Chapter 1.

Master Chief Petty Officer Sierra-117 was sure he was dead. He detonated the device right in front of his face. All he saw was a blinding flash of light as he felt nothingness. He opened his eyes again to see he was surrounded by a blue aura. He moved around and felt pain on his heavily bruised body from non stop days of endless combat. Yet despite his pain or curiosity to the blue cube that contained him, his mind was only concerned with one thing.

"Cortana do you read?" He asked outloud searching for his long time partner and best friend. He was answered by dead silence.

"Cortana come in!" Chief said now getting worried. He saw a glowing light out of his peripheral vision. He slowly turned and saw a human sized Cortana slowly walking towards him.

"She's beautiful." He thought to himself now relieved she was alright.

"How?" He asked confused to how they survived the blast.

"Oh I'M the strangest thing you've seen all day?" She said. Chief grinned under his helmet, he never got tired of her snarky comments.

"But if we're here." Chief said hoping the Didact was defeated.

"It worked." Cortana said. "You did it, just like you always do."

"So how do we get out of here?" Chief asked content knowing both the Didact was no more, humanity was safe, and Cortana was still with him. It all came to a crushing blow at her next sentence.

"I'm not coming with you this time." Cortana said as Chief felt his heart cave in on itself.

"What?" He asked concerned. What the hell was she talking about?

"Most of me is down there." She said looking down to the debris of the Didact's ship. "I only held back enough to get you off the ship."

"NO! That's not- We go together!" Chief said. Cortana looked at him emotionally. In the years she had been with him he never stuttered like that.

"It's already done." Cortana said.

"I am NOT leaving you here!" Chief said. He didn't care what the situation was, he would get her out of here alive no matter what.

"John." She said walking up to him. Her rampancy so near now she could physically touch him. She placed her hand on his chest. "I've waited so long to do that!" Chief looked away as he let tears flow out of him. How could this be happening?

"It was my job to take care of you." He somehow said without choking up.

"We were supposed to take care of each other." Cortana said looking at him. "And we did." She said sadly. Chief looked into her beautiful cyber eyes. He had come to love her, not only as a companion but something more. She was the only being alive now who knew who he was when he wasn't Spartan-117.

"Cortana...Please.." He said. He lost so many people, Fred, Kelly, Linda, Sam, Johnson, he couldn't lose her too!

"Welcome home John." She said backing up. John just looked at her as she backed away and slowly faded out of existence. That was it, after years of heartbreak, Cortana dying was what finally broke his heart. He watched in agony and pain as the person he loved most left him forever. He didn't notice the sound of the shield failing or him slipping into space.

"I love you." He said as he fell into space towards Earth.


Queen Elsa of Arendelle slowly walked up the north mountain in sadness and fear. One day! One day she couldn't keep it together! Now she lost everything! She couldn't get that look of horror on her people's faces when they saw her for the monster she was. Now she had no one, her parents dead, her only friend and family her sister Anna, must think she is a despicable witch by now. Elsa sighed as she realized how alone she was now.

Wait, she was alone?

"I can't hurt anyone now!" She said to herself as she released her powers upon the environment. She loved the feeling she got from letting loose. All those years cooped up in her room and now she was free to roam around and use her powers to the limit. She cheerfully sang as she created an old snowman from her childhood. She ran up a mountain slope creating an ice staircase as she ran up it. She then finally unleashed her true potential as she raised a massive ice palace from the ground. She threw her crown to the side as she let her braided hair loose. She replaced her old dress with a new one made of ice as she walked to see the sunrise over the mountains.

"Let the storm rage oooooonnnnnn!" She sang as she noticed a large black dot in the sky in the sun. She knew better than to look directly at the sun but saw the black dot getting bigger and bigger and it was headed right for her!It smashed through mountain. She gasped as she ran as fast as she could away from her balcony as a loud smash was heard. Ice shattered as a large object smashed through the ceiling and hit the floor creating a massive crater in the ground. Elsa had jumped behind a thick ice wall as the object made impact. She looked over to see a smoking crater where the object landed. She was concerned on what to do. She slowly got up and walked towards it saw a distinct green and black color pattern. As she got closer and closer she saw it was shaped like a man!

"Oh my-" She gasped! The suit the man wore was unlike anything she had ever seen! Was it even a man? Could it be some alien from another planet? Elsa was stuck on what to do. She decided to examine it as her curiosity took over. She could see how hot it was as it melted all the ice near it. She held out her hand to cool it off but before she could unleash some frost. The creatures massive green hand shot up and grabbed her arm.

"OW!" She yelped as the creature slowly stood up. Elsa's eyes widened in pure stark terror as the creature rose to its full height. The creature was massive, it towered a foot and a half over her. She looked up and made eye contact with a golden visor devoid of any expression.

"Please no no!" She said struggling but this creatures strength was massive. John looked down on the young woman and could see she was scared he started to loosen his grip as he felt a chilling feeling go up his hand. He looked to see his arm had been frozen in a block of ice! Elsa took this oppurtunity to back up but fell to her butt as she was to scared to move. Her terror only amplified when the creature shattered the ice on its arm by simply flexing its arm. It walked over to Elsa creating cracks in the ice as it moved. Elsa curled into a ball and silently cried. She deserved this for everything she had done but she was so scared to die.

"Please don't hurt me." She squeaked. The creature looked at her and moved its hand towards her. Elsa screamed as its hand swung towards her but she felt no pain as she slowly opened her eyes to the see its hands a foot away from her face.

"Are you okay?" The creature asked. Elsa gasped, this thing can talk!

"Y-y-you can t-talk?" She asked still terrified. "W-what are you?" John was confused, everybody knew the iconic Spartan armor.

"Master Chief Petty Officer Sierra-117." John said giving his rank and callsign.

"A master chef what?" Elsa said out of breath.

"Nevermind, listen I will not hurt you." John said trying to calm her down.

"Then why did you grab me like that?" Elsa asked relieved.

"Reflex, years of fighting." John said offering his hand again. Elsa moved her tiny hand which was still shaking into his massive one as he helped her up.

"But you came from the sky! You're huge! W-what are you?" Elsa asked.

"I'm a Spartan." John said.

"Spartan?" Elsa asked.

"You've never heard of us?" John asked shocked.

"The only Spartans I know of are from ancient greece." Elsa said. She gulped as she asked her next question. "Are you an alien?"

"No, I am human like you." John said.

"What is your name?" Elsa asked. Her heart beat slowly going back to normal.

"Master Chief." John said.

"I know that is not your real name." Elsa said slightly annoyed.

"My name is classified." John said. "How about you answer some of my questions now?"

"W-what would you like to know?" Elsa asked.

"Where the hell am I?" John asked. Elsa detected the tone of anger in his voice.

"A-Arendelle Norway!" Elsa responded fearing this man's wrath.

"So I am on Earth." John said to himself.

"Well yes where else would you be?" Elsa asked. John was very confused by this woman. She did not know of the Spartans or the colony worlds?

"Where is the nearest UNSC outpost?" John asked.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Elsa said. John growled and slammed his fist into the wall next to her shattering ice. Elsa's eyes went wide in fear once again.

"Stop playing games with me!" John yelled. He realized what he did and pulled his fist back. What the hell was he doing? He never lashed out on a person like that before! Cortana's death must have really gotten to him. He now knew the answer to her question on who was the machine. He was the machine. John was suddenly knocked back by a blast of ice. His shields slightly shimmered as he looked in awe at the woman in front of him.

She was shooting ice out of her bare hands!

"I'M SORRY!" She said running over. "I didn't mean to! I just! They-!"

"It's fine, you only reacted defensively." John said brushing the ice off his armor. "Can you explain to me what weapon you just used? I haven't seen that in human, Covenant, or Forerunner tech." Elsa was getting a headache from this guy! Covenant? Master Chief? Spartans? UNSC? Who is this guy? Elsa took a deep breath and looked back at him.

"Look." Elsa said. "I don't know what you are talking about. Any of this! Believe me I am just as confused as you are. What you saw were my ice powers. I don't know how they work or how I got them. Now you should leave, it isn't safe here."

"Are their Covenant here?" Chief asked reaching back for his assault rifle.

"No, I am the threat." Elsa said. "Please leave, I don't want to hurt you."

"How would you hurt me?" John asked. He had to admit he was touched by her caring. Even though he scared her she still was concerned for his safety.

"You saw what I can do. I am dangerous, I can't control my powers. That is why I ran up here like a coward and left my people without a queen." Elsa said.

"Queen?" John said. "You are a queen?"

"Queen Elsa of Arendelle, or atleast I was." Elsa said ashamed.

"There are no monarchies that I know off in the UNSC." Chief said. Chief started plugging things together in his head and a wild theory popped up. It was absurd but very much possible.

"Queen Elsa." John said. "What is the date?"

"July 13 1845." Elsa said. John's world froze. He was in the past? But how? Had the blast somehow blown him back in time? He had traveled nearly eight hundred years back! This was too much to take in!

"Well I believe I have discovered our little problem then." Chief said. "I am from the year 2556." Elsa looked at him like he was crazy.

"So you are telling me you traveled through time?" Elsa said almost wanting to laugh. Then again, his armor did look quite advanced, plus after seeing the magic within her, time travel actually did not seem too absurd. John sat down and put his hands to his helmet. What was he going to do now? He had no way of getting back to the UNSC since it doesn't exist yet. Surely the people of this time period would freak out over his appearance. Should he warn humanity of the coming war? He considered it but he always heard to never tamper with history like that. Although their losses were many, humanity did come out the victor in the end. Besides, how would you even prepare to fight an enemy advanced as the Covenant?

"Are you okay?" Elsa asked.

"Just taking it all in." John said.

"Do you have a way back home?" Elsa asked.

"No, we couldn't even achieve time travel eight hundred years from now. I doubt any tech in this period exists." John said.

"If you don't have the technology how did you get here?" Elsa asked.

"Classified." John said standing up as he started to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Elsa asked.

"I don't know." John said. He really didn't know where he was going. What was he going to do in this new world? He was broken, Cortana's death left him shattered. Cortana. How he wished he could have had her again. How he wished they could have been together.

"I'm sorry I couldn't help you. I'd let you stay here but I'm too dangerous." Elsa said looking down.

"No offense Queen Elsa, after some of the things I have faced I hardly see you as a threat." John said.

"You don't understand, my powers are a curse." Elsa said. "I have hurt so many."

"There's something we have in common, we are both freaks." John looked back at her and saw her. Scared, lonely, and different. Not too much different from himself.

"Thank you for your information. Now I must leave." John said as he prepared to leave the room when he heard someone from downstairs.

"Elsa?" He heard a female voice call.

"Anna?!" Elsa said as she looked up and smiled.

This idea was in my head for a while and i had to write it down. Sorry if Chief seems a little OOC, I know he would never lose his cool like that but he is devastated from the death of Cortana so he is very unstable right now. R&R!