'I'll go to the mansion tonight to find out about Shadow'

I waited for the day to go to sleep and the night to awaken. I was sitting in the room, on the bed looking at the culprit's necklace. I heard a door close and the lock beeped. Maybe it was his parents' room, did he go there because I hurt him? After a while, I put the necklace back into my pocket, and I slowly tiptoed towards the living room to see if V was sleeping.

He was sitting on the couch but his head was hanging to one side. Geez this guy, he fell asleep sitting down. I quickly got his pillow and put it on the couch as I slowly took his head and rested them on the pillow. His body automatically laid down as soon as his head touched the pillow. As I was going to remove my hands from either side of his head, his hands caught on to mine. I thought that he woke up but he was still sleeping.

"Your hands are so soft" he mumbled in his sleep.

'Huh? Is he talking to me or someone in his dreams?' I thought to myself as I freed my hands from his and walked towards the door.

I looked back one more time before putting on my mask and hat and opened the door.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon,... maybe" I lightly whispered to him and closed the door.

I walked out of the apartment building and down to the bus stop. Good thing that the buses operate 24/7. (I really don't know if that's true but let's imaJINe that they do). I took the bus to the last stop that was closest to the end of the city and made my way further towards the mansion in an electric scooter. Why would I not use something that can save me time and energy right?

Anyway, after some time, I arrived at the front of the abandoned mansion.

It was the same old as usual, quiet and monotoned atmosphere. I looked around and made my way to the backyard because I heard something crackling there.

A hooded person was standing in front of a cauldron moving his right hand in circles on top of the green glowing pot. I looked carefully at his face but no use, the hood was covering his face fully. My eyes then travelled down to something that started glowing on his chest. It was a necklace, this means that he wasn't the culprit because his necklace is with me so this guy over here was a member of his group.

I looked down to my feet because I started slipping when a thought hit my head. I quickly took out the necklace of the culprit and then looked at the hooded guy's necklace. They were completely different.

So does that mean that this guy is from a different group from the culprit? That means that there are more of them but with different means?

How disgusting can these people be? If they were real humans before they turned to these then they are really done for. I controlled my anger and tried not to blow off at whoever that hooded guy was, warming his hands over the cauldron as a camp fire. This was my only chance to actually tail him and find out who he was or at least who he was connected with. What if he doesn't know the culprit? Then does it mean that I have been looking in the wrong place?

I decided to go from there because then I would be wasting my time but then I stopped in my tracks.

'No, he wouldn't be here if he didn't know the culprit. They are all in this together of course.' I thought in my head.

Author's POV

After some time, the hooded guy snapped his fingers, the cauldron disappeared and he started to walk out of the mansion. That was when Y/N got out from where she was hiding and started following him secretly.

He walked down the long dark road until he reached the town. It was late at night so nobody was around to see a mysterious hooded guy walking on the streets except Y/N herself. He walked on and on, turned left, then right and then went straight on. After the long walk, he reached a park and went by a group of trees.

Y/N backs down a little so that she doesn't get caught, she could see that somebody was standing by the trees but it was dark and she could not see the face but judging by the Shadow outline, it looked like a man.

While talking to the man, the hooded guy took off his hoodie and Y/N held in her deep breath thinking that this was it when she had a lead. However, to her disappointment, it was quite dark to see his face.

After a long talk, probably about who they would unnecessarily kill next, the man by the trees went away and the hooded guy started to walk off too with his hoodie still off his head. Y/N then tailed him on and on and on, trying to see his face but the only thing she could see from the distance was the back of his head.

'He looks quite familiar, like someone I know...' she thought in her mind.

As he was walking down the alley, he turned a little and the bright light of the lamp post came in contact with his face and that is when Y/N saw who the guy was...

It was HOBI...

Y/N's POV

Wait what? Hobi? Is he part of that supernatural gang? But how? One of my closest friends is probably a vampire, devil guy and is involved in my parents' murder? I have to find out.

I further tailed Hobi on until he came to a stop in front of a brick wall at his residence. I thought that he would be going around over to the gates to get in but something glowed from his face, maybe his eyes, and the brick wall turned transparent. He walked right through and in a matter of seconds after passing, the brick wall was totally opaque again like it used to be.

Now my doubt was clear. Hobi was not normal, he was someone beyond normal who had supernatural powers. I need to go to that spiritualist to find out more about him and the supernatural world. Maybe I'll also follow Hobi around more to find out who the other people with the culprit are.

This is my only chance and I won't blow it up now.

I looked at the time and it was way past late night so I made my way back to the apartment. As soon as I opened the apartment door, V lunged at me, attacking me with a tight hug that gave me instant, unexpected butterflies.

I was about to put my arms around him and pat his back but the thought of Shadow held me back.

"Where were you Y/N? Where did you go at this time at night and alone? You know that you are not well yet so what were you thinking? What if something happened to you? What if I couldn't find you?" He asked me question after question, not letting me have a chance to speak.

I put my tiny hands over his mouth to shush him and then gave him a short answer,

"I went out for some fresh air" and with that, I let go and went back to the room, closing the door behind me.

Still feeling guilty about ignoring V, I quickly walked to the bedside drawer and took a notebook with the contact of the spiritualist who told me about Seoul being the heart of supernatural powers. I dialed her number and waited for the other side of the line to answer.

A few seconds later, the line was picked up and after a little silence, the woman from the other side spoke up,

"Y/N..." she answered

"Araminta... Wait, how do you know that it's me? Like, I didn't even say anything."

"I see everything and I know everything"

"Right, I am in Seoul now and I want to meet up with you and tell you about what I have found so far."

"I know what you want to talk about. Your friend Hoseok is one of them"

"Yeah- wait you knew?"

"I told you, I see everything and I know everything"

"Then tell me who the real culprit is and how many other people are connected with him"

"I don't even know the answer to that myself. Destiny will only unfold before you when it is certain that you are completely ready of it."

"I know, you literally told me that same thing two years ago but it doesn't make any sense no matter how many times you tell that." anger started fuming inside as I recalled the past,

"My parents had nothing to do with any of this and yet they died. For once in these two years I thought that life was getting back to normal when I find out that one of my closest friends is involved in all this and then on top of that I get all these threats in my dreams that people close to me will end up in bad situations based on how close they actually are to me. Does that even make any sense to you or do you think that I am stupid?" I said to her in one breath that felt as if I rapped like a crazy madwoman.

"Y/N, It is not always how it looks. Come to the enchanted cave grocery shop tomorrow morning and tell the cashier, 'peaches and cream' and the cashier will reply 'sweeter than sweet, chocolate cheeks and chocolate wings' ok?"

"Huh? What are we doing here? Some stand up comedy?"

"Just do it and they will bring you to me. I have found important information that cannot be discussed over the phone so see you tomorrow."

"About what?"

"There may be more to who you actually are...." I was dumbfoundedly waiting for her to say something more about what she found out.

After a long pause, I realised that she had cut the call.

"Did she just hang up on me?"

I put my phone aside and laid on the bed, looking at the ceiling until my eyes melted closed.

V's POV

I waited for Y/N to come out of the room after she walked off after giving me a short, stinging answer. Waiting and waiting, but she never came out so I decided to go and check up on her just to see if she was ok.

I slowly walked towards the room and knocked softly enough that it could be heard but no reply came out. Worried about her, I harshly opened the door and saw that she had fallen asleep and that too very weirdly. This girl... She was laying across the bed with her head on the right side of the bed and her legs hanging off of the left side. I chuckled a little before picking her up and putting her on the bed properly.

As I put her back on the bed, she turned to her right where I was crouching down and slapped my face. 

Dude, that stung, like how can hands this tiny have so much power. When I looked at her, she was sleeping peacefully like a baby. Looking at her made a spark of light in my heart that got out of control and went down to my stomach, turning to butterflies.

Looking at her, I recalled the scene at the hospital when she was giving up on herself. When she woke up, she really did call my name first. Thinking about that made more bunch loads of butterflies in my stomach. I might be dumb for asking this, but why would she have called my name first when she woke up??? I snuggled her up in her blanket and left the room, closing the door.

Author's POV

After V left the room, Y/N's facial expressions started to change as if she was trying to see something in her dream.

She saw that she was at that abandoned mansion, at the backyard watching Hobi standing by the cauldron. There were five other people standing there but their faces were covered by their hoodies. Y/N could tell that they were in the same group as Hobi because they had the same necklace as Hobi except one of them. That man's necklace was similar to Hobi's and the four other people but it was purple and had a hint of glittering pink.

Soon after, a large circular portal opened out of nowhere and another hooded man came out but he seemed to be different and his presence felt different too. Y/N looked at his necklace; it was completely different from the culprits and Hobi and his group's. It was unique and very different, does that mean that he is their main boss?

He reached his hands to his hoodie to remove it off of his head but as soon as she was about to see the 'main boss's' face, everything went blank.

Y/N woke up because of her alarm, it was already morning.

'So does that mean that there are so many people like Shadow but they all have only one master?

I have to know what is going on fast...

A/N

Wassup guys,

Another chapter and another load of mysteries and twists and turns. Is Hobi really involved in killing Y/N's parents? 

Anyway, I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter and stay tuned for the next chapter.

See ya😘

~Angel Misty💜💜💜