Bright Haze: The Mo'ka Choice

Tage Haze was still asleep on my back when I reached the edge of Ponyville and the beginning of the Everfree Forest. I could see Fluttershy's cottage from here and knew exactly where to go. Steven th Serpent and his best friend 'Sir Knifely the sharp', or Nick the Knife were now living in a huge cave due to Stevens continually growing size. He was growing very rapidly now, I was worried, as were most ponies, but Steven said it's what all Serpents go through, soon he will stop growing and be at his specific size. He was now the size of a median sized dragon. Three years ago Steven was too big for Canterlot castle and had to hold onto the window and look in from outside, now he might get shot at if he went anywhere near Canterlot without warning. He was still the normal Steven, but, big. Very. Very. Big. I walked through the Everfree in silence, nobody there to talk to. Tage steered in her sleep again and a howl of a Timber wolf could be heard in the distance. I'd worry due to me not being armed, but I was nearing Steven's cave and the wolf was too far away for me to worry about. I passed the small river that was nearly dry now from Steven drinking it, but the rain should fill it up soon. I suddenly stopped in my tracks. I couldn't believe I had been so stupid. It was raining in the Everfree, and Ponyville. Yet the next rainfall was due next week. And not even today, in like nine days. This wasn't right. Something was up for it to rain on the wring day. It was probably nothing but with the failing magic and the changing Changelings. The rift getting stronger. Heart Breaker blaming himself for the rift. My head burnt, like something was wrong. I felt dizzy, a flash went through my head like lightning hitting the ground. Then another. My name seemed to float around my head. Something was terribly wrong. The rift seemed to be close to me. Something was wrong. I felt as if I would pass out. My head burnt. Then.

"Bright Haze. Hi there!" Nick said from below me. All that weird feelings left me and I was fine again.

"Sir Nick the knife. How are you doing this shitty day." I asked. We laughed together and Nick gestured for me to follow, we were going to the cave, probably to get out of the rain.

"I am fine King Haze. What about you?" He asked.

"You are one of the last things to call me a king you know that right?" I asked. Nick just nodded and laughed.

"Of course I do Haze." He replied.

"What were you doing in the rain anyway? I am coming to you. And neither of you knew. " I asked.

"Ah yes. Well we saw it was raining and I suggested I would go to Ponyville and complain, but noticed it was raining there as well. Rain came earlier then." He replied, due to the rouge weather in the Everfree Ponyville cloud team set up a free area over Stevens cave so the two of them could have Ponyville weather as well. It helped in the fact that they could come over for Winter Wrap up or other times like that. Steven had definitely helped clear the snow these past winters. Nearly cutting the snow clearing, thus the whole wrap-up in nearly three. Speeding it up had given the Ponyville ponies reason to trust him. The first few times he had come anywhere near Ponyville everypony had ran. It had been pretty funny. As had him clearing the snow. Lets just say he is rather over-powered in a snowball fight.

We reached the cave and entered, torches lit the area up and I could see Stevens tail hanging out of it. He would need a bigger cave if he continued to grow at the rate is was now.

"Oi Steven! Wake up! Haze is here!" Nick shouted. Tage steered again but stayed on my back and in a deep sleep. The Serpent groaned and turned over, I felt so tiny compared to Steven now. He was huge.

"Ah Sir Bright Haze himself! Welcome to our humble home!" Steven replied. He voice was consider my deeper than normal.

"Steven. You have grown again." I said, bowing slightly for no other reason that mutual respect. Stevens head came out of the cave.

"Yeah, good news is. I am done. Growing complete! Now I am a full grown man-serpent." He replied, happily.

"Thank fuck. Thought we were going to get you a new cave." I replied.

"Ah, I don't need a new cave. As long as you come over more often."  Steven replied.

"Yeah, sorry, been. Preoccupied with Tage." I replied.

"Don't worry about it my friend. I know you are, hell for a time of peace near on everypony, and knife, and serpent is busy. Just the way life is. I guess." Steven said, understanding. I nodded my thanks.

"How is everypony though?" Nick asked.

"The same as before. Spectra and Rainbow still married with two kids. I got Dee and Tage. Twilight is getting struck by aftershock lightning bolts during storms and Heart Breaker is still very much in love with Celestia." I replied.

"Yeah. We would come over but we got a job here. Protecting the border and such." Nick said, it wasn't their actual jobs, they didn't have any, they had just decided to live in the Everfree and Mayor Mare decided to pay tribute to the two for keeping wild Everfree stuff away so had actually begun to take it seriously. They never spent the money, all the bits were in a huge pile under Steven. He was like a real dragon. Except a Serpent. I stayed and talked to them for a while but soon decided it was high time to go home and get Tage to sleep. I left the cave and felt Tage steer awake. She looked around, jumped a little when a sound of thunder came and jumped off my back. I looked into her little sparkling eyes. Then with a stright face she asked.

"When we will go see everypony?" I couldn't help but laugh.