Haylo: Equestria

by xXQw3rtyXx

Only Some Lights Cast Shadows

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The sun was down, and the stars were out. I was on falcon with Fluttershy. Our mission was to infiltrate a changeling establishement. We're looking for Zealots that escaped at ONI Base. They contain information too valuable for anypony, no, anyTHING, to know.

We were dropped off someways away from the nearest changeling. We scaled a rocky cliff, and arrived at a clearing. There were Jaspers here.

"I'll take the one on the left, you take the right," Fluttershy whispered. We jumped down, silently trotted to our Jasper. I jumped on mine's back, stabbed a knife into his neck, and watched as blood spilt. Fluttershy, even a better professianl at silence, simply just pushed her's off the cliff. Jaspers lacked the necassary vocal alignment to scream.

We trotted up behind rocks, to a two story building crawling with changelings. We both had snipers, but they were loud. Ehh, what the fuck. We both took our aim, and shot the two Jaspers on the rooftops. Now everyone knew we were here. I hid behind a rock as a Kort fired a charged plasma pistol shot at me. I came out, from behind, and shot that Kort. The bullet pierced and cut off the shields of a Jasper behind it. It raged, and began randomly chucking plasma grenades at our direction. That Jasper even ripped some grenades off a Kort, right next to it.

I gallopd down a slope, and was immediantly greeted with a face full of hoof. The night vision on my visors blacked out for a second, and came back just in time to see a Jasper get shot in the face. I sprinted past it. I came to the center clearing surrounded by the circular building. Looking around, I noted that nopony was here. We hadn't killed them all, yet. A commanded retreat by a cowardice leader? Probably. Fluttershy and I sprinted into a short canyone. A Miko jumped me. I was tackled to the ground, and the Miko punched the back of my helmet once. I heard its knuckles crack and break, and the Miko jumped up, screaming. I backflipped, dogtailed it, and pounded its chest with the back of my sniper, making it vomit purple blood.

We came to the end of the canyone, where there was a small clearing. I heard gunshots, energy weapons. I saw blue and green bolts of plasma, and pink needles flying through the air at something. I adjusted my night vision, and I saw it. A giant monster, about eight times the height of me, was punching and pounding the changelings below it. It had a head like a Beheamoth, and a muscular body. It had horns, like a mammoth, and it was bald and hairless. Obviously the changelings weren't going to kill it. I took my aim at the thing's head, but Fluttershy was ahead of me, and shot its face first. I pulled the trigger right before it got out of my crosshair. The thing didn't die. It came barreling toward us, waving its monsterous fists in the air. It got closer, and closer, and then I shot it in the face again, it screamed, and died. Unfortunetly, neither of us noticed the second one closing in on us. We both got launched in the air, and landed on our backs. I grabbed the nearest thing I could find; a rock, and chucked it at the monster. It bellowed, and died, neon green blood spurting from its temples. "Lucky shot," Fluttershy said. If she didn't have her helmet on, I could swear she was smirking.

We galloped across the clearing, looking at the grusome scene. Blood was spilt everywhere, of many shades of different colors. I thought it was real pretty. We arrived at the other side of the clearing, into another canyon. I felt that we were being, watched.

"Hey Fluttershy? Do you ever get the feeling that we're being watched?" I asked.

"I always feel that way," she responded.

The canyon widened, and it opened. There was another building, with floodlights. I switched off my night vision. A Miko was standing on the roof with a beam rifle. I was low on ammo with my sniper, so if I could just get that beam rifle! I shot it, and the Miko fell forward. I hid behind the rock, and a Jasper was right there, holding an energy sword right in front of me.

"WHAT THE FUCK!?" I yelled. Fluttershy took action quickly. She clean sweeped the Jasper's foot, and shot it in the stomach.

"Thanks," I told her. I pocketed the energy sword, and galloped across dead grass to get to the beam rifle. I shot my last bit of sniper ammo at remaining Korts or Jaspers, and swapped it for the beam rifle. I weighed it in my hoofs, perfect.

Fluttershy and I eliminated what was left in the building. We trotted inside it. Our destination was on the other side of this building. The inside was splattered with the bronze blood of pegasi. Fluttershy didn't look down, or so I thougt she didn't. We came to a pegasus with no head. I took his dog tags, and shoved it down my pocket. There was a clang.

I turned around, and saw that two Himika had broken in through a door.

"SHIT!" I screamed. I hope this beam rifle can pierce heavy armor. I shot the Himika with it, and ducked as the beam rifle rebounded, and richocheted around the room. It actually ended up killing the Himika. Its brother screamed a war cry, and charged toward me, shield up. I jumped, stepped off its head, back flipped behind it, and shoved a plasma grenade deep into its armor. I instinctevly covered my face as neon orange blood splatterd the walls and me.

The door where it busted in through lead to yet another building. It was constructed on top of a small pond. I guess this used to be a lake, because it was located in the center of a shallow valley. I galloped down the hill, and saw that marines were in this building.

"Who's your CO? (Commanding Officer)" I asked the closest marine. He pointed to a pegasus with medium-light armor. I galloped over to him, "Whats the situation?" He was a buff stallion, with a bright yellow mane.

The color of his coat was indistinguishable, "We were sent to look for 3 Zealot class changelings, who were said to have secret information. We got caught here, and they've been sending dropships for awhile now."

"Why don't you just leave?" I asked him. No seriously, they could've just left in between waves.

"Well, they have some Himikas guarding the left valley entrace, where we need to go, so we're just holding out here, waiting for some promised reinforcements, are you it?" The CO squandered out the last 3 words, probably hoping that Flutters and I were the reinforcments.

"I guess," I nonchalantly spoke. He noticably hid a squeal of delight.

Just at that moment, I felt the blast of a concussion rifle hit my back. I turned around, and saw that a phantom had landed, and was shooting me. Knowing the danger of a concussion rifle, I took cover underneath a ridge. The small building establishment was elevated about 10 feet above the water. The moat-like ring of water was surrounded on one side by the 10 foot cylindrical wall, and a medium-steep slope on the other side. I hid behind the slope, and peeked out. Jaspers were piling out of the phantom. I took aim on one, shot it, and watched it go down in a spray of blood. That was a bad choice. The muzzle flash of a beam rifle was particulary noticable. Three of the Jaspers came towards me. They were wearing hunter class armor, so they must have had either active camo, or jetpacks, or hopefully not; both. Turns out it was a mix. Two of the Jaspers flew into the air, and landed behind me. I elbowed one of them, and dodged to the left with a 360 sidescrew as the other one struck out. I backhanded it, and sidekicked it into the wall. The other one got back up. I was about to punch it, when I was hit in the back by the third, camoflauged Jasper. I did a front flip, knock the camo Jasper backwards, and landing my feet on top of the other Jaspers head. I shot a beam rifle at the downed Jasper, and it sprayed blood at the other Jaspers face. I could clearly see the camo Jasper now, as it walked around with a splat of blood on it. I side kicked the Jasper, uppercutted, and jabbed its kidney. It bellowed, and died.

One of the marines fell over the side, missing a limb.

"Shit! What's going on up there, Flutters!" I jumped on a small ledge about 3 feet off the ground, and climbed back onto the building establishment. It was chaos here. I saw Fluttershy, hiding behind a doorway in one of the buildings, decisevly picking her targets. I trotted through the scene, slashing anything that came near me with the energy sword I picked up.

"Twlight, ordnance in here!" Flutters motioned me toward her position. I narrowly avoided being hit by a barrage of needles, and sprinted toward Fluttershy's position. I came to her, and went inside the building.

It turned out, there really was ordnance here. I grabbed a DMR to replace my depleted beam rifle, pocketed two magnums, and slung a shotgun. I climbed a ladder to the roof, to find that all the changelings had already been killed.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I jumped off the building, and a green lash of superplasma energy raced past me. "Shit!" I yelled, as the ultra-heat singed my energy shields bringing them down a little. I took aim at the area where that bolt came from. Two Himikas were shooting us. I looked around, and realized the other marines had already been killed. I found the head of the CO to prove it. I got hit with the Himika's plasma mortar thing when I wasn't paying attention. I was launched in the air, desperately flailing my arms, and I landed on my back. The shields broke my fall, but my spine still felt the blunt of it. My DMR landed a few feet away from me.

I kicked the DMR into the air, and caught it. Another lash of plasma nearly hit me again. I took aim at a Himika, still on my back, and pulled the trigger. The sound of gunfire blasted through the air, as the bullet merely pinged off the Himika's heavy shield. Then, it exploded. I saw Fluttershy using a JackHammer 528 Rocket Launcher. It wasn't like her to use heavy weaponry. While the Himikas were distracted, I hopped across the roof, and landed behind them, silently. I jumped on one, kicked its back, and made it lurch onto its brother, toppling both of them. I hopped off at the exact right moment, and stuck a plasma grenade up one of the Himika's back. I ducked as neon orange splatters of blood encased both his brother, and myself. Unable to get up with a dead Himika on it, I shoved the trigger up the other, live Himika's helmet casement, and shot it. It grunted, and died.

"Twilight, Fluttershy, did you catch them yet?" Dash came over the com.

"No ma'am, working on it," I replied, "c'mon Flutters, we got a mission!" We sprinted to a giant gate, which automatically opened for us. We stormed inside, just to be caught under a hail of plasma bolts. It was an incline, with rocks peaking out here and there. I took cover behind one particularly large rock. I felt the bolts of ultra-heat peeling away at the surface of rock on the other side. I backspinned around the rock, and shot down the Kort on one of the plasma turrets, while Fluttershy took out the other. We moved on. A Jasper came completely out of nowhere, and would have killed me if I didn't have my shields on. It's carbine shot me 4 times, and my energy shields faded. I took cover behind a rock, knowing that this was a Field Marshall Jasper. It had the highest class armor and shield strength. I came out from behind the rock when my shields recharged. I had both of my magnums equipped, and aimed at the Jasper's head. Rapidly shooting the Jasper, Fluttershy sneaked up behind it, jumped on it, and twisted its neck. I gave her a thumbs up.

We reached the top of the incline, and peaked over the end of it. I saw a hoof in front of my face. I looked up, and saw a Jasper looking down on us. It cocked its head, and then its plasma rifle. I rolled to the left as the grass where I was burned to a crisp. I kicked the Jasper's leg, and it tumbled down the incline about half-way, got back up, and shot me. The plasma burned away at my shields, just a little. Three shots to the head with my DMR, and it was down. Fluttershy was shooting the other way. I spun around, and began shooting with her. Blood sprayed everywhere as Fluttershy and I, the exact definition of hell, rolled through the changeling camp. Then they came out, the three Zealot class Jaspers. The leader had dual wield energy swords, another one had a concussion rifle, and the last one had dual plasma rifles.

I crouched as a concussion rifle bolt whizzed over my head. I stood back up, and found myself being pursued by the leader Jasper. I backflipped over it as it attempted to stab me, and I shot its head. The shield of the Jasper merely blinked. It turned around, lashing out at me with its energy blades. I attempted to block a lash with my gun, but the blade just cut it in half. I took out my shotgun. As it attempted to lash me, I pounded the shotgun barrel into the Jasper's chest, and pulled the trigger. The Jasper's shields didn't even fade. I shot it again; the shields were low now. I shot it once more before it pulled away. Now the shields were gone. It lashed at me again. I dogtailed it, and punched the Jasper in the face. This crushed the helmet. I kneed it in the chest, and as it was doubling over, I elbowed its arched back, and it fell to the ground. I shot it with my shotgun to make sure it was dead. The Jasper screamed, and purple blood sprayed everywhere. I looked up, and saw that Fluttershy had already killed the other two.

"Now to find that top secret info," I said.

Fluttershy and I rummaged through their campsite, until we found the blue chip thing that contained all our info. Hoping they hadn't read it yet, the falcon that Fluttershy called for to pick us up, arrived. We hopped on, and I handed the chip to Fluttershy, knowing she'll keep it safe. Well, only some lights cast shadows.


Author's Note

Why is this even called Haylo? I mean, I get the HAY part, but that has nothing to do with the individuality of the games' stories. It makes absolutely no fucking sense. It's not like the ponies are at war because of, hay? Certainly not.
Also, why is this called Haylo, or persay, Halo: Reach, when there isn't even a Halo in here. They should've called it Halo Junction: Reach.
Bitchin Bungie.
I still praise you though.

I may somtimes forget that this is in the pony world, and use human references (such as: I punched it with my hands) when it should have been: I punched it with my hoofs.) I get confused sometimes!

Beheamoths: Halo Brute Equivlant

Jaspers: Halo Elite Equivlant

Mikos: Halo Jackal Equivlant

Korts: Halo Grunt Equivlant

Lims: Halo Drone Equivlant

Droids: Halo Sentinal Equivlant

Karthak: Halo Flood Equivlant

Forrunners: Halo Forrunner Equivlant

Hajiati: Halo Prophet Equivlant

Himika: Halo Hunter Equivlant

They all look like Changelings, except with a few tweeks and adjustments to their body (like new body parts, or they are larger, or humanoid (stands on two legs). Except for the Karthak and Droids. Karthak= anything living. Droid=, well, halo sentinal.)
OHOHOHO

Twlight Sparkle= Noble 6
Fluttershy= Noble 3, Jun = Sniper Guy
Applejack= Noble 5, Jorge = Heavy guy with turret.
Rarity= Noble 4, Emile = Assasian tough guy.
Pinkie Pie= Noble 2, Kat = Tech Girl
Rainbow Dash = Noble 1, Carter= Leader

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