"So you're his son?" Daniel asked with a hint of anger.

"Yes." Bracvacho looked scared as Daniel was now aware of what he was. He wasn't planning on the heart bearer discovering so soon. But now that he has found out he was worried about what he would do.

"Why are you here?" He asks, trying to keep calm.

"To find you. To stop my dad." He knew full well what happened to Daniel's planet and was going to tell him but he was still worried that Daniel would kill him as a way of getting back at his dad. But Bravacho didn't think his dad would care if he died at this point.

"So the heart piece you had that you threw at me? How you knew I was the heart bearer?"

"Yes. Well I didn't know 'You' were the heart bearer or where you were. It was a teleportation link. Put some energy in it and it will teleport you to the closest energy that's the same as it. I knew you had training to do as you were still getting used to your powers which is why I often left you alone. But Daniel, the Consumer will be here tomorrow or perhaps even in a few hours. Do you feel like you are ready?"

"I don't know if I am ready." He said with a sigh.

"There is nothing I can do. You were the last hope. The resistance died trying to find you as we believed you the only one with the power to defeat my father."

"Surely you could have asked the other entities?" Bravacho shook his head.

"He knows the top entities and their weaknesses. Even Nature's weakness." Daniel was surprised to hear she even had one. She has shown to be so smart, wise and powerful that he didn't think she had one.

"I see. So why am I different?"

"Well you are not known at all by my father. He doesn't know how to exploit any weaknesses you have. Even beating the previous bearer was a gamble." His eyes widened when he heard that.

"Speaking of that...how did he beat her?" Daniel wanted to know

"Oh...well you see the heart does have a weakness...if you could even call it that. If a strong artefact that's about Multiversal level or higher is used on the bearer the heart will be damaged and the bearer will be unable to use the Heart's full power until it repairs itself. At this point 2 things can happen. The first is that the heart still stays in 1 piece and the bearer can keep fighting but at a temporarily weakened state or the other thing is that the heart can break into pieces and the bearer will only have a few escape powers like teleportation. This is how the 2nd bearer died as the heart in her was about to break, she tried to keep it together but...well you get the idea. It didn't work. At that stage there is no regeneration. If the bearer dies when the heart is in pieces then while the heart will still rebuild itself, there is no coming back."

Daniel now understood why she was dying. She didn't have regeneration to stop the energy which would kill her. But that left one thing out.

"Why didn't Nature heal her?"

Bravacho shrugged. He had no clue. It was something Daniel would have to ask Nature when they had some time together.

"There's nothing I can do to stop the consumer. But I can help you against my dad when he comes here. Or if you go out to confront him." Bravacho offered.

"I...I will think about it. Just stay out of trouble for now." Daniel felt more than a little nervous. He was right in that the consumer, that dark sphere that took earth would soon be arriving in Equestria. Either today or tomorrow and to make it worse off. If it was today then it would make things more complicated as today was the day leaders were meeting together to discuss the covenant and Daniel was going to be there representing the covenant. He decided to also bring Alpha along who was currently waiting in Canterlot for him and Scar was there with him to represent the Timberwolves.

"Anyway. I need to go. I will say it once more. Stay out of trouble." Daniel teleported to Canterlot. Bravacho was happy he didn't attack him and that he might be able to fight by his side in the future.

Daniel sighed as he made his way to Canterlot in his true form. He didn't even try to hide what he was as that was shown at the battle of Canterlot. All he was told was that he was needed at Canterlot which was more than likely concerns they had about the Covenant alliance that was forged in the everfree and this came almost the way he expected. It was the morning after the day of Celebration which came after the day of remembrance.

Scar and Alpha met up with him at the castle gate. Thag didn't come along as he was too big to just walk through canterlot but he would speak through Scar at the meeting. And Annabelle could now fly like a pro. The school she was at wasn't very often and was only on for a short time but she knew how to fly properly like a normal pegasi now. Not to mention she also made a few friends.

After his training with Nature she wanted to show him her 'True Form' as she has been lowering her power to the point that 3rd Dimensional beings like him could see her but when she showed him her real form he mostly saw a confusing, multi layered blur so now she was teaching him how to perceive higher beings, the same way Archie taught her to perceive him.

Her true form was still a blur to him but it was starting to take shape the more often he tried to perceive her the way she said. But he will say that when she was in her true form she stroked his cheek at one point and her hand...damn, it was not just soft but also somewhat like wood. He somewhat expected that but he never expected her to be that smooth.

He smiled at the memory, despite being a different species and a higher dimensional being she was really attractive to him. But he had other things to worry about so he pushed that to the back of his mind for now. He walked up to the castle and the doors opened. Coughing a few times to make sure this throat was clear, he entered the castle and went to the throne room to meet up with Celestia.

As was expected, when he arrived he saw her and Luna and other ponies, griffin and others that he remembered were called 'Yaks' or something like that. All waiting on him. He knew this wasn't just about the Covenant as when he fought Blackeye his power was on display for all of Canterlot so it's likely also about him and what he intends to do.

"Sorry I took a while."

"It's not a problem." Celestia said as Daniel saw Discord who was sitting on a chair over Celestia's throne.

"Really Discord?" He asked

"What? You didn't expect it to be on the ground did you?" Daniel thought of the first thing that came to his mind. He didn't care if it sounded stupid, if it got Discord to behave for just a few moments then he would take it.

"Why not just make a seat out of heads and make them your own?"

"Not random enough." Daniel sighed and just let Discord be. This is when he saw familiar faces in the crowd. The cult ponies or 'The order of dawn' or something like that were there too. Likely wanting the answers he promised.

Their eyes landed on Scar and Alpha after him. To say they looked like an odd group would be a bit of an understatement. Daniel did wonder why there was nobody for the changelings or the Diamond dogs with them but then he remembered with their young queen and with the recent attack the changelings best stay low for now and the dogs had just lost a beloved leader so they were more affected than the others in the alliance and the treeminders just wanted to be left alone. They joined the alliance cause Blackeye was a threat and while they are still in it, they are not obligated to go to any fights outside of the Everfree, unless it is targeting the Everfree while not being in it.

"Let's just get this over with." Daniel said with a sigh. He always hated politics back home and how he was having to be in them.

"Welcome Daniel. Before we start I was wondering if you could clear up any suspicions or questions from the others here by answering the questions the 'Dawn' has." Daniel turned to look at the ponies in the Dawn cult and nodded.

"I promised you answers. Go ahead. Nothing held back, no lies."

"What are you?" One asked.

"I am a human. That's what my race called themselves." This got more than a few in the room chatting. Saying he was suppose to be a Myth. A legend. Not real. He waited for them to ask again.

"You have 9 more. We have things to discuss so you have 9 more questions to ask him." Celestia informed them.

"What are those metal things you had with you at the battle?"

"Robots. Made of metal and electricity. Some of them with organs." He saw the confusion they got at that answer.

"What are you capable of? You can keep Discord in line so what are you capable of?"

"In all honestly, even I am unsure of my limit. I have yet to reach it." Daniel wondered if he even had a limit as he remembered his fights with Nature often involve him either getting angry or thrilled and he felt his power keep increasing to the point it started to damage himself. So he wondered if he even had a limit.

"What is your end goal?" Daniel wondered if he should tell them.

"I guess to go home? I am not really sure." They didn't seem convicted at his answer. He only needed to answer about 5 more or maybe 6. He was about half done.

"Why did you come here?"

"It was a portal. My world was...well...lets just say I had to leave and the only way I saw out was a portal that some grey bearded pony made."

"Did that pony have a hat and cloak with stars on it?" Celestia asked

"Yes he did. Why?"

"N-nevermind." She knew how Daniel arrived in their world. Starswirl's portal brought him here.

The entire assembly was interrupted by the door being opened in a rush. A guard pony ran up to the throne and looked a little tired.

"Princess! News from Northern Equestria." He stopped below the throne and took off his helmet.

"Yes guard? What is it?"

"I am simply to tell you that 'It' has returned." The whole throne room looked at Celestia who looked worried.

"Find Princess Cadence and Shining Armour!" She ordered the guards in her throne room. "Daniel. I know you just had a victory not that long ago. But I ask you. Please help us with this too."

"Alright Princess. What must I do?"

"Finish answering their questions. And we will need to try and make this meeting quick. Something has appeared."

Daniel spend the last 5 minutes answering what the Dawn ponies wanted to know. It was mostly things like why he made the covenant and if they were planning to attack anything. He understood their protectiveness but it was almost to the point of paranoia which was more than a little annoying.

As he was explaining to them he saw Celestia was writing a letter. Probably to Twilight.

"I really hate to cut this short but can we postpone this meeting? You all said you took time off to make it here. How long can you stay?" Celestia asked them. The yaks could only stay for 2 days and they were the ones who needed to leave earliest. Celestia offered to teleport them all home when the meeting was over, after Daniel and the others returned from a mission that was needed to be accomplished.

"This sounds like a bad idea. This was to be about diplomacy and..." Daniel was cut off by Celestia.

"I know. But this can't wait. If it has returned then he isn't far behind."

"Who?"

"King Sombra." That name made Daniel's brain itch. Where had he heard that name before. He was sure he heard it before. Daniel walked back and forth for a few moments, trying to remember where he possible heard that name before. If at all. It sounded familiar but he couldnt put his finger on it.

It didn't take Twilight long to arrive a short while afterwards. Her and Celestia exchanged some words and Celestia even ended up showing her what looked like a holographic image of a kingdom.

"King Sombra. A unicorn who's heart was as black at night. Took over the crystal empire." Daniel rubbed his head as he heard the name once more but when he saw the image of the unicorn's head he remembered. And when he remembered he fought to keep himself calm. It was that same unicorn who started all of this and Daniel would be more than happy to finish it.

Celestia did some more explaining. Like about how the empire's state reflects across the area. Such as if everyone was happy it would be all nice colours but if it was hatred then the result was some electric black spikes. Daniel mostly wanted revenge on Sombra for taking him away from his home. If he didn't take him away then he would still be with his family. He then realised he would also have never met Nature, who he cared for deeply.

Sighing he let his anger go and turned to them.

"You want me to protect an entire empire?" Twilight was overwhelmed as she should be with this amount of responsibility she had just been given.

"It is as i said. A different kind of test. But one i am certain you will pass." Celestia said with confidence and a moment later Twilight looked determined to prove herself. As Twilight and Celestia were talking, Daniel felt a large chill move up his back. He didn't know why but he had a feeling in his gut that things were going to go horribly at this 'Crystal Empire' that they were heading to.

He followed Twilight as she met up with her other friends at the train station and boarded one heading for the Crystal Empire. One thing he noticed right away was the storm. The snow storm that was raging in the Crystal Empire gave him flashbacks to when he first arrived here and the snow storm in his own world shortly before it was taken. Looking at Annabelle who was beside him he still couldn't be prouder of how she stood up to Blackeye a good while ago. She was growing up and becoming braver. She was no longer a little kid.

"What?" She asked as he looked at her.

"Nothing. Just you. Growing up." He said as he ruffled her mane.

As they approached their stop they both got off the train, Annabelle was shaking from the cold but Daniel barely felt anything. He made a thick winter coat appear on her and she stopped shivering a moment later.

"Thanks Bro." She said with a smile. Looking out into the snow storm they heard a voice. "Twilight!"

"Shining Armor?" Daniel saw Shining approach wearing a scarf and some kind of glasses to keep his eyes safe from the storm.

"We better get moving." He said with a frightful look on his face. "You don't want to be here after dark. There's things you best stay away from."

"What kind of things?" Fluttershy asked. He was amazed shining heard her voice in the storm that's raging on.

"Let's just say the empire, isn't the only thing that's returned." Daniel was a little annoyed how he said it so dramatically but he let it go and followed him into the frozen wastes.

"What is it that's come back alongside the empire?" Daniel asked.

"No clue. It keeps itself hidden in a dark cloud. It keeps trying to get in. But we do think it's the unicorn king who was the one to originally lay the curse on the empire." It wasn't long until they heard a noise which sounded like a horn going off. Or something whaling in the distance.

"We have to get to the crystal empire, now!" Shining shouted as a dark cloud appeared behind them and a pair of eyes stuck out. Shining had to run to get spike but as they all ran away, Daniel stood his ground. The rage he felt burning up inside him was hard to not be seen as he had a red aura around him and his eyes were locked onto sombra's.

"You." He said in a low voice.

"Daniel! Come on! We need to go!" He looked down at Annabelle.

"Go with them. Now."

"But what about-" She was cut off.

"I said go. This is personal." She recognized that tone of voice he was using and ran over to their friends.

"What's he doing?" Shining asked.

"He said it was personal." They all ran to the empire but Twilight was the only one to stop and look back for a moment before continuing on her way.

Daniel heard a laugh and then a voice which was unmistakable. It was the same unicorn who tried to kidnap him all those years ago.

"Wow you have a lot of guts to stand up against me alone."

"You...this is payback for what you did to me." Sombra looked over him and chuckled.

"Who are you? I don't remember you face."

"Oh right. How about..." Daniel changed back to his human form. "Now?" The moment he transformed he saw Sombra and the cloud he was in move backwards a little bit.

"You're....still alive, human?" Daniel had the biggest grin on his face. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"Yes I am. And you and I have a score to settle." Sombra laughed and started to lunge at him but he didn't expect Daniel to raise a hand and as it glowed, he was stopped in his tracks.

"What the..." Daniel lifted his hand and closed his fingers into a fist and that resulted in him choking Sombra. Daniel's grin grew wider and he moved his hand to the side, throwing Sombra away. Daniel couldn't help but let the biggest grin appear on his face when this happened.

"I'm sure a 'Simple Human' should be no problem for the mighty Sombra." He said mockingly. As Sombra got back up his horn started glowing and a beam was fired at him. As Daniel dodged it, he realised a moment later that a black crystal sprouted out of it and went towards him. It landed and pierced his side, through his ribs and right into his lung. Breathing was painful and he started choking on his own blood as it entered his lung.

"How about that?" He said with a grin and Daniel chuckled. He started to pick himself up as the hole in his rib was healing. His bones cracking back into place which itself was both painful and very uncomfortable.

"You're gonna need more than that."

"So be it." Sombra's horn lit up once more and he fired a black, purple and red ball into the sky as it exploded and started to rain magic. Each one that landed tried to stab him with the crystals like before. He avoided some of them but as one pierced him in the chest and others got his limbs, one of them got his eye and went right through his skull. "There we go. Good as dead."

Daniel felt his anger start to boil up as it had done many times before. Despite having a crystal through his skull he still felt like he could function. As his body was covered in a red aura, he started to move his arms and the crystals started to snap and his arms got free. Ripping out the crystals in them he then moved to his legs.

"Still alive?!" Sombra said in shock. "How!?" Sombra launched one more attack at him but this time as the crystal tried to penetrate his skin it shattered. It still hurt Daniel, like a solid hit with a rock would hurt someone but he pushed on. Ripping the crystals that held his legs and then pulling out the one is his skull.

"My turn you son of a bitch." He said in a low voice and charged forwards. It was like time had frozen to him as even the waves on Sombra's shadow had stopped and as Daniel appeared close up to him with his hand clenched in a fist, he punched him with cosmic energy he had stored in his hand. The result of such an attack was almost similar to a sonic boom as the land in front of him almost looked like a river had been dug out, but without any water in it and it went on for a good distance. Looking up he saw he even split the clouds. "Did i go overboard?"

A distance away, Nature and Blade along with Wisp-o were all gathered, looking on at Daniel's fight with Sombra.

"I really need to teach him to contain his energy." Nature was using some of her energy to contain Daniel's, to stop it from doing massive amounts of collateral damage.

"Why are we not going to help him again?"

"We will...but only if he needs it. This is something he has to do himself. From what I understand, the amount of power he has at his disposal can be because of a lot of things. From emotions to determination to confidence. If he is to reach his max power he needs a clear head. For him to get that he needs to face that which he failed to beat before." She looked up at the sky.

"The Consumer?" Blade asks as they awaited the arrival of the dark sphere.

"Yes. I have a feeling that Daniel will progress faster if he defeats it. While his parents have told him not to hold his failure against himself, i have a feeling that destroying the Consumer will not just give him a clearer mind but also a confidence boost."

"Can't you just kiss him for that?" Blade asked as a joke, only to end up on his knee as a sharp pain was felt at his side.

"Keep joking. Wise guy." Blade got up in a moment and looked annoyed.

"Cheap shot."

"Do I need to prove myself again?" She asked simply.

"Nope." Blade said quickly. Nature looked on and she soon started to go into thought.

"Where is Archie?" She asked herself. She was getting worried for her higher dimensional friend.

"No clue. I haven't seen him in a while." He looked at Wisp-o whose hands just finished flashing.

"1/10. To being captured."

"You think he is captured?"

"Unlikely. But it is the best explanation for a long absence." Wisp-o informed him.

"What do you think the odds are that Daniel wins against the Consumer?" She asks as Wisp-o's hands flash and 8 hands are black while one is half black.

"Around 8/10. His powers should be more than a match for it. While the consumers weapons are unknown, it is unlikely they are stronger than star level. Daniel surpassed that when you tested a hypernova on him. But Daniel also hasn't faced non physical things often and not things the size of the consumer. If he enters his rage i project a 9.5 out of 10."

"Collateral damage risk?" Blade asked and all of Wisp-o's hands became black.

"10/10 If what is consumed won't come back."

Back on the battlefield. Daniel had fully healed and was gaining the upper hand on Sombra as his anger let him keep going. As the fight went on, Sombra seemed to get easier and easier to beat. His attacks were doing little to hurt Daniel now and his magic seemed to start becoming exhausted.

"What happened to you?" He asked as he got up slowly. "You weren't like this when we first met."

"True. I wasn't. But all you need to know is that I have had a really good teacher." Nature smiled and even blushed a little at that compliment.

"I did not spend over 1000 years locked away just to fail now!" Sombra yelled as he started to charge up another attack in his horn. Daniel just grinned.

"Bring it on you freak."

"Are you sure he can handle it?" Shining asked Twilight.

"I am completely sure he can handle whatever is out there. You must have heard the whole thing about Blackeye that happened a few days ago." While this was happening, Rarity was taking in the scenery of the crystal structures that made up the empire. She was fascinated by it to say the least. So much so that she didn't realise that Applejack and Dash joked about it 'Not being impressive' and almost went on a rant while freaking out.

As they entered the throne room they saw Cadence sitting on the throne and she looked awful. Her magic working none stop. As Twilight approached they did their little dance.

"I think I should go. I want to make sure everything will be ok." Shining was still worried about Daniel. While he didnt know him as long as Twilight or the rest have, he is still one of the bearers and one of their friends.

"I told you he will be fine. But if you really must go then be careful." Shining looked over to Cadence and hated the idea of leaving her like that.

"What's happening?" She asked

"Daniel. The human. He is currently fighting King Sombra." Cadance's eyes shot open.

"He's what!? Does he know what kind of magic he uses!?"

"I am confident he will figure out." Twilight said smiling but then realised Cadence was almost asleep. "Cadence?" She shot awake. "Are you ok?"

"Yes. I'm fine." She said trying to reassure her.

"No. She's not. In the past few days she hasn't slept at all and eating barely anything." Shining went on to explain to her what her magic was doing and why it needed to keep going.

"That's why we're here."

"Why we're all here." Applejack spoke up. "Just tell us what we can do to help."

"We need you to gather information on the Crystal ponies." Rarity shot up when she heard that. Almost like a maniac as she gripped her mane which got more than a few awkward stares from her friends.

"We need a way to keep this empire safe without needing to use Cadence's magic. Even if Daniel beats Sombra, the ice cold winds will cover the empire. We need a way to keep both out and if there is one. The crystal ponies would likely know."

Twilight then thought she figured out what her test was. To find 'Research Papers'. Without much more than a quick word, she left the castle and headed to the street. Shining put on his scarf and was setting out to find Daniel.

"I won't be long Cadence." He nuzzled her with a smile before leaving.

"What are you? You are not human. Nothing said humans can do this kind of stuff!" Sombra asked almost in a weak voice and Daniel held him up by the horn.

"Why should I tell you? Give me a reason." He tightened his grip on sombra's horn and he screamed as a crack was made visible. "Well?"

Sombra remained silent. Daniel had used his matter alteration power to turn Sombra's mist form into a physical body and after that happened it was quite easy to beat him. He was barely moving as is.

"Now what to do with you?" He put his middle and main finger at each side of his horn. "I could snap this off and take it as a victory trophy. Or i could..." Daniel blinked a few times. This wasn't him. Torturing that which was already broken. Looking down at Sombra he almost felt sorry for him. His black coat had very visible purple bruises on it and one of his legs was bent in a disturbing way. Like if a human knee bend upwards to the torse. He could tell his leg wasn't meant to be that way. He was exhausted and as he looked at how he was holding him, it was obvious this was cruelty.

Sighing. He relaxed and his red aura vanished.

"I'm going to take you to the Crystal empire. Where you will likely be put on trial." He let go of his horn and grabbed him by his back as he walked in the way his friends went.

"Daniel!" He recognized that voice belonged to Shining.

"Over here!" Shining ran to him but stopped almost right away when he saw what Daniel was carrying. "Look what i caught." He tossed Sombra towards Shining and he lay there like a ragdoll.

"I think you went too far." He says as he sees how badly he was bruised and his leg injury.

"I know. I wasn't in the right state of mind. I let my anger get the better of me." Daniel picked him back up. "So what do you want to do with him? Put him on trial?"

"It would be the right thing to do." Daniel followed Shining to the Crystal empire. Both of them happy that the threat was gone.

"Well...looks like things worked out after a-" A large earthquake shot through the land where they stood and the sky brightened up. As cracks started to form on the planet's surface, Daniel looked up at the glowing sky at the glowing blue sphere, which he realised was a portal, slowly was overshadowed by a black object, that was growing slowly in the sky.

"Daniel...what is that...Daniel!?" Shining looked at his face and what he saw sent a shiver down his spine. Daniel was shaking. Scared stiff by whatever that thing was.

"That's....it." Is all he said.

Back with Nature and the rest, they all looked up at the sky and saw it. It was the same thing that Daniel described that destroyed Earth. Nature looked down at Daniel who was staring at it. Wide eyes and not moving.

"Come on Daniel. I believe in you. You can do it."

Back at the Castle. All the ponies including Twilight, her friends and all the crystal ponies were all looking at the sky at the dark object, slowly getting bigger and bigger.

"Twilight. What is that?" Dash said with a shiver in her voice.

"I have no clue." This was even seen in Canterlot as a guard came running into the throne room.

"Your highness. Something's in the sky!" The guard shouted as Celestia and Luna came out to take a look.

"What is that?" Celestia asked but Luna knew what it was thanks to Daniel's dreams. The entirety of canterlot was silent, all looking up at the sky. Ponyville. Manehattan. PhillyDelphia. Cloudsdale. Trottingham. San Prancisco. All of them fell silent and looked up to the sky.

"The Consumer is here." Nature said.

Author's Notes:

Date: 10th of Sep. 2019

I already have the next chapter done. Just need to wait for my editor to finish it.

Next part should be up in about 3 days