She shouldered her bag and pulled at the front door angrily but it would not budge. With a frustrated sound, she kicked the door and then turned around, intending to look for another exit. All five guys were standing there.

Key wore a black leather jacket vest over a black long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves pushed up. He wore a black leather cuff bracelet on one wrist. The braided dark green and white leather bracelet she gave him adorned his other wrist. His gray skinny jeans were paired with white high tops.

Jinki next to him still had his black, long-sleeved shirt ed. He had his hands stuffed into the pockets of his dark jeans. The laces to his white sneakers were left untied, so he had probably just threw them on.

Jonghyun was wearing a black jacket left open to show off his black and white checkered tunic shirt with a his long silver chain necklace resting on top of it. His hand, encased in a black fingerless glove, fiddled with the chains hanging off the side of his black pants that were stuffed into heavy black boots.

Minho stood a little behind Jonghyun. He had his hands stuffed into the pockets of his black leather jacket that was worn over a crimson red zip up hoodie. The hoodie was only half way zipped, showing off his chest. His dark gray jeans had a worn wash to it. He had red and white high tops on.

Taemin wore white high tops with his dark red skinny jeans. He had on a red and black plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a black hoodie vest over it. The hoodie fit him loosely, and he tied the front of it together because it had no zipper. Either his red plaid shirt was too short or his pants were too low, because she could clearly see the brand of his underwear, being Calvin Klein, and she could also clearly see that it was a bright yellow. She did not need to know what kind of underwear he wore! Taemin held the most of her attention. Well, it was actually the thing next to Taemin, which was the hugest wolf she had ever seen. Well, she hadn’t ever seen a wolf personally but she was pretty sure they were not supposed to be that big.

All the boys looked pretty serious to her. She got a little nervous. The wolf growled at her while baring its white fangs. Her eyes widened and she took a step to the side, a little farther away from Taemin’s direction and also a little away from the door since she knew that was not an escape option anyway. Taemin bopped the animal on the nose, “Shush! She’s part of the pack now! Show respect to her!” The wolf shut up and stared at the girl curiously. Taemin the animal’s fur and said, “You know nuna, you can’t break your promises…” He looked up from the animal and pinned the girl down with a hard look.

Jinki started as he stepped towards her, “We really have to thank you. Remember when we were struggling with our new song. You really helped us connect with the lyrics.” He reached towards her face but he had this glint in his eyes that did not sit well with her at all.

She ducked away from his reach and ran into a random hall. She could hear Jonghyun’s voice echo after her.

“Baby…
I’ve fallen, so why treat me like this?
Don’t run away in fear
but why not try trusting me.
My lady”

She ran straight into Kibum who emerged from a mirror in the hallway. He embraced her and closed his eyes as he inhaled the scent of her hair. She pushed him forcibly away and had a glimpse of a crazed look in his eyes before she darted down a side hall.

“Butterfly
From the moment I met you,
My eyes flashed, my head stopped
and a bell rang ding dong”

Bells weren’t ringing in her head or heart but Key’s voice was. She skid past Jinki who didn’t even bother to stop her as he sang,

“Look, I may not be cool
nice, or anything like that
but I’m a pretty decent bad boy”

There wasn’t really anywhere the she could go to escape him. The wolf bounded out from a side hall and stopped her in her tracks.

“You’re like a butterfly
So weak, I’ve fallen
So gentle, I’ve fallen
I have to have you near me”

Taemin sang whispers into her ear behind her. She shivered at the underlying tone of his voice. It made her uneasy enough to slide pass the wolf and keep on running.

“Don’t worry any more, any more
you only have to trust me
I’m really digging you
I can’t let you go”

‘What the…?!’ she opened the door at the end of the hallway and just found herself back at the foyer. ‘This place is more maze-like than I thought!’ There was something different about the foyer though. It was darker now. The glass ceiling didn’t let in as much light as dark gray clouds started to block the stars and moon.

“Baby
You stop my heart oh crazy
So pretty I can’t stand it oh crazy
I don’t need anything else crazy
Why am I like this?”

She could hear the voices slowly gain volume. ‘They’re coming…’ It was echoing even worse now. She ran towards her duffel bag that she had left in the foyer earlier. ping it, she searched frantically for anything with which to defend herself. There was nothing that looked like it could help her. She pulled out a belt. Maybe she could whack them with the buckle? She wrapped the end of the long belt around her hand and gripped it tightly. Maybe she can choke somebody with it? The thought would have normally appalled her, but strange things happen to a person’s mind when his or her life happened to be threatened.

“Ring Ding Dong Ring Ding Dong
Ring Diggi DingDiggi Ding Ding Ding”

A boom of thunder.

“I can only hear you,” someone whispered into her ear. Lightning flooded the foyer with light for a brief moment, long enough for her to see the wild flash in Taemin’s eyes. Her grip faltered a little.

“Ring Ding Dong Ring Ding Dong
Ring Diggi DingDiggi Ding Ding Ding”

She took a step away from him and bumped into something hard.

“It’s ringing in my head,” she looked up and behind her and could make out Jinki’s face. She darted away before Jinki could put his arms around her. But found herself looking at her reflection in the mirror which was less than a meter in front of her.

“Ring Ding Dong Ring Ding Dong
Ring Diggi DingDiggi Ding Ding Ding”

‘Why are there so many mirrors?!?!?!’ Just as she thought that, the mirror’s shiny, smooth surface rippled and Kibum stepped out.

“My heart is calling,” Key whispered against her lips as he had one hand on her shoulder and the other hand held the hand that held the belt. A torrent of rain beat down upon the glass roof of the foyer.

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Translation for "Ring Ding Dong" lyrics credit to http://lovelykpop.wordpress.com/

Thea's Corner <3

If someone could actually remix "Ring Ding Dong" to sound darker, wouldn't that be cool as hell? And it could be like the background music to a trailer for this story....*sighs* I wish I knew how to do that...

Updated (16 Dec 2011) with poster made by sherinahime (same person who made poster on Forewords page)!

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Posted: 28 Jan. 2010 (Winglin)
Posted 19 July 2010 (Asianfanfics)
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