Chapter 26

Everyone brandished their weapons. You backed up a bit and thought of something. You could possibly make a reckless decision. Grab the pouch of water and rush towards the cave. That must be the location of the rock right? Why else would the creature guard this area?

As Jungkook dove in first, you made your way behind a big rock. Thankfully this area had some rocks to hide behind. Okay, so you think that... Who had the pouch?! You hit your head at your foolish plan. You can't remember anything when you had those side effects! It's not like you can interrupt the fight and say, "who had the pouch?"

You took a glance at the fight. Alright, maybe you actually have to do that. Your eyes landed on Seokjin who was the closest to you. "Hey! Do you have the pouch?!"

Seokjin shook his head. "Jimin had it last!"

Your eyes scanned everywhere for blue hair. Why was he on the other side of the area?! You groaned but carefully made your way over there. At last you made it! "Jimin! Give me the pouch!"

Jimin shot you a glance. "I don't have it!"

"Then who has it?!" You were ready to give up at this point. It hasn't been even three people that you asked yet.

"Hoseok took it and I think gave it to Yoongi?"

Why is everyone just giving the pouch to someone?! This time, you're not going to travel from your spot and yell out. "Yoongi! Do you have the pouch of water?!"

Thankfully, he heard you and the wisps of gray smoke appeared right in front of you. He tilted his head. "Why would I have it?"

"Jimin said..."

Then it seemed like it clicked for him. "Oh I remember. Taehyung has it." Yoongi saw the flash of an angry look on your face and he quickly came up with a suggestion. "I'll go get it for you. Stay here and don't die." Then he disappeared just like that.

How reassuring.

"Looking for this?" Someone dropped the pouch right in front of your face. You looked up to see Taehyung standing on the rock that you were hiding behind. He grinned, his hat tipping to the side. You figured he must have hid it inside his hat.

"I thought Yoongi was supposed to get me this?" You took the pouch and stood up a bit.

Taehyung looked back. "Ah the creature got distracted with Yoongi popping in front of it. So it's chasing Yoongi at the moment."

You peered around him and saw it was true. The creature was snapping its jaws at Yoongi who kept appearing and disappearing. Only the front half of the creature's body was moving wildly. It looked like it didn't have use of its back half. "Leave me the fuck alone!" He hissed. Yoongi was really pissed off.

At least this gave you a chance to go inside the cave.

You took it as your opportunity and made a beeline to the cave. Yoongi must have seen you since he shouted. "You better hurry the fuck up!"

"Don't curse at me!" You snapped back and ventured into the dark cave. You don't have a light... Fun. Seeing something on the ground, you picked it up and in the little light you had, you saw it was a flashlight. How convenient. You flicked it on and you could see into the cave. Gathering your courage, you went forward.

This cave seemed to be a single path with no turns anywhere. You continued on and you came upon it at last. Like in the story, the rock was sitting in the middle of an open space with a light shining down on it. The rock itself was split in half and compared to the picture book, this rock looks lifeless. It seemed drained of energy.

Carefully you made your way over to it. Upon reaching it, you examined it a bit. There was some type of black goo covering the insides of the split halves. Time to restore it! You opened the pouch and almost screamed when a voice appeared out of nowhere.

"I thought all of you were going to die if I'm honest."

You whipped your head so fast that it hurt your neck for a moment. Your eyes landed on the old man from the village! "What are you doing here?!"

The old man came closer to the rock. You watched him with warily eyes. "Well, I was curious to know if you guys would actually survive. So in return for that, I'll help you out."

You blinked at him, confused. "Was this all a test?"

"A little." The old man said. "I am one of the guardians and I have this." He pulled out a small bag and when he opened it, the bag revealed a small piece of rock that looked like it was part of the one you're standing in front of.

"Go ahead and pour the water."

Although you were a little wary of the old man, you opened the pouch and drowned the rock in the water. The goo started to smoke and slowly diminish into a pile of nothing. The rock started to close up and all of a sudden the old man placed a piece of the rock on the top of it once it closed. You didn't notice before but the piece he had was the missing piece. The rock glowed and then it looked all fixed. Like it wasn't broken before.

"Do you know why the rock was split in half?" You asked, curious to know if you had to fight someone else.

"Oh, it's a little embarrassing." The old man rubbed the back of his head. "I was checking on the rock one day and I tripped. My head hit the rock and it broke in half."

You stared at him. All of this because of an accident?! How is it for someone's head to break a rock?! You give up. Since you were done, you headed out of the cave with the old man leading the way.

Outside the guys were still fighting the guardian. The old man shouted out, "Stop that Rocky!" The guardian stopped and turned its head towards the old man. It chirped and headed back on the cliff of the mountain. Rocky was the name of the guardian...

"How did you get here?!" Taehyung pointed rudely at the old man. "I didn't think you could survive climbing on a mountain."

The old man looked highly offended. "I am one of the guardians."

Something clicked in Namjoon's mind. "Then why couldn't you have fixed the rock yourself?"

"Good point."

"You were too lazy to do it, weren't you?" Hoseok said.

The old man laughed and walked to the edge of the mountain. "Maybe. But it was also a good reality show. I rate it four and a half stars out of five."

You furrowed your eyebrows. "Does this mean you were stalking us?"

The old man held out a mirror. "Maybe?" The reflection showed everyone and your eyes glanced around to search for where it was coming from. "Then I'm off!"

"Was this for your entertainment?!" You asked him.

He simply cackled in response and vanished without a trace. You're so done with Wonderland.

"Why does this place feel like I'm high?" You said in disbelief, trying to piece all the pieces together. None of them made sense to you in the slightest.

Yoongi heard you. "Honestly? You could be."

"Thanks for the reassurance." But you sighed in relief. This means you're done right? Can you go back home?

"I hope he got my good side." Taehyung said to which Jimin rolled his eyes. You could feel the he wanted to say more. "But let's have a party!"

You could feel the guys light up that. Okay, maybe after a party you can go home. Seokjin put his hand in the air like a kid waiting to be called on by the teacher. "We can have a party at my fabulous place!"

And so is the start of another adventure back to Seokjin's castle.





"Seokjin, I'm a bit disappointed." You stared at him with a blank face.

"Ah, don't say that!" He waved you off, ears burning with embarrassment.

You continued staring at him. "I thought you said, 'I know the way to my castle! We don't need the map!'"

Seokjin groaned. "I thought I did, okay?!"

Yes, everyone. Seokjin declared to the group that he knew where his castle was and demanded for Hoseok to put the map away. Now here you were. Lost in another part of the woods since you guys started out.

"Admit defeat please." Yoongi groaned and you could tell he was tired. His ears and tail were drooping. "We've been at this for two hours now."

"I can do it!" Seokjin urged the horse forward, ignoring everyone's complaint. "I bet you it's right over this hill!"

"You said that three hills ago." Jimin chimed in. From the tone in his voice, you figured he was ready to snap and fight the king.

Seokjin ignored him and once he got on top of the hill, he cheered. "I told you we can see it over the hill!"

Everyone made it to the top and damn, he was right. You could see the castle in the distance. It stood out with the white exterior and snow decorating the place.

"I'll bet you it'll take a day to get there." Taehyung said.

"You jinxed us." You replied.

Now Seokjin was highly offended. "Don't say that! We'll get there tonight! Just watch!"

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