A/N era 2012: FF. NET removed this story; so this is a repost of it.

"The fight for Equestria"

By: Michael Blackburn

Back story,

Author's note- Before you read this story, here were my notes I made for this, so you can get an Idea of some stuff to expect. Some of the listed persons/units may not appear in this book specifically. Oh, and the listed characters are going to most of my halo books, WARNING: THIS IS A PARODY, ON THE LINES OF" MONTY PYTHON" AND "EPIC MOVIE" don't troll because I joke too much.

-UPDATE-

This is the edited chapter, so it has spacing now.

-HUMANS-

Cast: 5th intergalactic semi-mechanized armor battalion

Lead elements:

CPT. Jackson beers, a 15-year veteran who has fought in many fights against the covenant in his M808-ST "scorpion" MBT named aptly the death machine, with over 200 kills in his name. He cares about his men, and will lead them valiantly though this campaign to finish what's left of the covenant. But it is unknown how he will act when seeing ponies that talk.

2ND LT Cole sanders, serving the same length as beers, he had been beers' second in command since the 1st battle of earth; he operates the scorpion tank named "Cole train".

-Infantry-

Sgt. Marcus waters, battle hardened veteran of almost the entire human-alien war, lost his family on harvest, is a dedicated leader

-Minor cast-

Admiral john Walters, one of the last surviving navel leaders, the only reason they sent him is because lord hood hates his guts. Commands ship UNSC James Lawrence d-4962

Thompson s-121 the smart AI for the Lawrence

-UNSC equipment-

M808-T "scorpion" MBT-G2

High command found the existing scorpion to be next to useless because of its weak armament and light armor, so the make a next-gen version with better upgrades, a 120-MM high velocity HE cannon gave it some sharp teeth against tanks and other mobile units, and a 12.7-mm co-axial MG shredded infantry, and it was just as well protected, with (in spots) up to 40 inches of poly-ceramic steel, and space for a "dumb" AI to assist in aiming, it also had 2 diesel engines put in it for better speed to keep pace with warthogs and other ground-based transports or assault units. It has the strength to take a 20-second burst from a scarab's main gun, which can level bunkers in seconds

M808-SA/U "scorpion" CSU

As the high command looked at the list of casualties of the human-covenant war, one unit stood high on the list: specialist flamethrowers, because in the next war that would someday happen, they commissioned GM-USA to start on a flamethrower unit that had range, power, and was very mobile and durable, the catch of this project was cost: it needed to be cheaper as or less than a scorpion tank. GM saw the solution to the problem very quickly: use a scorpion chassis and body frame to build a sturdy flamethrower. The result made high command wet themselves: a M808-G2 tank, that had a 12.7-mm MG and a MK3 anti-structure projector that spat out a 1,500 yard stream of jellied napalm death, and had almost the same stats as the MBT version, but there was one drawback: it tended to explode in a ball of fire if it got destroyed, as simulations showed. Command was too happy burning out insurgent bunkers and solders to care about that.

M808-SAT "tiger" MK1

The UNSC knew that even if they had better tanks, they needed a unit that could kill a scarab ultra-heavy gun in 2-3 hits, that version was the M808-G2 with a 147-MM heavy ALIM-class gun, that the only drawback to this unit was it had no machine gun, so it relied on other units for anti-infantry cover. The "tiger" was a big hit as a tank killer and a bunker buster, and is used as a "will you surrender NOW?" device.

M808-SEU "M.T.G.U"(move that gear up) (E)

High command, wanting a armed recovery/engineer/infantry killer unit, and GM was ordered to use a MK2 tank chassis, the result was a M808 MBT with twin miniguns, a crane and a mine plow as well as a mine layer and field vehicle repair kit, is known as "the infantries worst nightmare" and "the slaughter house". It looks very menacing, and is just as useful on the field, name is a reference to team fortress 2

M808-T "armadillo" APC

A scorpion tank that had turret replaced with a troop compartment. Has dual 1919's on a gunner seat. Can hold 12 troops.

M-12 LRV MK2 "warthog" AA-variant/ other variants (known/listed)

It is the almost the same warthog that was produced nearly 90 years earlier, it just had safely features added "seatbelts" and a new gun: the dual MK1 40-MM bofor AA gun with flak rounds to nail banshees and infantry, but the M-12 series has a 12.7-MM mg version, a MLRS version, a L-AT GAUSS version, and a transport version. Nothing will ever stop the use of the warthog.

AV-14 "hornet"

Advanced VTOL made around the time of the warthog, it was the primary air unit for the army, it was the new helicopter, and works even today, it just had more armor added so it could take flak, armed even to hunt down tanks, it is a good multi-role unit.

"Falcon" (better known as "epic fail-con")

Transport, similar in use as a helicopter, it was a waste of programming space in reach (I hated it, and if one gets put in the book, it will always get shot down :3)

Sparrow hawk- halo wars incarnation, may be used as heavy gunship, armed with MK3 laser, and auto-cannons, can dogfight banshees

MK-1 AEGIS-class heavy assault cruiser, James Lawrence d-4962

A ship built to fight off a covenant flagship; it is at home carrying equipment to invade whole planets, as it carries 5 battalions of tanks, 10,000 infantrymen, a fleet of longswords, and can fire a mass driver round similar to the ones orbit assault guns fire. Only one exists due to the cost it requires to build one. And the MAC cannon is called hand of god. Designed to be able to drop massive amounts of infantry/tanks/ and other assets from orbit

-COVENANT-

(major) Cast:

Brute chieftain, Basilius, the mastermind of the splinter group, trying to ally with the ponies so they could get a bigger work force, is a intellect of brutes and very smart

Grunt commander (AKA grunt major in my writing): he is the chuck Norris of grunts, he wears prizes he got from dead humans (ODST helmet, marine chest-plate, boots and bandolier) he is an asshole, Hands down.

-now that you know what some of this stuff is, let's begin! (PS: I didn't list anything about the ponies, because if you watch MLP: FIM you will understand, and If I add something new, I will post my notes about before each new chapter. -Blackburn

Chapter 1: reveille

Captain's report, august 21, 2571, the covenant has been gone for years after their civil war, and now the elites are peaceful to humans now, but dangerous splinter groups of brutes, buggers ,jackals, and grunts and all over the galaxy, still a threat to the UNSC, and it is up to the James Lawrence to stop them. In recent scans of this uncharted sector of space show covenant signatures all across the board, and with orders from HIGHCOM we are moving it to that system to exterminate to splinter group's forces. Thompson, report on distance to waypoint. A flash of light on a stand materialized into a businessman-like hologram well, sir we are 14 light years away from system, and at our current speed, will be there in 1 hour and 14 minutes.

"Very good, Thompson, thank you" it was my pleasure, captain and his hologram disappeared. The admiral leaned over to a shipmate and commanded "open up ship-wide coms, and after I finish, go to a level 1 alert, prep the ship for battle, make sure the landing frigates are ready, etc. etc. etc." the shipmate nodded "aye' admiral, the com is linked to your headset now"

the admiral inhaled, and then started his address to the crew of the Lawrence

"attention all personal, we are in less than an hour, going to be in visual range of the planet the covenant splinter group is currently holed up on, and if we crush them here and now, then there will be no large ship with slipspace capabilities left in there fleet, slitting the neck of their forces and ending any threats to earth and/or the remaining colonies humanity has left. I just want to wish all of you, from longsword pilots to ODST's to tank crews, the best of luck because you were selected for OPERATION: TROLLING THUNDER because you are the bravest most loyal and experienced veteran's earth has left, and you will be the ones to prove to all who are still here, that you are the fiercest troops any race can muster, and insure humanity's protection for a long time to come. As I will keep saying, good luck, and Godspeed gentlemen."

As the broadcast ended, the admiral wondered how the men are reacting.

(Elsewhere on the Lawrence…)

Marcus waters laughed as the broadcast ended "well, if were the best of the best humanities got, were all fucked!" all the other helljumpers roared with approving laughter as Marcus went on "and we aren't the best, were just so damn good the leathernecks and flyboys can't keep up, who gives two fucks about them? We are the cream of the god-damn corps! To I hear a "hell yeah sarge"?

All the ODST's on deck screamed "HELL YEAH SARGE" and the ship board AI thought a riot broke out in the rec room. Marcus looked and then declared "I CAN'T HEAR YOU LADIES, WHAT DID I SAY?" then the ODST's screamed it so loud, the pilots at the bar knew some of the ODST's would pass out from lack of oxygen…or lack of modesty. Marcus laughed and said "damn right, and guess what? Drinks on me!"

the word "drinks" combined with "on me" led to a stampede of helljumpers charging so fast to the bars, the pilots and bartender jumped out of the way to avoid being trampled by drink-crazed ODST's. Almost unanimously, they all wanted shots of whiskey, and someone to turn the radio to "flip" music before the tore the rec room apart, and also for non-helljumpers to "get the fuck out of there happy hour". Normally, all other personal left, except there were 2 guys who had kept their spots at the bar the whole time, and all the ODST's glared and started to threaten them to move out of their rec room, but suddenly shut up as they saw who they were, and Marcus knew who they were: Jackson beers and Cole sanders, they greatest tank commanders that ever were in the UNSC, and on several instances, saved him or his men's lives, and had undying respect for the tankers, and all the ODST's knew not to mess with them.

Beers looked at the jumpers in an angry expression, in the background; Marcus swore he heard someone piss themselves. Jackson and Cole heard as well, but then the broke out laughing "just shittn' you guys, how could we be mad? No-one gives 2 fucks about us! All the ODST's laughed as well, knowing that there asses weren't going to be kicked by the tankers, and bought them rounds of whiskey, the helljumpers water. Later that night, after raising hell with the ODST's, Jackson, Marcus, and Cole stumbled down the hall, drunk as can be, but suddenly stopped in fear, seeing that the ODST's were all drunk, and couldn't "drop into hell" and that the lead tankers were wasted as hell, because the assault on the splinter groups planet . Marcus slapped the shit out of the tankers, and made them puke up the whiskey, they were not going to miss a hot drop, nor was he. -

Down on apple acres, applejack was busy preparing the food for the meeting of princess celestia and the leader of "the covenant" and its leader Basilius, a large, hairy and scary creature that, with the other members of the "covenant" that landed in Equestria 2 weeks ago, and recently took over stalliongrad and "militarized" it, whatever that means, and threaten to kill all ponyfolk like us, unless we join forces and help build up there army and kill "humans" whatever the hay those are.

She looked up, at her "overseers" 2 bird-like creatures she doubted even Fluttershy would like…well, if she hadn't been killed by those birds earlier today, she remembered the scene from yesterday, Fluttershy was at the farm, talking when all of a sudden, this big hairy thing holding a terrified messenger from canterlot, claiming that I was to prepare a feast for the negations or else something bad would happen, I was stupid enough to ask what would happen, then the big hairy thing grunted "kill the yellow one, do as you will" to the birds, and in a flash they tackled Fluttershy and started eating her the horrendous sight haunts me, as she screamed why'll the birds laughed and ate.

They will pay, I sure on Fluttershy's grave. The creature, calling itself a "brute" said that will be all of ponyfolk's fate unless we help them and the princess wanted to negotiate something of a truce, to avoid conflict. As she went back to work, she heard a loud sound in the sky, and fiery streaks speeding down, as well as dark green "birds" that carried strange tan colored "things" underneath them, the birds must have known what they were as they got on a radio and called the command. Just as they put the radio down, and pulled out the little green "c's" they had just as the streaks hit the ground.

The pods blew open as black-clad creatures one of the birds called humans stepped out and pointed a black bar at the bird, before I knew it these black-clad "humans" blew the heads off all the birds and looked up at the sky to see a giant purple ship the brutes used as transport open fire on the humans, they immediately went and hid in cover to shoot back, and As applejack ran and hid in the farmhouse, she smiled and thought to herself "time to make some new friends".