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"Millions of years ago..." The magician held out her hands and a purple spark was released from her hand quickly becoming a globe.
The young kids were in awe.
"The gods created their first people exactly like themselves. They gave a select few of the people they created a small portions of their power to do only good." The magician closed and opened her palm. This time an almost life sized purple whale was pictured coming out of the ocean before turning into a sugar spark flower.
"Everything was peacefully for 100 years, then something bad happened. An evil magician named Bajan Calivair did something horrible to the royal household. He created blue fire." The magician waved her hand and a large wave of purple fire went over the children and retracted quickly.
"The sudden unrest caused the gods to be furious. They killed Bajan right after he created the fire. After a year the gods gathered up the royal family, a few normal people, and all the magicians one a separate price of land and lifted them up in the air. Hence where we are today." The magician said finally closing her hand and the magic disapeared.
The kid with dark green hair looked up at the magician with big really cute puppy eyes.
"What's your name?" He said real cutely.
"My name is Najani Calivair" she said with a pale blue glint to her eye.
"My name is Jimin."
"I wanna hear another story! Another story!" One young child with dark blue hair said jumping up and down.
"Lemme try! Look! She went like this! Woah!" Another child said with burgundy hair said while a shot of red magic created a paper swan that began flying.
"Make another one!!" The kid with the dark blue hair said leaping on the other kid.
"I can do it too!! See look!" One other kid said creating a vanilla flower. He had blonde hair with bold black streaks in it.
There were five other kids there trying to create anything with their apparent magic skills.
The kid with dark green hair created a sugar spark sapling.
The kid with purple hair created a frozen blue orchid.
The kid with the yellow hair created a very small ball of light.
The kid with Magenta hair created silk with bold floral patterns imbedded.
"Prince! We were looking all over for you!" An older maid said running towards the seven children. Them seeing that a grown up was coming they all stopped playing with their powers.
"I believe it's time for these kids to go home let's go prince." The maid said standing the younger kids up and shooing them to go to their own homes.
~♥ 13 years later♥~
"Jungkook look! There they are!" Jimin said slightly lifting himself the ground so he could go faster.
"I see them." Jungkook said running towards the bush of sugar Sparks and reaching there a little late because Jimin cheated.
"They're in bloom this season! Take this one." Jimin said taking a white flower similar to fennel's but this species was white with gold sparkles on them and they were very edible.
It tastes as if you ate a lot of sugar. Hence the name; Sugar Sparks.
He slipped it in Jungkook's hair.
This was out of the royal protocol but jungkook was an exception, he was the son of jimin's father's best friend.
"Is your mother still considering our marriage?" Jungkook said picking some of the flowers and eating them but leaving the stem out.
"Yeah, she is. I wonder what's taking her so long though. It took her only one week to approve of my older sister's marriage. It's been a week and two days. We would of already been married if it was my father's decision." Jimin said smiling and sitting on the ground next to jungkook. Jimin put his head on jungkook's shoulder.
"You remember when we were younger? The magician told us about how the first failed attempt of assassinating the royal family happened?"
"Yeah. She said her name was Najani Calivair. I'm not sure I'll ever forget that day. It was the first time we met." Jimin said inhaling the scent of sandal wood from Jungkook's robes.
"I've counted. The hundredth year is here and I'm interested." Jungkook said hugging Jimin from the side.
If there is one thing to be clear, then it is that blue fire is the scariest and the worst type of magic there is to the kingdom. At least that's what it says in the history books.
It both freezes and burns, it takes a long time to put out–at least one month, it's unforgiving, it will swallow anything in it's path. Unless it's controlled.
"Honestly I'm scared too, it could happen anytime. But I don't think it's real." Jimin said eating another sugar spark.
They both sat there for about an hour either peppering the other with kisses or making joyful small talk.
"I-ITS BLUE FIRE!! EVERYONE GET OUT!!" a servant yelled in the loud speaker that was only used during emergencies.
"What perfect timing." Jungkook said under his breath.
The couple both got up and rushed towards the royal garden's exit when they saw that the fire had reached the front of the garden.
They kept running, to them it seemed as if there was no ending.
They had just reached the edge when it seemed as if the fire was spreading faster.
And soon in a split second...
the fire was out.
"H-how in the world?" Jimin questioned while taking a step forward.
The fire had burned only his sister's room and the flowers. How could this be?
"Th-that's my sister's room." Jimin said devastated. the blue fire covered the whole palace but only burned the crown princess's room. But the controller must have had to die for the fire to stop in an instant like that.
"In the next hundred years, the blue fire would come again. This time Bajan Calivair's grand child would set it ablaze." Jungkook said grabbing jimin's hand and wiping the tear that had slipped out.
"You still remember that time the magician told the story? I never thought it was true." Jimin said crouching down.
"I thought it was just to amuse us. I just kept counting the years to see if it would actually happen. Now here we are." Jungkook said crouching down to rub jimin's back in sympathy.
"She could be dead!" Jimin said letting out a sob. Jungkook could see a blue glow surrounding Jimin and he took that as a sign to step back.
Jimin immediately realized what had happened and stood up.
"Jungkook I know your scared, please don't be. Yes I have magical powers, but it's not me who caused the fire! I promise!!" Jimin said getting up. He could sense the fear radiating off if jungkook. He could feel everyone's emotions and sometimes it hurt.
He was begging in the inside for jungkook to also have powers.
Jimin felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist and a chin on his shoulder.
"I'm not scared." Jimin turned around and he immediately met Jungkook's face.
But jungkook was standing in front of him he even waved.
Jimin turned his head to face in front of him and jungkook was there. But the head was still on his shoulder.
"It's something called bilocation jimin." Jungkook said while the jungkook in front of Jimin disapeared in a dark blue smoke.
"So I'm not the only one." Jimin said taking in a breath of relief.
"PRINCE!! WHERE ARE YOU!!" One of the servants yelled.
"Jungkook, I'll see you later I have to assure them I'm alive. Bye my love." Jimin said giving jungkook a small peck on the lips and then running off.
"Thank goodness my son is alive!" Jimin's mother said rushing up and cupping his cheeks in her hands while kissing him all over his face.
"Mom I think that's enough." Jimin's brother said crossing his legs on his chair.
"Everyone is here but the crown princess. She is in critical condition as of now." The king said rushing up and down the hall.
He was mad.
Fuming.
Anything to describe a father's hate for anything that almost murdered his only daughter.
"Jimin!" The king shouted making him jump.
"Who were you with? And where were you?" The king said sternly. Jimin knew that this time was just of worry, after all he could feel everyone's emotions.
"I was with jungkook and we were exiting the royal garden right before it caught fire." The king stoped in his steps.
"He's the one who want to marry you right?"
"Yes."Jimin said nodding his head.
"My wife, please start making arrangements for their wedding."
"Yes my husband."
One thing to note about the king is that his gifts are given immediately. He doesn't think twice. As for the queen she's the total opposite. It takes at least two weeks for her to make a decision as big as this.
The king and queen were total opposites when it came to time, but what can we say? Opposites attract.
"Father, isn't this a bit too quick." Jimin said furrowing his eyebrows.
"When did he ask for your hand in marriage?" The king said turning to face Jimin.
It's not like the king was always informed immediately about marriage proposals. The queen is who they went to first for these matters.
"Last week."
"Then tell me, how is it early? My beloved son by this time I would of already been informed." The king said giving only a small smile before returning to worry about his only daughter.
Sooner enough a small servant came rushing into the throne room and fell on his knees.
"S-sire, the crown princess!" Once the king heard the words he quickly rushed out of the room and went straight to her bedroom. The others also followed.
"My daughter!" The queen said immediately rushing to sit next to her daughter.
The princess's husband stood to the side with a shocked look on his face.
He may looked shocked but he's happy. Jimin thought while standing right next to him. Something good.
"Mom, Dad." his sister said in a hushed voice. There were both horrible blue and red bruises all over her arms but not on her face.
"What is it my daughter?" The queen said placing her daughter's hand on her own cheek and closing her eyes.
"Mom, I'm going to be a mother." The princess said quietly. The queen let in a gasp.
"A child!" Jimin's brother said while his eyes lit up.
"Your of child!" The king said this time displaying a large smile on his face.
"That doesn't keep me from being angered at any user of magic. I'll issue a decree. Nobody will hurt you again my daughter."
See? Something good. My sister's pregnant. Jimin said in his head trying to direct his thoughts towards jungkook.
"The king has decreed, ever since the failed assassination of the crown princess any user of magic shall be out to death!" The general read out to all the civilians in the kingdom in front of the palace gates.
"No. I never thought his father would do this, I thought he would just jail people with magic and not kill them." The boy said shaking his blonde and black streaked head in disbelief.
"I don't even know what to say." The boy with magenta hair said begining to walk.
"Look, we're going to be killed. And you have nothing to say?!" The other said trying to catch up.
"We have to hide somewhere. Like, right now because the king likes things to be done quickly. You should know that already." The boy with burgundy hair spoke up.
They were all walking towards one of the woods. As deep as the woods could get you could still see the white light through the small gaps inbetween the trees.
"Really!?"
"You just noticed??"
"Don't you remember when the king announced when his eldest daughter got married? It was right after her first period."
"Seems as if someone wants Grand children quickly." The boy with black and blond hair said laughing.
"Now's not the time to be laughing you prick." The boy with purple hair said.
*** A month later ***
Marriages in the royal family were serious occasions.
Every ritual started with the parents. They gave the blessing to the couple.
The second part was the wife (in this case jimin) went to the royal temple where all their ancestors were buried and performed many cleansing and fertility rituals.
Currently Jimin was residing in the Lotus Pavilion, the architecture was just like that if traditional Korean housing. He was resting after the third cleansing ritual. He still had five to go. It took at least a week for the cleansing rituals and at least four days for the fertility rituals.
Just as he fell into sleep he was interrupted by his servant.
"Prince, the guards are looking for you." The female servant said bowing down and not facing him.
He felt odd. As if something bad was going to happen. Negative thoughts ruin the rituals. Jimin reminded himself while putting his robes on and exiting the room.
Walking along the stone covered pathway he could feel that something was off. The feeling was dark, he couldn't explain. But this feeling. It felt as if- he really couldn't explain it. It just felt wrong. He quickly hurried to the main building to be met with fifteen people in the room.
Seven guards and seven men kneeling in he floor. One chief guard.
One of the men kneeling being jungkook.
"What's going on here?" Jimin said while adjusting his robes. The chief guard quickly bowed his head and answered.
"These men were caught using magic and the king ordered us to bring them to you my prince." Jimin quickly frowned dissatisfied with the news but it was bound to happen. Someone he knows and loves dearly would be caught up in something his father would deem illegal.
"What do you want me to do to them?" Jimin asked because truly he didn't know what to do.
"The king didn't give orders on what to do. He said to hand them over to you." His father knew something. Usually Jimin wouldn't have any say in any palace case ever. He would only have say if his father was trying to say something indirectly or to teach him a lesson.
"Hmm. Ok, put them in the storage room and hand me their files. I'll see what I can do from there. You are dismissed."
Jimin had a plan.
He was going to set them free. Then get married to jungkook of course.
***
"My prince, the files you asked for." A young female attendant said handing him seven papers. Jimin smiled taking the papers and looking through them.
"Thank you, you can leave." He dismissed the young girl.
Reading through it seemed as if all of the names were familiar to him.
"Taehyung?! I remember him. Infact I remember all of these names. They're from my childhood playgroup!" Jimin had originally planned to save just jungkook and leave the others but after realizing they were apart of his child hood he would have to make some adjustments.
"Maia!"
"Yes my prince?"
"Bring me my black robe I'm heading out."
"Our you sure my prince? It is dark out."
"I am very sure."
"My prince, here it is." His female attendant said handing him his black satin robe.
He started making his way towards the temple Kitchen to grab some bread when he saw Maia following him.
"Maia, don't follow me. Stay back at my Chambers. I have important business to attend to as of now."Jimin said whisper shouting. Maia nodded and headed back.
"Finally some peace and no footsteps behind." Jimin said waking quickly to the storage room.
When he arrived all he could hear were laughs. What was so funny?
"And so she was like fresh off the boat!" And the laughing grew louder.
Jimin knocked on the door and it immediately became quiet. He took it as his cue to enter the room and when he did he was met with six men, one of them jungkook.
"Jungkook! How did you get yourself into this trouble?!" Jimin said rushing over to hug him. Jungkook hugged back.
"I used bilocation to scare some children for fun and one of them told their mother." Jimin hit his head.
"You stupid ass." Before they could say more someone gasped.
"Hey! I remember that dark green hair from somewhere. I just can't put my thumb on it." The boy with bright yellow hair shrieked pointing at Jimin.
"Hoseok, he's from our childhood playgroup you remember?" Jungkook said in a knowing tone.
"This has turned into a reunion and that is not what I came here for." Jimin said bringing them onto the topic.
"Why did you come here then?" The boy with blonde and black hair called taehyung questioned.
"To tell you the plan that will free all of us. You're all locked up in her and I could kill you anytime you know that right?" Jimi said reminding them if why they were in the storage room.
"Shit, I forgot that part." The boy with purple hair piped up shaking his head.
"What is your plan then?" the boy with burgundy hair said cocking his head to the side.
"I'm glad you asked. This plan is very risky and I hope you all have good stamina cause there is a lot of running involved."
The plan wasn't that simple, first they would wait a couple days and then on the last day Jimin would unlock them from the storage room and they would run like there is no tomorrow towards the edge of the country then they would jump off and hope to stay alive.
"Jump?! You want us to jump off of the edge of this country and into who knows what?!!" Jin, the boy with magenta hair yelled in disbelief.
"Yes, YOU are gonna jump off. Not me, who knows what the hell is down there prince. And I am surely not a test subject." Taehyung said shaking his head vigorously.
"This is a stupid plan." Namjoon, the boy with burgundy hair said shifting in his seat on the ground.
"This, this is a suicide mission, I'm going to be frank, dying by the King's hand is better than falling to your death." Jin said laughing.
"See I have no problem because I can kinda fly but still, nobody knows what's down there jimin. Not even your dad. Ouch! " Jungkook said laying his head on Jimin's lap before it was pushed off in anger.
"If you guys don't like my idea then come up with your own, I'll be back tomorrow." Jimin said getting up, brushing his robe of the dust and leaving abruptly.
Keeping to what he said before, the next day he returned to the storage room ready to hear the new plans the others had came up with that were totally better than his.
Entering the storage room through the kitchen he was immediately met with the scent of vanilla.
"Stop taehyung! just because you feel bad doesn't mean you should create a whole vanilla bouquet!" He could hear jungkook say and the smell of vanilla immediately died down.
Jimin entered the room and all regretful eyes were on him. Hoseok was the first to speak.
"See, prince, we all realized the thoughts we came up with would end up in us dying. We're sorry." He said sincerely from his heart. Jimin thought for a second then began to speak.
"I left abruptly yesterday and for that I'm truly sorry. I just want you guys to know that if you want to change up the plans a little I'm fine with that. I'm always open to improvement." The female servant who was not Maia heard jimin's muffled voice say.
Before she could get noticed by the guards she quickly headed for the palace.
"I knew he would do something like this! He's too nice! He's helping Calivair's kind! He could be one of them for all we know!!" The king said abruptly knocking over the small figurine of one of the gods over. Once he noticed he quickly whispered a prayer for forgiveness.
"Be careful about your words to my son!" The queen said in anger. Any mother would protect their child. Because a mother never abandons her child.
"You! You know something about him that I don't right!? I feel as if your hiding something from me. What is it?" The king said pointing straight in the Queen's direction. Her eyes went wide with anger.
"What makes you think I am hiding something from you?" The queen said in fake disbelief. She knew that if the king found out things wouldn't end well.
Ever since Jimin was born she had kept it a secret, but not so that Jimin didn't know of his own power. For such reason she had six other kids with powers similar to him at the age of ten in a "playgroup."
Even though she told the king everything this, was something to be hidden. She could see that something bad would happen to him in the future if she told the king. Mother instincts. It came out to be true.
"Every mother is protective of their child. Mother instincts am I right? Your lying to me. Your disbelief is fake! Your keeping me from a secret and I'm asking you, WHAT DO YOU KNOW THAT I DONT?!!" The king yelled throwing a glass vase on the ground.
"You know everything that I know and I'm not hiding anything from you! Why don't you trust me!!?" The queen said tears slipping from her eyes.
"Jimin does magic right? Or is he pregnant? Or maybe both? If it was both then boy do we have some talking to do!" The king said putting his hands in his waist and walking towards the queen.
"I don't know that Jimin does any magic! And he is surely not pregnant!" The queen said her eyes now red with anger.
"Your-your eyes! They're red! Ha! You have magic right? I should just kill you here then." The king said chuckling and grabbing the queen by her jaw. The queen shut her eyes and black tears flowed. When she opened them her whole eye both the whites and the former hazels were black.
"I do have magic. So does my son. And if you kill him this world will fall." The queen said staring straight at the king with her doe black eyes.
The king was immediately lifted in the air suffocating. He quickly called for the guards to search for Jimin with his last breath.
"Jimin master! The king sent out a decree to arrest you. The guards a here right now! You should escape now. I'll hold them off. Go get the others!" Maia said stumbling into the room Jimin was in. When Jimin heard he was quickly alarmed and handed Maia a firecracker.
"Maia, your my dear servant and I know you well. Thank you for informing me of this. Here, take this. When the guards raid my room I want you to pull this. When you do jungkook will bring you with us. I can't leave such a loyal person here alone in the fear if you being killed. I'll be on my way." Jimin said quickly before wearing his black robe and entering the storage room without knocking.
When all eyes were on him he stated out of breath:
"It's time." Then Jimin broke their chains on their ankles and wrists and they quickly rushed out.
Running as fast as they could they soon heard the guards behind them.
Jimin fell behind and counted heads. Five? Ah...Jin turned invisible that's why.
"Get back here!" They all heard the Chamberlain say. That only motivated them to run faster into the woods.
"Follow me! I know my way around here!" Yoongi said leading them into a clearing in the forest. The guards went right past them as if they didn't take a sharp turn.
"What the hell... is this place!" Jin said out of breath.
"I created it... Just now.... Just in case." they all sat down to catch their breaths.
"There's no time before this breaks. We only have one more minute before they can see us so it's best if we start running now." Yoongi said watching the top of the clearing fade.
Soon that minute was over and they began running like their life depended on it. Because their lives did depend on it.
Jungkook could see white in front of him. They were getting close. So close.
"You guys will be punished severely!" They heard a soldier yell.
They ran even faster. The were all surprised by their fast stamina, except for namjoon and Jin though. They kept running.
They kept running until they saw the edge. Then they heard a firecracker go off. Jungkook quickly used bilocation to rescue Maia in a spilt second. The eight of them were now standing at the edge of the kingdom oblivious to what was under them.
They all looked back seeing the guards getting closer. They were running out of time.
"It's time." Namjoon said.
They all looked at each other and nodded.
Closing their eyes they all jumped.
Except for one. Maia, she was terrified and decided last minute not to jump off.
The pressure was too much. It was as if their lungs were being squeezed to a pulp. But soon. Soon they all opened their eyes to see lights. Many lights and moving objects that is.
Yoongi and jungkook quickly created a platform that would help them land safely.
Soon. Very soon their feet hit solid ground.
When they opened their eyes again they saw lights flashing and heard voices screaming and talking.
"Will you marry- oh my god!!"
"The heavens have blessed us with these handsome men"
"Seven men have just fallen down in times square from the rock in the sky!"
"Could it be the end of the world?! Seven men have just fallen from the sky. More in this later tonight."
"Seven seemingly unscathed men have just fallen down from the rock next to the moon! More details on this later."
More and more flashing lights. But they all could care less.
They all looked at each other and started laughing.
"We made it." They said in unison.
"Welcome to New York, my son." Jimin heard a familiar voice say.
He quickly turned around.
"M-"