ASTRO & Imagines

“hae soo-ah! how could you be so reckless!?!” the girl yelled at me. “hae soo? who’s that? my name is ha jin.” i replied. “hae soo! we were so worried about you! come, we must go to lady hae, she’s been so worried!” the strange girl said. “who are you? where am i? why am i wearing this? what was i just doing? what’s going on?!?” i panicked. “oh soo-ah, stop playing around, now we really must be going, lady hae is seriously worried!” she said, yanking my arm and dragging me through some underground cave.

we ended up coming out of the hidden walkway in the cave, and onto a large set of rocks. “well, we’re almost there, come on.” the girl said, taking a step down onto a rock, starting to walk past all the people bathing. “hae soo-ah! hurry up! why are you being so difficult?” the girl complained, standing still, waiting for me to catch up. i took a step down, but i felt dizzy. i couldn’t tell if it was the steam from the baths or my brain shutting down from processing what was happening, but as soon as i took my next step, i fell and passed out.

“oh thank god! hae soo is awake!” i heard a voice yell. i opened my eyes, and slowly tried to sit up, but two people who were by my side prevented me from doing so. “soo-ah! we were so worried!” the girl from earlier cried. “hae soo, are you feeling any better?” a new face asked. “why do you people keep calling me hae soo? my name is go ha jin. oh wait, that’s right, i’m dead. i died.” i said. “hae soo, you didn’t die, you almost did, but you’re very much alive.” the girl said. i panicked. feeling that my pulse was very much beating, i ran outside, trying to escape this weird world with weird people. how did i get here? what’s going on? where am i? my head spun, and so did my body, as i took in my surroundings. people dressed in old clothes waved at me, while they all did chores outside. the architecture is strange, nothing from the 21st century. so what on earth happened?

“hae soo!” the girl yelled, running out to follow me alongside the unfamiliar woman. “where am i? what’s going on?!?” i asked. the older woman turned to the girl and told her to get the doctor. “hae soo, do you really not remember?” i shook my head no. “your name is hae soo. i am your sixth cousin. we are in songak, in the home of the 8th prince, wang jinjin.” she answered. “songak? then….are we in goryeo?” “yes soo, please, try to remember more.” i pondered back to my history class. “who is king?” i asked. “why the founder of this land of course.” the woman responded, looking worriedly into my eyes. oh god, how did i get here? how am i not dead? who’s body am i in? why is this happening? isn’t taejo ruler right now? what comes after that? what year did he even rule? all these questions flooded my mind, and feeling overwhelmed, and ran into the room where i had been, and locked myself in there.

THE PRINCES (3RD POV)

the princes gathered by the royal bath, days before the sacred ceremony. the 3rd prince, prince wang xuimin, sat in his chair, sipping his tea, not bothering to partake in the bath. the 9th prince, wang dino, already sat in the water, doing push-ups and pull-ups by the side of the bath. the young 10th prince, sanha, ran, jumping into the bath without taking off his clothes. the youngest, the 14th prince, rocky, followed, but taking his shirt off before following his hyung. the 13th prince, eunwoo, followed in a calmer manner, while wang jinjin had just descended the stairs leading to the bath.

“do you think our older brother is coming for the ceremony?” one of the younger brothers asked. “of course, the ceremony is mandatory after all. right? even though hyung hasn’t been home in a while, he has to come.” “well, lets at least hope so.” prince wang jinjin said, surprising the princes in the bath.

“i heard he slaughtered all of his family.” said the 10th prince. “i heard it was brutal and full of bloodshed. people call him a wolf dog. aroooooooooo!”. the 14th prince giggled with his brother, yelling “arrrroooo!” across the bath area, causing their brothers to become irritated.

WANG MOONBIN (3RD)

while all of this was happening in goryeo, the 4th prince, wang moonbin was on his was to the palace. accompanied with a few other men on horseback, he rode, to the palace of goryeo. the “wolf dog” as people called him, was clad in fitted armor and adorned with weapons. his face carried a black mask that covered half of his visage.