Daniel didn't care about the press. Or the scientists. Or the anything at the moment. He made sure he and Annabelle were in their best suits for the funeral. Brago was a hero among his own and now a hero to the Covenant. It was him who stopped Thag from getting to more ponies and stopping the dark magic from spreading even further. Not only that but not all ponies who were infected survived.

The magic was a deadly kind that killed them for good if they were a thrall for 1 week or more and that's not including the small few who were ripped apart to replace body parts during Blackeye's battles. Now one thing was on his mind. Who was Brago's successor?

Looking at Annabelle, he was happy to see her hand had healed back but not fully. It was there but just not at its full size as her healing rate was slower than his. Nevertheless, he couldn't be prouder of her with how she kept on fighting and even in the face of defeat, she never gave up until her own body gave in.

She just finished putting on her suit and Daniel had done the same with his suit. Brago written a will shortly before the battle, just in case it was his last, which it was. In it he wanted to be cremated on the surface of his home with his favourite gem. The rest would be read later on to see if he named a successor.

"If you're nervous about going to this funeral, so am I. First one I have been to as well." He said in hopes to make her feet a little better. After the funeral he had a meeting with the leader of the cult ponies and not to mention that all of the pony world now knew about the Covenant alliance but to Daniel that was for later.

"How do Diamond dogs even bury or cremate their dead?" Daniel shrugged his shoulders. It wasn't just a day for mourning for the Covenant, but also for pony kind and some griffins and Changelings. Blackeye was indiscriminate of who he turned into his thralls, but thankfully he was now put down for good. For today there was to be no contact between the Covenant and ponies as the next 3 days were agreed on to be day of mourning, then celebrating the victory and the 3rd day was to prepare for diplomacy, which Daniel wasn't looking forward too.

With his suit on and Annabelle having her funeral black dress on, she followed Daniel. He didn't teleport but walked into Aperture and saw his kids who were also in black.

"We're ready Daddy." Each one of them were lined up and standing up straight. While they didn't get to know Brago that well they did know him and that he was important so they would also be attending the funeral.

"Good. Follow me." They walked through the metal door to the Diamond dog's main room and as if closed over, all eyes turned to them. "We're here."

Rusty came up to greet him and he greeted him in return. Leading him up to the surface and he saw what must have been all the Diamond dogs in the underground there as the ones that followed him up took their place. Even Thag came along to pay his respects to his friend. Daniel smiled when he saw this, those 2 just a few years prior were at each other's throats everyday, but now here was one attending the funeral of the other.

Daniel walked up to the stand where Rusty waited for him and handed him a piece of paper. It was Brago's last will that he wrote before the battle. Unfolding it, Daniel read it. The writing had bits that he crossed out to make his letter more readable.

This might be last my last day on Equestria. The battle coming up is going to be big, and if I don't survive then there are some things I would like to tell to what Dia whatever Diamond dog finds this. Perhaps even if Daniel finds it. If I should die in this upcoming battle I would like Rusty to take over for me as leader. He had proven his steel in combat and his leadership over the years.

I trust you to do what is best for us and frien and our friends.

If I should die in this battle. I ask my body be used to help the forest. As a sign of friendship between us and our Timberwolf friends.

P.S If you find this Thag. I just wanted to say I always looked up to you. As while I ruled my land as a military leader, you ruled yours as a father. In the battles we had before Daniel arrived, I saw you risk your life 2 times for those who I would have considered below me in rank. I was confused but now I know. It's not about strength, it's about protecting those who cant protect themselves. Thanks friend.

Daniel smiled when he read that and turned to the side to look at Brago, whose body was resting among other fallen dogs. He showed his will to Thag and with a nod from him he ordered 4 wolves to take his body as they buried the rest of the dogs. Their favourite gems held in their hands.

After they finished burying the dead, they followed Thag as they took Brago's body into the woods and laid it down in a clearing. The 4 timberwolves back away as Thag walked up to Brago's body and placed his paw on his chest. With a glow from under his paw and then removing it, Daniel saw something green under Brago's skin and it expanded quickly.

"Be one with the forest forever my friend." Thag said as Brago's skin started to crack and rip as vines wrapped around it and into the ground. A small tree grew up from his chest and stopped a little after sprouting.

Hearing Buzzing, Daniel turned to look to the source and saw Thorax along with other Changelings approaching. They too had just finished burying their dead and had come to meet up with them for the following celebration, while they did lose a lot of warriors, their sacrifices did bring victory so the upcoming parties were to remember them and what they accomplished for the ones still living.

"Welcome Thorax. I trust you have buried all your dead?"

"Yes, but we also have even better news. We have a new queen." Thorax stepped to the side and Daniel saw a changeling he recognized. Amoura.

"You have done it. Equestria will no longer need you to stop internal threats. But the next threat is soon approaching. The black void that took your home will soon be here." Daniel sighed. He knew she was talking about the dark sphere. It was only a few days away. "And your allies are here. Their names are Bravacho and Darvia. The son and step daughter of King N." That last part got him.

"Wait...say that again." Daniel knew that Amoura was a psychic Changeling but that last part was surprising him.

"Bravacho. The son of King N. That pony who knew you were the heart bearer and wanted to meet you. He had taken the side against his father. You and him will cut off the puppets strings and see the master behind it." Daniel processed this information and looked at Thorax who was looking just as confused. Nevertheless, the changelings had a new Queen. Yes she still needed to grow up and mature, but it was better than not having one.

This is when they heard a twig snap in the forest and when they all turned to face it, they saw Nature who looked withered and burned. At first Daniel was scared something happened to her but then she smiled at him.

"I'm...sorry for your loss Daniel." They looked to Brago's body that was now part of a slightly sprouting tree.

"He knew the consequences of what he was doing." Nature took a few steps up to him. Putting a hand on his face as he expected to feel charcoal or burnt wood but he instead felt smooth skin that was just like his.

"But you are still beating yourself up about it internally." Daniel didn't respond and she sighed. "I will bring him back later. Daniel, come with me." Taking him by the hand they teleported and soon Daniel found himself in a shield that was floating in space. "You are starting to realise what it means to be one of us. The good and the bad."

"I could have went all out at the start, but it was my own desire to see Blackeye suffer that let him get the opportunity to kill Brago. I did what those stupid hero's in comics do, I didn't end the fight or deal with the threat as fast as possible, and now I am paying the price." He said angrily, hitting the shield.

"What do you see yourself as?" That question stunned him.

"What?"

"Do you think you are a bad guy? Irresponsible? What do you see when you look in the mirror?" Daniel took a moment to think and he needed to make sure his mind was clear before he spoke. If he spoke out of anger then it wouldn't be true.

"I...see myself as...someone who tries. Tries to do what's best in the situation I am given, and yes there are times I am childish or foolish. But I do give it my all. But there is no avoiding what I did in that battle. I didn't end it when I should have done it the moment we started fighting." Nature took his hand and sat down on the floor of the shield with him.

"Do you think that if someone or something is a threat that they are then just evil and should deal with them right away?"

"N...no." Nature smiled.

"Sometimes there are those who take a wrong turn, or are pushed down it and we can try to bring them back. It sometimes doesn't always happen but it worth at least trying. We all mess up, it's how we change, adapt and overcome our weaknesses and challenges. You are strong, Daniel. I dare say that you will even be stronger than me one day but you need to shield yourself mentally from the hardships that come from being an entity. I myself have made some horrible mistakes when I was younger."

"Like what?" Nature sighed.

"Well when I was just starting to learn to use my powers I didn't take into account to do what I could to stop shockwaves. One day my planet was going to get hit by a meteor and...well I managed to destroy it but I didn't contain the shockwaves from the blast I used and I almost destroyed a whole country. I have no idea how many lives were lost, but I made sure to never make the same mistake again." She saw he was looking to the side, thinking. So she decided to cheer him up.

Touching his cheek with her hand again she pulled him into a kiss which caught him by surprise as his eyes widened but they soon closed as he returned it to her. One thing he didn't expect was for her to push him down onto the floor of the shield and lay on top of him.

She stayed like this for a few minutes and then pulled away.

"Even if you have a hard time believing in yourself. I believe you will be a great entity. I have little doubt that if you keep going the way you have been that you will even surpass Archie." Daniel sat back up and as Nature wrapped herself around him, they embraced for a few minutes. "So remember this when you feel down. There is an old tree out there that has your back." She said that last part with a giggle as she joked.

"Thanks. That means a lot to me. But...why do you look like that?" He asks as she stepped back.

"Why do I look all withered and burnt?" He nodded.

"Well black is usually used in funerals, from what I learned from your kind so I wanted to be respectful. I don't really like to wear clothes often. I also had to put down a...never mind." She didn't want to bring more death than was already there. As the bubble they were in lit up Daniel soon found himself back at the location they were before.

"I still need to give a talk on Brago's life. You can cuddle me later." He said as he started to walk back to where Thag and Thorax were.

"Cuddle in a bed?" She asked with a grin and she fell to her side, laughing at Daniel's flustered expression. "Relax. I'm joking."

"Daniel...are you alright?" Thorax asked when he saw how red Daniel's face was but as he walked passed him, Thag let out a chuckle. "What?"

"Seems his girlfriend is having some fun with him." Daniel froze up when he heard that.

"She did not..." He started to say but stopped.

"Tease you. I know you two didn't have a roll in the hay. However. it seems like that might not be too far away." Thag said chuckling and Daniel just turned around and kept walking as he had nothing to say back to that. He approached a stand that Rusty had gotten down from when he saw him.

Daniel took a few moment to prepare himself, this was the first time he did something like this so while he didnt want to do it, he did as a final act of respect to Brago.

"It's honestly funny how i first met Brago. When i first arrived in this world i choose this forest, thinking it was separated from civilisation but i was wrong. Soon after when Scar found me and took me to Thag, i was asked to settle things with the Diamond dogs and that's when I met Brago. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that he was one of the best leaders I have ever seen. He actually cared about those who were his subjects rather than just the power that came with the position. He was not just a great leader but one of the best of friends I have ever had. Even back on my own home world there were few friends I had that matched up to him." With a chuckle Daniel looked at Thag. "You and him were at each other's throats so much but after you became friends you kept slapping each other around. What was it he asked you shortly after the alliance was formed?"

"If I would fetch a stick that was taken off of me." A few dogs and even wolves chuckled at that.

"But that doesn't mean I am going to abandon you all, I promise to continue what i promised Brago. That I will do my best to keep you all and all of our allies safe from future threats. Be it internal or external." Daniel as said before, had never given a funeral speech so he didn't know if what he was saying was alright for it. So Daniel got off the stage and took a seat next to Annabelle who's hand was almost fully healed. Nature also took a seat next to them as they watched other dogs and eventually Thag go up on the stage and talk about Brago and how they knew him and the times they had with him.

He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked over to see Nature looking at him with a smile.

"Daniel...I want to show you something. It's time you knew about my past and what i do." His ears perked up at this and he followed her as she took him into the forest, not too far, but enough for them to be out of earshot.

"You might think that we just protect. That's true, but not in the way you think." Nature put a bubble around them and shifted the area outside of it and soon when the area settled he found himself up in the air.

He saw a younger Nature who was on the ground, she looked dehydrated and injured as her left leg was gone. She looked like she had just been in a battle and she was crawling away from...something that was gaining on her. It looked like a mixture of a spider and a scorpion as where the fangs of a spider would be there seemed to be claws and it had 7 legs. 3 on each side and one on the back. It wasn't hairy but had the armour a scorpion did and it was going towards Nature, using its back leg to boots its jumps. Lastly it did have a tail but it didn't come over it like a scorpion did and was more like a stinger. As it jumped up with it's back leg it brought its stinger down on the young Nature but as she raised her hand she blocked it with a forcefield.

It was a weak field as it did stop the stinger but it broke shortly after and she looked like she was about to pass out. The creature then screamed as Archie approatched it and looked at Nature as she passed out. Archie went over to her and picked her up. The scorpion spider hybrid tried to attack Archie but it was sliced in half before it even reached him, so fast that even Daniel didn't see it.

"On that day, Archie saved my life, and i started my new life as an entity."

The field around them shifted again and he found himself at the Entity hangout. He saw Nature who looked a little older who was using her powers to lift up multiple objects at once.

"He trained me. Taught me just about everything I know." She smiled at the memory as the young her launched attack after attack on Archie, but none of them did a thing to him. He just stood there and took it but she didn't give up. After all her powers failed her she tried to attack him with physical attacks but he just smiled and let her hit him. "Granted his smiling was annoying, but looking back at it..." She looked at him. "I can see why he was smiling."

Time seemed to go quicker as he saw Nature battling Archie more and more. Each time Archie needed to do more and more to stop her attacks and at one point she managed to land a hit that staggered him.

"You're ready." He said.

"For what?" The younger Nature asked.

"Your first assignment." The younger Nature looked overjoyed to hear that as Archie pulled out a piece of paper and gave it to her as the field shifted again. This time Archie was sitting back and letting Nature finish her assignment which seemed to be a rescue mission.

"I was told to rescue a Galactic prince. But the empire is long gone, not around anymore. Even their very species are gone." She was running along a hallway with an alien following her who she was protecting from guards that were trying to kill him. She manages to eventually get him on a ship and out of the way. Archie then took her away and told her that her assignment was complete. That it was a test to see if she would do well and she did.

"Was that you officially were one of them?"

"Yes. It was officially an entity then. You can guess how i felt." Her smile turned into a frown filled with sadness in a few moments. "But not all assignments ends in happiness and joy." The field shifted once more. They were on another planet that was close to a start that Daniel realised was a red giant. "This was my 8th assignment and it really got to me."

Daniel watched as a young Nature was looking at the red giant and put up a field facing the giant and within a few moments it collapsed. The resulting supernova rushed out, completely destroying all other planets besides the one Nature was protecting due to a last ditch field around it. As Daniel watched he saw Nature's field was failing.

"I couldn't hold up such a large field against such power at the time. I tried with all i had but..." Daniel saw the younger Nature's arm give out and as her adrenaline flowed through her she brought it back up and brought the field back up, but by that time the field on one side failed. Daniel heard the screams as millions of lives were incinerated in moments and silenced the next. "Sometimes things are beyond us."

As the supernova passed and the planet itself was blasted beyond the gravity of the neutron star that it collapsed into, he saw the younger Nature collapse, exhausted and the planet was around 20 to 25% destroyed. Screams, cries and whails were heard as they mourned for the dead which she failed to protect.

"We all fail at some point. But we try our best."

"Was that the worst assignment you ever did?" She turned to face him.

"No...the worst was...a few dozen years before i met you." The field shifted once more and Daniel had a hard time believing what he was seeing. The night sky was almost completely dark. It wasn't like the night in a city where the lights cover the stars but there was almost no stars at all. He could at max count 17 small lights in a void of total darkness. "This was a top assignment. One that requires Entities who have the power to destroy universes or higher levels." Daniel saw another version of Nature that looked almost the exact same as she currently did as she looked around the void of darkness and with a single tear drop she lifted up her hands and they had blue orbs of energy in them as she touched them together and they started to expand. The expansion didnt stop as it shined brighter and brighter. Everything in its way was totally destroyed, even planets that still had some form of life on them. He then saw Nature collapse and she started crying. This was the first time he ever saw her cry as her tears flew over her hands and her bottom lip quivered. She was on her knees and shaking as her hands covered her tear filled eyes.

"What happened?"

"The universe was destroyed. It was reaching the end of its life. I know you have yet to learn how all this works but just know for now that every now and then there is a universe that needs to be destroyed for the sake of others. Whether it be an old one reaching the end of its life or one still lively but very corrupted. I had to end this one so it woulnt collide with another one which was just starting to grow. It didn't help that there was still some life in it and i could feel them. Their emotions, panic, fear and desperation as i had to wipe them out." Nature took a deep breath and got her posture back. "Sometimes to protect more, you need to wipe out a few. I know it sounds harsh, but when you are talking on the level of destruction that we work with. Morality is a small thing. Even if we don't like doing it, there are things that need to be done."

"I'm sorry you had to do that."

"It needed to be done and i need to not let it bother me." Her voice was low and he knew he should let it drop. Daniel walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You had to do it. You are right in that we all have a duty to do, and we cant let feelings get in the way of what needs to be done."

"Dulcis." She said

"What?"

"My real name. Not my title. My real name is Dulcis Rosa." He smiled, her name sounded really nice to him.

"Well, Rosa. I guess we both still have a lot to learn about each other."

"Thanks. But...can you not use my real name when we are not alone? I prefer to be called Nature by others I don't trust completely."

"Sure thing." He said in a promising voice as she smiled and they were both back in the forest. The time bubble was gone and they both walked back to the funeral which was now over and they were all sitting around different tables, ready to celebrate their victory. "Why not stay?"

"Sure. Do you plan to drink?"

"No i don't drink Alcohol." He informed her.

"Well that's your choice." She said as she pulled out a bottle of some liquid he had never seen before. "Just relax. You have a lot ahead of you. The main celebration for the victory is tomorrow. But knowing you, you will start planning in case things go wrong." Daniel started to wonder if he was really that predictable as he saw Rosa sitting down and starting to eat a burger which he admitted, looked really good. While he didn't need to eat, it was still something he missed doing. With a smile he sat down next to her and Annabelle joined them, taking a shot of her juice and then burping up a stream of blue flame. "Excuse me."

The rest of the day was mostly uneventful as Daniel spent time enjoying food he had not tasted in a long time and the dogs and wolves were up telling jokes and some even tried to dance. Much to everyone's amusement when they almost always fell back on their behind. Annabelle had her hand fully regrown and a while into it Daniel took a drink of the juice Nature had with her. He couldn't speak for about 10 minutes after it as the hit his throat took from the cinnamon like stuff it was mixed with really took a surprising toll on his voice.

This lasted well into the night and even some treeminders stopped by to congratulate them on the victory. The treeminders also lost some of their own at the battle. Around 17 but while this number was small to others, the treeminder population was only around 150 to 200.

It was soon time for Daniel to head back home and Annabelle was currently asleep as she had stuffed herself and passed out not long after. She had been asleep for about an hour. He decided he would take her back and then train with Nature for the rest of the night.

"Nature? Want to train a bit more?" She looked over to him as she threw her glass bottle through a portal.

"Sure thing. I will meet you out the back of your house." Walking over to Annabelle, he picked her up and went back home. His kids were away working on...something by the time he was back home as he placed Annabelle down on the couch and wrapped her in a blanket.

When he was sure she was safe and asleep he went out of his house and indeed, Nature was there waiting for him. Nature herself planned for this training to be a little different as she planned to use the powers and techniques she has learned over her hundreds of thousands of years of training and learning. She wouldn't increase the amount of raw power she uses on him however as he is not even near half of that power normally.

"I hope you have been training. Cause i am going to use more of my powers against you. So get ready."

"Oh no." He said in a joking, almost mocking way.

"Oh you cheeky boy." She said grinning. "So that's how you want to play it?" Daniel felt something grab his leg and looked down to see...darkness. The shadows cast by the trees of the night were attacking him. It pulled on his leg and he fell down. Bringing up a fireball in his hand he moved it to his leg quickly and the shadow broke almost like a window and vanished like sand in the wind.

Looking back at Nature he found her to be gone and as he looked around for her he saw her flying overhead. With a finger pointed to the sky, the shadows started to move until they faced him in a line like bars and with a flick of her finger they went towards Daniel.

"Try and get out of this." She said with a smile but Daniel focused on his body temperture as it increased, soon he himself was on fire but he quickly got rid of it before it destroy his clothes and put the fire out by dousing himself in water.

She chuckled when she saw some of his clothes with burnt holes in some areas.

"I don't think I would have done that. You have a strange way of doing things."

"First thing that came to my mind. I didnt think just light would do the job." Nature then lifted her hand to him and removed the air from around him. At first Daniel was confused to what she did but he soon realised he couldnt breath. This was to try to get him off guard as he hasn't been in airless environments much, but he remained in his fighting stance and waited for her to make her attack.

Nature was in front of him before his eyes could register where she was and she delivered a two fingered poke punch to him, he soon found it hard to move and then a flurry of other attacks that were more like piercing attacks with her fingers than blunt punches with her fists hit him at a fast pace.

Every location she struck made his body feel like it was locking up and worse, that some parts started to not work as intended. Daniel had no clue what she was doing or how it affected him, but it did and it hurt.

"How's that?" He didn't answer. He felt like his jaw wasn't listening to him and the only parts he could control was his thoughts and his breathing. Nature was strong, much more than he was, and yet she believes he would eventually be able to beat Archie who seemed to easily slam her at the tournament a while back. What did she see in him?

"What does she see in me? A kid with potential? What does she see in me that I don't?" Nature got ready to hit him again and this time the attack went to his head but to him, time seemed to slow down as she moved her attack to him. "If she believes in me that much...i should do my best to not let her down. I should try and give it my all again." With a smile on his face and his eyes turning green. He vanished just before her attack hit him but she had no trouble following where he went which was behind her.

Moving his body was hard, it was like they were covered in cement. Like he had weights on them and it was taking a lot to move them but he just stood there, smiling at her as he gradually felt his limbs becoming less heavy. She too stood there smiling at him before she attacked him with the same attacks which Daniel struggled to block but was able to and those that did hit him didn't seem to paralyse him anymore.

"Not bad Daniel." Daniel threw a punch at her but as he sort of expected, her own power emitting from her was able to solidify and block his punch with her just thinking of it and despite launching about 7 more, not one hit. They were all blocked thanks to her energy field.

As she blocked one more she held out a blast to him and with a grin she said something.

"Owari da." Daniel was caught off guard by it as it blasted him back and the shockwave almost uprooted the trees in the area. Nature was containing the shockwaves of their fight as more than a few times the attacks they used could destroy the planet they were on or worse.

Daniel got up from the attack and the crater he was laying it. He never really liked fighting but when it was with Nature, he felt like his heart was burning with a desire for battle and his muscles called out for more. He was starting to feel the adrenaline flow through him and the hearts power surging. He loved this and it showed as he had a smirk on his face.

"Looks like someones enjoying this." Within a moment he rushed up to Nature and started launching a barrage of punches at her and she smiled as she blocked them with her energy field but Daniel was determined to get through that and when he saw her field slightly crack he realised he could do it. With this confidence and the desire to show her how much he had improved, his attacks became faster, stronger and sharper as he started to get a green aura around him.

Within a moment and with one last power filled punch, he got through her barrier and tried to get a hit on her but her eyes started to glow and she winked at him as he found himself stuck in the air. She moved her head from side to side which threw him around the area, into trees and rocks.

Daniel thought of a way to break her field so he did the best he could think of and let his energy out in a burst and it did make her hold on him break but she also needed to contain his energy burst.

"You need to learn how to keep your shockwaves in check. Perhaps i can train you in that next." Daniel wasted no time launching himself at her and tried to land a single hit but to his surprise she managed to block all of them with one hand alone. Even him trying to push her back did nothing as she stood in place.

The entire time she had a smile on her face, but it wasn't a mocking one, it was a proud one.

"Alright Daniel...i have something for you to do. Block this, and I will consider training you in a much larger variety of ways." Nature flew up to the sky and he followed her. "I think we should let Equestria have a bit of a light show tonight and let's also test how you deal with a large amounts of energy. You already held back a black hole with an energy field, so this should be easy...perhaps."

Nature lifted a finger and a red energy sphere was on the tip of her finger.

"Tell me Daniel. Do you know what a hypernova is?" She asked as her other hand started to glow and a shield appeared around the entire planet they were on.

"Is it a stronger supernova?" She nodded.

"Your kind have calculated it to be about 10 times stronger than a normal supernova. You were able to move a planet with your mind, and you managed to hurt Archie, who is 5th dimensional who can just walk through these things." She stopped and looked at her finger for a moment. "Actually. Lets try you with a normal one first." Her finger changed to yellow and she was ready to fire. Daniel braced himself as she thrust her finger forwards and fired.

Daniel was almost blinded the moment she fired and he felt like he was in both an oven and a hurricane at the same time. He had diffeculty breathing and he felt his skin burn but he held strong. He felt a mixture of emotions, from happiness he was spending time with his girlfriend to anger from the pain he was in from the attack. It was a strange mixture but it was working for him. He moved his hands away from his eyes and opened them as he faced the storm head on. Raising his hands in front of him he put up an energy field and he instantly felt like he was getting pushed back from an overwhelming force. He shouted as himself to hold it and he started to slow down as he felt more power from the heart flow into him and his adrenaline spiked once more. He slowed to a hult and he started to push back against the nova.

"I can do this!" He said happily even if every step felt like he had knives in the insides of his legs. He slowly but surely made his way to Nature and when he was back in his original position, she stopped. Daniel's body had healed after adapting to the intense force and heat and even as he stood there, panting and with a smile on his face, she saw he was still healing from some burns.

When he was fully healed she raised her finger once more, this time the energy was back to red. She was going to shoot the hypernova.

"You can quit now. If you don't want to do this, just say." She offered to stop their training but he wanted to prove himself. To push on and be stronger.

"Do it." He said as he prepared a shield. Nature fired but just before she did she got a worried look on her face. The impact to Daniel felt like he was getting hit by a train. His field broke in a moment and he tried to put it back up but he couldn't as it was vaporized in a moment and he was getting blasted back even harder than before. His happiness was slowly starting to vanish and was getting replaced with rage.

With a scream of anger he pushed himself against the force of the hypernova and managed to slow down slightly but not by much. As he felt his anger raise more he felt it slow more but before he knew it he was feeling burned on his back. He turned his head and saw he was getting close to Equestrias sun but the nova was unrelenting. The heat coming off it it made him hurt and he felt like he was about to lose it. He was trying to remain in control of his anger but it was getting hard to do so.

Before he knew it he felt his back was totally burning and saw his leg was in the sun. When he saw that he felt his body suddenly tense up once more in a fit of rage.

"Enough!" He shouted, his voice almost booming and he almost was brought to a halt but his lower half was now in the sun and he was slowly going under. Thanks to the supernova before hand his body had adapted to the intense heat so he could still...somewhat feel his legs. This was becoming too much for him and he slowly felt himself give into his rage but he snapped himself out of it by shouting to himself 'No. I wont lose it.'

He closed his eyes, even with his body burning on the outside from heat and inside from anger he focused on keeping his mind calm and when he felt his legs and hands were in under his control once more he extended them out as much as he could and put all the pressure on them he could. To his delight he felt the hypernova was no longer pushing him back and he extended his shield around it so it didn't impact the sun.

With the nova under control he needed to focus on keeping himself calm. So he thought about the things he had and those he loved. His body started to calm down and he felt the fire of his rage no longer become out of control. It was still burning strong and furiously but he had it under control. He didn't feel like his mind was going to be lost anymore.

Feeling his body remain tense but calm at the same time, he opened his eyes and they had changed. They were no longer a bloody red but a soothing red, almost like a rose. Looking at the nova and his lower half in the sun he kept his cool as he pushed back the nova, moving the lower half of him out of the star and he smiled when he felt himself leave it. It was up a little passed his knees as Daniel quickly imagined himself with his clothing back on as he started to push the nova back further away from the sun

He then moved his hands in a holding motion as his shield grew and covered the nova, wrapping it in his field and he then made a crushing motion with his fingers and crossed his arms at the wrists. Crushing the nova down to a point and then he threw his hands forwards, launching the nova his field contained somewhere away from the sun.

Smiling, he looked at his hands. He felt felt his rage burning like never before but he had it under control. This feeling was suddenly met with great joy and he very quickly turned back to a bright green. He smiled and almost jumped for joy as his achievement. He could now control his anger and was one step closer to being ready to fight King N.

"Daniel!" He saw Nature standing at the side. A surprised and worried look on her face. "I...i...i'm sorry. i thought you could handle it. But you aren't used to fighting against such things."

"Nature. Don't be sorry. I..." He started to laugh. "I got my anger under control!" He shouted happily.

"You...what?" Nature asked in amazement when she realised that was what she saw. She had tried to stop him when she saw it was too much for him but when he almost stopped the nova she decided to watch. She was amazed that he managed to push it back but felt bad as he might have not been fully ready for such a test. But she couldn't deny the results. He was improving, a lot.

Smiling, she was about to say their training was over but then Daniel got back into a stance. He wanted more and she wanted to see what his new power could do as she saw his eyes close and when they opened again they were rosy red.

Daniel focused on the feeling he had when he was in control of his rage and in a few moments he felt the same way, he felt the power flow all across his body and he felt like he needed to move or he would explode from the energy alone.

"Come at me." She said and Daniel charged. He caught her off guard with his speed as she moved back but his assault didn't let up for a moment. Daniel's punches were strong, if he landed one he might crack the planet from the shockwave alone with the power he was emitting, so she made sure her shield remained over the planet and regained her focus on him. His attacks were slower to her now that she had refocused onto him.

She tried to block with one hand again and Daniel smirked.

"Gotcha." He said as his left hand lit on fire and he was going to throw the punch but stopped and the fire went forwards as his left hand was blocked by Nature's hand. With his free right hand he threw it forwards as fast as he could and to his great delight he landed it.

All motion stopped when this happened. Daniel highly doubted he did any real damage but he was more than thrilled he landed a hit. One step at a time. He looked up at her and she looked at him with a grin that he...didn't like.

She did something he didn't expect next. She kissed him and a moment later she landed a hit on his side.

"Remember Daniel. Your opponent won't hesitate to use any means to get you off guard."

"That was a cheap shot." He told her.

"No. That was a distraction. One that works on you. But I have a...few others ideas for 'attacks' that could work on you." The way she said attacks didn't make him feel safe and she had a grin on her face that he had never seen before, it was definitely not a grin of amusement. Her eyes were half closed as she was looking at him with that grin. He took a step back which made her go back to normal and laugh. "I wouldn't do any of that stuff to you...until you marry me." Daniel felt like he was about to pass out when he heard her say that.

"Let's just go back home."

"You're cute when your embarrassed. Perhaps I should do it more often."

"Can you just quit it?" He asks slightly annoyed from her flirting.

"Fine." On their way back however they heard something in the forest. Nature had a little time understanding what she was hearing, but Daniel knew that sound. It was a fighter jet and it just flew overhead.

Looking at it they saw it fly around for a little bit and then head towards his house. Both him and Nature took off sprinting to the house and as they arrived they saw his kids coming back.

"Alright. What did you make this time?" All of them chuckled.

"Are you telling us you didn't know what you were hearing?" He sighed and smiled at them.

"Would you mind showing me?" They lead him to the jet they had made. It was a model that was similar to the Eurofighter but it was slightly different but knowing his kids they probably got creative and went overboard on the weapons.

They showed him what the jet could do and he was impressed by it. While it didn't have any visible weapons on it besides some missiles at the end of the wings, there were 2 cannon like things on the wings that held gas and fire separately. It would set the gas ablaze and keep it contained in an electric field and then fired. When it impacted anything the fire would explode and shower the area. The other weapons were a standard chain gun at the nose and missiles at the side were covered in small spherically areas. After impact those areas would open and grenades would shower the area that the missile impacted and hopefully get some that the missile itself missed.

The metal was made to reflect the light around it. Making the jet almost invisible. It was quite impressive to him.

"Did you decide on a name for it?"

"SilverStreek." They said together. Nature then asked them something Daniel was going to.

"Are you making anything else?" They all nodded.

"Yeah. A battleship. We already have a jet and a tank. So might as well." Daniel and Nature said the same thing at the same time.

"What are you calling it?"
"What are you calling it?"

They looked at each other and their kids chuckled at them.

"So will she be our mum soon?" Daniel's blush returned and they all fell over laughing. Daniel just couldn't seem to catch a break today.

"We are still divided on what it should be called. So far we have Titan, Colossus, The Steel Giant and Great Sea Monster." Daniel and Nature were both chuckling at their names as they meant the same thing, they needed to make better names for their Battleship.

Archie was currently trapped in the 5th Dimension as ever since Xaveroth took back his position as king, nobody has been able to leave but he was still trying. Even if he had to do it at a slow pace to not be caught.

He reached out and tried to get passed the barrier but he had no such luck. The barrier was to strong for even him. He like the others here also got memories back and he realised now what King N was doing and what Xaveroth was doing too. He needed to get to Nature and Daniel as soon as he could.

"Doesn't work, does it?" He almost had a heart attack when he heard Xaveroth's voice behind him. He turned around slowly to see him sitting on a floating chair and laying back in a chill position. "So...you're Archie? The one who is the leader of the entities from the 3rd Dimension? Why would you associate yourself with lower lifeforms?" Archie didn't respond but remained in place. "Not much of a talker, are you? That's alright. I can just look into your memories."

Archie fell over in pain as he felt like his brain was getting ripped in two and his memories were made visible to Xaveroth.

"Ahh. You wanted to teach them to protect themselves and your friend was the previous grandmaster. Well I commend you for doing that. They might give me some amusement when I decide to conquer them. Oh and don't bother saying 'The heart bearer will stop you' I already have a way to deal with Daniel." He imitated his voice and spoke in a mocking way.

"If only you stayed banished." Was all Archie could say, he didn't try to fight as he knew how it would end.

"Well I am back and this time I intend to stay. Tell me...do you know how many times I have tried to be killed?" Archie shook his head. "About 11. See I am more cosmically aware than most and I felt a higher power trying to change my fate so that I would fall in battle to some 'Hero' and guess what I did? I told him to get lost as I wasn't dying and I forced my own fate to change."

Archie was having a hard time understanding what he meant by 'Fate'

"But that's enough of that. Try and get out once more and I will make you my punching bag. Got it?" Archie nodded. "Good."

As Xaveroth vanished. Archie couldn't help but feel his anger build. There was nothing he wanted more than to see Xaveroth off of the throne he was on. But he himself was doubting that Daniel, Nature and himself would be able to beat Xaveroth even if they teamed up.

Author's Notes:

I am thinking of perhaps changing the rating of this to Mature. There wont be any sex but it will be because as Daniel's relationship with Nature (Rosa) Developes, her teasing will become more Intimate and her teasing will be quite descriptive in the chapters.