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Cale was sitting outside with lemonade in his hands looking over the field of flowers he had in his backyard.
He still remembers the day when the little ones decided to plant these flowers, Rosalyn had made a comment about the huge empty space that they had and that it would be the perfect place to plant some flowers
The rest was history
There were a bunch of flowers, ranging from marigolds to roses. Heck, they even planted some cherry blossom trees he's actually quite surprised that they exist in this world, and from the looks of it Choi han was too. They are now in full bloom, with a little help from magic of course.
What caught his eye though was a little patch of dandelions that were right in the middle of the flower field, he quite liked dandelions when he was still living his life as kim rok soo, actually, he quite liked all the flowers.
He used to research them when he had the spare time, it was a nice change of pace from the ongoing apocalypse that was going on right outside of his window
The flower actually reminded him of a song, Dandelion by Gabbie Hannah. It was an English song and he loved to sing it while he played the piano. It was one of those songs that allowed you to vent all of your anger while you sang the song. It was also quite catchy
So, with his mind made up, he set off, put down his lemonade that went untouched the entire time the old man isn't around to tell him to drink it and made his way towards the newly discovered music room
They found this music room a couple of days ago when he was going for a walk around the villa with the kids, he got distracted and took a few wrong turns and found this hall that they didn't know existed and within the many rooms they explored was a music room with so many instruments inside you would think they belonged to a whole orchestra or something
Speaking of the kids they and a few others are away right now so now would be the perfect time to play a song without anyone knowing, cale thought he had it all figured out when he entered the music room
Little did he know
His family was entering the villa doors right when he decided to sit down at the piano
As his fingers played the first notes to the piano version of the song he would later regret ever leaving the comfort of his chair by the flower field
When i was a little girl my mama said to me
Immediately the people that were downstairs were alerted and surprised, what was their young master doing now?
“What's your favorite flower? I'll get you the seed!”
I said dandelion dandelion, that one's so pretty!
She said child, that one's not a flower that ones just a weed
Alerted they started to make their way upstairs and towards the music room, all while pondering what Cale was singing, was this a song he made or a song he picked up, and if he made this song what could possibly be the meaning behind it?
But then cale started really playing the piano
And his singing got louder
Oh what a shame
Now it dont look the same!
I guess it dont look the same!
OH WHAT A SHAME!
Without saying a word they all started running, they knew where the music room was, but yet, the halls twisted in a way they didn't recognize, they passed by corners they didn't know existed. That was when both Roan and Eruhaben froze, they both just stopped. Roan looked towards Eruhaben
“You feel it too right gramps!” Roan whispered Eruhaben just nodded and looked towards the rest of the group
“ magic, an ancient type of magic is being casted right now”
They didn't dwell on what it meant, they didn't want to waste any more time then they already have, all they knew right now was that Cale was most likely in trouble and that was all they needed to know, they started running again, running and listening, they knew if the magic was illusion magic then they already were affected and they weren't going to find the redhead anytime soon if it was what the illusionist wanted, so, they decided to listen, maybe the song contained clues on what was happening
Call me what you want!
(dandelion dandelion )
Lucky the illusionist seemed to want them to meet their young master seeing as the halls became recognizable, now that they knew where they were they ran faster
Ron didn't like what was happening right now, the illusion, his puppy young master currently missing, and the fact that same young master was currently singing his heart out on issues he didn't know he was facing
Rosalyn knows that unlike most people here, she was there when cales trash reputation was at its peak, she remembers thinking of Cale and being disgusted, she remembers the distrust she first had when she met him for the first time and she remembers the shock she had when Cale, again and again, proved her expectations wrong, So when she heard Cale sing that line she couldn't stop herself from whispering
¨trash, he's singing about being called trash¨
Now no one there can be called normal, so despite Rosalyn whispering, every single person there heard what she said, and their faces darkened
¨ Human isn't trash!" ron flapped his wings to express how angry he was, Choi han just nodded and said
¨yeah..but I don't think he knows that¨
They all went quiet, if Cale was there right now he would ask who pissed all of them off and then he would shrink in the corner hoping to make himself invisible.
While they all were rightfully sulking, clospheh on the other hand was currently recording this whole thing while fanboying
You cant stop me from multiplying!
Pull me from the dirt!
They finally found the room, they could finally see their young master, but, that was all they could do see cale, there was a barrier that seemed to be powered by the piano cale was playing that was blocking them from even going into the room, Choi han was preparing to just break through it when Eruhaben stopped him
¨no! Don't do it¨ Choi han stopped and looked towards Eruhaben
¨that's the ancient magic i was talking about, You wouldn't be able to break it even if you put all your power into it, and we don't know what will happen if you do attack it¨
Choi han regretfully put his sword back into his holster and told himself that he would get stronger
Cale felt a chill go down his back, he felt uneasy, so he decided to sing louder
(dandelion dandelion)
No you dont want me in your garden
Dandelion Dandelion
Dandelion Dandelion
Dandelion Dandelion
That's when they saw them, there were other people in the room with their young master, they looked to be made out of wisp-like particles and once again, powered by the piano. One of them looked tall and sturdy like his body was carved out of rocks, another one was wearing a priest robe, another had thief-like attire on, or at least what looked like thief attire and it looked quite windy where her feet were
Another had long flowing hair that looked quite free and another was crying. But there were two that were quite worrying, one of them was playing with fire while the other looked ready to cause chaos.
They were singing along with Cale, It looked like they were responsible for singing the Dandelion part, which was pointed out, once again, by Eruhaben
I still loved those mellow yellow petals anyways
Whats that thing they say about a rose by any other name?
Now that he had the time to sit still and think ron realized something that he missed
Did cale mention his mother earlier in the song?...
Then this song.. Was this song talking about when he grieved his mother? When he descended into trash? When people decided to come in and out of his life whenever they pleased? This song was about his grief, his sadness, this song is being used to make sure he never forgets what he was
Trash
And ron hated it, he hated hearing his young master think of himself like this, he hates the fact that he never noticed, he hates how cale decided to hide it, he hates everything
Because
¨hes so young…¨
They all seemed to freeze at that, how old exactly was their young master? When they realized he's not even 22 yet they darkened they all keep forgetting how young their young master is, they keep forgetting that just because he acts mature for his age doesn't mean he can just go out and fight wars, why do they keep forgetting
Then my fragile flower turned into a ball of gray
So i took a breath and made a wish and blew them all away
Alberu remembers the days when he was too young to understand what was happening around him, too young to understand why aunt Tasha was the one taking care of him instead of his father, too young to understand. So every night right before he went to bed he would wish on the stars and the night sky. There would be a new wish every night, well that was until he started to realize that his wishes weren't going to come true, well now that he looks back at it one wish did come true
He wished for a family.
Oh what a shame
Now it dont look the same!
I guess it doesn't look the same
Oh what a shame!
Call me what you want
(dandelion dandelion)
The people that looked like they were made of fog were back at it again, singing along with their young master, now that roan,on and hong looked into it they got a bit angry
“ why are they allowed to stand next to human and we have to look through the barrier!”
“Yea! Nya!”
Hong agreed while On settled for nodding her head, clearly agreeing with her two siblings
You can't stop me from multiplying
Pull me from the dirt
(dandelion dandelion )
No you don't want me in your garden
Dandelion dandelion
Call me what you want!
“It looks as if the song is ending soon” ron commented, Beacrox nodded along with his father
They will be able to talk to their young master soon, and boy did they have a lot to talk about
(dandelion dandelion)
The first question would be who these people were
You cant stop me from multiplying
Pull me from the dirt
(dandelion dandelion)
The second question will be if he has something on his mind that maybe he wanted to share with the party
No you don't want me in your garden
Dandelion dandelion
Dandelion dandelion
The third question will be if he thinks he is trash or not and in cale fashion, he will of course say yes
And then we all will have a very long conversation
So i took a breath and made a wish and blew them all away
But right now?
Once the song ended the barrier disappeared along with the wisp people that were helping him with the song.
They all rushed in and tackled the redhead out of the piano seat and onto the floor. The kids of course were the ones who first got to him first.
They just want to hug cale
To make sure he knows he's loved
To make sure he's not going anywhere
They just want to help him make everything okay again
Like they always do
They want to be a happy family