Not Just A Dream

Eun Dan Oh is in a room built by only large rocks now. She was trying on the clothes commonly worn by the villagers around the area. Her school uniforms look too flashy because they seem very unusual in this country. On the advice of Key, the high school student finally agrees to wear clothes that won't attract attention while she is on the planet. She still didn't understand what she was doing in this place, whether this thing she was experiencing was real or just a mere dream.

"au!" she screamed in pain after pinching her own cheek. She felt pain in both of her chubby cheeks. It hurts, it's not a dream.

Dan Oh and the entourage who rescued her come to a small inn in the village of Mare. One of the remote villages that is still part of the kingdom of Hwon. The kingdom of Hwon has a very large area of autority. The main province where the palace was build has been destroyed. There were only a few villages in the remote border area that remained from this kingdom. Mare village is not widely known by many people, There are only about a dozen people in number. This village sits on a rocky mountain range and is one of the few villages that still survived the indiscriminate attack of the Cheol monster . Dan Oh and her new traveling companion come to the village to take a break from the grueling journey.

The high school student come out of the dressing room and saw her entourage sitting face-to-face at a rectangular table filled with food. Dan Oh walked up to her new "friends" and stood by them

"This shirt is very wide," she said as she stretched out her hands

Dan Oh wears a palm pink shirt with a slightly shiny fabric base and has a soft texture. There was a slight metallic light blue abstract motif at the bottom. The shirt had wide and long sleeves. When the little girl stretched out her hands the shirt looked like a square cloth that was much larger than her body shape.

She looks like a cute scarecrow. The length of the shirt covered her until the knees. While her bottom part is wearing a black trousers and shoes of the original residents who covered part of her lower pants as high as 10 cm above the ankles

"That's not how you wears it, but here's how" Key stood up from her seat and approached Dan Oh

The female commander paired a black belt that had a width of about 3 cm at the waist of the petite girl. Now the dress looks beautiful and fits perfectly with Dan Oh's body. She looked like a native of this village with her new clothes

"Oh. . So this is how is supposed to be huh...." The girl who received a black belt karate was embarrassed because she was unable to realize such a simple thing. She touched the nape of her neck and stuck out her tongue to be seem funny in order to covering up her embarrassment

" miss Eun Dan Oh, sit down. Let us eat together" Siera gave her command to the inhabitants of the earth

The wavy brunette girl always looks graceful and authoritative when talking or doing other things. She always seemed to exude an aura of nobility around her. Dan Oh feels that Siera has a higher position than her and it's hard for her to not obey the orders of the girl who appears to be in her 20s.

Siera shifted her seat and gave a space for the petite high school student to sit next to her. The schoolgirl sat facing Gwi who looked at her with two dazzling round cold eyes. She remembered that this man before him first appeared as a wolf. There are a lot of questions on Dan Oh's mind about this. There are also questions about what has happened to her on this planet.

Woon sat to Gwi's right side, facing Siera who was next to the window . While Key catches up with Dan Oh and sits on an empty chair beside her, the female soldier sits opposite Ryu, the man who always seems like to smile and cheerful.

"Waaah..... It's looks delicious...." Dan Oh turned her gaze toward the dining table in front of her.

She find there are many delicious food dishes that were appetizing. The girl turned to Siera to ask permission with her innocent face so that she could immediately eat the dish and remove her hunger. Siera smiled faintly and nodded. Dan Oh immediately picked up the plate container and made a mound of food on it. The little girl devoured her food excitedly.

" hey... What woman eats like that?" Gwi, a man with a charismatic appearance and impressed cold, gave a scathing comment using his sexy deep voice that can make any girl melt when she hears it

Dan Oh just smiled in response. She didn't care about other people's comments because she was completely starving............ And does have a giant appetite for her petite posture. Since coming home from school she has not had time to consume any food, even though the girl has just done her karate routine training. In addition, the journey he took to get to this place is very tiring and draining . They have to pass through a long forest road about 10 km and then climb this rock mountain. All journeys are done by just walked. Are there no vehicles in this place that can ease the burden of their trip?

Ryu, the cheerful man who barely ever lets the smile off his face observes Dan Oh with admiration. He thought the scene in front of him was something very extraordinary. He never saw any girl devouring food the way Dan Oh does it. Meanwhile Key just silently gawked at her eating. Siera occasionally sees Dan Oh's way of eating while enjoying her meal, she has a much different way of eating compared to the tomboy girl beside her. Siera consumes her food in a graceful way. The girl shook her head with a flat expression upon seeing Dan Oh for several times. Woon is the only one who doesn't notice the new girl present and joins his entourage. He enjoyed his meal while looking out the window and was busy with whatever was on his mind.

"Don't you want to explain what happened to me? How did I get here? And why are these creepy monstrous attacking me?" Dan Oh finally voiced her curiosity after she had resolved his stomach problem. Siera took a glass of water and drank it to finish her eating activities. It seemed that everyone had also finished their own meal.

"We don't really understand why you got to this place either. How did the crystals from Yeon Kingdom get to your place?" Siera rubbed her forehead with her index finger. The girl showed a face of confusion for the first time.

" The monsters that attacked you yesterday, we call them cheol, they are artificial living creatures created by my uncle from a black magic" Siera gives brief explanation about the disgusting monsters that first welcomed Dan Oh on this planet.

"Uncle?" asked Dan Oh confusedly. Siera just nodded. Her memories begin to wander back a long time ago, when she was a 15-year-old little girl.

The Time Before the Rise of Black Magic

The little Siera was peering into the boardroom of the supposedly highly secretive royal directors. The little girl who rarely showed many expressions was looking for a secret gap in order to be able to listen to the talk of the elders in Hwon kingdom. The king's father was the leader of this board of directors' meeting.

"Isn't now the time for us to talk about the heir to the throne of Hwon kingdom? We cannot possibly hand over this great kingdom to a little girl who until now has shown no ability to inherit the power of the fire crystal that possesses that extraordinary power" Binju.... The younger brother of the ambitious king Hwon tried to spark the topic into the directors' meeting discussed that day.

Siera, the princess of king Hwon's descendants listened to everything. She was the sole descendant of the king. Since childhood she has received a lot of lesson regarding the kingdom and how to become the leader of this country. Although she was only a woman who was not supposed to lead the throne, Siera the sole descendant always wanted to be her father's extraordinary successor. She has all the competent abilities in leading the kingdom since her young age, There is only one deprivation from her..... The fire crystal never chose her.

She is a martial artist, a war strategist, a politician and an economist. She had all of those skills, but her only one flaw was she is unable to ignite the power of red crystal flames. It made Binju want to utilize it to seize the kingdom's leadership. The King and Queen of Hwon were no longer young, it would be difficult for both of them to obtain any more offspring and everyone doubted that as well. Binju secretly begins to spread rumors of Siera's inability to control the protective crystal power of Hwon kingdom and this makes the public feel worried about the future of their kingdom.

Once upon a time it was like a miracle the Queen finally conceived again. This became news that certainly threatened Binju's position to seize the throne of the kingdom. The people of Hwon began to cultivate their hopes of a successor to the kingdom who would protect their country. Siera wasn't really happy with this news. The princess wants to be the leader of Hwon country. She felt that none of this was fair for her. She had prepared herself in such a way as to be recognized as the next leader. But a would-be younger brother who isn't even known if he's competent enough to be her rival suddenly becomes the center of the only hope for the residents of Hwon to become their savior. Siera never wanted her brother.

The birth of her brother has finally arrived. When the Queen asked her daughter to approach and hold her brother, Siera hesitated. But the little girl was unable to refuse her mother's request. Siera also ventured to hug the tiny baby with her hands. For a few seconds, a fire sign appeared on the baby's forehead. Yeah... The descendants of the kingdom who inherited the magic crystal power had been born.

At first Siera did not like her brother, but shortly after she saw the tiny face her heart was touched. The princess stroked baby Woon's soft cheeks which was greeted with a tiny grasp from her baby brother . Woon clutched his sister's fingers. This brought up a smile on the face of Siera's daughter who had a minimum facial expression.

The king has announced that Woon will be his successor to the throne in the future. Binju was speechless and refused. He was very forced to follow the orders of the king who was his older brother. The father gives a special task to his daughter to accompany Woon so that he can grow into a competent King like himself.

Siera continued to be a accompany of Woon until he grew up into a fine man who have a warm personality, kind, have high empathy and the strength of a hero. Woon's sincerity and kindness touched and melted the ice in Siera's heart. The girl began to pour out all her affection for the only brother she had.

For decades the kingdom of Hwon became a land of peace and prosperity. No one expected that during this time binju's residence was just an attempt to hide behind a mask. He had learned black magic to create his personal army. The magic he obtained after seizing the white magic possessed by Pysche, his adopted daughter. Binju has abused his magic power to bring the dead to life and make himself become immortal.

The king of the land of Hwon finally expelled his own brother from the kingdom because of his troubling actions. Binju is exiled to a forbidden forest that has never been inhabited by any living thing. The king's younger brother is furious and holds a great grudge against the Hwon royal family. After being exiled for 5 years, he finally returns and attacks the kingdom that drove him out by bringing in the army he created from dead creatures all over the planet. The king and queen of the land of Hwon have been killed in the incident. The royal palace of Hwon country has been taken over and used as a fortress of the Cheol creatures.

The cruelty of King Hwon's younger brother did not stop there. Due to his power-hungry nature, he attacks the other three kingdoms on the Mirac Planet. There are five kingdoms that once lived peacefully on this planet. Each kingdom has a source of power in the crystal that Binju wants to possess entirely. The crystals actually hold the power of the element god that created the planet. Binju wants to master all the powers at hand because he wants to become an invincible god.

The five kingdom states on the planet Mirac are the kingdoms of Hwon with red crystals that store the power of the fire element. Yeon Kingdom with blue crystals that store the power of the water element. Dam Kingdom with white crystals and air element power. And Yung kingdom with black crystals that stored the power of the ground. One of the descendants of each kingdom has the power to control the elements. Woon is the one who can control the fire.

Most of the territory of the planet Mirac is a forest with all kinds of unique and magical plants. Therefore, the fifth crystal is a green crystal that stores the power of the source of life from the forest owned by the forest guard kingdom, Sung kingdom. The other four kingdoms have been successfully destroyed by Binju except Sung kingdom. The ranger kingdom was never really known its place and form because it was hidden and not many creatures could see it. A mysterious kingdom built by tree fairies.

So far the crystals binju has are air and earth crystals. The other three crystals were still far from Binju's reach. Woon and Siera are the only surviving descendants of the royal family. When the palace is attacked by Binju's black army, King Hwon forces his two children to run from his palace accompanied by the descendants of his best bodyguards Ryu and Key. As well as the strongest commander who is descended from the werewolf, Gwi.

The five of them managed to protect the red crystal from the reach of Binju's hand. Blue crystals are crystals discovered by Dan Oh while green crystals no one knows of their existence. The mission of the five young men who are the only special forces of Hwon kingdom is to find green and blue crystals and combine their powers to defeat the power of Binju who has the other two crystals. Not only that, somehow they also needed to gather army strength to fight the Cheol creature. No matter how strong the strength of the crystal they had, they had strength in terms of a very minimal amount.

There is nothing left of the four kingdoms on the Mirac planet other than the ruins and black towers built by the Cheol of the Binju army. This beautiful green planet is almost dead. After the Binju attack that had been launched for 11 years now and controlled all the kingdoms. No living thing can live quietly. There is only a small percentage of living things that still survive in parts of the Mirac planet that Cheol's army has not yet visited. But still they can not live peacefully because of the haunting fear of the emergence of the Cheol creature who are able to attack them whenever they want.

Cheol's troops would instantly go blindly in carrying out the massacre. This army will never decrease in number and will continue to be more numerous because Binju will create the Cheol creature from the carcasses that are no longer alive.

"so.... You are a princess and Woon is a prince?" Dan Oh makes a brief conclusion from the long story that told by her new friends.

Siera gave a brief nod to respond her. No wonder she always exuded the elegance of a noble woman. She is a royal princess. But Woon... Dan Oh never expected that he was a prince.

"Mm.... Do all the royals indeed have a stiff faces and are happy to be cynical?" Dan oh wonder. After a careful Observation that was the only things that look similar from Siera and Woon.

The princess laughed lightly at Dan Oh's question. She knows that she is not a friendly person and likes to be kind. She was quite haughty and cold. But she had never heard anyone reveal this fact in front of her so openly like Dan Oh. Meanwhile Gwi who was in front of Dan Oh looked at the high school girl with a glare. The loyal bodyguard can't accept it when there's an ordinary society like Dan Oh talking badly about the master he serves. Especially when there are people who criticize his princess, Siera.

"That description suits me... But my brother, Woon is a friendly and kind young man" the princess defended her beloved brother. Woon looked at his sister and smiled. But Dan Oh looked at Siera in disbelief.

"excuse me.... Are we talking about the same Woon?" And Oh look at Woon. The man replied to her gaze by glaring sarcastically towards Dan Oh.

As far as their journey together these few days, Dan Oh always saw that the man never spoke. He only sometimes responds when a colleague asks. He seemed indifferent and only focused on whatever was on his mind. Dan Oh sure the definition of friendliness is simply not suitable for this Prince. Among the three men in the entourage, Ryu is the only kind and cheerful man. Gwi? To be honest there were times when Dan Oh felt scared when she saw him. The man always emitted a cold and savage aura, like a night wolf. Well.... He is indeed a terrifying werewolf

"emmm.... So the three of you are the remaining commanders? Then you are the strongest?" Dan Oh diverts the conversation and tries to avoid the cynical view of Woon. She looked at Gwi... (Just as scary as the prince). She look at Ryu and Key in turn.

" True, we are the commander-in-chief of the royal guard, we indeed come from the descendants of the best commanders in the seven generation" Ryu boasted of about his family background proudly.

" except Gwi... He is a lost werewolf found by princess Siera" Ryu chimed and continue his word by making a joke about his chief commander.

"I'm not lost" Gwi immediately corrected him. Ryu is indeed a person who likes to joke while Gwi is a serious man. Ryu plays his mouth and taunts his boss Gwi with his silly face.

"You really didn't want to listen..." Gwi placed emphasis on his tone. The man raised his hand then pushed Ryu's head and pressed him against the table firmly. Ryu cried out in pain and asked for forgiveness. After the werewolf released him he appeared to frown and stroke his messy head and hair. Key and Dan Oh giggled at the look, while Siera and Woon only smiled faintly.

"You must be amazing and the strongest commander! It's so cool!" Dan On discuss the topic of the remaining commander-in-chief again. The girl pointed out her two thumbs towards Ryu, Key and also Gwi. Key and Ryu smiled broadly receiving the compliment, Ryu even mimicked Dan Oh's style and gave both of his thumbs up while smiling proudly. While Gwi tried to cover up his embarrassed smile

"For the two of us they are not just our bodyguards but also friends and our remaining sibling, Don't you think so Woon?" Siera asked her brother. Woon gave a short answer to confirm it and looked at his three bodyguards with flat faces.

" We have been playing and getting along since childhood, although we are different at ages but we are able to be a good close friends... Gwi is the oldest among us, he's like the oldest brother who always protects everyone , he's 137 years old. Key has been my best friend since childhood and she is one year older than me, 121 years old. Woon and Ryu are a close childhood friends. Both are 104 years old." Siera continued her explanation and made Dan Oh gawking.

" haaaaah??? All of you are already hundreds of years old? " she can't believe it. They nodded slowly.

" Very old??? I thought at least you guys are in your 20s or 30s" Dan Oh still can't believe it.

"How old are you miss Dan Oh?" Key confirmed.

"I'm going to turn 17 years old," she responded

"When I was 17, my height was this tall..." Ryu raised his hand and gave a sign that he was only about one meter tall. Dan Oh looked at him in disbelief. There were so many things she couldn't believe about the planet.

It is seems that the inhabitants of this planet have a different age range to the home planet Of Dan Oh on Earth. It doesn't make sense, but from the beginning, everything didn't make sense. Finally Dan Oh gives up and tries to accept the reality before her.

"But.... Am I going to be on this planet forever?" asked Dan Oh curiously, the inside of her is curious and wanting to live on this planet. But she is also worried, what if she would be here forever? What about her life on earth? What about his parents? What about Kyung?

" I'm sorry... But none of us know about how can you came and left this place..." Siera apologizes to her. She feels guilty if Dan Oh gets stuck in this strange place alone. The other members also looked at the little student with pity.

" Therefore... We're going to look for Elmo, the oldest creature on the planet, he's been alive for 5,000 years." Woon suddenly made a sound.

"Can Elmo help me to return?" asked the student curiously to Woon. Her eyes is full of hope. The prince tilts his head.

"I don't know... But he knows everything, including how to defeat Binju. I guess he'll know how to get you home" Woon said with a flat face.

"Well.... Then let's find and meet him!" Dan Oh give a command with Full of passion. The girl got up from her seat, clenching her arms into the air to gather all of the energy she had.

"It's not that easy. He has long isolated himself from the public, reportedly living in the north in an invisible cave," Woon explained.

"Then we have to look for it and find the cave," said Dan Oh still excited, she is not aware that Woon looks troubled by the fact. She just keep pushing on with a great passion like it was an easy thing to do.

"hey! I do know about that, you think finding him can be so easy? Looking for Elmo is not the same as looking for lotus flowers in a muddy lake!" Woon began to look annoyed. Everything that Dan Oh says is something that everyone already knows. The girl didn't need to keep repeating it with her excessive spirit. Her unlimited spirit is kinda come into the prince nerve.

" Why are you so sensitive? If you don't know then you don't! What kind of term do you use anyway? Lotus flowers in a muddy lake? Very Old-Fashioned" Dan Oh chimed in, making a mockery of what the prince said.

The man was getting annoyed. He looked at Dan Oh with an annoyed glance without saying anything more. Being aware of Prince Woon's annoyance, the only inhabitants of the earth were falling silent while closing her mouth tightly. She put her front bottom lip into her mouth.

"It's not an easy thing to do... The planet all over its territory is has been filled with Cheol creatures . It means we must be ready to fight against them at any moment" Gwi join the conversation between the two people whose argued.

"Are we all going to fight with that horrible terrifying creatures? Me too?" asked Dan Oh curiously.

"Of course!" Ryu nodded eagerly while clapping his hand. He showed his cheerful smile as if Dan Oh joining into his squad against Cheol was an exciting thing he never imagined before.

"waah.... waah.... Even just by looking at it gives me goosebumps already. I'm not as good as you guys, what can I do to fight Cheol?" Dan oh hesitate. How could she as a tiny high schooler girl is capable to fighting with a creature that just in one look at it had made she feels goosebumps. She didn't get the goosebumps out of fear of their spooky faces but goosebumps from feeling disgusted with the mucus all over the monster's body.

"We will teach you how to fight with swords or arrows." Key chimed in.

"Really?" And Oh asked her in a very enthusiastic attitude while looking at Ryu and Key in turn. Both nodded in certainity.

Dan Oh smiled satisfiedly with the two's responses. She is back on her chair. She had never fought with a sword or arrow. She would definitely gain a lot of new experience in terms of martial arts. It makes her feels very happy.

"By the way. What are you people? Alien? Ah no... What terms do creatures from other dimensions called? A ghost? Not really... I can see you clearly and you are not transparant" Dan Oh started chattering with herself. She is really chatty. The inhabitants of the Mirac planet seemed to be dumbfounded to hear Dan Oh blurting out some terms they had never heard before.

"What are aliens and ghosts?" Gwi felt curious and asked Dan Oh.

"How do I explain it to you? Aliens are aliens living on other planets but you say you're not just from another planet but from a different dimension. We used to call creatures from other dimensions by subtle being or ghost because they are invisible. But you guys are visible, then what do I have to call you? " Dan Oh explained the question in a long sentences and speech.

" We are.... Only the inhabitants of the Mirac planet" Siera are increasingly confused by the schoolgirl's explanation.

"Then should I call you Miracers? Or Miracsweties? Can the terms of girl band and boy bond fans like that be used for you guys?" Dan Oh confused. She muttered and spoke to herself using such expressive hand gestures

" Fans? Boy band? Girl band? What other term is that? "Ryu looked curious. Gwi, Siera and Key also silently looked at Dan Oh and waiting for her explanation. They wait for Dan Oh's answer patiently, while Woon only occasionally take a glances at her.

Dan Oh looked at them closely before deciding what answer she should give them in order to make them understand.

"take attention on this..... This is what the band did at Korea" Dan Oh got back on het feet. She came out of the dining table and stood before them all. The girl jostled for a moment to set her voice, clasped her hand and placed it in front of her mouth. It was as if her hand was holding a microphone. Dan Oh started singing quietly. But then she danced, moved her hands and feet, jumped and twisted as if she were performing a dance choreography from her favorite boyband.

"naego hajja! Naeganeun saranghae, oeh!" Dan Oh sings and copying the songs and the dance choreography from the boyband the song of Korean boyband Infinite tittled Be Mine.

"And this is what the fans do! Wooh Wooh wooh!" Dan Oh shouted while clenching her fists in the air and stomping her feet while jumping. She acted as a hysterical fan.

Ryu followed her hand movements and shouted like Dan Oh. Both of them were perfectly synchronized in making such a crazy fuss. When she feel that she is getting supported Dan Oh starts her crazy performance all over again and condesmaned enthusiastically while dancing around. Key gave her support to the two noisy people while clapping from her seat.

Gwi was embarrassed by the behavior of the two people in his group, he covered his face with one hand and shook his head. Siera smiled stiffly looking at them, unsure if she enjoyed this spectacle or felt embarrassed to see it. While Woon just rolled his eyes and looked back towards the window. Now their group has a new color brought by Dan Oh, a high schooler student from the Earth.