Sorry for the super long wait on this one. I hope it won't be a while before the next chapter but I'm super busy so it may be a few weeks. ):

The two men retrieved two horses from the stables, and Yuuri led Viktor up into the north. The way he was going almost seemed as if he was going back to Solis, but instead of going west once the bridge over to the midworld came into view, Viktor was confused when Yuuri kept leading his jet black horse north.

The pair rode on the same road and on the same path for about another ten minutes before Yuuri stopped at another fork in the path. Viktor peered down the well-worn path down to a small village glittering with lights. However, Yuuri did not go that way, but took the overgrown path. Maybe it had been recently tread, but not by many people.

As the horses picked their way over the path, Viktor began to grow weary. Where was Yuuri leading him?

It took a few minutes for the pair to emerge from the path into a large clearing right by the shore of the lake that made up most of the land in Lunis. They stood at the bottom of a large cliff, and a small little cottage right next to it with the lights on. Shadows were moving inside.

Yuuri was careful to not be seen by the people in the cottage, as Viktor noticed, and they tied their horses to a nearby tree, out of sight of the window.

Viktor followed Yuuri as he crept past the cottage and towards the cliff. "Yuuri," Viktor hissed out. "Yuuri what-"

"Shh!" Yuuri hushed him quickly. "Don't let them hear you. They don't like it when I come here alone."

"Who is they?" Viktor whispered.

Yuuri, seemingly ignoring him, hurried over to the cliff and crouched down right next to him.

"Yuuri, what- woah." The cliff had cracked open, a crack big enough that a human could fit in. Viktor had no choice but to follow as Yuuri slipped in.

Again, Viktor's words were stolen from his mouth. The small crack in the cliff led to a large cavern in the mountain, and the stone floor dropped into a small pool of water, and moonlight shone through a hole in the rock. And, most surprising was the tree growing in the middle of the pool, with small leaves almost glowing with color and light. The tree wasn't abnormally large, but was big enough that it was twice Viktor's height.

"What is it?"

Yuuri was staring at Viktor when he tore his eyes away from the tree. "It's my life force," said Yuuri, approaching the tree. "Mine and every other king before me. We call it the Tree of Dreams."

"Huh," Viktor said. "Poetic."

Yuuri chuckled, a sweet jingle in the silence. "It's not just poetic. Look."

Yuuri reached up and plucked a leaf from an overarching branch above their heads and dropping it in the pool. Viktor wasn't sure what was supposed to happen, but when the leaf touched the water, it created a vision around the entire cave. One moment, Viktor was standing in the cave with Yuuri, and the next he was in a completely different room.

There were people all around them, not from Lunis or Solis, maybe from Midworld. They were all seemingly wrapped around each other, and swaying, dancing to the echoing music from the band up on a raised platform near the wall.

Viktor found Yuuri in the crowd, who was swaying slightly to the music.

"What is this?" Viktor had so many questions floating around his head.

"A dream," Yuuri replied matter-of-factly. "Not mine. I don't know whose, actually. Probably someone from Midworld."

The music kept going. Viktor couldn't help but watch the people smile and laugh with each other, joy filling the room. He looked back at Yuuri and felt the complete urge to grab him and crash their lips together.

Get yourself together, he chastised himself. Be classy at the very least. So Viktor grabbed Yuuri around the waist, and grabbed one of Yuuri's hands.

"Viktor-" Yuuri started, but didn't finish. After a moment, Viktor felt Yuuri relax and place a hand on his shoulder. They swayed with the rest of the room for a few moments. Viktor couldn't help but notice the small blush that grew on Yuuri's cheeks as those moments grew longer.

The vision ended sooner than Viktor would have liked. Even after they found themselves back in the cave, they remained locked in their embrace.

Yuuri cleared his throat, then looked up, away from Viktor and back at the tree. Viktor opened his mouth to say something before Yuuri narrowed his eyes jumped out of his arms and walked back to the tree.

Yuuri reached up and plucked another leaf from the tree and stared at it for a few moments.

"Yuuri?" There was no reply. "Yuuri, what is it?"

Yuuri, saying nothing, held out his hand, the leaf still settled in his palm. Upon closer look, Viktor noticed that the leaf was not like the rest that grew on the tree. It was inky black, and looked dead.

"It's a nightmare," Yuuri said, voice quiet. "I haven't seen one in a while. It usually means something bad is going to happen." He crumpled the leaf in his hand and threw the remains into the pool. The vision that had engulfed the cavern before did not come back, but the pool held the image, and a terrified sounding scream echoed throughout the cave. Viktor shuddered.

Yuuri's eyes were fixed on the ground in front of him. Viktor, sure-footed, walked up to the king of Lunis, grabbed him by the shoulders, and kissed him. They broke apart, moments later, Yuuri with wide eyes and a blush across his face.

Viktor wasn't sure what to expect, but it was not that Yuuri would tentatively lean in and kiss him back.

Viktor smiled against the kiss. He leaned in and deepened in, not far enough to scare Yuuri away. They broke apart again, with Yuuri still blushing, but with a tiny ghost of a smile gracing his face.

Viktor gave a little internal cheer.

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