• A U T H O R ' S  P. O. V •

"Now this everybody, is Seoul," Jennie raised her hands towards her surroundings as if she was presenting a show to an audience, a show full of innovative, new, and diverse things, which in one way or another she technically is.

"Woah, what are those tall structures?" Namjoon looked up to point at the humongous skyscrapers littered all throughout the area. Jennie was about to open her mouth to reply when Joohyun's voice beat her from speaking first.

"What kind of carriage is that?" The eldest valley asked as she eyes the various kinds of vehicles dashing through the road. She even shrieked in surprise when one of them suddenly honked in order to call the attention of another driver. "What kind of spell did they cast on that carriage?!"

"Unnie, that's not-"

"Why are they so immersed in those small boxes in their hands?" Yeri chimed in from the side, noticing that those small devices resembled the things the daughters of the five kingdoms once possessed.

Yeonjun, Kai, and especially Seulgi laughed. "The tables have indeed turned, now you're going to know how much I suffered." The monolidded woman cackled in a dark, taunting tone.

"Guys, I know you all are curious, but reserve those questions for later, when we already have a place to settle in." Ignoring Seulgi's words, Jisoo said with a tired tone. Passing through a portal from Enchancia to the other world can have some side effects, and one of those is aquiring a small amount of fatigue course through your body, though others like Seulgi, Yeonjun, and Kai remained unfazed due to already experiencing it for a notable amount of times already, the same couldn't be said for the rest as it was only their first time, while it was the second for the royals.

But the first timers were too distracted upon having a whole new world unveiled right before them, so it was safe to say that the journey via portal only took toll on the seven individuals with royal blood.

Keeping their thoughts to their selves, the other enchancians remained quiet and nodded in understanding.

Sighing in relief, Lisa scanned their surroundings and soon realized that they were in one of the many alleys in the city, her hazelnut brown orbs then shone in recognition when she laid her eyes on a familiar cafè right ahead of them.

She pointed towards it, gathering all their attention, "That cafè! It means we're near the academy and we can start our plan."

"You're right, it's Jihyo's." Nayeon suddenly perked up.

The others followed their line of sight and nodded, already preparing their selves to execute the first part of their plan. The group knew that it would be absurd if out of the blue they would suddenly appear in front of the other unsuspecting daughters of the dark. So they decided to talk to them prior to the day they enter the academy.

With Jennie, Jisoo, Nayeon, and Jeongyeon on the front, Chaeyoung, Lisa, and Tzuyu on the back, and the rest in the middle, they finally started to cross the intersection that leads them to Jihyo's cafè. The other world natives decided that it would be best if they lead the way as they didn't want to involve themselves in a hit-and-run this early into their mission.

So as they ignored the peculiar stares from strangers, they finally reached the other side of the road, still hand in hand. Yes, hand in hand because like they said they didn't want something as small as an accident to interfere in their quest.

As they stood in front of the entrance, Jisoo stopped, "As much as possible, avoid conversations and just let us do the talking." She suggested to which received affirmative nods.

With relieved sighs, they finally started to lead the other enchancians inside the cafè. Nayeon, Jeongyeon, and Tzuyu did inform them that on Friday afternoons like this their gang would kill their time in Jihyo's cafè before going home, so by staying there they could relieve their hunger while waiting for the arival of the other girls, they'd be hitting two birds with one stone.

When only Chaeyoung, Jimin, and Lisa were left outside, the knight opened the door for the princess. "After you."

Chaeyoung shook her head with a smile, "No, after you."

"I insist."

"Well, I do too, so after you."

Lisa rolled her eyes and shoved the both of them away from each other before grumbling, "After me."

She left the two blushing mess outside.

After a few minutes while waiting for classes to be dismissed, Nayeon ordered drinks for all of them while Lisa and Chaeyoung went to a nearby convenience store outside to buy some snacks they missed after spending quite some time away from home.

In the midst of their conversation, Lisa and Chaeyoung went back just in time for their drinks to be served, not missing the curious stare from one of the workers, and to be completely honest they understood her, they knew that Nayeon, Jeongyeon, and Tzuyu were regulars here as they were friends with Jihyo, and if they were in her place they would be confused too if the three suddenly reappeared after vanishing out of thin air a few weeks prior.

"Where have this thing been my whole life?" Seulgi grunted in satisfaction as she took another piece of those round chips Lisa and Chaeyoung bought from its also round cylinder, before popping it into her mouth. The girl did stay in the other world for a notable amount of time, but she didn't get the time to explore as she was too focused on her mission, which was soon proved to be fruitful anyways as they eventually found the four lost princesses and even the abandoned daughters of the dark in the form of dorky high schoolers.

"It's called pringles, unnie." Lisa chuckled upon seeing the older girl's puffed cheeks.

"Pringles," Seulgi tried the name out, "I'm officially proclaiming it as my new soulmate."

Lisa snorted once again before facing the boy sitting beside her, "You want some, kook?" She said before offering some of her banana milk. The aforementioned male grinned before nodding and accepting her offer, his eyes lighting up as soon as he took his first sip of the unfamiliar drink, and without him even realizing it, he already finished it.

Jungkook slowly looked up and only smiled sheepishly, "Sorry."

"Aigoo, you're such a baby." Lisa smiled fondly as she wiped the remains of the drink on the corner of his lips using her thumbs, and being the naive girl she is, she didn't even take note of how he froze upon her touch.

"Ugh, lovebirds." Nayeon grunted before settling her head on the table. Jeongyeon and Tzuyu agreed as they grimaced while watching the couples inside the room being lovey-dovey.

Lisa was babying Jungkook, Seokjin on the side was feeding Jisoo, Chaeyoung and Jimin blushed every time they made eye contact, while Taehyung and Jennie were still arguing about something random.

"Being single sucks." Jeongyeon agreed with a sigh.

But while Jeongyeon continued to hang her head low out of fatigue, she still immediately brightened upon the sound of the entrance finally opening to reveal the thirteen tired figures they've been waiting for entering the cafè sluggishly with bags and books in their possession.

The other people sitting on the table were also made aware of their presence, so this caused them to look up and lock eyes with surprised ones.

"G-Guys?"

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"This is bad, can't we do anything to prevent this?" A woman sighed with a look of fear on her face as she turned towards the man in front of her.

"As much as I want to, we can't save whoever it is, it's in the prophecy so we cannot do anything to prevent it." The man shook his head, also saddened by the fact that they'll be losing one of Enchancia's most treasured people, though they don't know who specifically it is, but they have a feeling that it is someone they know and is close to their heart.

"As for every sweet prize, there must come a sacrifice," The man narrated with dread in his tone, "So whoever this person is, he or she will play a big role in saving our beloved kingdom, even if it means he or she dies."

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