-battle plans-
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the warlock paused, "you don't mean that." he'd think, finalizing his answer. "we all have our sibling rivalries." he'd flutter over toward the rack of mixtures on the wall. many of them glowed and shimmered. he saw one that was blue and sparkled as the sun hit it- the sun. taehyung saw the light as it began to flood the warlock den.

taehyung hissed as the sun caught ahold of his arm. he drew back and watched his skin sizzle. yoongi turned, snapping his fingers as a purple smoke swarmed the room and closed all the curtains to hide the deathly sun. "i must have forgotten that you burn. perhaps a bit of warlock magic can help heal that right up."

yoongi neared the boy and hovered his hand over his arm. he waved his hand over the burning flesh, watching as a purple mist rained onto the burn and cured it slowly. the skin regrew and covered up the injury. "good as new. would not want the new prince to get burnt up. now, onto the payment. i request your ultimate protection going into the vampire kingdom. you pesky fellas always think so highly of yourself- that a grungy warlock might seem lower in importance. i don't want any of your friends leaving bite marks on me. understood?"

taehyung nodded, anything if he could leave sooner. the warlock seemed pleased as he snapped his fingers, a portal spun out of nowhere, purple in color and seeming to vacuum the vampire up. the vampire walked through this portal and amazingly, he ended up right where he started, in his father's bedroom. the warlock followed right behind him, eyes glancing around the castle in amazement.

"it seems my father has left to somewhere. he should be asleep by now." taehyung complained, not really wanting to babysit a warlock, or go on a manhunt for his father. "he might have gotten stuck in the sun somewhere. he might be hiding in a house- or he's just gone to the-"

"or he's right here." taehyung's father appeared from the bedroom door, seeming exhausted. "oh, yoongi! so glad to see you. kids, am i right? they have so much to learn."

vampires, warlocks, both immortal, both short tempered, both obnoxious sometimes, but both very powerful.

"why have you summoned me?" yoongi inquires, drawing taehyung bored already. he wanted to sleep, his bedroom seeming not far, his sleep seeming inevitable. his eyelids would droop as he tried to regain his focus.

"remember when i saved your life?" the king hissed, fangs on full display. "well, for that, you owe me a favor. and i was hoping you could-" taehyung stopped listening. something about strengthening the borders around the kingdom. taehyung knew he had to stay awake, for the warlock's sake. he watched as they talked, and finally agreed to a compromise.

"thank you, king. i will honor this request and complete it without fail." the warlock promised, creating another portal and walking through it with ease. the young prince finally let out his breath. he could rest! he turned on his heels and headed toward his bedroom. his bed felt so comfortable. no- they didn't sleep in coffins. he was normal for the most part, other than his long fangs and hunger for blood. taehyung placed away his glowing red crown- which lost its sparkling hue once it was removed from his head.

taehyung fell onto his bed, a bed with red bedsheets and black pillows. it was a king sized bed, his room was shaded by big black curtains and a black rug on the ground. he had many closets full of beautiful clothing, suits and dress shirts. he never dressed sloppy. he wanted to be taken seriously. and even as he slept, he looked like the face of royalty.

-within the wolf woods-

snap, someone stepped on a twig. "be quiet." the werewolf instructed, nearing the edge of the wolf woods. behind him, a group of angry werewolves. he turned on his heels, facing his followers. "today, we will attack the vampires! we have attacked the fairies and elves, and a struck down a few warlocks, and soon we will gain power over them all. but to do that, we must stay quiet. the vampires are at rest currently."

jeongguk looked over the crowd. he was incredibly nervous. sure, he had a run up with the vampire prince recently, but that didn't mean he wanted to kill their entire species. the alpha of the pack had gone haywire after a vampire wandered into werewolf territory, aka the vampire prince. so, he decided that that occurrence was the last straw.

"we will stake as many vampires as possible, but beware of their painful bite. don't let them inject venom into you- you'll be in more pain than if they drank all of your blood." the alpha said across the sea of angry werewolves, well mostly angry. some of them were just following along because their alpha said so.

jeongguk bit his lip, he didn't want to be responsible for the downfall of vampires, besides, the vampires had the biggest population out of all the species. how could they kill every single one of them and go unharmed?

"we will march from the back of the villages first. be careful to not touch the borders. the vampires are very friendly with the warlocks, they might have casted some wicked spell that will kill us if we touch it or something." jeongguk scoffed, the vampires wouldn't do something like that. it was just the man's alpha blood talking. werewolves were born hating vampires. it just so happened to be that they neighbored the vampires...

perhaps that was done intentionally, to bring a never ending cycle of pure hatred amongst the kingdoms.

-chapter-end-