"Everyone get away!" Nature shouted to them and when Luna saw her she listened without any hesitation but Twilight and the others were paralyzed in shock, looking at Cosmos who just delivered a punch to Jerik's stomach. The punch was so strong it ripped right through the armour and sent Jerik backwards, causing him to hit a tree and cracked the ground with a shockwave.

"YOU CAN ALL DIE!!!" Daniel shouted as his dark aura grew and the area around him started to crack and break from his aura alone. Daniel turned his glare to the Prototype who scared Annabelle before and grabbed it's arm faster than it could react, then with a powerful pull he ripped it clean off. Discord looked like he was going to be sick when he saw that.

"MOVE IT!!!" Nature screamed at them which got their attention and they listened to her. They didn't know what was going on but she seemed to. Once they were all on a hill top she turned to them and spoke. "Don't move from here."

"Wait just a second here. Who are you and who do you think you are bossing us about!?" Dash asked stubbornly.

"I'm the one who knows what's going on here! So unless you have a better idea, let's hear it skittles!" She walked up to Dash until she was right in her face after she said that her eyes widened and she backed off after a moment. "I'm sorry about that outburst. I'm just worried."

"About Cosmos? What's going on? I've never seen him like this." The prototype had regenerated his limb and disappeared. To the others it looked like it vanished but to her and Daniel they saw it was just moving at speeds faster than a normal eye could see.

It tried to get Daniel with a downwards slash after it jumped into the air but Daniel side stepped it, causing it to cash into the ground. Before it could pick itself up Daniel put his hoof on it's head and slammed it down on it, again, and again. With every hit to the head they heard bones brake and snap. Daniel then put both his hooves on it's face, pressed down and started to pull his hooves apart, ripping its face open but was stopped after he got hit by a plasma weapon.

He looked at the revenger who had it's pistol aimed at him and started firing multiple times. Nature could see visible burn marks slightly after the blasts impacted Daniel but his regeneration made them disappear quickly.

Jerik lifted up his weapon from his location under the tree but Nature grabbed it before throwing it away and holding Jerik down by the head.

"You're going nowhere." She indicated for Dash and Twilight to come down and they did as Nature used a vine to tie Jerik up. "You two. Watch this slime ball. I'll need to calm Cosmos down after he has vented his emotions."

"Vented them? You know what he's been through?" She nodded at Twilight's question.

The Revenger had been grabbed by the neck and Daniel was punching in it's face. The helmet was so dented it didn't look like a helmet anymore but thanks to how wide and bulky it was the Revenger was still alive.

"I don't get it. He should have killed them by now. Why hasn't he...Emotions. If he is happy his power increases and he can control it. If he's angry he gets more power but loses some control and if he's upset or is feeling any other negative emotion, it causes him to become weaker. His rage combined with what happened to Annabelle. His sadness is decreasing his power and since rage can be sedated after some time then the more he vents his rage...the weaker he will become. His sadness over Annabelle will soon leave him in a weakened state."

Nature zoomed over to Annabelle to check on her. Now that the others were out of harms way there would be no more casualties, beside these troops that showed up and attacked. As Nature looked at the hole in her back she was relieve at what she saw. The beam missed Annabelle's heart and she could see her regeneration kicking in, it was weaker than Daniel's so it would take longer for her to fully heal.

"Thankfully that was from a blaster. Not cosmic energy." Nature put her palms out to face Annabelle's wound and a green light appeared before covering her and her wound started to close up. "This is going to do some mental damage to her, not to mention give her nightmares for a while." Nature picked up Annabelle after her wound was healed and took her to the others on the hill. "She just needs some rest. Don't worry, she'll live."

A crash was heard as Daniel slammed the Prototype into the ground as the Revenger kept firing at him. Nature could see that the burns from the gun were taking slightly longer to heal than before. Showing that her hypothesis was right. With each ounce of energy Daniel used he became weaker. If this was just rage then he would have destroyed the troops by now and would probably be going berserk on the surrounding area.

"No, not the area. This Galaxy would be as good as gone but I don't think his rage would last long. Since how strong his power is, is based on his emotional state it can change in moments. Or it could be like he is now with 2 emotions conflicting in him." She saw the Prototype slash at Daniel and this time a gash mark appeared but quickly healed up.

"Cosmos..." Twilight was looking at the destruction he caused to the area where he was fighting but her eyes landed on the heart piece. "Is all this happening because of that?" Nature walked over to it and picked it up.

"So...he got the second message." She said to herself then looked at Daniel who had the Prototype pinned down by the neck and was struggling for air as Daniel ripped it's limbs off. The more he ripped off the slower the regeneration happened and eventually it stopped, leaving the creature with no limbs and its head was still not fully healed as it's head looked like it could be split in two easily by minimal effort. The only things holding it together was thin threads of skin going across the rip down the middle of its face in patterns that looked like shoe laces. The bone was still visible and blood was still leaking out.

Daniel was breathing heavily, he rage was venting quickly and only the revenger was left. Daniel dropped the prototype and turned to face him, then charged at him. He fired more shots at Daniel until he had to reload but before he even took out the empty battery Daniel landed a powerful hit to his head which knocked him upwards and into a house before he fell face first to the ground.

Daniel grinned at the sight before chuckling and then it turned into laugher. It wasn't happy laugher, it was the kind of laughter one sometimes makes when they are drunk on adrenaline, it was all getting to him.

Daniel charge once more, intending to finish it but as he did he looked like he was in pain and fell onto the ground. Rolling over a few times as he tumbled to a halt and his dark aura faded. Daniel lay there, feeling lost. Like he was missing a purpose. While he does have robot kids to look after and many friends, his main light that he cared about the most was gone. Even if she was alive, he felt horrible for not being able to help her. He stood there in fear when the gun was pointed at her when he could have jumped in front of it.

"He's out." Nature walked over to him and put her hand on his head. As he thought about Annabelle and the times they had in equestria he ended up turning back into his real form.

"Only Luna knew. Annabelle never got what she wanted, to tell our friends what and who we really were." He didn't care if he was no longer in his pony form. He stood up and looked over to where Annabelle was but saw she wasn't there. Looking around he soon saw her on the hill with the rest of them.

"She's alright. I healed her. The laser barely missed her heart and thankfully the weapon had no Cosmic power in it." She said with a smile and Daniel returned it.

"T-thanks Nature." They heard grunting and looked at the Revenger who was struggling to stand up.

"Go to her. I'll deal with these guys." On the hill, all eyes were on Daniel after he started to glow and shift. Now whatever was standing in Cosmos place was something they had never seen before. All they could see was it walked on 2 legs and had clothes covering it's whole body.

Nature walked up to the Revenger with a smile as he tried to shoot her but the plasma blasts did no damage to her. She kept walking up till she was almost in his face and with one final shot the plasma gun overheated and broke. Melting the working inside it.

The Revenger took a step back in fear as Nature just kept walking forwards until he was against a wall with nowhere to go.

"H-hey...now listen, I didn't mean all that stuff. I-I was just doing my job." She smiled happily.

"I know you were. And I'm just doing mine." She had a ball of energy in her hand.

"Wai-" The revenger didn't even get to finish as Nature grabbed him, threw him into the sky and sent the energy ball after him. When it impacted him in the air, Nature smiled and walked over to the Prototype who was still trying to regenerate.

"Where...is...he?" It asked and she just smiled. Not a smile with a evil grin but a happy smile that a kid would make.

"You're joining him, so don't worry." She did the same as before. She grabbed it by the neck and threw it upwards and sent an energy ball after it. When she saw the two of them were going to collide a good bit away from the planet she smiled and looked at Daniel who was close to her. "It's over." She said with a wink and the sky lit up. The two balls of energy she used collided and the resulting explosion turned the entire sky bright for a few moments as the explosion almost covered all of it.

The prototype and Revenger were completely destroyed, nothing was left.

"D-did...you guys just...just...see that?" Dash was flabbergasted beyond words as the sky lit up.

"W-what. How..." Twilight, Rarity and Rainbow were wide eyed and jaws dropped. Pinkie was the same but she had a smile on her face. Applejack took off her hat and Fluttershy had fainted long ago.

Daniel walked up the hill towards them and looked down at Annabelle as he turned her back to normal. They all watched as Annabelle's form shifted back to normal and Daniel put his two main fingers on her wrists. As he checked to see how strong her pulse was, Twilight was looking over him from top to bottom.

"It's rude to stare Twilight. Even at your friends." Her ears dropped when she heard his voice. The voice and the eyes, they were the same as Cosmos.

"Cosmos? What...are you?" Daniel smiled when he felt Annabelle's pulse, it was calm and steady.

"We'll talk later. I need to make sure my sister makes a full recovery. Oh, and Discord." Discord tensed up when he heard his name get mentioned.

"Y-yes?" Daniel looked over the chaos ridden land and then back at Discord.

"Turn this back to normal. Will you?" Discord was going to object but thought better of it. Cosmos was the only pony...or whatever he was to take a liking to him in countless years and he did have fun in their Chaos battle a while ago.

"Fine. But you owe me answers!" He said with narrowed eyes as he snapped his fingers and everything turned back to normal.

"Thanks." He said with a smile

Jerik broke out of his restraints and Daniel quickly laid Annabelle back down.

"No. NO! I will not go back empty handed. I will destroy you all." Jerik flew upwards at speeds that would make Dash jealous and charged up his wrist cannon. "This crystal has enough power to wipe out a solar system. If I can't get this planet for my King, then I'll destroy it and me along with it!"

Jerik went up to the clouds and the blast was fully charged. So he aimed it at the planet and was about to press the fire button but was shot in the arm by a laser gun.

"What the?" He looked at one of the ponies on the ground and saw it was grinning at him. The pony then started to glow and change shape, this annoyed him as he wondered what else could go wrong. But then his eyes widened and his heart sank when he saw the pony was the prince in disguise. "Bravacho?" The others couldn't hear him but with another shot at his arm his wrist device came loose and felt off. Bravacho put his disguise back on before he ran and grabbed the device just as it almost hit the ground then aimed it at Jerik. With a grin, Bravacho pressed the button.

"Captain. You're dismissed." He fired the device and Jirek was disintegrated. The blast travelled off into space but Bravacho knew that a blast that powerful couldn't maintain itself for long so it would fade quickly. "I give it about 1 light year...2 at most before that blast can't sustain itself and it fades." The device he held onto disintegrated and blew away in the wind.

"Sister...is...it over?" Celestia looked at Discord with a glare.

"It would seem so. Discord. Count yourself lucky you're not going back in stone, but mark my worlds. I am watching you." Discord just laughed

"Oh, you watching me? Do you think your strong enough? You have tried before but you couldn't even touch me." All the others looked at him angrily but Daniel just sighed.

"Guys." They all looked at him. "We are all lucky to still be alive. So can you please just get along? Have you tried talking it over with Discord? And Discord, have you ever thought that talking about your problems can help solve them?" Discord crossed his arms and looked away but the look on his face showed he was thinking about what he said.

"Cosmos is right. We just survive an attack on our lives. We could have been killed but we weren't." Pinkie jumped happily.

"So can I get a candy cloud? Can I? Can I?" Discord smiled and made a cotton candy cloud appear for Pinkie who happily went under it to drink the chocolate rain.

"I agree. Let's talk this over. I can't be bothered to fight after that. There's so much I'm trying to understand." Daniel looked back at them after he picked Annabelle back up.

"I'll be along to Canterlot soon. I'm sure you have a lot of questions. I'll do my best to answer them. Oh and Twilight." Twilight looked at him.

"Yes?"

"My name...it's not Cosmos...it's Daniel." He put Annabelle over his shoulder and headed back to his house. Nature came along with him.

"Oh now that was entertainment at it's finest." Xaveroth was still in his chair which was over the battlefield as he happily watched everything unfold. Good thing Nature was there, but since the laser missed Annabelle's heart she will likely make a full recovery."

He bounced on his chair and stood up before his chair turned back into a cloud.

"He even managed to convince Discord to turn things back to normal? Guess all his chaos was a way of coping with pain." He did a few stretches before he decided to think over what he should do.

"Well first I have to wait for Nature to leave and Daniel won't leave Annabelle alone with the way she is. So I need to wait for Annabelle to recover before I take him to that crystal tree." Xaveroth chuckled.

"Oh I can't wait to see how it turns out." A little him came out his ear.

"Hey, how did you get there?"

"Oh shut up you handsome cloud." Xaveroth laughed before teleporting away.

Daniel turned her back into her pony form and he did so too as they walked through ponyville with the ponies cheering that the chaos had passed. As he heard Annabelle's gently breathing as he carried her, he started to feel better but he still can't believe he didn't jump in front of the laser.

"Hey...You're not use to that kind of combat. I don't blame you for the mistake you made." Nature said to him as she walked by his side.

"Thanks. But I should have done better."

"You're still young and have a lot to learn." When they were back at his house he placed Annabelle on the couch and put a cover over her. "You're heading to Canterlot soon?" He nodded at her question. "I'm coming with you, just in case they try something." He knew he couldn't say anything that would make her change her mind so he didn't say anything.

"I suppose I should clean up if I'm going to go to Canterlot. Can you watch Annabelle for me for a while?" Nature nodded and Daniel entered the bathroom. When he was finally in and alone he turned the taps on and sat down with a sigh. The ones that arrived is what worried him. If they were King N's troops then would more trouble be on the way? He knew he had improved a lot and had better control of his powers but he still didn't think he was strong enough to beat that Dark sphere, let alone King N himself. "No. I need to try this time. I won't let him do the same to this planet without a fight. But I need to improve. The best way I can think of doing that is controlling my anger and..."

Daniel put his hand to his chest as he remembered what he was told before. He had another form he could learn to use, the one called 'Total merge' but the problem with that is he still hasn't learned to control his anger, let alone something hard wired to protect him since he's it's host. He took his shirt off and looked in the mirror to see if he had any injuries but he had none and he couldn't see any glow in his chest. One thing he did notice and was happy for when he looked at his face was that he wasn't growing any facial hair.

"Guess the only thing I can do is keep training. Perhaps do something that pushes me further every now and them." He chuckled to himself, wondering why he was talking to his own reflection in the mirror. "I am going crazy."

It took him abut 30 minuets to get ready. The cleaning and choosing clothes were the easy part, but now he was standing in front of the mirror again, wondering what he should say when he meets up with them.

"Alright. How should I start it if none of them ask anything. I might walk in and they are all waiting for someone else to speak first. What should I say in that incident?" Xaveroth was sitting behind Daniel but he didn't notice until he looked back at the mirror after looking away while in his thoughts.

"How about you just thrown them a party? Do something fun." Daniel rolled his eyes at Xaveroth.

"No. They are sick of Discord and his pranks so that will likely put me in some bad books."

"So what do you plan to do then? Sit in awkward silence?" Xaveroth made a rubber duck appear and set it beside the bath tub.

"It likely wont be like that after a while. Knowing Pinkie Pie she wont let the silence last." It was then that Xaveroth floated over to Daniel.

"By the way. There is something I think you'll be interested in."

"What is it?"

"What if I told you I know where the last heart piece is?" This caught Daniel's attention.

"Go on." He said.

"In the old sisters castle there is a crystal tree under it. The last heart piece is somewhere there." Daniel thought about it. How did he not feel it when he met Daring Do there before Nightmare moon returned?

"Thanks for letting me know. But I need to get going to Canterlot. Daniel left the bathroom wearing his Normal clothes and was delighted to see Annabelle stir in her sleep and Nature looking at her with a smile but she was also holding her hand and was glowing green.

"Have a pleasant sleep." Nature turned to look at him with a smile. "She was having a nightmare so I changed it to a pleasant dream." Daniel walked up to her as she had a smile on her face as she slept.

"How long will she be like this for?"

"She should wake up any moment. She will still be stiff as her muscles tensed up and relaxed so quickly she will need some help moving." Just as she finished saying that, Annabelle let out a yawn and opened her eyes.

"N-Nature? Where...am I?"

"You're back home sweetie." She looked to the side and saw Daniel looking at her happily.

"Sleep well?" He asked.

"I've slept better." She tried to get up but had difficulty sitting upright so Daniel helped her.

"There you go. You were injured but Nature healed you." Nature smiled and looked at him.

"And then you went crazy and ripped someone's skull in half." He chuckled nervously.

"Please don't remind me."

"Annabelle, count yourself lucky that it was a laser blaster and not cosmic energy that did that, and that it missed your heart. If I had to fix your heart then it might have caused some complications and If you got hit in the heart by cosmic energy you would be dead by now." Daniel was confused by this.

"Wait. Her head would still be-" Nature cut him off.

"Remember. Both the brain and the heart are needed for the body to function. Powerful ones like me can last without them for a while. If I took a cosmic blast to my heart I would just need to stay out of the action for a while. But with Annabelle, her regeneration would be too slow and with the body unable to function or it wouldn't repair itself in time, her spirit would leave it. Then...you know the rest." Daniel knew what she meant, after a while outside the body the soul passes on and once that happens they can't be revived.

"I see. Thanks for healing her." He turned to look at Annabelle with a smile. "Looks like you will get your wish little sis. We are heading to Canterlot."

"What do you mean?" Nature looked at him, this was something he should tell her.

"I lost it after you were shot. I ended up collapsing and turned back to normal. They know who I really am now...well...not fully, so I'm going to Canterlot to meet up with them to clear things up." A smile appeared on Annabelle's face.

"No more hiding?" She asked.

"Well when it comes to the princesses and our friends...no more hiding." She tried to hug him but as she moved she tenses up as her muscles were still stiff and trying to move quickly hurt her. "Hey. You just rest. I'll carry you on my back if I have too." Daniel turned into his pony form but as he did he felt like something was missing.

Then he remembered that he still has a clone in the Timberwolf citadel so he closed his eyes and he saw the room was empty. Everyone had left and he was alone so he brought his clone back and merged with it.

Annabelle tried to get up but her movement was slow and stiff so Daniel turned her back into their pony forms before he placed her on his back.

"Just you rest, the encounter with those monsters must have scared you."

"I'll come with you, just encase they try something." She said as she turned back into her own pony form. Daniel didn't even try to object. He knew her mind couldn't be changed and she was looking over him upon the request of the previous bearer.

As he reached the front door he saw a letter on the floor that was addressed to him so he opened it and read it.

"Heart Bearer, I realize we didn't get a chance to properly talk before we were interrupted so I would like to arrange a meeting. I would appreciate it if you could meet us at the entrance to the Forest that is next to this town at noon in 3 days.

We were sent here to find you, as King N has crushed more opposition to him. We heard about you and wish for you to help up stop him. We will speak more when we meet up.

Signed Bravacho." He finished it and even Nature took a quick read of it.

"We have a potential new ally. This is good."

"I know but...why meet me in the forest at noon?" As he asked that his mind wondered. " Forest? Are we sure we will speak there or is that just a meet up point? "Will we speak at another location like the old castle, cause this is a potential new ally but until I know them I am not considering them a friend right now. Which reminds me. I need to check the old castle again. Xaveroth mentioned there was another piece there. Wait...another. DID NATURE PICK IT UP?!" He turned to her and he saw her holding the other heart piece.

"Worried about this. Don't worry. It's safe with me." He smiled and they all left his house. He didn't put on his fake mark but he did put on his clothes again to cover it up.

"Alright. To Canterlot. How do you want to get there Annabelle?"

"How about we take the train? After all the craziness today I feel like something simple will be a nice change." Nature was happy with whatever they chose so they headed to the train station and boarded one.

As he sat her down and Nature sat across from him they met someone Daniel was happy to see.

"Cosmos. Why are you not in Canterlot?" It was Ditzy and she looked very surprised to see him, but her question got him confused too.

"Why? Should I be?" She seemed amazed he didn't know something.

"Not that long ago Wonderbolts zoomed into towns and cities all over Equestria. The papers they were carrying mentioned how the elements have possibly reformed and a old enemy. We are going to celebrate cause the Princess is calling this a great victory." He smiled at her and told her the story but left out most of it.

"Well you don't need to know all the details but basically this guy called Discord was an old foe, but sense was talked into him and now I hope he can be reformed. Being stuck in stone must stink. I went back home as soon as it was done so I must have missed it."

"Well I can't wait to get there. This is a historic day." She said happily and flew off.

When he arrived in Canterlot he was greeted by guards who said his friends were waiting for him and to follow them. They mentioned that his sister would stand up with Celestia and next to Spike as he would enter the room with the other elements.

Daniel followed them and when he and Annabelle needed to be separated before he entered the castle he saw Nature put her on her back. Knowing she would be safe with her, he continued to follow the guards.

As he walked he soon saw just how many ponies were gathering in Canterlot as the hallways and skies were packed with ponies and he saw more in the distance as earth ponies and unicorns came on land and pegasi flew down from the sky. But thanks to his hood he was unrecognized and the pants he had on covered his mark. Even without them he would have been a little hard to see being between the guards.

He saw a large carpet that seemed to start at a tower as that's where all the ponies that were waiting were looking and the guards took him around the back, where he saw a door that was cleverly hidden. The plant vines that were growing on the tower had been carefully cut so a door could be added but the vines remained around it and plants grew on them.

"The others are waiting inside." One guard said as he moves the leaves aside and found the door handle and opened it.

Daniel went inside andtook his hood down and he went and saw the rest of his friends who were talking but soon stopped when he arrived.

There was a moment of awkward silence as they stared at him, knowing this form that they had seen so much was just a disguise. But just before they could say anything, a guard slightly opened the front door and spoke to them.

"You all ready?" Daniel stood beside them and they all nodded before the doors were pulled open and they started walking outside. As Daniel walked he felt his heart rate increase from nervousness. There were so many ponies looking at them and even some flashing cameras as the press took their pictures.

They kept walking and followed the carpet as they walked inside the castle and towards the doors of the throne room. As the door opened he saw Spike and Luna beside Celestia on the left side and Annabelle and Discord on the right. He looked at the crowd and saw Nature in the very front of the crowd of ponies and smiling at him.

They approached the throne and Celestia looked around. As her gaze landed on him he was a little surprised to see her smile didn't fade as she knew now that he wasn't a pony but still didn't know what he was.

"We are gathered here today to once again honor the heroism of these 7 friends who have done something even I didn't think about. Reforming an old enemy and saving equestria from eternal chaos. Now Discord hasn't fully reformed but I trust all of you to give him a chance." She looked at Discord and her smile didn't fade. Celestia knew that if Discord was treated kindly instead of hated for past deeds then perhaps there is a chance he would fully reform.

Her horn lit up and curtain opened. The window in it's place was of the 7 of them in a circle with their elements on but they were looking at Discord and the Discord in the glass window was half lightly colored and half dark colored. Showing his change of heart

As she revealed this the entire crowed cheered as confetti showered them. Daniel and all the others smiled and waved at the crowd.

The event was like the gala but much more lively, mostly cause the ones attending it had a sense of humour. He spent time interacting with some ponies he knew like Ditzy and Lyra. The ponies were nice to him but he didn't like all the attention he was getting but Dash didn't seem to mind.

It was a few hours later after much celebration and after it turned to night time that the guests started to leave and he along with the others and Nature all stayed behind. One of the guards approached Nature and asked her politely to leave but Daniel mentioned she was to stay for something important.

"Alright...Follow me everypony." Celestia walked out of the main room and went up the stairs while him, Nature, Annabelle, Luna and the rest of his friends along with Spike followed her. Celestia lead them to a small room with a round table and 10 chairs around it. "This room is reserved for talks with foreign diplomats or meetings with high ranking government or military officials. What we talk about in here will only be between us as friends."

They all took their seats but Daniel saw they were short 3 chairs. 7 for Spike and his friends. 2 for the princesses. One for Discord but none for him, Annabelle or Nature but Discord quickly fixed this as he made more chairs appear. Celestia then told Discord to make 2 more as there were still 2 that had yet to arrive.

"What? Who else is coming?" Celestia smiled at Twilight when she asked that.

"Your foalsitter and your brother. Cadence and Shining armor." Twilights eyes went wide when she heard that and a smile appeared on her face. "With her bring a princess and he being the royal guard captain they too need to know about Cosmos...or Daniel's real identity."

"Wait...your brother is the captain of the royal guard!?" Rarity asked with eyes of wonder.

"He really is and I can't wait to see Cadence again. I can barely remember the last time I saw her."

"They should be here soon. I gave them a letter with directions to this room." The door knocked shortly after Celestia said that and the door was opened with her magic. There was another Alicorn with a pink coat and multi-coloured hair and a White unicorn with purple and blue stripes in his hair.

"Princess Celestia." The unicorn said with a bow before she gestured for him to stand up straight.

"Cadence." Twilight ran up to the alicorn and they started to do a silly dance. "Sunshine, Sunshine. Ladybugs awake. Clap your hooves and do a little shake!" They both chanted together. Nature on the other hand was on a chair with a cup of coffee which she made appear herself. Luna was the only one who was looking at her and Nature smiled back.

"Now I assume you're wondering why I called you here?"

"Yes Princess. You didn't mention in your letter." The one he assumed was called shining armor to Celestia.

"I didn't want to in case it got intercepted. I have cast a spell on this room to make it soundproof as well as scurry proof so what is said is just between us all." Celestia turned to look at Daniel before she spoke to the others. "Let's all take a seat before we start."

They all took their seats. Daniel was between Nature to his left and Annabelle to his right. Next to Annabelle was Fluttershy then Dash, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, Spike, Twilight. Cadence, Shining armor, Celestia, Discord, Luna and then Nature and back to him.

"Now we can begin. I think Cosmos...or Daniel, what really happened earlier today? You changed into something nopony has seen before in recent history." Celestia asked and all eyes were on him.

"Well...the truth is, I am not a pony. What you see now is just a disguise. And no, I'm not a changeling." Daniel started to glow and his form shifted. He was soon back in his real human form and looked around at them. All of them were confused, trying to piece together what he was. The only ones who looked at him differently were Shining Armor who looked to be a little on edge and Luna as she had seen his real form before. He had his hood down so his face wasn't hidden from them. "I assume you have questions. Go ahead and ask."

There was a moment of silence but then Twilight spoke to him.

"What are you?"

"My species are only myths to you and you know very little about my kind. I'm a human." There was a moment of silence and Twilight's eyes widened while Celestia and Luna looked at each other, like they seemed to be thinking the same thing and they knew it.

"Why did you lie to us?" This caught their attention when Applejack asked it.

"I first stayed in disguise to see if you were honest and wouldn't be a threat. I felt like telling you but then the thing with Zecora happened and a few others things got taken into account. I wanted to tell you but I didn't know how to. It was only recently that i felt a bit more confident telling you all about my secret when I was found out by a certain Princess of the night."

They all looked at Luna who chuckled nervously.

"Luna? You knew?" She nodded at Celestia's question. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"He asked me not to. I understand why he didn't want to tell any of us. From what has happened in his past. I wouldn't blame him from wanting to stay hidden, at least for a while."

"Why? What happened?" Pinkie asked as cheery and happy as ever.

"I...lost my parents and my home. Because of what I can do. What you saw of me when I was fighting those things was...not me at my max." This worried even Discord as he had worried written on his face, literally.

"You're kidding? That wasn't your best?" He asked and Daniel shook his head.

"Oh no. He still has yet to learn how to control his abilities very much yet." Nature told them and Dash narrowed her eyes at her.

"And just who are you? You know what's going on and you know about him??" She was about to speak when Daniel spoke instead.

"While Miss Nature here has helped me out a lot and you could probably say she is my sisters guardian, she is also my teacher."

"Oh Really? Cause I'm sure I seen you two dating a few times." Pinkie blurted out and Daniel blushed but Nature just laughed at his blush.

"Pinkie. Please don't." Pinkie stopped giggling but he had a feeling Pinkie would use the fact they dated to set up some party or something.

"But what about what you have told us about you before?" Rarity asked him next.

"I didn't lie in what I said. I just didn't tell the full truth. I left out what I needed to at the time. I was just carful as I'm not from this world." This seemed to really catch their attention.

"Not from this world!?" 7 of them shouted and he nodded.

"And no, I can't go back home. There is no home to go back to." Celestia put her hoof up to silence them.

"Daniel. I appreciate you telling us this but I have something to ask. What about the other 3? Mew, Shadow and Glimmer?" Daniel rubbed the back of his head but he just decided to show them.

Daniel started to glow again and he split. There was now 2 of him and his clone stood to the side before transforming into the 3 she mentioned in the order she asked. Twilight seemed to have a sore head as she was rubbing it and had her eyes closed.

"I can split myself and have a clone. Every time you encountered them. I was them. If you're wondering about the Diamond dogs incident, I was panicking. I was trying to help them after I saw the condition they were in a long time ago and we became friends. But...their not that big on brains. Yes, what they did to you Rarity was wrong but...it just wasn't right to me. They did most of the digging so they deserved to keep some of the gems." He waited to be scolded but it never happened.

"I'm sorry Daniel." Fluttershy said which broke the silence. "That night the ursa was attacking. I...I mentioned your parents an-" He quickly interrupted.

"Fluttershy, forget about that. Yes I almost lost it when you brought them up but I managed to hold myself back. I'm over it now." Cadence was looking at him but then her gaze went to Nature, Luna and Twilight before returning to him.

"So they were nothing to worry about." Celestia sighed in relief.

"Will this change anything?" He asked and looked over to his friends.

"It's...a lot to take in. I mean we knew something was troubling you but not for it to be something as crazy as this. But this won't change a thing." Twilight said but Daniel just smirked.

"Really? I know you Twilight. You likely want to learn as much about me as you can."

"You got me there." Daniel turned Annabelle back to her real form too for them to see.

"But how do we know we can trust you? You did attack Luna and you are friends with the Diamond dogs." Shining was clearly worried and he was right to be. Daniel was something unknown and never seen before.

"I had to fight Luna, she wouldn't leave after I tried to get her to leave with non violent threats. At the time I didn't know about Luna or Celestia and Annabelle was suffering from extreme cold. While the snow storm wasn't bad for me it took it's toll on her so I left her in my house to keep her safe and was about to explore until I saw Luna go to our house."

"You're kidding? That was 1000 years ago and she's still a child?" Rarity was amazed so Daniel decided to play around with them.

"Alright...here's one for all of you. How old do you think I am?"

All of them took a moment to think before they each gave an answer. It was Celestia's answer that surprised him the most.

"I would guess around 17000 to 20000. You're sister is still a child from Luna's first encounter so you must age slower then us. About 500 to 1000 years for 1 of your years I'm guessing." Daniel laughed for a moment before he stopped and explained.

"Here's the thing. Shortly after I had my fight with Luna I wanted to learn how to keep Annabelle young so she wouldn't pass away normally unless she asked me so I looking into controlling time. While I did get what I was looking for, there was an error and we time jumped. I didn't know until I knew who Luna was and heard of her banishment that I realized we jumped 1000 years. So my real age is only 20 years old."

They were all silent when they heard that. None of them said anything, not even Celestia who looked like a statue as only her mane and tail moved.

"Just the reaction I expected." Nature finished her drink and spoke.

"He's not lying. He's only 20 and not even half way to 21." Their expressions didn't changed for a few minutes. That was until Daniel spoke.

"I hope this doesn't change anything between us." Twilight looked at the floor, in thought for a few moments before she looked at him.

"This will be a lot to take in but it's nice you no longer need to hide around us." Daniel smiled.

"It really is. Perhaps I'll turn back to my real form when we are out of the sight of normal ponies."

The meeting ended shortly after this. Besides Daniel explaining what he was and why he hid, they also needed to think of a place for Discord to stay. They all agreed on he would stay with Fluttershy and Daniel would stop him if he started to spread chaos to the same extent he did earlier today.

"We are giving you a second chance Discord. I won't hesitate to seal you away again if you break it."

"Fine, Fine." Discord didn't seem to care about that warning and Fluttershy appeared in his arms as he gave her a noggy on the head. "Guess I'll be staying with you then, Fluttershy." Fluttershy looked worried but a small smile from Daniel made her feel a bit better. Daniel turned Annabelle back into her pony form before he himself turned back.

"Meeting concluded." Celestia said. It was very late as even the castle was quiet. The only exception being a passing guard or two as their footsteps hit the ground but other than that the castle was dark and quiet.

"Do I need to go to sleep? I don't feel tired." Annabelle asked as they walked, clearly not tired like the rest of them were besides himself and Nature.

"You simply must get some sleep Annabelle. It's not healthy for a child to stay up late." Rarity told her as she yawned.

"But my Bro never sleeps."

"That's cause I don't need sleep." He said but the others didn't pay it much attention to it, except Luna.

"So is that how I could rarely find your dreams?"

"Yeah it is. I can sleep but I don't need to. The nightmares are enough for me."

"I could get rid of the nightmares for you. I do it often for my subjects." Daniel stopped and thought about it for a moment. He knew Luna could enter dreams and he has been avoiding her for a while but there was no need to hide now.

"I...will think about it." Twilight spoke next, while yawning.

"Alright...everypony around me. I'll teleport us home. Night Celestia." Celestia nodded to her and they all teleported away. As they arrived in Twilight's library, Twilight soon collapsed on the ground with spike on her back. Daniel looked at the rest of his friends and decided to help them.

"Hey. You all can just go to sleep. I'll take each of you home." Fluttershy dropped to the ground and Rainbow Dash shook her head to wake herself up before she left herself.

"I'll be fine...thanks Coz- Daniel I mean." Dash said as she flew up to cloudsdale. Daniel lifted Twilight and spike before taking them to their room and putting them in their beds. He then walked down and saw Applejack was gone and Rarity was too. He quickly made a clone appear and hand it follow applejack while he followed Rarity. He returned to the library after he saw them get home safely to find only Fluttershy asleep on Twilights floor as Pinkie left too. She was still jumping along the ground despite how tired she was.

He did the same to make sure she didn't fall asleep outside and smiled when she got back to her home. So he picked up Fluttershy and locked Twilights door before teleporting them to Fluttershy's cottage. He teleported inside and placed her on her bed before looking at Annabelle who was looking at him with a smile.

"So...what do you usually do now? I'm usually asleep but not this time."

"Ok. You can stay up this time. But...what time is it?" Daniel pulled out his phone and it read 2:47AM "Lets go back home now." He was about to teleport them back to their house until he remembered what Xaveroth said. "Actually...I know." He teleported them to the old castle. He and Annabelle were on the outside and while he had no trouble seeing in the intense dark, Annabelle did.

"B-bro? Where are you?" She had a hint of fear in her voice but he quickly calmed her down.

"Right here. I can see you clearly." He picked her up and placed her on his back.

"Where are we?" She asked.

"The old castle of the sisters in the everfree. I came here cause I remembered something." He walked into the castle and looked around. Besides Annabelle jumping as things like wind howling down hallways or the squeaking of some rats, the place was totally quiet. The place was not just dark, but cold from how Annabelle held herself in her hooves and rubbed them together.

"I don't like it here." She was shivering and holding onto him tightly.

"Hey relax. I'm here and nothing will get you." Daniel kept looking around the castle. Trying to find the way under it and a few times he quickly turned around cause he thought he heard something. He too was getting a little freaked out, either his mind was playing tricks on him or there was something here with them. "If anypony's there. Come out!"

He looked around as his voice echoed but there was no sound besides the wind. Daniel slowly turned back around and opened another door that turned out to be a broom closet. He made his way back to the main hall and though he heard something behind him again. He turned around quickly but he saw nothing. Annabelle was starting to cry as she was now terrified and this only made him angry.

He light up his horn with the aura glowing red and it was soon enveloped in fire. "ENOUGH!" He shouted as he blasted fire in the air which light up the room brightly and he even shot some fire down a few hallways which light them up.

His heart almost skipped a beat when he saw a figure at the end of one of the hallways. It's eyes were silver and it was tall. Clearly almost too big to fit through the doors but the fire seemed to distract whatever it was and the light from the fire showed a little more as it seemed to be covered in fur on all parts of it's body accept it's head. Daniel glared at it as it seemed to turn and go down a hallway.

"Get back here!" He ran after it but as he turned the corner he heard glass break and rushed to it. When he arrived he went to the broken window and looked out into the forest just in time to see a quick moving shadow vanish into the trees.

"What was that?"

"I have no clue sis. But whatever it was, it's gone now." He turned around and continued his search. It took a while but he soon found a staircase leading downwards and there was a light shining visibly at the bottom.

Daniel walked down the stairs and at the bottom he indeed saw some kind of tree. on it's branches were the marks of his friends and in the centre of it was Twilight's mark and his was visible from the other side of the tree.

"What is this thing?" Daniel felt a slight pull, just like the other heart pieces before, so he placed Annabelle down on the ground and went to the tree. "Wait there for a moment Annabelle." Daniel walked towards the tree and as he did it started to glow. A slot on the tree opened up and in the centre of it connected to what looked like crystal roots was the 3rd and final heart piece.

Daniel reached out and touched it.

Back in Canterlot, a pony shrouded in a clock was moving around and avoiding the guards, but this pony wasn't breaking in as he already had. He was now breaking out.

He came to a ledge and looked at the guards patrolling down below. When it was clear he made his way to the stairs and ran out. Now out of the palace he was free to walk normally so he removed his cloak and made his way to meet with 2 others who were behind a tavern a good few minutes away.

"What have you found out?" One of them asked, the voice clearly being feminine.

"The princesses failed again." The mare sighed and rubbed her head.

"Then we have no choice. Celestia didn't stop Nightmare moon or Discord. We can trust her to be a leader but not keep us safe. We need to start defending ourselves by eliminating threats before they happen."

"I saw what happened from my home in ponyville. The element bearers are easily manipulated and still just kids." The female spoke again.

"Exactly. Does Celestia even have a backup plan if the elements of harmony fail? They are not unbeatable and we need to be ready for the time they do fail. We can't just keep running and letting others fight for us."

"How will we get that into the minds of others? They think the princess can't be beaten or that the elements can't fail." The other one who had been silent for the duration of the talking spoke.

"Tell them stories. Make up scenarios to really make them think. Suggest to them that the Elements aren't unbeatable and ask them what they would do if they didn't save them." Both of them nodded.

"Could this not be counted as treason? What we are doing?" She asked.

"Perhaps, but I'm not going to lay around and let Celestia and the Elements deal with threats that have almost beaten them. They clearly only beat Discord because of a lot of luck. But next time luck might not be with them." The other stallion nodded in agreement before speaking.

"Do we know of any possible threats?"

"Well there are monsters like the Shadow. But from what I saw, one of the element bearers called Cosmos is not normal. He took blasts that hurt the princesses so he clearly is strong on his own. Perhaps we can ask him to join us?" One of the Stallions shook his head.

"He is an element. Too risky. Best we observe him first until we have come to a conclusion."

"If I may...I saw his battle and he looked like he was in a rage. Like he wasn't in control. With how strong he is, that could be a problem," They all nodded

"How many have agreed with us and joined our cause?" One of the stallions asked.

"So far we have 15 in Canterlot alone but from other locations, all together we have about 70." She said.

"Well it's a start. Things take time to grow and let's hope our ideology does. You keep observing Cosmos and we will keep spreading storied about the elements possible failure. Get more to see it from our perspective."

Each of them departed.

Annabelle watched as Daniel touched the heart piece and as streams of energy went into him. As she sat there and watched she felt a chill and looked back up at the door only to see silver eyes looking back at her. Clearly viable even with the distance between them.

This sent a chill up her spine and her mind went into panic mode. She quickly made a blast appear and shot it up at the door, resulting in the roof of the room at the other end almost collapsing but the eyes were gone.

Annabelle still didn't feel safe so she did the next best thing she could think of. She closed her eyes and shouted in her mind. 'Nature. Help, please.'

Within 3 seconds a bright flash appeared and Nature was standing there.

"Annabelle. What's wrong?" Annabelle was shivering in fear.

"M-monster." She pointed to the stairs but it was gone. There was nothing there. Nature looked at her and she could see no lie in her eyes. She didn't want to leave Annabelle the way she was so she held her close to make her feel safe.

As she did this her gaze fell on Daniel who was currently holding a heart piece and the streams were attached to him.

"Now he's going to know."

"Know what?" Annabelle asked and Nature smiled. With Annabelle having some powers transferred to her she should be able to get the message too. So Nature told her to go up to the heart piece Daniel was holding and touch it.

Annabelle approached Daniel and put her hoof out to touch the heart piece and she too saw streams appear and go to her. She then closed her eyes.

Annabelle woke up next to Daniel and looked around. The area they were in was strange. The floor was like glass and there a mist around the area and it stretched as far as they could see.

"Is this what happened to you before?"

"No. Last time and the first time I touched the heart pieces I was like a ghost watching as things took place. This is new to me." He told her.

"Nice to meet you two." This voice was from behind them and they both turned to see a robed figure but Daniel know it was the previous bearer. He looked behind him again to see who she was speaking to but then looked back at her. "Yes, I am speaking to you Daniel." She looked to Annabelle with a smile, not a sinister one but a happy one." Annabelle. Nice to see you too."

"How do you know my name?" She asked, a little freaked out.

"Why are you leaving messages for me? I know you and Nature were best friends and that she promised to protect us but why do you care so much about me and leave me these messages?" The bearer just smiled.

"I left the messages for you because I wanted you to know something. To put your mind at ease, as I know what's troubling you Daniel. I can tell you both have questions. So I will answer what I can for you." She said with a smile.

"Who are you?"
"Who are you?" They both said together.

"I hope you recognize me." She said and she moved her hands to her hood and pulled it down before straightening out her hair.

Both Daniel and Annabelle were speechless and had a hard time believing who was in front of them. She looked younger than Daniel remembered but there was no mistaking who was in front of them. Her hair, her eyes, her smile and her voice. Daniel now knew why it sounded familiar.

"Hello Daniel. Annabelle. My children." She said with tears in her eyes.

"MOM!?"
"MOM!?" Both of them said together.