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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"The empire is under attack." Shining Armor announced towards us. He then walked towards Cadence and helped her up. She was conscious now. She managed to smile at Shining Armor. Then, she focused her horn finding the strength to reactivate the spell again.

"I have to find the Crystal Heart!"

"No." Twilight prevented. "You stay here with Cadence. She needs you, Shining Armor."

"I will retrieve the heart. Come on." She told Rainbow.

"Let's do this!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as the group exited the room.

"I've been trying to figure out how I'm meant to pass Celestia's test." Twilight spoke during their rush. "Retrieving the Crystal Heart must be it. But there is something else you can do." Twilight looked towards Rainbow.

"Name it." She ordered valiantly.

"You and the rest of the herd have to keep the Faire going."

"What? With that thing moving into the empire?!" Rainbow questioned as we traveled down a flight of stairs.

"The whole purpose of the Crystal Faire is to lift the spirits of the crystal ponies, so they can activate the Crystal Heart." Twilight explained.

"Yeah...and?" Rainbow Dash seemed to hold a vexed expression.

"If the crystal ponies find out King Sombra is trying to take over the empire again, their spirits are gonna be anything but lifted. It won't matter if we find the Crystal Heart."

They reached the outside of the castle and noticed Applejack attempting to prevent any crystal pony finding the fake heart. "We won't be able to make it work." They stopped for a moment. "You have to keep them happy here at the faire."

"Keep the Faire going and the crystal ponies' spirits high. Done and done." Rainbow Dash accepted the order, seeing the great significance in it now.

"Twily, be careful." They heard Shining Armor's voice from the balcony above us.

"I will." Twilight responded.

Reluctantly Rainbow had no choice, but to clue the others in lest they inadvertently reveal the stone was a carving made by Twilight.

"Twilight wait!" The mare turned back to see Spike running towards them, stopping in front of her to catch his breath. "I'm coming with you!"

"You can't, I have to retrieve the Crystal Heart by myself." Twilight answered and began walking away.

"I promise I won't lift a claw to help you." He emphasized by motioning his claws upwards towards the sky.

Twilight looked at him for a moment and then sighed. "Not a claw, let's go."

The two began running straight towards the castle, dodging anything and anypony in the way as they looked back to see why they were in such a rush.

"So... where are we going, exactly?" Spike asked.

"I think I might know where King Sombra hid the Crystal Heart." Twilight answered as she looked towards the castle.

"The castle?"

"The king would've been counting on the fact that nopony would dare come looking for it here." Twilight explained. "They'd've been too afraid to even try."

"I hope your right..." Spike commented.

They e rushed through the castle, to which Twilight immediately started searching everywhere, even under a small statue of a unicorn. "It's gotta be here somewhere." She announced, "It's just gotta be!"

All the while something caught Spike's eye. An uneven spot on the carpet. Twilight was looking through several books at the same time with her magic, but stopped when she spotted Spike looking under the carpet. "Not a claw, Spike." She emphasized, initiating Spike to quickly pull away his claws and wave them in the air nervously.

"It would take ages to search the castle." Twilight murmured to herself as she tried to figure out where something important like the crystal heart would be logically hidden. 'Think Twilight Think.' she thought to herself.

Applejack had to resist the urge to facepalm as Rainbow's idea of acting normal was acting overaggresive towards any crystal pony that got to close to the fake heart. "Uh, Rainbow Dash? We're supposed to be actin' like nothing's wrong."

" Exactly. " She growled, causing another one to scutter off.

Grabbing the pegasus by the scruff of the neck she pulled her away and lowly whispered. "What ah mean is, maybe you should let me keep the Crystal Ponies away from the fake Heart, while you show off your joustin' skills."

'Huh. Seeing my awesomeness does have a way of putting ponies into a pretty good mood.' Rainbow had to pause and took a moment to get her ego under control. It was a work in progress, but she was trying. "I think I can put on a good show." She then turned to Naruto who was with Fluttershy.

"Alright Cap'n you're up! "

Applejack turned back to the crystal ponies doing her best not to blow her cover.

"How are y'all feelin'? Havin' a good time?"

Jewel Joy responded to her question. "The best I've had in over a thousand years!"

" Well, that's good! Gotta renew that spirit of love and unity if yer gonna power up that Crystal Heart, right?"

"I sure would like to see it before the ceremony. It's been such a long time."

" Oh, ah hear ya, but, uh... phew! Gettin' a little toasty out here. Bet you'd like to cool off with a little Crystal Empire nectar! [panicked noise] Uh, you tried the Crystal Empire fritters yet? Made from a traditional Crystal Empire recipe! You're gonna love 'em! " Suddenly her voice escalated. to much louder decibels showing just how uncomfortable she was. "Uh, Ah hear there's a joustin' match about to start! You don't wanna miss that!" She began pushing the mare towards the jousting. 'Come on, Twilight... These Crystal Ponies are more curious than a cat!'

"Of course!" Twilight unexpectedly cried out, startling Spike.

"What? Did you find it?"

"No. Because this isn't King Sombra's castle." She walked to the throne.

"Wh- Isn't this where he lived when he was in power?" He questioned.

"It is. But it didn't look like this." She directed to the crystal. 'It was driving me crazy why I could not figure it out, but then I looked underneath the underneath and I figured it out."

"Wait...what?"

"I'll explain later. Now to use...that." Twilight removed her smile and formed a working expression, grunting as she managed to slowly perform a spell.

A dark magic spell. Her horn changed from the normal aura to a darker one, just as Princess Celestia had showed her.

Purple and greenish misty spots as the same aura formed around her eyes. It was then shot towards the crystal, commencing that same shadow to cover the floor uncovering huge stairway down.

"Whoa..." Spike expressed as Twilight clapped her hands in joy. "When did you learn to do that?" He asked as he looked downwards the new pathway.

"That was a little trick Celestia taught me." Twilight replied.

Spike observed the height and depth of the staircase towards the foggy and obscure bottom.

Twilight lit her horn to begin descending the stairs. She pause before turning around. "You stay here."

"But what if something happens?"

"I'll give you a shout!"

She continued walking until she heard Spike's voice echo from the top. "Can you see what's down there yet?"

"Not yet." Twilight answered. "I can't even tell how far down this goes!" She looked around and found a piece of rock or crystal by the side of the wall. She pulled it out with her magic and dropped it in the middle of the circular staircase. She held out her right ear with a smile. However, the smile soon dropped when she took notice that the sound of the object landing was not occurring. She rubbed her ear and placed a hand by it. After several seconds, a clang on the floor could be heard, surprising Twilight. "Spike?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you see outside?"

As Spike ran to do what he was asked.

"It's not good! Cadence's magic must be fading faster than before!" Spike's voice echoed throughout the area.

Twilight began running down the stairs. There wasn't much time to lose. During her run she tripped when a piece of the stairs broke off.

She teleported right back where she was and let out a sigh of relief. She continued again at a much slower pace this time.

"Twilight, are you okay?" Spike asked from the top.

"Yes." Twilight answered as she caught sight of a door. She was about to open it with her magic, but it suddenly disappeared. She looked around before noticing it reappear on the right side of her. She narrowed her eyes and worked her magic again, only to produce the same outcome. "What in the..." She charged towards it and activated her magic, but the door lifted upwards and dodged her attack, causing her to smack herself on the wall. "Stop..." She removed herself from the wall. "…moving!" She continued to chase it, but all it did was move away. Finally, when it appeared in front of her, she released sounds of exertion and immediately produced that dark magic as soon as she could, shooting it towards the top of the door.

Successfully, the door opened, revealing a bright light that blew her mane as well. Twilight smiled brightly due to this. " She ran towards the door.

All of a sudden, she was welcomed by unusual surroundings. "Huh?" she questioned, looking around. She was...back in the castle.

"What are you doing here?"

Twilight's head whipped back and looked to the speaker. Princess Celestia? Did she...how?

"I don't know! I opened the door and..."

"It doesn't matter now Twilight. Leave my sight."

"P-Princess I don't understand."

"You failed Twilight. Because of your inability the Crystal Empire had fallen. Its Citizens. Cadance. Shining Armor. You failed them all! You're a disappointment to the clan of Sparkle and as a student!"

"N-No...No I...this can't...Nooo!" Twilight collapsed to her knees. The tears began to fall as she let out sobs.

Manovleent laughter filled the area as Twilight could feel her negative emotions bubbling up.

'Twilight? Twilight! Twiliiiight!' The scene before her vanished and Twilight woke up. " I know you told me to stay up there, but you were down here for such a long time and you weren't answering and I got worried so I came down here and you were just staring at that wall and... I was calling your name, but I couldn't seem to get your attention.

Unexpectedly, the magic on top of the door began forming and affected Spike's eyes. They shifted into a background green."...Ponyville?!" He began speaking while staring blankly to the wall. "But how did I get... no! I don't wanna go!" His eyes began forming up with tears. "Please, Twilight, don't leave me!"

Twilight immediately slammed the door shut with her back left leg. "King Sombra's dark magic." She explained. "A doorway that leads to your worst fear." She continued to analyze the door as Spike wiped the tears from his eyes.

"We were home... you told me you could never have a lizard as a brother." Spike rubbed his left eye as he retold his fear. "You were sending me away. You hated me."

"A fear that will never come to pass." Twilight assured as she emphasized it by bringing him towards her with her right arm and hugging him gently. "I'm never gonna send you away. You are family Spike, always and forever. And I'm not gonna fail my test!" This time, Twilight performed her regular magic on the door and formed a thin slice of light on the outline of the door. Thus, it finally opened through the thick rocky wall, revealing another pathway that was brighter inside. She walked inside, analyzing her surroundings.

"What's in there?" Spike asked.

Twilight returned a sigh. "Stairs." She looked upwards. With reluctance and strain in her voice she added,"Lots and lots of stairs."

She turned around and faced Spike, who was leaning against the wall at the bottom. "Maybe you should come with me this time." This caused Spike to release a grin of joy and begin to run behind her.

In only a few minutes, Twilight and Spike were starting to get perturbed. They would have probably been exhausted if they had coasted through life with their natural abilities and little training, but a little walk like this hardly left them winded.

"What if this is just more of his magic?" Spike commented through pants as he had to push himself on top of each step. "He makes a door that leads to your worst nightmare... why not a staircase that goes on forever?"

Twilight looked down to see Spike a floor behind her. She licked her lips and faced her head upwards. Twilight continue to twist her head around, directing her vision towards the stairs above them. Then, she suddenly grinned.

"Hold on to me." Twilight announced towards Spike. "Brace yourself and plant your feet on the floor."

She closed her eyes and began concentrating to perform a spell.

"Uh..." Spike released. Well this was a surprising showing from Twilight.

"Whoaaa! Whooaaaa!" All of sudden, they were flipped upside down and sliding down the top of the stairs.

"What did you do?!"

"Whoooooahaha!" Twilight cheered, actually finding enjoyment from the fun little ride as the wind blew through her name. "I actually studied gravity spells, thinking it might be on my test! Turns out I was prepared for this!" She answered. "Wooohooo!" As soon as she ended her cheering with a heartily laugh, they were immediately flipped around again and landed on the floor harshly.

Recovering her balance, she could feel the wind blow strongly through her mane. She looked to her left to see it there; the real Crystal Heart floating in mid-air. Spike released a grin and gestured Twilight to step forward and take it.

She began walking towards it as I saw the very heart reflected off of her eyes.

She stepped onto the middle of the platform where the Crystal Heart was held. Darkness immediately covered the area where she stood, sending out some sort of alarm. Twilight tried to grab the Crystal Heart, but it flung away from her instead. I could hear the Crystal Heart tap on the ground several times.

Lighting began striking.

"Twilight!" Spike exclaimed out her name, banging on the rocky walls with his fists. "Are you alright?!"

"I'm fine!" She answered, yelling as well. "The Heart... where's the Crystal?"

Spike shot where it fell and scooped it up. "I got it! It rolled over to me when you dropped it!"

"Don't move!" Twilight commanded boldly. Spike immediately obeyed her order. "You can move, just not towards me!" Twilight added when she noticed rocky spikes forming around her. As Spike backed away, Twilight focused her magic and tried to teleport out of there, but she was sucked back in somehow!

"You have to get out of there, Twilight!" Spike shouted. "You have to be the ones to take the Heart to Princess Cadence! If you don't, you'll fail the Princess's test!"

"King Sombra is already attacking the Empire." Twilight replied solemnly, looking out towards the area. "He could reach the crystal ponies at any moment... reach Princess Cadence, my brother, my friends... there may not be enough time for me to find a way to escape..." She paused for a moment and widened her eyes. Then, she looked straight towards Spike. "Spike, you have to bring the Crystal Heart to the Faire."

"What?!" Spike exclaimed and then immediately shook my head. "No way Twilight I am not leaving you here by yourself!"

"You have to, Spike! If you don't, then the Crystal Empire will fall into King Sombra's hands!"

"I'll come back for you!" He began dodging the rocky spikes that continued to form from the floor.

It was no use. Cadance's magic had given out and Sombra invaded the city once more.

"He's back!" A female crystal pony cry out and shriek.

"Ahhhhhh..." His voice protruded through the city. "My crystal slaves..." He hissed, just like a venomous snake.

The crystal ponies began to panic and scatter as Sombra's dark influence began to infect the city.

His horn glowed as he attempted to perform a summoning charm. Ripped from the space he was Spike still clutching the crystal heart landed on the ground before Sombra.

"Lizard! Remove yourself from my sight or find yourself potion ingredients!"

Spike's only rebuttal was the fire a stream of fire at Sombra who erected a barrier.

The sickly tendrils that made up Sombra's shadows formed into long willowy tendrils. Before they could hit their target Sombra's head whipped back as he howled in pain. "Consider it payback monster!"

"Naruto!" The tendrils lashed back, slashing off the jousting armor the blond was wearing and drawing blood. Clutching his hand tightly around the lance Naruto ready his weapon.

Sombra let out a snarl as his horn began to glow only for a few shocks to sputter out and cause him brief pain. A tiny crack appeared in his horn.

"Spike! Quick! Get out of..." Naruto was cut off as he, Spike, and the approaching bearers were knocked off their feet/hooves by a shockwave of darkness. Raising himself on a platform Sombra's dark tendrils formed into a mass that was surrounding and blanketed the castle cutting them off from Shining Armor and Cadance.

"Twilight's still trapped inside!" Spike shouted as the group began to recover.

"Save Twilight! Leave Sombra to the two of us!" Naruto ordered as the group shared a look of understanding. Their best hope, their best best against Sombra would be all of them together. The other bearers charged the forming mass and slipped through before the mass completely blanketed them inside.

"Foolish colt, all those within my domain shall submit themselves to me as my subjects! Kneel or Die!"

"So," Spike tossed Naruto the Crystal Heart who had as expected sealed it to the scroll on his back using a contact storage skill. "What's the plan?"

"Kick his ass...save the Empire!" Naruto simply said as he began to draw in nature chakra and Spike switched his eternal magic to lightning.

"My kind of plan!" He said as the two charged forward to face the evil king.

Uugh. Another combat scene so soon. Still burnt out from The season 2 finale, lol. Oh well. I can honestly say there wont be as much combat this season, think I'm going to stick more romance. Also I will try and do interviews every chapter, but for ones like this I have to forego an interview as I have to do to work and not enough time. Either way hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.