Hey guys, my name is TheDidactsHand; and i will be posting my first ever Fan-Fic on here. I have been on the site for about a year and a half now, and i finally had the inspiration to write something. This will be a crossover between Mass Effect and Halo; set during the Reaper attack on Earth. However, their will be a build up to it. This first "chapter" is a look at my OC, i want to gauge how people recieve my writing, and see if i can get some assistance as i continue writing. If it is well received, i will continue. Please review, and give me some feedback. Thank you for reading!

Lorent Alistair, is what he was known by his parents and his one sister, Alice. However; in the year 2530, the Covenant found his homeworld, Eridanus II. The Covenant cut a swath through the defending Fleet, and like many other planets before it: it's fate was sealed. The Covenant were merciless in their assault, cutting down men, women, and even children. The Sangheili also known as the Elites, colloquially throughout UNSC space, lead thousands upon thousands of The Covenant's troops, throughout the many mega cities that covered the highly industrial outer colony. Lorent and his parents were in the process of heading to a starport to evacuate from the planet; unfortunately a CCS Battlecruiser looms it's bulbous head above, parting the clouds as a lilac beam of plasma begins to gather under it. The thousands of civilians gathered at the starport began to scream in absolute peril that echoed throughout the city. Lorent's mother squeezes his hand tightly, while his father; scoops up his sister in his arms. Yelling for him and his family to run. Lorent and his mother try to part the proverbial sea of people running to and fro, some on their knees, rocking back and forth; tears streaming down their faces as they pray to whatever deities above to save them. Others huddling together as they lay back and accept their fate. Looking back he sees his Father and sister lagging behind, then he hears the dreaded sound of plasma being discharged from the Cruiser above. The fluorescent white beam impacts the ground with tremendous force, instantly turning anyone near the epicenter into literal statues of glass, the most feared Covenant tactic during the war. As the beam moves, hundreds of people have their skin and musculature flash boiled as it continues on its path. Lorent watches as it draws nearer towards his Father and sister, he begins to shout frantically for them to hurry, but to no avail; as the lilac beam soon envelops them both. Lorent only seeing his sister's bright green eyes widen in shock before they too are boiled alive. As the beam moves on; Lorent turns his head away and begins to sob uncontrollably, his mother dragging him along as he slackens. As they run however, they find themselves facing down two squads of Covenant. Comprised of four Elites, six Kig-Yar or Jackals, and four Unggoy or also known as Grunts. The Elites begin to yell in their guttural language, the four mandibles that comprised their mouths, flexing inward and outward. Lorent's mother drops him and puts herself in front of him, yelling in defiance at the monsters, she then turns around slowly and looks down at him and smiles, mouthing the words "I love you" to him before she runs at the beasts. As she draws near, the leader of the groups steps forward. His hulking stature made more apparent as his mother closes in. He moves his hand to his hip, producing what seemingly appears to be a dumbbell. With a flick of his wrist, two four foot long white tuning fork shaped lines of ionized plasma appear from it, thrusting it into his mother's abdomen and exiting through her back. Causing an instant death as her internal organs are liquified from the intense heat, he then proceeds to lift her body up three feet off the ground. Then deactivating it, causing his mother to fall to the ground limp. Seemingly unfazed by the woman, the Elite steps forward, while the Unggoy and Kig-Yar devour his mother's body. Lorent falls to his knees, yelling at the Elite to go away as it stands over him him, preparing to do the same to him. It bellows with a deep chuckle, or what sounded like a chuckle. As Lorent faces down and cries, with tears streaming down his face. The world around him fades into nothing, so he doesn't hear the bird like Jackals squawk in surprise as they are mowed down into mince meat. The Grunts faring no better as the squeak and try to run, only to be shot mercilessly in the back. Rearing his head back the Elite turns his attention away from Lorent, to face down what was likely a squad of Marines. Letting out a roar of challenge, he runs to battle. Only to fly back a few mere seconds later to his previous position, his head turned at an unnatural angle. Lorent still crying feels something leathery grasp his shoulder, he starts screaming until he hears a deep, Male Human voice ask him... "Are you ok?" Lorent, still in shock opens his eyes slowly, to see a giant man in green heavy armor, with a gold visor reflecting back his face. Lorent passes out, only seeing the Numbers Zero Five One on a green chest plate.