*POV 1st Person Stag*

The aliens soon got the message and took me onto the ship, whilst ordering a ceasefire down on the ground. I was stood in what looked like the bridge of the ship, talking with one of the tall, reptilian aliens via a hologram; this one had a symbol of some sort on his helmet, and claimed to be the leader. Vapaa was also with me on the ship, keeping an eye on things and so that the Neu-Toa could have their say in the matter.

“What are your terms on the ceasefire?” the alien asked.

“Merely that you don’t involve this planet in your conflicts” I said. before looking at both Vapaa and the alien “I’ve worked hard to bring about world peace, the last thing I need is either of you coming here and ruining what I’ve achieved over mere differences of opinion!”

“But you willingly fought alongside the Neu-Toa” the alien said.

“It was an act of self-defence,” I said. “Surely you can’t expect us to stand by and watch as our home becomes a warzone”

“If I might make a suggestion” Vapaa said, “perhaps this entire planet could become a neutral zone. A place for negotiations and where all of our troops can rest without fear of being attacked by their enemy; You can’t attack us, and we can’t attack you. No exceptions” I nodded in agreement. We both looked to the alien expectantly and he eventually nodded.

“Fine” he said. “Upon my honour as a sangheili, I will designate this planet as neutral territory” Vapaa sighed with relief.

“Thank you” I said “From now on you will be welcomed to this planet with open arms” the alien nodded and the hologram deactivated, we soon left the ship and returned to the ground to see both sides putting away their weapons and beginning to help with the rebuilding.

“Let’s hope the Covenant can uphold their end of the agreement” Vapaa said. “Now we just need to find Vuur Koning”

*POV 1st Person Vuur Koning*

I was awoken by something poking me in the chest, I opened my eyes to see a young Elite with a branch in one hand and the other arm stretched out with his hand open.

“Jul ‘Mdama has called a ceasefire” he said in a very heavy accent “He says this planet has been designated neutral territory, no exceptions” I knocked his hand out of the way before standing up.

“My armour may be damaged, but I’m not crippled,” I said, before looking around uneasily “Which direction’s the town in?”

“Afraid of the trees?” he asked, the motion detector on my HUD began to light up, apparently he noticed as well as he dropped the branch and activated his energy sword.

“This is why the ponies stay clear of the Everfree forest,” I said, getting out my swords “It is that which you cannot see that kills you. Out in the darkness is death, and in there it waits and bides it's time; waiting for the perfect moment to strike” at that moment a pack of timberwolves jumped out of the bushes and quickly surrounded us.

“What manner of unholy abominations are these things!?” The Elite asked, bringing his energy sword to bare as the timberwolves began to close in, barring their teeth.

“Timberwolves” I said “Don’t bother trying to slay them, they just rebuild themselves. Which way is the town from here?”

“North from here” he said “Why do you ask?” I turned round and grabbed him before teleporting just as the timberwolves charged at us. We appeared in the center of Ponyville with a crack and immediately the Elite began retching.

“Sorry about that” I said “I didn’t have the time to warn you that teleports can leave first timers feeling a little nauseous”

“That was…extremely unpleasant” The Elite said, straightening up “But thank you, you saved my life when you could have just as easily left we for dead, and as such I’m in your debt”

“Save it.” I said. “Whilst I appreciate the gesture, we are still enemies, and I don’t like getting attached to my foes, we all have our own reasons for fighting”

“And what would yours be?” The Elite asked, raising an eyebrow.

“I am merely protecting those that cannot protect themselves, as is my duty as a Neu-Toa” I said “Regardless of your beliefs, the Covenant attacked my ship first, and as such, I won’t rest until the Covenant either surrenders or falls entirely” I began walking in the direction of the Jörmungandr, The Elite followed.

“True, but I follow the Covenant because it is my sworn duty” I rounded on him.

“Fuck your duty!” I exclaimed, surprising several passers-by “Your Covenant has done nothing but persecute my kind for no other reason than some preconceived hatred spread by someone who I doubt you ever actually met, did you ever stop to wonder what makes us so bad?” I then continued walking in the direction of the ship, once again, he followed, though this time he remained silent. We soon reached the ship and I was tackled to the ground by Sunny, who buried her head into my chest armour and broke down crying.

“Hay, I’m fine” I said, pulling her into a hug and sitting up “A few bad people aren’t gonna stop me” I noticed the Elite frown so I shot a glare in his direction, I released Sunny from the hug and she stepped back and her eyes widened in fear when she saw the Elite.

“Uh…Dad?” she said, backing up “What’s one of those monsters doing here?”

“This world is now a place where anyone can stay for some rest” I said “they won’t be any fighting whilst we’re on this planet, I promise. Now go find your Sister” Sunny nodded before flying off in search of Ruby.

“Your child sees the Covenant as monsters?” the Elite asked.

“I’m sure if I were to appear on Sangheilios half the children would run in fear whilst calling me a monster” I said, standing up. The Elite had a troubled look on his face “Having second thoughts about the Covenant?” I asked.

“I’ll admit seeing a child, regardless of species; react to your presence with fear is not exactly instilling extra faith in the Covenant” I smiled sadly.

“things like this happen all the time, even on my world” I said “If you were to defect, I wouldn’t stop you”

“It’s not your reaction that concerns me” He said, before looking in the direction of another field, where Jul ‘Mdama’s ship as moored up.

“That smug bastard” I muttered, before turning to the Elite “If you do decide to join our side, then you’ll be under the protection of the Terran Union Army, so the Covenant can do fuck all about it”

*A short while later*

I was in the armoury, my armour and systems and been repaired.

“One new optic lens, an entirely new set of chest armour, new shield generator, and new communications systems” the technician in charge or repairing my body said in a disapproving tone “do you have any idea how much any of this costs?” I picked up my mask and put it back on.

“Tell that to the Covenant” I said, my communicator suddenly beeped “If you’ll excuse me” I then left the armoury and activated the communicator “What’s the situation?”

“We have a little problem in Ponyville” I heard Vapaa say “involving Garnet and an Elite”

“Oh for fuck sake” I muttered “I’ll be right there” I then shut off the communicator and teleported into Ponyville to find Garnet being held back by Ruby and John, whilst a short distance away a Storm Elite was being held back by a couple of other Storm Elites. Just as I appeared Jul ‘Mdama jumped out of a phantom that had just landed and walked over, from what I could tell he didn’t look to pleased either.

“Vis ad diceret faciem meam, spumae alienum!?” Garnet snarled at the Elite.

“HEY!” I shouted, gaining their attention “What the bloody hell is going on here?” I then walked over to Garnet. “Mind explaining to me why you look like you’re about to slaughter an Elite?”

“That cretin called me a freak and said I didn’t even deserve to die in battle” he spat, Jul ‘Mdama bristled at the comment and began to walk towards us. I turned towards the Elite commander

“If you even think of touching my son I swear to god I will take your energy sword and shove it so far up your arse you’ll be coughing up plasma for the next century!” I thundered “You deal with your Elite, and I’ll deal with my son” he snorted before walking towards the Elite and berating him in Sangheili. I turned back to Garnet.

“Now listen to me” I said “I don’t care what that Elite said to you, you need to learn to ignore what they say. The last thing we need is the treaty being forsaken over petty insults. Whilst you’re on this planet you’re gonna have to learn to get along with them. Am I clear?” He sighed before lowering his head and nodding.

“Yes, Dad” he said, I nodded before walking towards Jul, who was walking back to the phantom

“Listen, I don’t like being on the same planet as you, any more than you like being on the same planet with me, but if I hear one of your soldiers is picking fights with my family, I’m gonna make sure that your entire Covenant knows what happens when you fuck with me. Are we clear on this matter” He smirked.

“Transparently” He said. “Try not to make too many hollow threats, Human”

“I don’t make threats,” I said “I make promises” he went to say something, but was interrupted by a loud ‘boom’ than echoed and mere moments later Trigidax; Teridax’s female counterpart, impacted with the ground, causing a small crater.

“Guess who decided to show up,” She said, trying to get up, only for Teridax to land on top of her and pin her down with a leg before pointing his staff at us with his wings wide open.

“Bow before me, mortals!” He boomed, Jul ‘Mdama responded by igniting his energy sword. Every Elite on the street did likewise; this was why I’d always held a level of respect for Sangheili.

“I might not be his ally,” Jul said, gesturing to me “But I will gladly fight alongside him to slay an arrogant demon like you who considers themselves mightier than all” I brought out my swords and they began to glow red. Teridax burst out laughing, it was a deep, booming laugh left several of the Elites uneasy. Jul barked an order in Sangheili and they brought their swords to bare.

“I don’t think so” Teridax said, before unleashing a bolt of chain lightening that incinerated several Elites “I know so!” Trigidax began to strain as she stood up, and eventually managed to throw Teridax off and launched him into the sky before leaping after him.

*POV 3rd Person*

Teridax opened his wings to stop himself, only for Trigidax to slam into him and send him plummeting down towards the Everfree forest. He landed on the ground and launched himself at Trigidax, who was falling towards him at an astounding rate. Teridax collided with the more lightly built Makuta and sent her plummeting towards the ground, she hit the ground and began sliding along the ground, felling trees and crushing boulders as she went. Teridax shot forward with a single flap of his large wings and landed on top of Trigidax, pushing her further into the ground and carving a deep trench whilst throwing punch after punch. Trigidax kicked Teridax off her and sent him flying into a mountain with a kick to the chest, she then launched herself at him, sending him straight through the mountain, only for Teridax to pull her through and put her below him before impacting with the ground, causing a massive crater and kicking up a huge cloud of dirt that obscured everything.

The dust cleared to reveal Teridax standing triumphantly over a battered and beaten Trigidax with his staff pointed at her neck.

“You’re good, I’ll give you that.” He said, lifting up her chin with the flat of the blade on his staff “But in the end there’s only room for one of me in this universe. Now what do you want carved into your broken lifeless body when I’m finished with you”

“Haere ki Karzahni!” Trigidax cursed, spitting out antidermis. Teridax chuckled as he raised his staff and aimed it at her head.

“So be it” he said, before striking. Trigidax closed her eyes and waited for the end, only instead of the sound of sheering Protosteel like she expected, a hollow clang sounded out and she heard Teridax grunt. She opened her eyes to find the ground where Teridax had been standing was now empty and looked to her left to find Teridax now pinned under Thor’s hammer, she looked to her right to see not only Thor, but Vuur Koning, the two Equestrian princesses, and Jul ‘Mdama.

“What manner of trickery is this!?” Teridax boomed, trying to pull the hammer off. Thor, Vuur Koning, Jul ‘Mdama and Celestia walked over to Teridax, whilst Luna trotted over to Trigidax and began mending her armour

“Don’t bother” Vuur Koning said, whilst Jul ‘Mdama aimed a storm rifle at Teridax’s mask. “You have two options ahead of you, you can surrender peacefully, or, I let the princesses get revenge for what you did to southern Equestria” Teridax sighed before letting his head fall back.

“Fine, you win” he said “I surrender”

*POV 1st Person Vuur Koning, later that day*

“Will you be able to handle the Demon by yourself?” Jul ‘Mama asked, watching Teridax being walked into a containment cell. The Covenant were packing up to leave, and Jul was sticking around to make sure Teridax was properly contained.

“Thank you for your assistance” I said “But we should be able to take it from here”

“Then it is time for me to depart” He said “We both want the same thing, you and I; peace. We just have disagreeing methods. But you fight with honour, we are still foes but the next time we cross blades in battle, it will be as equals, Vuur Koning” and with that, he climbed into the Phantom and it quickly departed. Next Chapter: Chapter 39 Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes