The Shinobi in Equestria

The Call to Canterlot

Twilight woke up with a smile upon her face. She had remembered the previous night fervently. What a rush! The mare had never felt anything so incredibly strong before. The human was still quite the enigma to, well, just about everypony really. She wanted to know more about him. About his past, his family, his abilities...and his feelings for ponies. She wished that she could.

The months stopped rolling , or at least that is what it felt like, ever since the Human Astartes came into Equestria. The season changed to autumn about a week ago and it would soon be time for the Grand Galloping Gala once again . Twilight sat up in bed and brought a mirror in front of her face. "Agh!" she squeaked.

Bed-mane looked horrid. And this was some grade-A bed-mane. She looked across the room towards her vanity. On it was an ornate hairbrush that possessed a heart scale from a dragon in the back of it. It was a gift from her mentor and teacher, Princess Celestia. She highly treasured the item. She brought it over with her magic and began to apply the bristles on it to her mane and attempted to tame the beast that was attached to her head. After a good 10 minutes of battle with her hairy adversary, she head a shift of bed springs in the room across the hall from hers. Astartes was getting up.

She put her brush back onto the vanity and turned to see if he was getting up. She walked up to the door and was about to knock when

NGGGHHHH

She was taken aback. Was he snoring! He just got up didn't he? She knocked on the door.

"Star?"

"Hugh! Wha-"

"Are you getting up?"

A rustling was heard in the room ."I dont think that I'll be getting up till later Twilight" A drawer could be heard opening.
"What do you mean Star?" She was now beginning to feel concerned. "I mean that I wont be coming out till later. I feel really....er, really tired Yeah that's it" She was now adamant.

"Star. open this door!" She began to rap on the door with her hoof.

"No Twilight! I don't want you to see me right now!" A further shuffling could be heard.Twilight was now panicking. What did he not want her to see? Did something happen? She thought the worst and began to rear, bringing her back hooves up high.

"I'm coming in!" Was the last thing that she shouted before kicking the door wide open with her back hooves and turned to see...

Red.

Star was now tucked under the sheets facing the door with a sullen face. He looked horribly upset. What was causing her serious grief was the trail of blood that was leading from him to the window and to the dresser that he must have walked over to before retreating to bed.Twilight began to scream.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" Twilight couldn't find anymore words than that. She was terrified for Star. How much blood had he lost. What was the damage. What caused it?! She sprinted up to the bed and threw the cover from the human with her magic to observe the damage.

The sheets were stained red as the sheets flew away, Star clutching his bare chest with one hand whilst the other was bound around his sword, stained in black blood. The damage was severe. His entire chest was lightly lacerated, whilst he grasped a deep wound near his shoulder. blood was pouring from him profusely.

Star spoke up. "I didn't want you to see me like this..."

"We need to get you to the hospital now!" Twilight began a teleportation spell and in a flash, the two of them were in the hospitals emergency care room. The mares and stallions gazed upon the creature in front of them with horror as they saw the gravity of it's injuries. They then moved to the small purple unicorn who could only choke two words past her tears.

"Help him." The doctors and nurses leapt into action, a nurse pulling a gurney from the corridor and the doctors spread the weight of the Human between them and lifted him onto the mobile bed as they began to run him to an operating room, Twilight by his side all the while. The dual white doors that were rapidly closing on the group were her cut off point. After that. only fate could pull him through...and his chances were slim. She saw Star lay up slightly, looking around in a daze before focusing on Twilight with a smile. A god damned smile.

"I-I'll be alright T-T-Twi...." His head fell back with a thud as he blacked out and was swept through the double white doors. Twilight could no longer do anything for him. She broke down in the middle of the corridor and began to weep.

Hours flew by and Twilight had let her friends know what had happened and they had all come running to her aid. Spike had also sent a letter to Princess Celestia and told her about the severity of his injuries. She had replied almost instantly by appearing in the hospital to comfort her student. As she arrived, Celestia was bombarded by the small unicorn who had hugged her mentor for everything that she was worth.

"Did he not tell you of anything Twilight?"

"No princess, not even where he went or what he was intending." Spike piped up. Twilight had now stopped her tears and took on a more composed state.

"What was he doing?" Celestia rubbed her head and re-adjusted her crown, now firmly seated upon her head. She reached out with her mind to her sister.

"Luna...Luna!" Celestia projected her thoughts to her sister.

"Ugh, yes sister. What is it." a groan of a thought came back.

"I need you to help find out where Astartes was last night."

A gasp came through upon the mentioning of Star's name.

"What has happened to him?"

Celestia sighed, she knew that the news would hurt her sister. Luna had taken quite a fascination with the human boy. He was always out under her night sky and he enjoyed it thoroughly. She would be distraught to hear the news.

"He....has sustained mortal wounds from something, dear sister..."

"What?! How?" Luna thought in great concern. What could the Shinobi have done that was so reckless and dangerous?

"I would not usually ask you for help at this time of day Lu-Lu but I need you to find out what happened whilst I comfort everyone. Try the Everfree. It seems the most obvious place that he could have gone."

Luna sighed and stretched her legs and wings She would not usually do this. But her new subject had just been injured and he had taken her fancy on a large scale. He was one of few who really enjoyed her nights.

"I shall fly and search the forest."

"Thank you Lu-Lu."

Luna began her speedy journey over to the forest. What had possessed him to go and attempt to brave the forest? She hoped he pulled through. She would hate to see him go so soon. She flapped her wings as hard as her lithe frame could manage as she sailed over Canterlot with ease. At this rate she could be over the everfree in 2 hours.

Celestia was waiting outside the operating room consoling the elements and the hospital occupants about what had happened when a doctor and nurse left the operating room. The doctor began to remove the gloves on his hooves and raised his head with a small smile.

“I have good news…and bad news…”

Celestia stood as the other mares and Spike rose from behind her, peeking out from the side of her. They were all desperate to hear the news.
“The creature will live. It was very difficult with everything muddled up since he is not a pony. That is the good news. The bad news is…he will most likely not be able to move much without healing that is beyond any of our means. We would look to you and your sister, Princess…”

Luna was now over the forest, searching for anything that could have caused such terrifying damage to the human. “Star said that he was trained in assassination. I thought that he would be more of a capable fighter than…
Luna stopped as she smelt something. Something smelt rancid. Like something had crawled into a sewer and died. She slowly descended to ground level and began to look around, looking for the source of the horribly offending odour. She wandered for almost an hour, following her nose till her eyes finally caught a glimpse of something that was out of the ordinary. Blood. A large amount of blood was slowly leaking from around a large rock that was blocking the creature on the other side.
Luna rounded the corner slowly, not wanting to startle the injured animal and found something that shocked her enough to elicit a scream…”Celestia must be notified!” Luna thought as she began to talk mentally to her sister to inform her about what she saw before her wide-eyed.

The Alicorn was now consoling Twilight personally as she had opened the floodgates and was crying uncontrollably. “It’s my fault Princess. I should have kept an eye on him!” Rainbow Dash interjected. “Twilight, he probably left in the middle of the night, didn’t you tell us that he had come in through the window in the morning?”

*Sniff* *Sniff* “Yeah?”

“So don’t blame yourself. You couldn’t have known that he was going to go and get himself hurt.”

Celestia was considering her plan of action. Would she really use some her most powerful and oldest magic’s for this stranger to their world? What would Luna think? Would her sister agree to assist her? She would have to think about this later.
Suddenly, Celestia heard her sister project her thoughts to her.

“Celestia, you would not believe what I have found”

“What is it Luna?”

I have found the corpses of two Ursa Major. I…I think that Star killed them.”

Celestia could not believe what she was hearing. The small and frail looking human had managed to take down TWO of some of the largest predators that Equestria had to offer barring things the size of dragons.

“Apparently this mortal has potential that we overlooked…he may be able to help us with our upcoming predicament in a month”

“Indeed sister. I will need your help here at the hospital. His wounds are severe and he may not move again without our help.”

Within an instant, Luna appeared near her sister, shocking all the ponies on the ward including the elements behind the alabaster Alicorn. She neared her sister and turned to the room that Star was now residing in. They entered the room to find Star laying on the bed in the corner. The bleeding had subsided and he was lying on the bed, unconscious. The sisters walked up.

“Let’s save this crea- citizen, dear sister” Celestia turned to her sister with a smile upon her face.

“Indeed sister.”

The duo of Alicorns began to channel magic through their horns and moved to touch the body of the still Star. The human began to glow. Slowly, his wounds began to knit together and consciousness began to find him, slowly groaning. The magic then turned pure white and lifted the Shinobi as magic began to enter his eyes and mouth. Power filling him with every moment he was held in suspension. The man landed on the bed with a thud.
Star awoke to find all his friends staring intently at his form as he rose from his bed. He rose to speak and said but one word before slumping back down:

“Sup”

The princess and her ponies began to giggle as Twilight spoke up.

“We were so worried about you. You left without telling us and came back so hurt. What were you doing out there?”

Star shuffled about on his bed.

“I don’t want to talk about that…”

Applejack saw him refusing to speak and snapped at the Shinobi.

“Now listen one cotton pickin’ minute. Twi finds you bleeding out on her floor, she brings ya to the hospital and has both princesses come to help and you still don’t wanna talk? I think you owe her that much.”

Celestia moved slightly, bringing all eyes upon her.

“Actually, my little ponies, I know what Astartes was doing.”

“What Princess?!” the elements shouted in unison.

“Star was exploring the Everfree forest…and came across 2 Ursa Majors. Luna found their bodies in the forest.”

The silence was tangible.
Not one pony dared speak at the news they had heard. Star finally spoke up in the smallest voice that he could muster.

“I-I didn’t mean to kill them. They scared me and charged me. I was just defending myself.”

Celestia flashed her signature smile towards the man. The ‘Caring and knowing mother’ smile.

“I understand my dear. Actually it allows us to tackle another problem that me and my sister were having.”

“And what would that be Celestia?”

“The Grand Galloping Gala is coming up and we need something from you. If you think that you are up for it.”

“And what would that be what, Princess.”

Luna stepped up with a sly smile.
“We have invited the head ambassadors from the Gryphon nation, a nation built on combat and war, to the Gala, and they will no doubt want something from us and will be very boisterous. We need someone that is capable of guarding us and advising us on how to handle them. We don’t want to start something such as a war, but we also need to show that we are no pushovers and after your display, much to our discontent, you are one powerful warrior.”
Star threw his own sly smile.
“I think with what you did to me just now, I think I could do more than protect you. I think I could take over a continent. Something feels different in me.” He threw a prideful smile at the princesses.

“Then it is settled. We will give you a week to recover and then we will call you to Canterlot to hear your application.”

Star looked utterly puzzled. Application for what?
“Forgive me Princess Luna but application for what?”

Luna and Celestia both threw a sultry smile as the both spoke in unison.

“You’re going to become both of our shadows.”

Author's Note

Okay here is the next chapter. This one was kind of vague because it was transitioning into a more interesting part of the story [for me at least]