Later that night Max was standing out on the blaconey to his room staring out into the dark forest deep in his thoughts, before finally deciding not to sit there all night, and got dressed in his boots and a pair of dark blue jeans and black t-shirt courtesy of rarity, before holstering his pistol and leaving the castle as quietly as he could.

Once out of the castle he started making his way to the forest he was just staring at, as he made his way into the foliage and darkness a dark figure shot across the sky and into the tree tops.

Hunter had been walking for an hour now not sure where he was until he came to a clearing with ruins a few yards ahead. Taking a minute to think about what he was going to do he finally chose to head into the ruins, once I side the figure landed short of the entrance looking in.

"What is he up to?" As the figure walks in after Max it looked around the dark corridor.

"Where did he go?" But before the figure could make another move something grabbed it by the arm and pulled it into a side room before being thrown against a wall and pinned face to the wall arm behind the back with enough pressure to be just Slightly uncomfortable. The figure was about to try and break free before freezing by the feeling of cold steel being pushed to the side of its head.

"Who are you and why are you following me!?" Max asked making a point to press his pistol further to the figures head.

The figure didn't speak but before he could ask again the figure surprised him by breaking his hold and pushing up against the wall knocking the pistol away but before the figure could do anything else Max had used the split second of hesitation and space to push off the wall and tackle the figure to the ground. It used his momentum to throw him off but before the figure could get up fully and get its barring Max rushed the figure back tripping over the bed taking Max with ,but before the figure could retaliate Max put his bowie knife to its throat making the figure stop struggling.

"Now don't make me ask a third time who are you and what do you want!"

"I see you grappling technique is on par with mine." The figure said lighting its horn with a blue glow that lit up the room revealing Luna looking into Max's eyes

"Now if you wouldn't mind getting off me... unless this is what you planned." Luna says with a smirk and half lidded eyes.

"What are you doing following me I could have killed you." Max says getting off of Luna

"Well I got an interesting letter from twilight earlier tonight about your episode and thought I would come and talk to you but I saw you heading into the forest." She said sitting up on the bed.

"Well you didn't have to, I'm fine." He said grabing his pistol from the ground and putting it back in its holseter.

"Are you sure I understand how it is when ones past huants them." Luna says looking at the marine.

"You wouldn't understand."

"And how can I if you don't talk about it Twilight didn't tell me anything other than what happened during the attack."

"I said to stop asking." Max says not looking at Luna.

"Max you can tell me I've been through dark times before and I can tell you that it helps to talk about it." She says standing up and walking over to Max and resting her hand on his shoulder.

Max grabs Lunas hand turning around starting to advance on the mare making her back up stopping when her legs bump against the bed again.

"NO YOU WOULDNT NOONE EVER DOES!" Max yells at her.

"WE VETERANS ALWAYS ASK FOR HELP BUT NOONE EVER HELPS THE WAY WE NEED IT BECAUSE NOONE EVER UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE WENT THROUGH THE THINGS WE DO AND SEE!" Max states getting closer to the mare.

"I would if you just told me I've done many things and seen many things in my life I would understand." Luna says trying to gain back some semblance of control.

"Fine! You wanna know what I've seen the things I had to do! I'll show you" Max didn't know what compelled him to grab her horn and put it to his head but he did and as soon as he did there was a flash and then darkness.

At first Luna wasn't sure where she was or what happened but it was quickly dismissed when she caught the sound of explosions and yelling, when she turned around she found she was looking at a memory.

Looking closer at it she could see it was of men and women in outfits similar to Max's weilding weapons that spewed out fire surrounded by strange metal carriages some small some large a few where on fire while others had humans in and on top using the same weapons but diffrent the larger metal carriages were tracked with large barrels on the front and every now and again large fire balls would shoot out.

Every now and again explosions would go off sending dust debris and a few humans flying.

"These must be Max's memory's." As soon as she said this the memory ended and went on to another then another and another until finally it came to a memory of Max in a small village. The village had definitely seen better days buildings where crumbling craters in the road smoke was covering everything like a fog there were bodies lining the streets until one Body caught Max's attention to Luna it looked like a humans foal maybe around the ages of 10 and 12 laying in the middle of the street.

Max walked over to the body and got on his knees taking off his helmet crying over the poor thing there was blood all over him and his eyes were lifeless. Max finally put his helmet back on and picked the boy up in his arms and carried him off to his group as he made it back those strange carriages two humans ran out from behind the group of marines running up to Max taking the boy from him and dropping to the ground crying then the memory fade and everything went dark.

When Luna came too she was laying on the bed with max laying next to her. Luna couldn't hold it any longer and started to cry.

When max came to he grabbed his head until he noticed the crying and looked to find luna with her head buried into her hands, he knew what memory she saw and he didn't want her to see that one but once it started he couldn't stop it. Moving over to her he wrapped her into a soft embrace, she jumped at the contact but instead of pulling away she pushed herself into his chest pushing him back into the bed crying harder.

When she finally claimed down she spoke up.

"I...I I'm sorry you had to witness such tragedy no foal should die before their parents especially at that age the way that he did."

"That kind of thing happens in war we don't expect it but it happens... Luna I'm sorry you had to see that I tried to stop it but once it started I couldn't get it to stop." Luna but her hand on his chest stopping him making him look down at her.

"I'm glad it didn't cause now I truly understand what you must live with and I just want you to know you can come to me personally with anything that you have on your mind or just to talk." She says with a small smile.

"Thank you Luna I think I'll take you up on that offer."

After a few more mins of laying there Luna sighs and stands up from the bed looking at Max as he stands up as well.

"I think it's time to get you back to Twilights castle."

"Sounds good to me its been an exhausting few hours and I wanna get some sleep before the sun rises."
With that the duo made their way out of the forest and back the the castles front door where max stopped and turned to look at Luna.

"Well ill see you later then."

"Yes we will have to vist again in a more pleasant setting I would hope."

"Yes that's true well goodnight Luna."

"And a goodnight to you as well Max."

Before Luna could Teapot away she stopped and called for Max.

"Oh before I go I would like to give you something." She says as her horn lights up and a flash of light goes off conjuring up two objects a small obsidian ring with a small blue gem inbedded in side and a id card with maxes picture and name on it.

"What are these for?" Max asks taking the two items in his hands.

"Well the id card is to allow you access to any area of the castle at anytime excluding the royal archives and the vaults in the lower parts of the castle and the ring will allow you to send letters and anything else you wish directly to me twilight has one as well but it's linked to celestia."

"Huh neat... well thank you Luna for these gifts I will keep them with me at all times." Max says while putting the ring on and putting the id in his wallet.

"So how does the ring work exactly?" Max say eyeing the ring.

"Oh thats easy just hold onto what ever you wish to send and think about it being sent to me."

"That easy?" Max asks.

"That easy." Luna says with a smile.

"Alright sounds good well then goodnight again luna."

"Goodnight Max." Luna says as she walks up to Max and gives him a hug and a small peck on the cheek. Then in a flash of light she was gone. Max stood there dumbfounded for a few minutes until he shruggs it off and starts to head back to his room as he opens the door to the castle he stops and looks out to the town, he could have sworn he heard somebody yelling idiot but he just dismisses it and head back to his room.

Author's Note

Dark yes don't know why it was so dark but it seemed right to get their relationship started you know anyway duces and like always like comment and favorite