Martha's feet struggle in the sand as she pushes on, chest rising and falling rapidly from the exertion of traversing challenging terrain.

She felt it.

The break in the void, the connection.

Her sister wouldn't be stupid enough to try something so idiotic.

Which left only one other who would....Melinö.

Martha didn't want it to happen like this. The moment a connection is made, especially between two fated to be together it's only a matter of time before they start to weaken without the other nearby.

Their energy, their very essence now entwined.

What was Melinö thinking?! She knows this!

Martha hears the desperate cries of Y/N's name, urges her tiring body on. "Step away!" She calls out, pushing away the group of panicked younger men.

"What happened?" Martha asks, dropping to her knees beside Y/N.

"I was talking with her, she just froze....wouldn't respond to me and then just collapsed." Lewis breathed out, eyes filling with tears as he watched Martha lift Y/N's head to rest across her lap.

"Anything else? Did you see or hear anything else?" Martha snaps, no time to waste.

"She kept saying a name over and over, that's it though....nothing else. Is she going to be okay?" Lewis' voice wavered, hands shaking at his sides.

"What name was she saying?"

"Why is that important? I just want to know if she's going to be...."

"JUST TELL ME THE NAME?!" Martha yells.

There's a crack of thunder which follows the older woman's outburst. Lewis and his friends shrink back, eyes darting to the storm brewing.

"Taehyung, the name she kept saying was Taehyung." He finally responds, eyes back on his unconscious friend.

"I thought as much." Martha sighs, fingers running through Y/N's hair. "I need you boys to fetch help for me, can you do that?"

Lewis doesn't want to leave his friend but something tells him Martha won't appreciate his reluctance so instead he nods. "Just keep her safe, please." He pleads.

"Of course, now go....quickly!"

Another flash of lightning forks across the sky, spurring the boys into action. Lewis hesitates before following his friends, the group sprinting across the sand.

"I'm so sorry my dear girl, this wasn't supposed to happen....not yet at least." Martha soothes, eyes looking across the now turbulent ocean. "This is what happens when two fated connect, complete chaos." There isn't much time, Y/N needs to pass through the gateway and Martha is too weak to get her there. So she uses what little power she has left to call for help, allowing the words of her people to be heard.

The ocean swells, waves building as the bewitching melody dances across them. To a human they're waves, simply the ocean keeping in time with the ongoing storm but to those who possess magic.....to Martha's kind they're the airön mairo.

Guardians of the ocean, protectors of the gateway.

Martha watches as the airön mairo break through the water, hauntingly beautiful as they guide the wave to shore.

The hooves of the airön finally hit dry ground, Martha lowers her head in respect as one of them approach. "You know why I called you, you know what must be done." Martha lifts her head, eyes on the magnificent creature.

It knows.

Of course it knows.

The airön lowers, allowing Martha to settle Y/N. "Go, you must be quick." The guardian whinnies, rearing up as another bolt of lightning forks across the sky. Martha watches on as it surges forward, galloping across the sand with ease.

Go and find your prince dear girl.

~

Y/N feels empty, numb.

The sound of waves crashing against the shore.

Fingers curling around something coarse.

Wind dancing around her.

The rhythmic up and down.

Thud, thud, thud against the ground.

Her eyes flicker open, flashes of brilliant light with the ocean as it's backdrop.

A whimper leaves her lips, her heart aches.

The darkness drags her back.

~

The guardian reaches the cave just below Tintagel castle, hooves moving from sand to stone.

It moves gracefully, passing through the glamour placed their to protect the gateway from humanity. The fated on his back whimpers, shifts as her fingers tighten around his mane. The gateway lies ahead, only the fated can pass and so the guardian lowers.

~

It's quieter here, the roar of the ocean replaced with nothing but her own laboured breaths.

Her fingers go to curl, tighten around something coarse but find only cold stone.

She whimpers, eyes flickering open to see a distant light.

Her body aches as she slowly pushes herself up, fingers running across stone as she struggles to keep her balance.

The light grows, calls to her and with obscured vision she follows.

Her heart races, the more she climbs it beats wildly in her chest.

The light holds her captive, pulls her closer.

She reaches the source, allows herself to fall.

Flashes of purples and blues.

Her body light, fingers grasping nothing but darkness.

She doesn't fight the pull.

Then she collides.

~

"What the....." Jungkook's eyes widen, arms coming up instinctively to wrap around the person who just flew through the gateway.

"GUK! You okay?" Seokjin shouts, approaching his younger brother.

"I...." The person in his arms whimpers, lifts their head and Jungkook stills.

"Vanímelda." He whispers.

~

Her eyes flicker open, fingers curling into something soft.

Raven hair, dark doe eyes and soft defined lips.

Then darkness.

~

Jungkook snaps out of his trance, eyes moving to settle over his brother and father.

Jin cocks a brow, wide eyes focused on the woman in his brother's arms.

"Well that was unexpected."

((Vanímelda means beautiful in Elvish.))