Lovino woke slowly. Antonio and Dimas were still playing their game. Lovino sat up suddenly and grabbed a book from the shelf. It was a small leather bound journal he had bought some time ago in hopes of keeping a journal. He never used it.

"Lovi?" Antonio asked.

"Shh." Lovino hushed writing down his dream. Every detail he could recall. He wrote it all down filling up a few pages front and back. Once he finished he looked up at the other two. "I had a dream, I was Snow White. It was vivid and so... Real. I could recall details like bricks and how they felt... What was her husband's name? The one she loved?"

"Anthony." Antonio said.

"I need to speak to Gilbert..." Lovino said hurriedly.

"Woah, woah." Antonio said "Calm down. He's not awake yet." he grabbed Lovino by the shoulders gently. "Now what's this about Snow White?"

"I had a dream that I was Snow White." Lovino said. "And I was here, and I met a Prince- who sorta looked like you? But Pale and thin."

"So?" Dimas asked.

"So, it was vivid... And I think I might have seen what really happened." Lovino said. Antonio looked to Dimas and gave a worried look. "What?"

"I wonder if this has to do with the ghost in our dreams." Antonio said. "Sadiq luring you to stay asleep longer..."

"Toni I don't think so." Lovino said "Sadiq wasn't that bright. He wouldn't know about this stuff. I think, Snow White is trying to tell me something through dreams."

"Ok." Dimas said "Let's play along for a moment. What message would Snow White being trying to send you?"

"Did anyone know her stepmother- The evil queen was infertile?" Lovino asked

"I didn't... But we can ask Gilbert in the morning." Antonio said "But we should also talk to Arthur. Maybe his friends would know... whenever they get here."

000

They visited Gilbert first thing in the morning. He had jumped up excitedly and grabbed a few pieces of paper, even a rolled up painting. He had sprawled them out on the floor.

"Ok, so in my research of Toni boy's blood line, Prince Anthony of Pyrien was definitely related to him. He's the grandfather of Adam he did sneak into Snow White's castle when he was 16. He did it a few times each time coming home and writing about it. He wrote about how pretty she was. An kind and funny she was. How sad she was. And that he wanted to rescue her. However when he worked up the nerve to do it, she was already gone."

"I thought the Prince met her when she was dead already?" Antonio asked.

"Nope. They knew each other. He looked for her for ages. 6 months he ran around in that forest because he was convinced she was alive. Eventually he gives up hope and on his way back to his castle passes through this tiny village and finds her glass casket and kisses her." gilbert explains. He unrolls the painting of Anthony. "This was supposedly made around the time he met Snow White."

"That's just how I saw him. He was even wearing the hat. But the feather was red not brown."

"This feather was red. It's just faded." Gilbert said.

"He really does look like me..." Antonio said

"But what about the Queen?" Dimas asked. "Was she infertile?"

"Actually, she was." Gilbert said. "It's a little known fact. The Queen kept it hidden. An infertile Queen is a sign of a country starting to crumble. But it's listed in a few medical journals- even in Snow White's secret Diary."

"What?" Lovino asked.

"Snow White was an avid Diary keeper. The one she wrote as a new Queen is a classic. But she kept one as a little girl and the Queen hid it away. It was only found recently." Gilbert said. "I'd show it to you but it's kept in the Library in the Cinderella Castle- I got a peek at it last time there was a Cinderella Ball. Which you guys should throw- it'll be great."

"So." Dimas said. "Lovino's dream is accurate?"

"He's certainly got fact on his side." Gilbert said starting to clean up. "Lovino if you have a dream like this again, let me know ok?"

000

"And Gilbert fact checked it?" Arthur asked. "Extraordinary..." Arthur said. "Lukas will be very interested."

"How long until your friends get here?" Dimas asked.

"I just got letters from both saying they are coming. Lukas predicts 2 days, and Vladimir that evening." Arthur said. "However, Lukas suggested in his letters that you write all your dreams down. As soon as you wake up write it down." Arthur told them.

"Like Lovino did?"Antonio asked.

"Just like Lovino did."

"Are Lovino's dreams dangerous?" Antonio asked

"I don't think so." Arthur said after a moment. "In each of your dreams you were attacked, and were only pulled out because someone stood over you and forced you to wake up. Lovino's dream ran it's course and he woke up naturally and he looks like he's gotten a full rest. While he should still be under the sleeping schedule, I think the dreams are safe."

"Alright." Antonio said. "I'll trust your opinion."

"How is it the dead are getting to us even though you blessed the castle?" Dimas asked

"That's something I'm hoping Vladimir will have the answer to. My goal is to have Lukas guard your minds, I your bodies and Vladimir will handle the spirits." Arthur said. "As to how- I'm not sure yet."

Dimas sat in his office, a guard sitting across from him in case he fell asleep. He was reading over a newsletter from the north. The trolls had fled from the country and handed the beanstalk forest over to the kingdom. A victory for the history books. Dimas got a quill to make a reply when there was a knock at the door.

"Come in." Dimas said. Marcello opened the door and blushed softly.

"Can I talk to you?" He shot the guard a look. "Alone?"

"Ah sure." He waved the guard off.

"I'll be right outside." He said and left the two to talk.

"I wanna talk about a few weeks ago... Grandad has been keeping me busy. I think Lovino asked him to-"

"Why were you on top of me?" Dimas asked.

"I thought..."Marcello bit his lip. "You were so nice and I thought you were giving me like.. .It's dumb."

"Tell me. I won't think it's dumb. Because it's probably not."

"I thought you asked me too in like a secret we can't be together kind of way. Like"I'm going to bed, make yourself at home" was code for "Meet me in here in a few minutes.""

"Oh." Dimas said softly. "I'm so sorry I led you to believe that."

"And you give me these looks when you think no one is looking- like..."

"Like?" Dimas asked licking his lips

"Like you want to devour me whole."