Bright Haze: Archmage of Olde

I was the first to awaken apparently. Aeb was in some sort of coma and Heart Breaker had just completely collapsed after shooting Kalmor. I woke and saw Rainbow and Spectra, who told me everything that happened. Kalmor had apparently teleported us to some bridge near Ponyville and his body had been collected by Celestia and burnt. He had blasted myself and Aeb backward and both of us were internally bleeding. Thankfully though most of Aeb's was fixed and I was filly healed. I looked around the crowd of my friends to search for Dee, when she wasn't there my heart sank. Diamond Ray walked up to me with a grin.

"Welcome back to the living. You did it, well apparently Heart Breaker did it. But you survived and are back." He said. Then stepped aside to let Nick climb my bed and get in ear range of me.

"Yeah, fuck all this knighthood stuff. I award Heart Breaker the Hero of the Day award." He said smiling as well. Well without a face I presumed the knighted knife was smiling.

"Does anypony know where Dee is?" I suddenly asked. Everypony fell silent.

"She, she never came up here to see you. In fact she hasn't left her house since she left Canterlot." Nick replied slowly. I nodded and stood up, more quickly than I should have because I fell back down with my head dizzy and my vision blurry. I tried again but I found I couldn't move. Something was stopping me. The dark pony Shadow blurred into excistance and I saw his two front hooves were on me.

"You are hurt Haze, stay here." Shadow said. I nodded and smiled, Shadow let go, big mistake. I shot up and flow into the air as fast as I could and began to dart toward Dee's house. I heard my name being called and some fly up to follow me but I was too fast and shot across the sky. My head spinning and my vision blurring I began to go in circles in the air, spinning out of control. I landed somehow and stumbled onto the doorway of Dee's house. Knocked on the door as weak as if a flow of water had hit it. I heard Dee coming and as she opened the door. I fainted in her arms. My world going black once more.

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Back Canterlot Heart Breaker was the next to wake. He was confused for a second but then everything came back to him. The fight, the crossbow. And Aeb! Heart Breaker jumped a bit, everypony looking at him and he noticed Aeb, laying still barely breathing, Heart Breaker looked to his left but noticed Haze was missing.

"Where is Bright Haze?" Heart Breaker asked.

"He went to fix the thing between him and Derpy. Glad you are up." Spectra replied, brohooving the white Alicorn.

"Hero of the Day!" Nick shouted from somewhere. Heart Breaker laughed and began to sit up, felt fine so sat up the whole way, staring onto everypony. They all stood awkwardly for a moment until a groan came from Dari. Everypony stared at her. She was glowing bright yellow and her stomach was growing, she groaned again, in pain and began to get a nose bleed, she throw up a few times next and everypony stood shocked. Twilight cast a spell over the Siren and screamed out.

"Dari is in labor!" She shouted, everypony gasped as the Pegasus continued to scream out. Spectra and Shadow dragged her and put her onto the bed.

"Rainbow, fly to Celestia, we need a mare doctor who can deliver babies!" Twilight shouted, Dari screamed out and opened her legs to let loose.

"Shit!" Somepony shouted as Dari naturally began to push to get the baby out. She screamed over and over and didn't stop. Blood began to flood out of her marehood and she continued to glow with magic. Nopony seemed to notice Aeb was also glowing.

"I guess I will have to do it." Twilight said, horn glowing.

"Spectra go get Haze. And Dee. This is fucking important." Heart Breaker said, the Pegasus nodded and shot off. Dari cried out and pushed harder. Blood and tears flowing uncontrollably.

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I woke to see Dee over me crying. she was holding tightly onto me, as to not let go and she buried her face into my body.

"Dont die on me again. You promised, I know I said I didn't care anymore but I do. Just come back to me!" She shouted. I looked at her and raised a hoof, then slowly began to stroke her mane, caring. Calming her.

"Dee, I am here." I said, my vision was grey and blurry, my head spun in circles but I was alive.

"I do care for you Haze. Did you do it?" She asked, I nodded, then felt pain in my head and regretted it.

"Yes. Its over, we can have peace. If you want to have peace with me?" I asked. Dee smiled then leant in close to my ear.

"I have to now, not just due to marriage." She muttered.

"What do you mean?" I asked. She smiled and I suddenly noticed something about her.

"Holy fuck." I muttered, she nodded.

"I am with child." She said.

"Okay, what should we name it?" I asked.

"If it's stallion; Crystal Haze, if it's a mare, you choose." Dee replied winking. I thought for a moment then said.

"Tage." Dee smiled and nodded, there was a knock on the door, I managed to stand but by then Dee had opened the door and I saw Spectra standing at the doorway.

"Spectra? What is the matter?" I asked confused, clearly.

"Dari, Dari is with child. She is in labor now, as we speak. I need you-" Spectra panted, he looked to Dee and smiled, Dee nodded and Spectra winked at both of us in turn. "-And you wife to come back to Canterlot right now." Spectra panted again, I nodded and the three of us began flying back.

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We flow back and I saw straight away where the baby would be born. Dari could be heard screaming from a mile back and doctor ponies ran about all around her. We landed with the others and I stood next to Heart Breaker and Nick.

"How long she been at it?" I asked.

"Nearly since you left. Give or take a minute." Nick replied, we all stood staring. Aeb was still on his bed, a few unicorns working on him now but many focused on Dari. With her broken mind she must be so alone and confused. I had no idea how this had happened but according to everypony else, neither did they.

"Push my dear. Push." A doctor said to Dari, she did and after about ten minutes I could see a hoof. I also heard a moan from somewhere and a doctor call my name. I turned to the sound and saw Aeb stirring and Doctors calling me. I walked over to them and saw Aeb, wide awake and moving.

"Haze. Haze." Aeb asked. I got in his field of vision.

"Haze." He muttered I held onto his hoof. Blood trikled down his nose and out of his mouth.

"What happened?" I asked.

"His lungs gave up and collapsed." A doctor said.

"Then fucking fix it!" I shouted.

"We can't." was the reply. I stormed up to the unicorn who said it and went as close as I could to him.

"You listen to me Doc. You fix him or at least try your very fucking best to heal him or so help me I will-" I was stopped. I felt a hoof touch mine, I turned to Aeb who looked to me with a false grin.

"Don't worry about me Haze. I will, be ab-so-lotly, fine." Aeb grunted, his pony self fading as he became himself in Changeling form.

"We had. We had a good, run eh?" Aeb muttered, Dari continued to scream, her voice hoarse and dying. Another hoof was seen coming out.

"Aeb, don't you fucking die. DO SOMETHING!" I shouted to the doctors who rushed in and began healing him with magic.

"Come on Bright Haze, you win this fight. We all did, no more fights, no more wars. Just peace, and if. If this is the peace I am to get. Then. So be it. We all knew we would die. One day. But today. Is my last on. Equest-. Goodby Haze. We, we had a good run." Aeb said and at the simultaneous moment the baby came out of Dari, Aeb passed away, his eyes closing and his pulse stopped. I looked to the doctors healing him and they stopped with the spells.

"He is.-" One began. I began to walk away.

"Don't even fucking say it." I muttered, going over to Derpy.

"What should the baby be called?" A nurse asked Dari, i didn't expect a reply but Dari opened her mouth and weakly said.

"Aeb Tree-Born." Before Dari fell asleep.

I smiled onto the new born and looked to Dee, and Heart Breaker, Spectra and Nick and all the rest. The war was over, fate had finished with us. And we could go home now....

                            The End....

                                         For now..

                                                       EquestrianWriter / Bright Haze..