Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x Harem

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Story Start

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A rainbow Dash style crash was something he was all too familiar with. And the place she landed in was Golden Oaks Library.

This was like the fourth time she's crashed there since Twilight moved in.

He rushed in to the see the entire was a complete mess. Books and scrolls that might have been neatly shelved were scattered all over the floor, as were the ponies that had been sorting them. He jumped through the window, as Twilight spat out three scrolls in her mouth. He helped her up swiftly to her hooves.

"And you thought I was crazy for suggesting you create an anti-rainbow dash barrier." He dusted her down not thinking much of it."You alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine... thank you," she said as her cheeks twinge pink. She was berated herself for reacting in such a way. It wasn't like he was copping a feel, but she couldn't help but admit the sensation of his hands on her felt good.

Fluttershy arrived, being the last of the bearers to arrive to the disaster zone.

"Rainbow Dash, you rock, woo-hoo." She stopped cheering when she saw the state of the library. "Oh my... did my cheering do that?"

Naruto cracked a smile. If there was a contest between Fluttershy and a box of kitten and puppies he would almost be tempted to give it to the former for cuteness, but would not because of her sinful body as he liked to call it.

"Heh heh, sorry about that ladies," Rainbow apologized, as she stood up. "That was a truly feeble performance."

"Actually, it wasn't all bad," Fluttershy began to explain. "I particularly liked it when you made the clouds spin."

"Ugh. I'm not talking about my performance, I'm talking about yours. That feeble cheering!"

"What are you two arguing about?" Twilight asked.

"Were we arguing? I'm sorry," Fluttershy apologized inconsequentially.

"We're preparing for the Best Young Flyer Competition in Cloudsdale," she explained, ignoring Fluttershy.

The Best Young Fliers competition was one of the cloud city's most anticipated events. The greatest Pegasus flyers gathered together to show off their skills and flying styles.

"Golly. Ah'd love ta see you strut yer stuff in that competition," An impressed Applejack. lamented

"It's cool," she said casually. " Fluttershy's a great support, but her cheering isn't exactly inspirational."

"OOH!" Pinkie popped her head out of the books again. "I'd love to see you make a sonic rainboom! It's like, the coolest thing ever! Even though I've never actually seen it, but I mean COME ON! It's a sonic rainboom! How not cool could it possibly not be?"

"What's a sonic rainboom?" Twilight asked, only for Pinkie to get up in her face.

"You really need to get out more. The Sonic Rainboom is legendary! When a pegasus like Rainbow Dash gets going sooo fast... BOOM! A sonic boom and a rainbow can happen all at once!"

"And Rainbow here is the only pony to ever pull it off in over two Millennium," Fluttershy added.

"It was a long time ago," Rainbow said with uncharacteristic modesty. "I was just a filly."

"Yeah, but you're gonna do it again, right?" Pinkie was just too dang hopeful to say otherwise.

"A-Are you kidding?" scoffed Rainbow with a slight hesitation. "I'm the greatest flyer to ever come out of Cloudsdale! I can do sonic rainbooms in my sleep."

"Wow." Twilight smiled in admiration. "If you pull that off, you'll win the crown for sure!"

"The grand prize is an entire day with the Wonderbolts. A whole day of flying with my life-long heroes... It'll be a dream come true!"

"Yay," came another quiet cheer. Rainbow frowned at her friend.

"I'm gonna go rest up. Don't wanna over prepare myself, y'know." She laughed nervously, and then rounded on Fluttershy. "You, on the other hand, better keep practicing. I need a cheering section to match my spectacular performance."

She then soared back out of the window, Fluttershy about to follow. "She's practiced that move a hundred times, and she's never even come close to doing it. I don't know if I can cheer loud enough to help her." Flying gently, she followed Rainbow Dash off.

"Well, better get this place cleaned up… again," Twilight sighed but before she could place a book where it belonged, Rarity cleared her throat.

"Yes…?"

"Are you not going to find a spell to get us wingless ponies into Cloudsdale? Did you not see how nervous poor Rainbow Dash was?"

"Nervous? Have you spit yer bit or sumpin'?" Applejack asked with a smirk.

"Oh puh-lease!" Rarity scoffed. "I've put on enough fashion shows to know stage fright when I see it! We've got to find a way to be there for her!"

"Well how am I supposed to find a flight spell in this mess?" Twilight reasoned when Pinkie said, "A flight spell? One sec."

She streaked out of visible view, returning a split-second later, throwing a book to Twilight's feet, saying, "Page twenty-seven."

"How?" Naruto couldn't help but ask.

"It landed on my face when Rainbow Dash knocked me into the bookcase," Pinkie explained right off the bat.

"Here it is!" Twilight announced as she looked at the page, "A flight spell that will allow earth ponies to fly like a pegasus. Ooh, it looks really difficult! I'm not sure I could do it."

Naruto then gave her a look. "You've helped create seals that are a near imitation of a source of energy that doesn't exist in your world Twi. I think a cloud walking spell is within your realm of possibility." He deadpanned.

"Yes Twilight." Rarity came to offer her support. "You've got to try!"

"Ok... if you all believe in me... I'll try." She then frowned after reading its contents. "But who's gonna volunteer to be the test subject?"

Nopony stepped up for the task. Even Naruto was a bit hesitant. Mixing foreign magic could not be the best thing for him. Even if there was no intent to harm from Twilight there still was a chance something could go wrong.

"I will!" Rarity bravely stepped forward. "For Rainbow Dash, I will go first."

Shutting her eyes, grimacing in concentration, Twilight's horn began to glow. A strange blue aura snaked in from it, wrapping itself around Rarity. She stood determined, as she was lifted gently off her hooves, being further consumed by the magic. Soon, it engulfed her entirely, shrouding her from view. Once it had, a blue orb emerged from Twilight's horn. It shone brightly, then burst like a balloon, sending her flying backwards.

Rarity floated before them. Only now, she had a pair of majestic, beautiful wings keeping her aloft. They were like the wings of a butterfly, delicate and lovely, shining light through the transparent color spots on them, sparkling in the light.

"I think... it worked," Twilight said weakly. That spell had taken a lot out of her.

"My..." Rarity was in awe of her new wings. "They're... why they're... gorgeous! Oh this is wonderful; I'm as light as a feather, graceful as a swan. Oh, I could get used to this."

"Better not, it's only fer three days," Applejack warned. "Still... those are some mighty fine wings."

"Oooooh... shiny..." Pinkie was wide-eyed and staring. Wrenching his gaze from them, Naruto moved to support Twilight, who was having trouble standing.

"I think I underestimated how much that spell would take out of me."

"You did amazing Twi." He said as he fully supported her. He then glanced Rarity over as a faint blush appeared on her cheeks. She was reminiscent of an angel with her ethereal wings. "Though if casting the spell like that once drained you like that it might not be good idea to use it again."

He grabbed the book and began looking through it. There had to be another spell. "Here we are! A much simpler spell to let Earth ponies walk on clouds."

"Pinkie, you still have that hot-air balloon?" One of these days he was going to need to remember to ask her how she got her hands on one.

"Sure do! It just needs some air in it, and it'll be set!"

"Well, that's dandy," Applejack said. "Now we can all get ta Cloudsdale and Twilight can take it easy fer a bit."

After a few hours, they arrived at their destination. Since Cloudsdale was a mobile city it could take anywhere from minutes to days to arrive to the city depending on one's location to the city.

Everypony was filled with much anticipation and excitement. They would be seeing the Capital city of the Pegasi.

And suffice to say Rainbow was thrilled beyond all words to see the others had arrived to support her.

As they continued their trek along the soft clouds Naruto gazed at the sights.

He'd read about Cloudsdale, seen pictures of it. But it was nothing until you saw it up close. It truly was the greatest city in the sky, with the buildings floating majestically in the air, elaborate pillars and columns adorning them. The ancient Pegasi had been masters at crafting and shaping the clouds into works of art, to make their city truly spectacular.

"A whole city in the clouds, just waiting for us. We should take the time to take advantage of this opportunity and tour around a bit."

"Well, since we're up here, ah'd sure like ta get a look at where the weather's made," Applejack suggested.

"Great idea! Come on everypony." Rainbow suggested, "to the weather factory!"

The factory was just as impressive as the rest of the city's architecture. Rainbow falls cascaded to the clouds below, a trumpet-like device pumped out the shapes of clouds at regular intervals and fierce storm clouds reigned thunder and lightning all around them. Particularly large booms made Fluttershy winch, but she was able to keep pace without too much distraction or fanfare. A smile graced the lips of the orange pony. Seeing his Marefriend's progress was always a pleasant feeling.

Once arrived they were all given hard hats and jumpsuits, for their own safety and to ensure they didn't interfere with the weather operations being performed by the workers there.

The first room they entered was kept at low temperatures, where the Pegasi made the snowflakes. It was very quiet, to keep their focus on their incredibly delicate task, as each was hoof-made. Rarity's wings, however, blew a draught through the room and sent a good number of them scattering. Deciding to move on swiftly, Rainbow led them out, as the workers dashed around to get them back.

The next room was where they made the rainbows, that involved mixing all of the colors that made them up in large bowls in a sort of liquid state, that flowed from bowl to bowl via long shoots to be processed later. Pinkie actually dipped her hoof in to taste it, turning every color of the spectrum, before running off to find some water whilst everypony laughed.

"Yeah, rainbows aren't really known for their flavor," The prismatic Mare quipped. It was hard to decide whether she was making it an in ironic sense or not.

Suddenly loud marveling drew their attention.

"Whoa!" Naruto turned to see three, stocky Pegasus ponies marveling at his fiancé and her wings. One was the color of Chamoisee with brown a mane and tail. Another was more of an Isabelline shade with chestnut mane and hair and the last had Khaki colored fur with jet black mane.

"Oh, where'd you get those amazing wings? I want a pair!" The chamois one asked.

"Hmm..." Rarity seemed to like getting all of the attention. "Yeah, I guess I could see that."

"Oh hey look, it's Rainbow Crash again!" Naruto felt his blood boil. He knew of the Pegasus's rather hated fillyhood nickname.

"Rarity!" Rainbow sounded scandalized, and Naruto couldn't blame her. "What're you doing talking to these guys?"

"Oh, they were just admiring my wings Rainbow Dash," she said casually.

Naruto couldn't believe Rarity didn't react to what was obviously Uncouth behavior.

The Khaki colored one made a move to taunt Rainbow, but Naruto stepped into his line of sight. His expression unnerved him.

" L-Let's go." He ordered his two friends who were wondering why Swift Dive was in such a hurry to leave. They didn't question it and took off after him.

Naruto turned to face her. "Rain…"

"Oh please, like those jokesters bother me. Could have handled them with one arm behind my back." For all her bravado that's all it was, bravado. She would never admit it, but she was fearful of making a fool of herself.

"Rainbow with how much you train there's no way you're going to make a fool of yourself. You're going to win, you just need to believe that." He assured her, in hopes of bolstering her confidence.

"Of course…" If only her tone conveyed that she believed him. Seeing her old bullies again had made the Pegasus filled small.

Naruto could hope that Rainbow would be able to get her head right when the time was right. As it would soon become apparent she wasn't the only one acting odd.

By the time they reached the cloud bellows, where water was evaporated to make the clouds in the sky, the workers were all stopping to admire Rarity's wings, overplaying her status a bit among her adoring fans. All the while, Rainbow was becoming more and more stressed, crouching on the floor and shaking, her eyes wide with fear.

They tried telling her to put her wings away, but they'd really gone to her head, saying that they couldn't ask her to put away 'perfection'. She actually flew right up against the sun, so her wings created a kind of colored disco ball effect.

Rainbow, who was shivering on the floor, looked like she was about to start crying. Naruto asked her if she was doing okay.

"Of course! Why wouldn't I be ok? Everyone's so in love with Rarity's wings that they won't even notice when I totally blow it in the Best Young Flyer's Competition."

"Hey! There's an idea!" cried a Pegasus worker to Rarity. "YOU should enter the competition!"

"Yeah! I could watch you fly all day long!" agreed an older flyer.

"There really isn't anypony who uses their wings quite like me. Perhaps I should compete," Rarity decided, as she moved away from the sun.

"WHAT?" Both Rainbow and Naruto expressed their disbelief at the same time, though the latter more out of anger than fear. "What am I gonna DO? I'll never win the competition now..."

"Rarity…talk…NOW!" He briskly walked by, grabbing Rarity by the wrist and pulling her away from her adoring fans despite her protests.

Once they entered a room where they could get some privacy he let her go. "Naruto Uzumaki, that is no way to treat your fiancé!" She screeched at him.

"Should you really be talking about how one pony treats another right now?" He hotly answered her. No matter how much Naruto loved Rarity he wouldn't stand by and watch how her actions and vanity would hurt another dear friend.

"Excuse me?" She narrowed her eyes, cheeks flushed with angers as she folded her arms. "I think I must have misheard you. Care to repeat that?"

"I don't know Rare. Ever since you got those damn wings you've been so in love with yourself you've forgotten why we're here in the first place. Supporting Rainbow Dash. The poor mare is so afraid of failing she's on the verge of breaking down in tears and all you can think about is your stupid wings."

Rarity let out a gasp. "How dare you! I will not stand by and listen to your slanderous accusations! So just because I indulge in attention for a bit I'm suddenly a mare that doesn't care about her friends? Considering the kind you have been known to consider family what makes you fit to judge anypony?" Rarity regretted the last words she used the moment they left her mouth.

Silence permeated the air for a full minute. "Naruto. I-I didn't mean…I'm sor…"

"I have a friend to go support. Good luck in the contest Miss Rarity." He said as he left the room.

The atmosphere had been rather tense since Naruto and Rarity rejoined the group. Pinkie had been the first to pick up on it. The others sans Rainbow picked up on it, but didn't know how to approach the situation. "Just focus on helping Rainbow." The order-suggestion from Naruto didn't help clear up matters either.

Their tour of the factory was soon at an end. Leading a terrified Rainbow away with him, doing his best to console her, Naruto knew that the time they had been waiting for was now. It was time to fly. They separated from the rest of the girls at the viewer's stands, where they would be cheering her on.

Rarity had entered herself in for the contest. When Naruto rebuffed her attempt to speak with him she was hurt. That hurt turned into anger and that anger turned into spite.

They'd all tried to talk her out of it, to dissuade her from competing but her mind was set. She wanted to show off her wings to all and this was her chance to do it.

The arena itself was, like the rest of Cloudsdale, a marvel of cloud-based architecture: wide, vast and huge, with flags adorning the top of it, seating for over five thousand ponies. Naruto watched the pre-contest announcing, as Princess Celestia arrived in the royal box, smiling and waving to everypony. Then came the Wonderbolts, true masters of the air. They swooped around in the sky, let off some fireworks and took their places in the judging box.

Then Celestia began casting a series of powerful barrier spells. Because of incidents in the past that have included sabotage Celestia herself had taken to create barriers that would prevent any sort of interference from outside forces during the competition. It had been a shame to learn competitions like this could draw out ponies willing to gamble over something that was supposed to be noble and joy to its competitors.

Now no one but the participating fliers could safely past through the barrier which also served as a means of protecting the audience in case one of the competitors lost control.

And with that contestant after contestant had competed until there was only one more left, Rainbow. To his surprise Rarity never came out. Did his words actually reach her?

"And now, for our final competitor of the day, contestant number fifteen! Uhh... And apparently contestant number four..."

The outfit and makeup Rarity was wearing was so departed from her usual style he didn't know what he was witnessing. His anger gave out to disappointment.

Suddenly, a score of classical music rang out through the arena and they saw Rarity doing what appeared to be an aerial ballet.

"Come on, Rainbow Dash," Rainbow muttered, tapping her head, "You can do this! Just remember the routine!"

From their box, the group watched as both flyers each did a routine, but Rainbow accidentally bumped into a cloud pillar and crashed against an arena wall, and it just had to be below the jocks.

"Nice work, Rainbow Crash!" Hoops, one of the bullies mocked, laughing with his friends.

"Time for phase two," Rainbow ordered herself and flew out the arena,. She zoomed around the clouds.

Suddenly, a puff of cloud was sent hurtling down to the arena, and everypony gasped when it almost hit the princess. Rainbow winced at her mess-up but couldn't help looking towards Rarity.

"And now, for my grand finale! To rise up to the sun and beam my beautiful wings over the whole city of Cloudsdale!" She squealed excitably, "They'll speak of it for years to come!"

She climbed higher and higher into the sky. Rarity was climbing too, though Rainbow was faster. Soon, the former of the two reached the sun and stopped.

Naruto felt fear gripped his heart. Didn't Twilight warn Rarity about something earlier? Something about gossamer and morning dew.

"Rarity! Get away from the sun! Get away!"

"Look upon me Equestria, for I Am Rarity!" she cried, spreading her wings against the sun's rays, beaming colored light down on them all.

And with that her wings were evaporated. Soon a high pitched scream of terror spread throughout the arena. They all looked up to see Rarity, flailing her legs wildly as she fell from the sky, her wings completely gone.

"Rare!" Naruto had immediately tried to leap over the side, but was thrown back by Celestia's barrier.

They could only watch as she fell even faster. The Wonderbolts immediately leaped into action, swooping down to save her. "RARITY!" Never had the blond felt so hopeless, so powerless. He was literally paralyzed with fear, unable to think of anything to do.

Naruto couldn't really make out what was happening, but her hooves must have been flailing too much for them. She'd knocked them out, and now, they were falling too. They only had one, last hope before they hit the ground.

Celestia was already in the process of quickly undoing the barriers.

With speeds that sent everyone flying far back into their seats of blasting back a blur shot passed them.

"Rarity, hang on!" Rainbow Dash flew faster and faster to catch up. The mach cone formed around her again and then lightning began forming around it. Hints of colored formed around her.

BOOM!

An explosion of color erupted below them, sending a shockwave for miles. She did it. An actual sonic rainboom!

"A sonic rainboom! She did it! She did it! WOOO!" Fluttershy screeched unexpectedly in what many could considered regularly yelling volume.

And she had arrived just in time to catch the falling ponies before they could hit the ground.

Rainbow Dash returned with the four ponies. The whole crowd cheered, especially Fluttershy. "A sonic rainboom! Wooo! YEAH!"

"I did it. I did it!" Rainbow Dash cheered, the act of the Rainboom finally settling in.

"You sure did." Rarity responded with a grateful sigh. "Oh thank you, Rainbow Dash. I'm so sorry for my behavior. You saved my life!" She owed the Pegasus dearly and she was going to make sure she make it up to Rainbow.

"Oh yeah. I did that too. Ha, best day EVER!"

The group rushed to meet her. With her wings now gone the only thing keeping Rarity safe was hanging on to Rainbow Dash.

"Rarity…"

"Naruto…"

They both called out to each other. Regret. Fear. Relief. Pain. Joy. Love.

Naruto strode over and Rarity leaped into his arms. They held onto each other for dear life.

"I am so sorry."

"I was a fool."

"If I could take back what I said."

"You mean the world to me."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Rarity turned her head to speak to the others. "I want to apologize to all of you for getting so carried away with my... beautiful wings. I guess I just lost my head." Everypony accepted her apology. Rarity looked over at Rainbow Dash and spoke to her. "And I'm especially sorry that I was so thoughtless as to jump into the contest at the last minute after you worked so hard to win it. Can you ever forgive me?"

"Aw, it's ok." Rainbow Dash responded. "Everything turned out alright, right? I just wish I could have met the Wonderbolts when they were awake." The wonderbolts had actually walked over and one of them tapped Rainbow Dash.

She turned around and her face immediately surrendered its calm, cool, and collected expression. "Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohMYGOSH!"

"So you're the little pony who saved our lives." The speaker was none other than the leader of the team herself, Spitfire. Spitfire was a tall and attractive mare. Beyond the blue and white skin tight jump suit was a mare with lovely golden flame colored fur, flaming orange hair, and golden eyes that stood at five foot nine inches. Like her name suggested she was full of life and had a fire about her.

Behind her were two of her teammates. The one on the left with Fleetfoot. Her feature being brilliant fuchsia eyes, light gray mane and light arctic coat. She was more of your typical tall and lean Pegasus built pony with a cool attitude about her.

Her other teammates towered over them, a tall pale blue stallion with furiously spiked back dark blue phatalo mane that was darker than his fur with emerald green eyes. He was lean with a bit more noticeable muscle than Fleetfoot and was a good six foot three inches.

"We really wanted to meet you, and say thanks."

"Ohmygosh Ohmygosh Ohmygosh Ohmygosh Ohmygosh!" was the only thing Rainbow Dash could reply with.

Princess Celestia and her royal guards flew over to the group.

"Princess!" Twilight announced.

Each of them bowed as she spoke. "Greetings Twilight Sparkle, Captain Naruto, and Bearers of Harmony."

"Princess Celestia, forgive me for my actions, my foolish behavior during the competition. I put the lives of others at risk and made a mockery of it." Rarity spoke as she held her head low. She looked over to Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow Dash here really is the best flyer in Equestria."

Rainbow Dash rubbed her hand against the back of her head as her cheeks twinged pink.

"I know she is my dear." Princess Celestia responded with a gentle smile as she turned to the Pegasus "That's why for her incredible act of bravery, and her spectacular sonic rainboom, I'm presenting the grand prize for best young flyer to this year's winner, Miss Rainbow Dash!" Princess Celestia herself placed the award on Rainbow Dash as every pony cheered.

"Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh!" Rainbow Dash announced excitedly as Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy carried her around for a victory lap.

Naruto watched with a content smile as today's learned lesson was recited to the Princess. The rest of the girls brought Rainbow Dash back and placed her on the cloud.

"This really is the best day EVER!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Uhh, hey Rainbow Crash." Hoops and his posy had come back, approaching the group.

"Dash!" The Isabelline one nudged and corrected the dark brown one.

"Oh! Uhh... Sorry Rainbow Dash. Uhh, we just wanted to congratulate you on winning the competition and apologize for everything we put you through."

"That sonic rainboom was awesome!" The Chamoiise one added.

"Its just, when fact finder put out that book on how you faked the first Sonic Rainboom it just…we were dumb kids…" Hoops was stumbling over the words he wanted to say before sighing. "Look we're sorry okay."

"Yeah…"

"…Sorry."

Rainbow Dash let out a sigh of her own. "I'll never forget…but I guess I'm willing to forgive you guys."

When they got home Naruto had immediately began showering her with affectionate, loving kisses. Now while the mare wasn't complaining she knew it was always best to get things out in the open so that's when Naruto told her.

"I almost lost you." He whispered, his voice filled with pain. "I thought I was going to lose you and…my heart. I thought it was going to tear in two."

"My dearest." Rarity said as she stroked his cheek. "That feeling. That horrible feeling I know it all too well. When…that explosion."

He immediately knew what she was referencing. "The same way you felt at that time?" He asked as Rarity grew misty-eyed and nodded.

"I am so sorry. How could I…how could I ever bring up something from your past and throw it in your face? When you had accused me of not caring about her friends I was just so angry and I wanted…oh I have no idea what was going through my head. I will not make any excuses for my ghastly behavior. I am a horri…" She was cut off when Naruto clasped her cheeks and pulled her in for a tender kiss. She moaned into the kiss as he gently nibbled her top lip. Their tongues playfully battling for a few seconds before the kiss broke with a gentle smack.

"I forgive you and you're not the only one who said things they regret. I had no right to say you didn't care about our friends considering how much you care about them and what you've done for them. You're a wonderful mare, fiancé, friend, and alpha. I'm lucky to have you."

"And you my dearest are a wonderful stallion, fiancé, friend, and alpha. Let's just put this whole mess behind us." She suggested as Naruto happily nodded before kissing her once more. He immediately began undoing his shirt button before tossing it to the side. His desire for her clear in his eyes.

"I am happy to agree to that." He said, caressing her right cheek, as they continued their kissing and disposing of Rarity's shirt. The mare let out a delighted giggle as he grabbed her by the haunches and hoisted her up. Rarity wrapped her arms around his neck as they lost themselves in their passion for each other.

Next chapter will focus a bit more on Narity then we'll start focusing a bit more on the other girls. Pinkie's focus chapter will be Party of One which is a bit later in the time line chronologically. Which will take me a bit of time to get to. As I am trying to decide whether or not I want to do Hearts and Hooves Focus day chapters for everypony.