Beyond The Forerunners

Beyond The Forerunners

In the depths of space, a pelican was moving through what was left of the wreckage. "UNSC Infinity, pelican is getting ready to investigate the remains of the Didacts ship....or whats left of it..." There was nothing left....the whole middle of it was gone leaving a gap.

Lasky watched from the Infinity. "Dammit…where are you chief...?"

As the doors to the back opened, a few jet soldiers stumbled out into deep space in search of chief. "Jetpack marines deployed...good luck out their boys..."

On the other side of the wreckage, a few banshees flew in over. a soldier pointed and shouted. "BANSHEES!"

The group hid behind some wreckage and got their guns ready. "Alright, let’s kill these bastards!" The banshees turned and shot at the troops. "Okay! Ready? One!" one soldier called out.

A few more shots fired. "Two!'

The banshees were closing in. "THREE! Return fire!' The soldiers all came out of cover and fired at the banshees. "Jacob! To your right!" one soldier called to the other.

"Got it, Rick!" He turned and shot at a banshee coming at him, it blew up in a large purple explosion.

"Piolet! Get the turret out!" The soldier yelled.

"Aye, Aye Soldier...” The doors to the back of the pelican opened and the soldier kicked against the wreckage to help him move to the Pelican back. He grabbed to the back entrance and pulled himself in. "Turret up! Good luck soldier!"

He loaded up the turret and aimed. "Time to gut these split lipped freaks..." He aims at one and shoots it down, it too exploded in a flash of purple light. "Yeah! Get some you fuckers!" He aims at each individual banshee and shoots it down.  In no time each one was shot down. "Targets neutralized! Good work guys..." He looked out into space.

Jacob looks out. "....there seems to be none left...."

"Alright...let’s continue our search...." Rick then got on his headset and called in The Infinity. "sir...We got into a large firefight with Covenant.....Must be checking the wreckage too...."

'Get back to base....We're going to try something...'

"Yes, Commander Lasky..." He gets off his headset. "Lasky....What are you planning..." He says to himself as he stared out into the empty void of space.

Chapter 2

Beyond The Rift

'Is...He...alright?'

Chief can hear voices but couldn’t open his eyes to see.

'I wonder what he's wearing? Doesn’t look like anything I ever seen...'

'That’s not important Rainbow...we have to see if his pulse is good....'

Slowly chief woke up.

'Girls! He’s waking up!'

His eyes opened and he found himself on a hospital bed...he looked around and seen his helmet by him.  Slowly he got it and put it back on...."Wh...What happened?" He looked up and seen six concerned faces of six ponies.  He looked utterly shocked...but it wasn’t the strangest thing he seen.

"Dude, you okay?" The Rainbow manned Pegasus began.

Slowly, Chief looked at her. "I'm fine...What happened?"

"Ya passed out and we took ya ta' the hospital...:" Apple Jack began.

"You looked hurt and decided to help you for um...saving us from that thing...” Fluttershy said shyly. "How are you doing?"

Master Chief got up and stretched. "I'm doing fine....just need to walk it off..." Slowly he gets up as a guard came in.  Chief looked up at the guard

"Are you the from the crash site...?" He asked in a calm voice.  Chief nodded and the guard continued. "You’re going to have to come with me..."

Everypony in the room gave the same concerned faces, finally Twilight spoke up. "But guard, he needs his rest...he just got issued into the hospital..."

"Not my orders, they come from Princess Celestia herself...." He goes up to Chief. "We will give you the medical attention you need, but we need you to come with us quickly...."

Chief looked at the guard. “Okay....where are we going?"

The guard motioned him to follow. "We are going to Canterlot...” They both make it outside and there was a carriage waiting for them. "Alright...let’s go..." With that, Chief and the guard went into the Carriage.  The doors shut and they were lifted into the air.

Chief looked out the window. "...whats going on?"

The guard looked at him. "Something happened when the crash occurred...Luna wasn't able to detect it quickly but Celestia was....A rift happened and it was so grand not even her magic can stop it...suddenly the rift stopped and the next day...you turn up..." He finished. "Princess Celestia wants to know what happened..."

Chief looked out the window and seen a castle in the distance. "...better have some popcorn...it’s a long story..." Chief leaned in.

The guard leaned in too. "...i got nothing but time..." with that the carriage landed in the military section of Canterlot. “Here we are..." He went first and looked back. "Oh...My name is Lt. Diamond Blade...."

"I'm The Master Chief..." He stepped out after.

He smiles. "Welcome to Canterlot, Master Chief."

The Chief walked out into the open courtyard and seen the military ponies training. "...What are you creatures?"

The Guard smiled. "Ponies...That’s what we are..." He trotted down the courtyard with Chief following behind. "We have neon under the rule of Princess Celestia for some time now and we were always fonded over Princess Luna...both play a key role in bringing Equestria to its former glory...Equestria is the continent your in now..."

"What do you mean by former glory?” The Chief asks.

"Well, a few weeks ago a unicorn named Syrin ordered his brotherhood to attack Canterlot and major cities along Equestrian border... We managed to stop but the attacks costed around twenty five hundred ponies....and injured over eighty ponies...."

"What happened to this, Syrin?" Chief asked moving through the guards that are passing by.

"He went missing after we stopped the attacks...Nopony knows where the hell he is..." Diamond Blade and Master Chief made it to the large gates.  Diamond Blade opened them and let in Chief. "The Princess will be with you in a few..." The doors close and he looks down the hallway of a massive throne room.

"Hello...?" He slowly goes up the hallway.

He stops as he heard a voice. "Oh, lookie here...more guests.  So splendid!"

Chief took out his rifle and looked around. "Who’s there?!"

"Oh that’s not polite...But neither am I...Hehehe....Allow me to introduce myself...My name is Discord...God of chaos....Now who the hell are you?...." The voice sounded a little mad.

"My name is Chief...Master Chief..." The Spartan started.

"Oh that’s a weird name, who gave it to you?...oh wait...I don't care...but I want to know one thing....what business do you have here?"

He walks further up and comes across a window that had a weird design of a creature.  The creature then moved and disappeared off the window. "My business is private...where are you?"

"Behind you..." Chief turned and Discord was there. "BOO!" Chief flinched and shot at him, he tried to dodge. "Hey! Hey! Quit it! That’s not fun!"

He stopped. "Let that be a warning to you...." Chief scowled.

"Oh fine! You’re no fun anyways!" Discord huffed.

Chief looked at the odd creature. "What are you?"

Discord laughed. "Silly human! I’m a Spirit Draconaquis...basically god here....hehe.  But you didn’t answer my question, what are you doing here?"

Chief looked up at Discord. "A guard took me here....whats going on?"

"I don't know...something about a crash...or something, who cares...hehe..."

Chief looks around. "Big place....You live here?"

"Oh no... I live in Tartarus...I'm basically one of the seven guardians of the place now..." Discord floated around Chief.

"Tartarus...?"

"It’s basically hell for ponykind....If you were the baddest pony, you’ll get sent there...." Discord then hovered in front of him. "So...What did you need to see Celly for?"

The Doors opened up widely as Celestia came in.  Chief got a good look at her. "Hello, my name is Princess Celestia of Equestria...and frankly what I want to know is...Why the hell was my subjects and elements hurt trying to save you?..." She looks at Chief with daggers.