Princess Luna walked through the Dreamscape, looking for a nightmare which belonged to a certain Human. Ever since Mordecai had defeated Tirek, which she and her sister were surprised to hear, he had stayed in his ship and refused to come out. His dreams, which Luna had never seen when he first came to Equis, were now available to her. The only problem was that she could not see into or enter his dreams, which was blocked by what she assumed to be his Light, which protected Mordecai's mind from mental attacks. For the past week Mordecai had nothing but extremely vivid nightmares, which was signaled by the dark aura coming from his dreams.

She had went out and called for Rain instead of Mordecai, which he answered and had somewhat explained why Mordecai had shut himself off. The Guardian somehow had regained his memories of his past life, which had mentally and emotionally shut him down. Rain told her how he had lost his mind, refusing to sleep in the dark and becoming extremely jumpy. The only time he would sleep was when he would pass out from exhaustion. This greatly worried Luna, but she could not do anything to physically help without startling him.

That left her with one option; Attempt to brute-force herself into his dream to dispel the nightmares. Channeling her Magic, Luna touched the dream portal with her horn and closed her eyes as she forced her way into his dream. Air whipped pass her her, causing Luna to open her eyes. She was on a road, with rusted metal contraptions around her. They had become victims of time, covered in moss and weeds. They were lined to her left and right, creating a path forward for her. Following it, she heard a voice whispering. Coming around a corner, she saw Mordecai, on his knees, rocking back and forth. His armor was gone, and he wore what she assumed to be casual wear.

"Mordecai?" She called out to him, but he didn't respond. Walking around to face him, she recoiled in shock at what she saw. There was a smaller human Mordecai cradled in his arms, but that was not what startled her. What startled her was that the smaller human's flesh and mane had burned away, leaving a skull. Mordecai did not seem to notice this or Luna, for continued to rock the body back and forth while muttering something.

She channeled Magic into her horn and probed the body, but that was not the source of the nightmare. Perplexed, Luna wondered where the source was when she felt a presence behind her. Whipping her head around, she was face to face with The Darkness. The knowledge of what it was surprised her.

As she stared into the Void that was its eyes, her gaze did not waver. Instead, her Magic washed over it, confirming that it was the source. She didn't hesitate in banishing it, blasting away the entity and ending the nightmare.

The scenery changed, and Luna was surrounded by the familiar sight of the inside of Mordecai's ship. Turning back to the human, the body was gone and Mordecai stood up, confused.

"Luna? How did you get in here?" He asked her. She created a dream-construct of a pillow and sat down on it.

"Mordecai, we are in your dream. You have been having nightmares for a while now and I decided it was time to intervene, so I came here and banished it. Tis my job to, after all I am the Princess of the Night."

"Oh, well thanks." He walked around, looking at his surroundings. "So this is a dream huh?"

"Mordecai, Rain told me you got your memories back." Seeing his face tense, Luna continued. "I do not know what happened, but I do know that it was bad enough to send you into isolation. I want you to know that everypony is here for you. You do not have to go through this alone."

He took a deep breath and looked back at her. "Luna, I've seen so many things since my first revival that I thought that I had seen it all. No Guardian completely remembers their first life, and now I know why. I don't know if I should thank the Traveler for not giving us our memories back, or hate it for denying us them."

He looked down at the floor. "My family died, but I knew they did since the Collapse happened centuries ago. What bothered me, is how they died. Painfully, killed by something that makes me lose my mind when I think about it." Tears started falling from Mordecai's face. Luna's heart ached seeing him hurt like that, so she got up from her pillow and went up to him. Sitting directly in front of him, she spread her wings and front hooves wide. He took the invitation quickly and hugged her back, holding her tightly to his body.

Luna's cheeks blushed as he held on to her, the only other beings having held her like this being Tia and a past lover. She pushed those thoughts down, wanting to focus more on Mordecai.

"I feel like the Traveler suppressed our emotions, and whatever Magic gave me my memories back, also undid what the Traveler done. My emotions have never been this intense before, and now I feel like different person than I was. Fear is a emotion I've barely experienced from my time as a Guardian, but now that's all I feel and more. I don't know who I am now."

Mordecai started sobbing, and Luna felt her fur get wet from his tears. Luna was not like her sister, who always knew what to say and how to comfort ponies who needed it. Mordecai had become her friend, despite her only knowing him for less than a month. From that time however, he has proven to be brave, funny, calm, nice and sarcastic. Instead of going with her brain for what to say, she pulled from her heart.

"Thou may not know who thou art, but we will help thou find out." She said to him, nuzzling his neck.

Author's Note

This chapter is a feels chapter, and gives you the current mindset of Mordecai. The question of how much Guardians retain of their past life including emotions and thoughts has always been something I've wondered about when playing Destiny. This Arc's first half will deal with Mordecai dealing with his humanity while also dealing with issues inside and out of Equestria.

I am really busy so this chapter will be unedited as I won't have the time currently to go over it. Comment any mistakes you find, and enjoy the chapter.