The long hallway was so quiet. A dead silence that left a ringing in your ears as you hoped that something would break it and fill your ears with at least some audible tone. The alabaster Alicorn stood silently outside the door to her subconscious, worry plastered across her entire frame as the screaming had come to a halt from the other side of the door. She reached out with her magic, unlocking the door and slowly pulling it open, swallowing hard as it gave an eery creak.

Once the door was being pulled open, she gave a gasp, stepping back in shock and letting the door fall the rest of the way open as the human on the other side fell backwards from his sitting position, onto the floor with a soft thud. His eyes were closed, his features very pale, and he was shaking gently.

"Oh no....." Celestia squeaked out in fear, knowing as to what she had done.

The human had taken on Celestias monsters, and lost. Eons worth of memories about the evils relating to the Necronomicon had literally attacked the humans mind. She thought he was ready, that his mind could withstand the torment that she had endured over that time. But his mind had faltered, failing to take in and comprehend all of the details. He had spoke of the ravages of war on his world, of the things he had seen and done. In comparison, it sounded so much worse than what the sun Goddess had seen within her lifetime. However, she had failed to think of the one thing that the human had already realized.

This world was considered a fantasy within his world, a work of fiction that wasn't real. But now, having lived here and experienced all that he now knows. What he has done, and come to love. What he has come to realize as his new reality of non-fiction. These evils that were within this world were real, and now far more terrifying than anything that the young human could ever think to be reality.

Taking swift action, the queen gathered the human up and closed the door, silently cursing herself for even considering letting the human take a hold of even a fraction of her memories. 'He is far too young to experience what she has. His mind was never ready, and now, She may have literally broken him in a way that no method of love or magic could ever mend.

Reappearing back in the living world once again, Celestia looked down to see the human laying silently on his back within the bed. His features the same as to what was within her mind just moments ago. Taking a moment to gather him up within a levitation spell, she quickly teleported to her sisters room, startling the night princess as she was reading.

"Sister, What is wrong?" Luna asked just before seeing the human float over to her and being carefully sat onto the floor next to her.

"Luna..." Celestia began, fear evident in her voice.

The princess of the night looked toward her sister with worry, as she never spoke to her by first speaking her name. It would always be 'sister', or 'my dear', but never her name unless it was something of importance.

"I need your help..." She trailed off as Luna looked the human over for a moment. "I am afraid that I have possibly scarred my love to the point of near death. Why...?" She cursed herself as she clenched her eyes shut, trotting a few steps away. "Why did I give in to him and let him see those memories?!" She growled softly to herself.

"Tia, what memories, what are you talking about?" Luna asked, giving another worried glance back to the human, pausing for a moment as she noticed his eyes moving behind their lids.

"I... gave in and let him see the memories I have accumulated over time involving the Eldritch Necronomicon." She sighed seeing her sister flinch.

"Tia! Have you gone mad?! To let one so young know those horrors...." She looked back to the human who still lay silently on the bed, pausing as she noticed something frightening. At the corners of his eyes were the glowing purple mist that only comes to those who let anger and hatred become part of them, over-take them to the point of fueling them. Celestia paused as well once she noticed her sister taking a little longer to glance at the human than she would care to admit.

"No... NO! We must wake him!" Celestia shouted as she began to quickly move to the bed again but stopped as Luna moved to in front of her.

"Sister, stop! He is currently dreaming, you should not have to worry currently. If he is truly in a dream state, then let me walk with him. I will try to soothe his mind, body, and spirit within. Please... give me a chance to aid you. I owe you that much, as well as he." Luna smiled softly toward her elder sister, the alabaster Alicorn still holding the tense expression of worry. Giving an nervous swallow, she nodded.

"Please be aware Luna, he has seen my memories alone about that cursed book and the actions taken by those who used it. Those memories are not for the faint of heart."

"I understand, and I will do my best to guide him safely back without further injuring his mind. But should I not be able to, you will need to use...." She paused as her sister held up a hoof.

"I know... but please let us not think of that option. It will, and always will be, our last resort." Celestia sighed as she mulled over that particular method.

"Very well then, let us begin." Luna stated softly as her horn glowed brightly.

In a flash of light, the night princess appeared silently within Charles dream, and immediately regretted it upon seeing her surroundings. All around her stood the Everfree Forest, the canopy of the trees high above blocking out almost all light from the now blood red sky. The tree loomed all around her with vines that seemed to sway in a silent wind. The ground looked baron and lifeless as a dull gray stone.

"Where are you?" She spoke softly to herself as she looked around before willing herself to high above the forest to get a better view.

Once she had reappeared above the forest she looked around to see that the forest was not just a forest, but a floating island covered in plant life. But the strange thing about it was that, below the floating island, was nothing. Just a black void of nothingness as far as the eye could see.

As she turned about within the air above the island she noticed a small area that was barren of trees and plant life within the forest below. In the center of the small field stood a single being. But all around it seemed to be a shifting haze that moved about on its own.

"I wonder...." The princess of the night trailed off as she silently flew down to the just above the area in question. Halting in her flight she looked down to see that all around the being were spectral scenes of ponies being played out. The being in the center of the small field, a human named Charles that was slowly spinning on the spot and staring outward to the scenes that were playing before him. His expression that of anger, hatred, and rage, his eyes taking on the same effect that was being shown in the waking world.

Luna floated silently on the spot for a short time, watching the dream play out so that she could have a better chance at understanding what the humans mind was going through. After several minutes, the human stopped spinning, pausing to stare at a scene in front of him. One that would haunt Luna for along time.

There, before the human, floated a large ornate book that could only be known as the Necronomicon. Its binding wrapped in the leather skin of an unknown animal, while the cover had what seemed to be a sleeping face of a demon like creature on it.

The book floated closer to the human as Luna also began to get closer, listening silently as she could hear whispers quietly talking all around her. As she got closer, she noticed that the books mouth was actually moving, speaking in a tongue unfamiliar to her.

"Aperi mihi, quia prohibiti, unum scio, et uti a corruptione adducere." It spoke out softly, repeating the phrase after a few seconds once again.

Luna watched for another minute before giving a worried expression as she watched the humans hand slowly begin to raise toward the book. Without giving a second thought she bolted down to the human and smacked the book away with a wing.

The book halted a short distance away as its eyes flew open, its mouth opening quickly and bellowing out. "Quid ergo? Ausus mea iura invadat?"

"Charles, you must wake up. I fear that you may be under a spell from that accursed book." She spoke out, shaking the human gently to try and revive him. His eyes were half closed, his expression still that of rage as he seemed to stare straight through the princess of the night. That was of course until a hoof met him across the face, causing the entire dream they were both in to visibly begin to disolve.

"One more and he should wake up." Luna stated as she reared back, sending a hoof out and hitting the human square in the face. The world began to quickly darken, enveloping everything in sight. Lunas horn lit up just as quickly, making her vanish right before the darkness took hold.

Luna awaoke with a loud gasp as she looked around the room. Celestia jumping slightly upon hearing her sister awaken and coming over to her.

"Luna, were you..." She trailed off as the human quickly bolted upright on the bed, also startling Luna and making her jump away.

"Charles... are you ok?" Celestia asked softly as she closed in on the bed, pausing as she noticed the purple mist still coming from his eyes.

"I'm fine... just.... just had a bad dream is all." He groaned slightly rubbing his face as he scooted to the edge of the bed, heaving himself up and walking silently to the bathroom.

"Was that mist still..." Luna asked, pausing as she watched her sister nod.

"I am afraid so. We must do what we can to ensure that his rage remains in check. We do not need another monarch that wishes to enslave his kingdom like Sombra once did."

"I understand." Luna sighed, thinking back to the time that she and her sister had imprisoned the mad stallion in the permafrost.

After giving the human a few minutes to himself in the bathroom, Celestia quietly came up to the door, knocking on it gently as she spoke.

"Charles... Are you alright?" She asked in worry.

"I'll be fine..." He spoke out gruffly. "I... I just need to relax right now... too much stress... from these memories." He sighed out as the white Alicorn heard the sound of a small splash.

"May I come in?" She asked.

"Yea..." He replied.

The sun Goddess silently pressed through the door and into the bathroom to see the human sitting silently in the over-sized tub, steam rising from the hot water that was held within as the human lay against its rim, his arms to either side of him and his head laying back onto the cool tile. As she pressed closer, she noticed that the purple mist was now gone from one of his eyes, but remained on the other. Trotting slightly around the tub, she spoke out.

"May I join you? I'm sure that I could help to ease your pain." She smile softly to him, he giving one in return as he nodded.

The Alicorn quickly removed her regailia and crown before slowly pressing into the tub, humming softly at how warm the water was as she slid across the tub and nuzzled the human lovingly. He wrapping his arms gently around her neck and kissing her forehead as he spoke.

"Tia... I'm... sorry about forcing you to give me those memories. Had I known that they were as bad as they were, I would never have demanded such a thing. Next time, if there is a next time, you have permission to buck me upside the head." He chuckled softly.

"Very well, but you must do me a favor in the meantime." She paused, looking up to him as he looked down to her in askance. "Do not let your anger and hatred rule your decisions and actions. Sombra did this a long time ago, and became a terrible force that enslaved his kingdom." She sighed for a moment, clenching her eyes shut. "If you should do what he did... I do not know if I would have the strength to stop you or not... I love you dearly, and so does everypony else. Never forget that we are here for you, no matter the circumstance."

The human pulled back giving her a soft smile, then pulling her into a loving hug as he spoke. Each word causing the mist from his eye to slowly recede into nothingness. "Tia, you have nothing to worry about. I would never hurt anypony on purpose, especially you or those that I care for. I was just angry because of those things that happened." He paused pulling back and giving her a determined smile. "And you can damn well guarantee that I will do everything within my power to stop that evil book from causing any more harm to this world."

"I hope so." She whispered, nuzzling into his chest some more. "But I hope that it does not drive you insane... like so many others." She trailed off, holding the human a little tighter as the memories of the past ran through her mind.