Six stared at the guards in disbelief. He had just saved their as... flanks, and this was his thanks?! One pony had both wings and a horn. Six believed this was the leader, for it was larger than all the others, and perched atop its head was a crown. He would have loved to continue this stare down he was having with it, but movement behind him made Six pull out his magnum, point it at the leaders face, and turn around, energy sword at the ready. He saw what seemed the complete opposite of the army on the right.

The army on his left were dark colored, bat-pony, half breeds. Standing in front of them stood a dark blue, smaller version of the pony Six had his magnum pointed at.

"Looks like we have a Mexican stand-off, ponies." Six stated, looking back and forth between the two leaders. The white one spoke first.

"We speak the same language. Good, that will lead to less frustration."

"Sorry to disappoint." Six replied, smartly, in Sanghillian. Ignoring the fact he replied differently, the white pony continued.

"Who are you? Where did you come from?"

"I'm not telling you a damn thing until you tell your men to stand down." Six turned to the blue leader. "You too."

"You are in no position to make demands."

"No?" Six nodded towards the corpses of changeling's, and their headless queen. "With that image in mind, I highly suggest you change your statement." Six said, every word dripping with venom as the barrel of his magnum inched closer to her nose. He could tell, even with the fantastic fake face she was putting off, she was terrified. Well, he assumed she, for her voice sounded feminine. But, his attention, yet again, was wrapped elsewhere, as what felt like a Gauss round, hit him in the stomach, making Six drop his held weapons, and fly out the window. Looking down, Six saw a blue, rainbow haired winged pony, jabbing his stomach. This thing was going to run him into the ground, throw him off a cliff, or take him into atmosphere. Six didn't want any of those thing happening.

Grabbing a wing with his right hand, Six pulled his leg back, and kicked the wing as hard as he could. The pony screamed in pain, as its wing was now bending the opposite way. Dropping, Six hit the ground and started rolling backwards. Getting his feet under him, Six slid for a few feet, trying to stop. When he did, Six looked up, and saw the pony lose control, and crashed in front of him. Not giving it any time to breath, he sprinted towards it. However the pony was already on its feet, or hoofs, in a bucking position, waiting for Six to come closer.

Smiling, Six grabbed one of its hoofs, yet didn't stop running. After dragging it a few feet, Six jumped into the air, and swung downwards, slamming the pony into the dirt. Six then pounced on it, knife pulled out, and above his head, ready to kill the creature.

"NOOO!" Six heard a shrill cry, but it was too late. He brought the knife down, but not into it's head, but off to the side, only severing a piece of its ear off. An ear splitting cry of pain came from the pony(ironic, isn't it?), as Six felt a familiar bubble form around him.

After he was pulled off the pony, five other ponies of multiple colors ran toward Six's attacker, and Six was surrounded by guards again.

"Let me go, let me go! I'm gonna kill it!" Six laughed as Rainbow (he heard the five that ran towards her say it. Original, right?) yell the threat, as the five held her back.

"Trust me, skittles, you wouldn't have a chance."

"Then lets settle it!"

"ENOUGH!" the white leader yelled. "Violence will not calm this issue!" Rainbow then bowed, and backed away, glaring daggers at Six. "Now you, alien! Who are you?!" Six really didn't have any other option but to respond. If he broke the shield, Six was certain he would get skewered by one of the multiple spears pointing at his face.

"My name is Six, member of Noble team. Rank: Lieutenant. S-III. Who are you?" The white pony seemed to let out a held breath at his cooperation.

"My name is Princess Celestia, and you will address me as such. My sister and I co-rule Equestria, where you are now, and you have broken many of our laws...., Six."

"I also saved your asses."

"Indeed. Where did you come from?"

"Planet Reach, assuming I'm not at the planet, nor the same solar system, now. Do you know what solar system I am in?"

"No. Except for the sun and moon we raise, we know nothing else about our starry skies."

"Wait what do you mean 'the sun and moon you raise'? You mean physically move it?!" The unicorn nodded. "Okay, I'm call bull shit on that one. I'm probably dead, and this is some weird, twisted hell I'm in."

"I can assure you that you are very much alive. But why do you question that?"

"Because what I did before I came here should have killed me. But, if I'm alive, how did I get here?"

"That... may be my fault.." a purple unicorn said, walking forward.

"Twilight, my student. How are you involved in this?"

"It's long story...."

(Back inside the castle.)

"When it looked like we lost, I tried to summon a warrior, no matter who they were, to save Canterlot. When no pony showed up, I thought I had failed." Twilight explained. She gestured towards Six. "Apparently, I didn't."

"So, you thought it was a good idea to pull a warrior from his land, not knowing if he was fighting a critical battle, not knowing if he was dangerous, and put him in an unknown world? Am I following that right?" Twilight's ears flatten and looked away from the Spartan. Six smiled. "Your timing couldn't have been more fucking perfect. I was about to get obliterated."

"What were you doing?" Celestia asked.

"That, Princess, is another long story, and if I may be so bold, would like to tell over food."

"You eat?" the other princess, Luna, asked. Six's reply was taking off his helmet, to show them his true face. They all stared at him with shock and awe.

"Yes, I do eat."

(At the dining room)

"Thank you for the food. Now, I guess I have to explain what happened?" the ponies nodded.

"I was, some what, recently deployed to Reach, an earth colony, as a new member of Noble team, an all Spartan squad. The moment I got there, Noble team was deployed to reactivate a downed relay communications outpost and to find the MIA troopers that were sent to activate it before us."

"Why send troops back over there without knowing why they were missing?" Celestia interjected.

"Because Reach was too damn important. Anyways, on our way there, we found a destroyed Warthog. Seeing that plasma caused the explosion, we were skeptical at first."

"Skeptical of what?" Twilight asked.

"The Covenant." After receiving blank stares, Six continued on that subject. "The Covenant is essentially a group of aliens hell bent on destroying the human race. It consist of San 'Shyuum, Sangheilli, Jiralhanae, Huragok, Mgalekgolo, Yanme'e, Kig-yar, and Unggoy."

"You mean there are more aliens out there?!" Luna inquiries.

"Yes, but trust me, they don't know about your planet. If they did, half of it would be glass right now, but that's besides the point. After Jun and I did nightly reconnaissance to gather Intel, we discovered a spire, which we assumed was a large covenant outpost. When destroyed, however, we found out it was a large cloaking device for a Covenant super carrier, which then took off into space. Kat, another one of Noble team's member, created a plan to use a slip-stream makeshift bomb to essentially teleport half of the super carrier into oblivion. We had succeeded in getting the powder-keg on board, but there was a problem. The timer was fried." Six stooped, still seeing some confused looks. "It had to be set off manually." Those confused looks turned into wide eye stares of realization.

"Did... did some one you care about.....?" Celestia started.

"No. I set it off." The ponies looked at him like he had just told the biggest lie ever. "That is when I believe Twilight summoned me." They all nodded in understanding. "So, can you send me back?"

"What?!" they all seemed to ask in unison.

"Yeah! If I'm alive, I need to be there. They need all the help they can get. So, can you send me back, Twilight?"

"To be honest," Twilight's ears flattened, "I don't even know how I summoned you in the first place..."

"Wait, what?!"

"When I casted the spell, I was probably having a magic surge. It's like an adrenaline rush for magic. So, I don't even know if the Princess can get you back. Magical surges are extremely powerful." Six was dumb struck. He couldn't go back?! He couldn't help stop the Covenant's invasion of Reach?!

Celestia saw the panic in Six's eyes.

"Do not worry, Six. We will figure something out. Tomorrow. It's is late in the day, and you just saved us from an invasion. You must be tired..... and I assume every pony else is also?" Nodding heads agreed with her. "Then off to bed. Six, you will stay in a guest room. A guard will escort you there." With that, every one left.

(A little while later.)

Six did need rest. He needed to clear his head. Celestia seemed so sure they would find a solution, but could they?

"Hey, Six." Six looked up at the call of a friendly voice.

"Hey Sarge. What are you doing here?"

"Celestia wanted some pony to guard your room. Even if she thinks you're on our side, she still wants some pony stationed to make sure you don't go off and kill a bunch of ponies." Six chuckled at that.

"Alright, good night, Sarge."

"Good night, Six." Six entered the room. The first thing he saw was a bed. 'A bed...' Six thought. 'I haven't slept in a bed for ever. It's always been cryo sleep. Too bad I won't feel it. This armor has to be mechanically removed. Oh, well.' Six laid down on the bed. He couldn't feel the sheets all over his body, but his head wasn't armored now, and it felt super comfortable.

"Better than the ground or a piece of metal." Six laughed alone. He then drifted off in a blissful sleep.

Author's Note

All right. My favorite part in writing this chapter was the fight scene with Rainbow Dash. What was your favorite part?