Halo: The Strange Ones
Hey guys! This is my first Halo fanfic so forgive me if I make any mistakes. This is just the first chapter, and I have to admit, I am beyond excited! Allons-y and I hope you enjoy! :D
"… And then I shot him with a sniper rifle and said 'Happy now?' " The four of us burst out laughing at Red's story. My ginger friend's real name wasn't Red, it was actually Edom Leo. We just call her that because her of her hair and her name. Oh, I haven't introduced myself! How rude of me.
My name is Cable Caia Caerwyn. I know, my parents gave me a weird name. It's pretty easy to remember though, right? I'm seventeen years old and a proud social outcast along with my fellow friends Eben H. Faolan and Kacy Kadin. I have light almost dusty colored brown hair and bright green eyes. One of the strangest things about all of us is our height. We all stand around 4"9, though Red and Kacy are at a solid five feet tall.
We're the kind of girls you would find playing video games, watching anime, and throwing pies at each other whenever the opportunity presents itself. That's just how we role, aren't we the coolest?
We continue telling jokes and stories until an idea hits me.
"Hey guys, who wants to play some Halo?"
All talking stops and we all look at each other. "Which one?" Eben asks slowly while scanning the other females in the room. Kacy glares at her. "ODST!" She barks. "But we played that last time!" Red whines. We tend to take turns or just watch one another play, we hate having strangers play when we have our group all together. "Why not Reach?" I ask tentatively but Eben shakes her head. "I would rather play Halo 3."
Kacy laughs evilly. "So you can see your John again?" Eben blushes and glares before smirking. "You can't judge, you want to see Rookie and his oh so cute moments. And his ass." Kacy splutters her defense. "Bungee made them so nice though! Not my fault!"
Eben just laughs and shakes her head.
I clear my throat. "How about we-" Red cuts in at this moment.
"MUFFINZ!"
We all sweat drop.
"Red, was that really necessary-""THEYRE EVERYWHERE! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES BEFORE THEY TAKE THEM!"
The red haired girl runs up the stairs with us watching her form retreat before face palming. "At least her parents aren't home or they'd yell at us for being so loud." Eben stated, making Kacy and I nod our heads in agreement.
Kacy sighed. "Okay, we can't vote because we know how that would turn out now that Red is upstairs probably hiding in a corner. What can we do?" Eben smirked again. "Race ya." Before taking off towards the living room at break neck speed. Kacy cries out in horror. "EBEN! NO!" and chases her down the hall. I laugh and rise to my feet and trot after them while calling out to our red headed friend. "Red! Time to play now!"
Next thing I heard was a muffled "Yay!"
We were all gathered around the couch while Eben popped in Halo 3 into the Xbox 360. Kacy huffed and brushed her side swept bangs to the side. "You only won because you got a head start." Eben just smiled as she rose to her feet and skipped over to the couch, her lucky controller in hand. Now that I think about it, we are kind of like the Ninja Turtles, Eben would be Leo, Kacy would be Raph, I would probably be Donny, and Red would be Mikey. Strange no? I was shook-no- ripped, out of my thoughts when Kacy cried out indignantly.
"Hey! Why is there a blue screen of death on the Xbox!?"
Eben frowned. "I'm not sure, maybe-" The brunette was cut off when the screen turned black. We were all silent and the air got tense. All of a sudden blue words appeared across the screen, like someone was typing them up.
Save the heroes, and lead the way. Journey forth and do what we cannot. Repeat this four times:
Praeter memoriam et duces. Et perditam spem, Fiam ductu. Custos. Ego insontes, Et pugna pro lux lucis! Hoc bellum est. Et hoc bellum nostrum.
Testor,
You shall be rewarded if you do.
The four of us glanced around nervously. "What do we do now?" Red whispered softly. "This was obviously some hacker, damn kids think they're so funny. Little punk ass-" Kacy was cut off when Eben started to read the words aloud. Her eyes widened and she leaned back. "This is Latin! It says:
Save the heroes, and lead the way.
I swear,
For the lost and the hopeless,
I will become the guidance.
The guardian of all.
I will protect the innocent,
And fight for the light!
This is war. And this war is ours."
Red's eyes widened. "How do you know?" Eben put her hands on her hips and smiled with one eye closed. "I studied it during middle school at home, alongside Greek, German, Italian, and Japanese. I also studied a little Chinese too." We all gaped at her.
"I never knew that! Why didn't you tell me you knew Japanese!? You could have helped me when my family and I visited Japan last year! Some guy thinks I'm a prostitute over there!" I cried out.
Eben laughed. "It just slipped my mind!" I huffed indignantly.
I shook my head and brought us back to the problem at hand. "So… What now? Should we say it?" Kacy growled. "It's just a bunch of words, what's the harm?" Kacy repeated it with a little difficulty one more time. When she finished she turned to me. "You say it the third time." I jumped at her tone but complied anyways.
"Praeter memoriam et duces. Et perditam spem, Fiam ductu. Custos. Ego insontes, Et pugna pro lux lucis! Hoc bellum est. Et hoc bellum nostrum."
Testor,
I was about to ask Red to say it a fourth time when all of a sudden the TV screen went white and air seemed to be pulling us towards the TV with terrifying strength. It felt like there were six G's pulling us back. We all began screaming and clutching onto the couch (As it was the closest large object) for dear life. I grimaced as my nails dug into the couch, no doubt leaving scratches on the fluffy black material. I could feel myself slipping and was about to announce that I was when I was suddenly ripped away, reaching out for my friends who looked on in horror. I looked behind myself just in time to see the screen right in front of my face.
Then it all went black.
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