After hearing Victor's recount of his unpleasant dream, Luca had suggested for them to visit the temple of Dawn, and seek the seer or a high priest of the temple.
Victor was skeptical at first but he later accepted the offer.
They first went to the cafeteria to relieve their hunger.
Since the orphanage was not sponsored by the rich folks of the stronghold, the kids did not have the luxury of eating proper meals nor did they have the luxury of eating satisfying food for their meals.
Today's meal consisted of mealie meal porridge
with no sugar inside it. The boys received their porridge without any complains and went to eat
at the back area of the room.
After finishing their food, the two boys left in a hurry, with the intended destination of the temple of Dawn a place of worship that worshiped in the godess of Joy.
The temple was not that far away, it only took the two boys, fifteen minutes to reach it on foot.
They arrived at the grand majestic building of the Dawn temple.
The place was surrounded by an aura of holiness, giving it a sacred and pure appearance.
The two young boys accended the stone steps that led to the main entrance of the temple.
They soon reached the massive two wooden double doors that marked the entry into the holy building.
As soon as they were approaching the door, a sudden dizziness suddenly assailed the young Victor, blood began to drip from his nose and he began to hear indistinct whispers and wails.
The experience only lasted for two seconds before the young boy suddenly fell to the ground.
A moment later Victor woke up and found himself inside a wide spacious room with large windows.
He was sleeping on a small wooden bed with an anxious Luca sitted beside him.
Besides Luca there was a tall middle aged man wearing white long robes.
The man had long blonde hair that reached down his shoulder length, his eyes were pure white with no black purpils on it.
Upon waking up, Luca suddenly revealed a relieved expression,
"Victor! thank god you are awake, l almost had a heart attack"
The man beside the dark skinned boy, showed a gentle smile and he said calmly with his hands clasped together in a praying posture,
"Indeed thank the goddess's mercy for your awakening young one"
After saying those words, the tall man then turned his gaze towards Victor and said with a calm smile,
" l sense that you are having trouble sleeping at night"
The two boys then showed startled expressions,
Lucas suddenly asked,
"How did you know?
The tall man then shook his head,
"Whatever troubles her followers, she always know
Whatever troubles her believers, she always shows,
Whatever troubles her believers, she always solves, praise there be to the goddess of Joy, ruler of Dawn and banisher of Darkness"
After hearing those pure words, the two boys were sincerely moved and they both responded simultaneously,
"Praise there be to the Goddess of Joy, ruler of Dawn and banisher of Night"
Once the boys completed their prayer, a sudden revelation descended on the blonde haired priest,
A scene of unfathomable darkness appeared before him, this darkness was swirling and moving as if it was alive, before the priest could ponder over the meaning of this revelation, he suddenly saw the darkness suddenly shift, it began to compress forming a long python with dark glistening scales, the python was coiling around a average sized figure with dark skin and
dark eyes.
Once the priest saw this figure he suddenly began to feel a feeling of drowsiness assault him.
It was like he was about to fall asleep and before he knew it the scene before him suddenly changed revealing a world filled with chaos.
Looking at this scene the priest was horrified, he could see fallen buildings, destroyed walls and multiple dead bodies laying on the ground.
Admist all those dead boys he could see a small figure that was surrounded by a gray fog.
The figure had dark hair, pale skin, crimson red eyes, he was clad in tattered dark clothes that were smeared with red blood. A morbid presence surrounded this figure.
While the priest was being terrified by this scene, the young boy with pale white skin suddenly shifted his gaze and said with a ancient voice that was filled with malevolence.
"Ohh what's this, who dares, who dares to peer inside my soul?
At that moment the boy's mouth suddenly curled upward he turned to stare at the priest and said,
"Ohh l see, so you are one of his followers. l have something that l want you to report to your high seer. Tell him that, l am coming. Tell him that the great Vlad is coming.
At this moment the scene before the high priest began to crack like a mirror cracking, within seconds it shattered and the spacious room was once again revealed before the priest. There were two boys who were staring at him with dumbfounded expression,
"Uuuh sir are you alright? , you sort of dozed off for a moment there"
The priest who was still in daze suddenly stumbled before almost falling to the ground.
Regaining his composure, he turned to Victor and said.
"Young one may l have the honors of knowing your name"
Victor was startled for a moment before saying,
"Uhh, its Victor"
The voice of the priest sounded once again,
"What about your last name?
Victor was silent for a while, looking at the blind looking priest, he suddenly frowned,
"l don't have a last name"
The voice of the priest was as calm as ever,
"l see"
Shifting his gaze to Lucas he suddenly said,
"And you, other young one, what's your name?
Lucas smiled and with enthusiasm he said while pointing to himself with his thumb,
"Me, well, l'm Lucas the last and only living Dreamwalker"
A look of recognition subtly appeared on the priest, before vanishing instantly.
"l see, l see. Well your friend doesn't have to worry anymore, the nightmares wont appear in his dreams anymore, good day to you young ones and may the lord's light shine upon you"
The two boys simultaneously stood up at the same and they both sincerely and respectfully appreciated the priest's service,
"Good day to you to elder", said both Victor and Lucas while bowing their heads slightly.
After that, the priest showed them out of the temple and just when they were about to say their goodbyes, the priest suddenly asked another probing question about Victor's life that left him startled and disturbed.
"Young one before you go, is there by any chance that tomorrow is a special day for you?
Victor did not immediately respond to this question, and he wasn't planning to truthfully reply it.
But unfortunately before he could reply, Lucas was already ahead of him,
"Wow elder, how did you know, infact tomorrow is not just a special day for Victor here, but the most important day of Victor's life"
The last words 'but the most important day of Victor's life' were emphasized with a motion gesture by Lucas.
Victor was shaking his head in disappointment at his friend's stupidity at the same time his heart was beating up rapidly because of a certain speculation that he had just made.
After hearing the enthusiastic words of the dark skinned boy, the priest flashed a calm smile and said,
"l see, if that's the case then l would like to wish you an early sixteenth birthday"
Victor's face was expressionless at this moment, he just nodded towards the priest and turned leave.
Lucas was startled by his friend's sudden reaction, and he hurriedly followed after him.
The priest was left alone at the temple's entrance, he watched the two boys descend the stone steps with a calm smile.
Once the boys were no longer in his view, the calm smile on the holy man's face suddenly vanished, in its place an expression of solemnity instantly appeared.
The priest went back inside the temple with hurried steps.
At this moment Victor who was no longer near the dawn temple suddenly began to outwardly curse at Lucas.
This earned him a dumbfounded and worried look from his friend,
"Vic, are sure you are alright, maybe we should check by at the clini-"
Before he could finish his sentence, Victor suddenly cut him off saying,
"You shouldn't have said that..."
The dumbfounded look was revealing itself more, on Lucas's face.
"Shouldn't have said what?
"My birthday !
Victor then shook his head and sighed,
"You shouldn't have talked about my birthday, now you have revealed crucial information about me"
The confused expression on Lucas's face was deepening even further.
"Vic what do you mean, what crucial information are you talking about?
Victor, sighed once again,
"Sigh, l guess l should've told you, about my last name"