Bright Haze: The Mo'ka Choice

by EquestrianWriter

Torn Ligaments

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I opened my eyes slowly, thinking I was dead. When I saw Dee standing before me, holding me in a smile, tears falling down her face, I suddenly thought everything had been a dream. But then I smelt burning and heard gunshots I began to panic. Dee tried to calm me but my ears rang, I couldn't hear her. I began to panic even more as I realised I was almost deaf, only to gunfire could I hear fully. Ringing, so much ringing, I looked down my pony body and saw blood and dirt had covered it, there was a small  burn and some decay, I had been shot with one of the human weapons. I felt pain and began to scream out, nothing was heard except gunfire and ringing.

"Haze. Calm down!" Twilight shouted, I saw her next to Dee, horn glowing, she wasn't looking at me and was speaking to Dee.

"Now listen, you are deaf and have been hit by a weapon, I am keeping you alive with magic, please do not struggle or the gun wound will begin to spread and you will turn to ash and dust. I am holding you here until Celestia arives. She can fix you, do not panic Bright Haze, you are going to be okay." Twilight said. "I am communicating with you through my magic, it is weak due to me being preoccupied with your wound but either way, you are alive. You cannot speak back to me but you can in real life, but you won't hear yourself or the reply. Please stay calm Haze, and Derpy loves you." Twilight added. I smiled and made myself say thanks, but as predicted, couldn't hear myself. I thought of my baby girl Tage burning and dying and cried, Dee joined in when I started shouting for Tage. The ringing increased as I shouted and was determined to make myself hear my daughters name. Spectra, still in Dark-Red form walked over to me, he said something.

"Spectra says welcome back to the living Haze. I saw you went Dark-Haze on those human bastards. Sorry for your loss bro." Twilight said, I thanked him and Twilight began to explain what was going on, I think. Steven stumbled through the town toward me and stood over me, Nick hoped down as well. Steven was covered in burns but due to his thick scales, no gun shot had hurt him, except where the scales were thinner, so now Steven was bleeding and broken on his leg and arm joints, one leg looked very badly broken. The other almost black. Nick had received no wounds, due to his small size the humans would have ignored the small weapon charging toward them. More and more ponies gathered and I could see the full extent of the damage made by the human invasion. Applejack was now wearing an eye patch and had cuts all over her, Rarity's hair was smoking, almost on fire and was crying slightly. Fluttershy was holding a gun, upside down and was shivering in utter fear. Heart Breaker was actually missing one wing and had burns all down one side. Blood splattered all over him. Star Burst was still no where to be seen, but not presumed dead. Yet. The others had either equally as horroring wounds or worse. Diamond Ray was practically crawling around, for all his wooden limbs were burnt off. I sat in pure horror for what my race had done to these relatively peaceful creatures. I looked to the sky and was at least thankful the huge war ship was gone, but the rift was still open. Which was very bad. I noticed everypony bowing suddenly and saw Celestia herself stand before me.

"I would bow my Princess but I appear to be in a bit of a spot of bad health." I think I said, Celestia smiled and her horn began to glow, pain rushed through me as the burn suddenly grow as Twilight let go on the healing spell to let Celestia work. The wound soon healed back up but would open again as soon as Celestia let her magic go, Celestia said something which apparently no pony like because Dee looked at me and cried.

"Don't panic Sir Haze, this is the only way." Celestia said in my mind, a few minutes passed and two unicorn guards came over, holding a square piece of white hot iron. I understood what was about to happen. Shit. This was going to hurt. As I had guessed Celestia placed the dripping metal over my body and lowed it down, I screamed out in pain, enough that my hearing came back and then, due to intense pain, I thankfully passed out again.

I woke still in pain, Dee seemed to spark up in life when I moved, I didn't hear the ringing anymore and noticed everypony had gone, except Celestia and Dee.

"Dee?" I asked, hearing it. The Pegasus jumped up.

"Haze! You're alive!" Dee shouted.

"Yes, where is everypony?" I asked, an explosion rung out. We were still at war.

"Front lines. Haze, Celestia has something to say to you, and you are not going to like it. There is no way to save you Haze but I am coming with you. Whatever your choice." Dee said, then stepped back giving the princess room.

"Haze.-" Celestia began.

"I have dark magic inside me which will explode at any random point and it has now gone critical so will explode, killing everything on whatever planet I am on, and will go off at any moment now." I interrupted. Celestia nodded, I had to choose my Birthworld, Earth, or my Homeworld, Equestria. Either way billions will die, as will I.

"Also this is all due to a group known as the Mo'ka, they tricked everyone, every world and caused me to have to chooses world to destroy, the winner they will invade and conquer for the start of their new empire." I added, no idea where that fact came from.

"I know the Mo'ka, only breed for inter dimensional war. What ever world is left, they will destroy the other race. They live in the void, the gap between worlds. If the Mo'ka are back, we are all dead. Haze, you need to destroy the Void." Celestia said, I nodded. Suddenly some humans appeared and shot. I shouted out but was too late, they had hit Dee and Celestia. Dee fell crying I ran to her, shouting for a mage of some kind. I watched as my wife's wings turned to ash, soon, if now help came, so would the rest of Dee Haze, turn to ash. I charged the humans. Earth was not my home.

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