The beginning of the journey [S1 Chapter 1]

"Namjoon! Come help me with this!"

A voice hummed coming from the other room as sounds of footsteps were heard getting louder as he entered the office.

"Hey, what's the job?"Namjoon came into the door, placing down his work on the desk, averting Y/N's attention.

"I need to find some information for the period of King Kim which I can't seem to find in these history books,"Y/N threw the books on the table feeling frustrated.

Namjoon sighed seeing her busy state and took a seat infront of Y/N, glancing at the history books.

After a while of silence, his eyes widened hearing his brain made a sound like an idea popped into his mind.

Y/N's raised one of her eyebrows seeing Namjoon's bright state as she was intrigued by his idea.

"How... about we time travel?"His eyes glowed as he imagined himself in the situation while Y/N's face turned dull.

Her attention turned back to her work, knowing that 'time travelling' was impossible.

"Hey, focus Namjoon. We have no time to dream about those things, if they did exist then what's the point of working this,"Y/N explanation had a point, but he knew there was such thing.

Namjoon knew that somewhere in this world was such thing hidden deep down in the earth, but he also knew that his partner had her mind close.

They've been working together since college, since they've found out that they had... similarities.

Now they're partners and best friends, working together like there was no tomorrow.

"You know what, we should go rest and consider today as done."Y/N stood up packing up her essentials as Namjoon just stared at her actions.

"I know that there's something out there,"He snapped, stopping Y/N as she looked at him confused.

"Long time ago, no one believed that flying a plane was possible, but looking to the future, nothing is impossible like time travelling,"He rested his head on the table staring into nowhere.

"Well then... I'll be going now, see you tomorrow Joonie,"Y/N cut off his thoughts before walking away, shaking her head at his words.

"There should be something about time travelling in the old library down the street,"Namjoon thought watching the busy street.

"Let's prove Y/N wrong,"He stood up encouraging himself before running off down the street.

...

"Your highness, this citizen has been caught by the royal guards trying to sneak into the palace-"

The guards dragged the man wearing dirty, rugged clothes barely covering his body and threw him to the floor.

"No your majesty! I would never thought of doing such a thi-"The poor man begged as he bowed down onto the floor shaking.

"You little peasant, don't you think you're going to far by lying to the King?! Your majesty, he was trying to steal..."

As the ambassador tried to reach to the conclusion, the poor old man stayed put on the floor crying for the king to feel sympathy.

"Just hang him by tomorrow morning so the whole kingdom will know what happens if they dare to break the rules,"The king declared without showing any emotions, shocking the whole room.

"Your majesty, please don't kill me! I have a family waiting for me at home- "The dirty, poor thing cried out, hoping to receive sympathy.

"Silence! You should have known that there are severe consequences to breaking the rules,"The King halts as he didn't bother to even glance at the man.

"Sire, I know that he has broken a rule, but sneaking into the kingdom? Isn't it better to just throw him in dungeon rather than kill him?"The advisor tried to change his mind as he pitied the man.

"If my late father was still the King, then he maybe let him go, but I'm the King now and I have no time having to deal with this."

The king gestured the guards to take the robber away but his advisor was persistent to save his life.

"Sire, doing this will not solve the problem, but will cause bigger problems. You have to care for the kingdom, especially the citizens."

"I am King! I decide what's best for my kingdom!"The king walked away from his throne leaving the messy room.

...

"Hello, do you have any books about time travelling?"

The young librarian looked at the detective-looking man weirdly before typing into her computer.

"Umm.. sorry sir, we don't have such books like that, but you could try search in the history section,"She pointed out as Namjoon nodded.

He walked towards the section where history was written by historians, searching in hope that there were such books like this.

"Ah- Sorry,"He accidentally bumped into an old man whilst concentrating for the hunt.

"What are searching for young man? Seems like you look desperate for a book,"The old man huskily chuckled, seeing his face.

Namjoon's face heated up in embarrassment as he awkwardly scratched his neck not knowing what to answer.

"Y-ou might think this is crazy but I-I'm searching for books about time travelling."

The old man's face turned serious after hearing his answer, before turning around with his stick in his hand, walking away.

"Follow me,"He turned his bent back towards the confused Namjoon but complied.

...

"Here, this whole room is about time travelling,"The old man coughed as he entered the secret room.

Namjoon's eyes awed in excitement as he saw a whole study room full of time travelling information.

"This used to be my grandfather's study office, he used to believe that there was such thing as time travelling and studied his whole life."

"Really? I never thought that someone dedicated his whole life into time travelling,"Namjoon's face gleamed in hope as he looked around.

"Yeah, no one believed him but it actually worked and I was able to witness it when I was a young boy. When I grew up, I tried to make it work, but here I am, still trying to find the formula,"He walked around the table seeing the piles of papers stacked.

"Maybe you may be able to find the solution with your brain son,"The old man stopped walking to look at Namjoon's figure.

"Thank you so much, I won't let you down sir!"He bowed down in gratitude....

Taehyung stood in front of the windows with a picture of the late King in his hand.

"Hello Your highness, how are you doing up there? I hope your doing well,"Taehyung looked up in the sky holding in his tears.

"I never wanted to live as a king, moreover, the whole universe knows what a bad king I've been... but,"He bit his lip as his hand clenched into a fist.

"I'll get revenge for the way everyone has treated you for granted, especially that... that man that killed you.."

Taehyung took a deep breath calming himself down wiping his small tears.

"Your highness-"The guard stopped walking seeing that the king was talking to the late king.

Taehyung turned his head towards the voice and glared at him. Although it was dark, the guard knew how much trouble he was in.

"Sorry, I'll talk to you later,"The guard took a step back and was ready to leave the room when the king called him.

"Jimin, what is it?"The guard, Sir Park, stood there for a second in shock hearing his name being called.

"U-hm.. tomorrow there will be a princess coming to visit you and will be staying for a few days,"Sir Park held the door handle while Taehyung just sighed annoyed.

"There's no point, everyone's the same and they'll just be making my life harder.."Taehyung rolled his eyes putting his head against the windows.

"She'll be different and you won't regret it.."Sir Park just gave a small encouragement before leaving.

Taehyung hummed a little, closing his eyes imagining what the next princess was going to be like.. his one and only Queen? Or just another girl?

...

"Good morning Joonie -"Y/N yawned entering her everyday office ready to do continue with her work but found Namjoon no where.

Namjoon used to always be the first to enter the office and begin working since he was almost like a workaholic, but weirdly today he was somewhere else.

"What's this?"She looked at his desk seeing a pile of papers hidden under his desk.

Y/N picked up the heavy mountain of Namjoon's work and placed it on the table.

"Time travelling...?"She read his heavily rushed writing on the lined paper, reading all his theories suddenly being absorbed in all his work.

"Y/N!"A voice roared through the room as Y/N jumped almost spilling the papers everywhere.

Namjoon rushed up to her with mixed emotions, making her confused by the way he acted.

"Namjoon! U-uh, sorry for reading your work, I just found it under your des-"Y/N started explaining fast, feeling afraid.

"Forget about that, I have something to show you,"He took the pile the papers and threw it in the bin under his desk, making Y/N shocked

"W-wait- Why?! Your handwork is all wasted, i-it was interesting,"She finally admitted feeling hear rush to her cheeks.

"R-eally?! Then I have something more interesting!"Namjoon dragged her from the office.

...

"Look,"Namjoon let go of Y/N's hand before confidently going to his machine.

Y/N's face turned surprised seeing how much effort was put into researching about time travel.

She was now confident that time travelling was maybe true seeing how Namjoon touch buttons on the machine.

"Did you do all this?"I asked as I read the writings on the chalk board.

"Well someone had already done the basics and I was given this place to figure out the formula since it was forgotten,"Namjoon explained as tried to turn on the machine.

"Ah finally, it works!"The old machine suddenly turned on as an unfamiliar whirlhole was produced by the machine.

Y/N turned her head in shock, trying to process everything that just happened. She walked up the machine where the control buttons were and pressed numbers.

"Y/N, what are you doing?"Namjoon looked confused and panicked seeing that Y/N pressed four numbers.

"Let's go to the time period of King Kim, so we can begin our first trip and my project,"She excitedly said as she changed the year.

"But- " Before Namjoon could protest Y/N stopped what she was doing and looked at him.

"Namjoon, let's do this... together."She took out her hand as he looked at it hesistantly before walking hand in hand before walking into the whirlhole.

...

"Hey Guard Jung, where's the princess that was going to visit the king today?"

The high guard, Sir Jung, just shrugged pretending to be calm although he was worried deeply inside.

"If she doesn't come without any notice, King Kim is going to be outraged."Sir Jung sighed in annoyance because he knew of the king's short temper.

The king's assistant, Sir Park looked at Sir Jung as an idea appeared in his mind."We need to find someone, quick."

...

"Joon, we're here,"Y/N looked around realising that it was an empty room with a few boxes in the room.

Namjoon let go of my hand and walked around the room, realising that it was the same study room where they were before.

"That means..."Both of their eyes widened realising that the person who studied about time travel is alive.

"Who goes there!"A voice echoed from the hall, making Namjoon instinctively put Y/N behind him protectively.

A man appeared into the room with wide eyes, seeing that two figures appeared out of no where.

"H-ow did you-"He pointed at the time travel machine that was in progress and towards them.

"You must be the grandfather of the old man.."Namjoon whispered to himself in awe.

"Sir, we have come from the future,"Y/N appeared from behind Namjoon, bowing as she didn't know how people greeted in the olden times.

"Really?! I've been working on this for months and haven't been able to find the formula,"The man pushed up his glasses as he took a seat.

"Sir, you've helped me alot in finding the formula for time travelling in the future, so I'll help you,"Namjoon smiled widely as he took a seat infront of the man, taking a piece of paper to write the formula.

Y/N decided to walk around for a while to see what the olden days were like so she could continue her project.

"Joon, I'm going out, I'll be back."I waved to Namjoon and the man before walking out in nervousness and excitement.

It turned out that the 'time travelling' room was actually a secret room in the same library as the future.

As I walked out of the entrance of the library, carts of horses were walking on the road full of mud and pitholes.

"Wow, I can't believe that this is real,"I took a step out and began walking towards the crowd of people.

People started to stare at me weirdly, I looked at my outfit and realised why.

I was wearing jeans and they were ripped...

I smiled awkwardly and cursed myself for wearing ripped jeans if I knew that I was going back to old times.

Suddenly everyone began bowing down, I looked and saw two horses with two men in suits galloping on the road.

"They must be the guards of the palace,"I whispered to myself seeing how they stood out in the crowd.

"Attention! We need to find an alternative prin-"One of the men called out as I just stood there not knowing what to do.

"You peasant!"Y/N's mouth opened in shock, hearing what they called their citizens.

Everyone looked up and looked at where the guards were pointing to.

"What are they looking at?"I looked at where they were pointing to and turned my head awkwardly.

"No you, the woman in ripped blue pants,"I furrowed my eyebrows realising that he was pointing at me.

I chuckled nervously and looked at the guard.

"Are you a citizen here or an outsider?"They asked in a demanding tone, making it more nerve wrecking.

"A- c-itizen, sir..?"I bowed in a right angle, although I was scared to death about this.

"Come!"He cleared his throat as he was sceptical of me being a citizen, seeing me stand out in the crowd.

"Sorry w-hat?"I looked at them confused as the crowd began whispering to each other.

...

"U-hh.. I-I don't think I should be here.."Y/N looked at the guard who was ignoring her for the whole trip.

She bit her lip nervously, knowing that Namjoon would be very worried if he found out that she was gone.

"Excuse me Miss, we need you to become a princess for a few days because of some delays so we would appreciate if you cooperate,"The guard rolled his eyes as he continued driving.

"M-me a what?!"Y/N almost fell off the horse as she looked at the guard shocked. How could she end up being a princess when she's here from the future.

"You will be paid for your work and provide you with all the necessities you need,"The other guard assured with a smile.

"Fine, but I'll only do it because you're nice, but him... meh."Y/N smiled at the guard riding beside us whilst the guard infront of her just scoffed.

"Sir Jung and the rude one is Sir Park."He introduced himself as he smiled widely before the other guard drove faster.

"Y/N."She smiled and turned her head watching Sir Jung catch up with his horse.

"We're here now."Sir Park pulled the reigns to stop the horse in front of a huge gate.

"So Princess Y/N, you will have to train and dress up as an... elegant lady,"Sir Jung pointed at my clothes making Y/N smile embarrassed.

"You will meet up with King and try to impress him because he's trying to find a queen,"Sir Jung continued as she looked at him confused.

"Don't worry, he probably won't choose you because he's very picky,"Sir Park said in a cold expression while they entered the palace.

"Good morning ma'am, we're here to train you and dress you up for your meeting with King Kim."A line of maid bowed as Y/N clumsily climbed down the horse.

"Follow us,"They said before walking away.

Y/N looked at Sir Jung and Sir Park before following them.

"This might be a good opportunity to research."She thought to myself while walking with them.

...

"Your majesty, you'll be meeting a princess from the Kingdom of... Future."Sir Jung explained while glancing at Sir Park who nodded.

"Hoseok, Jimin you know that I don't want to get married to a queen.. they're all going to waste my treasures and money and I'm too busy."Taehyung sighed as he sat on the throne.

"I know but she's... different, yeah."Jimin secretly rolled his eyes remembering about her.

"Whatever.."Taehyung rolled his eyes before the doors opened, revealing the princess.

Y/N's POV I smiled awkwardly as I tried to walk in these uncomfortable shoes.

"Wow this is the king?"I thought to myself seeing how handsome he looked, but before I could take another step..

*Thud*

"Princess, are you okay?"The king coldly spoke but he took out his hand in worry.

I nodded feeling really embarrassed and took his hand before standing up.

"Sorry, I'm clumsy,"I cleared my throat as I fixed my dress, although I was suffocating in this wear.

"Your majesty this is Princess Y/N, she is going to stay here for a few days,"Sir Jung introduced, standing straight like a soldier.

"Princess Y/N?"The king looked at me suspiciously as I nodded.

"Hm.. interesting name."I smiled hearing his compliment and blushed a little.

"Well then, we must get going, we have some unfinished business to do,"Sir Park cut the awkward silence, catching my attention.

"Ah right, then see you later,"King Kim gestured them to go as the guards had unsure faces before going off.

...

Y/N and King Kim sat on the bench in the courtyard talking to each other not awkwardly, but not comfortably as well.

"So you have just become a king because of your father's death?"Y/N asked politely while writing down the notes in her head.

"Yes, he sadly died in his sleep because of someone trying to poison him... He was a great king for his kingdom,"King Kim's voice turned weak remembering what happened.

"I'm sorry that that happened,"Her lips turned into a thin line, realising how cruel the world was.

Taehyung's Pov

I glanced and looked at Y/N with a small smile on my face.

It was the first time I ever talked to someone comfortably ever since my father passed away.

Y/N maybe was different after all.

"It's nice having to talk to someon-"*Wack*

Author's pov

Y/N suddenly turned around after hearing such a terrible sound coming from the other side of the courtyard.

"What was that?"She stood up from her seat hearing sounds of wailing and people screaming, but the king didn't seemed bothered.

"A citizen of this kingdom is facing consequences for his actions, he's going to be hanged."King Kim's face turned cold as he looked at the sky.

Y/N looked at him shocked for not being bothered by the sounds and rushed out to the scene.

"Princess Y/N, where are you going?!"Taehyung realised that Y/N was running off and followed her making sure to keep her safe.

"This man has been caught trying to sneak into the palace and will now will hanged by the king's orders!"Sir Park yelled as he stood on the stage of the crowd.

Y/N held her dress seeing Sir Jung and Park standing on the front of the crowd with a poor man with chains on his hands who was begging on the floor.

Before she could go to stop them, she saw two little children on the floor crying with their mother doing the same, she figured out that it was the family.

She felt her eyes glistening with tears seeing the poor children crying and the mother weeping for help.

"Y/N, what are you doing here? You're not suppos-"Taehyung stopped Y/N from walking and grabbed her wrist trying to prevent her from going to the scene.

"Wait!"She shouted, stopping the guards from dragging the man to the hang.

Sir Jung looked at Y/N in surprise and felt relieved that she stopped them before continuing.

"Please don't do this! The man has a family,"Y/N pulled away from the Taehyung running to release the man in the chains.

Once she took off the rope on his neck, he ran up to his family hugging them like there was no tomorrow.

"Princess Y/N, what are you doing?!"King Taehyung walked up to Y/N dragging her away from the scene.

....

Namjoon's Pov

"We should have a break now,"I yawned seeing the papers I written on, feeling proud of myself.

"Sir Namjoon, thank you so much for helping me, this is going to help me alot,"The man smiled as he packed up all the papers finishing up for the day.

"No, if it weren't for you then I would've lost hope into searching for the solution,"I smiled back before taking a big stretch.

"Is Y/N back yet?"I realised and turned around to look around the room but she was no where to be seen.

Suddenly there a loud sound of a crowd shouting and sounds of crying. I looked at the man worried.

"A person is going to be sentenced to be hanged, you want to see?"He asked standing up from his chair.

I nodded interested, knowing that Y/N might be there and it'll be a once in a lifetime experience.

...

"Listen, I know how your father has died because of poisoning, but it doesn't mean t-hat- you have to kill him- he has a family!"She yelled as she bursted out in tears.

Taehyung just stood there in shock by the way Y/N acted, he felt his heart break in pieces seeing how she was.

"W-why do you care so much?"Taehyung's voice turned course as he looked down realising that she was right.

"This man has children, they need a father.."Y/N looked at him while wiping her tears, seeing the mess she got herself into.

"I-I'm-" "Y/N! Someone's here to see you!"