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 smell of eggs and french toast could be smelled through the air as Naruto and Fluttershy began to stir. Getting washed up and dressed they came down to the surprising view of Discord cooking. "Well its about time the two of you woke up. I was beginning to think I was slaving over this hot stove for nothing."

"Why thank you, this is a lovely surprise."

"Its a surprise alright. " Naruto murmured as he was beat to pulling out Fluttershy's chair by Discord's magic. He let the gesture go and simply grabbed his own seat before sitting down.

The tense atmosphere was apparent as Fluttershy's attempt to make small talk yielded next to nothing. After everyone finished they washed up their plates and the cooking utensils and brushed their teeth before heading out.

"I have to go. Scootaloo will be waking up in half an hour so I should start on breakfast for her. Remember what we talked about." He said shooting a glance at Discord.

A smile formed on Fluttershy's face as she kissed Naruto's cheek. "I. Will. Be. Fine!" She assured him as she strongly put emphasis on each word.

With Naruto having left Fluttershy began withwhat she hoped was the first step of the reformation plan. Armed with a bucket full of chicken feed she asked, "Discord…do you want to help me?" She asked hopefully.

Discord thought about it for a moment and scratched his chin, he sighed and shrugged.

"Sure, guess not like I have anything else to do." He replied. If he was going to do this right then he was going to need to endear himself to the mare. Appear that he was willing and try and the rest of the bearers were unjustifiably trying to seal him up again.

He grimaced as Fluttershy opened the door to let out her wandered over to Discord and pecked his feet gently inspecting him, as they generally explore the area looking for bits of feed to scoop up and devoured Fluttershy giggled and smiled at him.

"I think they like you."

"Or more like the little dullards are starving and trying to feast on my feet." Oh what he wouldn't give to just be able to freely turn his feet into snakes to scare the daylights out of the little clucking drumsticks. After feeding the chickens he helped Fluttershy with the various critters she took care of. All the while he was subtly making comments and conversations to steer Fluttershy into a path of thinking that would help with his plan.

They started on their way once more to the library, to which Fluttershy couldn't help but let out a happy giggle every so often as Discord rose an eyebrow before dismiss it as an oddity to the bearer of kindness.

'I can't believe how well this is going. Not even a day and Discord is far more well behaved then I imagined he would be. I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to do this, but now I know I can."

As they made their way into the town, many of the population's citizen's turned their attention to them. Most of them blanched and retreated in fear at Discord's presence. One could hardly blame them as they wondered what kind of nerves of steel Fluttershy had to willingly be in his presence.

They finally arrived to the library to where the others were waiting for them. After going through the process of a formal morning greeting it was suggested, much to his displeasure, that Spike assist Discord find some sort of book to pique his curiosity while the bearers talked.

"So let me get this straight." Rainbow started. "You want us to each spend time with Discord as part of your plan to reform him?!" She finished.

"Here me out Rainbow. Discord being a being of chaos wasn't raised with the same cultural norms and values that we have. What better way to get him to understand harmony then spending time with the living embodiment of Harmony." She could not and would not let her dream come to pass. The best way to make sure of that is to make sure the Draconquus was reformed and if her friends could get through to him that increased their chances exponentially.

"Provided he's willing to try, I can see this as a good opportunity to put Discord on the right track." Twilight had to admit this would give her and the others the chance to see just what Discord might be trying to pull.

"Well then, best get started on this. Who wants to spend the day with Discord first?" Twilight asked the others who shared a look of uneasiness. "I'll go first!" Pinkie volunteered. "My virtue will be the easiest for him to comprehend."

"I would also suggest we record our findings for studying to chart our progress." Twilight suggested as they went to work putting together an order for the events to occur.

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Discord stood in front of Sugarcube Corner taking a moment to mentally psych himself up. The 'idea' as explained to him when he was called back into the room did not surprise him, but he was going to have to deal with having to deal with each of the bearers.

Pinkie Pie wouldn't be a big deal and even if he found snooty types like Rarity annoying he could tolerate her. It was the others, particularly Rainbow and Twilight who were going to be a pain. He knocked on the door only to find himself promptly flattened against the wall as a result of the door swinging open.

"Hello? Anypony there?" Pinkie craned her head all around to see who was showing up so early. She pulled the door back only to see Discord flatten against the door.

"Whatcha doing there silly?"

"Enjoying the comfortable sensation of being pancaked against a door." Discord replied with sarcasm.

"Huh, I guess everyone have their own thing." She giggled ignoring his sarcasm. "But were burning daylight here! Time to get to baking!"

'Mischievous little...' He was no fool. He felt a little spark of chaos energy invoked by the mare. A part of him was immensely intrigued by this, which he filed away in his thoughts for later.

"Its just going to be us. Mrs. Cake didn't feel well so stayed at home with her and the kids." It wasn't a lie, not really. Mrs. Cake didn't feel well at the thought of being around such a dangerous being and absolutely would not allow her children anywhere near him.

"So we're just going to be baking?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"For the first few hours. Then I'll leave a few clones behind and then we're going to go to a birthday party I planned out. All the preparations were taken care of ahead of time." She explained as she got all the ingredients ready. First the flour and sugar was added to the bowl now it was time for the eggs. Picking up one egg Pinkie hurled it up and above in the air before positioning the bowl below the falling egg. The egg cracked and flipped, the contents perfectly falling into the bowl as the empty egg shell flipped over and landed on the table.

"Come on Discord, don't just stand there. I'm sure you have a few fun little tricks." Pinkie urged him on.

That was when when Discord had an idea and a mischievous grin formed on his face. "Oh, indeed I do." He said scooping up the eggs and letting them fly. Pinkie held up the bowl as a shield and in between each egg connecting with the bowl he snapped removing the shells until the required amount of eggs was put in.

"Wow that was..." Pinkie didn't finish as one of the eggs splatter on her forehead.

"Oops." He replied mischievously, "Looks like I still need to work on my aim."

Pinkie's each twitch. "You're lucky we don't have any eggs to spare or it'd be war."

"Oh? You think you could take on Moi in the art of kitchen warfare?" He smugly asked.

"Trust me, I know I can." She replied with narrowed eyes.

With a snap of his fingers the entire kitchen was filled with cartons of eggs. "Now..." Before he could even began he was pelted with a dozen eggs. "Of course you know...this...means...war!"

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Pinkie's clones were anything but happy to not only be left with a bakery to run, but a kitchen to clean up. But they really had to get going to the park where the birthday party was being held. In was in this environment that Pinkie was truly in its element.

Pinkie did not allow Discord's melancholy expression damper the mood she was dealing.

Ponies danced to the sound of music coming from the two massive crystal players that stood tall above the crowd. The noise was deafening, the crowd continued in their activities, heedless of it.

"Fantastic party, as always, Pinkie!" A pony shouted from the crowd.

"Thanks! Its no biggie, though as long as your having fun." She replied.

"Hey, look! I made it all the way up here with no magic!" An earthpony mare said, grinning wildly from the rock wall that was set up.

I enjoyed it because it brought a fresh sense of wonder. Even if I knew a pony was going to do something crazy I wouldn't stop them, save if it was too dangerous.

As is the thoughts of the past, change in the future. While making a pony laugh is nice to hear, it's a friend's laugh that I feel is missed the most when it is absent. Like the six strings of a guitar a laugh may be, excited and bubbly, have a twang to it, pure and rich, complex and thought-out, long and deep or quiet and soft-spoken. Such a difference to them! So, many difference's that I notice and cherish with all my heart. Memories of things long passed, cross my mind often.

"Discord, tell me, what do you know about Laughter?" Pinkie suddenly asked him.

He raied an eyebrow at this. "What's there to know about it? Its a respiratory response to something joyful and stimulating." He clinically answered. He never cared about the reason he enjoyed things, he just did.

"There's just so much more to it then that." She replied, closing her eyes and taking everything in. "Laughter, it was one of the most beautiful things there are. Whenever I'm laughing I'm filled with joy. It...it signifies happiness and joined it can be so pure, yet, it can be tainted by vile things. These vile moods are the antithesis of what I am and its why I dedicate my life to bringing happiness to others. Its why I love parties. Parties, too, bring laughter among fun and can relieve us of our burdens. What can be better ponies having fun without a care in the world and simply loving life. I really hope you come to see Laughter the way I do Discord and that you will take this chance you've been given to become someone better."

For a brief moment he considered her words before dismissing him. He was chaos incarnate, he couldn't be controlled by Harmony drabble. Yet, it was because he considered those words for a brief second that signified something.

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The following day it was now time for him to spend with Rarity. Following Laughter they figured understanding Generosity would be an easier virtue to tackle.

"Marvelous aren't they? Designed them all myself for the next fashion line in spring." Rarity said with a hint of pride as the Draconquus looked at the dozens of mannequins with various designs.

"I'm not one for frilly designs, but I do have to admit I have always been one for presentation." He admitted as he then looked around to stacks upon stacks of clothes off to the side. They were of all different sizes and shapes and were not as dressed up and as spectacular as the other clothing. "Yeesh...these are a bit drab."

Rarity's face scrunched up into a frown before she took a moment to collect herself. "Well, these are not for showing off. These are simply practical clothes."

"Practical? For what? Seems like a waste of time to me. Since when do snooty fashion types care about any clothes that don't simply show off how much money they have with countless jewels shown into them."

"As I said, these are not for fashions, but for those who are in need." She explained as she picked up one of the outfits. She took another moment to collect herself. "I assume you remember the Children of the Night as they called themselves, considering the little aid you provided them at the end of your...incident."

He simply scratched his head, pondering what she was going on about before his eyes lit up. "Oh right, my little chaotic mimics. Aah, who doesn't love a good episode of heroes versus evil clones...good times."

She let out a sigh at this. "Yes, well, not that you probably care but there was a lot of fall out in regards to businesses and families when the identities of most of the children were uncovered. It was a media circus for not only many fallen Canterlotian families, but businesses over the nations who took a massive hit to their image and popularity. After all, who would want to be seen connected to terrorists? Many business deals were broken up and some companies even tanked and that unfortunately meant that the families of those involved suffered the most in the backlash. In my free time I put together clothes as part of a donation drive for those in need who have lost their home as a result of the incidents."

Discord had never really been one for small details beyond what he could see beyond him. He was always the big picture sort of guy. Anything that was not connected to the big punch line at the end was background noise. Seeing another entity that cared for those so far removed from him was alien to him.

"Why? Why dedicate your free time to helping other ponies you'll probably never even meet? Their family members caused so much trouble? For all you know they could be trying to pull a con on you." Everyone had their angle. They had something they were trying to pull. Some selfish desire. There was no way she was doing this just out of genuine goodness. Surely they were simply doing this because they love the adoration and attention that came from being heroes.

"Because it is simply the right thing to do. You probably have difficulty understanding, but its always been in my nature to be giving. Growing up, my family was anything but wealthy. We could have been more then well off if my father had chosen to take an offer he was given to coach a sports team on the western coach, but that would have meant our family would have to uproot and leave everything we had ever known. When I was younger I did not understand at the time. Surely more money meant we would be better off right? But then my father made a point to me that sticks with me til this day. We were already happy and comfortable with the lifestyle we had now and there was no need to drive ourselves to live beyond our own needs. It was later on I would oversee a meeting between my father and the assistant coach. He was not well off as we were and his wife was ill. My father passed over his chance for the promotion and nominated his assistance for it instead. His selfless action that they gave another family a fighting chance to stay whole. Seeing the happiness his generous action brought out to another inspired me and helped shaped me into the mare I am now."

'Being inspired by the actions of another?' Were these ponies truly the face they showed off to the world? "Well, at the very least you should add some color and flare to them." Discord snapped his fingers again and all the clothes were enveloped with energy. When it dissipated the clothes were more lively and each had stylistic flare added to them with varying cutie marks on each and every bit of clothing item to the corresponding pony they were going to.

"But what…how did you...?" Rarity babbled.

"Just a little bit of future peeking, no big deal." He said trying tow ave off the fact he was about to collapsed.

"This is...this is amazing. I would not have been able to have been able to do so myself even if I had weeks." Trying to track down and discover the talents to each and every pony would have been impossible considering her own busy life. "Surely there must be other magic you know I can interweave into my own?"

"Madam," He shifted into a broad shoulder bipedal form wearing an expensive and luxurious suit that looked so sharp one could cut themselves on them. "I am a god! If there is one thing we do is be fashionable!" He answered in his most posh faction. Ignoring the tiny voice at the back of his head Discord was soaking up the adulation of his plan working. 'At this rate when I spring my plan I'll be free forever.' Even if these mortal ponies were a bit more interesting then he gave them credit for he was not going to let himself brainwashed into a slave for Harmony.

'It looks like Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were right. There is a bit more to him then we thought or I at least hope this is geniune. Either way I should report my findings back to the others.'

Next Chapter: Reformation! Part 3! Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 33 Minutes