After reappearing within Heaven, Midnight gave an audible snort as his plans had been ruined by the dark God of hell, Satan himself. Bob however, kneel down giving the tiny Alicorn a pat on his head causing him to look up to the creator of everything we know. God giving him a warm smile causing him to give a disheartened one in return. As God rose to his feet once again he began to walk alongside Midnight as he spoke.

"So I take it that there will be no way to see those beings that had played a part in the Twilight Princess' resurrection huh?" Midnight asked giving a sigh and looking to the ground.

"I am sad to say that it will not be possible unless you become one of the damned souls of hell. My brother likes to keep a tight reign when overseeing everything that goes on within his realm. Having an outsider, much less his own brother." He grumbled. "Still though, I am sorry that I cannot help you further. You know the rules that we Gods must abide by when it comes to interfering with the lives of our children."

"I understand, although I don't agree with it. Guess I'll just have to kick it up a notch to try and find any other beings that may know more about her." Midnight smirked as he flared his wings outward trying to look cool, only to be scooped up by his squealing mother who hugged him to her chest.Bob gave a loud chuckle as he watched Midnights expression turn to annoyance as his eye twitched while he was being glomped.

"Mom, you seriously need to quit with the hugging, you're embarrassing me." He sighed out as she pulled him away from her, turning him around, then giving a soft gasp upon seeing his pouting lip and puppy dog eyes.

Of course, at that moment, Midnight thought he had won and would be placed down. However, he only succeeded in being glomped into her bosom roughly as she squealed louder.

"Oh my goodness you are just so adorable! Why couldn't you be this cute when you were ten and destroying the house?" She stated as she pulled him away from her, he gasping for air.

"Ma seriously, I need to get this done. I understand I'm all cute and cuddly now, but if I don't find someone who knows about the Twilight Princess from the world I am currently living in. Them I fear that things could get really bad." He sighed only to cause her and his father to look at him questionably.

"Bad as in.......... how bad?" Midnight's father asked as he came up to the two, Celestia's parents also giving a worried expression.

"Bad as in, the world and everything in it may die. Including me, Tia, Luna, Marina, and Starlight." He stated causing his mother to gasp, dropping him from her grasp to the ground below.

At that moment, there was a deafening calm all around the area. Midnight looked up to his mother just in time to see a visible heat coming from her entire frame causing him, and everyone else to step back.

"Uh, dad. What's wrong with mom?" Midnight asked in worry only to see her glare death into nothingness as she began to speak.

"TOM!" She shouted causing everyone to flinch as she stared at her husband.

"Y-yes May?" He asked as he seemed to wither under her gaze.

"We are going to search all through heaven to find someone who knows about this so called 'Twilight Princess'. Then when our son returns, hopefully we will have enough information to help him save our grand babies." She stated in an authoritative tone, in return causing others around them to smile with determination.

Tom put on a determined smile as he knelt down and picked up his son, giving him a loving hug before setting him back down and ruffling his mane a little.

"My boy, I guess that means we're going on a little adventure to help you." He smiled but paused as Bob cleared his throat.

"You two do realize that you are not supposed to help the living, correct?" He stated a little flatly.

"Our son needs us, and he is here with us. If you won't allow us to help him................ I'll............... I'll........" May tried to think of something to say but paused, giving a devious smile. "I'll nag you for the rest of time!" She stated giving a smirk. This causing Tom and Midnight to snort before giving a chuckle. Bob raising an eyebrow toward her in surprise.

"You would nag your very creator for the rest of time if he didn't allow you to help a living descendent?" He chuckled shaking his head.

"And I would help her." Tom spoke up getting another chuckle from Midnight.

Bob gave a sigh as he rubbed the bridge of his nose before speaking. "You two never cease to surprise me. I'm glad to see that I have created such wonderful beings." He chuckled. "Go on your journey. I will send your son to you when he returns."

The three smiled widely before quickly hugging Bob and then running off as they began to ask questions to any and all beings around them questions that needed answered in order to help their son. Midnight looking back up to the alpha God as he spoke.

"So then, there is no way we can find any of the sacrifices or clan leaders that worshiped the Twilight Princess without going back to hell, is there?" He sighed.

"Unfortunately not my child, There are very few beings that made it into heaven during that time. Those that did make it had their lives taken without their consent. They fought to save everyone in an attempt to rise up against her. I dare say, your parent's are going on a mad goose hunt in order to help you. You should be very proud of them." Bob chuckled looking down to the smiling Alicorn.

"I am, I just wish *flicker* I could stay and help them. But I have plans to start in order to keep everyone safe. *Fade* I'll return in four days time to see what they've uncovered. Seeya Bob." Midnight stated as he slowly vanished from sight. Bob shaking his head as he watched him leave.

"Sometimes I really hate those rules I made." He sighed as he began walking in a random direction, Celestia's parents coming up to either side of him as they began.

"Bob, do you really plan on letting them fend for themselves? Even while knowing that Midnight will be.........." Star trailed off as she saw him raise a hand to stop her.

"He will be fine, although, the things that will happen during his time of need are going to be great and full of strife. The young one will make a choice during that moment. Which one he will choose will also determine his fate. I will not interfere with his decisions, and noone else will either." He stated firmly causing Star and Blaze to nod.

"We hope that he will make the right choice when the time arises. Let us pray that he does, for the sake of our children, and their children." Blaze said with a sigh.

Back in Canterlot, Midnight had returned to his body, waking up in the throws of candlelight from within Celestia's chambers. She was currently pacing back and forth in front of the dark Alicorn as she waited for him to return to the land of the living.

"Why do I feel like I've been asleep for a whole day?" He groaned as he gave a wide yawn, startling Celestia only to make her bolt over to him and pull him into a hug. "Tia?!"

"Night, You've been under that spell for nearly eight hours. That isn't normal. Luna and I have only stayed under the spell for no more than two hours maximum in the past. Please tell me you managed to find some information during that time." She stated in worry.

"Eight hours? I couldn't have been more than four hours in the afterlife. Are you sure?" He stated in surprise.

"I don't understand why it would have caused you to stay within the afterlife for such a time. I can only hope that it was due to the reversion spell that we are currently under. Never the less, It is rather late now." She stated as she nodded to the balcony of the room, The sun was slowly dipping into the horizon showing how late it truly was.

"Well, considering how long I was out, I think I'll be up for most of the night. Maybe Luna would like some company for the evening." He stated with a chuckle.

"I believe she would enjoy that. It has been some time since you two spent a day together without interruption." Celestia smiled giving a small yawn. Once she stopped though she noticed Midnight giving her an odd look. "Midnight?"

"That. Was. ADORABLE! Oh God I think you just gave me diabetes!" Midnight stated seeing her look of confusion.

"Midnight? What are you talking about?" She spoke out before seeing him grin for a second.

"Watch....." He trailed off as he gave an adorable yawn and rubbed his eyes with his foreleg. He smacked his lips a couple of times before looking to the sun princess, and giving a sleepy look. He stopped as he was bowled over by her, she giving him the same look that Morning Star and his own mother gave him when he was in Heaven.

"In all of my time alive, the only other thing I can think of to be that cute was when Starlight did the same thing a few years ago. Now I know where he got that." She giggled loudly as she hugged the dark Alicorn below her.

"Yea yea, I'm just so adorable that I put diabetics into comas as I pass by." He chuckled as he separated himself from her and headed toward the door to the room. "I'll see you in the morning love. Get some sleep." He smiled seeing her nod as she headed into her own bed, giving another yawn as she pulled the covers around her.

As Midnight left the room, he headed just down the corridor toward Lunas room. Standing just outside the door he gave it a soft knock, waiting a few seconds before hearing the door handle click as it was slowly pulled open revealing the princess of the night.

"Midnight? I thought that you would be asleep right now. What brings you to me this evening?" She asked as she stepped to the side of the door to let him in.

"Well, considering that Ive spent the last 8 hours within the confines of a spell. I think I've gotten enough sleep for the day. He chuckled. Luna giving him a look of confusion. "I went into the afterlife to do a few things. However, they didn't pan out like I had planned." He sighed.

"Oh! Did you see mother and father? Are they well?" She smiled widely as the young Alicorn now had her full attention.

"They're fine, but that isn't why I traversed into the afterlife. My trip was to gather more information about the Twilight Princess......" He paused for a moment as he looked back to Luna. "I don't think I've asked you before, but, do you know anything about the Twilight Princess?" He asked as he took a seat onto the floor.

Luna stood there in silence for a moment as she closed the door and slowly made her way over to a desk on the far side of the room, Midnight close behind. As she reached the desk, she used her magic to slowly pull a book from within it and floating it to him. Pulling it open to a specific page, she pressed it forward into Midnights own magical grasp as he began to read it.

"The Twilight Princess came to be during the time of war and strife between two nations that wanted to expand their own lands......." He paused as he looked back to Luna. "This is the same story I read before Luna." He paused as several pages turned within the book to another spot showing several large magical circles, along with a language that he was unfamiliar with.

"This book gives a short description of the Princess and the spells used to imprison her. Although it was before Celestias and my time here. This magic was far more powerful than anything we have ever heard of. I am sure that you're aware of the stories from what you've just said. What you don't know, is that she managed to kill almost half of the population of the Worg Nation in order to gain enough power to attempt to take over the world." She stated softly as she looked toward the dark Alicorn sitting in awe before her.

"H-how many lives were taken?" He asked in shock.

"Almost three million. All willing sacrifices that aided in giving her power to attempt in taking over the world. However, she failed due to the fact that a willing sacrifice for good is far stronger than any that is for evil." She smirked a little at that.

"How many did it take?" He asked, remembering back on what he had read.

"Only one." She smiled.

At that, Midnight gawked. "So, it took only one willing sacrifice to beat over three million sacrifices. How is that even possible? The numbers just don't add up!?" He choked out as he rubbed his chin in thought.

Luna trotted over to his side as she began once again. "Due to the pure heart of the Griffon King of that time, and the love that his son had for not only the Griffon nation, but also toward those within it and the rest of the world. The power of love, friendship, and over-all good, became far more powerful than any evil that was within the world. In the end, only an act of those who have a pure heart and wish to only save the world and those within it will triumph over an evil of that caliber." She smiled before moving away and toward the balcony of the room, her horn glowing brightly as she opened the doors and stepped out onto it.

She gave a sigh, closing her eyes as the glow around her horn began to increase. The sun was now dipping out of sight on the horizon as the moon began to lift from the other horizon. After a minute she smiled as the glow from her horn ceased, releasing the moon as it continued on its trajectory through the sky. She looked to her side seeing Midnight with a look of concentration plastered across his face.

"Luna, I don't know if I'll be able to defeat this evil..........." He trailed off as he looked to the rising moon. "I know that you are aware of humans and what they are capable of......." He sighed.

"But you are no longer human........"

"I may not be physically human anymore. But that still doesn't mean that my mind is now that of a pony either. I will always be who I am, and that includes my human nature of being evil. Flame was proof enough of that." He sighed only to cause the night princess to visibly flinch at the mentioning of Midnights evil half.

"Luna, I would like to think of myself as a strong being, capable of defending and helping any and every living thing in existence. But I'm not, I am capable of great things, but I am also capable of great evil as well. I know that we will be in for a fight in the near future, and from what I have read I can only dread that coming of the enemy that will be unleashed upon this world. So, I want you to make me a promise............ no............ I want you to give me your word. Should I turn evil again.................. I want you to end my life. Don't try to convince me for any reason. If for some reason I switch to the side of evil, I don't want to put my loved ones at risk." He stated softly as tears began to fill his eyes, slowly running down his muzzle and dripping onto the floor below.

After a few seconds though he gave a sharp gasp as he was pulled into an embrace within the arms of Luna. She was shaking gently as she hugged him. Softly speaking as she did so.

"Night............. I don't want that to ever be a possibility............... but................ should it ever occur................ you have my word that I will end it quickly..............."

He smiled giving her a gentle nuzzle as he spoke. "Thank you Luna................ I'm sorry to ask this of you........... But I know that Celestia and the others couldn't bring themselves to do it............ Please forgive me for asking so much of you."

"There is no need to forgive............. You are only thinking of everypony else instead of yourself, and there is no need to forgive that."

The two continued sitting quietly as the night progressed on. Although it was still early into the night, the two would be making many more plans, along with doing some more research before it came time for the wedding.