Chapter 8

Kaleidoscope

Kyuhyun couldn’t help but to be more wary of Ryeowook since her evil self is returning. He tried to be close to her wherever he can. Ryeowook’s temper seem to be more fiery and she’s becoming impatient to things, just like how she used to be.

“Why can’t I get this right?” Ryeowook threw the wood block in her hand away after she couldn’t solve the wood building game.

Kyuhyun back hugged her and said “Relax. It’s just a game.” She took a deep breath and said “You are right. Why do I get any so easily these days?”

Of course the light master knew the answer but he just smiled at her.

To Kyuhyun, he didn’t mind if she would return to her old self because her unique personality was the reason he love her. But he is worried that she would harm the innocent. He need to get married with her then go to live somewhere where she will not be able to hurt others.

Despite the efforts of the ministers to persuade Kyuhyun, the wedding preparations continued.

“Kyuhyun ah, how do I look?” Ryeowook wore a high collared sleeveless white wedding gown. Kyuhyun was absolutely mesmerized by her when he saw.

“You look gorgeous!” Kyuhyun cupped Ryeowook’s chin to bring to him and he kissed her lips sweetly. Ryeowook blushed cutely as she covered her face shyly.

“Yes, Ryeowook ssi, you look great. All you need is some alteration at the waist.” The wedding shop staff went to Ryeowook’s back to use a pin and tighten the waist area.

“Ouch!” Ryeowook winced when the staff accidentally pricked her flesh. The dark queen turned violent and kicked the girl to the floor. “How dare you.” Ryeowook reprimanded.

Kyuhyun saw the situation and grabbed his fiancée by the hand. Ryeowook’s outburst can only be controlled by Kyuhyun. Her anger subsided the moment she saw her fiance’s smiling face.

“It was an accident, Ryeowook ah.”

Ryeowook relaxed at Kyuhyun’s voice and nodded. “Omo, I’m sorry.” She went to help the frightened staff up who was taken aback by her previous action.

The frightened staff quickly left us alone as soon as she got on her feet. Ryeowook sighed and looked at the ground. “What is wrong with me these days?”

Kyuhyun hugged her tightly. “Nothing is wrong. You are still the Ryeowook I love, you will always be.”

 

On the other hand, the prime minister is very unhappy with kyuhyun now that he is preparing his wedding despite all the opposition from the parliament. The old man is drinking liquor in the living room, thinking of how the country would be destroyed under the hands of this emotional light master.

Just then, his daughter returned from home. She was surprised to see her father drinking.

“Appa, why are you drinking?”

“The nation will be ruined, how can I not drink?” He said to his daughter.

“Is there no way to let the dark queen return to where she’s supposed to be?”

“We can’t kill her since Kyuhyun will die too. Maybe they are meant to be together, even Kyuhyun was dedicated enough to play her the magic flute for 10000 years.” The prime minister sighed.

Haejin sighed too but later, something came to her mind. She looked at her father with her eyes wide opened.

“What’s wrong?” He asked.

“Appa, do you know where is the flute? I think I know how to let that Ryeowook return to her rightful place.” Haejin smirked.

 

Taemin was tidying the room of Kyuhyun’s when suddenly, he heard someone shouting ‘Fire!’

He was shocked and ran out to the source of the voice to check it out. Just then, Haejin took the opportunity to enter the room. She ordered someone to distract Taemin while she search for the magical flute.

She looked around the room and saw a chest on the floor. She squat beside it to open it up. There is another smaller box in it and she opened it up. A flute was in it. She smiled at the look of it.

Haejin kept the flute with her and fled from the room before Taemin returned.

 

Ryeowook and Kyuhyun were on their way back to the palace, their hands held together tightly. “Kyuyhyun ah…”

“Yes?”

“Will you be tired of me in future if I were to be bad tempered like just now?” She asked.

“I don’t know.” Kyuhyun teased. She pouted and turned away, disappointed that her lover did not say no like she expected.

Kyuhyun, seeing that his fiancée is angry, giggled at her and said “I would continue loving you even if I am tired of your bad temper.”

Ryeowook couldn’t help but smiled at his romantic words.

At the door of their room, Taemin came running to us from behind. “Sire! One of the inner hall is on fire!”

“Mwo!” Kyuhyun was shocked. He turned to Ryeowook and said “I will go take a look and come back soon.”

He then ran off with Taemin.

Ryeowook was left alone and she decided to take a walk in the imperial garden as the sky start to darken.

She wondered about her recent change in temperament as she strolled.

“Ryeowook ssi.” Someone called her from behind. She turned around to see Haejin at a distance.

“Haejin?”

Just then, she took out the magic flute stoled from Kyuhyun’s room and started to blow the melody that Kyuhyun used to play.

At first, Ryeowook thought that haejin was weird but after listening to the music for a while, she started to find the melody familiar.

Her head start to hurt and she squat on the floor. She felt energy growing in her, as if being revived.

“Stop playing…” Ryeowook pleaded but Haejin continued.

Ryeowook screamed in pain as the force in her travel through her veins and flash of memories returned.

“You jerk. Don’t you dare do anything to me. Let me go.”

“I’m sorry that you have to go with me or you will create more havoc.”

“Do you love me or your people more?”

“I love my people, Ryeowook ah.”

“I will keep you here for as long as we exist.” He explained.

“I’m going to kill you the first thing I escape from this place. AH!!!!”

“You should know how sturdy the walls of this tower are, considering that you lived her for so many years.”

“Let me go!!!”

Ryeowook hugged her knees as she recalled everything from the past. She clenched her fist tight when she remembered Kyuhyun proposing to her.

‘No wonder he wanted to live somewhere far away, he wanted to trap me elsewhere.’ She thought.

‘He said he love me? What a joke!’

‘Why did I even agree to marry him in the first place? I must be crazy.’

Just then, the dark queen glared fiercely at Haejin. With a blink of the eye, Ryeowook appeared in front of the frightened girl.

“Mortal, aren’t you so mean?” Ryeowook grabbed the chin of Haejin rudely. She was too afraid to defy the dark queen at this moment.

“But you saved me twice. Once from the tower and now this. Helping me truly recall who am I and wake up from this childish game of love.”

“Ple…please let me go.” Haejin pleaded.

Ryeowook laughed mockingly and whispered in her ear. “On one condition.”

“What?” Haejin asked.

“Pretend that nothing happened today….” Ryeowook smirked.


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1sailorjupiter
#1
I just reread this story last night and I remember back when you were still writing it and how I would actually wake up in the mornings and check AFF before doing almost anything else to see if you'd updated this story, because sometimes there would be a new chapter, and it would make my entire day. I don't really have many stories that I follow anymore and certainly none that I get THAT excited about, so it's nice to be able to come back to a story like this and read it again. I've always felt that this story is very well written, with good and evil being fatefully bound to each other, the kaleidoscope as symbolic of their love, and just how well paced the plot seemed to be for a short story. Furthermore, it reads like a fairy tale, and I absolutely love fairy tales. I don't think people will ever tire of reading them. They're very magical. I hope you write more like this someday.
bluegamer
#2
Chapter 15: The story was so entertaining. KyuWook is so sweet and cute together. I think this is the first KyuWook fic I read where Wookie is the one on the dark side. But I guess since this is a gender bender it would be easier to picture Wookie as the dark queen instead of Kyu LOL
ChoRyeonggyu9
#3
Chapter 15: I love this!!♡♡♡ I don't really like genderbender, but when I read that this story got inspiration from korra.....woah "Well, i think read this wont hurt me" I really love the light and dark spirit aw aw aw!! Now, I think I can't see light and dark spirit the same again if I rewatch korra :') btw, I don't get the kaleidoscope part, because I just don't know(?)
lovekyuwook
#4
Chapter 15: I read this quite some time ago, so when I stumbled across it again, of course I had to reread it!
And I fell in love with the story all over again...
A KyuWook Fairytale... talk about a match made in heaven... :D
AnnaELF1513
#5
Chapter 15: I kinda hoped that haejin would die xD wookie is so cute when he gets angry and doesn't grant those girls wishes. Really good story <3
Keyv88 #6
Chapter 15: Sweetest story everrrr~~ and i like ryeowook being evil
Keyv88 #7
Chapter 8: Haejin only get trouble -_-
Keyv88 #8
Chapter 1: Im really interested ~
1sailorjupiter
#9
I had to reread this story again, after such a long time. I still remember waking up and checking for updates every morning back when you were still writing this. I was always so excited when there was a new one to read. Still a good story because I absolutely love myths and legends. Creating a KyuWook story into a legend about immortals is such a fun and unique twist. No one has written anything quite as interesting in the alternate universe category since. Once again, thanks for writing this.
DevilNextToYou #10
Chapter 15: Unique plot nice story haha
i love how ryeowwok is potrayed here but cant imagine him being evil LOL
isn't kyuhyun the evil maknae? haha