Victor Nikiforov, the Durmstrang Champion, died in the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament of 1792. Years later, Yuuri Katsuki discovers a strange mirror that allows him to reconnect with his lost love. This is the story behind Albus Dumbledore's warning to Harry of the danger of spending too long in front of the mirror in The Philosopher's Stone. A oneshot Hogwarts AU.

In the heart of the great wood that the villagers know only as The Forest, lives an immortal tree spirit that calls himself Yuuri. On the edge of The Forest lives Viktor Nikiforov, one of the greatest hunters in the world, ostracised and despised. When the two meet, deep in the heart of the wood, will the capricious spirit of the forest decide to abandon Viktor, or to save him?

Yuuri Katsuki, first year Ravenclaw and model student, has a terrible secret. He is terrified of flying. Victor Nikiforov is the Slytherin Quidditch Captain, and the brightest talent to grace the pitch in decades. A short Hogwarts AU, in which Yuuri learns to fly, and Victor learns to fall.

Yuuri is a witch, in a kingdom in which magic carries an instant death sentence. He keeps it hidden for years, until Crown Prince Viktor Nikiforov stumbles upon his secret. Yuuri agrees to teach Viktor all he knows, but will the two of them manage to keep their lessons hidden?