Once there lived two kings, named Namjoon and Jin. They were very happy together. When Jin was expecting a baby, he fell ill. Namjoon's men searched far and wide until they found a magical pink flower. Jin was cured. Soon a pink-haired son was born.
Everyone celebrated-except an old woman named Mother Gothel. She had used the Pink Flower for hundreds of years to keep from aging. She was furious that it was gone. So, she went to the castle. Realizing the child's pink hair had the same magic as the flower, she kidnapped him.
The boy was called Jimin. Mother Gothel raised him in a tower. She kept him hidden for nearly eighteen years. "You must stay here, where you're safe." She said it was dangerous outside, but she actually wanted Jimin's magic hair for herself.
Jimin's hair grew so long that Mother Gothel used it to come and go from the tower. "Jimin! Let down your hair!"
Jimin would use his hair to pull up Mother Gothel.
Although Jimin never left the tower, he kept busy. He painted, played music, and learned how to do lots of other things, such as knit and cook.
Jimin even had a pet chameleon named Yoongi who kept him company. Still, he longed for one thing.
Each year on Jimin's birthday, floating lights filled the sky. Jimin desperately wanted to see them. He didn't know they were lanterns released by the Kings, who hoped their son would someday return. Jimin felt the lanterns were somehow meant for him. He even painted them on a tower wall.
Jimin begged Mother Gothel to see the lights for his eighteenth birthday. "I need to see them-in person. I have to know what they are."
Mother Gothel refused. "Don't ever ask to leave this tower again."
Soon Mother Gothel went out into the forest.
Meanwhile, a thief named Jung Hoseok was nearby. The royal guards were chasing him, since he had a stolen crown in his bag.
Taehyung, the captain of the guard led the chase. "Retrieve that satchel at any cost!"
Taehyung's horse, Jungkook, nearly caught Hoseok, but the thief escaped. Hoseok discovered Jimin's secret tower. He climbed up the outside, thinking he'd found the perfect place to hide.
Instead, Jimin knocked Hoseok out with a frying pan. He tied him up and took the crown. Sure that this was his only chance to see the lights, he offered Hoseok a deal: "You will act as my guide, take me to these lanterns, and return me home safely." Afterward he would give him the crown.
"Unfortunately, the kingdom and I aren't simpatico at the moment." But Hoseok had no choice. "Fine, I'll take you to see the lanterns."
Hoseok climbed down the tower, and Jimin used his hair to leave. For the first time, his feet actually touched the grass. "I can't believe I did this!" He felt as is his life was finally beginning. "This is so fun!"
Hoseok took Jimin to a pub, hoping to frighten him. "If you can't handle this place, maybe you should be back in your tower."
Instead, Jimin told a crowd of tough guys about the floating lights. "Because I've been dreaming about them my entire life!"
The men liked him. They shared their dreams, too.
Soon, Mother Gothel returned to the tower. "Jimin! Let down your hair." Jimin didn't answer, so Mother Gothel went up the tower's hidden staircase. She found the stolen crown and a WANTED poster of Hoseok. Mother Gothel set off to bring back Jimin.
Meanwhile, palace guards and Jungkook suddenly arrived at the pub. They were looking for Hoseok. "Where's Jung? I know he's in here somewhere! Find him!"
The men at the pub wanted Jimin to see the lights, so one of them showed him and Hoseok a secret tunnel. "Go live your dream!"
The guards chased Jimin and Hoseok. Jimin used his hair to help them escape, but the two became trapped in a cave. Water rushed in. Hoseok could not find a way out. "I can't see anything."
Then Jimin admitted something. "I have magic hair that glows when I sing." He sang and his hair lit up the water.
They dove down and swam toward the opening.
They escaped at the last minute. "We made it. We're alive!"
Jimin noticed that Hoseok's hand was cut. He wrapped it in his magic hair and sang.
Hoseok could not belive it. His hair had healed his hand. "How long has it been doing that exactly?" Jimin was different from anyone he'd ever met. The two talked for a while.
Meanwhile, Mother Gothel had tracked down Hoseok and Jimin. She met the Stabbington brothes, two criminals who were after Hoseok and the crowns. "I was going to offer you something worth one thousand crowns."
Later, Hoseok went to get firewood, and Mother Gothel appeared. She had followed Jimin. "We're going home, Jimin. Now."
Jimin wouldn't leave. "I met someone. He likes me."
Mother Gothel dared Jimin to give Hoseok the crown, sure that he would leave Jimin as soon as he had it.
"I will." Jimin agreed, but he took the crown and hid it.
The next morning was Jimin's birthday. Then Jungkook showed up. Jimin convinced the horse not to take Hoseok away. "Today is kind of the biggest day of my life. I need you not to get him arrested."
Soon they arrived in the city. The kingdom was celebrating the memory of their lost prince. His birthday was the same as Jimin's.
Jimin saw a painting of the royal family. He felt as if he belonged there in the kingdom. When the townsfolk began to dance, Jimin and Hoseok clasped hands and joined in. Later, they ate cake and went to shops together. It was a magical day. Jimin was very happy.
That evening, Hoseok rowed Jimin into the harbor. "Well, best day of you life, I figure you should have a decent seat."
As the sky filled with lanterns, the pair realized they cared for each other. Jimin knew Hoseok wouldn't leave him. He handed him the crown. "I should have givin it to you before, but I was just scared.
Hoseok saw the Stabbington brothers onshore. "There's just something I have to take care of." He gave the crown to the brothers, thinking they'd go away. Jimin was more important.
But the crown was not what they were after. "We want him instead."
The brothers tied up Hoseok and sent him off in a boat. Then they told Jimin that Hoseok had left with the crown. "A fair trade: a crown for the boy with the magic hair."
"What? No, he wouldn't!" Jimin was shocked.
The brothers tried to get Jimin, but he ran into the forest. When he heard a scuffle, he returned.
Mother Gothel was standing over the brothers. She had knocked them out. "Oh, my precious boy! Are you all right?" This was part of her cruel plan to get Jimin to return to the tower.
"You were right, Mother. You were right about everything."
Back at the tower, Jimin kept thinking about the lanterns on his birthday and the portrait of the royal family. He looked at his paintings on the tower walls. Finally, it all started to make sense.
"I am the lost prince." Jimin realized Mother Gothel had kept him prisoner. "And I will never let you use my hair again!"
Then Hoseok arrived. Mother Gothel hurt him badly. But Hoseok wouldn't let Jimin heal him. Instead he cut his magical hair so he would be free.
Mother Gothel was destroyed.
"You were my new dream." Hoseok closed his eyes. He was gone.
Jimin wept, and a tear fell on Hoseok. He was saved! There was magic in Jimin's tears, too.
Now that he was free, Jimin returned to the kingdom with Hoseok, Jungkook, and Yoongi.
Namjoon and Jin were overjoyed to see their son. Although Jimin's hair was no longer magical, he was happier from that day on than he could ever have dreamed.
THE END