"Charlie boy, I can not, for the life of me, understand why your dreams were so chaotic, that if we were to put them to scale they would make even my fur stand on end." Discord sighed as he leaned back into his chair beside the Dark Alicorns bed within the infirmary.

Midnight had awoken a short while after Luna had been sent to her room, as Discord was running some chaotic tests on him. One such causing him to start sneezing non stop for a good five minutes before finally waking up and gasping for air from the attack. As he lay there silently in his bed though, he spoke no words and moved only his eyes as he looked from the Draconequus to random spots around the room. Sometimes closing his eyes and letting out a sorrowful sigh of his own.

After a while of having a one way conversation with the Alicorn though, Discord began to get impatient with the adequate lack of response he was receiving from him and decided to push a little.

"Midnight, you know I'm here for you if you need me, right?" Discord spoke out hesitantly as he placed a paw on his shoulder. Midnight moving his head slightly to look at his friend a little better. The first sign of movement that he had given since his awakening.

Discord gave a soft smile for a moment, feeling better as he now knew that his friend was well enough to move and even look at him directly. Watching though for a moment as Midnights mouth began to quiver slightly as he attempted to speak out, but only air came.

"Can you speak up dear boy, I do say that I'm having a hard time hearing you speak." Discord smirked slightly as he manifest a small ear horn and placed the end into his ear while the other nearly surrounded Midnights head. The only problem that came next was what the Dark Alicorn said that the Draconequus heard next.

"Kill...... me."

It was fainter than a whisper, yet as loud as an atomic bomb. Shocking the God of Chaos so abruptly that he literally dropped the horn from his grasp, his color drained in a non comical manner, and his head turned slowly toward his dearest friend as he looked to the expression of complete sadness, plastered across his face. This was the look that one would give when they've not only lost everything they ever loved in life, but remembered nothing but the most horrible of deeds that they had committed along the way. It was, his final plea.

"Tia, we must speak with haste." Luna stated quickly as she galloped over to her sister as she was walking through the castles garden.

Although the weather was beautiful and the castles garden in perfect bloom. It did nothing for the princess of the sun as she took a seat on a large pillow laying beneath a beautiful cherry blossom tree next to a small pond. The scene, although sureal, did not help her with her thoughts on everything she had witnessed within Midnights mind. If only, making it seem worse than what it was.

As the princess of the night came to her side to take a seat, the sun princess gave her sister a saddened smile, feeling almost, pitiful. At first it was about how her sister had to endure a thousand years alone on the moon when she had been banished. But then, it came back to her ten fold. Questions began to pile up within herself as she continued to look at her sister. Why did she send her to the moon without trying to further talk to her. Could there have been other ways to prevent those years of banishment? So many questions began to pile up that she only came back to reality once Luna was shaking her roughly.

"CELESTIA! Are you alright?" Luna shouted as she shook her sister, causing her to blink several times before giving a soft smile.

"I'm fine my dear sister. Now then, what did you want to speak with me about?" She asked, while giving a slightly warmer smile than before.

"It is about Midnight. I was just with him in the infirmary, and Discord was there, dream walking with him. I joined in to find out something terrible." She began, causing her sisters ears to perk up as she concentrated harder on what her sister was speaking about.

"I wasn't sure what was going on, but in the end it turns out that some dreamlings and soul eaters had combined and were tearing away at Midnight from within. I fear the worst Tia, and now that I have seen your temporary lapses as well, I fear that you may be afflicted with them as well." She stated causing Celestia to give a worried expression.

"Afflicted? But how?" She asked.

"One of the beings stated that they were locked away within his memories, and that you released them. I fear that once you experienced those memories, the creatures somehow entered your mind as well."

Celestia just sat there in shock for a moment before worry began to overtake her once more, causing panic to set in and making her breath a little faster.

"Tia, please calm yourself. We need to address this quickly, because if we do not, you could very well end up becoming a husk from having all of those creatures within you, eating at your very being." Luna stated as she pulled her almost hyperventilating sister into a warm hug.

Celestia hugged back weakly as she began to bring her breathing under control. Luna, giving a worried smile in return as she squeezed her sister a little harder into the hug, only to make her giggle.

"Are you really that worried about me little sister?" Tia asked as she pulled back to look at her sister.

"Yes, and do not make light of the situation. We need to remedy this as soon as possible. I can already tell that these things are afflicting you as well from your demeanor alone." Luna began as she pulled away from her sister.

"I have felt a bit different since taking in all of my husbands memories. But I highly doubt that such a lowly creature could afflict me." She stated in slight awe. "How could they have been hiding inside Midnights memories though?"

"Sister, they were part of a trap." Luna began, causing her sister to look at her once more. "Remember when he attacked that pony in the seller of that old abandoned home? The book that lay on the table was atuned to that creature and had a fail safe spell attached to it. It released creatures into Midnight as soon as he attacked him. But they did not activate right away for some reason, although I will soon find out why." Luna stated, putting on a serious expression as she got to her hooves and began to march back toward the infirmary.

"What?! How could you ask me to do something like that?! I could never...." Discord began as he backed away from the Dark Alicorn slightly. "No, I refuse to believe that you would truly want me to just... kill you." He huffed, crossing his arms as his glared slightly at Midnight.

"Discord..." Midnight spoke softly, but just above a whisper. "I... have done so many terrible things... hurt so many people... taken so many lives... I deserve nothing less than death. Please... release me from this torment. As my friend... grant me mercy."

Mercy... The worlds fell upon the God of Chaos like nothing he had ever experienced before. He was meant to cause chaos, not grant mercy. Even if he wanted to help his friend though at that moment. He would have to look the other way. He was forbidden from taking life directly, lest he lose his eternal powers and life permanently. It was the only condition that he would have to follow for all of eternity. Taking a life indirectly though, was possible. But how could he do that at this moment, or would he even attempt it considering the being that he would be killing was his own best friend.

Discord sat back in his chair, thinking hard as the time continued to tick on, yet, it wasn't long before Luna had returned to check on her brother-in-law to see about something she felt she needed to do in order to help the Alicorn. As she walked through the door of the room, her attention fell upon the Dark Alicorn as his attention turned toward her. She immediately bolted over to him, pulling him into a warm embrace.

"Midnight, I'm so happy to see you finally awake!" She spoke out in a broken tone. The worry alone from knowing what had happened within his mind, eating at her as well.

"Luna..." He spoke softly, causing her to pull back from him as she smiled. "Kill... me..." The words caused her color to drain, and turn her once happy expression into something so saddened that it would have broken the hearts of anyone who would have been watching at that moment.

"Midnight?! Why..." She began, thinking about what had all just recently happened to the Dark Alicorn, and finally coming to a conclusion. "Please, a moment if you will." She quickly stated, pulling away from his grasp as she opened a small portal and pulled out the glass container which held the dreamling slash soul eater. She glared at it for a moment as she began to speak.

"What has your kind done to this being?" She shouted in anger, only to make the creature tilt its head for a moment as it looked from her to the Dark Alicorn laying silently on the bed. It grinned widely as its eyes narrowed, letting loose a small cackle.

"Kee hee hee, so this is the being that my bretherin and I feasted upon." It snickered. "His dreams, and soul, were quite delectable. I do so wish to return to his mind to continued my feast." It smiled evilly.

"I will not ask again you vile creature!" Luna shouted as she rapidly shook the jar, causing the creature to bounce around the jar, smacking against its sides with tremendous force.

"Stop! Stop! I will tell you!" It shouted, pleading for the princess of the night to stop its torment. As the jar came to a halt, the creature within swirled around for a moment, slowing to a stop as it began to take form once again. "Your, friend, has had much of his soul eaten away, along with much of his more, pleasant, dreams." It smirked. "I still remember the taste." It continued to grin. "His soul has been severely damaged through numerous attacks from my fellow kin, and will not be easy to return to what it once was. If I were you, I would just let me go and let me finish him off as quickly as possible. To ease his suffering and put him out of his misery." It smiled wickedly as it pressed up against the side of its jar, literally salivating at the thought of finishing the Dark Alicorns soul and dreams.

"You shall not continue hurting him you vile creature. But you will tell me how to help him to return to normal. Should you refuse though, well, your punishment will be far more severe than anything you could imagine." Luna spat as she shook the jar one rough time, making the force field inside of it sharply shock the creature and make him yell out in pain.

"You talk big, but can you really torture me in order to get the information you request?" It snickered seeing the apprehension in the Night Princess' face.

Discord gave a low growl as he slithered up to Luna, His eyes flickering wildly in the the rooms dim light. Pressing his talon to the jar he sent a bolt of chaos magic through it causing the creature to scream out in such pain that one would think it was dieing a horrid death. After a few seconds, he pulled the talon away causing the creature to slowly reform, giving a look of utter shock as it stared at the God of Chaos.

"Does that answer your question?" Discord snapped, causing the creature to recoil.

"A-alright..... fine." It choked out as the numbness from the shock began to subside. "I'll tell you. But you need to remember one thing. This, will not be easy."

"Your friends soul has been partially consumed. Bits and pieces of it, here and there. It looks a little like swiss cheese now." It chuckled. "My bretherin and I were almost half way into our feast before this monstrosity showed up, killing us all off before we could chance an escape." It grumbled as it glared toward Discord.

"Luckily I was spared their fate. But my imprisonment is looking to be no better than death." It sighed.

"Get on with it creature, we do not have the leisure to stand idly by while our friend suffers." Luna growled as she glared at the creature within the jar.

"Fine, but you won't like it." It grumbled. "To save your friend, you must make him accept that everything he did in the past, was just. That will save his mind, but his soul..." It trailed off humming for a moment as it slowly turned to Discord. "His soul will have to heal on its own."

"How long will that take?" Discord asked, glaring toward the creature.

"I have no clue." It cackled. "Every being is different, so they all will heal differently, inside and out." It trailed off, smiling evilly. "However, the Necronomicon could aid in healing his soul, should you obtain it."

At this, Luna and Discord gave a look of uncertainty as the glanced from the creature to the dark Alicorn that lay in the bed next to them. Midnight only laying there and staring at the ceiling, looking for a reason to continue on, but failing.