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The One With The Heart

by Spooky Ghost

Chapter 46: Arrival

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Nature was moving back and forth in the medical word, restless and worried. King N was going to appear soon and she was in no way able to help. She could bearly walk as it was and she was still burnt. The slimy sap that covered her deep injuries was in full swing so she was quite sticky but thankfully her bones were no longer visable in her deep injuries.

"Daniel. Please don't die." She looked out the window, almost crying. She hopped with all her life that Daniel was prepaired to take on such a foe but she was still restless. The other entities tried to keep her in her bed to heal but she didn't listen.

Blade entered the room and she turned quickly to face him.

"Blade. Please tell me you have a plan."

"Nature. You know full well that plans against King N have previously gone wrong. He's smart. Fast and very well ready for anything. In your condition you would only get in the way and if you die then we will lose someone strong and dear to us." Nature almost screamed as she smashed her foot into in ground. She couldn't stand being here while Daniel was off battling a foe that even she had extreem diffeculty beating. She has only faced down King N twice.

The first time he took her by surpise and it was after another battle she recently had so she had to run away to recover. The 2nd time was her facing him face to face and his suit was almost the death of her. The thing didn't look imprssive but it was one of the most advanced tech she had ever seen. Adapting to anything thrown at it.

Like one time she used a firestorm and the suit got damaged a good bit, but the 2nd time she bearly saw any damage and it started to self repair.

"Think about it like this. How would Daniel feel and how would it effect him if you were to go and die?" Blade told her bluntly.

"He would..."

"He would likely lose control. And if he entered his total merge form from the stress of your loss how do you think that would turn out for that planet he now loves on? Or the rest of us? He might be unable to tell friend from foe or not care at that moment." Nature sighed and accepted defeat. Feeling some tears what wanted to escape, but she done all she could to keep them in.

"Do you have any plan? At all?" She looked up at him through her burnt hair.

"No. I don't. But i won't stand back and do nothing. I even went to the heart in the lab, hoping for something but nothing."

"Don't...let Daniel die. Cause if he dies, when i recover. King N won't be the only one you have to worry about." Blade took a step back. Nature had never acted like this before, she never had such care about one indivdual. She really loved Daniel.

"You love him. Don't you. Not as a simple girlfriend." She blushed. She would be lying if she said she didn't think of Daniel as possibly being more that a boyfriend. Sge did have a dream of them being married just 2 days ago as she was in recovery.

"More than you know."

"I will protect him with my life. I promise." Nature smiled.

"Thanks Blade. Do the best you can. Sorry for that sudden threat before. That was anger and fear talking." Nature wasted no time getting back into the medical bed and trying her best to calm down. Blade left the medical ward and headed to the main room of the hangout, where he met Wisp-o waiting for him.

"So...what's the odds?" Wisp-o's hand flashed and half were white while half were black.

"Unknown."

"I thought it would be worse. But i should be happy that you see we have a chance. Get everyone together. We leave soon." Wisp-o left to gather up all the entites and depart for Equestria. They all knew what the upcoming battle would be and they all accepted they would likely die or suffer heavy losses. Only a few of them were not going to show up for multiple reasons.

"Archie. Where are you?" Blade said to himself. Worried if King N was the biggest threat or if there was one bigger than him that has yet to reveal itself. Archie has never been gone this long before and he was the strongest of them all. If something got him then what hope do they have?


Equestria was compleatly silent. No ponies or anything else in sight as Celestia had ordered all of them to the safe zones. Daniel currently had more than half of his army or battle bots stationed close to Canterlot but not at it. He wanted to make sure King N focused on him and only him.

Celestia had also given out a warning to other Nations that an attack was coming from the sky but most didn't believe her so the other Nations remained the same as they did every day.

Daniel had told his friends not to help him. This was a foe well beyond them and he didn't want to risk losing them. In the 2 years he had been in Equestria, his relationship with them was a strong one, to the point of best friends as very few back home matched them.

The production of more bots was still going on but not many more would be made before he approtched.

"Today's the day." Daniel stood in the center of an abandoned ponyville. The place was dead silent. No noises at all which fit with the atmosphere of dread that he felt as the battle he feared for so long was about to start. The pressure in the air was intense. He almost found it hard to breath.

"Are you ready?" Bravacho asked as he stood beside him.

"Nope. Not in the slightest. But i have no option but to fight. King N will be here soon." Bravacho stood next to him on his right with Alpha to his left.

"Again. Sorry i couldn't help with the Consumer. I didn't have the weaponry to take it down and while i am strong against my dad, i wasn't trained how to combat consumers."

"Don't mention it. Just don't stab he in the back." Daniel was still a little hesitant about Bravacho but for now he decided to trust him.

"10 Million reached. We have an active army of 10 Million." Alpha said as a beep was heard. Daniel looked over to Canterlot and saw Shining Armours shield over it. They were as protected as could be.

"Good. Get them in position and make every consruction bot be put into production. I want only battle bots and the builders of them active." Alpha nodded and gave out that order.

What really unnerved Daniel most was that Nature wasn't beside him and Archie was gone. If he failed here then there would be nobody to make sure everything went alright. This was a true fight with real consiquences if he failed.

"Are you alright boss?" Alpha asked

"What do you think?" Alpha could see Daniel's body was letting out twitches and his legs were tapping the ground in nerviousness.

"We will get through this." He reassured him.

"I hope so. Even if the Entities come and help out, their 2 best are out of commission. But i can't always relay on Nature to help me. I need to learn to deal with problems myself." He said as he closed his eyes. One thing that also worried him was himself. If the last time he tried to reach total merge was anything to go by, he still doesnt know how to control the collateral damage his energy could cause if he loses control again or if he tries to access more power.

Looking back at Canterlot, he realised this might be the last time he sees his friends. Using his enhanced vision, he narrowed his eyes on Canterlot and saw Twilight and the rest of his friends standing with Celestia and Luna and they lookedl ike they were arguing.

Trying to enhance his listening, he heard the voices of Canterlot but he focused on Twilight.

"Are we really just leaving him out there to face this thing alone?" Dash asked.

"It's what he wants. And remember what happened at the Crystal empire? When we tried to help against something far beyond us?" That made Dash cross her legs and sit down in annoyance.

"I don't like this."

"Same'ere. This thing he said was physical. Not like that one befor' so why won't the elements work on it?" Applejack asked Twilight.

"Even if they did, they likely would have little to no affect." Celestia spoke next.

"Sometime the best thing you can do is let those who can deal with it, deal with it. There are times when you will face powerful opponents and the best thing you could do if you can't hurt them is not get in the way of the one who can. Daniel is doing this to keep you all safe." Celestia looked out the window, her eyes landing on Daniel in the distance who was looking at her.

"Sister. What about us? This is our land. Our subjects. We need to defend them." Celestia sighed.

"I know. I don't like this but we will need to be here to defend our own if Daniel fails. He told me he will do all he can to weaken them and hopes that if he fails. We will be able to finish what he started." Daniel smiled at Celestia as he heard that and refocused his sight and vision on the sky. Even Cloudsdale was totally silent. Not a pegasus in sight.

"All army's call in." Alpha said through a radio. Each of Daniels kids replied with their army number and the nickname they gave them, plus the location.

"This is Greg. Army 1 'The swamp Folk' ready. This bottom bog area is locked down."

"This is Orion Army 2 'Dust Raiders' ready in the badlands."

"Robbert here. Army 3 'Mountain men' ready directly east of Canterlot"

"Barry here. Army 4 'Ghosts' Ready in the Crystal empire."

"Caroline reporting in. Army 5 'The water watchers' ready We are watching over manehatten."

"Victoria. Army 6 'The Jungle Jumpers' ready. Everfree is safe."

"Elizabeth here. Army 7 'The eagles' are watching the towns and lands to the north-west

"Abbey here. Army 8 'The south watch' is ready."

"Selene. Army 9 'The Brutes' is ready in the east."

"Freddy. Army 10 'Home defence' is ready. Ponyville is locked down."

"Good. Hold your positions. The enemy will arrive soon." Daniel sighed and looked up.

After waiting for about 30 more minuites, Daniel saw a light in the sky that was the same one that happened before the Consumer arrived. Watching as a big one and then more than 30 other smaller ones appeard. He readdied himself mentally for the biggest battle in his life.

Sighing. He needed to make sure he caught the attention of King N and the only way he felt like he could was to power up. Closing his eyes, he let his power flow out of him and he erupted with energy and the ground started shaking.

"Over here." He said, mainly to himself.

He saw the ships open and small things that looked like transport ships started to fly out of them and down to him. They stopped a little bit away from him and hovered around him before moving off to the side and touching down. Daniel's army had their weapons read but he wanted to avoid a large battle. If it could come down to just him and King N, that would be good.

It was at that moment that Daniel heard something that he remembered from times before. The sounds of teleportation.
Looking behind him he saw Blade had just arrived with Wisp-o and shortly later a team of entities, then more...and more. There was so many of them that Daniel had a hard time keeping track of the amount. But Nature was still not here.

Blade gave him a smile but Daniel didn't give one in return. How could he smile at a time like this and with so much at stake?

He took a few steps forward with Alpha about to follow him before Daniel kept him back with a forcefield.

"No. Let me go alone." Taking more steps out from the rest, he found himself looking up at the larger ship of the fleet and then he saw more portals open. The number of ships along with the flagship were more numerious then even the clouds in the sky. There must have been well over 200, each full with troops armed for battle.

"Can you kill? Will you kill?" Tht question and others still raged in Daniel's mind. He hated the idea of killing. Would he even have the strength to do it if he needed to?

It was then that he looked up and saw a hatch under the ship open up and what must have been a gravity lift of some sorts, beam down to the ground. Glowing with a red pillar of light, he saw figures slowly decend the funnel and when they were on the ground they lined up infront of him.

He then saw another figure, much larger than the rest come down and touch the ground as the pillar of red light vanished. In it's place was some kind of giant robot that Daniel didn't reconize. But he did understand the eyes. They were just like his dreams and he realised this was him. King N.

Both of them locked eyes for a few moments and the tension in the air was high. Daniel felt like he would be blasted if he even so much as breathed wrong. One small robot approtched him and with a skin it did over Daniel, it beeped and turned green.

As it beeped, Daniel saw the guards who were startled and shaking, wanting to step back but the moment their leg lifted off the ground they looked back at King N and got back into position.

"So...you're who i have been searching for? I was expecting something more intimidating." His voice was somewhat robotic and when Daniel saw a black window in the chest area he realised this was a mech suit. Not the real King N. Even the mech suit was somewhat scary to look it. The size must have been around 14 to 15 feet tall at least. It looked somewhat like what you would expect a mech suit to look like. Bulky but what stood out was it's silver, purple and orange colouring. The eyes and around them were a glowing orange in a dome kind of head which was purple with silver areas in it that looked less for design choice and morel iek it was places to store items. It was mostly the same over the rest of the suit. But the areas on the thighs and bicepts had small wires of gold which connected over his knees and elbows to him legs and arms. The purple seemed to be a mental that absorbed light as it bearly reflected any sunlight and it was mid day but King N looked liek he was standing in shade.

"Well that's a nice thing to say. I was especting a giant full of muscel and the look of a monster and all i get is a some kids attempt of making armor." Daniel just said the first thing that came to his mind which was probably a horrible comeback.

King N then looked up at Alpha and Bravacho who was glaring daggers at him.

"I see you finally accomplished your mission. Well done. I will be sure to write it on your gravestone."

"Hold it." Daniel said.

"Nobody here has to die beside one of us." Daniel would be lying if he didn't say that at that moment, his brain was shouting at him to not do this. To fight him alone.

"You want it to be just the 2 of us in a fight for the fate of this planet?" Daniel nodded and King N chuckled. "I think not. I mean...it wouldn't be fair to the ones on this planet. To have you take on this with this large of a risk without their say so."

"They already know that if i fail, the planet is as good as lost." A moment of silence fell on the area, a horror kind of silence with only the wind being heard.

"How about this? I will take on you, and that traitor while my guards will deal with everything else? I didn't bring them just for show." King N then quickly moved to launch a weak, cheep attack on Daniel who just backhanded up and it hit a mountain in the distance.

"Daniel!" Bravacho started to run up to him but one part of the ground he stepped on ended up glowing and a red circle with writing and symbols appeared. Bravacho jumped and got out of the way just before it exploded.

"The Heart Bearer and this traitor is mine. Show this planet and all the entities who their overlords are. GO!"

The ships opened up and many more transports, along with troops in jetpacks poured out and started to go all over the planet.

"Damn it all." Daniel pulled out his radio. "Get ready for battle!" He shouted into it. He looked behind him as he saw the entites charge into the fleet and as they did, some of King N's robots were deployed. They seemd to be built to counter different things. From skinny fast slashing bots to those that can resist fire hotter than the surface of a star.

He saw as entites and bots clashed with each other. The entities had more raw power but the robots had protocals and equipment that delt with most things that were thrown at them. His own army 'Home defence' started to attack with the entities and the combo on the 2 of them seemed to be doing really well as King N's bots seemed slightly unequiped to deal with them.

A lazer blast hit one of King N's bots and Daniel saw the army called 'Jungle Jumpers' come out of the forest. This was a flank attack and Daniel just realised it now. King N and his own army had been facing away from the everfree so King N lost a few battle bots before they started to retaliate.

Daniel looked to Canterlot in the distance and saw his other army 'Mountain men' dealing with the ones that were trying to take Canterlot. Unicorns and Guards were firing out spells and arrows from behind the shield.

Daniel looked back at King N who was staring at him.

"Are you finished looking around?" He asked impatiently.

"Yes."

"Good." Pointing a hand at Daniel, he was about to fire a blast at him before Bravacho rushed up to him with his own blast. As he pressed him into King N's palm. An explosion rang out and dust kicked up. When the dust settled they saw King N's suit had the arm blow off, but the arm then started to move and the wires acted like hands as it climbed back onto the suit and reattached itself.

"I might not have much to deal with a Consumer, but i can deal with you." King N chuckled.

"Speaking of that." He snapped his fingers and another light appeared in the sky and another Consumer was seen heading to Equestria.

"I will deal with that." Daniel tried to head to it but was grabbed by a metal tendril that came out of King N's back and threw him to the ground.

"You aren't going anywhere Heart Bearer." Bravacho teleported behind King N with the intention of going for the back of the knee but King N was prepaired as he moved said leg forwards and brought it back with a solid backwards kick.

"Bravacho. You alright?" He got up from the ground that he impacted.

"I'm alright." He cracked his neck and winced.

Daniel looked up at the consumer and saw Blade and Wisp-o going for it. Smiling, he felt confident they could deal with it together as both of them together are a match for Nature. So he had little doubt the Consumer would be a threat for long.

"You want to deal with me, then fine. I won't run away." Daniel stood his ground against the giant infront of him. This battle wasn't just about revenge. But protecting those who mattered to him most and proving to Nature that he could take care of himself. But it was also about protecting her as she has been there to help him through tough times and to save his life if things went south. Now it was Daniel's turn to keep her safe when she needed it.


"How is that possible!?" Xaveroth was in a panic. Never before has there be anything that was about to single handly overpower him in his full power and it was freaking him out. But worse than that for him, was that the ones in the room seemed to have regained hope. He saw it in their eyes, they held on to the hope that whoever that was will help them.

"Don't even think about it!" He said threatingly. He needed to maintain control and if they thought of rebeling then he needed to kill them. He couldn't just kill them as the ones who don't know about this warrior might think he killed them cause they were a threat and that would give them a reason to fight him. He needed to keep them alive to maintain control.

Xaveroth was searching all around. Opening portal after portal, to as many points in space and time as he could but no matter where he searched, no lifeform matched the face that he saw. It could be possible it was getting blocked. But he would be aware if it was blocked and could try and get through. But there was nothing and it was starting to freak him out.

"How could there be no matching face?" He looked at Nature and her life and could see when she was born. Same with Archie. Daniel. Blade. Wisp-o and many others. But whoever overpowered him was none existant.

"I will be in my quarters. Don't disturb me." When he was in his room he saw down and looked through more universes. Searching frantically and the result was still nothing. One after another over a good amount of time, nothing. 15 universes and alternative universes explored and nothing. Whoever he saw in the portal when he tried to look into the future didn't seem to exist. Worst of all is all he had to go by was a face. No body so he couldnt even know if this thing was 2 footed. 4 or more. Meaning he couldnt narrow down his search.

Trying to look into the future again, he saw Daniel and Nature looking at him and then it started to go fuzzy again. Xaveroth put more power into it than last time and his whole room was shaking. He kept trying to push through the barrier that hid the future but the more he tried, the stronger the resistance became.

With an angry scream. Xaveroth punched the portal and as he did he was met with an electical current that hurt him. Then the portal exploded and he was sent back against the wall.

Looking back up, he saw the same face he saw before in the dust and as the dust settled, it vanished. Leaving the room empty with only him in it and almost compleat silence.

"Who are you?" He asked angrily.

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