Bright Haze: The Sky Dwellers

We had now split up from everypony else and were heading down the road around Ponyville and heading toward a group of large mountains, Celestia had given us a map showing we had a very long road, down here, over the mountains, across a big lake thing and through some damn desert, before going into another valley and finding the floating city the Sky Dwellers were in, consisting of a lot of flying, and considering not all of us could fly, or even ponies, it would be hard to find it. Luckily Aeb had done something and now had grown some wings and Heart Breaker could walk on clouds and had had his horn turned invisible, so through logic, if we gathered some Dwellen armour, we could fit right in. Except Nick who hated the idea of pretending to be a normal knife. He had even done some long speech about how he had been thrown into the Everfree through magic and had been born, through magic, and despite how strange he seemed, he was here and going to stay a talking knife, no matter what.

Some how, Celestia wouldn't mention why or how, but she had two sets of Dweller armour all ready, which myself and Spectra were now wearing. I was walking next to Heart Breaker, who had Nick ridding on his back and Aeb was close behind next to Spectra. Five of us against a whole kingdom to end a war. Great ratio.

"So, Spectra." I said without turning my head. "What did you do in Manehatten?" I asked, thinking out my words carefully.

"Promise not to hate me?" He replied, 'what a weird response.' I thought.

"Promise." I replied.

"I was an illegal, drug dealer." That last bit was a bit quiet. I smiled a bit.

"Well that's in the past now my friend." I said and saw Spectra twitch at the word 'friend'.

"That's just what Rainbow Dash said when I told her." Spectra replied.

"There was a lot of drug use where I came from, and murders, and, well, it wasn't a nice place." Heart Breaker muttered, probably louder than intended.

"Oh, where did you live? Before joining us?" I asked, Heart Breaker paused and looked at me, like he was trying to find something.

"Er, Las Pegasus" He replied slowly.

"Yeah well now you are with us, five against an army, suicidal odds." I replied laughing.

"What of you Aeb, where did you come from?" Spectra asked cautiously, apparently he hasn't noticed Aeb's wing difference and not found the link that he was a good Changeling. The now made Pegasus mubbled and looked confused, it was Nick who saved him.

"He is from Ponyville, been there all his Pegasus life haven't you?" Nick said, Aeb nodded, thankful.

"Hm, never saw you when I was with Rainbow Dash." Spectra said.

"I never saw you either, I was staying with Fluttershy most of my life after leaving my parents house, and moved in with Rainbow when she taught me to fly." I replied, that didn't seem right, like, I still couldn't remember my parents, or my birth city. Weird.

"Well I left for Cloudsdale about two years ago. So you probably moved in when I left I guess." Spectra said, trying to figure the times out.

"That'll be it then, I was only with Rainbow a few months, working in the market with AJ until the Nightmare Moon incident, where we all found out about the Elements and then later, Discord's defeat." I explained.

"Ah yes, everypony heard about that one, how you sonic rainboomed Discord of the Tip of the World and crashed down into the ground, killing him." Spectra said.

"Aye, after that I don't remember much, apparently I was dead for two weeks until I awoke again and joined the fight at Canterlot in repelling the Changelings."

"Ah yes, the Changeling war, we had to deal with them at Cloudsdale as well. But repelled them easy enough, hundreds were killed though, even a Wonderbolt fell, Soarin, I believe."

"Ah shit, Rainbow will be in for a shock when they arrive then." Heart Breaker said. Aeb flow over me and landed the other side of me, Spectra rushed forward to keep up.

"Thanks Nick." Aeb said.

"Don't mention it, you are a friend, as long as you are on our side then I will stay friends." Nick replied. Aeb smiled and I winked at him.

"Hey Aeb, sorry for this but, were you at the battle of Canterlot, or Cloudsdale?" I asked quietly, Aeb looked down and for a bit I didn't think he would answer.

"I was at Canterlot, fighting for the wrong side, I never killed no ponies but I may have wounded one, never meant too, always been fighting the HiveMind but never broke away until the Everfree moment." He replied, nodding, he seemed glad to get that out of his mind. I nodded my thanks and we continued to walk.