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I didn’t need to know what a basilisk was, nor did I want to after the mighty creature stepped into view.

It was nothing like I had seen before. Spikes bigger than me ran down its scaly silver back all the way to the tip of its muscular tail. Claws appeared on each of its eight legs, sharp and ready to attack. Its bright red eyes glowed with anger, suppressing the urge to crush everything in his path. With every step the basilisk took, the ground shook beneath me. Chills went down my spine.

I was sure Jungkook could feel my heart thumping madly, with my chest pressed against his arm. Though he did make me feel more at ease, it was nothing compared to the terror I felt at that moment.

“J-Jungkook,” I tried to speak, but my voice only came out as a quiver.

“Don’t worry.” He assured, though he sounded uncertain himself. “It’ll go away on its own if it doesn’t see us.”

I sure hoped so.

“Here.” He took out a few freshly picked flowers from his pocket. They were a bit crumpled and shriveled up, but other than that, they looked good as new. “I picked them at the lake. Smelling its scent will re-energize you.”

He put the flowers in front of my nose.

I was allergic to flowers.

I started to sneeze uncontrollably, and Jungkook flinched at the sudden outburst. Quickly realizing why I was sneezing,  he threw the flowers far away and tried to help me, a look of concern crossing over his face.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, it was just allergies. I’m fine.” I sniffed, my eyes still slightly watery.

“Good. Because the basilisk heard you, and he is not going to let us out of this easily.”

My breath hitched in my throat and dread washed over me. I peeked onto the trail and I could see that Jungkook was right - The creature was heading right for us. Judging by the way it flared its teeth, it was hungry.

“What do we do?” I asked, horrified.

Jungkook narrowed his eyes. “You stay here. I’m going to go and fight that thing. But whatever you do, don’t move. I don’t want to sound harsh, but you don’t have a chance with the basilisk. It’s much more powerful than you are.”

He was right, like always. I didn’t want to let Jungkook go out there and risk his life, but what else could I do?

“You need to promise me, young lady.”

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