Everything was going perfectly. Tom and I were doing well, as far as our military education was concrned. Our older brother, Cadmon, was gone. We only had each other, and Mom was just too busy managing the higher-ups to really be worried about us. She has been off-planet and, well, she has her own ways of coping. We all do: Thomas, Michael, Chyler, Vickers, Orenski, and countless other cadets who all wanted to succeed. I suppose we got what we deserved living in our bubbles, believing that the world couldn't touch us. We learned quick and hard just how cruel the universe could be and we never could have been prepared for what we endured at the hands of our enemies. Disclaimer: I do not own any characters except Aspen Lasky. All other characters and landscapes belong to the creators of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn and the Halo universe. Also The story belongs to the wonderful writers of the Forward Unto Dawn miniseries/movie. All the credit goes to them.