What to expect.
Oh boy, it's good to be back. Anywho, this a' here's another MLP/Halo crossover, so expect... erm... Halo stuff, I suppose. It's a crossover with the original Halo CE/Anniversary so expect everything from that game, plus more as I have added my own original little twists, alternates, plot devices, and even a sub-plot or two that do impact the story.
29th March 2015 Update. As I was updating the cover art, I saw that "Halo crossovers with same plot, scenes n' dialogue" are not allowed. Either that's a coincidence, or there's a judgemental moderator out there who hasn't read my story who is out to get me lol xD Just making it overly clear that I have touched the plot up a lil bit, included my own scenes, edited the ones that exist, banished some, made all dialogue original (except some dialogue I kept to keep that Halo feel, or MLP feel, or outside references which are in MLP itself).
Instead of just turning the Halo CE cast into Ponies, I have written characters from the show into the roles of Halo's cast, just like in The Pony Lisa. I'm not just replacing names; I have bared in mind that Rarity would handle things a lot more differently than Captain Keyes, and likewise for the rest of the cast. If you'd like to find out which Ponies are playing which characters, check out the next "cast" chapter. Or you could just find out who's playin' who when you read the story.
What else should you expect? Well, there's gore. There is no swearing, no sexual content, and no shipping. There will be comedy and sadness but not in a conflicting way.
The Ponies are going up against the actual Covenant, with Elites n' Grunts n' Hunters n' stuff. Not like in The Pony Lisa where the Griffins were playing the role of Covenant.
The Ponies wear soldier saddles powered by Celestia's permanent magic; something I came up with when writing the Pony Lisa. It's how they use guns. It will be talked about in the story.
Most chapters are around 3,000 - 7,000 words long, with a few exceptions. The Prologue is short at just over 1,000 words, and the epic finale is touchin' 10,000. I asked you all how long you like yer chapters to be and you said roughly this long. It takes more than one chapter to finish a mission, apart from The Library which is wrapped up in one tiny chapter.
The cover art will get updated as the story progresses. There is a picture for each mission.
You don't have to read the author's notes but I would like it if you did. I try to keep em brief, entertaining, and even tease a funny sub-plot.
Beware of gore.
Halo isn't a particularly gory game when you compare it to things like Dead Space, but it still involves death, blood and violence, and when the Flood are unleashed, things definitely become more gruesome. Grim-dark, even. Ponies (and Covies) get infected, they mutate, there's blood n' guts, they turn on their friends, so expect all that at some point. Bad things may happen to your favorite characters.
For the best read.
I strongly recommend a medium dark background as it helps with text colour. As for size and font, I use normal sized Times New Roman, but I suppose it doesn't really matter. Whatever works for you :)