EDIT: I had to change some stuff here due to minor quotation mistakes and wrong grammars. I also added to the Author's notes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Halo or Familiar of Zero otherwise I wouldn't even be here writing this.
Chapter 5: Worlds Apart
At the Tristain Academy of Magic…..
Headmaster's Quarters
The moment Enzio-B312 and his master entered the room, Guiche noticeably tenses up…
"Calm down, Guiche, Miss Valiere's Familiar will not harm you, isn't that right?" Said Mr. Colbert with a smile, hoping that there will be no hostilities as he knows that even the whole school combined could not defeat the Spartan.
"Not my fault there, you were the one who challenged me to a duel Guiche, and you failed, rather miserably, don't pick a fight if you have no idea what your opponent is capable of."
"I won't do it again…" said Guiche cautiously.
"Alright, now that things are settled, I am the headmaster of the school, Osmond, please explain how you got here… Spartan, you are not of this world aren't you? Your weapons and armor are extremely powerful yet I do not sense any magic in them, would you care explaining this?"
"Ah yes, now, to shorten it simply, I come from a race of humans with an empire spanning the stars."
This got everyone room interested, even the Headmaster's assistant drew closer to hear the Spartan's words clearly.
"My people did not possess magic, so we relied completely on technology instead, we created space crafts, and travelled through the stars, as well as colonized over 800 planets, we placed people on those planets and made them populate it , we had a governing body called the UNSC, United Nations Space Command, all in all I have a say on this.." The Spartan paused, looking around to see if anyone wanted to ask questions.
"Hmm? You can sum it up?" Asked Guiche, busy tending to his nails than asking more sensible questions, he was a calmer with the Spartan now that he made it clear that he would not hurt him unless provoked, or he just didn't give a damn anymore.
The Spartan continued.
"For too many years, Humanity was on the backfoot , reacting to threats rather than preventing them, the rest of the galaxy were bigger than us, stronger than us. We were mice hiding in the shadows, hoping the giants would not see us. No more. Humanity is no longer on the defense, we are the giants now." Said B312 with a sense of pride.
This left everyone gasping at the idea, including Guiche, but eventually, Professor Colbert recovered and asked the question that was clawing itself out from the back of his mind.
"Surely some of the planets rebelled against the UNSC?"
"Yes, we had suffered massive casualties from insurrections, but the worst of those insurrections would still have been going on if not for the interference of a third party, but it was not in a good way." Said the Spartan with a hint of regret and anger.
"Who was this third party and what do you mean?" asked Osmond inquisitively.
"February 3rd 2525, the Covenant, a theocratic alliance of alien races, attacks the planet Harvest, killing over 23,000 civillians, half of the planet's militia, and three of our ships I've no idea why they were doing it but one thing is for sure, they are hell-bent on the genocide of the human race , they out-number humanity one to seven, and they out-gunned us, they turn previously inhabited and flourishing human worlds, into empty, lifeless, inhospitable and uninhabitable planets, making sure they kill each and every human in the surface, either with the attack itself, or the conditions that follow after the attack, suffocating everything that managed to survive the attack, it was terrible , more than 20 billion civilians and military were killed in the ensuing war, because of this, the insurrection was cut short as they knew that the UNSC was the key to humanity's survival and attacking them would only serve to weaken them and help their common enemy."
Everyone in the room was silent as they took what the Spartan said to their minds.
"What happened next? And I'm assuming you were part of this war?" Colbert said.
"The war isn't over as far as I know, The Covenant were overwhelming the human military stronghold of Reach, home of the UNSC best Special Forces and the Spartans, and yes, I was taking part in the doomed defense of Reach when I was taken here to your dimension."
"What are the Spartans ?"
"I thought you'd never ask, the Spartan projects were top-secret projects that turned children into some of the finest warriors that the UNSC had, I am one of those, I am a Spartan-III Commando."
"Children? I'm sure that your parents had a say on this didn't they?" said Colbert with concern.
"There were two Spartan projects that I know of, the Spartan-IIs and the Spartan-IIIs, The Spartan-IIs were the heroes of the war they were the perfect humans, they were the smarter, faster, and stronger than other human children of their age, By cracking some of the UNSC files, I found out that their parents didn't have a say on this as they kidnapped the children and replaced them with copies, which meant that those Spartan-IIs did not really exist, but after their training and enhancements, they were able to kill hundreds upon thousands of covenant soldiers, which is why they were armed with the best piece of armor that the UNSC could offer them, the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor, much like what I'm wearing."
"They took away the children's lives to turn them into weapons of war?" Colbert said slightly agitated.
"Yes, but as you know, it was well worth it, the Spartan-IIs helped saved millions of lives during the Covenant war, but there were only thirty of them as I know, which is why the Spartan-III project was created, I was part of the Spartan-III project."
"But you just mentioned that the Spartan-IIs were the only ones that had the… MJOLNIR armor?" said Guiche, apparently the Spartan had managed to win his attention.
"Yes, Only Spartan-IIs were the ones that usually had the MJOLNIR, but my team was special, we were chosen among the cheap Spartan-IIIs because we had survived suicide missions and we excelled compared to the rest of the Spartan-IIIs."
"What do you mean cheap Spartan-IIIs and suicide missions?!" Louise finally opened her mouth.
"Spartan-IIIs, unlike Spartan-IIs were war orphans and were considered expendable by the UNSC, they were sent on suicide missions, essentially, it was trading lives for time, they were issued cheaper armor than the MJOLNIR and usually did not live long, as far as I know, out of the four 300-330 man companies of the Spartan-IIIs one was dead to the last man, another was annihilated down to two survivors, one is unknown, and only one was active."
"That is…. Horrible." Said Colbert..
"But it is reality, the last operations in which the two companies that were disbanded were considered UNSC victories despite the massive casualties."
"Any more questions?" said B312.
"What exactly do we call you now?" said Colbert
"I am Enzio-B312, so I guess Enzio would work, don't ask about my last name as it was forgotten a long time ago when my entire family was killed in a Covenant attack."
Everyone was in silence.
"May Louise and I take our leave now?" Enzio asks, not wanting to reveal the more disturbing details to them.
"Oh, alright, just try to be patient with the students and try not to harm them, unless of course they start it, and if you can, please stop by soon so I could learn more about your world." Said Colbert
"Yes sir." Enzio said while gesturing Louise to come with him.
With that, they both left.
"I don't think that Familiar was lying." Said Colbert.
"I do as well, but I find it hard to believe that humans have established an empire among the stars, and that Louise managed to summon a man of his caliber,this means that you should respect him a bit more Guiche." Said Osmond
"Yes Headmaster." Said Guiche with a sheepish face.
"That Spartan will no doubt be a part of my plan" thought the assistant of the headmaster, as she was silently listening to the conversation.
Outside the Headmaster's Quarters….
"Phew, that was tense, was all that true Enzio?"
"Yep, down to the last detail, I already told you earlier didn't I?"
"Well….."
"You didn't believe me the first time did you Louise?"
Louise could only look down.
The Spartan just shrugged and said "Well, I expected that really, anyways, let's go."
"Where?" said Louise, noticing that something was bugging her for a while now, like she was forgetting something she shouldn't have.
Then Enzio dropped the bombshell.
"To class remember?"
"AHHH CRAP!" screamed Louise.
"Oh calm down, we won't be late, it's still thirty minutes before class if I checked the schedules properly."
"No! That was probably last year's schedule, class starts in…. two minutes.." said Louise in an " I give up" Voice.
"So? You'd only be a few minutes late." Said the Spartan.
"But, they might make me perform a spell in front of the class as punishment…" said Louise.
" I thought that you were already better at this, you translation spell worked remember?"
"But that was an easy spell…." Said Louise.
"Ugh, we don't have time for this, let's go."
In the Classroom…
"Louise, you're late." Said the current Teacher in the room.
"You are to perform (Insert crappy spell name here or other words, if you know what I mean.) " the Teacher added.
"O-okay….."
Louise then very reluctantly walks into the middle of the class and says ""( I freaking hate spell-casting words, why can't you just cast a spell with your thoughts anyway?"
*BOOM*
The classroom erupts with smoke and students cover their mouths, hoping that the smoke would go away.
After the smoke clears, a certain redhead stands up, points at Louise and says:
"Once again, the Zero has proven herself to be a zero."
This got the classroom to crack up in spite of the joke being rather, lame.
Louise was now red with embarrassment.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a fist impression in the seven inches deep in appears in the wall behind the redhead.
Then, the seven-foot tall Green and Black Giant appeared out of thin air.
"You were saying Miss Zerbst?"
The whole class was terrified, including the teacher, they could not act because of the death aura the giant was emanating….
"I uh…. I'm sorry Louise! Didn't mean it!" said the terrified Kirche.
The Giant then turned to face the rest of the class.
"Call my master zero again, I. dare. you." the Spartan said in his most intimidating voice.
It worked as everyone was completely silent.
The Spartan then vanished into thin air again.
"…O-okay class, let's continue with our lesson…. Louise… p-please take your seat." The teacher stuttered.
"Yes…"
During the class, Louise was jotting down notes when a voice came out.
"Interesting, so magic existed here even during ancient times?"
"No way, Is that you Enzio?" Louise whispered back.
"Yep, I'm just invisible that's all."
"Thanks for the save back there, but this might cause trouble with the headmaster…" said Louise concerned.
"It won't, I was just standing up for you, I didn't hurt them physically anyway, now, you should be able to cast your spells in front of the class without fear of them calling you names."
"Cool, thanks again."
After class…..
"Amazing, my active camo can last five hours and recharge for five minutes?!"
"What?"
"Umm…. Nothing, I'm just saying that I can turn invisible for five hours and will only need five minutes before recharging completely, if the situation asks for it of course..
"Oh, okay, anyway, I'm tired from class now, so let's head to my room now shall we?"
The Spartan thought it over, he could not practice with his accuracy as he knew he had to conserve the bullets from the crate, but what he could do was familiarize himself with the people in the academy, which he might need if he was to gather more intelligence about the world he was in.
"Sorry Louise, I have to go around the Academy for a while, look for friends, you know?"
"Okay sure, anyway, if you want to sleep in my…. Our room, I've prepared a bed, or what could pass as a bed for you."
"Thanks, I'll be sure to check it out soon, I'll be going"
"Wait! One more thing, could you wake me up tomorrow morning at... say 7 am to attend classes."
"I can do that."
"Okay then, you may leave now."
End of Chapter 6
Author's notes: Phew, finally finished with this chapter, I wasn't able to sleep much last night due to watching the move Sinister alone, I swear not to do that again as I gave myself a huge headache this morning.
Damnit, I thought I could make Louise a bit brighter without anyone noticing, oh well, I wanted her to be more level-headed and likeable as well as be able to help her familiar in combat, think about it, void magic in conjunction with a MA5C attached with a forty-forty mike looks and sounds good to me.
As for the other characters in Halo joining in, this is a big YES, the UNSC and the Covenant, both Loyalist and Separatists will be there, it's pretty easy to figure out the reason I will use for the Loyalists to come but the Separatists and the UNSC? Still thinking my ass off. Although I think I'll add someone from the Halo animes, like Cal-141 or Daisy-023.
Noble Six will get an OC AI for fun, but for Master Chief, I'll have to think about that, for some reason I find it wrong for Master Chief to be in the story despite the fact that I like him a lot.
Let's just replace the word "planets" with "worlds", I noticed my mistake on this through a reviewer, but I don't really have the time to re-upload my chapters.
I found out on that Noble Six ISN'T the silent or Stone-cold type, so Enzio is free to interact like a civilian, at least I think so.
Now, to explain some things that viewers might not understand:
The M6G PDWS is the over-powered pistol in Halo: Combat Evolved, 'nuff said.
The M6 Nonlinear (blah blah blah) is the Spartan Laser, or Splazer as some people call it, it was developed alongside the MJOLNIR armor series to serve as an anti-armor weapon and could pierce through just about anything, it fires a pretty red beam of death, seen during Guiche's epic fail.
The Forty mike-mike that I am referring to is the 40mm Grenade Launcher, it can be an alternative attachment to the Flashlight of the MA5 series along with the underslug shotgun, which is, well, a shotgun in an assault rifle.
I'm aiming to create a chapter each day so I don't think I'm gonna post chapters longer than 5000 words, since this week is our semestrial break.