Long ago, at the start of the universe, there was nothing, and then there was something.

After that God and His wife Ashera came into existence. Soon, there were His many angelic children.

For many millenia, they were happy in their home of Heaven. God took up a hobby, a pet project He called 'Humanity'.

But things change, don't they? Samael became rebellious and fought against his family, causing one third to rally with him.

He and his fallen siblings lost the war, all of whom were brutally slaughtered by Azrael's blade. Samael was judged by his father and condemned to rule Hell for all eternity. Samael renounced his birth name and changed it to Lucifer.

One of his other brothers, Zarachiel, was thrown out of Heaven alongside his brother. However, Zarachiel, due to God's blinded rage, was sent to another reality.

Zarachiel ended up in Equestria during the Summer Sun Celebration. He'd befriended the princesses and started to date Princess Celestia.

Their relationship went from days which soon turned into weeks. Those weeks soon turned into months, and those months soon turned into years

Eventually, Zarachiel and Princess Celestia consumated and soon Celestia was pregnant with their child. A nephilim pony alicorn. Their child would get their horn from their mother's genes and their wings from their father.

A year later, their child was born during a sunset which they named the child after. Zarachiel spent only mere minutes with his daughter before he was suddenly yanked back to Heaven from his home in Canterlot Castle.

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Zarachiel glanced around at his surroundings as he got to his feet. He was back in Heaven, where he never wanted to step foot again.

Suddenly, he was teleported through the walls and into his father's Throne Room.

"Why the hell did you bring me back here, Dad!?" Zarachiel snapped. He wanted to go back, to be with his wife and daughter whom he was already missing. His wings were poised above him threateningly.

God sighed, pinching the bridge of His nose. "You were never supposed to be in that world." God said, glaring down at His son in anger.

He had let His control on His power slip. He wouldn't make that same mistake again.

Zarachiel was furious. He'd just been ripped away from his family. How dare his father think to make him a puppet in his play once more! With that thought made, he left the Throne Room to find Gabriel. His younger brother would know how to help him. After all, Gabriel did help their father create multiple multiverses.

Zarachiel knocked on Gabriel's door to his rooms, awaiting his brother's reply.

Gabriel opened his door to find Zarachiel waiting outside. Gabriel had brown hair, brown eyes, a beard that connected from under his chin and had white skin.

"What are you doing here, brother?" Gabriel asked, shocked that his older brother was back in Heaven.

The Archangel of Life sighed, massaging his temple as he thought of a way to explain it.

"Fuck it, explaining it makes it easier." Zarachiel muttered as he explained to his younger brother exactly what happened. Oddly enough, his brothers believed that he'd been sentenced to Hell alongside Lucifer.

Gabriel, after hearing his brother's story, took his word as the truth and snapped his fingers, sending him back to Equestria.

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Celestia paced back and forth in her chambers. It had been eighteen years for her since her husband had left her and their daughter, Sunset Shimmer, behind. She hoped that when he returned he'd explain himself.

The flutter of giant wings behind her answered her plea.

The alicorn mother turned around and faced her husband, tears leaking out of her eyes as they streamed down her cheeks.

"Where have you been?" Celestia sobbed, barely able to hold herself together. She'd missed her husband terribly, and their daughter had to grow up without her father.

Zarachiel sighed, furling his wings as they vanished into thin air. He felt like shit for abandoning his wife and child. He looked around the room and then on Celestia as he asked her where their child was.

Celestia explained everything to him about Sunset, how and why she left through the portal. Zarachiel sighed and decided that he would go and look for their child tomorrow. It was too late in the evening and he needed sleep. Badly.

Celestia and the Archangel of life retired to their chambers as the two fell asleep together.

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In the human version of Equestria, Sunset Shimmer sobbed into her legs as every student avoided her. Anon-A-Miss had ruined the school and everyone believed it was her. It wasn't fair! She'd worked hard to earn her redemption and all her effort had gone to waste!

She wished her mother was here, or father, if she had one at least....

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Zarachiel moved in his sleep as he grimaced. Someone was praying to him, or calling out for help. He got up as he felt a magical signature that had an angelic feeling to it.

He summoned a piece of paper as he grabbed a pot of ink and used a quill to write where he was and what exactly he was doing.

He put the letter on Celestia's vanity table. He donned his pants, shirt and jacket on as he flew down to Twilight's castle. Not making a peep, he went through the portal.

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He didn't feel any of the effects as he was booted out of the portal. The Archangel of Life landed on his feet as he kept tracking the magical signature. Whoever it was seemed strong and wasn't that far from where he was.

He would find them and get them to safety away from whatever was putting them in danger.

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Sunset Shimmer walked into the gym as the lights suddenly turned on. A crowd of students on her right waved at her and seemed glad that she was there. She identified some of the students as Trixie, Gilda, Dumbell, Hoops, Score, Lightning Dust, Flash Sentry and The Dazzlings. What they were doing here she didn't know. She even identified Snips and Snails.

"You're probably wondering why you're here." Gilda began. She pointed to the phone in the orange-skinned girl's hand.

Sunset looked down at her phone and the message from Rainbow Dash to meet her in the gym.

"Listen, Rainbow Dash wanted us to jump you and leave you near-death for the cops to find. The school's a war zone and everyone wants ya dead Sunset." Gilda said, shocking Sunset as she thought they were going to actually hurt her.

"Everyone but us." Trixie added, "We're on your side. As if you'd be Anon-A-Miss at all. They're sloppy and unprofessional."

Sunset smiled at the support. It felt good to have people that actually believed in her.

Suddenly, a rush of cold wind entered the gym as a flutter of wings was heard behind Sunset. The bacon-haired teen tuned in on the person's presence behind her and turned around to face him.

The man had golden blonde hair, golden eyes. He had white skin and was quite tall. He looked muscular and his expression showed fearlessness.

Zarachiel tuned in on the girl's magical energy that she gave off. It was so very similar to Celestia's, yet also like his own.

His eyes widened in shock as he realized who he was staring at. The girl before him was his daughter!

Sunset gave the man a confused expression. She could feel an energy that felt so similar to her own. She made the connections in her head as she stared at the man-no-her father.

In a split second, Sunset ran over to Zarachiel and hugged him, sobbing into his chest as she wrapped her arms around him.

"D-Daddy? Is that you?" Sunset asked tearfully, smiling as she hugged her father joyfully, cuddling herself into his chest.

"Yeah, it's me, Sunset. It's me." Zarachiel soothed his daughter with a wing as she leaned into it. Gilda and the others looked on at the scene as they stared at Zarachiel and Sunset.

"S-Sunset? Are you-" Flash had begun to ask, only to be interrupted.

"-Sunset's father? Yes it is. I'm here to protect my daughter." Zarachiel confirmed as Sunset nuzzled his wing absentmindedly.

Without thinking, he scooped his daughter up and flew her to a nearby apartment building that he had rented out.

The father-daughter due landed in their apartment. Zarachiel sat on the couch as Sunset hugged him.

Sunset revelled in the hug with her father, his wings wrapped securely around her body. The soft and warm feathers tickling her face as she began to doze off to sleep within the embrace.

"Sleep now, little angel. Get some sleep. I bet you're mentally and emotionally exhausted after what you've been through today." Zarachiel whispered softly to his now sleeping daughter as she nestled deeper into his left wing.

Carefully, he scooped her into his arms and carried her to her bedroom.

The new father lovingly pulled the covers over Sunset's body. Admittedly, he didn't want to leave her side.

He wanted to protect her and keep her safe from any harm her ex-friends could try to bring upon her. Is that what his father and mother, the God and Goddess of all creation felt after he had been born from the mere cosmic dust in the ever expanding universe? He hoped one day he could reconcile with them both. Sunset and his wife, her mother Celestia had helped heal the scars of the rebellion he and Lucifer had fought in eons ago.

They had helped him bury his hatred and resentment for his parents and had helped bring back his inner angel.

He also hoped Sunset could one day get to meet her grandparents, aunts and uncles as well as her cousins Charlie and Rory.

He took one last glance at his sleeping daughter, a small smile on her lips as she wrapped her wings around her body, protecting it and using them as a makeshift blanket.

"Sleep tight, little angel."

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