"Thou aren't much of a...talker...as the commoners put it" The Princess of the Night asked, as me, and her are walking across the plains. I didn't respond as usual because I didn't want to talk about the Human-Covenent war and the billions of human lives lost.

"The Chief doesn't talk because of the shell he put up. And because of the war, which me and him doesn't want to talk about" My oldest and most trusted A.I friend had said, the Night Princess was about to say something about the war before Cortana interrupted her. "I'm sorry your majesty I'm afraid we can't talk about anything related to us, including our war that we just got out of. And if we did you wouldn't trust us if you found out what the Chief and the rest of his kind and the 'aliens' that we were fighting for our lives to prevent them from killing all of us" She quickly summarized causing the alicorn to cringe from her summery. "And that's why we don't talk about it" After Cortana saw the Princesses reaction, and to also see her determination to find out about the war.

Cortana smirked at the Princesses determination even after her reaction to her summery of the war as the three of us, well two of us started walking up the mountain path to the newly finished capital, thanks to my armors built in binoculars with 200x zoom which I could already tell the city, and castle was finished recently or some time before. "Does thou's armor have any enchantments that will allow you to become invisible as not to arouse suspicion or to put fear into the populace of Caterlot?" The Princess asked before we came into view of the main gate, for which I simply nodded, activating my armor's cloak and placing a hand on her shoulders causing her to jump a little after seeing the amazement on her muzzle, her face mind you. After a moment she smiled and the two of us started walking up to the gate where two guards wearing medieval night armor, yes night armor.

The two of them bowed to Luna and quickly opened the gate to let the the three of us, if you are including Cortana, but unbeknownst to them they were letting a bipedal creature and his 'ghost' A.I. in with their beloved princess. As soon as we passed the gate and what I saw once we passed the double door gate, which was massive, was a beautiful multi-tiered city that was made out of chiseled stone and marble, the castle itself was made out of white and black marble, somehow merged together with gold trimming and golden roofed towers or what I thought was gold.

I made sure that my suits cloak and energy supply was still going and still in the green, the energy supply was in the middle of the green, so I lightly patted the princess to let her know to try and speed it up with all of the more smaller ponies bowing to her, she quickly got the message and the two of us, including Cortana, picked up our pace to the castle.

By the time me, Cortana, and Princess Luna had gotten to her room and Luna closing the door, along with dismissing her guards the cloak had dropped surprising Luna a bit, which brought a smirk to my face which was hidden by my helmet so Luna didn't see it. "Don't scare us like that, we-I don't like to be scared unless it's something important or it's a prank" She stated with a smirk on her muzzle. That brought a devious smirk and a prank along with it. Since Luna can't see my face because of my helmet she couldn't tell what I looked like or what I was thinking.

"Dear sister!" Came an unknown high pitched obviously feminine voice then a small alicorn filly with an alabaster coat, a pink mane and tail along with the rising sun on her flank, she ran to Luna and gave her a hug on one of her forelegs, Luna gave the smaller alicorn which was her sister a hug in return lovingly nuzzling her as well.

Then the filly turned her gaze to me with curiosity in her magenta eyes and slowly made her way over to me, I look up at Luna who has fear in her eyes then I lock back down at the small filly who is already sitting down with her forehooves extended out like a hug. I bend down and gently picks her up and hesitatingly but gently pulls her in for a hug, she energetically and friendly wraps her forehooves and legs around my neck which catches me and Luna by surprise.

I gently start rubbing her little back, being careful not to use enough force to break her back, she giggles as my gloved hand goes up and down her little back and her little wings to extend outwards and stiffen causing her to break the hug and blush, causing me to smile widely but is hidden by my helmet as usual. I gently put her down and she quickly runs over to Luna's bed and curls up on it. "It looks like you made a new friend Chief" My old friend quipped with a smile of her own.

"I was not expecting that" Luna said after a awkward moment of silence. "And don't you worry you can stay in the guest suite across the hall. And I'll let my guards know not to attack you, and to let them know that your are friendly" I nodded politely, turned around walked over to the door, opened it where a small group of her guards had been piled up against it fell to my feet, they quickly stood up and raised their spears at me. "What do you think you are doing!!" The Princess of the Night screamed in her authoritative voice.

But the guards didn't respond so I quickly grabbed their spears, broke them and knocking them all unconscious breaking two of their legs causing them to slump to the floor with concussions, with each of them bleeding from their mouths and their broken legs, I broke open a few blood vessels causing them to bleed internally, which I wasn't wanting. I walked over their unconscious bodies making sure I didn't crush their skulls or any of their bones and made my way across to the open suite, after I nearly closed the door I heard more hooves on the marble floor, then I saw what looked like doctor and nurses who heard the commotion. And this was before I completely closed the door.

To be continued....

Author's Note

You guys should know the drill. Comment, help me improve, point out mistakes/misspellings yada, yada.

I want you guys to try and stick with me here. Since this is my second chapter by chapter story, and I want your guys imput on what John, Cortana, and Luna should do in the next chapter.