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The boys were all awake, dressed and had eaten their breakfast, when yet another knock on the door sounded.

"Hello?" Chris said loud enough for the visitor to hear.

"It's Felicity!"

"Oh, come in!" The leader exclaimed. She opened the door to see all of the boys sitting around the large empty platter in the middle of the open room. She looked a little bit worried which made the boys concerned.

"What's wrong?" Seungmin asked.

"I'm so sorry, I know I was supposed to show you around this morning, but the Queen wants to see you boys at the castle immediately."

The boys looked at each other, slightly confused as to why the Queen wanted to see them again so soon. Chris cleared his throat, looking up at Felicity. "Will you be going with us?" He asked, and the girl shook her head.

"She has not requested to see me. You boys will be on your own again." Chris gave a small nod, looking down.

"After seeing her we will come back here, and you can show us around, yeah?"

"I'd like that a lot." Felicity said, giving all the boys a smile. "I'll drop by again after lunch."

"Thanks for letting us know, Felicity. We'll see you soon." And with that, the young girl left the cabin for the second time that day.

"The Queen scares me." Minho said, attracting the boys attention.

"She scares me too," Chris admitted. "But we made a deal. We get to live and be safe as long as we do what she says." Chris stood up and so did the others, following him out of the cabin and towards the castle.

Eyes from all around were pinned to the sight of nine young men dressed in black, lead by a confident, green-haired Chris. Some villagers were whispering things like 'outsiders' or 'invaders', but the boys just shook it off.

They walked up the steps to the palace and were lead in once again by guards, ending up in the same room as yesterday. White walls with giant windows reaching from the floor to the ceiling, light flooding into the room. There was a long table with nine chairs, and the boys had a feeling they knew exactly who the chairs were for.

"Please, take a seat." The Queen looked even more sickening with the sunlight on her skin. "I will speak to each of you individually and discuss your rolls in the village as to ensure everyone is doing their fair share of work in this alliance. Chris, you're first." The Queen stood up, Chris following her into a new room, almost identical to the other one.

"You have good qualities as a leader. People listen to you- they trust you. You're kind, your voice is powerful. You always have you people's best interests in mind."

"You could tell all of that from two meetings?" He asked curiously, and she rolled her eyes.

"I would like you to be a second leader for me- my eyes in the village. I mentioned that during our previous battle we lost teachers- but we lost one of our most valuable village leaders too. All you have to do is know the schedule and offer assistance. Just make sure that everybody is in line. If there's any questions you can't answer, you can come and ask me. Sounds pretty easy, right?"

"It sounds almost too easy." He said, narrowing his eyes. "But of course I'll do it."

"Easily done." She gestured towards an open door at the back of the room that lead out into the village, Chris walking through it. The Queen made her way back to the other room and stood in front of the remaining eight boys. "I said I was going to take you all up individually, but I'll be taking some of you out in groups. So can I please have... you three." She said, pointing to Minho, Changbin and Jisung.

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