[Authors Note - The remastered edition of the rest of the story will be released within a few months. It will be drastically different, so I suggest you come back when they are released.

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Master Chief jumped off the remains of Frigate and down to the meadow below. He looked around quickly before running over to the tree cover. "How close are those life forms, Cortana?" The Chief asked.

"You have two unknowns about a minute away from the ship. Don't get yourself killed, Chief." Cortana said.

"Like that could ever happen." The Chief said sarcastically. In the distance, he saw two dark forms approach the hull of the Forward Onto Dawn. "Is that all that is on its way?"

"Appears so." A purple light appeared on the hull of the Frigate as the creature examined it. The Chief had three options. One, he could stay hidden and let it pass on, but that would risk more attention at this spot. Two, he could confront the creature, but the creature may be hostile. Third, he could kill the creature, but that would risk possible friendlies to become hostiles.

"I think I'll go with two." The Chief said to himself as he quietly walked towards the two life forms. He raised his assault rifle and placed his thumb on the safety and his trigger finger on the trigger guard. As he approached, he could hear the creatures talking in... English?

"Have you ever seen anything like this, Twilight?" the smaller one asked.

"No, never. I haven't even read about anything like this. This is unheard of." the larger creature. or "Twilight", replied. The smaller one appeared reptilian in nature, with purple scales and green spikes. The purple one seemed horse like, with a purple coat and a dark mane.

"Before you ask and blow your cover, I do not know what they are. I can only refer to the larger one as a pony, due to the similiarities to the horse. The reptile I can't name." Cortana said as the Chief inched closer. The Chief heard a snap and realized he stepped on a twig. The two creatures started to turn around in his direction. 'Shit, how could I be so careless?' The Chief thought to himself as he raised his assault rifle, switching off the safety and turning on the flashlight mounted to his, blinding the two. The larger one raised a hoof to her face. "Careful Chief... don't do something we might end up regretting." Cortana warned.

"Who's there?!" the "pony" asked.

"I was wondering the same thing." The Chief said. "Who are you, or what are you?"

Twilight's eyes started getting adjusted to the light as she collected herself. She cleared her throat and spoke. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and this is my assistant, Spike. I am a pony, and he's a dragon."

'Cute' he thought to himself.

"Chief, I don't think they are hostile. Might want to act friendly. Don't want to start another intergalactic war." Cortana stated.

"Is it too much to ask for you to turn off that light? You're kind of blinding us." Twilight said. The Spartan nodded and turned off the flashlight, letting the pony get a good look at him. He was at least 7 feet tall, covered in armor from head to tow, and carrying something that looked like a thin log. Twilight guessed this was probably some sort of weapon. She took a few steps back, cringing in fear.

"Do not be afraid." The Chief began as he took a knee, realizing his huge size was probably intimidating her. "I am not here to hurt you."

"Who are you?" Twilight asked.

"Spartan-117. You can also call me the Chief."

"Catchy." Spike commented.

"So... what exactly are you wearing, and what is that you are carrying?" Twilight asked.

"This is MJOLNIR Power Armor that I am wearing. The thing I am carrying is an assault rifle."

"An assault rifle?" The Chief could see the confusion on her face in the dim light.

"A gun?"

"That doesn't look like any of the guns I have seen." Twilight said, thinking about the black powder muskets the Equestrian Royal Guard was experimenting with.

"And... exactly where am I?" The Chief asked.

"You're in the land of Equestria." Twilight said.

The Chief stood up. "Okay, thanks for answering my questions... and sorry about earlier. You should just pretend this never happened." The Chief said as he turned around and started walking back to ship. 'Well atleast I know there are friendlies in the area.' he thought to himself.

"Wait!" he heard Twilight scream as he stopped in turned around to see the mare running up to him. "Don't you have somewhere to stay?"

"Here's a good place as any." The Chief shrugged.

"That's just it. It isn't. The Everfree forest is very dangerous, and you're right on the edge of it."

"I think I can handle it."

"Oh really? You can handle Manticores, Dragons, Hydra's, and Ursa Minors and Majors?"

"One second. Cortana, what is a Ursa?"

"An Ursa Major is a large bear, estimated to be 100 stories or more tall. An Ursa Minor is a smaller version of an Ursa Major, but still pretty huge. All of those creatures are considered very dangerous, but are also mythical. But of course, you are talking to a unicorn." And that's when it hit him. He looked right at Twilight and noticed the horn protruding out of her forehead. 'How did I miss that?' The Chief thought to himself.

"Um, who's Cortana?" Twilight asked.

"What?"

"Who's Cortana?"

"She's my AI."

"AI?"

"Artificial Intelligence."

"Oh, okay. Well... we have room in my library, you could stay there. It is much safer in Ponyville than it is out here."

"She's right Chief, I'm reading very large creatures heading this way, you may want to get out of here quick. I doubt they are friendly." Cortana stated.

"Okay, I'll take you up on your offer. Mind if I go get some things though?" The Chief asked.

"Sure thing." Twilight said, a smile on her face.

"Okay, come with me. I may need you two to help me carry some things. And... don't try anything funny." The Chief cautioned, motioning her towards the Forward Onto Dawn. Twilight and her assistant quickly followed him.

The trio walked into the elevator as the Chief entered Cortana into the holotank. "Cortana, take us to the armory."

"You got it, Chief." Cortana replied. Spike and Twilight overlooked Cortana's form, awestruck.

"Wow, she's prettier than Rarity." Spike said, practically drooling.

"That's not the first time I've heard that." Cortana said, as Spike blushed heavily as he realized she could hear him. The elevator opened and they walked into the armory.

"What's this?" Spike said picking up an M7.

"That's a SMG, don't touch. You could blow you head off with that thing." Cortana said as the Chief took the M7 from Spike, placing it in a duffel bag. He then picked up a battle rifle, two magnums, two versions of the SMG, one silenced and one standard, 12 grenades, and plenty of ammunition, and put them all into the bag. He filled the contents of a smaller duffel bag with medical supplies and extra ammunition, plus an extra magnum.

"Catch." The Chief said as he tossed the smaller bag in Twilight's general direction, which she caught with her magic.

He strapped his bag around his neck and motioned for the other two to get in the elevator.

"Cortana, Motor Pool." The Chief said.

"On it."

The elevator started descending immediately. "I feel like we're flying, this is safe right?" Twilight asked.

"Don't worry about it." The Chief advised her as they reached the Motor Pool. He walked to a nearby Warthog and threw the duffel bag into the back. He turned the keys, and, to his surprise, the engine actually turned on. He clasped his hands together. "Alright, we're in business." He walked over to a nearby holotank, where Cortana was standing.

"Yank me, Chief." she said as he retrieved her chip, stowing it in his helmet.

"What is that thing?" Twilight asked, pointing her hoof at the warthog.

"This is the M12 Force Application Vehicle. Or the Warthog."

"Oh cool!" Twilight said, her eyes wide with wonder. "What does it do, exactly?"

"Climb aboard and find out." The Chief said as he jumped into the front seat. Twilight sat in the seat next to him, with Spike in her lap. The Warthog lurched forward and drove down a ramp. "Which way to Ponyville?" the Spartan asked.

Twilight mouth was agape, wondering how this thing was moving on its own. Was it magic? She really couldn't wait to study this thing.

"Hey, Ea- whatever this place is to Twilight!" The Chief said, waving his hand in front of her face.

"Huh... what?"

"Which was to Ponyville?"

"Oh, it's that way." Twilight pointed her hoof west.

"Thank you. Now hold on. It might get a little bumpy." the Warthog lurched forward, soon at its top speed of 78 mph. As they drove over a hill, Ponyville came into view on the horizon. The Chief checked his motion tracker, and noticed something large and unidentified heading straight towards them, and fast. A loud roar came from the Chief's left.

"Manticore!" Twilight called out as a large creature, half lion, half scorpion, charged the Warthog. The Chief pressed down on the brakes as hard as he could, narrowly avoiding a collision with the beast.

"Run!" The Chief shouted as the trio jumped of the warthog. He unholstered his assault rifle and aimed at the manticore, who was getting prepared to attack again. He unloaded the magazine on it, causing it to scream in agony, but it still stood its ground. The manticore roared loudly and charged the Spartan, who threw aside his empty assault rifle and stood at the ready. The manticore swiped a paw at him, but the Chief quickly ducked. Grabbing the manticore's paw, he threw it on its back. He then jumped on top of it, about to snap its neck. However, before he got the chance, the manticore swatted the Spartan off of it with its tail. He rolled to a halt and quickly jumped up, narrowly dodging another charge by the manticore. It swung its claw at him, which he blocked. The Chief quickly punched the manticore in the stomach with all his strength, resulting in several sickening cracks as he broke a few of the beasts ribs. The manticore jumped back as the Chief unsheathed his combat knife, a 14.5 inch titanium blade, and charged at the manticore, which too started charging at the Spartan. When the manticore was within 10 feet, the Chief jumped on top of the beast and drove his combat knife into its neck. It screamed out in pain and swatted away the Chief, before gripping its neck and falling to the ground, writhing in pain. The Chief quickly unholstered his magnum and aimed it at creatures head, firing three shots, killing it. He reholstered it and took the knife out of its throat, cleaning it off, and returning it to its sheath, before turning back to Twilight and Spike. They were just standing there, mouths agape.

"Y-you killed it..." Twilight stuttered.

"It would have done the same to us. Let's go." The Chief motioned the shaken unicorn to Warthog. Spike passed by him and looked up at him.

"For the record, that was awesome." he said, before following Twilight. The Chief allowed himself to smile for the first time in a long time, before getting back into the front seat of the warthog and driving towards Ponyville.