Halo: Equestrian Campaign

Twilight peered through her telescope at the flaming objects in the sky, turning away a few moments later to write something down in a small notebook she had positioned on the table next to her.

“ -nine o’clock p.m.” she thought aloud. “Update on mysterious ‘sky-fire’. Nothing has changed since several unknown objects fell from above seven hours ago. Official reports from the Princess claim them to be meteorites that fell unexpectedly from the sky-fires gravitational disruption.”

“Twilight,” came spikes voice from the bottom of the stair case. “Are you still working?”

“Yes I am,” she shouted back. “and I plan to continue working until I figure out what those things are, so don’t bother trying to convince me to take a break.”

Spike rubbed the temples of his head in frustration. “Come on Twi, you’ve been at it for, what is it now? Something like ten hours. If you don’t sleep soon your gonna pass out from exhaustion. Then I’m going to have to call Fluttershy over to take care of you….again.”

“This isn't the time for a lecture Spike, there is work to be done. Just be thankful I’m not making you to help me.”

The young dragon didn't reply. Most likely deciding that he should take advantage of his free time instead of complaining to Twilight about how she spent hers.

“Another debate with Spike ends with victory” Twilight joked. “ I’m surprised a little charmer like him hasn't already learned that mares are always right.”

After jotting down a few more notes about her estimations on the phenomenon up above, Twilight returned to her telescope. She let out a sigh as she scanned the blazing heavens for any sign of change, but was disappointed when she saw nothing.

“Maybe Spike was right.” she thought to herself. “Nothing has changed, and I doubt anything will. Perhaps I should just let the Princess handle thi-”

Her train of thought ended when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw something. It was a bright flaming ball falling away from the sky-fire, and down towards the planet….

…and it looked like it was going to come down close to Ponyville.

A feeling of excitement washed over Twilight's' body as she watched the blazing object grow closer, and closer.

A piece of the sky-fire was going to land close to Ponyville, and she was going to get to see it first-hand!

She watched the object fall from the heavens and down onto earth where it crashed through the leafy canvas of the Everfree forest, and out of sight.

“Shoot!” Twilight snapped. “Spike! Get up here. I’m going to need you!”

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“BRACE FOR IMPACT!” you shout as the Pelican makes contact with the first tree. The shuttle continues to drag through the forest for a few more yards before it abruptly stops, causing you to fly out of your seat and hit your head on the ships dashboard.

The sudden collision dazes you, and it takes you a moment to compose your self. Once you regain control of yourself you observe your surroundings. The Pelican was bathed in a red light as consoles whirred and monitors spelled out “ERROR.” The windshield was fractured in several places, and it looked like water was seeping in through the cracks; not a good sign. Looking towards the pilots seat you see Calvin struggling to unbuckle himself, and Dan slumped forward. Every other ODST had already gotten out of their seat and was frantically gathering supplies from off the walls.

“Solus!” shouts Calvin. “Get Daniel out of here!”

You are quick to comply and you manage to heave the unconscious ODST out of his seat and over your shoulder. Slowly, and carefully you make your way to the back of the Pelican. With your free hand you push the release button and the back of the shuttle slides open.

Outside is a lush forest full of trees, and various other green plants that is separated in half by a flowing river that your shuttle was currently floating in. the water looks freezing and you don’t know how deep it is.

“Well,” you think to yourself as you jump out of the pelican and into the water. “nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

Your body makes contact with the icy water. It was so cold, you could feel it through your suit. The water is deep too, you cant feel the ground beneath your feet, and keeping Dan’s head out of the water forces you to not test how low the river really is. After exiting the water you carefully set Dan down and return your gaze to the wrecked Shuttle.

The Pelican had apparently crashed into the river and skidded along for a few meters until it collided with a waterfall. The front of it was scrunched up, and wrinkled so that the engine was probably beyond repair. The only reason you could come up with as to why the shuttle hadn’t exploded was because the continuous down flow of the waterfall had doused the flames and cooled down the hot metal before it had combusted.

The other ODST’s had followed in your footsteps and jumped out of the ship, carrying what little supplies they could without sinking. Calvin was among them, holding two battle rifles over his head as led his fellow soldiers to shore.

“We grabbed all that we could carry, Solus.” says Calvin. “but, the windshield gave out and the waterfall flooded the ship. Wont be more than a few moments before the thing sinks to the bottom of the canal.”

Calvin’s words reign true as you hear the Pelican groan under the pressure of the massive waterfall, and begin to sink.

‘damn,’ you think to yourself. ‘that isn’t good’

“What do we do now?” questioned Chris.

You decide to take control of the situation and get everything organized.

“Tyler, Brendan, I want you two to take inventory of what we supplies we have. I want a complete list ASAP. Chris, Calvin, I need the two of you to scout the surrounding area, look for shelter and any type of life. Its possible we aren’t alone. In the meantime ill take a look at Dan and see if I can get him back on his feet, understood?”

“Yes, sir” reply the four ODST’s in unison.

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Twilight stepped outside of her home and into the overwhelming chaos of the frightened citizens of Ponyville.

“I should’ve known everyone would've reacted like this.” she sighed.

After a few minutes of maneuvering herself through the frenzied anarchy of pedestrians she managed to reach the town hall.  On the steps to the front door stood the mayor, trying in vain to calm the citizens of her town.

“-please, can everypony calm down! We’re contacting Princess Celestia right now, she should be here to fix the problem in just a few-”

“BANG”

The loud noise managed to silence everypony as they all turned towards the source. Soon, all eyes fell upon Twilight as her horn's magical glow faded and she walked onto the steps of town hall.

“Everypony, listen up!” she shouted. “I’ve been studying this phenomenon for quite some time now, and I have gained no knowledge to suggest that it is harmful in anyway. What fell from the sky may or may not be a piece of the sky-fire. If it is indeed a portion of it, then we need to find it immediately. Then we can figure out what it truly is and find a way to get rid of it so we can get on with our lives. Do you all understand?”

There was a collective mumble of “yes’s” from the crowd of weary ponies.

“Good,” finished twilight. “So for now, I want everyone to go back to their homes and get a few hours of rest. Then we will meet up here at five o’clock a.m. and organize a search party.”

The crowd of ponies dispersed as Twilight finished her speech, retreating to their homes to attempt to get a few hours of sleep before the next day.

“Thank you Twilight Sparkle,” said Mayor Mare. “I’m certain I wouldn’t have been able to get things under control if it weren’t for you.”

“It’s no problem Miss. Mayor,” replied twilight. “All in a days work. Now I suggest you try and get some shut-eye, we’re going to need you tomorrow.”

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