Unfornately if you read the original one, I removed a major plot point from the original as I didn't really want the UNSC or Sanghelli just coming into 1995 Earth because it'd just get real convoluted really quick. Trying to go for a more "stuck in the unknown for Master Chief"

Chapter 5

"So, Miss Granger, you believe that the anonymity that landed in the Forbidden Forest was an extraterrestrial transport? And that you witnessed another transport shortly after?" Dumbledore's eyebrows rose as he looked at Harry, Ron, and Hermione from his desk in the headmaster's office.

"Me and Ron saw it too, professor! Someone was flying that thing! We need to find whoever it was before Umbridge does!" Harry said as he started at Dumbledore.

"Or, before it finds us!" Ron gulped. Then, Dumbledore raised his hand, making the three students go quiet.

"I am well aware of the situation, Mr. Weasley. Do not worry." Dumbledore smiled.

"But..." Harry began.

"Do you not have some studying to do?" Dumbledore asked. With a sigh, the three wizards turned and left the room.

"This is bloody nuts! You'd think that he'd at least do something!" Ron growled.

"Well, he's going to do something. He's not going to ignore this." Hermione frowned.

The Forbidden Forest...

"I must admit, it's nice to be back on a Warthog again. That is, when we're not trying to escape something that's about to explode." Cortana said as Master Chief drove the Warthog over a fallen tree branch, causing the branch to snap in two.

"Cortana, now is not the time for humor. Is Hogwarts close?" Master Chief asked as he continued driving.

"Oh, sorry. I'm setting a waypoint for Hogwarts." Cortana said. Then, a blue dot appeared in Master Chief's visor, with the number 600 over it, which began decreasing quickly. "I'd prefer it if we had someone in the turret. God knows what else lives in this place." Cortana sighed.

"We'll be there soon enough." Master Chief said as a dust cloud rose behind them from the Warthog's trends.

"Good. I'm actually quite eager to investigate this castle." Cortana said as the Warthog went over the edge of a small hill, bounced for a minute and then regained stability. By now, the number in Master Chief's helmet had reached 310, and was decreasing fast.

"Can you try to be a little quiet?" Cortana asked as the Warthog shook a little.

"This isn't the time to be quiet." Master Chief answered as he continued driving.

"Sheesh...well, Hogwarts is just a bit further anyway! Drive!" Cortana ordered. Master Chief didn't say a word as he continued on his path. After another three minutes of driving through the forest (without incident), the number in Master Chief's helmet had gone past 100 and was now 80.

"Wait! Chief, stop here!" Cortana yelled. Master Chief immediately hit the brakes, causing the Warthog to skid to a stop.

"What is it?" Master Chief asked as he looked around and grabbed his rocket launcher.

"Get off here and go the rest of the way on foot. We don't want anyone to see the Warthog." Cortana said.

"Makes sense." Master Chief said as he collected the rest of his weapons and climbed out of the Warthog. He then started sprinting towards the blue dot on his visor. After several minutes, the number had been reduced to 10.

"This is it, Chief! The castle is just beyond those trees!" Cortana said as Master Chief approached the edge of the forest.

"Let's go." Master Chief said as he walked through the trees. He paused when he passed through. The sight before him even left himself surprised for a brief moment. "Amazing." Cortana gasped. In front of them was a gigantic castle, with massive towers that reached high into the sky. Slightly closer to the Spartan was an octagon shaped building, with what appeared to be a small garden next to it. A gigantic lake could be seen in the distance, a bit farther away than the castle. The lake led off into a mountain range. There also appeared to be a playing field of some kind, with what appeared to be two large sticks with circles on top, one on each side.

"John, what a magnificent sight." Cortana said as Master Chief began to walk again, heading towards the octagon shaped building.

"Chief, fancy a look inside that cabin?" Cortana asked as Master Chief reached the cabin. Seeing a window, the Spartan looked inside. There wasn't much to see. There was a round table, an empty and dark fireplace, and a few chairs. But what was interesting was all the dusted jars and barrels lying inside the building.

"There's no one inside." Master Chief said.

"I wonder if this building's a storage unit of some kind?" Cortana asked.

"Whatever it is, it's not important. Let's keep moving. Are you detecting anything?" Master Chief asked as he kept a firm grip on his gun and continued walking. So far, he couldn't see anyone as he approached what appeared to be the entrance. No one appeared to be guarding it, and the doors were wide open.

"I'm not detecting anything yet. It seems a little odd that this castle has a signal that can completely block out electronic signals, yet, the doors are open, as if we're supposed to walk inside." Cortana said as Master Chief approached the doors. Now, they could see that the doors led to a hallway with a flight of stairs at the end. There was also a turn to the right, but Master Chief couldn't see what it led to yet.

"Is it a trap? Should we go inside?" Master Chief asked as he stood at the entrance and checked his gun.

"Well... as a student of Doctor Halsey used to say: Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Cortana chuckled. "Alright. We're going in." Master Chief said as he slowly stepped through the doors. Nothing happened.

"Guess that we weren't expected." Cortana said as Master Chief began walking through the hall with his gun pointed forward.

"I don't see any electrical lights. Is this place lit by candles?" Cortana frowned as Master Chief looked at the wall. He was almost at the stairs. Then...

"CHIEF, STOP!" Cortana screamed, causing the Spartan to whirl and point his gun behind him.

"What is it?" Master Chief.

"I just picked up hundreds of bogeys on my scanner, just up ahead in the room on your right. No way that you can sneak by them." Cortana said. "Guess we'll need a distraction." Master Chief said as he grabbed a grenade.

"Wait, we don't want to start a panic. We don't even know what we're about to face." Cortana said.

"Have you got a better idea?" Master Chief said as he leaned against the wall and kept his gun out.

"I do, actually. Remember how the elites could make themselves invisible temporarily?" Cortana asked.

"Yes." Master Chief said.

"Well, I managed to incorporate that into your armor using the car's energy. Whoever is in there won't be able to see you for a few minutes. Up for it?" Cortana asked. "Do it." Master Chief said.

"It's done. You should be seeing the results in a second..." Cortana said. Master Chief looked down to see his hands and gun vanish. All that he could see was the floor, but slightly distorted, like back when he fought elites.

"Now, no one should be able to see you unless they get close. Ready?" Cortana asked.

"Let's go. Let's see what we're dealing with." Master Chief said. Then, he ran in front of the doors that led to the right. As they passed the doors, they turned to look inside. When they saw what was inside, they stopped cold.

"Oh... my... god." Cortana said. Master Chief had to agree. The room in front of them was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in midair over four long tables, where, to both the AI and Spartan's surprise, there were humans in black robes sitting at all four tables. These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and goblets. At the top of the hall was another long table where there were several people sitting from side to side. Then, Master Chief looked upward and saw a velvety black ceiling dotted with stars.

"My lord, how is that possible?" Cortana asked, snapping Master Chief out of his daze.

"Cortana, look straight." Master Chief said.

"What is it?" Cortana asked.

"That old man. The one sitting at the center of that table. I think he's in charge of this place." Master Chief said.

"You mean the one with the gigantic beard who looks over a hundred years old?" Cortana asked.

"Yeah." Master Chief said.

"Hey Harry, what is it?" Said Ron as he stared at his best friend while stuffing half a platter's worth of food in his face.

"I think we're being watched..." Harry said softly as he turned to look at the entrance of the Great Hall, causing Ron and Hermione to look there as well.

"I don't see anything." Ron frowned. Hermione narrowed her eyes.

"John, heads up. Your invisibility is about to fade, and I don't that we want everyone in that place to see you. Oh, and I think that those kids are looking at you." Cortana said. "Which ones?" Master Chief asked.

"That kid with the glasses on the right table, and the two next to him, the boy with the red hair and the girl with the curly brown hair. There's something about them. I think we should watch out for them." Cortana said.

"Noted. Let's move." Master Chief said as he sprinted up the stairs.

"That was amazing, back there. I've never seen a ceiling like that. I don't even think the Forerunners had anything like that." Cortana said as Master Chief reached the top of the stairs. At that moment, the invisibility faded.

"What was that? Those were definitely humans, but most of them were children." Master Chief.

"If I had to guess... I'd say that this is some kind of school." Cortana said.

"A school?" Master Chief said with surprise.

"Considering what we've witnessed, yes." Cortana said.

"How is a school supposed to help us get back to our own time?" Master Chief asked.

"Don't underestimate this place, John. This place has much more than we've seen yet. Let's keep moving." Cortana said.

"I'm not going to wander around here blind. We need a layout of this structure." Master Chief said.

"My lord, what the devil are you?" a shocked voice came from Master Chief's right, causing the Spartan to whirl and point his gun. "What the-?" Cortana gasped. In front of the Spartan was a painting of several cloaked humans around a table, and they were all staring at the Spartan "What the devil?" One of them swore.

"Chief, that painting is talking to us, like it's alive." Cortana frowned.

"This just gets weirder and weirder." Master Chief said. Then, one of the people in the painting got up and ran out the door, presumably to tell its neighbors the news.

"Chief, let's keep moving." Cortana said.

"Affirmative." Master Chief ran down the hallway, passing several paintings on the way, all of their inhabitants gaping and yelling as they pointed at the Spartan. Then, the Chief reached the end of the hallway.

"Wow." Cortana said. In front of them was a gigantic staircase, criss crossing as they led to other hallways and doors above and below where they were.

"Heading up?" Cortana chuckled as the Spartan stepped onto the staircase and headed up. As Master Chief reached the middle, the stairs rumbled, making the Spartan instantly point his gun.

"John, the staircase is moving!" Cortana said as Master Chief looked over the edge, confirming the AI's statement.

"This place is worse than Halo. There better not be a Moniter around." Master Chief muttered.

"What next?" Cortana chuckled.

Yeah this was the part I removed. I might add it back if someone reviews this properly with a nice suggestion, but I really don't want the death eater's vs UNSC because let's be honest. Absolute curb stomp. If you didn't read it then idc