Disclaimer: I don't own Halo. I wish I did, because then I'd be rich. I do, however, own Spartan-150 also known as Mariana.
Okay, I don't know how good this is going to be, but bear with me please.
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Year 2513 - Epsilon Eridani System
The day started out like any other for two-year old Mariana. She would be woken up and gotten ready by her mother, and then after breakfast, she was allowed to go play in the yard all day. As she played, Mariana noticed that everything grew dark really fast. Looking up, and expecting to see rain clouds, Mariana was surprised to see a gigantic ship overhead. She was about to go in and ask her mother about it, when she heard splattering sounds in the street.
Peeking around the corner, Mariana froze in fear as she saw strange creatures walking around and shooting fire at anything that moved. The air was suddenly full of screams, the smell of something burning, and other unpleasant stenches that made Mariana gag. Even though she was little, she knew well enough to run and hide, so she started running as fast as she could go to the current safety of the woods behind her house. Before she got very far, however, her house exploded, catching Mariana and throwing her to the ground, knocked her unconscious.
A while later, Elites were patrolling the city, shooting and killing every last human survivor. A cobalt-armored Elite named Daka Adadee was patrolling where Mariana used to live and spotted something moving slightly. Drawing his plasma rifle, Adadee crept closer and saw that the moving object was a "human child." Adadee leveled his gun at the child, and prepared to pull the trigger when something inside of him stopped him.
"Adadee, what are you doing? We have orders to kill every last human," said another cobalt elite named Arkanee as he approached.
Adadee looked at his friend and clicked his mandibles together. "I know," he said, "but I have a feeling that these 'children' are pure and only turn to filth by the influence of their elders. We should take this one to the Holy Ones for studying."
Arkanee clicked his mandibles in thought. "Very well, take the human to the elders, but if the prophets reject this preposterous idea, you will either kill the child, or I will personally throw her out of an airlock," said Arkanee.
Adadee nodded in understanding and scooping Mariana up, walked towards the gravity lift. As he walked, Adadee felt the child cuddle closer to him for comfort. Reaching the gravity lift, Adadee held on tighter to Mariana so that the beam wouldn't pull her from his grasp.
Once inside the ship, Adadee began the walk to the council chambers. The walk wasn't far, and Adadee soon found himself in front of the council. Adadee bowed down and waited for the prophets to acknowledge him.
"Adadee, why have you come to the council uncalled for?" demanded the head Prophet.
Adadee remained bowing and brought forth Mariana. "Holy one, I have brought you a human specimen to study. It is my belief that the children, such as this one, are born pure and only become filth when they are taught and influenced by their human elders," Adadee said.
The council was shocked. Never before had a covenant brought a specimen that was alive and supposedly untainted. The head prophet was interested also and made his decision rather quickly.
"Very well Adadee, I will go along with this to see if this child, raised as a covenant, will grow up to be filth like her elders. However, since you proposed this idea, you, Daka Adadee, will raise her. You are dismissed," said the prophet.
Adadee took his leave and picking up the still sleeping Mariana carefully, headed back to his own quarters. When he reached there, Adadee saw Arkanee waiting for him.
"You were gone long, what was the result?" asked Arkanee sitting on his bed.
"I am to raise her," replied Adadee as he laid Mariana on his bed carefully. It was weird; he was starting to feel a bond with the child.
Arkanee whistled. "You must have someone important smiling down on you," he said impressed.
"I guess," replied Adadee suddenly turning his attention to the child on the bed as she started to wake up.
Mariana was extremely groggy. She had no clue where she was, except that she knew that she was no longer at home… wherever that was. Raking her brain, she realized that she couldn't remember what her home, or her family looked like. She could only remember her name: Mariana. Opening her eyes, she saw two creatures looking at her, and started trembling in fear.
"It's all right little one," said one of them, "No one will hurt you here."
"What's your name?" asked Arkanee.
"I'm Mariana."
"You know," said Arkanee switching back to Elite, "You should give her an Elite name."
"Any suggestions?" asked Adadee.
"Well, I was thinking Mari Anamee," replied Arkanee with a shrug.
"I like that," said Adadee trailing off as he felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around what would be the equivalent of his waist, and a small voice say, "Daddy."
Arkanee let out a small "Wort wort wort." "The squirt almost said your name," he said continuing to laugh.
"Didn't you pay attention in lessons gas sucker?" challenged Adadee using their nickname for grunts as an insult.
"Are you implying something?"
"'Daddy' is what human children called their fathers," said Adadee with a roll of his eyes and a click of his mandibles. Looking down at Mariana, he stroked her hair. "Your name is now Mari Anamee," Adadee told her.
Mariana blinked up at him and smiled, no longer afraid of him. "Okay, daddy," she replied curling up on his lap.
"How old are you?" asked Arkanee. Mariana replied by holding up two fingers. "Adadee, you should train her to be an Elite warrior. That would be a true test of this experiment," he stated.
Adadee nodded in agreement and suddenly laughed. "This is an unlikely parenthood," he said picking Mariana up and then standing, went in search of a suitable bed for his new "daughter."
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Ria: hmm, I know this is short for my usual standards, but this is the first chapter of a totally random idea. Please review and tell me if I should continue this or scrap it, k? Byes.