Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x Harem

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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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There was rubble strewn across the ground. Some pieces from buildings which once stood tall and proud, all now mere heaps of debris littering what used to be roads. Others, charred limbs which had belonged to citizens now littered the road.

Fires flicker and crackle, spewing thick clouds of smoke into the darkening sky as far off screams and explosions fill the air. The chittering sound of rabid changelings echoed throughout the area.

Through the chaos, a mare stumbles; tripping on stray concrete and the upturned roads, cracked and collided, creating small mountains. Her mane is horribly disheveled, clothes ripped and ruined, and far beyond repair. Her once flawless fur was dirtied and matted. Patches of her fur was removed with deep gashes on her form.

The day Strife and his five Devas led their armies into Equestria.

She is aimless as she wanders through the waste land which was once known as Ponyville. Mere days ago, the city was extravagant, filled with citizens getting ready to celebrate the opening of Luna's school of gifted Pegasi.

She remembers laughing not to long ago, standing with members of her herd as music blared inside the new local tavern that had become their new hang out.

However, no one had anticipated the war that would follow.

The first sign of them was the rushing sprays of near smuttering smog courtesy of Arabus.

What followed were the heavy stampeding of hoof steps.

Towering bipedal cerivade creatures. For the moment it could be forgiven to think of them as far hairer Satyrs.

Then, in a swift move, they rushed as the sound of steel swinging through the air, the splatter of blood, and terrified screams soon filled the air.

She remembers watching as Bon Bon, looked into the paled, terrified face of Lyra. She had extended her hand to her, startling the mint unicorn for a moment before she took it and nodded, running into the distance hand in hand towards the sound of chattering.

Several citizens, Bulk being among them grabbed whatever sharp or blunt instrument they could before heading straight into the fight. A mare and stallion who she didn't recognize kissed who they assume was their daughter before they handed off to someone else, insuring her they would see her again before heading off into battle.

"Twilight! They're going to need us!"

Rainbow's voice had snapped her into action. Her magic pulsed and her hair flickered into plains.

She hadn't realized or even for a second ever allowed herself to believe that, that moment would be the last time she will would ever see most of her beloved friends.

Days had passed and Twilight could barely stand. Her Magic was running low. Her right leg was injured leaving her incapable of running.

The sound of rustling put her on guard. Her horn glowed as she waited in anticipation.

A silhouette in among the sheen of grey stops her in her tracks. Then all too familiar golden locks emerged from the smoke. A tall mare whose stetson hat was worn out and bleeding badly shambled her way over to her.

For a split second, the mare's heart stops in her chest. A mixture of disbelief and delight taking over as she speaks her name with her hoarse voice.

"A-Applejack?"

Her eyes meet Twilight with a mixture of shock on her expression which soon broke into relief.

"Thank Celestia Twi, you made it."

Squeezing her eyes shut tightly, a tear slips down the apple farmer's bruised cheeks as her footing fails her and she sails towards the ashen ground.

Lunging forward in a swift move, Twilight grabs Applejack's considerably broader frame, crashing to the ground with her in the other mare in her arms.

"Applejack where is everypony? Looking away from the imploring bearer of magic the mare begins to shake as a whimper escapes her lips. "A-Applejack w- where are they?"

Twilight asks more persistently, a fear swirling in the pit of her stomach at Applejack's quietness.

"Ah lost track of Rarity, Rainbow, Naruto, and Fluttershy...but...Pinkie...Pinkie is..." The words were too painful for her to complete.

"No..." The mare breaths, staring onto the side-wards face of the barer of bad news in her arms, not wanting her fears to be true. Her heart stopping in her chest as the image of the pink mare with the eternal smile, comes to mind. "She can't be dead... Applejack, tell me she isn't dead..."

"A-Ah was taking on a legion of those C-Changelings when out of nowhere a dragon showed up."

But...no...that didn't make sense. The dragons were supposed to be their allies. Had some betrayed them? " It was too strong, ah couldn't defeat it... It was about too finish me off wh- when Pinkie...she jumped in and grabbed me and was hit!"

The mare breaks down, cursing through clenched teeth as tears rolled down her battered face, bruised and cut from her fight.

Pain.

Pain is all that is felt by the magic user holding her broken best friend in her arms. Her lip trembling as she tries to hold back a sob. She nearly collapses from the pain she was feeling in her heart. She couldn't...wouldn't believe what she heard.

She tried with all her might to reach out to Pinkie.

To find her with the bond.

But there was no response.

With her shift, a stabbing shoots through Applejack's body causing her to whimper and spasm in agony. Internally cursing herself, the mare mare regrets she could not hold back her pained yelp as Twilight's eyes suddenly grow in fear. Her imploring orbs look over his face before darting down at her stomach, a deep wound from where she was stabbed.

She notes how her face grows pale as she gently jabs at the fabric only for her fingers to become coated in a layer of the sticky red liquid.

Grabbing the fabric of Applejack's checkered shirt, Twilight carefully pulls it away to reveal another much longer, deep gash across her lower abdomen. Blood is pooling in the wound and flowing over the torn skin down her dirtied orange fur, , allowing the metallic scented fluid to trickle onto the floor and collect dust.

The amount of blood...it was almost without a doubt fatal. "A-Applejack."

"Ah'm sorry Twi. Ah'm so sorry..."

"No!" The mare cries, shaking her head violently while clutching the mare tighter in her trembling arms. Tears have welled behind her orbs, blurring her vision.

"I wont except this, Applejack! I wont let you leave me! W-We're a team! We're a family!"

"T-Twilight."

"I just have to stop the b-bleeding, then I'll find- I'll find Fluttershy or Naruto." The magic user suddenly declares, her voice breaking and pained as she sniffs. Tearing off bits of her shirt she placed it against the wound in a vein attempt to impede the bleeding. The mare's tears begin to break the dams which held them back, allowing tears to start carving trails down her face. "Y-You'll be healed and then it'll be okay. It has to be okay..."

"Shh..." Lifting a shaking hand, Applejack gently strokes Twilight's sapphire blue hair, before resting her palm against her cheek.

Her words are quiet and somber; uncharacteristic for the normally proud, adventurous and energetic mare. "Its ...okay, Twilight."

"No, no it's not!"

"It is, it's okay because you're okay. If there's anypony who can save everypony left its you."

"Applejack."

"The only thing... ah regret is- is not...bein' able to grow older and start a family with the herd. Ah...ah wanted to have a big ol' family you know. Ah wanted to grow old with everypony. Old with...ya. But that won't happen now, so please Twi, protect them. Protect everypony. Save what is left of...our family." She let out a heavy exhale. "And to know ah'll always be with ya. Ah regret it took to my last moments to tell you how ah truly felt. Ah...ah Love you Twilight Sparkle."

With the last exhale, there came no more. The mare's head lolls slightly to the side, eyes still open but so empty, so dead. Their light all but gone leaving nothing but empty orbs. Her hand which had been caressing the cheek of the mare, falling to her side with a thud as her knuckles collide with the ground beneath her. All suffering breaths and struggled words of admission, ended.

At the same time as her failed, the Element of Magic's broke.

"Applejack?"

Applejack shakes her body slightly, one of her worst fears suddenly became true as she stares at the limp mare in her arms. Shaking violently, the mare begins to hyperventilate as tears tumble from her eyes like heavy rain in autumn. Shaking her best friend in her arms, Twilight shouts at his lifeless body. Anger spreading throughout her body like wild fire as she does not reply, just simply lays not breathing.

Her cries and begging are forsaken as the mare does not stir from her eternal sleep.

Taking a deep breath, the young mare suddenly throws her head towards the sky and lets an agonizing scream escape her lungs and tear through the air around her.

It was hollow. Another connection broke. And with that Twilight Sparkle's hold on the waking world had vanished.

Had it been months?

Years?

She did not know. Each day was as long and endless as the last.

She had retreated into the confines of her mind.

What snapped her out of it was when she sensed...something was wrong.

One of the bonds.

It had...changed. It was alive...yet different.

When she had came too a new menace was plaguing the land.

A menace she did not have the heart to face. She fled with what few survivors that were left out east.

There was only one last hope. One last chance. A particular spell by Starswhirl the Bearded. It was going to be the only way to bring this all to an end.

"To protect our future."

Celestia felt something was off. Something was inkling at her all day. If it had been mere fatigue it would be understandable, but no it was something more than that.

She had dismissed her guards and advisers. She had felt something was watching her.

Something dangerous.

It was then the source revealed itself. The foe she always dreaded. In a flash she teleported to where this threat is sealed.

"What have you done to them Discord!?" She hissed at the statue.

The floating ethereal image of Discord manifested right by his sealed statue.

"Now, now, Celie I don't like being accused of doing things I haven't done. What's the point of putting on a show with no audience to watch?"

That one thing was consistent with the Draconquus. He wanted, no needed viewers to watch and participate in his madness. He would have wasted no time dropping hints to Celestia that he was somehow behind what happened to Luna and Naruto.

But why would he go out of his way to contact her? Knowing he had any measure of freedom would result in her going through every method possible to restrict and seal him.

Unless...Unless...

"You...you are afraid of whomever this is?"

"Afraid? ME!? Hah of all the foolish things you've said over the years this takes the case." He mocked her in a serendipitous smug tone. "No, what I want to avoid is total and complete Order. I can't completely into the mind of this entity, he is of both flesh and machine. He uses a form of energy making it difficult to read his mind which means he probably developed defenses against such a thing. One thing for certain this entity does not belong to this time. No, he is an interesting little anomaly, but what I could gleam off him is troubling. He wants to capture and turn the inhabitants of this world into his cybernetic minions. Could you imagine how dreadful and boring this world would be under one nation, one leader with all beings like minded and without any sort of negativity. The very idea of Chaos itself would die out and that I cannot allow. he fact I am coming to you of all beings should tell you how desperate I am."

The idea of working with Discord of all beings left a rotten taste in Celestia's mouth. But right now it wasn't about her own personal feelings. Her nature. Her citizens. Everypony was counting on her to make the right choices to see them through this. "Consider this a very and I do mean very temporary alliance. What can you tell me about this enemy?"

"Just a little helpful advice. Call back your little bearers to Canterlot. The entity is sending out the big guns. If they remain separated then the war will be lost and Equestria will fall."

Kind of wish I remember which fics, but there were two fics (Probably a whole lot more) where Discord fucked with the sisters by telling them a great evil was coming when he was still sealed. I've pretty sure most of those fics were Human in Equestria fics quite actually but I thought it was a nice idea. As you can all finally see I am oficially past the season rot part as this is just one of those many set-up things. Now wouldn't Discord Reformation had make a lot more sense if he had little moments like this of you know, actually being helpful? Anyway if everything goes according to plan another chapter should be out tonight.