Summary: A young boy excitedly awaits his fathers return from the war, and receives the news that his father did survive. But when his father returns he is told that they will need to house a member of the covenant to keep peace. But then his father must return for one last time to terminate some renegade marines, then something goes horribly wrong.

Inspired by the Fanfic: Halo after the war. By The Black Dawn

“Hey Mom! When’s dad getting home?” Nino called out to his mother who was working in the kitchen.

“We should be getting the call telling us whether or not he survived soon!” Nino’s mom said, although saying survived quite quietly.

“Ok!” Nino called once more to his mother.

Just then there was ring, neither Nino or his mother’s minds registered what it was at first but then realized, It was the phone!

“It’s the call! The call we’ve been waiting for!” Nino thought excitedly.

“Hello?” Nino’s mom said.

“Yes this is she” She replied to a faint voice coming form the phone.

“Oh my goodness!” She cried out

At this sentence nino came bursting down the stairs from his bedroom.

“Is he……. Is he really….” Nino said faintly

“Oh that’s wonderful! So when will his bus be arriving?” Nino’s mom replied unnoticing of Nino.

“Ok good, thank you so much!” She cried out.

“He’s going to be home in 10 minutes if the bus isn’t delayed.”

“So he survived the war!?” Nino almost yelled.

“Yes, but what did you expect from someone who was mostly with master chief?” his mother asked.

“Ya I guess so.” Nino replied

It was dark, the hallway had holes with sparks bursting out from them, Ak’ Na’lar an elite had his heart racing as he slowly made his way down it. He was about to be told where he was to be assigned to be housed, he was going to earth, he was to live with a human family for one year. He wasn’t unhappy, but he wasn’t happy either, the positive end of this whole thing was he was helping the peace be strengthened, the negative, he was helping it by being with humans, he didn’t hate humans, he never even fought in the war.

But this wasn’t the way he wanted to be near them, he was an amazing athlete on his planet, he was great at fighting with weapons of any sort or even without a weapon.

He felt prepared physically, but mentally he didn’t even think he wanted to take another step.

He walked into the dimly lit room, where the arbiter was sitting at a type of covenant chair, with a covenant desk in front of him, Ak sat down in a chair on the other end of the desk.

The Arbiter began to tell him his assingment “Ah, Ak’ Na’lar, here is your assignment, now I will tell you, if I get any reports from anyone in this human family of injuries caused by you, you will be punished severely. You will be assigned to a family in………………….”