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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The herd at the edge of anxious was waiting in the hospital's waiting room. Excited chatter was exchanged between them as they peer through the looking window.

On the other side of the window were many small foals in small beds, all sleeping in peace.

"Can you believe the new baby is finally here?" Applejack asked Twilight.

"Cup Cake and Carrot Cake must be so proud!" Twilight answered.

"I wonder if it's a filly or a colt?" Rarity squealed.

"I wanna see the new baby pony! I wanna see!" Pinkie Pie excitedly demanded as she rubbed her face on the glass window. "Which one is it?"

They soon saw Mr. Cake near a baby bed with a little colt underneath the covers. "This is our son, Pound Cake." He unveiled the little colt from beneath the covers. He yawned adorably and resumed his sleeping. His action caused all the girls to release an "Awww" in unison, even Rainbow Dash. "...and our daughter, Pumpkin Cake." He removed the covers from another small filly that was wrapped in a pink blanket. She yawned as well and began sucking her thumb.

"Two new foals for me to play with?" Pinkie Pie reacted, gasping afterwards. "That's two times the fun! This is the greatest day ever!"

"Now how in thunderation is one of them twins a Pegasus, and the other one a Unicorn?"

Applejack had a point he had to admit. Naruto took notice of the colt having wings, and the filly contain a horn.

"Easy." Mr. Cake answered. "My great-great-great-great grandfather was a unicorn, and Cup Cake's great aunt's second cousin twice removed was a pegasus. That makes sense, right?" He asked, looking as if even he didn't understand what he just said.

"No."He responded, frankly. "No, it doesn't…" He didn't even want to think what must have happened for this scenario to occur. He just knew he could never look at the Cakes the same way again.

Regardless, Rainbow Dash threw in her comment. "Aw yeah, heh, just you wait! Once little Pound Cake gets there his wings going, he'll be all over the place!" She flew around the room, demonstrating.

"And be careful around Pumpkin Cake." Twilight added.

"Baby unicorns get strange magic surges that come and go." Rarity explained.

Assuming during their conversations, Pinkie Pie sonehow managed to sneak into the baby room and hold a delicious-looking cake between the babies. "Quick!" She whispered. "Make a wish and blow out your candles! Which is easy, 'cause there are zero candles! You are zero years old, after all!"

"Shhh!" The nurse loudly emphasized, causing Pinkie Pie to flinch and move the cake towards her face, covering her mouth in cake and smiling embarrassingly.

Naruto entered the room and began dragging Pinkie Pie out of there. "C'mon, Pinkie… the babies should get some sleep…"

"Aww…" She released and frowned.

"The babies do need some quiet time…" Twilight added, turning away from the window and beginning to walk towards the exit doors. "C'mon, Pinkie. Let's go to Sugarcube Corner."

"Alright!" Pinkie Pie immediately perked up and hopped excitedly out the doors.

Once there, Pinkie Pie couldn't stop talking about the babies as they ate different sweets.

"Oh my gosh! I want to play with them so badly! Do you know how long we'll play together? Billions of hours! I can't wait! We'll have so much fun! We'll laugh, stuff cake down our throats and…"

"Pinkie…" He politely interrupted. "They were just born…it's going to take a while…"

"Oh…" Her ears flopped down. "Right…"

"I remember how exhausting it was raise to Dinky. I can tell you girls one thing no matter how tough you think raising a foal is it's at least three times harder." Ditzy intoned.

"Well since we are on the topic why don't you tell us some stories?" The stallion asked as the others mirrored his sentiments. So the rest of their morning was spent on listening to stories of Ditzy's perils of being a parent before they all had to go their separate ways for the day.

Twilight got sleep sporadically, but nothing solid as she couldn't keep her mind off Spikes last day in Ponyville. This time yesterday she was waking up to fresh haycakes, but now she had nothing but the apprehension of losing Spike on her mind.

'No. Today is about Spike. I'm not going to ruin it by being mopey all day!' She promised herself.

He was already up and making breakfast. Nothing out of the ordinary there. She didn't bother to brush her mane as she came downstairs to a rather impressive spread. Oats, Wheat, apples, carrots, daisy's, daffodils and pretty much any and every kind of food Twilight enjoyed, prepared in just about every way imaginable.

Even though the thought of his imminent departure was still fresh, she honored the promise she made to herself and pushed those thoughts to the back of her mind.

"Spike this is amazing! Did you spend all morning making all this?" She asked as he turned away from the counter and faced her.

"Well, to be honest I couldn't sleep. I was too excited about today! I was up all night thinking about what I wanted to do! Also I figured since I won't be able to cook for you anymore, I'd get a head start on breakfast and make you everything you've ever told me you liked, so take your pick!" He said taking a seat at the table while Twilight sat herself and ate steadily. He had a small bowl of gems he had been eating since early this morning that he began munching casually when he heard a knock at the door.

"I'll get it!" He said hopping off the chair and opening the front door.

Twilight leaned over from her seat to see who would need to come by the library this early.

"Hey everypony, come on in!" Spike said as all the guests had piled in. First were the other bearers and their siblings. Then there was Ditzy and her daughter Amethyst. There were also ponies she had only met in the passing, Vinyl, Octavia, Bon Bon, Lyra, and a few others she hadn't recognized.

"I hope you don't mind Twilight. I invited some others who also wanted to say goodbye."

Twilight hadn't thought there were so many others in town that cared. "Grab a seat everypony! There's no way I could eat all of this."

Spike rejoined them and continued eating his gems until their guests were full.

"That was downright amazin' Spike! Where'd you learn to cook like that?" Applejack asked with a hoof resting on her slightly distended belly as she leaned back in her chair.

"I've been making Twilight breakfast for years! Practice makes perfect."

"Everypony ready for my best day ever?" Spike asked getting up to remove some of the plates from the table before Twilight stopped him with her magic.

"You cooked Spike! Let me get that, you all go ahead and I'll meet you outside." She said lifting all the plates and piling them into the sink.

She joined her friends outside as they waited for Spike to decide what he wanted to do first.

After a brief moment of thought, Spike knew exactly what he required first and foremost.

It had been a rather exciting day. Among those things had been going flying with Rainbow Dash at top speed. Of course he had to be carried, but Rainbow's prior training allowed her to carry someone of even Spike's weight.

With Pinkie he enjoyed a myriad of pranks all along Ponyville, mainly aimed at his detractors. Not too malicious and considering this was his last day, both Rarity and Twilight held their tongues on their thoughts of the behavior.

Next was a quick trip into the dragon territory with Naruto and Fluttershy to return the baby phoenix to its parents. As sad as it was Spike knew he couldn't keep the baby phoenix he had affectionately dubbed peewee.

Returning back they aimed a noon meal of the freshest Apples and recipes at Sweet Apple Acres topping it off with a combined batch of sweet treats from the cakes and Bon Bon.

After that the group had went clothes shopping so Spike could improve his wardrobe before they had settled in the park for a little while, sampling some of Octavia's and Vinyl's music and enjoying the atmosphere while Mac and Thunderlane had shown Spike a few card tricks.

The top if off Lyra had made dinner while the CMC had made a play for Spike to which Naruto acted in. Suffice to say with Kagebunshin and henge they were not sort on any roles that would require multiple actors.

"Don't know how we managed to do it, but we did. Everything on your list and then some. All that is left is your farewell party in Canterlot tomorrow."

"Wow, really? That's awesome! I can't think of a better last day!" He said excitedly.

"Then it's settled! I'm going to get to work on it right now! See you guys tomorrow!" Pinkie Pie said dashing away from the table toward the train station to buy the first ticket to Canterlot.

"Well, I best get to headin' back to the farm to get some shut eye for Spike's party. See ya'll tomorrow!" Applejack said pushing her chair away from the table and setting off toward her farm.

"See ya Spike." Applebloom gave a way.

"Night." Mac said as he simply nodded.

"Um...well I suppose I should get home and get to sleep." Fluttershy added.

"We'll be RSVP right?" Bon Bon asked. While she was going to share her support for Spike she had to admit the idea of going to Canterlot and meeting Celestia and Luna themselves was a bit overwhelming right now.

"Of course."

"We shall be seeing you there Spike." Rarity said as Sweetie Belle ran up and gave Spike a hug.

"See ya tomorrow." She said with a little less exuberance than normal, but tried her best not to let it show.

With that the rest of them went their separate ways as Twilight and Spike walked side by side back to the library.

"So...tomorrow's the last day..." Twilight said with a nervous giggle, proud of herself for keeping her feelings about Spike's impending absence from getting in the way of his perfect day.

"Yeah..." He said with a heavy sigh.

"Thinkin' about it huh?" She asked, his tone being more than enough to betray his true feelings.

"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't. It's been in the back of my mind all day..." He admitted, though she was glad it wasn't just her having to fight to keep those same negative emotions in check.

"Yeah...mine too. I was hoping to avoid messing your big day by being sad and mopey the whole time." She admitted as the library came into view down the street.

"It's not like I'm going to be going away forever or anything. I'll be back before you know it."

'Before you know it could take years.' Twilight had thought, but she kept it to herself. It had been easier to ignore his impending departure. She always rationed there was this much time left, but tomorrow was the day.

"Actually, I woke up this morning thinking the same thing. I didn't want my being upset to ruin my last few days with you all." He said with a slight laugh.

They reached the library.

There wasn't anything to organize or clean up so they decided to get to bed early so they'd have enough energy for his party tomorrow.

Twilight extinguished the last candle beside her bed as Spike bid her goodnight.

"Good night Spike. Sweet dreams." She said, her smile and tone hiding how much these past few hours have meant to her.

She climbed into her bed and pulled the covers over her, turning her head to look out the window. The stars shone brilliantly that night, every one twinkling brightly in the constellations she readily identified as she did every night before she fell asleep. Though tonight sleep would not come to her. Her anxious mind kept her awake. Will he be alright? Will he eat right? He won't end up getting hurt would he? She knew she shouldn't worry, the Elder Dragons and Celestia were allies, but that didn't mean she still didn't worry.

Spike wasn't asleep yet either, as his mind raced with the depressing and worrying thoughts he had managed to keep at bay during the daytime. What's going to happen to Twilight without him? This was by and large his biggest concern. He knew she didn't mind writing on her own, but how will she get her letters on friendship back to Princess Celestia? How would she feed herself? Twilight wasn't the best cook. Who would help her keep the library together when she decided to reorganize everything? Those were the thoughts that plagued him.

It wouldn't be until late into the night either found sleep.

His party was everything he could have asked for. Between everypony they had outdone themselves. Rarity helped design and put up the decor while the pink pony worked many hours on a cake with various gemstones embedded in the frosting. They played games and danced all day until the sun went down, and the full moon began to rise.

Octavia and her band were playing a slow song as Vinyl had to take a break from jamming all night.

"Hey Casanova, I think somepony wants you to ask her for a dance." Naruto called out to Spike, pointing behind him.

Not too far away from Spike was Sweetie Belle in a humble black dress. The filly just stood there with a faint blush on her cheek.

All the while Spike just stood there, gazing, looking on dumbly. Naruto sighed and gave him a thump so he would stumble forward.

"You…you look…Wow." His mental faculties were failing him.

"Thanks Spike…" She said, glancing away.

"So um…you want to dance?" He said rubbing the back of his head.

"O-Okay." Sweetie Belle replied. As the two of them went to dance it was a moment neither would forget for the rest of their lives. Sadly all good things come to an end at one time or another.

Every guest gave him a sincere farewell as the numbers began to dwindle. The princesses were saying their farewells to Spike as well as giving him a memento blessed with their power that will serve him well in the future.

That was when a roar filled the air that had startled most of the guests. Celestia merely groaned and face palm. Only the name 'Elder Spyro' could be made out from her grumbling.

"Well...I guess it's time..." He said calmly as he walked toward the door. He gathered up his bags as he walked outside where the Elder was waiting out in the large meadow.

Spike turned to his friends, his family. The Bearers, CMC, and Princesses, each with a different level of sadness etched across their face.

For a while, nopony said anything. They all just stood there, lamenting the situation they found themselves in.

"This is really it huh?" He asked not holding any feelings back, but maintaining his composure.

They all nodded as Rarity produced something from her bag. It was a brand new outfit. A suit with a finely made dressed shirt and to top it off a jeweled bow tie. From those rare white sapphires that were almost impossible to come by. One had to go out of there way and pretty far to find them considering they were most commonly found outside of Equesnia. And not to mention the outfit from the finest materials if what his senses were telling him was correct. "You'll be the envy of all the other dragons, but you better made sure to tell those dragonesses that you are taken though. I will not have you two-timing my little sister mister." She told him, half sternly, half playfully as Sweetie Belle let out a whine and told her sister to stop embarassing her.

"Thanks Rarity...Its beautiful. And don't worry if there anything this dragoon is than its faithful." He said as Fluttershy stepped up next, producing from her a first aid kit.

"It wasn't easy getting everything together. Since I only had your physicians notes to go off of, but any possible illness or injury you might receive I covered. When making this medical kit. I hope you never have to use it, but if you do that it serves you well."

"Thank you Fluttershy. Considering I'll be training it'll be useful."

Now it was Applejack's turn. She produced her bag a Golden Apple. "Only a few of these suckers are born a year. They're remarkably sweet and just one of them could feel ya up for a whole day. Course it's a regular apple so make sure ya eat it soon else it'll spoil." The golden apple looked rather vibrant and gleamed, as if it had been polished.

He nodded and thanked her as well. Rainbow Dash pulled out of her bag out of all things a feather. It was a long one, but not a pinion feather. "This one was a pain, didn't want to let go. Wanted to give ya something to remember me by. Whenever you're struggling just pull out this feather and think of me cheering you on little guy. I know you'll do great."

"Wow...Thanks Rainbow Dash! I know how much that must have hurt."

'Trust me, you do not.' She thought.

He put the blue feather in his bag and turned to Pinkie Pie who produced a heart shaped Carbonite rock.

"This is a gift from both me and Maud. This is my old pet rock Carby. Because he's a really rare form of rock so whenever you're feeling lonely you'll have Carby at your side. He's really a great listener too."

"Thank you Pinkie. I'll be sure to take good care of Carby."

Pinkie's expression changed. "Oh and I got you this, from a little help with Rarity." She said as he pulled out a Ruby to which Spike gasped. "Now you can age it and have this whenever you want. Even save it for your birthday."

"Oh Pinkie." So that's why Pinkie's hands were bandaged the other day.

"You just make sure to keep on smiling okay mister?"

Spike nodded.

Following her was Ditzy. "I hope you enjoy this Spike." It was some kind of container of liquid. "This is a very special type of water. Rare with healing properties. My sister sent it to me from her work and I'm not even supposed to mention what it is, but I thought you might need it more than me. Compliments Fluttershy's gift you know."

"Thanks Ditzy. I'll be sure to keep it between just us then." He replied with a grin.

Next were the crusaders. "Hope you'll like it Spike. Good thing we took that picture yesterday cuz I was having a hard time to figure out what to pick." She said as she handed Spike a picture frame with a picture gem inside. The gem was made of Lyra's memory of seeing Naruto and Spike cannonballing into the lake, splashing most of the main six. He would never forget that. Especially since they accidentally ruined Rarity's hair and she had chased them until she finally ran out of steam. Poor Naruto. He had to stay behind and be the target of her vengeance.

Next was Scootalo who presented him with a sword hilt. She thought it was cool that Spike had a sword so she went and got him the most logical present. Thankfully her guardian had agreed to it and helped.

Then Dinky presented him with a winter ensemble in case things got chilly where he was going.

Following her was Sweetie Belle who brought up what was a necklace with half a heart. "Is it…did it break?" Spike asked as he missed the sighs and shaken heads from some of the others.

Sweetie Belle merely giggled. "No silly I have the other half." She said as she placed on the necklaces. "Two the halves make a whole. So we'll always remember each other and when you come back we complete the necklace and start our relationship from there."

"Oh I see." He put the necklace on as they put the heart together. "Until then."

"Yeah."

Neither one of them wanted to part, but knew it had to happen. Sharing one last hug the two split away.

Having already shared his goodbyes with the princesses that left Twilight.

Naruto walked up and handed Spike a scroll. "Techniques, instructions…everything you could hope to learn is in there. Hopefully they'll find you a good instructor to teach you how to use Critias. Shame we didn't have more time."

"I'll practice my technique everyday and Naruto…"

"Yeah Spike."

"Take care of her…okay."

Naruto paused before his expression softened. "Don't worry Spike. I'll take care of her." He knew that Spike's concerns for Twilight had been one of his biggest struggles when making the decision and just like he had promised at the party he was going to take care of her.

The last in line was Twilight. She was smiling at him, but it was a very obvious forced smile. She looked him in the eye for a brief second then broke away, not wanting to make this any harder than it had to be.

She reached into her bag and pulled out…

"My egg." The very egg that Spike had been hatched from, stitched back together using magic.

"Throughout all these years I had kept it with me. I never really had a reason why, but now I realized it was for this moment. This egg, is enchanted with all of our memories together Spike. The good, the bad, everything. So no matter what happens I'll be there with you."

Spike couldn't help but look at it in awe. All these years and Twilight had kept it.

He looked back up at his friend with a layer of tears in his eyes and a jaw beginning to quiver.

'And I was doing so well...' He thought as Twilight smiled. Her expression was that same forced smile, even though her vision began to cloud with tears as well.

Twilight crouched over and pulled him in close as the others closed into a group hug.

"I'm gonna miss you guys..." He said softly, yet so that everypony could hear. His turn now having come to shed his tears.

They all conveyed their variant of "We'll miss you too Spike." As they let go of the hug, leaving only Twilight and Spike in each others embrace. She never wanted to let go, but knew the time had finally come.

"Goodbye Spike." She said barely above a whisper, yet forcing the same smile to stay across her lips even though every other part of her face conveyed incredible sadness.

"It's not goodbye. See you later." He smiled back at her with the egg in arms. "I'll be back before you guys know it."

Spike turned and faced the elder dragon. "It is time." Using his tail the elder hoisted Spike up on his back.

Everypony shouted their goodbyes as Spike slowly began to fade from their sights. Naruto turned and took the crying Twilight into his arms. He shared a look with a sadden Rarity who was in the midst of comforting a crying Sweetie Belle.

Tonight they would stay in one room and comfort them and each other. In time the sadness was faded, but tonight they would be there for each other like a family was supposed to.