Bright Haze: Archmage of Olde

I woke in the bed still tired and hurt. Missing Dee like fuck and only wanting an end to this so I could go home and sort this out. I rolled my body over and looked face to face to Dari and another pony. I closed my eyes thinking it was a dream and rolled back over. My brain didn't process the fact two ponies were in my room and one I had never seen before, the other meant to be dead. I groaned a yawn and decided I better say hello.

"Morning Dari." I groaned. She squeaked a reply. I scrawled at her with eyes still closed, when I finally opened them the other pony held a hoof out.

"Dari can't speak right now. The rebirth process left her mute for now with a mind like a child. Well, openly, inside its still Dari. The last Siren. The name is Star Burst partner." The second pony said, I was still too sleepy to care so brohoofed him and decided to get up.

"Ah I see, rebirth spells will do that to you." I replied, Star Burst stepped back, as did Dari.

"We will let you get ready. Met us all in the main hall when you are done." Star Burst said and I nodded, the two ponies left. I sat on the bed for a few seconds then panicked.

"Holy fuck Dari is back!" I shouted, rushing around to get dressed.

I slowly walked toward the hall and could already hear talking from where I was. Aeb appeared from the doorway up ahead and saw me.

"Haze! Quick! That pony Siren Dari you spoke about is here, as well as Luna's lover Star Burst!" Aeb shouted, then became a green unicorn with black hair. Aeb shock his head, continued to change randomly then went back to his grey Earth pony self. He looked to his hooves in confusion.

"Still?" I asked quickening my pace. From afar I saw Aeb nod his head.

"Happened all last night. Didn't get any sleep." Aeb grunted.

"Me neither." I admitted, then reached the doorway, inside everypony was present, Dari was rolling around the floor like a baby would but with a very pissed off face.

"Ah Bright Haze, glad you are up finally. Now we can get onto this matter at hoof. Or, knife, or claw." Star Burst said, looking down on Nick.

"Yeah. Sir Nick-" I began.

"Sir Knifely the sharp." Nick corrected.

"-Is a good member to this group. As is Steven." I finished, Star Burst stared at me for ages, then smiled again and jumped onto a table. Everypony was here, except Dee. Everypony was surrounding Celestia and Star Burst and Luna now, the trio were going to talk. Out of habit I looked to Heart Breaker before Celestia spoke and as always, his face lite up. I had a great line I wanted to use when she had finished.

"Okay, so Luna has thankfully piled information onto myself so I am completely up to date. As you know Kalmor has somehow returned and is on the prowl again. It is our job this time to hunt him down, and kill him. No mercy. I will be leading the expedition into the Everfree Forest with all of you. As you can also see Dari is in a rebirth state, meaning she won't be much use but can still, hopefully fight, she will be in this state for an unknown amount of time and I shall use a spell to figure out when she will be her normal recovered self again, later after this fight. There are a lot of weaponry and armour ready for you all so I will now hoof you over to Celestia." Star Burst exclaimed. Spectra didn't look happy about Star Burst taking command, we normally would just wing it, but I guess this Kalmor bastard would need a few hits before he fell.

"My little ponies, I have asked you to do this task for me not of spite or just because I can, or any of that. I ask you this because I know you can all do this. You can all defeat this Kalmor enemy and bring permanent peace to Equestria. If you win this fight my ponies, I swear as ruler of these lands never to ask anything from you all again. Your rest is needed and your days of fighting are over soon. Now, please go out there and show Kalmor why he shouldn't have come back." Celestia said, Luna nodded and we all began to head to the armoury. All thirteen of us.

Inside all sorts of weapons hung from the wall. Spears, crossbows, axes, nearly any sort of killing weapon was hanging down the wall on string or chains. With help we all put armour on, I my Dweller armour, not by choice it just had lots of slots and gadgets I could use to store weapons. I helped out everypony else as that doped on their armour. I slipped in a hidden axe blade on one hoof and a long knife blade on the other, placed a crossbow and quiver on my back and a shield on my left hoof. Dari grabbed a small mace to hold and put on leather armour, Twilight and her friends all wore traditional white plated armour with a spear saddle or crossbow. Rainbow put on some dark metal armour that looked a bit like the Sky Dweller were. She had a double axe on her back which I presumed would only be good in flight. Heart Breaker put on white boiled leather on, a heavy crossbow on his back and a hidden blade arm on. Steven was wearing old dragon warrior armour and was wielding a giant ass tree club. Nick was wearing a strip, yes strip of leather he had cut of and tied round himself and also held a shard of glass. I looked in wonder when Nick had done that, even weirder when he chipped a piece of door away as a shield. I laughed.

"What a clay horse there sir knight." I joked, then remembered the joke for Heart Breaker.

"Hey Heart?" I asked, he turned. "I was mind wondering, what was it Celestia said earlier? I missed it. All." I asked, Heart Breaker smiled and repeated what the princess had said word for word. Gods Heart Breaker was a good friend. I smiled and he punched me when he realized what I had done and a small dart thing shot out of the armour should plates, nailing the wall inches above Aeb's head. He kept trying to put armour on but everytime he chose one that fitted he would change form randomly to different sized ponies. Once he became an alicorn taller than Heart Breaker, then a little filly. I kept wondering what the fuck was up with him, but I guess we all did.

"Ready?" Star Burst said, he held a mace in his hoof and wore full scale royal armour. Helmet and all.

"Yep. Let's go fuck this guys day up." I answered, laughing, we all walked out of the castle in armour and armed. Heading for the forest. At the edge, a battle raged on. Guards stood everywhere fighting back hordes of timber wolves. A shadowed figure stoodnear the treeline.

"Oh good, look who is back." Rainbow grunted.

"Who?" I asked.

"Ah, you were with the Changelings, that there is the Timberpony. We shot him and the chaos of the Everfree flooded from him, he had been completely corrupted by the forest's power." Rainbow answered, I nodded.

"So he is bad guy?" I asked.

"No look, he is fighting the wolves!" Spectra shouted. Pointing a hoof. It was true, the pony had a large stick and was bashing the wolves, helping the guards.

"This isn't his work then, probably Kalmor's doing. The Timberpony coming back would be that old magic." Twilight said. Horn glowing.

"Yes, well we must get to Kalmor and kill him." Star Burst said.

"But what about the fight here?" Rarity asked. I nodded.

"We can't just leave them." Aeb's mare form agreed.

"Fine. Sir Haze, you take Aeb, Spectra, Heart Breaker, Nick and Rainbow into the forest and kill Kalmor." Star Burst ordered.

"What about you?" I asked.

"You know what my alicorn power is?" He asked me. I nodded, lying

"Well after this long dead.-" Star Burst's eyes went a dark shade and he began to form lots of muscle. Panting hard he grown size slightly the turned to me. "-IT'S TIME TO LET DARK-STAR LET SOME STEAM OFF!" He shouted and charged the wolf lines, the mane size and Steven followed suite. I stared at everypony left in turn.

"Fuck." I said.

"I can do that. Dark-Red." Spectra replied. I repeated what I just said.

"Fuck." Then we began for the old castle.