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John fell to his knees, cracking the pristine marble as the 1,000lb suit came down with him. He felt the piercing stare of the Solar Princess boring into the back of his hanging head.
“Good to see you again, John.” She said, her voice betraying a hint of sarcasm.
He kept his mouth shut, his anger already starting to bubble up again.
“Well, I apologize for the… seemingly exaggerated treatment… I couldn’t having you, a lethal super-soldier, running rampant around my country. After what I saw you do to Big Macintosh, I was unnerved by your raw power. I hope you understand.” She waited for a response. When John gave none, she continued. “I was surprised that you didn’t try to escape again, John.”
He ground his teeth at her using his name so callously, but said nothing.
“The guard reported that the door was left open after my pupil, Twilight, visited you, although I have a feeling she wasn’t the only one…” The Princess explained. “At any rate, I wanted to ask you why you didn’t try.”
Out of anger, John chose to remain silent.
“You were so eager to get to that crash site before. But it’s almost as if you couldn’t find something you were looking for.” The Princess stood up, starting to descend the steps that led up to her throne. “My guards had searched the ship from top to bottom, finding nothing but ruined machines.” She brought forth an item with her magic. John recognized the pistol that he had salvaged from the wreck earlier. “However, I’m quite familiar with what this is, albeit a little different from what I’ve encountered before.”
John’s head rose slightly. “Encountered?” He blurted out.
The Princess’s mouth curved into a smile, obviously glad that she had his attention. “Yes. I’d be happy to share those details if you would be willing to share just what is aboard that ship.”
John bit his lip inside the helmet. “It’s… There’s… There’s a ship there that’ll let me get home.” He felt himself ease up. It technically wasn’t a lie; he really was telling the truth.
The Princess smiled. “As I thought.” Her smile disappeared. “However, I don’t think you’re being completely honest with me, John.”
John resisted the urge to grind his teeth, his own name now grating on his nerves.
The Princess sighed. “Look, John. I’m very sorry to say this, but you might leave me no choice.” She turned to face her throne. “I’ve already been told by Twilight that you almost killed her. That was a dirty trick, throwing a knife while she was off-guard.”
"I gave her a warning to release me." John explained.
The Princess's horn glowed for a moment. John felt a sudden migraine blossom in his forehead, the earth seemingly shaking around him momentarily before the quakes subsided. The migraine withered to a gentle throbbing in his forehead.
“Had it not been for her counsel, I would have turned you to stone as soon as I set eyes on you.” She said, her voice quivering with rage. “First Big Macintosh, and then my very own student.” She turned to face him again, her eyes serious. “You’re already treading on very, very thin ice, John.” She smirked, although John could sense no goodwill behind it. “If you refuse to loosen your lips, it would be too easy for me to simply turn you to stone as of now, and be rid of you.”
John couldn’t believe his ears. Didn’t she tell you that I carried her out of that forest? His thoughts began to buzz with activity, his mind trying to churn out a solution to get him out of this situation. If he was going to give information, she would give him something in return.
“I’ll make you an offer, then.” He stated boldly.
He withheld a chuckle at the Princess’s confused look. “Excuse me?” She asked.
“A compromise, ma’am.” He said.
She narrowed her eyes, glaring at him. “Well, speak up, then.”
“I’ll give you the information you need.” John stated flatly. “You ask, and I answer. Nothing off the table.”
He paused. Unfortunately, it didn’t have the desired effect, as the Princess knew he wasn’t finished. “And the catch?”
He scowled under his helmet. When she said it that way, he sounded like a wily merchant trying to trick her out of her money. “I’m free to wander as I please. Specifically in and around the crash site.”
The Princess recoiled, obviously strictly against what he would gain from this. “That’s a bold proposal, John.” She said warily. “And as I said before, I’m already having a hard time trusting you. What makes you think—”
The doors to the palace burst open to reveal a very-distressed Twilight Sparkle pushing past two Royal Guards. “P-princess!” She cried.
The Princess in question frowned. “Twilight? I’m sorry, but I’m currently trying to negotiate with your…” The Princess sized up John with a disapproving glance. “Your guest.” She spat.
Twilight took a step forward. “Shining Armor told me that you planned to turn him into stone!” She shouted. “Please! Tell me that it’s not true, Princess!”
The Solar Princess’s frown deepened as she slowly shook her head. “I’m sorry, Twilight, but it cannot—”
“It is a he, Princess!” Twilight said. “He means us no harm! If he truly wanted to destroy this planet, I’m sure he could’ve killed me and my friends long ago!” She turned to gaze right at John, her expression somber. “But he didn’t. When Rainbow Dash tried to attack him in the depths of the Everfree Forest, he hesitated to do just that!”
She looked back at the Princess. “And you’ve seen his potential. He could’ve easily… killed her. You want to know why he held back?” She asked, taking another step towards the Princess.
When the Princess didn’t answer, she continued. “He told me himself. He recognized that she was simply fighting out of fear, and not aggression! He held back just because he saw her intent was only to help her friends, and not to bring him down!”
“Twilight, that’s enough.” John said.
Both the Princess and Twilight looked at him, their looks of surprise mirroring the other’s.
The Princess coughed politely. “Yes, Twilight, I think you’ve actually helped me arrive at a decision.” She said.
Both John and Twilight looked up to the Alicorn, curious at just what executive decision she had made in her head.
“As judge and jury to the Royal Court, I grant you your freedom, John.” She said.
John felt relief flood—
“As long as you retain one of the Elements at your side, you’re free to wander where you please.”
Hm. Still sounds like freedom… Element…?
“However, in the following session, and in the times to come, you are to answer any and all questions proposed to you. As you said, nothing is off the table.” She said. “Anypony who notices a break in this decree shall immediately report to me, and I…” She narrowed her eyes again. “I will make sure that I take the appropriate measures.”
John shivered unconsciously, although the armor hid it fairly well. To his relief, the Princess turned around, facing the throne once more. “Twilight. Can I trust you to escort John to his previous quarters in Ponyville?”
“I will, Princess.” Twilight replied gratefully.
John felt something tug on his hand, forcing him to stand up as Twilight’s magic pulled his arm away from where he was kneeling. Making their way to the exit, John yanked his hand free from Twilight’s magic, standing up to his full height. He looked down at the purple unicorn. “Why are you helping me?” He asked, his voice firm.
“Because…” Twilight started. “I don’t want you to be alone.” She looked back at him, her eyes somber. “When I was fighting that draconequus, Discord, he turned my friends against me. Isolated me from my closest friends and companions.” She blinked back what appeared to be tears. “That feeling nearly tore my very being asunder… And if that device you put to your head is really what I think it is… I realized that you were going through something similar to my previous predicament.”
John’s anger blew a gasket, escaping from the iron confines within his mind. “What I’ve gone through is nothing—” He started.
“Just listen to me!” Twilight yelled. “I know you’re a soldier! And that you’ve lost comrades that are practically brothers and sisters to you! And now you’ve lost the only friend that’s survived through it all, leaving you truly alone!” Her voice broke. “It’s just that I don’t want to see someone that’s as kind as you are to fall apart! I can’t just stand by and watch!”
John’s anger retreated like heat leaving a hot poker dunked in a vat of water. When he didn’t respond, Twilight continued.
“You saved me from those Timberwolves, and you went through the trouble to get me to my feet and piggyback me out of there. That’s proof you’re a good person.” She turned back to him, eyes brimming with grim determination. “Just give me this. If you lose all hope in life, I’m going to lose hope in my potential as a pony.” She finished, giving a small smile before looking down at her hooves.
John looked down at the pitiful creature, sizing up his options. It seemed genuine; her concern for him. The knot of regret returned, making his gut feel like it was full of stitches the longer he gazed at her sullen expression.
“Okay.” John said simply.
Twilight looked up. “W-what?” She asked.
“If it means that much to you.” John added quickly.
Twilight gave a little smile. “Thanks, John.” She cocked her head. “It’s okay if I call you John, right?”
John shrugged. “I would’ve had to give you my real name anyways, with that decree your ‘teacher’ laid down.”
Twilight’s smile disappeared. “We also still have to ‘reveal’ you to ponykind.” She kicked the cobblestone. “And I’m not sure you’ll be accepted by all.”
John looked ahead. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.”
Twilight’s smile returned. “Speaking of that royal decree earlier…”
John turned to face her, only to nearly leap out of his armor when she had closed the distance between each other in an instant. “I have several questions for you…” She said, eyes gleaming in childish (or fiendish; John couldn’t tell the difference) delight.
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“So you’ve somehow managed to access this… Slipstream space?” Twilight asked as the carriage rattled to a stop. They had arrived at the very farmhouse that John had escaped yesterday.
“Well, just a way to get in there. The drive that does this only manages to simply ‘tear’ a hole in this, and squeeze a whole ship into it before shutting door behind it.” John explained, obvious fatigue in his voice. He stepped off of the carriage, glad to be on solid ground again.
Twilight smiled. “Thanks for giving me a chance, John.”
John could only nod as they both approached the farmhouse. Twilight looked up to John. “I believe you and Applejack have already met, so I think I’ll take my leave.” Twilight said, trotting away towards Ponyville.
John turned to watch her go. “Did you tell her what happened?”
“Yes, I did. You’ll be fine! You’re a super-soldier, remember?” She teased.
John gritted his teeth under his helmet. She sure warmed up fast. Turning to face the door, he raised a fist, pausing for a moment to steel himself before he rapped twice on the door.
There was a quiet scuffling inside, as well as a few panicked whispers. The door creaked open, and a small, younger equine answered the door. A pink bow that seemed a size too large for it sat on the back of its head, contrasting to its mane of darker red hair. It stared up at him with large, curious eyes. “…N-no way…” It squeaked.
John simply stared at it. This one sounded no older than a young child. “Uh, hi.” He said.
The small horse leapt up at the sound of his voice, squealing and slamming the door in his face. A sheepish-looking Applejack opened the door again. “Ah’m sorry; Apple Bloom has problems showin’ her manners in front of strangers.” She said, eyeing him curiously. “I’d say it’s good t’see ya again…” She said, trailing off.
John simply nodded, knowing where she was going. “Twilight left me here; she wanted—”
“Yeah, Spike dropped a letter off earlier explainin’ the situation.” She said dismissively. “The Princess let you off the hook; said somethin’ about Twilight sayin’ you were a good guy.”
John was about to downplay it humbly when Applejack narrowed her eyes at him. “She also said I could ask anythin’ I want, and YOU would hafta answer me.” She finished.
John simply stood there, jaw partially open. Twilight had already barraged him with a plethora of questions about UNSC technology on the entire three-hour flight back to the farmhouse. He wasn’t exactly eager to answer any more.
After a short period of staring, Applejack broke the silence with a laugh. “Never thought I see a super-soldier get all flustered from somethin’ as little as a question!” She said, chuckling.
John couldn’t help a shit-eating grin, but it quickly faded.
“I guess I’ll start by askin’ what you wanna eat.” Applejack said simply. “We’ve got corn chowder an’ biscuits tonight; care for some?” She asked, smiling.
“That…” John started, catching himself. He felt somewhat embarrassed; the first opportunity he got at getting hot chow and he was already champing at the bit.
However, he found himself mentally shrugging. If he was going to be staying here, it might be smart to at least get himself fed. The last way he wanted to die was of something as trivial as lack of food.
“That sounds delicious, ma’am.” He finished.
“An’ call me Applejack! No more o’ that ‘ma’am’ and ‘missus’; ya make me sound like an’ old lady!” She said, turning to go inside. “Wait out here, and I’ll bring you a platter.”
John took a seat next to the door, reaching to the back of his helmet. He removed the chip, thumbing the metal fondly.
He couldn’t help a sad smile before replacing it into the back of his helmet, staring up at the moonlight.
Suddenly, even with the thought that hot food was on the way, John felt very cold.
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Well Celestia might be the physical embodiment of the sun but she can be a cold one too huh.....then again most deities tend to be rather easily angered if things don't go exactly how they want it. I can't blame her fully though since she does have legit reasons to be in such a mood, just unusual to me though in a good way ^^
I really don't like how you portrayed the chief as extremly weak. Master Chief fought armies of aliens and slaughtered them, he faced the gravemind and showed no fear. All of the sudden he is Celestias' bitch? I also have a problem with this scene;
"John simply stood there, kicking at a pebble nervously." 
Really? I'm sorry but MC is really out of character here. At least to me.
>>947888 Agreed.
Does Celestia know what he is capable of? Does she really? She is an elder deity like being that rules a pacifistic society where their form of evil is cotton candy clouds and beings that feed on love. Granted, the latter was actually kind of bad when Chrysalis tried to over run them, but was casted out by food....I mean love. Yeah, think about that one for a second.
Chief on the other on has a kill count that probably outnumbers that planet's population. He met horrors and savagery on a scale that even the Devil himself would take a step back and DAMN! Being threaten with "I will turn you to stone" Should of gave Chief a chuckle. Hell i probably laugh. That is a fate worse than death, being cast to stone, never allow to die but no live either? Might as well kill myself since you are unable to do the job properly.
Now. If Celestia truly enter and read Chief mind, she would see what kind of person he really is. Hell, she should be traumatized by the amount of death she sees and understand what Chief and humanity has gone through. But saw how bright the soul of the Master Chief.
The first half needs a rewrite, not the second half though, that i actually like.
Hmm he HAS to answer ANY question an Equestrian asks him? I'd be the idiot asking him stuff like, How long has it been since you've wrastled a gator? What color is your underwear? How much wood COULD a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? What is the average air speed velocity of an un-laden swallow?
I have to say I agree with this sentiment.
Chief is very out of character; after all he has been through, he would never cave
to Celestia no matter what. And what he considers classified, stays classified.
Period.
He is a super-soldier trained from childhood.
He saw the horrors of the Covenant and the Gravemind.
He saw the power of the Forerunners.
People may say its good to give him character, but it's not.
Because his character IS the stone-cold, unflinching, and seemingly unfeeling mass alien killing soldier.
That's not to say he does not have feelings; he cares for Cortana greatly;
chances are he would still go after her even if she didn't have all the valuable intel.
I really do not see him getting to the point of committing suicide out of depression.
Killing himself to save others, yeah, that's in his character.
Having him outwardly express his emotions is just not right in my opinion.
Alright, rant over, take it or leave it.
Still plan on reading this story.
>>948062 Indeed. Like when Twilight try to compare Discord to what the Chief has gone through. If we are honest NMM, Discord and Chrysalis didn't cause that much damage, even when their intentions were more evil.
Plus I don't like that Celestia is pinning all the blame on him and threatening him. Big Mac attacked him and he defended himself, and he was forced to apologize for that. It was Big Mac fault. Twilight followed him and he saved her life, and if he wanted them all dead they would be.
If and when they read the Chief mind, I expect Celestia to swallow her pride and apologize, as she has no idea what humanity has gone through while she sits in her throne eating cake and drinking tea.
So much raig... when you people seem to miss the "logic" part.
Chief is not typically a wimp, granted. However, he just lost Cortana, and military conditioning would have left him at least marginally open to accepting orders. His distraught behavior, which arose from being inside a situation totally outside his element (specifically, NOT waging epic war against alien races) and his total isolation and loss of the only companion that has been a constant for him.
That, plus Celestia's personality jack in the box and raw power (she is a physical god on several orders of magnitude above even the Gravemind... she could cook him where he stands or teach him the art of sunbathing in the corona and seems more than willing too) would add to his destabilization and confusion.
Essentially, until now 117 has always known what he was doing. Fighting, killing, and defending earth and it's people, usually with Cortana. Now, it's over. He no longer needs to fight. His life's purpose could be called fulfilled. He's ADRIFT.
That's why he appears weak. He isn't Celestia's bish, he just isn't putting up much of a fight because of the power difference and because it would mean nothing. Humanity never sought the war with the covies, the brutes started it, and the gravemind made everything worse. Equestrians are not like other races, and he doesn't know what to do.
I really don't like the Celestia in this story. She seems way too OoC. Throwing threats left and right (which don't even match what he did), saying she'll turn him into stone (I hate it when stories pull out cliches like that. What's next, saying she'll put him on the moon?).
Worst of all is that none of her punishments make any sense. Nightmare was put on the moon, but what did she do? She was pretty much planning on killing off all life (no sun after all). She turned Discord to stone, but what did he do? Mind rape everyone for entertainment, and warp reality around them to mess with them. Master Chief was threatened with stone and more, but what did he do? He attacked Big Mac in self defense, which should be clear to Celestia. He threw the knife at Twilight trying to get her to turn back (which I imagine is where the stone punishment comes into play), but she thinks he tried to kill her.
That last part would make sense, but only if Celestia was a complete moron. Seriously, how could she still think he tried to kill her when they were obviously brought back together? The only way she would think he tried to kill her would have been for Twilight to run back after that, and tell Celestia that the super soldier tried to kill her, but failed. Actually, that still sounds off.
Basically, she's giving him these threats of insane punishments, when he hasn't really done anything bad. And she should know this unless she's just completely oblivious in this story (which is what it's starting to sound like). What makes it worse is that she has this smug tone everytime she opens her mouth in this story, as if she has all the answers after looking through all the possibilities, when nothing she accuses him of makes any sense once you take more than a few seconds to think about it. What makes all of that worse is that he isn't even trying to defend himself. Why didn't he bother to correct her when she said he tried to kill Twilight?
I love this story so far, but I swear I have to facepalm everytime Celestia says anything.
Alright, this? I didn't like this chapter.
I never like Tyrant Celestia, and here she was going far beyond reasonable measures.
Also, how would she know what a gun is?
And as others have mentioned before, Chief is really starting to drift out of character.
I dearly hope the next chapter improves things.
Hmmm... I am pondering on whether or not I should read this story... It has a factor to it that does make it very unique, but I cannot even begin to see this working... UGH MY MIND IS SO FULL OF FUCK!!!!!!!
MY MIND IS FULL OF ALL KINDS OF FUCK!!!
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>>948175 So you're saying Celestia could defeat the flood? Alright, maybe if she could get through the hordes of combat forms to get to the gravemind, which she would have to search an entire planet to get to. And this is assuming you are talking about the flood of the Halo era.
But even if you weren't, she is after all a god, so she would have no problem defeating them at full strength. You know, when they destroyed a galactic empire that themselves were practcally gods, and who wiped out all life in the galaxy since they could'nt stop it any other way. But once again, Celestia, who we are assuming actually raises the sun and not just spins the planet, would have no problem taking care of the leader of a hive mind of a swarm of monsters who feed on living things.... oh wait.
Couple of things, why the hell is chief acting so weak!?
Second, Celestia cant turn anybody to stone only the elements can do that! Same with the moon banishing!!
Third, please please please please please please please please! Do not reveal a history with celestia and humans!
(Side note: I don't think they can stop bullets coming out of the gun mostly because it moves sooo fast and it is too small to see)
What do you mean, an African or a European swallow?
But yeah as others have said, Celestia is being a real bitch here. I thought that it was already clear that Big Mac attacked the Chief and he fought back out of self defence. Not to mention that the Chief already had to apologise to Big Mac. And there's the fact that the Chief wasn't trying to kill Twilight when he threw the knife. AND there's the fact that he then saved Twilight from being Timber Wolf food AND then carried her out of the forest to safety. Also, as others have mentioned, she can read his mind, so why hasn't she seen all the horrors that he has seen? Maybe then she would gain just the slightest bit of empathy.
It is understandable that Chief is lost, but to take orders from someone that is not even of the same species? I don't think so. That is like if i got stuck in Iraq and i had nobody but the british army with me. Sure i will go along with them, and i will even fight with them, but they are not part of my command and i will only follow the most basic of orders until get back to my unit. I don't fall under them and they don't expect me to follow their orders unless i am a threat to them.
And the part where Celestia could kill him with a flick of a horn? Yeah right, she had trouble dealing with Discord and Chrysalis. Discord form of evil is to create topsy turvry world that would make regular humans chuckle and stare in amazement, and then keep on trucking like nothing happen. I seen people in Iraq, or even here in the states, where a shooting happens and not even 10 minutes later people would keep walking by and not even bat an eye. Chrysalis might pose a problem to regular humans and would be considered a threat. Unless she strikes a deal with us. She is only trying to feed her people and would probably talk to us since humans are not like ponies. We stare at the problem and try to figure it out with out trying to kill each other, at least at first. Celestia has probably only fought against 3 people so far: Nightmare moon, which she would have trouble killing because she is her sister; Discord, she treated him like an overzealous trickster and didn't even help Twilight or the other in their quest to help them; and Chrysalis, where she was batted out after 30 seconds. How can someone who moves the Fucking SUN, be overwhelmed by stolen love? Her trying to kill the chief would end so fast that it isn't even funny. Chief would react, go spartan time, punch her lights out before she even had time to cast a spell. Chief won't sit there and take it. Read the MIA and you will get a more or less a realistic view on how a fight would run down. She might get a couple of hits in, but unless she actually tries to kill him, it is not going to work very well. She might get lucky though.
In all crossovers, Chief always found a purpose when he finds out he can't head back, or he can't go back right away but in the future something may come up. He could be a defender, a warrior, or even a inventor given his knowledge. (He is smart after all. He has to be given all the crap he gone through)
The Logic, as you say, doesn't make sense to people who look at both sides of the story. I don't even like Halo all that much and even i can see the flaws in the story. Pony power is nice and all, but when face against something that face a horror that threaten the galaxy, it is kind of tame.
Aaaaaaaaand again. Celestia behaves like moronic, retarded, idiotic whore.
You now what? There is only one, ONE!!! fanfic where I really like Celestia. In all other stories I want a drop on her EVERY. SINGLE. NUKE in Earth arsenal and kill her precious My Little Ponies. The fuck is that anyway? My Little Ponies? What ruler calls her/his owns subject like that? But of course, she is so "wise", "powerful", "peaceful", "godess" so she can call everyone like she want.
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I demand the orbital bombardment from Covenant cruisers!!!
Thoughts:
Chief is a bit OOC; SPARTANS have no nervous tick that involves kicking pebbles, John would be stoic and silent (outwardly) but at the same time, he does have emotions. Something someone pointed out: yes, he is a bit emotionally distraught: his remaining link to anything relatively human (not Equein) is , supposedly, dead so---> emotional instability. But it's the small things like kicking pebbles and acting complacent in the face of death that throws it off.
What other people are complaining about:
Celestia is a ruler of a nation, regent of their sun, and practically a second mother to Twilight; you people do remember that thing about never getting in between a tiger and her cubs, right? Imagine Celestia the mother tiger and Twilight (or any other of her subjects for that matter) one of her cubs...
Yes? No?
I think the threat's justified and well within potential character.
>>948434 Buahahaha, excellent idea. Black holes vs. star. Winner: black holes.
And maybe I exaggerating with this "kill her precious My Little Ponies". They are innocent (most of them. And except TCB stories. Uhhh, TCB. Disgusting). It Celestia is who ruining everything.
I swear, if Celestia is all like "oh, we have incredibly similar technology as you, and we are better because we have forerunner stuff", I'm going to go apeshit on someone. Also, I'm pretty sure chief would have been angry they were snooping around a UNSC ship, and I also think that Celestia couldn't really do anything to the chief. If worst comes to worst, chief wins.
To answer why the Chief is acting so weak:
Recall the first chapter. John noticed the power of magic, as well as the Princess effortlessly paralyzing him with magic. Any outbursts felt OOC for the Chief, who is adept at reigning in his emotions. So he held back, despite his anger steadily rising during his talk with Princess Celestia.
Also, I'm curious as to why many people continue to read this if they dislike it so much. A lot of the same usernames are popping up.
i like this. finaly we are seeing master chief more as a human. sure he is a super soldier and killed millions of covanent flood and rebels but after all the horrors he has endured im not surprised that he is losing it. he is utterly alone on a stange planet and lost all he cared about. i just gotta ask what would u do in his situation? and dont give a matcho answer u would feel the same as him 
. Chief's long hair. Why would he have long hair? He's 'very military', and that being the case, he would have it cut short. And facial hair would only be a few days old before he trims. So none of this 
I'm shocked that no one has pointed this out before. S-117 in his suit, weighs Appx 1,000Lbs, not 4,000Lbs.
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/MJOLNIR_Powered_Assault_Armor/Mark_VI
After reading the chapter in its entirety, I do wholeheartedly concur that Celestia is coming off as uncharacteristically harsh. It does not even seem to match the version of Celestia that you introduced several chapters back...
Personally, I found Celestia to come off a little harsh to the Chief honestly. 
If she knew about the part of the knife being thrown at twilight then she would have known about how the Chief came back for her when the Timberwolves attacked and piggybacked her all the way to the crash site. The only way she could've known about those events is by Twilight herself or the Chief as the Chief and Twilight were the only ones there present for those events. And I believe that Twilight would've definetly included the part where she was saved by the Chief from the Timberwolves. Then she would have factored that important bit of information and maybe didn't consider turning John to stone in the first place. Of course she would have thought of another less severe way to punish Chief like banishment or being thrown into a dungeon, or maybe thrown into a dungeon where he was banished too.
But overall, I think Celestia came off a little too mean to Chief. Anyway, thats just my two cents about the part with Celestia and feel free to correct me if I overlooked any information for Celestia acting this way Blazer. 
As always, keep up the good work!
I don't see how anyone thinks this is so out of character for Celestia. Yea her being angry seems odd but it HAS happened in the show. Lesson zero she was pretty pissed at Twilight for her spell and she even knew the reason already because of Spike AND fixed it in an instant. She can get mad and get "bitchy" as people have said, but she forgave Twilight once her friends told her that they could have helped stop this and Twi should be forgiven, she also gave them all a type of punished, she made them all write to her like Twi does for messing up. Honestly that seems like almost EXACTLY what happened here, albeit the stakes here are much greater.
I'm not gonna comment on Master Chief's personality here, if you don't like it don't read. And if you've read any of the books he can be emotional.
>>949058 Thanks for that; Fixed.
As for Celestia, she believes that he deliberately tried to kill Twilight, a pony who is very close to her. I thought it would only be natural that the Princess would be overprotective of Twilight; she initially trusted John to be nice by leaving him with Twilight and co, but with this new story, it appears that he had broken that unspoken promise.
If you're going to say, "But still," I cannot reply back, as this is already in the realm of opinion.
>>948585>>947888 I don't have a problem with MC being this way, in the past he has swallowed his pride to work in a necessary alliance, and in this case it is very necessary The only problem I had was the fact that they call him John, he could simply introduce himself as Chief. The only person to call him John was Cortana, literally the love of his life. It just seemed OOC... by a lot.
Also >>948585 the word you were looking for is "Adept" not "inept". If he was inept at reining in his emotions, he would show them all the time.
Loved the chapter didn't really have a problem with MC behavior, apart from the name, and maybe when Applejack asks him a question. Kicking the rock, might have been a bit much, but I think it works given his aversion to questions.
Zahahaha! I like the way this is going, keep it up! Even if he doesn't end his own life, im sure the ponies will be happy to bury him twenty feet under in questions. 
I wonder what could be salvaged off of the wrecked ship, sure its all broken up and all, but there probably is SOMETHING worth getting. I just have no clue as to what that may be. Ohh well, eagerly awaiting the next chapter.
Never thought of it that way with the idea of Celestia being protective of Twilight.
Plus she seems to be protective of Luna too if she dosn't want Luna to see the Chief either. 
So I guess that does explain her behavior in this chapter. But I still wonder how she didn't know about the fact that Chief came back for Twilight during the attack of the Timberwolves or thanked him for coming back to save Twilight despite his other strikes against him. Thats the last loose end for me.
Either then that keep up what your doing and I can't wait to see the next chapter.
I have to agree with most of the other commentators here, which is a shame because I really enjoyed the story without any complaints so far. Celestia seems to be overreacting considering Chief's only ever injured a pony in self-defense, after he was attacked simply because he looked intimidating. I can understand Celestia being peeved with with Chief threatening Twilight, but even she knows that if Chief wanted Twilight dead, she'd be dead. And I have difficulty picturing Chief shivering at Celestia's threat after all he's been through. He's fought an alien empire that has killed billions of his race, has literally watched entire planets turned to glass and ash with innocent people still on them, and faced an eldritch abomination that forced a race of, as EndGamer justifiably called them, gods to commit collective suicide to starve said abomination to death. The Forerunners could create entire artificial planets (such as Shield Worlds and worlds inside Micro Dyson spheres), create stars (or at least transport them billions of light years, compared to which Celestia's merely raising the sun pales), technology that instantly transports things across entire galaxies, and weapons that annihilate all life of sufficient biomass in the entire galaxy. And the Flood were so powerful, unstoppable that the Forerunners had to use their own weapons to kill all sentient life in the galaxy to starve the Flood to death. After facing the genuine embodiment of the Flood itself, the Gravemind, I think it stretches suspension to disbelief to suggest Chief would be afraid of Celestia.
Because he's never had an internal breakdown.
no, not at all, just in every single canon book he's been in, and in Halo 3, where he nearly disobeys orders just to get to Cortana, and ends up pulling the "Don't Argue with a Super-Soldier in Super-Suit" card to push them into recovering Cortana's message.
A message. Then, he goes on a rampage through a Flood-infested city-ship just to get her back.
He's not always coherent where Cortana is concerned... and he feels he basically killed her himself by not having her with him.
He knows that they're almost impossibly unlikely to ask anything actually classified, simply because of tech level differences.
Innovations for current-level tech is something he'd be able to give them lectures on without ONI giving a crud about it (except that they're aliens, technically speaking)
And he outranks over half of ONI anyways (on a technicality, thanks to Kurt) and has the other half sympathetic to him.
And even though he doesn't know it, at this point ONI is being dismantled, just like the rest of the UNSC.
@Blazer:
So far, I am enjoying the story, and I hope to see more of it. I am still speculating about Cortana, and I really hope that she's just keeping herself in one of the subroutines, waiting for her knight in powered armor to come get her, knowing he'd try everything.
But, that's just a hope, and if it turns out she's actually gone...
Well, I'd be sad, but it's an entirely valid plot point to make; she's just as fragile as the human body, and her 'body' got slammed into a planet all sorts of harshly, so it's certainly not difficult to imagine her being toast, save a few hard-case recordings...
And as I typed that last sentence I realized something: there's one place she could shut herself, provided she had about half a minute to slam through the safety measures on it: The Black Box. Every ship would have one, even a space ship. Something happens, and the ship gets recovered, especially a military ship, there'd be one. It would be subject to the Cole protocols, but otherwise would be the safest place for her to store herself, as it's going to be incredibly well protected in that sort of ship. Especially one with MAC capabilities.
Guys, there's a good chance she's still there... just very hard to get to.
SO. MUCH. AGREE!!!
Ive only got one thing to add to this, which the author cant seem to figure out.
MC is a soldier PERIOD. He doesn't negotiate standing orders from his COs PERIOD.
He does not violate the Cole Protocol PERIOD. Him agreeing to freely share information with a (I think Celestia's attitude firmly plants them under the Hostile category.) Hostile alien species, is just as OoC as you can get, not even specifically for MC but for ANY UNSC personnel.
The UNSC is a MILITARY organization after all, but hey its cool i guess standing orders in this fics universe are a 'if you feel like it deal.'
Only mean to be an ass a little bit, its still an OK story.
One last thing MC has been trained since a very young age to be the perfect weapon for humanity, our "Sword and shield" if you will. This means that him simply being cut off from friendly forces would not have the massive emotional effect it does in this fic. Losing Cortana is a big deal for him this is understandable, but still the amount of training and conditioning Spartans undergo would very easily kill a normal human, and not just physical training and condition but also emotional training and conditioning. They are the perfect soldiers, they are more machine then man.
Whilst I do agree with most of the people commenting here, I don't think they dislike the story. They are just disappointed with how the characters have decided to react. I'm aware that it is your story but when you're dealing with an outside fandom, Characters and settings are expected within walls and I think that those walls have been a bit breached here. By the way, it's all good if you know how it's meant to be but it's the story they are reading. If they can't refer back to previous events and understand why people would be reacting like this then there is a bit of a problem.
Just keep it up man. I do want to see more. Just remember whats constructive criticism and whats rambling
Some questions are raised by this
How dose know about guns has she encountered humans before? And if so did she take the AI chip.
In the cannon the elements are what let turn others to stone [in this fic is that just an ability she has anyway (new light to the statue garden) but needed the juice of the elements to actually make it work on discord?( mightn’t help explain how he got free in the cannon when she was separated from them]
is holding the idiot ball or just being a tyrant?
Why would MC be scared of especially having lost the AI and agree to any deal like that.
I’m wondering if this will all lead to a fury of a time lord moment maybe the humans come looking for MC or MC gets to the ship and is in a position to give the ponies some payback. The ponies realise MC (someone who took out entire army’s on his own) could have killed them all but was being kind. He then either decides to spare them or let the fire rain because of being a bit of a bitch especially if it was her who stole the AI. Or the Covenant show up and he slaughters them again leading to said moment.
I’m really interested in seeing where you take this doubly so in the hopes of being force fed a big slice of humble pie. While on the subject one last note
‘We poison our air and water to weed out the weak! We set off fission bombs in our only biosphere! We nailed our God to a stick! Don't fuck with the human race!’ – Some gut on 4chan
>>948218 Do you like bananas?
>>948585 I hate that almost every author forces any non magic-using human characters to comply by saying "Hur-dur, telekinesis.". This is moderately understandable in some cases, but tell me: do you think any of the characters from the show could lift a half-ton battle suit? How about two, because they need to sleep eventually? How about when the walking tank wearing the armor is struggling every moment he is awake? Twilight didn't even try to lift the giant space bear until the thing was pacified, so that obviously makes a difference. EXPLAIN!
>>956529 Twilight lifted an Ursa Minor and a water tower's container simultaneously, although it required a large amount of concentration. Still, each probably weighed about 1K lbs. Taking this into account, Princess Celestia should easily be able to lift John (Who weighs around 1400-1500 lbs), while Twilight is limited to only using "telekinetic paralysis" to only certain parts of his body at a time. So far, we have only seen this for his legs.
Hope that explains things. At least, that's my perspective on it. 
>>948283 put a shield around themselves if they are expecting it
>>953206 because celestia was being such a bitch
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As a fan of the Halo books, I really like that the Chief is given more personality than in the games (which I assume is the extent of many people's knowledge.) I honestly think the Chief is being portrayed realistically. The fact that he had a family justifies any emotional outbursts; he had other Spartans that knew him (technically, still do. I don't think the Chief found out what happened to Blue Team after he got to Delta Halo.)
As for the actual chapter, I actually like Celestia playing hardball for once. Discounting Nightmare Moon's banishment, the only canon time she actually did something in the name of defense (season 2 finale), she got her flank handed to her (even though she was at a disadvantage.) My only hope is that John finds an end to this conflict of his own accord, not anyone else's.
But that doesn't make any sense. As much as I enjoy this story, I just can't stand how you have Celestia acting. How is it possible for her to actually think he tried to kill Twilight? Is she just stupid here or something? They picked up John and Twilight at the same time, far after he "tried to kill her." Twilight defended him. It's just, she would have to be completely oblivious to everything around her (or just an idiot) to go from point A to point 9. That's why so many people complained in the comments, because they could all see how unfairly harsh she was being. It was the same thing with Big Mac attacking him, and then he had to apologize for defending himself.
Nothing Celestia does in this story makes sense. All it does is make her look like a harsh, oblivious moron.
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