Author's note: Not JKR or Bungie or Microsoft. Deal.
Path of return.
A ship drifted far above the green world below. Well, half a ship really. Inside were bleak corridors with no light, except one. Standing on a pedestal was a blue woman who glowed and was partially transparent. Inside a pod next to her was a suit of green armor. Inside the suit was a man.
Master Chief Petty Officer, John, Spartan-117.
As the ship reached orbit a series of hisses could be heard and the pod opened. Out stepped the Spartan who quickly took in his surroundings before turning to the woman.
"Where are we?" he asked.
"Earth."
"Then why haven't we been picked up?"
"It seems that this is the earth of the past. I've hacked into their internet and the year is 1997."
"How do we get back?"
"I don't know. It seems the best option would be to land before we run out of air."
"Right. Where is the armory?"
"Down the hall to the left. Third door."
John drifted down the hallway and entered the armory. Picking up a battle rifle and an assault rifle along with ammo he exited back into the hallway.
"Where are the pods?" he asked while moving down the hallway to the woman.
"At the end of the hallway. The bay has been breached so you'll have to rely on your armor."
"It's still functional. Ready?"
The woman nodded. "Yank me."
John pulled out a small chip at the base of the pedestal as the woman vanished. Putting the chip into the slot in the back of his helmet, he moved down the hallway to a door with a message on the screen next to it saying: WARNING: HULL BREACH. Depressurizing the hallway, he entered what was left of the drop pod bay and pulled himself into one. Closing it and initiating the launch sequence, he asked Cortana, "Where will we land?"
"England, the forest of Dean."
John hit the release button and the pod rocketed away from the ship, etching a exhaust trail in the sky.
It was Harry's turn for watch duty at midnight. Changing places with Hermione he wondered where they would go in the morning. They had already stayed in the forest of Dean for a week after finding Ron. He knew they would have to leave the peace of the forest. Still thinking, he looked up into the sky to see a bright flare directly above him. He watched, amazed as the flare grew larger and seemingly closer.
"Ron! Hermione! Come quick!"
The sound of scrambling could be heard and Ron and Hermione exited the tent, wands out and ready for anything.
"What is it Harry?" Hermione asked.
"Look at the sky."
They both looked up and saw the bright light growing larger when suddenly a distant roar could be heard and they could discern that the flare was really an object, falling from the sky. After a couple of minutes of the roar growing louder the object crashed down not 50 feet from where they stood. Running over and hiding behind the trees closest to it, they peeked around and saw that it was a pod of some sort. They jerked back into hiding as one side blew off and a large suit of green armor stepped out.
"Who's there?" it called. Silence. "I know you're there."
Deciding that hiding would be futile the three stepped out of their cover and looked at the large being. It snapped a gun up and pointed it at them when they heard a female voice from it's helmet.
"John calm down, they're just children."
"Very well. Who are you?" John asked.
"Harry Potter. What are you?"
"Spartan-117, Master Chief."