Bright Haze: Archmage of Olde

The time I had spared made the standing around and waiting incredibly awkward, Derpy was still getting ready, well from what Twilight had said when she ran in to grab some flowers from a nearby chair she had mistakenly left there. Hell, even Celestia wasn't here yet, so us stallions just stood at the alter waiting. And waiting.

"This armour is too damn tight." I complained. The shoulder blades I had put on myself so had fucked that bit up. Aeb just laughed and in a cloud of purple smoke, became a copy of me. He smiled and just winked at me. I was surprised Spectra didn't shat himself seeing this as Aeb hadn't told him he was a Changeling but I guess the Pegasus had figured it out or openly didn't care. I knew I didn't.

"For fuck sake Haze, this is the day of your wedding and your armour we actually don't want or even like is too tight?" Heart Breaker joked and we laughed. Nick and Steven were together near the giant window, mainly so the great serpent Steven could put some of his body out of the window and sort of hang onto the side of the building, he had been growing recently and now was the size of a small dragon, compared to his old tree-tall self. Nick was always dwarfed by everypony else, being a knife, but now Nick was tiny compared to the scale covered serpent.

Ponies were walking into the castle and sitting in what looked like completely random seats with no order to it at all, we had about half an hour to spare and the armour was getting annoying.

"Hey Haze?" Aeb asked suddenly. I turned to him and he formed himself into a female unicorn.

"What? No you arse doesn't look big in that suit." I replied, Aeb laughed and changed back to his normal Pegasus grey pony self.

"Do you think this peace will last?" He asked.

"Honestly, no. Why?" I replied.

"I was thinking about settling down, finding a job, maybe in the rebuilding of Cloudsdale. I dunno, get a mare." He said.

"What's up Aeb?" I asked.

"Haze, I am scared I am going to die. Some threat will turn up and it'll kill me."

"Hey don't worry Aeb, we all feel that way, always have. Any fight we have been in, whatever has been thrown at us. We have won against it. You survived a war Aeb, you're be okay." I replied, he smiled his thanks, then Princess Celestia herself opened the double door and trotted in. Heart Breaker bowed instantly slowly followed by the rest of us. She walked up to her stand and smiled down.

"Rise, no, actually. I have an idea." She said, then pulled a sword off the wall.

"Knell my little ponies." The Goddess ordered, we were already bowing so we just nodded our heads down. Something was going on, I had an idea. I was near the end of the line and from what I could tell she was working her way down the line. Heart Breaker would be jumping over fucking cows for months after this.

"Now rise, sir Aeb, of Equestria." Celestia said. 'Holy shit she was knighting us!'

"Now rise, sir Nick, of the Everfree." Celestia had actually just knighted, a knife. I was still looking down but I heard Aeb change form and began flying around screaming in happiness. I gave a short quiet laugh and despite Spectra also laughing, he softly hit me with his front hoof. I turned me head to the suited pony and winked.

"Rise, sir Steven, of Equestria." The serpent thanked her, how the hell Celestia reached his shoulders would forever bewilder me from now on. I could hear Celestia now, she was at Heart Breaker.

"Rise, sir Heart Breaker, of Equestria." Then she finally reached me. I felt the sword tap my left shoulder, then my right. I then saw it do an invisible cross pattern over my chest and finally it tapped my head. Here goes.

"Rise, sir Bright Haze, of Equestria, and the Dweller Kingdom." Celestia said. Bullocks.

"Still going on about that?" I asked, she just laughed and I walked off to speak to the others and watch her knight Spectra. She did it the way she had done me and nodded her head.

"Rise, sir Spectra Speed, of Equestria." She said, Spectra did and she bowed her head to all of us.

"Now my knights, I have one more thing I wish to give you." Celestia requested, I nodded and waited for her to explain. "Alicorns like myself, as well as Luna can give out special powers, I wish to bestow some onto all of you, I do not know if it will work for Nick and Steven, but I can try none the less. " Celestia said. Spectra didn't look happy at this but nodded anyway.

"I have recieved a power from Luna already Princess, and a kiss from you, with all due respect is breaking my marriage vow. Even if it means nothing." He said, Heart Breaker nearly jumped up when he figured out Celestia was going to kiss us to give us these powers.

"I'll go first." He said, probably louder than intended. I always was having doubts but as long as Dee didn't see and have me to explain it to her. I could see it now.

("Haze! What are you doing! That's the princess!" Derpy would say.

"But Dee, it's not what it looks like!" I would reply.

"What is it then?"

"She was giving me a special power." Then Dee would laugh and look to my stallionhood.

"I bet." Then storm out. It would be a long day.)

I looked to the others and I either just ran that conversation out loud or was looking really awkward whilst I had done it, either way ponies were giving me looks. I almost forgot the building up crowd who had seen everything happen, even the knighthoods. They didn't even react.

"I will do it." I decided.

"Okay, Spectra the spell wouldn't work even if I tried if Luna has done it. Now I have no idea what the ability will be but I know they will appear in the time you need them. She trotted over to Heart Breaker, who nodded, straight face, Celestia nodded back then went in for the kiss. The male Alicorn's face went a full on cherry colour and his eyes closed, I think he held the kiss longer than needed and I thought he was going to cry when Celestia finally broke the kiss. Heart Breaker began to literally glow in a white aura and then it faded, as quickly as it had arrived.

"Now, onto the rest of you knights." She said, going on to each of us. Nick and Steven also began to glow and when she did it to me I felt magic rush through me. Not wild, but natural.

"Well that was weird." Aeb said after his kiss, he began to randomly change form without being able to control it and then went back to his normal self. "That was weirder." He muttered.

"Well, now we wait for Dee and the others, how long have we got?" I asked.

"Ten minutes, just about." Spectra replied. Then we stood there waiting for my bride.