There was no point in trying to fight it, Issac had learnt that many years ago when the nightmares first began to plague him.
Every night without fail, he was forced to watch the same things.

The same faces.
The same screams.
The same slaughter.

Just like he had been doing for many years, Issac sat with his wolf spirit and watched as once again, everyone he ever knew was butchered,
knowing full well he was powerless to stop it. After so much time, the young lycan had grown numb to the pain the images brought.

"You know young cub, I would not mind your company so much, if there was something that could be done about your subconscious' choice of scenery." The large wolf soul said to it's partner in deep growls and barks, Issac's mind translating as he spoke.

"Well you live in my mind don't you? Why don't you do something about it?" Issac replied.

"You know why I cannot do that. A spirit's role is to lend our strength, skill and wisdom. Not to play head doctor." Replied the spirit as it stood and stretched before laying back down.

"Yeah I know, ancient laws as old as time, to break them would mean our destruction, stop repeating what I say in that annoying voice." Issac said, adding a growl in his voice to imitate his partner.

This of course earned him a slap on the head from the canine's tail.

"Watch yourself cub, lest I use you as my new chew toy." The large spirit replied, though he had a large grin, showing that the banter was all in fun.

"Sorry." Issac answered with a chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head.

Suddenly the spirit raised it's head and swiveled it's ears back and forth.
"It would seem that our visitor has returned once more." The wolf said with a menacing growl.

"Wait." Issac said as he placed his hand on the back of his partner's neck and rubbed it through the spirit's ethereal fur. "Let her stay."

"What?!?" Replied the wolf, obviously displeased with Issac's decision.

"Just for now, I'm curious as to why she's so persistent." Issac informed his partner before standing. "Of course some new company couldn't hurt as well." He added with a chuckle.

"There you are." Luna said to herself as she once again found the horrid dream she had discovered the night before.
Making sure to be more careful, the night regent masked her presence as best she could, lest she once again be discovered by the dreamer's 'friend'.

"Looking for something your highness?" The young man said from his spot, leaning against the ruins of what was once a blacksmith.

She of course failed miserably.

Startled, Luna jumped away from his sudden appearance, and straight into the furry side of the very being she was trying to avoid.
Very slowly, Princess Luna looked up and locked eyes with the fearsome creature. She began to back away slowly as it revealed it's teeth and growled at her.

"He says hello. Well not exactly hello, but I'm pretty sure you'd rather hear that than what he really said." Issac said to her as Luna took uneasy glances between the two before clearing her throat and regaining her composure.

"Yes well, greetings to you both." Greeted the princess.

"To you as well your highness." Issac said with a bow. "So to what do I owe the pleasure of a second visit from you?" He questioned.

Luna just stared at him before sweeping her hands, obviously indicating towards the destruction and carnage that was Issac's dreamscape.

"Oh yes, that." Issac said as he looked around.

"Do, pray tell, tell me how it is that such a condition of ones mind could simply just be shrugged off as if nothing were happening?" The lunar diarch questioned.

"I... Don't really know." Issac answered as he slid his back down the wall until he was sitting. "Just something you get used to over the years I guess?" He continued.

"Years?!?" Luna exclaimed. "Why would you not see a professional to aid you with these night terrors? Such a thing cannot be healthy."
She questioned the young man.

"That's a little difficult since if I were to open up to anyone, the legion would come that same day to drag me off to some dungeon to await execution." Issac replied, looking up and locking eyes with Luna.

To say that the princess was shocked by this would have been an understatement.
"Why would they do such a thing? Surely you would not be executed for suffering night terrors?"

"It's not the dreams that I would be executed for, but what they would reveal about me." Issac informed her as he stood back up, his large partner walking over to his side.

"And what might they reveal about you Issac?" Luna asked him, carefully readying her magic for an escape if she needed it.

Slowly, Issac turned back to her, revealing golden eyes in place of where his normal ones were. "That I survived being branded a monster."

Once again, Luna was suddenly ejected from his mind, this time with enough force to make her fall out of her throne.

"Was that really necessary? It's almost time to wake up anyway." Issac questioned his partner.

"Hush and let me have my fun while I still can cub."

Author's Note

Sorry for the long wait, my life has been pretty busy so there's not going to be a lot of steady uploads from me for a while, but I shall release chapters as I'm able to.