WELCOME TO DREAM LAND

::Jieun Bedroom::

That night, Jieun, who was sitting at her study desk in the bedroom looking at Professor Melanie's book that she got as a gift with a feeling of joy. The book, which was written by Professor Melanie herself, had been wanted by Jieun for a long time now, but given its high price, she still saved to buy it herself and doesn't want to trouble her father. How lucky she is when Professor Melanie herself presented the book to her that day. That's when she realizes that good deeds are sure to be rewarded well.

Jieun open the first sheet of the book and screaming alone when she saw Professor Melanie's signature there. She cannot believe herself that the shy person like her can ask Professor Melanie to sign the book for her. But she glad that she gather her courage back then. If not she definitely in huge regret right now.

Suddenly, Jieun coughed a little due to a dry feeling in her throat. She then remembered the drink that her senior, Alvin, had given her during the day. She then opened the sling bag that she had brought to college that day to find the drink. She took out both bottles of her drink. One is blue and the other is pink. She just takes the blue one first to open without really choosing as the blue one is closer to her main hand.

'This will be good with some ice.' Thought her in her mind only. But as she's still coughing firstly she's just open the drink in a haste to quickly soothe her throat. Greedily she drank the drink until it ran out.

"Fuh…" Jieun felt relieved after her throat no longer felt bad.

"Why does it taste like… Emm... It's not that good." She said alone while looking at bottle that look like the cylinder test tube which she always use in the college lab.

"Did senior Alvin forgot to add sugar? Or it suppose to taste like nothing?" She then remember about Professor Melanie also have the same exact drink. "Probably that's why Professor Melanie had this. Healthy one probably." Jieun talk nonstop while wondering.

Jieun then wants to open another drink to compare the taste. Just about when she wanted to drink the water, she suddenly felt something different with her body. Her hand indirectly puts the drink down at that moment.

"What is this feeling? What is happening now?" Jieun feel scared but she just keeps silent, not wanting her father outside to hear her suspicious movement.

A few moments later, she feels a bit fine and tries to drink the water back but her body suddenly feels stiff and makes her hand miss the bottle and causes it to fall to the floor.

Her eyes glanced at the pink water bottle that had fallen to the floor of the room. Luckily the floor had carpet so the glass bottle didn't break, but the water in it started to flow out wetting the floor surface.

Jieun takes a few deep sighs before squatting to pick up the dropped bottle. Then while she is doing that she felt her heart was beating too fast. Her breath also seemed to be choked.

"Ha… ah… huh…" Jieun try to manage her breath at the time not wanted to feel nervous. She could feel that her body get colder with each passing moment. Her eyes also look blurred and she can't see around well now.

She didn't bother to pick up the falling bottle instead holding her head which started spinning dizzily. She continued to sit on the floor because she was unable to balance her body at that time.

"Jieun! Are you okay? I heard you cough just now? "

Hearing her father talking behind her bedroom door, Jieun felt a little panicked. She knows that if her father know about this, he will get too nervous to let her going anywhere alone even to the college. She aware that he love her so much and tend to overreact if something happen because he didn't want his one and only daughter to fell sick anymore.

Didn't want her father to worried she catch her breath before answering. "I'm fine! Just getting ready to sleep. " She says without showing any hint of pain.

Not suspecting anything, her father just went to his bedroom. "Alright then. Goodnight."

"What is this?" After making sure her father is gone she is questioning herself while enduring the pain.

Since she's learning to be a doctor she's trying to collect her heart rate at the time, but because the sickness that she's feeling makes her sense feel numb and can't be sensitive to anything.

"Why do I feel so cold?" She's just open her room air conditioner at 27 degrees, which is usually still warm with the hot summer night there, but the coldness that she's feeling right now is like the coldness of a winter season. More weird is she did feel cold, but a lot of sweat came out wetting her body like she was in a sauna.

Jieun then crawls closer to her bed and climb up onto the mattress. She thought that she might be too tired from walking here and there this afternoon so she better try to sleep.

She covered her cold body with the blanket while shivering, then try to close her eyes as her hand held the chain around her neck in the hope that everything would be fine tomorrow when she woke up considering that was her lucky charm.

In her already heavy eyes, she could vaguely see the blue light coming out a little from her silver chain before she just ignored it and continued to close her eyes to sleep.

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::The Dream Land::

"What?"

Jieun open her eyes suddenly and feel confused. She is now standing in the crowd while wearing a beautiful off-shoulder sleeve dress in a soft yellow colour that is clearly made for the ceremony. She feels awkward now because this is definitely not her everyday clothes as she is more a t-shirt person.

Forget about what she is wearing, Jieun focus more on her surroundings now. It's looking like a festival. She saw that there are people were wearing modern clothes similar to her, but also Hanbok that she is familiar with as it's a Korean traditional clothes. She also can see other culture clothes like English, Chinese, Japanese traditional clothes and a lot more that she even didn't know before. She didn't feel like she was in Korea at all. The people there seemed to be culturally mixed.

"Am I dreaming? Well... If it's a dream. My dream definitely world, wide range."

She also held her hair. Her black hair, which was often left loose now beautiful styles with ribbons. Her bangs also comb nicely.

"Where is here actually? Welcome to Dream Land festival? " Jieun reading one of the banners that are there.

"Ah, I am definitely dreaming. Because I just get back from college festival and now I'm dreaming of some other festival. " Said her softly to herself while remembering that she trying to sleep in her bed after suddenly feel sick.

'But… Why do I feel like I'm conscious when I'm dreaming.' She is now busily thinking ignoring her surroundings. Just then, someone bump to her make her scream a little by the sudden impact.

"Ouch!"

"Oh, I'm sorry miss. I didn't see you there." Said the women that seem hurried.

"It's okay." Jieun said while smiling, watching the women go her way.

She suddenly realize something. "Wait? Why I can feel in a dream?" Jieun continued to be questioned herself.

With her confused mind Jieun's eyes peered again at the festival area. The atmosphere there was hot even though the time is at night, maybe due to too many people gathering there. The people there all seemed to be having fun with their families.

Jieun make the decision to walk slowly in the area as she does not really understand the situation she is now facing. She saw a lot of stall in there selling various items from various cultures.

There are elements of American, British, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese and also Korean things in there. In the meantime, she also felt amazing for seeing so many things that she had never seen before.

"My lady!"

From a distance, someone's voice was heard faintly screaming, but Jieun just ignore it because she didn't know the call was addressed to her.

"My lady! Oh my! Excuse me. Please, let me through. "

The voice got closer and closer to Jieun, making her finally look towards the owner of the voice.

"Hah! Finally I found you my lady. Why are you walking here by yourself? This is huge festival and you famous for getting lost. You're bad with direction remember? I just left my eyes from watching you just for a second and you just zap… disappear like that. After all I did for you by helping you sneaking out from home you left me there hanging by myself. You know I could die by your granny because sneaking you out right? "

Jieun keep watching the girl that talking while holding her hand right then. She seems friendly and its look like she knowing her for years making her doesn't know what to say to that girl.

"Why are you looking at me like that? You know you can't be alone or granny will get mad at me more than if she knows you are outside right now. "

"Ehem… Do you know me?"

The girl seem offended after hearing what Jieun just say. "Oho! What do you mean by that Lady Jieun? Now that I already helping you to go to this festival you wanted to ignore me and pretend to not know me? Are you wanted to have fun by yourself alone? "

"Umm…" At that time Jieun lose the words.

"Tsk. When I'm Ayana being your faithful and favorite servant for all these years. That's not just sweet talk right? "

"Ah, miss Ayana." Jieun finally smiling after knowing the girl's name. She actually doesn't know how to address her when she doesn't know her at all.

Ayana then look at Jieun intently with her sharp eyes. "Lady Jieun? Are you feeling sick? Should we get back and meet granny? " Ayana sound serious this time.

"Aaa… No! Why would you say that? " Jieun at that moment, try to be more calm and careful while analyst the situation that she is facing.

"Since when did you formally address me like that? You always called me in short, like Aya here, Aya there. You shocked me just now. I thought you were sick again. Granny said if I found you look like daydreaming again I must bring you to her. "

"Oh," realized what the girl means Jieun try to act out. "Don't worry. I'm fine as always. Its just we are outside now so I just wanted to act nobly and said your full name. "

Ayana smiles widely hearing that. "As expected from you my lady. You force me to bring you out when your granny lock you in your room just because you are making a fuss because wanted to see the castle. Now you try to act like noble. You are sure hilarious. "

"Castle…" Jieun try to say some word that will not bring any suspicious from Ayana.

"Um… I can't believe you are against your granny word just now when you're already 23 and just live in your home without hanging out with outside people. I know your granny concern about your safety, but I also feel pity for you when your life suppose to be colourful now. So, at least you can see a castle even probably for the last time since we can't always sneak out."

Jieun not really understand about what Ayana says, but she just leaves it for now because doesn't want Ayana to freak out again.

"Do you want to go now? We are already walking around the stalls here so let's go see the castle. After all, not always our king will opens the castle for all the people to come and rejoice. When there is a large-scale celebration like this only our king will open the gates to us. "

Jieun seems curious and excited a little bit. She thinks this dream is not that bad after all. Even in her real life she never when the castle now, in her dream she will get into the castle and have fun. What an interesting dream she had right now? She actually amazes by herself.

"What's the occasion actually?" Jieun wanted to know.

"You wanted to go to the castle, but don't know what the occasion? You are really something my lady. Well, you have actually never been outside so you curiosity probably limited. 'The Princes' is doing a concert for the people after they get back from nation duty from other lands of course "

"The Princes?" Again, Jieun cannot process the new information in her brain.

"It's the King's children. They are really an amazing musician at the same time they are our princes. They entertain us with their amazing music and of course entertain our eyes along with their handsome figure. " Said Ayana in a dreamy note.

So its basically prince turn out idol? What on earth that I suddenly dreaming about an idol when in real life I never been fan of one. Jieun speak just in her mind.

"They never said that their group is 'The Princes' anyway. But because people love them so much they've been given a nickname like that."

"Fuh… My little brain can never understand that." Jieun sigh a little.

"Now enough talking my lady. Lets go before the castle is full of people. It's almost time for concert anyway." Ayana grabs Jieun hands and force her to run towards the castle which is not really far from there.