//------------------------------// // No plan survives first contact // Story: Halo: Equestria // by shenadri //------------------------------// UNSC Harmony bridge, 10 minutes later Saying that Twilight Sparkle was nervous was an understatement , the young mare was walking over the bridge of the frigate from one side to the other, the purple armor discarded on one side, after proving through a campaign how futile it was to have a complete set of armor that only it could be put on and removed with a small group of engineers, the UNSC approved the implementation of the body armor designed by Twilight, which remained as the typical Mjolnir armor, but with the advantage that it could be put on and removed with just two people, and these do not even have to be skilled on any sort engineering to help the armor's user, as Silver Sword , one of the unicorns of the guard who stayed in the Harmony, could observe while removing the heavy parts of the legs of the tactical combat armor, however, the constant walk of the spartan was doing the work of removing the last pieces of armor a real challenge. "Princess, please calm down, I understand that you are nervous about this" he tried, gesturing with one hoof to the now half-naked anthro pony, "but still, they are going to welcome you as a hero." "But that is exactly the problem, soldier, what if they do not want me anymore, what if they force me to leave Equestria never to return," the panicked super soldier was ranting, without listening to the unicorn, her spiky hair curling up in several places, thanks to the stress she felt, "I am now a genetically modified soldier able to stop an entire invading force myself , I remember one of the logs of the UNSC network saying that one of the other spartans was able to re-enter the atmosphere of a planet only with his armor TWICE, for Celestia's sake!," she continued, not realizing that Applejack had just walked through the door. The orange pony simply approached the guard. "Nervous attack?" the former farmer asked, pointing over her shoulder with a tumb to the purple princess. "Nervous attack," the guard confirmed, "she is all yours, Applejack , I will be helping the civilians." the guard sighed, exiting the bridge, after he could go to the hangar however, a sudden noise halted Silver Sword dead on his tracks. *SLAP* The guard rushed back, only to find Applejack, her hand raised, and Twilight on one of the consoles, a hand on her cheek, wich was slightly darker than the rest of her fur, looking to Applejack as if she had grown a second head. "DAMN IT, WARLOCK, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NERVOUS, CELESTIA FORBID IT, I AM NERVOUS TOO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN I GO BACK TO MY FAMILY, BUT WE WERE TRAINED TO GET THOSE TEMPER TANTRUMS UNDER CONTROL, NOW, YOU ARE GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE HANGAR AND HELP WITH THE OTHERS TO DISSEMBARK ALL THE CIVVIES, AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO STRAP YOUSELF IN A GURNEY AND GO TO THE HOSPITAL, OR SO HELP ME, I'LL BE TAKING YOU TO THE HOSPITAL MYSELF, AND THOSE BRUISED RIBS WOULD BE THE LEAST OF YOUR CONCERNS, IS THAT UNDERSTOOD!" Applejack bellowed, tapping her finger on the chest of the other spartan mare, while giving her a nasty glare. "Sir, yes Sir!" Twilight and Silver Sword said at the same time, then Twilight rushed out the bridge, only to came back for some clothes that one of the other ponies had bring to her, and then rushing out again while Silver just jumped out of the way of the now dressed spartan, only to stop when a looming shadow came from behind him. "AND WHY IN ALL THAT IS HOLY YOU ANSWERED!" Applejack yelled, looking down. "Mommy"the guard answered, before passing out. "Heh" Applejack said to herself, smiling, while holsting the unconcious unicorn "and I thought that Twi was my commanding officer." Outside the landing zone, Canter Plains, Equestria All the ponies outside the huge ship that just landed outside Canter Mountain were nervous, except for the detachment of LT Swift Wing and one other pegasus, her celurean coat and her prismatic mane and tail billowing in the wind when her touched down near the princesses. Rainbow Dash was a well known individual in the castle, due to her previous status as a Wonderbolt, now however, her reputation as a heavy drinker and her sullen attitude was known best on the castle, rumors saying that she even had once hit the solar princess, but all the ponies in Canterlot knew that no matter what problem arises, Rainbow would always be there to help the ponies no matter what. "What did you saw, Rainbow," Princess Celestia asked with a raised eyebrow , seeing the expression of the young pegasus, "there is something wrong?" "I don't know, Celestia, and personally I didn't see any survivors, or ponies for that matter," Rainbow answered, looking a little confused, "However, I saw a weird purple armored golem, I think it is the commander of this ship," the blue daredevil continued, tapping lightly on one of the armored sides of the frigate, as soon as she do that, one huge part of the ship began to rumble, and collapsing upwards, revealed a large bay, with various ponies looking towards the now revealed exit, also, standing there, was an orange figure talking with some of the solar guard stallions. "... And please help the elder's first, also, thank you for your..." watever seed was going to say was interrupted when a war cry was heard, a pegasus from outside the ship entered charging towards the AI, on the other hand, Seed simply collapsed, making the beligerant pegasus to loose focus, Rainbow, startled by the sudden dissapeareance of the weid bipedal thing tried to stop, only to crash into a figure which was emerging from one of the corridors of the steel behemoth. "Ghah" Twilight tried to scream , the air in her lungs escaping a forced way, when a small and furry object hit her chest , aggravating the already bruised ribs of the injured spartan, after greedily gulping air, the purple princess tried to stand on shaky feet, looking towards the exit. "Please, don't fly on the hangar, you can hit somebody and make an accident" the purple librarian said, still clutching whatever had run over her. "Twilight?" A raspy voice said, making the older woman to look down, on her arms, looking towards her with disbelief, was the one and only Rainbow Dash, looking at her as if she had seen a ghost, Twilight then did the most logical thing that she could do at the moment. She fainted.