I would always recommend going back and rereading old chapters. You never know when I might add images. I might not have 113 out until tomorrow, but I will have the chapter out before I go back and edit in the picture. In fact I am going back to an early chapter, I think 13 to add a picture right now.

Its the one where Naruto encounters Luna for the first time in her mind during the Nightmare Moon Arc. A bit behind I know. XD. But unless I get a generous donation to commission a few oneshots from some artists its going to take time for my current artist to catch up.

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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For Normal Speech

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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Rainbow's Dash cloud home along with much of the country side it was floating in had been decimated. What was once an expansive meadow was now a shredded crater.

At the bottom of the crater was a large yellow barrier at the bottom of the crater. Movement followed as Fluttershy broke through the surface; her two shields combined having created a barrier powerful enough to withstand the chaos orb. Just in time she had summoned her armor to protect everypony.

"Is everypony okay?" Naruto asked as the barrier faded and everypony got up. That was close. Far too close for comfort.

"I am fine."

"Yeah."

"Nothin' broken.

"Man Fluttershy that was awesome!" Rainbow Dash praised her friend as her expression was filled with awe.

"I…I only did what anypony else would have done." She replied her expression bashful.

"Nopony else but you could have done that Darling. You really saved us."

"Yeah that was so cool. I thought we were toast for sure and not the good kind of toast with butter and jam, but the burnt black kind."

"There right ya came through."

Fluttershy felt her blush increased under the praise.

"Like we said Shy. If we're going to get through this then we need all of us." Naruto's expression turned serious. "That monster has our friend. I don't know about all of you, but I am sick and tired of his games. This time we take to fight to him and put an end to it once and for all."

"Darn right!"

"Hey ya!"

"Ready when you are!"

"Time for a beatdown bash!"

"For Everypony!"

The sixth of them took off full speed to Ponyville.

Discord laughed as a flock of geese scurried along the ground while a swarm of mice flew above him. He sat on a throne of his own creation, a mix of obsidian, gold, prism stone and other materials slapped together in a chaotic mix with a comfy little pillow.

In the past it would have been so simple to make jokes. Puns or play on words maybe a bit of slapstick which was what he had been reduced to after Faust used that Accursed Rainbow of Light on him.

Not only had it weakened him it had fractured his mind, made him a bit more docile.

It had been the shock, the deep wounding of his pride that a mortal had wounded him that caused a surge of anger to reawaken his old killer instinct.

Still. He couldn't help but still have childish flight of fancies. It seemed he could not completely overwrite or ignore those impulses. At least one thing was certain. The elements only had the power to seal him or at least they did.

There on the ground lifelessly were the fragments of Magic. After forcibly Discording Twilight Sparkle he made sure to shatter the weakened Gemstone. He had to admit she proved a fair bit tougher to brainwash then her friends, but nothing he couldn't handle.

It was only a matter of waiting for the three Alicorn Princesses to arrive. Then again there was the matter of the other deities out there. Death might prove rather bothersome, but he rarely got involved in such disputes anyway. The only one who might come out and attack him was nature and war the others he could handle with time.

He had all the power in the world to deal with them after all. With Faust disappearing and no clue to her status there was nothing that could stop him. . This was power that could stop time if he wished it, Rewind it! Change history!

"Discord!" The angry screams came from the herd.

Discord stood, "You know I have to say, now you've gone from persistent to just plain stupid. I've already won. What can you gain by attacking me? I have already defeated you all what do you gain from attacking me?"

"As long as we live and breath we will never stop fighting you." Naruto moved into a fighting stance.

"Come to play the role of heroes? Well it's too late. You see I've already broken Twilight Sparkle." He replied with glee as he moved to show the form of Twilight, who was sitting with a faraway look in her eyes. She didn't react to the shout her friends were making. "Though if you wish to have another shot at me. You have to earn it." With a snap of his fingers the six were thrown back with a shockwave as in puffs of pink smoke they were faced with the entirety of a Discorded Ponyville. "By going through your friends and family." He clapped his hands with a gleeful matter. "Oh how delightful this will be. Now my little followers lets welcome our guests."

The hesitance showed on the bearers face. It was obvious they were having doubts if they could do this. "Girls, we have to fight." Naruto gently assured them. There were no other options. Saving Twilight was the only way they were going to put an end to this madness once and for all.

"But…but we can't." Pinkie Pie's voice quavered. Naruto couldn't be asking them to fight the citizens of Ponyville. The ponies they have known for years. In some cases grew up with. To have to fight their loved ones.

"We have to Pinkie. Even if we…" Applejack's voice was caught in her throat. "…have to fight our family, those we consider family." She was barely able to gulp to lessen the tightening sensation of her throat.

They could make out the forms of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the Cakes, the apples and everyone else they knew making their way through crowd. "Is there no other way?" Rarity pleaded to the blond.

"What would hurt them more? Us knocking them out or being Discord puppets for the rest of their lives, most likely with him telling them we could have saved them but refuse to?"

That question sparked the determination they needed. They charged forth and were met with the force of Ponyville.

Dodging out of the way of the concussive blast spells being hurled at them the group made their way into the group.

Fluttershy was nearly tackled and mobbed by several of the fillies and colts. For a moment she hesitated before she remembered her training and began to lead them on a chase. Tears stung her eyes briefly at the thoughts that filled her mind before her expression turned angry.

He was forcing her. Forcing her to hurt children. Never had Fluttershy come close to loathing somepony. None of her attackers had ever invoked such angry feelings from her.

Having to go through with it she maneuvered the children into crashing each other. It brought a nasty taste to her mouth as she had to fight down the sickness she was feeling. She had enough of feeling sorry and hating herself for her choices. All of those feelings were being focused on two things. Save Twilight and stop Discord. Since she wasn't the strongest flyer she relied on agility and ducking and dodging through shops to maneuver around her attacks.

She let out a yelp as the side of her white strapped blouse was cut by the wing of a white Pegasus mare with a blue mane, blue eyes, and a cutie mark of a dark cloud with a lightning bolt seen thanks to her low rise shorts. This was White Lightning a Pegasus Fluttershy had befriended thanks to her Element status drawing in curious ponies who wanted to meet her. White Lightning had been one of the normal ones who thought it was cool to meet Fluttershy and didn't make an overly big deal about it.

Fluttershy made it outside and stood her ground as the Pegasus charged her again. Twisting back Fluttershy dodged the wing that glided over her as White Lightning crashed into a pole.

Discord had given them the single minded mission of attack and defeat the group of six. Meaning while aggressive they weren't the smartest of minions.

Fluttershy continued her way to where her friend was being held. "Twilight."

Rainbow Dash found herself in the middle of an aerial battle. Sassaflash, Raindrops, Parasol, and a few other Pegasi were hot on her tail. While she outpaced them by far in speed attacking them and maneuvering out of the way without leaving herself vulnerable for the others attack was proving anything other than ideal.

If she wanted to make her way out of there she was going to have to ground them and she hoped they wouldn't hold it against her when this was all over.

Rainbow Dash zipped from Pegasus to Pegasus as she used the force of her speed and melee attacks to damage their wings. She wasn't the most precise when it came to using her wings for small things so she didn't trust herself not to permanently damage somepony's wings.

Now she was forced to deal with another thing on her conscious. The sound of injured wings. One of a Pegasi's greatest fears were to damage their wings to the point where they would have to have it amputated. To forever lose the ability to soar in the air.

With her pursers now shaken Rainbow darted towards where Twilight was at full force. "Twilight!"

Pinkie Pie nearly burst into tears when she darted into Sugarcube Corner and used her party canon to start knocking ponies out. Knocking them unconscious was the best mercy she could grant them.

For a moment she froze when she saw Mrs. Cake approach her. She narrowly dodged as the knife wielding mare nearly slashed her hair, only cutting off a few strands of her mane.

Pinkie couldn't stomach hurting Mrs. Cake, who was like a second mother to her. Especially in her condition so she went to the hardware store. She found herself surrounded by the store owner, Cherry Fizzy, Carrot Top, and Shoeshine.

They charged and Pinkie reacted. Sliding across the ground she knocked Cherry off her feet resulting in her hitting her head on one of the beams supporting the store. Grabbing the rope off the wall she near instantly made a line with two beams with tripped the other ponies and causing them to land on the ground.

With them stunned Pinkie Pie used a saw to cut the rope lose before getting out of there. She just stopped of having her skull cracked by a rolling pin. The cakes had arrived so Pinkie immediately put her plan into the action. The cakes were not the most athletic ponies making running circles around them easy to which Pinkie did while using the rope. By the time she was finished they were all tied up.

With a single leap she scaled to the top of the buildings easily and made her way across the top, leaping from the top of the buildings. "Twilight!"

Rarity skillful used of her craft was coming full force. Using her magic she was able to quickly use all matter of utensils and her growing magical power to pin several of her attackers against structures.

'This would be so much easier if I had my ribbons.' As if the armor was responding to her command the two objects appeared in her hand. Having the same color as her armor and adorned with several prism gems lined along the length.

She definitely approved of this upgrade her weapons had gone under. Her ribbons forward like snake, the magic imbued weapons ensnared limbs and with a yank had tossed her front attacks of balance while with a twirl she harden them into an impenetrable defense that protected her back from attacks.

A familiar high pitched shrieked caused her to pause in her tracks. "Sweetie Belle?" Rarity paused quickly twisted out of the way as the sharpened end of the paint brush nearly missed jabbing her in the intestines.

Fury wailed up in her but not at the innocent soul in front of her. No at the moment responsible for all this madness. "Forgive me Sweetie." With that she cast a sleeping spell on her baby sister. Rarity found a building to stash her sister inside. "I will be back for you I promise." She began making her way through the crowds. She made her way by ripping up pieces of destroyed land and levitating a bridge over the masses. "Twilight."

Applejack had found herself forced into a corner. It was heart breaking enough having to rope her own little sister and grandmother, but now having to fight her brother as well?

The saving grace of this situation was that Big Mcintosh was tough and strong, but he was also slow. Unless the family was in danger of course.

So after dodging another punch that reduced yet another wall of a building to rubble the apple farmer knew she had to fight back. "Forgive me bro." She leaped over him with a flip, grabbing his neck from behind and slamming his head onto the ground.

Applejack while strong had never been in her brother's league until she started training all those months ago. She had to hurry if they were going to make things right.

Dashing away before Big Mac could recover AJ proceeded to toss away and shoulder tackle her way through the crowd. "Twilight!"

When Ditzy had attacked him Naruto froze her wings drawing blood as she slashed his neck only for him to react and knock her unconscious with a blow to her gut. 'I'm sorry.' He mentally apologized as he continued the run as a barrier was erected in front of him.

Shattering through Lyra's barrier with a Rasengan a quick palm strike rendered the mare unconscious. Bulk's characteristic yell gave him away as Naruto drove his fist into his gut knocking the air out of him.

'This strength.'

His decades of combat experience made it to where he knew how to pull his punches so the ponies he fought wouldn't be hurt. He flipped over a concentrated bolt of magic that shattered the concrete road.

'This power.'

Sweet Blitz was in his path. Faster than she could react two blows landed against the base and tip of her horn stunning the Pegasus before he delivered another palm strike knocking her out of his way.

'It feels like…just like…'

He was jumped by Thunderlane and a few other ponies he recognized. He easily dodged their moves and took them out with quick strikes.

'Their movements I can follow all of them perfectly.'

He could feel it. Even if was faint he could feel them.

'Shukaku.' The land turned to sand to which he used to block incoming attacks.

Naruto felt his muscles flex with easy as he dodged an attack from Heavy Back.

'Matabi.'

Placing his hand on the ground coral exploded from the ground entrapping the stallion.

'Isobu.'

Jewel Styles attacked hurling her specially crafted combat gyms to which he responded by spitting lava at them to melt them.

'Son Goku.'

Naruto took to the air with a powerful display he hadn't remember since before his arrival.

'Kokou.'

He was being attacked by Quick Step on his left as Sunfire flew at him from above.

He exhaled a sticky slime like substance halting Quick Step in place.

'Saiken'

Sunfire struck the blond with a kick to his sides sending him falling down and out of instinct he mentally tried to maneuver himself right side up only to realize he had stopped in midair.

'Chomei'

He shot at the Pegasus using a lariat to knock her unconscious. Doubling back to catch her and lay her on the ground.

Light Heart charged him, attempting to stab him with a syringe to get a face full of ink and knocked out for her troubles.

'Gyuki.'

He continued to charge forward as he could faintly sense them. Their chakra, he feared the travel to the other dimension had cut to the connection but it was still there. His body was soon illuminated by golden chakra as he continued his dash.

'Kurama…Thank you guys.' He had made it through the remnants of the crowd and that's when he saw her. "Twilight!"

"Twilight!" The six screams had caused Twilight Sparkle to react to some degree. She looked in the direction of the screams, but her eyes still contained the rather hollow like look.

The six found themselves cut off from her by Discord. "Oh you didn't think it would be that easy would you?" He tsked at them. "You know I always do enjoy evil clones in shows. And here's my chance." With a snap of his fingers the chaotic seed that he planted in the mares exited out of them in the form of purple-yellow-pink mix. They began to take the form into the Discorded form of the Main five.

Dishonesty.

Cruelty

Greed.

Sorrow.

And Undependability.

The Main five looked at their evil doppelgangers as feelings of shame and regret welled up within them. "That…that ain't us anymore. Ah won't fall for your tricks. With this strength of mine I'll fight to mah last breath and smash through yer lies.." Honesty began to shine.

"Even if I am afraid I will not run or cry. Not when everypony is counting on me. I will protect everypony." Kindness began to shine.

"My vision and heart is clear. I will do everything I can to remove such ugliness from the world. With this grace of mine I will cut through the darkness." Generosity began to shine.

"I will not let you do bad things anymore. I will stop you. With these powers and feelings of mine I'll light up the world." Laughter began to shine.

"I will stand by my friends. I will cut down any evil that threatens our way of life. With this speed of mine I'll be there in time to take on any obstacle." Loyalty began to shine.

With that the fight between the originals and their corrupted copies began. "And what are you going to do? You're not even a threat to me!" Discord mocked until he suddenly found pain coursing through his tail. He hissed and looked down to see a black knife impaled his tail to the throne. A black kunai made of ice.

"Funny thing about me and dying Discord. See the thing is…" The cloak Naruto was wearing began to transform. His pupil became yellow taking on a cross like shape trait.

His cloak also changed as he manifested a light colored coat with a dark colored bodysuit underneath. Markings and Magatama appeared on the back of the cloak. Black balls began to float behind the blond as two long staffs materialized in his hands. "…I have a tendency to come back stronger."

In other words he came back strong.

"You're going to regret that." Discord growled as Naruto chuckled. "What's so funny brat?"

"I can see it. I can comprehend it now. How different…how foreign your power is to nature. How harmony is crying for its freedom, but that's not what I find funny. But what you're feeling deep down. Harmony's protection. The life of Faust's chosen is what protects them. Its why your chaos magic can't directly kill them is it? Because she saw to it and why you weren't surprised they're alive but can't understand how I continue to live. Even now Twilight is trying to fight off your magic. You know your time is drawing to a close. You're afraid because we're one step away from defeating you."

Unrepressed fury escaped the Draconquus lips.

Saving the blond from city leveling destructive magic was a timely barrier spell from Luna and Celestia.

"Luna, Celestia, loving the new looks." Naruto commented as he was surrounded by the ascended mares.

Cadance pouted. "What am I now chopped liver?"

"Nice to see you too Cady." He commented before turning to see Twilight was still out of it. "Celestia, Twilight needs you now more than ever. That monster broke her and she needs to be reminded of all the good she embodies to reharmonize her."

Celestia for a moment hesitated before seeing the look in his eyes. Pleading for her to trust him on this. She hated the fact she would be leaving him, her sister, and her niece to fight Discord, but what other choice did they have? Especially since the bearers were fighting what looked like to be evil copies of themselves. "Stay safe."

With that the real battle began. All pretenses of toying around came to an end. Discord proceeded to throw everything he could come up with.

Spiked rollercoasters of Death.

Explosive eyes with acid filling.

Electrified arrows.

His clawed hand blocked a strike from Naruto's staff. Using some of the Truth speaking balls he hurled them into Discord at high speed in time with Cadance and Luna's blast causing him to fly several blocks before he halted and unleashed a shockwave that nearly knocked his opponents off his feet.

Summoning giant balls of magma infused rock he had them began to rain down. "The Citizens!" Naruto shouted as Cadance teleported to the ground and erected a barrier above part of the town stopping the deadly materializing from crushing or burning them.

With effort the princes of love dual cast to shatter the material and began blasting away as Discord readied another volley.

Naruto redirected two of the balls to shoot towards the balls and began turning them to dust on contact. With a snap of his fingers Discord turned the dust into deadly fleshing eating parasites.

The aura exhumed from Naruto began eliminating the creatures on contact so Discord changed them into jagged teeth hurling them at the blond.

Using the remaining balls he formed a barrier to stop the knives before calling back the others. Hurling two of the balls at Discord the Draconquus simply went intangible before they could make contact.

Appearing behind Naruto he slashed the blond at the back sending him propelling downwards towards the ground a few feet before the shinobi corrected himself.

Luna and Cadance soon joined his side.

The main five had found themselves in a stale mate with their evil copies. Every move. Every trick. Every single thing they seemed capable of doing was met with the same reaction.

Their copies seemed capable of doing everything. That chaos magic was as foul as it came. "Discord might be able to copy our forms and apply chaos to it, but there is one thing he clearly does not understand. Harmony." Rarity's element began to shine to which the others picked up on her cue.

With that the bearers transformed into their armors and destroyed their doppelgangers.

Applejack used her strength to pulverize hers with a single punch.

Rarity used her fine precision to slice hers into tiny piecs.

Fluttershy let hers crash into her barrier.

Pinkie Pie absorbed and channel her party canon into one of her gauntlet before firing out a burst of energy frying hers.

And Rainbow Dash had cut hers clear in two.

All of them disappeared in a wisp of chaotic energy neutralized by their elements. Now it was time to go save Twilight.

"P-Princess?" Twilight weakly uttered out as she took in Celestia's form.

"My faithful student…my…my cherished pupil. I am so sorry I was not there for you." Tears began to fall from Celestia's eyes. Seeing Twilight like this was a form of ache she hadn't felt sense Luna's banishment. "Twilight I know you are in there. You have to fight Discord's influence. Remember who and what you are."

"Nopony…alone…worthless." A lone tear fell from the mare's eye.

"No Twilight you are anything but worthless and alone. You have so many ponies who love you. You have to remember. You are Twilight Sparkle the Bearer and Element of Magic. Daughter of Night Light and Twilight Velvet. Sister of Shining Armor. Savior of Princess Luna and Equestria. My most faithful student. We are all here fighting for you."

It still wasn't enough So Celestia touched her horn to Twilight's and began replaying memories.

"Dear Princess Celestia, I have learned a very valuable lesson about friendship. I was so afraid of being thought of as a showoff that I was hiding a part of who I am. My friends helped me realize that it's okay to be proud of your talents, and there are times when it's appropriate to show them off especially when you're standing up for your friends. I also learned another lesson in the form of having faith in my friends. That I have to be willing to trust them in order to build stronger bonds with them and be willing to open my heart up to them to give them the chance to show they care instead of being irrationally fearful of the possibility of being hurt."

I've learned that one of the joys of friendship is sharing your blessings, but when there are not enough blessings to go around, having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful. So, though I appreciate the invitation, I will be returning both tickets to The Grand Galloping Gala."

My friend Applejack is the best friend a pony could ever have, and she's always there to help anypony. The only trouble is, when she needs help she finds it hard to accept it. So while friendship is about giving of ourselves to friends, it's also about accepting what our friends have to offer.

Today I learned that it's hard to accept when somepony you like wants to spend time with somepony who's not so nice. Though it's impossible to control who your friends hang out with, it is possible to control your own behavior. Just continue to be a good friend. In the end, the difference between a false friend and one who's true will surely come to light.

I am happy to report that the dragon has departed our fair country, and that it was my good friend Fluttershy who convinced him to go. This adventure has taught me to never lose faith in your friends. They can be an amazing source of strength, and can help you overcome even your greatest fears.

It's hard to believe that two ponies that seem to have so little in common could ever get along. But I found out that if you embrace each other's differences, you just might be surprised to discover a way to be friends after all...

My friends and I all learned an important lesson this week: Never judge a book by its cover. Someone may look unusual, or funny, or scary. But you have to look past that and learn who they are inside. Real friends don't care what your "cover" is; it's the contents of a pony that count. And a good friend, like a good book, is something that will last forever.

One by one the memories of every single lesson Twilight had learned was brought to the forefront of the Unicorn's mind. For a brief moment something had stirred, but it was not enough to break Twilight back to her senses.

The Main five arrived just in time. "Twilight we're here sugarcube."

A flash of something passed through Twilight's mind. A dark and ruined castle. "Ya alright Sugarcube?"

"We're here Twilight. We got here as soon as could." Fluttershy's statement followed another flash.

Blood.

"I'm g-glad w-we got here just in time."

"We will have you back to normal in no time Twilight." Rarity assured her.

Torn clothes.

"What did she do to you?"

"No way we were going to let anypony stop us from getting to our bestest friend as soon as we could." Pinkie's statement followed by an image of five injured mares.

"We got here as soon as we could."

"Don't give up on us Twilight. You're strong. I know you're in there so fight it." Rainbow's statement triggered the full memory.

"You're going to be okay right?"

Twilight couldn't believe it. They came for her. Just like last time. Just like they always would.

"Friends…my friends." Twilight mumbled her voice still strained. Broken. More memories. More flashes occurred.

"Now listen here. What ah'm sayin' to you is the honest truth. Let go, and you'll be safe." Applejack insured her again as warmly as she could. "This ledge won't hold for long. Just trust me ah wouldn't steer ya wrong."

"Honesty!"

"How did you know about the spell?" Twilight asked, in awe of whatever it was Fluttershy had done.

"I didn't at first, not until he got closer and I saw his eyes. Sometimes we all just need to be show some understanding and a little kindness." Fluttershy responded. After hearing this, Twilight smiled.

"Kindness."

"Pinkie Pie, what are you doing?! Get away from that thing." Twilight shouted at her.

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Pinkie cheerfully remarked. "When I was a little filly and scared of darkness and shadows my Granny, Granny Pie told me that being afraid and hiding wasn't the way to deal with your fears. You gotta stand up tall and learn to face your fears. You'll see that they can't hurt you and just laugh to make them disappear." She remarked as she continued making faces and laughing.

"Laughter."

"Oh, Rarity, your beautiful tail..." Twilight softly remark in awe of her fellow Unicorn's sacrifice in the form of her tail. Of everything Twilight had witnessed of the mare she seemed practically obsessed with cleanliness, being proper, and faction. The fact she was willing to sacrifice her tail like that was one of the most generous things Twilight had ever seen.

"Oh its fine, my dear. Short tails are in this season. Besides, it'll grow back." Despite the brave face the unicorn was putting, it was obvious it took a lot from her to do something like that.

"Generosity.."

"I appreciate the offer and all, but I had to make the choice of leaving my childhood friend behind to continue this quest. I could never forgive myself if I turned my back on her and made that sacrifice meaningless. So I'm going to have to say no." The Shadowbolts then disappeared. Indeed finding additional rope Rainbow fixed the path allowing Naruto and Rainbow to walk over the gorge as they approached the ruins.

''Loyalty!"

Something within Twilight began to spark to life. Joy and hope filled her friends eyes.

"That's right Twilight. Remember." Celestia cooed to her.

Her teacher and her idol. Celestia was there as well. "Princess." she mumbled as her attention was drawn to the battle.

"C-Cadance."

Cadance. Her foal-sitter. They had such fun together. Back when she was still a filly living with her family.

"S-Shiny…Mom…Dad." Memories of her family began to surface as her life began playing before her eyes. The years as rolled by in a flash.

"L-Luna."

Princess Luna. One of the diarch and a mare Twilight would be proud to call her friend.

Naruto. Her friend.

Suddenly somepony had bumped into her, startling Twilight and causing her to drop her list. "I'm sorry," he immediately apologized as he quickly scooped up the checklist the Unicorn was previously holding after a quick glance over.

"Its okay, no harm done." The Unicorn replied as she was handed back her list.

"Welcome to Ponyville, my name is Naruto and it's nice to meet you. I haven't seen you around before so am I wrong to assume you're new to town?"

"Indeed I am. My name is Twilight Sparkle and this is my assistant…"

"…the name's Spike." The rather chipper dragon cut in.

"…and we've come supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Festival. I hope I'm not being rude, but we're really busy. I have to find my way to Sweet Apple Acres to check on how the food preparations are going." Twilight didn't mean to brush off the pony, but the sooner this was done the sooner she could look into stopping Nightmare Moon.

"We'll I can help you with that," Naruto eagerly volunteered. "I know most of the places in town and I'd be happy to help." He volunteered. He watched as a look of uncertainty crossed over the Unicorn's face.

"I wouldn't want to impose." The Unicorn kindly responded. While she didn't mind his offer, she really didn't want any distractions while preparing for Nightmare Moon's return. Despite Celestia rebuffing Twilight's warning the Unicorn was not willing to let her findings go.

"It would be no problem at all." He had insisted with a kind smile.

"Come on Twilight what's the harm?" Spike insisted, garnering the Unicorn's attention. "Besides, won't we get things done faster with a guide?"

Twilight realized she couldn't argue with the logic. The sooner they went to the locations and assessed that all the food and items for the festival were ready, the sooner Twilight could go and prepare for Nightmare Moon's return. "Alright Naruto looks like I'll be taking you up on your offer. The first stop on our list is Sweet Apple Acres."

Every single memory they shared went through Twilight's mind. Together. They had saved the others together and now they were trying to save her. The tears flowed freely as the fragment of Twilight's Element began to float. Twilight's crown materialized on her head as her eyes and voice radiated power. It was time.

Discord's spell had been broken.

Twilight Sparkle was back.

"With this magic of mind I will save everypony. I will protect the world. I will never allow anything to sever our bonds. For I am Twilight Sparkle…The Element of Magic!" Power erupted from Twilight as it pierced the sky. The element of Magic restored itself as it took its rightful place in her head piece.

With that her armor began to form.

The armor that began to form is an elegant armor composed of a short moderate sapphire blue robe trimmed with gold which is open in the middle, which teases some cleavage. The robe is tied together at the waist with mulberry ribbon held together by a gold bead. The robe consisted of elegant multi-layered trim. She wore on her arms two large rose gloves which have gold trims flaring out in the ends. The gloves have mulberry ribbons tied around the wrist and are adorned in a simple pattern of gold dots. She wears a large golden pauldron over each shoulder, bearing the image of a Unicorn. She has rose leggings which match the gloves in their pattern and design. Around the leggings is pair of gold greaves. The knee plates contain a pattern similar to the tiara she wears. The greaves themselves match the pattern of her robe. Atop her head sits a tiara consisting of her element of magic.

This was the Armor of Magic.

The Armor of Bonds.

Twilight Sparkle began to glow and levitate as the ground below her began to crumble under the pressure of her power.

The other elements were also levitated in the air. It was time to put an end to this once and for all.

Luna and Cadance had been knocked far away from Discord's latest attack. Having up the ante into a blast strong enough to wipe out a country the two Alicorns had taken the brunt of the blast to protect everypony's lives as their barriers were soon overpowered.

That left Naruto who was starting to wear down from Discord's attacks. Unlike his opponents in the past Discord was more than far capable of channeling enough power for strikes capable of wiping out islands if he so pleased and it was showing by the fact that it was taking time for his regeneration to recover from the strikes, but Discord was not giving him that time.

Using his staff it blocked the god's claws. "Not so confident without your backup are we?"

"I'm still alive. Seems like you're still having trouble killing me." Naruto replied. He knew that his time was running out. He had burned through more chakra than he ever thought possible regenerating his injuries. He had two more minutes top before he ran out and this time there would be no more second chances.

He first sensed it and that's when he saw it. A smile graced Naruto's face. "Game over." The words ironically echoed from Naruto's mouth.

Discord's eyes widened as he sensed it and turned. Seeing the beam of magical rainbow come down on him. Despite slowing down time he would not be able to dodge the beam.

It would not matter. The elements power would seek their target until the end of time. When Faust had used it on him when he tried to escape proved it. It was honed onto Chaos and there was no escaping it.

Behind him Discord could feel the victorious smirk on the blond's face. What he wouldn't give to extinguish the blond's life.

Being a being of chaos his mind was able to play through thousands of scenarios all at once without his mind being destroyed from the stress. What could cause chaos? Would could cause the most pain?

And that's when he settled on one. Discord snapped his fingers, and he and Naruto switched places.

The beam was now coming straight down on Naruto, the look of triumphs had fell from the faces of the mares who arrived to see Discord sealed.

Suddenly Naruto was engulfed in the chromatic light, erased from view. Horrified cries escaped their lips as they watched the blond disappear before their very eyes.

At everything they had done and suffered. They were so close. Only to lose Naruto.

"Uugh?" Naruto began to stir as he found himself in darkness. "This place again." He said as the images of Tsunade's necklace appeared before him. "Am I…dead...again?"

"My brethren and I would never harm one of our bearers. You have come a long way Uzumaki Naruto. I was lucky to have noticed you when Discord tried to destroy me. When he attacked us we were within the boundary outside of this world in which I fell into your world. With what little power I had left I attached myself to one of the crystals of your world where I laid dormant for thousands of years, regaining my energy and that's when I eventually came to fall into your hands."

Naruto's eyes widened. "Then that means."

"Yes young one. When you lost control and destroyed my form that day I had no choice, but to latch onto you. I do not regret my choice as you have proven to have qualities worthy of being my bearer."

"If I hadn't. Would you have been able to return to this world? Would you have found your rightful bearer?"

"You are too hard on yourself. I do not blame you for what the whims of Fate. To answer your curiosity there were two candidates, both currently incapable of being worthy, but could have provided they experienced different circumstances than the ones that fundamentally changed them. You have met one of them. Whether you wish to pursue their identites is up to you as we have more pressing matters to attend to."

"Right. Stopping Discord."

"Have you come to understand what I am young warrior? Reflect on yourself and come to understand what I am."

Looking deep within himself he began to reflect.

Balance? No that was not it. The element had to be have been a fundamental part of who he was his entire life. Something that held true to his heart despite what he might have shown to the world through immaturity or a lack of experience or knowledge in his youth.

Determination was a core character trait, but was it a grand virtue worth of harmony? No.

Humble? Maybe now but he was anything but humble when he was young.

Willpower? No that couldn't be it. Not something he inherited because of his family or legacy something that was unique to him. Something that came from being him, Naruto, not being an Uzumaki, a Senjuu, or a reincarnation.

Brave? No he had been impulsive and foolish much of his youth. Same with the idea of courage. It took time for him to understand what real courage was.

Was it Hope? Maybe. Yet he felt like that was wrong.

Perseverance could have always been it. He had been through so much, but so many of these could be true of his friends. Like understanding and faith were traits he had seen in others. While they did define him in a sense it took time for him to grow up and mature to have those be relevant to him.

He had to think back. Think back farther than when he was an academy student. What did it mean to be Uzumaki Naruto? What had always been a fundamental part of him even if he didn't know it at the time.

What tied together Friendship, Loyalty, Honesty, Kindness, Generosity, and Laughter?

His eyes widened. He understood.

"Do you have an answer?"

"I do…you're…the Element of "

Discord whooped with joy. Oh the looks on their little pony faces. The horror in their eyes once they saw Naruto's life was ended by the very elements he helped Harmonized.

What had happened to him? Did he earn Luna's equivalent to banishment? Would the solitude drive him mad and turn him against the Princesses?

Oh he would be tempted to peak ahead just to see the end result?

Maybe the blond was suffering his own personal hell of petrification?

So many possibilities. Then the beam dissipated, and Discord found himself staring at something he was not excepting.

The Elements of Harmony were not just mere trinkets. For Faust to trust artifacts of power in hands other than herself there had to be a level of sentience to them. For the elements to be able to understand their wielders and judge the situation. To pick what needed to be done and choose what was best for the target.

Discord thought he had fooled them with his energy signature surrounding Naruto when they switched places.

He was wrong.

Discord blinked.

That...that couldn't be right...

There, standing there was Naruto, but not as he once was.

He was in armor.

Almost every part of this armor is seemingly made of black metal. His biceps were covered by metal straps and his very large plated gauntlets sporting fox-shaped heads at the edges.

He wore plated boots connected to the armor pants with his head bearing a black helmet with orange kitsune eyes. On the middle of his chest plate his Element was nestled into the center and in his hands what were once staffs were now that of lances of a knight.

"To understand, being aware of, or sensitive to the feelings or thoughts of others. To experience those feelings of the past or present without having to communicate with that individual. To understand their pain and relate to them.

It is how we can be Honest with each other.

Its what allows us to be Generous to those in need.

To freely share Laughter and give Joy to others.

To encourage us to give our Loyalty to others.

To open our hearts and allow us to experience Kindness.

To form Friendships. Without the ability to understand and connect to each other on a deeper level how can one have Harmony?"

Naruto's eyes trained on Discord. "It's over Discord. I am Naruto Uzumaki…the element of Empathy!" The Seventh Element shined brightly with the others.

Prismatic Harmony had been restored.