Mandala

Description

Sooyoung is a “Red Priestess”, a trained human capable of seeing supernatural beings. She’s lived for hundreds of years and loneliness can sometimes take its toll. When an odd boy by the name of Daesung crashes into her apartment, Sooyoung finds for her new companion a place in her heart while they work together to solve various cases. With an unknown enemy approaching, can they survive?

 

 

MANDALA 
any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation


When I was young, my mother wrapped me in beautiful red clothes. They felt expensive under my small fingers. She pushed a mirror in front of me, so I could see the way she applied bloody makeup over my face and how she stuck shiny jewels in my hair. To me, it was nothing more than a silly game. I thought I was the most beautiful little girl in the whole village. After the preparations were done, she took my hand and that was the first time I had seen the lovely lady who had been waiting in the same room. She was standing in the corner with a rope in her grasp.

Do you know what happened next?

My mother hanged me in front of a family that looked richer than us. Her plain dirty clothes were no match for the outfits the grandma and the elderly man that prayed with fervour were wearing. They weren’t praying for their sins or my life, but for the little boy staring at the same level as I was, staring at me, while I was struggling in mid-air to escape. I heard my mother’s desperate cries. She obviously hadn’t agreed to it.

Don’t worry, I didn’t die. The rope broke before it was too late. I out and had the strangest dream ever: the boy wanted me to live.

Since then, I’ve been seeing things. The lady dressed in red took me in her care.

My name is Sooyoung.

I’m a Red Priestess and this is my story.

 

Foreword

 

RATED T (15~)
May contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood and use of strong language.
COMMENTS CONTAIN SPOILERS - You've been warned!


Mandala Series
Mandala → Karma → Nirvana


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Please be aware that this story is not edited and might contain errors. Currently editing it with Queenie!

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Neulji
#1
WOW I'm so happy!!! About two (or even more years ago!) I read this fanfiction and I really really liked it! i was going on a vacation and had no wifi so i saved some stories with affs offline bookmark feature and read the whole story within days. i knew that i stayed up soo late during my vacation just reading chapter after chapter because it was so addicting!
I love urban fantasy (my favorite au/genre) and the world you created was so so beautiful! i really liked the fight scenes, sooyoung's relationships with daesung and jungmin (and the plot twist at the end!).
but when i came back to read the second part, i realized that all of it was in draft mode. i didn't want to bother you (because i saw others commenting on your blog posts when you'd upload the stories again and i think you answered something about still editing or not yet) so i didn't comment and just checked a few times over the past years. to be honest, i really think that this story wouldn't be uploaded ever again so imagine my surprise when i typed in 'sooyoung priestess daesung' in my search bar today and found it (and another part i haven't read yet!!) reuploaded!
so what i want to say is that i really enjoy this AU, your world building is amazing, among all the fanfictions i've read, this is one i remember very clearly. i like the fight scenes and the plot and i'm so excited to read the other parts. i hope you don't put it into draft mode again >.<
i remember being shocked about daesungs reveal (especially since i imagined him soo much younger than he actually was in the story). jungmin was my favorite character and i like the suspense. overall, it's a really good fanfiction, i'm happy it's back and i'm going to read the other parts now ^___^
ilovesleep
#2
I don't know how i got to this page but i sure loved the entire story. Really. I read chap1-28 until 2am. The line "are you from here or from somewhere else?" gave me goosebumps. It's a common question used in old horror tales and reading that around midnight didn't help at all. I had to google who jungmin was. Lol. Im sorry. Im not in that fandom and I seriously just came upon your story on some random coincidence i dun know. Ahahahhaha. Nonetheless, i'll be heading on the sequel now. [after i sleep] thank you for writing.

Ps. Yeah, the ending was...uhm...that's why you have the sequel. ^^
ctfd_sooyoungster #3
It all started here! And by just thinking that NIRVANA will end s0on,makes me dramatic, i think im g0nna read it all once again.
RoxanaSting
#4
Chapter 29: This is a very good story! At first I though that Daesung is much younger because of his behavior, also at the end I felt slightly confused maybe because a lot happened there and you were trying to explain everything and I'm not so good in english :) also change of pov where it was Daesung pov and suddenly Sooyoung. but apart that I love everything in this story! Hey I like ravens :)
OhNoItsCheli #5
Hello! I just finished reading your story and I have to say...I frickin love it! Thanks for writing such an awesome story!
ctfd_sooyoungster #6
Chapter 37: i cant c0mment anything becoz it feels like there is more to c0me, it feels like this is just the start of something, so right n0w all i can say is Mandala 2 !! Mandala 2 !!hahaha and shin oppa is jjang!
tinajaque
#7
Chapter 37: I know its the end, but it feels so short! haha

I want a sequel with all of them, especially Death, since you brought him up in the end. I'm so curious as to how he will interact with sooyoung :)

Anyway awesome story author!!! Hope to read more from you! :D
TheAwesomeWise #8
Chapter 37: sequel! definitely!
ctfd_sooyoungster #9
Chapter 33: cute yes it is cute,... Shin oppa never fail to amaze me...
tinajaque
#10
Chapter 33: Rooting for Sooyoung and Daesung!!! I hope thdir plan works!