"Hyejin are you awake?" Wheein whispered as she tried to shake her friend awake but to no avail.

Hyejin usually wakes up before her, so she must be either really comfortable to wake up or dead and Wheein hoped it was the first option. She didn't want to be accused of a death she didn't commit. The small wolf sighed in relief when Hyejin stirred a little and her suspicion about being too comfortable was right.

"Well, if Hyejin is gonna be out like a light, then I'm gonna go get some water. I'm thirsty." Wheein thought to herself and stood up from the witch's bedside.

The room they stayed in had two beds, so they can sleep in separate beds. They would have got one bed and save coins, but Wheein takes a lot of space and Hyejin didn't want to wake up on the floor again.

As Wheein got down to the tavern, she saw how empty looking the tavern looked compared to last night. Last night was filled with probably twenty people, but there were two sleeping drunk men at a table and the bartender who gave her a nod. She walked up to the bar and as she did; the bartender raised an eyebrow and stared at her weirdly.

"Aren't you too young to be drinking?"

"I don't even know how old I am, but that doesn't matter. I just want some water, please."

The bar tender's smile faltered for a bit when he was given that answer. He wondered how long this girl had been running away, for her to forget her own age. He sympathized with her and thought maybe this water could brighten this girl's day, so he poured a glass of water and handed it to the waiting girl. He was amazed when the girl downed the entire glass quickly and made sure to get her another glass.

As he did so and gave it to the girl, he decided to make her feel comfortable. "May I ask what's your name?"

"Wheein." She happily said which got her a chuckle from the bartender. "What's your name?"

The bartender gave a smile as he filled Wheein her third cup."Names Jin."

"That's a very fitting name for you."

Jin chuckled. "That's what a lot of people say." He then gave the glass to the girl who immediately downed it again. "My, you drink a lot for such a tiny person."

"Sorry, your water is really good."

"No need to be sorry. Water is refreshing." Jin reassured as he went to fill another cup. "So, Wheein, what brings you here?"

"Me and my friend, Hyejin, are looking for a new home."

"Oh?" Jin placed the fourth cup onto the counter. "May I ask why?"

"Well..." Wheein hesitated as she wondered if this Jin guy could be trusted with their secret. He seemed nice enough, so she thought it wouldn't be too bad to tell him. She hoped he was nice or else Hyejin is gonna scold her again.

Jin notices her hesitancy and thought he had crossed a line, so he tried to fix his mistake. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I understand if it's too much to tell someone you just met."

"Oh no, it's okay. It's not like we killed anyone or anything," Wheein tried to reassure the man as she placed her empty cup on the counter. "we were dragged out of our home because Hyejin is a witch and I'm a... werewolf."

"Ah." Hearing that made the bartender very upset. He knew that a lot of people would burn witches and kill werewolves, even if they did nothing so it broke his heart a little thinking these two have been running for most of their lives to get here. He was glad his other two friends were able to grow up here and not at some small village that would most likely kill them. "Don't worry, I have a friend who works here at night that's a werewolf and the other is a werecat. He's the baker next door."

"I knew it," Wheein said to herself as she took a sip from her fifth cup.

Jin pointed to his nose. "Was it your sense of smell that made you notice?"

"Yeah! He smelled of a cat, but not the kind of owning one himself."

Jin laughed at that. "You're really funny. I hope we become good friends."

Wheein smiled. "I hope so too."

Jin tried to grab the empty cup in front of the werewolf, but she quickly shook her hand from side-to-side. "I'm good now. I think if I drink another cup, I think I might explode."

Jin nodded his head and took this as an opportunity to have a conversation with his new friend, Wheein. The two chatted for a bit till Hyejin came down with worry on her face. She knew she shouldn't have slept for too long, as Wheein would have gotten easily bored and wander off. She was filled with worry thinking where her friend was and what could be happening to her, but once her eyes caught her best friend's gaze, she sighed in relief.

"You must be Hyejin. Don't worry, your friend and I was just having a conversation."

"That's a relief," Hyejin said as she took a seat next to Wheein. The witch then glared at the werewolf who coward a little by the harsh gaze. "Wheein, don't scare me like that."

"I'm sorry, I was thirsty."

Hyejin sighed. As much as she was wanted to be angry at her, she couldn't really blame the pup if she was trying to get a drink. "It's alright, just make sure to either tell me or write it in a note."

Wheein perked up and Hyejin couldn't help but smile as she resembled a dog at that moment. "Will do. Oh and Jin told me that there was a banquet tonight, so I wondering if you wanted to go?"

Hyejin raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure you want to go? Those are usually fancy."

"I know, but I always wanted to see the inside of a castle and this banquet could be our only chance with the king allowing common folk this time."

"How much?"

"Huh?"

"How much is it to go inside? If the king is allowing common folk, then there must be a fee."

Wheein froze. She didn't know if she should tell Hyejin the cost. "Uhhh... "

"Twenty coins," Jin answered instead.

"Twenty coins!" Hyejin yelled, immediately waking up the two drunk men at the table and apologized. "Sorry, Wheein we can't go. If we both go, that's forty coins and that could have given us twenty loaves of bread."

"Well, we don't always have to pay to get in."

Hyejin eyed her suspiciously. "Are you suggesting we break-in?"

"What, of course not. We aren't criminals Hyejin. Jin was going to pay for us."

"What? No, we can't let you do that. We just met." Hyejin said. She was surprised that Jin was willing to give them forty coins so they can see what the inside of a castle looks like and she didn't know why.

"It's fine, I can always earn it back and I feel like you two need to see how nice it is inside the castle."

Wheein's eyes lit up. "You saw the inside of the castle!?!"

"Hey, shut it, we're trying to sleep here!" One of the drunk men yelled.

"Sorry."

"Don't mind those two. They have no life, but yes I did saw the castle inside. Perks of having the Guard Captain as a good friend."

"Guard Captain!?!" Wheein whispered yelled.

"Yep. Now I don't think you two will be going to the ball dressed like that, so I'll get my friend's sister, who's a tailor to help you two and I'll even pay for it."

"But I don't understand. Why help us this much?"

Jin gave the two a genuine smile "Cause, I want you two to at least know that there's someone here, who's looking out for you two." He then went under his bar for a couple of minutes before popping out with a pouch full of the forty coins and dropped on the counter. "Here's the coins to get in. You two stay here and help mend the bar while I get my friend's sister."

Jin got out behind the counter and was about to leave the front entrance when Hyejin called out his name. He turned back to the two girls.

"You're gonna trust us with your bar just like that?"

Jin chuckled. "Better you two than those guys." He then pointed to the two sleeping drunks. "And you two don't seem too bad. Hopefully, my suspicions are right and you don't let me down."

"I... Thank you so much," Hyejin said as she gave the man a small smile. This was the first person who ever showed them kindness. "How could we ever repay you?"

"No problem and just enjoy the party for me." Jin then gave a small wave and left.

"We will!" Wheein yelled, hoping Jin heard her.

"Aye!" One of the drunk men screamed.

"Oh, sorry."
 

Yongsun groaned as her hangover was still present, giving her the biggest headache she ever had. She kind of regretted drinking the two cups of beer as she doesn't even remember the reason why she had done so but thought that there must have been a good reason if she did so in the first place. When she woke up, she didn't know what happened while she was drunk, but Eric told her she was making out with some vampire before he took her home and Yongsun was glad that he at least kept his promise.

"Ma'am, I finished swinging at the dummy one-hundred times."

Yongsun winced from Jungkook's sudden voice as it gave her more of a headache than she already had. Because of her headache, she decided to make Jungkook swing at the practice dummy for now. She wondered what the boy's alcohol tolerances for him to be able to not show any symptoms of a hangover.

"Good. Now go swing at it another hundred."

"Not to be rude, but I was hoping to do something else."

"Oh, then how about you drop and give me twenty pushups, while I think about something else."

"Aye, ma'am," Jungkook yelled as he immediately dropped down and started doing pushups.

Yongsun winced again by his volume and mentally cursed at herself for getting drunk as doing these small exercise activities all day wasn't gonna help Jungkook physically improve fast. There was going to be a banquet that would be held tonight and Yongsun was ordered to ensure Jungkook was fighting ready by then.

"Solar, is everything okay?" Solar looked up to see her captain and friend, Namjoon, walk up to her and Jungkook.

Namjoon was a tall man, standing at about 5'11 which made him the tallest guard member she knew. But his height wasn't the only thing that made him stand out as his silver hair made him stick out like a sore thumb when he's in a sea of natural hair colors. She made Jungkook stand up as they stood at attention to look professional in front of the captain.

"Yes, sir. Just a little hangover."

Namjoon laughed at his friend's professionalism. It was as if her slurred words and skilled flirting with a vampire she soon made out with last night never happened. He
knew Solar was going to have a bad hangover the next day, so he wanted to come on over and help train Jungkook instead.

He heard from the king yesterday morning that if she wasn't able to train Jungkook into a fighting machine by tonight, then he would fire her and that made Namjoon both upset and sad. He knew Solar was by far his strongest guard, maybe even the strongest guard overall, but she denies it, and that made Namjoon upset that she wouldn't admit it as she clearly bested him multiple times. If she wasn't female, she would have become captain, but because she was, she was stuck with second and Namjoon was glad he was prepared to convince the king to do so or else she wouldn't have been second in command either.

The king was upset with Solar becoming second in command, that he gave her many difficult errands for her to mess up and be fired, but Solar being the hard-working perfectionist he knew, always proved she was capable. Because of her strong personality, Namjoon wanted to be her friend which happened and now whenever one of them needs help, the other would go and help as much as they could. This time with Solar needing help which was very rare.

"If you're hungover, let me help train the kid."

He knew Solar wouldn't refuse him knowing her job was on the line and sighed in defeat. She really disliked having people help her, but she'll allow it this time since it's Namjoon. If he was training Jungkook, then the boy would most likely be fighting ready by tonight.

"Fine."

Namjoon smiled triumphantly as he walked pass Solar to Jungkook who just stood there watching the two converse. Namjoon then got two wooden swords which he threw one to Jungkook and went into a fighting stance that was soon followed by the recruit.

"I see Solar trained you how to look like a guard, but let's see if she made you skilled like one." Namjoon then rushed Jungkook who was barely able to miss his swing.

Jungkook gulped. He didn't want to embarrass Solar, so he'll make sure to give it his all and swung back at the taller man.

Solar was watching them spar and couldn't help but cringe from the many mistakes Jungkook made from his swings to his dodges, but she couldn't be too upset as he was just trained yesterday afternoon. At least he was able to get a few hits on Namjoon.

Byulyi was sitting in the changing room as she was trying to tie her tie. She was trying to remember the way her father used, but it was a bit difficult to do and she couldn't even use a mirror to help her because of the whole vampire thing. After about five tries, she soon gave up and let the tie just hang on her shoulders as she sat there frustrated.

She heard around town that there was a banquet tonight and she had to go. The place was going to fill with rich folks and a few common folks and she had to take the opportunity to snag a few coins, but that was just the cherry on the cake. Her main mission was to find the cute guard she met the night prior. The human piqued her interest and it's not because she was a guard of the king, but her sent made the vampire drool and if it wasn't for her friend who took her home, she most definitely would have had a taste. Just thinking how the guard's blood would taste, made her forget about the tie situation and made her start to drool, but quickly wiped with her hanged cloak when there was a knock on her door.

"Come in." She said loud enough for the person behind to hear and soon the tailor opened it with a smile on her face.

"Is the suit to your liking ma'am?" The tailor questioned as she stood behind the door.

"It's nice so far, but..." Byul rubbed the back of her neck embarrassingly as she tried to look away from the tailor's gaze. "I was wondering if you could help me with the tie. I would look in the mirror, but it's hard to see my reflection if you know what I mean."

The tailor knew what the brunette was saying and went to her aid. As the woman helped Byul with her tie, she admired her suit as it was leather brown along with the tie and a white dress shirt underneath. She then looked at her savior and soon realized that she looked quite familiar to that guard, but with longer hair. In a couple of minutes, her tie was finally tied and the woman backed far enough to give them space in between.

"Thanks for the help miss."

"No problem. Will you be choosing this suit?"

"Of course. How much is it?" The vampire spoke as she reached into her pocket pouch

"Sixty-eight coins."

Byul nodded in understanding and paid the woman the sixty-eight coins, even giving a few extra for her help with the tie situation. She
then left with her new suit in a pouch. She knew better than to walk out a clothing store looking like she could rent a room at the castle as it made her run the risk of getting thieves like her to rob her and she wasn't going to allow that to happen. After all, she has to make sure she has enough coins to enter this banquet.

Once it became dark, the banquet started with folk, mostly the rich, lining up to be let in. Byul was one of the first few people in line, so she was the first few to enter and she was amazed by how big the room looked. On each side, there hang two large flags with the color blue and the upper case letter B in the middle. She did a little research on the kingdom she was staying in and it seemed that the place is named the Big Hit Kingdom which is a much smaller kingdom compared to the other three. However, what it lacked in size, it made up for in their soldiers as it had the strongest warriors.

Byul's thought was cut short as a man bumped into her and gave her a scowl as he went on with his day. She was about to go give him a piece of her mind but remembered why she was here. She sighed to relieve her anger and scanned the room, she finally spotted who she was and smirked devilishly. She made sure to steal the rude man's coins first before she made her way to her main target, even grabbing two cups of beer that was on a passing tray.

Wheein and Hyejin were walking into the party wearing the dresses Jin's friend got for them and were very grateful to have a good friend like Jin. They were sad that he didn't want to go with them, but promised to have fun at the party for him.

As they entered the castle, they were amazed by the many decorations and shiny things inside. They were so used to seeing trees and dirt and simple houses with simple furniture that the inside of the castle was already a ten out of ten in their books.

As they wowed in amazement, a certain scent hit Wheein's nose and the werewolf quickly searched for the culprit. She immediately found where the smell was coming from and grabbed Hyejin's hand as she rushed to the one thing that could compete against her love for her best friend... food. As soon as they reached the food bar, they devoured whatever they could and they would be lying if they said the food was remotely bad. They even tried the water which tasted so much cleaner than anything they drank and Wheein drank about six cups worth of the refreshing liquid. However, she soon stopped whatever she was doing and looked at Hyejin, who was enjoying her fourth turkey leg.

"Hyejin, I need to go to the bathroom."

Hyejin stopped what she was doing and stared at her best friend. "Now? I told you to go before."

"I did go before, but the water here tasted so refreshing that I couldn't help myself and drank about six cups."

"Six cups!" Hyejin yelled which got the two a few looks their way. Hyejin didn't notice the stares and sighed. "Okay, fine, let's go find you a restroom. I think it's this way"

"Hyejin don't you think we should ask someone for directions instead? We don't want to get in trouble cause we trespassed accidentally."

Hyejin waved the werewolf off. "Nah, it's fine. We just stay close to the party and explore a little. Now come on, I have a feeling it's this way." The witch then started to walk off.

Wheein sighed in defeat as she followed her friend to find the restrooms. "Okay, I trust you."

"And I said, now that's a katana."

Yongsun rolled her eyes as the vampire laughed rather an own joke. "Haha, that's so funny." She sarcastically said.

She was on duty, so she was very displeased with Byulyi's action when she decided to speak to her and not the many other guests at the party she was supposed to converse with. It's not like she was annoyed with the vampire's presence, far from it as standing guard can get a little tiresome, but she did not want to be distracted in case of an emergency. Her best option was to try and ignore the woman.

As she was trying and failing to ignore Byul, a sudden chill ran down her spine and she shuddered. A familiar dark presence that she had been around before seemed to be near. She was on high alert now and looked around to find it, to see Jungho walking with someone in a dark cloak.

"Jungho was supposed to be at the entrance with Jungkook. What is he doing with that strange person?"

Byul noticed something was off with Solar when she didn't make a sarcastic remark at her joke."Hey, what's got your attention?"

"I see something suspicious, so I'm gonna go check it out. You stay right here." Yongsun then left the vampire behind.

She followed Jungho and his suspicious friend at a close distance so they wouldn't spot her. As they got towards the castle's cafe, she quickly hid behind a pillar and watched them carefully.

"I bet they're gonna steal some coins," Byulyi whispered.

"I think so too," Yongsun whispered back. It took her a few seconds until she realized that Byul followed her and she quickly looked back at the vampire. "What are you doing here? I told you to stay back."

The vampire placed her hand onto her chest. "And let you go somewhere by yourself with no backup? Not a chance."

Yongsun rolled her eyes again, but couldn't be too mad as backup is always good since they don't know who they're dealing with. "Fine, you can stay, but be quiet."

"Can do," Byulyi answered and went behind the guard as they both spied on the suspicious duo.

The two guards at the vault were minding their business when the new recruit Jungho suddenly appeared in front of them bu himself. They felt like something was off as Jungho left his post at the entrance and took a fighting stance.

"Jungho what are you doing here?" One of the vault guards questioned.

"And who's that person behind you?" The other asked.

Jungho felt guilty for what he was about to do and could only look away in shame. "I'm sorry."

The two guards were confused by his words. They assumed he would attack them by now, but only stood there. "What do you mean?"

While the vault guards were distracted with Jungho, they didn't notice the shadow figure on top of them. Enzo took this opportunity to attack and jumped down on top of one of the guards, killing him in an instant.

The other guard heard the screams of his fallen comrade, but couldn't react fast enough as he was quickly silenced by the shadowy figure behind him.

Enzo let go of the dead body and made sure to remove all the blood on his dagger before sheathing it. He looked at Junho who just stood at the same spot the entire time while he got rid of the two guards.

"Don't worry about anyone hearing us, I silenced the hall."

"But was that necessary?"

"Yes, now go open the safe."

Jungho snapped out of it and gulped as he went to open the safe. "Y-yes, sir."

As Jungho went to open the safe, Yongsun's angered cries were being muffled out as Byul grabbed her from behind before she got herself killed trying to fight the guy. Yongsun was furious at Byulyi for holding her back as it costed the life of two guards. She was able to forcefully pull the vampire's hand off and glared at her.

"Why the hell did you stop me? I could've saved them." She whispered harshly.

"No you couldn't, no matter how fast you run. You would have just gotten yourself killed just like them." Byul whispered back.

"I-" Deep down Yongsun knew that Byul was right, but she was too stubborn to admit it. "If you aren't going to help me, then why did you even come in the first place." Yongsun then pushed the vampire off her. "Stay here for all I care, I won't sit here and watch those two commit a crime." She then made a run for it towards the safe.

Byul cursed under breathe and ran after her. "She's gonna get herself killed if she goes alone."

Once the safe opened, Jungho's eyes lit up as he saw the glimmering gold inside. Enzo walked into the safe and filled his pouch with the gold coins until it was full and placed it inside his cloak. Before he walked out, something caught his eye and placed it inside his cloak as well since it could become handy later.

He then walked out the safe and before he could say anything, he heard footsteps coming towards them. "Did you bring reinforcements?"

"No Enzo sir, I would never betray you."

Enzo drew his blade. "It doesn't matter now. If I let you get captured, you'll give me away."

"Wai- " Jungho didn't get to finish his sentence as Enzo stabbed him through the chest.

Enzo pulled his sword away and as Jungho's body fell to the ground, he raised his sword to block the incoming attack by the female guard who he remembered seeing at the bar.

"You bastard! I'll make you pay!" Yongsun screamed as she swung her sword again.

Wheein happily exited out of the washroom she was in and walked towards her waiting friend while she wiped off the remaining sink water onto her dress.

"Better?" Hyejin asked once she noticed the werewolf walking to her.

Wheein smiled, showing her sharp fangs. "Better."

Wheein was very close to peeing her "pants" since they became lost trying to find the restroom but were lucky enough to find one. Even if it was a little far from the party.

"Ready to get back to the party?"

"Yep, I want another turk- ." Wheein's words were cut off by the sound of screaming from afar. "What the...? Do you think they need help?"

"I think so. Those screams don't sound like the good kind of screams." Hyejin said as she ran to where the screaming was coming from.

Wheein facepalmed by her best friend's comment. She hoped she meant the surprise party kind of scream, but knowing Hyejin, she knew she meant the other one. She only shook her head in disappointment and followed Hyejin.

The two finally reached the safe and were shocked to see three dead guards and three other people fighting. Two of which Wheein recognized from the bar last night.

"Hyejin, I remember seeing those two women last night at the bar."

"Do you think we should help them?"

Byulyi nearly missed a blade that came at . "I think you should!" She yelled as she swung her dagger at Enzo, only to miss.

Wheein tilted her head as she crossed her arms. "And how could we trust you?"

As Enzo was busy fighting Yongsun, Byul took a few steps back to take a breather. She then looked at the two and yelled, "Just trust me!"

"Watch out!" Yongsun screamed.

The vampire spun her head around to see Enzo run towards her and nearly missed another swing at her torso.

", that was too close."

She needs to focus on the guy or else, she'll be the fourth body on the floor. She just hoped she was able to convince the two to either help them or run away to get help.

Hyejin looked at Wheein who looked back at her. "I think we need to help them."

Wheein nodded. "I'm gonna transform, so put a shield on me when I go in."

Hyejin nodded and watched as her friend transformed into her animal werewolf form. As she ran towards the fight, Hyejin cast a shield onto Wheein who immediately pounced at Enzo, but he seemed to have noticed her presence as he was able to dodge out of the way in time.

He was surprised by the added company and a werewolf at that which made his fight much more difficult. He tried to take a stab at the wolf, but she had some type of shield around her as his blade broke in half. He cursed under his breath and backed off when Yongsun tried to swing at him. He pulled out his dagger, but was too exhausted from all the dodging and swinging to make another effort without getting cut or killed.

"Get out of there." A voice said in his head and he was relieved to know that his distraction was done.

The first two were also exhausted from the fight, so they were glad to have some extra help. Wheein's ears picked up footsteps from afar which sounded like guards by the clanking of armor and transformed back into a human. "Guards are coming."

The other three soon heard the footsteps and looked down the hall. "Finally, backup," Byulyi said, relieved to finally catch her breath.

However, the seven guards who came surrounded the four girls and pointed their swords at them. They were confused as they raised their hands in surrender.

"What are you doing? The enemy is right- " Yongsun looked at the spot where Enzo stood, to see nobody there and looked around to see no sign of him. She cursed under her breath as he must have escaped when they were distracted by the footsteps.

"The only enemy I see is you four." One of the guards spoke, making Yongsun assume he was the one in charge of the group. "You four are being sent to the dungeon for the murder of three guards and stealing from the king."

"Wait you got the wrong people. There was a guy here who did all this." Byul beseeched as she and the other three's hands were being tied.

"If this man was the culprit, then why are you here and not him?"

Byul mentally facepalmed. "He obviously left to put the blame on us. We were trying to help."

"Unlikely story. You seem to have a lot more coins than what people normally bring to a party." The guard tying the vampire spoke as he pulled three bags off of her and opened it to see all three pouches filled with coins.

The three girls were surprised by the number of coins the vampire had and glared at her for making them look more suspicious than they already did.

Byul became pale and chuckled worriedly. "I can explain."

"Sure you can. You can do all the explaining at the dungeon. Come on."

As the guards pulled the four girls to their new home in the dungeon, outside the castle, there was a guard walking towards a tree. With the tree being occupied by the shadow man, Enzo, who was still exhausted from his fight and keeping his silence magic up.

"You did well holding those girls off." The guard complimented as he grinned devilishly.

"It would have been better if the other two didn't show up. The wolf almost got me. What took you so long?"

"Sorry about the delay, but it's hard to find sober guards at a party. But you did well. Now we can have some real fun with those four."

"What do you mean? They're going to be executed after being framed for killing three guards and can you please leave that body, I've seen enough guards today."

The guard laughed. "As you wish." The man then started to take a woman's shape. Her long dark purple hair falling down past her neck and opened her blood-red eyes. "And you think we're just going to let them take the easy way out after making our payment more difficult than it needed to be? And I thought you were the torture type."

"You know I'm more of the killing type, but that's only when they don't try to fight back."

The woman smirked and placed a hand to Enzo's scarred cheek. "Enzo, honey, we'll make sure they beg for it the next time you guys meet."




 

It seems like Enzo isn't working on his own? But who could it be? 🤔

If you are confused by the werewolves in this story. They basically have two forms, one looking more like a wolf and the other being the original werewolf form. The wolf form is more agile and fast and can be used whenever without using too much energy, but has weaker protection. The werewolf form is more strong and a little fast, but takes a lot of energy leaving the person very tired and vulnerable once they turn back into a human unless there's a full, blood, or blue moon, then it becomes much stronger, but harder to control with only a few being able to stay in control. Now you know more about werewolves in my story.

I also don't know much about medieval clothing, so I'm making a more modern medieval kind of look to them.