A day after the wedding drew to a close, I walked to the Canterlot General Hospital to correct one mistake I made during my stay in this world.....

I walked up to the help desk to see a unicorn in a typical nurse uniform. She glanced at me while I slightly lean up against the help desk.

"Hello sir, how may I help you?" she asked.

"I would like to know the current state Nightmare Moon is in please," I replied only for her to grimace at the thought. "Is something wrong with that?"

"No, it's just Nightmare Moon had been declared mentally unstable for a long time now. She's at the Asylum so that she can be controlled without hurting herself." she said.

My eyes widened in shock. The Asylum. That can only mean that she went insane after the whole rape. I nodded understanding the situation.

"Then where can I find the asylum she is in?" I asked.

"It's two blocks south then take a right. You'll find that the building is front of you." she replied. I thanked her before setting myself off to the new destination.

It didn't take too long to reach the asylum. However, I did not expect the asylum to look so similar to the other worlds' equivalents. It was an old looking, stand-out building surrounded in a perimeter of barbed wire fencing with only one entrance. Royal Guard members were stationed outside of the asylum and probably inside too, oddly
enough.

I walked up to one of the guards. Of course, he noticed me but then recognized me. "You're Private Shadow, correct?" he asked sternly.

I saluted him politely. "Yes sir, I'm here to see how Nightmare Moon is holding herself."

He looked nervously at me clearing his throat. "It's an honor to meet you in person. However, I don't know about her current condition. You'll have to speak to the warden. She strictly prohibits visitation of all kind." he said.

"Then take me to the warden. I do need to speak with her anyway." I said.

The guard nod his head leading me through the asylum entrance. I was met by the typical plain white interiors of an asylum. Bright hallway lights and cells with cushioned padding in their walls. The prisoners inside the cells groaned and screamed insane chants and wails, blabbering streams of nonsense, or both.

The psychos of equestria. Ones where their minds break from the pressures of life and years of torment, or sometimes just simple quick sudden changes in normal society.

I didn't pay much mind to them as best as I could before we got to the warden's quarters. The guard opened the door saluting the warden herself. I walked in shortly after.

The warden seemed like the type of mare to not mess with under any circumstances. She wore the typical prison guard clothes except she exclusively given a cap with the equestrian seal making her status in authority feel different. The strawberry mane and grey coat mare just stared at me like I was the scum of the earth itself.

She nod toward the guard; a signal to leave. They softly shut to dorr behind them. There was a moment pause before I spoke. "I came here to talk about the condition of Nightmare Moon Miss......," I found the name tag placed on her desk. "Nut Cracker..."

She straighten herself up in the comfortable chair smiling coldly at me getting out a few short laughs. "I see you must be new here. The Nightmare Moon you probably knew before is not there anymore. Her mind broke for an unknown reason. The princesses themselves requested that she remains in the asylum the rest of her existence. No exceptions." Nut Cracker said with conviction.

"I see, well since that is the case I need to see her for myself." I said.

Nut Cracker leaned in slightly on the desk her steel grey piercing through my eyes, glaring into me. "Nopony is allowed under ANY circumstances, except the Princesses themselves. You are not a princess from what I can see, so you're not allowed to see her."

I sighed a little irritated by her now. "Look, I'm Private Shadow Faze, one of the Heroes of Equestria that saved Equestria three times already from powerful evil. I'm just here to see how I can help fix the mistake I made. It was my fault she ended up insane to begin with. I can fix her condition."

"Even if I allow you to see her. What makes you think you can save her? Once somepony goes insane there is NO longer a way to pull them back." Nut Cracker said.

"How about this. If I can't do it I'll leave you alone and this asylum forever. No harm done." I said.

Nut Cracker glared at me for the longest time before she came to a solution. She sighed. "I'll allow you only one chance. Her cell is 2189." she said finally.

"Thank you, ma'am." I said with a solute.

The door opened up for me again as I took my leave and searched the cells. 2179.... No.

I turned to a different hallway and kept on looking. 2180... 2184... 2189!

I stopped in front of the cell and rehearsed my breath slowly a few times. A guard was there, so I explained my presence. He understood and opened the cell door. I walked into the bright lit up room inside. The moment I stepped inside, I realized the entire room was not steel plated, but instead made out of an odd foam substance. Then, I noticed somepony in one of the corners of the cell.

Sitting, staring wide eyes into space was Nightmare Moon. She wore a straight jacket and had a steel muzzle cage over her mouth to prevent visitors, guards, or herself from getting hurt. She somewhat thrashed in the straight jacket trying to do something while she mumbled barely audible words.

I sighed softly as I approached her. She didn't seem to notice me however. "Nightmare Moon, it's me," Her head turned so quickly it startled me. She shook at my presence.

"Please.....no more...."

The words made me think back to what had happened on that day. It frightened me terribly, but I knew only one solution. My horn lit up with my hands as I gently touched her forehead. Suddenly, the world drifted away into blackness.

Her mind felt strange indeed. It is dark and damp with no sunlight anywhere in sight. It is even cold enough for me to see my breath.

I seem to be on a trail, so I followed it through. No wildlife or sounds besides the clack of my hoof steps.

"Talk about creepy. It's like her mind lost all life and color somehow."

The path seem to end at a cave entrance. No light whatsoever still. I lit up my horn to summon a ball of light to help me see in the unfathomable amount of darkness inside. I walk down into the cave and I search around to find anything that could be out of place.

*drip*..........*drop*

The sound of water made it to my ears. "Where there is water, there is an exit."

I followed the sounds to end up finding only a puddle of water..... One single puddle in the center of a relatively large chasm. My confusion was met with more silence and the dripping of a single drop of water into the puddle. I slowly approach the puddle, but a bad feeling arose down in my gut. I materialize Apocalypse preparing for anything.

Then the sound of water just stops altogether....

My heart raced as I move all around to see what has happen. But then I felt a strong presence just behind me. I swiftly turn around only to be almost sick at a repulsive thing with bright soulless blue pupils. It was black and ponylike, however the thing had jagged skin covering the pure white sawlike teeth it had. It wore nothing letting its obvious horse penis hanging between his thighs. But what really was the most repulsive thing about this creature was the several wounds on its body that profusely leaked out a sick whitish fluid from itself.

It gurgled a growl before charging at me with its claws on its hands extended at me. A precise slice through the stomach split it into two pieces. The two pieces fall to the ground splattering the whitish fluid all over the place like blood would.

"Ew. Disgusting." I said.

I begin to walk away when something grabs my hoof. It was the thing from before's upper half as it roars an ear piercing scream that amplify itself in the silence. My sword lit up on fire as I stab it downward into the foul creature.

It spasms and squeals in pain before turning into a pile of black and whitish goo.

"And good riddance." I decide to continue on seeing another tunnel way.

It is long and windy before the tunnel split into three more tunnels. I pause to think what to do.

"Damn it, which way."

A scream cut through the air. That made me decide which direction to go. I steadied my blade making it to the end of the tunnel in record timing.

What I saw took me a few seconds to process. I see the same creatures, the one before was made out of, surrounding a specific area. The pony in the center looked different however. I then recognize the purple serpentine eyes. Nightmare Moon.

I let out a war cry. My blade easily slicing the first creature in two down the middle. I drew the attention of every one of the creatures in the room automatically. They screech at me before wildly attacking me from all angles.

However, my burning black blade did not wane. I cut through as many as I could into more black and whitish goo.

The wails of their screeches filled the room until the soft sobbing of the Queen of the night was the only thing that could be heard. I relaxed my blade to dematerialize it before walking up to Nightmare Moon.

She didn't notice me however, so I hug her reguardless. She cried harder into me. I remained silent doing my best to ease her pain. But I knew deep inside that rape never gets any easier to deal with. Rape destroys the strong and makes them broken, beat.... powerless against the predator. Many before Nightmare Moon have suffered through rape. It's a vicious cycle that never stops turning.

I refuse myself to show such an emotion right now when Nightmare Moon was the main priority. "It's okay Nightmare. Let it all out."

A dark, low laugh then rings throughout the room causing Nightmare Moon to freeze in fear I have never seen before. That only meant one thing it could be. Her true fear.

The creature rears its ugly head out of the shadows of the room with a malice smile spread across its face from ear to ear. It looked just as sickening as the other creatures I had slain in her mind, but this one has a noticeable difference.

It was at least five times bigger than the creatures before. The giant creature also has piercing red serpentine eyes, sharp claws and surprisingly a scyph for its choice of arsenal.

"GET DOWN AND SERVE YOUR MASTER, BITCH!" It roars toward Nightmare Moon. She try to make herself smaller staying behind me. She shook like a leave in the wind.

I gave the creature a menacing glare scuffing in disgust. "Who do you think you are? You're talking to the Queen of the Night, wench. Show some respect!" I get into battle position as the creature seem to be displeased at the sight of seeing me.

Nightmare Moon was struck speechless at my remark. I drove Apocalypse into the creature's stomach. The creature roars in pain, doubling over, but I teleport out of its reach to avoid its random attack pattern. I release the black fog on my blade. I felt my speed tripled making me able to cut the creature down to size swiftly. It tried feebly to swipe at me with its scyph.

I dodge cutting into the creature until the fighting bored me. With one last charge, I release a raw burst of my true magic into its core shoving the blade into the creature again. It roars in pure agony struggling in my grip but to no avail.

"NOOOOOOO!!!!!!" It roars one last time before exploding into giant puddles of black and whitish goo.

I dematerialize Apocalypse before approaching Nightmare Moon again. She looked up at me in complete disbelief with widen eyes.

"Why?" She asks in a soft voice.

I smile simply saying. "Because it was the least I could do to help with all the pain I caused you."

The cave around me start to gain more color as she seem to smile at my response. I also see tears of joy streak down her face moments later. My vision begin to fade away as I return to seeing blackness again....

I awaken back from my visit into her head. It seemed like she was doing the same. She seemed to be calmer than when I originally came in. So with my magic, I unrestrained her from her bonds then helped her up. Nightmare Moon smiled at me softly before she gave me a big hug.

"Thank you Shadow." She said.

"No problem Nightmare," We stayed in the embrace for a while longer before I broke the hug. Come on, let's check you out of this hellhole."

She couldn't agree more. We walked out of the room together. The guard that was on standby at the door was flabbergasted at the sight before him, but we ignored him.

The news of Nightmare Moon's sanity returning back spread across the asylum like wild fire while I was busy signing the paperwork of her release...... Damn paperwork to hell. It's a pain in the ass to do.

Nut Cracker only just stared between the sane Nightmare Moon and me, mostly in too much shock to speak. After a while of filling out paperwork and silence, I called for Nightmare to follow me when Nut Cracker called out to me.

I paused to look back at her and see she was trying to figure something out. "What do you need? I forfilled my promise with you already." I said.

"How did you do it," she asked getting up. "What you did was impossible even for magic to accomplish. It's impossible to mend someone's mind to recover like this. What are you? Are you secretly an alicorn or something?"

I stood silent before I spoke calmly. "I am simply a soldier just trying to do my job and not screw things up, ma'am. I always have been a firm believer in anything is possible." With that, Nightmare Moon and I took our leave.

Nut Cracker's POV

I gave the stallion and Nightmare Moon some time to exit the asylum before I summoned my trustworthy guard.

An earth pony stallion walked into my quarters saluting me and locking the door behind himself to prevent further intrusion. I gave a scowl toward him getting up.

"You know why you're here, right Iron Lance?" I asked him.

His face remained unreadable. "Of course, my Archdemon. And I have some good news and bad news." he replied.

"Good news first."

"Good news is that we might have found another way to free Lord Hades."

"Oh, that is good news." I said with a tinge of happiness to my tone.

"Bad news is we need Nightmare Moon's blood and body for the ritual to work."

I pound my fist into the desk causing the corner of it to spliter off into many pieces of wood. "That colt of a bastard." I snarled.

I walked over to the mirror positioned to the left wall in the office while Iron Lance just stood where he was.

"And why did you decide to tell me just now? We had Nightmare Moon in a weakened state for months now." I said coldly.

"My apologies, our research team could not figure out what was the counterspell for the banishment until now my Archdemon." he said.

I sighed then glanced at him through the mirror. "Since you can't do the simple task of finding new counterspells, I want you to figure out the location of both Nightmare Moon's residence and the black stallion's as well."

"Of course. And if I see him?"

"Then assassinate him. Make it look like it was an accident."

"As you wish my Archdemon." With that, Iron Lance left my quarters.

Everything had just taken longer now thanks to the black stallion's interference once again. Healing Nightmare Moon like that was probably just a fluke. I highly doubt he will be able to escape from the Blood Claw's best assassin. The satisfaction of his death made me smile sinisterly in anticipation.

Author's Note

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Let me know if any grammar issues come up in here.