Daniel was currently heading to Canterlot to meet up with Luna, he was still her student despite what he could do and what he was. As he left he saw the place was getting ready for their version of Halloween which was called Nightmare Night. Even the castle was decorated with fake bats and webs and the guards were wearing darker armour.

As he went to the throne room he saw Luna and Celestia turning in for the night.

"Cosmos. I am glad you could make it." She walked down from the throne and towards him.

"It wasn't a problem Princess." This is when he saw Celestia walk up to him.

"Cosmos. May I talk with you for a moment?" He nodded and told Luna he would be back in a moment as the 2 of them went to the end of the hall to speak.

"What is it?"

"I was actually wondering if you could spend today watching over Luna. I still don't think she's ready to fully mingle in times like this but she really wants to take part in the festivities. So I am asking you as a friend. Would you watch over her for this Nightmare night?" She smiled and nodded at her question.

"You can count on me princess." Celestia smiled and headed to her room as Daniel walked back over to Luna who was looking out of the window at the city.

"Luna. What will we be learning today?" She turned to him with a smile.

"I was actually wondering if you could teach me something today. I want you to accompany me tonight for Nightmare night." Daniel smiled in return.

"Sure I will. Have you got a plan?" She nodded and pranced in place.

"Yes we do. We will make our first nightmare night one to remember!" Luna was so excited that she didn't realise she was speaking in the old way she use to. "Please be here by sundown. Feel free to bring Annabelle with you."

Daniel left the castle and teleported back home. He was greeted by the sight of Annabelle on Freddy's back and Freddy running around the room. She was giggling the entire time as well as the rest of his kids were chuckling at the sight.

"Having Fun?" He asked and they all turned to look at him.

"Morning Dad. How did the meeting go?" Daniel turned to Barry who was the one who asked that.

"The one with Luna went well." Daniel looked at his kids and felt like they should be able to join him for nightmare night. Most ponies would probably think they are in costumes and it will let them get out and meet others. With a smile on his face, he decided to do just that but on the condition that they stayed within his eyesight. "Hey kids. Want to join me for Nightmare Night?"

"Really!? Can we really go out with you?" He nodded and they all cheered.

"Yes you can, just make some costumes and stay within my eyesight. Also don't tell any of the ponies about what you are." All of the kids besides Freddy ran into the lab to start making costumes.

"Daddy. A changeling wanted to speak to you." This caught his attention as the only changeling he knew besides the queen was her daughter Aromura.

"Who is it?"

"He said his name was Thorax." The name didn't sound familiar to him.

"Would you show me where he is?" Freddy walked into the lab and then into the door that lead to the diamond dog home. They went to the surface and Freddy asked Daniel to fire off a blast. Daniel did this and he waited with Freddy for around 15 minutes.

He soon heard the buzzing of insect wings and turned to see a changeling flying in his direction.

"Thorax?"

"Yeah. That's me." He then looked at Daniel and smiled. "You must be Daniel. It's nice to finally meet you." He extended a hoof to him and Daniel shook it.

"Nice to meet you to Thorax. Why did you want to meet me for?" They stopped shaking and Thorax turned around and looked in the direction he came from.

"My Queen is leaving the alliance. But I don't want to." Freddy looked at Daniel when Thorax mentioned that.

"Wait. She's leaving? Why?"

"Changelings feed on love, but every love tastes different so she wants to leave and seek out new sources rather than..." He turned around to look at Daniel. "...than have the same one constantly."

"You don't want to leave? Why? I thought you listened to your queen and she made the decisions." Freddy did make a good point. Could Thorax be banished for going against what the queen wanted?

"She doesn't know I am here. I don't want to do things the way she has been doing them. I want change." Daniel thought for a moment about what he could do. He could perhaps talk with the queen but if she didn't change her mind then Thorax could live with them until he can live by himself.

"Where is she?"

"Back at the hive. But I warn you. Once our queen has made up her mind, it's almost impossible to change it."

"If we go and tell her about this then she will wonder how we discovered it. She might get angry and latch out at Thorax." Freddy had a point, but this was also something he couldn't leave unnoticed.

"Tell you what. Thorax. You're welcome to stay with us, even if the rest of the changelings don't want to. But I think you should go back home and take some time off to think long and hard on your decision. I mean, you're talking about leaving a large family. Are you prepared for that?" Thorax didn't answer.

"How about we meet up again in 1 week and he can choose what to do then. But while you're there, try and get the queen to talk to Daniel about her decision to leave. If we bring it up then she might suspect you or some other changeling is a traitor." Daniel couldn't help but agree with Freddy.

"Try and see if you can convince her to set up a meeting with me. Perhaps I can talk her out of her decision."

"I'll try." A moment later Thorax left, heading back to his hive.

"Come on Freddy. Let's get your costume for tonight ready." Daniel picked Freddy up and carried him back to the house, intending to get the costumes for his kids ready for tonight.

2 days ago

Bravacho was currently hiding in the cargo bay of the flag ship of his fathers fleet. His mission was simple. Find the data storage and delete the data his father had on Equestria. This would by the heart bearer more time to train and him more time to prepare and make plans to battle his father in their next encounter.

"I need to get a guard outfit." Sneaking out of the cargo bay he checked the schematics of the ship and found a laundry shoot not to far. It could take him 3 levels up to weapons manufacturing and from then on it was only a few more rooms to data storage.

He headed to the laundry shoot and checked to see if it was damaged on the edges and when he saw it wasn't he started to climb up it. Further up he arrived at a room with 7 guards who were asleep but he needed to leave just in case another guard came in so he pulled up the schematics again and saw the armoury wasn't far, while he could just take one from one of the lockers by cutting it open, he didn't want to risk a guard waking up only to find his armor gone.

Placing his ear to the door, he heard some footsteps behind it and quickly moved to the side. Another guard entered the room and he made a split second decision to step out of the room and immediately ran to the door across from him. He entered it and was soon hit with a barrage of chemical scents to his nose. Turning around he found himself in the cleaners closet.

Covering his nose, he opened the door again to take a peek outside to see who was there and he saw a scientist turn the corner and was heading his way. Waiting for her to pass he then exited the closet and headed to the armoury.

As he approached the armoury he saw another guard at the desk and he knew he needed to get him to move. He saw the guard had a drink that was currently half empty and another room nearby which was the heater room. He headed there to wait for the guard to answer nature's call and when he left, Bravacho made his move.

Entering the armoury he found what he was looking for. A set of armour that covered his entire body. On his way out he took the keys and locked the armoury before using his tail to put the keys back where they were before. It now looked like the armoury was untouched.

As he walked the halls he was happy to see he could walk passed guards and other staff and they wouldn't even look at him suspiciously. Walking up to the data centre, Bravacho looked through the files to see where the commands for the Consumer were.

It took around 2 hours of searching before he found what he was looking for but he needed to broadcast a signal to order the information to be erased. This presented a problem as the moment he started broadcasting then King N would know something is up. He needed a distraction, something big.

He thought of his options and he thought of 2 options. He could head to the generator room and set a fire near one, which would alert the entire ship or he could head to the ships weapon controls and make the ship attack itself. While there were many other things he could do like messing up the production line or sabotaging the ship repair bay, those things were too far and would be solved before he got back to this room.

While it was true that most doors to rooms like this were ID locked, Bravacho did remember his father showing him a way to pass them before he became crazy. After thinking it over he decided to head to the weapon controls. He could destroy all but one escape pod and damaged all the engines, allowing him to get away.

He walked out of the room and headed to the elevator after looking at the schematics. When he arrived and got in it, he pressed for it to take him to level 37. Where the controls were.

"Hold it!" Looking to the side, he saw and officer heading for the elevator he was in. The symbol on the left of his chest showed his rank was a major. Bravacho was a little worried about being next to a high ranking officer but the doors closed at the last moment and he was in alone.

After a few moments he was on level 37, turning left as he left the elevator. The weapons control room came into his sight after a few moments of walking and it had a ID lock on the door. Bravacho looked around to make sure he wasn't being watched before he got to work, taking the scanner off and messing with the wiring under it for a moment before it opened.

Walking in he saw there was a guard there along with an engineer. The guard turned around and stood up when he saw him, Bravacho was a little worried until he heard.

"Are you here to take over?" With a smile under the helmet, he nodded and saluted him, the guard did the same before going out of the room. Bravacho looked at the engineer who was in the room with him, checking the wires and decided to wait for him to leave. He had to wait 3 minutes until he got up and left for his break, but on his way out he passed another guard and this one was the one who the other was waiting on to take his place.

He walked in, thinking he was taking Bravacho's place. As Bravacho stood up and was about to pass him, he quickly pulled out his blade and it went through the guard's armour like butter. He quickly moved the body to the side and hid it as best he could.

"Alright. Let's get this party on the road." He looked at the weapons control system and selected the missiles. Locking onto the engines he was happy to see he would only need to launch a quarter of the maximum amount he had. He set 10% of them to hit the escape pods, leaving only one out of the blast radius. The last amount which was more than half of what he had was selected to launched at the cannons and other weapons systems so he could get away safely.

"Alright. I hope this works." He put the launch on 10 a second countdown before he rushed out of the room. Making it back to the elevator, he pulled out his knife and quickly slashed the doors, then with a powerful kick he bent the metal and jumped down the shaft. He kept going till he reached level 18 and then he brought his knife out again and slammed it into the wall to slow himself down.

This was the moment when he almost lost his grip on his knife as the ship was rocked and the lights flashed. He heard the alarm sound and knew he couldn't stay for much longer so he jumped back down the shaft quickly till he got back to the data centre and quickly hit transmit.

The moment the bar filled up to show the action was complete, he used all his strength to smash the computer and let out a few slashed at the other storage units before leaving. On his way out he ran into a crowd of troops running one way and decided to join them to avoid suspicion.

He soon saw they were going to the bridge of the ship so he slowed his running so he would fall to the back of the troops. He was at the very back just as they were about to enter the bridge. He looked from where he was on the outside and saw his dad stand up from his seat and walk down to the main floor.

"All of you troops. Remove your helmets." He said and they all removed their helmets. He scanned over them quickly but when he saw their wasn't anyone familiar to him he gave another order. "Spread out. If you find a guard with his helmet on, remove it and if it's my son. Bring him here."

Bravacho ran to the escape pod as quickly as he could. Slashing the elevator doors and climbing the ladders at the side of the shaft as fast as he could. "Hey you!" 2 guards saw him and tried to shoot him but he jumped to the door closest to him and slashed it open.

He ran down a corridor with the intend to find a laundry shoot again. Opening the doors to a room, he was happy to see one. Locking the door he quickly removed the armour he was wearing and went into the shoot. After a few levels he was on the level the last pod was on and he rushed to it as fast as he could.

When he entered the room with the last pod he sealed the door to it, he sighed and sat down for a rest that was soon broken when he heard a voice he didn't want to hear.

"Did you think I wouldn't notice there is only 1 pod left after the attack?" He turned around to see his dad with his arms folded. But he was out of his suit as he was no longer a giant. He walked up to him and cracked hid neck.

"You've been nothing but a pain ever since your mother betrayed me."

"She left you because you are no longer you." Bravacho stood up and faced his dad. He still had a hard time seeing him as the lights were smashed but he could still see his outline.

"I am giving you one last chance. Come back and fight for me, or die."

"I would rather die than work for you again. You're not my dad." After Bravacho said that he was grabbed by the neck and manhandled. He kicked his dad in the face but that did nothing as he was thrown into the escape pod. Bravacho looked at him as he stood at the door and saw blue gas coming off of him, making a visible outline but what got his attention was 2 orange lights that were like glowing eyes peeking over his shoulder. His dad's eyes changed to a dim green colour for a moment before going back to normal.

"Dad?" He closed over the escape pod door and he could see him from the back window. He was confused but then he realised what his dad was doing, as he punched a hole into the back window and took the space suit which Bravacho didn't pick up as soon as he arrived.

"Bye. Traitor." He put the suit on and launched the pod out to space. As Bravacho struggled for air he closed his eyes, accepting he was going to die.

King N held out his hand and prepared a cosmic blast and launched it at the pod. With an explosion confirming it's destruction he had a smile on his face but that soon disappeared.

Bravacho was covered in some kind of bubble and there was visible breathing as he was unconscious in it and close by, looking at him was some kind of tree girl looking at him. She narrowed her eyes and quickly took Bravacho away, leaving him to wonder what he just saw. He knew it was an entity as he had fought them before but she was a new one to him.

Daniel got all his kids in their costumes and when he did he saw Annabelle in hers. He wouldn't be waring one but he would probably shapeshift to scare others every now and then.

"Daddy. Why aren't you wearing any costume." He smiled as Barry asked him.

"Well I don't really need a costume. I mean, why would I when I can do this?" He thought about what he wanted to look like. Skinny with very long fingers to use as legs and a jaw that dropped to the ground as well as misty eyes and pale skin with blue veins visible through the skin.

As he watched he saw His kids step back and start to shake and Even Annabelle look startled. He then turned back to normal and laughed at their faces.

"On man, you're faces were priceless!" They went back to standing normally but Annabelle looked a little angry, so she launched a small cosmic blast as him which exploded and left his hair in a messy state.

"Don't do that again." He chuckled. He has never really used his shapeshifting power a lot besides to change forms but he decided to have some fun with it today.

He looked at his kids and checked their costumes to make sure they didn't look too robotic.

Orion was going as a scarecrow, with blue trousers that went up to his shoulders and paper which was cut and drawn to look like grass was at his hind and fore hooves. He even had a pumpkin with eyes and a smile cut out.

Selene went as a vampire as she had a cloak with painted blood and wore a vampire outfit that covered her body.

Greg was trying for a werewolf and while his costume was good, a keen eye could see a few mistakes, like the fur which was actually carpet would have the fur suddenly be facing the other direction and the mask was a little squished as he fell on it while trying to quickly put on his costume.

Victoria was going as a ghost and had a simple sheet over her with eye holes cut out.

Robert was going as a swamp monster as he was covered in green vines which were just cut out bits of long paper that he stuck to himself with tape.

Abbey was wearing a full black bodysuit as she said she was going as a 'Shadow'

Elizabeth was going as an undead bride as she was wearing a dress what was ripped and she painted herself so she looked her face was that of a pony skull.

Barry was going as a skinless pony. He painted himself to look like he was a pony with no skin as you could see the outline of muscles around him.

Victoria was going as a witch and she even had a costume to go along with it and made out of paper and painted black.

Freddy's costume was the most ironic as his was a robot going as a robot. He had a box on his head with cups glued on it for eyes and tin foil over his forehooves while the back ones were in smaller boxes. The rest of his was covered with a blanket that was cut and then stitched together to make a suit, covering the rest of his body.

"Beep Boop. I am a robot." He said with laughter.

"Alright. Remember the rules. Stay near me and if I let you go off to see something, you don't leave my sight or tell anyone what you really are." They all nodded in understanding before all gathering around Daniel and he teleported them to the castle. Luna wanted to meet with him and this would let his kids meet her before going back to ponyville for nightmare night.

"Luna. I'm here!" The guards were alerted at his teleportation but soon stood down when they saw it was him. Celestia was gone and Luna was at the window with a cloak and robe on.

"Great! You're just in time for..." She stopped when she saw 10 small ponies with him

"Don't worry about them. They are my...confusing kids." He tried to think of what to say considering they were sort of an extension of himself but with their own personalities.

"Kids?" She raised an eyebrow at him answer.

"Long story. I'll tell you another time. So what are you doing for nightmare night?"

"I will be heading to ponyville. My sister thought it would be a better place than Canterlot." Daniel couldn't blame Celestia for that. Twilight and the rest of them do know her and did change her back to normal, not to mention a small town would be better for his kids than a city. "I wasn't expecting you to bring others along with you. I don't think you will all fit."

They followed her and soon saw a giant sleigh that was a dark purple and had 2 ponies ready to pull it that looked like bat-pony hybrids. He looked at his kids and with a smile he levitated them up and kept them close to him.

"Will this solve the problem?" Luna looked back at him holding them in the air and smiled.

"That should do it." Luna hopped on and so did he, then Annabelle who sat in between him and Luna. The Bat ponies started to run and they were soon in the air when Luna opened up a portal that caused them to arrive in ponyville after they entered it.

He saw Twilight wearing some strange outfit with a beard and Pinkie was dressed as a chicken along with a small crowd of fillies and colts. When they saw them Pinkie screamed that it was Nightmare moon and all of them ran away screaming. The guards flew them to the centre of town where Luna jumped off and he soon followed.

When Luna pulled her hood down the entire crowd of ponies bowed down in fear while Twilight was going to walk up to Luna but was pulled down by Spike. Luna walked to the centre of all the ponies and proceeded to give a speech.

As she spoke about 'The True Princess of the night' the ponies around her only looked more frightened than they did before. She mentioned about how she desired love and admiration and was no longer something of nightmares, but what was strange is when she finished off by saying she wanted to turn this 'Dreadful Celebration' as she called it into a 'Glorious feast' Pinkie made the crowd think that she wanted to eat them and that made them run away screaming.

"What? No, that's not what we said. You have no reason to fear us. We desire screams of delight, not screams of terror!!" She stomped her hoof as she said that last part. Going up to the mayor of ponyville, she stuck out her hoof but all she got was a fearful cower as a response.

Pointing her hoof at multiple ponies, each one had the same reaction. This caused her to leave them as they got up and ran away quickly. Daniel looked at Twilight then followed Luna, he needed to make sure Luna felt like she was loved as a princess before he could talk to the crowds about her. Then he could let his kids go around and play with them.

He found her at a statue of her old self, laying down with her head held low.

"Sorry they acted that way Luna. I have no clue what got into them. If you want, I can talk with them." She stood up and looked at him with a smile.

" We...I mean...I would like it if you did. Why do they fear me so much..?" Her face lost the smile on it when she asked that question.

"I have no clue. I mean I'm your student so they shouldn't be scared of you. But then again Twilight is Celestia's student and not many ponies seem to notice that." A twig was heard snapping and they all turned to see Twilight was walking up to them.

"Princess Luna."

"Starswirl the bearded. Commendable choice. Even the bells are in the right order." Twilight seemed to be happy she recognized her costume.

"I actually came here to welcome you to our celebration. My name is-" She was cut off.

"Twilight Sparkle. My sister has spoken highly of you." Luna then started to speak in her loud voice again, which caused strong winds to blow through and pushed Twilight back. It was a little strange that after she mentions that she knew who Twilight was and that she was happy to be free from the evil that controlled her but her voice didn't sound joyful and was still somewhat shouting.

"Luna. Why do you speak in that voice?" He asked.

"It's tradition to do so when addressing our subjects." Her reply didn't make much sense as when she was first blasted by the elements and turned back to normal, she didn't speak like that to them or to others. Which Daniel could pin it on shock or fear or others things, if it was tradition then she would likely have done it. Even as nightmare moon she didn't do this loud voice. It could also have been her way to show she was happy and was doing it unconsciously but that was soon thrown out when she knew she was doing it.

"I understand but why not speak to them like Celestia does, or how you speak to me?"

"You're my student. There's a difference."

"Even if so. Times have changed. Try speaking normally and not with that voice. It might change things." She looked off to the side for a moment before nodding and looking back at Twilight.

"I agree with Cosmos. If you spoke like the rest of us it could make a difference." She looked at him and then her eyes fell on his kids who were with him before back to Luna. "I think I know who could help you out." With a smile she gestured Luna to follow her.

Looking at his kids, he knew they are likely getting bored so he decided to head into the town with them.

"I'm going to let these rascals run about and play in the town. I'll see you there when you're done." Daniel and the rest of them all walked into the town and his kids were looking around with smiles on their faces.

"Alright. Go and have fun. But don't take off your costumes and don't leave my sight." They all ran off to play some games with the other ponies and he kept a close eye on them as he sat down at a table.

"What can I get you?" A weightier asked. Daniel picked up the menu and looked through it, but looking around him every now and then to see where his kids were.

"I will take some lemon juice and veg soup please." He paid for it and watched his kids play. One thing Daniel was looking forward to was seeing the battle between Nature and Archie which would be happening in a few hours and Annabelle even got some sleep earlier on so she could stay awake to see the battle.

His food was soon brought to him and before he even took his first sip of it he was stunned. Here he was, sitting and watching Annabelle and his 'Kids' running around and playing. Chuckling to himself he jokingly said 'Guess I am getting old.'

Luna and Twilight soon returned and Luna didn't look happy in the slightest. This was only furthered by the crowds cheers and heartful chatting being silenced just by Luna's presence alone. As she walked they all bowed down, shaking in fear.

He saw them walking up to Applejack who just helped a colt from falling in the apple bobbing water and set him down. Freddy was with her and he too was trying to get an Apple from the basin but struggled. His carboard helmet almost came off but he quickly fixed it so it covered him again. When she turned around and saw Luna even she cowered in fear which was a surprise to Daniel as it didn't seem to fit her personality much.

It was this moment that Daniel decided to finish his soup and drink before looking around again to count his kids and make sure they were all in sight. Looking at Freddy he was happy to see he was smiling at Luna and not shivering in fear and Luna even smiled when she saw this.

While he needed to keep an eye on where they were, he also needed to make sure their costumes didn't break or fall off to reveal what they truly looked like and this is what was worrying him the most.

Thankfully this task was made easy as Luna started to partake in the games that this festival provided. The ponies were now cheering for her rather than being scared which attracted the rest of the ones in the area and even his kids. From pumpkin launching to spider throwing and even pranks, the festival was a blast and Daniel saw his kids laughing with other ponies which made him feel happy too.

It was all going well until Pinkie arrive and shouted about Luna trying to eat the colt who was called 'Pipsqueak' but she instead helped him after he felt into the apple bobbing water. This resulted in him panicking and screaming to, shouting about his 'Backside being gobbled'

Luna didn't take this well and stomped her hoof in anger. The only ones who didn't step back were his kids who were looking at the crowd with confused expressions.

One thing Daniel was wondering was where Discord was in all of this. Such a night would have been perfect for him to fool around but as he looked around he couldn't see him anywhere. He was a little shocked to see Luna suddenly use a spell to make the spider dolls look and act like real ones and commanded them to all gather on the web that was used as a target.

His kids quickly ran back to him as everything got out of control. Ponies were bumping into one another and running around without looking where they were going and somehow a lamppost was toppled over.

"What's gotten into these ponies?!" Barry screamed.

"No clue. But this is ridiculous." Luna lost her patience and in a moment everything was silenced when she shouted in her Canterlot voice again. Not only was their complete silence but all the ponies stopped moving and ducked to the ground.

Twilight tried to speak to her but she wouldn't listen and clouds started to block out the sky.

"Since you would choose to fear your princess rather than love her, and dishonour her with this insulting celebration. We decree that Nightmare night shall be cancelled. Forever!" Luna then flew away and the storm that was created by her anger stopped.

Daniel got up from his seat and walked over to Twilight and Applejack.

"Everythin was goin our way. Luna was happy. Everypony in town was happy. Now look at'em." As Daniel looked over the destruction and the young ones who were crying about the cancelation of the holiday, he looked at his kids and then in the direction Luna went.

"Kids. Follow me." They all stayed behind him while Annabelle walked beside him. Pinkie was always screaming and saying stupid things which caused ponies to panic, this in turn made them run away from Luna and he wanted to know why she was doing that.

He walked through the town and even asked his kids to keep an eye out for a Pink pony in a chicken suit. They were walking around for about 5 minutes until Abbey spotted her.

"I found her." Daniel saw her with a crowd who were still chatting about what the cancelation of the holiday would mean and trying to cheer up the children but to little success.

"Pinkie!" She looked over at him and smiled.

"Cosmo! Nice to see you! Where's your costume?" He held up a hoof to silence her.

"Follow me Pinkie. We need to have a chat." He wasn't smiling to show this wasn't a prank or joke. He walked in-between some houses so they were out of sight before he spoke.

"What do you need to talk to me about?"

"Your behaviour." She tilted her head when she heard this. "Why do you keep saying things like 'She's going to gobble you up' and then scream for everyone to run? She isn't trying to hurt you in any way." Her eyes went wide.

"Well duh. I know that." Daniel felt his anger rise when he heard that.

"Why?" Daniel's voice was lower than normal and his kids heard this.

"Why not? It's fun to be scared." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. This was Pinkie Pie and she was the joy of ponyville. The one who brought happiness to everyone and he didn't want to upset her but he needed to let her know what she did was wrong.

"Really? Well answer me this Pinkie. What did Luna just do?"

"Banned Nightmare night." Her ears dropped when she had to answer that.

"Right, and why did she do it?" He continued.

"She said it was an insult to her. But why would a day full of candy and laughs be insulting?" He sighed.

"You don't get it, do you. She felt dishonoured because all that happened was ponies cowering when she was around. She even said she wanted admiration and love and not screams of terror. But you kept screaming and making others fear her at everything she did. Even when she tried to help a child who needed help. Pinkie. You were so into your own fun by making someone out to be a monster that she probably does feel like one. You didn't take into effect that Luna might not think the same as you." Pinkie looked like she was about to cry when he said that as she was rubbing her eyes and her bottom jaw was quivering.

Daniel walked up to her and tried to make her feel better with a hug.

"We all make mistakes. The best you can do is move on and use what you learn to avoid it in the future." He said this as he let her clean the tears from her eyes. Daniel smiled when Pinkie regained her smile and now with that settled he started to try and think of a way to make Luna happy as the night was still young.

Hearing trotting noises from behind him he turned to see Twilight and Luna walking to them.

"Cosmos. Why are you here with Pinkie?" He didn't say anything as he watched Pinkie approach Luna.

"Princess. I'm sorry." Twilight's jaw dropped and Luna looked confused. "I'm sorry that at every turn I made others run in fear from you and didn't take into account how you would feel."

"We forgive you Pinkie. But why did you do it?" Luna asked as Twilight looked over to Daniel who just smiled and winked.

"Cause sometimes it's a load of fun to be scared." Luna scrunched her face in disbelief but Twilight's head jolted upwards. She had an idea.

"Forgive me but I have a hard time believing that." Twilight walked up to her.

"Princess. I have an idea that could make you happy." Luna's eyes dropped and she sighed.

"Fine. What is it?"

Daniel listened to Twilight's plan and he thought it was a good plan, so he helped her with the set up. He went with Luna to the statue and used his power of matter manipulation to detach the statue from its stand and he placed it behind a tree. He then used a space distortion power to make the statue appear on the stand when really it was an illusion. Luna hopped on the statue stand and was hidden when she was there at the light was bent in a way that she was hidden while the fake statue was visible.

As the crowd approached it and dumped their candy at it, Luna caused a storm to appear before speaking in her Canterlot voice.

"Citizens of Ponyville. You were wise to bring this candy to me. I am pleased with your offering. So pleased I may just eat it, instead of eating you!" Daniel removed the field that Luna hid behind and she was in her Nightmare Moon form.

All of them screamed and ran off before Luan turned back to normal and spat out fake vampire teeth.

"I am not certain that did what you meant for it to do Twilight Sparkle."

"Just wait." She said confidently.

"For what? For them to scream and run some more?" What happened next was heart touching. Pipsqueak got her attention by pulling on her mane and asked her to come and scare them again next year. Luna was amazed that he was asking such a thing as the other colts and fillies nearby all looked at her from behind a bush.

This ended with Luna smiling happily and saying the holiday would continue. Causing Pipsqueak to run back to him friends but not screaming, instead with good news and cheers of delight.

Daniel turned to his kids with a smile.

"Come on you lot. The night isn't over yet." They all walked back into town after he placed the statue back where it belonged and Daniel stayed by the side of his kids as they all chose to stay together rather than separate. Daniel wanted to try his shapeshifting powers out but he also didn't want to draw too much attention so he let it be with one minor incident.

When Twilight was writing her letter to Celestia he made the creepiest face he could think of. Caved in eyes. Grey and cracked skin and a gaping broken jawed mouth with no teeth. When she saw him she screamed before he turned back to normal and she playfully pushed him as a result, giggling.

"Remember Twilight. One of my powers is shapeshifting." Both of them watched at Spike sent the letter and soon after as Dash flew across the sky with a scream. Luna got her good with her own prank as she floated down to them, laying on a dark cloud. "Nice one Princess."

"Daddy. When can we go out ourselves?" Daniel had a little trouble answering this.

"Alpha needs to make synthetic skin that looks real so you don't need to cover yourselves. After that I need to know where you are. But...I think I left a tracker somewhere in my house." He was lost in thought for a moment but soon snapped out of it. "Not much longer and you can go out yourselves. Just stay in ponyville. No going into the Everfree."

"Alright." Freddy said and all of them went back to the town to enjoy the rest of the night.

A few hours later they all headed back home and when they got back he helped his kids remove their costumes and clean themselves after he turned himself and Annabelle back to their normal forms. After they were clean they all went into Aperture while Daniel saw Annabelle was waiting patiently for him to arrive so they could head to the arena once more as today was the day that Nature was fighting Archie which was a very rare sight for the entities as Archie normally kept 2 strong ones who were fighting from doing too much damage, but with Nature almost unmatched in second place many were wanting to see a battle between them.

"You look ready to go somewhere." He said jokingly.

"You know I want to see this fight. So come on, Let's go!" She jumped up from the couch and was by his side in a moment.

"Fine." Daniel telepathically called Nature who came to them within a moment.

"I really need to teach you how to teleport to the hangout by yourself." She said with a smile before touching their shoulders and they were soon teleported.

"So when is the match?" Annabelle asked the moment they were there.

"In 30 minutes." Nature herself lost her smile and seemed to be shaking a little. The thought of fighting Archie seemed to be really bothering her but before he could say anything he remembered something he wanted to check up on.

"Nature. Watch Annabelle will you? There is something I need to check up on." Daniel entered the entity hangout and went up to the library area. When he was there he started to look for the book he saw a few weeks ago and he didn't need to look hard as the blue glow made it stand out.

As he touched it he felt something strange, like a rush of energy suddenly jolted through him but it only lasted for a second and he felt normal again. Picking the book up he saw the title was the same and as he opened it he read the same stuff he did before about the 5th dimension and about how the hearts were created there.

"The 5th Dimension." He looked out the window and he was soon lost in thought.

"If they made the hearts then they can perhaps help me. But how do I get there? Do I need to ask Xaveroth to take me? Mum said not to trust him, but why?" Xaveroth hasn't done anything to Daniel to make him not trust him but Daniel knew that might change. Daniel looked back at the book and realised there was more he didn't read after he flipped a page. At the very back there were pages that looked to be made of the same kind of energy as the glowing blue writing on it but it was a darker colour and he soon felt like he was reading a book made entirely out of air.

Chapter 3: A hero's fall.

The 5th dimension fell into a war that covered their entire existence. Those loyal to the king but those who fought for the queen too. The queen wanted to assume power as she felt it was her turn to rule as her dad had become unpopular. She rallied those who supported her and they tried to take the capital and the king was injured in the process. As the captain of the guard went to the dying king to save his life from the queen, she struck him down before she struck down the king. With the king dead, she turned her attention to the captain who was still alive. She wanted to humiliate him so she destroyed his physical body and banished him.

The King who had ruled the kingdom was now slain and the captain of the guard who was also his closest friend and hero to the people was humiliated. Desperate to end the queen's rule the captain started a search for the heart in hopes of merging with it as they scattered both hearts amongst the entire hyperverse and with their own powers, kept their locations hidden.

As Daniel read the chapter he was suddenly surprised as the pages became brighter and soon he was completely blinded.

When he opened his eyes he found himself in some palace, the floor looked like it was made of glass and his vision was somewhat blurry. Looking around the room he saw there were pillars what were white and seemed to be upside down and in the distance he didn't see a wall but more like a fog.

"I have beaten you fair and square." He looked behind him and saw something he couldn't explain fully. It looked human like in shape but it was covered in a blur like it was a mirage and not really there. There was 3 of them, one down on the ground, one overhead and another one on it's way. "Never again." One said and almost struck the one who was laying down but the one that was approaching knocked it out of the way.

The 2 of them started to battle but Daniel couldn't tell who was who or what was happening between the 2 blurs. But the 3rd one stood up and walked away as fast as it could. Without moving his legs, Daniel's vision started to follow it and he was soon met with a sight that shocked him. Both hearts were together, side by side and the blur started to do something.

Within moments one of the hearts was starting to glow and then the blur moved to the other one.

"Keep the connection. Come on." Daniel saw both the hearts were connected by streams and one was starting to vanish but they seemed to remain connected. That was until something that was like a spear with a jewel on it was thrown at one of the hearts and an explosion was heard. The streams connecting the 2 hearts were destroyed and the heart that was hit quickly vanished. The blur rushed to the other but the other blur hit it out of the way and picked up the spear.

"Die. Now!" The spear was driven into the centre of the one on the floor and the other heart soon disappeared too.

After this Daniel's vision changed and he saw one of the hearts in the center of space, looking around he saw nothing until he caught a glimpse of something in the distance. It was him and that Dark unicorn.

That Dark unicorn soon vanished through a portal and he saw himself as his eyes slowly started to close. He wasn't drifting towards the heart but instead he saw streams coming out from it and another one of the blurs push him gently towards it as his eyes closed. The moment the streams from the heart connected with him, his eyes opened and he just stared at it.

Daniel watched as he was pulled into it and after he was in the very centre of it, it started to shrink. It got smaller and smaller until it was just the size of him and then the outer coloured layer bent until it was no longer a circle but matched his body shape, while the other layers and colours kept getting smaller and smaller and soon disappeared into him chest area.

Daniel could feel time reversing as he stood where he was and watched all of this. Time reversed at a quick pace before going forwards again. He remembered that he heard the heart reversed time as he was on the drink of death but it did it quite a bit as he saw himself get younger and soon he started to get older again when it reversed time.

"Back home." He heard himself say before he started to become transparent. The heart was still putting him back to the age he was before it reversed time, but that was his last thought and he must have commanded the heart to go there. So he ended up moving through time and space. Which explained how he had no memory of the previous year when eh was back on earth.

His vision shifted until he found himself back in the library. Looking back at the book he saw it was still on the same page he finished reading it. His mind started to wonder about what he had just seen and what it meant but he didn't realise that it was only 5 minutes until the match between Nature and Archie. He only got out of it when Blade tapped his shoulder and getting a fright when he saw him behind him.

"The match is about to start. Nature sent me to get you." Daniel sighed in relief that he wasn't looking for a fight.

"Sure thing." Daniel put the book back, intending to come back and keep reading it sometime soon. Daniel made a mental list of what he needed to do today to make sure he had everything down.

He arrived at the arena and saw Annabelle sitting on the same seat that Archie was sitting in during the tournament so he went down and sat next to her.

"I'm so excited to see this battle!" She was rocking in her chair as she waited. Blade and Wisp-o were waiting in the arena at the doors to act as guards to make sure there would be no interference and to referee that match. Looking around he saw some familiar faces he hadn't seen in a while like Father Time and Tractus, who looked at him with a smile.

"Welcome everyone, to the special Battle between Mother Nature and Archie. This will be a one on one battle and they will battle until one gives up or one is rendered unconscious." A pair of doors opened and Nature walked out to the centre of the arena where she looked to the side and smiled as she saw Daniel. Another set of doors opened and Archie walked up to Nature as both of then stood face to face. Daniel pulled out his phone as this was a battle he wouldn't want to forget.

The entire Arena went as silent as a graveyard. Daniel couldn't even hear their breaths as they all looked on in anticipation and as he turned around he was immediately hit with a ton of pressure. Looking at Archie and Nature, both of them had fiery auras around them and the air no longer felt cool but instead Daniel almost collapsed to the ground as he felt like he was in a volcano. Their auras made the arena feel like an inferno and he even had trouble breathing.

Looking at the entities in the observation stands, he saw that they too were in the same position as him, some were worse as they were sweating and laying down while some just up and left. Looking at Annabelle he saw she was the same. She looked worried as she hand her hand to her neck and took deep breaths as a wheezing sound accompanied her breathing. Blade looked like he was unaffected as he was still standing and was just slightly covering his face with a single arm and Wisp-o was mostly the same.

Looking back at Annabelle, he used what strength he could to pull her into a hug.

The next thing he heard was an explosion as Nature and Archie collided punches. They disappeared from their location in the arena and ended up fighting over it in the sky where their aura was still felt at full force. Looking around closely, Daniel saw that the place was becoming disoriented from the sheer pressure and heat being emitted from the fight.

He looked back up and saw them exchange punches for a moment until Archie got Nature on the jaw, knocking her away and he instantly teleported ahead of her then kicked her downwards. Doing the same and teleporting ahead of her, he lifted his hand and struck her right in her spine and knocked her upwards again. Jumping up to her, he put her neck to the tip of his boot before backflipping and launching her to the ground with such speed that there was a trail of light left behind.

Nature picked herself up from the ground and straightened her spine before turning back to face Archie. As Archie landed on the ground, Daniel saw he changed and now his wings were more sharp at the tips and he had what looked like war paint on his body.

"Decided to transform, did you?" She said before getting into a stance. Archie Charged at Nature and in response her eyes started to glow and put up a shield but a single punch for Archie went right through it and got her in the face. As she was knocked back, Archie teleported ahead of her and was looking away from her until she was close to hitting his back which is when he turned around with his elbow out.

His elbow struck Nature in the back of the head and her face slammed into the ground hard. So hard that the arena and the entire floating landscape of this pocket dimension split in half. Daniel was having a hard time watching Archie completely destroy Nature and he felt like he should do something. But he knew Archie was on another level as he wasn't even sweating and Nature was losing in a brutal manner.

She tried to pick herself up but Archie put his foot on her back and pressed down, bringing her body back down to the ground.

"Archie. Don't you think you're going too far!?" Nature's green aura flared up again and she looked furious as she got up, punching his leg out of the way. Nature went on the offensive and was able to push Archie back for a while until her adrenaline ran out and then he started to turn the tide of the battle.

It was 2 hours later of fighting that Nature was laying on the ground and still conscious but her eyes weren't open. Daniel felt a pain in his chest and was fighting back tears which were trying to get out. Seeing Nature like that hurt him and he reacted on instinct as he ran out to her. He left his phone on the table with Annabelle the moment he ran out, not thinking about it.

"Daniel. If you try and help her then you will enter the battle too!" Blade warned him but this only made him stop for a moment. He felt like his body was moving by itself and he just wanted to help her. He ran up to her and she opened her eyes to see his eyes staring back at her.

"I don't want to fight you Daniel. Even Nature wouldn't want you to try and fight me." Nature lifted herself up slowly as bits of bark fell off her body and she managed to stand up but her posture was out of place. She could bearly stand as it was and the dents across her body didn't help.

"He's right. Stay out of this fight Daniel." A few seconds later after Nature tried to fight defensively when she got up, Archie moved quicker than Daniel could see and Nature had no time to react. With a solid punch to her chest and a shockwave going further and blasting a part of the arena off, Nature fell over and started gasping for air.

Daniel didn't notice it but his aura was starting to show and it was a fiery red colour, he felt his mind telling him to help her but he wasn't moving because he knew who he would be fighting if he tried. Archie looked at Daniel's aura and he knew what it meant as he had seen Nature with Daniel quite a lot and he was possibly starting to see her as more that just a teacher and friend.

"If you want to punch me. Go ahead." He said. He planned to see how strong Daniel had become since last time he let him punch him and to help him calm down. When Daniel heard him say that he immediately started to punch him with all he had.

Archie stood in place and let Daniel go at him, all the while he measured how fast he was punching and the force of his punches. Needless to say he was several hundred times stronger than before as his punches from before could crack a moon but these punches he was throwing had the power to pierce through stars. His speed had also gone up by a lot as while before he was barely at the subsonic level, but now he was almost at lightspeed. He smiled as he saw this as to him, Daniel was a child that was now starting to become an adult. He was a novice when he first came here but Nature has trained him into a warrior.

Daniel saw him smile and thought he was mocking him. This served only to make him more angry which caused his aura to become redder and he punched faster.

Archie felt this sudden change and it didn't hurt him or knock him back but he was surprised by the sudden increase in the power of his punches and the speed of them. Seeing Archie lose his smile gave Daniel confidence and he kept up his assault but he was still angry that he was so little of a threat that Archie wasn't even blocking his punches.

With his anger rising his aura became larger and expanded. Archie's eyes widened when that happened as he now was starting to feel his punches as stones hitting him than as a pillow hitting him. Looking over his speed and power again, Archie saw that his punches were almost at solar system buster level now and he was punching at light speed.

Daniel didn't realise that he was starting to lose consciousness as all he was focused on was trying to inflict as much pain on Archie as he could.

"Daniel. I think you have done enough." The entire arena was now looking at Daniel trying to punch Archie after the last of the weakest had recovered from the aura oven they were in. Archie turned back to his first form to see how Daniel's attacks felt like this and they felt different. They were like soft punches, the kind you would feel if a friend jokingly punches you on the shoulder.

Daniel's eyes were now red and he lost consciousness. The anger boost he got from seeing Archie go back to his first form is what sent him into a rage as he thought he was being mocked. Archie brought up one of his hands to block one of Daniels punches as the next increase got him a little by surprise. As his fist collided with his palm, Archie felt it and knew that the force he was hitting with could now hurt him, even if only slightly.

"This is for her." Daniel said. His voice dark and full of anger.

"Enough." Archie made a fist with his hand and swing it at Daniel. Knocking him back to the wall at the arena's edge. "This is-" Daniel flew back at him at speeds so fast that the dust didn't get pushed until seconds after he had already passed that location. The speed and the power of his fist caused cracks to appear around the ground as the vibrations from the force of his fist cracked the ground. Archie's head was knocked back a little but his body remained locked in place.

Archie decided to try fighting and started to punch Daniel and a faster pace than he could block which resulted in a lot of hits landing. This knocked Daniel onto the ground but he sprang back up in a moment and rushed at Archie again who sidestepped and delivered a upwards punch, right to his ribs.

Daniel was knocked upwards and he teleported ahead to him but Daniel expected this and he twisted his body and kicked Archie in the face. After that Archie simply grabbed his by the leg and teleported to the ground before lifting him up by his leg then smashing him off the ground. This happened multiple times before Archie launches him to the ground at insane speeds.

Daniel slowly picked himself up and looked back at Archie. His body was healing but the damage looked serious that until he was healed, most entities though he couldn't fight. His skull was flat on one side of it and even his jaw was flat at the right side and the skin on his back was gone thanks to the way Archie threw him to the ground. It caused him to grind against it and now his spine was visible along with other bones like his elbows and his knuckles.

This didn't stop him as he did indeed try again but before he could move Archie appeared in front of him and intended to end it as he grabbed Daniel by the neck and started to punch him. He had heard what Daniel was like in a rage form before and knew he was likely not in control, so he would remember none of this and wake up fully healed.

As Daniel was losing air his rage was starting to subside and he regained consciousness. He immediately tried to grab his neck but couldn't and he felt large amounts of pain repeatedly hit him in the face. As he tried to open one of his eyes, it landed on Nature who was still unconscious and looked horrible as her injuries still hadn't healed.

After he saw this his vision went red again but he remained conscious as this red was brought on from an injury to his eye.

All he could see was red and all he could feel was discomfort, pain and anger.

"No more." He felt his heart let out a large beat when he thought that and as a picture of Nature flashed in his mind.

"I need to protect myself. If I can't, then I can't keep others safe." He felt another beat from his heart but this one was louder.

"No more!" He then heard another beat that was the loudest he has heard and then the red tint he had from his injured eye went away. He felt like cold water was just poured over him and he relaxed, he felt like drifting off to sleep and he did just that.

Archie stepped punching him when he saw he was unconscious and then put him on his shoulder before walking over to Nature and he started to pick her up but she regained consciousness and her eyes immediately shot to Daniel who was on his shoulder.

"Sorry. Daniel went into a rage and I had get him to stop." Daniel's injuries were healing at a fast pace and would likely be gone in the next minute so seeing this, Nature picked herself up slowly.

"I understand. I have had to deal with him like that a few times." This is when Archie dropped Daniel as he felt his hand get burned. Daniel fell to the ground like a ragdoll but just before his head hit the ground he extended and arm and stopped himself.

"Still conscious after that? Well at least your rage stopped." Daniel picked himself up slowly and as he rose from the ground his arms hung loosely like they were broken. As he rose a new aura was starting to surround him, a golden one and it wasn't blazing but a calm aura.

Turning around to face them, Nature saw Daniel's eyes were glowing and his chest was too. The glow was faint but visible. Seeing this, Nature's eyes widened, she knew Daniel was in his total merge form and it looked worse than the one that went after Blade.

She would have told Archie to run but she was unsure if she needed to as Archie did face his mother in her total merge form before. But he needed to use his most powerful form and Daniel was still a learner.

Daniel took a step forwards but he looked like he was taking a step back at first as his leg moved backwards before going forwards. Then faster than even Nature could see, Daniel launched himself at Archie who blocked with a psychic barrier, barely stopping Daniel's punch. Archie launches his punch at Daniel but it stopped before it reached him and Archie looked like he was paralyzed. Daniel then casually turned to look at him and with a single punch, knocked Archie back.

Daniel slowly walked to Archie and as he reached him Archie went for a punch but one of them was fake. Daniel paid no attention to the fake one and blocked the real one like he knew Archie would try to use a faint and make contact with him, then with his free arm he punched Archie again and he was knocked into the arena wall.

Nature was speechless as Archie was getting overpowered in his first form which was rare. While it was more than likely the heart using Daniel's body, his body was likely nowhere near the levels of power the heart was giving out. Her theory was shown to be right as she saw his body starting to damage itself as the energy that was getting emitted was too much for it to handle. Gashes started appearing on his body, ripping his skin open and some parts even started to blister and burn.

Archie launched forwards to Daniel and made it to him. He then did what Nature did before when Daniel fought blade in this form and reached out to the heart to let it know he wasn't a threat to its host. Daniel's eyes started to flash as he did that but it was flashing back and forth between normal and glowing.

Daniel seemed to be struggling with something but Nature saw his hand was slowly going up to Archie's hand and grabbed it by the wrist. He then started to move his hand away from him and with a blank look he tossed Archie back then teleported to him, landing a solid kick and knocking him to the ground.

" It didn't work? How? Did...did the heart look into his mind to see what was happening?" Nature herself used what little power she regained and teleported to Daniel and put her hand on the back of his head and entered his mind.

As she entered his mind the first thing she came across was a wall of energy which showed his mind was protected but it was an armature protection barrier and she easily passed it. As she went further in she found Daniel but when she approached him, he turned around to look at her with Anger and ran towards her. She stood still to show she was not a threat and he stopped and looked at her. He then went back to where it sat and she followed.

She saw what looked like many screens, all showing different memories and thoughts. All flashing on the screens and the main one that Daniel was looking at was him looking at Archie. Looking around Nature saw the heart just like the one they had in the base and it had a stream going out from it and into Daniel. It's likely that he knew she was the one entering his mind as she was having no resistance thrown at her like Archie got.

She walked up to Daniel and looked at the screens and was surprised to see her in them. More accurately the injured her that got beat up from Archie and she looked at the bottom of the screens which said 'Protect'.

Looking at him, she couldn't help but feel greatly happy that he would fight Archie, who was much stronger than even her, for her. He was willing to go against such a powerhouse because he was worried about her. She walked up to him and touched his cheek which got him to look up at her.

"Daniel." She said gently, not wanting to provoke him any further which resulted in him looking her in the eyes and he lost the angry look on his face and blinked a few times. His eyes were still glowing but she saw the outline of his eyries and pupil appear.

"N-nature?" He said in surprise. Looking at his arms and seeing the aura around them.

"Yes. I know what you're doing for me. Thank you Daniel. But you don't need to keep fighting, so just rest." Nature placed her hand on his chest, around the glowing area and told the heart that he wasn't in any danger. She remembered what his mother said to her about the heart, that it was like a computer that could calculate mistakes and not realise the error it was making. She then discovered that Daniel had actually called on it to help him but unintentionally so after the heart's stream was no longer connected to him she placed her hand on his forehead.

This meant that he could now call on this Total merge form and the power of the heart but he ended up losing control. This wasn't like his rage where it was his subconsciousness in control but something entirely different.

"Sorry Nature. I need to learn to control myself more." What none of them realised was that on the big screen in his mind, Nature herself was speaking to him and he to was talking back to her. Both were saying the same things and doing the same things.

"It's not your fault. Besides, I'm flattered you would do that for me. But you need to stop to heal. Just...rest." When she finished saying that she kissed him on the lips. Daniel's mind immediately reacted by a question mark appearing on all the little screens and the place started shaking but it then settled down quickly and the questions on the screens were replaced with hearts as his mind went darker.

Nature then exited his mind at that moment and when she opened her eyes again she stopped kissing him as he dropped onto the ground as his aura dispersed. Daniel was fully healed and fast asleep on the ground.

Annabelle was on the ground and laughing so hard she was in tears. Nature just then realised what she did, she kissed him. Nature blushed as she looked around at the other entities who were chuckling at what they saw and at her reaction, but it would be worse for Daniel as he would never hear the end of it from Annabelle.

What she didn't see was Annabelle was currently holding Daniel's phone and on the screen was a picture she had taken of him and Nature kissing. Grinning, she clicked on the extra options tab and hit 'Set as background'

Xaveroth quietly entered the library, making sure to avoid an of the entities who were currently in it and searched the shelves for his target.

Soon his eyes landed on what he was looking for, a glowing blue book and he picked it up before holding the palm of his hand out to it.

"So...it's gone. Great. Now I'm one step closer to going home."

He quickly made his way out of the library and left the entity hangout.