, he starts looking. Jimin opens a few drawers, but everything is empty.

A loud bang. Some cracking sounds.
Jimin turns around to see that the door is a tiny bit opened. “Damn… they’re strong.” I have to hide.

He pulls open the biggest drawer and gets inside. Jimin quickly closes the door and holds his breath as he hears the door falling on the ground with a loud bang.

“Where is he?” Jimin hears someone asking, not really knowing who exactly. Was it Hoseok? Or maybe Yoongi? He holds his breath as he hears someone walking nearby.

End op Chapter Two.