Sorry for the wait, I've been a little busy and I haven't had that much time to type.
Anyway I decided to respond to my most recent reveiws-
ZealousReformer- I'll start the reviewers off.
Lets do the time warp again!
-Time warping is fun. And now that the story is getting toward familiar territory I'll be jumping around a lot.
Spacefan- Okay, she's 14 and Rozmalee didn't have to go through the "terrible 13" phase? I know for literary purposes you can't depict every phase of Eisa's life, but there could be some humorous moments here (hint, hint).
Wonder what's going to happen when she encounters humans.
-How dare you insult my age! Opps. Alright, alright I'm coming clean...I'm 13 everyone! Do you hear me? If there's anything wrong with that speak now. Anyway, there is humor toward Eisa's age on the way. Just, chill. Not to sound mean, but, I know what I'm doing.
One quick reminder for those of you who pay close attention to my other sotry, the Interregnum:
A hot and sharp pain passed through Rocalee's body, dark purple blood spilled from the wound. He fell to the ground, blurriness filled his vision and images of his father and brother appeared. His father, Rozmalee was a Councilor, recently murdered by the Jiralhanae and his younger brother Rovoalee was part of the Special Operations Forces; he wondered if he was still alive.
Do you remember that part from chapter 7? If you do, I'm just saying don't get too attached to Rozamlee and a few other characters in this story.
Chapter 6: Reach
"Where do you think we should bombard first?" Lorusee asked.
Commander Lon Zairunee sat back in the Commander's chair aboard the Ascendant Justice. They had attacked the Human ships on the planet that they called 'Reach'.
"Commander!" D'st, his personal AI yelled.
Zairunee sighed. "What is it, D'st?"
"A Human ship- one moment, I'm trying to get its name… the Pillar of Autumn; it's making a jump into Slipspace."
Zairunee opened up his fleet's private freq. "Follow that ship!" he turned to D'st. "Do you know where it's going?"
D'st concentrated for a moment, and then a stream of data appeared on the display. "Here."
"We have to get there first. Have some ships go in ahead of us and the Pillar of Autumn so we can confirm that they are truly going where you say they are."
D'st nodded then disappeared.
Zairunee took a deep breath, where the Humans really heading it? Or was it a completely blind jump that most Human ships did? Those questions would have to wait until they got there. He allowed himself to relax, for the moment. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Commander!" D'st shouted.
Zairunee's eyes shot open, he scrambled to his feet and looked around the bridge.
He heard D'st laugh at him, and he looked down at the hologram. "What is so funny?"
"Sorry, Commander. It was just the look on your face when I tried to wake you. That's all."
Zairunee grunted.
"We've almost to our destination." D'st told him.
"Good."
Zairunee sat back in his chair and thought about his dream. He had been in his home city, Alusium with his two best friends, Eso and E'hy. He and Eso were playing the park when they both saw E'hy sitting on a bench all by himself. The two of them looked at each other, nodded and ran towards him.
"Why are you just sitting over here by yourself when you could be playing with the other Sangheili?" Eso asked.
E'hy shrugged and kicked the dirt below his feet. "Because I don't have any friends."
Eso and Lon exchanged looks again, and then Lon stepped closer to E'hy. "We could be friends. The three of us. If, that's okay with you."
E'hy smiled and stood. "Can we all join the Covenant together, too?"
Eso and Lon smiled. "Of course we can." Eso said.
E'hy reached out and grabbed Lon's wrist and ran. "Come, I want you both to meet my father, he's in the Covenant and he's returned home for a few days. He's leaving tomorrow."
Zairunee smiled, that had been one of the best days of his life.
Zairunee jerked forward out his seat. "D'st!"
"My apologies for not warning you, Commander. But, look outside."
On the display at the front of the bridge, Zairunee saw a large pink-orange planet. Orbiting it was a small ring that he could just barely make out.
"Is that-"Zairunee said in awe.
D'st nodded. "Yes, it is."
Zairunee got out of is seat and bowed before the Sacred Ring. He and his fleet wouldn't be the first to see the Holy Light on Reach, but they were the first to see Halo.
Short and to the point and now for Halo 1!