Master Chief crawled towards the HAVOC warhead, he grabbed it, primed it, closed his eyes and slammed the detonator. Oblivion awaited him.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

Master chief opened his eyes to find, much to his amazement that he was on his knees but still very much alive. He stood up quickly in one fluid moment that would have surprised anybody who had never seen the armored soldier move before.

"Cortana?" he asked out loud. He looked around the hardlight room that had similar markings to his A.I friend.

"Cortana, do you read?" he asked out loud, sounding much more worried this time.

"Cortana, come in" he spoke out loud before turning around.
He turned around to see Cortana standing there in front of him, not her usual four inch size but at least 5.5 foot tall, she looked sad this concerned him, she walked towards him and all he could say was
"How?..."

"Oh, i'm the strangest thing you've seen all day" Cortana replied sarcastically.

"But if we're here-" he said stopping himself.

"It worked. You did it. Just like you always do." said Cortana her voice straining slightly. Master Chief looked around once more and asked
"So how do we get out of here?"

Cortana looked down at the floor, then looked chief straight in the eyes and said "I'm not coming with you this time."

"What?" questioned Chief.

"Most of me is down there" she said looking at the Didacts wrecked ship. "I only held enough back to get you off the ship..."

"No. That's not-! We go together" exclaimed the Chief.

"It's already done" Cortana replied sadly.

"I'am not leaving you here" the chiefs voice quivered when he said this.

"John" said Cortana. The use of his real name pained him, like an energy sword to the heart. She reached over and placed her hand on his armor.

"I've waited so long to do that" she sighed. Chief couldn't look her in the eyes when he said
"It was my job to take care of you."

"We were supposed to take care of each other" Cortana replied. Chief looked her in the eye when she finished that sentence.
"And we did".

"Cortana-please..." he pleaded. A single tear escaped his eyes inside his helmet. He couldn't bare to look at his friend. She started to back away slowly, he looked at her and choked

"Wait." She continued to back away never losing his gaze. All she said was

"Welcome home, John." And with that she disappeared from his life, the light room he was in faded and he was surrounded by the wreckage of the Didacts ship and wreckage from some UNSC ships.
He just remained still, tears silently falling inside his helmet, the tears collected in the soft spongy material between his head and the metal of the helmet.

He had lost her, forever.

_._._)(_._._

When he regained enough of his senses he started wondering how long it would take a rescue team to find him in all this wreckage, when the armory section from a cruiser hit him from below. He turned around and grabbed hold of it, he climbed inside turning his helmets light on.

All he saw in the ruined armory was a weapon locker with various weapons in it including a sniper, an assault rifle, a spartan laser, a DMR and two magnums, he also saw another large locker, he floated over to it and opened it, inside he saw a PP-16979/AM-Sh charger for the spartan laser, twenty 45. caliber clips for the sniper, fifteen clips for the DMR, fifteen clips for the assault rifle, four clips for the magnums and emergency light sticks.

He grabbed a few of the light sticks and activated them flinging them around lighting up the room, he then closed the lockers after grabbing three more lights, he floated himself to the edge of the armory looking outside all he saw was the planet and some wreckage entering it's atmosphere, he knew that the armory was going to enter the atmosphere soon, so he floated back inside to the back of the room grabbing the emergency handrail, taking Cortana's chip out and holding it in his free hand, he looked at the small chip that had once housed his only friend. Placing it back inside his helmet, he then hoped to himself that he could hold onto it when he entered the atmosphere.

_._._)(_._._

With an echoing *BOOOOOOOM* the armory section started to spin wildly out of control, spinning this way and that he didn't know which way he was facing and the next thing he knew he was being blinded by the sun. The rapid uncontrollable spinning became to much for his body to take and he passed out.

_._._)(_._._

It was a cold winter's night when,

"Big sister, Tia, come see this" said Luna in an excited voice.

"What is it?" asked Celestia groggily as she was awoken, she got up and walked to her balcony with her sister. She was shocked and amazed to see the meteor shower, she looked up at the many falling objects with her sister. She saw a much larger object falling towards a large empty area of land about ten miles outside of Canterlot, she stared at the object as it made it's rapid descent towards the ground. It impacted with a echoing *BOOOOOOOM*.

"HUUUUUUUH sis, can we go see it, please, please, please, can we go see it" begged Luna. Practically taking off from excitement.

"Okay fine, I guess but we must be careful" Celestia said but Luna had already left flying as quickly as she could towards the crash site.

_._._)(_._._

The princesses arrived at the crash sight filled with awe at what they saw. They saw a large black-grey metal object half buried in the earth with a large, jagged opening at the end. Luna walked cautiously towards it, but her sister stopped her in her tracks.
"Don't, Luna it might be dangerous."

"I'm not a filly, ugh, I can take care of myself, besides what if its like the other one from nearly five years ago" Luna said while she walked towards the metal object. She hovered slightly using her wings to get her into the object.

"Big sis come and see this!" exclaimed Luna.

"What is it?" asked Celestia As she landed behind her sister with a gentle thump.

"It's a Pegasus, at least I think it is" explained Luna her sister's jaw dropping as she saw a Pegasus embedded into the wall. The Pegasus was strange, not just because he was inside something that had fallen from orbit but because of his size, he was as big as Celestia herself and he was wearing what appeared to be a type of armor.

Master Chief awoke to a strange sight, two mythical creatures, surely he must be hallucinating he thought to himself. He attempted to move but his armor was still locked up from the impact, all he could do was wait.

One of the creatures walked up to him and he could now see clearly what appeared to be a midnight blue equine creature with a crescent moon on its flank. The creature stood on its back hooves, it was using its fore hooves to try and pry him from the wall, it was then his armor unlocked and he fell from the wall landing on top of the creature. It was stuck underneath him, he just groaned he still couldn't move something didn't feel right.

"Could you help me with it, sis, it's as heavy as it looks" exclaimed the blue creature. He lost control at this point he yelled

"YOU CAN TALK!" this shocked the two equine creatures.

"YOUR ALIVE!" they yelled in synchronous while Luna bolted for her sister.

"To my surprise, yes actually" said John while he tried to stand up, he only succeeded in landing on his ass.

"I guess my legs still aren't ready to stand yet" John said before he asked,
"What are you two by the way?"

"We are the Alicorn princesses of the sun and the moon, I'm Celestia and this is my little sister, Luna", said Celestia calmly while motioning to her sister who nodded.

"HA if your an 'Alicorn' then i'm a unicorn" said John sarcastically, still sure he was hallucinating.

"Actually your a Pegasus" stated Luna.

"Wait what, no i'm not, i'm a human" John replied confused.

"Nope your definitely a Pegasus, not like the last one though he was a unicorn" explained Luna while she grabbed his wing and pulled it in front of his visor.

"Okay now this is the strangest thing I have seen all day" and with that Celestia's horn glowed gold with her magic and she said,
"Be calm and rest a little." A golden light enveloped John and he passed out.

"What did you do that for?" asked Luna surprised.

"To stop him from freaking out" explained Celestia.

"What will we do with him?" asked Luna.

"I have no idea, but for now let's get him back to the castle, Luna can you carry him, i'm going to grab these lockers" Luna nodded in reply to her sister while she used her magic to lift John, Celestia then lifted the lockers with her magic and off they flew back to Canterlot.

"This is going to be hard to explain when he wakes up" explained Luna.

"I know but let's just focus on getting home first" stated Celestia.

The flight home was without incident, when they arrived back at the castle, Luna placed the Pegasus on her bed, while Celestia placed the lockers in a corner.

"How long before he wakes up?" asked Luna.

"I'm already awake", replied a gruff voice, "and you two have some explaining to do."

_._._)(_._._

"Okay we will answer any questions you might have, but in exchange you must answer a question of ours, seem fair" said Celestia.

"Okay fine. Alright, where am I right now?" asked John.

"Right now you are in Canterlot, which is the capitol of Equestria" Replied Celestia.

"What is your name?" asked Luna curiously.

"My name is John, I'm a master chief petty officer of the UNSC, I'm also a spartan" he explained,
"Well I was a human, but apparently i'm a Pegasus now" he added.

"Okay, erm what are your names?" asked John.

"I'm Luna and this is my big sister Celestia, we are the Alicorn princesses of the sun and the moon" replied Luna motioning towards her sister and the marks on their flanks.

"Erm what is that your wearing?" asked Celestia staring at John's visor curiously.

"This is MJOLNIR MK-VI power armor, This suit in particular has seen me through a lot" replied John. He asked them.
"Do you have a mirror?"

"Why do you need a mirror?" asked Celestia while Luna used her magic to move her large mirror and place it in front of John.

"Because I need to see what I look like as a Pegasus" John replied sternly. He looked in the mirror and wasn't that shocked about his appearance as he thought he would be, he noticed that his power armor had changed to suit his new form, everything had changed all the way down to his shin guards. He looked at his hooves and placed them under his helmet, he closed his eyes and pushed his helmet off, as much as he hated having any of his armor off, this had to be done.

_._._._()_._._._

It fell to the ground with a loud *THUMP*, he heard the sister's gasp with surprise, he opened his eyes slowly, he was greeted by the unfamiliar face of his equine form. His face still had all of the scars he had received from the fights he had been in over the years, other than these reminders his face had completely changed into an equines. His new face had the same deep teal coloured eyes he had since his augmentations, his coat was was just a plain white and his short mane was chestnut brown just like his hair had been. He just sat there for a minute taking it in before he asked
"What do I do now?"

"I have no idea" replied Luna and Celestia in synchronous before silence fell upon the room once more, after what seemed like an eternity Luna asked
"Well what did you do before you crashed here?"

"I was a soldier but I don't think you would really have a need for a soldier" John replied sternly.

"True we may not need a soldier, Equestria hasn't been at war for over a thousand years, but we may have another use for you" explained Celestia.

"Ha what use could an old soldier like me possibly have, i'm new here, I have no idea how to fly and I have no other talents other than killing" stated John.

"I'm sure you have other talents, but first and foremost you should really learn to fly but who could teach you" said Celestia.

"I know who could teach him sis, Rainbow Dash, we could send Twilight a letter to ask her" said Luna excitedly.

"Rainbow Dash?" asked John.

"Rainbow Dash is an amazing flyer, but for her to teach you to fly you would have to go too Ponyville, but that can wait a while" explained Celestia.

"Where will I stay until then?" asked John.

"Oh you can stay with me" suggested Luna.

"I'm not s-" said Celestia but Luna cut her off.

"Don't worry it will be fine my bed has enough room for the both of us, besides I'm kinda tired and feel like a little hour or two, and besides all the other spare rooms are taken by the ambassador's for the summit."

"Okay I guess that's fine, but don't pester him, he's had a long night I'm sure" Celestia said with a yawn while she walked out of the room closing the door behind her.

_._._)(_._._

Luna turned around to see John struggling to get his armor off.

"Here let me help with that" she said while she used her magic to help remove his armor pieces, before long all that he had on was the black material suit he wore under his armor, he still didn't feel comfortable about having his armor off, without it he felt naked, but he felt strangely free, and suddenly very tired with it off.

"Thanks" John said with a yawn, while he looked at his equine form in the mirror.

"Come on, you look like you haven't slept in a week" said Luna while she helped him into her over sized bed.

"Closer to the truth than you realize" replied John, he couldn't remember the last time he had slept longer than an hour, his cryo sleep not qualifying. As soon as his back hit the mattress and his neck hit the pillow, he felt comfortable and sleepy, he had never slept in a bed this comfortable. He practically sank into the mattress and pillow, he felt Luna get in on her side of the bed and saying,
"Good night, John."

"Good night, Luna" he replied amused, he had never said that to anybody before. He drifted off to sleep.

Author's Note

I had fun writing this so I hope you all have fun reading it. Stay awesome my fellow bronies and pegasisters.