Y/N's POV

The moon was blood red as I looked out of the tiny window. The light outside was reflecting its pain and grudge out to the rest of the world as it burned its light onto the houses, especially on the castle of the Dark Lord.

I heard a tiny series of knocks on the door, which later revealed my young, old friend.

"Y/N? Can I come in?" Lilith asked as she popped her head through the gap with her friendly gaze.

"You don't have to ask for permission. You're not just here to take care of me. You're also my friend." I said as I got up and held her hand, pulling her into my room and closing the door.

"King's asked me to get you ready for the royal ball tonight. He has quite a lot of guests of honour here to see you, so you have to look presentable."

"I don't get it..."

"What do you not get? The guests of honour part?"

"No, the part where there are people here to see me and that I will also be there. Do you get what I mean? If I'm the real danger, then why put me in the middle of the crowd and risk it?"

"Taehyung's quite unpredictable. Nobody knows what goes on in his mind. Not even BTS."

"Tell me about his unpredictability. I've witnessed it ever since I've arrived."

"You sweet little girl..." The kind sarcasm was clear in Lilith's voice as she pinched my right cheek. "Now let's get you ready, shall we? All the guests will be arriving shortly."

Lilith got me into a heavy emerald ball gown, a one-shoulder dress that hugged my waist comfortably and puffed out on its way down. It elegantly touched the floor, trailing the back, and its shiny black detailed designs made me look like a million bucks.

"Now time for your makeup." I thought that putting on makeup was done the human way, but no. Lilith clicked her long, slender fingers and put the mirror up to my face. Oh man, holy shit! My face was already beautified by makeup and glitter, which made me look like a completely different person. The smokey eyes and black glitter on my cheeks matched my dress, and her 'final touch' to my look was a small emerald necklace that rested smoothly around my neck.

"Now you are all set to go to the royal ball," she said to me in a cheerful tone, but then her tone got serious as she continued, "But do be careful when you go down there, Y/N. Stay by Taehyung, BTS, or my side all the time. Please do not wander off without telling us. You could get into a lot of trouble if you fall into the wrong hands."

"If that's the case, I'd prefer to stay by your side all the time. Trust me, if you leave me with Taehyung or BTS, you'll probably never find me after that."

"You have a different idea about them, which is not your fault; you just met them at the wrong place at the wrong time."

"You won't believe me, but if I met any of them at the 'right time', then that would also be the wrong time."

"Hah, let's go downstairs now; it's almost time." Her sigh spoke a lot about her judgement of my point of view. It's not her fault that she trusts them, but it's not her fault either that I have to be here for no reason.

"Are you going like this?" I asked her, looking at her casual dress.

"Nope" She clicked her fingers again, and red smoke fired up from her feet to her head, which cleared, revealing a completely different woman. She wore a red dress, and for some reason, her horns were out. Regardless of that, Lilith looked pretty. Her blonde, open hair and her black and red glittery makeup just changed her entire appearance.

"Shall we?"

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Author's POV

At the Ball

The ballroom was a royal, dark-themed room that looked dull and soothing simultaneously. Long, heavy cloths of black velvet draped around the windows, which gave the room more of a dark appearance.

Soon, the guests started to arrive. People, or should I say 'creatures' of different parts of the realms, arrived not only upon the king's invitation but also to feast their eyes on the new being that arrived in the kingdom. All they wanted was an opportunity to see her powers and take her away for their use. That was the role of a human in a world so cruel—to be used and thrown away.

The King of the Dark World stood in the middle of the ballroom in his dark suit, which resembled the dark soul of not only him but his entire kingdom. The feathers of his suit started from the neckline and ended at the chest area, which reflected his dominance, and the emerald green outline of the feathers suited his magical eye colour.

BTS and Gong Yoo arrived and stood around Taehyung.

"Hyung, any special reason for the ball night tonight?" The maknae asked him excitedly.

"Hm, I'm bringing Y/N out to the crowd today."

"What?!" All the members asked in unison.

"Taehyung, you must be joking."

"I'm not Jimin."

"Taehyung, what are you thinking of doing?"

"Just something, Namjoon."

"Ok guys, let's trust him and hope that whatever he's trying to do works alright."

"Thanks, Jin" And with that, Taehyung left the boys and Gong Yoo alone to enjoy themselves.

Gong Yoo left the group too, trailing the King in the need for answers to understand the silent storm going on inside his mind.

"Taehyung, I know that something is going on in your mind. What are you thinking?"

Taehyung looked around the crowd and then back at the elder before giving his reasoning: "I'm bringing her out here so that I can see if she has powers. Everyone here would try to take her away because they knew that I had brought her into the dark world. I just want to see if she has the powers to manipulate the past and see what happened on the day my parents died."

"You don't believe what I told you about that girl's parents being the ones to kill your parents?" The man sounded quite disappointed, despite knowing that Taehyung had his reasons.

"That's not what I meant. I want to see how all this happened and what clues I can get. I believe you. Y/N's parents killed my Eomma and Appa."

"I get it, but don't get so caught up in the past that it gets hard to get back to the present to live your future, son." Gong Yoo put his hand on Taehyung's shoulder before his eyes fluttered to the stairs.

Taehyung looked into the elder man's eyes and then looked around him; everybody was looking in the direction of the grand stairs. He slowly turned his head towards the stairs to see Y/N descending them alongside Lilith.

The glamorous look of the girl seemed to take the king's breath away with just one quick look.

"Did she make your heart beat, Tae?"

The King turned his head to the Lord of Beauty standing next to him and said, "Never, Hyung, not in a million years."

"You know, I heard that she doubted that you didn't have a heartbeat, but then you brought her closer to listen to your heart."

"Not a big deal. It wasn't mine anyway. I just mimicked her heartbeat, and she was just stupid enough to believe it. Humans..." The disgust in Taehyung's voice was clear towards Y/N, but his eyes never left her.

"I can see a different case going on here. I mean, you can't hear her thoughts anymore, so..." Seokjin left him hanging and walked away.

"What? Hyung, get back here-"

"Greetings, my lord." Taehyung turned around to see Lilith standing in front of him alongside Y/N.

He looked at Y/N for a good few seconds before turning to his guests and saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, let the ball begin."

Y/N's POV

The music started at the ball, and that old man (Gong Yoo) came up to Lilith and me and offered a dance.

"May I have a dance with you, Y/N?"

I was reluctant to have a dance with him, but Lilith took my hand out of hers and put it in Gong Yoo's hand. "She would love to."

With that, Gong Yoo took me to the circle where everybody else was dancing. My eyes looked back to see Lilith coming to the circle with Taehyung.

"I don't want to do this..." I silently mouthed to her as Gong Yoo locked his eyes with me and started speaking.

"Listen up, human; whatever you are planning to do, just don't do it. Taehyung is quiet now, but don't mistake it for the fact that he won't do anything to you later on. He's the King of the Dark World, so don't test his patience; it doesn't take him long to change and kill people who don't cooperate with him the way he wants. I'm just surprised that he's held it in for such a long time with you. So whatever you're hiding, you should tell us now, human."

The audacity of this man, "First off, Ajusshi, my name is not 'human'; it's Y/N, and the main point here is that no matter how many times I tell you guys the truth, you don't believe me. I'm like a parrot who keeps saying the same thing and nobody listens."

I could feel his gaze looking right through my eyes and burning the back of my head. All the women in the circle spun as Gong Yoo took my hand and harshly spun me to the next partner. And guess who it was—Kim fucking Taehyung.

"Hi"

I replied to him with a simple "Fuck you."

"Already did." I looked into his eyes with a straight face before he carried on with his nonsense. "Do you remember you told me something that night?"

"The night you took my virginity?"

"Yup. Exactly that night."

"What about it?"

"You told me that it was your childhood dream to slow dance the night away with your partner?"

"People grow up; that's why it is called a childhood dream, and you will never be that partner."

I tried to walk away when he stopped me with his right hand that rested on my waist.

"Hold up, the dance is not over yet."

"Whatever"

After the longest two minutes of my life, the music finally stopped, and everyone went back to enjoying the party.

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Wandering around the party with Lilith, of course, I came across a very familiar man. Someone I've met on Earth before turned around, and I finally saw his face: Jay B.

He saw me and walked towards us with a sly smile on his face. Lilith stood in front of me, trying to protect me as her eyes turned ruby red and the horns on her head flared fire.

I gently put my hand on her defending arm in front of me and told her to take it easy.

"Human, have you still got that necklace?" Jay B. asked me shamelessly.

"It's yours, isn't it? I'll give it to you only on one condition." I tried to keep as calm as I could.

"What do you want? To get out of here? Don't even dream of that; we could if we wanted, but I prefer not to for now. I'm already on Taehyung's bad side; I don't want to get on his bad side." It seems that they have a lot of problems, but despite that, he's here.

"When did I say anything about getting out? I just want to know why you were unnecessarily coming in my way all the time.

"Huh? You don't know what the problem is here, don't you? You know that necklace is mine, but where did you find it, Miss Scholarship?" He tilted his head with a sly grin on his face.

A sickening feeling of realisation hit me as I stated the obvious

"At my parents' crime scene..."

"Yup, this pretty face was the one who made you never be able to see your parents' faces again.

I killed your parents Y/N..."

💜Published: 21/10/2023💜

A/N: Long time no see huh?

anyway... I'm back so enjoy 😘