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// CHAPTER SEVEN 
// Story: Halo: Equestria 
// by xCrossx 
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Las Pegasus, Equestria, November 20, 2552.

It took two days to leave the frozen north and arrive in Las Pegasus. We had gotten a refresher in the Crystal Empire and left at about noon the day I woke up. It's noon now, two days later. And, like how it's namesake was once like, Las Pegasus is a city of spaced-out skyscrapers and casinos.
It's quiet as we walk through the sreets, knowing it's a trap. But, they won't have guns like us. Or have Spartans. Oh, shit... They can-
"Ah, good, you made it," says a tall, thin woman in mock happiness. She wears an odd black-green outfit, has pale blue hair, sickly green eyes, a curved black horn, green bug wings and holes in her arms and legs. Queen Chrysalis. "Looks like our dinner has come to us for once!" Men in black tight get-ups walk into our street, surrounding us. They have the same horns and wings as Chrysalis, but they are all bald and have pale blue eyes.
We draw our Boltshots as more pack behind them. "Well, I was not expecting so many changelings..." I mutter, trailing off at the end.
"Changelings, attack them!" They turn into Spartans and charge. SHIT! I saw this coming too late! Wait... we watch as they stumble and smack each other. Uh, what?
"They are barely used to human bodies; they myst not know that the MJOLNIR armor enhances our already-powerful bodies." I nod, recalling my illegal study of the SPARTAN-II program.
"You fools! Stop trying and change into the black-armored soldier!" yells Chrysalis. Some army she has. They freeze and comply, all of them turning into me and able to charge at us successfully. I fire at the helmets' visors, quickly shattering them and killing the changelings. I relay the tactic to the others to notice that the Spartans had met the charge head-on and are literally sending each changeling flying. The sight makes me gulp.
The charge meets the rest of us and I duck under punches and beat up the fakes with ease. But the sheer numbers of them quickly start to overwhelm me. I use the Boltshot to keep numerous off me, a charged shot wasting quite a bit of ammo but having a mighty knockback.
Dodge, punch, dodge, fire, kick, dodge. I take down countless changelings, the bodies piling up fast. But I quickly run out of ammo. And I'm swamped. I decide to end this quickly before we are taken out ourselves. I use the bodies of the changelings to run across the throng until I reach Chrysalis herself.
I land on the other side of her and spin to face her. She stops the changelings from charging at me. "I will handle him myself." She cracks her knuckles while I crack my neck. Then I charge at her. I avoid her punch as I feint past her, my other fist connecting to her stomach. It catches her offguard, her body reacting as she spins away from me for a high back-kick. I catch the leg and punch behind the knee. Automatic reaction as I let go and strike for he head. Her horn glows sickly green as she throws me backwards through the air.
The changelings at like a pushy wall, stopping my skid, lifting me up and tossing me back into the fray as their Queen gets up from the splits. We face each other again, she favoring her injured leg. I watch her new patterns, obviously the only one familiar with how bodies work.
She rushes forwards, intending to punch me in the face. I slip past the punching side, grabbing the arm, pulling it back and shover her to the ground and breaking the arm. A scream escapes her as I pull out my rifle and aim it at her head. "Where is Discord?!" He horn flares again. "Ah, I'll blow your head off if you try anything." I press it against her head. "Now tell me where he is." No answer. Growling, I shoot the ground next to her head and cycle the next round.
Silence. Silence... "Everfree Castle!"
"Thank you." I fire. The changles stumble, then turn to me. They panic and flee into the streets and sky, reverting back to their normal human forms. "Everyone alright?!" I yell to the others left alone in the middle of the street besides the bodies. The Equestrians all give the thumbs up and the Spartans' vitals calm, confirming they are the same. "I got good news and bad news," I inform them when we regroup and I lead through the streets. "First, I know where Discord actually is. Second, he's in the Everfree Forest." The Equestrians moan and I explain when they are done that the Everfree is that forest on the other side of our crashed ship. I see the exasperation in the Spartans' stances.
"So, we've been around the land, fighing robots and villians, for no reason?" Gage asks incrediously. We nod. "Ugh."
"Yup."