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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"Have a goodnight Queen Chrysalis."

There was only so much sweetness that the Queen of Shadows could handle.

Which was why she was enjoying the momentary reprieve of Celestia or Cadance dragging her somewhere.

"I will be turning in for the night." She told her chevaliers.

It was at late that evening and she was looking forward to getting some rest.

As they rounded the corner the chevaliers who were in front of her had been taking out by multicolor beams of magic.

pause, Chrysalis's remaining chevaliers sprang into action, forming a protective foursquare around their queen. Chrysalis herself, after a momentary gasp, had lit her horn, prepared to confront her ambushers.

Instantly two dozen ponies of the three tribes were rushing the Changelings.

They were bearing deadly weapons from spheres to axes. A faint magical aura radiated through the hall as emblems appeared and a subtle barrier was put up.

Cadance took a sat on her chair and began wrapping up her hair in preparation for bed.

That's when she felt it. Something was wrong. She erected a barrier as a sickly green bolt slammed against her barrier.

Cadance dodged as a figure dropped down and crush the seat she had been on.

"Chrysalis!?" Cadance voiced her surprise. "Explain yourself!"

Several more bolts erupted from the shadows to which slammed against Cadance's barrier shattering it.

'What? How?' She had briefly wondered before she began channeling her magic only for her body to have surges of pain.

What was going on? Had she been poisoned? Why was her magic draining so quickly?

"It will not be long now Princess of Love."

This didn't make sense. Why was Chrysalis attacking? The peace talks were allowing them to learn so much. An exchange of culture between changelings and ponies. The benefits outweighed any simple minded prejudices or gluttony.

Drawing upon her magic once more Cadance had picked up on something. Her love based magic covered the power of bonds and she could sense that the one in front of her was not the queen she had not come to know.

Something had been done to her. Something was attacking her insides. Any attempt to teleport felt like her skull would be split open. She couldn't focus and her vision was blurring. Her magic flared as she tried to fight off her attackers. She could only hope that somepony would sense her distress and get to her in time.

Chrysalis with expert precision fired spell bolts rendering the use of arms and legs of the attackers useless.

By sheer numbers the were outnumbered five to one, but that did not mean they were outgunned.

Her horn glowed as she used the weapons of the fallen guards ponies. As she was charged by the weapon clad warriors she used the single war hammer and spears to block the attacking weapons.

Craning her head Chrysalis sent the war hammer flying smashing into the chest of an armor pony. Taking two of the blades in her hands instinct took over.

Heart. Hamstrings. Spine. If it was open and vulnerable she would go for it.

Horn flashing brightly, Chrysalis cast a bolt of lightning super heating the armor of some of her attackers painfully and quickly cooking them alive in the barrier thing that was supposed to protect them.

A smile grace Chrysalis lips as her would be assassins fell one after the other. She was a warrior. The thrill of battle got her heart pumping.

Lethal cutting spells tore into the hide of her guards. They had taken to aim for the mouth, throat, and eyes.

A cry of anger and frustration tore itself from Chrysalis's mouth as she used her magic to send some of her magic hurling through the glass windows of the palace.

Adrenaline pounding through her veins, Chrysalis moved as more reinforcements had joined the battle.

The next thing she knew the impact of a powerful spell hit her side and sent her crashing into the wall.

She looked up to see the form of Princess Cadance bearing down at her with a malignant smile. "Time to squash the bug!"

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It had happened so fast. One moment she was being delivered reports on the condition of the city the next utter mayhem. Ponies were turning on pony and suddenly attacking each other.

She began extending her magic sensing around the castle. Something was wrong. Something was wrong with Cadance's magic.

Celestia let loose her rumored Royal Canterlot Voice. "ROYAL GUARDS TO THE FIFTH CORRIDOR, NOW!"

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Chrysalis pointed her horn at her assailants and released the magic with an almighty crack, forks of green lightning sparked through the air and hit her dead on. As the Alicorn dropped to the ground for a moment Chrysalis was confused.

That was easy…far too easy. Something about this wasn't right. Chrysalis began making her way over to the downed Alicorn and was about to see if she could force herself into the mind of the alicorn to find out what was going on.

Cadance's eyes snapped up. "AUNTIE!" her scream reverberated throughout the hallway.

It was as the atmosphere slowly began to dry. Then the next thing Chrysalis knew the impact of the force brought her crashing down. Her mind and body momentarily disconnected for a few seconds before she was able to recover to take notice of her attacker.

It was Princess Celestia, her tri-color mane rippling like a raging river and her horn bright as the sun itself.

"I brought you into my nation. My home. I extended an offer of friendship to you. I offered you a means to save your people and this is how you repay me? Attacking my ponies? Attacking my niece?"

Chrysalis snarled. "Don't try to spin this on me Princess. Innocent and loving my hide. Your subjects, your niece attacked me and my kind. And here I thought Changelings were supposed to be the deceiving ones!"

"Captain, lead Chrysalis and her subjects to the containment cells." Celestia spoke in a voice as cold as it was terrifying.

Shine Spark nodded as the members of her units gathered up the changelings and Chrysalis was fitted with a magic suppression ring.

"Cadance, are you alright?" Warmth and concerned filled Celestia as she helped Cadance up.

"I'm all right now Auntie." The two embraced. 'Cadance's' eyes sparked green. "I am all right."

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It took a bit of time for everything to calm down. The attack had not only happened suddenly, but in the midst of some shift changes catching many of them off guard.

"Captain, anything to report?" Celestia asked. Dusk snapped a quick salute.

"Yes, Your Highness. So far, I have concluded several things about the attack.

First of all the coordinated nature of the attack was pulled off too seamless to have been something cobbled together. The attacks initiated were all began within the time frame of five minutes of each other during shift changes. This speaks of having knowledge about our shift changes.

So far we only have a confirmed total of six fatalities and eighty wounded. Most of the sects were neutralized as soon as the attacks had begun.

We will not know more until our experts are finishing going over the combat scenes." Dusk wondered something softly to herself.

"Captain if you have further knowledge of something you are required to share."

Dusk looked a bit flush. "I-It's just conjecture your majesty, but something about the scenes. They just seemed off. Some of the injuries on both sides just seemed off, a lack of defensive wounds in areas of the initial attacks from both sides, but like I said we have our experts looking into it."

"Be sure to report any findings to me immediately." For now she needed to focus on damage control. That and tending to Cadance and making sure she was okay.

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A nice simple outing with a friend was put on hold before it could begin when instantly when a strong surge of emotion from within the castle drew his attention.

Changelings and ponies were fighting.

It had just happened out of nowhere. But it hadn't lasted long.

Whoever looked like the aggressor Naruto would put them down and moments later Shine Spark had showed up, talking about how the Changelings were being rounded up and detained.

Something kind of assassination attempt?

But it didn't make sense. None of the scenes made sense. Hence why Naruto wanted to look into where the battles occurred.

Something wasn't adding up. And he knew just who to talk to, to get a better handling on the situation.

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It had taken a lot of convincing, but he had managed to get Celestia to allow him to interrogate Chrysalis.

Anger. There was a lot of it.

Betrayal.

Shame.

Pain.

Hatred.

The sense of failure though was the most interesting one. Why would Chrysalis feel like she had failed?

"Aah yes the Royal Knight." Chrysalis mocked. "For a moment you had me convinced I could trust you ponies. A talent for bending the whims of others. Such a deadly weapon to Equestria's arsenal."

"Queen Chrysalis I am not your enemy."

"You dare say that after the treachery your leaders have pulled. I would have thought the state of your country would have been a more pressing matter."

"Queen Chrysalis explain what happened to me. What happened between you and Princess Cadance?"

Chrysalis snarled upon hearing the name. Cadance. For a moment the Changeling Queen felt like she could have considered Cadance an ally. The alicorn's love based magic of course drew her attention to which Chrysalis maybe would have admitted having respect for her knowledge on the subject, but all she could think about now was the betrayal. The fury that dilled her that her hive was going to starve now.

"Do not speak to me about…her. I grow tired of these games. LEAVE ME BE." She demanded of the blond.

"Not until I understand what's going on. Some of those attacks don't' make sense. The injuries on the reports that have been filled so far aren't matching up with what I saw whether it being the ponies or changelings attacking first doesn't make sense of the time frame. If you truly care about your Hive you'll…" Wrong choice of words as Chrysalis exploded with fury, the only thing keeping her hands from his throat were the chains.

"You dare question my commitment to my Hive? MY CHANGELINGS!?"

"Considering you refuse to cooperate with me what do you want to me to draw from? You were going to attack the capital and use my kind as batteries. There's something there and you refuse to bring it to the surface. You've demonstrated yourself to be a caring ruler to your kind Chrysalis and you don't strike me as the foolish type. So why? Would could ponies have done to your kind to make you so weary of us?"

Then he felt it. A sense of loathing.

A sense of general with a small bit aimed at herself. And guilt.

Longing. A sense of loss.

"What…what did you lose?" The firm tone he had taken for most of the interrogation softened. "What has caused you so much pain?"

A bitter chuckle escaped Chrysalis's lips. "I'll be lucky if I live to see tomorrow. You waste your time."

The Queen was being so damn stubborn. Maybe he could provoke it out her. She seemed rather protective of her people. "Well, should we just go and nuke the Hive then? I mean without a queen it'll be considered a mercy right."

The anger he had been expecting the surge of maternalism in one case of particular had caught him off guard.

"You…you have a young one. What happened to her?" Chrysalis's feelings answered before she gave her answer.

"Ponies happened. And with all my power…" she trailed off.

Could that be…what led to this? Why now out of the blue was Chrysalis's hive starving?

And the answer was simple. Everything that happened had shaken the millennia long peace of Ponyville. Fear, mistrust, sadness, grief, and anger. Nightmare Moon. The Enthusiasts. Discord. So much had happened and her daughter…did Chrysalis exhaust her means to keep her people strong to save this precious child?

A parent driven by desperation.

A parent that wanted to save their child would be willing to almost do anything.

That meant doing things outside of their M.O.

By accepting help when it could result in issues with the other…

Changelings.

Could this have been…was there a possibility?

Without proof it would just be conjecture.

He knew what he needed to do. Arrange his thoughts and find Twilight.

If Chrysalis suggestions of betrayal were correct then they had to move quickly to solve this latest threat.

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