It has been a long time since I last wrote a story.
Amendment: Due to the ending of the last ep. I decided to change the story a bit
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo.
Chapter 1: Back to the world she is from...
I wish we have meet at another era, another time.
If only, we have meet at another time, maybe... just maybe, we can have the life we dream about.
"Am I dead? Is this where the dead will go? Is this heaven or hades?"
A lady slowly opened up her eyes. Light shone brightly. Struggling to keep her eyes open. She first saw the white ceiling above her. So I am really dead. She thought to herself. This must be the feeling of waking up from death and entering into a new life. I wondered... is the 10th prince and his wife here as well. How about Crown Prince? And Chaeryun? Thinking about Chaeryun, an ache came upon her heart. Oh, Chaeryun, the one and only sister I ever had, if only she was not a slave, and she didn't fall in love with a man like that. A man worthy of death. Flashes of another man come upon her mind. Pyeha... Do you still resent me? Do you still hate me? That to my death, you are not here with me. I got so much to tell you. I want to tell you... how much I really love you. And how I first love you. If only the visions... if only I was not so caught up with the vision and done what had been done, maybe, we both will be happiest. Tears started to swell up in her eyes and flowed down her cheeks.
"Miss? Are you alright miss?" A voice can be heard beside me.
"Seem like you have finally wake up. I am going to call the doctor miss. Your mom has been visiting you for the past few weeks. Worrying for you." Footsteps can be heard walking away from the lady.
Doctor? What does she mean by the doctor? Does that mean that I am not dead but back to the 21st century? Reality hit her harder than she thought. So she was back. Back to where she suppose to be. Struggling to sit up, she finally has a good look around her. So I am in the hospital? How long have I passed out? Is it just a dream? My love with the 4th prince, the 4th king of Goryeo. Is it just a dream?
A man wearing a white gown walked in. Spoke to her. Explained that she had been out for a week. She was saved after a near drown experience by an unknown man. Sent to the hospital in time but remained coma for the whole week. The man had been visiting her along with her mother and before she wakes up, the man had left. The doctor left her after the short explanation and she was left to her own thought.
A week had passed. Just a week but I had been living in Goryeo for 10 years. 10 years of suffering. 10 years of confusion and sense of loss. 10 years of friendships and loves. And it just took a week for all of it to be a dream? It feels as real as I am breathing right now. Tears once again flow down her cheeks. A sense of lost and regrets once again hit her. How she miss him? The man she loves yet hate at the same time. She loves the 4th prince Wang So but hates the 4th king Gwangjong. How contradictive she was. She promised to stay with him and he promised to make her his one and only queen in his heart. But all of it was gone in a flash. Unspoken words, broken promises, struggles with those who were against them. If only, I had trusted him more. Be the comfort that I had promised.
Moments later, her mother came to visit her. Hugged her. Kissed her. Telling her how much she missed the bright and cheerful Go Ha Jin. She was so worried and she told him how debtors came and knocked on her door but she managed to chase them away and called police on those people. It feels good to have someone who loves her with her. Her mother that she missed. She will never take her mother for granted anymore.
One week came by. She was told she can finally discharge. Feeling lost. She packed whatever things that she has with her. Her mother will be picking her up later on. As she was packing, suddenly she saw a slip of paper among her clothing. It was a poem written in hanja "When the water has run dry, sit and watch for the rising clouds."
No, it wouldn't be... Hand shaking holding that piece of paper. With unbelief, she repeated the words again and again. How could it be? Why is this among my belonging. Is he here? But it couldn't be? Shaking her head, she saw her mother came in the room.
"Ha Jin-ya, have you finish packing up your stuff? We are leaving."
"Umma... Do you know who put this piece of paper here?" Turning to face her mother, she lifted her the piece of paper. Showing her the poem even though she doubted that her mother can understand the words written on it.
"Huh? That strange. Maybe is that young man who saved you leave it behind? Quite a handsome young man. Too bad he did not come today. He was here every single day the past 1 week. Asking how are you doing? Helping me to settle all the paper works and offered to pay for your bill. Yesterday he was here before you wake up but he left in a hurry, leaving his name card behind. Saying that he would not be able to visit anymore due to an exhibition he is having."
"A name card? Can show it to me, Umma?" Her mother took out a name card out of her wallet, passing it to her. She took over the name card. Looking for a clue of what she is searching for.
Wang Seung-Gi. Professor in history and astronomy and archaeologist in practice. Even the name look so familiar with him.
"Ha Jin-ya, are you ready to check out? We got to go already." Snapping out of it. She looked at her mother. Shakingly she kept the name card and the poem in her pocket of her jeans. "Yes, umma!" She smiled, took her bag and walked out of the room. The door shut behind her.
Maybe... it is just a coincident? No... I got to find out the truth. Maybe I should really look at the history of Goryeo... And maybe, I should visit this man. Who is he? Is he 4th hwangja-nim?
