"I'm going to keep yapping! Because in my professional opinion, the change is an improvement."
— Samos, The Precursor Legacy

PoV: Jak
Location: Castle Everfree

After the little filly told me I was her father, I simply laid down on the floor while hitting myself with a broken piece of stone.

Trust me, I'm tougher than I look. Once I finished, I sat back up and was soon greeted by the worried look of the filly.

"Did I do something bad, Dad?" She asked. I sighed as I shook her head and heard someone walking up behind me.

"Hello Celestia, it's been a while." I said without looking at her. She stopped walking towards me, knowing that I'm beyond angry right now. I turned to around to look at her as I stood up.

I then gave her a small smile as I spread my arms wide open, allowing her to finally hug me. She wasted no time in accepting the hug, I could feel the back of my shirt start to get wet from her tears.

She pushed away from the hug to go see her sisters, leaving me with the confused filly. I crouched down and looked at her.

"Don't worry, they're your sisters." I said as I picked her up. I know what you may be thinking, that I've accepted this already. Well, when you're me, you tend to just roll with it.

Once I stood up with the filly Nightmare in my arms, I turned to look at Luna who was already awake. She was crying as she held on to something, I walked over to her. She looked up at me with teary eyes while I stood there, letting Night down.

"Before you do anything, dad." She said as she stood up and grabbed my free hand. She put the item she was holding in my hand, it felt like a necklace. She pulled her hand away, allowing me to see what it is and once I did, my eyes grew wide as I looked at it.

It was my mother's necklace, she gave it to me the day I left for E3. I could feel tears start to fall as I looked back to Luna.

"You kept it?" I asked her in a soft voice.

"While I was in the moon, I tried to throw it away, destroy it but I never had the heart to. I guess a part of me knew that it was special to you and me, so I wore it until it was time for the thousand years were done. While waiting, no matter how many times I say I hated you, I looked down at the necklace and broke down crying, begging for forgiveness." She said as tears went down her cheek. I brought my hand up to her cheeks and wiped the tears away while giving her a sad smile.

"I thought you turned on us, like the others did but you showing me that you've kept this for all these years, I guess I can forgive you just this once." I said, earning a hug from her.I returned the hug while telling her that it's going to be alright.

Once the hug was finished, I looked back to the six mares and saw them with confused looks while the Pink one was playing with the filly. I nudged Celestia to explain the situation while I went to go get the Power Sphere back.

A few minutes later, I came back holding the Sphere and saw Pinkie playing tag with the filly. I smiled at the scene as I walked towards Celestia.

"Take this and put it somewhere safe, and make sure no one knows about this." I said to her, gaining a nod from her as she shrunk the sphere and put it away. I turned around to see the six mares looking at me, waiting for me to do something.

"Don't you have a town to get back to?" I asked them in an annoyed town. Soon after I said that, they began to walk back to Ponyville with Celestia and Luna following behind. I looked at the filly standing next to me.

"Are you sure you don't have a name?" I asked her, she looked up and me and shook her head. I put a finger on my chin in deep thought and snapped my fingers.

"How does Nyx sound?" I asked her, earning a smile from her.

"Do you want to stay here or do you want to live in town?" I asked her.

"I want to stay here with you." She said as she gave my leg a hug. It felt weird receiving this kind of affection, I've raised Celestia and Luna sure, but they were twelve years old when I found them, the closest thing I got was a small hug from them.

I bent down and picked her up.

"You know this means you're going to have to help clean this place up, right?" I said to her with a grin, earning a shrug from her.

I shook my head as I began to notice some of the floor was falling apart from the fight, so I took Nyx downstairs to the throne room.

Once at the throne room, I pulled a few hidden levers, resulting in the wall next to me to disappear and on the spot where the wall used to be, was a large metal door with an access panel next to it.

"Wow, where does this lead to?" Nyx asked me as I typed in a few codes on the panel, making the door open for us.

"A place much better suited for us to live in, it's a whole under section of the castle, fitted with a few living quarters, two kitchens, three bathrooms and a garage for vehicles like carriages." I said to her as we walked through and entered the elevator.

The elevator emitted a loud boom as it descended. I could feel Nyx's grip tighten around me, I put a hand on her back in a comforting manner.

"Don't worry, it does that a lot." I said as she looked up to me. I smiled at her but I know somewhere in the back of my head, I had doubts. Am I capable of raising another filly without me changing in rage?

I shook the thought away as the elevator stopped and opened up, letting us out on the under section.

I guided Nyx around the place, showing where she can go and not go. I showed her room and she liked it, though it needed a girls touch she said. I told her will get some things for her room soon, we just needed to set up, which reminds me that I have to enroll her to a school.

I sighed as I put a hand to my face. I need to get used to being a dad again, why does this always happen? Have I upset the precursors in someway and I don't remember?

I sat down on the first chair I found and began to contemplate my life.

I've managed to fall asleep on the chair for an hour until I felt someone poke me awake.

I opened my eyes and saw that it was Nyx.

“I know I shouldn't have gone to the storage room but I heard some noises and I found this little guy.” She said, stepping aside allowing me to see a small and frighten Leaper metal head.
I stood up from the chair and looked down at it as It coward behind Nyx.

“Who are you, what are you doing in here and why?” I asked it. Nyx was about to protest but the Metal head put a claw on her shoulder.

“I am Cyrux, of the Sec hive, or rather was of the sec hive. I've been casted out for my beliefs in peace with the Ponies and I found this place over a decade ago.” It said, earning a surprise look from me.

“Huh, I didn't think any of your kind would think of peace. Anyway, even if I let you stay, what do you plan on doing?” I said to it. Nyx had the look of pure confusion, I couldn't blame her, I know how to speak like a Hora.

“I wish to live in peace.” It said as it sat down cross legged. I closed my eyes as I began to think.

‘If I let him stay, he could help me find out weak points and disabilities against the Metal Heads.’ I thought as I opened my eyes and was greeted with the sight of Cyrux copying Nyx’s movements, making her laugh at the silliness.

“Alright, but you need to become a pony. The ponies tend to be Xenophobic.” I said to Cyrux, gaining his attention.

“Thank you warrior, I'm forever in your debt.” He said.

“Come on, I know someone who can change you.” I said as I walked towards the elevator with Nyx and Cyrux following behind.

“You have a complicated life, it's kinda obvious.” I heard Cyrux say as we entered the elevator.

After resurfacing back at the castle, I saw that the six mares from earlier were back and searching around the castle. Nyx gave me a shrug and Cyrux copied her.

We stepped out of the elevator, allowing the door to close behind us and surprising the mares with the loud noise it emitted.

“I need to check that out soon.” I said as I rubbed my ears in pain.

I saw that the Twilight walked up to us with a notepad in one hand and quill in the other.

“I hope we didn’t come back at a wrong time.” She said with a sheepish smile. I narrowed my eyes at her, earning a sheepish laugh from her.

“What do you want?” I asked her.

“Well, it's just you're a never before seen species and I have so many questions.” She said as her friends walked into the room.

“Alright, fine.” I said as she clapped her hands in excitement. She then got ready to write.

“First question, who and what are you?” She asked.

“You wanted to ask me here, where there's nowhere to sit?” I said to her, crossing my arms. I saw her light up her horn and I was soon blinded by a lavender light.

I rubbed my eyes and slowly regained my sights. Once I saw her, I fired a spark of dark eco at her and missed.

“Never! Do that! Again!” I shouted at her. She nodded fearfully, and I knew why, so I took a deep breath and calmed down.

“Sorry, I get angered easily.” I said, looking at my surroundings. It looked to be library with the amount of books around the place. I saw Nyx and Cyrux holding their heads, meaning they were dizzy.

I sat down on the nearest seat as Twilight got ready to write again. I sighed as I thought that she won't take no from anyone as long as it involves science.

“I'm human, part human at least.” I said to her, making her look at me in confusion.

“Humans are myths, a fairy tale and there's no proof of their existence.” She said.

“Well you're looking at the only human in existence.” I said as she wrote down what I said.

“Prove it, I've read that the humans are technologically advance, name a few that haven't already been made by us ponies.” She said, crossing her arms as her friends looked at her like if she had gone nuts.

“Cars, carriages that don't need anypony pulling anything. Planes, used for flight traveling around the world. Phones, allows you to talk to anypony you wish to contact and talk even if that somepony is on the other side of the world. Guns, Swords and bows went obsolete and were replaced with a much more efficient weapon. I can name more but I'd rather not.” I said to her as her right eye started to twitch. While she was busy with...that, I had taken out a communicator and called Celestia.

I've sent her a message on the situation. As soon as I sent the message, a blinding light was emitted in the center of the room.

“Are you sure about this?” Celestia asked as she turned to look at Cyrux.

“He'll be useful on learning more about them, plus he didn't attack me on sight, which is kind of a big deal.” I said, waving a hand in front of Twilight's face.

“Fine.” Celestia said, casting the spell, making Cyrux hover off the ground and was surrounded by a bright light.

Once the light died down, I could see a maroon stallion wearing Metal-Head armor and face mask. I couldn't see his mane due to his Metal Helmet but I noticed that his facial structure has changed to that of a Pony/Metal head.

His muzzle changed but it was practically unnoticeable, his ears were now in the top of his head but the helmet made it seem like they were still on the side. His eyes might've changed but the face mask he had wouldn't allow me to see.

He still has his claws and feet still, even his tail was normal still. He took a good look at himself and I could tell he was smiling.

“Cool~.” I heard Nyx say beside me.

“Thank you for allowing me to have this gift. If there's anything I have to do to prove my loyalty to you, I will do them in a heartbeat.” He spoke in Hora-quain, confusing Celestia. He saw this and tried to speak in english or equestrian, whichever it is.

“I thank...you...your highness...for allowing me...this gift.” He spoke with great difficulty.

“If I must...prove my lo...loyalty to you...I will do...the task.” He finished, panting and exhausted for trying to speak.

“There's one way, but that's for later.” I said to him, gaining a small bow from him.

“Also, don't strain yourself in trying to speak, there are ponies of little words.” I said to him as I looked back to Twilight and her friends. They were about to pour a bucket full of water on her.

Pinkie then poured the water on her, earning a yelp of surprise as Twilight got soaked. I could tell Celestia was trying hard not to laugh while Nyx on the other hand, was laughing to her heart's content.

Twilight then looked around, whipping her head in several directions with the speed of a lizard turning it's head.

“What happened?” She said as Fluttershy gave her a towel to dry off.

“You had a meltdown.” I heard a small voice say on the other side of the room. I leaned a bit and saw a small drake standing in the doorway.

“He told you what humans invented and you kinda malfunctioned on us.” He said, walking up to me.

“Sup.” He said with a small wave of his claw.

“Hey.” I said in return.

Twilight finally got dry enough to continue with the questioning, so I sat back down, leaving Cyrux to get used to his new form with the help of Celestia and Nyx.

“You said you were part human? Why's that?” Twilight asked, earning a sigh from me.

“I used to be fully human but fate had other plans. I'm about fifty percent human and thirty five percent Eco.” I said, leaning back on my chair. Twilight and her friends looked at me with questioning looks.

“If don't mind, what's the last fifteen percent, darling?” Rarity asked.

“It wasn't like that at first, I had been captured, tormented and experimented on in the past. One such experiment not only allowed me to escape but also infused me with Dragon DNA.” I said as I recalled the event.

“Why would-” Fluttershy was about to ask but I held a finger up.

“I still don't fully know you all for my backstory, so you'll just have to gain my respect and trust.” I said. Twilight was about to protest but I beat her to it.

“Either you gain my trust and respect or you'll get nothing.” I said to her.

“Alright next question, how do you know Princess Celestia?” Twilight asked.

“Easy, I'm her and her sisters adoptive father.” I said, earning wide eyed stares from everyone minus Celestia and Nyx.

“Next.” I said and Twilight obliged to it immediately.

“How did you fight Nightmare moon, I never seen magic like that.” She said, writing down the previous things.

“It's not magic, it's Eco and I can absorb any ponies magic for eco.” I said, shocking her and Rarity.

“How fast are you?” I heard Rainbow ask.

“Faster than the speed of light, but I usually walk or fly to places.” I said. Yes, I've ran faster than the speed of light a couple of times but they were on accidents.

I saw Rainbows jaw drop at my statement and shook her head.

“Wait, fly? You don't have wings! How can you fly?” She asked. I stood up from my chair and stood in front of a window with the sun shining through.

I absorbed the light, giving me enough light eco and changed to my light alter ego. I felt at peace with the world, I felt powerful and calm.

I summoned my wings with a loud flap they appeared.

I soon heard the sound of something and I looked to see Rainbow and Fluttershy’s wings were erect, making them blush madly and look away.

“Going to ignore that one.” I said, changing back to normal and sitting back down. I could tell that the rest were blushing as well due to the awkward wingboner.

“Next!” I shouted, gaining everyponies’ attention.

“How is it that you're the only human in existence?” Twilight asked, making Applejack facepalm at the question. I sat there, doing nothing but loath the question. I stood up and walked to the front door.

“Q&A is over, Nyx I'm going for a walk.” I said to Nyx, gaining a worried look from her as I walked out and closed the door.

PoV: Nyx

Once dad closed the door, I looked at the lady who kept asking him questions.

“What did you do!?” I shouted at her, angry that she had made daddy sad.

“I didn't do anything, all I asked was why was he the only one of his kind.” She said, defensively. I was about to shout again but felt somepony put a hand on my shoulder. I looked up behind me and saw Big sis.

“Don't worry, he justs really and I mean really hates that question.” She said to me. She then looked at the mean lady.

“Twilight, you should've known a question like that can upset anypony.” She said to her.

“I'm sorry, I just thought he would be okay with answering it.” Twilight said.

“Maybe I should go find him and apologize.” She said as she stood up and went after dad. Once she left, I looked back at Cy, that's what I like to call him, sitting down cross legged on the floor.

“So, what now?” I asked him. He opened his eyes and looked at me, he then tilted his head a little and shrugged his shoulders.

“Let..them...solve the problem...themselves...I'm sure....your father will b...be fine.” He said, still trying hard to talk normally.

“Dad's right, stop forcing yourself and take it easy.” I said with a small giggle as I sat down next to him and copied his movements. I could feel him giving me a warm smile as he moved his arms around, resulting in me doing the same.

Author's Note

Done, next chapter is the past.

Thanks again Trithtale for going through my shitty writing.

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