Joseon Dynasty

"I am Shin Ryu Jin, part-time keeper of time and space and full-time magical fairy princess. It was fated for you guys to run into me eventually."

Joohoney glares at her. "So then, you know about where Seoho is and if he's okay?"

Ryu Jin giggles and sits down on a pink tree stump a few feet from them. "He is okay, although trapped in a coma."

"You call being trapped in a coma, okay?" Minhyuk snarls.

Ryu Jin swats at the skirt of her white dress. "Trust me, that's not all he will have to endure."

"Stop speaking in tongues, you witch! Let us out of this bizarre girlish fantasy world and return us to Joseon so that we can save our friend!" Joohoney barks.

Ryu Jin giggles again. "I'm not a witch. I'm a fairy princess. Can't you see my wings?"

"Wait!" Keonhee says, throwing a hand up into the air. "You said it was fated that we'd run into you?"

Ryu Jin nods.

"How so?"

"I have gifts for you, of course. I mean, unless you'd rather continue to insult me."

"What kind of gifts?" RAVN asks, curiously.

Ryu Jin gets back to her feet. She waves her hands in the air before her, producing a cluster of magical sparkles. "Special abilities. Unyielding leadership for Lee Jooheon. Healing, so that you can heal one another. And most importantly, the ability to time travel. Trust me, you'll need this soon."

"Time travel? Like journeying to the past or future?" Minhyuk questions.

"And traveling to alternate timelines," Ryu Jin says, her big brown eyes glittering with amusement.

"As in...one where Hyunhwa is dead?" Joohoney asks, curiosity slowly beginning to seep into him.

"Precisely. Do I have your interests now?" Ryu Jin says, her wings fluttering rapidly behind her now and lifting her up a little higher into the air.

Joohoney looks at his friends. "Count us in. What about this time traveling...?"

Ryu Jin spreads her arms out wide to her sides and the light brightens, blinding them. They all yelp with shock and their hands go to cover their eyes.

After a few seconds, the light dims to nothing and they lower their arms once more.