Chapter 1: Déjà vu

It was the year 2552, the human race is at war with an alien alliance known only as 'The Covenant'

We are losing

The covenant have burned uncountable planets, killing millions. Our only victories are little, and not well spread. Our only hope is that some miracle will save us, by now you may be thinking that this is a tale of the Master Chief, The last surviving Spartan.

Well you'd be dead wrong

Instead this is the tale of a small team of 3 ODSTs, known as the Delta Squadron, known for their acts of daring and downright insanity.

The explosive expert was named Colonel Benjamin Harvest, he was the funny guy who tended to joke when it wasn't necessary, his weapon of choice was the DMR, and his armor had a bright orange highlight

The pilot and technician was named Pvt. Ashley Young, she was the one who didn't no crap from nobody, her weapon was the Battle Rifle, she chose a soft blue highlight

The leader was named Lieutenant Joseph Daniels, he was the one who tried to keep the squad under control, his favorite weapon was the assault rifle, and he went with a dark green highlight

The Delta Squadron was currently on the planet of Earth, the human homeworld. The Master Chief was returning from Halo, and the squadron was supposed to be on the Athens while he was.

Right now, the group was in the back of a pelican in the shuttle bay

"When do you think the Covenant will find Earth?" Harvest asked, fiddling with a remote

"Pray to god it doesn't happen Ben" Young said

"They'll find it eventually" Daniels sighed, looking out to the planet, "It'll come down to it once they find it."

"Hey, it'd save us the pain of waiting for it." Harvest shrugged

"Knock it off" Young said, "This ship's controls won't fix themselves."

"Colonel" Daniels said, "When do you think they'll find it?"

Harvest stood next to his superior officer, squinting into the vastness of space

"Do you see that?" he asked

Daniels turned on his VISR, and drew in a sharp breath

He saw the outline of several ships, covenant, there was no doubt

"Athens, you have boarding craft off your port side." The admiral warned

"Young, Harvest! Get armed and get dangerous!" Daniels barked, grabbing an assault rifle

The trio stayed inside the pelican, hoping to get the jump on the boarding craft

When the elites landed, they looked around to make sure there was no opposition in the room, Daniels and his squadmates hunkered out of sight.

There was a low laugh of victory from the elite

Daniels smirked, these elites were doing a sloppy job, this may be easier than he expected.

He drew his knife, sneaking up behind a grunt, grabbing it and slitting its throat before it could even think about yelping

The ODST hid the body, intending to kill all of the covenant in the room the same way

He heard someone clear their throat from behind him

The elite looked none too pleased that Daniels was in the room

"Uh… Fancy meeting you here."

The elite drew an energy sword, the most deadly of covenant close range weapons

Daniels fired the assault rifle, but the elite swatted it out of his hands

Harvest jumped on the elite's back, stabbing his knife into his skull

The team was far past saying thanks, there was curt nod. And Young began to fire at the rest of the covenant in the room

Daniels acquired the nearest weapon, the energy sword on the floor

"Do you even know how to use that thing?" Young called over the gunfire

"How hard can it be?" Daniels called back

The covenant retreated into their ships and left

"Was that it?" Harvest laughed, "That was easy!"

"Too easy" Daniels said, "Get on the pelican, we're following them."

Daniels and the rest of the team weren't known for asking permission before pursuing the covenant, and it had saved their lives several times

Young got to the controls; Daniels and Harvest settled in and checked their ammo counters

Young piloted the pelican out of the side of the Athens, firing the chain gun at any banshees stupid enough to get close enough

The pelican cleared the Athens, then there was a shockwave

"Young, open the door" Daniels ordered

"Are you insane?" Young asked

"That was a direct order soldier" Daniels barked

Young gave an exasperated sigh and opened it, what they saw surprised them

"Where did the Athens go?" Harvest asked

"Gone, the same as the Multa." Young answered

"What about the main station?" Daniels questioned

"The Chief can take care of that for now" Harvest reasoned

[…]

Twilight Sparkle was working at the Ponyville Library; the mare was looking at a spell in her spellbook that seems to have just appeared

"A space spell?" Spike asked, "This actually interests me."

"More specifically it takes a single object from space and transports it from that spot to the spot the spell was cast." Twilight corrected

"You had me and you lost me" Spike rolled his eyes

"I think this should be tested outside the library" Twilight stepped out

She had all the things she would need, ink and quills and scrolls and maps and all known objects to be in space

"I hope to Celestia this won't be a dwarf star or a colossal failure…" Twilight aimed and fired into the vastness of space