I was unsure whether this stranger was a good person or not, however, I hesitated to pull my hand away from it. I strangely felt much safer with it, compared being with the vampires of course....
We soon reached another corridor, that was different from the one I been. The corridor wasn't golden, but it was covered in light blue wallpapers with white patterns around it. There were no portraits nor frame pictures hanging, just an empty corridor without even a window nearby. The only thing was in there was us and the ceilings.
The stranger stopped and let my wrist go. It turned around and then came closer to me. I felt a little uneasy yet didn't back away from it.
The stranger asked me with a male and worried voice, "Are you alright? Are you hurt?"
The voice sounded very familiar....my eyes widened when I realised who this stranger could've been. "Jungkook?" I pronounced the name.
The stranger didn't say anything back. He stayed still until he gently stretched his arms to his hood on his head. He took it off, and I managed to see his face. It was really Jungkook! But....paler, as pale as the vampires were, could he be the vampire too?
"My name is Jungkook, but not the Jungkook you think I am" he spoke.
"What do you mean?" I asked unsurely and confused.
"I know where you came from, you're not the first one who got trapped by the ring" Jungkook said as he looked around in a rush.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
Jungkook looked back at me and grabbed my hand. He pointed at the ring that was on my finger and said, "I'm talking about this thing on your hand."
I looked at the shining thing in confusion. Then, he let my hand go and added, "There was someone before you who had the same ring as you did, they came from another world as soon as they wore it in their world" Jungkook paused for a second and sighed as if he thought of something that wasn't good nor bad news. Very soon he continued, "This ring belonged to the queen, who was known as the most powerful human in this whole kingdom, this ring was the one that she never took off until she passed away."
"I think I know this story..." I mumbled, "Jungkook...um...the other Jungkook, told me about the queen."
Jungkook nodded. "She died from getting very old, however the ring is something that none of us managed to find the clue of its mystery..."
"Will I die?" I suddenly asked without thinking, then I added, "I heard the ring is so powerful it could kill whoever wears it" then a sudden regret built in me as if I should've not told him about that.
"It doesn't seem to affect you much at the moment, so there's no need to worry about it," he replied, "just yet."
"Yet?!" I squeaked and froze...why me! Why do I have to go through this stuff? Jee, I wanna go home…
"But don't worry too much" Jungkook interrupted me from my thoughts, "as long as no one will snatch the ring away from you."
"What would happen if someone just out of nowhere takes the ring away from my finger?" I asked.
Jungkook's gaze didn't break mine through this part of the conversation, even after my question, he stayed still. Suddenly he looked aside and mumbled, "Let's just hope no one will take this ring."
Suspicious… guess nothing good will happened. As I didn't receive an exact answer to my question, I felt even more worried. Without realising I slowly grabbed my hand in where my ring was and covered it with the other hand and pulled it against my chest, as if it would stay more protected in that position.
Suddenly fast footsteps distracted me. Jungkook glanced quickly and his eyes widened. "We need to hide, quick!" He said in a rush as he grabbed my wrist again and pulled me across the corridor until we reached a door. Jungkook quickly opened it and shut it as soon as I got in the room. The room was much smaller, more like a janitor room I'd say, and there wasn't much space to move around. I opened my mouth to speak, but Jungkook quickly covered my mouth with his hand after he locked the door quickly. "Stay as quiet as possible..." he whispered as he kept his hand on my mouth covered and standing close to me.
We stayed in the same position for a few seconds until the sound of footsteps began to disappear. Soon the atmosphere went quiet. The only thing I heard was the slow breathing between me and Jungkook. Jungkook uncovered my mouth slowly and leaned against the door. He slowly unlocked and opened it, and no one seem to be around. "I think they are gone..." he mumbled.
"Who were we running away from?" I suddenly asked before realising it.
"My brothers…" he mumbled, again, quietly that it was almost hard to understand.
"Your brothers?" I asked once more. However, Jungkook didn't reply to me this time and continued glancing out the door to make sure no one was really around.
I stayed in the same spot as I stared at Jungkook and waited for his next move. I felt so confused and lost yet tried my best to stay calm to not make a more dramatic scene. "Why me..." I spoke quietly, thought that I said it to my head, but it turned out I said it aloud. "Because you are the queen of the ring for now..." I heard Jungkook's quiet voice as he turned and looked at me.
"This just doesn't make any sense!" My voice suddenly raised, "I'm not even related to the queen, and never been."
"You looked like her," Jungkook talked, "her eyes, her appearance, even her voice...that must've caught the ring's attention to go for you after the real queen's death, since she looked exactly like you"
"Really?" I pronounced then felt speechless. Does that mean...the person who was trapped in here before me…also looked like me? I wanted to ask Jungkook about that, but a part of me forced me to stay quiet. I stayed still, processing through all of this mess that I somehow got myself into. "All because of this annoying ring" I thought as I glanced at the ring on my hand, still shining as usual.
"However, let's not think too much about who this ring belonged to and sort of" Jungkook said as he reached to open the door wider, "we need to get you out of here before my brothers will come to get you..."
"Your brothers? You mean the vampires who caught me?" I asked, a little nervous.
Jungkook nodded, and then grabbed my wrist again and pulled me out of the room carefully.
"Jungkook, are you a vampire too then?" I asked still nervously as I followed him across the corridor.
Jungkook stayed silent, however after a few seconds he glanced at me and nodded. Then he looked back to the front, continuously taking me to wherever I believed was supposed to get me out of this nightmare.
We walked in silence. I kept looking back since for some reason I felt like we've been watched. However, this didn't seem to bother Jungkook. He walked confidently yet careful at the same time, as if he tried to make the quietest steps so nobody would hear him, even though we were the only ones in this corridor…for now.
I decided to break the silence, and ask Jungkook a question, "What if your brothers catch you? Won't you get punished?"
"For what?" he asked without looking at me.
"For destroying their plans," I replied, "they want the ring, and you're here trying to get me out of here instead…unless…"
"Unless what?" Jungkook asked again, still walking.
I felt like this was all a part of the plan among these vampire brothers, including Jungkook since he considered as part of their family too. Therefore, I stayed quiet, and slowly began to slower my steps. Though, Jungkook noticed that in less than 5 seconds and stopped. I stopped as well and looked at him.
"You think I'm setting you up to follow my brothers' plan?" he muttered as he turned to face me, putting both of his hands to his pockets.
"N-no" I stuttered, feeling even more uneasy about this whole.
Jungkook continued to look at me in the eyes, seemed to feel suspicious of my act. "If you don't trust me then I'm not holding you, but know that you won't be able to escape this place without my help" he spoke with a sweet voice yet the words seemed a little harsh that kind of caught me off guard.
A pause of silence appeared once again, yet it only took a couple of seconds until Jungkook asked, "Do you want to escape? Or you want to wait here for my lovely brothers to find you and trap you in wherever they are planning to". His tone quite changed from sweetness to more sarcastic and frustrated way. He stopped looking at me and instead looked away to the wall and waited for my respond. I felt like I was annoying him, yet that didn't bother me.
"I'll follow you..." I mumbled quietly.
Jungkook glanced at me again and replied with a low voice, "Then follow me" and began to walk but stopped after making one step forward.
"Jungkook?" I asked him, wondered what made him stop. I came towards and spotted someone was standing on front of us.
"Well well, look who we got here" one of the vampires spoke with a deep and calm voice. As soon as he noticed me, he smirked…