"Day Four...Day Four"

Those were the words Daybreak continuously replayed in his mind over and over. It caused him a great deal of stress every night and was the culprit behind his lack of sleep. Every time he closed his eyes he saw Twilights blank expression, the look that had been burned into his brain as he had watched the mare he loved most, fall to King Sombra. He could recall in perfect detail the way his dark blade had pierced her chest...He clenched his fists tightly as he remembered the beating he had delivered to Sombra shortly after. The merciless King had laughed and toyed with him...Until he had received a small sun to his muzzle. Then the bastard had run away like a coward! How he longed to slash his newly sharpened claws across that smug, soulless face that he had come to despise.

He felt a trickle run down his fur, a sudden sharp pain in his palm, he looked to his hand and saw he was bleeding from a wound in his fist. He unclenched his hand and felt his claws retract back into place, the yellow and green flames that had been licking at his fingers die down as he mentally clamed himself. Quickly healing his small wound, he jumped down from the boulder he had perched himself on and made for their new camp.

Their camp wasn't much more than what one might pack for a sleepover in the woods, probably even less. Daybreak had materialized sleeping bags for Daring Do and Rainbow Dash, but he preferred to just sleep on the Cliffside their camp overlooked. It gave him a brilliant view of the night sky. The full moon and blazing sun were always first seen by him each day, although he hated having to see the dawn of a new day lately. Each time it only reminded him he was a day closer to losing Twilight for good. Despite the absolute power the burning sun seemed to fill him with, he wished he could simply halt the days until Sombra was dead.

He reached their camp in a few minutes time and found Rainbow cuddling with Daring, the latters head resting against the formers chest. He smiled at the pair, happy he was able to find Rainbow the happiness she deserved...he had to make sure she and Daring made it out of this if he did not. They deserved much more than he did, to be happy. He coughed to draw the pairs attention, once they spotted him they slowly broke apart and trotted over. Rainbow yawned loudly emphasizing the tiredness of the whole group

"What's up dude, you make any progress with the Heart yet?"

Shaking his head roughly, Daybreak managed to convey his annoyance without words. Ever since they had gotten here he had been attempting to send out a magical pulse with the Heart big enough for a unicorn like Sombra to detect. But each pulse barely made it into the air before it dissolved, and he was having a hard time understanding why. He charged it with enough magic to grow an apple orchard twice the size of Sweet Apple acres each time, but somehow it was never enough and the pulse faded away. He was increasingly frustrated with the thing and wondered if perhaps he was doing something wrong.

"Maybe I can make something of it, let me have a look" Daring Do held her hoof out to him

Seeing no real harm in it, Daybreak held out his palm, the heart appeared in his hand, and he tossed it to Daring. She caught it and began turning it over several times in her hoof, examining it closely. He wasn't really expecting much, even though she was an expert on rare artifacts. The heart was magical and needed magic to charge its power...then why was it glowing in her hooves? Daring prodded her hoof at the glowing crystal, causing a bright array of colors to burst forth from the center and rocket into the air! Daybreak's jaw hit the floor, the ray of power was stronger than any progress he had made with it so far!

The beam leaped across the sky in a magnificent array of color wide enough for any within several miles to see, and any magical beings to feel. Daybreak felt warmth spread through him as its light showered over him, feeding him with a seemingly endless amount of relief and joy. The feeling was brief but very welcome, amongst all his dark and depressed feelings, the rays of light filled him with hope again. He began to smile wider, but the feeling vanished, as did the rays of light. He watched as the beautiful beams shot back inside the heart like a genie's lamp.

Daring stared as Daybreak and Rainbow collected their jaws from the floor, they both continued to stare at her, until she sheepishly handed the heart to Daybreak.

"Uhh...I think it works now"

That seemed to snap Daybreak out of his trance, he took the heart and made it vanish once again.

"What did you do Daring?"

"I just...ya know...poked it"

"I know that, geez...I mean how did you power the Heart, it's magic, Pegasi don't use the kind of magic the heart requires...how could you have done that?"

Rainbow Dash had a blush spread across her face, she looked as though she had a bad sun tan. She kept glancing over at Daring Do, finding a particular interest in kicking at the dirt.

"I...I think I know why"

Now it was Daring's turn to blush, leaving Daybreak still in the dark about the whole thing, Rainbow decided to clarify

"Daybreak...it never really struck me till now...but back in the Crystal Empire, when we used the Crystal Heart to defeat King Sombra, it was powered by the love and happiness of the crystal ponies...you were trying to power it with just magic...so maybe it wasn't as strong?"

"But that still doesn't explain how Daring was able to...to...oh!"

Daring pulled her hat over her face in embarrassment, impending her from seeing as Rainbow Dash flew straight to her, tackling her into a bone crushing hug. Daybreak was sure he could here Daring gasp in pain, but it was drowned out over the sounds Rainbow Dash made as she assaulted Daring with kisses. Feeling more or less uncomfortable, Daybreak took his leave of the pair, and headed back for his Cliffside rock. Once he was atop his perch, he once again materialized the Heart in his hands. He held it out in front of him, his reflection shinned brightly at him, almost teasing him to try again.

"So...The Heart is powered by love, not magic...or maybe that's one and the same...at least now I understand why Cadence is the perfect ruler of that place...ok so following Rainbows advice now...Love, not magic...aaaaaaaand go"

He strained his face and attempted to pull his aura off his palms, surprisingly difficult as of late. He always had at least some magic flowing around him lately, mostly due to his new powers he was sure, so pulling it off his hands was actually rather difficult. It was not made any easier by the loud moans and yells Daybreak could hear coming from the camp. His concentration challenged, Daybreak strained to hear his thoughts over the loud yelps. He succeeded in removing the aura from his hands, but now came the hard part...how to activate it? He really didn't need to, seeing as the pulse Daring had sent out was more than enough...but it was more or less to see if he could.

He held it up to his face, leaning forward to press his cheek against the smooth surface of the crystal. He didn't expect much, so was sincerely surprised when he heard the faintest of laughs echo from within. He shot his face back from the crystal, looking around in confusion, he knew that laugh anywhere...

"Yeah...I definitely need some sleep...I'm starting to hear voices in my head..."

"I really don't see how that's a problem!" the shrill raspy voice echoed in his head, reminding him he was not alone with his thoughts.

"Shut up Solar...That's not what I meant, I just heard the Crystal Heart giggle...and it sounded like-"

"I know, I'm right here dummy, I hear everything you do, real or not...and I agree, you need some sleep, you'll need our energy for the King, so you'd better rest up."

"Our energy?" He echoed the unspoken words

"What do you mean 'our energy'?

"...You're a dumbass...If I had hands right now I'd facepalm myself after smacking you upside the head!...I need rest too ya know, I'm effected by what happens to you...if you rest, I rest, if you eat, I eat, if you die...hmm..."

"What?" He ignored his every impulse to tell Solar where to shove it after calling him a dumbass

"Well...it's funny really...everything that happens to you effects me...but if you die...I don't think I'll die."

"Why? What else could even happen?"

"Weeeeell...I don't really know...but since we are two separate beings now...it's possible that if you die I would live on, or even the other way around, if I die while I'm in control you could possibly live on too..."

"Don't get any ideas"

Daybreak heard something that sounded like an annoyed cough from within his skull

"Why I am offended you would even suggest such a thing..."

"Really?"

"...ok no...but still...have a little confidence in me Daybreak...I do live in your head after all..."

"It's because you live in my head that makes me worry...after all you said it yourself...your a being created for murder, and although I sympathize with you...and sort of feel bad about this...you can't blame me for being cautious can you?"

"I do still have feelings ya know...but I don't blame you...I'm your opposite after all"

"How can you be my opposite, that's almost laughable...I created you out of hatred for King Sombra"

"Hatred is born from love Daybreak...Your love for Twilight is what makes you hate King Sombra...You're the love...I'm the hate...us existing together is a very delicate balance...trust me Daybreak...now that I'm here, if you ever lose control you'll see what I mean...in here I'm docile...but out there, free...I'll be very different, if I was you (no pun intended) I would make sure not to release me until you fight Sombra...trust me"

"I'll take your word for it"

"I would...I think your friends are done bucking, the loud moans seems to have ceased...we should go back and rest, who knows when Sombra will show up"

"Yeah...good idea..."

"And stop thinking about that laugh...it's annoying me in here, and it's distracting you...just relax"

"I'll try.."

Daybreak rose from his perch and headed back for Rainbow and Daring, sincerely hoping the silence meant an end to the sex and not just a respite. He couldn't deal with two horny mares right now...

Author's Notes:

Sorry if this chapter seems short or rushed...I've been busy and I wanted to get this one out...trust me, it's important though...so don't dismiss it :3

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