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Chapter 1: Storm of Fear
Lightning struck causing light to illuminate a small room in which a small red haired little girl sat quivering in fear as tears ran down her cheeks. Sniffles could be heard as the child cried lightly to herself. Little lanterns were lit up in the room giving it a less eerie look as the lightning struck and caused the ground to quake beneath her body. Trying to be brave and not cry like a baby, the little girl was failing at this task. Another strike came across the sky, the ground shook and the red haired child gave a gasping cry as fear raced through her. The tiny hairs on her neck rose as gooseflesh rose across her arms and legs causing her to shiver as her body temperature dropped slightly and the feeling of being cold came across her.
Standing suddenly, the little girl ran with a small blanket wrapped around her tiny body out of her room, down the palace halls and pushed open the doors to her pre-teen cousin's room. The young boy sat up in the dark room and gasped as a smaller body crashed into his. Tiny whimpers coming from the person told him who it was. "Yona?" he questioned. Reaching his hand to the right of him, he lit a match and lit the wick of a large candle. Looking down,he saw the red haired little girl crying lightly. Concerned, he gathered her into his arms and held her.
Lightning crashed outside causing Yona to cry out. "Make it stop Su-won!"
Frowning, Su-won sighed as he realized the problem was just the raging storm outside. "It's just a storm." he assured her. He knew she had witnessed storms before, so as to why this one scared her, made him wonder if there was a cause of it.
"Hak says there's a monster in bad storms that each red haired little girls!" she cried out with fear, her violet eyes looking up at him with desperation. "Make it go away! Please!"
She's truly afraid. he thought as the lightning struck once more causing Yona to bury her face into the blankets and whimper like the child she was. Most people would say doing what he was about to do was stupid, that he'd anger an already upset Kami. It was a good thing Su-won didn't believe in such ridiculous stories. Standing from his bed, causing Yona to look up to watch him, Su-won walked over to the closed windows and opened one of them. The next lightning strike caused Gulfan, the falcon, to make a cry of it's own. The light illuminated the entire room, causing Yona's eyes to widen as she heard Su-won yell out. "Go away! You're scaring Yona!"
Suddenly the ground rumbled beneath them, as if a giant beast was growling. When it faded, the only sounds left was that of rain hitting the clay tiles of the castle ceiling. Lifting her head from her blankets Yona stared in awe at Su-won.
Walking back to his bed, Su-son gave Yona a light, though tired, smile. "Better?" he asked her gaining a vigorous nod as his reply.
Yona sniffled. "Can I stay?" she asked.
Su-won knew it wasn't a good idea, as he was no longer a child and sharing a bedchamber with his cousin would be frowned upon, but with those large bright violet eyes of hers; he couldn't say no. "Of course!" he told her with gleefulness in his tone. As they both laid under the covers Su-won made a mental note to get Hak back for ever tear Yona had shed this night.