CHAPTER 2 – DREAMS

She vanished eventually and appeared at the palace.

The guards bowed as she swam past them, Mul appeared.

"Eonni, why weren't you at the meeting?" She asked, swimming beside her.

"Went for healing, was his majesty angry?" Lotus asked.

"Not really, but guess what? You're singing at the festival and the festival is tomorrow!' Mul chirped loudly.

"Tomorrow? It's sudden, and Cleo should sing, not me" Lotus replied.

"It was sudden because Otis took long with the preparations, and another rumor I'm hearing is that... you're gonna be getting betrothed to Sage tomorrow," Mul said and Lotus quickly faced her.

"Betrothed? Without my consent?"

"You know how his majesty can be, he even seized Cleo's voice cos she got angry and shouted at him when you got chosen, he seized it for two hours, guess it should be back by now" Mul replied.

"Of course, it's back!" Cleo's voice interrupted, swimming past their middle at the speed of light.

Mul flew and landed on the chamber wall, hurting her arm but Lotus stood still.

"Mul are you ok?" She quickly asked.

"I'm...I'm...fine," Mul said painfully.

"Why must you take everything from me, witch?" Cleo said to Lotus's face.

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't act like you don't know which! First was the voice and face! I'm the one who's supposed to have the two! That voice doesn't suit you, the face was supposed to be mine! Second was the king's heart, you're his favorite and that's why he always chooses you over me! The Third was Sage! You stole his heart too!" Cleo shrieked.

"Get the calming water from the queen, you'll be ok," Lotus said and swam to Mul.

She helped her up and said the magic words in her mind, her wound healed and they both started swimming away.

"Lotus! Lotus, I'll make you regret forever taking what's mine!" Cleo shouted after her, breathing heavily.

She saw the guards looking at her and grabbed two of them.

"Go to hell!" She snapped and threw them against the wall angrily before swimming away.

SEOUL, 7 AM, THE MCDONALD'S MANSION

Starr is currently on the run, looking for where the tune is coming from.

A violin is playing and he can hear the tiny voice of a girl, singing beautifully, it's like a magnet, drawing him closer.

As he ran, he got closer and closer to the voice.

"Don't stop singing please... don't stop playing the violin" he thought as he ran.

He finally got to the scene and saw a girl sitting on a chair.

Her back is on him and her long black hair is getting blown by the air, the aura around her smells like perfection and he starts going closer...

Her voice made his heart flutter and the tune she was playing on the violin is so soothing; it kept drawing him closer...