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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"Since your banishment I had not taken a single Pegasi or Earth Pony candidate as a pupil!"

A strong silence had permeated the room. When Luna recovered she could only answer with a faint, "What?"

Shortly after her safety Luna had expressed in interest in the ponies who saved her. Surely Twilight Sparkle was not her only pupil the others were candidates for ascension as well.

When the truth that they were five random ponies from a minor town it was something of a bombshell. Especially since Celestia insisted they not talk about that manner and focused on what was important. It took Luna a fair bit of time to realize that whenever the topic came up Celestia had found some sort of way to distract her from the topic.

So when Celestia asked to speak with Luna that evening this was the last thing she had expected.

"I am many things sister. An Academic. A negotiator. But there are simply matters that I do poorly in. The arrangement of stars, my failure to learn dream walking, and your superior military mind and pegasi abilities are just examples. No matter how gifted being an Alicorn makes me in the abilities of the two tribes I just can not teach them well enough to make ascension a possibility. I can help ponies surpass their limits and learn to help them do better than what most would typically manage of their tribe magic but that is it. My affinity with magic is why I established a school for Unicorns and even then I..." An image of her flame haired pupil flashed through her mind. "...have had setbacks."

Luna had remained quiet as Celestia continued.

"Those successes were in thanks to the two of us Luna. With you gone the experience, power, and knowledge departed onto prospective hopefuls were cut in half. With issues and responsibilities I had to partake in doubling. Things were never the same when you were gone sister. You...you were always the brave one. Never afraid to show your passion for those close to you. Being open and letting down your mane has always been so natural to you where as I...I could never be you. You were their guardian at night. Safe guarding their dreams and showing the world world what it meant to be Princess Luna where all I am is..." Celestia shook her head and gave a lot breath of air out from her nostrils. "Princess Celestia. Its as if my identity of Celestia means nothing. You can slap on a different coat or mane with a different name and anypony would go along with it, but you sister, you have an identity outside of our title and as things continue forward your situation will only approve. Especially since our subjects will see how effective your rule is while I'm currently indisposed."

Joining her sister on the edge of her bed Luna rested her head on her elder's shoulder.

"Tia I had no idea you felt this way. But now the burden you had to uphold for so long is no longer squarely on your shoulders. For a thousand years you kept our nation going. This is not a feet anyone can say they handled with such grace. Give it time sister and we will get back into the role of things."

Celestia smiled. "Perhaps we should stop lamenting over the past and continue set about fixing things."

"For that I shall agree with you on." Luna then pondered something. "Were the reasons you gave me the only reason sister?" Luna couldn't help but feel that Celestia might have still been holding something back.

When said sister conjured a bottle of wine she realized it was a definite something. "For a time I took on many pupils. Far more in the past for hope of filling the power vacuum that your banishment brought, but no matter how hard I tried all the candidates failed in one important way." She explained while pouring herself a glass before downing the drink in one go. It was then Celestia's expression and tone darkened. "They all wanted to know when they would be ready to take your place." Celestia's crossed look was enough to make even Luna shiver. "Suffice to say that brought an end to the practice as not one shown an inclination to become something greater."

"How did the process leave the mind of our citizens?"

"I simply stopped taking students for a few centuries. Time did the rest. Especially with the alteration of history. I am not particularly proud of how certain traditions and stories have been muddled, but would could I say about the inaccuracies without bringing the truth to light? And so more centuries passed without a single ascension. That is until a certain pink pony by the name of Cadance came along. While in stature and ability she would be better suited under the classification of a Horned-Pegasus the previous goddess of love relinquished her ranking and gifts onto Cadance for a chance at mortal life. After all even love itself can die if not enough is done to maintain that love. From that you can put the rest of the pieces together."

Luna nodded, 'Twilight Sparkle...she will be your first attempt at reviving the practice." It wasn't so much of a question, it was obvious what Celestia attended to do.

"Indeed. When I started taking students again the population thought I would be grooming them for select position. Either as head of the academies or court mages or such. Some even had the aspiration of being the next Star Swirl."

Luna could not help herself and laughed at the idea. She felt a tiny bit of shame, but not much. Star Swirl was truly one of a kind and the idea was laughable of anypony who thought they could succeed him. After all if such a thing had occurred Celestia would have told her. "Then again, Twilight Sparkle has shown herself to be one of a kind as well."

"Indeed. Twilight has no idea as to what I have planned for her," she finished with a smile. "It is better this way." Celestia lowered her head and shook it. "Ambition can lead to many things. Among them selfishness, greed, disloyalty, and a hunger for power."

There was a reason why the royal sisters rarely ever tried to lead a pony to full alicorn ascension. Ascension was not simply becoming an alicorn, but learning, understanding, and respecting the tribes. Even to this day ponies did not realize certain classification pertained to ability or being in the class of something, but not being that status itself.

A Heruclean class pony had strength nearing the class, but the true title was Heruclean Plainswalker. An earth pony of strength, dexterity, and walker of plains. They who thread along the realms of nature and was one with the planet itself.

A Stormborn Pegasus was a Pegasus that braved the harshest elements and reborn having their magics linked to the very elements of the world itself. They who understood the cries of thunders and rain.

Finally a Grandhorn Unicorn was a master in a discipline of magic and understood the basics and magic of general magic itself. These were ponies that could see the flow. They could see magic in its basic and unchanneled flow.

Even if a pony under the sisters guidance became one or even rarely two very few showed the affinity for all three. Only the rare and naturally born gifted ponies of the tribe were often giving this chance as gaining an understanding of one's true self took an inner reflection that most simply could not do. It was more than just something that could be sit down and thought about or randomly stumbled upon.

It simply had to be a choice. One the sisters could not make for the pony. They had to choose to dedicate their life to a goal they might not reach til the end of their life and such a thing was often thought of not worth it if one could not enjoy said gifts in their youth.

"Is Twilight Sparkle the only one worthy? What about the other bearers?" Luna couldn't help but wonder.

"Should they express an interest I will be happy to provide them with the same opportunity, but for now I wish to focus on Twilight. For when the time comes she will be ready. Ready to take her rightful place by our side." Only Twilight was capable of unlocking the final seal on the Tree of Harmony.

For something had been on Celestia's mind for some time. An observation and a fear. For the Tree of Harmony and what it contained was created for a purpose right?

If not for the likes of the Nightmare that could corrupt mortal and immortal beings and Discord a god capable of influencing reality than what kind of powerful or evil force exist out there that the Tree of Harmony's true power would be needed to combated?

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