The full moon cast a bright glow over the small group of friends sleeping on the Cliffside, none of them were awake, save for Discord. He was propped up in a chair floating happily around his son reading some type of magazine, clearly waiting for something to happen. As he flipped to the next page, he raised his eyebrows as a shadow darted behind a nearby boulder. He snickered to himself, their race always thought they were so sneaky

"You may as well come out from back there, your stealth is terrible"

After a moment of consideration, the creature stepped out from behind its hiding place. The moonlight revealed it to be a changeling drone, which the hissed towards Discord

"You mock my stealth Chaos God, but it is only through your special magic you detect me..."

The drone hesitated for a moment and eyed the others that were sleeping

"We were not expecting so many, the request was for only the newest prince and princess"

Discord flashed the drone a mischievous smile, which made it very uncomfortable

"Now come on, your Queen can't really have expected Celestia to send her two favorites out here to meet with you without some protection, I mean really, that is truly funny"

The drone hissed again and motioned down the cliff side

"The time approaches, please come with me"

Discord rolled his eyes

"You drones are no fun, hive minded or not, you could at least show sooooome individuality, maybe your species wouldn't be in this desperate situation if you branched out a bit more"

The drone seemed shocked by his words, but Discord paid it no mind, he vanished his chair and shrunk his magazine, tucking it safely in his mane. Then, with a snap of his fingers, he made several buckets of cold water appear over the others and gave them a very rude wake up call. AS the buckets dropped they soaked the Wonderbolts, who immediately shot up as though electrocuted, but when they saw it was Discord, they mumbled some rude words and began to dry off.

However when the buckets fell towards Rainbow, Daybreak and Twilight, a green force field erupted over the and caused the buckets to spill away harmlessly. Discord was unamused by his offspring's prior planning and materialized three wooden paddles over each of their flanks. With a snap of his fingers all three of them were awoken very sharply to the quick sting against their behinds. Without even waiting they all turned to Discord and gave him an evil glare, Rainbow even shouted something Daybreak would not be letting her say in front of his children. Discord merely shrugged

"If it wasn't for your force field it would have just been a little water...sorry, your fault"

Daybreak shot him a nasty glare, but ceased when he saw the drone standing at the cliffs edge

"umm...are you waiting for something?"

The drone again pointed down the mountain

"come, it is nearly time"

It quickly jumped and flew down the mountain without another word. Discord flew next to Daybreak

"Geez, their species is so rude"

Daybreak gave him a skeptical look and shook his head, then motioned at the others to join him.

The Wonderbolts already seemed packed up and ready to watch the skies, although it seemed as the rookie, Shinging Star was carrying most of their stuff. Daybreak guessed that whether or not he was dating the captain, she still treated him like a normal member during duty time, that did seem like Spitfire. Rainbow was chatting with Soarin which left only Daybreak and Twilight. He looked them both over, no real need to get ready, they had not brought anything with them, although Daybreak suspected that Twilight had stashed a quill and scroll for an official peace treaty, but he had no idea where she could hide it. Luckily for him, their was no time to wonder, as Discord took this moment to interrupt his thoughts

"Well the lets go, clearly everypony is ready, lets go do this precious peace treaty with the most untrustworthy race in Equestria"

Daybreak shot a glare at his father as the Wonderbolts and Rainbow Dash took off behind him

"We made peace with you didn't we"

He jumped off the cliff side before Discord could retort and Twilight was right behind him, he heard her giggling as she flew next to him

"I'm pretty sure you just left him speechless up there"

"He'll be fine, it's just banter"

"Oh really, I'm pretty sure you meant that one"

"You know me so well"

She winked at him and flew ahead, landing on the crunchy rock covered surface of the valley below. Daybreak landed a few moments later and looked back up the mountain. At the top he could see his father holding a pair of binoculars, watching them both from a lawn chair, and he was holding what looked like, a glass of apple cider wit a small umbrella in it. Daybreak sighed and followed behind Twilight to the center of the valley, their they sat down near a pile of collapsed boulders and waited.

After a few minutes of waiting the drone that had led them, or at least it appeared to be the same drone, came out from behind the boulders and hissed

"The Queen will see you now"

Daybreak rolled his eyes and Twilight let out a sigh of annoyance, then ruffled her wings in impatience

"You made it seem like we were nearly late...fine where is Chrysalis?"

The drone motioned to the boulders near the rock face. Slowly the edge of the rock wall began to morph into the mouth of a very wide cave. Daybreak raised his eyebrows and Twilight let out a light gasp, she leaned over and whispered to Daybreak

"That's a pretty powerful illusion spell, to hide a whole cave, I didn't think Chrysalis had that much power"

Daybreak was surprised as well but recalled something Celestia had mentioned to them

"Maybe it's not Chrysalis sweetie.."

She looked at his face and saw he was thinking the same thing

"...Maybe that unicorn my mother told us about is as strong as she thought"

Twilight had been worried about that, a powerful unicorn living with the changelings could be a problem if these negotiations went south on them.

After allowing them to stare in awe for a few moments, the drone smirked and shattered their minds once more

"If you are finished marveling at MY spell, the Queen will be arriving shortly, I suggest you bow, as she will no doubt show you the same respect"

Daybreak and Twilight heard everything the drone had said, but only one had stood out to them...Twilight stuttered on the word

"Y...you...your.."

"Your...spell?

Daybreak finished her thought for her and looked to the drone for any sign that he was lying, but the drone merely smirked

"Yes it is mine"

Daybreak could not believe that for a moment

"How is that possible, when I fought your hive you all had barely any magical power beyond your shape shifting, how could you now suddenly have such power?!"

The drone enjoyed the confused looks on the royalties of Equestria and sneered happily as he heard the approaching steps of his queen and her new advisor

"You will see very soon, don't worry"

....

Meanwhile, up on the cliffs edge, Discord was at the edge of his seat with binoculars, staring in fixation at the power these drones now held

"oooooh this looks like it's going to be exciting after all, oh I'm gonna need a bigger camera"

He dropped off his chair and walked to the very edge of the cliff and kicked the large camera he had set up down the mountain. Then with a snap of his fingers, a new and much muuuuch larger camera appeared in its place and began filming again. Discord then hopped back into his chair, which then morphed into a recliner chair and reset the binoculars back on his eyes.

.....

Back down on the ground Twilight and Daybreak waited for Chrysalis to appear from inside the cave. For several moments, all they heard were approaching hoovesteps and the occasional clatter of, what sounded like, metal or armor from inside the cave. All at once Chrysalis became visible fro the cave mouth along with a cloaked, and relatively large unicorn stallion. The moment Daybreak laid eyes on Chrysalis and the cloaked figure his head exploded in pain and his body felt cold to the bone. The pain nearly caused him to pass out and the cold nearly gave out his legs. Twilight saw him stutter and put her wing out to steady him.

"Daybreak! What's wrong, what's happening"

Daybreak grasped his head in unending pain, he could barely keep his vision from going blurry as his whole body seemed to give out

"Arrrgghhh! I don't know...Twilight, something doesn't feel right about those two...we should...agggghh...leave now"

Twilight nodded and extended her other wing, and ignited her horn threateningly, then she lowered her head as though aiming at Chrysalis

"What did you do to Daybreak?"

Chrysalis eyed Daybreak from the mouth of the cave, clearly her suspicions had been true, not all of her magic had been removed from him back then, he still held a trace. She smiled and began to walk forward towards Twilight, although the other unicorn remained in place at the cave mouth.

"My dear Twilight, the traces of my magic inside of him are merely reacting to my presence"

Twilight flared up, her horn beginning to glow dangerously brighter

"What do you mean! What magic of yours could be inside him?!"

Chrysalis could tell the young alicorn was definitely not faking her anger, or the power in that horn of hers, nevertheless, she continued forward until she was nearly right in front of the pair of the and chuckled

"Surely you must remember dear Twilight, after all, he wouldn't be here now if you weren't aware of at least some of it"

Twilight racked her brain, she could see Chrysalis wasn't just teasing her. It took a few moments, but then she remember. All that time Daybreak had spent in the hospital after their encounter with Chrysalis, he said she had done horrible things to his mind with her magic, but she could never get him to fully explain what had happened and the doctors and Twilight had used up all their power trying to remove all Chrysalis's magic from his mind. She remembered all right, that meant Chrysalis could fix him then too. She powered up her horn more, this time Chrysalis actually took a step back in fear as Twilight spoke

"Fix him! Now!"

Chrysalis eyed the alicorn

"If I do, then you'll agree to peace with our race?"

Twilight's horn fizzled slightly in her surprise

"You mean, you didn't do this to him on purpose"

Chrysalis smiled

"Well, not right now anyways, back then I did yes, but not right now no..."

"Not that it doesn't have it's uses right now though" The queen thought to herself

Chrysalis approached Daybreak and Twilight lowered the power in her horn to a minimum, but still kept it active, just in case.

As the Changeling Queen stood in front of him, Daybreak managed to give her a glare as the beads of sweat rolled painfully down his face. Chrysalis chuckled

"You haven't changed much since before, you still have that look of defiance in your eyes"

She turned to Twilight

"I'll fix him, but you have to agree to peace between our races if I do, right now"

Twilight flared up again, slightly

"That's what we came here for in the first place"

Chrysalis smiled

"I'm sure"

She extended her hoof and lifted Daybreaks chin, she brought his face up to hers and smiled as he glared at her. Twilight was getting antsy

"What are you gonna do?"

"I'm gonna remove my magic of course, unfortunately for you, there is only one way to do it"

Twilight was about to inquire what that would be, but before she could, Chrysalis grasped Daybreaks face, with plenty of surprise form him, and crushed her lips against his, instantly shoving her tongue down the back of his throat.

Twilight let out a yell in protest and her horn flared all the way back up in power, however before she could react anymore, Chrysalis removed her lips from Daybreaks and took two steps back. Daybreak dropped to the ground and began to violently cough and spit up his saliva. Twilight reared on Chrysalis as the queen stared at Daybreak almost disappointed

"What did you do?!"

Chrysalis rolled her eyes

"I just said it, I removed my magic from him, true he's still very weakened magically...But that little show he's putting on, is all him right now"

It was at that moment Daybreak chose to sputter

"Dear Luna you taste terrible, don't you ever brush your teeth, or at least your tongue woman!"

The Queen glared at him while Twilight fought back the urge to laugh. She kept her composure and said

"So, peace between our races is a yes then?

Chrysalis turned her attention away from Daybreak and eyed Twilight

"Well, yes and no, one last thing has to happen before our races can have peace..."

Se let out a high pitched whistle and the unicorn in the cloak began to walk forward from the caves entrance. Chrysalis's attitude suddenly dropped slightly and she said

"I want you to know something Twilight, despite our differences, this condition wasn't part of my plan, but I had no choice, I have to save my race"

Twilight raised her eyebrows

"What do you mean?"

The cloaked pony took that moment to clear his throat

"She means me!"

Twilight's eyes shot wide, she recognized that voice, and immediately knew why he had concealed his voice from Celestia. But it was too late now, the cloaked pony threw off the garments around him and revealed the silver clad armor underneath. Twilight gasped as the shadowy body of King Sombra became visible to her, instantly everything made sense to her, including the Changelings newfound powers!

King Sombra smiled evilly, even as Daybreak tried to stand up his legs failed him, he was still to weak from Chrysalis removing her magic from him. Sombra sneered at Twilight

"I have been waiting for this chance since I was revived"

Twilight gave a shudder of fear

"And what chance would that be"

The king smiled, his pointed fangs glistening sharply against the moonlight.

.....

High above, Rainbow Dash and the Wonderbolts saw the events unfolding underneath them. As King Sombra made his appearance, Rainbow Dash gasped in surprise

"That's King Sombra! He's supposed to be dead!"

Spitfire swapped glances with the rest of her team

"Is that bad"

Rainbow nodded

"Very bad, let's go!"

She dropped into a nose dive, with the Wonderbolts following right behind her, she shot down straight at King Sombra.

.....

From the cliff side Discord saw the King reveal himself, and instantly did a spit take of the lemonade he was drinking! He jumped off the chair he was in and took off down the cliff side

"Oh no you don't King Sombra, as much as I love the chaos you caused in the Crystal Empire back in the day, I can't have you harming my offspring".

.....

King Sombra looked around and saw Daybreak and Twilight's friends rocketing in at him. He snickered

"Even the Chaos God is here, how delicious!"

Twilight began to light her horn, but the King had other plans, he let out a roar and caused a spherical vortex of dark magic to appear around himself. For a moment he looked like he had returned to being a shadow again, but then, all at once he released his power in a giant wave of energy scattering the canyon.

The Dark magic struck Rainbow Dash and the Wonderbolts and set them twirling away into the boulders and trapping them under debris that fell from their impact. As Discord was struck by the wave, for a moment he pushed his way through, but then he too was sent into the surrounding boulders and was trapped by the debris that fell.

Twilight's horn was extinguished instantly in Sombra's energy field, even as she tried to ignite it with her magic, she could not even cause a spark wit the black crystalline substances now covering her horn. Daybreak, could still not find the strength to stand, and was unable to summon any magic as the black crystals stuck to him as well. He could barely keep a himself on his knees, let alone stand, he felt extremely helpless and vulnerable as King Sombra approached them both.

The King stared at the two creatures he most wanted to meet and also hated more than anything...and smiled

"Now that I have your attention, I'll make this brief...I want my throne back Twilight Sparkle! But because of you I was thwarted in my attempts to regain what is rightfully mine."

The dark flames in his eyes grew more fiery as he spoke

"And you Daybreak, because of you and what you have caused in Equestria as of late, I was delayed in my revival. For whatever reason, Equestria is now filled with more love and compassion than ever before, and you are to blame. It sickens me, because were it not for your presence, I could have revived myself months ago. Instead only my horn remained and I had to rely on another species finding me to revive myself. Luckily I was actually sought out by these Changelings, and in exchange for the power to save her race from extinction, their queen gave me the info I needed to find you two."

Daybreak felt a burning in is chest, he understood what Chrysalis had said to Twilight now, she had not wanted this, but nevertheless it was her fault. He glared as King Sombra continued

"I've waited a long time for this moment, and now I can exact my revenge!"

Daybreak had heard enough, he extended his claws and lunged at the king. this immediately proved to be a bad idea, as King Sombra let loose a swarm of black fiery lightening and struck Daybreak back onto the ground. Daybreak twitched from the shock, and burn marks, but was otherwise unharmed. Twilight on the other hand, lost her mind! As she saw Daybreak hit the ground, her horn exploded magic outwards, destroying the black crystals on both her and Daybreak.

Black flames swarmed around her eyes as the dark magic she had used to free them was now turned on the king. Sombra looked surprised, but also pleased as Twilight turned her dark powers on him

"Well now, this is interesting...an alicorn using dark magic, Celestia teaching you some new tricks perhaps"

Twilight ignored the king and released a shadowy ball of black flames at him. Sombra was surprised but not unprepared, he raised a shield and dispelled her attack with ease, snickering in the process

"Or maybe not, you clearly have no control over that dark power. Perhaps I just struck a light nerve when I zapped your friend here."

Daybreak struggled to his feet again, but the king merely laughed and blasted him back to the ground. Daybreak felt his fur singe when the kings magic threw him to the ground again.

Twilight ignited her horn in her own aura and let loose a blast of energy at the king once again. Not even bothering to dodge this attack, King Sombra allowed the beam to pass right through him as he burst into black smoke and shadows. Twilight yelled to Sombra in frustration

"We aren't afraid of you Sombra, we've defeated you once already!"

An evil laugh echoed through the black smoke

"You should fear me!"

Daybreak saw, all too late, what came next. From within the black cloud of shadows, a sword-like beam of dark magic shot from the center and struck Twilight cleanly in the chest. Twilight's eyes went wide as she slowly looked down, the shadowy blade of energy protruding from her chest hung their like a real blade. Slowly she lowered her head and coughed, sending bits of blood splattering onto the dirt below her hooves. Twilight struggled to stay standing and looked up to the king in time to see another energy beam strike her where the blade stood and send her flying backwards inot the rock wall behind them. She struck the cliff face with a thud and more blood escaped her lips, then she collapsed onto the ground, motionless.

King Sombra watched as the dark blade disappeared into smoke from Princess Twilight's chest, he let loose a evil sneer

"One down, one to-"

Before he could finish a blood curdling screech mixed with a terrifying roar ripped through his ears, as the king was struck in the side of the face by an unknown object that burned into his skin and sent him crashing into several rocks. Sombra rolled from the debris in time to see Daybreak charging him, fiery rage etched on his face and claws burning with his magic

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

Those were the only words the king heard before Daybreak appeared in front of him again and slammed his fist into the side of Sombra's face. The king managed to stay on his feet but staggered back several steps from the blow, before he could recover, two more strikes followed, one to his face and another that blew a hole in the side of his armor. The king was knocked off his feet and was in complete shock. No being should be able to strike that hard, let alone break a part of his armor. He looked up as Daybreak advanced on him again, and saw his claws and knuckles were covered in his aura, Sombra quickly understood how the blows had been so powerful. The king looked into Daybreak's eyes and saw they were ignited in his aura. The king began to worry if he should continue fighting this opponent when he clearly had more power than the king had first expected.

Unfortunately for the king, Daybreak was not waiting for his approval to continue. He teleported in front of the king and grasped him firmly around the throat. He lifted him off the ground, while pulling back his other hand to form a ball of energy.

"You're not gonna live long enough to regret what you just did!"

Daybreaks words came out cold and unforgiving as he looked into the kings eyes. Sombra looked back as he struggled to breathe, he exploded into smoke and appeared several feet away, coughing for air. He looked up in time to duck as the beam of energy Daybreak built in is palm seared past his head. Sombra quickly let loose his own beam of magic as Daybreak rushed him again. Daybreak jumped up and flew over the beam then dive bombed Sombra, tackling him to the ground. Daybreak slammed his fist into Sombra's jaw, he felt the kings head hit the ground and bounce back. He lifted his fist and slammed down again, but Sombra vanished into shadows before the blow struck him. A dark beam of energy came from within the shadow and knocked Daybreak back several steps. He quickly recovered and let loose a green ball of flames at the shadow. Sombra dove out of the smoky shadow and rolled away just as the flames exploded around it. He came up just in time to receive a kick to the chest from Daybreak, however this kick was not magical and only made him stagger back, while Daybreak felt a searing aching in his foot form kicking armor.

Sombra ignited his horn and caused a black evil looking scythe with a skull on the bottom of the handle to grow out of the ground. It began levitating in the air once it was free and took off at Daybreak. Daybreak kept his claw soaked in magic and extended them with a small growth spell as the evil blade approached him. The scythe swung at his head but he parried with his claw, and with his free hand grabbed the handle and brought it to his grasp.

Sombra facehoofed himself, nopony had ever down that before, although nopony had ever had hands when he had fought them. He watched as Daybreak ran his hand along the scythe and turned it into a long purple bladed sword. Then he lowered his stance and charged Sombra. The king was hardly worried, as he erupted another scythe fro the ground, he had been dueling with blades long before Daybreak had even existed. Daybreak swung downwards at the king, but was instantly parried by the curve of the scythe. Sombra then hooked the scythe inwards and swiped the sword from Daybreak's grasp. The blade swung away in the air as Sombra swung downwards in a slash that would cut Daybreak in half. Daybreak vanished at the last moment, causing Sombra to stagger forward in his follow through swipe. He reappeared behind Sombra holding his sword and plunged it deep into the kings rib cage.

Daybreak smirked as the scythe in Sombra's aura vanished into smoke

"Burn in Tartarus you bastard"

For a moment a look of surprise at being outmaneuvered by a novice shone on Sombra's face. But even as Daybreak pushed the blade deeper Sombra let out a chilling laugh. Daybreak attempted to pull the blade out to stab him again, but it seemed to be stuck in his side. He then noticed that another scythe was forming out from the ground behind him. He first thoughts were Sombra must be trying to get him with one last attack, but as he looked at the stab point on the king, he saw no blood coming from the wound. He quickly let go of the sword and dove back in time to avoid the oncoming scythe. As it missed him, both blades vanished into a shadowy mist as Sombra chuckled

"So much...hatred...I've never met a creature like you before Daybreak. I thought you were nothing but another magical being, obsessed with the love and happiness that these Princesses so love to preach about...But your willingness to kill me so quickly, and so ferociously. I find it quite, delicious, in fact I think you and I have a lot-"

"Shut your mouth!"

Daybreak cut him off and blasted several more beams of magic at the king. Sombra dodged by becoming shadows again and reappeared several feet away. Daybreak snarled at the king

"Don't talk like you know me Sombra, you know nothing about me. We have nothing in common other than we both wield powerful magic."

Daybreak pointed at himself

"I'm nothing like you, I may not be as pure as the ponies I live with but I am sure as Tartarus not as bad as you. I am the son of Discord and the Prince of Chaos."

Daybreak's eyes narrowed as he send his next words

"I am the husband of Princess Twilight Sparkle, and soon, I will be your destroyer!"

A large ball of magical energy formed in his palms, it quickly grew to a intimidating size and resembled the morning sun. King Sombra took a few steps back as the Prince yelled to him

"I AM DAYBREAK YOU BASTARD AND YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!!!"

He threw the fiery sun at Sombra and collapsed to one knee. Sombra attempted to blast the oncoming ball of power away but his attacks fizzled away near it. He yelled out in anger as the ball of heat struck him and exploded! The heat from the mini sun ball seared and burned Sombra in many places and blackened many parts of his armor. The side of his face that took the worst of the attack was burned heavily and his eye now showed a long burn mark running down his face. But the energy did not destroy him, and as Daybreaks attack faded, King Sombra was left laying in the dirt, a small charred crater around him.

Daybreak snarled in annoyance at the Kings survival and began attempting to form another attack. The king noticed this and worked his way to his hooves

"Sorry Daybreak, not today"

Without another word the king became a cloud of smoke and flew away into the night sky, the Changelings and Chrysalis followed behind him without a word.

Daybreak spat in annoyance, then once he was to his feet, ran over to Twilight as quick as he could. He quickly sent out a small wave of energy to free his friends and father from Sombra's dark magic and the rocks they were under. As they rocks and magic were blasted away, Discord, Rainbow and the Wonderbolts came flying to Daybreak's side. As they approached, they saw him kneeling down and holding Twilight in his arms. Tears were streaming down his face as he saw the deep burn mark scared onto her chest. Rainbow walked up to him and draped her wing around his neck as tears began to fall from her as well.

"I'm sorry Daybreak"

He didn't respond to her, he began mumbling to himself through his tears

"Twilight...no no no Twilight...you can't be...you can't be gone...wake up please...please wake up...please...please Twilight I can't live without you...please wake up..."

Discord approached his son and focused on the young alicorn

"Daybreak..."

"Shut up Discord, go away I don't wanna hear it right-"

"Daybreak she's alive!"

His head shot up

"What!?"

Discord took Twilight from his son's arms

"She's alive, but not for long if we don't go now! Come on"

Discord pulled them all close with magic, then snapped his fingers and they all vanished.

1 hour later

After arriving in the middle of the Crystal Castle's throne room out of thin air and explaining the situation to everypony there, Daybreak and Discord had taken Twilight to Cadence and Shining armors room and set her in the bed. After 20 minutes of pain stacking magical healing they managed to make her breathing at least noticeable, so Daybreak could only assume they had helped. But as his hopes started to soar, Twilights vitals began to drop rapidly again and Cadence had to cover her in a magical veil to stabilize her.

"It looks like King Sombra infected her with some kind of dark magic, like sickness...it's killing her slowly...But I don't know how to stop it"

Cadence sighed, clearly she was as distraught as Daybreak about this, Discord however, seemed to have an idea

"Well, there is one way to stop it for sure...If King Sombra were destroyed, all his magic would fade as well, I'm certain that includes this sickness, after all from what I understand, his curse on the Crystal Empire and it's citizens faded after he was defeated by the Crystal heart."

Daybreak stood up from Twilight's bedside the moment he heard those words

"Fine...I'll go destroy Sombra then"

Celestia and Luna looked worried at his words, Celestia more so than anypony else

"You realize that means you have to kill him, right Daybreak?"

"If it means saving Twilight, I don't care"

Princess Luna raised her eyebrows to her sister, she was unsure if she should speak up, but at seeing Daybreaks determined expression, she decided it was for the best, despite knowing her sister would likely be very upset at her for it

"Well...Other than the Crystal heart, there really is no known way to destroy King Sombra, even we were only able to seal him away"

Daybreak sighed, he knew this was true, even throwing a small sun at Sombra had not destroyed him, however Luna seemed to have read his mind

"However...there is a book hidden in the Starswirl the Bearded section of our library that speaks of a powerful magic...perhaps if you acquired it.."

"That's enough Luna!"

Celestia looked very troubled by her sister revealing that book

"You and I know full well that book is too risky to use and most certainly cannot give it to the son of Discord!"

Daybreak was offended by her words, had she forgotten she was practically his mother!

"You don't trust me?"

Celestia flushed, realizing she had said this in front of everypony and Discord himself

"It has nothing to do wit trust Daybreak, the book contains evil magic and other magic that has never failed to corrupt even the purest of hearts! Luna read from the book before she betrayed me and transformed into Nightmare Moon, and the only way I was able to stop her was with the Elements of Harmony! Imagine what that books knowledge might change you into, or what else it might do to a being like you. You're the son of the Chaos god! You already posses power greater than most anypony in existence! You can't-"

"Did King Sombra read the book?"

Celestia stopped midsentence at his question, he had figured that out almost instantly and that was not good, but there was no point in trying to hide it, so she slowly nodded. Daybreak's expression remained stern

"Then I'm going to use it"

Celestia flared out her wings

"I cannot allow you to do that!"

Daybreak lost his temper then and yelled at his mother

"GET OUT! Get out of here! Saving Twilight should matter more than anything else, if you cant understand that, then just leave us be!"

Everypony, even Discord, was shocked to here Daybreak speak to Celestia in such a manner. She however did not raise her voice, she merely sighed and left her room, her sister followed behind her. Cadence saw tears beginning to fall down Daybreaks face and motioned to Shining Armor for the to leave

"We'll let you have some time alone Daybreak"

Discord followed them out of the room, leaving Daybreak siting alone next to Twilight's bed, Cadences magical veil still keeping her vitals stable. Daybreak eyed Twilight closely, eve through his tears he could see Sombra's dark magic lightly surrounding her eyes and horn. He shut his eyes tightly, he knew what he had to do. He turned and yelled out of the room

"RAINBOW DASH!"

....

From outside the room, Rainbow and the Wonderbolts watched everypony and Discord exit the room, they had waited outside as it had been a private meeting. Cadence stopped and informed Rainbow and the others of what had transpired and let it sink in as she continued on her way. The Wonderbolts quickly took their leave to get some rest, leaving Rainbow pondering what she should do. A few moment later she heard Daybreak yell her name and bolted inside the room, desperate for an excuse to enter.

....

Daybreak watched as Rainbow dashed through the doors and over to his side, embracing him in a hug before he could stop her. He couldn't help but hug her back and kiss her on the nose, she could feel the tears on him before she saw them

"I'm sorry Daybreak"

"Don't be, I'm the one who should be sorry"

Rainbow was confused and pulled back

"Why?"

She looked into his eyes and saw he was seriously conflicted over something

"Because I need to ask you to do something terrible, and I know I shouldn't"

Rainbow Dash looked straight into Daybreak eyes and pulled him into a deep embrace, wrapping her wings around him tightly. She had a feeling she already knew what he would ask.

"Shoot Daybreak, I'm all ears!"