Liora and the Dreaming Tree Once, hidden beyond the hills where sunrise touched the grass with gold, lived a girl named Liora . Her name meant light , and wherever she went, wildflowers turned their heads to follow her. Liora was quiet, but her heart was full of wonder. She believed in invisible things — in music the stars whispered, in rain that carried messages, and in dreams that weren’t just dreams… but secret doors to other worlds. Every night, Liora sat by the window and told her dreams to the wind: “Tonight, I want to fly through a sky of glowing jellyfish,” or “Let me walk on water and talk to the moon.” And sometimes, when her heart wished deeply enough — it happened. One night, as she drifted to sleep, a soft silver light filled her room. A petal floated through the air — soft, glowing, humming like a lullaby. It touched her forehead, and the moment it did, the whole world shifted. Suddenly, Liora stood beneath a Dreaming Tree . It rose above the clouds — taller than...