Haylo: New Griffonstone

"Greenhorns, get up. We've got to get out of here before the Covenant blow this thing to smithereens." She said, and waited for the four. They were presented with a menu, prompting them to pick a suit. Button's father had unlocked all armor, so the young ponies chose the most appealing.

After a long five minutes, they chose their armor. Scootaloo chose the Grenadier set, Applebloom chose the EVA, Sweetie Belle chose the Air Assault, and Button, who's hoof slipped, accidentally chose the Operator set. They had their armor colored like their fur and manes.

"Welcome to Tranquility Team." She said this in a sigh, and continued. "Follow me, the others are waiting." They got a good look at her armor. She had her helmet off, revealing a comforting face, a blue coated and maroon maned mare.

They complied, picking up the controls quickly. Alarms blared as they moved down the hallways.

"What do the Covenant look like even?" Applebloom asked. Soon, she would have her question answered.

"Everypony on board!" She shouted as they galloped to a plane of some sort. Four other Greenhorn-IIIs jumped to attention and got in the Pelican.

The mare's armor had some difference to her coat and mane, having black with purple marks.

"Leaving already?" A shorter Greenhorn that sported dark green armor asked.

"Covenant are already engaging, and we need to get on the ground. New Griffonstone declared Winter Wrap Up Emergency two days ago. Our first objective is to assist in a massive counter offensive on Covenant territory." She said.

"What if there is no one else?" A white and blue one, a unicorn asked. So far, Sweetie was the third unicorn on the team, with Scootaloo and the shorter Greenhorn as the only Pegasi.

"There is, we received word they have been holding out for a full week now."

"Maybe the Covenant is running out of money." A steel grey and black Greenhorn said sarcastically.

"Here are the new arrivals." She said. "I'm Silent Charm, this is Talon Hoof, Uncommon Gem, Dusk Chime, and Morning Dew." She pointed to them as they were introduced. Talon Hoof was larger than most of the Greenhorns, and stood behind them. Uncommon Gem wore the white and blue.  Dusk Chime was by far the most interesting, having several drawings adorning his armor. Most of these were silver skulls. Morning Dew was the short green pegasus. At least his armor was. There wasn't much of a hint on what color their coats might be.

"Greenhorns, I won't lie to you. You're stepping into some horseshoes most would rather leave unfilled." Silent Charm said. Button pondered what this could mean.

The scene ended, and they were shown a view of the ship they brought to New Griffonstone from far away. It was being blasted apart by a bulbous purple ship that reminded them of the case of the game. Fiery red explosions could be seen across the hull. Some shots were fired from the grey Gryphon frigate, but a blue mist blocked any shot that hit it. Finally, the ship exploded, a ring coming from the center and expanding, and fading as quickly as it expanded.

New Griffonstone was going to be a difficult fight, no doubt about it.