Weeks have passed and now the Gala event was happening tonight. While it seemed to be a big deal to his friends, Daniel was too busy with meeting and training with the other entities. He had met a good few entities and became best friends with a few in the past couple of weeks. He and was also trained by some of them which resulted in him getting his butt kicked about 80% of the time because, unlike him, they had mastered their powers and know how to fight as some have been doing it for centuries.

Annabelle was also starting to come here often and train with Nature in using her powers, which she was getting really good at. Daniel had recently transferred his powers of healing and advanced physical traits to her. She was much stronger than a normal kid now, able to lift around 50 tons with only a single hand.

Daniel and Nature even went on a second date as it had been a while since the first and it just felt like something that they should have done after the dance they had at the alliance party. While she seemed to only do it to play around with him, he mostly accepted it as a way to get to know his teacher better.

Right now Daniel was in the library of the entity palace and was reading a book based on theories, most of them were focused on one subject, how life began. Daniel had learned the entities he had met were not some overpowered monsters or demi-gods, but in-fact they were just like him. Normal citizens that became great at a certain thing like magic, cosmic power or psychic energy or they were given the power but still lived among their people as a reminder of what they still are. So they’re now using what they know to try to protect. It was what they saw themselves as, teachers and protectors, not superiors.

"So not even they know how life truly began. Well I can't say I am not surprised, I thought they would have." Even when Daniel asked a time traveller how life was created, they said there was a certain point that nobody had ever managed to go further back in time. He placed the book back on the shelf and walked along the isle looking for another book to read.

Daniel's power has increased greatly in the past few weeks, he can control his main ones with almost no side effects now but still had trouble with new ones and he was still no match for Mother Nature, even 1% of her power was too much for him but she did keep on telling him to ‘Stop restraining himself’. In the times she trained him he would tire out or find himself on the floor with a few injuries if it was a training fight. For the first 2 weeks when he was going through the advanced merging stages he kept feeling like a container that was getting overloaded frequently, which really distracted and annoyed him.

The story of Twilight and the others was no different as they kept getting into some strange adventures, like Spike's jealousy of Twilights new helper Owlowiscious, the time Pinkie seemed to lose all happiness and almost looked like a Killer with the way she smiled, or the time Fluttershy took Celestia's pet phoenix.

So needless to say, the past few weeks have been crazy and it even more so for Daniel as he had to deal with power shifts, difficult training and managing the alliance. Whenever he was home he just wanted to sit down, jump in a bath for about 1 hour or just fool around.

"Daniel, Do you have a moment?" He turned around to see Curie waiting for an answer.

"What is it Curie?" She continued what she wanted to say.

"As you know, we have a piece of the first heart in storage, right?" He waited patiently and answered. Curie had changed the settings on her voice box, so now she spoke with a clear English accent.

"Yes I do, why?"

"Well, to our total amazement, we have found the 2 other pieces which are needed to make it whole again, the negative and positive sides. But their location is...on the planet you are living on...Equestria." Daniel felt his heart skip a beat when he heard that.

"You must be joking, right?"

"No, we’re not. The two pieces are on the same planet, so they are very close and as a result, they are emitting powerful but silent waves. We have had a whole scientist group trying to find out what the hidden energy was and where it was." Daniel was thrilled to hear this as finding the pieces should now be easier than he thought.

“I’ll keep an eye out for them when I return. Thanks Curie.” She nodded and walked off, back to sorting the books and keeping a record of them. As Daniel continued to look around for some more books to read, one caught his eye. It was glowing purple and as he took it off the shelf he read the title.

“The king of the 5th dimension.” He opened it up and the entirety of its writing was glowing purple. “What kind of book is this?” He felt a jolt of energy going through him but it stopped as fast as it started. “What the…” Daniel continued to read the book.

“There once was a king of the 5th Dimension that was the son of the first and just like his father, he ruled over his kingdom wisely and peacefully. But all that changed when King N came along. With his power and knowledge of technology he overwhelmed the king and the king retreated.” Daniel was now interested in this story.

“The king knew he couldn’t let King N have the hearts. The prized possessions of the 5th dimension so he broke down the first and scattered it across reality but he didn’t have time to break down the 2nd so he just sent it away and successfully stopped King N from obtaining them. To this day, the first heart is still not restored and the 2nd heart is lost.” Daniel was a little confused by this until he realised King N likely went after the hearts to reclaim his power as the first bearer.

Daniel decided to go and find Mother Nature and show this to her.

He found her training Annabelle in speed control. Annabelle would charge at her only for her to avoid it and run into a wall.

“Stay Still!” She said a little annoyed and tried again only to miss once more. It was at this point Nature looked over to Daniel.

“Hello Daniel.” Nature avoided Annabelle’s attempt to get her again. “You’re sister is quite determined.” He chuckled at that.

“She sure is. Nature, what book is this?” She looked at it.

“Aren’t you a little too old for that?” He was confused by her question.

“What do you mean?”

“You’re reading ‘Lullabies to sing to calm children down’ Why would you read that?” Daniel looked at it and he saw the title glowing purple that read ‘The king of the 5th dimension.’ He looked back at her.

“You don’t see the glowing purple writing?” She shook her head. “Forget it. I’ll just put it back.” Daniel did just that and then came back to watch Annabelle train.

Annabelle watched Natures movements and managed to get a hit on her then she jumped up and down saying ‘I did it’ Both of them smiled at her and Nature congratulated her.

“now follow me Daniel. I want you to try something.” Nature started to fly downwards to the bottom level and Daniel picked up Annabelle and followed her.

When they were at the bottom level Nature went to the side and down a set of stairs that seemed to lead into a basement. When they arrived they saw it was a huge room. About 30 football fields or so wide and half of it was machines while the other half was a large empty room.

“You want to find out about your powers? Well this is the place to do that."

“Perhaps I should teach her magic. Sure she has powers but you can’t be too careful.” Daniel nodded at Natures idea. Annabelle needed to learn how to defend herself, and more powers mean more combat options. “So are you going to that Gala thing?”

“Yeah. I am. You want to come along?” Nature grinned at the chance to mess with Daniel some more.

“Asking me out on another date? How bold of you.” Daniel’s face went red and Annabelle fell over laughing.

“I-I meant as a friend. Not as a lover.” He looked away after saying that. A little embarrassed. Nature walked up to him and nudged his shoulder.

“I know what you meant. And sure I will. I’ll meet you at the main door.” Nature walked away to get ready for the gala and left him with Annabelle.

As Nature walked out of the room she looked back at Daniel and his sister and then up to the roof where she saw the next level.

“ I’m so happy I don’t need to worry about Archie and Daniel fighting. I was uneasy about if they might have fought but after today…Well, even I’m wrong sometimes, and I’m happy I was wrong about this one. ” She left and went to her own room on the top level. When she arrived she changed into her pony form and looked at the picture on her desk, it was of her, Archie and the previous bearer but she had her hood down.

She sighed and stepped into her changing area and looked through her clothes.

"Casual? Nope. War Gear? No to that. Stealth Suites? Forget it. Interdimensional clothing? I'd stick out like a fire in a forest. Formal attire. Here we go." It took her only 5 minutes to find what she was looking for and to put it on.

Back down in the training area, Daniel was training Annabelle in energy control. Telling her how she needs to narrow down the amount that she either needs or wants. It took a little while but she soon had it down and now was tossing energy attacks at him while he just kept on dodging.

After 10 full minutes of dodging they stop as she was getting tired.

“Come ‘on, we should get back and get ready for this Gala too.” Both of them left for their home and after transforming into their forms and waiting for Daniel to put his fake mark on, they went to Rarity to get their clothes for the event.

One thing Daniel was thankfully for was the increase in stamina Annabelle had thanks to the powers she got, so she would not be needing to go to sleep or feel tired anytime soon.

They approached Rarity's boutique and walked in. As they did they heard them talking in another room.

"Don't worry Spike, we'll all get to spend some time together." That voice was Twilight's and they followed it.

"Great. But...where's Cosmos and Strawberry?" The room fell silent and Daniel stopped walking to hear their response. He gestured to Annabelle to stay quiet.

"I'm sure he will be along with her soon. Remember, Cosmos is Luna's new student and Luna still has trouble grasping how society has changed completely. But on top of that he also seems troubled so he is more than likely busy. He hasn't let us down before so he won't tonight." He smiled and waited a few moments before chapping the door.

"Girls. We're here." The door opened up and they were greeted with smiles.

"Bout time. We waz startin ta think you weren't comin." They entered the room and Rarity closed the door behind them.

"Sorry about that. I was busy, but everything is taken care of now." Twilight was putting on her dress as she spoke.

"Well it's great to see you, come on. We're going soon so let's get dressed."

Daniel helped Annabelle into her dress before he put on his suit. He stayed behind in the room to talk to her as the girls waited outside.

"Remember, no using your powers, no matter who you think you can trust or how bored you get. Only use your powers if you are getting attacked." He whispered to her.

"Sure thing Bro." He smile and they walked out.

"Are they really going in that thing?" She asked looking at the giant apple carriage.

"I guess they are." Dash then called out to them.

"Come on you two. There is still some room." Daniel let Annabelle in first them he entered before closing the door.

As Canterlot drew closer and closer, Daniel didn't know what to think. He never liked stuff like this, with a bunch of people gathered together in 1 place. Soon they were close to the entrance and when spike opened the door they all stepped out, Daniel looked at the castle and saw Luna looking out over a ledge. She looked down at the entrance and her eyes met his as he looked up at her and he gave a nervous wave, which she returned and then walked inside.

"You all look...amazing." He heard spike say and looked over to the rest of them.

"I can't believe we're finally here." Daniel's attention was caught by Annabelle nudging him.

"I want to stay with you while we're here." He smiled at her and rubbed her hair.

"Sure thing. Just stay close to me." Fireworks went off and the next thing he knew his friends started singing again. "Come on. Let's leave them to their song." Daniel and Annabelle walked to the entrance and looked around and he soon saw Nature in her pony form. While he expected her dress to be a green colour it was instead a mixture of silver and blue. It had a blue layer which came down about 4/5ths of the way and another layer under it with silver that took up the last 1/5th. Her shoes were also silver and she even had a daisy behind her ear.

"My my, Cosmos. You're really dashing in that suit." He chuckled at the compliment.

"You don't look half bad yourself." They all looked up at Celestia as she was at the top of some stairs, greeting the guests so Daniel, Annabelle and Nature walked up to her.

"Hello Princess." She opened her eyes and looked at them.

"Cosmos. Strawberry and...who's this?" She asked as her eyes fell on Nature.

"I'm daisy, your highness." She said bowing her head and they did the same. Celestia chuckled and looked at Daniel.

"Nice to see my sisters student. But, if I may...where is Twilight and the rest. I though you would have arrived with them...unless this is your date." All 3 of them, Nature, Celestia and Annabelle laughed at the shocked look and blush on his face when she said that.

"T-t-they're singing outside. And she isn't my date, just a friend." Celestia rolled her eyes with a smile.

"That's a habit they have. Twilight sang to herself when she was still in kindergarten, but the other fillies and colts often joined in." Luna walked in from the side and both her and Daniel locked eyes. "Nice of you to join us Luna."

"It is nice to take part in such an event sister, and to see our student." She then looked at Nature who just gave a happy smile. "Alright Luna. Do it. Just ask him to Follow you and ask him the question."

"Bro. We are holding up a line." Annabelle looked behind her and there was a line of others waiting to greet and be greeted by Celestia.

"Sorry." He said and they moved to the side for them.

"Cosmos. May we have a word with you." Luna asked him and he looked at Annabelle.

"I'll watch her for you. She'll be safe." Daniel knew that and he trusted Nature so Annabelle walked over to Nature's side and he followed Luna through the door she appeared from.

Nature lead Annabelle into the main area and sat down and watched her while she looked around. Mostly at the statues and the patterns on the windows.

Daniel followed Luna up a set of stairs and Luna was panicking in her head. She was doing the best she could to control both her breathing and posture the closer she got to her room that contained all the notes she had made as well as the connections she had made.

A few times there were guards who asked if Daniel was with her as the area they were at was off limits to guests for the gala but she reassured them that he is her student. The castle would soon know Cosmos just as well as Twilight and this would allow him to have access to more areas in Canterlot.

As she approached her room she opened the door and asked him to go inside, which he did and she closed the door after she entered.

"It's now or never Luna. Let him see the notes and see his reaction, then ask him." Taking a deep breath, she spoke to him. "Cosmos."

"Yeah?" He asked nervously once he saw this was her room.

"I want to show you something." She walked over to a sheet that was covering something and moved it to the side. Showing notes and pins in them with different coloured strings going to other pins which held more notes. "Please have a look at this."

Luna stood behind him as he read.

Daniel looked at the center note which had 'Daniel' written on it and a few strings going from it. He saw it was linked with 'Shadow' and shadow was linked with 'Powerful' which was also linked to 'Mew' and 'Glimmer'. There were other notes that mentions about her seeing dreams and that linked to 'Little sister' which linked to 'Cosmos and strawberry.'

He also saw a piece of paper that had different species written down and crossed out. For example, 'Minotaur' was there and there was a red cross through it with 'No hooves on legs seen or fur or horn' was written. She was trying to find out what his species was but so far found no luck at all. With a tightened chest and shaky legs, he kept reading.

As he kept reading the notes and what they linked up to he felt his heart sink. She knew and she was confronting him. From seeing him in his shadow form in the dream he had where he was fighting King N, to seeing Nature and how Nature arrived to see Glimmer. The powers Glimmer had that linked up to Mew and the Shadow, to the link that he is the Shadow, Glimmer, Mew and that Cosmos was just another disguise he was possibly using.

Daniel stood there in shock, not wanting to turn around and his mind screaming 'RUN! You're not ready to tell them who you are yet.' He even started shaking a little, he felt his legs become unbalanced and his muscles tighten up. He knew he couldn't run. Doing so would only make things worse if she didn't mean any harm. But why would she show him this rather than ask?

Slowly, he turned his head to her. The face he had was one of almost fear but also caution. Luna was still standing there, unmoving and looking at him. She decided it was now or never.

"Cosmos...are you Daniel?"

Nature and Annabelle were not having a very fun time. The Gala was so boring that Annabelle was starting to fall asleep but Nature had a plan to lighten things up so she turned to Annabelle.

"Hey, want to go outside?" Annabelle lifted up her head from the table.

"Sure thing." As Nature walked Annabelle outside she looked at her and her mind did the same thing it did with Daniel, for a moment she saw Annabelle as the previous bearer, wearing the same cloak that covered her body and a hood that hid her face.

She shook her head and Annabelle went back to normal but that did not go unnoticed by her.

"Are you alright?" She asked when she saw Nature shake her head.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Soon they were outside and a good bit away from the rest of the crowd. Annabelle sat down and asked Nature something.

"What adventures have you been on? With your job you must have a load of stories." She smiled and sat down beside her.

"Well I have 3 that come to mind. There was the time I ran across rainbow sand worms on a desert planet orbiting a blue star. The assignment I got to investigate an abandoned science station that orbited a black hole and there was also that time I found an artificial super structure build around a star that used it's heat as a power source."

"Ohh. Tell me about the star structure." As she sat down and looked at Annabelle her mind flashed back to the final talk she had with her old friend, before she went to see Archie one last time.

She had just got back from saving a planet from a black hole. Using her speed and strength along with cosmic power, she charged into the core and destroyed it, causing the black hole to vanish once there was no gravity. She had just gotten back to her own quarters and her door was chapped.

Nature opened her door only to see the previous heart bearer. She saw how injured she was and was told she wouldn't be around much longer. She then mentioned about Daniel and how he would have a sister. It was that day that Nature promised the bearer she would do her best to keep both of them safe. Mostly keep Daniel safe as he would be the one keeping Annabelle safe.

Soon after she promised that she asked her why they meant so much to her, did she see a future where they would be a great help? A few times an entity who can see the future asked others to protect certain individuals who have made a difference.

Nature remembered what the previous bearer said next. She said 'No, I want you to protect them because you wouldn't want Daniel to be upset over something happening to his sister when he becomes your lover.' Nature at that moment had never blushed so hard or was so stunned at what she heard. But the bearer laughed at her reaction before whispering something to her that caused her to stop blushing and take her promise seriously.

'I understand' She said to the previous bearer and with a 'Thank you for your promise and for being my friend' she went to talk to Archie. That was the last time Nature spoke to her.

"Hello? You in there?" Nature looked at Annabelle who was waving her hoof in front of her face.

"Sorry. Just...memories. But anyway, you wanted to hear about the star structure. Alright then." Nature started to tell Annabelle of her adventures as she laid down on the ground as Nature made a orb appear in her hoof that showed pictures of the location and what she encountered.

Daniel was frozen in place. That question is one he thought he wouldn't hear this night. Luna did not dare take a step forwards. She was worried that one step forwards would cause him to lash out or run away.

"Please...I just want to talk. No tricks. If you are Daniel, please don't disappear or think I mean to cause harm." Daniel used his mind reading power and the book that appeared on her head had 'Please don't go. I want to make amends.' written on it.

Daniel had to make a choice now, so he took a deep breath and decided it was time to let someone know who he was. He had been here for a little over a year but he hoped to tell Applejack first and not Luna.

"Well...you got me." He said looking away from her. "I was hoping to tell one of my friends first and work my way up. Guess that's not happening."

"So...you're..." She was silenced when he looked at her.

"Yes. I am Daniel. That's my real name." He decided to show himself to her as she clearly thought this through, she knew he could transform so his aura brightened up before converting him and his shape started to change, but before he fully changed he grabbed his hood and threw it up. As he stood there, now in his human form and watched Luna take a few steps back and her eyes widen, waited to see her reaction and looked into her mind again.

'Oh my sister, oh my sister, oh my sister! He admitted it...i was right and this is him, no mistaking those clothes. But...what do I do now? Planning is one thing. Having it happen is another.' He saw that was written on the book. "Why...did you hide who you really are?"

"I was unsure. Afraid. How was I to know how you would react." Luna didn't move from her spot, she still stood in place.

"And your different forms?"

"I used them for exploring and fooling around if I need to cool off." Daniel turned into his Mew form and after a few moments he became Glimmer. Luna lifted her hoof to slowly step forwards but it was then he changed into his shadow form and Daniels eyes darted to her which caused her to freeze up. It was hard to see him with him being in that form and with it being night time, even with the moon and stars giving off light, she could only tell where his eyes were at as they were almost always glowing and piercing through his own mist.

This was a tense and awkward moment for both of them. "Look, Luna. I understand if you have a lot of questions and that we're in a strange situation. But if you want to know more about me, promise me this." She put her hoof down and lifted her head up straight as he turned back to normal. "Don't...tell any of my friends, your sister, or anypony else about this." He tried to sound serious but also not threatening.

"We...I promise." Daniel looked into her mind once more and she seemed to have no intention of breaking it.

"Good. Now..." Both of them looked around when they heard bass music.

"What...is that sound?" Luna asked and walked out to the ledge. Next thing Daniel and Luna heard was a crash which they could both feel, even from her room. This made him turn back into his pony form and caused him to look out and over the ledge.

They couldn't see anything outside so it must be happening from inside the castle. The next thing they heard was multiple loud crashes in a row and this even made some of Lunas books fall off her shelves.

"What in Equestria's name is happening?" She ran out and Daniel followed her. When they got to the area where Celestia and Twilight were, Luna spoke to Celestia. "Sister, did you hear that?" Celestia nodded.

"I did. And I didn't like the sound of it." The 4 of them walked into the main room where they saw the whole room in ruin. Rubble from the tipped over pillars scattered across the ground and all his friends besides Twilight looked messy. They were nowhere as neat as they were when they arrived.

It was then he noticed that Fluttershy was missing and he looked around the room but couldn't find her.

"Well...it can't get any worse." As soon as Twilight said that the room started to vibrate then a door burst open. Animals ranging from rabbits, birds, ducks and others barged through and behind them was Fluttershy.

"You're...going to LOVE ME!!!" She shouted and next thing they knew, the whole room was in a panic. Animals running around and the ponies running away from them.

"Run." Daniel heard Celestia say to Twilight, himself and Luna and with a whistle, all of their friends started to run towards Twilight.

On the way out Rarity lost her slipper and when Pinkie said about her 'Prince finding her' she screamed, ran up to it and smashed it before running off again.

"What...happened?" Daniel asked. Not expecting a reply.

"Same here. What went wrong?" Luna was looking at the door they ran out of.

"Listen Luna. We got off to a really strange start. I will meet you when I drop by in a few days. Hopefully things will have calmed down. If you keep your word. I will answer any questions you may have...depending on the subject." Luna nodded.

"We shall meet again in less awkward circumstances, We...I mean I, hope to get to know the 'real' you better." Luna went to Celestia to help her with whatever she needed help with. Daniel started to walk out of the castle's main door when he heard Annabelle from behind him.

"Bro!" He turned around to see her running up to him. "What happened?" Nature was a little behind her with a small grin on her face.

"Yeah. What did you do this time?"

"Hey...it wasn't me this time." She laughed.

"I'm just messing with you." Daniel picked Annabelle up and placed her on his back as he and Nature walked out.

"So...what happened?" She asked again.

"You can ask our friends when we find them." Daniel searched for Twilight's magical signature and followed it till they arrived at a donut shop. "I'm not complaining. I could go for a donut or two. You want some sis?"

"You bet!" She said happily."

"Daisy?" She shook her head.

"No thanks, I'm fine. So what did you and Luna talk about." He was frozen in his tracks. He wondered what he should say, Luna did find out about him but how would she react?

"What just happened?" Bravacho asked as he looked over the ruins of the hall that was fit for a palace just moments ago. "Did that Rainbow pony cause all this to happen just by losing her balance holding up a statue?"

"I am just as confused as you. What was with that Yellow pony who barged in, screaming like a psycho?" Darvia looked at the guards that were trying to get the animals and put them back in the garden.

"I have no clue." Bravacho held the heart piece which was in a bag on his back. "And we have had no luck. We walked around the place but there isn't any sign of any of these ponies being drawn to this." He groaned in frustration, annoyed that they spent time walking around and finding large groups to see if a pony in the crowd was drawn to the heart piece but to no such luck.

Darvia took his hoof and looked him in the eyes.

"There's always next time. We will find who we're looking for, eventually." He sighed knowing she was right. "Come on, let's get a snack and head home. I saw a donut shop not far from here."

Darvia walked in front and Bravacho followed. He knew the best thing he could do now was calm himself down with a snake and a hot drink before resting back home and trying again tomorrow to find the bearer.

Daniel knew he couldn't deceive Nature, she was way too smart for that and would likely figure him out but if he told her the truth...what would she do?

"Daniel? Are you alright?" He could see she was concerned for him.

"I'll be fine. Don't worry about it."

"So what did you and her talk about?" She asked again.

"I don't want to talk about it." She narrowed her eyes at him, she knew he was trying to hide something. "Nature. Don't worry about it."

"It's my job to worry about you, to keep you safe." They kept walking and arrived at Joe's donuts. "I'll let it drop cause it will teach you reasonability, but if it turns into a threat to you or Annabelle I will intervene." He didn't say anything, he knew he couldn't stop her.

Daniel entered the shop and sure enough, he saw all his friends there with Celestia.

"Oh Twilight. The grand galloping gala is always awful." Their dresses were the same, totally dirty. Even Twilight's dress was ruined. Which confused Daniel as when they were running out he saw her dress was still clean, so how did it get the same way the others dresses did?

"It is?" Twilight was clearly confused by what Celestia said.

"That's why I was thrilled you were all attending. I was hoping you could liven things up a bit. And while the evening may not have gone as you planned, I'm sure you'll agree that, in the end it didn't turn out so bad for this group of friends." Daniel smiled when he heard this. Despite the gala getting turned into a messy riot, Celestia found it amazing and wasn't angry. He was starting to like her as a princess. She wasn't too strict and she had a motherly personality.

Annabelle ran up to the donut stand and looked at the donuts hungrily. Daniel smiled and walked up to her, took some money out of his suits pocket and gave her some so spend.

"You mean doing exactly what I wanted to do the whole time?" Spike spoke. The girls talked for a little moment before they all started laughing just as Annabelle finished buying 2 donuts.

"Speakin of us being together, where's cosmos?" He cleared his throat which caught their attention.

"I'm right here."

"Where were you, we didn't see you in the main hall." Pinkie said.

"Or outside." Followed by Applejack.

"Or in the garden." Fluttershy finished.

"Girls. He was with Luna. I remember seeing him and Luna arrive back at the main entrance when the pillars toppled." Twilight told them and all besides Applejack looked satisfied with the answer.

"Then why did ah see yer young sister with some other pony and not you?" Daniel assumed that she mean Nature.

"Daisy? She's right here." He pointed to Nature who was sitting at the side and watching them but waved when he indicated to her.

"I'm a friend of his, I sometimes look after Strawberry for him."

The door rang and it was Luna who entered, she was carrying some kind of list that touched the floor and she looked angry.

"We certainly will not agree to this!" Celestia sighed and walked up to her.

"What's happened Luna?" Luna looked up from the list and at Celestia.

"Well this is how much we will have to pay for repairs, but some 'Nobles' are demanding money for 'Psychological damage'. I say they need to grow a backbone." The way she said those words was clearly made to be an insult.

Celestia looked at the list for a few moments and as she did Luna looked to the side where she saw Twilight and her friends. She smiled at them but then her eyes widened slightly and she looked around till her eyes landed on him.

Daniel looked back at her nonthreateningly, but with a smile and he even looked at Annabelle who was happily eating a donut then looked back at her.

"Want a donut Luna?" She was a little hesitant but she asked Joe for a donut and he said it was on the house for her. As she stood next to Daniel with the donut in her magic, he whispered to her.

"_{Remember our deal.}" Daniel looked over at Nature and she looked a little confused, meaning she more than likely heard him.

"So what did you and my sister talk about?" Luna tightened up. Not knowing what to say but Daniel planned for this.

"Well Luna here told me about...you know. The creature to not mention in public. She said my magic might be helpful in battling it if it was hostile. But other than that it was mostly a schedule and some tasks she wanted me to do." Celestia smiled at Luna.

"You're doing better than I expected Luna. At this rate you will fully catch up on language, tradition and culture within a few more months. When you and your student are done talking then come back and let's get some sleep." Celestia went to the door to leave but as she did it was opened by 2 from the other side and they let Celestia out first before entering.

One of these ponies had a grey coat and his hair and tail were white and his eyes were emerald green and the other was light yellow with a dark brown tail and hair and her eyes were aqua. The male pony was also carrying a large bag on his back.

"Welcome to my shop. What will you have?" Joe asked them as they entered the shop and the female spoke.

"Two hot chocolates please."

"Sure thing Ma'am" Daniel felt like he had seen this pony before, but he didn't know when. This thought didn't last long as he felt a force, almost like a magnet and it was coming from his bag. Then Daniel remembered, he felt this feeling from before when he was in the entity hangout and he was drawn to the heart piece.

"Does this pony have a piece of it?" He asked himself, as he tightened his muscles. Doing his best to remain still and not letting his body take over. Natures eyes widened a little when she saw him tighten his muscles and as she looked at him she could see he was being drawn to something but he was resisting.

"Are you feeling alright Cosmos?" They all looked at him and he didn't even look around. Just resisting the urge to move was tough enough but Nature then walked up to him and put her hoof over him. "Perhaps some fresh air will help." She gently pushed him outside.

Twilight, Luna and the others looked a bit worried but the 2 ponies that recently come in looked at him with suspicion.

When they were outside Daniel felt the urge go away and relaxed. His limbs and even his back felt sore from how tense he was when resisting the pull.

"What happened in there?" She asked.

"I felt the pull that I felt back at the hangout. I think that pony that entered has another heart piece." Nature looked back at the shop as Daniel relaxed even more.

"Bro. What happened? Are you ok?" Annabelle came out and ran up to him.

"Don't you worry about it. I'll be fine." He stood back up.

"I'll need to find out who that is and see if I can get that heart piece. I don't want to just take it. I might not be able to return it." Nature spoke next.

"Keep an eye on those ponies in there. They are not who they appear to be. They are in disguise." Daniel looked over to her.

"Really. You can tell?" She nodded.

"I will need to report this to Archie and we need to get ready for a possible fight. Daniel. Get back home, quickly. I don't know if they are a threat or how strong they are. But if they have a heart piece..." Nature just looked at the ground and didn't finish her sentence. It was then that Twilight and the others came running out to check on him.

"Cosmos. What's wrong?"

"And why do you look so exhausted?" Fluttershy asked.

"I'm alright girls. I just need some rest. I'm sorry I won't be able to stay but I need to get back home." He told them and he saw that Nature had her eyes narrowed at not only the two ponies inside, but at Luna too.

"Really Cosmos? What's going on. Are you sick or something?" Dash asked as she passed the others and walked up to him.

"No. Just tired." He saw Nature who was behind all of them, wink at him before running off in the other direction and teleport when she was out of sight. "Listen girls. I'll tell you another time. But for now I need to get back home."

"Just...all we're asking is to get to know you more. You keep your past so vague and don't talk much about your family, or your previous friendships. Don't stay in your house so much. We are friends, aren't we?" Twilight asked and the rest looked at him.

"Yes. We are and always will be. But I need to get back home, I need to rest. I will try and be more open with you, but I do have my reasons." Daniel powers up his horn and he teleports home.

"What's wrong with him?" Dash asked while looking at the others.

"No clue. Do you know Luna? He is your student." When Fluttershy asked that they all looked at her.

"He is going through a lot of things. I promised him I wouldn't tell anypony. Just trust him and he will open up soon, Hopefully." Luna said and looked at the sky. "It's getting really late. You all should get back home and get some rest." Luna spread her wings and flew up to her room.

"She's right. It is late, and it's up to Cosmos when he tells us what's wrong. Let's get going girls." They all stood around Twilight and she teleported everyone back to her house.

When they arrived back at her house they all took off their dresses and put them in a pile.

"I'll bring them to you tomorrow Rarity." Twilight said with a yawn.

"Sure thing Twilight." Spike was already asleep on the floor so Twilight levitated him onto her back and locked her door after her friends left.

She and the rest of them all returned home and turned in for the night.

"Hon. That pony. Did you see how he acted." She asked.

"Yeah. It looked like he was resisting something heavily." He looked at the bag that contained the heart piece.

"Do you think we found him? The heart bearer?" She whispered the last part and he smiled at the thought.

"I think we may have. Now that we have a possible lead, we need to find out who that pony is. Excuse me. Who was that Pony?" Bravacho asked Joe.

"The one who was taken outside to get some air?" Bravacho nodded. "That was Cosmos. One of the elements of harmony and student of princess Luna." They smiled, now they have a lead.

"Thanks."

They finished their hot chocolate and headed back home. With a name and title down they just needed to find where 'Cosmos' lived. He planned to put the heart piece in a place that would make Cosmos close to it and see his reaction.

If the action is repeated or if the heart piece acts up around him then they have the one they are looking for.

Nature was now in the castle disguised as a maid, as she moved through the castle and looked at each door she passed. She was determined to find Luna's room to see if Luna knew what he really was. She used time gaze to look around at the area and saw Daniel and Luna walking up the stairs to the next level and she followed them.

She went up 2 levels and saw them enter a room so she turned off her time gaze and went to the same door and opened it.

As she looked around the room she was certain it was Luna's room as the decorations made it hard to think anyone else would lay their room out like this. She closed the door quietly and looked around her room, determined to see if Luna indeed had anything that could let her discover who Daniel really is.

A few moments later she moved a sheet to the side and saw a board with sticky notes on it and looked at them more closely. She saw how each note was connected and it all had to do with Daniels different forms as well as theories and speculations but the main thing is it implied heavily that Cosmos was Daniel.

Using her time gaze she looked around the room and saw Daniel looking at the board. The longer he looked at it the more worried he became before he turned around to look at Luna.

"Cosmos...are you Daniel?" She heard Luna ask him and watched the rest of their interaction. The last thing they did was run out of the room after looking over the outside balcony so she turned off her time gaze.

"So...she knows now." Nature heard the door knob turn and she turned invisible just as Luna came in.

Luna took off her royal gear and put on white PJs before she jumped in her bed and a smile appeared on her face.

"He is. He is. I was right. Cosmos is Daniel. I can't believe I did that." Nature narrowed her eyes at her. She wanted to make sure she wasn't trying to manipulate him.

"You better be nice to him." Luna jumped up when she heard that and looked around. Nature then became visible and they locked eyes.

"W-who are you?" Luna asked, shaken up from her sudden appearance. Nature turned into the form she used in Daniel's dream and Luna's eyes widened but Nature then turned into her Nature pony form that had tree legs and grass instead of a coat.

"I'm Mother Nature, and I have something to tell you Luna." Nature walked up to her casually. "Now Luna. I'm sure you have seen Daniel's dream and have an idea of what he is going through." As she walked up to Luna, her smile slowly started to fade. "But there is something you should know."

Natures blue water eyes started to change. They started to bubble up and the blue started turning red.

"I made a promise to a very close friend...my best friend, that I would protect Daniel and his sister." Her eyes were now completely red. "Daniel hasn't showed himself because he fears what he can do. He is scared he will lose control and is worried he might be seen more as a tool because of what he can do or as a threat and that he and his sister will be targeted. So I am here to give you a warning."

Her eyes were no longer water, but now molten lava that went down her cheeks, down her neck and into her body.

"If you don't intend to manipulate or hurt Daniel then you have nothing to worry about from me. But if you do plan on any of that...then you and I are going to have a 'very' big problem. I don't take my promises lightly, especially those from friends and even more so if the safety of children are involve." The entire time she said this, Nature did not even raise her voice but the tone of it changed to a serious one overtime.

Nature was right up at Lunas bed and she could smell the burning air and feel the heat coming off of her. Luna put her pillow up and turned her head away.

"We have no intentions of doing such things! We only wanted to apologize and get to know him more!!!" After she said that the burning smell and heat went away and Luna slowly moved the pillow away. Looking at Nature again, who was now back to normal and smiling.

"Then you have nothing to worry about. Since you have thought about this so much, I'm sure you know what has happened to him. His home, family and friends are all gone. But he is starting to make himself a new life here and leave his old one behind. I won't sit back if I see something that could ruin that for not just him, but his sister to."

Nature walked out to Luna's balcony and turned back to her.

"I hope what you said is what you meant. And this isn't just you. It's anyone or anything that tries to do that to them. Good luck Luna and be nice to him." Nature then vanished and left Luna shaken and laying on her bed.

Luna laid there and took sharp breaths to calm down from the fear she just felt shoot through her.

"I-I have no intention to hurt or manipulate him." She said to calm herself down more.

It took a while but Luna was able to fall asleep and start to monitor dreams again.

With her now knowing Cosmos was Daniel, she hoped she would see his dreams and that she could interact with him more, but as she searched the dreamscape she found no traces of him.

"He likely doesn't trust me enough yet, I need to prove he can trust me before he lets me enter his dreams." Even if she couldn't find his dreams, she still had her duty to do as the night princess to help others sleep peacefully by removing nightmares.

She went into a dream that she was sure was Twilights dream but as she entered she saw Twilight in the dress she wore to the Gala, standing beside her sister and Celestia was talking to a line of ponies the starched back further than her eye could see.

After she helped Twilight with her dream she went to check on the other elements who were also having unpleasant dreams.

Pinkie pie was no different as her dream showed her in a grey ponyville and everyone looked emotionless. The music was low and just all around boring. Pinkie was trying to cheer them up but they all just looked at her annoyed. Her breathing became uneven and even her smile started to fade so Luna helped her by restoring Ponyville, now it was brightly coloured and happy again.

When she saw Pinkie was happy she moved onto Applejack.

In her dream she was selling Apples in a very large crowd, easily over 1000 ponies but nobody paid any attention to her. Her apples even started to rot which made her look at them worryingly.

Luna fixed her dream by making the crowd pay attention to her and restoring her Apples. The moment she saw she was happy again she moved on to the next dream.

The next dream was Rarity's and she could tell right away she was going to have fun with this one.

Rarity was a total mess and her 'Love' being Blueblood was staying away from her, saying about how he just got groomed. With a smirk, Luna made a clown of him. First thing she had happen was a bunch of cats swarm him and they were shedding their fur so when they got off him his hair was a mess and he was covered in cat fur.

As he screamed and ran out of a door she changed the outside so his first step got him stuck in deep mud that cause him to lose his balance and cause the rest of him to fall in the mud. Rarity was trying to contain both a grin and a laugh as she saw blueblood struggling to get out. His coat no longer a nice white and his hair no longer straight but now in a dirty mess.

When Blueblood did run away and Rarity fell over laughing Luna left her dream and moved onto the next.

Fluttershy's dream was her being in a forest full of all different kinds of animals but they were all rare and uncommon. Not something you would see everyday and they were all hiding from her. Everywhere she went they ran from.

"Did stuff like this happen to them at the Gala?" Luna wondered as the dreams all seemed to be connected. Celestia, Blueblood. A load of ponies in one place, Boring and dull and rare animals. All this could happen in one place and they were all there.

She quickly fixed Fluttershy's dream by first having the baby animals come up to her and when they were happy to be around her then the rest also approached her.

Last one was Rainbow Dash. In her dream she was trying to get the attention of the wonderbolts but nothing she did caught their attention.

Luna though about how she would deal with this one and after a moment she made a small colt appear and go up to Rainbow, asking her for an autograph and then more appeared and asked the same thing from her.

This large crowd caught the attention of Spitfire and she spoke to Dash, asking her to join them and she flipped at hearing that.

Luna though how she could make this better and knew how to. She made the dream spitfire ask Rainbow Dash for a race, which she happily accepted.

"Now when that race is over, if she wins or loses, she will be asked to join them." Luna smiled and left Dash's dream.

As she did she realised she had 1 more dream to attend to. Spike's dream.

When she entered his dream she found him sitting in a circular room with 8 doors around him and a single light shining on him in this dark room. The doors had names over them, Twilight, Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie and Fluttershy. But there was also 2 more that had Cosmos and Strawberry's names over them.

She decided to fix this dream the best way she knew how to. All 8 of his friends reappeared from the doors with their names over them and after an exchange of words and a smile appeared on Spikes face, a 9th door appeared and all of them walked through it together.

She left his dream and went to the dreams of others. Getting rid of each nightmare she ran across and helping the one who was being tormented by it.

But the whole time she did this, she didn't run across Daniels dream or his sisters.

Jerik woke up from his sleep. Another sleep on his trip to this 'Equestria' planet. But thankfully he didn't have much longer to wait. The computer said they would be there in the next 5 days to 1 more week.

He and the other two troops had spent the majority of their time playing card games, telling stories and browsing the intergalactic online web that came installed with the ship.

For the past few weeks the 3 of them have gotten to know each other better.

The prototype was someone named Gelvon who was a volunteer for genetic augmentation who got his sentence cut short by accepting to be a test subject. Before he became what he is now, he was a combatant in the pits of the fallen. A place that King N made where those who were disloyal or failed in assignments often got put. It was 3 years of brutal battles and traps that break a person's mentality. One who was scared of bugs got thrown into a pit with giant but harmless ones for an hour and was insane when his time was up so he was used as someone who needed to be saved in the next game which was an execution rescue.

It was brutal place where either your body would break or your mind would. But he managed to only serve 18 months before he was selected in a lottery for the option to choose to be a genetic experiment and get out if he survives or keep fighting. So he chose the experiment option.

The revenger was guard who was assigned to a palace but failed to stop an assassin from killing an officer so he was sent with him to regain his honour in this mission.

And here he was, a captain who failed to stop the prince and along with these 2, they were going to some far off planet to conquer or destroy it and possibly find the heart bearer while they were at it.

"Not much longer now. We will be at the planet in 1 week, max."

"We still have one week? But I'm so bored." Gelvon was a restless one. The only times he stood still was when eating or sleeping.

"Well, find something to entertain yourself." Jerik said with a sigh while rubbing his forehead.

The ship they were in was not that large so there was limited things to do. Jerik made up for the boredom by thinking about his life and if he made the right choice and making plans ahead of time for the most likely scenarios. Which is what he was doing right now.

"Ok, so the planet has a magical signature which means we will be dealing with magic users. Most magic users have a way to lose their magic if they lose their tool like a wand or a staff but there are those who don't and just need their limbs and mind. If we are dealing with the first kind then we need to see what lets them use magic and cut them off from it. The second kind will be more of a challenge."

Jerik looked at the wrist device King N gave him. A blaster with a gem containing enough power to blow away a solar system. Why would he give him such a thing?

Going back to his planning he knew his first action should be to find out who was the ruler and how strong said ruler was. If They could break their leader then the rest of the planet might soon follow. They had devices that would allow them to take the form of whatever lifeforms were on this planet, so they didn't need to worry to much about being seen until they needed too.

"Seems like everything is in order. All we can do now is wait till we get a closer look and see if the plans need changing."

Daniel had just finished putting Annabelle to bed and was heading to the stone seats to sit down for a while. If he ended up falling asleep then since he is in the pocket dimension Luna wouldn't be able to enter his dreams.

While Luna knew, he didn't trust her enough for her to enter his dreams yet so for a while longer he would have Annabelle keep sleeping in here. After a while, if Luna kept her word and told nobody about him then he would start to sleep outside.

As he looked at Annabelle and thought about him having to defend her he remembered that, even if he had hundreds of years to prepare, he still needed to get an army of robots armed and ready. So when will he ask Alpha to start producing actual weapons? The ponies didn't even look like they had the old age guns which could only shoot once until you needed to add powder and take about 5 full minutes to reload it, so how would they react to something that's a full auto like a AA-12, an MP5 or something that's not even a full auto like an M4?

"I...suppose it couldn't hurt to make at least 5 weapons and give them to bots to see what they do, but no real ammo for the first few days. Make it rubber bullets with round tops."

Daniel laid down on one of the stonesbenches and closed his eyes to get some rest. Tomorrow he would head back to the entity hangout for a while and take Annabelle with him. Just like him, she could use some more training.

Daniel pulled out his phone, recharged it and set the alarm to wake him up in 7 hours.

Author's Notes:

This chapter still has to be edited, but here we go. A new chapter, after 2 years of Re-writing.

Next chapter: Discord

The next chapter will probably be in 3 parts.