Daniel had just arrived at the hangout and was ready to go to the 5th dimension. All he needed to do was find where Nature was as she said she would get have things ready for when he arrived.

Nature trained him for the past few days to jump between worlds without her help and she trusted him enough for him not to do stupid things with this power.

To say he was nervous was an understatement as this could give him so many answers or just more questions, not to mention Nature also said she would be stepping up her teaching as she saw how worried he was about the sphere which will arrive in just a few weeks. The same one that destroyed Earth and while Daniel was worried for Equestria he also had a fire in his chest and a thirst for revenge.

He would hold nothing back when the time arrived for him to need to defend his new home but the explanation afterwards if any pony saw him would be awkward. He could try memory erasing but the problem is that he hasn't been trained in that and anything he isn't training it can either hurt him or others around him. He needed to keep that in the back of his mind whenever he was trying something he isn't trained in.

Walking up to the hangout he looked around for any possible familiar face and saw Blade waiting at the centre of the room and looking right at him. Daniel walked up to him and was going to ask him where Nature was but he spoke first.

"Nature told me you would be arriving. Nice to see you're managing to teleport here yourself for a change." Daniel had been trying for almost a full day with Nature watching over him, to teleport to the hangout and he managed to get it down to a T but it meant that this teleportation to the 5th dimension took an extra day to prepare.

"So will you be taking me to her?" Blade nodded and started to fly upwards to the higher levels and Daniel followed behind till the reached the top level.

"He's here." Blade said on arrival as both Nature and Archie were there.

"Just in time Daniel. I hope you are prepared. Dimension jumping is a real mind breaker for a first timer. Archie himself has only went 3 times." Smiling, he walked up to her and stood beside her.

"I'm ready. I need to see if it has the answers I am looking for." As Nature walked up to Archie to get things ready, Daniel couldn't help but feel a small painful sting in his head at the back of his skull. Trying to rub the area, it didn't go away.

Before he could do anything else he heard Archie call to him.

"Daniel. I will be with you two when you arrive."

"Why? Do you not have anything that you need to do?"

"There is an old friend I want to visit." Daniel nodded. When he was wanting to know about the entities personally, especially the higher ups. He learned that the form Archie is in right now is not his real one. This one was just a projection into this plane of reality as Archie himself is of the 5th dimension and this form is just a projection. Which meant he was going to be waiting for them on his arrival. This was 2 days after he asked Archie about his life and he felt like he could trust Daniel a bit more since Nature shows full trust in him.

This made Daniel ask something that left him in shock. He discovered Archie had a crush on his mother but then he asked how that would work out since his is in a whole other reality and then he learned that the heart, both the first and second one, are not dimensional locked. Meaning that he, being a 3rd D creature couldn't hurt anything higher than his own, but a host of the heart could hurt any dimensional creature because until it chooses a host it exists in all dimensions at the same time and location. But the limitation to this was that he had to be in his total merge form, which he was not close to having under control.

"Alright then. Let's go." Nature walked up to Daniel and took his hand with a smile and they looked to the centre of the room as it started to glow and a rip in reality appeared and expanded but never left the circle in the centre.

"You can go in first." She said and Daniel walked up to the tear and with a deep breath, he closed his eyes and jumped in.

Nature followed suit and she found him with his eyes still closed on the other side. He was wondering what he would see and with an excited smile. Daniel opened his eyes and was almost immediately lost in what he was seeing.

There was no real way he could describe it but the best way he could would be that there were floating towers, houses and broken streets but there were lifeforms that he couldn't see the real form of but could see the shapes of, going around. Some went into a door in one area only to appear somewhere else. He even saw one leave an area before it arrived.

He knew this place was beyond time and space so he didn't know what to expect. There looked like what appeared to be transparent walkways made from some strange symbols and even light itself. In this place even the elements could be fully controlled.

It was almost too much for him so he stopped trying to understand it as he felt like it would break his brain if he did.

"Nice to see you Daniel." He heard a voice beside him and saw one of those creatures up close to him. It was strange now that he was looking at it. It was like reality itself was trying to cover it up.

"Who...are you?"

"Archie." His eyes widened when he heard that.

"Archie? That's the real you?" He nodded.

"What do you see me as?" Daniel tried to describe to Archie that it was like reality itself was covering him and a scribbling blanket of fog. "You're mind is trying to comprehend what my real form is but it can't."

Nature walked up to him and greeted Archie. Daniel followed Archie and Nature around the area for a while to get a feel for it. Daniel was so focused on so many things that he hadn't realised that the pain he felt earlier was gone or that there was a stream of dark blue energy coming out of the back of his skull.

"Yes. Yes! He's there. Now it's just a matter of time." Xaveroth cheered in victory and he looked at his hand as he became less like fog and more solid in form. "My power is returning to me. I am no longer disconnected from my home. I knew that putting that in the book was a good idea. Now all I have to do is wait."

Xaveroth was as happy as can be as he soon would have enough power to go back home himself, and when he does he can finally get back what was his.

"Thank you Daniel. You have no idea how much this means to me."

As Daniel took in his surroundings he saw he was in a building but other than that he couldn't tell the make of anything or the exact colour. He followed Archie as he lead him through the building and he passed the same heart that was back at the hangout which had 8 things similar to Archie around it.

"See. It's here too. It exists in the same space and in the same time across all realities and dimensions." Nature informed him as they looked at the heart for a few moments and the creatures around it. They seemed to be trying to study it but it wasn't until they got outside that Daniel saw a lot more of the same creatures. He needed to think of a name to give them besides 'Creatures' but he had no clue what to call them.

It wasn't long until he saw even more just like Archie around the area and it seemed like they were doing the best they could to make a secure area around the heart as they had no way to transport it.

"Wait...if they can't touch the heart then how was I able to when it was in pieces?" Nature shrugged.

"There are things even we don't know about it. You might not be as old as us or know as much, but there is a lot we still don't know about the heart. Especially their origin...if any. Plus it is semi sentient so perhaps it let you cause it knew it needed to be repaired? We don't know for sure."

"Do you have any theories about it?"

"We had one which was scrapped quite quickly. We thought that it was the point where the universe started. A singularity much bigger and powerful than others. But there is 2 major flaws. The heart exists in higher dimensions in the same location and at the same time and you can't merge with a singularity in the same way you did." Daniel sighed. Perhaps he will learn in the future, perhaps not.

"Are you two lovebirds done talking." Archie said with a hint of humour in his voice which caused Daniel to blush.

"Just keep going." Nature said rolling her eyes.

They kept walking and in a while they came across what looked like a giant castle and just like before, Daniel couldn't tell the style of it or what it was made of.

"Here we are. This is where the Queen is. Are you sure you want to talk with her? You being the heart bearer might attract attention. Even here." Archie warned him.

"Perhaps I could pretend I am a researcher and not the bearer?" Archie laughed when he hard that.

"If you were 6th or 7th dimensional or higher then that would be believable but everyone here call tell you are 3rd." Daniel looked around and he was getting some strange looks from the others around him. He felt their eyes on him and some turn around to look in his direction.

"So what...I have to tell what I really am?" Archie nodded.

"Best do that. I don't see any way a half truth or lie wont get exposed within a few minutes." Daniel sighed and rested a hand on his chest before looking at the castle.

"Alright. I'm ready." Archie lead him up to the door and knocked. A few moments later it was answered.

After Archie has a short conversation they were lead inside and the building was strange. There was a spiral staircase that went up but there was also a hold next to it that went down and when Daniel looked through it he saw upside down stairs that went downwards.

Shaking his head to try and not think about it he continued to follow Archie to meet this Queen and see if what the book told was true. He took a step into an empty room and then he felt the whole room move and almost lost his balance as it did.

He appeared in a throne room as there was another one sitting down with around 20 others on the sides. 10 on each and all their heads turned to look at them as the one on the throne spoke.

"Archie. Why do you seek an audience with me today...and who is this that you have brought?" Daniel saw the Queen was looking at him and not Nature as she did mention she has been here before so he was a new face to her.

"This my Queen, is the new heart bearer." The figures around the throne moved in a way that one would in surprise but he couldn't tell if it was from being unable to see their face.

"How can I be so sure besides just your word? To say such a thing needs evidence." Archie touched his head and pulled out some kind of cord made of a yellow energy.

"Let me share my memory with you." Archie then threw his 'Memory' at her and it expanded. The next thing Daniel was seeing was the tournament he was in with Nature on the ground and injured and with Archies projection form just knocking him out and carrying him over his shoulder.

Heading to get Nature and healing her, he soon ended up dropping the unconscious Daniel who slowly and almost zombie like, picked himself up. Daniel saw himself standing awkwardly with his arms hanging like they were limp. After a moment Daniel went into strike Archie and he tried to attack Daniel, only to be stopped and get hit again and Daniel was emitting an intense aura the whole time. It took Nature to calm him down and then the memory ended.

"You're...injured." The queen said to Archie who covered something that Daniel couldn't see."

"I know. I was amazed too. He hit the projection form I was using and ended up hitting me here." The queen and the guards around the throne all had their gaze return to Daniel and the one who guided them spoke up.

"Pardon my interruption but...how? Look at him. He is overwhelmed and confused and he doesn't look like he has seen many battles."

"True. Daniel isn't a fighter at heart and he has been the bearer for less than 3 years but he is indeed the bearer." It was then Daniel heard the Queen and she was talking to him.

"Daniel." His body locked up and he looked at her.

"Yes?"

"Approach." Daniel slowly made his way up to the throne where the Queen was and was now standing up. This is when his mind started racing with what he had read in the book. Was the Queen luring him into a trap? Was he going to get jumped when his guard was down or was the book wrong?

She put her hand...or what he thought was a hand out towards him and it started to glow for a few moments before stopping. As she pulled her hand away as she seemed to be a little startled.

"You are the heart bearer and not someone faking it. Might I say it is an honour to meet you." Hearing her say that made his heart jump in surprise. He wasn't expecting to hear that from her.

"Oh. The honour is mine." He said, still a little shaking.

"Your highness. Daniel has come here on a quest for knowledge. He believes that the 5th Dimension has the answers he is seeking about the heart. Or hearts." Nature said for him as she saw how he was shaking. He looked over to her and smiled. Thanking her for what she was doing for him.

"Well I don't know what we can tell the host that he himself doesn't already know. But we will answer what we can. But I am not the one you should be asking about the heart. The head scientist Algof should have some answers for you." Daniel wanted to know one thing before he left.

"Before I head to see Algof. I have to ask...was there a king before you?" He felt the air, or whatever they have here suddenly freeze and even the staff in this palace stopped. Some dropped what they were carrying but nobody looked towards the crashes.

"Yes...there was. But..." She stopped.

"But?"

"We don't know who he was. Not even his name."

"Did she erase him? Has the Queen changed and is trying to leave her past behind, removed her memory and that of the others?" This was only getting more confusing for Daniel.

"How? You know there was a king but nothing about him?" She stood up and walked down the stairs.

"Follow me."

They followed her for a while and along the way, she asked Daniel some questions about other artefacts. She told him that the hearts were the most powerful artefacts they knew about but there were others and they all had different powers.

"We know why we have forgotten. But we can't reverse it." Walking down the aisle, they saw strange objects in cases. From a golden stick with antlers on it which could control plants to a orange mug that was able to hold stars in it.

"All these are artefacts? Wow."

"Yes. Each one has its own kind of power and this is the one that was used. The mind breaker." It looked like a golden square made out of metal rods and the corners had rods going inwards but stopped at a half green circle in the centre that was facing upwards. "This has the power to affect minds. You can use it to make others forget, to give your memories to others. Perhaps even steal their own or alter them. Best thing I have heard is that you can project your imagination into the mind of someone and they will think it was a real thing that happened."

"He used that on you?" She nodded.

"Yes. And we can't use it to restore our memories. From what we found in his notes we discovered what this thing does. But it's incomplete. As you can see the circle is half full. He removed the other half and now it doesn't work."

"Can't you just repair it?"

"No. This is a 7th dimensional artefact. We have no way to repair it." Daniel sighed. What he was told in the book didn't seem to add up. This queen didn't seem so bad and nobody knows anything about the king who was before her.

"But I am curious Daniel. How did you know about the king? There is no books, scrolls. Stories or anything about him outside here.

"I read about him in a book in the hangout." Nature raised an eyebrow at him.

"Daniel. There is no book that we have that mentions about this king." Daniel didn't know if he should tell her again as she didn't seem to notice the blue writing last time but he decided to tell them anyway.

"I swear. I saw a blue book that was glowing blue and had that story written in it."

"Wait. Glowing blue?" Daniel nodded when the Queen asked that. "Like this?" She put her palm out to him and after a strange glow she opened a book on a nearby table and the words 'Like this' were written on it in glowing blue energy.

"Yes. Exactly like that."

"Then someone put it in that book and was specifically for you and only you. So it's no wonder others didn't see it." Nature looked surprised to hear this as she knew about this but she has so far been able to see passed these hidden messages.

"I didn't see it when Daniel tried to tell me what he was seeing." The Queen looked up from the book that she put down to Daniel.

"Which means whoever left the book message for Daniel to see was not only stronger than Nature, but even Archie didn't see it or even sense it. Meaning it's higher dimensional."

"Daniel. Is there anyone you know who has been acting shady or just seems strange?" Nature asked him and then he remembered Xaveroth.

"Well there is one I can think of. His name is Xaveroth." They all looked at each other to see if anyone know that name but none of them said anything. "He seems nice, if a little crazy. He told me he is 5th dimensional but he is trapped in the 3rd."

"Could be a criminal. Sometimes our escaped criminals make it to other worlds. But we keep them in a spectral form so he shouldn't be able to do anything to harm you. Let Nature know if you come across him again."

"Well now that, that's taken care of. Shall we go and see Algof?"

"This way." The Queen put the device down and lead them outside and down the street with her guards accompanying her. As she walked, the others in the streets bowed down as she passed. One thing Daniel wanted to know what how things like alternative universes and dimensions worked on the cosmic scale. Was there a structure to it all? Could he even understand it? How many dimensions were there maximum?

All this he had to push to the back of his mind. What he needed to do was somehow learn to control his total merge form and he had no clue where to start as he couldn't even call on it himself. The last few times were just luck or he doesn't understand the trigger for it.

They soon walked into a building that Daniel had a hard time describing. It was a strange circular structure that was phased into the ground. Almost like it was just pasted there. As they entered the building they found themselves sprayed with a green substance which was their way of carrying out decontamination. This was their top research institute with everything from chemical weapons to experimental weapons and even theoretical possibilities that could be invaluable.

Despite what everyone thought of him, Daniel felt like he was an ant among lions. That at any moment one of them could destroy him accidentally and he wouldn't even know it.

Walking further into the building he passed laboratories that were designed for different things. One looking like a room full of glass that from what he managed to understand from a quick peek was that it was making light into weapons by altering it in a way he had trouble even imagining.

One room that he passed by which was darker then the rest was a cybernetics lab. Where they cloned animals found in this world and saw what would and wouldn't work with the body before testing it on themselves.

Another thing Daniel had just realised was that they had been walking for about 10 minutes and the outside of this building was nowhere near this big. Meaning the only way this place would still be a small building they entered was that space itself was larger here than it was outside. It wasn't until the end of this long hall that he arrived at an office and when they entered it the first thing he saw was a lot of paper stacks. Someone who was sitting at the desk who he assumed was Algof the head scientist was taking paper from the left and putting the ones he filled out to the right. Looking up when he heard the door open he instantly got up and bowed when he saw the Queen.

"Your highness. It's an honour to meet you."

"Same here Algof. We are here for some information." He stood up straight again and looked back at his mountain of paper.

"Sure. Give me a moment." He went back to his desk and disappeared along with his paper and then he reappeared but this time his desk was clear.

"There we go. I'm done." Daniel was confused to what happened. Did he stop time and finish them off or something? Shoving it to the back of his head he turned to looked at the Queen.

"We have a special guest with us today who was hoping you could answer some questions." She stepped to the side and indicated to Daniel. "The 2nd heart has chosen a new host. This is Daniel. The new heart bearer." His eyes widened when he heard that and he suddenly became shaky.

"You're...not joking?" His fearful...or was it surprised expression suddenly changed to one of happiness and he was in front of Daniel in and instant and shaking his hand. "It's an honour to meet you Daniel. There is so much we could learn together." He shook his hand in a way that almost made his arm go numb.

"Nice to meet you to." Daniel rubbed his arm when he let go.

"But...a heart bearer? Now? But that King N guy cant be that big of a threat." Algof asked as his attention turned to the Queen.

"What are you talking about?" The Queen then nodded to Algof and he walked to a bookcase, or something similar. It moved to the side in a moment and he indicated for them to follow him.

"Daniel. What do you know about the heart or it's hosts?"

"Not much. I know I am the 3rd host overall and that the heart I am merged with is slightly weaker than the other. Something about energy transfer." Algof nodded and then asked him a question even he didn't know the answer to.

"Do you know anything of the origins of the hearts?"

"No. Not a thing. I found a book that says they were made here. In this dimension." This only made Algof laugh.

"Here? We have been studying them for thousands of years and are barely able to know how they operate other than they seem to exist in the same time-space across all realities and that they almost never choose a host."

"What's more we have discovered that every heart bearer seems to have a purpose. The first one King N stopped an entire hyperverse from being torn to atoms by infinity accelerating dark energy. The 2nd one...whoever she was. Stopped King N after he went crazy. And now we have a 3rd one when King N isn't that much of a threat anymore." Daniel then asked a question that he never thought to ask up till now.

"What does the N stand for?"

"Navris. He and his fathers before him took the name of their home planet." Daniel then saw Nature smile and she spoke to him telepathically to get his permission to tell the Queen, to which he agreed.

"You might find this hard to believe. But Daniel here is the son of the 2nd heart bearer. The one who defeated King N." Both of them looked at him and Algof wrote down something in a notebook. Wanting to break the silence, Daniel then asked them the only thing he could think of.

"So...if it wasn't made here, then where?"

"We have some ideas. From what we have seen the heart itself can be damaged and shattered but not destroyed. Like what happened with your mother and with not even the 25th dimension knowing it's origins then it's likely it came from outside."

"Outside what?"

"Outside everything. Outside existence itself. Beyond space and time itself. It also seemed to have a hand in the creation of existence which explains why it can be damaged but not destroyed. Because it exists outside everything we know. If it was made by someone like an entity or dare I say a deity...then..." She then sighed and put her hand to her head.

"Then what?" She didn't finish her sentence.

For a few hours, Daniel spent time learning about this world and about their own theories on the hearts. But they were just as clueless to it as he was. They did have more theories to go off of but no 100% proof of anything that he didn't already know. He did spend a little time hooked up to some machines to see if they could find anything but the results were less than happy for them as the only evidence they got was Daniel and how his 3D body functions, which they knew already.

While they were doing their research, one of the biggest worries Daniel had would be if they asked to fight him to see if they could bring its power forth, but thankfully that didn't happen and both Daniel and Nature left and went back home. There was even one point during the research that he felt threatened and the inside of his chest started to visible glow but even that turned up nothing on their research.

Even when he used his powers it wasn't like he was using them, but that things were changing without him interfering. For being the first heart host that they got to study, nothing much turned up. It was like he wasn't any different except that he had fast healing. Even Nature knew more than they did cause her and his mum were best friends and she often told Nature of her experiences when she was alive.

"Did you get the answers you were looking for?" Daniel shook his head.

"Not really. All I got was more worry and questions. If King N isn't the real threat then...who or what is?"

This is when Daniel realised something. Her best friend was an entity called Death and they said he had the powers of death, but they kept saying that nobody could revive the dead. So what made 'Death' have the powers of...well, Death?

"Nature. That Death guy. Why is he called that? What can he do?"

"Oh him. While he cant revive the dead, he can brings someone from the other side back in spirit to talk with the living for a while." Daniel's heart jumped when he heard that. This meant that he could talk to his parents again if Death would do that for him

"Can you ask him to bring my Mum and dad back for a talk?"

"I can try. But it takes a large toll on him so he doesn't do it often. So no guarantees you will get what you're asking for." Nature took him to the bottom level to see if Death was hanging out with the crowds.

"Alright Cosmos. What are you hiding?" A pony covered in black clothing was currently lockpicking the door to his house and with a click the door was unlocked. "Gotcha." She opened the door and walked inside, and she swore she could hear some kind of bell or something going off in the house. Whatever it was it sounded faint. The first thing she saw was dust. A lot of dust and everything looked like it was just left to rot. Not just the look but the smell of it too. The place looked like it had been abandoned for years.

"This...is this the right house?" The pony looked through the drawers, closets and rooms. From the bathroom to bedroom and living room but all of them were untouched. It was like the person living here, didn't actually live here.

She kept looking everywhere she could but nothing was out of the ordinary and when she opened the basement she decided to go down to see if there was anything hidden. She saw another door down there and opened it, not knowing what to expect and as she stepped through into the next room she found herself in a similar basement but this one was completely empty.

However there was another set of stairs that went upwards around the same level at the other set that lead down. Figuring this lead to the house next door she climbed the stairs and when she opened the door she was almost startled. From what she could see this house was completely different than the other one and the window in the living room showed a forest outside. Looking to her side she saw outside another window and saw the exact same thing.

"But...But..." She ran back down and into the other house. Taking in the clouds and where they were and the weather, she ran back to the new house and saw that none of it matched up. "What did I step into?"

She walked into the living room and looked around to search for clues and her eyes landed on a photo on top of some metal box. It showed something that she has never seen before. Creatures made of metal and a single light on them alongside a large metal...something and there was 2 other creatures, one small and the other quite large.

"What are..." She stopped talking and hid when she heard a doorknob turning.

"Would Daddy be alright with us doing that?"

"We are making a fighter jet so we can't exactly make it 'inside' can we? And we will need to keep it out of the rain. So a small hanger or perhaps garage would do." What looked like metal ponies with glowing tails and manes left the building through the front door.

Totally confused she had no idea what to do. Continue or head back to report what she had found? But while all this was strange, it likely wouldn't be able to stop Discord. So how was cosmos keeping him in line?

Looking around she decided to take a peek in the door that those metal ponies came out of and she was flabbergasted when she saw a large room that could almost be called a mass expanse of space, filled with machinery that looks like it came right out of a Sci Fi book and machines like the ones in the photo she saw a while ago. She decided now would be the best time to leave. She quickly had to close the door as some of them moved to face the direction of the door and she worried if they had seen her.

"I didn't expect you to be...bro?" She heard a female voice at the top of the stairs and her heart sank. She remembered that Cosmos has a little sister and now she was here. She knew that Cosmos was capable of things that she couldn't imagine if he made this, and if she hurt his little sister in anyway then she was in deep danger. She needed to sneak passed her.

Quietly making her way back up the stairs she reached the top and stopped at what she saw. A strange creature like the one in the photo was standing in the living room and it looked just like the one in the picture.

"Come on bro. No playing hide and seek. I heard the alarm go off when you opened the door to you other house. Wait..why did...you not..." This is when Annabelle's eyes widened and she looked around. "Dash? Twilight? If you would like another interview you just have to ask."

Saying the names of the bearers made her eyes widen as that means they knew what Cosmos was and from what she was seeing in front of her, he was the bigger one in the picture and the pony him was probably just a disguise.

"Freddy!?" She shouted and in a moment one of these metal ponies came through the front door.

"Yes aunt?"

"I think we have an intruder." Freddy's eyes widened.

"What should I do?"

"Go and tell the others and then get Alpha on alert." Annabelle moved to the door that lead to the basement and got an energy blast ready and stood on guard. Her only way out was blocked. The only thing she could do was sneak around somehow or distract her, or take the risk in the woods.

She snuck up the stairs and into a room where there was 2 small beds and a circular window on the wall behind them. She hid under the bed and checked her items. She had 2 potions of the poison joke to use and her cloak was enchanted to keep her hidden more easily. But she also had no idea what those metal ponies were capable off.

She decided to try something and opened the window then she threw one of the bottles as it smashed against a tree and started to change it. That tree was in view of the window by the door that Annabelle was blocking so it might distract her.

Waiting to see if anything changed after she moved back, Annabelle didn't move but she did focus her attention on the tree which now stood out like a sore thumb.

"What the...Discord? Is this your doing? I swear when my brother gets back he will set you straight." This is when both of them were shocked as Discord appeared in front of her and he had boxing gloves on.

"Is that so? Well I welcome a challenge. So Annabelle, where is he?"

"Stop playing around with me. I thought you were happy you had a chance to not be encased in stone."

"Playing around?" He raised an eyebrow. Now she was really scared. Both of them as Annabelle was wondering who was in the house and the pony cause now the spirit of chaos was here. She didn't care anymore. She would take the risk with the forest if it meant not getting caught. She moved back to the room and silently opened the window before she jumped out. Almost twisting her hoof as she did. She took off to the forest and kept going until she felt safe.

She had no idea what any of these things were, but she now knew that cosmos wasn't a normal pony.

"Hey Death. How's your work coming along?" Nature asked her old friend .

"I just finished a monster hunt. Some kind of living shadow but it wasn't that hard to deal with. What about you?" Nature put her arm on his shoulder and smiled.

"Hanging out and training my new boyfriend."

"In what way?" Death said with a chuckle, causing both of them to blush.

"Watch it bones." She said with narrowed eyes. "Daniel has something to ask you." She let him speak.

"Nature said you can head to the spirit world to bring someone back temporarily so they can talk with the living. Can you bring my parents back so I can speak to them?" Death looked to the side for a moment then back at him.

"I will need you to tell me what they look like and it will take some time to find them." Daniel spent the next few minutes telling Death what his mum and dad looked like as he wrote down their description. After he was done he rolled up the scroll and put it in-between his bones.

"I will get back to you when I find them. I will start my search soon." Daniel, seeing nothing else needed done decided to head home and tried to teleport himself. He managed to do it again successful and found himself in the living room of his house.

Looking up he saw the floor above him and then it hit him in the face before he picked himself up.

"Still got some parts to learn." He rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. He was happy with the results of today as he might get to see his parents again and he learned more about the universes work thanks to Algof. While it was still a little confusing to him he realised most of it and the dangers of time travel.

While it was likely he could head to another universe that has an earth that didn't die, he knew he shouldn't as the sphere would likely track him down again and he already feels guilty enough for what happened to his home, even if he knew he couldn't do anything about it.

Plus when he mentioned about possibly going back in time and living out the 2 years he was gone for he realised that would probably cause more damage than good. Time is a sensitive thing and he can't just do it without far reaching consequences, one of which could cause an entire universe to be stuck in a time lock and he didn't want to take that risk.

The more he studied how things worked on the cosmic scale he realised that he had to leave his old life behind. There was no going back, no raising the dead but that didn't mean he had to live upset with himself. He knew he needed to defeat King N and then find out what else is out there that the heart choose him for to stop and then he could live in Equestria peacefully.

"Or I could take up entity work." He froze when he said that. Not understanding why he did but the more he thought about it the more he liked the idea. Twilight and his other friends would die of old age and so would others on this planet but the entities didn't seem to age to the point of death and they were like him in the sense that they could do things that would be labelled as super powers.

But he hated the idea of leaving his friends like that. Just save their world and go away? No. He would stay here and be with then until their passing and then he would leave. That seemed like the nice thing to do.

Sitting down he decided to try and take his mind off of such things by watching some programs his TV had saved.

Xaveroth stood on a cloud in the sky. Thrilled he felt his strength was returning and now he had a way back home. He felt his energy raising fast and lets out a scream as a purple aura flared up around the area. But while this happened he realised he ended up letting something slip.

"No!" He raised his arm and as it started to glow he soon breathed a sigh of relief. "That was close. But finally...I can return home. I can continue what I was planning to do. What I have wanted to do for so long." Chuckling to himself he took off to the sky and then as he sped up realist cracked for a moment before healing itself.

He soon arrived in the 5th dimension and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling happy that he was home once again.

"Now I just have to lay low for a while until my strength returns."

"Sir. We have found the planet the sphere was going to go to."

"Good. Get it moving I want to see if-" King N started shaking violently and his eyes changed to white for a moment.

"What hap-" He started to shake again and his eyes returned to normal. All of his staff on the bridge were looking at him funny. "If any of you mention this, I will make you suffer a fate worse than death."

They all shivered and got back to work instantly.

"Now...as I was saying. I want to see if the heart bearer or anything with sufficient magic is on that planet. Get it going."

"Yes sir." They said cowering.

King N looked to the side and saw his bargaining tool. A green orb with a blue outer later was sitting in a box next to his seat.

"Soon heart bearer."

"Soon...not much longer now." Bravacho stood at his window, looking out to the sky. Knowing full well it wouldn't be much longer until this world comes under attack like many others before it by his father's invention. All he could do was hope that the heart bearer was strong enough to destroy it when it arrived cause if he wasn't then this world and himself would suffer the same fate as others prior.

"Do you have a plan if the bearer fails?" His fiancé Darvia asked him with a worried expression on her face.

"I'm sorry love. But I don't. If the bearer fails. We fail." While he was fully healed he knew that his father would have things in place to stop him if he should try anything. If there is one word that described his father, both old and new, it was prepared.

He even had a plan for if one of his staff, or even his son betrayed him. He was even so paranoid he had a backup in place if someone teleported in front of him undetected and tried to shot him. From the most likely to the highly unlikely he had a plan for almost all of it. But there was a few times he didn't have a plan for a situation that appeared and while it was harder to do, he adapted to it and overcame it.

"But that doesn't mean I will just sit back and do nothing. I will try my best but I can't promise I will succeed." This is what Darvia liked about Bravacho, he told the truth, no matter how dark and grim the situation was.