Homecoming

Ablaze
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  "Jimin!"   Jimin jerks awake. He looks around, confused. "Yeah? What's wrong?"   "What's wrong?" Jin basically shouts in his face. Jimin sees Yoongi seemingly looking very worried too. "You were… I don't know! We tried to wake you up for almost half an hour! We thought you were dead!"   "But… why?"   "Because you no longer wear the necklace?" Jungkook tries. "I mean, the last time you go without it…"   "No," Jimin shakes his head lightly. "No, I don't need it anymore. I thought you know, Jungkook."   "You thought." Jungkook points to Yoongi. "You wouldn't wake up until he touched you. Talk about getting physical."   "What?"   "Don't listen to him." Yoongi nudges Jungkook to stop teasing him and Jimin. "I only held your hand."   "I see…"   "Why do you sound so disappointed??" Namjoon smirks. "Oh, you don't need to answer that cause I already know."   Jimin glares at him for a moment before he turns to Jin—the only one left he can rely on. "Where are we now?"   "That what's I woke you up for." Jin points overhead and Jimin follows to see an entrance door as tall and wide as the mouth of a giant, with swirling design like crystal vines. The city is far inside. Jimin turns back to Jin.   "And?"   "And they say we can't enter."   "Huh? Why not?"   "They say registered only. How ridiculous is this? We're not even crossing the boarder."   "Then we can just go the other way?"   "No," Yoongi comes forward. "The necklace wants to go into this city."   Jimin slowly nods. He turns back to the entrance. There is no word written to indicate the kind of place this might be, but he has this odd feeling in his stomach as though he's been here before.    "So are we entering?" Jin inquires again. "We're almost out of gas too."   "Oh, you noticed." Namjoon beams. "You paid attention."   "Yes, Namjoon, but don't get too full of yourself. I only paid attention cause I'm also one of the people riding that car!"   "Geez…" Namjoon retreats to where Jungkook is standing. He feels like an odd one in this group. "He still hates me." He tells Jungkook, to which the younger boy responds with a glare. Namjoon should know better that he can't get on Jungkook's good side that fast after what he's done to Yoongi.    "Let's see," Jimin pushes himself to his feet. There is a guard post next to the entrance, and Jimin heads straight for it. Once he's near the post there's a beeping and two armed guards come out. Jimin stops his track. "Uh…"   "How many?" One asks him. Jimin tilts his head a bit, puzzled. The guard then looks over his shoulder and takes in the others who are waiting a good distance away. "Are those all yours?"   "…" Jimin tries not to appear scared. "We're just visiting... family." He says in a rather small, timid voice.    One of the guards pulls out something—a thin gadget—raises it to Jimin's face and the thing beeps. Both the guards looks at each other for a brief second before they reach into their post and press the button that let the gate open wide. Jimin stares. What just happened? What did that thing beep at him for?   The guards lower their head. "Please forgive us for the inconvenience. We did not get words that you would be visiting."   "I…" Jimin can't find his words. "I'm… huh? I mean, it's okay."   The gate opens fully and the guard motions for the car to enter. "Enjoy your stay, Your Highness."   Jimin's whole body stiffens at the title. He looks at the guards but both of them are still staring downward in a respectful manner. Jimin takes a step back and goes to his friends.    "We can enter." He murmurs.    Namjoon whistles. "What did you do?"   "Namjoon, please." Jin rolls his eyes and points for the latter to start up the engine. When Namjoon finally hops into the driver seat, Jin turns back to Jimin. "Everything's okay, Jimin? You look… conflicted."   "Something about this place doesn't feel right." He confesses. Yoongi doesn't seem surprised to hear that and it makes Jimin even more anxious. What does Yoongi know? What does the necklace tell him?   "Then don't go inside." Jungkook says. "It's simple."   "No, I wanna go." Yoongi grabs Jungkook by his wrist. "Don't worry. Nothing's going to happen." He pulls the younger boy into the car and patiently waits for the last two—Jin and Jimin—to finally join them.    Jin turns to Jimin again, "This better not be Eden 2.0 or I'm going to kill myself, I swear." He mumbles and gets inside the car.    When he's all by himself, Jimin regards the gate once more. The crystal vine-like design looks out of this world—something mythical. His stomach lurches. He sees the guards staring into their gadget with such an expression—surprised? Amazed? Shocked? Or even, fearful?   "Im afraid this might be worse than Eden."   He hops into the car and Namjoon jams the gas.    -   Their car travels down the smooth road toward the city with no trouble. Along the way they note the green desert lies alive and free on both side, the serene sky and fresh air that fills their lung and lift their moods greatly. There are cows and sheep grazing the grass and it looks likes there are farms of other animals along the way. There must be a dairy factory above the wind course somewhere because the pleasant smell that hits their nose makes their stomach growl in hunger. Something about this place just calls out to Jimin. He can't believe place like this exists. He's been on this earth for so long, been to so many places, to think he's never heard of this one before is absurd.   The ride from the gate to the first populated area takes them about 15 minutes. Once Namjoon finds a spot to park their car, all of them turn to Jimin (out of instinct) for what to do next. Jimin clears his throat and gives the area a quick scan. There are shops, restaurants, benches, a fountain of two angels pouring water is in the middle of the area, there are many people walking around that the arrival of the group doesn't stand out even one bit. Jimin looks for the peeking, the stolen glancing, the whispering or just anything that seems suspicious to him but so far no one looks like they care about the group.    Jimin nods, mostly to himself. "All good."   "Yay!" Jin claps cutely. "I am so ready to live a free life again, you have no idea!"   "I may have a slight idea," Jimin chuckles. "How about we find a place to stay then we go get something to eat?"   "Eat first." Jungkook voices in. "Sleep second."   "I vote for the food too," Jin raises his hand.    Namjoon yawns. "I'm quite sleepy but I can use some food, too. I mean, having only canned tomato soup for the past 2 days has made me quite fragile."   Jin rolls his eyes for the nth time. It has become his new, automatic reaction every time he hears Namjoon speaks.   Namjoon continues. "What about you, Yoongi?"   "Whatever Jungkook wants, Jungkook gets."   "Ugh. Sorry I asked."   "That place looks nice," Jimin points to a restaurant just a couple steps away. They all nod and head toward there.    There is a bar inside the restaurant and Yoongi somewhat seems excited to hear the music. They manage to find a table that can seat all of them together and start ordering for food. They get different stuffs, and a lot too, but Jimin only orders for a sandwich
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I have started working and I don't have much free time anymore besides the weekend. I'll try to update as often, tho, so pls bare with me ! Love xo

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Evil_Lord #1
Chapter 42: I stayed up the whole night to read this because I got hooked!
You honestly made me cry with this story.. it was so beautiful and I wanted to b**ch slap some characters (won’t name them) XD
Loved it! Sorry i’m not really good with words but if a story makes one cry as well skip sleep just to finish it then doesn’t that say enough??
I will go read the next story now, so curious!
Lmjbgcdz #2
Chapter 23: what is jimins power?