Bright Haze: The Sky Dwellers

I woke to screaming, I wondered what the buck was going on and saw everypony was asleep soundly, Aeb was constantly changing form and was having a very weird dream if he could be a brown mare one second, then a bright orange stallion the next, then back to the mare. I watched Aeb and the others sleep for a second before I remembered why I was awake, there was another scream and I was slapped in the head, I turned to my attacker to see Spectra Speed, screaming in fear at something. I wasn't sure what to do and I soon decided it was probably best to wake the poor pony.

"Spectra." I whispered, 'good job,' I thought, whisper so he doesn't hear you and cries out louder'.

"Spectra!" I said louder and started to rock him. He stopped screaming and opened his eyes quickly and dived into me and hugged me. Awkward...

"Rainbow. I missed you so much." Spectra said.

"Its Bright Haze too you." I joked, Spectra instantly released his grip and sat back down.

"That was,-" Spectra started.

"Awkward, I know. What's wrong?" I asked, knowing full well. Spectra looked to the ground in shame and I think, may be the lack of light, Spectra began to sob slowly.

"Come on, you can tell a friend." I said, Spectra had his usual spasm and I gave a small pitiful smile. "You will never get used to that will you?" I asked. Spectra just shook his head. I saw Heart Breaker wake up and I gestured to him to stay quiet without Spectra seeing.

"When I was just a colt, two years, I watched my parents die in front of me. By some thief who wanted some easy cash. Now nearly every night, except with Rainbow I have a nightmare of Discord laughing at me. Still do." Spectra said.

"But he isn't real, I made sure of that." I replied grimly.

"Yeah well it wasn't Discord it was some asshole pony who was executed in the Canterlot palace maze. Heart Breaker overheard this and slowly crawled over. Heart Breaker had mentioned something about a pony being killed in the maze once to me, but that was, oh no. I silently pleaded Heart Breaker not to say anything. But Heart Breaker didn't see my look.

"I heard about that." Heart Breaker said. Spectra went quiet all of a sudden and gave me an evil look of betrayal and anger. Before Heart Breaker said anymore I began to cough, but it was too late, Spectra wanted answers and it wasn't my place to deny him said answers.

"Go on." Spectra said.

"They pony that was executed, possibly the one who killed your parents. Was a S-" Heart Breaker said then was suddenly cut off by a shout from Nick.

"Sky Dwellers!" The knife shouted. I looked up at the dark sky at the bright moon and sparkling stars and saw nothing, until I turned slightly to see the floating flames of the torches being carried by ponies in gold armour.

"Prepare for battle! Everypony up!" I shouted, everypony jumped up and prepared themselves. I grapped a spear off the floor and watched the Dwellers land a bit away from us, charging.

"Heart Breaker, quickly, tell me who killed my parents." Spectra shouted. Also holding a spear. The Alicorn paused for a second and I just nodded, it wasn't our place to hold it back.

"The pony who was executed, was a Sky Dweller." Heart Breaker said, Spectra stopped moving and was completely frozen, processing what Heart Breaker had said. He was still for a moment and the Dwellers were closing in, I held my spear down and Aeb stood next to me, Nick on his back.

"The Dwellers, killed my, parents?" Spectra muttered.

"We don't know that Spectra-" There was no reasoning with him, Spectra screamed out and galloped forward, charging the enemy.

"Haze stop him." Heart Breaker shouted, Spectra was going to get himself killed, I reached out to grap the Pegasus but he punched me and galloped past.

"Spectra! Killing yourself won't bring them back!" I shouted, the Pegasus turned. Blood red eyes, even more than normal.

"Who says anything about killing myself." Spectra said quietly, he ran forward, blind rage. I watched as he took on nearly thirty Dwellers, none survived.

Spectra charged forward and stabbed at the first, punching out a second and kicking a third, Spectra moved through the tide of gold with blurring movements and dead-on precision. Stabbing at Dweller after Dweller, killing or wounding every one. Spectra received a gash on his shoulder and just screamed, tears flowing fully and thinking of Rainbow Dash, he stabbed out and continued his blind furry. He knew he was horrible with just hooves but this was senseless massacre, the spear snapped and blood splattered all over the floor and Spectra, he began to use the broken stick and even grabbed an axe in his mouth a throw it into a Sky Dweller skull. I watched him continue to kill every last one of those Sky Dwellers and Heart Breaker stood next to me.

"We should help him." Heart Breaker said, Aeb and Nick were also watching.

"This is something Spectra needs to do for himself." I replied as the last Dweller was standing, the enemy looked to his dead comrades and tried to escape, only to have an axe thrown at him. Spectra looked to the scene in front of him and he cried out. Screaming for his parents, cursing the Dwellers, cursing himself.

"That poor pony." Nick said. We all nodded, Spectra was sitting down, covered in blood and crying out. I generally didn't know what to do and was just to shocked to move. It wasn't out duties to hold his parents killers from him, but it would have most likely been best. Spectra was screaming most of the night and none of us slept anymore. The only good thing was, we all had the armour to infiltrate the Dweller city, which was still a day and a half away.