Daniel's training with Blade was going along well but the things Blade ask him really challenged him. While Daniel did have trouble with some of them he was able to get a grips with a few things that he was struggling with. One of which was if he even wanted to join the entites as back home he prefered to just be part of society and not stand out as he hated being the center of attention but he needed to accept that as a reality with what he was now. He also like the idea if being able to help and not need to let others know who he was. That and the thought of seeing things andd going places that would make scientists like Hawking, green with envy made him want to explore the universe and see how it worked all the more stronger.

"Focus Daniel." He dodged a punch from Blade then grabbed his hand and held it as Blade punched through a portal he created and hit Daniel in the face. "Be prepaired for anything. You never know what a foe can do." Blade's training was not as intense as before as he didn't want to accidentally set Daniel's total merge form off. With both Archie and Nature out of commission, it would take everyone to even have a chance to stop him.

Daniel felt like as the fights for the past few days went on that things had gotten easier as his fights with Blade were simple now. At the start he had trouble keeping up and had to increase his power but now he felt like he could match him in a casual fight. It still didn't help that Nature was burnt heavily. She could open her other eyes now but it was useless for the time being and her leg holes were almost sealed over the bones. There was still a lot of visable blisters and burnt muscels but she did look better than before, even if only slightly. She was also almost compleatly healed internally, her voice had almost returned and her lungs were almost back to perfect working order besides a few coughs every now and then.

"I think it's time for a break. Actually. Take the rest of the say off. THere is some things i need to work on." Blade vanished. He was a nice guy but he took work too seriously. Bearly stopping to make small talk unless he had nothing to do. He still had a hard time beliving he was a fusion warrior, that 2 people were bound together for so long that they could no longer split.

When Daniel asked Nature about fusion she told him a confusing formula. Something to do with power and about how ever 5% the weaker of the fusion could match then they became 2 times stronger. It wasnt just the 2 putting their minds, bodies and powers together but they also were boosted significantly due to that formula he had a hard time understanding.

When he asked her about trying it she laughed and told him with him being the heart bearer it would be to risky to whoever decided to try it with him which left him a bit disappointed. But for now he had a day off and decided to head back to Equestria. He had afterall been gone a good while. But he would still be metally training himself but trying to clear him mind of any confusion and to make a final decision on anything he was divided with. As strange as it was, he did seem to get stronger the clearer his mind was and that was just 1 benifit he had notice. There might be others he is not aware of

He wasted no times teleporting right there and smiled, seeing he got it right as he appered in the center of ponyville. He decided he would head home to check up on his lab but he arrived to see his kids frowning over something.

"Hey. What's wrong?"

"We won't be able to make a battleship. The ocean is miles away and there is no water body large or isolated enough. Oh and Dad. Alpha wanted to speak to you."

"Did he say what it was about?" They shook their heads and with a sigh, Daniel headed to the control room to see Alpha and he was shocked to see he was upgraded. His skeletal robot body was replaced with a human like bulky frame that was inside a large suit of armour about 8 feet tall. The head was like a gas mask but without the breathable part at the mouth and it was beefy. More than 3 inches of cold steel.

"Daniel. You have been away for a while."

"Sorry about that. I was training. But what did you want to talk to me about?"

"You will be plesently happy with the army we have on standby." Alpha walked over to an elevator, his armour making clanking noises as he did. Daniel followed him and soon he was speachless at what he saw. As he went down on the elevator he saw rows upon rows of bots ready to be active and tanks along side them. There must have been over 200 large squar platforms holding around at least anywhere between 500 to 1000 of them. As he got closer to the bottom he felt it get hotter and hotter.

At the door opened to the lower level he saw a room lit up by fire and lave as bots worked restlessly. His matter manipulation machine making metal for the bots to shape into electronics and metal bodies for new troops.

"I have 20,000 if them working on production alone...and 7 million on standby." Daniel's eyes widened as he heard that. It wasnt just bots that were gettign made, up at the top he saw they were also building tanks and jet fighters.

"How many of those do you have?" He pointed to the tanks and jets.

"Currently. 300 tanks that match that of the british challenger 2. And 700 jet figters we have taken to calling 'The FireFly'. I must say your kids were really the inspiration for making them because of the ones they made before."

"Good. King N will be here soon. I need as many troops ready as possible. I might be strong but i am not foolish. There is no way i would be able to take on King N and the whole fleet he will likely bring with him."

"That's actually why i called you. When he does invade, more than likely the army will spread around the planet. So i have a suggestion for you. Take these." He handed him circular objects with a blue button on them.

"More teleporters?" Alpha nodded.

"I need you to set them up to teleport each one to a seperate location when the invasion starts." Daniel shrugged. It was a simple thing and with his speed he could get it done quickly. Besides, he has never actually tested to see how fast he actually is in this way for a long time.

"Where are they needed?"

"Well one is needed here, in the dragon lands. Another one in the griffon lands." Alpha showed his a map and a set of locations.

"You got it. And Alpha. Time me, tell me how long it takes." Alpha frozed for a moment

"Alright. Go." As soon as he said that, Daniel teleported out to his front and as fast as he could he flew to their locations. Focusing on nothing other than getting there. Looking at the map he knew where the first one was. As he passed by a small town he saw everyone was frozen. Not moving at all. He stopped for a moment cause something caught his attention. Their cutie marks were all equals signs. As he lost his focus, they started to move again so he ignored them and kept going. First to the dragon lands and then to the buffalo lands, giffon empire, the far east and the mountains of the far north.

He then turned around after placing the last one and headed back home. When he arrived back he teleported to Alpha who stopped counting.

"7.4 secound. Impressive."

"7.4?" Daniel chuckled. Not expecting that. "Well all the tresporters. Or teleporters are in their places."

"I can see that. When the invasion starts, they will meet resistance everywhere they land." Alpha turned back to the production like as another square platform was filled and raised up to join the rest while a new and empty one appeared. Freddy then came down the lift and cleared his throat...ormade the sound similer to that to get their attention.

"Daddy. Someone is at the door."

"I will be right there." Daniel walked into the lift and let it take him and Freddy up. Going to the door he saw Bravacho was waiting at the basement door.

"Daniel." He said trying to be as least threatening as possible as he felt like Daniel still didn't trust him. "Nice to meet you again."

"Bravacho. Why are you here?"

"I came to deliver something. Someone came to my house and asked me to give you this." When Daniel saw what he held out he felt his heart skip a beat. It was his mothers necklace. One he got for her when he was so young for a birthday present. He saves up all the money he could and got it for her and not here was the son of the King who destroyed his world, giving it to him.

"What did she look like?"

"She was wearing a cloak so i didn't get a good look." Daniel took it and looked over it and there was no mistaking it. It was the one he got for his mother.

"Thanks for bringing me this." He said, not looking at Bravacho

"This planet will be invaded soon. If you will, i want to prove i am not with him. I will fight by your side when that time arrives. But can i make a request?" Daniel looked up at her curiously

"What?"

"Please don't kill him." What he said made Daniel feel angry but just as the anger appeared, it faded. His parents were still alive as Death didn't find them in the spirit world which meant even the Earth was still around, perhaps captured?

On top of this Daniel still wondered if he had the guts to kill. Everytime he felt like it he quickly changed his mind. It just wasnt in his nature to kill. Plus he is likely not the only one who King N hurt and other species did deserve a chance to speak out against him.

"Fine." He said with a sigh.

"Thanks. He wasn't like this before. Something changed him." Daniel was hardly listening but what was said next did catch his attention. "Ever since that purple smoke has appeared around him, he has acted differently."

"Purple smoke?"

"Yeah. Do you know what i mean?" Daniel thought back to who he knew and the only one who had purple smoke was...

"Xaveroth?" Daniel wispered to himself. He was strange, almost like Discord but he didn't seem to be harmful from what little interaction Daniel got with him.

"Who?" Bravacho asked as he partly heard what Daniel said.

"Never mind right now. Let's focus on the invasion. Are you ready for it?" Daniel placed his mothers necklace in his pocket.

"As ready as ever."

"Good. When he is touching down. Meet me wherever the flagship or whatever he has touches down." Daniel and Bravacho shook hands in agreement as Bravacho left.

Daniel sat down on the couch and decided he needed to clear his mind. If having a clear mind meant he was stronger then he needed to focus on anything that he was unsure of or anything he feared facing and needed to make a decision.

"Well...If Earth does come back, what one will be my home...here or Earth?" It was the only one that Daniel could think of right now and it was one that plagued him. It just wouldn't be fair to his friends if he just left. They were still his friends.

"I can..." Daniel got an idea but when he got it, his heart sank. He thought he could go between them till his friends on both worlds passed away. Passed away. Daniel realised he was eternally youthful and with his regeneration he couldnt be killed in normal ways. When he was fighting Sombra he remembered a crystal peirced through his eye, into his brain and a little out his skull but he still kept on fighting like it done no real damage.

He was going to outlive his parents, his friends and if she didn't want to be eternally youthful...his sister. But he also though about Nature. Goodness knows how long he and her would be together, going on adventures and meeting new people and locations. Only to see all them fade to time too.

"I can't disconnect myself from the heart naturally...can i?" Daniel asked as a normal like with Nature might be what he wanted then, but what world would they live in? What was her world like? All these things Daniel didn't like to think about, but he knew he had to face them eventually and it would be better to accept the truth sooner than later.

Sighing, he lay on the couch. Just feeling horrible now. He needed something to take his mind off of this. But what?

Opening his eyes he smiled. He could see if he could connect to the heart and see if he could control his total merge form. Teleporting away to a distant and barren planet, or a moon from the looks of it. He sat down and closed his eyes. He searched his mind to see if there way any other voice or presence.

"I will probably feel like a fool doing this but...here goes. Heart? Can you understand me?" JHe called out in his mind to anything else that might be there. After waiting for a moment he didn't hear or feel anything so he tried to draw out it's power. Focusing, he raised his power and when he felt the source of it he kept pushing for more. He didn't care if he felt the ground shake or hear cracking all around him. He done his best to try and draw out the power. The times he has drawn it out before was when he was in some state of stress. So if he kept pushing himself he felt like he should be able to access it.

He felt his arms tense up, gripping his bones and his mucels tightened to the point he felt pain from it. But he pushed more. Drawing out more power. "Come on. Come on." Daniel started to hear a heartbeat as he pushed more and more but he felt like he was about to burn out. Daniel then felt himself get covered in a strange energy that seemed to shoot up his spine and it cause him to fall over. As he fell he realised his powering up had split the moon in half, so he flew to the top and rested in the ground which felt warm. Looking down he saw he had just sat in molten lava but what also caught his attention was a small golden aura around his body which quickly faded.

"Damn it. So close." He hit the lava in a rage and split the moon all the way. This is when he realised he was still expeling a large amount of power, so he closed his eyes and took a long and calming breath. Feelign his body relax but then the pain from the heat and the lava he was in. He screamed and quickly jumped out.

Daniel sat there, looking at the landscape as his burt leg healed in a moment. The moon now looked like a planet similer to venus than it did to a cold and calm moon. "Did i do this just by powering up?" He chuckled to himself

"Daniel." Looking to the side, he saw Blade had just arried.

"Blade? What are you doing here?" A few more entites that he saw were high level ones appeared with Blade.

"You're power flared up. It was hard for anyone who knows how to sense cosmic power to not feel the amount of power you were emiting." He said as he looked up at the planet that the moon orbited and Daniel heart sank. The planet had an almost perfect circular piece of land burnt to a crisp that covered almost half the planet. He almost wiped out half of a planet from the energy he was generating from it's moon alone.

"Sorry about that. I was trying to access my total merge form. I thought it would be best if i could learn to control." Blade sighed.

"Daniel. You realise if you lose it in that form...goodness know the amoutn of damage you could do, even if unintentional."

"I know but...if i learn to control it then i could defend Equestria and get my home back." Blade the nasked him something that got him by surprise.

"Do you not believe what Nature has tought you would be enough?" Daniel remained silent. Nature had tought him all he knews and thanks to her, his confidence in himself had never been higher than it was before and it was all thanks to her.

"Yes but i think it would be safe to at lwast have the form under control. What if i lose it in the battle?" Blade could see his point and sighed. Turning to the entities, he asked them.

"Do you want to stay and help Daniel with his new form?" Some left but some stayed. "Fine. Try again Daniel."

He closed his eyes and powered up again. He did the same as before, found his power source and pushed to get the power he was looking for. Blade put up a shield that easily stopped the excess energy and heat he emited.

Daniel got a hold of the power source and pushed himself again. He felt it was easier this time. If thats cause his body had adapted or cause he was more mentally prepaired, he didn't know. Daniel felt the energy cover his body again and his spine feel a surge in it but he held himself together as he heard a few gasps. As he pushed for more he felt his limbs were burning from exhaustion and they soon started shaking as Daniel lost focus and fell forwards. He picked himself up as he felt his limbs go limp and he looked at them. He had a golden aura again but it quickly faded.

"Again." Daniel groaned in annoyance.

What Daniel didn't realise was that all the energy he had put out attracted Nature. While she was still gravely injured, she used as much of her energy as she had to teleport to him. She was watching from a piece of rock that hadn't melted. She was still so weak that lava could injure her, but she prioritized Daniel over her own life.

"One more try." Daniel said as he felt Blade punch him and he was knocked into the lava. "What the..." He didn't get a chance to speak as Blade and the other entities ganged up on him. But as Blade was about to strike again he looked over at Nature and nodded. She knew he was counting on her to calm Daniel down again if he lost control like she has done before.

Daniel tried his best to block and counter attack the entities that ganged up on him but their numbers made it diffecult as one would hit him and another would follow up quickly with another attack. Blade hit Daniel with a chop like attack to the neck and he was sent into the lava, kicking up a wave of it which Blade helped Nature avoid by lifting her up.

The lava then erupted and Daniel was standing there, lookign furious and with a black fire aura around his limbs. Charging forwards he was met with a punch to the face which he powered through, just looking at the entity that punched him and trying to hit him but that attack of his was stopped by one of the others. There was so many of them and some were protecting just 1 entity as they attacked so they acted as the defence of the attacker. This was all making Daniel more mad and the lava started to shift into large waves. Blade put Nature up on a piece of high ground and went off to fight.

As Daniel was hit with more and more attacks, he felt his power increase more but he also felt himself start to lose control, which he tried to stop. A few times he stalled and he could close his eyes to try and get back control but his emotion of anger was stronger thanks to his power flowing into it and his mind was to clouded to think of happy thoughts.

Another hit made him almost snap as he looked to the side and saw Blade who had landed another punch. With a powerful scream, Daniel erupted in a firey aura of a red and black mixure. His mouth slowly turned from an angry frown to a crazy smile.

He charged at Blade, almost faster than he could react and when Blade blocked his punch it almost pushed his arm in so strongly it would have cause his elbow to bend outwards in the opposit direction.

More entites joined up to help and while it did help, Blade felt fear as he saw Daniel quickly adapt. He would defend, then attack and switch his attack to the defender who tried to step in. Some would gang up on him so 4 were attackign him at once and while a few good hits would be landed, he would seem to get more angry and his power would raise more. Which also raised his speed and reaction time.

Blade regreated what he would have to do, but from what he saw before he realised Daniel would have to be put in a position where he pushed himself as much as he could to no avail. They needed to make it seem like his attacks were doing nothing.

Sending out a mental message to the others to tell them to act like they were only using some power and that his attacks done nothing, they others put it into action. As Daniel laid a punch on one entity, it put on a fake smile and put up illosions to make it look like Daniel's attack did nothing.

As Daniel kept on fighting and they kept on doing this he soon started to notice it and his attacks became more sluggish. Letting them get the upper hand on him again. Danie would get knocked down, get angry. Launch a powerful attack and they would cover up the damage he done and the one he hurt would put on a fake smile.

Over time his aura deminished and he seemd to be returning to normal.

"It's over Daniel. We won." Blade said as he readied a final knockout punch.

Daniel's mind was racing to how he lost. He trained so much and he came so far and sure there was a lot of them, but how did he not even hurt them? Lifting his hands and gripping his head is distress, he felt the punch impact his face and a sting as he was thrown backwards.

"No...not like...this." Daniel then started to hear something he reconized. A heartbeat and he felt his body relax. "How...what is....the....trigger?" He said as he felt himself fall asleep.

Daniel's body lay there in the lava as it started to catch fire but his regeneration also kicked in, keeping it from burning him badly. Blade waited for a few moments to see if the stress he put on him worked and he was greeted with Daniel slowly moving in the lava.

"So Daniel. How do you feel?" Daniel didn't respond as he rose up from the lava. His movements were slow and calming. Like someone who was relaxed. He stood up and was facing Blade, but he had his eyes closed and that caught his attention. "Is he..." Blade watched closely as Daniel's eyes opened and they were pure white. A moment later a golden aura covered him and he stood there, staring at Blade.

Nature who was off to the side felt nervious. Wondering if this was a good idea, but it was too late to turn back now.

All the entities along with Blade stood still as Daniel remained unmoving. One of them decided to try something and fired a basic blast at Daniel but it vanished before it even touched him and then Daniel moved slowly. Like he was shifting along to gentle music. After 2 steps, he vanished and appeared behind them, faster than even Blade could see.

"Behind us!" One shouted and went to punch Daniel but before the punch landed he was knocked back and was out cold and 2 small spheres of light appeared at the entity that launched the blast as him, a moment later that entity was hit twice and was knocked out cold and backwards through a mountain.

Blade looked on as the other entities ganged up on Daniel but as they were charging, in a moment that Blade couldn't keep track of. Daniel seemed to teleport behind them and they all froze for a moment before multiple impacts were heard and they feel down on the ground, out cold. One of the last ones took a stance facing Daniel and with a small head tilt, Daniel encased him in a prison of small power spheres before they all collapsed into the entity and blasted him away.

The last one tried to run away but was met with a force field wall which slapped him back to Daniel and without looking, Daniel backhanded him and he was out cold.

It was not just Daniel and Blade but Nature too who was suprised to see Daniel eliminate those entities without even a twitch and while still looking at Blade the whole time was unnerving. Blade looked at Daniel who's white eyes were still unblinking.

Blade got into a stance and Daniel just remained still. Walking over to Blade casually, he didn't do anything but as he got closer, Blade threw a punch at him and he felt it impact him. But Blade was the knocked back and hit in the same spot he hit Daniel. Recovering quickly he appeared behind Daniel and tried to strike the back of his neck. Before his attack impacted Daniel, he was knocked forwards into Daniel from a hit to his neck and Daniel turned around slowly. His hand in a fist as he suddenly vibrated and then faster than Blade could see, drove his fist into his stomach as a crack was heard. Blade felt the pain and he was shocked that this single punch to his stomach was such a hard punch that it hit his spine and slipped out a disk.

Blade fell over, gasping and in pain. Looking up at Daniel who still had the same, unblinking stare as before.

Nature felt like this was going too far and decided to step in. "Daniel!" She shouted which caught his attention. Looking up at her she waved at him and she could see his eyes were changing.

"Nature? You should be resting!" He shouted and blinked a few times like he was clearing his mind. On instinct he rushed to her and picked her up, holding her to protect him. "You should be resting." Nature blushed. Being in his arms like this felt...plesent.

"I...eh..." She tried to speak but she was flustered. His golden arua started to slowly vanish and Daniel was soon standing with her in his arms and he blinked a few times.

"What...just happened?" He asked as he looked around but Nature just giggled at his confusion.

"Well it seems your trigger is stress." Blade said as he flew up to them holding his stomach and cracking his spine back into place. Daniel looked around and saw a load of entities all out cold and heavily brused. Some of them with blood leaking out from wounds. But thankfully, all alive.

Looking back at Nature he smiled.

"Come on. Let's get you back to recovery." He teleported her back to the hospital wing of the hangout and placed her in the bed she was in before.

"You know. This bed is soft. Why not snuggle with me?" She said grinning.

"Injured and out of power and you still find time to tease me." He smiled and shook his head.

"It's fun and part of what my species does." She said as Daniel left the room so she could sleep and he headed back home. Deciding to just rest up for the rest of the day.

Xaveroth was currently watching Daniel as he saw what he just did and he smiled.

"Not bad. He could entertain me when i finally battle him. But what does he plan to do about the arrival of King N?" Xaveroth looked back and saw Daniel in his house and he opened the door and then started to talk to thin air.

"Who is Daniel talking to?" Xaveroth looked on to see who was in his house or if he was just going crazy, but something strange happened. Daniel seemed to be talking to himself but then there was a necklace that seemed to float out to him.

Xaveroth raised a hand and it glowed blue for a moment before another portal opened and it showed a hoodied figure giving a necklace to...thin air? But as the golden aura flared up he saw an outline.

"The heart is hiding someone from me? Cute." Xaveroth looked further back and chuckled. "So King N's son. I see. But that won't help at all." Chuckling he snapped his fingers. "Oh Nature. Time to wake up."

Another viewing portal opened up and Natures eyes opened. Her pupils were milky white. Using her powers, she turned invisable and left a limp clone in the hospital bed as she walked out like she was perfectly healthy.

Nature walked to multiple locations in the hangout. Placing a few spells or something similer in different locations. Because she was 2nd only to Archie who was trapped and Blade and Wisp-o off on an assignment when they were the only ones who could see her and sense her, now was the perfect time to use her.

Xaveroth opened a future view portal to check when he unleaches his plan, what locations would do the most damage. It took around 7 minutes with Nature needed to hide and go slow at a few points but soon the hangout was trapped to go off when he needed it to.

"Good. Now return to the hospital wing." Xaveroth closed the view portal and looked to the one that showed the future but all he saw was static. "What the..." Raising his hand he pushed with more power to see what happens. He only saw 2 things. Daniel appearing to fight him. Static. Nature alone with Daniel and then more static.

"So she recovers and helps Daniel? Not if i have anything to say about it. I was planning to take her prisoner. But now when i trip the traps i will just kill her." Xaveroth pushed more to see what happened after Daniel and Nature teamed up but to his shock, he felt another force. One that was stronger than him. Looking at the portal he saw...2 small dots which then formed into a face that he didn't reconize.

"BACK OFF XAVEROTH!" The portal then exploded and all of them were left shocked at what they just say. Even Archie was speachless but what he saw gave him hope. Someone that could match Xaveroth in power from what little was shown.

Author's Notes:

Author: If you wonder how Xaveroth is said his name is said like this Za-Ver-roth.

King N: Next chapter I will appear?

Author: You bet. I have held you back long enough.

Daniel: I will meet you on the battlefield.

King N: Looking forward to it.