Ok, I'm going to explain a few things first. Scorch, or as he is known better in this story, Alexander, is a clone of Noble 6, this you should already know. However the cloning process will not completely copy the original. This being said his attitude and emotions changed, being less up-tight. Basically right now he is an exact copy of Noble 6, but he is more light-hearted, being one of those witty, smart mouth's then a die-hard soldier. This is a result of the cloning process... more is explained later in both this and other OOB and AOL stories.
Also the story might change later on, for now the first season will remain similar to the original.
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Scorch's POV
Ok... so, Louise was having me march on the spot in her room for some reason... "No your doing it wrong!" she yelled
"What!? I'm a soldier, I've been one for over a decade and a half before now! I know how to march!" I retorted.
"Uuuuugh! When have to be consciousness on some physical task I cannot perform as well as I would wish!"
Then I said something like "Um... are you high? Cuz that didn't make sense!"
"I am what? High?" she cocked her head which I will admit, despite she was just in the process of yelling at me was really cute, but more like that, puppy dog type cute, not the... never mind...
"You know, did you just do crack!? Or some shit like that!?"
"Crack?"
"..." I sighed "Never mind..."
Then Louise sighed and sat down on her bed "Nothing about you is right, your manners, your way of speech..."
"Hey! What's with this all of a sudden! You're complaining about everything! I'm not that bad!"
"Geez, I was so careless I'd completely forgotten about the exhibition..."
"Exhibition?"
"Tristane Magic Academy holds a gathering which happens every year, during it the second year students summon the familiars they summoned to everyone at the institute..."
"Sounds kinda dumb, why don't you just skip the whole damned thing?"
Louise had gotten up and walked past me, then turned around saying "Second year students are required to attend! In any case..." she shook her head "I just want to avoid anymore embarrassment. Since you can speak I was thinking you could do some sort of witty speech or sing or dance or something..."
"Hey! I know something I'm really good at" this comment was probably gonna get me slapped, but it was worth it.
"Really!" she beamed and jumped "What!?"
"Yeah! Washing your panties!" I held a pair and snickered, Louise just growled at me... "How about I demonstrate to everyone there how good I am at washing your panties!?" I cleared my throat and gave it my best female impression voice. "Yes, well, my master might have a face like that... but underneath she always wears fancy little lace panties like this one! She's so fashionable, even down there..." I snickered then hear the riding crop being brought out with a snap, well, I found something in my inventory that would even the playing field...
"Is that everything... you wanted to say...?" She growled.
"It was a joke! Oh any unless you plan on spending the whole exhibition on the floor I suggest you put that away."
"What are you talking about! Stupid dog!"
I pulled out a small hand held baton that looked like the riding crop, only the end wasn't hard leather, rather it was glowing blue with an electric charge. "This, is a stun baton, also known as the tazer baton... so unless you feel like getting a shock I suggest you put that riding crop away! Two can play at this game now!" before we could do anything to each other... wow... that... that sounded wrong... but I digress. Derf fell over and Louise noticed something.
"Hey that's right, you're a really good fighter right? You can show them some of your fighting capabilities!"
"I don't think so... I mean where the hell would we find another Brute or monster I could fight... if anything else then what student in their right mind would just let me beat them up for show?"
"Ugh, we don't have time for this! Figure out what you're going to do and then come find me before class is over!"
I sighed as Louise walked out, I opened my inventory and looked through it. "Junk, junk, junk... nope, nope, erm... NOPE..." I muttered. "Hmm... I wonder what ever happened to that Brute I killed anyways..." from the looks of it they may have burnt it up or maybe that Colbert guy was studying it... I'd check in with him later, for now I had to think of what I was doing for this Talent Show for Familiars thing...
I went outside with Derf and took a few swings with it... him... I don't know was I able to call it/him a him? For the time being since it had such a masculine voice I was going to refer to it as him... so... I took a few swings with him. The weight was off and the blade felt unbalanced... I preferred my energy sword to him... but I didn't want to go over kill and just swing my flashy sword around... too much of an attention hog...
I fell on my back not sure what to do next... I racked the ideas in my mind... I could sing a song sure, I knew the song Blow Me Away good enough, but I didn't have a guitar, nor did I even know how to play one... plus it would probably be too... advanced of music, for their tastes... dancing was out of the question... I can't dance for shit. Sword play and gunmanship were really all I could think of for the time being... I started to wonder if I had any training hologram emitters in my inventory... doubted it but it was worth a check. As I was about to look I noticed a shadow pass over me.
"Hello Mr. Alexander, what are you doing down there?" it was Siesta... I thought back to the night before when she kissed me... and... I'll be honest... that was the first time I'd been kissed... ever! I mean my time in the army didn't allow me time to interact with civilian woman, nor was I interested due to the Spartan program's influence... but after being cloned I realized I took a much greater interest in women then I had before, I also showed more emotions and I no long had the itch that nagged at me, waiting for my next kill. In a sense... I was more at ease then I had ever been as a full-fledged Spartan... sure I still was but... well... you know what I mean. I hope...
"S-Siesta!" I stood up quickly "Wh-what a surprise..." I stuttered... "Nothing!"
"Oh I know! You're practicing for the exhibition right?"
Practicing wasn't the right word, but close enough "Y-yeah something like that... how did you know?" I was amazed that she was able to keep her cool after last night... me on the other hand felt like I was going to mess up my words any second and embarrass myself completely.
"All the second year students are busy training their familiars for this year's exhibition. Oh yeah and this year Lady Henrietta will be coming to participate."
I was quiet for a bit before saying "That's great, but who is this Lady Henrietta?"
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We were walking along one of the covered paths, I had my arms crossed as we watched some of the other students, namely Kirche, Guiche, Montmorency and some other pudgy kid who always had these pink bubbles under his eyes... I didn't know his name nor did I really care. Most of what I saw was a complete disappointment... Guiche was simply staring longingly at Verdande (which I found disturbing), Kirche was instructing Flame to shoot fire in fancy patterns. (I'll admit her's was the best I saw there), Montmorency was just putting a bow on her Toad to which I don't know the name of. Meanwhile Tabitha was just sitting in the corner, I almost didn't notice her...
"So you're not kidding, this Princess, this Lady Henrietta is coming here to watch all this?" I asked Siesta
"Lady Henrietta has been the great symbol of our existence to all our citizens since the king passed away a few years ago." Siesta explained
"Oh, I get it, so she's pretty popular then I take it?" Bah, Monarchs, I really hated dictatorship (or similar types of) governments... so it's only fair that I hate the leaders of said governments... fair enough that I hadn't met her I just had a feeling I wasn't going to like her.
Then me and Siesta heard a commotion from where the others were, apparently Flame had gotten out of control and was mindlessly shooting fire... I shrugged, it was Kirche's job to keep her familiar under control... wow... I didn't realize how ironic that sounded till just now... "Well I think there is a couple people here with their own objectives" I could hear Siesta giggle softly... damn... she was cute.
"We're terribly busy getting ready for the princess to arrive so I have to go." She bowed slightly "see you later"
"Alright, later." I said as she walked away.
"Oh!" Siesta seemed as though she remembered something, she put down a basket she was carrying and ran back to me and grabbed my hand with both her small hands. "I hope you have a nice exhibition Mr. Alexander."
"Y-yeah, thanks..." I knew I was blushing again... oddly enough she wasn't. I found myself wondering how she did it... maybe she was just better at hiding it then me... she dropped my hand and ran back to get her basket then continued towards... well, where ever she was going. I scratched the back of my head... was I ever going to understand women... nah... probably not...
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"The Princess of Tristane! Her Royal Highness, Lady Henrietta has arrived!" Shouted a voice from the walls around the academy. I stood in the crowd with Louise watching the princess arrive...
"What's your problem?" asked Louise who noticed me scowling "Show respect to the princess! Even when she isn't here!"
"I don't even know your princess! This aint my government... besides... if stereotypes and clichés all hold true then she'd probably just some fat, arrogant, over indulging-" my rant was cut off as people all around me gasped and I looked up to see a girl about my age stepping out of one of the carriages, she had shoulder length purple hair and blue eyes and wore an elegant purple cloak over white robes with jewels encrusted in them. "Holy crap she's hot as hell! And I've heard that's pretty hot!" thankfully the crowd was already cheering loud enough so no one heard that... but Louise... of course...
"You damned dog! Thinking about the princess like that!" Louise's eye was twitching and she had a scowl on that said I was gonna get an earful after we watched this.
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We got back to Louise's room and I did my best trying to impress her with some swordsmanship as it was too late to be firing off gunshots... also there wasn't enough distance to make an impressive shot.
I was flailing the sword around aimlessly in my MJOLNIR armor, quite a spectacle I assure you, with my helmet on the dresser. My flailing, which I noticed early on, was due to the fact I didn't want to hit anything. But when I was outside I was just fine!
"What part of that do you call good swordsmanship?" asked a miffed Louise.
"Uhg... there's just not enough room in here is all, once I get outside it'll be fine!" I said
"Riiiiiight..."
"Maybe..."
"Maybe what?"
"Maybe it might be better to show underwear washing?" and she got a gleam in her eye, somehow the horse crop appeared in her hands as well... well two can play at that game! Ta-da! Spontaneously appearing tazer rod!
The tension was broken when someone knocked on the door... I sighed, I'd been waiting for a chance to use this thing...
"Sheesh, who would that be so late at night?"
"Coming..." I went over to open the door, only as soon as I opened it a hooded figure burst in, knocking me on my ass, and shut the door behind him or her... I'm gonna go with a her due to her bust size.
Louise gasped "Who are you!" and I had my magnum out already and pointed it at the intruder.
"Well... it has been a long time... Louise Françoise"
"Your highness!" Exclaimed Louise as the Princess hugged her.
"Oh, its been so long and I've missed you so much!"
"B-but..." Louise noticed I was still holding my magnum at the Princess in shock. "IDIOT! Lower the gun!"
"Wait this is the princess?" I asked and just got a scowl from Louise, I assumed so... naturally I did the first thing that came to mind... while Louise made haste to kneel I did quite the opposite and quickly stood to my feet and snapped a salute. "Ma'am, I'm sorry I miss-took you for an intruder" all the while not releasing my stance.
"You idiot you're supposed to kneel before royalty not try and stand taller than them!"
I heard her but ignored "HEY! Did you hear me!" I kept ignoring her.
"Ma'am... if you want me to stop standing like this... and I'd like to as my arm is getting tired... please just say at ease... please..." I asked as politely as I could
"Um... at ease?" said the Princess and I dropped the salute and sighed.
"Yes ma'am!"
"You idiot!" shouted Louise
"No it's fine Louise... but... I'm actually curious about your familiar now... nice to make your acquaintance Mr. Familiar."
"Lt. Alexander Chyton, S362, Noble Team. Noble Six at your service!" I quickly saluted again but didn't hold it that time.
"You have a strange familiar Louise" noted the princess.
"Permission to go sit in the corner over by my gun?" I asked
"Um... sure?" she said hesitantly "But why are you asking?"
I sat down on the straw mattress and began disassembling my gun to clean it, I grabbed a rag from my inventory and started wiping the moving parts. "Sorry for the uptight attitude and well... to you, an unorthodox way of addressing nobility or royalty... but back where I come from that is the closest thing we'd do when addressing officials and the higher-ups. I figured that the same rules applied..." I went on to explain a few things "back home we had to ask for permission when around a higher ranked officer or official depending on the situation and I thought, better safe than sorry..." I put my helmet next to me, a mistake I would regret in a few seconds.
"Please forgive my familiar Your Highness!" Louise pleaded and to smashed her palm into my face causing me to drop my MA5B pieces.
"Hey!" I protested
"SHUT UP!"
"Mmmmaaybeeeehhhh naaaaaawwwws teeeh hime who ashk how yoo guyz knoooo each other*." I asked through my smushed face. (Maybe now is the time to ask how you guys know each other*)
"When we were little girl I was allowed the honor of being the Princesses playmate and closet companion." Replied Louise.
"Louise don't say that, I think of us as child-hood friends!"
"Princess I don't deserve this honor."
"I don't have much time, but I had to see you, you were the only one who truly understood me aside from father... but..."
"I know the rest..." Louise sighed.
"I wish I had more time but I need to make this short... I'm sure we will meet again in the near future, Louise Françoise. I missed you so much" and the Princess hugged Louise again.
"As with me as well... Princess Henrietta..."
They released the hug and the Princess turned to me "Good luck with the exhibition, I think you've summoned up a splendid familiar Louise..." she smiled, she was so cute! "and promise me you'll do your best Mr. Familiar!"
I nodded "Yes Ma'am!"
"On the contrary this is the worst familiar ever!"
"HEY!" I retorted "I'm right here!"
"Well goodbye" and Louise curtseyed slightly while I saluted.
Once she was gone our previous argument erupted again... I bet she could hear it...
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Louise's POV
It was the day of the exhibition and I was worried sick, I doubted my familiar would be able to impress the onlookers, despite his match with Guiche and his fight with the monster earlier. I watched the other's familiars go up... Guiche's by far was the most stupid... so hopefully... I wouldn't be the worst (he just lied there with Verdande! That is SO wrong!). finally it was my turn... "Nothing more than a bow, got it!"
He sighed "whatever."
'That stupid dog, doesn't even listen to his master! Eeeerg! I want to just beat the crap outta him but there I doubt he'd let me get away with it... what with his... big scary guns and... Electrical rods... and... and... huge, thick armor... and... eeeerg! Stop thinking like this Louise!' I thought.
He went up and pulled out his sword... idiot! I hoped he had practiced well... but to my surprise he began conversing with his sword. Arguing about the proper use of a sword... I growled, the idiot made me look like a failure... AGAIN!
I ran up to the stage, grabbed his ear and walked off... his reactions was along the lines of "Ow, ow, ow, ow" I let him go and we just walked through one of the fields around the school.
"I told you nothing more than a bow!"
"But everyone was laughing!"
"That's cuz you looked like an idiot!" I shouted
"Maybe that's what I was going for?" he stopped walking and stared up. "W-what is that...?" he pointed up as a shadow passed over us.
I looked up and saw a huge rock and dirt construct! A golem! It stood almost half the height of the main tower in the center of the academy.
"G-g-g-Golem!" I yelped
"Is it bad?" Alexander asked
"Wait look up there! It's Fouquet!" I pointed up at someone standing on the shoulder of the golem, wearing a hood to cover her green hair.
"Fouquet?" Alexander asked
"An infamous thief, she must be trying to break into the vault." I pointed out but apparently Fouquet had seen us...
"A brilliant deduction..." she said sarcastically "but it will be your last! Golem!" the golem thrust out its arm to try and grab me.
"Louise get down!" Alexander shoved me down and the golem grabbed him instead, knocking his rifle out of his free hand while his other hand was pinned in the golem's grasp.
"Louise run!" he shouted
I was trebling... but no one is allowed to beat up my familiar without my permission! I pointed my wand at the golem and began chanting.
"Louise! I said run!"
"Fireball!" I shouted... and nothing happened for a few seconds...
*BOOM*
The side of the tower exploded to my surprise, no fireball appeared...
Fouquet laughed "What part of that was supposed to be a fireball? Hahahaha!" she went quiet as a part of the tower crumbled... "Golem!" the golem smashed a fist into the tower and made a golem fist sized hole... if that helps you picture it... Fouquet jumped into the hole and I looked for something I could use to help Alexander. I found his rifle on the ground... I picked it up.
"Louise! Do you even know how to use that!?"
"I think!" The dreams I'd been having may have rubbed off, it was worth a try, I aimed the gun at the golem. 'ok, this is the trigger, um... these lights must be the ammo... erm... I think that's all I can figure out right now' I thought.
I pulled the trigger and was knocked on my butt, the recoil from that thing was high. I tried again, locking my arms and legs this time and fired at the hand. To my surprise most of the bullets hit and shredded the hand into dust, dropping Alexander... wait... dropping him... he was pretty high up!
Alexander was yelling on the way down but a blur of blue scales saved him from becoming a splotch on the ground. "Tabitha!" I yelped. She and her dragon saved my familiar and were flying around the tower.
Fouquet jumped back out of the tower with a purple case in hand. "Well I think I've overstayed my welcome... don't you?" she said just as the Princess, headmaster Osmond and several students and guards ran over from the exhibition. The golem stepped over the walls and made for the forest near the academy. Some guards pursued while others stayed to check on the treasury, guard the princess and secure the area.
Tabitha landed next to me and Alexander jumped off the dragon and came and stood next to me... I noticed the sun was starting to go down. "That was a really big golem she was controlling! There is no doubt in my mind, she was a triangle-class mage..."
Scorch/Alexander was leaning on one of the walls of the covered walkways and said "Yeah... well considering we all survived and no one got hurt, it's alright!"
I heard footsteps behind me and turned around to see the princess and her guards approach me. I knelt... "My lady I'm so sorry about all this..." I said
"Raise your head Louise Françoise, this is not your fault..."
"Princess, we must go" said a guard and Henrietta nodded
"I have to go now, I must make a full report of this incident to the palace... I'm sure we will meet again real soon" she smiled at me and headed back to her carriage.
I hoped that they didn't blame the princess for the events that happened today... they had all happened so quickly to boot.
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Later that night I had another dream... at this point I'd been getting used to them.
I stood on a ridge at night, watching a small purple flying beetle fly nearly silently across the sky, only a rock's throw away from me. There was a light shining from the nose of it and it made a weer sound as it flew. It flew away...
"Ok, we're clear... move up Six." Said a voice from my helmet... Jun...
The body which wasn't my own moved up along a narrow path and I spotted a tall imposing blue figure, an Elite... only a minor by the looks of it...
"Elite! Take him out... quietly..." said Jun.
The dream flashed in static a bit... and I didn't move... then I realised it was because I was in control... I moved my hands, I moved my legs... I moved my hands... I was supposed to kill it! I looked down... the body of my familiar had changed... I put my hands on my sides and felt a nice hourglass shape to it... I momentarily removed my helmet to look in the reflective visor and saw myself! My pink hair had been cut to a bob which made me sad... I put the helmet on and looked myself over again, I had boobs! I mean bigger ones almost the size of my second eldest sister! And a nice shape! Even if it was a dream, albeit a very life like one, I was happy... then I remembered the Elite I had to kill.
"Six! What's taking so long! We aint got all day"
I snuck forward and pulled out my knife and slit the Elite's throat... it was... easier then I had expected...
After that the little guys who had been sleeping nearby, called Grunts woke up and ran around in a panic that their leader was dead... Jun dropped down from a ridge and shot them.
"Been watching you Six, now let's get moving."
I nodded and the dream just became repetitive over a while... we just blasted aliens after aliens with this long ranged gun called a Sniper Rifle... until we came across a rundown farm of some sort...
"You hear that Six?" Jun asked "Magnums... security sidearm, standard issue..." we rounded a corner "ah! Looks like the local militia decided to stick around!"
We fended off wave after wave of aliens, trying to protect the farmers... who turned out to be weapons smugglers... when Jun learned of this he wasn't mad...
"You know most of this is stolen UNSC property?"
"What? Are you gonna arrest me?" asked the smuggler
"No..." replied Jun then said in a smug tone "I'm going to steal it back" I liked his way of thinking...
After more waves of aliens we went down a dry river bed towards a power station... it had a large blue pulsing tower nearby it.
"Looks like Intel was right Kat" said Jun, I guess he was using a form of communication I couldn't see. "Are these pylons what are causing the black zone?"
"Affirmative." Said Kat
"Roger that, consider it gone."
"Negative! Plant charges in an inconspicuous location then continue recon."
"Roger that."
After taking out more aliens and continuing down a trail with EVEN MORE ALIENS... god I think I know why Scorch hates aliens so much now... we found large glowing pit... Jun pulled out his sinper again.
"Kat you seeing this?"
"Roger, Covenant strike force is confirmed..."
Jun sighed in disbelieve "Strike force my ass... it's an invading army!"
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Ok so I kind did the Reach scene off by heart cuz I couldn't find the script for that level... (I just went and played it so... yeah...
Anyways I gotta cut the outro short, if you liked why not fav, and follow, and if you got any advice, comments, or the likes then drop me a review, it would help me out allot, keeps me motivated you know? Anyways WTYL guys WTYL! :D