Taekook: Prophecy
Winter City!
A boy, aged 19, is currently travelling to a place where he has never been.. never heard of.. never dreamt of.. and definitely where he never wants to live.. and yet he is closing all the gaps between him and the city..
His big doe eyes.. blinks constantly at the small shady trees at the either side of the road.. the entire place is silent and deserted as if no life ever lived there..
The boy looks through the front glass of the car.. a mountain filled with snow stands tall before his path..
Euphoria.. is visible on the world map.. like a tiny dot.. far away from the world.. as if it was separated or snatched away from natural live..
Jeon Jungkook
I am Jeon Jungkook..
Gguk looks ahead at the moors that is hiding due to the green wild bushes covering the borders of the road.. this is all so new to him.. he feels a little nervous but the excitement inside him gets better of him..
Jeon Jungkook
I am currently travelling to a place I have no idea.. ever really existed..
Jeon Jungkook
(Chuckles to himself)
Jeon Jungkook
This name has become my identity only since a week now..
Jeon Jungkook
Every time, I pronounce this name.. I get a tingling feeling of warmth.. a garden filled with fairy flies.. enchanted frogs.. flowery skies and colourful lands.. it has warmth.. but mysteries overpowering the name..
Jeon Jungkook
I know it’s all my imagination.. fairies.. enchantments and glittery world is only possible in books like”Alice in the wonderland” (chuckles more)
Jeon Jungkook
I was told that.. euphoria lies just on the other side of that mountain..
Jeon Jungkook
Even from far.. I can feel that the mountain is white violent..
Jeon Jungkook
It’s so bright..
Jeon Jungkook
I am not going to lie..
Jeon Jungkook
I am very nervous in the moment as I reach closer to euphoria
Jeon Jungkook
A week ago.. only I found out that euphoria is my home..
Jeon Jungkook
I am born in France.. and my entire life was that place..
Jeon Jungkook
That was my reality.. I always felt like it.. but sadly no..
Jeon Jungkook
I was fogged with a new life as I stripped away from my actual life..
Jeon Jungkook
A week ago..
Jeon Jungkook
A man wearing all black suit and a Shiney tie.. I literally felt that the tie was choking the man it was so tightly placed against his neck..
Jeon Jungkook
But the man looked just comfortable and fine in his attire..
Jeon Jungkook
I was a little scared of the man.. since he looked more like ninetees and somewhat criminal type..
Jeon Jungkook
But soon.. I realised.. that man was not even closest.. to the chills I was going to feel further..
Jeon Jungkook
The man wheeled a woman with him.. an old lady, probably in her late ninetees..
Jeon Jungkook
Her first words to me was that she was my great grandma..
Jeon Jungkook
The last elder of jeon..
Jeon Jungkook
I am an orphaned.. I stayed in an orphanage which was situated in France.. however... we were strictly prohibited to call it an orphanage.. it was a children home.. and that’s what we were allowed to call it..
Jeon Jungkook
My home.. every child’s home..
Jeon Jungkook
Life there was really fun and just like how it should be for children... I guess.. the fact that we all were parentless and abandoned.. made us really humble, understanding and caring towards each other.. we all grew up happily.. living the life of playground, laughters and innocence..
Jeon Jungkook
I also met my best friend Yugyeom there..
Jeon Jungkook
We were partners in crime..
Jeon Jungkook
Usually.. a child over there would be adopted at an early age.. however.. i and Yugyeom were really not even the top ten picks of those parents who visited the children home...
Jeon Jungkook
This made me and my friend grew stronger and closer together.. we are very protective of each other.. and also, Yugyeom is the only one I trust and called as family..
Jeon Jungkook
Anyways..the entire orphanage was mostly strict.. however.. that never stopped me and Yugyeom from sneaking out late night and explore France.. we danced, laughed, lived, filled with optimism and were wild..
Jeon Jungkook
However, As I sat in the family meeting room of my children home..
Jeon Jungkook
I attentively listened to the old lady who calls herself my only family..
Jeon Jungkook
The man with her was the butler of Jeon empire in Euphoria..
Jeon Jungkook
The more I listened.. the more I felt myself being numb and my mind going blank..
Jeon Jungkook
That day.. I found out a lot about my lost past..
Jeon Jungkook
My mother Snow Hazel.. she was a jeon.. hated euphoria and practically begged her family to study abroad.. France was her dream destination.. however.. she got pregnant very early.. at around 20 years of age..
Jeon Jungkook
I was the product of my mother’s true love with a man named Adam Perterson.. Yeah.. I am half English and half Korean..
Jeon Jungkook
But sadly.. my biological father died before marrying my mother.. she was a mess and a loner.. she wasn’t ready to take care of me.. because she was damn sure.. she would do a fcking bad job in it..
Jeon Jungkook
I came to know.. she died soon after my birth and abandoning me to the children home..
Jeon Jungkook
I was angry.. very angry.. I wanted to scream at the old lady.. I wanted to shout at her that she is lying.. I am just an orphaned.. I was born like poof and I really didn’t want to know any memory of my parents.. life was easier not knowing about them..
Jeon Jungkook
But I couldn’t show the old lady my anger.. she looked so weak and sad.. and at the same time shed happy tears of finding me..
Jeon Jungkook
She kissed me all over my face.. hugged me tightly.. cried in my arms and kissed me more.
Jeon Jungkook
For some reason.. I couldn’t push her away.. I can feel she deeply regrets of missing out most my teenage life..
Jeon Jungkook
That old lady found me.. while she was searching for her grand daughter.. sadly.. she was faced with a bitter truth.. that I was the only one left as a Jeon apart from her
Jeon Jungkook
Nevertheless.. her joy was really immense to find her great grand son..
Jeon Jungkook
That day.. she took a promise from me.. a promise that I feel will change my life drastically either for good or bad.. I really have no idea..time can only tell..
Jeon Jungkook
She begged me to return back to euphoria.. I Ofcorse said no at first... I wasn’t comfortable and all forgiving after knowing how I was abandoned and how my life could have been better.. how I could have had a family..
Jeon Jungkook
But the old lady was determined.. and I wasn’t going to be an arse by being a cold hearted unforgiver..
Jeon Jungkook
I saw the sincerity in that old lady.. I forgave her but didn’t agree to live in euphoria
Jeon Jungkook
She left the children home empty handed as I was completely sure about my decision
Jeon Jungkook
However.. later that night.. The father of the children home visited me.. with a news that both my great grandma and the butler met with an accident and they died instantly..
Jeon Jungkook
My great grandma gave everything that was owned as Jeon to me..I am the last of the Jeons now..
Jeon Jungkook
I was hesitant but I couldn’t ignore a dead woman’s wish.. she was so hopeful.. my friend Yugyeom also put some sense into me.:
Jeon Jungkook
Euphoria is where my home is.. so I should return to it.. I have lived a life of being a lost child.. I realised I needed to be home..
Jeon Jungkook
Although.. I am still not sure.. that euphoria is my home.. but deep down.. I really want to know my real life.. feel the essence of my real family..
Jeon Jungkook
So yeah.. here I am on a path.. which I am completely uncertain of..
Gguk was so lost in his thoughts.. that he didn’t realise that his car has entered the mountains.. his car now takes turns after turns as trees standing tall like a wall hiding him.. making him look really small..
As far as, gguk’s eyes could lay.. all he can see is snow.. wetness and mist..
Jk rolled down the window shield.. he took a deep breath.. inhaling the fresh air..
Jeon Jungkook
This place looks unbelievably long and cold..
Jeon Jungkook
Bitter cold to be precise..
Jeon Jungkook
As I feel closer to euphoria..
Jeon Jungkook
I realise.. that the mountain which hides the city., is undisturbed.. deep and opaque
Jk was snapped back to reality.. when the driver spoke to him..
Driver: Sire, you might want to close the windows..
Jeon Jungkook
Why? (Curious)
Drivers: This mountain is home to many dangerous animals.. and right now we are a ready meal for them..:
Jeon Jungkook
What? (Eyes widen and gasps in shock)
Jeon Jungkook
(Closed the window shield immediately)
Jeon Jungkook
Is this how euphoria will also be like.? (watched over the Christmas like huge tree on the roads covered in snow)
Driver: No sire.. Euphoria is the bestest place.. it’s just so peaceful and hidden in these mountains... nothing like the harsh coldness that you are seeing right now..
Jeon Jungkook
When do you get spring here? (More curious)
Driver: Uhm, actually sire.. Euphoria never has spring..
Jeon Jungkook
What? (Amazed now)
Jeon Jungkook
No warmth, you mean.. (sighs sadly)
Driver: sire, we do have vegetation here but only on some specific lands.. and bornfires are part of our daily lives..
Driver: There were times when the place was free of cold and snow.. but in the history it is said.. euphoria one day lost all its warmth.. sun shines but doesn’t give that bright glow over here.. snow, winter, rains and cold is what actually describes euphoria now and has been for centuries..
Gguk nods.. suddenly feeling not so excited about the place he is going to call as his home..
Jeon Jungkook
*I hate winter*
Jeon Jungkook
*I am such a fan of spring.. always makes me happy*
Jeon Jungkook
*I am now not sure whether I am going to be enjoying this place*
Driver: Sire, we have reached the main entrance of euphoria.. You can take a glimpse from here..
Gguk looks ahead.. they have parked near a cliff..
He gets down of the car.. and walks closer to the cliff..
His eyes glistened showing the tint of snow in his pupils as well as he watches euphoria..
The city from above looks like great, covered in silver hair and polished in cold from every corner
Jeon Jungkook
Euphoria (whispers to himself and says with an overwhelmed breath)
After taking a brief moment of euphoria.. jk clicked the place in his mind like a photo frame..
He then got back inside his car and the driver drove further downside towards the city..
However, after couple of minutes.. Jk’s car stopped at a ferry station..
Driver: Sire, to enter euphoria, we will have to take the ferry.. this is the only entrance..
Jk nods and he feels his car get inside a ferry..
The ferry is constructed to carry heavy vehicles and people..
Jeon Jungkook
This lake.. feels like a fountain of life.. a fountain of potion that quenches euphoria’s thirst..
Jeon Jungkook
Even though this place is called euphoria
Jeon Jungkook
I would say it ‘Winter City’
Euphoric Home!
Oh you abundance of earth..
What have you thou beneath..
The skies never fails to fade..
The soil never fails to relive
The ocean takes me away.. sweeps me off my sanity..
Oh you, motherly love.. what have you thou beneath
I see everything bright and good..
Yet... a shiver sends me chills knowing I am at the surface of nothingness
You are a mystery.. a beautiful pain
Oh you mother barren.. who gives birth..
What have you thou beneath..
Jeon Jungkook
What have you thou beneath (whispers those words)
Gguk reads out a string of words as he stands before the entrance of a huge house.. mixture of oak woods, hard cemented concrete and oil paint.. smell is all that he can engulf
Jeon Jungkook
This is going to be my home... (talks to himself)
The words were written on the door of the house.. it’s such a strange thing.. who writes barren mother who gives birth on their door, gguk thinks to himself..
Gguk was about to knock on the door.. but it opened on its own before even he could touch it
Jeon Jungkook
*That’s spooky*
A woman in her mid 30s stand before gguk.. she is wearing a traditional hanbok.. she smiles lightly at gguk who gives an awkward smile.. gguk is still processing the essence of this place euphoria
Hwang Sora
Hello sire.. I am the maid of Jeon house.. (bows before gguk)
Hwang Sora
Please come in.. (Actions her hands gracefully to welcome gguk)
Jeon Jungkook
Uhm.. yeah right.. Uhm.. okay..
Gguk walks inside the house.. it has dim lights everywhere.. but the cold sun rays are already enough to ignite the place..
Gguk walks a little further and the maid takes his bags.. at first, he was hesitant since she looked no stronger than him.. and he has a lot of baggage.. He got everything that he owned in France with him..
But nevertheless gguk gave up since she looked determined..
Hwang Sora
I will keep your bags once you select a room for yourself.. (says humbly)
Hwang Sora
Would you like a tour of the Jeon empire first..
Oh yes.. that’s what gguk wanted to do desperately.. if he is going to stay here for god knows how many years.. then gguk might as well get accustomed to the place..
Jeon Jungkook
Yes please.. I would really like that.. (says gently)
Hwang Sora
Yes sire.. come please.. (bows again)
Jeon Jungkook
What’s your name by the way?
Hwang Sora
Oh I am so sorry.. I didn’t introduce myself before
Hwang Sora
I am Hwang sora..
Jeon Jungkook
Hwang? I have heard of this name before (tried to think about the name)
Hwang Sora
Yes.. my father Hwang Chi Len was the butler of the Jeons.. it was he who visited with our lady Jeon Gyunghui to your orphanage in France
Jeon Gyunghui is gguk’s great grandma who visited him in the orphanage
Jeon Jungkook
It’s actually called children home.. (says out of habit)
Jeon Jungkook
I am sorry for your loss.. (says humbly)
Hwang Sora
I am sorry too..
Jeon Jungkook
Why aren’t there much people around here?
Hwang Sora
That’s because there aren’t any left..
Hwang Sora
My family has been the traditional servant of Jeons.. I am the last of my family..
Hwang Sora
And so are you..
Hwang Sora
We have a driver who got you here as well..
Jeon Jungkook
That’s strange..
Jeon Jungkook
Don’t I have uncles or aunts.. cousins.. anyone? (Curious)
Hwang Sora
No sire.. I am sorry..
Gguk had to stop talking because he sees sora has stopped as well..
Hwang Sora
This is your living room..
Jeon Jungkook
It’s very big.. (says more like to himself)
They walked a little further.. and took a turn.. which led them to the dining table..
Jeon Jungkook
Those are a lot of chairs for two people.. (amazed)
Hwang Sora
Actually that’s just for you.. we don’t sit with our masters..
Jeon Jungkook
It’s so lonely then here..
Hwang Sora
You can always redecorate it..
Hwang Sora
This house is yours now..
Jeon Jungkook
Yeah.. (sighs and said like a whisper)
They walked further more.. this time gguk stopped abruptly before a large wall which had pictures of so many people.. he recognised one picture.. it was his great grandma.. sora stood behind him..
Hwang Sora
That’s Jeon family before you..
Jeon Jungkook
I recognise my great grandma..
Hwang Sora
Yes.. she was head of this house before you..
Sora understood that gguk wants to know more about his family.. so she continued to speak further..
She stood before two men wearing a traditional hanbok.. both men had mustache and long hair..
Hwang Sora
That’s Jeon Kyuhyun your grandfather
Hwang Sora
His wife Jeon Chija (points at the portrait below kyuhyun)
Then she points out at the other man..
Hwang Sora
That’s Jeon Sang Cheol.. he is your great grand father..
And finally she went to a portrait of a young woman..
That painting stood out from all other member of Jeons.. the woman wore an artistic clothes and a hat larger than her head.. she was standing amidst flowers and a moon shined behind her brightly..
Hwang Sora
That’s your mother Jeon Haebaragi..
Jeon Jungkook
But my mother’s name was snow hazel.. (confused now)
Hwang Sora
That was when she moved to France.. she changed her name as snow hazel to get along with the people there
Hwang Sora
This painting was made before she left euphoria..
Jeon Jungkook
Is that so! (Nods)
Gguk has nil memory of his family.. so he is neither sad nor happy.. he is neutral and just takes the information to know about his family but there is no attachment between him and the other Jeons
But gguk also noticed that this house is pretty old.. and there are only three generations of Jeons revealed.. forth being Ofcorse him..
But nevertheless.. this place is already mysterious enough for gguk to even think about his family history..
He walks further and sora does the same
Hwang Sora
This is your kitchen..
Jeon Jungkook
It’s quite modern..
Hwang Sora
(Chuckles) yes we have latest facilities..
Jeon Jungkook
Thank god..
They explore the other part of the house..
Jeon Jungkook
Uhm.. can I ask you something?
Jeon Jungkook
Why is there written barren mother who gives birth on the front door of the house
Hwang Sora
It’s a rememberance of Jeons..
Jeon Jungkook
I don’t understand
Hwang Sora
The Jeons have a history of early deaths
Hwang Sora
The mothers would die soon after giving birth..
Hwang Sora
Your great grandma was the only one to survive for a long period of time and she witnessed her great grandson as well..(looks at gguk and smiles fondly this time)
Hwang Sora
The husbands were unlucky too.. they would die few months after Jeon women conceived
Jeon Jungkook
So i will die if I have a lover and she is pregnant? (Shocked)
Hwang Sora
I don’t know sire.. I mean.. look at your great grandma.. she lived quite a lot.. so it’s not probably for every Jeon..
Jeon Jungkook
Or maybe only for some unlucky Jeon.. (says sadly)
Hwang Sora
Don’t think about it sire.. I am sure that’s not the case with you..
Hwang Sora
Anyways.. so that’s why It says barren mother.. which means Jeon is a barren.. who conceives and gives birth and yet.. Looses a life..
Jeon Jungkook
I don’t believe in it..
Jeon Jungkook
I will set my own fate.. (says fiercely)
Hwang Sora
I am glad sire.. (smiles)
Hwang Sora
Let me show you to your room..
Hwang Sora
There are three vacant rooms here.. since every other room has a memory of respective family member.. so we just preserve it with their things..
Jeon Jungkook
That’s nice..
Jeon Jungkook
Let’s go.. I am tired anyways..
Jeon Jungkook
I had no idea.. it was going to take an entire day to reach here..
Hwang Sora
Yeah.. euphoria is really at the bottom of the earth..
The more longer gguk stays in euphoria.. the more he gets an entangled vibe with the place..and he doesn’t like the feeling..
Sora walked in and showed three rooms to gguk..
Surprisingly, gguk selected a much darker shade room..
Soon his things were placed in the room and he got settled in..
Sora got busy in preparing supper for the sire of Jeon..
It was already evening time..
Gguk stood near the window and looked at the darker shade of skies which are colouring euphoria in to further darkness
Gguk had his supper which was like a warm brandy quenching the coldness in his body..
He walked back to his room..
He couldn’t stop himself from watching the euphoria night sky now.
Gguk went and removed his diary.. trying to write the first memory of euphoria..
Jeon Jungkook
Is it wrong to feel strange and still be so connected with this unknown place..
Jeon Jungkook
I don’t understand what connects me with this place..
Jeon Jungkook
The snow here is whalebone white.. the sound is battering gusts.. the wind screeches dreadfully.. the land here is clocked in greyness.. the skies are pale and lost as mists covers it entirely.. weather here is winter squeezing my throat to the point it itches to me... my room has a peppery and wooden smell.. and yet, vegetables here are delicious..
Jeon Jungkook
(Sighs and stops writing)
Jeon Jungkook
I am going to begin my university from next week.. since I need to finish my education as well.. Sora says there is only one university over here and I am ready to enrol in it..
People of The Night..
Gguk’s first night in Euphoria is rather unpleasant..
There are many reasons to it..
New bed, new wind, new house, new bed sheets, new weather and new environment... are more than enough of a reason to why gguk finds it difficult to sleep.. or to be precise.. almost unbearable to sleep..
But those were not the only reasons..
Gguk is also finding it difficult to shut the noises which are currently coming outside in the night..
At one point, he even got down from his bed.. walked to his balcony and tried to look in the deep darkness of Euphoria...
There is silence.. and yet.. everything feels violent in this place..
In this place, cricket’s noise is even more louder than his own heart beat.. his own breath..
But what causes goosebumps to gguk right now is that the cold is chilly and there are noises in the distant...
Gguk knows those noises are at a distant because it is echoing in the air.. sending shallow depression on his skin..
The noises that echoed.. were of.. howling of werewolves..
Screeching of some predators.. they can’t be animals.. gguk knows how an animal sounds like..
These harsh piercing cries can only be of a human.. because the noises echoed in the wind as if someone’s throat was getting bursted out of pain..
Then he could feel mumblings in a unison.. like an orchestra.. singing a foreign language which gguk is sure no sane man would understand
And then.. there were painful echoes as if someone was dying..
Apart from it.. the trees made rogue sounds..
And then there was the whisper-like whooshing of the wind.. which felt as if the blustery wind was blowing actively and strongly in the heart of euphoria..
Jeon Jungkook
Why is this place so weird? (Frowns while listening the sounds)
Jeon Jungkook
Is it just me.. or everyone staying here can listen to these noises? (Questions more like to himself)
Gguk knows there is no answer to this.. he might as well.. be hallucinating and making these noises in his mind..
Gguk gave up and walked back to his bedroom.. slide in the bed and put on his headphones.. gguk decided to shun these noises by listening to peaceful music.. which helped finally..
Gguk got up a little late as he barely got some sleep last night..
By the time.. he went downstairs.. it was already lunch time..
Gguk didn’t care .. how he was dressed and how he looked.. he was damn hungry..
Sora had prepared food right in time.. gguk wasted no time and started to eat.. still yawning..
After taking few bites.. and feeling the warmth of veggies and meat inside his body.. gguk started to wake up fully..
The memories of last night.. starts to unfold in his mind..
He sees Sora.. cleaning some photo frames before him.. so gguk speaks..
Jeon Jungkook
Have you heard of weird noises last night?
Jeon Jungkook
I mean.. wolves howling and I don’t know someone crying..
Gguk didn’t want to sound alert or scared.. but deep down he was really petrified from those noises.. however, he pretended to concentrate on his food and ask casually to Sora..
Hwang Sora
No sire.. I heard nothing..
Hwang Sora
It was completely silent last night.. (says gently)
Jeon Jungkook
*was I really hallucinating?*
Jeon Jungkook
Uhm.. okay..
Hwang Sora
Okay sir.. I will get back to work.. (bows)
After another 15 mins.. gguk again talks..
Jeon Jungkook
Do you think, there are wild and dangerous animals roaming in the night over here? (Says curiously)
Hwang Sora
(Chuckles) we have lots of wild and dangerous animals here
Hwang Sora
There are large bears, wild boars, lions, wild deers.. wolves and such..
Hwang Sora
The people here actually don’t leave their house in the night..
Hwang Sora
It’s scary because of these animals.. as if they roam on the streets of euphoria like its a free state..
Jeon Jungkook
Why don’t the mayor of this place..takes action against such dangerous animals!
Jeon Jungkook
I mean.. everyone should be allowed to have a night life right..
Jeon Jungkook
In France, me and my friend would roam around in the night... go to fairs.. eat at night stalls.. and go to clubs.. stuffs like that..
Sora got really excited over the night life in France.. that looks very free for her.. she came near jk with glistening eyes to know more about this free night..
Hwang Sora
Really.. people can eat cotton candies.. and chicken.. and ride a Ferris wheel in the night time there (almost squeals)
Jeon Jungkook
(Chuckles loudly) yes ofcorse
Jeon Jungkook
We could do many more adventures and happy stuffs over there
Hwang Sora
Oh wowww (shows heart eyes)
Hwang Sora
It must be really beautiful
Hwang Sora
We never go out in the night here.. everyone stays indoor and locks their homes
Hwang Sora
I don’t know.. I have never explored the night here..
Hwang Sora
My appa forbid me to ever step outside during the nights.. he said that .. if I want to live.. I need to respect the people of the night..
Jeon Jungkook
People of the night? Huh.. what does that mean? (Way too focused on knowing more now)
Hwang Sora
I have no idea.. my appa told me that I was too young to understand all of this.. and that I must at all cost never step out in the night..
Hwang Sora
So I just followed his command..
Jeon Jungkook
Oh..(zoned out)
Gguk’s mind was now filled with ‘People of The Night’
Author
Okay.. I have few things to clarify
Author
Jungkook is a human in this novel..
Author
Now I have read some comments that.. whether this novel is like the original series..
Author
I want to clarify is that no.. it isn’t.. what I meant was that I have taken inspiration from that series and few basics about vampire, hybrid and stuffs..
Author
I mean.. you can understand from the starting of this novel.. that it isn’t like the series...
Author
Additionally.. I want to clarify is that.. some have asked if Tae’s fate will be like Nicklaus.. so I want to clarify no it won’t:. Because I said the character is inspired by Nicklaus but not the fate.. so yeah..
Author
So I hope you don’t compare it with series.. and I hope you find the originality of my imagination in this novel..
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