The day passed quickly as I followed the echoes in my mind towards my liberator, and I refused to halt for a single moment until night fell. My body felt worn, and so I set a small place to stay for my self, collecting some plants from the forest to eat. I lay upon the ground, and after a moment I fell into a dark sleep.

When I next opened my eyes, I was in a forest other than the one I slept in. I looked about, and found myself in a small clearing. My body seemed to be ethereal, shifting between the form I lost and the form I gained. I looked up, and saw the moon above me, shining in blue light. I heard the song then, slow but powerful, and calling to me. I wandered toward a hill nearby, which was shown in the light to seem as if the moon could be touched from it. I was at the bottom of the hill when I saw her.

She was tall enough to reach the chest of my necromorph form, and yet she seemed larger than anything else I could see. She was a rich blue, with a mane of shimmering stars. She hovered, barely touching the ground with her back hooves and with her wings spread wide. A slender horn was upon her head, releasing a light that seemed to move with the rhythm of the song. I thought I went unnoticed, but she turned around to face me, a gentle smile on her face. Her eyes shined white, and she seemed to speak in a way I could hear over her song.

Well hello there. I am Luna, newly risen guardian of the night. We hope you are well after the things we found in your mind. I am unfamiliar with your kind, but I take it you are happy with my help?

I slowly nodded, numb for a moment before sinking to my knees.

"Thank you... Thank you..."

I shuddered for a moment before breaking. The emotions that I had subdues for so long finally returned to me, the sorrow for what I had lost, the hope I'd regained for the future, and all of the pain of my life here. All of this and more finally broke through me and I sobbed openly. Luna reached for me, and pulled me into an embrace.

Sshh sshh sshh... There there... All will be well...

You poor soul, I have glimpsed the creatures which have tormented you throughout ages and I will tell you now that they are gone. May you have peace at last, and find your way through the darkness...

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I awoke in the forest from the previous night, my face wet with tears and yet a smile on my face. I stood up again, and continued forward, finding my way to a massive trench, spanned by a small rope bridge. I crossed it, and looked up to see a towering castle standing above me. I cautiously approached it, knocking upon the door and then lowering myself toward the ground to appear smaller to them. The door was opened by one of the ponies of this world, a dark brown stallion wearing silver armor with a blue plume. He took a single look at me before yelping and slamming the door.

I waited a moment before hearing a scuffling inside. the door was thrown open.

"Begone infernal guard! The beast you speak of is not what he seems, and besides he is our guest!'

Then I saw her. The mare of my dream who had liberated me. She was being pulled on by the guard, until they were both cut off by a firm voice calling out.

"Enough! Luna, Captain Star, what is the meaning of... this...?"

Her voice wavered by the end as she saw me in the doorway. She resembled Luna, but was somewhat taller, with a mane of cool hues and a white coat. She wore a golden chestpiece and matching a matching tiara and horseshoes. I looked down and realized that Luna was wearing a similar set, made of  black metal and colored with small moon emblems.

"Celestia remove this guard, the one at the door is our guest!"

'Celestia' calmed slightly after hearing that, though she still seemed wary of my presence.

"sister are you sure of this character?"

Luna nodded quickly.

"...well then, Captain Star remove yourself. If my sister says she trusts this being then you have no reason to halt her"

The captain blustered a bit, but quieted after looking at Celestia

Luna gave a short nod, and then waved me to walk into the castle. I stood up, spooking the guard further with my full height.

"Come, come friend! We would like to begin the spell now!"

I was confused by this, but still followed her along.

She was aware of my entire situation it seemed, as she had seen all of the brethren moons actions, and subsequently my own fractured thoughts, as she had sought to clear my mind. It was her place, as the princess of the night, to help protect the dreams of all those who lived in her and her sisters kingdom. She had recently been given the duty of watching dreams in this way, but had only recently been able to find me. As she described it, the dreamscape was a realm where all of the sentient beings of Equestria were connected, with their own little area of it. As it was, there was a massive wall of darkness around me, formed by all of the years of their haunting me. The darkness did not spread as all the other nightmares that haunted the dreamscape,  and seemed to be stuck to me. Luna actually wasn't supposed to approach my mind however, for the fact that the haze about my mind only reacted to other parts of the dreamscape when someone else attempted entrance to my mind. Luna had nearly been overwhelmed in her efforts against the moons, and had been taking a massive risk just for the fact that she had refused to abide my suffering. I blinked twice at this, before leaning down and hugging her. She looked up at me then with a sad look.

"I am merely sad about the fact that I could not help you sooner. But I do have something that may be able to make up for it somewhat"

I tilted my head in confusion, wondering what she meant. She led me into a large throneroom, clearly divided to show that there was a side for both her and her sister separately. She opened a chamber in the floor, showing a stone construct bearing six stone orbs.

"These are powerful relics, known as the elements of harmony. They are extremely powerful, and with them we were able to defeat a madgod named Dicord, who held the land in a case of eternal chaos. And with them"

She turned to face me with a confident grin, three of the orbs opening behind her.

"I have found a way to mayhaps mend your damaged form"