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The One With The Heart

by Spooky Ghost

Chapter 8: Putting the Nightmare Down (Rewritten)

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Nightmare Moon looked enraged at Daniel as water dripped from her face but he stayed still, remaining unmoving and unfazed by her gaze.

"You would dare insult royalty!? I will see to it that you are taken care off." With that she fired a beam of magic at Daniel who just sidestepped and avoided it with ease. To him, the beam was very slow, it was like time seemed to stop when it was fired and he just moved out of the way with a simple step to the right, and it sped up again. After this, everyone seemed to be amazed at what he just did.

"Did you really think I would just stand there and take the hit? If so, then not only are you pathetic, but stupid too." Daniel was still looking at her and she was also looking at him but her expression changed to a surprised one. He looked around and saw that all the ponies were looking at him just like Nightmare was, like something they have never seen before. "What?" After he asked that Twilight walked up to him.

"Cosmos...How did you do that? Even I couldn't keep track of that attack. How are you fast enough to avoid it?" Now he started to wonder if fast for them was normal to him as he could easily keep track of that attack and it took almost no effort to avoid.

"Twilight, sometimes I do things that I can't explain, that and I have always had fast reflexes." It was true that when he was back home he would usually do silly stuff just because he felt like it which was odd if you consider most times he needed to have a reason to do something. With that out of the way he turned back to Nightmare only to see another blast close to him and time seemed to stop again.

But he decided to see how much this would do to him, so he would get a rough estimate to who he is dealing with so he stood in place and got hit by it which sent him through the wall of the building.

"Ha! How's that for pathetic!?" She shouted and all the ponies were now looking back at her with fear while Twilight was still looking at the wall where Daniel was blasted threw but before Nightmare Moon could say anything else.

"You are more pathetic than I thought if you needed me to be distracted." Daniel picked himself out of the rubble and stood up, still looking at her the same way. He had a burned hole in the front of his hoodie and had a small burn in the location the blast hit him. But the burn was not that serious and she saw this, but Daniel spoke before she could. "Here is something for you to think about. What is royalty without any subjects? The answer. A normal pony, nothing special, Just like you!" Daniel was about to attack Nightmare but was stopped when guards tried to capture her but she just hit them away with lightning and then disappeared out of the town hall in her own mist.

Daniel then walked back to his sister. "Don't worry Strawberry, everything will be ok." He then turned back to Twilight. "You said the elements are needed, do you know anything that might give a clue about there location?" But Twilight did not reply to his question and just looked at him wide eyed which freaked him out. "What?"

"What, What, WHAT!? What do you mean 'What'? You just insulted Nightmare Moon, avoided an attack from her that I couldn't have avoided and took a direct hit from her but got up from it like it was nothing! Cosmos...how did you do that?" Her voice sounded like it had more surprise than worry in it, so he thought of an excuse to tell her and quickly found one.

"I don't want to talk about it, but I will say this. I managed avoid her attack because I have been training. I have already told you that me and my sister had to live in the Everfree for a while. We were on our way here from our home so I had a lot of training done in that place while we lived there. That's how I avoided her attack. As for how I took her attack...I have taken some heavy hits in the past, some while I was in the forest and got used to the pain, so that's how her attack seemed to do nothing, but it still did hurt." He made his story sound realistic and was also being truthful. The injuries he got while he was in the forest were from his training but those were almost non existent and healed fast, if he was normal then it would be a totally different story. As he said his explanation, Twilight's face of surprised seemed to change.

"Ok, I won't pester you about it, but you're right, we need to get the elements." Daniel and Annabelle followed Twilight as she headed back to the library carrying Spike who was still asleep. Daniel looked down at the location he got hit, only to discover it was already fully healed but he paid no attention to it for now.

When they were back at the library, Twilight was putting Spike to bed.

"We need to stop Nightmare." He fell back to sleep after he said that and Twilight levitated his covers over him.

"You have been up all night Spike. You are a baby dragon after all." She then turned the light of the room off and walked out to find Daniel looking along the sections of books, he turned around and looked at Twilight.

"Are you sure there will be a book about them in here?"

"I am certain there will be something about them." Twilight then started helping him look for a book on the elements, but instead of just looking across the sections, she was throwing books out and around the place. "Elements, elements, elements. Ugh, how can we stop Nightmare Moon without the elements of harmony?" She was holding different books with her magic, one at a time and flipped through the pages of some very rapidly. She was panicking while searching and not thinking precisely so he went over to the E section to look for the book about them there.

Daniel had a thought and after it he was more determined than ever to deal with Nightmare Moon. If she was going to keep it night time forever as Twilight said she would. Then the Diamond dogs and Timberwolves who were just starting to make peace between themselves, would be effected. The trees would die from lack of sunlight which means the Timberwolves were also in danger and it would be a shame if the alliance ended so soon. The same went for the ponies because they would not be able to grow their food and would starve. All this remained him of how he lost his home, of how it was consumed by darkness, the darkness of a giant sphere. He decided to carry through with his plan and help Twilight find these elements and if that failed then he would deal with Nightmare by himself.

"And just what are the Elements of Harmony? And how did you know about Nightmare Moon, huh? Are you a spy?" Rainbow was flying with her face right up at Twilight's face, looking at her with angry eyes but at the end of her question she was pulled away from Twilight by Applejack who then let her go.

"Simmer down sally. She ain no spah, but she sure knows what's goin on. Don't ya Twilight?" She asked her. The others that Daniel and Twilight had met before appeared, except for the one with both purple hair and tail and a white coat. Twilight did not seem to be scared that they all were looking at her for an answer.

"I read all about the prediction of Nightmare Moon, some mysterious objects called the elements of harmony are the only things that can stop her, but I don't know what they are. Where to find them, I don't even know what they do!" Daniel was starting to wonder just how innocent these ponies were, though he has merged with the Heart which, according to what PIA had told him gives a large amount of powers within the realms of the living but he could still be killed from Cosmic energy and a very few other ways so if he could get killed when merged with something like that then these elements are most likely certainly not the only things that could stop Nightmare.

"The elements of harmony, a reference guide." They all looked over to the voice and it was Daniel who had just found the book on one of the shelves but was quickly knocked out of the way when Twilight rushed over and looked to where he was looking.

"Cosmos, How did you find that!?"

"You truly did not think they would be under the 'E' section for Elements?" He asked with a raised eyebrow after picking himself up to which Twilight just had a smile that seemed to be one of embarrassment and Daniel just shook his head. Then she levitated the book out and started to read it.

"There are six elements of harmony, but only five of them are known: Kindness, Laughter, generosity, honesty and loyalty. The sixth is a complete mystery. It is said that the last know location of the five elements was in the ancient castle of the royal sisters. It is located in what is now.." She paused, gulped and looked at the others before she finished "The everfree forest." to which all except Daniel and Annabelle gasped as Twilight turned back to the book. "It is currently unknown how many elements that represent harmony there truly is as the sixth element appeared to Princess Celestia sometime after the other five were found, so there may be more elements that represent harmony that have yet to be discovered." When she finished reading the last part she put the book back. "Alright then, let's go." When she turned around the others were looking at Daniel who was looking at them.

"What?" He asked but then Rainbow Dash flew up to his face.

"What do you mean what? Cosmos you insulted Nightmare Moon without so much as a shiver of fear, took a hit from her but just got back up from it and now you are not scared of going into the everfree forest? What is wrong with you?" Dash asked him but he looked back at Twilight and nodded.

"You may not all know this but Cosmos and his sister Strawberry are not from Equesrtia, but there have been lots of ponies that have come to Equestria from different land so Cosmos is no different. While him and his sister were moving to ponyville they lived in the Everfree for a while and during their time there, he took some heavy hits from the monsters, so Cosmos probably has no fear of the Everfree as he has been in there before. But for him having no fear of Nightmare Moon...either he has seen worse in that forest or he does not know what she is." All the others looked at Daniel while he just smiled. "Now that that's out of the way, let's go." They left the house and went to the Everfree. Annabelle was wanting to come along but Daniel insisted that she stayed. It was safer for her and even though she didn't like it she still agreed.

While they were walking, the other unicorn that Daniel did not meet previously was talking with him and he found out from Twilight that her name was Rarity.

"I must say darling where did you get such clothes?" She was examining them along the way but that question caused Daniel to look away from her before replying.

"They were given to me from my mother." This was true. When he first wore this kind of hoodie he love how comfy it was but he ended up asking his mom for another one when the first one got to small.

"If you don't want to talk about it then I won't pressure you, but I have to ask. Will you let me take the measurements and use that kind of design?" Daniel just refused, if he was to give her them then they would likely see his mark.

"I'm sorry Miss Rarity but I prefer to keep these on." After that Rainbow Dash, who was still flying, turned around and looked at him.

"Why do you want to keep them on anyway?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Why do you fly all the time? You like to, is that it? The same with me and these clothes."

"Alright I won't ask anymore." She seemed to be annoyed but soon stopped flying and landed when they reached the entrance to the Everfree forest and now they all looked at it with fear.

"Weee, Lets go." Pinkie started to walk towards the forest without a worry in the world.

"Not so fast." The moment Twilight said that she stopped dead in her tracks. "Look I appreciate the offer, but I'd really like me and Cosmos do this on our own." Daniel looked at Twilight.

"Why do you want me to go with you?"

"You lived in here so you should have knowledge of it that will be useful and back at the library, you were able to think calmly and straight while under pressure." He shook his head.

"I was not under pressure, you just didn't stop to think." Twilight glared at him and he just chuckled. A few seconds later she sighed knowing Daniel was right.

"Well then, let's go." She was stopped by Applejack.

"When all this is done. I need to check on the A.I that I made and perhaps give it a name, but what?." They all agreed at something that Applejack said but Daniel missed it and started to go towards the forest.

"Especially if there is Candy Apples in there." Pinkie just shouted that out and got a few strange looks from the group. "What? Those things are good." With that she started to walk into the forest too and Twilight looked at Daniel.

"I hope everything turns out alright." The two of them went into the forest after them.

A few minutes later they seemed to be somewhat lost, there was still a dirt path to follow and if Daniel remembered correctly, then this would lead them to the castle but the fact that this place looked very different when it was dark was almost enough to make him feel like he was lost.

"So, besides Cosmos, none of you have been in here before?" Twilight was at the head of the group now, followed by Daniel, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rainbow in that order.

"Heavens no, just look at it, its dreadful." Daniel did not see what was so wrong with the forest. It was just like one should be, only on a different planet. They started to walk along the side of some cliffs.

"And it ain't natural, folks say it don't work the same as Equestria." Now he was curious but Twilight bet him to the question.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nopony knows." He was seriously getting annoyed of hearing that word. "You know why?" Rainbow Dash was acting like a predator that was sneaking up on it's pray.

"Rainbow, quit it." He heard Applejack say.

"Because everypony whose ever come in, has never come out!" Daniel loudly cleared his throat, causing Rainbow look at him. "Oh, sorry about that. Everypony who ever has, before Cosmos, has never come back out." She said to the others before looking back at Daniel who just rolled his eyes.

The cliff gave out and only Rainbow and Fluttershy managed to take flight. "Fluttershy, quick!" While Rainbow and Fluttershy were getting the others who were scared as they slid down the hill, Daniel on the other hand was actually having fun, he was in a way almost sitting down with all 4 of his hooves out in front and using them to steer himself.

To him it was like a snow slide at night without the snow. The others also heard him laugh until he saw a cliff at the bottom. When he saw this he slammed his hooves into the ground, which made him stop safely but the force of the speed was still carried and he fell on his face. After he picked himself up, he looked at the cliff to see Applejack holding Twilight and he started to go towards them carefully so he did not slide off.

"Applejack what do I do?" He was still making his way towards them.

"Let go." He stopped in surprise wondering if she was crazy.

"Are you CRAZY?"

"No ah aint, ah promise you'll be safe."

"That's not true."

"What i'm saying to you, is the honest truth. Let go and you'll be safe." Twilight let go a second later and was caught by both Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy who slowly lowered her to the ground and Applejack got down to the ground by jumping on platforms and which Daniel followed.

"Well then let's go, the sooner Nightmare Moon is stopped, the better." Twilight told the others and they all continued on the path.

Nothing eventful happened for a few more minutes of walking but Daniel was trying to take in his surroundings, he was so busy scouting out this forest before, flying over it or helping others within it that he forgot what a walk through one was like, peaceful, fresh clean air. He got lost in his mind while walking that he starting singing to himself.

"Here's to you, Nicola and Bart
Rest forever here in our hearts " He quickly stopped when Twilight asked him if he said something.

From what he knew from movies and some comic books is that it was the little things in life that is sometimes what was missed the most, He soon pushed himself out of that little zone to focus on the task at hand and he never realized that Rainbow was talking.

"-And once Pinkie and Rarity were safe, me and Fluttershy loop de looped around and wham, gotcha right in the nick of time." While she said this she was flying, at first until she span sideways and landed on the other side of Twilight.

"Yes Rainbow, I was there, and I am very grateful but we have got to-" She was unamused but was cut of by a thump. "A manticore." The creature let out a roar. "We have to get passed him." It leaped at Rarity and tried to hit her but she just avoided it and kicked it in the face.

"Take that you ruffian!" However it just roared in her face for a few seconds and by the end of it she had a new hair style that was all puffy. "My Hair!" She shouted before seeing the Manticore again and running off. Daniel wondered how she saw what her hair was like or why that Manticore just stood there looking at her the full time but now it started to chase Rarity, then Applejack jumped on it's head.

"Yee-ha, get along little doggie." Applejack seemed to be riding the manticore like a horse, Daniel on the other hand was not quite sure what he was looking at. The creature kept running around and jumping until it finally got Applejack off and as she flew with her back facing the ground, she looked at Rainbow Dash. "All yours partner."

"I'm on it!" Rainbow charged at the Manticore and started to rapidly spin around it in a rainbow tornado only to get smacked away with it's tail and land close to the others.

"Rainbow!" Twilight and the others were all glaring at the manticore now, and by the looks of how they were standing they were getting ready to charge, and they did a moment later.

"Wait!!!" Fluttershy shouted and placed herself between the others and their target, then she turned to the Manticore and walked towards it. It growled and looked like it was about to strike her but stopped when she nuzzled its other paw. "Shhhh, it's ok." It looked at it's paw and then showed it to Fluttershy it had a thorn stuck in it. "Oh you poor poor little baby." The others were just watching but had no readable expression on their face from what Daniel could tell.

"Little?" Rainbow questioned

"Now this might hurt for just a second." Fluttershy then grabbed the thorn with her mouth and removed it, but the moment she did that it had her between both its paws and roared again. But then started licking her and purring while she was giggling. Daniel felt like he was going to throw up.

"Ok, now I am sure that this world will be the death of me, me and Annabelle need to find another planet. All these mythical creatures and niceness is to much and it's like something out of a cartoon. Why could I not have been transported to a world like middle earth in lord of the rings, I would take that rather than here any day of my life. Making that pocket dimension is now my priority one task."

"Cosmos, Are you ok?" He was snapped out of his thoughts when Twilight asked him that and he saw that the others were quite a bit ahead, the manticore was gone and she was looking at him with a bit of worry.

"I am fine twilight, I was just thinking."

"Oh, ok, well we should get going." He nodded and continued along the path.

They continued along the path and the others were talking but Daniel was not paying attention to what they were saying.

"If the pocket dimension fails or if we are discovered to early for me to finish it then our next option would perhaps be to find a new planet to live on. I hope it does not come to that, Annabelle was hopping along happily most of today and I don't want to take that happiness away from her. Ok, if I get discovered I will see what they do. If they are nice then we will stay, if not then we are going to go but just incase it is the latter then I wont tell them until I totally trust them. I still want Annabelle to be as happy as she can here." There was a scream from the girls and Daniel was snapped out of his thoughts to see there was a timberwolf who was growling at them, Daniel wondered why a timber wolf was here and not at the capital they had.

"Girls, be careful." Twilight and the rest got ready to fight, except fluttershy who was hiding at the back of them, scared. The wolf jumped at them only to be kicked to the side by Rainbow Dash but more wolves seemed to be coming out of the trees and bushes and soon they were surrounded.

Daniel decided to join the fight and hit a wolf, avoided two more that tried to pounce on him before hitting them away and turning to a larger wolf with red eyes, he remembered he saw one of these wolves before at the main citadel and they were guarding king Thag.

"I take it you must be the leader of this pack?" Daniel asked but this was just a guess as it was the only wolf that was different.

"Silence pony." The wolf said and jumped at Daniel who just went on his back and used his back legs to kick the wolf away. It was lying on the ground and was struggling to get up. All the other wolves backed away from Daniel and the girls were just watching him in suprise.

"Why did you attack us?" He asked in a normal voice but they were all staying silent. Daniel was getting annoyed until he heard the bushes at the side shake and turned around to see three cubs looking scared at the wolf Daniel had kicked. "They were just protecting the young. Thag did say there was other nests around the forest so there might be one close by and with that they must have seen us as a threat." The other adult wolfs tried to hide the cubs from Daniel's sights and while this was happening the girls were cheered him.

"Way ta go Cosmos." Applejack said.

"Yeh, now I can see how you survived in here." Rainbow cheered

"Ok, they are not attacking us, lets go, we need to stop Nightmare Moon." Twilight said then she and the others started to walk away but Daniel did not move and kept looking at the leader he had knocked down. "Cosmos, we need to go." Twilight said, he turned to look at her and saw she and the others were looking at him but he just looked back to the injured wolf and approached it.

"Need help?" The girls gasped at this and the wolf was looking at him confused.

"You...are helping me, why?" Daniel changed his gaze to the cubs. The others were a bit too far to hear the wolf talk.

"You were just trying to protect your young, you thought we were a threat and I don't blame you, now, do you need help?" He asked extending his hoof towards the wolf who just looked at it for a few seconds before taking it and being helped to his feet.

"You show mercy that I have never seen before for my kind, Why?" When Daniel helped the wolf up he quickly whispered in it's ear.

"You should know me, I am the human who helped king Thag. I am just in a different form." The wolf's eyes slightly widened in surprise. Daniel decided to reply so the others could hear. "You were only protecting your young from what you saw as a threat. I would appreciate it if you would not just jump to conclusion." The red eyed wolf nodded to the other wolfs and they moved aside.

"Good luck and Thanks." The rest of the pack disappeared back into the trees. Daniel turned back to the girls whos jaws were yet again touching the ground.

"What? Did you serious think that I did not pick up a few perks from living in the forest for a while?" They snapped out of there shock but Daniel just kept walking.

"Cosmos, How did you do that?" Twilight asked after she caught up with him.

"Do what?"

"Reasoned with those timberwolves."

"I just looked at the situation, they attacked us but there was also young pups close by so I put two and two together, and being in this forest for so long, you need to learn the language of the creatures that live in it. But that's for another time, if Nightmare Moon is not stopped soon then the plants will start to die which could cause a food shortage."

"You're right." They continued along the path.

As they continued to go along the path Daniel started to wonder why Nightmare Moon has not tried to stop them herself yet because if the elements are the only things that she fears then why is she not trying to stop them? If she is then she is not very good at it, if not then what is she doing?

"My eyes need a rest from all this icky muck." The moment she said that the moonlight was blocked off. "Well I didn't mean that literally." Daniel could still see clearly even in this darkness and a thought crossed his mind now. He wondered if he should disappear, change to his shadow form and beat Nightmare Moon, but he chose not to, if these elements would take care of NM then it would save him a chance of getting caught and if Nightmare Moon is Luna as King Thag said then he might draw suspicion to his shadow form since it has apparently been 1000 years since Luna has seem it.

1000 years and a strange creature still being alive would more than likely cause some investigation so he would only use it against NM as a last resort. If Twilight and the other see him in his shadow form he would not mind, as long as they don't see him change into it or back from it.

"That ancient ruin could be right in front of our faces and we wouldn't even know it." There was arguments amongst them until Applejack said something.

"Oh wait, ah think ah stepped in somehin." Fluttershy then screamed.

"It's just mud." When Applejack turned around she saw a tree with a face and sharp teeth on it which caused her to jump back screaming. As they looked around the place they saw lots of different faces in lots of trees but Daniel was not freaked out, this was nowhere near as scary as Amnesia or some horror movies he has seen before, however if these trees could move then perhaps he would be scared. However he had to cover his ears as the girls were all screaming, all but one who managed to stop them screaming with a laugh, it was Pinkie and she was making face back at one of the trees while laughing.

"Pinkie, what are you doing? Run!"

"Oh girls, don't you see." Music was starting to play from nowhere and it was freaking Daniel out.

"No, If this world is too nice normally, then the music must be awful." Daniel heard Pinkie start to sing and it was indeed awful to him. "Forget it." He set his powers back to use by thought and altered space around his ears and was relived now that he heard nothing. He stood there just looking at what Pinkie was doing but could not hear her and to a extent he was ok with that.

He saw that one by one the others were also laughing at the trees they were terrified of a few seconds ago and soon they were all on the ground laughing. He removed the space barrier he made around his ears and set his powers back to use of will. He stood there while the others were on the ground laughing but soon stopped when they saw him looking at them.

"Should we not be dealing with Nightmare moon?" They all got up still laughing.

"Cosmos lighten up." Pinkie said and with that they continued on the path to the old castle.

Along the way they were all still laughing while Pinkie Pie was in front and Daniel was walking at the back of the group. They stopped when they arrived at a river.

"How are we going to cross this?" The water in the river was going at insane speeds and a little after Pinkie Pie asked that, they heard what sounded like sobbing. Looking behind a bush in the direction the sobbing was coming from, they saw a sea serpent in the water with hair and a moustache with one end cut off.

"What a world, What a world." By the sound of his voice he was male. He said the second part and slammed the water at the same time.

"Excuse me sir, why are you crying?" Daniels mind started to wonder again as this is another mythical creature that he has come across so curiosity got the best of him.

"Hey PIA, if you can tell me, what are the main creatures that I should know of that live in this world that are then most close to equestria?"

"Ponies, Griffins, Minotaurs, sea serpents, dragons, zebras, Changelings and other lifeforms. Want me to list the rest?" Daniel now had another question.

"What is a changeling?"

"They are like ponies but all of then have dark skin and pure blue eyes, except the royal one as they have green eyes. They are also shape shifters however when they are in another form they have difficulty changing their eyes and will always have a green coloured magic aura, they feed off of emotions and their society is a bit like bees as they make hives. They can both fly and use magic however the strength they have is mostly from how well fed they are."

Daniel lost track of time as he was snapped out of it when he heard something hit the ground and looked over to see Rarity had just cut off her tail and used the cut of part to replace the serpents cut mustache who then started to act cheerful.

"My moustache, how wonderful."

"You look smashing." Twilight then spoke.

"Oh Rarity, you're beautiful tail." Rarity turned around to Twilight.

"Oh, its fine my dear, short tails are in this season, besides it will grow back." Twilight then looked happily as the river seemed to have calmed down.

"We can cross now." She was going to cross the river until the serpent made a bridge for them across the river.

"Allow me" He said and allowed the others to cross on his back.

After a few more minutes of walking Daniel saw the castle in the distance.

"There it is, the ruin that holds the elements of harmony. We made it." Twilight had a very happy look on
her face and ran towards the castle with Applejack asking her to wait for them. "We're almost there." The moment she said that she almost fell down into whatever was below, she would have if Rainbow Dash didn't get her by her tail in time.

"What's with you and falling off cliffs today?" They were all looking at the bridge which was destroyed.

"Now what?" Pinkie asked.

"Duh." Rainbow said flapping her wings, flew down to the other end of the bridge, grabbed it and took it to the other side.

When she was at the other side Daniel heard her talk to someone.

"Who is she talking too?" Daniel thought.

"A illusion by Nightmare Moon."

Daniel waited to see how this would play out, and after Dash mentioned something about the wonderbolts, saying 'Yes' a few times, some long pauses and a little encouragement from Twilight she finally tied the bridge and Daniel heard her say that her answer is 'No' to whatever she was talking to and then flew back to them the others.

"See, I never leave my friends hanging." With that they all entered the castle and when they did they saw some spheres on edges that were on what looked like some kind of statue.

"Come on Twilight, isn't this what you've been waitin for?" Applejack asked as Twilight approached the statue.

"The elements of harmony. We've found them" Daniel was wondering if these rocks were artifacts or if they were within them. The rocks were perfectly round and each had a shape on them. Rainbow Dash and Fluttrshy were now lifting them down to the ground. "Careful." Twilight told them and Pinkie started counting.

"One, two, three, four, there's only five." Fluttershy brought the last on down.

"Where's the sixth?" Asked rainbow dash.

"The Book said, When the five are present a spark will cause the sixth element to be revealed."

"What in the hey is that supposed to mean?" Applejack asked. Daniel was now hearing horse puns and it was actually starting to make him hate this world more but decided to give it a chance and not judge it any more.

"I'm not sure but I have a idea, stand back, I don't know what will happen." They all stood back and Twilight started to use her magic. The others left but Daniel stayed behind with Twilight and was watching what she was doing until he saw the same kind of mist that Nightmare Moon used back at the town hall and watched it carefully.

It went over to the elements and started to make a tornado, while this was happening Twilight was so focused on her spell she did not notice it until she opened her eyes to see it and screamed in surprise. Daniel herd the others call her name from outside while the blue tornado was getting bigger inside.

"I need to get them, if the others can use them to beat Nightmare Moon then it will spare me from trying and it could also keep me and Annabelle's identities a secret." With that thought Daniel ran towards the tornado.

"The elements." Twilight and Daniel jumped in at the same time and disappeared then repapered in another section of the castle. Both saw Nightmare Moon holding the elements with her hair and giggling, Twilight looked like she was about to charge.

"You're kidding? You're kidding right? However this might be some fun, you were strong enough to give my teleportation magic quite a bit of difficulty." Daniel was sure that was actual supposed to be directed towards him as PIA did say the radiation he had makes him immune to all but the strongest of magic users and creatures but will still give them trouble when they use spells on him. However in an exchange for that insane resistance to magic he can't use magic too as his own resistance stops him from using it.

Twilight started to charge at NM with her horn glowing and NM charged at her too but before they collided Twilight teleported to the throne the stones of the elements were sitting on and started to use her magic to do something with then but when NM saw this she turned into the mist and went towards Twilight who was soon knocked a good bit away after NM repapered. The stones were acting up as they had electricity going between them and Moon looked terrified while Twilight looked happy but a second later the stones stopped making the electicity and went back to normal. This caused Twilight to gasp.

"But...where's the sixth element?" Moon was laughing the whole time before standing up on her two back legs and smashing them to bits, Twilight just sat there looking devastated.

Daniel decided that now was the time for action, he changed his powers back to use of thought, altered space around him to look like nothing was happening but in reality Daniel had changed into his shadow form and made a clone of himself in his pony form that he could return to at will, the real Daniel then hid behind a pillar.

"You little foal, thinking you could defeat me, now you will never see your princess again, the night will last FOREV-" Moon was cut off when Daniel got a surprise attack on her but kicking her on her side, she quickly recovered but the moment she saw what hit her, her face changed from one of anger to one of complete shock as standing in front of her was the same creature that had attacked her 1000 years ago, before she became what she was today and it was glaring at her with those eyes she remembered easily. All the while Twilight was looking in total shock as Nightmare Moon actual seemed to be a little afraid.

"How are you still alive after all these years creature?" Moon was not cheery or confident, she had shock and fear in her voice. "Last time we battled you got lucky, I will NOT HOLD BACK!" She launched a large beam at Daniel who avoided it, rushed forwards and kicked her in the stomach and that caused her to cough up blood and he then grabbed her by the throat and chock slammed her. When she got up and tried to hit him again but he vanished, when he really went behind a pillar quicker than she could see. "Where are you!?"

Twilight turned around and faced Nightmare Moon after she looked behind her when her friends called out for her.

"You think you can destroy the elements of harmony just like that? Well you're wrong, because the spirits of the elements of harmony...are right here." All the others were now beside Twilight and he just chose to watch, it was getting interesting. He was curious why Twilight was suddenly so confident but either way he decided to watch and soon the bits that were left of the destroyed stones started floating.

"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt represents-" Daniel was not going to listen to this if it was another Disney kind of speech so he remade the barriers around his ears, he watched as the rocks floated around Applejack, then Fluttershy who seemed to be very nervous, the same happened to Pinkie who just jumped happily at the rocks floating around her, the same happened to Rarity and then Rainbow Dash. After they appeared around Rainbow Dash he removed the barriers around his ears he heard what was getting said once more.

"You still don't have the sixth element, the spark didn't work." He heard NM say but she looked confused, why would she be confused if the spark did not work which would mean that the elements would not be complete, should she not be happy?

"But it did, a different kind of spark."

"How long is this going to go on for?" He thought as Twilight turned around and looked at all the others and seemed to be crying. It was then that two other stones orbs appeared up above her one went to Twilight, the other went...to Daniel's clone. "What? What have I done?"

"You see Nightmare Moon when those elements are united by the....the spark that resides withing us all, it creates the sixth element. The element of...Magic." There was a bright light and all the stones that were flying around the others went into there necks and they all had golden necklaces with a gem in the middle that matched their marks.

"Oh...Fudge" Daniel thought as that could mean big trouble for him.

"What about the other one. How is there a seventh!?" Nightmare moon screamed at Twilight.

"The Seventh element is Cosmos, when those Timberwolves attack us, he saw what the rest of us did not, he pardoned them for what they did, he represents a new element of harmony just like the book said, that there might be more elements yet to be discovered and Cosmos is one of them, the element of forgiveness."

"ARE YOU SERIOUS!? I just tried to be nice and I end up being one of these silly elements, The Heart was enough now I have to deal with this!?...This world truly is going to be the death of me." He then had a idea. "Let's try something." He thought about his lifeless pony body moving about and amazingly it did, he then tried to get it to speak and ask what is happening.

"T-wilight, wha-what is happening?" He was amazed he could get it to work as this could be very useful in the future. The speech was a bit off but he could probably work around this by using it more.

"Nothing to be worried about Cosmos" Twilight said looking at him before looking back at Nightmare Moon and her orb became a crown, Daniel looked back at the one above his clone and it became a crown similar to the one Twilight had only the little gems at the bottom were gone and there was only one gem at the top that was Heart shaped and was Gold. Daniel looked at it with disgust.

"I am so not wearing that." Then it occurred to him, he technically already was in his pony form at least. "Why Me?" He cried inwardly to himself.

His clone was levitated over to the others and soon after the others started flying and a Rainbow Beam shot into the air and at Nightmare Moon, but she jumped to the side and the beam missed before firing at Twilight which caused them to scatter across the floor.

"I must thank your friend Cosmos for giving me the hint to dodge back at the town hall, I was a fool to stay in the only place the first time I was banished by them, I won't let it happen again." Daniel chose to strike again and appeared from behind the pillar he was hiding and punched Nightmare Moon in the face sending her flying back. He then thought about his lifeless clone saying what he wanted it to say.

"Twilight, let try again while she is distracted." The others nodded and the elements charged up again. Nightmare Moon got up and charged and Daniel to which he avoided her attack and grabbed her to hold her steady while the rainbow beam fired again. The elements brightened up and Daniel threw Nightmare Moon at the beam, causing them to collided in mid-air. She screamed as a rainbow tornado trapped her. The girls and Daniel's clone's eyes were pure white and the brightness only intensified until not even he could see. When it dimed down they were all passed out on the ground, Daniel quickly went over to his clone, made his clone become part of himself again, transformed back into his pony form and set his power to be used by will again, just in time as the others started to get up.

"Oh, My head." Rainbow said rubbing her head.

"Everypony ok?" Applejack asked.

"Oh thank goodness" Daniel looked over to see Rarity admiring Her newly grown tail that appeared while Fluttershy was actually admiring the necklace. He remembered about his and was worried about what they would think when they see it.

"No, your necklace, it looks just like your cutie mark." Rarity looked at it then at her mark and it did indeed look just like it.

"So does yours" Rarity said looking at Fluttershys necklace, They all were taking the time to admire their own necklaces. Then they all looked back at Twilight and Daniel. Pinkie Pie went up to him.

"Hey Cosmos, I like yours." She said pointing to his crown. Twilight spoke to him next "Aww, It has a golden heart on it. Just like you were with those timberwolves." Daniel sighed. "But...Cosmos. Is the reason you wear clothes is to cover up your cutie mark?" He froze up when he heard that. "You don't need to be embarrassed about your mark Cosmos. It's who you are." She said

"It's not who I chose to be." Daniel thought. "If that was the case then why am I wearing clothes and Strawberry was too?" They stayed quiet after he asked that and he walked over to the crown, picked it up, then studied it.

"Human." Daniel heard a whisper that was to quite to make out what it was saying, he looked around to try and find the source.

"Did any of you say something?" They all looked over to him.

"None of us did, Why?" Twilight replied.

"Forget it. I just thought I heard something."

"Gee Twilight, I thought you were just about a lot of hoowee but a recon we do represent the Elements of friendship."

"Indeed you do." Another voice said as the sun rose. As it got brighter a figure seemed to be landing in front of them and a few seconds later it was revealed to be a pure white coated alicorn, all the others started to bow down, all but Twilight and Daniel.

"Princess Celestia." Twilight said and walked over to her.

"Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student." They hugged after Celestia said that. "I knew you could do it." Daniel was still weary of authority figures so he watched Celestia closely, but not suspiciously.

"But, you told me it was all an old pony tail." Twilight said with a little hurt in her voice.

"I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moons return, and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her." Daniel was a little annoyed, wondering what she was doing this whole time if she was not captured. "But you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart." She looked over to her friends. "Now if only another will as well." They all had faces of confusion as to what Celestia meant by that. Celestia started walking over to where Nightmare Moon was defeated and Daniel saw another alicorn with a blue coat, hair and tail. "Princess Luna, It has been 1000 years since I have seen you like this, time to put our differences behind us, we were meant to rule together little sister."

"Sister?!" All the others besides Daniel said in surprise.

"Will you accept my friendship?" Daniel was wondering why a sister was asking her sister to be friends, to him it was stupid as how can you be friends if you're already family? All the others watched in anticipation. Luna looked like she was about to reject from sadness until she ran up to Celestia.

"I am so sorry, I missed you so much big sister." She said while they both hugged and cried at the same time. Daniel felt happy for them because Luna is probably feeling the same happiness that Annabelle felt after she saw him in the two years after he disappeared but not to the same extent, or would it be the same as Annabelle did say they all thought he was dead. He decided to drop it and just be happy he got to reunite with his sister like how Celestia has just gotten to reunite with her sister right here and now.

"I've missed you to." Luna's face went from one of happiness to fear.

"Sister...It was here." She said in a panic.

"What was Luna?"

"The shadow, the creature I encountered in the forest 1000 years ago. Celestias eyes widened.

"But how could it still be alive?" She turned to the others. "Did any of you see something else?"

"Yes, we did Celestia." Twilight answered. "Before we unlocked the elements there was a creature that was shrouded in a dark mist that attacked Nightmare Moon. Why? Is it a threat?" Celestia looked down.

"I am not sure, but what I have been told is that it is extremely powerful. My little sister encountered it before in the forest sometime before her banishment and it easily injured her." They all gasped. "I don't know if it is a threat but if you should encounter it I want you to stay away from it and inform me." They all nodded. "I must thank you and your friends Twilight, when you unlock all six of the elements you gave me back my sister." Celestia then heard something she did not expect.

"Seven, Princess. Is now seven elements and Cosmos is the seventh bearer." She turned to Twilight.

"Where is he?" To this they all pointed to Daniel who was in the corner looking out the window, this pony had another element of harmony that she had never seen before, she approached him.

As she approached him, her Alicorn instincts started acting up. She felt them warning her of great danger and she felt a tremendous power that seemed to be emitting from Cosmos. This power put Discord to shame and he looked like he was not even using any of it. But just as quick as it appeared, it vanished.

Taking a moment to gather herself from what she had just felt, she politely spoke.

"Excuse me." Daniel was snapped out of his thoughts and turned to look at Celestia.

"Sorry, I need to daydream less." Daniel was looking at Celestia.

"If you don't mind me asking, how did you obtain the seventh element?"

"I was just trying to be nice to some timberwolfs after they attacked us because they thought that we were a threat." Celestia looked back at twilight with a face that more or less asked if this stallions story was for real to which twilight nodded and she turned back to him.

"Well this is Historical discovery, the seventh element. Congratulation Cosmos." Celestia said with a smile

"Hey, you know what this calls for?"

After a few more minutes they were back in ponyville and pinkie then shouted again. "A Party." The full town was celebrating and there was a chariot that both luna and celestia were sitting in getting pulled by guard ponies, Annabelle ran up to Daniel and hugged him then they both watched with the crowed as luna was given a necklace of flowers that were made by little foals and she looked at it with surprise before looking back at her sister happily. Daniel decided to go back to his house to check up on the A.I he made until he saw twilight looking sad and celestia was speaking to her so he went over to see if he could comfort her, if they truly were friends then it's just the right thing to do but when he got closer he heard Celestia speak.

"Spike take a note please. I princess Celestia herby decree that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle shall take on a new mission for Equestria. She must continue to study the magic fo friendship, she must report to me her findings, from her new home in ponyville." With that they all gathered around Twilight, all except Daniel.

"Oh thank you Princess Celestia, I'll study harder then ever before." They all cheered and confetti started to appear. Daniel went over to Annabelle.

"Annabelle, We should go back to the house to check on that A.I that I made, when we come back I will get some work to see what the currency is for these ponies and buy us a house in town." He whispered and she smiled.

"Ok, lets go." Daniel and Annabelle walked until they were out of ponyville and when they were in the forest out of sight Daniel altered space around them again and took flight back to their house.

Next Chapter: Daniel is now a...what? (Rewritten) Estimated time remaining: 29 Hours, 60 Minutes
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