In Equestria a strange light flares in the night sky, few notice it until a new creature begins to explore the world.
It is late at night in Equestria. in Ponyville most ponies are asleep at the current hour while a strange glow flashes through the night sky for but a single moment, catching the attention of Twilight Sparkle. Meanwhile a Veteran ODST of the UNSC finds himself unconscious in his pod, how he got there is a mystery to him and he must try to find a way to live in this new world as best as he can, even with the nightmares of the human-covenant war still plaguing him.
HEY GUYS! This is my first story that I've decided to start writing on here sooo don't expect much... also yes its a cross-over between Halo and MLP, characters are anthro, there will be harems, and there will be fights... anyways i'll add a few more character tags and a category or two as the story progresses (if it progresses) also FEEDBACK! I want it all, good or bad because I need to get better at writing... only because I say I do. just no flaming or crap like that. Otherwise, Peace and prosperity!
It was in the dark of Luna's night as Twilight was sitting on her balcony watching the stars for a few moments before turning in. Moments before she gets the chance to turn away there is a flash of light in the general direction of the Everfree Forest catching her attention. The Mare's eye dart quickly towards the sight with curious eyes as she squints there for a moment, waiting to see if what she saw actually happened. To her surprise however she see's what looks like a shooting star falling down into the Everfree, destroying several trees in the process.
"What in the name of Celestia?"
She asks with wide eyes before quickly going to her nearby desk and quickly writing a letter to both Celestia and Luna with almost frantic hand-writing before sending it away with a quick teleportation spell.
"I hope this Isn't as serious as i think it is..."
She says quietly to herself before getting up and taking another look out to the Everfree before finally sighing and calling it a night.
Inside the Everfree
"Oh god... what the fuck happened?"
I mutter as I hold my head, looking around I can see what looks like a forest and i'm in a clearing, several trees are downed My drop pod seems rather intact but is jammed shut as it seems to have taken a beating on drop. "fuck... alright... stock..."
I mutter quietly in my helmet as I look around my pod, My M392 DMR just where it should be to my right as the two frag grenades I have and spare Mags are in the left side of the pod. Thankfully my M6D Pistol is holstered to my side with my dagger sheathed near my chest plates collar. I do a quick body check and breathe a second sigh of relief as I find no injuries aside from slight disorientation. Not wasting any time I kick it into gear and try to contact HQ as I start to work my pod open.
"Command, this is Sargent Major Reyes do you read?"
I ask only to be met with static before I grumble and hit the side of my helmet and try again
"Heart of fire come in, over..."
I say only to be met with silence and static before I frown underneath my helmet as my pod door blows off and I step out into the small clearing my drop-pod made as it crashed through the trees. Several were utterly destroyed as their bark and wood-chips can be seen while several small fires are scattered around the clearing.
"Damn... lucky to live through that..."
I mutter before turning back to the pod and pulling out the rifle, spare mags and grenades before reaching in and pulling out a survival kit along with several rations of food and water, enough to last a week if I DIDN'T conserve energy, maybe three if I did.
"well, here's to hoping that I can find some of my men"
I say as I polarize my helmet so it turns opaque before I shoulder what little gear I don't have attached to me and begin walking slowly and carefully,looking for a place to stay until morning. Hoping that I don't run into any covenant patrols or hungry local wildlife.
On Twilight's balcony
Several hours later Twilight is sitting in a chair now as she watches the Everfree intently, worried about what might happen as she racks her brain for ideas on what could have happened. Almost none of them were good as things associated with the Everfree usually aren't on the side of harmony. About an hour later there was a flash as she receives a return letter from Celestia, Twilight quickly opens it and begins reading. Her eyes flit across the parchment as she speeds through the letter before nodding to herself. The letter itself read as such...
"Dear Twilight Sparkle, This news troubles both my sister and I deeply. We would highly appreciate it if you would investigate as we are sadly in serious diplomatic negotiations with the Griffins of Grifonia. If one or both of us were to leave suddenly, suspicions would be high and we can not afford the tension as of now. Please, be careful my faithful student. Your mentor, Princess Celestia"
"Gotta get the girls..."
She says to herself before teleporting out of her house and to each of her friends, telling them to get ready and meet her at the edge of the Everfree in an hour on the princesses orders. With the princesses ordering them the girls did not hesitate in the slightest and were ready much earlier than twilight had told them to be as they all had a feeling the situation was a grave one indeed. With a final look and nod to each other, they set off into the depths of the everfree.
Inside the Everfree
I feel like I have been walking for hours yet everywhere looks the same, my motion tracker showing blips moving all around my and I constantly have the feeling of being watched. I continue to slowly look around before i notice that several of the blips are slowly closing in on me before I stop and spin around with my rifle in the ready position as I notice several sets of glowing green eyes.
"Those ain't covies..."
I mutter as I put my finger on the trigger of my DMR and slowly back away, keeping an eye on them and my motion tracker. As I continue to back away I finally see more of one of the targets following me and believe me when I say that even I, a Hell-jumper with more than 30 combat drops on my record froze in my tracks. This... thing... was shaped like a wolf from earth, but thing is... it was made out of wood and moved like it was alive. Yet those eyes... those baleful, glowing green eyes... its like they pierced my soul when I first saw them. So I did the natural thing any Vet. would do in this situation. I shot the fucker right between the eyes and watched as it fell apart before the others looked like they were retreating, but they didn't move out of my motion trackers range so I decided to get my ass moving.
"What the hell are those things,what fucking planet am I on... AND HOW FAR DOES THIS FUCKING FOREST GO!"
I yell out before I notice six blips on my motion-tracker just to my left once I enter a clearing. Moments after noticing the contacts I hear several gasps before I snap my head towards their direction. What I saw would have made even Sargent Johnson give pause, hell, maybe even chief. Before me stood six aliens of varying size and color and from what I could see they looked very human-like with some GLARINGLY obvious signs that they weren't. First off, they all looked slightly like horses. Secondly, they were all different colors. lastly I saw that two had horns, while three had wings while the last two had none at all. The purple one with the horn and the wings struck me as the leader for some reason. However there was one thing that made me really happy, they weren't trying to kill me... yet... and from the looks of things they were sentient as they had cloths on. Still, I didn't trust them so I quickly brought my rifle to bear and started to slowly back away from them before I heard a rustling sound behind me.
I silently cursed to myself as I look at my motion sensor and my heart drops, whatever was coming, was big... and from the look of fear that the six aliens in front of me gave was enough to make me slowly turn around. As soon as I did I instantly regretted it because I saw what could only be described as a large Lion with a Scorpion's tail.
"well... shit, fuck, hell-fire..."
I muttered as it stared into my visor, as if looking right into my eyes before it roared and took a swipe at me. I dodged at the last second but I was still grazed by its powerful claws, sending me spinning through the air. Luckily when I hit the ground I managed to roll myself into a crouch with my DMR at the ready. However my eyes widen in surprise as despite it's size it was fast enough to already be half-way at me before I come to start firing at the beast, gouging rather large craters in its hide but not stopping it. It was charging me at full speed before I stop firing and wait. It gives a triumphant roar before I roll aside with a smirk, causing it to run straight by me, unable to shift its weight in time to turn towards me before I start firing into the creatures backside. One lucky shot manages to embed itself in its toxin sack, causing it to explode and showering the creature with its own poison. The creature howls in pain as I slowly step backwards away from it before it turns to me again, it's eyes were unfocused as it sways slightly before it shakes its head and growls before starting to stalk towards me. By this point I only have 2 shots left in my mag and i'm not sure if I can kill this monstrosity.
"This thing is almost as bad as a hunter..."
I whisper as I raise my DMR again, aiming for the creatures eyes this time. Yet just as I pull the trigger I am blindsided by the remnants of the creatures tail, I cartwheel through the air before I land in a heap after slamming into a tree. My rifle is out of my reach and I hear the aliens yelling worriedly and I look up, seeing the thing rear up on its hind legs as its front paws reach out to crush me. Again at the last second I roll, but one of its paws comes down on my leg and there is a loud snap as my left ankle and knee break. I scream in pain as the creature seems to think it has one, opening its jaws before a look of surprise crosses it's face for a moment
"Surprise mutha-fucka..."
I had managed to pull out my pistol and shoved it into the creatures mouth before pulling the trigger twice, causing the entire top of its head to appear to disintegrate as the HE rounds go off shortly after embedding themselves into its brain cavity. The thing falls over dead right next to me, almost crushing me under its massive weight as I begin to frantically crawl to my rifle.
"Oh god, don't let those things kill me. I don't want to die on some backwater planet that nobody knows of... I don't fuckin' deserve this..."
I pant frantically as my hands brush against the rifle's casing before a strange purple glow encases both it and myself, moments before I am lifted up off of the ground.
"I'm going to die... this is how I die... on some damned planet by myself with none of my friends... and no one will even know what happened..."
I say out loud as I am unable to move my limbs before I feel my eyes grow heavy. Sleep slowly over-takes me as I hear muffled voices. I can almost feel that I would probably not like this conversation sadly, I never got to hear the rest of it before i finally black out.
I never would have expected what happened next, but that's a story for a later day.
The world was bleak and grey, rain coated almost everything as smoke rose from several nearby buildings. The Covenant were on this world and they were entrenched. However, my men and women had different plans, we were going to kick them out after we kicked their teeth in.
"Alright you dogs listen up!"
I said loud enough for my squad to look to me, depolarizing their visors so that I can see their faces. Many looked tired and drained as we had been fighting for several days, trying to hold onto the area as the covenant sent platoon after platoon towards us. Yet we held tenaciously, almost everyone was wounded at least once from some weapon or explosive but none were ready to give up. Sadly however, there were three bodies set off to the side, lined up with their helmets on their chests as black blankets were draped over the bodies, obscuring their features as cement dust fell from the ceiling due to a nearby explosion
"There is a pelican en route, its going to be dropping off supplies and several men for us. Downside is that they are going to be on the roof and exposed, and one more thing. Those of you that wish to leave this fight can do so but i'm staying in case any more civilians make their way here. The Covies still haven't won, and they sure as hell wont so long as I am still breathing, any of you other grunts agree with my sentiments?"
I ask before every single man and woman there gives an "OOH-RAH" before I smile under my helmet.
"Then boys and girls, lets make sure that hell is even more crowded before we get there..."
I say as we all re-polarize our visors before we return our attention to the windows and door ways outside as tracer rounds and plasma fire can be seen in different parts of the crumbling city. As we wait, several of the ODSTs get antsy and start fiddling with their weapons and armor. I notice that I myself am doing something similar as there seems to be a feeling of unease in the air. Sensing this I start to look around as the feeling continues to grow until I notice something hazy in the distance. It wouldn't have looked like much to anybody else but I knew what it might have been. I felt my pulse quicken as I brought my DMR to bear and sighted the blur, now there was no doubt in my mind, we were being watched.
"SPEC OPS TEAM!"
I roar out before my rifle kicks as the Elite's shields flare up as his camouflage partially dissipates, showing the towering figure before he snarls and aims his plasma rifle before several more plasma rifles seem to manifest as a fusillade of white hot plasma starts flying towards our position. I duck back just as I feel the heat wash from a barely missed plasma shot before it impacts with a nearby support pillar, melting a small crater in it before my squad begins to return fire. However just in the opening salvos two more of my soldiers are injured while a third one simply drops dead, however due to our concentrated fire we managed to kill two Elites and wound several others before everyone finds cover. Our squads trade fire back and forth before we hear the activation of a plasma sword, causing my heart-rate to skyrocket before I see a silver armored elite lock eyes with me.
"ULTRA!"
I hear one of my squad-mates yell-out before I see another flat-line in my helmet's feed. Cursing, I quickly shift my aim to the Ultra and begin firing at him. Every shot connects but his shield refuses to drop as the spec-ops Elites continue to close with my men. My squad continues to fight valiantly but it seems to no avail as this group of Elites seem much more coordinated than any of the patrols we fought recently.
"COME ON YOU FUCKER! I'M RIGHT HERE!"
I yell at the Ultra, dropping my rifle as it clicks empty before I draw my M6D pistol and dagger as the Ultra dives into building next to one of my men who quickly puts a rifle-butt into the Ultra's head. This luckily drops the Ultra's shields before it unfortunately ends my soldiers life with a back-handed swing, severing his head from his neck before I roar in anger.
"YOU UGLY, SPLIT-LIPPED SON OF A BITCH!"
I yell, charging the Ultra as I fire my pistol at him. His armor saves him from a large portion of the damage but not completely as one of the rounds manages to hit his sword hand, blowing it apart and causing his sword to spin away from him as the Elite roars in pain and anger. It quickly turns to me before it activates the plasma daggers in its gauntlets as I ram into him, bowling him over before he gets a chance to react and extinguishing it's daggers due to a fail-safe. As I begin to bring my dagger down it flips me over it causing my to loose my grip on my pistol as I hear the shooting pick up around me. We both quickly scramble to our feet as the Elite attempts to activate its daggers again only to have one work before it gives a split grin to me.
"Flesruoy sa hcus hcterw a llik ot reggad yloh eno deen ylno I"
It says before charging and trying to bisect me with a vertical slice before I roll backwards and spring to my feet.
"AND I ONLY NEED ONE FOOT TO SHOVE UP YOUR ASS!"
I yell back before diving towards it's legs and slicing at the back of them, hoping to cut the Elite's own version of our Achilles tendon. I am rewarded with a roar of pain as it falls to one knee before it slices at me. I am not so quick to dodge this time as the blade cuts through my armor like a warm knife through butter, leaving a large cut going from the top right of my chest to the lower left of my rib-cage. I yelp in pain as I hold the cauterized wound with my empty hand as the Elite starts to stand up again, towering over me as it looks down at me and gives another split grin.
"Enim si yrotciv..."
It says as it raises its dagger for a killing blow before I lunge upwards, surprising it before I embed my dagger into the roof of it's mouth.
"Not if you are fuckin dead..."
I say as I watch the life drain from it's eyes before I yank the dagger out. Moments after wards we watch as the Spec-ops Elites slowly withdraw, firing the whole way before we manage to kill another two. Once the firefight is over several of the ODSTs remaining collect the corpses of our fallen brethren as others collect weapons, ammo, and supplies from the bodies with reverence. However a strange sensation comes over me, as if I am being pulled by something before the world around me starts to shift and transition into an empty black space. Not long after it starts to turn into a bright white area as I feel my pulse quicken and mind awaken.
Ponyville Hospital
My eyes finally start to sluggishly open as I hear the constant rhythm of a heart-rate monitor. Looking around I see a stark white environment before a thought crosses my mind. Was it all just a dream? I was quickly however proven wrong as a similar alien from earlier enters the room. She, I could tell it was a she from her more... feminine attributes, wore a nurses outfit and had a nurses cap on top of her head. Strangely enough I could see a pair of horse-like ears sticking out of her nurses cap as I hear a soft clopping noise as she walked. In her hands she held a clip-board and pen while her hair was done up in a tight bun, it was pink and she had blue eyes before I noticed a tail swishing behind her that was the same color as her hair. Upon closer inspection I noticed that her "skin" was a light shade of white before I noticed that is wasn't skin at all, but instead fur.
Not long after entering the room our eyes met before she froze in place as I stared back at her. Neither of us moved a muscle for a long time before I finally got the nerve to clear my throat and open my mouth to speak before she turned and jogged off down the hall-way.
"Well... that was quite rude..."
I say before I get the urge to look at my broken leg, due to not feeling a cast nor restraints of some kind. I throw the bed-sheets off of me as my eyes widen when I notice a pair of scars from where my bones punctured my skin. I then notice that I am in a hospital gown before I bolt upright and look around in panic.
"Shit, where's my gear..."
I mutter before I reach for the IVs in me and slowly pull them out, not wanting to have my veins torn open from a simple yank before i quickly take off the heart-rate monitor. After I do this I quickly search the small room before I notice my black fatigues sitting in a chair in the corner of the room. I quickly jog over and begin putting them on after I take the gown off before I hear the door-knob turning. Sensing that I am more than likely not in a safe area I look towards the window and rush to it before throwing it open. Looking outside I could tell that I was in a village or town of some sort before I hear the door open behind me.
"WAIT!"
I hear a feminine voice yell before I decide to go for broke and dive out of the second story window. As my feet hit the ground I roll, absorbing the shock with little effort before I look back up and see the purple alien from earlier. I tilt my head as I look back at her before I shake my head, turning and running as fast as I can, not trusting her or this place due to every alien species humanity has come into contact with trying to wipe it from existence. I run through the town as aliens rush to get out of my way, panicking as I get close to them, not knowing what I aim to do. As I run through the town I notice that the purple one is trying to follow me before another one i saw from earlier starts chasing me. This one was orange and had a stetson on her head while she twirled a lasso above her.
"Are you serious?"
I mutter before she throws it at me, I jump to my side and continue to run as she lassos a random alien in the street. I grin in victory before looking forward and see a sky-blue blur flying towards me, I instinctively duck and slide underneath as it crashes into a nearby carrot cart. Looking back I see it was another one of the aliens I saw from the forest the blue one with wings and rainbow colored hair. I get up to run again before I come face to face with the pink one.
"HI!" "B'WOAH SHIT!"
She says before I reply with my yell, I quickly try to run around her before she starts hoping after me with a huge smile on her face.
"Why are we running? OOOH ARE YOU PLAYING TAG!? WHO'S IT! IS IT TWILIGHT!? TWILIGHT'S IT DON'T LET HER CATCH YOU!"
She yells before disappearing. Her doing so distracts me long enough before I slam into what feels like a brick wall before I look up and see a big red alien looking down at me with a piece of hay in his mouth as he slowly chews on it. We stare at each other for a long moment before I look back and see the three aliens from earlier still chasing me.
"Sorry man but I gotta run!"
I yell as I get up and run past him as he simply looks after me before I hear the orange one yelling at him with a southern accent where the red one simply shakes his head and continues towards a stand with a huge cart of apples behind him that I didn't notice before. My eyes widen when I see the strength he has before I quickly look forward and speed up.
"Training don't fail me now!"
I mutter under my breath as I continue to run past a gaudy looking building with the words Carousel Boutique written on a sign with cursive script before I see another one of the aliens I encountered in the forest. This time she was white and had purple curled hair. When she sees me she gasps before putting her hand to her head as the words "drama queen" fly through my head.
I eventually outrun the group chasing me as I continue to run, not looking back as I near a small cottage on the outskirts of the forest. I decide to take refuge there and hide under the bridge as I try to slow my heart-rate and rest for a moment as my head is spinning. I am amazed I was even able to get as far as I did when I look at my leg, it seems to have had multiple fractures but they seem to have healed fully.
"How long was I even out?"
I mutter as I look out towards the town. I notice that five of the aliens that I saw before are in a group and headed my way. I sub-consciously hold my breath. I listen to them pass over me on the bridge as I can hear a muffled conversation through the stonework.
"... but we cant just leave him alone. Its dangerous out there, what if he gets hurt or worse? It would be a terrible blow to science."
I hear an intelligent sounding voice say which I recognize and attribute to the purple one.
"I hope he shows up again so I can teach him a lesson! Bucker made me crash into carrot tops carrot cart"
I hear another voice say, sounding tomboyish so I attribute it to the sporty one that was blue.
"I just hope I can give him some new cloths, that ugly outfit he was wearing before is not flattering on him"
That sounded prissy...that had to be miss drama queen.
"That colt can run ah know that, and from what we saw earlier dash, ah'm pretty sure he could take yah"
I heard a southern accent say. I think that was the one with the stetson, but i never know
"I hope I can throw him a welcome to Equestria and please don't eat our brains party!"
I think that was that pink one that came out of nowhere, i'm still confused as to how she did that. Not long after I hear a sigh before the intelligent voice speaks up again.
"I just hope Fluttershy has seen him and that he hasn't gone back into the Everfree. I'd rather him not get hurt again."
After that is all said and done they are off the bridge and I take a peek around the edge up towards them. Despite them being aliens I can still appreciate a good backside view but I don't linger for long as I see the cottage door open and a Pink haired Yellow coated female peek out at them before she happens to see me as I duck back under the bridge. I didn't notice at the time but she told the others where I was before I was quickly surrounded. Looking back and forth between the two groups on either side I take a deep breath and look between them before I get into a Martial Arts stance.
"I don't know what you want from me, nor do I care to know. I just want to go home, but if you stand in my way, I will not hesitate to move you out of it..."
I say with a dangerous edge to my voice as the blue one narrows her eyes while the orange one produces a lasso again before the yellow one speaks up, almost in an inaudible whisper as she starts to slowly get closer, despite the protests of her friends.
"W-we d-don't want t-to hurt you. We j-just want to help you."
She says as I look to her with perplexity. I look around me at the rest of them before I look to her again, I relax slightly but not fully as I look to her and ask one simple word.
I stand there staring down at the butterscotch alien as that one word echoes in the small tunnel. We stare at each other for a long moment before she tears up. When she does I feel like my heart has been stabbed as all of my ill thoughts melt away before she quickly hugs me, shocking me with her actions.
"Wh-what? why are you..."
I say as she hugs me before I sigh and slowly hug her back. When I do a feeling of warmth and happiness washes over me as I feel an unnoticed load be lifted from my shoulders. After a few seconds she speaks up as she looks up at me.
"You poor thing. What could have happened to you to make you not feel safe around us?"
I look down into her bright blue eyes and I feel like I could tell her everything but I feel as if the horrors of the Human-Covenant war have yet to reach here. I keep silent as I hug her slender frame against me before I finally open my mouth to speak after a long moment of silence.
"You really wouldn't want to know nor see what I have been through. It left me un-trusting of any alien species I encounter...and i'm sorry for that"
I say as I let her go and look around at the assembled group of aliens before I sigh and raise my hands.
"I surrender, as much as I hate to do so."
I am met with strange looks as I look from face to face before the purple one steps forward cautiously and speaks.
"Well, we value your cooperation. Now please, come back to the hospital so you can be properly addressed and released. By the way, my name is Twilight sparkle. How do you do?"
She asks slowly reaching an open hand towards me which I lightly take and shake.
"My name is Logan Reyes, Master Sargent in the UNSC of the ODSTs"
I say before I see the horn atop of her head become surrounded with a purple aura moments before a notepad and quill materialize near her, bathed in a similar glow. My eyes widen as I involuntarily take a step backwards, used to seeing the covenant have a purple hue to their ships and some of their weapons. She takes notice and looks to me with worry.
"Is something the matter?"
She says before I quickly shake my head and regain my composure.
"It's nothing to be worried about, just surprised is all... I've just never seen that before..."
I say pointing at the quill and notepad before she gives me a questioning look.
"You mean you've never seen a notepad before?"
She says before I almost face palm due to how literal she is.I shake my head before pointing at the item in question.
"No, I mean I've never seen that glow or aura before. I've never seen any technology capable of doing that."
I say before she gives me a bemused look as several of the other aliens look to each other with raised eyebrows.
"You mean you've never seen magic before?"
Twilight says as it's now my turn to give her a bemused look.
"Magic... Magic is just smoke and mirrors or really well placed technology. In other words, magic doesn't exist..."
I say before she smirks at me as I raise an eyebrow in question before looking around and seeing that all of the aliens have some form of amusement on their faces.
"Did I say something funny?"
I ask genuinely confused to the situation before Twilight snickers as the pink one begins to giggle and snort while the blue and orange one straight up begin laughing at me as the white one gives a dainty giggle while the yellow one next to me simply smiles.
"N-no, well yes actually. See magic does indeed exist and I can prove it to you too."
Twilight says before her horn brightens and I feel my stomach do a somersault as I hear the sound of energy building up and releasing as my vision blurs for a moment. When I feel my stomach settle back down and vision return I can see that I am back in the hospital room I started out in as my jaw hits the floor.
"W-what... but.... how... you... when..."
Twilight giggles before smiling at me as I pick my jaw up off of the floor.
"I told you, magic."
She says as I slowly nod.
"You... you have made your point... magic is a thing... now... I know miss Twilight Sparkle here,would anybody else like to make acquaintances?"
I ask specifically looking at the butterscotch alien who smiles demurely at me before extending her hand which I lightly take into my own.
"I'm Fluttershy..."
She says in a barely audible whisper that I can just barely make out. After I release her hand I turn to suddenly see a blue face in mine and my hands sub-consciously reach for my pistol and dagger before I realize whats going on and the face before me begins bragging.
"Yo, you didn't ask me first? I'm like, the biggest celebrity in this joint at the moment. Top flyer in Equestria? hello!"
The little blue alien spouts out as I simply stare before I sigh.
"You know, I figured we would start with a name. How about that, can I get a name please?"
I ask before she scoffs and looks away with a self-conceited smirk on her face.
"See? Even aliens want to know who Rainbow Dash is."
She states to no-one in particular before I see the orange one roll her eyes. Which I quickly catch and look into the emerald orbs.
"I take it you are used to this?"
I ask as Dash continues to brag before the alien with the stetson on nods.
"Eeyup, name's Applejack. Yer a strange critter ah gotta say. Ah do hafta admit Ah'd rather not be on yer bad side..."
She says as I look to her curiously for a moment before I remember the fight with the lion... scorpion... bat... thing... and quickly rush to defend myself.
"Oh that? well I was just defending myself from something that wanted to make me lunch. To be honest I didn't like the idea of being on something else's menu."
I say reaching out a hand for her to shake which she does with a firm grip, leaving me quite surprised given her more feminine attributes. During this time however, I notice the pink one looking like she was about to explode as she had a massive grin and was shaking almost uncontrollably. That almost made me want to skip her and go on to the white one but manners are never to be scoffed at right? I could tell that this was probably a bad idea as soon as I looked at her so I steeled myself and slowly reached a hand to her.
"Hello, I-"
I begin but am quickly cut-off as my hand is taken into a bone-crushing grip as I swear my arm is jerked in and out of socket due to how roughly it was being shaken.
She is quickly silenced by a white hand but she continues to try and speak even as she continues to shake my hand with that same bone-crushing grip as I look to my savior with some thanks as I slowly pry my hand from... Pinkie's? yea Pinkie's grip. To be honest the pink one rather scares me with that strength. Anyways my savior was obviously the 'Prissy' one from earlier but up close she isn't so much 'prissy' I believe but pretty.
"Thank you so much ma'am. I didn't know what to make of that, I think I caught the name Pinkie Pie however."
I say looking at Pinkie who's eye's light up as I can see a smile behind the white one's hand. After that quick glance I look at the white alien and extend my hand before she puts hers daintily in mine and I can tell then and there that this one will appreciate manners. So me being the genius that I am, decide to up the charm slightly. Taking the opportunity I place a gentle kiss upon her outstretched hand before looking into her eyes. Hey don't judge me, what the hell would you do in a situation like mine? Anyways, it's at this point that she speaks and I finally hear her sophisticated sounding voice.
"It is quite alright darling. Pinkie get's that way whenever she meets somepony new, give her a moment to calm down and she will be..."
She pauses for a moment looking for the right words before I say them for her.
"easier to handle?"
I say with a slight smile showing that I mean no harm with my words as she smiles back to me.
"Precisely. My name is Rarity darling, and may I offer you some new cloths? The ones you have on now are just dreadful."
I raise a brow and look myself over, noting my combat boots which are slightly scuffed and pitch black battle dress uniform before I look back up at her and respond.
"Well this isn't supposed to be a fashion statement. It's a Battle Uniform, not my dress blues. Now if you saw my dress blues you would be singing a very different tune I believe. However I don't know how long I will be here so I'd be grateful for what you can give me."
I say earning a smile from her as I look around at the small group surrounding me.
"Well, I am glad to have met you all I suppose... but I have a question. Where's my gear?"
I ask looking at Twilight who I assumed to more or less be the leader of this small group. My assumption is right as she thinks for a moment as she looks back into my Hazel eyes for a long moment before she replies.
"Weeeeellll... I can say that it is all somewhere safe. I'm sorry but I can't do anything about that until the princesses have met you."
She says slightly sheepishly, to which I raise an eyebrow and shift my weight from foot to foot as I think for a moment before speaking.
"Any idea on when that could be? I mean honestly I feel naked without having at least my pistol on me."
The statement sent a wave of blushes across the room to which I simply raised an eyebrow at before I realized how literal these creatures might be. Seeking to quickly rectify the situation I quickly raise my hands and begin waving them back and forth.
"NOT LIKE THAT! I meant as a soldier in a very long and dangerous war where the enemy is almost always around the next corner, I don't feel safe without one of my weapons."
I say quickly as a wave of understanding replaces their blushing faces before the one called Twilight Sparkle begins speaking again.
"Y-yes... well, to answer your question princesses Celestia and Luna are both in very important talks with dignitaries from the griffon kingdom. It may be a few days before you get to see one of them in Canterlot."
She says, causing me to groan in frustration and slight annoyance. I'm just slightly concerned because my gear is kinda valuable, and if my captain found out that some alien race got their hands on it? If these things thought I was scary, they have no idea what she would do to me... I'm not sure there would be enough of me left to fit in a thimble. Anyways! I look back to Twilight and think for a moment before speaking.
"Can I at least have my armor? There's nothing wrong with that right?"
I ask slightly hopeful before she shakes her head with a sad looking expression. Crushing my hopes to at least be able to have my armor with me so I can feel somewhat protected,
"Damn... well... How long do I have to wait to be 'discharged' from the hospital?"
I ask as Twilight spins on her heel and heads to the door before poking her head out for a moment. I hear her talk for a moment before seeing her nod as I sit down on the cot and take off my boots as the small group of aliens begins talking among themselves quietly. After a few moments Twilight leans back in and speaks to me with a smile upon her face.
"A doctor will be here shortly to finish giving you an examination. I do believe that afterward you shall be allowed to leave!"
She says happily as I finally crack a smile myself. Finally hearing some sort of good news I lean back and throw my legs up onto the cot, getting relaxed as I wait.
"Wonderful... I just wonder what i'm going to do after I get out of here... and where i'll stay... eh, that's easier than having to worry about getting shot or stabbed on a daily basis."
I say getting looks from the... you know, they look a lot like horses so i'm going to call them something like that, perhaps ponies because of how cute they are? What... just because i'm a guy I can still find things cute... even if i'm around 50 counting Cryo time, I'm about 28 otherwise. ANYWAYS! I got looks from the ponies after my statement, I notice but say nothing as I know they are simply civilians and really shouldn't know about the horrors of war like I do. After a few moments I hear the door open and I look up slightly. I see another female walk in... seriously, this place and all the females, are there no guys? I digress, she walks in and I see she has a light pink coat that was almost white and a dull red hair and tail color while her eyes were a light blue coloration, I also notice a horn atop her head as she turns to look around the room. She also has a white doctors coat on over her short black dress skirt and blue button-up blouse before her eyes light upon me and she gives me a small smile.
"I'm doctor Clean Cut, It's apleasure to meet you Mr. Logan Reyes."
She says in a friendly tone to which I smile and raise a placating hand to her.
"Please, either Sargent or Reyes is good enough for me."
I say giving her a quick salute before I sit up in the cot. After I do that she turns to the others in the room and smiles.
"Ladies, I must ask for doctor patient confidentiality. Would you all kindly leave the room?"
She asks as the girls nod and begin to file out of the room, each of them giving me a small wave as I wave back to them.
"I'll see you girls later I suppose..."
I say as the doctor turns to me again with that same smile as she walks forward to me.
"Please lay down so that I may start your examination."
I do as she asks and feel a very strange tingling sensation all across my body for several moments. I happen to notice that her horn is glowing a dark green color and quickly equate the tingle with her magic. After several moments I hear a hum from her as she looks to me curiously for a moment as she writes several things down on her clip-board. Before long she smiles and looks down at me before she steps back.
"From what I can tell Mr. Reyes, you are as healthy as can be. I'll be back momentarily with your paperwork unless you have any questions for me."
To that I smile and shake my head giving her the cue to leave. She does so leaving me alone with my thoughts as I cross my arms and sit up once again. Just what the hell am I supposed to do, and who are these princesses? Well,I guess I'll find out sooner or later, hopefully sooner.
It's been about two or three weeks since I landed here. During that time I got to do whatever I wanted pretty much. I actually learned that they called themselves ponies, I can't believe my luck with naming stuff. Anyways I hung around with my new alien friends, never thought i'd say that. Alien Friends... It feels weird to say. Well suffice to say I hung around them long enough to get to know them, some of their culture, and a little about the princesses.
To start, Miss Twilight Sparkle, the one with the wings and horn, is one of the 6 elements of harmony along with her friends. Her element is magic, which by now really doesn't surprise me with the number of spells she knows. She also really happens to be fond of learning, hence why I am staying with her in the meantime as I await my meeting with Celestia and Luna. Apparently she wants me close by so she can learn about my habits and by extension, humanity's. I'm not going to complain because hey, how often does a random female ask you to strip naked for study? Never-mind she's an alien...
Next up is my little butterscotch pink-maned Pegasus friend that goes by the name of Fluttershy. Her element is unsurprisingly kindness, which explains why her hug made me feel so... calm, happy, and just feeling right I suppose. She lives in a cottage at the edge of the Everfree taking care of a large number of woodland animals. Not to mention a fucking bear, I have to tell you I almost died of a heart attack when I walked up to her house only to have the door open and have a bear staring into my eyes. Christ I almost ran screaming like a little girl... don't give me that look, you wouldn't fare much better i'm fucking sure of that. Anyways, I think I may be closer to her than the rest, and not because of her figure, which I have to say is up there.
Moving on to my pristine white coated friend, Rarity is much like her name implies, a rarity. She has quite the impeccable taste, not to mention she is a fashion designer of a high-quality. Strangely enough however, she is the element of generosity which in my opinion, goes against the high-class vibe I get from her. Most of the "upper crust" that I have dealt with are a bunch of stingy snobs who care more about themselves than the normal person. However, as I stated before, she is a rarity. Her own natural beauty far exceeds many of the other mares I have seen and met... is it just me or do I see a trend forming here? Anyways... her little sister is called Sweetie Bell and she is quite the energetic and curious filly. At one point she and her friends jumped me, yelling something about Cutie Mark Crusader: Alien Catchers or something like that. Funny thing, I dodged all the nets and bags they tried to catch me with. I digress however...
There's that orange coated farm mare named Apple Jack and frankly, She reminds me of home... see, i'm a Farm-boy from the South U.S. and have the twang to prove it. Also, that farm-hand has a very nicely built figure which I think comes from her working all the time. Anyways, I managed to get a short-term job on her farm so I didn't mooch off of Twilight anymore than I had to, Not to mention it helped keep me in shape along with my regular daily exercise. Her brother Big Mac is an affable enough guy and we made a quick friendship, especially since he didn't grab me on my escape attempt from the hospital. Their little sister is called Apple Bloom and i'll tell you, she is one rambunctious little filly along with her friends but they mean well enough despite all the trouble they get into.
Then there's the hyperactive maniac that literally appears out of nowhere. It's actually quite terrifying really to know that one second you could be taking a leak in a desert by yourself before suddenly a pink poofy mane flies into your face along with the rest of a pony. The mare in question is named pinkie pie and god she scares me. I swear she has some sort of super-power or something to be able to move that fast, hell maybe she is a spartan or something. Anyways everyone likes her because she throws the most amazing parties you will ever see, and with her hyper-activity she keeps everyone entertained no matter the size of the party. Also, someway and somehow she can make anybody smile and that is a good quality in my book... not to mention the jiggly bits from all the sweets she eats... OH GOD DAMNIT I'M DOING IT AGAIN! fuck... just please let me get through talking about dash without something sexual...
Anyways yea her names Rainbow dash. Tough little gal and one I wouldn't really want to get into a fight with often. She's surprisingly strong for her size, hellishly fast and very flexible which I enjoy... Don't read into that... Anyways, She and I train in the mornings on my days off AND I SWEAR TO GOD IF SHE CALLS ME FAT ONE MORE TIME! Ok she is VERY competitive and I know she doesn't mean it but I took enough of that from Sargent Jacobs in boot-camp when I was still a marine. However it it nice to be challenged regularly and to constantly improve no matter what, but hey, you do that already or you die...
Well I think that sums up the most important creatures in my life at this moment in time. Makes me wonder about the princesses and whether or not I can find safety here until I find out where my gear is, hell maybe i'll get lucky and another ODST will drop from the sky...
Somewhere deep within the everfree
Another light blazes in the sky for a short moment as yet another ship descends from space. Yet this is no relief force come to save the ODST from his fate on this planet. No, This is a ship bearing far, FAR worse a fate for anything that gets into their way as it's burning contrail disappears as it clears the outer layers of the atmosphere and the ship starts to slow its approach.
The strange purple ship descends into the jungle, The craft is shaped like a tuning fork with a turret at the base of the "handle" of the ship as it lands on anti-gravity engines as wildlife quiets down or flees from the craft as the doors slowly open. Inside squabbling could be heard before a pack of short stubby limbed creatures runs down one side with orange and red colored armor on as a pair of larger blue colored creatures follow them out silently as their eyes scan the jungle. From the other side a group of avian like creatures jumps out before they activate shields that are on their arms, when they flare to life the majority are blue, yet there are a pair of orange shields as well while another larger blue armored warrior walks down their side of the ramp. Finally after afew moments of fanning out one of the blue warriors turns his head back to the ship before his mouth splits into four mandibles as he speaks.
"Leader, we have arrived, the surrounding area is devoid of any hostiles." The warrior says as another one of their kind clad in white walks down the ramp before his own jaws split open as he takes a deep breath.
"This world smells unspoiled by the vermin..." The leader says before waving his hands. "Base-camp here, take what supplies you can from the drop-ship, We will find out if we can find any new allies on this planet." He growls out as he kneels down and grabs a handful of dirt in his four digit hands as he takes a deeper breath of it before whirling to a stand as he draws a pair of plasma rifles. "We are not alone here..." He says as the Red clad warriors draw a Carbine and a Plasma Repeater each as a pack of Timberwolves charges out from the brush towards them. What ensued was entirely one-sided as the three warriors mowed down the pack in short order without a single one even making it to them before a red one laughs.
"Good eyes Alei. You will most assuredly make major with mistakes such as these." He says laughing before the white one chastises him.
"Silence Vel, Alei 'Latowee was correct... there were not any hostiles either until I heard movement and smelled something... strange suddenly..." He says as the two majors with him look to one another before Vel speaks again.
"My apologies Garr 'Komtaree..." He says as the rest of their forces begin to erect some temporary buildings with their supplies.
Meanwhile a short distance away, a Zebra mare is silently watching the new arrivals with trepidation. Never before has she seen such creatures, and never before has she seen a pack of timberwolves wiped out as easily as they were. Unsure of what to do she continues to watch before a pair of the more avian creatures begin to take deep breaths and start to look towards her direction before she quickly begins to back away as they slowly start to raise weapons and approach. Within moments she is gone and is but a whisper on the wind when the aliens reach her before the barking guttural speak of one of the larger blue colored aliens quickly brings them back.
At Twilight's Library
"For the last time Logan, you will meet the Princesses tomorrow. Then we will see about getting your equipment back to you." Twilight scolds me while I sigh and cross my arms.
"Look, I want atleast my armor, I don't feel safe without my second skin. I'll leave the helmet off it it freaks everybody-" I say before Twilight cuts me off.
"Everypony"
She corrects before I get a bemused look and continue "... Freaks everypony out... I swear..." I mutter the last two words before the front door swings open and a Zebra mare stands there before quickly walking up to Twilight and quietly saying something that seems to Excite and worry Twilight at the same time before the Zebra brushes past me again and goes out the door quickly and quietly. "Erm... Twilight? What was all that about?" I ask curiously as she begins to chatter excitedly.
"More Aliens Logan! There are more Aliens in the Everfree!" She says causing a chill to go down my spine as I clench my fists sub-consciously.
"Twilight... did that zebra describe anything about what they looked like?" I ask before she continues to speak.
"Well, she said that their ship had what looked like two prongs to it and that there was a large group of them. She also said there were 5 rather large ones that seemed to be the leaders of the group and that there were also two smaller groups of bird-like aliens and another group that were all wearing masks. Sound familiar?" She asks before an icy spike of terror stabs into my heart as my eyes widen and I take a step back.
"Oh... Oh god... Not here... Not now..." I say in a slightly panicky voice before Twilight quickly steps over to me with a look of worry on her face.
"Logan? Logan what's wrong?" She asks as I grab her shoulders.
"Twilight please, you have to listen to me and it's a matter of life or death and I don't want to die yet, I need my gear now!"
My reaction seems to make her more worried than anything as she looks into my eyes. "Logan, calm down, you're worrying me..." She says before I take a deep breath and let her go before looking her in the eye again.
"Twilight... the Covenant... the aliens out for the extinction of my people... are on your planet now. I don't know how they will react to any of the other species on this planet but trust me. They are NOT to be trusted and they CANNOT learn of my existence... otherwise..." I trail off as I think of the many planets that have been glassed because of a human victory on the ground. "Otherwise it won't be safe for you or anybody else on this planet..."