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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Evening was setting in and everypony was gathering near the campfire. Applejack had just finished with the fire.
'Okay, everybody get comfortable.' Rainbow Dash announced cause I'm about to tell you the best story you've ever heard.'
Scootaloo quickly jumped off the log and gestured excitedly with her body. 'Is it about the time when Rarity had wings, and then they got ruined, and then you saved her from plummeting to her doom?'
Rarity widened her eyes when she heard this. She quickly lifted the shades of her dark pink sunglasses closer to her eyes, which rolled backwards embarrassingly. A warm oval shade of pink formed across her cheeks as sucked in her lips, staring at her cup.
'Okay, maybe it's the second best story you've ever heard…' Rainbow continued. 'But probably still the scariest.' She then began speaking in a spooky tone as she hovered over the fillies. 'You like scary stories, right?'
Scootaloo gasped, nonetheless nodded. 'Mmhmm.'
'It all happened on a night just like this one, in a forest, just like this...' Rainbow paused to view her audience's facial expressions. 'Campers, who were camping in this exact same spot were having fun, telling stories just like us. But then, they started hearing noises in woods around them, and it wasn't just the crickets. Of course, they ignored them and continued talking about the story of the pony, who lost her rusty horseshoe in the exact same place. They were all told that she still walks among these very woods, looking for the very pony who took the horseshoe from her. It wasn't until they put out the flame when the noises became louder.' Rainbow Dash landed on the ground and began stalking around the campfire, creating the noises with her hooves loudly enough to echo throughout forest. After a moment, she stopped. 'Soon enough, they saw somepony in the darkness. One of the ponies in the group, who was brave like me, decided to find out who it was. And then, the olden pony asked, 'Who's got my rusty horseshoe?'.' Rainbow mimicked an elderly and aged voiced, focusing more of her attention towards the young fillies.
'Not me!' Sweetie Belle quickly responded as she shivered in fear, placing her arms around the others.
There was a suspenseful pause until Rainbow Dash suddenly appeared behind the fillies and poked them. 'You do!'
They all screamed.
Scootaloo was the only one left on the log as Rainbow laughed. She cleared her throat, removing any sign of fear. 'Something in my throat. I wasn't scared at all, heheh. Good story.'
'Knew you wouldn't be scared.' Rainbow Dash ruffled her mane. The way you jumped that cart the other day…' She flew up towards the pole of Rarity's tent and stood on top of it valiantly. 'You're like me; fearless.'
'Yeah. Fearless.' Scootaloo repeated nervously as an owl's cry of hoot would soon echo around them.
Naruto glanced around and took notice of the fillies being comforted.
'Don't worry,' Rarity told Sweetie Belle in a coddling manner. 'Rarity is here to keep you safe and sound, ooh!'
'It was just a story muffin.' Ditzy said as she rubbed Dink's back.
'But it was so creepy.'
Applejack was the first to announce her sleepiness.
'Think it's about time for me to hit the straw.' She turned around to reveal Applebloom latched on her back shaking terribly in fear. Applejack noticed this and rubbed her mane softly. 'Don't you worry, little sis. No 'olden pony' in our tent.'
Naruto turned to the last of the Crusaders. The one whose guardian couldn't make it to the trip.
'Scootaloo, are you alright?'
'Uh-huh…' She answered in a shivering tone, continuing to look around her.
'You know it was just a story right. No reason to be scared.'
'Who me?' She placed a hoof on her chest. 'As if! II ain't scared at all. Heh, heh. Yes, sir. I'm cool as ice.'
Naruto returned a little smirk, noticing her behavior. 'You will be if you stay out here. You better join Dash then.'
'Oh… Right… Gotcha.' Scootaloo replied and began jumping off of the log, but the howling of a wolf frightened her greatly and instead caused her to rush in towards the tent.
Naruto decided to turn in for the night after making sure the fire was put out.
An unexpected shower would soon see to it that they would have to abandon their camp ground. Who those rogue clouds belonged to there was no telling. Most likely somepony trying to hide a screw up.
Either way the group found themselves needing to take refuge in a cave.
'All right!' Rainbow Dash cheered. 'A deep, dark cave! Perfect for the story I've got for tonight. All we need is a campfire, and we're good to go.' She directed towards Scootaloo.
Scootaloo gulped and seemed to respond with nervousness in her voice. 'Uh, of course...' Wolves howling could be heard. 'I'll be right back with loads of firewood from the deep, dark, not-scary-at-all forest!'
'Thanks.' Rainbow Dash expressed as Scootaloo began walking off.
Naruto couldn't help but frown. Scootaloo had been acting odd all day. Popping out of places at random and volunteering for practically everything.
'I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm checking up on Scootaloo. Its getting too close to night.'
'Come on! She'll be fine.' Rainbow responded with the same answer as last time.
'I'd feel better knowing she was alright.' He didn't share Dash's confidence. No matter how brave the filly may try to act she was still a kid and they often didn't have the same fortitude of dealing with fears an adult did.
Not even a few steps away from the campsite, and he picked up the sound of panicked laughter. Scootaloo immediately ran past him. He turned around to see her place a few sticks in the middle of the stones. 'Here you go!' She presented.
'That's it?' Rainbow questioned.
'That's all I could find, 'cause, y'know, there aren't that many trees around here!'
One could walk a few feet and practically run into trees.
'It's all we need.' Applejack assured. 'Why don't you sit with Rainbow Dash for a while?'
Scootaloo quickly rushed over to her, knocking the stick with marshmallow from her hand.
Applejack quickly lit up the fire.
'Now, where was I?' Rainbow Dash asked herself. 'Oh yeah! The scary part.' She ended with a spooky tone, waving her hooves around. She then released an evil laugh.
'Hey, I have an idea! How about I tell tonight's story?' Scootaloo suddenly brought up, holding her hand up high.
Rainbow Dash returned an odd expression. However, she laid down on the log and decided to allow it. 'Alright, just make sure it's a horrible one.'
Applejack and Rarity drew their sisters closer, the same with Ditzy and her daughter revealing grins as they braced for the mental impact the story would create.
'There once was a really really nice pony who lived in a bright and sunny land, where there are rainbows every day, and lots and lots of happy friends, and...'
The others, who had exchanged odd looks, allowed Rainbow Dash to cut Scootaloo's 'story' short. 'No offense, but it's not a real campfire story unless somepony's shaking.' She rubbed Scootaloo's mane and jumped off the log, beginning to tell her own story in a spooky tone. 'I've been told that these very woods are haunted...' Rainbow paused for a moment for dramatic effect. '…by the headless horse!' Her shadow began forming into the figure of the headless horse. 'It gallops only at night…
'If it doesn't have a head, then how in tarnation does this pony know where it's goin'?' Applejack interrupted.
'It's headless, not brainless.' Rainbow Dash explained.
Naruto was about to quip that's where you keep your brains, but decided it wasn't worth arguing about.
Rainbow however continued, creeping behind Applejack and Applebloom. '...looking for little lost ponies…'
'So where's its brain?' Applejack asked.
'Ugh.' Rainbow Dash released and gave up on explaining. 'Fear was dripping from the air...'
The story continued on as everyone listened intently. It was quite the atmospheric tail that focused on being thrilling then being cheap and gory. '...and they were never heard from ever again!'
Sweetie Belle gasped. 'Never?'
Rainbow Dash shook her head. 'Never.'
Fire sparked, causing Applebloom, Dinky and Sweetie Belle to scream out loud. However, it quickly transformed into laughter by how they realized they were startled so easily by the fire. They both hugged their loved ones.
'Don't worry,' Rarity rubbed her sister's mane. 'You'll be safe with me tonight.' She looked towards the cave where we'll be staying.
'It's not time for bed yet, is it?' Scootaloo asked, jumping in the middle of Rarity and Applejack.
'Fraid so, Scootaloo.' Applejack answered. 'It seems we all need our sleep.'
'Uh, but we haven't even sung any campfire songs yet!' Scootaloo brought out.
'You don't have to ask me twice!' Sweetie Belle responded and ran over to where Rainbow Dash was standing on. She pushed her off and inhaled a breath to begin singing loudly. 'Ninety-nine buckets of oats on the wall, ninety-nine buckets of oats! Take one down…' Everypony was becoming tired. Each of them was already beginning to fall asleep, all but Scootaloo. She was the only one who was moving her head in a rhythmic motion. '…pass it around, you got eighty-one buckets of oats on the wall!'
'…forty-one buckets of oats! Take one down, pass it around you got forty buckets of oats on the wall!'
And she continued on singing.
'...buckets of oats! Take one down, pass it around, you've got zero buckets of oats on the waaaaaaaalllllll!'
She stood there, proud to have finally finished the song, but she suddenly fell to the ground asleep. Rarity grabbed her with her magic and the group was finally allowed to walk into the cave to get some sleep. Everypony said their Goodnight's, but for some reason, Scootaloo wanted to stay up.
'Oh, just one more song! Anyone? 'How about a dance contest?' She continuously asked each of them but everyone was intent on getting rest. 'I know you love to cut a rug, so how 'bout we mess up a cave floor? I have a brilliant idea! Hide and seek, who's with me?'
Applebloom yawned. 'Maybe tomorrow.' Her face fell towards her sheets.
'Aww…' Scootaloo returned.
'Seems like you don't really wanna go to sleep tonight.' Applejack included, already lying in her bed. 'Is there some reason why?'
'Pfft, of course not!' Scootaloo answered. 'I just love camping and hanging out with Rainbow Dash so much that I don't wanna waste a single minute with sleep!' However, she yawned greatly. 'Heh, silly sleep.'
Rainbow Dash began putting plugs in her ears. 'That's cool and all, Scoot, but this pony needs her shut-eye and she needs it now!' She laid on her side and began to rest her eyes.
'Scoots, everypony is tired and in need of sleep. We'll do more tomorrow.' Naruto answered with a yawn as he got into his sleeping bag. Almost instantly he drifted off to sleep.
'Naruto!'
A faint calling echoed out to him.
'Naruto!'
Was an angel calling him?
'Captain how long will you keep your princess waiting?'
That was when she materialized before him out of the darkness.
'Luna. They finally let you sleep?' He asked as the princess embraced him.
'I forgot how dreadfully tedious it could be communing with delegates. Though for now that issue has been taken care of. It is just the matter of Deemeter's visit to worry about.'
'So what brings you here to my dream tonight?' He wondered as Luna waved her hand and brought them before a door covered in branches and vines with thorns on them.
'The matter lies with young Scootaloo. I have come to banish her nightmare, but could not resist callnig upon you because of your close proximity within the dreamscape.'
'Ah, pulling assistant duty tonight.' He stated the obvious. 'Conquering her fear should be rather easy. Just some scary stories Rainbow told.
'It would be simple if it was just simply that. It seems the teller behind the story places a large role in this ingrain fear.'
'Rainbow?' He stated in confusion. 'Scootaloo practically idolizes her. Why would she be terrified of Rainbow?'
Luna merely gently smiled in response. 'You have much to learn about the nature of dreams.
That was when they heard the whinny. That was the same whinny that Rainbow had made during the story while emulating the headless horse. Scootalo's voice could also be picked up.
That was when Luna made her move, unintentionally scarnig the life out of the poor filly. 'Princess Luna! I thought you were The Headless Horse!'
'You were mistaken, but I hope not disappointed.'
'You are so, so much better than The Headless Horse. But what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in Canterlot?'
'I am the princess of the night. Thus it is my duty to come into your dreams.' Luna informed the filly.
'Oh, yeah... Wait, is this just a dream? But it feels so real!'
'I assure you that you are asleep. But when you awake, the thing that frightens you most will still exist.'
'Eh... The Headless Horse?' The filly guessed nervously.
Luna's expression became thoughtful before she asked the all important question. 'Hmmm... Is The Headless Horse really what frightens you the most?'
'Mm-mm. I'm afraid Rainbow Dash will find out I'm not as tough as she thinks I am.'
'Everypony has fears, Scootaloo. Everypony must face them in their own way. But they must be faced, or the nightmares will continue.'
Scootaloo: gave out a nervous whine.
'Face your fears!' Luna told her as she took flight.
Suddenly and without warning Naruto was violently ejected from the dreamscape. He woke up with a pant. What the hell was that about? Why did Luna leave him and behind? And how was he supposed to help?
He looked to where Scootaloo was supposed to be. He found out that she was gone. He removed himself from the sleeping bag, careful not to wake Rarity. Who had snuck into his sleeping bag some time during the night for cuddles.
If Naruto had to make a top ten list of things he loved about this world was that cuddles were almost like a form to crack for ponies. They absolutely adored it. And he really needed to come up with a better euphemism to point that out.
An alarming sound, a whinny echoed through the cave only for him to realize it was actually just Rainbow Dash's snoring as her mouth stretched out and in a repeated motion.
He proceeded to shake her awake.
'Rainbow…! Rainbow!'
'Hu-huh?' She opened her eyes and rubbed them. 'I was sleeping bro. Its too early for morning nookie.'
'No time for jokes. Scootaloo's gone. I think she may have run off into the forest. We have to go find her!' It was still dark out. Rather easy for somepony to get turned around and lost in this area.
'Huh…?' She looked at Scootaloo's bed and realized she wasn't there as well. 'Well then, let's go find her!'
Rainbow Dash quickly flew out of her bed. Naruto joined her as they sped through the area. Rainbow took to the air to try and spot her from above as Naruto scoured the area with clones. Finally one tracked her down and dispelled so the original knew where to look.
'Heellllp…' The flightless pegasus had found herself steep in water and about to head over a waterfall.
She screamed as she began to fall the great height of the waterfall.
'Scootaloo!' Naruto shot across the water and dove over side. 'Hang on.' He reached out and caught her with both arms as they continued to plummet. Before they could hit the water below they were snatched out of the air and unceremoniously crashed into the ground.
A little banged up and no worse for wear.
'And you call me reckless!' Rainbow told the blond.
'Naruto! Rainbow Dash! Thank you! Thank you!' The filly hugged them both. 'H-How did you…'
'Know?' He finished for her. 'Luna told me and I told Rainbow.' He glanced at the Prismatic maned mare before kneeling down to Scootaloo. 'Remember what she said? You have to face it Scoots? You have to be brave.'
'Okay, can somepony tell me what's going on here?' Rainbow asked as she was obviously missing out on something.
She began sniffling as her voice broke and tears fled from her eyes. 'I'm so, so sorry, Rainbow Dash! I just wanted you to hang out with me and see how cool I was so you'd take me under your wing, teach me everything you know, and become like my big sister! ' She sniffled some more. But then you started telling those spooky stories and I got scared! I thought I heard The Headless Horse so I ran out here by myself, and...' Now she was full on crying. '...well, I guess you know the rest.'
'You didn't have to do all that Scoots. What made you think Rainbow would think less of you if she thought you were scared?' Naruto wondered.
'Because y-you'd guys have no other reason to hang out with me. I…I mean you're dating Dinky's mom, and Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom's sister and you're always spending time with them so I kind of figured you were being nice. A-And since I always admired Rainbow Dash I figured it made more sense if she kind of became like my big sister and…' She was cut off as Rainbow's wing rested on Scootaloo's head.
'We don't spend time with you out of pity or because we have too Scootaloo. And don't just think I'm going to up and leave ya hanging cause you got out by a few stories. You're a member of our ever growing little family and just between us the first time I heard those stories I was scared too.'
'Really?' Scootaloo sniffled once more, looking up at Rainbow with a smile. '...You were?'
'Sure! I mean, I got over it because I realized pretty quick that if there was such thing as a headless horse, I could totally take it on.' That statement caused Naruto to roll his eyes, more out of amusement than anything. 'So, you're looking for somepony to take you under their wing, huh?'
'Mm-hm!' Scootaloo quickly nodded.
'Yeah, I might be up for something like that.' Rainbow Dash stretched out her wing and brought Scootaloo closer to her with it.
'Really?'
'As long as you don't go falling into any more rivers in the middle of the night.' Rainbow joked.
Scootaloo returned a giggle. 'It's a deal.'
Afterwards, they nuzzled each other as they hugged.
'I thought you didn't do sappy?' Naruto noted.
'Shut up and get over here.' She said as Naruto joined the hug.
'She's right Scoots. The only reason why I didn't fawn over you like I did the girls because I thought you hated that stuff.' He said with an affectionate ruffle of her mane. 'So I'll just take care not to invoke the warm fuzzies in public? Is that a deal.'
'I can live with that.' She replied as she was picked up and placed on Naruto's back. The three of them made their way back to the cave so the two orange ponies could dry off and everypony could get some sleep.
'Mornin', ' As always Applejack was ready to rise. They continued their way and arrived at Winsome Falls which wasn't that far from the original campsite Naruto brought them too, but served as a nice backup.
'I call sister teams! Last herd to make it to the falls is a moldy carrot!' Scootallo called out.
'Ugh, if you insist.' Rarity jogged past Sweetie Belle, holding a disgusted expression She began jogging very quickly until she just couldn't take it anymore. 'It is so on!' She waved her hands excitedly and began racing with Sweetie Belle.
As Applebloom, Applejack, Ditzsy, and Dinky joined them, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo stayed behind. 'They think they can beat the two of us?' Rainbow Dash stretched out her wings as she faced Scootaloo.
Scootaloo returned a determined and competitive expression, fluttering her wings.
Rainbow Dash held Scootaloo up towards the air, making it appear as if Scootaloo was flying herself.
Naruto observed the scene with a chuckle. It was not the break he had wanted, but all and all it was better this way.