“That will be all, Captain. Thank you.” As Luna received the last of her guards reports, she dismissed him.

“Your majesty.” Captain Dusk Shield gave a quick bow and left Luna’s personal chambers.

Thank goodness that is all finally said and done… Luna had been taking care of countless reports and guard rotations ever since the nights recent events. She’d also had to deal with persistent guards and doctors checking over her to ensure that she was alright. Her guards even tried to go against her orders to not reinforce the guards around her chambers, when she wanted them to look for the remaining missing guards. But with a few quick words in her royal voice, they quickly followed them.

It was both surprising and worrying, the whole ordeal, to think changelings had so easily breached their security and almost gotten away with their plans. But they were all foiled thanks to one creature. Speaking of which..

Luna brought a letter to her eyes from her desk, one she and Tia had received from Twilight earlier that day. The letter was about said creature, and of how Twilight had befriended it and her personal thoughts of it.

Dear Princess Celestia and Princess Luna,

I’ve just gotten back from visiting with the strange creature we had rescued from that object four days ago. Nurse Redheart had informed me that the creature had awoken and I just had to visit it immediately! My friends also accompanied me, and the creature was not afraid of us. We learned that its name is Radel Endorian and it holds a title of Commodore, meaning it’s possibly part of some military.
We were also dumbfounded when we learned that it was not of our world! Apparently that object we rescued it from was some form of ship it used to travel here from another planet!!! Imagine the scientific breakthroughs it could help us achieve with that kind of technology! Oh, sorry… back on topic.
So after a short conversation with the creature, there is still much more for us to learn from it, however I feel it has no ill intentions towards us. I’ve agreed for it to return to its ship to get a meal of its own diet, and so it can make itself more presentable. There is more I’d love to tell you about Radel but I feel it’d be easier to do so at our meeting! When would you like us to make our way to Canterlot for the meeting? I eagerly await your reply.

~Princes Twilight Sparkle

After rereading the letter once again, Luna still couldn’t believe what it contained. The mysterious creature was not only something not from their planet, but was also technologically advanced. As she thought more about the creature, an idea appeared in her mind, what are it’s dreams like. Does it even dream…

Making up her mind, Luna made her way towards her bed, setting the letter and report back on her desk. She laid down on her bed, getting comfortable, preparing to cast a spell she had used countless times before. As she closed her eyes, she focused on Radel as he laid in deep sleep. Lets find out!

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As Radel opened his eyes again, he was surrounded by nothing other than empty space. He continued to look around, trying to find something. Suddenly a voice caught his attention.

“We should’ve never encouraged him!”

Following the sound of the voice, Radel saw his mother with his father, engaging in a heated argument.

“There was no way for us to know his ship would experience a malfunction like that! You heard the test results your self honey, it should have been safe…” Radel’s father looked at the ground between him and his mother.

Radel tried to move towards them but found he was unable to do so. No matter how hard he tried, his legs wouldn’t respond.

“I can’t believe our baby is gone…” Radel’s mother brought her hands to her face, as she began to weep in grief.

“I know…” Radel’s father went to his mother, embracing her as he too began to weep in grief.

But I am here! Look, over here!!! But no matter how hard Radel tried, he couldn’t get their attention towards him. They seemed to never hear his voice and he was unable to move his legs. Suddenly his parents were gone and he was back on the bridge of his ship when the warp core malfunctioned.

“Commodore, we’ve been removed from warp, but the warp core malfunction has caused the power core to go critical!” Athene’s voice brought him out of his daze of surprise.

“Athene, is there anything we can do?!” Radel asked this, as he began trying to exhaust the excess energy to prevent the power core from going critical.

“No Commodore, its too late, I suggest-” Suddenly Athene was cut out as the power core overloaded and caused the entire ship to turn into a massive explosion in space.

The next thing Radel knew, he was in the black void again, but now his parents were replaced with some of his best friends. Another depressing scene of them reacting to his accident played before him. Make it stop!!! Radel closed his eyes and began shaking his head, hoping it would somehow end these nightmares.

Unknown to Radel, another being had entered his mind, seeing what nightmares plagued his sleep…

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Luna stood frozen in place, as she gazed at the sight before her. The creature known as Radel Endorian was having terrible nightmares which appeared to be related to his ship and what she could only assume were his friends and family. It seemed that he had been in this nightmare for some time, for he was begging for it to end.

Feeling great pity for Radel, Luna used her magic to end his nightmares as they went to another death scenario of him aboard his ship. She brought them to a beautiful field under the night sky. Radel was surprised when he was suddenly in a much more relaxing environment and finally realized Luna’s presence.

“Princess Luna? What are you doing here?” Radel was genuinely confused as to why he would dream of her, when he knew hardly anything about her.

“As keeper of the night, one of my other duties is ensuring my subjects enjoy their wonderful slumber. And it seems you need it more than most, come.” Luna beckoned for Radel to follow her as she began to trot away.

He obeyed and began to follow Luna, asking her another question. “So if you are able to watch over others dreams, why mine? I’m not exactly one of your subjects let alone one of your kind.”

Luna turned to Radel with a genuine smile on her face, “You are indeed neither, but curiosity got the better of me. I wanted to know if a creature like you dreamed at all, and if so, of what.” Then Luna’s expression turned into one filled with concern as she stopped and fully turned towards Radel. “Though it seems that you needed my aid, it is not healthy for one to suffer from such nightmares.”

Radel noticed that they had stopped beside a tree on a small hill amongst the field. That was rather quick, though I guess I am dreaming. “Well I thank you for your help Luna, the change of scenery is definitely more enjoyable. I assume you helped rid my mind of the nightmares I was just experiencing?”

Luna nodded and took a seat beside the tree, patting the spot next to her with a hoof. “Sit, let us discuss what troubles you so much. It will help relieve your mind of stress and allow you to sleep more peacefully.”

Accepting her offer, Radel took a seat beside the princess, leaning his back against the tree for more comfort. “I’m sure you know the whole story about me not being from this world, right?” He turned to look at Luna as he asked this.

“Yes, I am familiar with it. My sister and I had received a letter from Princess Twilight earlier that contained most of the details you had shared with her.” Luna brought her gaze to the beautiful sky above them.

Radel joined her in gazing up at the stary sky, finding some comfort in it, helping him to relax from his recent nightmares. “Well, unfortunately, what allowed my ship to reach your world is completely destroyed, unable to be repaired. And this is not the coordinates everyone was expecting me to reach, so I won’t be found...” As he said this, a stray tear fell across his right cheek. I’ll never see my family or friends ever again...

Luna saw this, and she gently took one of her hooves and wiped it away. “So you are unable to return to your home, to see those you held close to your heart again?” Luna felt a new form of pity for Radel with this new information.

Radel switched his gaze from the night sky to the ground as his mood became more depressed. “Yes, my family and friends...They’ll never see me or I them ever again.”

Luna put a hoof on his shoulder, an expression of nothing other than compassion and understanding on her face. “I understand that you must feel terrible about this, but you should not let such thoughts trouble you. You never know if they have a way to track your ship here, and, there are friends for you here.”

Turning his gaze back to Luna, Radel looked into her eyes and knew immediately what she meant. “I thank you, Twilight, and her friends gift of friendship. I appreciate it immensely.”

What Luna did next surprised him, she got closer and hugged him tightly. What one would do to comfort a lifelong friend or loved one. After the initial shock, Radel returned the gesture, finding great comfort in the fact that he would not be alone in this world. But then Radel heard something he was not expecting, he could hear a quiet sniffle coming from the princess. Gently leaving her comforting embrace, he could see that she was starting to cry a little.

Seeing that he noticed her small emotional outbreak, Luna quickly began hiding her face slightly. “I’m terribly sorry about that Radel, I didn’t mean to get emotional there…”

Smiling a little at this, Radel gently patted her shoulder. “It’s alright Luna, I’m flattered my predicament even worried you as much. It also lightens the mood to know that the princess of the night can get ‘emotional’.” Radel began lightly laughing at this, hoping the small joke would help get the situation to turn more positive.

After Radel said this, Luna began to blush deeply, feeling rather embarrassed now that he brought up that point. “There’s nothing wrong with a princess showing emotion every now and then!” She tried to sound serious but even she couldn’t keep the laughter out of her voice.

Seeing that Luna was now out of her saddened state, he looked back into the night sky. “No more sad talk, lets just enjoy the beautiful night.”

Luna brought a hoof to her eyes to wipe away the tears that remained with a smile, looking up into the night sky with him. “Yes, lets do that.”

As time passed, Radel’s eyes began to close. Luna’s intervention had brought him great comfort, and he felt once again relaxed as the world disappeared around him...

Author's Note

Sorry for the delay in this chapter being posted! I've had a lot of family issues pop up and make it hard for me to have time to work on the story. So I apologize if this chapter seems a little rushed. Regardless, expect the next chapter to be ready sometime next week!