Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x Rarity x Twilight x Fluttershy x Applejack x Pinkie Pie x Rainbow Dash x Ditzy x Luna x ? x ?

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Inner thoughts, Text read, Italics used to represent characters speaking in different language.

Demonic rage, Demonic characters, Kurama Speak

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Story Start

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The Nation of Zebrica was to the far southeast of Equesnia. Their lands was a mixture of the world's most dangerous summers, savannas, and forests. Like how Equestrians used Magic, the Griffins used technology , and the Deer masters of nature the Zebras were mastered of their own crafts.

They were Alchemists and spiritualists. The greatest potions and poisons that could only be crafted by the greatest of the other races were common place by Zebra alchemists with only the Cervidaes and a few other races capable of matching them.

They were also a modest species keeping their confines to simple housing where most of their lavish structures were places of worship made from the remains of whatever they took from the line.

Zeria, their Queen was going through a prayer ritual to wish for a bountiful hunt for her people. The hunt was a long standing tradition to hunt down carnivorous beasts as a means to test the might and will of their warriors.

She was dressed in animal skins that left her legs blow her thighs, arms, and stomach exposed. She wore a necklace and head piece from the bone remains of said beasts.

She continued her prayers in front of the flame until suddenly the flames changed into a bright pink. Startled, Zeria rose to her feet as a tiny Discord appeared in the fire.

"And I thought I was hot!" He remarked. "Get it? Hot? See when you don't laugh it feels like I'm being slowly burned." He popped out of the fire. "Whoo I am on fire."

Zeria reacted in the fashion any warrior would when someone unwelcomed made their presence known in their home. Immediately she charged and punched him in the gut.

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Naruto launched two massive earth dragons at Discord to which the chaos user fired finger nails into the converging projectiles at him, causing them to explode, sending fragments of stone everywhere. He began to run toward Naruto despite the tons of stone still sailing his way.

Naruto was quick to turn the ground into swamp, but Discord jumped into the air just in time to avoid falling. He planted two feet on a piece of stone as it turned beneath him in the air, then sprang forward with the grace of a pegasus. The tiny bits of flying rubble bounced harmlessly off his skin as he spun once before landing on the ground.

With another snap of his fingers Discord, and attacked once more.

"Before he does anything major he snaps his finger. Eithers it's a prerequisite to using his power or its an ingrain habit."

"So I have to time my attacks in accordance to how much time I have based off those finger snaps. Easier said than done considering unlike with Nagato this beast can do about anything."

Naruto began traveling further into the landscape, waiting for Kurama to inform him of Discord's next incoming attack. He didn't: Discord remained where they had been moments before.

"Come now? You're never going to make any progress if you keep holding back. But I do say I have to thank you. Because of your little journey here Faust's pesky border has weakened enough for me to travel to other realms. Just think of the Chaos that will soon be sown."

No. If Discord were to go into other realms. Realms that had no knowledge of magic even. He couldn't. He could not let that happen. He had to keep the boastful abomination keep talking.

"Why these games? You're a being of Chaos? Why go through all this?"

He had to try and discover something. A weakness. Anything they could use against him. There just had to be something they could use to stop him.

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Pinkie recognized where she was all too well.

Ponyville. She was in Ponyville. She just had to make her way back.

'She can be really annoying sometimes.'

'I can't understand why she can't learn to be serious.'

Pinkie's ear twitched. "Hello?"

'That Pinkie Pie sometimes.'

She was picking up on the voices of her friends. She quickly trotted up ahead until she reached the Golden Oaks Library. What In the world happened? They were fighting Discord weren't they? How did…what was going on?

"Ah swear sometimes Pinkie Pie nuttier than a raccoon dog."

"Would it kill her to show some dignity and grace?"

What was going on? Why were her friends saying such mean things?

"Its really uncool just how much a bother she is all the time."

"Sometimes just being around her makes my head hurt."

This isn't right.

"I-I d-don't think she's that bad, but well, I s-suppose she can be a bit obtrusive."

"I guess we're all in agreement then. Its time we let her know its time to grow up."

"No…no…no…no…NO!" Pinkie's utterances turned into wails. How could her friends say such mean things about her? How could they have betrayed her?

No.

This was a lie. Her friends would never say such horrible things. They wouldn't betray her like this. "Diissscooooooorrd!" Little cracks had begun to form around Pinkie.

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Discord frowned. Now where was that Pink Pony? She should have been a crying and shivering mess in front of the library. He began looking high and low, peeking around every corner, checking every cover, cabinet and cookie jar.

He had just managed to avoid the punch that was launched at him. Dropping down with a fierce tear filled glaze was Pinkie Pie. "You." Energy crackled from her. "Making mockery of my friends. Trying to turn me against them. I…I won't let you."

Discord couldn't help but be intrigued by what he was seeing. Chaos. It was faint but it was there. A pony that could use Harmony and Chaos magic? Oh this was going to be rather interesting.

What ruler after all didn't have a right hand? But for now he needed her out of the way.

"Tsk, tsk, looks like you failed Pinkamena." He said as he conjured up a fake copy of the Element of Laughter except it was lacking any sort of magic. "You've corrupted your element and because of you I've won. The elements of harmony are useless."

"L-Liar!" Pinkie snapped as the energy began to recede. "Y-You're just trying to deceive me."

"Oh but am I? Aren't you the one who doubted your friends? Didn't you give in to sorrow at the thought they'd betray you? Face it Pinkie? That wasn't very harmonious of you." As he said this he slowly but surely picked at her brain, like he did all the others. In the right state of mind Pinkie would have never believed him, but emotionally in turmoil and her mind being tampered with she didn't stand a chance.

"I…I…" She began to break down into tears as a sob escaped her mouth. 'What…what have I done?'

Pinkie felt her heart sink and her hair deflate.

'Three down three to go.'

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Rarity found herself slowly began to stir. Where was she? Sitting up she saw that she was in…her room? But that didn't make sense? What happened?

Entering the room was none other than Naruto. "Hey Rare, how are you feeling?"

"Naruto? What happened? I…" she placed hand to her throbbing forehead.

"Don't force it honey, the doctor said you might have headaches and gaps in your memory. What was the last thing you remember?"

"I was in the maze. The girls and I had split up to get back the Elements. Everything is fuzzy."

"Discord was sealed up a few days ago. You had a rather nasty fall during the battle. You just need to rest up."

Rarity didn't know how to feel about that. On one hand she should feel relieved yet something didn't quite sit right with her.

"In that case…come cuddle with me?" She asked with a mixture of a plea and pout. She felt like she really needed to be held.

"Sorry I can't, I promised Pinkie I'd helped her at Sugar Cube Corner today and you know how we are about our promises. I haven't been able to spend that much time with her with adjusting to Rainbow and Twilight."

"Oh, well I suppose I'll just stay here." She remarked with an obvious sense of disappointment as Naruto placed a kiss on her forehead.

"See ya."

"I shall…" Naruto had rushed out of the door. "…see you later."she mumbled the last part quietly to herself sadly.

The next day rolled along and Rarity had found she could not recall any of her missing memories. "You are just in time darling." She called out to Naruto who was leaving his room. "I was thinking we can have a nice candlelit dinner tonight."

"Sorry, can't make it I promised Twilight I help her rearrange her library and I won't be back til late tonight."

"Oh…" she deflated at that.

"Its not a problem is it? I mean Twilight and I still need to adjust because of her whole awkwardness issue and romance…"

"No no no." Rarity cut him off. "You do that. We'll just find a way to do it later." She said as Naruto gave her a grin and said good bye.

A few more days had passed and Rarity was growing a bit annoyed. It seemed like her fiancé had time for everypony in town, but her and it was growing to be a bit ridiculous.

"Do you really have to go now? Can it not wait?" It was Applejack who had a monopoly on Naruto's time today.

"We need to make sure that the apples are going to be just right for Cider season." He took notice of her expression. "I'm sorry Rare, did we have something special planned for today?"

As annoyed as she was Rarity kept her composure. This was just one of those things that could happen in a herd of this size, no need to make a scene out of it. "No, no, its fine. Just go and enjoy yourself. You two go and just do what you need to do."

"Thanks Rare. Always so generous."

Right. Generous.

And she continued to be generous when he went off to have races with Rainbow Dash.

And when he went off to collect herbs with Fluttershy.

Babysitting the Crusaders.

Taking Ditzy and Luna out on dates and soon days morphed into weeks.

Every time she so much as offered something it was like he always had a reason or excuse to be anywhere but with her.

And only so many times could her friends think her or comment on how generous she was being.

"You are not going anywhere tonight!" Rarity's patience had worn thin.

"But Rare…"

"But nothing," she cut him off. "It has been weeks since we had any proper time together and quite frankly I am sick of it. You are my fiancé. We are to be married yet you seem to be distant from me."

"Rarity I have to give equal attention to everyone in the herd. I thought I've given you more than a fair share of the attention already."

"We have not even enjoyed one meal together. In fact since whatever the incident was we have not even…" the words trailed from her mouth as her cheeks twinge a bit pink.

"So you want me all to yourself?" he asked.

For a moment Rarity hesitated before she answered. "Yes!"

"Isn't that a bit gree…"

"Do not finish that sentence Naruto Uzumaki. I have been the model citizen of Generosity for the past few weeks and what has that gotten me? I just want you all to myself for a bit? Is that really too much? So I do not care what plans you have for tonight I want you to cancel them so you and I can spend some time together."

Don't you deserve something nice after all the things you've done?

She wasn't being greedy. She had a right to spend time with her fiancé, didn't she? But she hardly felt that way.

She was demanding Naruto's attention away from the rest of the herd. Comparably and relationship wise she admit she had the most time and the greatest progress in terms of intimacy, but that didn't mean he needed to neglect her.

'They will get over it right? It is after all just one night. Maybe I should rethink this or…I… " Rarity found herself struggling with her own thoughts and feelings.

'Perhaps I should have went with a scenario where she was forced to choose to give a cure between Naruto and one of her friends.' Discord pondered as he watched what were essentially Rarity's thoughts through a big screen TV. This method of breaking them was starting to get boring. He didn't put as half as much thought into this one as the others and it was showing. So with a little helpful push of guilt the Element of Generosity had lost its magic.

Well it was time to shake things up a bit with Loyalty.

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"...He worms his way into the minds of his victims..."

"...He preys on their fears and insecurities..."

"...He finds their weak spot and drives at it, forcing them to face his decision..."

"...And then he manipulates them over the edge until they aren't themselves anymore..."

"...That's how he fights, and that is how he wins."

She didn't have a choice. Her parents. Everyone on Cloudsdale were going to die. Wingless and scared Discord robbed the inhabitants of their ability to fly, but not the innate magic that would allow them to stay above the clouds.

'They will die without your invention. You don't have much time.'

"Damn you! Damn you to Tartarus you fucking monster!" Rainbow Dash roared, having never felt so hopeless before in her life.

Twilight and the others needed her.

Cloudsdale needed her.

She would be letting down her friends and the princesses.

Everyone from her home town would die.

"You know what you have to do." He said as he materialized right before her the wings missing from her back. After all it wouldn't be very chaotic if he followed the same pattern in breaking them over and over again. He had to mix things up, keep it a bit fresh.

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"Where are they!? Where are the Elements?" Twilight had cried out as she finally reached the end of the maze. "Pinkie Pie! Fluttershy!" She called out as she looked around the maze, sweat matting her fur. She had been breathing heavily as a result of rushing through the maze and her feet were a bit soar. "Rarity! Rainbow!" She screamed hoping for an answer. Where were her friends? Where was Everypony? "A-Applejack!" She dropped to her knees.

She was alone.

Deceit.

Cruelty.

Sorrow.

Greed.

Undependability.

The five words felt like they were whispered from all around her.

A layer of even darker gray clouds moved in to cover every square inch of sky. Blocks of hedges swiftly retracted into the ground, throwing up curtains of dust in all directions. When these cleared, Twilight saw her friends and whimpered at what she saw. She could see it in their expressions and the way they moved.

They had been changed. Something was wrong with them.

"Well, well, well," Discord said as he emerged from the dust. "Somepony broke the "no wings, no magic" rule." A finger snap put Twilight's and Rarity's horns and Fluttershy's wings back where they belong. "Game's over, my little ponies!" He leaned over Twilight for a moment. "You didn't find your precious Elements." He produced a pink umbrella that meowed softly when he opened it—the canopy opening upside down on the shaft, so that it would catch rain instead of letting it run off. "Looks like we might be due for a big old storm of chaos."

Lightning ripped the sky as he laughed crazily and Twilight stared in total disbelief.

Discord continued laughing even as he then 'put away' his umbrella, then fell all over himself before a confounded Twilight as he ear drooped and her face ready to hit the floor. "It's just too entertaining," he said as he ate.

"You…we never stood a chance of winning. No matter what you were going to make sure we lost." Twilight accused. 'We were so foolish. How could we even think he wouldn't pull something like this?'

"I am the Spirit of chaos and disharmony it would be disappointing if I didn't." Then he backed off and returned to his seat, examining the claws on his lion foreleg.

"Where are the Elements of Harmony? I reached the end of the Maze, you said if we found them we win. Well I made it to the end."

Her query brought a slightly surprised look from him. "Oh, wait. Did you…" He started to guffaw. "How funny! You thought the Elements were in the labyrinth?"

To retrieve your missing Elements,

Just make sense of this change of events.

Twists and turns are my master plan,

Then find the Elements back where you began.

"I never said they would be in the maze. You made that decision all on your own. I just thought I'd make things a bit more fun than some boring old maze."

"My friends? What did you do to them?"

Discord snapped his fingers materialized five images crystal images as he began to replay how he broke each and every one of her friends.

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"Trying to buy your marefriends more time? If you're planning something you shouldn't broadcast your thoughts." Discord taunted as Naruto held onto his bruised ribs with his right hand.

Two of his fingers on his left hand had been fractured and his left cheek was swollen. Discord was just toying with him. Slowly torturing him as he didn't have so much as a scratch.

"You know, you're just like little Twilight. So worried about your friends. In fact why don't I show you the same thing I'm showing her. Its always fun to see how a mare and stallion handle the same thing." He said making six monitors appear so he could also see Twilight's reaction to the events.

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Applejack. To make her believe a loved one died in her arms. To force lead her into lying because the truth her so much.

Fluttershy. To forcibly tear her mind apart. To inflict such pain on the sweetest of them.

Pinkie Pie. To break her down like that. To use her own fears and issues to rob her of her joy.

Rarity. To turn her love for her soul mate against her. To make her believe she didn't deserve to be happy and it made her Greedy.

Rainbow. To use Loyalty itself against her. Forcing her into an impossible decision where lives would be lost.

All the while using his magic to influence their minds and mess with them like they were toys.

"You…" A rage like never before build up in Twilight Sparkle. Her eyes had been hidden behind her bangs. The pain, the hurt, and sadness. It coursed through her and overwhelmed her sensible self. The only thing Twilight could feel were her emotions and the power coursing through her. She wanted him to hurt. She wanted him to suffer. "…fucking monster!" The words tear from Twilight's mouth like the strongest curse as her eyes were enveloped by a bright white aura and the magic exploded from her horn in a beam so powerful and large the air itself rippled as the Draconquus was completely enveloped in the beam. Even the clouds itself was vaporized as the grass and rocks near Twilight were vaporized as every bit of magic she could expand in her body had been placed into that blast.

Collapsing to her hands and knees Twilight began to pant heavily. It felt like her nerves were on fire.

"My…my my…such a mouth on you. Are you really Celestia's student?" Discord had put himself back to together after that. "Even most dragons would be hard pressed from that attack, but then again, that it what separate us gods from you mortals. We can shake off things like that." He said as he cracked his neck. "Consider yourself lucky Sparkle I don't want to break you just yet. Not without giving your dear old princess a front row seat of course. I'll be back…toodles." He said as he phased out in existence right beforehand eyes.

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"Now wasn't tha…" Discord never got the chance to finish his sentence as a fist drove itself into his cheek causing his head to twist to the side. Grabbing the top and body portions of his head he twisted back into place.

Naruto was illuminated with Kurama's chakra and his Dojutsu was activated.

"Oh my and you even brought out the eyes. You must be quite serious, but you must realize this is hopeless? I can no longer be sealed."

"Sealed? No, I don't want to seal you I want to kill you." With that he used the Heavenly Hand Power to shift himself between Dimensions. Discord waited for anticipation of what was going to happen. Sure he could just read his opponent's mind, but he hated Spoilers.

Pain.

A sensation he hadn't felt in thousands of years. Looking down he saw a blade of ice was lodged in chest. A ball of concentrated Chaos was all it took to blast Naruto away. Discord fell over and shifted his matter to remove the ice from himself so he could heal. Despite his seemingly Omnipotence even his powers had defined limits, like his inability to affect a substance like ice that lacked any sort of heat directly. Only when it was part of a grander substance or location on could he affect such a substance which was why it made up one of his few weaknesses. Injure him yes, but short of finding a way to paralyze him and strip him of his ability to flee could enough of the substance be used to kill him.

How dare he? How dare this filthy mortal try to kill him? How dare he be arrogant enough to think he could topple a god? He had spent too much time toying around.

First Faust.

Then her Daughters.

And now a mere human turned pony.

Something within the Draconquus had snapped.

The change in Discord's demeanor chilled Naruto to the core. The playfulness and indifference cruelty were now replaced with malice. Gone was the goofy and playful persona. The sky began to darken as Discord's face aged into a sharp and monstrous appearance with sharp angles in contrast to his earlier goofier appearance. His stocky body expanded and grew into a more serpentine appearance and his claws and teeth sharpened into lethal killing instruments.

And with that the God of Chaos spoke one utterance that let Naruto know Discord was done playing around. "Game Over!"

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