The Shinobi in Equestria

Star had spent the most of the afternoon walking through Ponyville introducing himself to the residents. Some more friendly than others. It goes to show that something’s never change, no matter what world you reside in. One in particular was a grey Pegasus that was walking in his direction with a small purple unicorn filly by her side trotting along merrily. The Pegasus had stumbled and landed at his feet, face full of dirt.

The little filly zipped to the mare’s side.

"Mama, are you all right?" She asked

The Pegasus spoke up, apparently not hurt regardless of the distance fell.

"Yes Dinky, I'm ok. This happens an awful lot so I'm used to it."

"It doesn't mean I should be any less worried about you."

Star felt some tears pulling at his eyelids. The little filly was tugging on his heartstrings. He finally spoke up.

"Would you like some help there miss..."

The Pegasus looked up to meet maroon eyes staring into hers.

"Ditzy, but everyone calls me Derpy!" She happily chirped.

"Why do they call you Derpy?"

"I....get into accidents an awful lot. I can't help it. I'm just accident prone I guess."

Ah well, that would explain the tumble. But upon further inspection he noticed that only one of her eyes was staring at him.

The other looking at Dinky.

"Your eyes are....awesome!" Star proclaimed, making the Pegasus take a step back and blush. The unicorn smile grew from ear to ear!

"Mama, did you hear that? Somepony who didn't say something bad about your eyes!" As she trotted around in a fit of what seemed like joy.

Star chuckled as Derpy's blush further increased.

"People always said that my eyes were bad because people believed that they were the eyes of a killer. I didn't like that but it stuck. So I guess that we are in the same boat miss."

"Indeed." Derpy said as she began to tap the ground lightly. "I will have to buy you a muffin some time from Pinkie to say thank you sometime for making sure I was ok."

"I'll hold you to that." Star began to laugh and started to turn only for Dinky to speak up.
"Wait! Mister we didn't even get your name!"

Star turned and said with a smile to the duo behind him.

"Astartes, but you can call me Star!" He declared followed by a heroic pose! The mare and filly began to giggle.

Star waved his goodbyes and turned for the library to prepare for his party.

Star opened the door to be greeted by a most peculiar sight. It wasn't a pony. It was smaller and scaled. It turned and stopped in shock looking at him before calming down and opening its mouth.

"You must be Star. Twilight wouldn't stop talking about you. She is stuck upstairs in her research journals"

"That you little dude." Star quipped and the small dragon piped up.

"I'm Spike Mr." And he held out a small clawed hand. Star gripped it and shook it before beginning upstairs.

Twilight was busy writing in 3 books at once. All this new information that she had learned in only one day! All this had to be recorded before it was lost in her rushed writing. And what did she feel about this Human? He was really kind but how much did she really know about him? She sure knew a lot about his species by now but not about him. She began to think of how she could ask him about all this information and began to hatch a devious plan. That plan was soon torn from her thoughts as a knock could be heard on a door outside hers. A voice spoke up.

"Twi? Where are you? I don't know my way around this place yet.."

She opened her door and looked to find him 2 doors down the corridor and began to laugh at him.

"I'm in here you silly goose."

Star turned and began to blush at his own stupidity.

"Ok...Twilight, could you please show me to my room. I need to get settled in and then I need to bathe for the upcoming party."

"Well your room is the one across from my room." Twilight lifted a hoof and pointed to a door. "And as for somewhere to bathe, we have a shower downstairs. Follow me"

Twilight began to walk back down the stairs and through the kitchen to a room in the back with Star following closely behind.
They entered a room that was tiled white with a toilet and sink, towel racks and a cubicle with what seemed like a grey cloud with a light orange tint surrounding it.

"Is that a cloud?" Star questioned, clearly befuddled.

"Yeah, if you want to wash, just squeeze it and it will rain on you. The orange tint will heat the water to your liking."
That was impressive. Clouds in Star's world were not touchable. This was baffling his mind but at the same time amazing him.
He turned to Twilight.

"Thank you Twilight. I'll be taking a shower now if that's ok."

"Ok Star, shout if you need anything."

Twilight turned and left the room, door closing with a click.

Star turned to the cubicle and began to undress, losing all but his boxers. He finally lost them as he stepped into the glass cubicle. Finally unconstrained by all that cloth he could finally feel himself free and began to stretch to clear out all his aches and pains. He turned to the glass tube and stepped inside and pinched the cloud only for a slight rumble before hot water began to hit his body soaking his hair and running down his body. He closed his eyes as he felt his muscles unwind. It was an interesting day and would soon become more interesting. Inside the shower he found bars of soaps and what looked like shampoos and began to clean his body, starting with his shoulders, arms and torso and began to work down to his legs and toes. He finished his body scrub with his manhood which was standing on end after the water and suds had run down his form. With all his sensed dulled by the shower, he didn't notice the door click and a pair of lilac coloured eyes taking in his nude form.

Star adorned a towel to cover his delicate areas as he gathered his clothes and began his climb the stairs and walked into his room. The room was basic, it had a single bed that looked like a king-size for a pony that was Twilight's size. Across from the bed was a small table with a drawer that had a large loop, probably for a hoof so other species of pony could open it. The same could be said for the Chester Drawers on the side of the room opposite the door. Star began to move towards them and knelt down to sort through his gear. He unstrapped the Ninjato that he always carried and places it on the floor and moved on to all the secret pockets in the folds of the Shokozu to reach all his darts and poisons. He opened a drawer and placed them in the very back, not wanting anyone to use them without utter dire reasons. His sword would be enough, he thought to himself. He continued to place all his tricks and traps in a similar manner when he heard an opening door as a gasp behind him.

"I'm sorry! I thought you were still downstairs." Twilight said as she dropped all the sheets that she was holding in a purple field of magic. Twilight's eyes spotted the scarred surface of Star's back and a dark flower image on his shoulder.

"What happened to your back Star?" Twilight voiced her clear concern at the image.

"I was banished by my clan. The nightshade on my shoulder showed that I was a toxin that was needed to be purged."

"I'm sorry. It must have been hard on you to be forced to leave all you hold dear." Twilight began to sniffle.

Star turned around and held her close to him and wrapped his arms around her small frame. She felt warm and soft.

"Don't cry Twilight. I was banished because I didn't want to kill children. It was my last assignment before I came here. And I couldn't carry out such a brutal task."

She looked up from the hug and saw tears in the man’s own eyes. He was clearly in pain from recalling the memory.

She looked him solemnly in the eyes and began to speak.

"Hey, whatever happened then was painful. Maybe that is why you were brought here. To get away from it all and to enjoy yourself. I'm sure the party tonight will cheer you up." She continued to hug Star for some time before he released her from his grasp and reached for his clothes.

"I hope you are right Twilight..." Star sighed before picking up a more valiant pose. "Perhaps tonight will prove a merry occasion!" He proclaimed as his towel fell from his waist, bearing all for the unicorn in front of
Twilight blushed furiously and began laughing at his predicament as he scrambled to cover himself from her view.

"I swear that was not meant to happen!" He expressed as his cheeks began to redden.

"I'm sure it wasn't Star." Twilight laughed before turning and leaving him to his predicament.

Perhaps he would find tonight really fun.

Day soon took to night and no room seemed prepared for any kind of party. A knock was soon heard upon the door.

"Twilight! The door!" Star spoke up.

Twilight popped into existence next to him dressed in what seemed like a onsie. Wait. A onsie? Pajamas?

"Twilight?"

"What? Oh! I forgot to tell you! You told Pinkie that you wanted a small party and what better small party is there than a-"

"Slumber party!!" Pinkie burst in through the door, still hovering in mid-air adorned in a bright, you guessed it, pink onsie.

"Geez, calm down Pinkie-what the?" A blue Pegasus stopped in the doorway wearing a cyan onsie. She had one hell of a mane however. It was all the colours of the rainbow. Rainbow....Rainbow Dash?

"Your Rainbow Dash I take it miss?" Star asked.

"The one and only!" She beamed with pride.

She moved into the room all the while looking this new creature up and down.

"Are ya yappin on 'bout yourself again Dash?" An earth pony followed Dash in wearing a tan onsie. She stopped to look the Human up and down. "I see yer the feller Pinkie called us here for. I'm Applejack"

Star replied swiftly. "I'm Astartes miss."

"Astartes? What a charming name. It sounds so high class." A voice came from the doorway as a pearl white pony waked in dressed not in a onsie but what seemed like a red velvet night gown. She saw the source of the voice and therefore the name and her eyes lit up with what the human was wearing.

"Darling, what on Equestria are you wearing? You simply must allow me to craft you some clothes other than those."
Star felt somewhat taken aback by the sudden act of generosity.

"You don't have to do that miss. These clothes are specialized for me."

"No! I insist. It will be a welcome challenge for me to test my skills as an artist of fabric! And you may call me Rarity Mr Star."
There was no one else walking through the door but sounds were still coming through the door that sounded like 'umms' and 'errs' and stutters.

"Fluttershy, you have to come and say hello the guy." Dash called out to the door and an 'eep' was heard from the door before a yellow hoof and a head came around the door frame.

"Umm...Hello mister." The pony known as Fluttershy spoke up in a voice that was barely more than a whisper.
"Hello Fluttershy. It's nice to meet you. It's nice to meet all of you actually." Star turned as he spoke, facing each pony in turn.

Fluttershy trotted in and closed the door as Pinkie chimed in.

"So what should we do first?" She practically radiated enthusiasm.

"How about we discuss what our talents are?" Dash offered an idea.

"I like that!" Twilight spoke up.

The ponies and Star all sat in a circle and Pinkie began.

"I'm Pinkie Pie and my special talent is PARTIES!"

"I'm Fluttershy..and, um...my special talent is my love of animals. I house many at my cottage near the everfree forest."

"Ah'm Applejack and mah talent is growin' and harvestin' apples."

"I'm Twilight and my talent is magic" Star could have guessed that with the teleportation everywhere.

"I am Rarity dear and my talent is fashion!"

Dash touched off from the ground and flew around the circle in a flurry of wind.

"I'm Rainbow Dash, and my talent is speed. I have always wanted to join the wonderbolt stunt team since I was filly and they know speed." Star was intrigued.

Speed was HIS game. he came up with a plan.

He spoke up.

"Speed eh?"

Twilight began to smile, knowing what was coming up.

"What would you say to a challenge Dash?" Star offered.

Dash began to laugh.

"A challenge? I'm all for competition! What have you got in mind dude?"

"A race. From here to Town Hall and back."

"You think that you could beat me? I could fly that distance in ten...seconds...flat."

"I could do it in less than one." Star arrogantly claimed

"You won’t be talking high and mighty when I leave you with nothing but dust!"

Dash glided to the door and stepped out followed by Star. The other mares followed suit behind them.

Dash began stretching and Star stood there in his Shokozu. When both were ready, they took their place upon a line that Pinkie had been drawing in the dirt of the road with her hoof.

"Is everypony ready?" Pinkie shouted to the night.

"Yeah!" Dash yelled.

"Let's go!" Star shouted.

"On your marks, get set, GO!" Pinkie waved a green flag that seemed to appear from nowhere.

Dash began to flap but was instantly frozen in place as Star began to take his first step forward.

This was after all, his game.

Star took a nice stroll to the town hall and sat there and waited for dash to round the far building. and round it she did.

Like a god damn bullet.

She saw him waiting and it only brought her to speed up even more. She did not want to lose this one.

Star saw this and stood up and prepared to run once more. only this time, Dash did not freeze. She actually kept moving. At a severely reduced speed but moving none the less.

Star was coloured shocked as he began to run the home stretch.

Rounding the corner, he could hear the cheering of the ponies they had left at the door and a slow rumbling creeping up behind him as dash tore up the road behind him. He knew that this one would be close and he smiled from ear to ear at the prospect.

The gap between the competitors closed exponentially as the neared the dirt finish line. The cheering ponies now moving to give the two some space for the inevitable.

*THUNK* *SMASH* "Ow!" "Oof"

Dash and Star had crash landed in a heap at the back of the library covered in a plethora of books.

Star got up and looked at the predicament that they were in and began to laugh.

"I don't really know who won that one. I guess i'll settle for a tie."

Dash surfaced from under all the books.

"What?! I totally beat you!"

"You tumbled into the back of me. That is why we landed here."

The remaining ponies walked in giggling at the scene of destruction that had unfolded in the nanoseconds of the crash.

Twilight looked around in horror at the pile of books now all over the floor.

"STAAAAAR! DAAASHHH!" She bellowed.

The two culprits spoke in a nervous unison.

"We're sorry."

After cleaning up the mess, the night progressed swimmingly. Stories were told. Jokes were cracked and tears were shed.

Star had shown off some of his talents using his sword and speed to cut an apple into hundreds of paper thin slices before it hit the floor. and his ability to hide when he was the last to be found during a game of hide and seek. To be fair however, he was hiding in the tree, at night, wearing nothing but black and was only found because twilight teleported him to them all after they had given up.

The night was now late and everyone was ready to sleep. Dash and AJ began bickering about who should take the couch and who should take the chair. Rarity and Fluttershy prepared their spaces on the floor. Twilight slept near one of the bookcases.

Star slept under the largest window. With his white god looking in upon him.

"A great ending to a great party." Star muttered before his eyelids became heavy.

Morning was soon to arrive.

Author's Note

Here you go guys. This one was fun to write.

Thank you for all the comments on how to go about improving the story. I think an event should be scheduled in the next chapter.

Tally ho!