AN: hello and welcome to my newest story, I will be bouncing back and forth between the hunter story and this one. This story will have Naruto born in the Mlp universe, so I avoid any ninja techniques as best as I can.

I got the idea for this story by reading "A Horses Hatred by willborg300" and another story on a different site called the story is called "The champion of Harmony by Voxum"

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Mlp both are owned by their respective people or groups.

It Started long ago in a time where there was peace in the lands, the three great tribes of ponies were united under a single ruling tribe. That tribe was the Alicorns, they were blessed with the strength of all three tribes and they used that great power to bring peace and prosperity to their land.

This era of peace would not last forever, the great kingdom of ponies would come under assault from an ancient place known only as the abyss. The abyss was a place of unrivaled darkness and despair. It formed monsters made for the sole purpose of spreading its corruption across the land until all was consumed.

The abyss however was constantly pushed back by the Alicorn tribe, their power when united with the other tribes was able to remove the taint from their land and destroy the monsters that the abyss spawned. This would mark the beginning of the abysmal war.

Everything would change when the champion of the alicorn race was turned to the abyss side, he betrayed his comrades for the sake of power. His name was Blackened Sky, he was the alicorns strongest warrior and served as a guiding light to others. Sky had a secret however he sought power to end the war at any cost, but it was this lust for power that was his undoing.

The abyss sensed the hunger from sky and knew that if he was turned, he could tip the scale in their favor. The abyss set out to do that using sky's lust for power against him he was corrupted and fell into the abyss clutches. He betrayed his comrades and killed the other alicorns allowing the abyss to swarm the land.

In their darkest hour, a hero arouses to fight against the abyss and its champion, that hero was shining dawn, an alicorn that survived the purge. He led the other tribes into battle against the abyss, he was able to free Sky from the taint of the abyss and together they were able to defeat the monstrosities of the abyss and end the war.

In the end the last two alicorns put everything they had left into sealing away the abyss so that the tribes may never have to worry about its taint again. The effort would drain their remaining power and life force away, however the abyss was far from gone remnants of it would remain bringing forth new monsters to terrorize the ponies as the remnants sought a way to break the seal.

The remnants would go on to form the cult of the abyss, it would draw in those with similar mind sets to the monsters and former legions. The group would work from the shadows waiting for the time and chance to unleash their brethren and restart the war.

The three kingdoms once united by the alicorns began fighting amongst themselves when the war was over, the fighting would lead to the great divide of the kingdoms each tribe splitting apart and forming their own kingdom.

Time passed and the knowledge of the abyss war faded away from memory, the three races forgetting about the remaining threat from the remnants of the abyss. Shortly after the great divide a prophecy was made telling the return of the abyss and the seals being broken, it also spoke of a champion that would arise, he would be betrayed by those he cared about and cast into the darkness. He shall return and lead the fight against the abyss and its monstrous legions.

In a cell deep in the crystal catacombs beneath Canterlot castle lives a stallion in prisoned in a cell. The stallion was imprisoned under false charges framed for a crime he didn't commit, those he trusted were tricked into betraying him by an unknown party.

The stallion had burnt orange fur and silver mane and tail with winter blue streaks, his appearance was different than an average stallion. He looked more like a wolf especially his ears and tail, he also had a strange chaotic pattern on his fur that went all over his body, the pattern slightly glowed neon blue. The stallions name is Naruto, he doesn't have a last name because his family threw him away shortly after he was born.

The sound of chains clanking together signaled movement from the prisoner, he was doing simple exercises to pass the time and keep from getting stiff in the cell. His wrists and legs were bound in shackles so there was a limit to the range of his mobility and flexibility.

The exercises showed of the prisoner's body, mares if they saw it would consider him to be an Adonis, his muscles were the right balance of size and strength. The prisoner sat down on the bed, his exercises done for today he looked at a nearby crystal formation to see his reflection.

He lied back on the bed and put his hands behind his head, he started thinking about everything that led up to his current situation in this cell.

"It has been over a year since I was thrown in this cell, the princess and the bearers believe that I murdered my mare friend and her family. That was not the case though he was set up for the murder, but everyone believes he did It," Naruto thought to himself.

It seems like his life was cursed from birth, his family was a noble and ancient one that lived in Canterlot. When he was born his family was shocked to find that he was an earth pony and not a unicorn like his sibling.

(Flashback start)

His father was ashamed of the fact he had an earth pony son, it was a sign of disgrace to pure blooded unicorn families to have an earth pony or Pegasus foal or filly. His father took heavy precautions to keep him out of sight from the other families, this would go on until he was six.

His father brought him to a meeting with a strange old unicorn wearing a monocle, he didn't understand the conversation at first, but he was told the truth later his father sold him to the unicorn. He was bound and gagged then thrown in the cage in the wagon, that was the last time he would see his father.

In the wagon he saw other ponies a mixture of all three tribes as well both genders, he didn't know where he was taken after that he only knew that the life he had before was over. The reason the old stallion was collecting ponies, he was part of a cult that was doing various experimenting on ponies.

He didn't understand what the experiments were for at first, but he would soon find out at least part of the experiments were to create chimeras. They were combining varied species together in order create chimeras or monsters under their control.

He was selected for the chimera experiments, he was fused with multiple subjects, out all the ones selected for this branch of the chimera project he was the only one to survive. The others were not as fortunate as their bodies began breaking down soon after the process was complete.

After the experiment he learned what he was fused with three preserved subjects, he only learned what two of them were, one was an ancient dragon, the other was a rare breed of wolf. Naruto never learned what the third subject was, the reason was only the highest members knew what the third subject was.

The results of the experiments were increased senses, strength and speed, and the ability to breathe fire. His body changed his ears and tail as well looked more like wolves as well as developing fangs and claws. One good thing about these changes was he was able to shield some of the younger prisoners from the guards, because of this the other prisoners began to see him as a leader.

Once he had enough control over his body, he set his escape plan in motion, he planned out as much as he could gaining information whenever he could. During the escape he armed himself with two weapons from the armory, both were sentient because he could feel them reaching out to him every time, he got near them, when he got touched them memories of the previous wielder flooded his mind. He saw what looked like a stallion without fur slicing his way through countless enemies and monsters, he had a strange design in red that went across his body.

One was an axe that had a large spike at the opposite side of the axe head, the handle was made from a solid and sturdy wood, the head had unique designs on the head along with strange symbols. The axe had ice, powers the axe could freeze on contact and fire an ice beam, and when thrown he could summon it back to his hand.

The other weapon was a pair of jagged edge short swords that had a chain at the base of the handles, the chains came to life and wrapped themselves around his wrists and seared themselves so they wouldn't come off.

He didn't need to worry about training to use the weapons because his body knew how to use them instinctively, he had a feeling that the knowledge came from the weapons themselves teaching him how to use them.

To cover their escape, they set up a handful of distractions, setting some of the test animals free and destroying the camera control center, to keep the cultists occupied as much as possible. They moved quickly as they could those who could supported those who were unable to walk or move under their own power.

As they moved out of the facility and into the labyrinth that hid the facility Naruto soon noticed that something was following them when they were going through the maze, the signs of the creatures approach were loud thump like footsteps, an ear splitting roar, and red glowing that signaled its approach.

Naruto made sure to keep the group moving at all costs not wanting to risk meeting whatever was following them. Unfortunately, things would come to a head when the group was crossing a crumbling stone bridge over what looked like a bottomless pit. A loud roar rocked the cavern, Naruto knew that the monster was closing in fast and looked for a way to stall the monster while they escaped.

Naruto noticed a spot in the middle of the bridge where the bridge was weakened, with enough force the bridge could be broken and prevent the monster from tailing them. Naruto rushed towards the spot he used the axe to hack away at the stone, but before he could finish the monster emerged from the shadows.

The monster was enormous, it towered over every pony in the group, the monster seemed to be made of fire and darkness. It possessed two large horns one on each side of its head and large bat like wings made of fire. The monster took one step onto the bridge and it cracked under its weight.

The monster roared at Naruto and then summoned a great sword made of fire, Naruto tightened his grip on his axe the head gathering frost responding to his grip. The monster swung its blade at Naruto, he responded by meeting the sword with his axe.

The stored energy in the axe poured into the monster's blade causing it to explode and push the monster back, the monster roared in fury and summoned a whip of fire to deal with Naruto.

"I will not let you harm them, so go back to whatever pit you crawled out of!" Naruto shouted while slamming the axe onto the cracked spot, the stored power was released in an icy explosion breaking the bridge.

The collapsing of the bridge sent the monster tumbling into the darkness, the success was short lived though as the crack of the whip broke through the air, the whip wrapped around Naruto's waist pulling him into the darkness.

Naruto remembered failing through the darkness striking the monster whenever he could, the monster struck back several times slamming him into the walls of the pit. As they fell further into the pit Naruto began to see clumps of water appearing in the air around them. The clumps got larger and more frequent the further they fell until they slammed into an underground lake. Before they hit the water, Naruto embedded his chain blades into the back of the monster and pulled himself onto its back to shield himself from the impact.

The water quenched the monsters fire on impact, the monster then swam into an underground tunnel dragging Naruto with it because he was still chained to the beast, the impact of the water had knocked him for a loop.

The two would emerge in a darkened room, Naruto snuck away from the monster hoping to regain his strength incase the monster came after him. He would find out that he was in the remains of an ancient castle and judging by the decorations he found it belonged to unicorns.

Naruto explored the castle trying to find anything that would tell him where he is, however that plan was scraped when he encountered the monster. The monster couldn't summon its flames on its body, but it still could use its flame weapons, the two would clash for what felt like hours before Naruto was able to gain the upper hand and end the battle.

Naruto ran into a room with a damaged floor, it had numerous cracks and had weakened spot that stood out due to the discoloration of the stone. The monster crashed into the room soon after words, Naruto wanted to get the monster to the weakened spot on the floor and hopefully finish it off.

Naruto threw a stone near the spot drawing the monster's attention to it, Naruto charged up the axe and fired the energy as a beam. The attack hit the monster square in its chest pushing it back on to the weakened spot, the monsters weight caused the floor to collapse and the monster to crash down.

Naruto drew his chain blades for the final time, he focused on charging the blades in the same way as he does the axe. The energy on the blades cracked and sparked as lighting energy enveloped the blades, Naruto jumped down impaling the monster in the chest piecing its heart and taking it out for good.

Naruto collapsed against a wall he was exhausted from everything that happened to him, the top thing on his mind was the fate of the others. He could only hope and pray that the others would get to safety and their freedom, he had faith that the others would take charge and lead them in his stead.

Once he recovered enough, he tried to find out where he was and how to get to civilization, as he explored the castle, until a strange ball of light appeared before him. Naruto was surprised by the light, it wanted him to follow him, Naruto chose to follow the light but keeping his guard up just in case.

The orb led him to an enormous door, the door was made from a type of white stone and had a strange gold pattern etched into the door. At the center of the door was a massive lock made directly into the door itself, the lock was made in the shape of a unicorn's head.

As Naruto got closer to the door, he noticed what appeared to be a black ooze or sludge dripping from the lock, Naruto got a bad feeling from the ooze he remembered seeing ooze like that at the facility and immediately started back-pedaling from the door.

Before Naruto could get far the ooze lashed out and entangled him, the ooze began pulling him towards the lock while Naruto tried to resist it proved to be futile effort. Once Naruto was in close contact with the lock more ooze tentacles emerged and pulled Naruto into the ooze, the last thing any pony would see is Naruto with his arm stretched out as he was pulled into ooze.

As Naruto was consumed by the ooze memories flashed before his eyes, the memories focused on what looked like two alicorns fighting against a massive monster and other strange monsters like what the cultists had imprisoned in the facility. The memories ended with the two sacrificing themselves to seal away a tremendous evil.

When Naruto came around, he found he was still alive with both of his weapons and items and he was in a forest clearing. Naruto got up and looked around climbing up tree to see if he could find any form of civilization, he was able to see what looked like a town in the far distance and what looked like another castle ruin in the distance.

"I will head to the castle first, I don't think I will be able to make it to the town before nightfall and who knows what could be residing in this forest," Naruto thought to himself deciding the best of action.

Naruto travelled fast as he could in the forest gathering what supplies he could from he could find, he was traveling faster then he would have wanted but the storm that was fast approaching his location made the choice to move slowly impossible. Lucky for him the castle that he saw earlier was in view, hopefully there would be a few rooms that were in decent shape that could he spend the night in.

He soon found an old bedroom that was still in decent condition, the room was decorated with sun motifs. Naruto hoped that the previous owner wouldn't mind him using the room for tonight, but this room was in the best condition compared to the others he found. As he settled down for the nigh, he could hear the storm raging outside, last night he was sitting in his cell planning the escape for everyone and now they were on the round to freedom with any luck they would be ok.

The sun shown through the window and woke Naruto from his slumber, he sat up stretching and popping any kinks and knots in his body. Naruto made a small breakfast of what food he could find; his next move was to explore the castle so more and see if he can find a map of the area. It was when he stumbled upon the library that he found what he was looking for, the map told him he was in the Evertree forest.

Naruto prepared to head out to the town he saw earlier, hopefully the towns people wouldn't be to afraid of him because of his appearance. He could only up for the best when he got there, he would have to be careful when traveling the rest of the way to the town, he saw a few creatures last night but was able to avoid them.

As Naruto moved through the forest, he encountered different creatures on the way one was a group of dogs that were talking about gems for some reason, they had ragged clothing and collars with a symbol on them that he couldn't make out. The second creature was far more helpful he was a large purple sea serpent with orange eye brows and facial hair. He told Naruto that the closest town in this area was Ponyville, he was also able to point him in the direction of the town.

"Before you go there is an animal, I must warn you about, it's called a timber wolf, the creature is extremely aggressive preying on anything it can and attacks in packs. The creatures were made of wood making them highly flammable, fire is the best weapon against them," Stepan said.

"Thank you for the information, the wolves won't be a problem I have a weapon that is enchanted with fire so that should protect me from the wolves, but I will be careful none the less," Naruto replied happy that he had a positive lead to civilization.

It was midafternoon when Naruto encountered the timber wolves, they were just as dangerous as Stephan said they were, they attacked without mercy but unfortunately for the wolves Naruto's paired blades were enchanted with fire, so they made short work of them. The wolves refused to let Naruto go so easily though, they relentlessly attacked him repeatedly while Naruto was able to fight them off, they also did a number on him as well.

Naruto wounded in several places stumbled out of the forest and into an apple orchid, Naruto had never seen so many apple trees in one place before. He collapsed against one of the trees his wounds having taken their toll on him, as he started to blackout, he noticed a tall stallion running up towards him but before he could get up and defend himself from the possible attacker his strength left him, and he passed out.

When Naruto came around, he found himself in a hospital room, worried that the cult had captured him once again but once he looked around, he realized that wasn't the case especially since he wasn't bound in any way. The room was a basic hospital room with a relaxing view of a garden, Naruto was pulled from his thoughts by the sound of a door opening letting in a mare in a nurse's uniform.

She had a cream-colored fur tone with multi-purple colored mane and tail, it darkened at the top of her head and lighted as it went down to her neck. She gave Naruto a welcomed smile hoping to relax the colt, she heard how he was found in the apple orchard, from the signs she could only guess he was a runaway from somewhere.

"Hello, my name is Crystal sky, you found in Sweet Apple Acres in rough condition do you mind telling me how you got in that condition?" Crystal asked.

Naruto told her that he was abandoned by his parents for being born an earth pony instead of a unicorn, he wondered around Equestria eventuality wandering into Evertree woods. He fought off the timber wolves that attacked him at every turn, until he wandered into Sweet Apple Acres.

After Naruto finished his tale, he was suddenly pulled into a hug from Crystal Sky, she was crying after hearing his tale she couldn't imagine any pony throwing away their child just because they weren't the same race as them. Naruto was surprised at the mare's action, he was far used to used suffering beating from the guards and cultists at the lab. He was used to set an example in front of the others because he always tried to shield them from the crueler members of the group.

When the hug ended Crystal explained that he was in Ponyville, which was the town your friend the sea serpent told you about. She explained it was a friendly town located on the edge of Evertree woods. She explained since he was an orphan he would be placed in the orphanage because he was to young to live on his own.

Unfortunately for Naruto because of his appearance and the fact he came from Evertree woods, other ponies were wary of him and some of the other orphans made fun of him. Naruto never let them get him down choosing to focus on learning skills to grow a career in.

He would be hired as a lumber jack and working as a handy pony on the side, he enjoyed both jobs as a lumber jack he traveled all over Equestia meeting new ponies and seeing the sights and as a handy pony he formed bonds with different ponies in Ponyville.

He learned the skills for his job as a handy pony from various books and a handful of ponies who were experienced in do it your self-jobs. He also learned other things as well, from the cakes and Pinkie pie who worked at Sugar cube corner, Ponyville's premier bakery at least according to Pinkie pie. From Rarity he learned how to sew and repair clothes, something he found useful in his line of work.

He would eventually form bounds of friendship with all the bearers through different encounters or when he learned different skills under their tutelage. Time would move quickly Naruto would grow up into a handsome stallion in the eyes of the mares of Ponyville. His reputation in Ponyville changed over the years with more seeing him as a nice and friendly pony while some seeing an outcast while others saw him as a good friend or love interest in the eyes of mares.

Everything would change with the arrival of Twilight Sparkle for the Sumer Sun celebration, Naruto Knew from reputation and her being the student of Princess Celestia. It was following the incident that things would start changing, the first being his choice to start dating mares.

In the past he considered dating in past but was nervous and unsure when it came down to it, thankfully he got help from friends from work and started into the dating scene. He would find out he was immensely popular among the mares, the reasons why were his wild looks, his charming and helpful nature, and the fact he considered to be the hottest stallion in Ponyville.

Naruto felt that he could feeling towards the bearers, but he didn't want to risk destroying his friendship with the mares, he had done that before, but an event happened that caused him to lose those friends, he didn't want it to happen again.

Naruto would enjoy the dates he had with the different mares but after a while he got tired of the constant one night dates and he wanted to form a more serious relationship with a mare but it seemed that they didn't want the same with him.

After a while he decided to take a risk and try dating his friends, he could only hope that this choice wouldn't come back to bite him. Rainbow Dash was the first of his friends that he tried to date, she was surprised at first but later warmed up to the idea, he remembered her saying that she would lower her standards to date him.

Things would go smoothly for a little while, but everything changed when day, she would walk up to him and slap him across the face. The reason was she had been told that he was cheating on her, she stormed off leaving Naruto alone, hurt, and confused about the situation. When he saw Rainbow the next day she was laughing and holding hands with another stallion, Naruto recognized him form the days at the orphanage as one of the members of a group that liked to give him a tough time.

The same pattern would follow when he tried dating the others, each one ending with them accusing him of cheating on them and then seeing them with another member of the same group as the first. These incidents would further degrade Naruto's reputation in the town, while they never did anything openly damaging, they made him feel unwelcomed when ever he was in public.

Naruto knew something was going on, but he couldn't do or say anything without any kind of proof, so just tried to keep his head down and stay out of the publics eye as best he could. His problems would continue to worsen, because of the rumors surrounding him would cause him to lose his job with the lumber company that he worked at for years.

He was called into his boss's office one day, Naruto could tell from the look on his face the news was bad and no doubt because of the rumors and complaints from the other workers. His boss was an earth pony with grey mane and tail from age and a chestnut oak fur, his name is Solid Timber, he liked Naruto because he was a diligent worker and always went beyond than any pony else on the working crew.

"You wanted to see me boss?" Naruto asked his longtime boss.

"Yes, I did please sit down you may not like what I have to say," Timber said his voice filled with regret with what he must do.

"Naruto I am sorry to say this, but I will have to let you go, there has been too many complaints from the other workers and its causing problems with the work flow. I know that this job is your main source of income, but I may have a solution for you if you're interested in it?" Timber asked Naruto.

Naruto knew that this was coming but it still hurt non the less, however he was curious about the offer Timber had for him, he always looked out for him when he first started working under him and showed him the ropes.

"What's the offer, considering my options I will take what I can get," Naruto replied glad to see his boss looking after him.

"I have a friend who is a captain in the royal guard, I have told her about you in the past and she was interested in skills as a fighter and the weapons you wield. The two of us having been talking about offering you a position in the guard, both of us feel you could do a lot more there than working for her as a lumberjack. What do you say, are you interested in the job?" Timber asked Naruto waiting for his response.

Naruto thought about it for a moment before answering, this seems like the best option at this current moment in time. He smiled at Timber because once again when the chips were down, he had his back.

"How soon should I pack my things?" Naruto asked.

A few days later Naruto found himself in Canterlot reporting for basic training for his new career, once that was complete, he was placed on a squad the pony he was replacing was removed due his views towards mares causing problems in the group. The leader of the squad was a mare named Star blitz, she is a bat-pony with a dark blue coat and a mane and tail that was solid blue near the top of her head and lightened the further down her mane grew her wings were a mix of two shades of blue.

The other members of his squad were a pair of twin pegasus Sparkling Gleam and Frosty breeze, Sparking Gleam had a navy-blue coat, sapphire eyes, and a violet mane. Her sister had grey coat, teal eyes, and dark-red mane cut short. Cosmic Night was an earth pony with a sky-blue coat, storm-gray eyes, and a midnight-blue mane.

Naruto formed a strong bond with the members of his squad each member having their own unique set of quirks. Naruto tried to avoid Shining Armor as much as he could, he figured that Shining may hold resentment towards him because of the rumors of him cheating on his sister.

Naruto quickly the gained the reputation as a diligent member of the guard but at the same time he was quiet and a bit of a loner. He was trying to avoid causing problems for himself, however that didn't stop others from being interested in him and trying to find out more about him.

He remembers the day the Princess Celestia called him to her private study for a chat, Naruto couldn't help but wonder what she wanted with him. The one thing that came to mind was that she was curious to see him joining the royal guard.

Naruto stood before Princess Celestia who was looking over paperwork at her desk, he was waiting for her to explain the why she called him here.

"When I saw you in basic training, I was curious to see you there, Twilight written letters about you, she mentioned that you worked as a lumberjack for a company in Ponyville. May I ask why the sudden career change?" Celestia asked Naruto.

"The false rumors that say I cheated in my relationship caused many citizens of Ponyville to gain biased views against me, the complaints would cause me to lose my job at the company. My boss has a friend who is a member of the guard and they have been talking about me joining the guard for a while, the job would also get me away from the rumors spreading in Ponyville,"
Naruto replied.

Celestia was surprised to hear everything that Naruto was going through, she was impressed with Naruto because despite everything he continues to push forward in his life rather than lying down and accepting defeat like others have done.

It was following the talk between the two of them that things would begin to change between them, it would be small non-noticeable things that became larger with time. One of the first things was he was selected for was guarding Celestia during the day court and other events which was unusual because he wasn't considered for that position in the past but Celestia requested him to do that job.

Naruto began noticing that the more time he spent around Celestia, the more he began noticing trivial things about that made her happy and enjoying being around her more. Naruto knew what these feeling could lead to and did his best to squash the feeling down because they would only lead to more problems that he didn't need.

(Flashback end)

Naruto sighed and lied back down on his cot, he remembers how everything changed once again in his life then later fall apart because of some pony spreading lies to discredit him once again. It started when he met a mare unicorn named Glowing Sol. She was a tall mare with a pink mane and tail with small streaks of red and a glowing ivory fur tone.

They had met when he had helped her deal with some thugs who were looking to take advantage of her, he helped her out and their relationship soon started afterwards.

(flashback start)

Naruto was walking around Canterlot not really having any goal in mind just walking around to enjoy the nice weather outside. As he was walking around, he heard strange noises coming from an alley way, Naruto decided to investigate and see what was going on to make sure its nothing was wrong.

What he found was a group of stallions harassing a mare, Naruto could tell from a glance that their advances were unwanted, and they refused to take the message.

"Come on baby, we just want to show you a goodtime," one of the stallions said reaching out for the mare.

The mare slapped the hand away before turning to face the leader "One don't touch me please, two I don't want anything to do with a bunch creep like you, I suggest you back away from the mare before this turns ugly."

Another stallion tried to grab her but was stopped when Naruto grabbed his hand, "I believe that the mare said no, that means you should leave her alone."

The leader turned towards Naruto annoyed at the interruption "this doesn't concern you, leave or my friends will make you leave."

Naruto merely raised an eyebrow and looked at the group of stallions, they were your average thugs no doubt armed with pocket knives to threaten other ponies with. He could tell that these thugs wouldn't be too much of a challenge to deal with but was worried about the mare getting hurt.

The choice was made for him when the thugs tried to attack him thinking it would be easy with numbers, they were proven wrong when Naruto burst into action. The first fell when Naruto slammed his fist into his gut, the thug collapsed to the ground holding his gut while moaning in pain.

The next swiped at Naruto with a small blade, Naruto grabbed the stallion's wrist twisting the stallion's wrist, so he dropped the blade before chopping him in the neck knocking him out. There were only two left the leader and a muscular stallion that served as the groups muscle, the leader looked nervous at the fact two of his crew were taken out with little trouble, he knew he had to decide what to do next.

The leader chose to make a break for it with the other stallion following behind him, Naruto just shuck his head at the thug leader's cowardice, he checked and made sure the two stallions he took out would be ok before approaching the mare.

"Are you ok? I thought it best to step in when the thugs wouldn't leave you alone and was concerned with what they could have done to you, my name is Naruto in case you're wondering," Naruto said.

The mare latched on to Naruto thanking him repeatedly for coming along when he did, she quickly explained that they had approached her unexpectedly they had tried sweet talking her into coming with them, but she refused so they switched to using force.

"I'm sorry I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Glowing Sol I'm here in Canterlot on vacation, I wanted to check out all the shops here, please call me Glow," Glow said smiling at Naruto while extending her hand.

Naruto smiled back and shuck her hand, "it's a pleasure to meet you than Glow, I am sorry we couldn't meet under better circumstances."

Before they could talk more a low growl came from Glow's stomach, she blushed and looked embarrassed from the sound, but before either could say anything Naruto's sound off in response.

Both looked at one other before laughing at the silliness of the moment, "we it seems like our stomachs are trying to tell us something, how about we grab some lunch together I know of a restaurant nearby that has top class food if you're interested?"

Glow giggled and nodded her head "Yes, that sounds lovely, lead on then," Glow said motioning Naruto to lead the way.

The two of them headed out of the alley way and back onto the streets and towards the restaurant. Naruto hoped his friend didn't go over board when it came to Glow, he had a habit of flirting with any mare he sees in his place, despite this he was a first class cook and took enormous pride in his work.

As the two got closer they had began hearing what sounds like yelling coming from inside, Naruto had a good idea what was going on and moved away from the door with Glow, before she could ask what was going on a stallion came flying through the door and rolled on the ground before stopping. The door opened once more letting another stallion out, this one walking out the door on his own two feet.

The stallion had a tan fur coat, and dark blond mane and tail, he was wearing a black suit that was made from quality material. He put a cigarette in his mouth and then lit it with his lighter then took a drag before looking at the stallion on the ground.

"Maybe next time you will follow the rules of my restaurant, now beat it because I don't want to see you anytime soon," the stallion said before walking back towards the restaurant.

He stopped when he saw Glow, he quickly grabbed her hand kissing it before talking to her "Hello beautiful, Princess Celestia must have blessed me to have such a beautiful mare here before me, my name is Fine Cuisine," Fine Cuisine said.

Glow found the stallion very charming giggling at his antics, Naruto just shakes his head already used to his friends' antics. "Cuisine if your done flirting with Glow can you show us to a table?" Naruto asked.

Cuisine turned to Naruto with a smile on his face, "Now this is a surprise, I never thought I would see you in the company of a mare, a beautiful mare at that."

Naruto smiled at his friend and quickly explained what happened earlier Cuisine tightened his fists in anger but then relaxed because he was happy his friend intervened when he did. He then motioned the two to follow him inside setting them down at a table and giving them menus.

As they looked over their menus Naruto struck up a conversation with Glow, "you said you're here on vacation to visit the shops any in particular you want to see?"

Glow smiled at Naruto "the shops I want to visit are the fashion boutiques that are located here, especially the one run by Hoity Toity the famous fashion designer."

"That sounds nice, I had a friend who works as a fashion designer she greatly admires Hoity and the work he does. Canterlot is home to many different shops ranging from boutiques to restaurants and bakeries," Naruto replied.

The two would continue to talk through out their lunch discussing different things ranging from their careers to their favorite types of entertainment. Both enjoyed the others company, after lunch Glow asked him to show her some of the shops he talked about during lunch.

As they walked around Canterlot Naruto would talk about his squad mates and the fun times they had together, she told Naruto about her family that just her sister since her parents had passed away, Glow told him about the strong bond they had formed with each other.

The two would continue to walk around Canterlot enjoying each other company and visiting different shops in Canterlot, many ponies would assume that they were a couple because of the way the two acted but were surprised to find out they had just met early today. By the time, the two would finish their tour of Canterlot it would already be well into the evening with the moon high in the sky.

Right now, he was escorting Glow to her hotel room, he chose to do this for two reasons one is to make sure she arrived safely and the second was he enjoyed Glow's company and wanted to be around her a little bit longer.

"Thank you for accompanying me around Canterlot, it was very nice to have some pony to talk with and not worry them acting like an immature filly/foal or throwing cheap pick-up lines at me every few seconds, I have dealt with numerous stallions can only think with the head between their legs and not the one their shoulders," Glow said.

Naruto nodded his head in understanding he knew what she was talking about having dealt stallions like that in the past, those who only care about putting another notch in their belts when ever they date or sleep with a mare.

The two had reached Glow's hotel "Thanks again for everything Naruto I had a wonderful time with you today. I hope we can do this again when your available again," Glow said with a bright smile on her face.

Naruto smiled at Glow "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself I fell the same, as for doing it again I'm fine with that we just have to figure out when to do it."

Glow leaned in close to plant a kiss on his cheek "I will be looking forward to it then," Glow replied with a sly look on her face.

Naruto headed back to his apartment that he lived in, he originally stayed in the castle barracks until he could find and afford an apartment to live. The apartment wasn't super big, but it was just big enough for him, the apartment also had a wonderful view of the castle. Naruto loved how it looked during the evening when the moon shined own it. Naruto put on his sleep pants and crawled into bed his dreams were of his friends both new and old.

The next day Naruto found himself dragged to a café by his squad, today the squad got together to hang out as a group not that he minded in any way. They usually tried to hang out as a group when ever they had a large amount of down time from work and no one was busy with personal matters. Right now, he was having a relaxing drink with the others in a café that they decided to try out, Naruto could also feel his leader smirking at him from across the table.

"Are you still grumpy that we made you come with us? This is just a fun way to relax from the more difficult assignments such as the dragon hunting one, we just wrapped up the day before," Star Blitz said.

The mission they had just completed was dealing with a trio of rouge feral dragons that had attacked a mid-sized mining town, the towns ponies suffered minor injuries, but no pony was killed during the attack. Star Blitz and her team were sent to take care of the threat, once it was revealed that the dragons were feral, they had to use force when the dragons attacked but were able to find them off and subdue them.

The team had been given a few days off to recover from the battle against the dragons, they had planned to get together yesterday but things popped up trashing that idea. He remembered when he was first assigned to the group, he was replacing another member that was deliberately causing conflict amongst the teammates and was removed.

"I'm not grumpy about hanging out with the crew today, I enjoy our get togethers especially the times where we have fun going to carnivals or the arcade," Naruto replied to Star ignoring the smirk on her face.

The sounds of arguing drew the two pony's attention, when they realized who was fighting, they both sighed because they realized that the twins were fighting again.

"Knock-it off you two, you are causing a scene," Star said.

The twins turned to look at Naruto and Star, both frowned then pointed at each other then continued the argument, Naruto and Star shake their heads at this familiar with their behavior.

"I see the twins are at it again, what is it this time?" Cosmic Night asked in a bored tone.

"Not sure but it's nothing we should be worried about knowing them," Star replied.

"That reminds me on the way here I heard rumors about you being in the company of a very beautiful mare, would you care to comment on the rumors Naruto?" Star asked with a sly grin on her face.

Naruto shakes his head at the question, he realizes that he would have to answer otherwise Star and the twins wont stop bugging him until he does. He enjoyed the time he spent with his friends but wished the didn't have to be so noisy at times.

Naruto sighed "Yes, I helped out a mare who was being harassed by a small group of stallions, after dealing with them I escorted her to Fine Cuisine's restaurant. After lunch she asked me to accompany her around Canterlot while she checked out various stores and stalls."

The others smiled at Naruto, they knew he was the definition of what a stallion should act like, he was always treating mares with respect. The twins easily pictured Naruto as a knight in armor protecting a damsel in distress.

Before any pony could say anything else, they were distracted by some pony entering the café, the pony in question was Glow. She gained a lot of attention from the stallions in the café with gaining silly looks on their faces.

Glow looked around until she saw Naruto sitting with his squad, she quickly ran over to him and hugged him crushing the hearts of the other stallions in the room. Star and the others were memorized by her beauty, the twin's eyes shined with sparkles both mesmerized by the mare's beauty. Star and Cosmic were stunned at Glow's beauty, they had seen numerous mares using numerous ways to enhance their beauty and appearance, but Glow put them all to shame.

"Naruto its nice to see you again, I wasn't expecting to run into today, but this is fine," Glow said

"It's nice to see you too, before I forget these are the members of my squad that I talked about yesterday, this is Glow the mare I was just talking about," Naruto said introducing Glow to the group.

Naruto pulled out a chair for Glow, he knew the others would have questions for her he just hopped none of them went overboard on them.

Glow turned to Star "So you're the leader of his squad, Naruto spoke highly of you and the others yesterday as we walked around Canterlot. He talked a lot about how much he enjoys being on the squad and hanging out with you and the others."

Star and the others smiled at that, they enjoyed having Naruto as a member of their squad. He was always doing what he could to support the squad and watched their backs when they were in dangerous areas. They looked towards Naruto and noticed the sheepish look he had on his face embarrassed by Glow's words.

Star nodded her head at Glow's words "Yes that is true, every pony on the squad enjoys having him around. Naruto said he met you when a bunch of stallions were giving you a tough time, would you care to comment on that?"

Glow blushed at the question, her mind easily picturing Naruto as a knight in armor defending her against those stallions.

"Yes, I am happy to say he did just that driving off those ruffians and then escorting me around Canterlot for the rest of the day. Unfortunately, that is something I am far too familiar with, I am approached by many stallions who just want to be with me for my looks alone," Glow said

The others especially Star and the twins knew exactly what she was talking about having been in similar situations in the past, they had been a few times that the stallions wouldn't get the message and leave them alone so they had to defend themselves from their advances.

Naruto and Cosmic been through it as well, they received it from mares who couldn't take no for an answer, a few being bold enough to try and drug them to knock them out or make them defenseless to the mare's unwanted advances.

The group would continue talking about various things from Glows history and career to different missions the squad has been on and are cleared to talk about in public. Eventually the group would leave to continue with their plans while Glow and Naruto set up a date for the next night in the form of a star gazing picnic, the members of the squad could easily see that those two were falling hard for the other.

The day came and went fairly quickly the group ended up going to the arcade to have fun and play games, every pony had a good time Cosmic ended up winning two stuffed animals that he gave to the twins while Naruto and Star competed against one other in different games. The group ate at the arcade them went their separate ways for the night.

The next day was a slow one for Naruto, he had practice in the morning and then prepared everything he would need for his date with Glow later on that night, he took precaution to avoid going overboard on their dates because Glow hated when pony's have done that in the past for her.

The sun had set, and the moon and stars were shinning brightly in the sky, Naruto and Glow were cuddling up on a blanket that he bought to sit on for the date. The telescope and a book on stars and constellations were set up in a spot nearby, they had taken turns seeing what they could see and tried to out due one other in finding constellations.

Glow sighed and relaxed herself into Narutos warm embrace "Your friends are nice pony's, when I was talking to them, they were protective towards you. Is it because of the problems you were going through before you joined the guard?"

Naruto nodded his head "We always watch and protect each other both on and off the field, helping each other with what ever problems one would have. I am glad I had the chance to form such strong bonds with each member of the squad."

The two would continue to enjoy the beautiful night and each other's company before turning in for the night, Naruto made sure to escort Glow back to her hotel in order to spend a little more time with her.

Things would pick up after their star gazing date, Naruto would be busy with several back to back missions with his team. When Naruto explained this to Glow, she just laughed and understood that he was busy, to her it meant that Naruto and his team were being chosen to do those missions because of their skills and abilities.

Even before Naruto joined Star's squad, they were already considered to be an elite unit in Canterlot. The group was often assigned high ranking missions for that reason, the missions ranging from dealing with rouge dragons to dangerous magical creatures that had been set lose on the land.

When the two were able to get together Naruto immediately asked Glow if she wanted to go out on a date or have a nice quiet dinner at his place, she chose his place because she loved his cooking since the first time she tried it when they had a picnic lunch together.

When she asked about his skills as a cook, he said he learned from others how to cook and read lots of different cook books for different ideas. He also cooked for his team at various times, they rotated who cooked so that way everyone did their share of the work.

Glow and Naruto would go out for desert because what he prepared wasn't ready, so the couple went out to a nearby bake shop and split a small cake between themselves. It was during desert that Naruto noticed that Glow had something on her mind, when he asked, she would avoid the question or change the subject. Naruto told her that when she was ready to talk, he would listen to what she had to say when she was ready.

Naruto and Glow were walking down towards Glow's hotel, she wrapped his arms around him as the two enjoyed the walk and the cool night air. However, as they passed his place Glow stopped in walking and looked up at the sky, Naruto noticed once again that she had something on her mind.

Naruto turned to Glow "Is there something a matter Glow, or did you want to go somewhere else before heading back to your hotel?"

Glow shook her head "Nothing is wrong, but can we go back to your place?"

Naruto pulled her close and planted a kiss on her forehead causing her to blush, then he started walking back towards his apartment with Glow once again wrapping her arms around his arm. Naruto had Glow sit down on the couch as he put a few things away and took care of a few other things.

When Naruto returned to the living room, Glow was waiting for him on the couch he sat down next to her and held her hands while he looked her in the eyes.

"I know there is something on your mind, you can tell me anything you want or feel you need to? Is there anything you want to do to help you relax?" Naruto asked with concern in his voice.

Glow blushed heavy because of the concern Naruto was showing for her, she was glade she meets him and steeled herself to make the choice that has been weighing on her all night.

"Can you show me your bedroom, I want to be with you tonight," Glow replied with a large blush on her face and turning away from Naruto in embarrassment.

Naruto was surprised at first, but he could tell that this was her choice. Naruto placed his hand underneath her chin and planted a kiss on her lips to relax her.

"Ok, but if anytime you don't feel comfortable just let me know, I don't want to force you into anything you don't feel comfortable with," Naruto said while looking Glow in the eyes to show he was serious as he could see that she was nervous about this.

In the bedroom the couple was sitting on the bed making out, Naruto slowly moved down her neck lightly biting and sucking in different spots, this caused Glow to let out little moans at his touch.

Glow looked at Naruto shyly before turning away "this will be my first time, please be gentle," Glow said to Naruto.

Naruto kissed glow once again "I will be gentle as I can, just say the word and I will stop."

The two resumed their activity with Naruto slowly pushing Glow down on the bed, but before he could start anything, she gently pushed him off.

Glow turned away from Naruto "I'm sorry, I can't do this."

Naruto pulled Glow into a hug to relax her "There is nothing to apologize for, I told you from the get-go I wouldn't push you into anything you didn't want to do."

Glow smiled at Naruto, no matter what he always had her best interest at heart and would never force her into anything she didn't want to do. She had to tell him the truth, she refused to lie to him anymore, she only hoped that he would forgive her in the end.

"I do want this with you, but I am tired of lying to you because of personal fears that you wouldn't want to be with me if you knew the truth," Glow said with tears going down her eyes.

Naruto was confused "What do you mean Glow?"

Glow sighed and mentally prepared herself for what was to come "First Glowing Sol is not my real name, and this is not how I really look."

"That's ok, just show me the truth, I promise to wait until the end before I say anything," Naruto replied

Glow smiled at Naruto glad he was being reasonable with her, Glow's horn lit up and soon a white light lit up the room blinding Naruto for a second. When the light died down a familiar pony was standing in Glow's place.

The mare was taller than most, but rivaled Naruto in height, she had ivory white fur and a tri-colored mane. He had a long horn and a pair of swans or dove like wings. Naruto was unable to hide his shock at the sight before him, he never expected that Glow would be Princess Celestia in disguise. Naruto quickly regained his composure, he believed that Princess Celestia had a reason for her actions but wondered what they were.

"I can guess that the transformation is to get away from the reasonability's that you face as Princess of Equestria and its ruler, but why keep it up with me for so long?" Naruto asked confused by the situation.

Celestia smiled at Naruto glad he was giving her a chance to explain her actions, the fact he already figured out one of the reasons surprised her slightly, but she already knew that Naruto was an intelligent pony from the time she had spent with him.

"You are correct about me wanting a break from the duties I had face as rule, the job is not always easy, there are times when I feel like I am pushed to the breaking point," Celestia said while sitting down on the edge of the bed.

Naruto sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her to relax and comfort her, he knew that this wasn't easy for her and wanted to support her. Celestia smiled at Naruto and leaned into his embrace enjoying the warmth.

"That isn't the only reason that I created the disguise, I also used the disguise to find the one that would win my heart, I wanted some pony to look past the beauty and see the mare underneath," Celestia said with a blush on her face avoiding looking at Naruto.

Naruto understood what she was talking about, he went through the same thing when he was dating back in Ponyville. The mares seemed to only care for his physical appearance and nothing more, every date ended the same way in his bedroom.

"A long time ago there was a stallion that won not only mine but my sisters' heart, but the story comes to a tragic end because he was killed during a dark period of Equestria's history. Naruto you're the second pony to make me feel this way, everything I told you on our dates is completely true. I am in love with you Naruto," Celestia said looking directly in his eyes.

Naruto found himself at a loss of words, he had no idea what to say.

"Princess Celestia," Naruto said

"Please just Celestia when we're alone," Celestia replied

"Okay Celestia," Naruto said.

The two leaned in close for a kiss before slowly picking up where they left off earlier.

"Please Naruto I want you to be my first tonight," Celestia said with a large blush on her face.

"Okay my princess," Naruto replied

The next day Naruto awoke to find Celestia missing, it was then he found her covered in his bath robe doing her duty and raising the sun. Naruto found the entire thing incredibly beautiful, especially how Celestia glowed with power through out the process. When it was finished Celestia climbed back into bed and cuddled up to Naruto.

"Good morning my handsome love," Celestia said leaning up for a kiss.

"Same to you my beautiful princess," Naruto replied kissing her and pulling her close.

As comfortable as the two were they knew that their knew relationship came with a large amount of risks, both of them didn't want but knew they had to keep quiet about it unless they risk it blowing up in their face.

Celestia sighed and looked up at Naruto "I'm sorry to say this but we have to keep quiet about our relationship, the reasonability's we both have not to mention your history would interfere in our relationship."

Naruto nodded his head in agreement, "yeah I can easily see pony's complaining about you being seen in a relationship with some pony beneath your station."

Celestia smiled lovingly at Naruto, she was glad he understood the matter and didn't try to force the issue making it difficult for both. The two quickly got up and prepared for their duties, Celestia had the sun court today and Naruto was on guard duty for the court, so after a shower and breakfast the two prepared themselves for another day.

In the throne room Celestia sat down on her throne and Naruto assumed his position as guard for the duration of the court. The other guards on duty couldn't help but feel that there was something going on between Naruto and Celestia, because through out the day they could have sworn they were talking quick glances at each other at several occasions.

It would be a few days later that Celestia wound introduce him to her sister Luna, Naruto had seen her several times in passing but never held a conversation with her.

It was evening in Canterlot, Naruto and Celestia were taking a stroll through the gardens, Celestia used the excuse of asking Naruto to accompany her to spend some alone time with him.

The two would be interrupted by the sounds of wings flapping, when they looked up they saw it was Luna appearing before them.

Celestia smiled at Luna, she was always happy to see her sister especially since she had fully recovered from her time as Nightmare Moon. She also noticed the blush on her face when she looked at Naruto, Celestia shook her head knowing full-well that Naruto attracted a lot of attention from various mares.

Luna was surprised to see her sister in the gardens with a guard, usually she preferred to walk around by herself to get away from her duties and just relax. As she got closer to the pair, she began to see the guard in more detail and couldn't help but think about how handsome the guard was.

"Naruto as you already know this is my younger sister Luna, I know you two haven't been formally introduced until now, Luna this is Naruto a rising member of the royal guard, who joined Star Blitz's squad," Celestia said.

Naruto bowed to Luna "It's a pleasure to meet you Princess Luna, you sister has told me may wonderful things about you."

"Same to you Naruto, my sister has spoken highly about you on several occasions. I have also heard remarkable things about you from Star Blitz, she is happy to have you apart of her squad," Luna replied.

Naruto couldn't help but blush heavily and rub the back of his head in embarrassment, both Celestia and Luna found this to be cute.

"I can only imagine what things my sister as told you about me, perhaps you can accompany me so I can return the favor," Luna replied giving her sister the stink eye and wrapping her arms around Naruto's.

Celestia giggled at her sister's reaction, she enjoyed being able to tease her sister once again but stopped when she noticed her sister's actions. She grabbed Naruto's other her arm and stuck her tongue out her sister.

"Come along Naruto, we still haven't finished our walk so please excuse us sister," Celestia said trying to pull Naruto away from her sister.

Luna however didn't let go of Naruto's arm instead merely held on tighter, she refused to let go of the handsome stallion. The tie however would be broken by Naruto.

"Unfortunately I must stop this here, the rest of the squad and I have a mission tomorrow, so I need to get ready for it since we are leaving early in the morning," Naruto said pulling his arms free and bidding both mares a goodnight.

As soon as Naruto was out of sight Celestia turned to her sister, "So, what do you think of Naruto? Is the Princess of the Night looking for a consort?"

Luna blushed heavily at the questions, she wouldn't deny that Naruto was a handsome stallion and she wouldn't mind spending more time getting to know him better, she started thinking about claiming Naruto for herself.

Starting from that night the two sisters would subtly try to influence Naruto in separate ways, both wanting the stallion for themselves. Those closest to the sisters who knew what was going on found great amusement in the situation, the fact that both royal sisters were interested in the same stallion was very funny to them.

Unfortunately for Naruto the Princesses actions would draw unwanted attention to him and cause rumors to start spreading around Canterlot. The main ones being how he was using unknown means to seduce the Princesses, this led to problems for Naruto as pony's started believing the rumors and turning against Naruto.

It would be hard for Naruto to work with any pony outside his squad except for a select few, the others choosing to believe the rumors and give Naruto a tough time for toying with the hearts of the sisters or believing that he as stepping outside the status quo.

Naruto would be called before the Princesses to be told he was being reassigned to Ponyville to serve as a guard for the town, Mayor Mare had been requesting a squad of guards to help protect the town from the dangerous threats that seemed to be attracted to the town.

Celestia assigned him to this position for two different reasons, one being he was a former resident of the town so he knew the town and the pony's that lived their and wouldn't stand out too much, the second being the rumors spreading around Canterlot both Celestia and Luna wanted to get Naruto away from the foolish nobles who were no doubt behind the rumors about him.

When Naruto arrived back in Ponyville only a few ponies recognized him because it had been several months since he left for Canterlot to join the Royal Guard. The mayor was shocked at who Celestia sent to guard the town.

Naruto stood in front of Mayor Mare, his arms were behind his back and his knees were slightly bent, to the Mayor it looked like he could spring in to action in an instant.

"You're the last pony I was expecting when I heard that Princess Celestia was sending a guard over, I can tell from your records that you are over qualified for the position," Mayor Mare said trying hard to fight down the blush on her face because of the attractive stallion in front of her.

Naruto nodded his head, "I know Celestia had my former home rebuilt and made larger so that will take care of a place of residence, the only thing I ask is you try not to raise any attention towards me because of what happened when I left."

Mayor Mare nodded her head knowing full well the problems would occur if it was leaked that he had return, there were still those who held Naruto in a darker light because of his past.

To keep a low profile and avoid any pony from recognizing him he used dyes to change his mane and tail colors. It worked well but he still attracted mares much like before.

It was quiet in Ponyville with the main threats being attacks from the monsters that lived in Ever Tree woods, the main threats being the Timber wolves who attacked in packs and in numbers that hadn't been seen before. The wolves were also showing strange signs such as dripping a strange black ooze from their mouths and what looked like moving tentacles inside their bodies.

Things would go back to normal for a while, but Naruto had a feeling that they would be picking up again like they usually would. Naruto would be correct in that feeling as his life would pick up following an incident where he saved a young mare from a small pack of blackened timber wolves, blackened timber wolves is what he called the strange mutation of the timber wolves.

The mare he saved had powder blue fur coloring and a snow white main and tail with icy blue highlights. She was wearing a pair of faded blue jeans and a turtle neck sweater with a snowflake pattern on the left side.

The mare smiled at Naruto "Thank you for saving me form those monsters, I would have perished if not for you. My name is Snow Angel, do you mind telling me yours."

Naruto waved off her thanks, "Don't worry about it, just be more careful from now one, the woods are becoming more dangerous these days. As for my name just call me Maelstrom."

The next day he would receive a shock as the mare that he saved last night had tracked him down in order to thank him for rescuing her.

Naruto was having a quiet breakfast when he heard someone knocking at his door, wondering how it could be Naruto quickly walked to the door, when he opened it, he saw it was the mare from last night.

Naruto raised an eyebrow in thought "What brings you here this morning?"

Snow Angel smiled at Naruto "I wanted to thank you for saving me from the wolves, I heard about the wolves, but I didn't think I would ever encounter them."

Naruto just shook his head "Don't worry about just be more careful, I am guessing you went to the mayor to find me?"

Snow nodded her head "I wanted to thank you in person, the mayor said you prefer to keep to yourself, but I still wanted to meet you again."

Any further conversation was canceled out by the sound of Snow's stomach growing, Naruto looked at her with a questionable gaze while Snow blushed from the attention her stomach brought to her.

Naruto sighed "Why don't you come in and have something to et since you came out here to see me, from the sound of things you skipped or haven't had breakfast yet."

Snow was about to decline his offer when her stomach made decision for her, she followed Naruto inside hoping to talk with Naruto some more.

Naruto guided Snow into the kitchen and put together an omelet for her and a few pancakes for himself, through out breakfast Snow would continue to ask different questions hoping to find out more about him.

Some questions he answered others he chose not to, eventually asked why he chose to live alone on the outskirts of the town rather than in it.

"In the past I tried to do that and open myself to others, but rumors began spreading around that destroyed my reputation and credibility around the town. I moved away only for the rumors to follow me and history to repeat itself, being by myself is easier then dealing with pony's who don't bother to find out the truth," Naruto answered.

Snow was shocked by his words; she had heard about the rumors but when she questioned what they were based on it seems like a never-ending string of pony's created the rumors. She was far from intimidated by Naruto's warning this mealy made her want know more about him.

Every day she would come back to either ask questions or just find more about him, she would talk about her job as a nurse and her family in Ponyville. Naruto had to admit the mare was persistent in getting to know him, she always came back the next day to either talk or just have a meal together.

Soon enough Naruto began to enjoy her visits, looking forward to seeing her smiling face or hearing about her day. After a while she asked for a date with him, he opposed the idea at first because of history but Snow wore him down enough to the point he agreed to go on a date with her.

The two would come together after several dates, the towns ponies were surprised at the news, since the mysterious guard was always seen as a loner and rarely in the company others. It was their first Hearth Warming Eve that they would solidify their relationship, but it was soon after that everything would take a turn for the worst.

One day Snow didn't show up, this didn't worry Naruto to much at first thinking that she could be running late due to one reason or another but as time went by Naruto started to get an all too familiar feeling that something bad had happened.

His suspicions were confirmed went into town to only get arrested on the spot, the crime he was charged with was the murder of Snow and her family, he fought back asking what proof they had of his involvement in the crime but is words fell on deaf ears.

He was brought before the Princesses and the bearers for his crimes, he remembered seeing the colt-friends of the bearers present as well. He could see the looks of disgust in their eyes believing that he committed the murders.

The colt friends would suggest that he imprisoned in the crystal catacombs beneath the castle for the rest of his life. The others agreed with the punishment and so he found himself down her in a cell door that only the Princesses could open, the lock always required a unique key to open that Celestia kept on her person.

(Flashback end)

Naruto opened his eyes, his trip down memory lane was the farthest thing from a pleasant journey. The time in his cell gave him time to think on everything, he knew he was set up and he had a hunch that the ones who set him up are the new colt-friends of the bearers, he could only guess what their reasons were for everything they did was.

Naruto looked down at his right arm, unlike the rest of his body his arm was an unusual color and had a separate pattern then the one on the rest of his body. The fur was black with a glowing red pattern, he remembered how this change happened a few months after his imprisonment.

He remembered how his was meditating to focus his thoughts and figure out what was going on and who was behind everything. He was pulled from his thoughts by strange noises coming from the cavern area, when he approached the bars to see what was out there, he saw three strange blobs approaching his cell.

The first blob was black with a red wave pattern, the second was silver with a blue streak pattern, and the last one was grey with yellow triangle pattern. The blobs slipped through the bars of his cell door and attached them selves to his body before entering his body through his pores.

What Naruto felt next was enormous amount of pain, it reminded him of when he was turned into chimera, he passed out from the pain only to awaken with his mane and tail changed to the coloring of the silver blob and his right arm the black ones colors. What felt strange to Naruto was that the changes felt natural to him which raised a lot of questions in his mind.

Naruto began hearing footsteps and felt two ponies approaching his cell, he felt that they weren't the royal guard but were familiar to him. Naruto started to get a bad feeling about the two, the feeling getting stronger as the two approached, it was when they stepped into the light that he knew why they were so familiar to him.

They were both stallions, the one on the left was an older stallion with grey fur and a white mane, he wore a monocle in his right eye and was hunched over with his hands behind his back. He wore a white lab coat with a black long sleeve shirt underneath and black dress pants and dress shoes, he also had an average size horn signaling that he was a unicorn.

The other stallion was an earth pony, he possessed a large muscular build and had reddish-brown fur and his mane and tail were a steel grey mane and tail. He wore a sleeveless black shirt and ripped blue jeans; he gave off an intimidating aura that would cause most ponies to become extremely nervous around him.

They were Dr. Mixed Elixir and Steel Bones; the doctor was head of the chimera project at the facility and the other served as an enforcer for the facility pushing anyone who broke the rules or got out of line.

"Well, well, well, look how the mighty have fallen, the colt who nearly destroyed my life's work finally get what he deserves," Dr. Mixed Elixir replied in a sarcastic tone.

Naruto said nothing, he finally understood who was manipulating every pony from the shadows, he thought as much but had no proof of their involvement.

Naruto walked up to the bars, "It's safe to assume that you're the master mind behind everything that has happened recently."

Dr. Mixed Elixir gave a bow "Yes, as you guessed everything was apart of my plan, you nearly destroyed my life's work so of course there would be consequences. So, what if we were kidnapping ponies and other creatures from across the lands it was all in the name of science!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at the doctor's speech, "So, now that you had your revenge, are you here just to gloat in my face?"

"While that would be enjoyable to me, that is not why we're here for. You have proven to be a dangerous threat to the leaders plans, so you will be removed from the equation, do you can't destroy the cults work again," Dr. Mixed Elixir said with a dark grin on his face.

Naruto was confused by what the doctor said, he started to get a bad feeling and prepared himself from whatever they were going to through at him, but that proved to be a useless gesture because a massive seal appeared underneath his feet.

The seal had numerous runes etched onto itself, Naruto didn't recognize any of them, but he knew that he was in trouble, suddenly, the runes turned black and then a familiar black ooze appeared from inside the seal. Naruto tried to leap out of the seal but when he tried hands of black ooze took hold of him and pulled him down into the darkness. The last thing Naruto saw before the darkness consumed was the smirking face of the doctor waving goodbye to him.

The pair made their way back to the exit, their task completed, unaware that this wouldn't be the last they see of Naruto. The pair walked back in silence; both were happy that the pony that caused them so many problems is gone but Steel Bones wondered if they dealt with Naruto the right way.

"I thought the Leader wanted him dead or imprisoned somewhere under our control, why did you send him somewhere else? Is there a chance that he could return to cause problems for us?" Steel Bones asked curious about the doctor's motives.

Steel Bones knew that Dr. Mixed Elixir was a stallion of high intelligence, he had no problems doing whatever was needed to accomplish his goals. He was proof of the Doctor's work, he underwent special enhancement surgery combining machine and pony, the experiment worked he was superior to any regular pony.

The doctor chuckled at first at his partners question, his natural skills as a fighter and the enhancements he had obtained through his experimental surgery made him a monster in pony flesh. He had no problems with getting his hands dirty if the situation called for it, he enjoyed working with him because he was quiet unless he had questions that needed answering.

"Naruto is imprisoned in a cell that he can never escape from, the seal transported him to the void, he his bound there so even if he escapes the void will just drag him back every time. No pony has ever escaped that place and I doubt no one ever will," Dr. Mixed Elixir said

The two soon reached the entry hall that lead to the outside, the members of the royal guard that watched over the entrance lay in various spots on the ground. It would seem like they were sleeping if not for the obvious broken bones and blood on the ground. The guard had gotten in their way and payed the price for their loyalty.

"It's a shame that we couldn't keep any of them, they would have been valuable test subjects for my research and current experiments," Dr. Mixed Elixir said with a disappointed tone of voice.

Steel Bones said nothing just shakes his head, he was to use to the doctor's antics, he opened a portal to their base using a special item that he possessed.

Unbeknownst to the pair, there was another figure hiding in the shadows watching everything that went on in Naruto's cell. The figure was scouting to see if Naruto would be worth saving to help him get revenge against the cult.

The figure soon noticed a glowing spot in Naruto's former cell, the glow formed a strange flower that was made of strange glowing petals. The Flower was closed with its petals wrapped up tonight, another thing the figure noticed was the flower had what looked the solar princess's cutie mark on it.

"So, the cult has made their move against Naruto, he may prove to be a useful ally against them, no doubt Celestia, Luna, and the others will want to be aware of what happens to him but how to go about it?" the figure thought out loud.

The figure stepped into the light revealing a strange male figure wearing a black and red jesters' outfit, his face was covered by a porcelain mask. The mask face was shaped like a demonic face, the eyes slanted with dark red eye covering, the mouth was a demonic grin.

The jester used his magic to form what looked like a comic book and put it on Naruto's bed, the cover showed what appeared to be a prison cell, with a pair of manacles hanging from a way connecting to a younger looking Naruto. The comic book showed Naruto's past before he came to Ponyville.

The Jester disappeared back into the shadows, he could hear the sounds of footsteps approaching the cell and didn't want to be around when they found out Naruto had disappeared.

AN: This story has been in my mind for a while, so if anyone has questions for me feel free to ask. As for the Hunter story the hard copy of the next chapter is being written as I type, I will not give a release date for the new chapter because I don't know.

For those curious about jester, he has his own score to settle with the cult and will use anyone or any pony that he can to accomplish goals.

Any and all flamers and hate mail will be ignored.

Revised versions of the chapters of the hunter story, will be posted at the same time.