Title: Legend
Rating: PG-13
Cast: (so far) LSM, Boa, Yesung, Heechul, Yunho
Notes: The story contains of a now still little vampire Yesung as the main chara (for now), little Hechul & Yunho as war survivor siblings, Boa as a crown princess soon to be queen and our old man LSM as the king. Read & comment?
Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3
Rella couldn’t sleep after she saw Yesung in the dungeon. She keeps tossing and turning at nights, and even though she eventually will fell asleep later it still take a long time. She is tired easily because the lack of sleep and not even Yunho could help her sister.
Damn that vampire….
Like usual, Rella is staying up, sitting in her bed eyeing her little brother who fast asleep. Her mind is flying to the event four months ago, when she met Yesung in the war ground for the first time. Now that she could think more clearly, it is true what the princess said: Yesung had saved her and Yunho. Had he not there at the time, they probably died in the hand of that careless soldier.
…I’m not gonna pitying him! A vampire!
Rella could remember every night before the war, her mommy would kissed her cheeks before bed time and her daddy would told her to always close the window because vampires lurking out there. If she was being careless, those evil creatures will suck off all the blood in Rella’s and Yunho’s body and they will be died in seconds. Of course Rella believes her parents, always making sure her windows are closed, watching Yunho fell asleep before her and all of that were important. Rella loves her brother, there is no way she would let Yunho died.
But….that was a big vampire. A grown up one. Yesung’s still a little vampire…..
Well, there’s no way Yesung could suck off all her and Yunho’s bloods……right? He would be very full and Yesung’s pot belly would be very big. Imagining that and how Yesung will probably burping, Rella is giggling without realizing it. The funny thought has helped relaxing her somehow and she fell asleep soon after that with a cute smile in her face.
The day after, king Sooman summons Rella to the court. Much to Rella’s surprised, the king wants her to go with a man with white cloak and long woodened wand in his hand.
“Your majesty” Rella says with a little fear in her voice “You want me to be a witch? To learn magic?”
The wizard smiles at her softly and Rella feels all her fear is washed away. The wizard seems so kind with a calming aura, his eyes holding so much wisdom. His face is gentle and holding a charisma, so strong that makes Rella staring at him in awe.
“Little Rella” the wizard says to her “You don’t need to worry. I came here because I could see you, a girl with talent, a girl with strong will. You could be a great witch, a powerful one if you are willing to learn magic”
His words has gain Rella’s interest but…
“How about Yunho-ah? Will he come with me and be a wizard too?”
“Sadly, no. You are the only one has a potential to be a witch. I can’t take your little brother too…”
“Then my answer would be no. I really appreciate it but I’m not gonna leave my brother”
The wizard smiles at her again. Such a strong girl, she is willing to protect the one she loves and care the most.
“I understand that, little girl, that’s why I made an agreement with his majesty about this...”
“An agreement?”
“Yes, little one. You will come with me to learn magic and your little brother will stay here, raised as a member of this castle, as a soldier. But you two still can meet each other once in a while. And once you finished your education, you could always come back here, working in this castle as a royal magician”
“But…”
“Little Rella, I know your deepest desire is to protect both you and your brother. But don’t forget you are a girl. Once you grow up, even though you are going to be a skilled fighter for example, you still lack of physical strength. Wouldn’t it better if you learn magic?”
Rella now begins to doubt herself. It is true, all this time she is depending on her tomboyish act and stubborn nature, always playing with wooden sword with Yunho. But that, of course, won’t be enough. Yunho will grown up to be a strong man, she believes that, and even more so if he is trained as a soldier wouldn’t he? And what about her? What will become of her once the time came?
“Rella noona, I will be alright…” a small voice besides her and a tug on her skirt woke her up from her thought.
“But….Yunho-ah….”
“I will be a strong man, noona will be very proud of me. If noona learns magic, we could be strong together, right? Right?” Yunho’s smiling brightly at his older sister. Finally Rella come to her decision.
“Fine. I will go with you……but please, take care of Yunho….”
***FLASHBACK***
Rella couldn’t believe what she’s seeing in front of him. There is Yesung, crucified upside down on metal blocks, each hands are tied with thin metal wires that digging through his skin. Same goes to his feet and his eyes are blindfolded with a dark clothe. On his chest, she could see a mark that seemed like it was burnt…stamped to his chest with a burning metal? Yet, his skin still looks so pale. And even though the wires draw out blood from the boy, Yesung remains silent and his breath is steady.
Rella couldn’t bring herself to scream or faint. The sight in front of her is too horrible for a little girl to witness, too cruel for nine years old boy. This is the moment where Rella completely forgot Yesung is a vampire she supposed to hate. A weak whimper escaped her trembling lips.
“….who is that?”
But Rella is too afraid to say anything so the guard’s answering instead. “Miss Rella has come to visit you, brat. Lucky you” he sneered at the boy. If it’s in normal situation, Rella would probably sneers at Yesung too, but not now. Not when she is seeing such horrible thing.
“….Miss Rella? It’s been a long time…..has it? Forgive me, I don’t know how much time had passed….”
***END OF FLASHBACK***
The night before Rella leaving, she told little Yunho everything she had saw in the dungeon. Seeing his reaction, Rella doesn’t know what to do at first. Her little brother always thinks and acts so different to her. Sure, both are strong and love to train martial arts and sword skills but Yunho always the one with soft heart. If he accidentally injures a friend, he always apologizes soon after, be it in a match or not. Rella, on the other hand, will be the one to barks at the injured ones to stop crying and be strong with such little injuries. Yunho always be the calm and careful one, Rella the free and careless one. So it’s not a surprise anymore when she sees Yunho gets all teary eyes after she finished her story.
Her little brother pities the vampire boy. This time, Rella won’t be mad since deep in her heart she pities him as well. She will let Yunho decide what to do and Rella, always knows her brother all to well, is sure she won’t regret it. The last message Rella gave to Yunho is to not forget about her, about their past and hopes……and about the story she just told him.
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Three years after Rella went to the Wizarding Grottos; nine years old Yunho came to the king.
“My lord, I am grateful you care for us so much…”
“Yunho-ah, you and your sister are the only survivors of YG kingdom, of course we will help you. You don’t have to feel so grateful”
“If it wasn’t of your kindness, we will not survive your majesty….”
“Ahh yes….speaking of survive.....I remember Yesung now…”
“I would like to talk about him as well, your majesty”
“What about him?”
“Three years ago my sister had accused him for she was frightened he will be dangerous of our well being. Turns out it wasn’t true and all this time I am feeling guilty since he is in punishment when he is innocent. If it’s alright, I hope you will release Sir Yesung, your majesty”
“…….you want me to release him?”
“Please, your majesty. It was true he almost loose control at the time, but he carries vampire instincts in half of his blood. I never say anything to my sister but I saw what he did that day. He fought, he survived, he helped the injured soldiers and he saved us from danger. We owe him so much…”
“But he admitted it himself”
“Yes, your majesty. But I remember my grandfather told me once that a true brave man living in virtue would admit his wrongdoings without fear of punishment. Wouldn’t that make Sir Yesung a true man?”
“That sounds like you are admiring him so much, Yunho-ah”
“I am, your majesty. I have great respect as well. And along with the wish to release him, I have one more final wish, if it is possible”
“Tell me”
“You said you will train me as one of the soldier so one day I will able to fight for this kingdom along with my sister. Please forgive my rudeness, but I wish to have Sir Yesung as my teacher”
Once again, the king hears buzzing sounds of the ministers and guards who no doubt thinking Yunho’s wishes are definitely intolerable…….especially since they still couldn’t accept Yesung. The soon to be queen isn’t there but her husband, the young lord, is there and smiling brightly when he heard Yunho’s wishes. His eyes show determination to help Yesung, the king knows that. The truth is, the king has been given cold shoulders from the princess since Yesung’s gone and the king has feel guilty too. All this years Yesung had proved he is a loyal soldier, strong and smart, polite as well thanks to the princess’ effort to raise him. Without realizing it, the king sometimes dreams ‘if only that boy is my grandson……’ but always quickly dismissed it for there is no way the crown prince is half-magical creature.
“Alright, I will release him and he will be your teacher, Yunho. But you also have to prove yourself you will be as skilled as him” the king finally said.
Although perhaps there will be a chance Yesung will loose control again, the king still thinks it worth it when he sees the young lord’s smile and Yunho’s squeal of happiness.
TBC
That's for now.......the next chapter will be the baby crown prince debut~
And I realized I always have long dialogues in my ficcus, is that good or bad? (I think I could consider it my writing style XD)