Revelations Part 1

Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x ?

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Author's Note

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Story Start

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At first the Sun Diarch passed it off as a mere illusion of the mind. Simply something her mind was recalling in its tired state. Though as the seconds counted down and the air grew cold her subconscious mind and half-conscious mind began to sink. Her state of rest faded and her conscious mind began to better mold the reality before her.

It was The Nightmare. Not some illusion or guilt provided dream, but the manifestation of Moon Diarch’s greatest sins and failings.

After Celestia had finally reconciled with the Moon Goddess, she thought about what she could do to make sure that it would never happen again. She knew her sister was her friend again, so she wouldn't turn against her on her own.

When the revelation of some dark entity had come to light Celestia felt a mixture of feelings. Relief that in some part it wasn’t solely just Luna willing to go to the extreme of nearly wiping out all life on the planet, confusion on how such a force managed to keep hidden and managed to make their way to Luna without anyone being none the wiser, and shame that she had been that clueless to what was happening to her little sister.

Whatever this thing was it changed into even more Nightmarish version of Nightmare Moon than thought possible. Hellfire itself seemed to radiate from the creature.

In that moment something coursed through Celestia that she hadn’t felt in years in the form of pure unbridled rage without any righteous undertones at the thing before her.  This thing had filled her sister’s mind with evil and turned Luna against her.  All that loneliness, the regret, the hurt came crashing back to her mind.

With a mighty wail the magic exploded from her horn with enough force to shatter walls. She pumped every fiber of her mind and body into scorching the Nightmare from the inside out. With that the darkness and cold that filled the room vanquished, but no doubt in her haste she probably sent every magically sensitive being into a fit of fear. If not that then at the very least she was sure Luna would be barging in any moment now to investigate the not so subtle magical flare.

Seconds later Luna had arrived, ready for battle until a few words by Celestia put the moon diarch at ease. The guards were ordered to wait outside the room to prevent the princesses from being disturbed as they talked. While Celestia didn’t want to alarm Luna, her fear of losing Luna outweighed the alternative. Better her sister alarmed then being controlled and anypony getting hurt as a result.

With that the two sisters talked, both elaborating about their encounters with the strange shadow that was plaguing them. As they continued Luna revealed the bit of knowledge she gained from Naruto. Leaving the more personal matters that were discussed out of it.   “This Ombra either seems to be the source or connected to the source of many plagues that threaten this land. Sister I implore you that we take action and hunt down this wraith.”  Luna was fueled by emotions, primarily righteous vengeance.

“While I understand your desire to pursue this creature Lulu we have to be tactical about this.” The main concerning factor was whether or not this creature had the capability to possess anyone. What was the condition of its strength? How did it survive its battle with Naruto? What was the mysterious power the former human used? Whatever the answer to the questions the best choice of matter was to gather more information. “I believe it would be for the best to call in Naruto to see if there is any more information we can gleam from his memories. I cannot help but feel that whatever this darkness is its trying to provoke us into falling into a trap. For what other reasons would it appear before us in such a state?”

As much as Luna desired to wipe out anything connected to her alter-ego as soon as possible, she could not argue against the wisdom of Celestia’s words.  She couldn’t ignore the fact that her emotional investment was prompting her to not only be impatient, but would only inevitably blind her to any mistakes until it was too late.  “Then I shall send word to one of our messengers to deliver a summons.”

“There is no need Lulu.” Celestia rebuked with a soft smile. It seemed like the tutors she hired to help Luna transition from the royal we to modern language were earning their bits. “I shall invite him back to the castle personally. It seems the Element bearer of Loyalty Rainbow Dash has entered the Young Flyer’s competition and if everything I heard about him is correct, than he will be there along with the others.” And if he wasn’t then surely a quick trip to Ponyville wouldn’t hurt.  “It is for the best that we save any other inquiries for tomorrow.”

“Very well,” Luna conceded. Trotting over to her sister she affectionately nuzzled her side. “Night Tia.”

Celestia practically melted at the action. For many it may have seemed like such a simple action, but to Celestia it meant the world. For every moment shared was one that they had missed out on that equated for over a hundred pony life times.  After all what was often overlooked was not only their bond as sisters, but the fact that they were able to use the Elements of Harmony was also the fact that they were each other’s best friend.

“Night Lulu.”

What started off as a promising day for Rainbow Dash soon devolved into one of the worst days of the Pegasus’s life. She was supposed to win the competition wing’s down and be invited to the Wonderbolts.  How did she go from trying to teach Fluttershy how to cheer later to practically a nervous wreck?

Well it probably started when the other Element Bearers happened upon the scene. Not too long after Rarity made her vocal opinion of supporting Rainbow at the competition so well spoken no would could deny. This led to a spell gifting Generosity with a pair of visually pleasing luminescent wings. Throw in some annoying childhood bullies and things only got worse from there.

As the competition neared its end the bearers and Naruto anxiously waited for Rainbow to perform. "And now, for our final competitor of the day, contestant number fifteen!" Rainbow Dash flew out from the curtains, looking nervous and worried. On the contrary, Rarity appeared gracefully, having a face full of makeup and accessories.

She had fallen so in love with her wings that she decided to join the competition herself. It was such a far cry from the pony who picked up on Dash’s fear and insisted that they all be there to support her.

"Uhh... And apparently contestant number four..."

Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Naruto, and Applejack cheered loudly for them. Rarity spoke to Rainbow Dash for a moment, who was shivering fiercely now, and then skipped to begin her performance.

Rainbow Dash studied the course for a moment and began her routine, just like she had done this morning. As the others cheered excitedly for Rainbow Dash, she continued to do her first phase. However, she knocked the last cloud and pummeled straight towards the bottom of us, crashing near the other ponies.

"Nice work Rainbow Crash!" The same jeering bullies from before exclaimed and laughed.

As Rarity continued dancing in mid-air, Rainbow Dash began the second phase, flying upwards and spinning the clouds.

"Look! Phase two is working!" Fluttershy announced, which led to the group cheering again.

As Rainbow Dash was concentrating on spinning a cloud, a piece of it knocked her off. This caused the cloud to spin straight towards Princess Celestia. The Princess and her royal guards ducked as the cloud dissolved above them.

After, Rarity began flying upwards towards the sun. Hesitating for a moment, Rainbow Dash followed as well… preparing to do the third and final phase… the Sonic Rainboom…

Rarity arrived at the beam of the sun, panting and sweating heavily. "Look upon me Equestria," She announced loudly. "for I Am Rarity!"

She separated her wings and the sun beamed through the colors, presenting many shiny shades to appear everywhere. The crowd awed at her.

Suddenly, as she was posing, her wings burned up and disintegrated. She opened her eyes and looked at her body, noticing that her "fantastic" wings were gone. She began falling downwards at a rapid speed, screaming along the way.

"Oh no! Her wings evaporated into thin air!" Twilight exclaimed.

“Twilight quick catch her!” Naruto exclaimed as the bearer of Generosity began to fall from sight.

“I can’t! The Anti-magic barrier is in place remember!” Twilight wailed in response. A few years ago some Pegasus’s had been caught cheating by acquiring some outside aid in the form of unicorns. Ever since then Princess Celestia cast an Anti-magic barrier that rendered any form of magic that wasn’t Unicorn magic mute. The enchantments were so detailed even Celestia would be required to spend thirty seconds to undo it.

Everypony watched in horror as Rarity began to descend only for the wonderbolts began racing towards Rarity to catch her, but her feet kicking caused them to knock out and fall along with Rarity. Rainbow Dash saw this and immediately turned around, racing towards Rarity.

Fluttershy covered her eyes. "Oh, I can't look!"

She continued rushing at top speed, causing every pony to wait in suspense. Rainbow Dash continued flying and all of sudden; she released an explosion of rainbow, revealing different lights to everypony.

Fluttershy hopped in the air as Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and even  Naruto stood in awe. "A sonic rainboom!" She screamed. "She did it! She did it! WOOO!"

Just before the wonderbolts and Rarity were crushed to the ground, Rainbow Dash made it and swooped in to save them. She rushed back toward us and had them land safely, except Rarity, who was carried by a couple of Pegasus 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. You saved my life!“

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

The group began to make their journey back to Pinkie Pie's hot air balloon, where Rarity was carried and placed inside the basket.

"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 had worked so hard to win it. Can you ever 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 to us and one of them tapped Rainbow Dash. She turned around and her face immediately surrendered it's calm, cool, and collected expression. "Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohMYGOSH!"

"So you're the little pony who saved our lives." The one with a mane resembling a fire spoke. It was hard to make out most of her features under the uniform with the exception of her orange mane. "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 us bowed as she spoke. "Hello Twilight Sparkle, and hello to your friends too."

"Princess Celestia, I am sorry I ruined the competition." 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 hooves shyly.

"I know she is my dear." Princess Celestia responded. "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." The dark brown pony had come back.

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

"Oh! Uhh... Sorry Rainbow Dash. Uhh, we just wanted to congratulate you on winning the competition."

"That sonic rainboom was awesome!"

I rolled my eyes and hopped in the hot air balloon with Rarity. I sat and looked away. I had seen it all before…

"Heh, thanks guys." Rainbow Dash replied.

"Uhh, we're really sorry we gave you such a hard time before."

"Aww, that's ok. Don't worry about it."

"Hey. Do you want to hang out with us? Maybe you could show us how you did that incredible trick!"

"Sorry boys..." She flew over to the couple of Wonderbolts waiting for her. "But I've got plans!" She glided along with her idols as they headed somewhere else.

“Captain Naruto.”  Princess Celestia announced, gaining his attention. “I’m sorry to disturb you on what is supposed to be your temporary leave, but a matter of great importance has come up.  It would be for the best if you were to leave with us.”

Naruto nodded, curious as to what this emergency was. He trotted over to where the others are waiting. “Is everything ok?”  Twilight asked, noticing the expression on Naruto’s face.

“Everything is fine. Just a little issue in Canterlot that the princess wants me to look into I shouldn’t be gone for long.”

“Oh,” Twilight responded. Naturally she was curious as to why Naruto was being called away, but elected to wait until he got back to ask him.

Saying his goodbyes to the others Naruto followed Princess Celestia back to her carriage. Taking the seat the Princess offered Naruto sat in relative silence.  The sensation of the wind in his fur was quite thrilling. They had arrived to the castle as Naruto couldn’t help but notice something was off about the princess. He couldn’t help but wonder whether what she wanted to discuss with him was a rather so serious it distressed the princess or his unique outsider background allowed him to be able to gauge Princess Celestia in a way that was unbiased. Soon they arrived to a room where Princess Luna wasn’t patiently waiting. On the table was an assortment of refreshments from tea to biscuits. It was a light spread of snacks often set up in the situation such as a political visit to show politeness.

“Princess Luna.” Naruto greeted her per usual protocol. It had become rather second nature to him. Despite how stiff he regarded such protocols in his youth he grew to understand just how important traditions meant to the individuals who valued them.

“Naruto…” she greeted him in a slightly more casual matter then the orange stallion was used to.  His surprise melted into relief and acceptance.  Pleasantries were exchanged as Naruto took to a seat, accepting the tea he was offered while only taking a few sips.

“As you may be aware you were called here for more than mere pleasantries.   Last night a creature of Nightmare entered my room and a discussion between Princess and I have led us to conclude it might be connected to this Ombra creature.  So I implore you captain to share any and all information you have on this creature.”

Naruto figured it was only a matter of time until this would happen. He knew he would have to reveal the truth of who he was sometime. Better to hear the truth from him then for it to be twisted by someone or something else. “Very well, but first Princess I need to elaborate on who I am. Only then will everything make sense.” He said, this time revealing the entire truth of his past. After all if he couldn’t trust the rulers of the country he called home and whom he pledged his loyalty to then who could he trust?