The night was almost unbearable for me. Voice after voice filled my mind, all talking at the same time. I couldn't understand what they were all saying to me. I covered my ears and my face with my pillow trying to block them out but it didn't work.

"Help me."

"We know that you can see us."

"Please look at us."

"Please help us."

"Help! Help!"

I toss and turn on my bed. There was nothing I could do. The voices still remained. They wouldn't stop. This wasn't the first time this had happened but it was by far the worst night.

"I can't help you. I'm sorry," I said to them. "Please leave me alone."

"Look at me. Look at me."

"Open your eyes!"

"Help us please."

I growl loudly. I was getting tired of all of this. I couldn't take it anymore. Dusty had gone too far with this and now I was going to have a say in this. I was not going to tolerate anymore. The voices continued their pleads as I sit up from the bed.

"GO AWAY!!" I screamed very loudly. I didn't even care if the whole castle heard me. "Just go away!!!"

And at that moment, the room went silent. It almost seemed unreal. It never been this quiet for weeks now. I was breathing heavily. I couldn't believe that it actually worked. I stood still for a moment, not sure what to do.

"Are you okay?" It was a little filly's voice.

I gasp and looked to the right of me. I already knew who it was. It was the same filly that I saw it the Ever Free Forest. She looked up at me and smiled. I looked at her stunned. I wasn't expecting to see her.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"I just wanted to know if you were okay."

I scoffed."I'm not."

She looked down at the floor."I know that it been hard for you. You and Discord both."

"Are you the filly that Discord mentioned?"

She nodded."I am."

"Why are you here?"

"I need help."

"With what?"

"I'm trapped here. I want to be free. All of us."

I looked at her confused. I didn't know what she meant by that. From what I heard, I guessed I assumed she only wanted Discord's help despite me seeing her.

"I don't understand."

This time she was the one to scoff. "You do. You just don't want to. I'm trapped here. I can't move on. I can't leave. Something... Someone won't let me go. "

I moved in closer to her. "Who?"

"I can't tell you that."

"Why not?" I asked firmly.

She looked around the room as if she was making sure that nopony was following her. "If I tell you that then he will know it was me and I'll never be able to be free."

"He?"

She signed sadly."Yes. But I can't say no more than that. Go to Discord. He will know."

"How would he know?"

She smiled when I asked her that. "Cause he seen him. With his power, it was easy to get him to see and to try to help me."

"I don't know what you are trying to tell me."

"Go to him and you will."

"Why don't you tell me what is going on? We could help you if you just tell me what is wrong."

"I can't. He will know?"

I groaned madly. We were getting nowhere with this. If she wanted help, she sure wasn't making it easy. I wanted answers. I been waiting too long for them. No matter how hard I tried I always seemed to get more questions than answers and now I was getting mad at that. Is she wanted my help she was going to tell me what the hell was going on with me and with Discord. I wanted to know everything and I knew she most likely had the answers that I been looking for for weeks now.

"How would he know?"

"Because... he's in your head."

I blinked confused. "What? Who's in my head?"

"The one who is really behind all of this," she answered.

I just stared at her. I didn't understand what she meant by that. Nopony was in my head. What was she talking about? She wasn't telling me everything. I knew that. She knew that but why? She was giving me bits and pieces but that wasn't enough for me. I needed to know more.

She saw the look on my face and signed sadly. "I wish that I could tell you more but I can't. Go to Discord and he'll tell you what you need to know." She down at the floor. "Please go... for me as the friend that you were once to me."

I saw the hollowness in her young eyes. Just one of the many scares on her for every time she remembered her loss always adding more cuts to her already damaged mind. None were enough to kill her, but overtime their accumulation bled her of the humanity she had once had. All that remained was the deceiving hollow soul that reflected within her marks leaving no room to see her true self anymore. It almost brought me to tears seeing all the pain she was in.

I sat down right next to her. I put my good wing around her. "Look, I want to help you. I want to help Discord and myself. And I'm sure that he wants to help you too. But we can't. Not if we don't know what is going on."

She looked up at me with hopeful eyes. "Do you know who I am?"

I gave her a small smile. "Yes I do. I really do."

"Then go to him and you will know. Just know this. Dusty isn't bad...she's just misunderstood. She really likes you. That's why she's doing this for me. We both want the same thing."

"What?" I asked.

She looked up at me and was about to say something when we both heard a strange whistle. It sounded old, catchy and harmless but something felt wrong by it. It didn't seem harmless to me. I didn't know why but I was sightly scared of it. Then a heavy metal chain dragging on the floor, followed by two heavy footsteps. I quickly realized who is was. I looked around my room but no one was there. I started breathing heavily as the sound got closer.

The filly grab on tight to one of legs and looked at me fearfully. "He's here. I have to go."

"What?! You're going to leave me?" I could hear the steps get even closer to us.

"I have no choice," she said.

"But what am I supposed to do?" I asked, a mix of fear and confusion in my voice.

"Go to him," she answered and then she disappeared.

"Wait! Don't go now!"

I looked around the room. I heard footsteps but nothing was there. It got closer and closer. I was bracing myself for the worse. Then I heard a knock on the door.

"Hello? Luna?"

I signed in relief. "Sister?"

I trotted up to the door and opened it for Celestia. Celestia looked at me with concerned in her eyes. It made me worried a little. What did she want with me? She just stood there and try to make a convincing smile.

"May I come in?" she asked.

"Yes. Of course."

I moved away and Celestia trotted into my room. I closed the door behind her.

"How are you feeling?" Celestia asked me.

"Okay... I guess."

“You guess?” she asked.

“Really. I’m fine.”

“You don’t seem fine, Luna. I heard screaming coming from in here.”

“I’m fine,” I snapped harshly. “What is it that you want so badly?”

Celestia looked down and signed. “I want to know what’s going on. You haven’t been yourself, lately and I’m getting really worry.”

Oh no. Not this again.

“Sister, you don’t have to worry about me.”

“Luna I can’t stop worrying. Not at this point. I know you’re not telling me everything.”

I looked at her very madly.”You said I didn’t have to.”

“I also said not to lie to me and I know for a fact that you have been,” she replied sternly. I could tell by her voice she was starting to get angry at me.

“I’m not lying to you,” I said more loudly.

“What happen that night?”

“I don’t remember.”

“I know that’s not true.”

“It is.”

I didn’t know why I was getting mad. I knew that this would happen. It wasn’t like she was doing anything wrong. She was doing what any other sister would do. A part of me believed that she should know but I couldn’t tell her. Of crouse, Celestia wasn’t going to drop so easily this time. We kept going back and forth fighting and yelling with each other. she wanted to know the truth and me trying to convince her to stop worrying about me. I figured that the whole castle could hear us two with how loud we were yelling. I knew very well what she wanted to know. Which only pissed me off even more. She wanted to know if Discord was involved as if that was the most important thing out of all of this. I kept trying to get her to leave but Celestia wanted to know. In her mind, she needed to know.

“Okay, Luna just stop. We need to stop fighting. We’re not getting nowhere with this,” Celestia was trying to calm down a little.

“Then leave,” I said simply.

“What happened?”

I groaned loudly and trotted to my door.”Fine. I’ll leave then.”

“Luna, wait!”

I turned around to face her.”What?!” I shouted.

“You need to tell me.” She was starting to beg for answers. I signed and started trotting out.

“I’m sorry but I don’t know.” Before I could leave, Celestia poofed in front of me causing me to step back a few steps.

“Luna, I’m not taking no for an answer.”

“Celestia move out of the way.”

She stood still and made no movement at all.”Not until you tell me.”

“Sister can you-”

I started hearing the footsteps again but I couldn't see where it was coming from or how close it was to me. Then all of a sudden the footsteps and the chain dragging on the floor stopped. That was where a terrifying thought came to mind that I hadn't thought of before.

Was he behind me?!

“Luna, are you okay?”

“Do you see anything behind me?” I asked carefully.

“Umm no. There’s nothing behind you. Why?”

“No reason.”

I started shaking even more for I could feel it presence behind me. I could hear breathing and smell the stench of blood. I could feel the sweat drench my skin, the throbbing of my own eyes, the footsteps vibrating in my ears as it closer to me, and the thumping of my heart against my chest. I couldn't hear my rapid breathing, but I could feel the oxygen flooding in and out of my lungs. Fear tortured my guts, churning my stomach in tense cramps. I stood up, shaking. I took a few steps forward, trying to found who was walking. I could hear the footsteps getting closer but I still couldn't see anything. A big part of me knew that it was standing right behind me. I had no idea what to do. There was no way I could get out of this. I was already trying to use my magic and it wasn't working. I could hear the chains rattling again as if he was getting ready to take me as another one of his prisoner. I closed my eyes preparing myself for whatever he was going to do to me.

“Luna, what’s wrong?”

I suddenly felt a grip formed around my neck as I heard a deep growl really close to my right ear. My eyes widened. I slowly moved my head to look behind me. I almost forgot that my sister was still in the room with me. How come she couldn’t see this? Discord saw the monsters I been seeing. How come celestia couldn’t see it?

“Are you sure about that?” I asked again.

“I’m sure, Luna. What is going on? What’s wrong?”

I didn’t answer her.

“Luna. What’s wrong?”

I’m coming for you.

I gasped. “Who’s there?”

I quickly turned around and looked behind me. There was nothing there. I almost questioned if there was really something there. I mean I could had just scared myself but I knew better. At this point, I knew what I saw and heard weren't not in my head. If only I could had said that to Discord and Spike. I knew very well that they were not so happy with me. Especially, Discord. I could only think of how mad he must have been at me.

“There is...nothing...here,” I said quietly to myself but I believed that Celestia heard me.

“Okay Luna. That’s enough. What is going on?!” she raised her voice.

I kept looking around the room. Not even paying attention to Celestia anymore. I knew it had to be here but where?I couldn’t hear the footsteps now and I didn’t feel anything touching me.

I’m here. I’m always watching you.

“Who said that?!”

“Who said what? Luna, who are you talking to?”

“Where are you? Show yourself!”

I’m right here. I’m always with you.

“Luna stop this.”She trotted in front of me. “What has gotten into you?”

“You’re not hearing or seeing any of this?” I asked shocked. (which was pointless since it wouldn’t be the first time that she didn’t see what I did.)

“Hearing what? You’re not making any sense.”

I knew what I needed to do. I was going to Discord. I waited long enough. He wanted to help me and I kept pushing him away from me. Not anymore. I was going to go to him and stop this once and for all. I trotted back to my bedroom door. However, Celestia followed me and grab a hold of one of my arms.

“Where do you think you’re going?” She asked. She seem confused.

“Let go.” I pulled my arm away from her. “I’m leaving. Now.”

“Wait. Can I ask you something?” She seemed more calm now suddenly. She almost sounded friendly. It kinda weirded me out.

I signed madly. “What?”

“Are you seeing things again, sister? Like before when we were younger?”

I lit up my horn and teleported away without saying anything else. It was time to go to Discord. He was the only one I could trust now.

Author's Notes:

The second to last chapter. I hope you like it. I haven't edit this a lot so there might be some mistakes.

Till next time