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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Author's Note

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For those of you who were waiting for the true beginning. The origin chapter. Well, here it is. This will be moved to the front of the story by the end of the day.

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Story Start

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These past few years had proven quite busy for Twilight Sparkle. Years of serving Equestria as one of its deterrents of war and working as the personal apprentice to the sun goddess and co-ruler of Equestria it seemed destiny was finally within her grasp. After years of tiring work and dedication she would finally reach the title, most mages spent all their lives chasing. Reaching the level of Arch Mage.

"Sorry girls, I'm kinda busy." She had to explain to her friends, turning down another get together as she had another important meeting with the royal court of equestrian and the parliament.

The element of magic turned from the chariot, looking over her five best friends.

"But Twi~" Pinkie whined. "We been planning this for weeks now. It won't be the same without you. You know how hard it is to convince Dashie and Aj to go."

"Look, as much as I'd love a mare's evening at the spa, I'm doing important work in Canterlot. If I succeed our entire nation could change for the better."

A concerned expression formed on Rarity's face. "Surely it could wait a few days. When was the last time you had rest? Real rest?" Between Twilight's unkempt mane, the sag under her eyes, and her thinning frame its obvious that Twilight hadn't been taking care of herself for the past few weeks.

"We'll do something next time. I promise."

"Twi!" Pinkie yelled. "You said that last time!"

"This is important work I can't put off." Twilight argued.

"Twi'light ah understand this work of yours is important and for the good of Equestria, but don't ya think ya aught to have more consideration of your own life? What good these achievements going to do ya if yer whole life done pass ya by before you can enjoy yourself?"

"I know I've been putting this off and you all want what's best for me, but it's been my dream to become the arch mage and I'm so close. "She pled with them, trying to get them to understand.

"Mage Sparkle!" A stern mare's voice shot out from nearby clouds. "The court cannot be made to wait much longer? How much longer must we be kept?" An ashen-white furred Pegasus with teal mane exited the carriage. Everything from her poise to her expensive designer clothing spoke of privilege. "While your associates have importance because of their fortunate luck of their standing we cannot let that stand in the way of progress."

"Why you little…"A snort and flap of wings both signaled a riled up Rainbow Dash who had to be stopped by Fluttershy from throttling the haughty mare.

"With all due respect, Sweet Breeze, it was not luck, but the choices and aptitude of my friends that made them worthy. Please remember that and I will be with you shortly."

"You've got five minutes before we depart." Returning back to the carriage.

Twilight turned to the girls. "Sorry, you know how some of the elites are." There were those that dismissed her friends as truly being qualified and just being conveniently there for the elements to graft to them. There was more than a hand full of fools that thought they would be more than worthy of being a bearer if given the chance to interact with the Elements of Harmony. "I have to go. Next time I promise. I'll see you girls later." She waved them goodbye as she entered the carriage.

As much as she would have love to1 have a girl's day this was important work. Having made strides in every field of magic she was so close to the title of Arch Mage. All she needs to do was finalized her new spell in battle magic and she would be more than qualified to achieve the title. Working tirelessly to finalize this could mean the end to any more potential wars in the near future. The following meeting and demonstration had taken much out of Twlight. It was nightfall by the time the meeting had ended, and she had to take residence at Canterlot castle for the night.

It was early morning by the time she returned to Ponyville having only gotten a few hours asleep, as she

awoke to catch earliest train back to start finalizing the formula and motions for the spell. Considering she was starving she decided to go to Sugarcube Corner to grab something quick to eat without having to waste the time to prepare it.

"Mom!" She was nearly barreled over by the mini alicorn in disguise that was Nyx.

"Hey there Moonlight." She answered with a pat and a yawn.

"You're not looking so hot Twi? You good?" Naruto asked her from the table he and Nyx had grabbed that morning.

"Fine! Work been keeping me busy." She answered.

Naruto clicked his tongue against his teeth and said nothing. Work…. right. If not for Celestia slipping her some extra gold here or there as part of the stipend Twilight gotten for her work for the crown, he was sure the mare would be earning next to nothing as the greedier members of the government would just rebuff that the honor of serving the council directly would be its own reward.

"So, mom, were you able to finish your work?" Nyx asked with a semblance of hope that her rather busy mother's schedule would finally be open.

"Sorry not yet, I'm still a bit busy," with tired indifference.

"Maybe you should just use your clones to keep up to work you should rest." Naruto tried to insist.

"My clones are at work, which is why I have made the progress that I have. If I can get this to work, I can secure after future for us. I don't have time for pointless distractions."

Nyx's ears drooped slightly, hurt reflected in the mini alicorn's eyes. Naruto gently stroked her head. "Sorry to disturb you. We'll leave you to your work." Naruto beckon Nix away to leave Twilight to her breakfast.

The magical user was far too exhausted and narrowly focused on her current mission to pick up the disappointment from her daughter and her lover.

Days seemed to flow into weeks as invitations began to decline to the point where all together where it seemed like she seemed to only see her oved ones in the passing. The isolation resulted in a longing and pain forming in her heart. Even when she received a letter from the magus society for her achievements in magic and invitation to join the council the moment was ruined when she turned expecting to see her friends and no one was there.

There was no family. There was no herd. It was just her.

Alone.

Twilight stewed in loneliness realizing she had betrayed the very tenants of her Element for her own selfish pursuits of status.

The day of her joining came, and she felt lonelier then ever. If she missed this important meeting it would be years before all the magi converged together again. As she stood in front of the train that would lead to her destination she came to a stop. So many memories flittered through her mind along with regrets.

That was when she felt it. A tug at their bond. Her loved ones were in trouble.

In a flurry of magic, she teleported to the source.

It was a giant bone collector. A massive quadruped beast whose bodies were amassed of bones from various different creatures. Whether it be pony, dragon, griffin or yak this creature was a misshapen collection of skeletal remains.

And there fighting them were her friends. Rainbow Dash amassing a collection of clouds to keep pelting the creature with lightning. Around the creatures legs were Naruto, Applejack, and Rarity, hacking away at the creatures limbs with their weapons, but the bones that reinforced its legs proved to be resilient to blunt damage.

While further away providing long range support Pinkie was firing with her canon while Fluttershy provided shielding.

Applejack's hammer managed to slightly dislodged one of the creature's knee caps and the result was the beast stamped down, launching a shockwave that sent Applejack flying away.

"Applejack!" Rarity cried as she dodged a slice from the bone collector. Naruto and Rarity backed away as the creature stabbed some of its sickle like fingers into the ground. The creature changed tactics and began firing what looked like finger bones from previous victims causing the group to further splinter as Pinkie's canon was destroyed.

"Damnit! The clouds ain't doing nothing! The big bastard is tough!"

Naruto looked up at the Hydra. "Bastard is impervious to physical attacks."

"Mah hits are hardly proven effective. "Applejack added as she climbed back up to her feet.

"What do we do?"

"What we always do." The blond answered as he brought up his hands. It was pointless to tell his herd to run knowing they stay with him regardless. "We face the challenge head on as we always do."

The beast lunged but stopped short of striking them when a powerful purple beam pierced its skull and caused a portion of the upper left to crack before it was sent hurtling back.

"What took you so long?" Naruto asked her, giving her a knowing look.

"I had to straighten out my priorities. Could you all ever forgive me for being such a fool?"

"Like ya have to ask!"

"Already forgiven!"

"Apology accepted."

"You should know the answer to that."

"Darling come now."

"Plenty of time to kiss and make up later!"

Twilight turned to the monster and ethereal magic began to glow as she floated off the ground. Her eyes glowing bright and her magic flaring a bright. "Let's do this Bearers!" Surrounding Twilight each of them began to glow their respective color as they charged the creature preparing to finish it once and for all.

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"You could have had it all, but you chose them. You're much more loyal than I could ever be."

Twilight looked around in the complete darkness she was standing in but saw nothing. The last thing she remembered was fighting side by side with her friends and then nothing. "Hello who's there?"

"Who indeed." Out from the shadows stepped out was a pony Twilight could have never expected. It was herself more or less, but this pony was a quadruped version of herself. More akin to the livestock back on their world. " I'm one of the many version of us that exist in this big wide multiverse."

'Versions? Us? Multiverse, What?" Twilight's mind began running rapidly at the implications of what she just learned. It was one thing to know about other universes, but the confirmation of a multiverse with alternates of oneself was on a whole another level.

"You aren't the first nor the last of us who has passed this test. Thought it would be nice to see if the eternal cycle will be broken."

Ignoring the cryptic words Twilight began to take in the features of her other self. The white coat. The scars and battle injury. The flaming red mane and the most troubling of what she felt was the lingering taint of Chaos. Piecing together the cryptic sayings of her counterpart she concluded one thing. "You lost your bond with Harmony, haven't you?"

"We always were perceptive when we wanted to be. My destiny was wrangled from me because I had the misfortune of a less proactive Celestia then most. Because of that I had to pay the price for my disloyalty. There were many Twilights who chose to betray and even far less willing to submit to redemption. Do not fall like we did. Do not let your pride and desires blind you to the importance of those around you."

"I promise you I will not. I will stay Loyal to them. I won't let the wisdom you departed on to me be in vain." She couldn't help but be filled with sadness and regret looking onto her counterpart. The most noticeable emotion of all was guilt. How lucky her universe was when there was no many where her and her friends then not achieved that happiness.

In where they failed.

Twilight's determination and Loyalty was felt as a bright light sparked into being. The light slowly formed into a shape, before letting out a large flash. Twilight blinked, and then saw that the light had formed into a pony. A very familiar-looking Pegasus, to be precise.

"Rainbow?" She asked in confusion.

"I am the embodiment of Loyalty. I taken the form of my bearer because it would be the easiest for you to perceive." It said as it gently poked Twilight Sparkle on the forehead. "I have given you, my blessings. Through the two-way bond shared between you and my bearer I see the potential of True Loyalty being birth into this world. We expect great things from you holders. I look forward to see if maybe you will be the ones to see Harmony's full potential."

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"Hey sleepyhead you okay?" Twilight slowly opened her eyes as she became aware of the fact that she had returned to the platform. Her head was cradled in Naruto's lap. "I take it everything went well?"

"More than well." She said as she slowly sat up.

"Take it easy." He gently urged her. "You were out of it for a few hours." His expression soon turned from gentle to curious when he saw the Unicorn's face morphed into that of solid determination.

"I learned more from that trial then I ever thought possible and now I have a promise to keep." For a few moments she struggled as her body fought off the dizziness before she corrected herself. Looking between the doors she finally chose what would be the next tenant of Harmony she would go with.

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