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// Chapter 36 - And Preparing... 
// Story: The Cosmic King 
// by Theyellowninja13 
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She sighed, eventually looking back into my eyes, before answered. "I'm pregnant. And you're the father."

"What?" I asked not believing it. Until I got a closer look at her, and indeed detect a weak life coming from inside her. "B-but we... I couldn't... How?!" I stuttered, not sure what to say.

Luna looked sheepish, before responding. "You remember two weeks ago, when I was... you know, and it was the first time you've been on the planet during that time, as you didn't have any important Cosmic King stuff to deal with?"

I nodded. "Yeah." Then, realization struck me. "No..." I said, not wanting it to be true.

"Well, when you spent the week with me, I guess I took in a bit of your energy, and now I'm pregnant." She lightly pawed at the ground with her hoof.

"Wait, so Alicorns share that ability with the energy beings of Gaugnar 12?" I said to myself.

"Please don't be mad at me, and leave me." She said, a few tears leaving her eyes.

I pulled her into a hug, and kept her there for a minute, before pulling away, and looking into her eyes. "Luna, I can't be mad at you for this. It's not your fault. And I can't be a bad father, so I guess we'll have to raise the child." I gave a small smile. 'Please don't let this ruin history.' "Does anyone else know of this?"

She nodded her head, and I sighed, trying to figure out what to do. 'Hopefully she'll give birth before being corrupted.' Then, my mind stopped again. 'She has to become corrupted. If she doesn't, it'll create a paradox.' I stood back up, and felt something shift inside my mind. 'I'm gonna be a father. I'm gonna be a freakin' father.' Then, with a huge smile on my face, I grabbed Luna, and ran down the hallway, laughing, as Luna was trying to get me to put her down.

Eventually, we reached the dining room, and I kicked down the doors, and and walked in on a very shocked Celestia eating some cake. "Hey Celestia!" I said in a happy tone, as I put down Luna. "You'll never believe what Luna told me!"

Celestia looked confused, and turned to her sister. "What is it Luna?"

Luna looked nervous, and tried to open her mouth to speak, but stopped, and looked at me. I just nodded my head, and she sighed. "I'm pregnant." Celestia's fork fell out of her magic.

"Who's the father?" She asked shocked. Instead of answering, she pointed her head at me, and Celestia spit-taked. "Connor! But you're both too young to have a child!"

I took offense to that. "Hey, I'm around a million years old, and I have the body of a 19 year old. I'm in the prime of my life. And Luna is around the same age."

Celestia sighed. "At least you found somepony good, and they don't just want the crown." Luna sighed in relief at Celestia's response.

My muscles tightened when I remembered something. "Crap! I gotta get going! I've got important business to do!" I said, and was about to leave, when Luna stopped me.

"Do you have to? We never get to spend much time together." She said, giving me puppy dogs eyes. I had a mental battle about it, knowing I have to do my duties, but I've always been known to be loyal to my family and closest friends, and will always be there for them. I sighed, knowing my decision, and walked over to the nearest window. I briefly turned my head, and saw Luna's disappointed face, and then I quickly shot my hand through the window, and fired a blast of Cosmic energy at the location I needed to be at. A few seconds later, I could feel several huge explosions.

Both princesses were surprised, and I just laughed. "I never liked those guys anyway. They're always way too much work." Luna smiled, and tackled me with a hug.





Translating following text to Language: English (universal)

"I don't see why I have to be in the same room with... with him!" The Zaronian to my left complained, pointing to the Xaronian on my right.

"We just want to live in peace! I don't understand why you Zaronians won't let us!" The Xaronian retorted.

"Well I..." The Zaronian started.

"Will you two knock it off!" I yelled, slamming my hands into the table, and allowed my energy to show itself as I flickered into my Cosmic Form. I did this because they both needed to see who had the most power here. I was here to stop their feud. In every universe I've seen, these two races always fight. They live on separate sides of the galaxy they live in, but they originally started on a planet in the middle. They look virtually identical, but because of prolonged isolation from each other, their economies evolved differently. When an accident befell their home planet, they both wanted to claim it back, remembering how they used to be the natives of that planet, but they completely forgot about each other. So, they fight, and use their 'futuristic' weaponry against each other. Only problem is that some of this 'weaponry' involve Matter Displacement Cannons (MDCs) and Universal Bombs, both of which are extremely harmful to the universe. You know how much it hurts to feel the very object that gives you life receive huge wounds? The worst part about these two races, other than that they refuse to see reason, is that they have a cliche red vs blue coloration. Zaronians wear red clothes, and Xaronians wear blue. If I was a millennia younger, I would have gotten a kick out of it. The thing I do find funny is how they both forgot how their name was originally spelled. It wasn't Zaronian or Xaronian. Their race was originally called a Zxnaronian. "I swear, you act like a bunch of children who are fighting over who gets to ride on a swingset, and the swingset has two seats on it."

"But the planet belongs to us!" Zaronian yelled. "Our ancestors lived on it, and these fakers want what is rightfully ours!"

"We're not the fakers! Our ancestors lived on it too!" The Xaronian replied.

"Great Cosmic King! Please settle our dispute!" The Zaronian pleaded.

"Yes! Please settle our dispute, oh Great and Wise Cosmic King!" The Xaronian said, trying to one up his rival.

I sighed. "You do realize that both of your ancestors lived on the planet?! During a great catastrophe, half went to your planet." I pointed at the Zaronian. "And the other half to yours." I pointed at the Xaronian.

Both aliens were shocked. "But that's impossible! We would have known about each other? Wouldn't we?!" The Xaronian asked.

"Not if the records of each other went missing? Remember the riots that happened on both of your planets?" I said, reminding them of the great riots against each of their new governments a few short years after arriving on each new planet.

"I don't believe you! There's no way our pure race ever mingled with those dogs!" The Zaronian said, crossing his arms.

"I agree!" The Xaronian said with a nod.

I sighed, about to respond, when I got a quick message. 'Connor! Come quick! Luna's in labour!' Celestia's voice spoke in my head. My eyes widened, and I quickly burst from my standing point, trying to fly back to Equestria as fast as I could. Because of my instantly quick speed, the entire galaxy I was in 'accidentally' blew up, and 'unfortunately' ended the stupid war. As I flew through space, I barely noticed the planets whizzing by as I went several times faster than light. I never perfected the use of portals for teleporting myself yet, and vowed to figure it out as soon as possible. But for now...

I quickly crashed into the landing pad, before running down each hallway, past maids and guards (most ponies that worked in the castle knew about me, but aren't allowed to tell anyone else about me). Eventually, I entered the medical wing, and pushed past rushing doctors, and eventually found the room that Luna and Celestia's energy was coming from. Without stopping, I jumped into the air, and kicked down the door, before using it to slide through the waiting room, for those people that wait in them while visiting the hospital (I have no idea what they're for). Before I fully got through the room, I put my weight on the front of my door board, and caused it to flip over, and I crouched down, before shooting forward and destroying the last door with a single punch. As I entered the room, the door I was sliding on fell through the empty doorway, and instantly replaced it.

Landing with a slide, I was instantly next to Luna, who was looking weak on her bed, her mane having trouble staying up. I noticed Celestia was worried for her sister and we shared brief eye contact, before a clipboard was slammed into my head.

"Get out of here monster! We're doing important business! Guards!" The doctor yelled, as he pulled the clipboard back with his magic, and was about to hit me again, but I turned it to dust with a single glare.

I grabbed the doctor's throat, and held him up in the air. "I have every right to be here pony! My wife is lying on that bed! So, why don't you take a little break, and I'll deal with this birth!" Then, I chucked him through the door, which I opened with my mind, before closing it.

I quickly went back to Luna's side, and Celestia looked at me, scared. Knowing what she was going to say, I spoke up. "Don't worry. I can deliver the baby. I'm the only one around qualified for this. No normal doctor can deliver a hybrid baby of a Cosmic and a normal parent." She nodded, and Luna started screaming again.

"It's coming!" She yelled, and I quickly got myself in the right position, just in time for a purple light to shine over the entire room, as if it were scanning everything in the room.

"What was that!" Celestia yelled, increasing the panic in the room. I just gave a small smile, and returned my own purple light, letting the child know it's safe to come out, and that it's father is here. It's a common thing for new born Cosmic Beings to do, as we are a very small race, and we need everyone to survive if they can. If the baby scanned any trouble, it would deploy counter measures. Trust me, you don't want to see what a newborn Cosmic can do. But, if your curious, just know that not even full powered Superman would stand much of a chance against a newborn Cosmic. Not that Superman is strong at all. I once fought him, and was able to almost kill him with a single tap of my finger.

"Don't worry Celestia. This is normal for a Cosmic." I said, trying to calm her down, which only slightly worked.

After a few more minutes of Luna crying in pain, I held the foal in my hands, and cried a small tear. The filly was an alicorn, and had a coat that looked to be a combination of purple, pink, blue, and some brown and red. Her mane and tail were a slightly pale gold. I couldn't quite tell what color her eyes were, due to them being closed. The baby wasn't even crying, and nuzzled up against me, already knowing who I am. "What is it!" Luna yelled, still in a bit of pain.

"It's a filly." I replied, and walked over, while wrapping the filly in a blanket, before handing it to Luna, who grabbed it in her hooves, using the ponies weird messed up leg structures. Luna had a small smile on her face, as she shed a tear, and nuzzled the filly, who yawned, and surprisingly opened her eyes. They were a bright electric blue.

After a minute of holding the filly, and the absolute silence that followed, Celestia decided to speak up. "Can I hold the little one?"

Luna gently handed the filly to her sister, who gently took it in return, and smiled at how cute the foal was, before the foal burst out crying. Panicking, Celestia tried to get the filly to calm down, but failed, and I laughed a bit. "That won't work Celestia. The little girl is very vulnerable in this state, and if you don't return her in about thirty seconds, she's gonna counter-attack."

Celestia quickly and gently handed the crying child back to Luna, which caused the child to quickly stop crying, and nuzzle up against her mother. "Why? Why would she counter-attack?" Celestia asked.

"It's a defense mechanism for Cosmic Beings. We're a very small race, as we only have two ways of reproduction, and both don't happen often. A Cosmic is either born like this, or like how I was, after doing several selfless acts during their life, and having the right personality for their position." I looked back down at the baby, and smiled.

"What are we going to name her?" Luna asked, making me try to think about it.

"Probably something that has to do with space, as you basically are the moon, and I'm the universe." I responded, trying to think of the best name for the baby.

"How about Nyx?" Luna asked, making my brain stop for a second.

"No. It's overused in too many universes. And it usually belongs to the name of a sinister villain who got reborn into a baby." 'Wait. Reborn. And her coloration. Maybe Nebula would work?' "How about Nebula?" I asked, causing both alicorns to look at me funny. "She's got a coloration very similar to many nebulae in the universe. And I've got a feeling that her talent may have to do with space."

Luna thought it over for a minute, before smiling. "Nebula sounds perfect."





"Come on Daddy!" Nebula yelled, as she bounced up and down in my room, eager to get some breakfast. Her sleep schedule is very strange, as sometimes she'll be awake during the normal times of the day, and sometimes during the night, where Luna gets to spend time with her. She just woke up, and immediately wanted breakfast, but I wouldn't let her until she at least brushed her hair and teeth. I chuckled, as I walked out of the bathroom after my turn was done, and opened the door for her, and quickly followed after her. It's already been a few years since she was born, and she's already learned how to run and speak fluently, even though she still looks like a foal, with the small eyes and everything.

"You ready for some breakfast?" I asked her, and she rapidly nodded. I quickly picked her up, much to her surprise, and started walking down the hallway, to the dining room.

As we where walking down the hallway, we came across Luna, who was looking tired, as she was heading to her room to sleep. But the instant she saw us, her face brightened, but I could tell it was a hoax, as she was feeling depressed. I put down Nebula, who scampered over to her mom, and was picked up with Luna's magic, and she did some baby talk, just to mess with Nebula. While she was, I quietly walked up to behind Nebula, and started tickling her, causing her to scream as she was tickled.

Eventually, she was too tired to scream anymore, and I picked her back up, and looked down at Luna, who's smile was faltering. She's been getting depressed, as the ponies have stopped appreciating her nights. Which actually was surprisingly true. I thought it was just her mind making her think like that, but most ponies even forgot bout Luna, and kept on praising Celestia for raising the sun and the moon. Telescopes haven't been invented yet, so astronomy and astrology don't exist yet.

Worried for her, I crouched down, and rubbed her ears. "How you doing?" I whispered.

She leaned into the rub, and responded. "No ponies visited... again. Nopony seems to appreciate my nights."

I desperately wanted to tell her that ponies slept in her night because they feel safe during it, but that would not only be a lie, but could also mess up my own timeline. If Nightmare Moon never existed, then Twilight might not go to Ponyville, and make friends, which would cause her to meet me, and eventually lead up to her not sending me back in time, which would create a paradox. "At least you still have loved ones. They love your night."

She gave a weak smile at night, and walked past me, heading for her room. I stood back up, and continued walking down to the dining room. While I was walking, Nebula decided to speak up. "Daddy, what's wrong with Mommy?"

"Mommy's sad. She loves her work, but nopony else enjoys it." I said.

"But I love Mommy's work! She always makes the most beautiful stars and makes the sky look so pretty! Like how she shows the Milky Way galaxy, or the Andromeda galaxy!" She complained. Since she first looked at the night sky, she fell it love with it, and wanted to learn more about it. She was even able to name galaxies without ever knowing their names before. I think it has something to do with being part cosmic.

I just chuckled. "Yes well, ponies can be forgetful, and due to preferring to sleep during the night, they tend to forget about Mommy." As I finished the sentence, I opened the door to the dining room, and Nebula scampered off my head to run over to Celestia.

"Aunt Celestia!" She yelled, as he jumped on Celestia, who quickly caught the little filly, and they both started talking and laughing. Chuckling to myself, I went over to my seat, and sat down, and grabbed an entire bushel of bananas, and just started eating them one by one. After the bananas were gone, I cracked a coconut with my bare hand, and devoured all the coconutty goodness inside. Then I grabbed a few oranges, and a glass of milk, and finished them off as quickly as the others. Next was a full loaf of bread covered in butter, which I stuffed down my gullet, before reaching over and grabbing a few apples. Unfortunately for me, my nose realized Celestia was eating cooked eggs, and I felt my powers weaken.

"Guh, do you have to eat such horrid food Celestia?" I asked, as I ripped off my nose, and started eating the apples.

Celestia giggled. "Well, I only eat them because they bother you so much."

Nebula looked confused. "Why do you not like eggs Daddy?"

I looked at her, and smiled. "Because of a very traumatizing experience with them when I was much younger. You'd dislike eggs too if you were running from a serial... I mean a very bad man, at the age of five, and I was constantly forced to smell and eat rotten eggs." I'm not kidding, that actually happened. When I was five, me and my best friend went on a trip with our families, and we got lost and were found by a serial rapist, who wanted to rape both of us, and he captured us, and brought us to his rape dungeon. We narrowly escaped, by me breaking my own arm, and escaping like that. We worked together to escape from the rape dungeon, and met up with our family. The rapist was arrested, but not before he got to us. I'll never be able to forget my buddy's screams, as he was forced to watch me get... get... I was able to convince the rapist to do me first. I would never have forgiven myself if I didn't convince him to do my first.

'Connor! No! Leave him alone! Please! Don't do this! Please! Just leave him alone! Take me instead!! It's my fault! Please don't do this to him! No!'

Celestia looked at me wide eyed. "You never told me that."

"There's a lot of things I haven't told you." 'Like how we've got less than 24 hours until Nightmare Moon.' I reached over the table, and grabbed some of Celestia's cake, before stuffing it in my mouth.

"Hey!" Celestia yelled, slightly mad I took some of her cake.

"What?" I asked innocently. "You could stand to eat a little less. Besides, I'm hungry as Pac-Man right now." And after saying that, I grabbed some pancakes, and stuffed them in my mouth, before taking the maple syrup, and a stick of butter, and shoving them in there as well. Next, I grabbed a few carrots, and ate them one by one, before moving on to the baked potatoes, and stuffing them in my mouth, with another thing of butter. Grabbing some celery, I grabbed a jar of peanut butter, put the peanutty butter on the celery, before shoving the entire thing of peanut butter in my mouth, and eating the rest of the celery. I then grabbed some waffles, some more butter, and some more syrup, and shoved them all in my mouth. I grabbed a few pies from the table, and stuffed them down my gullet as well, before moving onto the rice and shoving as much as I could into my stomach.

After a few more minutes of eating, I laid back in my chair, and sighed in happiness. "Oh yeah, that hits the spot."

"I still don't understand how you can eat all that food, and not get fat." Celestia commented.

"It's part of being a Cosmic. Even doing something as simple as breathing or walking requires much more energy than when you do it. Plus using my powers uses a lot of energy." I said, as I picked up a sleepy Nebula who walked over to me, and who proceeded to nuzzle up and sleep against my chest.

"*Yawn* I hope I get to become as strong as you Daddy." She said, before she fell asleep. 'She kinda insulted me, when you think about it. I mean technically, if I die, she's next in line for the throne, unless I have another heir, who I choose over her. And the only way she might become as strong as me, is if she gets my position, which automatically gives you much more power than you already had.' I sighed, rubbing my daughters head, as she slept on my lap. While doing this, I leaned back, and started planning what to do when Nightmare Moon arrives.





My footsteps echoed throughout the dark hallway. As I was walking, I looked out the windows, and noticed that it should be about time for the sun to rise. I sighed, trying to mentally prepare myself for what is going to happen. Earlier, after planning, I felt that Nightmare Moon would try to mind-control me, so I took out my entire skull, and wrapped it in a specially made metal similar to Magneto's helmet thingy, but I also infused it with my energy, so I could still take a punch without it breaking.

I pushed open the doors to the throne room, and saw Celestia and Luna arguing. I knew what was about to happen, and was glad that Nebula was safe asleep in her room, and I put as much defenses as possible in there, so she'll be safe from Nightmare Moon, and even from the soon to be crumbling castle.

"There can be only one princess in Equestria, and that princess will be me!" Luna yelled, as she cracked the weird thingy thing, and caused the window above to shatter, and I felt a memory go through my head. 'Wait a second. Wasn't this was supposed to happen in the daytime?! I guess my appearance changed things up a bit.'

I watched as Luna created a solar eclipse, covering up the sun with the moon, which in turn caused Luna to be covered in dark energy, and transform her into Nightmare Moon. "Meh, it was a kinda cool transformation scene." I said out loud with a shrug, as Nightmare Moon started cackling evilly.

"I'm glad you like it Connor! Now let's see what yours shall be!" She yelled, as she fired a beam of dark magic straight at my head. The beam just fizzled out though.

"You're gonna have to try better than that. I won't let myself be corrupted just to be with you, no matter how much I love you." I yelled back, lying through my teeth. I actually would allow myself to get corrupted to save a friend, but Luna needed to change to prevent a paradox.

"Then if I can't have you my love, than nopony can!" She yelled, as she fired her horn, destroying a good part of the ceiling and causing rocks to fall on me. I lifted my hand up, and blasted through all the rocks about to fall on my and Celestia.

'Luna! Think about how long you were banished to the moon! You'll give us no choice but to send you back there if you don't stop!' I heard Twilight's voice yelled out. I turned to see what will later be Twilight when she takes the time drink.

'It won't work Twilight. You're in the past now. You can't alter it.' I spoke back to her, which surprised her. 'Now if you excuse me.' I walked away from her, and stood between Celestia and Nightmare Moon.

"Luna! I will not fight you! You must lower the moon! It is your duty!" Celestia yelled back.

"Luna? I am Nightmare Moon!" Nightmare Moon responded. She was about to speak again, but I punched her in the nose. Instantly after doing that, I fell to the ground, my heart hurting.

"Darn it! It hurts to much to fight!" I seethed, as I clutched my heart in pain, not wanting to fight Luna.

Celestia walked up to me, and wrapped a wing around me. "You must help fight Connor. I know it won't be easy, but maybe we can reach through her."

"We can't. This is supposed to happen. We have to banish her to the moon for a thousand years to prevent a paradox." Celestia looked shocked.

"You knew of this?" I could feel that she felt slightly betrayed.

"Sadly yes. One year after arriving in Equestria, I helped free Luna from Nightmare Moon." I punched the ground. "I can't fight her! I just can't!" I yelled, before going into a coughing fit.

While I was coughing on the ground, Celestia was blasted into a wall, and Nightmare Moon came over to me. I felt one of her wings wrap around me. "We don't have to fight, my beloved. You can join me, and we can rule Equestria as King and Queen." I actually thought it over in my head, kinda curious how the timeline would turn out. 'Nah, I'll save that for another time.' As my internal struggle continued, I felt something inside me break.





Connor started laughing, and he coughed up a bit of blood. He coughed up more blood, before he felt his body shift. Connor could feel the dark and lunar magic running through his body, as his hair turned black, his eyes went red, and his skin turned pale. He slowly stood up, feeling different. Nightmare Moon took a step back in surprise, knowing that this wasn't Connor. "What the? What are you?"

"You may be the night. But I'm the shadow." 'Connor' responded. "Darkness is no good to a shadow, as we are only seen by light." Then, faster than Nightmare Moon could react, Shadow Connor grabbed her throat, and threw her against a wall, before flying right at her, and plowing straight through the wall, ending up outside the castle.

Nightmare Moon recovered, and flew back a bit. "No matter, I shall destroy you, and rule over all of Equestria!" She fired a powerful dark beam at Connor, who slapped it out of the way without feeling a single burn, like normal Connor would have from interaction with dark magic.

"You want to fight like that? Then let's fight!" Shadow Connor brought his hands back, and charged up several powerful beam of dark energy before throwing them, and each hit Nightmare Moon with calculated precision. Before she could recover, Connor grabbed her legs, and spun around, before throwing her straight at the moon, where she impacted with such force that a new crater was made.

She tried to get up, but before she could, Connor slammed into her, sending both of them to the other side of the moon. Connor then kicked her back down to the planet, but before she could impact the ground, Connor got underneath her, and punched her, causing her even more pain than just slamming against the ground.

Nightmare Moon was having trouble staying conscious, as Connor picked her up, and flew back over to the castle, were Celestia was just now getting out of the wall she was slammed into. She looked at Connor with confusion in her eyes. "Don't question it, Celestia. It's just for using a loop hole. Now, do you mind using the Elements? I'll keep her still."

Celestia dumbly nodded, slightly worried that Connor fell to the dark side as well. Celestia used her magic to expose all seven elements, including Connor's who decided to put it away with the others so Celestia could use it. As Celestia picked up each element, they started glowing, and spinning around her, as Connor got into a better position, which involved holding Nightmare Moon in front of him, similar to how Goku held on to Raditz, while waiting for the Special Beam Cannon.

Celestia looked at Connor, and tried to blink back tears, as she knew the elements would affect Connor as well. "NOW CELESTIA! JUST FREAKIN' FIRE THEM!" Connor yelled, and Celestia nodded, before firing the beam of harmony at Nightmare Moon and Connor, which caused them both to be glowing with the magic, before flinging up, and sent to the moon, which showed a horse head and a human head imbedded on the surface. The human head quickly disappeared, as Connor slammed against the ground in the castle, surprising Celestia.

"Connor!" She yelled, as he embraced him in a hug. Connor returned the hug, before his darker form flickered out, and Connor looked around confused, before passing out.