//------------------------------// // Chapter One: The Begining // Story: Another Kind of Humanity // by SPkon107 //------------------------------// Corporal Alex Garcia is an ODST that has been fighting ever since he turned eighteen. The year is 2552 as humanity tried to keep the Covenant away from Earth with the UNSC blockade. A UNSC Hesperus Class Plower, the Devil’s Soul, was in pursuit of a damaged Covenant Corvette. As they closed in, the remaining enemy troops fired their last rounds of Plasma torpedoes at the human spaceship. Alex readied his weapons as the ship hovered over the Covenant’s vehicle. His mission was to try to find any information on the Covenant’s invasion of Earth. The first to enter the ship were ODSTs. The troops slowly landed on the ship due to the lack of gravity. Alex moved up to a large hole left from a missile that impacted the Frigate and he entered the ship. He activated his night-vision and the flashlight on his SMG. Looking around the area, he only found Plasma pistols floating and a few severed limbs from both Jackals and Grunts. He moved deeper into the ship as his comrades emerged through the same hole he entered. Alex radioed the ship. “This is Corporal Garcia calling the UNSC Devil’s Soul.” “This is Captain Nix. How’s the situation son?” “We don’t have any Covenant activity in the area.” “Son? Where’s your Squad Leader?” “No clue.” As soon as he finished another voice entered the conversation.” “This is Lieutenant Andrews. Sorry Captain. I sent Garcia in a different area while the rest of us infiltrate a different part of the ship.” “Lieutenant what are you thinking?!” “ONI’s orders sir. We fear that this Corvette took a valuable object from one of the Defense Stations.” “Very well I’ll be watching your trooper for you…” he stopped for a second. “All UNSC PERSONEL REPORT BACK TO THE SHIP NOW!” the Covenant ship shook. Alex and the rest of the troops stumbled and immediately ran back towards the hole. When they looked up they saw a Covenant Super Carrier attacking. The troopers used their jet pack to leave the ship. Alex looked down to see a group of ODST's leaving the ship on a different level of the ship. They saw his team and after a quick debate, approached him. “Corporal Garcia.” “Yes Lieutenant?” he handed him a small device. “Hold on to this form me unt-AHHHH…” the words barely escaped his mouth before he was shot by a round that originated from a group of Elite Rangers. The troopers opened fire as they tried to return to their ship. Meanwhile (Unknown Sector) On an unknown sector on a planet named Equis a country called Equestria has been at war with a nearby country for three years. This world is not mapped on the UNSC Interstellar map. One more fact about this planet. The planet is inhabited by humans. These humans have never encountered the UNSC. It’s like they don’t exist. They have certain things that the UNSC will consider an achievement. They manage to travel to the moon and landed satellite's on nearby planets. Fire arms have been around for years. In the Everfree forest a woman named Twilight Sparkle was with her team searching for a group of Griffin Knights taking refuge in the forest. Twilight radioed a nearby airship as they walked. “This is Lieutenant Sparkle calling the EMG Harmony Airship.” “We read you Twilight.” Twilight rolled her eyes. “Rainbow Dash I told you. Call me Lieutenant or call me by my last name when we’re on duty.” “Oh…right sorry Tw…err I mean Lieutenant Sparkle.” “Anyways, do you see any signs of life or and lights?” “Only sign of life we found was a pack of Timberwolves. They shouldn’t bother you.” “No luck huh?” “Whoa easy. You didn’t let me finish. We did found a light not far from you.” “Which way?” “Northeast.” “Understood. Thanks.” The female turned to her group. “Ok we have a light source Northeast of our position. If we’re lucky then we might have found them. Let’s move!” Several minutes later (Sol System) On the UNSC Devil’s Soul most of the troops inside have evacuated the ship there only remained one soldier. The Covenant has called off the attack on the ship to hunt down the life-pod in course to Earth. Alex was knocked out by a Stealth Elite as they searched for the information. Alex picked himself up and he instantly searched his suit. “No seal breaks.” He was inside the bridge as he walked over to a computer. After a few seconds of typing, a video screen popped up showing the covenant entering through the hanger. “Hmm. Covenant entered through the hanger. No hull breach.” As he searched his suit’s pouch he came across a familiar device. He brought it up to his face level. “Hmm. He never told me what it does.” He turned it side to side and he accidentally pressed on one of the buttons. He heard a large sound. “Slip-space?!” after the sound the ship shook violently causing the ODST to fall.“Ufff!” He looked at the computer to see that the damaged Corvette was gone. He lifted himself to the control and he attached the device to one of its ports. A file popped up on the screen. He read the file. “Spartan Rescue Mission?” he scrolled down. “Spartan-254 was on the UNSC Defense Station Eris in a Cryo-Chamber when Covenant attacked. Retrieving the Super-Human is priority at all costs.” He sat on a chair and he leaned backwards. “Just fucking great.” He sat back up and he scrolled to the bottom. “UNSC coordinates are mapped for safety reasons…” he read the coordinates. He stood up and moved to the main controls. He inserted the coordinates. “I hope this ship can do one more jump. Planet Equis (Griffin Knights Camp) Twilight and her team were all crouched down as they approached the camp. She had to admit she wasn’t expecting the camp to be this large. Taking out this camp meant that Ponyville will be free from attacks for now. Twilight pointed out the position for the guards. “One my mark.” She held her hand up waiting for the right moment to attack. Before she gave the signal. A bright purple-blue light interrupted the attack. She looked up to see an unfamiliar object falling from the atmosphere. “Everybody turn back!” the Equestrian Guards quickly retreated from the area knowing that that falling object may hurt them as well. Even though the trees were providing the humans some cover. The force of the falling object pushed the troops, causing them to fly in the air or fall to the ground. The wind caused dust to cover the troops. Twilight was trying to recover from the incident, she stood up groggily, groaning and shaking her head. she turned back to see a bright purple glow. As her troops were recovering, Twilight motioned towards the camp only to find a large alien ship on top. Her first officer walked up to her with a pale face, barely able to stammer out his question. “L-Lieutenant Sparkle?” “Yes Sergeant Slicer.” “Wh-what is that thing?” “I don’t know. But I want you to contact Princess Celestia at once.” “Yes Ma’am.” Equis orbit A portal opened as the UNSC Devil’s Soul exited successfully out of slip-space. “Ship life’s support is less than 30%. I hope the beacon can reach Earth before Covvies do. Alex looked at the screen. “Hmm never seen this planet before.” He used the ships large view camera to locate the ship that crash landed on the planet. “Now where are you.” He was searching for almost ten minutes. “There you are.” As he zoomed in he was shocked by the image. “Humans!” he stood up from his seat. “What!?” he ran out of the bridge making his way to an armory. He quickly grabbed a Compressed SMG, Pistol, Assault Rifle, Sniper Rifle, and a Battle Rifle. He also packed loads of ammo and fifteen MRE’s. The ODST exited the armory and he walked towards the hanger which was now sealed and had a few remaining Pelicans. He entered through the back and he activated the thrusters. As the drop-ship rose slowly from the ground the hanger door opened. The Pelican entered the planet’s atmosphere he deactivated the lights on the ship to stay hidden. The ODST switched to 3D radar navigation. He landed on a different part of the forest to avoid detection. He grabbed his SMG and his Battle Rifle after loading the weapons and packed his supplies he ran into the Corvette crash site. He entered to an opened part of the ship. The bodies that were left behind must have been turned to dust from the fall or were pulled out of the ship when in slip-space. As he walked the human stepped on a familiar object. “Active Camo?” thinking that it will give him the advantage he placed it on his left forearm and he continued. Alex stopped when he heard voices. “This thing wiped out the entire camp.” “Lieutenant Sparkle? What the hell is this thing?!” “I’m not sure! Search the area for any life.” A different guard shouted. “Lieutenant we found something.” The entire group charged towards the guard’s position. Twilight has never seen this object in her life. It was some kind of large tube with a glass in the middle. The structure of the object didn’t seem to belong to the ship. Twilight walked to side where she found four large letters. “UNSC?” she moved closer and she placed her hand left hand on the bottom of the large words. United Nations Space Command?” she turned to Sergeant. “Sergeant!” “Yes.” “What do you know of this UNSC?” “Never heard of it ma’am.” Twilight moved to the front. “This thing seems to use some kind of freezing process.” She swiped her hand upwards to clear some of the fog and she leaned closer to the glass. “There’s something inside!” Sergeant Slicer said. “What!” “I don’t know. It’s some kind of tall metal biped. We need to take this to Canterlot lot at once!” Alex observed the entire scene. He couldn’t take on the entire group without knowing the basic. He decided to wait and infiltrate this Canterlot. This was a UNSC first Human Contact on an unmapped sector and he is willing to discover the origin. rumbling filled the air as an airship was descending from the sky. A crane gripped onto the Cryo-tube. Rope ladders fell from the side to allow the ground troop onboard. As the ship began to ascend upwards Alex jumped from the Corvette and he pierced his knife onto the ship. The ODST looked down to where the ship wreck was set. He noticed that their destination was near if he wanted to avoid detection then he had to be on the ground even before the airship. As they lowered Alex removed his knife and he tucked and rolled to the ground. He activated the Cameo then sprinted to a dark area. The Guards were pulling the cryo-chamber from behind them. Two oversized doors opened. Alex used his visor scope to zoom onto the hostiles. He saw four figures three of them were female. The first two were both wearing a crown which gave the ODST the idea that the government was a monarch. Also their clothing seemed to be like an officer’s uniform as a general. the color thou was odd. The taller one’s uniform who was taller than Alex was bright white while the smaller one was dark blue and wearing a mask over her face. The third female on the other hand was wearing a dress. Even though the character was centuries ago his brother introduced him to one of the most popular video game in history. The female reminded him of Princess Peach but, her facial expression was not all cute. She seemed harmless but, with what happened in the forest showed that she seemed to be ready to fight. The final human was a male standing about six feet. Roughly the same size as Alex his armor was different than the standard troops. This gave the Orbital Drop Shock Trooper the idea that he was an officer was well. The tall female spoke as the familiar sapphire blue white violet and rose streaks approached her. “Twilight what is this?” “I don’t know Princess Celestia but, this humongous object fell from the sky and destroyed the Griffin Knight’s camp. “What?” “Yes. It seems to be and alien…ship. When we searched the inside we found this but, what struck me as odd was the structure. It seems to be made from…humans.” The female in dark blue said. “Impossible! There’s no life outside of our world.” Alex heard from the distance and said to himself. “Take another guess you fucking idiot.” Not realizing that he said it out loud the troops and the princesses turned to Alex’s position. Luckily for him the Active Cameo was still on but, not from long. His body was slowly becoming visible. The guards looked to one another and Alex knew that the timer ran out. He ran into the alley,he was hidden. but only this time he was being chased. He ran out of the gates of the castle as he heard gunfire and he saw the light flares of the bullets flying by him. He heard a guard saying that how fast was he. Alex pulled out his data-pad to navigate the Pelican to his location. He ran for about a click more when he saw the lights of the drop-ship when the doors opened he ran only two feet inside before he was pulled out by two guards. Alex elbowed one guard and with the same arm he punched the guard on his left. A Human behind him wrapped his arms around the ODST’s neck but he quickly threw him over his body and he stomped onto the chest of the guard. With the last guard standing Alex air-kicked him on the head pushing him onto a wall and knocking him. The trooper was about to return to his ship but was tackled by more men. As he tried to push them away Twilight Princess Celestia, Luna ,Cadence and Shining Armor approached. Two guards grabbed Alex by his arms and they forced him onto his knees. Celestia said. “Who are you?” Alex was breathing heavily before he responded. “Fuck you lady!” the Twilight gasped to his respond. She tried to defend her honor. “How dare you speak to the princess that way?!” Celestia said. “Twilight please.” She turned her attention to the ODST. “This is clearly some kind of…well I don’t know.” She leaned closer to him. She placed her hand on the bottom of his helmet. “Where do you come from?” “Well about hundred or maybe millions of light-years that way.” Alex used his head to point up to the sky.” “Impossible.” She lifted the helmet off. The crowed was shocked to see a human who was not from their world. Alex took the opportunity to head butt the right guard who had his magnum. When the guard released the weapon Alex gripped onto his pistol and he grabbed Twilight and he placed the barrel of the gun on her head. The troops didn’t know how to react. He said. “Ok. I want answers and I want them NOW!”