The last of what's up There

Foreword: here it is, nearly a month later, the answers to all your questions. During the Promethean invasion of Equestria the UNSC fought valiantly at the front lines, but behind the scenes all races of the Equestrian land resisted the Prometheans. Only one survived, however; the Griffons. When their capital fell one Griffon got away to hunt out the Prisoner of Equestria, the Promethean leader. Now, deep within Canterlot Mountain, Gilda the Griffon begins her mission to confront the Prisoner of Equestria. Join Gilda in a four chapter expansion pack for The Last Of What's Up There, and learn a stunning secret that will change the face of Equestria forever: the truth behind the Reclamation. Gilda's Plight is slated for a full release 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, November 1st, 2012.

Gilda’s Plight
Written by Codename: One

Chapter One
Separate ways

Date: November 5th, 2555
Location: Unknown
Individual: Spike
Time: Unknown

“Are you alright?” Spartan-035 asked, offering a hand to Spike to pull him to his feet. The baby dragon rubbed the side of his head and grabbed hold of the Spartan’s hand, slowly rising to his feet.

“Ughh... Yeah, I think so. Where are we?” Spike asked; he had a killer headache.

“I don’t know.”

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Date: November 5th, 2555
Location: Gryphondale, capital city of the Griffon Empire. Land of Equestria
Individual: Gilda the Griffon
Time: 12:21AM

"I'm so sorry, Gilda" UNSC Commander Robert Crusher said over the radio, his voice filled with sadness and despair.

The human was part of the UNSC, or United Nations Space Command, and was the leader of human forces in Equestria; his army was currently fighting a war against the Prometheans, strange robots that had emerged from Canterlot Mountain and had started massacring the denizens of Equestria.

Though their war hadn’t come to the Griffon Empire until just a week ago.

Now the Griffons were fighting for their lives and empire against the Prometheans and their unstoppable juggernaut of death.

"Gilda? Are you alright?” Robert asked, pressing the Griffon for a response.

"I... Yes, I'm OK. But I can't cover you now, you're behind too many buildings. But I could come join you if you want" Gilda replied, wanting to aid the human; he had come on the radio several minutes after disappearing into the sewers and told her that he had found her sister, dead from suicide.

And Gilda wanted nothing more than revenge.

"No, you've done enough to help us. Get out of the city, Gilda, and find someplace to hide" the human Commander said, disappointing Gilda.

“Griffons don’t hide, buddy” she growled in a defensive tone.

"Well fine, but I would not advise staying in this city. Things are getting pretty ugly" Robert stated.

“Yeah, they are.”

The two fell silent for a moment, both of them having nothing to say; Gilda was lost in thought about her dead sister and missing parents, and the human Commander was keeping silent for her sake.

Finally Gilda spoke up again and said “well good luck, human... And goodbye.”

"Thanks; goodbye, Gilda. Stay safe out there, OK?" Robert replied.

Gilda dumped the radio on the floor, grabbing her rifle and taking to the skies with a few flaps of her wings, taking off away from Gryphondale as a tremendous explosion lit up the night sky, a Covenant ship trailing flames and smoke as it fell beyond the city limits.

The Promethean Cryptum, a black sphere they used to travel, hanging over the city and other Covenant ships.

Gilda had learned that it was called a Cryptum when the Griffon Empire went public to their citizens with details about the Prometheans, such as the fact they were non-organic warriors created by the Forerunner Empire, a governing body that ruled the entire universe some 100,000 years ago.

The Forerunners, despite their might, were defeated by a parasitic life form they referred to as the Flood.

Coming to a stop outside Gryphondale Gilda looked back at the Capital city, remembering that she was going to tell Commander Crusher that the capital building had been swarmed hours ago by Prometheans and that the Griffon leader hadn’t made it out.

Ahh, too late now. I’m sure he’ll figure it out soon, if he hasn’t already Gilda thought, disappearing into the jungle outside Gryphondale as she got away from it and the Prometheans destroying it.

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Several minutes later Gilda had stopped in the middle of the jungle and sat down, a human Pelican dropship soaring overhead as it approached Gryphondale. The Griffon set down her rifle, a Grifriah Armouries* M100 Advanced Marksman Rifle, chambered in a powerful 15.36mm cartridge that was designed for hunting Manticores.

It made great work of Prometheans, as a single round obliterated them with ease, making up for its incredibly small magazine of three rounds.

Gilda had stolen the weapon from the dead body of a Griffon army sniper.

Letting out a ragged breath Gilda looked down at the ground, thinking about her sister and parents who were now assuredly dead.

Grizelda...you were young... Why did you do it? Why couldn’t those Prometheans have just left us alone?! They didn’t need us!

Shaking her head in anger Gilda stood up and got on her way, proceeding north to the main continent of Equestria.

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Upon reaching Equestria Gilda made her way across the land towards Canterlot Mountain, as word had it the Prometheans were gathering up any and every pony they found and were bringing them to the mountain for some reason.

Getting closer to the mountain Gilda saw the remains of the support struts for Canterlot, the struts being the only thing that survived the vaporization of the royal city.

What time is it...? 1:14AM. OK, I still got time to see what the Prometheans are up to in this mountain Gilda thought.

Venturing up the mountain the Griffon soon reached the road that lead to where Canterlot used to be, both the road and railroad ending abruptly.

For whatever reason Gilda actually felt kind of bad for the ponies; they were hit right out of the gate by the Prometheans and their government was decapitated instantly. If the humans hadn’t been there for them the ponies would be extinct by now.

Never would’ve stood a chance if they hadn’t been there for ‘em.

As Gilda reached an entrance to the interior of the mountain she went over her plan; she was to sneak down to where the Prometheans’ Cryptum launched from to begin her search for the ponies the Prometheans had captured, from there she was to find out what they were doing to the captive ponies and stop them.

Do or die time the Griffon thought as she ventured deeper into the mountain.

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Reaching the bottom of the mountain’s interior Gilda dropped down into the center and looked up, seeing the moon of Equestria hovering high above the planet’s surface, raining it’s subtle light down into the mountain.

It barely helped.

Suddenly the floor began to shift and slowly open at the center, expanding rapidly in a circular shape as an elevator rose from even farther underground.

“It is almost time for the Reclamation, Prisoner. Have you found the Catalyst?” a deep voice asked.

“I have; it is the Reclaimer leader, Commander Crusher. It should’ve been obvious from the start; a Reclaimer’s hand must always be used in our machinations” the Prisoner of Equestria replied.

“Excellent, begin the preparations. And do what you must to bring the Catalyst here. The Reclamation must come to be, if the Inheritors have any chance of surviving the coming Storm” the deep voice stated.

Gilda thought about what these obvious Prometheans had discussed; Catalyst? Reclamation? Storm? What could they mean? And furthermore, what do they mean for Equestria?

There was only one way to find out; confront the Prisoner of Equestria.

*-*-*

“Are we alive?” Spike asked, taking a look at his surroundings; it was a grassy field, with a forest in the distance, and some hills nearby. The sun was shining, and the air was warm. It seemed like paradise.

“I don’t know” Spartan-035 replied.

*-*-*

*This is a reference to Misriah Armories, manufacturer of most of the UNSC's weapons.

Author's note: so there's the sneak peek of Gilda's Plight, expansion pack one for The Last Of What's Up There. Story DLC is something I've never done before, and this one's gonna turn out alright I think. It'll finally answer all those questions you guys had after the end of the main story, that's for sure. So be sure to leave a comment letting me know what you think of Gilda's Plight.

Legal note: Commander Robert Crusher, the Prisoner of Equestria, and all related characters belong to me. Gilda the Griffon, Spike the Dragon, and all related characters belong to Hasbro. My Little Pony belongs to Hasbro. Halo belongs to 343i.