"Uncle Park! Uncle Park, you were going to bring hyung here! Why you didn't bring him here? Uncle Park!", little Jungkookie whine on the big man's shoulder. He was Mr. Park. The previous leader of the Park group and Jimin's dad. His father was captain of Jeon Kingdom's royal Army and the king's knight.
"He is training sweetheart so I couldn't able to bring him to you", Mr. Park said in so a sweet tone that no one would think that this man was the captain of Jones's army and Mafia boss who kills their enemy ruthlessly.
"I remember! I remember talking with Uncle Park. I was whining cause he never brought Jimini hyung to meet me but he used to tell how he trains mightily so he can save the royal family", Jungkook suddenly expressed remembering his past with his father. Soon his eyes went numb and his voice became shaky. "But after that, everyone died so I thought Jimini hyung was dead too. I never saw him so I couldn't able to recognize you Jimin", Jungkook stated as he controlled his tears.
"I am sorry I should have contacted you sooner but I had to take care of our future queen. That was my father's last wish and I liked him after knowing him so in no time he became the world to me before I got to know Yoongi", Jimin stated making Taehyung feel a lump in his throat. He felt like his voice was gone. Someone took his voice and he couldn't talk.
The thing I used to hate gave me lifelong friend and without knowing it I hated my womb, he thought as his hand moved down on his stomach. He caressed his stomach as a lone tear rolled down his cheeks. Jimin didn't notice it but that tear didn't miss from Jungkook's eyes.
"I thought you forgot everything about me", said Jimin with a slight smile on his face. Yoongi was listening to everything carefully but he was so into his love that he missed the rolled-down tear too. "After that, the tragedy happened. Everyone was clueless when it happened cause there was an intruder in the forest which led to the assassination of Panthers. Dad found out about it in time and succeded to hide u and help the king and queen to save your mate's life too. But Kim was so powerful at that time cause we Panthers were celebrating the good news of having a princess soon. But", Jimin got interpreted in the middle by three of them. They had their questions.
"What do u mean by Princess?", Jungkook interrogated with teary eyes. "What do you mean by Kim's?", Yoongi and Taehyung asked with shocked faces. They were Kim and the bite was given to their mother to save Taehyung so it means their parents were in that forest that day.
"I...", Jimin started to slutter. "Queen was pregnant with a girl child Jungkook. You were going to have a sister before the tragedy happened", Jimin stated and hung his head low as he remembered things about Kim. Yoongi was observing his expression and he got shocked and he stood up.
"What are you hiding Jimin?", Yoongi interrogated with a serious tone. His voice went deep and hard showing how serious the thing is. Jimin's head was hung low as a lump formed in his throat that was so hard to swallow. The memories were choking him. It was the most bitter memory of his life that he never wanted to see again. Moreover, he had to tell them the truth but the question was how. How he is going to tell this to his little brotherly figure Jungkook and his best friend who is his brother's mate and how he is going to tell about it to his mate? Jimin let those bitter memories surface again as he needed to tell the truth.
Flashback
"Dad I heard we are celebrating something?", little Jimin asked his dad. "Yeah, Jungkook will be a big brother soon. Queen is pregnant and we are celebrating the good news", his father replied and continued. "You will be coming but stay in Shawdos so you can keep an eye on the Prince. This is your little task. Let everyone see how much you learned", his father commanded and Jimin nodded his little head. He was happy to have a task finally.
After that little conversation, the only thing Jimin remembers is the fire. The whole castle was on fire. People were alive and burning inside the castle. Walls were cracking down due to excessive heat, children were crying and screening. Knights were trying to rescue the king and the young prince. Both king and prince were rescued because of the queen's sacrifice.
"Father, why are you not helping Mother? Why she is lying under the pile of rubber?", Young Jungkook asked his father. Mr Park and Jimin were running while Mr. Jeon carried Jungkook in his arms. Soon due to smoke, he fainted. Those words got carved in Jimin's mind as he saw his two motherly figures dying in front of his eyes. Both of them told them to leave. To leave this place without them.
Four of them reached the tree house away from the castle, people and fire. The houses were deep into the jungle but near the borders. "Father is Jungkook alright?", Jimin asked him with teary eyes. "He is", His father replied while wearing his combat suit. Mr. Jeon shifted into his almighty Panther form. Mr. Park hopped onto him.
"You have to take care of yourself, Jungkook and others who are waiting for me outside the forest. The Park group is on you so Prince and his mate's safety", Mr. Park stated and removed his bracelet. It was an original black colour bracelet with a panther face on it. The mouth of the panther was open and one needed to put the other ring inside the mouth to lock the bracelet. It was the ancient bracelet passed down from generation to generation to the heir of Park before the previous owner died. As soon as Jimin saw his father removing the bracelet he couldn't able to contain his tears.
Tears silently started to roll down his eyes as he extended his left hand to take the bracelet. Mr. Park opened the lock once again and put the bracelet on Jimin's wrist. "I, the previous owner of the knight bracelet pass down the magical powers of this ancient panther core to the new hair Park Jimin. Use it wisely for the greater good", Mr. Park stated and the King dashed out of the tree house.
Jimin broke down into pieces as his knees crashed on the cold floor of Jungook's penthouse. Jungkook was lying lifeless after seeing his mother's death. Jimin was broken but couldn't do anything because of his responsibility which was lying on the cold floor. Jimin hurriedly wiped his tears and stood up. He gently picked Jungkook from the cold floor and placed him on his bed. He kissed his forehead as he mumbled "Jungkooka Sorry, don't die on me." After saying that he left the tree house following paw prints of King.
In the woods, as he followed the paw prints he smelled the mesmerizing smell. It smells like Quee Jeon sent but it's different than her, Jimin thought as he started to sniff the scent more and more which made him feel giddy. A scream made him come out of his trance. He ran in that direction where he saw King Jeon's mouth was stained by blood. A woman was lying unconscious on the green lush grass, and his father and a man were fighting. Soon the Panther got shot and some people with guns came running.
"Boss!", Everyone said in unison. Worry was vivid in their voice. As soon as they saw a lying body a gasp left through their mouth. Because of Gunshot Mr. Park's attention drifted and a sharp knife pierced through his stomach in fast peace stabbing him again and again.
"You humans are worthless. Despite being human you serve best like Panthers. They are In humans creature and you are", the guy retorted and finally stopped stabbing. He pulled his hand back, blood was dripping from his hand. He threw the knife on the ground and walked toward the lady.
He picked her up in bridal style. Thick red blood still dripped from his hand as they walked toward the exit of the forest. Jimin watched everything. He was terrified. Both his dad and King were bleeding so much that the round below him turned red because of their blood. He pressed his mouth tightly so he wouldn't make any noise cause if he did he would be gone. As soon as he felt everyone was gone he walked toward both soulless bodies. He bent down to touch his father's hand. It was cold.
"Dad, why are you so cold?" Jimin said in a weak voice. "It doesn't suit you, Dad. Wake up! I never felt you this cold. Dad! Wake up", Jimin whinnied as he burst into tears. He knew his father was dead but he still wanted to say it. He turned his gaze toward naked King Jeon's body. After death, his pather body turned back into his human form to keep their supernatural powers secret.
"Uncle Jeon! You always scolded me cause I never called you Uncle. Now I am calling you uncle why are you not smiling at me", Jimin expressed as he continued crying silently. He carried both of them one by one to the castle. To be more specific burned castle. It was in shreds. Some injured panthers were lying on the ground and survived the hellfire accidentally. But they weren't able to transform back. Jimin treated the wounded. He pilled all the dead bodies he could find. All the bodies were barely recognizable. He couldn't even able to recognise his mother and queen Jeon in the pile of bodies.
He made a big wooden bed from dry wood and covered it with dry leaves. He laid everyone on that wooden bed and covered them with wood again. He placed the body of King and his father on the top and placed some wooden pieces near them too. He lit them with fire and stood there watching everything turn into ashes. After that, he collected the ashes and threw them into the lake. When he came near the tree house he heard a loud crying voice. But he was unable to walk to the boy who was crying. Someone who lost everything can imagine how it feels to not have a single thing. Jimin didn't know how to comfort his Prince so he left the forest and headed to Park Group's main head office. That day the forest sky was bloody red and even the forest was crying and dying due to blood shoot.