Chapter 4: You rode a warthog?

As I continued to walk towards the everfree forest I had time to think about the recent events; former imaginary-friend shows up and tells me that dimensions are real and that something is happening but I forget what it was, he gives me a device which is now somehow embedded in my body somewhere and I get sucked through a portal into a children's show that I, along with other teens and adults, are interested in for some reason. And now I'm walking towards a supposedly-dangerous forest in a cartoon world. I came to a horrid realisation at that moment, I hope this dimension isn't the fan-made one. I stop just before entering the trees to the forest and try to remember the various creatures that live inside. The HUD helpfully displays the info in my vision.

The Everfree Forest
Name Origin: Suspected to come from the forest's ability to operate without any external influence from ponies, which is considered 'abnormal'
Danger level (based on User ability): High
Dangers:
Manticore
Cockatrice
Poison Joke (non-lethal)
Timber Wolves
Ursa Minor (rare)
Ursa Major (rare)

Well, the Manticores I can avoid, and if that fails, run for my life. And Cockatrice are only dangerous if you stare them in the eyes. Timber Wolves are most likely going to be a problem and I think the Ursa's only reside in caves...? I hope... I sighed and checked the arrows in my vision, just as I thought, still pointing straight. Well, here we go. I quietly entered the forest, instantly as I entered the tree's, the info in my vision moved around, displaying, thank god, a movement sensor. Just to be sure I threw a stone, and sure enough, it showed up as a white line streaking across the sensor. It didn't have much range however. It could only detect things close-by. By the time anything gets that close to me, I'll be screwed. Refocusing on the task at hand, I quickly got as low as I could, and snuck through the foliage, heading in the direction the arrows told me to go.

About a few minutes in, I was starting to think I should have gone to karate more, my legs were aching from crouching in this low of a position for so long. On the bright side, the only thing I had encountered so far was a few snakes and the biggest spider I have ever seen, which I gave a large berth. I was nearing the site of the rift, at least the HUD was telling me so. When I started to see a purple glow, recognising the colour however I immediately groaned, "Twilight, why do you have to stay up for so long?" The glow stopped immediately as I mumbled that however, so I dropped to the ground, hoping to god that she hadn't heard me.

Bugs decided at that moment that they didn't like me however, as a centipede crawled over my shoulder and greeted me with its little legs. Now, I'd never seen a centipede up close before so my first reaction was to jump and scream. However I mustered some self control. I jumped, swiped it off, and said the first thing that came to mind, "Holy sh-" I caught myself just in time, as twilight was standing right there in front of me, wings spread, Guess I know what season I'm in then. Not knowing what else to do in this situation I immediately bowed, though it was awkward as I did not know how to bow in a pony body.

"What are you doing up so late, uh, I'm sorry, I don't think I've ever seen you before," Twilight asked, confused.

Not one liking to be told off by people I barely know, a lump got caught in my throat, "I, uh, I'm new to Ponyville, I, I heard an explosion and I-" I was interrupted, thankfully, by the sound of metal groaning behind Twilight. We both turned to look, twilight gasped and I just stood there staring.

There was a hole in the ground, inside said hole, was a sight I hadn't seen in a long time, a warthog. Sure it was upside down and almost completely crushed but it was a warthog nonetheless. The sound we'd heard was of something trying to lift the warthog, something was under it. I surprised myself by reacting quickly, though with poor results, "Twilight, there's something under it! Help me lift it!" Ignoring for now the fact I'd said her name, my horn burst to life with magic, I gasped at the feeling, but focused on trying to lift the heavy vehicle off the creature that was under it. I was hoping to god it wasn't one of the Flood or we'd have a potentially unstoppable parasitic creature to kill. Twilight, taking my lead, started to lift the warthog as well. The combined strength of both our kinetic magic, plus the creatures pushing, was enough to lift the warthog just enough for the creature to get out. Both me and Twilight gaped. It was a pony, but not just any pony.

This pony was wrapped head-to-toe in Spartan Armour, I didn't know who it was, I only knew it was a spartan, and he was ponified. The HUD however, knew exactly who he was.

Master Chief

Species: Human (Spartan) DNA error. Species change detected: Earth Pony (Spartan)
No data found on subject

I didn't know much about Master Chief, only that he was the main character in one or more of the Halo games. He was here, right now, and I had to keep him sane and try to keep him from telling everyone about everything. Great, just great.

"Jesus Christ, what happened, I feel like every bone in my body got shuffled in a card deck, wait, am I a-?" He noticed me and twilight at that point, twilight was still standing there, jaws wide open. I tried to keep him calm without drawing Twilights attention by mouthing the words 'Stay Calm, I'll tell you later.' which I failed miserably at, as he just stared at me for a few moments, at least I thought he was staring, hard to tell with that visor on.

I facehoofed, what have I gotten myself into?

Author's Note

Like it says in the story, I know nothing about Master Chief except that he's the main character in one or more of the games. I couldn't even find a decent pony picture of him in armour. How am I going to describe him and stuff? So yeah, Master Chief as requested. I'm going to have my story output lowered considerably as I need to learn how he talks, his personality, how he reacts in certain situations. Basically I'm going to watch a play through of Halo. It would help a lot if you could help me with him throughout the chapters. I'd appreciate the help and even give credit.

Master Chief requested by: tripledeckerbrony

I thought it was well done I liked it keep up the good work! And I ld like to see some master chief in here if your willing but keep up the good work