[Location Canterlot castle, 0100 (1:00 AM)]

Arch Angel was not on the night shift tonight he worked for two days straight on a combat mission. Arch was usually is nocturnal, but, he really needed sleep. As he was sleeping he was dreaming of the mare he loved most Princess Luna.

The dream was going well, he and her were flying around in the night as the moon silhouetted in the background, but, it all went downhill. Nightmares began to rampart through his dreams all about war death and his own self doubt.

Arch's life is all about being a soldier it is what he does. So, his nightmares are all about him losing everything. He has to personally tell the families that their stallion or mare died in the line of duty.

Why Arch does it is because it's as honorable as he can to apologise for getting him or her killed. He cried every night about the deaths of who he considers his family as brothers and sisters.

Arch had begun to lose his sanity once more the darkness loved to go after him. "No…..NO NO NO NO NO!" he began to become bright as pure light and forced himself up from the dream sweating profoundly. He saw the other ghost's sleeping so he snuck out of the room and outside of the canterlot castle.

Arch looked like a mess but he needed a breath of fresh air, he looked up to see a full moon. The moon has always comforted him even when he was first released into the world from the tube as it gave him the clear reminder of what he stands for.

"What is the point of me…. Celestia created me to be an everliving soldier forced to fight until he dies in the battlefield…..the best of the best….. "yet I fail, I fail, I fail, I FAIL!" He yelled out loud. Arch was loud when he wanted to be and more silent than anything else when normal.

This shouting caught the attention of Luna she could feel the fear and sorrow inside Arch. She saw all of his previous nightmare's. The reasons why she never found out about them is because to her Arch could never get any he was unbreakable and loyal to the core. Now however, she can see and feel his pain.

Luna landed next to Arch, "Arch Angel, I see you are hurt what is wrong?" Arch just at their not moving. "Everything… all revolving around me. I am a true monster… Nightmare moon may have been corrupt Luna…. but she was not you…. I am all of me and I can't change that, remnants of her are in me….. some of her views I agree with and I feel it's so wrong and right…"

Luna sighed and sat next to him "While I agree that you seeing some potential in Nightmare Moon's views troubling. You have always done what is right. YOU are my number one soldier and guard. You have always sacrificed your health for the sake of innocent lives and everypony you deem special to you. You are right, Moon was not me, but, she was there and I let her take over."

Arch tensed up "Luna I respect you…. I think every bit of you is perfect every atom every particle…. but you don't understand….. what it's like I know your mother and father are gone but at least you got to know them at least you had a childhood and had fun with your sister!" He stopped he felt absolutely horrible for what he said but Luna urged him to go on. She needed to know what she could do to help him.

"You got to be loved growing up and spend time with your sister grow bonds and everything you wanted to do you practically had control over the world in a theoretical and practical standpoint." He then turned to her took off his mask his shades and his helmet. Revealing some cuts on his face and a scar heading towards his eyes.

"Now look at me. Born from a freaking scientific tube from yours and the Angel families DNA.. Next thing you know I am "born" and sent immediately to the training and put under her Guardian Project and made me into a part cybernetic all throughout my body everypony thought I was a freak even you!" She frowned.

"Then I am on a battlefield watching ponies die left and right and me killing the others without a moments notice and then I became…"

He began to cry his eyes out messing up the cybernetic parts in his eyes. "I became the Angel of nightmares…. killed so many innocent ponies….. caused the remainings the worst type of nightmares….Your sister exiled me into the everfree forest and during the most of the year…. then you came along…."

Luna smiled, "hence the song soldiers of the night I saved you and your three friends from death and overrided my sisters command to disallow and service back into the guard because I saw how pure of good you and your friends were that was not you you are a hero to be sure Arch Angel.

Arch cried some more. "Luna my point is I never could have a family and no pony has ever loved me I am a tool to you and your sister only meant for killing and one day getting killed!" he tried to run away from her and the castle but she grabbed him in a tight magical grip.

"Tis a lie!" she said as she flew up to her room of the castle and brought Arch along with her. "You really think like that Arch?" He stared at her "You compliment me you do things for me have even though it can risk you your status in terms of how much you can do."

"You have just told me you respect every atom of me and you have shown care for all innocent and you are right you have had a terrible growing up life and I even had some issues too! I see why you think yours is the worst I admit that is absolutely abysmal I wish I could have seen this sooner. Arch Angel I have heard rumors about a certain somepony having a certain feeling."

Arch was sitting on her bed with her still crying. "W-what do you mean…" Luna approached him and asked "Arch Angel commander and leader of the first battalion Ghosts. Do you love me? Do you want to be with me and to give you light and happiness in your life?"

Arch was completely taken off guard by this he did love her with everything he could think of he did! "L-luna… I do love you….. I want to be with you and spend my eternal life with you…. who… who told you" he asked crying. Luna smiled and pulled Arch into a kiss. Arch was surprised but kissed back.

Arch started to blush heavily but started to relax and feel better as luna wiped away his tears."Arch my sister along with Cadence and even a few of your allies told me or gave me hints." Arch flushed red and was embarrassed "Luna…. why…. why do you love me back…." He seemed really unsure about himself.

LUna smiled and began to nuzzle him "It's because your heart is big and your soul is a close a pure. You may kill but you do it to protect for a greater cause and to help the ponies of the world. Not only that you are highly respecting of me and all other royalty, except for Twilight Sparkle for some reason. You keep me safe, sacrificed a hoof for me, kept me company when the nights were lonely and you are always their for the nights I need help you are a wonderful stallion and you should have never had to go through what you do but, it is the way it is…. and I will be here to love and protect you from your nightmares and self.

Arch buried into her as they laid down. "Please don't leave tonight…I need you…." She smiled "I won't I checked all over Equestria for nightmares and all is well….. I will stay with you and maybe actually get some rest my self." Arch felt really really happy upon hearing this. "Good night….. Luna…." Arch then fell asleep moments later.

"Good night…. Arch." She stayed up a while longer but eventually sucombed to sleep.

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hehehehe They think they have seen the last of us all… I will return... and I will bring not only darkness to Equestria... but also my Angel of nightmares. HAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAAA!"