Equestrian Heroes Remake Teaser

Equestrian Heroes

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Naruto x ?

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Author’s Note

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This chapter is a slight revamp of a section from the first part of Equestrian Heroes. I’m going to make sure its even better in the final product, but I wanted to show you guys an example of the remake I plan on doing for Equestrian Heroes. That includes the scenes I skipped over and more emphasis and focus on character difference, emphasis on backgrounds, a different and more detailed backstory for Naruto.

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Story Start

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The trail of hoof steps echoed throughout the trail of the town path. The soft clops could be heard as three figures trailed down the road. The largest of them was a male equine, his exotic yellow hair a shade of bright yellow one would often see during a sunset.  His body fur was a shade lighter than one would see on the peel of an orange and his eyes as light blue as the sky. He was a good head taller than the other equine he was walking with.

The smaller of the equine had softer features, female with a moderate sapphire blue mane with moderate violet and brilliant rose streaks. The shading of her eyes was also moderate of a violet variety and her coat a pale, light grayish mulberry shade. Her hoof steps were lighter and more reserved in nature.  The last of the travelers was on the back of the female Equine, a Draconic creature, a baby dragon in fact.

In terms of a dragon he was a hatchling despite the fact in the terms of other creatures like mammals he would be on the cusp of teenage hood. He was a light mulberry, with moderate harlequin spines along his head and back, pistachio-colored eyes, and lime-green-colored frills flanking his face. His underbelly was a light spring bluish gray.

“Wasn’t she just wonderful Twilight?” the baby dragon Spiked asked with a soft dreamy expression.

The female pony, Twilight Sparkle gave him a weary smile.  Far behind them was the clothing Boutique from which they just left. Its owner was a rather beautiful and sophisticated mare by the name of Rarity.  “Settle down Romeo we still have one more thing to cross off the checklist.”

The chuckle escaped the lips of the male Equine. “Rarity seems to have that sort of effect on males.  Anyway about your list, there still is one last thing right?”

“Yes, the last item on the checklist is: music!” Spike piqued up.

“I think we’re close, this is usually where she conducts her practice with her avian.” Naruto stated as they could hear the sound of birds chirping, whistling, twittering, cheeping in sequence. The sequence of chirping soon grew into an unusual yet beautiful composition of music. With a bright smile Naruto and Twilight came across the symphony of birds that formed the chorus.

There were all matters of birds, Robins, Blue jays, Canaries, and Dove. There were many species of bird from pigeons to cuckoos.  Soon they happened upon her, a butter cream colored Pegasus mare with long, slender legs, a long, slender neck, and a sweeping bubble gum colored mane and tail.  Upon closer inspection one could see that she was slightly larger than one would expect of a Pegasus mare  looking closer to that of an Earth Pony than Pegasus. Perhaps one of her parents was an Earth Pony? To top it off her cutie mark was that of three pink butterflies with a deep outline.

The mare was talking to one of the birds.  Was it off key? Her voice was gentle, soothing like a small breeze or maybe sweet like honey would be a better analogy.   “A-one, a-two, a-one-two-three…”

"Hey I hope I’m not interrupting the rehearsal.”  Naruto spoke up with a kind smile and softer disposition then he greeted the other mares he introduced her.

“Hello Naruto.” The softness of her voice often made it difficult to hear the mare in any place that wasn’t quiet. “Have you come to see the rehearsal?”

“Actually I’m showing some newcomers around the town. Introducing them to the ponies who are working on the Festival.” He said as he stepped to the side to introduce the mare.

"Hello.” The birds immediately scattered before Twilight could even finish her statement. “S-Sorry about that.  I hope we aren't interrupting you. I was sent from Canterlot to see how everything is going and the music sounds wonderful." Fluttershy didn't respond. "I'm Twilight Sparkle." Still no response was given to the mare. "What's your name?" asked Twilight.

Twilight offered a smile she hoped was endearing, even comforting, but the yellow Pegasus mare withdrew even further hiding behind Naruto.

“Flutters.” He softly called out to her.

The mare meekly responded to something that Twilight couldn’t distinguish.

“I-I’m sorry she’s really sigh.” Naruto explained as the mare practically hid her face behind her mane. He turned and began speaking with the Pegasus. “I’m really sorry, I should have warned Twilight about your shyness.” In response he got something in more along lines of 'it's ok'. "She just wanted to check out the music and it seems like things are going okay. I'm sure she wouldn't mind a small sample of what the birds can do."

'D-Do I have to?' she squeaked.

"Come on Fluttershy its for the festival. She's not going to hurt you. Twilight Sparkle is a nice mare and Spike is also a pretty cool little dude."

The mare cocked her head curiously. Spike? She looked around the mare and spotted the baby dragon.

"A baby dragon!" shouted Fluttershy  nearly bowling over the other equines over trying to meet Spike face-to-face. “Oh, I've never seen a baby dragon before. He's sooo cute!" the Pegasus practically gushed over the hatchling. Even Naruto was stunned by this rather uncharacteristic display.

"Well, well, well...!" said Spike as he felt like he was really important.

"Oh my, he talks. I didn't know dragons could talk. That's just so incredibly wonderful I, I just don't even know what to say!" said Fluttershy as she was amazed that Spike could speak.

"Well, in that case we'd better be going." Twilight suggested.

"Wait, wait! What's his name?" Fluttershy asked the group.

"I'm Spike." The baby dragon introduced himself.

"Hi Spike, I'm Fluttershy.  . I take care of all the critters all around Ponyville, from settling disputes to settling other problems and…” she squealed. “Wow, a talking dragon! And what do dragons talk about?" said Fluttershy.

"Well, what do you wanna know?" asked Spike.

"Absolutely everything." said Fluttershy.

“What do you want to hear me talk about?”

“Absolutely everything!” Fluttershy said brightly.

Twilight groaned. This was going to be a long walk having to listen to every single little detail of Spike’s life, which she herself was already privy to.

“Well, I started out as a cute little purple egg…”

“Well that was interesting. I don’t think I can remember Fluttershy ever doing a 180 like that.” Naruto contemplated.

“Well unfortunately it comes in exchanged in feeding Spike’s ego.”

The two ponies continued to trade a bit of banter as Spike continued to tell a rather embellished backstory of his life story.

“...and that’s the story of my whole entire life!” Spike finished. Sunset had come and gone, and the sky was the deep royal purple of dusk before the deep blue-black of night. “Well, except for today. Would you like to hear about today?”

“Oh, yes, of course!” said Fluttershy happily.

“I’m sorry to have wasted your time,” Twilight said curtly, “But we’ve got to where I’m going to be staying here in Ponyville for the night.” She said as she began dragging him off.

“So where are you staying?” Naruto asked as the trio made their way back into town.

“The Golden Oak Library.” There was a sudden level of wistfulness as she said it. “I am absolutely thrilled. “

A chuckled escaped Naruto’s lips. “I don’t think I’ve seen anyone this excited about knowledge since Sakura.” Naruto thought to himself.

“So how did you meet Fluttershy?” After all the other stories Twilight couldn’t help but feel curious on how Naruto befriended the shy Pegasus.

“I was out in the forest training. I train to keep fit.”

Naruto remembered he was in the Everfree Forest after a particular tense training session. “Uugh, what happened?” he wondered, trying to gather his bearings.   As he looked around he realized he was in a cottage of sorts.  He looked around and saw there was an assortment of animals consisting of birds, squirrels, mice, cats, and other creatures. "Where in the world am I?" he said as the pony he assumed was his caretaker entered the room. Upon realizing he was awake she seemed to freeze in mid-step.

"Oh hello, you helped me right?" Naruto asked as he moved up to his hooves. The mare made something in relation to a squeak as she stood there. "Hello? My name is Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki what's yours?" the Pegasus shied away from him. The various animals let out various growls causing the blond to stumble back.

"Its okay." The Pegasus quietly assured her little companions. "M-My name is Fluttershy. H-Hello." They both exchanged a glance as blue eyes met blue eyes. The Pegasus once more shied away from him.

"Well its nice to meet you Fluttershy. Can you tell me where I am?"

"Oh we're outside of Ponyville Mr. Naruto." Naruto? Huh that was an unusual name. Fluttershy wondered what his name meant. Maybe he was foreign.

Naruto just grinned. "Just Naruto, no Mr. ok?"

"N-Naruto could you tell me why you were unconscious outside, but you don't have to answer it though I was just curious." She shied away as he turned towards her bumping into one of her animal friends before quickly apologizing to the gentle soul.

"I was training. I'm something of a martial artist and I sort of went overboard. You really saved me though, thanks for your help." He thanked her.

“I went overboard and Fluttershy in a sense saved me. With the type of creatures that roam the forest I would have been as good as dead if she hadn’t found me. Sense that day we’ve been really good friends.” He finished as they arrived to the proverbial center of the town. The Library resided in a massive tree, giving off the view of a grounded bird house more than anything.

"I would like to thank you for all your help today Naruto. Not to be rude, but there is a matter   I really have to tend to." She said as she searched along the wall for a light switch. "Now where is the switch?"

"I found it." Naruto said as he used his hoof to turn on the light.

"Surprise!" many ponies shouted out. The Unicorn was taking back by the loud noise and fanfare, with an odd pinky pony blowing a Kazoo.

"Huh? Looks like you must have met Pinkie Pie." Was the only thing Naruto could remark as every inch of the library was covered in a traditional Pinkie Pie set-up.