"It's been three weeks already... and it still feels like a dream..." Twilight hung her head as she walked next to her mentor. "How is Luna?"

"She has not left his side... She still visits him whenever she can." Celestia sighed. "She still hopes for him to wake up again, but I fear that the damage done to his mind is irreparable... even if his wounds have healed faster than anyone could have anticipated."

Not a single day. It hadn't even taken a single day for the gruesome wound in his chest to heal. Before the startled eyes of the hospital's personnel, the wound had started to close itself on the operating table within hours. It had only added to the commotion that his bloody appearance had already caused. The whole castle had been in a state of shock.

Strangely, shortly after he had been brought to the hospital, several younger ponies had come to inquire about him and if he was well. Even though neither Celestia or Luna knew how they had learned of Krieg, the visitors seemed eager for his recovery. There had even been several invitations to different dance clubs.

"Did she say anything about her visits to his mind?" Twilight asked.

"Sadly, not much..." Celestia replied. "I know that she regularly enters his mind, but she barely tells me of her visits and much less of what she has found. She told me that he was her responsibility. And I will respect that."

Twilight shook her head. "I don't understand why she would want to go back to that place. What does she hope to find there?"

Luna felt tired. The last three weeks had been exhausting for her. Seeing him lying so absolutely still, it felt so unnatural, so wrong. Not to mention her visits into his mind.

For three weeks, and untold to her sister she had entered his mind. And for three weeks, she had found herself in the endless fields of red flowers. No train appeared, no songs were sung. Even the flowers seemed still. In the distance, always waiting for her in silence lay the shattered remains of the peanut butter castle.

Not tower, no wall had remained standing; even the waffle gates had fallen apart. No matter how often she had searched the ruins, they always remained quiet and desolated. No matter where she looked or how long she stayed, Krieg was nowhere to be found.

And still, Luna refused to give up. She was not willing to accept this end.

For what felt like the hundredth time, she concentrated, and entered his mind.

A mere moment later, she had returned to the fields of blood-red flowers; and just like always, she saw the crumbled remains of the castle waiting for her in the distance.

Luna let out a sigh, for some reason she did not feel like going there today. But these endless fields of flowers, no matter how grotesque they appeared with their unmoving teeth, they gave her a strange sort of calmness. This place was almost like a home for her these days.

In the fields of blood-red flowers, Luna decided to go for a walk.

She didn't recall how long she had been here, walking quietly through the endless fields and lost in her thoughts. She remembered all the sides of his personality they had encountered; all those fractured and shattered thoughts, memories and desires.

Luna paused for a moment to look around herself, finding that her walk had taken her far into the endless plane. The peanut butter castle was nowhere to be seen. Her sad gaze traveled over the blood-red flowers surrounding her, and stopped as she noticed a small hill on the horizon. Something she had not seen before.

Luna started to walk. "Somewhere beneath these red curtains..." she whispered as her pace increased.

All around her, countless little mouths started to whisper, their quiet voices carried by an unseen current. "Beneath these red curtains..." Luna started to run.

"Somewhere beneath these red curtains..." she ran up the small slope.

"Beneath these red curtains..." the flowers started to chant.

Luna reached the top of the small hill, panting for breath as she looked into the valley below. As her gaze traveled over the valley of crimson flowers, a small smile found its way onto her face and a tear escaped one of her eyes. "You will surely find her..."

Down in the valley, a figure slowly got to his feet, a strong arm raising a deep-blue buzz axe towards the sky. "RIDE THE PONY!"

Yeah, ride the pony...

Somewhere in Canterlot castle, both Flash Sentry and Spike felt a shiver run down their backs.

Author's Note

And with that it's finally complete. Sequel will come soon, so await more glorious capslock!

Thank you all for your comments, I hope you enjoyed the ride and will continue to enjoy it as I carry it on.