Bright Haze: The Sky Dwellers

The walk was long and the days hot with the nights cold and freezing, it hadn't rained, nor had a single cloud formed. Rainbow Dash missed Ponyville, she missed peace and was generally sick of war now. Her body ached and she was in a state of unhealthy tiredness. They group of them walked and walked, it was slow, but every step meant they were getting closer to Canterlot. She thought back on everything that had happened, from that fateful day she had crashed into Spectra and become his marefriend after his fight with that manticore and he became poisoned by its tail stinger. Then that 'strange' week where nearly everypony of Ponyville became flared and Rainbow had blackmailed Spectra into sex. She still felt bad but kept happy just so he wouldn't worry. Rainbow remembered that day he left to go into Cloudsdale, then years later the portal opening and Bright Haze's coming. She remembered the fight against Nightmare Moon, then Discord's defeat, how Derpy Hooves and herself had sat together for two weeks grieving for Haze, then how that Changeling had pretended to be him and broke Dee's heart, then tried to kill them all. But Bright Haze came back from death's grip and killed the thing. Before joining the fight against the Changeling army. Rainbow remembered how Bright Haze had almost died again saving Rarity against those Changeling crossbow bolts. How that he had saved those Canterlot guards and lead the charge in the defeat of the Changelings demise. Then his capture and their quest through the Everfree Central and how Aeb had saved them all from a slow death. Rainbow hated the Changelings, she hated the Sky Dwellers, but who she hated more was a mystery, but Rainbow Dash trusted Aeb with looking after Spectra, she trusted them all. Spectra may never get used to have friends, but it had happened, he had a marefriend. The most trustworthy friends in all of Equestria who were now on a quest to kill a king of the enemy and make peace between Equestria and the Sky Dweller empire. Rainbow Dash would make a point of talking to Spectra about him having friends again.

"We should be home by nightfall." Twilight Sparkle muttered. Rainbow smiled.

"Thank fuck." Rainbow replied. Twilight smiled.

"You should stop swearing Rainbow. Its a bad habit." Twilight said, joking but sounding serious.

"Ah, I know." Rainbow said, then she lost the smile. "What if they don't come back?" Rainbow asked. Twilight also lost her smile.

"They will come home Rainbow, you will see Spectra again." Twilight said. "Haze won't let him die."

"I know he won't, he won't let any of them fall, I'm not worried about that fact, I am worried Haze doesn't come home and we will need him again one day." Rainbow said.

"They will return Dash, all of them. This war will end and we can have peace finally." Twilight said, Rainbow believed her just by the way she had said it.

"Okay Twilight. Okay, I believe you." Rainbow said, smiling again.

"Hey Dash?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah?" Rainbow asked.

"Do you think we will actually have peace? Or will Equestria need us all once again one day?" Twilight asked.

"Honestly Twi?" Rainbow asked, the lavender unicorn just nodded. "Equestria will always need heroes and heroines. We will be forced to save us all again, but one day Twilight, one day the threat in Equestria will fall and it'll become like it was years ago."

"What other threat is there though?" Twilight asked, Rainbow Dash didn't know.

"I don't truly know Twilight, but I am sure fate will be able to piss over us again." Rainbow replied and despite it, the two mares laughed.

"Well we still have a long way before we can have peace.'" Twilight said Rainbow nodded in agreement.

"What will you do?" Rainbow asked her friend.

"See if Spike is still alive, read books, maybe do one myself about our adventures. I might call it 'Collision of Worlds.'" Twilight smiled.

"Why worlds?"

"Haze isn't Equestrian." Twilight replied.

"He is now, if you're serious about this then don't mention he is from Earth or any of that stuff. Its bad enough we had to hide it from him, let alone have to explain it to him if he ever found out." Rainbow said, Twilight thought about it then nodded.

"Okay then, I have no idea what I will do after this, apart from sleep for about a week." Twilight laughed.

"I think we all will." Rainbow admitted.

"Ah but Spectra nor you haven't seen each other in ages now. Won't you want to catch up?" Twilight replied, hinting at sex for the two of them.

"Oi, maybe not, Bright Haze still needs a place to crash and he will complain if there is any noise." Rainbow said, going with it.

"Well he and Derpy haven't done it at all." Twilight said and Rainbow realised it was true.

"He can move out when we get home, but I am not the kind of mare who just has sex with somepony after not seeing them for a year and having raging hormones every year he was away and holy fuck I want sex with him." Rainbow realised. Fuck.

"Canterlot!" An elite cried out. They were home, finally. And the city wasn't burning, no invasion.