Bright Haze: The Mo'ka Choice

I limped away from the dead humans, none has survived, Dee sat on her back with wings burning away, a few unicorns were now around her tending to Dee, Celestia stood up, ignoring her own decay and began the healing process on my wife. I cried, I couldn't lose my daughter and my wife on the same day. I felt brining suddenly, but it wasn't my iron plating anymore. I fell down in pain and Shadow seemingly appeared from nowhere, blood covered him. He was most likely in his Demon General form, however I couldn't recall the name.

"Haze. What is it?" He asked. I felt something deep inside me burning away at my insides. Another explosion rang out and I fell to my knees, Luna also appeared.

"The dark Mo'ka magic is expanding, we don't have much time!" Luna shouted.

"Save Dee!" I shouted over my pain, Luna nodded and ran to help, Shadow held me up, I saw Heart Breaker, Spectra, Steven and Nick running my way. The reached me and held me up, as I shouted in pain.

"This is it. This is the end." I grunted.

"No, we can save you, Celestia will contain the magic. We won't die, the humans are falling. Come on Bright Haze, don't give up!" Spectra shouted.

"No my friend. This is it. But I don't have to destroy a world, just get to the void." I replied, everypony seemed confused. "The Mo'ka are in the gap, the void. I can destroy it. Just, need. To fly!" I shouted in pain, grinding my teeth together. Celestia and Luna, along with the other unicorns called me over. I stumbled, with the help of Spectra and Heart Breaker got over to Dee, she was alive still, the decaying stopped, but much of her wings were gone.

"I need to go Dee. Please, move on with life. Spectra, and Heart Breaker. Will look after you." I stumbled down, only to be caught by Spectra and Shadow just in time. Dee pushed me with a hoof and stood up, blood dripping down from her.

"No Haze, I am coming with you." Dee said.

"You can't fly." I said, Dee nodded.

"Carry me." She said. I looked to my friends, everypony was gathered again, gunfire was still sounding as the last few humans continued their desperate fight, the sun was falling so the war ship would be back any second. I looked to each of the bloodied faces of each of my friends in turn. They were all crying, and as was I, ignoring the pain of the magic I nodded to them. A few, like Spectra and Heart begged out to any gods, or Celestia to spare me and let me live, let this whole thing to just be a dream, but it wasn't so.

"You have stood by me all this time, never once abandoned me. We have fought and died together my friends, but today is the last day I can fight with you. My day is over, and death calls me again. Do not cry for me, remember how we won this day, and that how peace is over Equestria thanks to each of you all here today. I fly, with my wife into that rift, not to destroy a planet of humans, those evil creatures who today killed my daughter and crippled my wife, but I go to finish off the true enemy, the Mo'ka. Remember this day ponies, as this was the day we defended our homes from human invasion and then ended the true threat of the Mo'ka. I am Sir King Bright Haze, of Equestria, this is my home, and I shall defend it." I said, nodded to Dee who climbed onto my back. I shot into the sky and flow toward the rift. As I did so a human must have given off a lucky shot as my left back leg began to burn and decay, I almost faltered my wing movements in pain, but stayed course. More shots flow past me, a few hitting, but I was determined not to die. Not yet.

"I love you Bright Haze." Derpy Haze muttered suddenly, she was weak and would soon die. I could hear it in her voice. I reached the rift and shot through, the small gap of nothing was black, I saw countless Mo'ka figures dotted around, along with those strange wolf things, they seemed to be floating, moving toward me with claws out, sharp. I looked to them all as I closed my eyes.

"I love you too Dee. I love you too." I opened my eyes again, Dee was falling from my body, dead from her wounds, she wouldn't of heard me. I  couldn't cry or fall, not yet. My job was not done. I had lost everything. To the humans they had ended a life worth living, I could destroy their home and kill billions, just for revenge on my family. I had nothing left, and yet. I chose to spare humanity, and destroy the void. As I waited for the magic to expand and explode I heard the Mo'ka begin to hum a tune. I couldn't understand it, but I guess this was their song. Everything had to end, songs were the first to end. I began to sing an old tune Dee had once sung, I couldn't remember the words that much but was humming the tune. I got to the last note and the world around me turned white.

Down on Equestria Heart Breaker watched the rift tear apart in a brilliant colour of blue and white light, magic mana trails shot out into the sky like a tree branch moving from a tree. Heart Breaker began to sob, it would mean Haze had fallen. No body this time, and no resurrection. There was a very loud explosion and a blinding light. When the light cleared, the rift was gone. The war was over. They had won. But Haze, was dead.

Heart Breaker and the others formed a circle and began to hum an old melody of fallen soldiers of Equestria.

"Bright Haze, forever remembered, never forgotten. Saviour of Equestria." Was all Spectra could say, all anypony could say. Heart Breaker fell to his knees. Nick collapsed as well, followed by everypony else. All that time together, everything that had happened to them, the wars, peace, everything. Now gone, in a flash of light.

"Be at peace Haze." Heart Breaker muttered, crying. "Be at peace."

The End...