Prince of spirits, trainee of love

Rising felt the usual swarm of pain, suffering, and sadness as he moved the next spirit through the portal on the left. "You could stop this you know, you could let me take control, and never feel the pain of loss as you guide these spirits." Haunting murmured in his ear.

"No. I know you Haunting. You would simply turn all threats into ghosts and rule Equestria under an iron hoof." Rising Moon replied as he felt the calmness of moving a spirit through the portal on the right.

"I would never....... Whatever your choice, I will be waiting. Do not expect a pleasant dream tonight." Haunting whispered before retreating back into the depths of Rising's psyche.

"I never do....."

Celestia and Luna huddled in their hiding spot behind Rising's door. "You know what to do sister." Celestia muttered.

"Yes, but it pains me to invade my brother's mind." Luna replied miserably. "But I will if it means we can help him.

THAT NIGHT...........................

Luna let herself drift into unconciousness and searched through the many doors of the dream world. Luna searched for a door that told her it was her brother. When she found the door, though, she was terrified to see chains locking the door and screams echoing from inside. She cautiously opened the door with her magic and peered inside. It was pitch black with only a single light source off in the distance. She ran towards it, cloaking herself in shadow so she could watch the dream.

Suddenly she heard a deep voice similar to her brother's, yet full of menace. "This will be your fate, Rising Moon, forever trapped in MY mind, when I finally take over. You can do nothing but watch as all your loved ones dissapear forever."

Luna finally found the mysterious voice and nearly screamed. First, it showed the castle, but in ruins, the walls crumbled and aflame. Second she saw a shadowy version of her brother, with a translucent body. And finally she saw the worst thing. Rising, Celestia, and herself chained together, both her and her sister dead, with their ghosts standing nearby. Luna couldn't stand it, she threw off her shadow cloak and started charging her horn.

"Sister don't it-" Rising yelled.

She let go, hitting the ghostly form of her brother in the chest. When she looked up she saw him draw towards her, no injuries to be seen.

"Why, hello. You must be Princess Luna. Honestly you were much better in your nightmare form. I am Haunting Spirit." he said. "It's great your here, actually. I can show dear Rising here what will happens when you mess with my plans." A pure black glow appeared on Haunting's horn, him charging a spell.

He let the spell loose, yet before it could even move an inch Luna had dissappeared, waking up.

AWAKE..................

Luna gasped and ran towards her sister's room, hooves shaking, tears streaming down her face. She knocked rapidly on the door and Celestia opened it to see her sister shaking in fear, tears covering her face.

"LUNA! Calm down and tell me what happened." Celestia said, drawing her into a hug.

It took 10 minutes before she calmed down, and she told her sister everything. Celestia trembled many times during the story before it was over. "This....... is..... bad......" Celestia said slowly, calming herself. "What do we do?"

They heard the door open and there stood Rising, hooves trembling. "We can do nothing."