It had taken a short time for Midnight to get over the initial shock from hearing what would happen if he managed to siphon magic completely from and area or any living creature. During the time he mulled over his thoughts, his body began to move on its own, walking throughout the castle as his mind remained deep in thought.

After about an hour of walking, he found himself halted in his steps by a magical force that gently lifted him from the ground. Quickly glancing around him, his eyes fell onto Celestia who had a worried expression on her face as she sat him back onto the floor.

"Tia?" He asked.

"I called for you several times, but you kept walking. You never do that unless something has gotten you worried." She stated as she came up to his side. Both of them walking down one of the corridors in the castle.

"Yea, sorry........... It's just what the doc said that bothered me." He said softly as he looked to the floor.

"Well? Don't keep me in suspense my dear. Do tell me what she said."

After taking a deep breath to steady himself, Midnight began.

"Tia, the doc said that my ability to create rare magic is over a hundred times stronger than your own." He stopped as he heard her hoofsteps pause mid stride, looking back to see her look of shock and slight glee causing him to feel a little unnerved.

"That is fantastic." She stated with a smile but paused seeing him still in discomfort.

"It's what the rest of the results were that bothered me, and what could happen because of my carelessness." He paused as he felt a wing brush up against his side as the princess leaned on him, looking up and giving a comforting smile to him.

"She said that my over all ability to create the normal magic that is most present in this world is extremely low." He paused again to see her cock a brow in question.

"How low?" She asked in concern.

"She stated that it is considered stunted, based on a normal unicorns magic." He looked away seeing her expression of shock.

"But.... how is that even possible? I have seen you do amazing feats of magic before..........." She paused as it dawned on her. "You mean to tell me............ all of those times that you ran out of magic from doing so many spells.............. all those times when you turned back into your original human form............. That was due to your body being unable to make enough magic to prevent it from happening?"

"That's a given love, but that isn't what is bothering me............ The doctor said that my ability to pull in magic through the land and those around me is what was cause for alarm." He stopped to let that sink in for a moment, seeing her look of horror and realization he continued. "My ability to pull in magic is over ten thousand times that of any living or non living entity............. even yourself............."

She took a step back in horror upon hearing this but paused as she came back up to his side. "We will need to do some testing on this, to make sure that it is correct."

"No!" He shouted causing her to back peddle. "I will not put anypony in danger because of something that I cannot control. The doctor already stated that............" He trailed off as he squinted his eyes shut. "That if I managed to drain an area or being completely of its magic............. That area.............. or being............. will die.........." He stopped as he could feel the tears threatening to break through.

"Midnight." She spoke in an authoritative tone, causing him to tense up slightly before looking to her to see the look of a mothor about to scold a child. "You have done many, many things for this world, and do you recall at any time when you managed to kill another being by siphoning all of their magic away?"

He stopped as he thought over his time on this world, mulling over every moment to try and find a time when he did just that, but failed. Then his mind ran across several events.

"Remember when I was sick for the first time, when my body was rejecting the magic and I turned back into my human self for the first time?" He asked, causing her to nod in remembrance. From what Twilight and the staff at the hospital told me, I managed to almost completely pull in all of the magic in and around the hospital I was in. All of those ponies, they could have died Tia............ and I would have had to live with that............... knowing that I unwillingly took those lives because of a power I wasn't aware I had. I know they must have spoke to you about that event as well." He paused seeing her nod.

"The hospitals equipment was completely destroyed, their large supply of magic IV's drained dry, and many parts of the facility left useless. You and the elements are not aware of this, but Luna and I tore down the hospital and built a new one in its place once the ground had been replaced that had to be removed. It was a tedious and huge task. But we managed to fix it, without letting the public know." She looked up to see his expression turned from sadness to that of anger as he took a step forward.

"Why............. why didn't you tell me what I had done?!" He growled.

"Because you would have done something rash, like you always do when things don't go your way." She snorted in return.

"I do not always do rash things when I don't get my way." He snapped back.

"Then tell me............. tell me what you would have done had you known?" She snapped back, her wings flaring open in a fit of anger.

Midnight paused as the look of rage left his face, being replaced by that of sadness. "You know what I would have done..." He trailed off as he took a seat on the floor.

"And do you think I would have let you do something so stupid as letting you take your own life just to spare ours?"

"No............. but I know you couldn't stop me either." he grumbled.

"I wouldn't need to, you already know that I as well as everypony else loves you dearly, and would do anything within our power to help you. Magic or no magic." She stated with a smile as she pulled him into a loving hug.

"You're crazy." He chuckled.

"And you're just a stubborn old mule." She giggled.

"Hey now, who's the one robbing the cradle here?" He smirked seeing her brow furrow.

"Is that your subtle way of calling me old?" She groaned in annoyance.

"Not at all." He smirked. "I always liked the older ladies anyway." He chuckled as he trotted around her playfully.

"Really now? And why is that?" She asked while cocking a brow.

"The older the berry, the sweeter the juice. Plus the week we spent together was a shock for me. You did more things to me during that time then I never even thought possible." He grinned slyly seeing her erupt in a blush.

"MIDNIGHT! You naughty stallion!" She shouted giving a devious grin.

"What?! At least now I can say that I have the ultimate lover, and she is also the mother of my child." He grinned.

"You had better never let that little bit of information slip." She smirked as she trotted past him.

"Why? Are we embarrassed about being the ultimate lover?" He snickered.

"No, but I would wonder what the public would think about having a king who is also a gelding." She grinned evilly causing him to freeze up momentarily.

"You.......... you wouldn't!" He choked out. Celestia getting right up in his face and kissing his nose before glaring into his eyes.

"Try me, I am a Goddess after all. I doubt anypony would disagree with me." She smirked before pulling away and flicking her tail at his nose.

The dark Alicorn had a look of horror across his face before it turned into a sly grin, he quickly trotting up to her side and giving her a playful sideways shove. "You know you shouldn't tease me Tia."

"Tease you?" She asked with a cocked brow.

"Yea, making threats of pain and suffering upon my being. You know I'm all for it if its coming from you." He grinned seeing her face erupt into a bright shade of red. That was of course until he bolted down the hall laughing loudly.

"UGH! When am I going to learn?!" Celestia groaned out shaking her head and bolting after him.