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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It was a quiet night in a small sleepy city on the western coast. It was dark out and calm as the inhabitants had gone to sleep many hours ago. Except for one unfortunate stallion who was limping through the back alleys of the place. The muffled sounds of his hooves sent echoes through the darkened streets while he was running as fast he possibly could. The pain he could feel from his injury was like that of a cold sinewy object having been forced inside his flesh.

The blood that flowed down his brown coat was a constant reminder that he had to keep moving.

Though his mind simply panicked the moment he heard something behind him. He would shortly come to regret looking over his shoulder in fright as it caused him trip over something and fall to the ground. The stallion eyes looked in every possible direction as he struggled to push himself back up. The cold sweat ran down his neck as something long and large shot out of the darkness.

He whipped through the air with each as he was slammed into the wall of the city's bank. Being a new city and still under construction the buildings here had yet to be fully formed so not many ponies would be in this area. The only reason he was in the area was because he was pulling an all nighter arranging paperwork.

The poor stallion forced his eyes open despite the pain and looked up at the shadow that now lumbered over him. It was massive, far bigger than anything he had seen so it was forgivable he had mistaken it for a monster. Only the light of the moon reflecting the silhouette revealed that it was a pony.

The stallion's eyes widened as he came to the eyes of the being. The moon reflected them perfectly. They were a frosty dark ocean blue that lack compassion or any such emotion. There was no remorse, anger, or joy. There was no indication of joy or lust like some depraved killers. They simply just were.

"P-P-Please d-don't do this. I have a wi-wife at home." The stallion's voice stammered from all sides and prayed for the best. The behemoth wasted no time hoisting him up in the air and bringing him down on the knee, breaking the stallion's back.

A yell of agony left the throat of the stallion, but quickly fainted in the air as the behemoth pulled out a butcher's axe from the sack he had been carrying and began carving the stallion up.

The stallion tried to breath out of desperation but the only sound that was escaping him, was low gurgle sounds. His front hand reached out in the darkness toward something only for it to be smacked away.

Out from the shadows walked another stallion, a unicorn pony with the same coat as the behemoth wearing white and golden robes seen on the followers from the group known as 'Fellowship of the Sun.'

The stallion looked at the prey and trailed the cane to his chest before shoving it forward with enough force to puncture the torso.

"You need to be more efficient colt. Even if you are my bastard I expect efficiency." The Unicorn said as he proceeded to wipe off the edge of his staff on the dead pony's shirt. "Come along and bring the body. At the very least you'll serve as a useful bodyguard. At the least I'll be able to rub it in that smug Partisan Shade's face considering his weak seed could only sire an illusionist from Starswirl's line." He turned to the stallion. " The stallion seemed interested in watching the last life leave the dying stallion's eyes. "Make haste Rockhead at once!" The Unicorn commanded.

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Applejack just barely managed to parry the behemoth's strike. Even if the deadly punches were not a problem there was also the matter of his blades.

Only a split moment passed before he flicked out another left jab, connecting the punch with Applejack's face, directly into her nose, which prompted her eyes to fill with tears as the stinging pain spread across her muzzle.

Rockhead didn't cease there, another left quickly followed in succession, taking her on the cheek right under her left eye, snapping Applejack's head back viciously. Rockhead continued his combination by driving forward with a straight right. Propelling himself forward with his hooves, driving his mass behind the strike.

However Applejack responded by raising her left arm to the side of her head, angling her elbow towards the inside angle of his punch. Snaking her arm around his arm Applejack planted her hooves and with a massive tug sent the behemoth flying through a shop. She left out an exhale, blanked away the tears and continued her charge.

As the behemoth began to recover Applejack slid under an outward arm swipe and came in with an uppercut, aiming for the point where his jaw met his neck.

Applejack felt the blow connect perfectly, along with the satisfying pressure of denting from the armor piece.

Despite his size Rockhead was deceptively fast as his huge fist smashed into Applejack's head.

Applejack's vision was peppered with stars as most of what she saw turned dark for a moment. She rolled to the side as the massive stamp jolted her in the air momentarily. Grabbing onto a nearby falling chair Applejack hurled it as it harmlessly crumbled against the armor.

Applejack jumped back and her hands dug into the massive bar table that was bolted into the ground and tossed it.

Crouching Rockhead proceeded to ran forward, smashing through the structure with his head.

Applejack took advantage of the charge and angled her body so she moved under his charge. With all her strength she gave one good bucking kick to the inside of his left leg throwing him off balance.

Applejack gritted her teeth; pain had shot up her leg momentarily seizing her. As he began to recover Applejack proceeded to run. If he was a unicorn or Pegasus she could simply bait them and throw all her weight into either aiming for the wings grounding them or damaging their horns, but earth ponies were built to take punishment.

Nothing short of a deadly attack was going to put down somepony like him.

The fight continued out into the streets. Applejack improvising using the debris from the attack in attempt to slow down the behemoth.

Catching glimpse of a third story building a form began to plan in Applejack's mind as she shot straight for it. Crashing through the wall the few seconds it took for her to recover gave Rockhead all the time he needed to catch up.

Applejack's attempt to stop his charged with a well time knee to the solar plexus was interrupted when her strike was interrupted by the blade on the behemoth's left arm. The sound of sharp steel against metal let out a profound zzngt.

Applejack quickly drew up her other leg and shield herself with her arms as the other blade was driven into her side sending her crashing through an art sculpture.

Pain surged from Applejack's ribs as the deadly blade was able to slightly chink its way past her armor.

Though it would take more than that to put her down. She continued her way to her destination as she shot down the wide hallway. She leaped up a flight of stairs as Rockhead ran stampeding behind her. Scaling up the flight of stairs she glanced upwards and saw an opening. Leaping on the edge of the railing she launched herself all the metal railing through the glass of the roof.

Landing on the roof Applejack began to pant heavily. She took the brief reprise to catch her breath when the roof access exploded outwards. Rockhead was far from over.

'Sucker more stubborn than a raccoon after one of our pies.' Applejack thought as she readied herself.

When he charged forward Applejack shifted into a stance and landed a strike into his torso. The sound of their armors impacted echoed, but Applejack did not let that deter her. Using her superior speed she continued weaving out of the way of his lunges and punches.

"You delay the inevitable. You will not get in my way. I shall complete father's wish and nothing in the world shall stop me. No matter how many must fall before me I will not stop until all kneels before our way."

Power. Sure he had power, but where was the finesse? The skill?

For all the Nightmare and its follower philosophy of power being absolute it seemed having the sufficient skill to wield said power did not come with the package.

She might have been more frightened by this power if she had not already fought something comparable multiple times in the past. Applejack had trained for such an event like this.

With a mighty strike Applejack felt her opponent's ribcage flex as his strike landed full on, causing Rockhead to grunt from the impact. She weaved out of the way and quickly attacked the spot again causing cracks to appear in the armor.

'Fake armors. Nothing compared to the real deal.'

Applejack went for another strike, having gotten a bit too greedy as Rockhead intercepted her with just under her sternum, causing her diaphragm to spasm, expelling the air from her lungs. The force of the blow exploded outwards like a shockwave causing the building under them to begin to crumble.

Applejack leaped to the next building and landed while keeping up her defense trying to regain her breath.

If not for her armor that blow would have killed her. The sound of Rockhead ramming his hands into the building and climbing could be heard.

'Ah have to end this now.' She thought as she couldn't afford expanding too much of her strength on this battle. In her hand her lasso materialized. She began readying as the giant climbed to the top of the roof.

The Behemoth made it to the top as he readied his arms. Dark energy began to gather in his arm as he focused his gaze on Applejack. "Perish. Along with this city!" With that he began to charge.

With that Applejack pushed her right leg back and began to concentrate. That amount of dark energy radiating from his was way too big for just her. If he let that thing loose who could wipe out the entire city. A faint light began to glow around her leg. The heavy stomps of the behemoth drew closer.

Her eyes popped open and she began to charge. She was going to end this in one blow.

With a roar Rockhead hoisted the hefty arm up as Applejack neared him. When suddenly his ankle caught something.

Applejack's lasso imbued by honesty's magic snared his legs and threw him off balance.

With a leap Applejack glided over the deadly attack. "Take this ya varmint!" The attack landed square in the chest of the behemoth's armor. The force of the shockwave blasted her back as the building they were on and the ones near it to explode and began to crumble from the devastating attack. Though unlike her enemy Applejack focused the full force to concentrate on the armored being alone. The two of them began to fall amongst the debris. Rockhead's armor crumbled slowly into dust as he and Applejack fell towards the ground.

Summoning her Lasso she quickly snagged a hydrant pulled herself to the ground causing a small crater from the impact.

'All that strength and for what?' Applejack thought. The stallion had been ruled by the desire of his father. He knew of only one purpose and he was going to see to it that everypony was forced to live under it whether they wanted to or not. There was no compromise only subjugation. 'Ah'll...ah'll never become like him." There had been a time Applejack was not willing to compromise. The old ways were absolute. The Apple way was the best. And her stubbornness had caused problems. Problems she could not have solved without her friends. She didn't...she didn't want to become such a selfish and stubborn being.

That was when she felt the tug of something.

'Hold on yall. Ah'm a coming!' she thought as she spared one last glance at Rockhead. That was one danger taken care of. She charged on ahead as she was suddenly being swarmed by Changelings who had been in the midst of battle not seconds ago.

Applejack swatted each and every one of them aside with each, not to be deterred from her destination.

Though the element of Selfishness among the rubble began to faintly glow. Levitating it shot off to parts unknown.

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