Chapter 22: Through my burning heart(Un-Edited)

Around a few days have passed since the Heat Season. I would like to overgo on what happened, but I’m not in a good mood to do so. Right now, I’m in major pain, and sadness.

I was hiding in the Everfree Forest, with only my sword and my bag, and nothing else. A few hours ago, a bunch of hell broke loose from Shining Armor, and Celestia, and they were beyond furious with me after they found out I mated with Twilight a bunch of times. They believed I took advantage of her while she was in heat and now they hate my guts.

Around on some of my body were a few bruises and cuts from their assault on me, mostly Shining. However, the girls and Twilight were able to calm them down, but they still hate for what I did.

Sigh, since you’re all here, I might as well show you all what happened before and when the outbreak began.

(Few Hours Ago)

The Heat Season has finally passed and things have gone back to the way it should be.

Every Stallion caught in the heat were in the hospital, waiting to be treated by the wounds the mares left behind. Luckily, no deaths have been reported this year, just bad wounds and scratches.

Twilight and the rest of us were pitching in to cleaning up the mess the mares made during their heat. It was a mess, but it wasn’t anything too bad.

Celestia, Shining, Cadence and Luna were also here at Ponyville helping out with the mess that was made in Ponyville.

I learned a little back Alicorn mares have the power to control their heat during the Heat Season. Boy, Shining is lucky to have a wife as an Alicorn, otherwise, they would be having a ton of children by now.

Anyway, Twilight and I were outside cleaning up the roads of any unwanted trash.

Twilight looked up at me and smiled lovingly at me, and I did as well. After we mated the last few times, our bond and love grew more stronger than ever before. I still love AJ, Fluttershy and the others as well. I will always give my mares the proper love they deserve, and give it to them equally.

“Twi, I’m gonna head to the hospital to check up on some of the stallions, K?” I asked.

“Alright, but don’t leave for too long.” She said winking at me.

I smiled and left her to go to the hospital. As I entered, I saw many stallions with casts on their legs, arms, bandages on their snouts, over some of their eyes, and some on crutches.

I couldn’t help but cringe a little by their condition. Some of them were looking at me with amazement, probably since I’m not harmed during the Heat season.

“Daniel!”

I looked to my right and saw Blueshield, Soarin and Big Mac on some beds.

“Hey guys. How’re you doing?”

“We’re doing okay. Though the mares put up one heck of a fight while you escaped.” Blueshield said.

“None of you are really hurt right?” I asked a little concerned for them.

“A few bruises, a broken leg, scratches, but nothing too majorly bad.” Soarin said.

“How were you all able to not take a lot of damage like the others?”

“Some of us were able ta use the escape route while the mares were asleep. It took ah lot of energy, but we were able to make it out of there.” Big Mac explained.

“How many mares jumped on you guys?”

“Four jumped on me.” Soarin said.

“Five.” Big Mac said.

“Three.” Blueshield said.

“Yeesh, you guys must have been drained.”

“Ya have no idea.” Big Mac chuckled, making us chuckle as well.

“Well, I’m glad neither of you are not that hurt. I gotta get going”

“Be careful my friend, and stop by Canterlot anytime.” Blueshield said smiling.

I nodded and gave them a single wave and left the hospital.

After I left, I rejoined with the others to finish the cleaning of the Heat Season. It seemed nothing can go wrong for any of us. Sadly though, things did...badly.

We were all in the center of Town, finishing the last of the mess. I heard Twilight giving off happy hums and a few skips. Celestia, Cadence and Shining were knowing this immediately.

“I see you’re in a happier mood than usual Twilight.” Cadence said smiling. Knowing her as the Princess of Love, she can feel the large amount of Love Twilight had in her heart.

“What’s got you so happy than usual Twilly?” Shining asked.

“I would also like to know Twilight.” Celestia said.

“Oh, just remembering how good Daniel was ‘under the covers’.” She said in a happy voice.

My heart kinda skipped a beat and my face turned red when she said ‘under the covers’. I’m not saying I regret mating with her. I totally enjoyed it, and I felt more happier myself, and the love I held for her, however something is telling me that was something I’m going to regret right now.

Celestia and Shining both blinked once after what Twilight said.

Calmly, Shining turned around and walked towards me. Seeing him walking up to me, I placed my garbage bag down and stood up facing him.

“Is there something you-”

WHAM

I was cut off when a powerful punch landed directly into my face.

Shining grabbed my shirt collar and looked at me with an enraged scowl.

“YOU DARE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY SISTER!?” He roared.

“Take advantage? What the hell are you-”

WHAM

I was cut off again when he landed another punch into my face, cracking my nose, and causing it to bleed.

“Shining, stop it!” Cadence said sternly and pulled him away from me.

Glad she was here. I don’t know what he was talking about. However, I wasn’t able to know at the moment when a powerful magical beam hit me in the chest. It send me off my feet and land on the ground with a ‘thud’. I weakly got up and saw Celestia’s horn glowing gold and she had a pissed off face.

“How dare you Daniel.” She growled.

Woah, she’s really pissed.

“Celestia, I don’t-WOAH!”

I nearly dodged another one of her beams. All my life living here in this world, I’ve never seen Celestia this violent before.

“Tia, calm yourself.” Luna begged.

“No, I won’t.” She growled and charging her horn again.

“STOP!” By my total surprise, before anyone can calm Shining and Celestia, everyone, but me were covered in a lavender aura. I looked and saw Twilight with her horn glowing. She then gently placed everyone down and looked at Shining and Celestia.

“You two didn’t need to get so offensive with him. I asked Daniel to it for me and he did as a Gentleman. I requested him to do it for me.”

“He was using you Twilight. He took advantage of you while you were in heat.” Shining said.

That hit like a ton of bricks.

“He would never take advantage of me. He loves me and I love him.” Twilight replied angrily.

“You don’t know that Twilight. I studied that some humans can be dangerous.” Celestia said.

I understood they were trying to look out for Twilight, but they’re taking this too far.

“How do you know he won’t jump on you and use you for his sick needs?” Shining asked trying to knock some sense into Twilight.

Okay, now I’m drawing the line on this one.

“Wait just a sec!” Their eyes fell on me. “Many humans from my world would take advantage of other women like that, but I am not one of those sinful evil people! I would never-”

“SILENCE!” They both shot a magical attack at me.

Only two words came out of my mouth before the attacks hit me.

“Oh fuck…”

BOOOOOOOM!

The attack hit me hard and I was blasted off of my feet, and crashed into a window. I heard Twilight scream my name. This felt like the first day here in Equestria all over again. I groaned in pain and slowly got up with a bunch of bruises and cuts. I looked up at the two who were giving me the stink eye.

I knew I was no longer welcome here, and have lost their trust. Not thinking clearly, I got up and rushed out of Ponyville, and into the Everfree Forest.

(Flashback End)

Well, that’s what pretty much happened. Here I am now, alone and injured. I just hope Twilight is doing okay.

(Twilight POV)

“What were you two thinking!?”

After Daniel ran into the Everfree Forest again, I was upset, no I was furious at my brother and Celestia.

“Twilight, he was taking advantage of you because you were in heat.” Shining said.

“You may be right, I was in heat that time, but I was putting myself in control. I asked Daniel to do it for me, and he did. He did it not because he was taking advantage of me, it’s because he loved me!”

“That's enough Twilight!” Shining said angrily.

“You can’t keep doing this to me Shining! I’m 20 years old! I’m a fully grown mare! I have my own life now!”

“By throwing it away by allowing stallions bedding you!?”

“Daniel didn’t take advantage of me! How many times do I have to tell you that!?”

“I don’t care! As of this moment, I do not want you around him ever again!”

I stepped back in horror. That was very painful of me to hear that. He wants me to break up with him and not see him again.

“NO!” I shouted while I felt tears forming. “You can’t do that to me! You don’t control my life!”

“You’re not the Twily I once knew! That all started when that Human took advantage of you!” He shouted.

“He did not!” I shouted back.

“He did, and he doesn’t care about you! He was only using you for his sick needs!”

“Stop it! He is not like that! You’re always so protective over me! Every Time something amazing happens in my life, you always shut it down on me!”

“I’m trying to Protect you! It’s what being an older Brother does!” He shouted.

“THEN I WISH YOU WEREN’T MY BROTHER!” I screamed.

Shining stepped back in shock and horror. The others looked at me in shock as well, even Celestia and Luna. That was the first time in my life I’ve ever yelled at him like that, and ever say something like that.

My tears started falling and I ran into the Library.

“Twilight wait!” Shining shouted.

I didn’t listen to him. I opened the door to the Library and slammed it behind me. I ran up the stairs and into my room and slammed the door behind me, locking it. I ran to my bed and jumped on it and buried my face into the pillow, allowing my tears to flow and I sobbed.

I couldn’t believe Shining, my own brother would ever say anything like that. I felt so angry and upset with him. Every time I try to find a stallion to fall in love with, Shining always tells him to beat it. It happened so many times, and now it happened again with Daniel.

I continued crying into my pillow, trying to get everything out. It only helped a little, but without Daniel holding me in his arms, I don’t feel complete.

Daniel...I don’t care what Shining says. I’m not gonna listen to him and allow him to keep me and Daniel separated. I rose my head and wiped any tears left and walked to the window. I opened it and snuck out. I then quietly head out of Ponyville and ran into the forest. I know I will be risking my life being in the forest, but I have to find Daniel. I will find him, no matter what it takes.

I ran through the forest, trying to find any trace of Daniel anywhere. I then saw footprints. I knew these tracks belonged to Daniel. I followed the track and hoped it would lead me to him.

I saw a small puff of smoke in the distance and knew that must be Daniel. For safety, I hid in the vegetation and moved closer to my destination. I peeked and I saw him, sitting on a log, with his arms embracing him.

“Daniel!” I shouted and ran to him.

Daniel shot his head up and looked from behind and saw me running to him.

“Twilight?”

I collided with him and embraced him tightly while my tears fell.

“What are you doing here?” He asked.

“I came looking for you.” I whispered tightening my embrace.

“What about Shining or Celestia or the others? Don’t they know you’re out here?”

“No. I ran away.”

“What!?” He pulled out of my embrace and looked at me.

“What were you thinking Twilight? You know better than to run away like that.”

“They were being overprotective of me being in a relationship with you. Every time I find a stallion to be with, Shining always makes him leave. I Haven’t felt love in such a long time before you came into my life. I don’t want to lose it again.” I whimpered.

He saw hurt in my eyes and he sighed softly and he pulled me into his embrace again.

I returned the embrace and cried into his shoulder.

“Why are they so overprotective over me?” I whispered.

“Shh...It’s alright Twilight.” He cooed in my ear while stroking my mane.

The softness of his voice and his soft touch was calming me and soothing me. I loved every bit of him. He always knew how to make me feel better.

“The reason they were being protective, is because they care about you. They just want you to be safe.” He whispered.

“They always be protective over me.” I said.

“I know, but I promise, things will work out. I’ll do everything in my power to try to keep us together.” He cooes in my ear.

I looked up at him and smiled sadly.

“Thank you.” I whispered.

He smiled warmly and placed a hand on my cheek. I softly took his hand and rubbed it against my cheek. It felt so smooth and soft to my touch, different to my furry hands. I felt at peace again. I looked at him in the eyes for a bit until I gently placed my lips against his.

He returned the kiss and I wrapped my arms around his neck, with him wrapping his strong arms around my waist. Our mouths opened and I felt his tongue entwining with mine. I loved the way he tasted and the way he held me, making me feel safe and happy. I let out a soft moan in happiness. I never wanted to let go of him. I refuse.

Our kiss broke, and we looked into each others eyes. We smiled and embraced each other.

“I love you Daniel.” I whispered.

“I love you too. Even to the ends of time Itself.” He whispered.

Hearing those three words made my heart soar in happiness. I loved him so much, and I know AJ, Fluttershy and the others will as well.

After our embrace, we decided to get out of the forest before anything ever shows up. I know Shining and Celestia know I’m gone right now, and might be looking for me, but it didn’t matter to me. What was important right now, is that I’m with my special somepony and have his love within me.

CRACK

We stopped in our tracks by the sound of a crack.

“What was that?” I asked.

Daniel didn’t say anything as he looked around.

CRACK

The crack was louder than before and then-

“TWILIGHT MOVE!” Daniel shoved me and then the ground below him gave away and he started falling. I got to my feet and looked down into the hole he dropped in. The dust started clearing and I saw Daniel on the ground groaning in pain.

“Daniel, are you okay!?” I shouted in the hole.

He slowly got to his feet and looked up at me.

“Yeah, I’m okay! Just some bruises!” he shouted to me.

“Hang on! I’ll get you out of there!” I ignited my horn and tried to levitate him out, but my magic shut off in surprise. I tried again, but my magic wouldn’t work.

“What’s wrong!?” Daniel asked me.

“I don’t know! My magic isn’t working!”

“Do you have a piece of rope or a vine to get me out of here!?”

No, but I think I know somepony who might!”

“Okay, go and get him or her and I’ll wait here!”

“Are you sure!?”

“Go on ahead! I can handle myself!”

“Okay, I’ll be back soon!”

I got up and head deeper into the forest. I refuse to go back to Ponyville, due to Shining and Celestia, so I know only one pony...or Zebra that can help me.

I ran deeper into the forest and found a small hut. It was the hut that I was looking for. I walked up to the door and knocked.

“Zecora. Are you home?” I called out knocking.

The door opened and Zecora was there.

“If it isn’t my friend Twilight. It is good to see you, for you have made my day bright.” She greeted in a rhyming voice.

“It’s good to see you too Zecora, but I need your help. One of my friends is stuck in a hole, and my magic isn’t working. Do you have a piece of rope by any chance?” I asked.

“Rope I certainly do. I can see in your eyes your worries, for it is true.”

“I just don’t want my friend being left alone in the hole. I worry about him.”

Zecora smiled. “I can see even through the stars above, for you Twilight, have found love.”

I blushed, but smiled. “I did. I never want to lose him.”

“I would like to know his name. Telling me can be right as rain.”

“His name is Daniel.” I answered.

“The Human that came to my hut? Well, he wasn’t crazy as a nut.”

“You know him?” I asked surprised.

“He and his friends came while you mares were in heat. Escaping you all wasn’t easy to beat.”

“I see. I hope you got along with him.”

“Got along we certainly did. Kept them safe and well hid.” She shen entered her hut and grabbed the rope that was on her table and handed it to me.

“Thank you Zecora.”

“You’re most welcome Twilight. Be sure to hold on to your love for him with all your might.”

I smiled. “I will. Bye Zecora.” I quickly left and returned to the hole where Daniel fell. I threw the rope down and tied it up.

“Twilight!” I turned around and saw my friends, Cadence, Luna...and Celestia and my former brother coming up to me.

“Thank goodness you’re alright darling.” Rarity said.

“I’m fine girls. Really.” I assured them.

Cadence walked up to me with a sad look. She then pulled me into an embrace and I did so as well.

“You scared me when you ran off Twilight.” She said.

“I know, but I had to find Daniel.” I said back.

She looked into my eyes. “I can tell you really love him.”

“I do, with all my heart.”

I looked at Shining and Celestia. Celestia looked a little guilty while Shining looked a little upset.

“Twilight, you coming here into the forest was completely unacceptable, especially running away.” Shining said in a low, but angry tone.

“You and Celestia have yourselves to blame.” I replied with a growl.

“Dont’ you dare give me that tone Twilight.”

“Why should I not? You never given me a chance with a Stallion. Ever since I became part of Daniel’s herd, I’ve never been more happy in all my life, but now you’re trying to take that love away from me again! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BROKE MY HEART WHENEVER I FELL IN LOVE!?” I shouted.

Silence fell in the forest. I had tears running down my face, with sadness and anger.

“Shining...is this true?” Cadence asked.

“*Sigh* I was only doing it for her safety.” He explained.

“By pushing every stallion away from Twilight and not allowing her to fall in love!? How could you do something like that!?” Cadence asked upset about this situation.

“I...I was only…”

“How would you like it if your parents told you to not marry me? How horrible would your life be if your parents stricted you not to be with me?” She asked further.

Woah, I’ve never seen her this upset before. Usually Cadence would be loving and cheerful, but never like this. But, she is the princess of love after all, and seeing my heart torn up by his restrictions made her act like this.

“I…” Shining only looked away in shame.

“I thought you were better than this Shining. If you really want your sister to be happy, then allow her to fall in love with the stallion she wants to be with.”

“The only thing I’m worried about is what kind of stallion she be’s with.” Shining said.

“You never gave any of the stallions I’ve been with a chance Shining. Never sat down with them or talked to any of them. You’re always so hard on them and never give them a chance.” I explained.

Shining looked a little guilty, which I’m happy since he’s starting to understand what he did to Daniel.

But before he could open his mouth, a low growl came from different directions. We turned around and saw the water around us shifting. The large rock creatures emerged from the water, with glowing yellow eyes.

“Rockodiles!” Rarity yelled.

More started to pour in, and I knew we were in their territory.

The rockodiles roared and charged at us.

The only thing I did...was scream.

(Few minutes earlier. Daniel POV)

I waited for Twilight to return for help to get me out of the hole, but was now taking to long. Knowing she won’t be here any time soon, I decided to explore the caves I dropped in. I gripped my sword, unsheathed it and pushed forward into the caves. The caves were pretty hot for some reason, and I saw one or two little pools of lava around the place.

Soon, I saw a small speck of light in the distance. Curiosity getting the best of me, I moved forward to the light. As I did, the crystal from my sword was giving off a small flash of light, assuming whatever is at the end of the cave is probably a magical artifact of somesort.

I finally made it through and was now in some kind of room. Along the walls were murals of of hundreds of dragons everywhere, a bunch of fire, lava and smoke in the murals.

In the center of the ruins, was a pedestal with a red shining gem orb. Above the pedestal was a large dragon, with Volcanoes around it. As I stepped closer, the gem glowed brighter. Then, the walls around let off a small red glow.

Wait, could this be...Of course, the book that I read weeks ago. This must be one of the secret chambers where the legendary gems of the Elemental dragons rest. If I can answer correctly, this must be Kasai’s chamber.

I looked at the orb again, giving off the small glow, and I felt it’s energy flow. I slowly reached my hand out and I gently touched the red orb.

Not seeing it coming, the orb flashed a bright light and blinded me.

I took my arms away and looked around and saw I was in a red void, with nothing around.

“Now where am I?” I asked myself.

“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time Daniel.” A voice called out.

I sharply turned around and saw the red being from my dreams before me. However, he wasn’t the only one here. Above him was a large shadow form, in the shape of a dragon right behind him, staring me down with its red eyes.

“So you finally found the stone. I knew you would find it sooner or later.”

I gritted my teeth in anger. I couldn’t take it anymore. I need answers right now.

“Okay, I want answers right now red being.” I took a step closer. “Or should I say Kasai, the Dragon of Fire.”

The being had a surprised look under his hood, but then he sighed and slowly took off his hood revealing his face. His hair was fire red, and had fire red dagger eyes.

“So you found out.”

“It would make sense that you’re Kasai, since you wield fire, the fact there’s a dragon behind you, and that I read about you and the others.” I said. “Why are you in human form anyway?”

“I had to disguise myself like this so you wouldn’t find out quickly. I had to.”

“Kasai, I need answers right now. Why am I here in Equestria, why do I have this power, and what’s up with all these dreams and visions I keep having?”

Kasai sighed in defeat. “I wish I can tell you everything, but I can’t. However, I can tell you a small portion to what’s going on. You remember Jon correct?”

“Yeah. Celestia and Luna showed me their memories of him.”

“During the final battle, Jon wasn’t strong enough to defeat Paradox due to his enormous dark magic and energy, and was defeated in battle. Making it worse, Paradox banished Jon from Equestria for eternity.”

“Where did Jon go to?”

Kasai shook his head. “I’m sorry, but it’s all I can tell you. If you want to know more, find the others and their gems. They’ll tell you more on what you want to know about why you are here.”

I was a little disappointed that he can’t tell me everything, but at least I know now Jon wasn’t really killed during his final Battle against Paradox.

“Alright. I’ll find the others, and the answers I need.”

Kasai nodded. “Before I return you to Equestria, I’ll give you my power to make your Fire Chakra more efficient and give new Fire Jutsu moves that you haven’t unlocked.”

Kasai held his hand out and waves of red energy filled my body. I felt my Fire Chakra growing and learned new Jutsu moves.

“Good luck Daniel, may the gods watch over you.”

I then was engulfed in a bright light.

(Kasai POV)

After Daniel vanished, I turned around and was faced with a large being.

“It is done.” I said.

“Good. Daniel’s true journey has now begun.” Said the being in a very motherly voice.

Another being appeared in a robe and cloak with many colors around him.

“You sure he can do it?” I asked.

“I know he can. He has a strong heart, and the will to never give up. He will complete the Prophecy, and his destiny.” He said.

(Daniel POV)

I opened my eyes and saw I was no longer in the void, but back in the tomb. The murals no longer glowed and the gem was gone, but I still felt Kasai’s powers flow through my blood, making me stronger.

At least now, I know how I can get the answers I need. I have to find the other secret chambers where the other gems lie. I already met Kasai, which means the being that controls Earth is Chikyū. The other two I saw from before must be Mizu and Metaru, the dragons of Water and Mental.

I then heard a scream coming from the tunnel, leading to outside. I knew who that scream belonged to...Twilight.

“Hang on Twilight, I’m Coming!” I shouted running through the tunnel.

(3rd person POV)

“Twilight move!”

Another Rockodile tried to bite Twilight, but she managed to dodge the attack, but the tail moved quickly and hit her directly into the chest, sending her into the boulder. The rockodile advanced towards her with hanging jaws.

Suddenly, a rainbow blur came out of nowhere and hit the creature into the face, making it groan in pain. Rainbow landed in front of Twilight in her battle stance.

“Nopony’s gonna lay a hand on her!” She shouted.

The rockodile roared and two more appeared through the trees.

Rainbow charged and gave the beast a hard kick to the face and advanced quickly to avoid getting killed.

“Wow, her training with Daniel is paying off.” Twilight thought.

Rainbow moved around the rockodiles at high speeds, trying to confuse them, but one of them moved its tail and Rainbow made contact with it, causing her to fall and have her pinned to the ground. The two rockodiles advanced over her with dripping fangs. Rainbow tried moving, but she was pinned to well, avoiding her escape. The two beasts opened their fangs, ready to strike.

“Dammit Dammit Dammit! What do I do!?” Rainbow thought panicking. She was running out of time. If she doesn’t think of something, she’s a goner. She then remembered something from Daniel during their training.

(Flashback)

“Through Meditation, it helps you keep yourself calm, and collective during a dire situation. While you’re calm, find ways to get out of your situation and you’ll do fine. Find weak points, and create a way to break free. I know you can do it Rainbow. You have a lot of great potential in you.”

(Flashback End)

Upon remembering what Daniel told her, Rainbow stopped struggling and remained calm. She quickly looked around to find a way to break free from her prison. She then remembered from Twilight that the tip of the rockodiles Tail is weak and very sensitive.

The rockodile lunged its jaws forward to Rainbow, ready to kill her.

Rainbow acted quickly and grabbed the end of the tail and held it out, causing the beast to bite down on the tail.

The rockodile holding Rainbow down roared in pain, and removed its Tail, freeing Rainbow. It faced the beast that bit its tail and started attacking it.

Taking this chance now, Rainbow got up and moved away from the scene. She wiped her forehead and sighed in relief.

“Whew, that was way too close. Daniel, I owe you big time for this.” Rainbow thought.

She flew and landed next to Rainbow.

“Are you alright?” Twilight asked her loyal friend.

She nodded and gave her a thumbs up. “I’m cool. I have Daniel to thank for the training.”

Twilight smiled and nodded.

Meanwhile with Applejack and the others, they were all doing their best to avoid the Rockodiles advancing towards them with open jaws.

Applejack pulled her rope out and lashed it to the nearest Beast and clamped its jaws down. She moved quickly and lashed out more ropes and tied its legs and tail and tied them up to the trees around her.

“That there is what we called gitten her done.” She said tipping her hat.

Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and Shining fired a series of magic attacks at the rockodiles, making them step back in pain, with Fluttershy and Rarity doing their best avoiding the fight.

Spike fired his fire breath attack, but had little effect.

“There’s too many of them. We have to leave now!” Shining said.

“Not til we find Daniel!” AJ Shouted throwing her rope out and tieing down another Rockodile.

“He can handle himself! It’s his own fault for running in here and putting us all in danger!”

“And whose faults are those that made Daniel run into the forest because of your overprotectiveness!?” AJ Countered.

That made Shining shut up and he grumbled in defeat.

Celestia herself felt bad for lashing out at Daniel for being overprotective of Twilight. She sees her prized student like she’s her daughter. She and her had grown a bond ever since she took Twilight under wing. After seeing the love through Twilight’s eyes and putting her life in danger to find him in the forest, she knew she made a mistake and wants to make it up to him, any way she can.

The Rockodiles know this has gone far enough and broke free from their prisons and stopped fighting each other. They started advancing toward the ponies, surrounding them. They roared and growled, making all of them step back and surround them in a circle.

All of them were now scared out of their minds, knowing there’s no way out.

“Girls, I just want to say, you’ve all been great friends to me.” Twilight said.

The main five smiled at her.

“You’ve been a great friend to us as well sugarcube.” AJ said.

“Spike, you’ve been a great assistant to me.” She said smiling at the young Drake.

Spike smiled. “I was glad to have met you Twilight.”

“Shining.” He looked at her sister. “I’m so sorry for the way I lashed out at you. You’ve been a great brother to me.”

“Twilight..” Shining muttered. Upon hearing this, he felt bad that Twilight, his sister is going to die. He traced back his memories towards Daniel. He remembered his strength, his loyalty, his smiles, and his kindness. He knew now why Twilight loves him, and why she came to the forest to find him. “Dammit. This is all my fault. I never should have lashed out at Daniel like that. Daniel...I’m sorry.”

“Daniel...forgive me.” Celestia thought.

“FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!”

A fireball came out of nowhere and hit one of the rockodiles on the back, making it roar in pain. They turned and saw something behind them.

The ponies gasped when they saw their savior. It was Daniel.

“Back away from them you overgrown pebbles.” He growled unsheathing his sword.

The rockodiles turned to him and growled at him and advanced toward him.

Daniel charged at them with his sword in hand.

One rockodile snapped its jaws at Daniel, but Daniel dodged out of the way and did a horizontal slash at the face, making the beats roar in pain.

The others saw this and were enraged. They tried biting Daniel, but couldn’t due to his agility and movement.

Daniel jumped and landed on one of the beast's back and jumped again and did a one hand stand on the tip of the tail. The rockodile shook its tail and Daniel was thrown off of the tail and landed on the ground.

However, the tail moved around a lot and it collided with Twilight, making her crash into a tree.

“TWILIGHT NO!” Shining shouted.

One rockodile saw Twilight weakly getting up from the collision, and it growled to the others, signaling weaker prey is near them.

They focused towards Twilight, and left Daniel.

“Stay away from her!” Daniel shouted as he charged.

However, a tail hit him, making him fall to the floor.

Four rockodiles circled Twilight with saliva dripping from their fangs, almost tasting her flesh.

“TWILIGHT!” The others shouted.

Daniel weakly got up and saw Twilight's doom approaching.

“NO! I won’t let her die! I REFUSE!” Daniel thought with his fire Chakra burning through his very soul.

He placed his hands together and shouted. “FIRE JUTSU RELEASE!!”

Daniel threw his arms out, rose his head up to the heavens and Roared while he was engulfed in flames.

The rockodiles, Twilight and the others looked at him in shock and pure awe. The flames died down and saw him in his new appearance, his fire form.

He was wearing tall black boots, dark red pants with a white orb on both of his knee blades. He wore a black shirt with a shining red crystal on the center of the chest, wore a longsleeve rich red jacket with a white orb on his shoulder blades, black lining the zipped on the shoulder blades that went to the waist of the jacket, the bottom of his jacket was a few inches long that fell to his mid waist. He wore his black fingerless gloves, but each had a white orb on a silver bracelet. His hair was rich red like his jacket, and the red streaks turned white. He opened his eyes and they had daggers like a dragon again and were deep red. A fiery aura surrounded him with great power while his clothing and hair flowed.

The ponies looked at him with astonishment, while Rarity loved the design and texture of his new outfit.

“Fight me, if you’re all ready to die.” He said in a mid deep calm voice.

The rockodiles faced him again and charged at him.

Daniel did some hand seals that the ponies couldn’t keep up on, not even Rainbow.

“Fire style: Flaming Phoenix Jutsu!”

Daniel swung his hand like he was cutting something and swung it to the ground, creating a crack in it and spilled fire. Then, a fire phoenix emerged from it and screeched and charged forward to the beasts. The phoenix landed a direct hit on one of the rockodiles, making it roar in pain. The beast was now chipping due to the temperature of the attack and retreated into the water, no longer wanting to be part of the fight.

The others saw one of their comrades retreating, and knew he was powerful. They circled Daniel, hoping they can kill him quickly.

The ponies and the princesses saw this and were afraid that Daniel will be killed.

They then lunged their jaws at him, but Daniel did more hand seals.

“Fire cloak Jutsu!”

Daniel was surrounded in a fire cloak, and the rockodiles bit down on him, but retreated quickly due to the high heat and temperature.

Daniel charged and punched one of the Rockodiles in the face, making it roar in pain, due to the sheer power and heat of the punch. The rockodile retreated.

With only four left, the rockodiles decided it was time to get serious. The crumbled, adding confusion to Daniel and the group. The rocks and rubble moved into one place and started piling up on each other. The rocks shifted and the rocks formed into a large Rockodile, almost as big as a Dragon.

Daniel growled, but charged without hesitation.

The Giant Rockodile swung its tail and hit Daniel directly, and caused him to crash into a tree.

Daniel quickly recovered and charged again while doing some hand seals.

“Fire Style: Fire Breath Jutsu!”

Daniel shot out of his mouth a fire breath attack, landing a direct hit on the beasts face. The flames spread around the face of the massive beast, making it cringe a little.

The ponies were amazed by the amount of raw power Daniel was using.

The fire cleared, and the beast was unharmed.

“Impossible!” Daniel shouted.

The rockodile giant raised its paw and hit Daniel, causing him to fall to the ground, injured.

“Daniel!” Spike, Twilight and the others shouted.

Daniel weakly got up, with his fire cloak canceling, and felt his fire Chakra draining.

“I have to finish this off now. I only have enough fire Chakra for this last Jutsu, but it’s really risky. However, I’ll do whatever it takes to keep them all safe. Alright, Let’s finish this!” Daniel thought.

Daniel got up and did some quick hand seals and brought his thumbs up to his mouth and clamped down hard, making them bleed.

The ponies cringed by his action.

“What is he doing?” Luna asked.

Daniel threw his hands onto the floor, and red lining was seen around him and he shouted.

“FIRE SUMMONING JUTSU!”

The floor below him crumbled and cracked, and a splash of lava emerged from the ground through each crack near him. Suddenly, the floor around him gave away, and Daniel was swallowed by a wave of Lava.

“DANIEL!” The ponies shouted in fear of their friends life.

The lava shifted and rose up. The lava then slowly leaked from a large object and Daniel was seen on top, unharmed with his arms crossed.

The last of the Lava leaked away and the ponies were shocked out of their minds to what they were seeing. Daniel was on top of a Dragon, and not just any Dragon, this dragon was made out of lava and obsidian.

The bottom of the Dragon was made entirely out of lava, along with the wings. It had obsidian armor leaking lava and had fire streaks on them. The horns on the dragon glowed brightly with fire and Lava, along with it’s spikes all over its body, tail, and claws. It stared down the massive Rockodile with it’s red fire eyes. On the top of the beast's head was a large red orb that glowed with massive firepower. The mighty dragon rose its head and roared.

(I do not own this pic or the artwork. This dragon pic is properly owned to Konami, the Yugioh Company.)

The ponies went wide eyed and their jaws dropped by seeing the massive dragon before them.

Celestia, Cadence and Luna were more shocked out of all the ponies.

“That’s...that’s impossible.” Celestia muttered loudly.

“What is it Celestia?” Shining asked.

“That...that’s Kasai, the dragon of Fire.” Celestia answered.

“What!? That’s Impossible! Kasai and the other Elemental dragons are just a Myth!” Shining exclaimed in shock.

“Guess they aren’t myths.” Cadence said shocked out of her own mind.

Kasai looked up and saw Daniel standing on his head.

“You called me Daniel. What is your wish?” Kasai asked.

“I need you to help me finish off this large Rockodile. He’s strong, so keep your guard up.” Daniel answered pointing at the large rock beast.

“It shall be done.” Kasai answered.

Kasai roared at the massive beast while it roared back.

The two massive Titans charged and clashed into each other. The two pushed each other back, trying to overpower each other.

The rockodile bit down on Kasai’s leg with sheer force, making him roar in pain, but the Rockodile also roared in pain due to the heat and temperature of Kasai’s fire.

Kasai swung his tail and landed and direct hit in the face of the rock beast, making it stumble back in pain.

“Fire Breath Jutsu!” Kasai roared and fired a fire breath attack. The fire made contact and the Rockodile roared in pain.

When the fire died down, Daniel leaped forward with his sword ready and slashed the rockodiles eyes, making it roar in pain. He jumped back and landed on Kasai’s head again.

The rockodile swung its tail at Kasai, but Kasai caught the tail with his lava claws and bit down hard on it, making the beast roar in pain. The rockodile swung its head for a headbutt attack, but Kasai rose it’s lava wing and blocked the attack, making the beast stumble back.

Kasai rose it’s claws up that were on fire and swung down for a fire scratch attack, making the beast roar in agony pain.

“Daniel, activate your Rasengan Jutsu.” Kasai said.

“What?”

“When you activate Rasengan, I’ll pour all of my fire Chakra into the Jutsu and land the attack on the Rockodiles head. It's our only shot killing it.” Kasai explained.

“Alright then, let’s finish this NOW!” Daniel Roared. He held his right palm out and activated his Rasengan. He jumped off of Kasai and Kasai send red beams of energy to the jutsu. Soon, the Rasengan was covered in flames and was bright pink.

Daniel Lunged forward with his new jutsu ready. Next to him was Kasai in his human form with his hand holding the Rasengan jutsu. The two held the jutsu together, and attacked together as one.

“Fire Style: GREAT FLAME RASENGAN!!!”

The attack landed directly on the Rockodiles head and it roared in severe pain. The jutsu pushed forward and melted through the rock and pushed forward into the head.

The Rockodile glowed bright red and it exploded into a million pieces. The pieces moved in different directions and some landed on the ponies.

Daniel landed gracefully on the ground and held his fist up in victory, while Kasai rose his head and roared in victory.

Daniel breathed heavily, and his fire form canceled, returning him to his original form. He turned and saw Kasai’s flames calming around him.

Daniel smiled. “Thank you Kasai.”

“Anytime Daniel. Use the Fire summoning Jutsu again if you ever need me.” Kasai said.

Daniel nodded and Kasai glowed brightly and exploded in red dust sparkles. The red dust then shot forward to Daniel. The dust merged near his right wrist and a red bracelet with the red gem was created, but it vanished.

“I am one with you Daniel.” Daniel heard Kasai said.

(Daniel POV)

I smiled, knowing that Kasai will be there to help me anyway he can. I know the others will as well.

“DANIEL!”

I turned around and saw Twilight and the girls running up to me, and embraced me in a group hug.

“I’m so glad you’re okay darling.” Rarity said.

“I’m fine girls.” I said trying to calm them all down.

They all released me, but Twilight still hanged on to me.

I smiled and embraced her while stroking her silky mane. I looked up and saw Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Shining looking at me. Knowing Celestia and Shining, they still might be upset about what happened. I broke my embrace with Twilight and walked over to them. I gently took my sword off of my back and placed it down on the ground, leaving confusion in their eyes.

“What I did was unacceptable for not telling you two about my relationship with Twilight. I should have received your blessings from you two before it started, but I didn’t.” I looked up at Shining. “I so sorry for bedding your sister Shining. But believe me when I’m telling you this. I never did it for the purpose of using her for my needs, I did it because she loved me...and part she was in heat.”

Shining gave me a small glare, but I continued.

“I love your sister, and all of the others who have joined my herd. I know you’re still mad at me over what happened and you have every right to be, but no matter how many times if Twilight or anypony else pushes me away from them, that will never stop making me love them. When a bond is created between me and somepony I love, that bond will neverbreak. I’m willing to put my life on the line to keep them safe.”

His glare vanished and looked at me with a hint of surprise.

“I’ve lost your trust and I deserve it. I should have came to you before this happened, but I didn’t. It was my own fault for not telling you about our relationship.” I then kneeled down, surprising the ponies.

“I will not fight back on any punishment you give me. I deserve it.”

I stood there in my position, waiting for him to talk.

“Daniel..”

I looked up and saw Shining with a guilty face.

“I never should have yelled at you and lashed out at you like that. I was just worried about my sister and for her safety. I was worried that you got her pregnant.”

“It won’t happen Shining. Me and Twilight are different species, so our reproduction organs won’t mix.” I said.

“It’s true Shining. I did a check on my body after the Heat Season passed and saw his reproductive fluids didn’t mix with mine. I’m safe.” Twilight explained.

Shining sighed. “Well, I’m glad that won’t happen. Still...I want to apologize about my behavior.”

I was surprised by his sudden change in attitude. However, I’m glad he’s giving me a chance.

“I forgive you Shining. You were only looking out for Twilight. It’s what being part of a family is.”

Shining smiled.

“I also want to apologize about my behavior as well Daniel.” Celestia said walking up to me. “I never should have lashed out at you like that. I just see Twilight like my daughter, and when I discovered about what you two did, I guess I lost myself a little.”

“A Little?” Cadence and Luna asked.

“A lot actually. I’m sorry.” Celestia said.

“I forgive you as well, and I’m sorry for not telling you two about this. I should have come to the two of you, but I didn’t.” I said rubbing the back of my head.

Celestia smiled. “I forgive you Daniel, and I will also give you my blessing to be with Twilight.

I smiled. “Thank you Celestia.” I looked at Shining, who was thinking, until he looked up at me again.

“I will also give you my blessing as well.” He said with a small smile.

I sighed in relief, glad I got their approval, until Shining walked up to me with a glare.

“However, I’m still gonna keep my eyes on you. If you do anything to hurt Twilight, in any way, don’t be certain I won’t go easy on you the second time.”

A shiver went down my spine by his warning. “Noted.”

A small smile appeared again and he walked away from me to the princesses.

“Thank you for giving Twilight a chance sweetie.” Cadence said kissing his husband's cheek.

Shining blushed, but smiled.

Twilight walked up to me and held my arm while looking at her older brother.

“Thank you BBBFF.” She said smiling.

“BBBFF?”

“Big Brother Best Friend Forever.” She answered.

“Oooooh, okay.”

Twilight nuzzled into my shoulder while I smiled and a small blush formed on my cheeks.

“I sense a lot of love coming from you Daniel, and not just for Twilight, but for the others in your herd.” Cadence said.

I smiled. “I love Twilight and the others, and I’ll give them the proper love and respect they deserve.” I said kissing Twilight’s head.

“Just be sure you control yourself and be gentle with them.” She teased.

My face went red. “Hey, not funny!”

The others laughed, even Twilight.

The blush never left, but I then chuckled and laughed with them. After the laughter died down, I sighed.

“Come on everypony, let’s go home.” I said.

They all nodded in agreement and we left the forest.

Note, get approval from any family members from now on before I bed any of the girls in my herd. I thought.

Author's Note

Sorry that this chapter took so long. I had a lot going on, and things slowed down a little. Hope you enjoyed the chapter and we’ll be seeing you all soon.

Daniels Chakra pool has increased!

Daniels fire Chakra pool has increased!

New Jutsus unlocked!

Fire Breath Jutsu: A Jutsu that allows the user to breath fire like a dragon can with sheer power and energy. This move burns anything up to 175 degrees fahrenheit.

Great Flame Rasengan: Add fire and Rasengan together to form this powerful jutsu. This move destroys anything in its path and reaches high temperature of 40 to 80 degrees celsius.

Fire Summoning Jutsu: Summons forth the power Kasai, the dragon of fire.

Fire Cloak Jutsu: Covers the user in fire, creating a protective and counter shield. Anything that makes contact with this jutsu will burn.

Fire form: This form releases a lot of power and increases fire jutsu abilities. One can even become one with the fire and can survive in extreme heat and can stay in hot magma and lava for a short period of time.

Flaming phoenix Jutsu: The user slices the ground open and summons forth a phoenix completely made out of fire and will explode to the first thing it makes contact with.