-tea time-
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it was a chilly day, the sun was hiding beneath the tall trees, and it had been hours since taehyung's capture. nobody in the vampire kingdom had awoken to even realize yet. it was a burly werewolf who decided to intrude and inform. when jeongguk neared the kingdom with yugyeom and seokjin at his tail- literally, he was a big gray and black wolf with white speckles around the muzzle. his eyes shined a sapphire blue, very dark as he concentrated. seokjin was a rather sandy colored wolf with light blue eyes that could probably blind someone with their beauty. then there was yugyeom, a dark brown wolf with what looked like white stripes that traced his underbelly. his eyes bore the blue coloring as well.

i smell jiyoo. jeongguk spoke to the wolves behind him. jiyoo was a female werewolf who lead beside the alpha, she was a strong minded girl who always fought through missions and he supposed she had lead this one. seen as her scent was all over the entrance to the vampire kingdom. seokjin butted his head into jeongguk with a gentle but hurried force, catching both of the wolves attention and allowing seokjin to lead them down a path and up towards the castle. the scent there grew stronger, and jeongguk could feel his fear growing.

were they too late? had the werewolves already captured taehyung? was there anything they could do now?

jeongguk stopped in his tracks when he came across a pool of blood. it was small, it was tiny, but it smelled exactly like taehyung. he'd lower his nose to the red liquid, calming down as the familiar scent flooded his mind. the werewolves had taehyung, coming here was utterly useless. he lifted his large wolf head and stared at his friends, who were still advancing to the castle. jeongguk hurried to catch up, his paws underneath him and moving as quickly as possible. the wind in his fur was nice, his eyes narrowing into slits as he finally reached the door.

yugyeom immediately started cracking into his human form, his bones shifting as his body morphed. it wasn't pretty, hearing all those bones cracking back into place as he grew tall and skinny once again. he opened the door, not bothering to worry about his bare body. things like that didn't mean much to the werewolves, they had all seen each other's parts, so no shame there.

jeongguk, staying low to the ground, took quick steps up the staircase, where taehyung's scent was faint. he decided that the prince was captured on the bottom floor of the castle, captured by hungry, blue eyed beasts. he wondered if taehyung even put up a fight, knowing the werewolves' tricks.

jeongguk firstly noticed the king, he was in the halls. his face looked alarmed as two large wolves neared him with expressions of what looked like anger. seokjin quickly started morphing back to his human form, his bones breaking horribly, mending back into what he was originally. the king saw something differing, than what he was expecting, the evil werewolf who had lurked into the castle, but he was just met with a genuine guy.

the king hurried to retrieve two red robes- which he changed to three once yugyeom entered slowly. jeongguk finally allowed himself to morph into his well built form, bones crackling and mending into what was meant to be there.

the boys all slid on their given robes, jeongguk's oddly smelled like blood and a bit of medicine too.

"why have three werewolves come to visit me? has my son gotten into trouble again?" the king leaned against the doorway, the crown bright and glowing against his head. red and prideful. jeongguk frowned, knowing taehyung adored his crown, which could be anywhere. jeongguk guesses the prince had hidden it away, not being able to see him wearing it ever again made his stomach churn.

"more trouble than you can imagine." yugyeom chuckled darkly, tightening the robe ties around his stomach as he stared deeply into the king's eyes. he watched as the king's face fell, too. concern starting to fill his eyes.

"what has happened?" he squeaked out, seeming far from an almighty king, as he usually portrayed very well.

"the werewolf alpha ordered that the werewolves kidnap the vampire prince in order to lure out the rest of his kind." seokjin spoke up, his hands resting firmly at his hips as he gazed upon the royal halls of the castle. it was very golden and red. more red than gold, actually. the halls were dark if anything, no windows on either side, only lit by small candles.

"this is most definitely a trap for the king to be lured into the alpha den. so, i think we should gather all of the vampires, ones who are able to fight- and battle against the alpha. just remember, the other werewolves are all under his control. so, if we can just, rid of him, then we can save your son." jeongguk sputtered out his plan. "the alpha most likely has him held in the alpha den itself, i've seen the cages there. i know the ones for vampires, they aren't pretty." jeongguk could just imagine all the pain taehyung was going through right now. he just wanted to save the prince before it was all too late.

"what if the vampires don't comply?" the king asks lowly, his eyes narrowing as they did. the thought of his son being tortured was making him want to cooperate and go through with the plan, but all the lives lost would result in a major set back for the vampires.

"then we will fight alone." jeongguk stated quietly, "we just need one werewolf to slay the alpha. the vampires just have to keep the other werewolves away while i try and get taehyung out of that cage."

the king inhaled, that familiar scent radiating off of jeongguk. the same scent that was plastered from taehyung's room. the king knew who this was, he knew he was important to his son. he knew that they collided in some way. he'd cross his arms. "and what is my son to you?"

jeongguk felt his face burn, red flaring up around his cheeks and nose as he thought of the prince, his pretty smile and sparkling eyes he could get lost in. "he's a friend." jeongguk heard yugyeom and seokjin laugh a little, their faces filling with amusement. "he's only a friend now, but i wish to- i wish to know him better in the future, and there won't be a future for him if we don't do something now."

the king nodded quickly, turning to open baekhyun's bedroom door. the vampire was pulling on a navy sweater, his red eyes popping out against his smooth, black hair. his hair ruffled against his scalp. jeongguk could tell how taehyung and him were related, both having narrow faces like their father.

baekhyun seemed alarmed, he slid his arms into his sweater and ran a hand through his messy hair. he'd tilt his head slightly to look at his father more clearly. it was a time that vampires would just wake up, so he seemed a bit out of it.

"who are they?" he asked out of the blue, staring, no, glaring at the werewolves which stood in the doorway of his room. the king rolled his eyes, shaking his head at his curious son.

"these are the werewolves who are here to help rescue your brother. he was captured during the day. i need you to round up the other vampires and inform them of this. before something bad happens to your brother." baekhyun whines at the instruction, rubbing his belly. he sure was hungry, but he bet that taehyung was hungrier. that pinched his heart. his brother was in the hands of evil minded werewolves, he must get going.

baekhyun nodded, turning and opening his window, stepping on the sill and flashing his red eyes to the public. huge black wings started to sprout from baekhyun's back. they flapped freely, looking like those of a bat. jeongguk watched in amazement, feeling his other werewolf friends share that same reaction. the streets were now very busy, the shops and towns full of bustling people hurrying to work or school or parties. baekhyun turned over his shoulder once more, his eyes flashing a royal yellow before he dove out, and into the night air.

jeongguk flinched, he never knew vampires had wings. they always seemed to fly through the night sky, seemingly without wings. perhaps he never noticed until now.

"what now?" seokjin asks, turning his head in curiosity, staring at the king. he looked as if he was awaiting instruction.

"we wait for the townspeople to gather." the king stated. "until then, would you three like some tea- or perhaps anything to eat?"

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