Levi stared at the dark cobble stone walls of his cell. The cold water made his ears perk up every time it would drop onto the floor. It remained him a bit of his cave home back in Trost, with the exception of the iron bars and chains around his wrist and neck.

"I don't even know who you are anymore..."

Eren's words still echoed in Levi's head as he laid on the cold hard floor of his cell. He clutched his cape closer to his body for warmth as he chuckled. Those words made Levi's sanity slip in between his hands completely. If Eren thought he was a mad man as well then he planned on acting the part.

His eyes perked up at the sound of the prison door slowly creak open and closed. The sound of clunking boots coming closer however, didn't making the older dragon look up.

"Levi... Levi... I'm so sorry."

Levi didn't even look up when he heard Eren's voice on the other side of the bars.

"You don't even know who I am anymore... Remember? How can you call me Levi if you don't even know?" Levi hissed, which made his heart ache a bit inside.

Eren paused for a moment. He looked down at his boots and gulped. His heart ached as his chest constricted around his lungs a bit, hearing his own words coming to bite him in the butt.

"I'm sorry about that... I was scared... I still am... What's happening to you? Where's my Levi?" Eren muttered as he gripped the iron bars. He slid down to his knees in front of Levi's shadowy figure.

"I told you the truth. I told the court the truth. I don't know! That damn black dragon-"

"That dragon isn't real! It's from a nightmare!" Eren retorted, cutting Levi off.

"It is real! It is! I saw it with my own eyes!" Levi hissed back, "Why don't you believe me?!"

He honestly couldn't even tell what was fake and what was real anymore. The dreams had nestled their way deep into his head to the point he even doubted himself.

"Levi please!" Eren shouted, "If you confess now they won't execute you."

"So you want me to lie? You want to teach our children it's better to lie than to stand up for what you believe in? That it's better to lie than to face the consequences?" Levi hissed, "The truth is... I don't even know if I'm innocence or not..."

"Levi..."

Eren's gaze flickered down to the ground before looking back up, locking his gaze on his mate's.

"I don't know what's going on Eren... I see things from my nightmares that no one else does in the real world. I don't know if my madness is taking control of my body..." Levi whispered, "Heh, or if my sanity getting washed away by this sudden flood of madness and vivid nightmares."

Eren just stared wide eyed at Levi. Levi's words were complete poetry if it wasn't for the darkness surrounding them. He wanted to help... He needed to help his mate in any way he could.

"Levi... I don't know if this will help or not but... I brought you something..." Eren started as he dug his hand into his travel pouch, "Here..."

The brunet sipped his arm in between the iron bars and held Levi's hand gently, sipping the item into the other's hand.

Levi's eyes went wide as he felt the hard but rough texture of wood brush up against his hand. He opened his palm up and saw his hand-carved dragon flute... The same flute he played for Eren a little over a year ago when they first met.

Eren's eyes glistened with a hint of hope when Levi's expression changed once the flute was in his grasp. He cracked a small smile at him, hoping to free his mate's tormented soul from its hellish prison of madness.

"Play." He pleaded, trying to hide the shakiness in his voice, "Please play Levi..."

Levi ignored Eren's request for a second as his gaze locked on his mate's.

"What are you going to tell them?" He asked, "The kids...?"

Eren chewed on the inside of his cheek and looked away for a second. He gulped slightly as he thought. He hadn't about it... They were too young to understand the actually meaning behind it but he did know that they would be upset regardless and would want an explanation.

"Listen... Tell them that I'll gone for a few days... Tell them that Uncle Erwin and Aunt Hanji will help take care of them." Levi finally spoke up after a short period of silences came between the two, "Just don't tell them about what might happen..."

Eren nodded and pressed his forehead up against the cell. He squeezed Levi's hand tightly as he felt unknown tears slip down his face. A sudden lump became caught in his throat as he felt Levi's free hand brush up against his cheek and his thumb grazed underneath his eye. He hugged Levi as best he could with the bars that stood in between them. The younger dragon's body shuddered a bit when he felt Levi's lips brush up against his own before they clashed together.

"Don't worry about me, Eren... You just worry about you and the kids, okay?" Levi pleaded, once they broke apart.

Eren simply nodded in response as he looked down at the ground. His ears perked up a bit as the door suddenly creaked open. He was relieved to have Erwin's scent touch his nose.

"Hey look at me..." Levi said before he tilted his mate's chin up to face him, "Eren look at me... Everything will be fine, okay? Trust me please..."

Eren nodded as he gave his mate a final kiss goodbye. He stood up and brushed off the dirt and muck from his pants. He walked down the dark hallway back to the doorway where Erwin stood waiting for him.

"Any luck?" Erwin asked in a low tone of voice.

"Some but... I wouldn't complain if I heard music coming from down here tonight." Eren replied with a small smile on his lips before he walked passed the blonde knight.