Heartwarming / The Flash Sentry Chronicles

The Element of Courage

• Flash saves Twilight from some bullies when they are just kids, despite only having met her once before and not knowing anything about her.
• When Twilight and Flash are caught in a sudden storm, Flash lets Twilight stay with him in his old tree house so she won't be afraid and alone, even though she was just being rude to him and calling him a thief. After Flash tells her he has no family and doesn't remember anything but running all his life she wraps her blanket around him so they can sleep together.
• After Flash returns Twilight to her home safely and she explains how he helped her, her family welcomes Flash openly. When Flash says he has no family to go back to they let him stay with them at Twilight's request, unofficially adopting him but making him apart of their family nonetheless.
• After hearing about Flash's past and observing how Flash performed at the obstacle course in the guard's training ground, Grand Hoof visits him with Princess Celestia later that day and offers him to become his apprentice and be a Royal Knight one day. Plus this all happened the day after he became part of Twilight's family, turning his life around so fast and taking the first steps toward his destiny.
• After Rainbow helps everyone cross the bridge to The Castle of The Two Sisters, Flash tells her that was definitely something Wonderbolt material. He also says he knows Soarin personally since he trained with him, thanks to Grand, and promises to mention her to him the next time he sees him.

Flash Sentry, Defender of the Peace S 1

• Flash forms a quick bond with Scootaloo when he first meets her, which only grows stronger the more time they spend together.
• Flash and Springer's first meeting together. Flash saves Springer from some Timberwolves and after Springer checks Flash's aura he hugs him friendly.
  • After Springer recovers and saves the lives of some foals from a falling boulder. After witnessing this and later learning he can communicate with Springer due to them sharing auras, Flash and him become life long partners.
• Trixie is much friendlier than in canon due to becoming friends with Flash after he saves her from some criminals. She ends up opening up to him and Twilight when they ask her why she lied about defeating an Ursa Major, explaining she travels around to get praise from others due to never getting it from her father due to failing his expectations. She later helps Flash and Twilight defeat the same criminals from earlier and leaves on good terms with them, and they tell her her father would be proud of what she did.
• When Flash and Twilight visit Canterlot the rest of the family, and later Cadance, gets to meet Springer, and they all think he is adorable.
  • During the visit, Flash is able to explain to Moondancer why Twilight didn't show up to her party, explaining there was a perfectly valid reason for her absence. This leads to her apologize to Twilight and the two resuming their friendship much sooner than in canon.
• Flash absolutely refuses to believe Zecora is evil without any evidence and actually calls out everyone for jumping to conclusions about her. His reason for this? He essentially was her before, with both of them being outsiders and judged by others. This leads to him being the first to meet Zecora in town, having a friendly conversation with her, and later locking everyone in the library so he can talk to Zecora on civil terms about what is happening to them.
• Flash fulfills his promise to Rainbow in the previous story and mentions her to Soarin before the Best Young Flyers competition. Not only does he mention her, he tells Soarin all about her, and how he thinks she'll make a great addition to the team. Soarin seems skeptical at first, thinking Flash might be trying to set him up on a date with his friend, but even he admits Rainbow sounds awesome, and later develops a crush on her himself after she saves his life.
• When Springer is on patrol by himself we see just a regular day in his life without Flash around. It is clear the whole town loves him and he is an accepted member of their community.
• During one meeting with Princess Luna, Flash suggests that maybe if she took on a student of her own, like Celestia did with Twilight, maybe it would help her connect with the modern world a little more. Several chapter later, in The Best Night Ever, Luna has taken Flash's advice and has made Trixie her student.
• The Fantasia Festival was created by Flash and Celestia. Years ago after one of the most boring galas, Flash asked Celestia if there was a way to make it any funnier, which Celestia aggressions to since she also found it boring. So they created the Fantasia Festival, held the day after the Gala every year, to allow the citizens to cut lose and have fun like they were originally meant to with the Grand Galloping Gala.
• When Lightning Blitz tells Flash he has no family and is just a filthy street rat, Flash retorts that even if he doesn't know who his birth parents are or if he has any siblings he does have a family. His family is with all the friends he has made through his life, the ones that fought beside him and helped make something of himself.
• Grand telling his grandson Lightning that the reason he chose Flash as his apprentice instead of him was because he knew they both had potential to be Royal Knights, but Flash needed his help to achieve his potential. But he believed Lightning didn't need his help and could become a knight himself.
• Shining Armor realizes how much he wants Cadance in his life after the whole event, when he was afraid he lost her, and proposes to her. He doesn't even get to finish though, since Cadance agreed immediately.
• The Fantasia Festival finally proceeding after everything that everyone had to go through.

Flash Sentry, Chaos and Disharmony

• Gorgenia is shown working in the gardens at the start of the story and helping Grand with the tour, slowly earning forgiveness for helping Lightning in the previous story.
• When Flash is almost corrupted by Discord in the maze he manages to resist it by remembering all the good memories from his past.
  • Twilight teaching him how to read when it became required for him to read certain books for his training with Grand.
  • Velvet nursing him when he injured his wing, with him calling her his mom and her calling him her son.
  • Night Light taking him to a father and son picnic event.
  • Shining Armor teaching him how to sword fight.
  • Cadance arriving to foalsit him and Twilight.
  • Him meeting Spike for the first time and looking forward to making friends with him.
  • Him meeting Soarin for the first time.
• Flash's friends checking on him after the celebration when he begins to wonder more about why so many unsual things have been happening to him recently.

Flash Sentry, Defender of the Peace S 2

• When Flash suffers from nightmares every night for three weeks straight his friends do everything they can to help him, even going so far as to get Luna to help by seeing inside his dreams.
  • They eventually realize the nightmare is a repressed memory and realize Flash once lived in an orphanage when he was young. He almost died in a fire and just kept running afterwards. The elderly unicorn working there, Clarity, is relieved to know Flash is still alive and reveals that Flash's real full name is Flash Relic and gives him the old blanket he used to keep when he was young.
  • Though Flash didn't get all the answers he was looking for his friends promise to keep helping him find the truth about the rest of his past.
• Iron Core is sent to Ponyville by his mentor, Skybreaker, and Grand Hoof, since they believe that Flash can help Iron improve his attitude.
  • Though Iron starts off badly with the town at first he quickly bonds with everyone when he helps Flash save the town from Speed Stingers. As thanks, the whole town helps fix up the shack he stays in as a welcoming gift.
• Springer's joy at being able to talk so he can now communicate with everyone, without needing Flash to translate for him
• Flash explains the reason he loves Nightmare Night, and the reason he always dresses as just a plain ghost, is because it was the one day of the year before he met Twilight he could get food without scavenging for it or stealing it. He just needed a sheet to cover himself with and he could get free candy like everyone else, enough to last him for weeks. Flash credits the holiday as the reason he is was able to stay alive before meeting Twilight.
• Wild Smile helping Pinkie babysit the Cake twins and the two of them bonding. Before Wild leaves, Pinkie gives him a quick kiss on the cheek, which he clearly enjoyed.
  Wild: Wow...what a mare.
• Cherry Jubilee was actually good friends with Applejack's parents, running into them occasionally at different events, and is still sad about their passing.
• When the Wonderbolts get a week off after a big show Soarin decides to visit Ponyville to visit Flash, with the intention of Lao meeting with his crush Rainbow Dash. Once the two of them run into each other they quickly hit it off together.
  • Rainbow gets excited at the idea of hanging out with Soarin, her favorite Wonderbolt.
  • Soarin tells Rainbow how he got his cutie mark. He entered the Best Young Flyers Competition just like Rainbow did, despite everyone telling him it was a bad idea, and won. He got to spend the day with the current Wonderbolts, including his hero, Wind Rider, and was told by him he could join one day if he believed in himself, which got Soarin his cutie mark.
  • Soarin first meeting Flash and how he quickly becomes friends with him and Grand.
  • After Rainbow and Soarin have a race together, with Soarin winning just by a nose, the two agree to race again when Rainbow joins The Wonderbolts, and neither expects to be waiting too long.
  • Rainbow enters a small state of depression that lasts for several days when Soarin leaves town after a week of hanging with her and her friends. She soon cheers back up when she and Flash receive some mail from Soarin, sending them both a copy of a book he learned his meditation from to help them both learn the Theta State. He also leaves a PS for Rainbow, asking her to write back to him. Rainbow grins happily while hugging the book close to her chest.
• When Scootaloo gets stung by a deadly Scorpentine, Flash does everything he can to try to get its venom and save her life. After the venom fails to cure Scootaloo, due to the poison being in her system too long, Flash is desperate to find some way of saving her until he realizes they have the same rare blood type, meaning he can give her his blood in a blood transfusion. This not only saves Scootaloo's life, but First Aid checks the blood types and sees they are so similar that not only are they compatibale, it shows Flash and Scootaloo are siblings.
  • This is followed by Scootaloo moving in with Flash and Twilight in the next chapter. After a party celebrating her moving in Flash tucks her into bed, wishing his sister a good night.
• Hearts and Hooves Day is filled with heartwarming Ship Tease moments.
  • Spike ends up spending the day with Rarity. With Flash and Twilight out of town Rarity invites him to help her design some dresses. She loves one design he makes so much they start collabing on it together, with Rarity offering to model it herself once they finish.
  • Pinkie and Wild take the Cake twins to the park together. While there Wild decides to move to Ponyville and Pinkie and him decide to spend more time together alone on a date. Before leaving Pinkie gives him another kiss on the cheek.
  • Rainbow spends the day with her parents and they surprise her with tickets to a Wonderbolts show. While there Rainbow and Soarin catch sight of each other, and Soarin silently decides that with Rainbow and her parents watching he needs to win. Windy Whistles quickly figures out Rainbow likes Soarin and grows fond of him herself after learning how Rainbow met him and has been writing letters to him, and is especially impressed when she hears he actually beat Rainbow in a race. Soarin manages to catch up to Rainbow and her family after the show and spend some time with them. At the end of the day Rainbow and Soarin decide to try spending hanging out alone some time, with Soarin admiting he's been trying to think of a way to ask her out. Once he leaves Windy is cheering over the two of them and Bow, though reluctant at first, decides Soarin is worthy of being with his daughter.
  • Flutterhsy's parents visit her for the holiday at her cottage. Though they are intimidated by Iron Core at first due to his frightening appearance, Fluttershy assures them he is a kind pony underneath it. Her parents quickly accept Iron after that and listen to a few stories from him before he is called on by Springer to help in town. Before Fluttershy's parents leave for the day they say they actually hope she gets together with Iron one day, knowing he can keep her safe.
  • Twilight and Flash are absent for most of the day due to spending the holiday with Twilight's parents in Canterlot. Once they arrive back home they wonder if maybe next year they'll be able to spend the holiday with their own special somepony. They both wish the other luck with finding one and smile happily at each other while completely missing what is right in front of them.
• When Scootaloo, Spike, and Rainbow are messing with Twilight and Spike accidentally fires his flames at her, Flash pushes her out of the way and gets hit instead, getting his own mane burned off. Later after Twilight is done freaking out about the supposed upcoming disaster, Rarity manages to fix Flash's mane and give him a brand new style.
• While sneaking around the castle, Flash has a pleasant conversation with Shadow Spear, one of the night guards that unlocks the gate to the Starswirl section for them, and agrees to have another spar with him later.
• Flash and Iron both helping Fluttershy when she was scared to help fly to collect water for Cloudsdale.
  • Flash manages to encourage Fluttershy enough to let him train her, reasoning that she doesn't need to increase her Wing Power too high, but just enough so that his own will make up the difference.
  • Iron telling Fluttershy that he was wrong for thinking she was weak when he first met her, and that he sees he was the weak one for thinking that of her. He realized he was wrong about her when she rushed into the church where he and Flash were fighting Lightning to deliver the message about Grand, putting herself at risk to do so. His words ultimately encourage Fluttershy to fly harder than ever before. She later thanks Iron for his kindness and gives him a kiss on the cheek.
• The Crusaders are able to inform Cheerlie that Diamond Tiara is blackmailing them and Cheerlie strips Diamond Tiara of her position. But despite this, the Crusaders still decide to publish their apology to Ponyville, deciding to take responsibility for their actions and the stories they published.
• During the invasion during the royal wedding, Flash encounters Thorax when he realizes he isn't attacking anyone. After Thorax tells him he doesn't want to hurt anyone Flash tells him to leave Canterlot and not to come back, which leads to Thorax being spared from being blasted out with the other Changelings later.
  • Before leaving, Thorax warns Flash that Chrysalis knows about the elements and has an ambush waiting. Flash thanks Thorax before he heads out and tells him his own name when asked.

Flash Sentry, Crystal Darkness

• Flash is assigned to go to the Crystal Empire with Twilight because of his ability to make friends and make others trust him. His assignment is to reintroduce Ruby Scarlet the Crystal Knight to the world after her 1000 years of absence and convince her to rejoin the Royal Knights.
• Though Ruby starts out cold and distant from the others, she eventually opens up to them.
  • Ruby knew about the Jakhowls 1000 years ago and was friends with their leader, Sharp Paw.
• After the conflict, Ruby finally reunited with her friend and old teacher, Princess Luna. The two are finally able to catch up together and plan to have a night out, with Luna wanting Ruby to meet her new student Trixie.
• Twilight freaks out when Flash finally regains consciousness after Sombra is beaten and yells at him for always putting himself in danger without thinking of others. Though Flash can't promise her he won't do it again, he can promise her he will always come back alive, because he has too much to live for to die. Twilight believes him.

Flash Sentry, Defender of the Peace S 3

• The first chapter is on Flash's birthday. Although things do not go perfectly, due to the weather report getting mixed up, Fluttershy's birds not being able to sing, and some of Flash's friends being unable to make it to the party, Flash is still perfectly happy for being able to celebrate with his friends anyway. Things get better when Grand and Trixie are able to make it to the party after being delayed.
• The flashback of when Scootaloo first met Rainbow Dash. Rainbow noticed Scootaloo looked sad and Scootaloo told her that a doctor just explained she would never be able to fly. Rainbow immediately told her to forget what he said and encouraged her to keep trying and never give up. This encounter was what made Scootaloo idolize Rainbow so much.
• Pretty much all of Soarin's moments in Wonderbolt Academy.
  • Though he denies it (very badly) Soarin helped with the recruits at the academy for a chance to see Rainbow again.
  • After they bump into each other at night, Rainbow address Soarin as "sir", only for Soarin to tell her not to worry about formalities, since they're friends.
  • Soarin manages to convince Spitfire to swap Rainbow and Lightning's placements, making Rainbow the lead pony instead of the wing pony.
  • When Lightning makes Rainbow clip her wing due to disobeying her, Soarin takes her to the medical bay to bandage it. The two slowly start to get comfortable together and without realising it lean in closer, until they are interrupted by the doctor returning.
  • After Lightning is dismissed from the academy, Spitfire makes Soarin Rainbow's new wing pony for the rest of her time at the academy.
  • Later, the night Lightning is dismissed, Rainbow and Soarin hump into each other again and have small chat together. When Rainbow admits she is nervous about being a lead pony and is afraid she might mess up, Soarin assures her she'll do great and is already a better leader than he ever was. This leads to the two of them sharing their First Kiss together.
  Soarin: Rainbow, relax. You're not gonna mess up. You've got this.
  Rainbow: How can you be sure?
  Soarin: Because I had the same worries when I was made lead pony, and I still turned out fine. And you, are ten times the leader I ever was. Trust me.
  Rainbow: I... (whispers) thanks.
  Soarin: (grinning) You're welcome.
  [The two stare at each other silently before slowly leaning forward, quietly and uninterrupted, and lock lips.]
• After his near death experience against King Sombra, Flash tries to be more serious and ends up becoming meaner to Pinkie when she pulls pranks around town. After Pinkie's pranks end up saving the town from some invading Gremlins he apologizes to her, and she not only accepts but manages to help him smile again by telling him he doesn't need to be serious all the time. Joking around is his own way of facing his fears when fighting, and it helps make everyone around him feel calm too.
• When the others are trying to reform Discord, Flash actually thanks Discord for when they first met, since Flash remembered what Discord said his blood type was and he remembered and manged to save Scootaloo's life when she was poisoned because of it. Though the moment is unfortunately ruined by Discord falling asleep when Flash tries to tell him he doesn't need to be evil.
• Trixie's friendship with Twilight is much better than it is in the show at this point. She offers to help Twilight entertain the delegates from Saddle Arabia after Twilight realizes her initial plan won't be enough. Though she and Twilight argue for a moment when Trixie calls her out on being selfish with Flash, despite being jealous when Trixie makes plans to ask him out, she tells her Flash will still be a part of her life no matter what and they manage to perform the show together without any problems. Trixie later decides to wait a little longer before asking Flash out, while warning Twilight she better ask herself first since she doesn't plan to wait forever. The two end the chapter with a friendly magic duel together, requested by Princess Luna, just to see who the real "number one princess student" is.
  • Flash eventually realizes Twilight is jealous of Trixie and assures her that just because thing's are different now it doesn't affect how others see her, especially how he sees her. Though it takes a turn when Flash reveals he thinks Twilight is jealous that Trixie's magic is getting better and she might not be the princess's number one student anymore, Flash still tried to comfort her when and assured her she'll just keep getting better.
  • Flash and Trixie's friendship is pretty sweet too. Trixie has said before she is only doing as good as she is now thanks to Twilight and Flash. The two playfully arguing (flirting) with each other, like Twilight says she and Flash do, shows the two are already as close as him and Twilight. The two also have a small picnic together and Trixie makes plans to ask him out on a date, before realizing he has has no clue how either she or Twilight feel about him. Though despite her anger at this, she said that she would still ask him out eventually if Twilight takes too long, showing she still values her friendship with him.
• Skybreaker doesn't like the idea of bringing Springer and the apprentices on an important mission, feeling that Springer is just a pet and the apprentices aren't ready for this type of mission. Ruby immediately vouches for Springer, saying she has worked with jakhowls in the past and they are just as strong, if not stronger, than Royal Knights and demands he apologize for his insult. Grand Hoof also vouches for Flash and Iron, saying that this mission will be helpful to both of them.
• During Hiveena's flashback of how she was betrayed by Chrysalis and left the hive, Thorax helps her escape the Changeling territory after Chrysalis orders her killed. After leading her to a tunnel that will take her out of the territory, he lies to the other guards about where she is, including his brother Pharynx.
• After Springer defeats Shade, unlocking his Battle Form in the process. Skybreaker apologizes to him for how he's been treating him and says that once the mission is over he wants to recommend to the princesses to put Springer on the short list to be an official Royal Knight, so he can stand beside them as an equal. Springer declines, saying he doesn't need a title to know he's a hero, but Skybreaker says the offer will always be open if he changes his mind.
• Lightning Blitz's unexpected return to save Flash and the other Knights from Doom Raizer. His story of what he has been up to also shows he has traveled all around Equestria, slowly earning redemption for his misdeeds.
• Flash bonding with his idol Skybreaker during the mission. Skybreaker apologizes for being too harsh to him before, and admitting that he sees a lot of himself from when he was younger in Flash and telling him he just didn't want him to make the same mistakes he did.
  • Flash tells Skybreaker in response that after the incident with Sombra, an incident similar to Skybreaker's past when they both met their better, he stopped joking around and tried to do things the Royal Knight way, especially becoming like Skybreaker himself, but his friends showed him it was okay to jokes and still be serious when fighting. Flash states if he is going to be a knight, he'll be one who fights with a smile on his face, to make everyone feel a little safer.
  Skybreaker: You know kid, I think you're gonna be one heck of a knight someday.
• Lightning Blitz comes with Flash, Iron, and Springer back to Ponyville as its newest Defender. He also reunites with his old friends there.
• Flash is made Twilight's first personal guard after she becomes a princess.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: EQG

• Flash manages to convince Celestia to let him come with Twilight to the mysterious world the mirror leads to, reasoning it is his duty to protect her.
• Flash quickly makes friends with the human counterparts of Iron, Heather, First, and Grand.
• The human versions of Flash and Twilight's friends all immediately pick up on there being more than just regular friendship between the two of them
• The Royal Knights help Flash and Twilight improve Twilight's image along with the human Mane 6.
• Human Skybreaker is Iron Core's foster parent instead of just his mentor.
• Heather notes that if Sunset confesses that she was the one who got Lightning Blitz kicked out of CHS then they might be able to get him back. She is clearly excited to potentially get one of her friends back.
• Flash and Twilight's adventure has brought them even closer together. Cadance can actually tell that "it finally happened" between them, and is upset she wasn't the one to bring them together.

Flash Sentry, Defender of the Peace S 4

• Flash apologizing for taking his role as Twilight's personal guard too far when he puts her safety above the rest of their friends.
• Lightning's efforts around town to try to make up for his past:
  • He ends up bonding with Big Mac over both of them having at least one dead parent. Big Mac was originally still mad at Lightning for what he did to him and Applejack before, but after learning what he had went through, without any other family to support him like he did, he realises they are more alike then he thought.
  • Lightning makes deliveries for Pinkie and the Cakes. One delivery is to a birthday party and the party isn't going too good since the bouncy castle wasn't inflated due to the machine that keeps it inflated not working. Lightning uses his magic to charge the dead battery in the inflating device. The kids all cheer when the castle inflates and begin playing in it. But right as Lightning gets ready to leave, the birthday filly suddenly hugs his leg and thanks him for saving the party. Then every other foal tackles him in a dog pile of hugs.
  • Lightning commissions Rarity to make him something he can carry his daggers with. She ends up making him a cloak that perfectly carries them. She also gives it to him free, on the condition he keeps being the pony he is now and not the jerk he used to be. This is especially heartwarming since Rarity was originally disgusted by Lightning when they first met and he had the nerve to flirt with her after insulting her friends. Now it is implied she may begin to return his feelings.
• Flash and Scootaloo finally meeting their birth parents!
  • Though Flash is initially furious to meet them due to them being absent from their lives for so long and feeling they abandoned them, especially since he suffered and almost starved on the streets as a kid, Twilight is able to convince him to give them a chance. Flash ends up saving his family from a group of Timberwolves, and his father Trail Blazer takes a bad hit for him, simply saying he did it because Flash is his son. After everything, Flash decides to forgive his parents, even if he does not agree with their choices. Before his parents leave for Manehatten they give Flash a gift, the dish they used to watch Flash over the years so they felt connected to him.
  • Scootaloo, unlike Flash, is accepting of her birth parents from the start, simply happy to finally get to know her parents. She ends up hanging out with them around town until Flash arrives to save them from the group of Timberwolves.
• Trixie feels like because of Twilight becoming an alicorn Princess, it means she will never be as good as her. Springer and Flash are able to help cheer her up. She also remembers what her teacher, Princess Luna, said to her shortly after she became her student and she felt down on herself for making a mistake, telling her she is better than she thinks.
  Luna: You are not a failure! You made a mistake, but you can't let that stop you! I, more than anypony, know what its like to make mistakes with horrible consequences! I am not and never will give up on you, no matter how badly you screw up. But all my belief is meaningless if you do not believe in yourself! You have much greatness buried within you Trixie Lulamoon. Together, we will unearth that greatness and show the whole world that Trixie Lulamoon is a pony to respect. Understand?
• Daring Do was friends with Flash's parents and mistakes him for his dad at first. He is the first one among the group she trusts and has accompany her on her mission.
• Iron being protective of Fluttershy when Applejack pressures her to use her stare on some vampire fruit bats, and later calls out Applejack for her selfishness when Fluttershy becomes Flutterbat when the spell they used backfired.
• Despite all the hell Springer went through during his Ground Hog Day Loop, there are still a few moments that stand out:
  • It is revealed Rainbow and Soarin have been in a relationship ever since Rainbow was at the academy. They have kept it a secret from everyone because they don't want everyone to think Rainbow is getting any favors from the Wonderbolts. Despite that they were still able to meet with each other in secret happily, and after Springer finds out about them he encourages them to come clean about it to their friends, since they know Rainbow will join the Wonderbolts eventually and they shouldn't base their relationship around a secret. The end of the chapter has them coming clean and all the girls in the group squealing upon learning.
  • Springer learns that Iron Core is secretly writing a Sci-fi romance novel. Springer tells him that his work is very good and gives him a bit of advice for the ending. Iron ends up taking his advice and revising his ending.
  • When Springer decides to relax and have fun during the loop, he does stuff like playing video games with Button Mash and practicing the violin with Octavia and Vinyl.
    • Springer is shown to still have these skill after the loop ends and plays a violin for all of Ponyville at the end of the day.
  • When Springer can't take being trapped in the loop anymore, his friends instantly believe him when he explains what is happening to them, much to his shock, knowing that he wouldn't lie about something so important or breakdown over nothing.
  • Springer's attempted Heroic Sacrifice to save the town and his friends from the bomb and his supposed Final Words to them all. Luckily he survived the attempt when the true nature of the loop was revealed.
  • Flash and Springer both apologize to each other for their earlier argument when Springer finally wakes up after finishing his Vision Quest.
• Rainbow and Soarin's relationship is given more focus in "Rainbow Falls".
  • Spitefire and Fleetfoot are shown to be completely fine with the two of them dating, and Skybreaker even congratulates Rainbow when the group meets him at Rainbow Falls.
  • Soarin ends up accidently clipping his wing during practice because of some bad luck with the clouds and the sun getting in his eyes instead of being distracted by the cute cheerleaders like in canon or that his girlfriend is watching him.
  • The two keep themselves professional despite their relationship, with Soarin even forbidding Rainbow from visiting him after he clips his wing until she qualifies for the Games.
• The only pony who visited Soarin while he was in the hospital was Flash.
• "Iron's Revenge" has several moments for Fluttershy and Iron Core.
  • Fluttershy looks over a photo album and looks on at a photo of her and Iron dancing together away from everyone else during the Royal Wedding (Pinkie having taken the photo in secret). Fluttershy has finally realized that she has feelings for Iron, believing he is everything she wishes she could be and imagines the two of them sharing a passionate kiss.
  • When Iron goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against Longhorn and nearly kills some of his goons, Fluttershy tries to bring him back to his senses with a Cooldown Hug, begging him to go back to the way he was before. Iron actually pauses for a moment when he sees Fluttershy crying.
  • When Iron says he doesn't care if he gets killed fighting Longhorn, Flash reminds him of all the friends he has made that will care if he dies.
  • After defeating Longhorn, saving Fluttershy, and finally learning what being a Royal Knight means, Iron Core is deemed ready to be a Royal Knight himself and is knighted in Canterlot as the newest Royal Knight, finally achieving his dream.
  • During the ceremony, Iron meets with Fluttershy in the garden, the same place they first met each other a year ago. Fluttershy congratulates him and asks him where he plans to live now that he can go anywhere, and Iron says he'll stay at the place that he has made his home. He clarifies that this is not Ponyville though, it is wherever Fluttershy is. The two embrace each other in a hug before pulling each other into a kiss.
• After Wild Smile spends most of "Pinkie Pride" jealous of Cheese Sandwich and worried about him and Pinkie possibly becoming a couple, Pinkie tells Wild that he is the kind of stallion she wants as her very special somepony, with the two of them officially starting their relationship and Pinkie kissing him on the nose.
• After Flash has a meltdown against Discord for not taking their investigation seriously, and chewing him out for only helping because he wants to entertain himself instead of actually wanting to help and do the right thing he realizes he messed up and hurt Discord's feelings. The next morning he admits he wants to be friends with Discord and realizes that maybe his joker attitude is because before he had friends nobody wanted to be near him, something Flash understand from his life before he met Twilight, so he pulled pranks to get attention from anyone he could. Discord overhears the whole thing and agrees to help Flash properly this time.
  • After the investigation is over and Lightning and Solid are cleared, Solid thanks Flash for his help and apologizes for his attitude towards him, the first time Solid has shown kindness to anyone besides Lightning or one of his group of friends since Season 1.
• Everyone's attempts to get Twilight and Flash to hook up in "Shipping". Their attempts also seem to work at first, with Flash and Twilight thinking of how far they have both come together and even leaning in for a kiss at one point, before being interrupted.
• During "Twilight's Kingdom PT1" Flash begins to question why he hasn't been knighted like Iron Core yet and wonders what he is missing. The other knights all take him to a new building constructed in the Crystal Empire, the Hall of Knights, which is a museum dedicated to the Royal Knights and all they've accomplished. The Royal Knights all have crystal statues of them and an Apprentice Knight statue made of stone. He eventually sees his own statue, made of crystal instead of stone, and the title under it is Future Knight. When he asks Grand what it means, Grand simply says it would be a waste making a stone statue of Flash since they'll just need to replace it someday, showing he and the others are confident he'll become a Royal Knight one day.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: Rainbow Rocks

• Even while under the Siren's spell the Royal Knights still welcome Flash back to CHS and make him part of their band for the Battle of the Bands.
• Sunset gives Twilight some advice on her relationship with Flash, telling her she might regret not acting sooner. It is clear even Sunset is a supporter of their relationship.
• In a bit of a villainous example, Adagio notices how Sonata develops a crush on Flash immediately after meeting him, so when Flash helps Sunset confront them Adagio invites him to join them when they are done at CHS, pointing out how Sonata is interested in him. Even if the Dazzlings constantly argue with each other and annoy each other, Adagio still tried to do something nice for her sister.
• Flash tells Sunset that he forgives her for what she tried to do the last time he was in the human world, and for what she did to him too. He also gives her a bit of advice that he learned himself about forgiveness, telling her about his time on the streets before meeting Twilight and becoming an apprentice, and tells her she just needs to show everyone she is someone worth forgiving even if it is hard work.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: The Forgotten Darkness

• Seeing Princess Luna happy with her old partner Sharp Paw and the other Jakhowls during the early flashbacks. After one instance, when they lose the Crystal Empire and Ruby to Sombra's curse, Sharp Paw manages to cheer her up by showing her something special, the egg that belongs to him and his mate Calm Paw. Luna is so touched that she asks to perform a spell on their egg to protect it, which they accept.
• Springer receives another new form stronger than his battle form, achieved by the Mane 7 using their Rainbow Power on him and heals him to full health when he is battered and beaten by Shade, giving him his Heroic Second Wind.
• Luna reveals she can't remember anything about the Jakhowls or the Tricksters, and can only barely remember Sharp Paw because he was her partner. Once Celestia realizes why, that she has a magical lock on her brain, she manages to remove it and Luna has all her memories restored. Though she is heartbroken with all the memories of loss overflowing her, everyone, including Trixie and Ruby, are there to comfort her and make sure she is alright.
  • It is revealed that the lock on her brain was not dark magic because it was put there by her own request. After losing the Jakhowls Luna was assisted by a mysterious golden being, who told her for the Jakhowls to have a future, the only surviving egg must be sealed away to be hatched in the future. While sealing it away in the Tree of Harmony, the being offers to have her memories locked so she won't suffer the pain of their loss alone, allowing her to cope in time.
• The big reveal that the egg that survived and was sealed away, that belonged to Sharp Paw and Calm Paw, is actually Springer himself! Luna finally pieces together Springer hatched after she was defeated as Nightmare Moon, and the reason he reminds her so much of Sharp Paw is because he is his son. Everyone cheers for Springer finally knowing about his parents and how cool they were, and Luna assures Springer she is positive that thanks to him the Jakhowls will have a future, perhaps hinting that Springer won't be The Last of His Kind forever.
  • Before everyone goes to bed, Springer asks Luna and Ruby if he can ask them to tell him more about his parents sometime later, which they both agree to.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: Our Town

• Iron and Lightning getting excited when Spike says they can join his weekend plans with Big Mac and their Hoofball activities. Perhaps this is the beginning of their Guys' Night?
• When Flash takes Double Diamond hostage after escaping from Starlight, he is eventually able to convince him that Starlight has been lying to him and the whole town and gets him to help him sneak into Starlight's home to get his sword and his friends cutie mark's back by creating a distraction in town.
  • Flash's assurance to Double Diamond that different ponies can still be friends and can overcome any obstacle with their different skills is what gives Double Diamond the idea for an "air drop" when he, Party Favor, Sugar Belle, and Night Glider are chasing Starlight.
• The final scene has the Mane 7 return to Ponyville and reunite with their friends at the station. Iron Will gives Flash a scroll addressed to him, which instructs him to go to the Crystal Empire for a test. If he passes, he'll finally be a Royal Knight. Flash's dream is finally within his grasp.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: The Knight of Friendship

• When Flash is nervous about his upcoming test to become a Royal Knight, everyone tries to comfort and support him.
• Soarin meets everyone at the train station in the Crystal Empire. He went there as soon as he finished reading Grand's letter, because he didn't want to miss his best friend's big moment. He knows Spitefire's going to chew his head off for leaving but he knows it'll be Worth It.
  • Shortly after Soarin arrives the group is quickly joined by the other Royal Knights, Trixie, Solid Script, Gorgenia, Twilight's parents, and Flash's parents, who have all come to support Flash.
• When everyone meets Cold Steel for the first time and learn he will be Flash's opponent, Cold bows to Twilight and shows her the same respect he shows the other princesses despite just meeting her. He apologizes for missing her coronation due to his duties and pledges his Undying Loyalty to her the same he has to the other princesses.
  Cold: I am yours to command.
  • Cold also shows a great deal of respect to Ruby, saying he has studied her history and training, and claims it helped him a great deal with his own training.
• After Flash runs away from the Crystal Empire, Twilight becomes increasingly worried about him. Cadance, along with her friends, finally help Twilight realize that she romantically loves Flash.
• When Twilight sees that the storm outside of the Crystal Empire is getting worse, she sets out on her own to find Flash, but Discord arrives, and gives her mountain gear to survive the trek up the mountain to find Flash.
  • And immediately after Twilight exits the barrier, Cold Steel arrives, and tries to convince her that Flash Sentry is a lost cause. Twilight proceeds to call him out on his views on the world, and tells him that Flash is not a lost cause, and when Cold tries to push his luck, Twilight then uses her authority as a princess to get him to stand down, and let her go rescue Flash, and not tell anyone of what she’s doing.
• As Twilight struggles to climb up the mountain where Flash ran off to, she’s ambushed by a yeti, but just when it seems like she’s about to become its lunch, Flash pulls a Big Damn Heroes moment, and together they fend it off.
  • As they take shelter in the cave that Flash had found, the two of them get into an argument, with Flash insisting that he’s weak because of how he’s had to rely on others to save Equestria. But Twilight tells Flash that having friends doesn’t make him weak, and that it was thanks to his friends that he had become a strong pony, and that he never gave up, and that it was his determination to help others that made Twilight fall in love with him. And after a few more words of comforting between them, Flash and Twilight finally have their First Kiss.
• Flash's coronation, where he is finally made a knight and his various friend and loved ones from across Equestria come to watch and celebrate with him.

Flash Sentry, Defender of the Peace S 5

• Unlike everypony else, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle redecorate Scootaloo’s room exactly the way Scootaloo would have wanted. They tell the others that they did this by putting themselves in Scootaloo’s hooves, and went from there.
• Despite the redecorations of the new castle, Flash and Twilight still have a hard time sleeping. Its not until they realize that the last time they had a good sleep was when they had taken shelter in the cave up north together, and find that they’ll get better sleep cuddling together.
• Flash and Twilight enjoying hanging out together, only realizing that it was an actual date at the very end.
• Lightning Blitz willing to sacrifice himself to save Canterlot and his friends from an exploding crystal.
• Solid Script actually puts his anger towards Grand aside for a moment, saying it wasn't his fault he missed some of the Cutie Markers since there were thousands of them in the past. This actually shocks half the room, that Solid would say something to cheer up Grand.
• Rarity visits Lightning while he is recovering to thank him for saving her and everyone she cares about. Since his old cloak was destroyed in the explosion she took the time to make him a new one. She tried to make it better than the original but found it difficult to top "perfection", though Lightning tells her he's sure she can beat perfection. She also happily kisses Lightning on the cheek, telling him he has come a long way since they first met, and she knows for certain now that he has changed.
• Lightning and Grand truly reconciling, with Lightning inviting Grand to spend the Festival with him and the rest of his friends, since he sees them as his family too.
• The restaurant that Flash and Twilight visited on their first date becomes very popular due to the two of them telling everyone about it. One of their best patrons is Springer, who quickly became their most frequent customer. During the fight with the Bugbear, Shichimi gives Springer a carrot to keep his strength up.
• When Flash is given a mission from the map, he and Twilight get into a brief argument over it is necessary for him to bring his sword with him on the mission. Flash ends up cutting the argument short by grabbing Twilight and pulling her into a long deep kiss. Twilight gives in afterwards and allows Flash to take it.
• Flash discovers that his mission from the map wasn't about the village he and Cold were helping, it was about helping Cold Steel accept friendship in his life again. When Cold says he doesn't know how to start making friends after so long, Flash helps him by offering to be his first new friend, and says that the village, the princesses, and the other Royal Knights would probably all be willing to be his friends too.
• When Rarity, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie all realize they have gained weight, they are afraid of the boys finding out since they are afraid they Cannot Keep a Secret and would all panic. After their week long exercise is over, and they decide to check out how much weight they have lost, the boys say nonchalantly that they don't care how the girls look since they look fine to them. Iron even tells Fluttershy that as long as she isn't unhealthy he doesn't see anything wrong with being a little overweight.
• Rarity and Lightning's interactions in "The Ultimate Ponyville Diet".
  • Lightning discovers why Rarity and the others are really exercising and dieting, and tries to convince her that crash dieting isn't healthy. It quickly turns into a conversation of how Rarity is afraid no one will want to date her if she is overweight, and is looking for a relationship like most of her friends have. Lightning ends up telling her how looks shouldn't matter in a relationship, explaining how while he was traveling Equestria he met one couple who was Happily Married despite one being a gorgeous actor and the other being a complete nerd. She says she married him because he made her laugh.
  • Lightning tells Rarity that he is sure some Stallion will gain the courage to ask her out one day, and if nothing else she should just take the initiative and ask someone out herself.
  • At the beginning of the week, Lightning and Rarity make a bet on whether she can last an entire week of exercising without quitting or not, with the loser needing to do whatever the winner says for an entire day without complaint. Rarity ends up winning, and meets Lightning outside her home to collect her "reward". Though nervous on what she'll make him do, Lightning doesn't try to run away back down from their deal and takes a moment to apologize for starting the bet since he shouldn't have made fun of her efforts. Rarity accepts his apology, but says she is glad he started it, and not just because she won. For her reward, she has Lightning ask her out on a date, which she happily "accepts". She tells him to come meet her Saturday for their date, and quickly brushes her tail under his chin before leaving and gives a quick wink goodbye. As she walks off they both smile, believing Saturday would be an interesting time and looking forward to their date.
• Wild Smile is completely supportive of Pinkie throughout "Party Pooped". He tries to help her entertain the Yaks, supports her plan to go to Yakyakistan to get something for them, covers for her while she is away, and voices how much effort Pinkie puts into her parties, saying they are her passion and not just a hobby. He also reveals that Pinkie showed him her party cave after they became a couple.
• Trixie began teaching herself dream magic so that she could assist Luna with her duties during the night and help lighten the load for her, noticing how tired she always gets at the end of her shift. Later during the battle against the Tantabus, when everyone is telling Luna of all the good she has done since she returned, Trixie mentions how she helped her grow and never gave up on her, and she won't give up on her either.
• Rainbow and Soarin's relationship continues to stay strong throughout "Rarity Investigates".
  • The two meet up with each other at the practice session the day before the royal garden opening, with Soarin teasing Rainbow over the surprise guest showing up for the routine. Rainbow later kisses Soarin on the cheek when saying goodnight.
  • When everyone begins to suspect Rainbow Dash of sending Spitfire away, Soain speaks up in her defense, saying there is no real proof to any of their claims. He even reminds Misty that Rainbow saved both their lives and she deserves better. He even stands up to his former mentor and idol Wind Rider, when he accuses Soarin of not thinking straight due to his relationship with Rainbow and that Rainbow only got into the reserves through sleeping with Soarin.
  • The chapter ends with Rainbow and Soarin happily cuddling together in bed, and they both promise each other that neither of them will let themselves fall like Wind Rider did, and they'll be sure to "kick each other's flank" if they see each other step out of line.
• With Flash struggling for his life against the effects of the Flos-Mortem, everyone steps up to help anyway they can. Either going to get the flower that can be used to make a cure for him or staying in the hospital to watch over him. Thanks to them calling out to him he manages to pull himself out of the darkness before he is consumed by it in his nightmare.
• Thorax ends up meeting the gang in Ponyville sooner than in canon, and is able to begin being accepted much sooner.
• Thorax and Hiveena reunite, and after some negotiations, Hiveena is released from prison to live in the Crystal Empire with Thorax and slowly begins her own Heel–Face Turn, agreeing to help prepare Equestria for when Chrysalis returns.
• In ‘A Wild Wild Hearthswarming’ Wild Smile is nervous about meeting Pinkie's family, afraid they won't be accepting of him and his relationship with Pinkie. When he does actually meet them he ends up bonding with each of them, with all of them saying they can tell he makes Pinkie happy.
  • The montage at the end of the chapter showing everyone else celebrating their own Hearthswarming. Flash, Twilight, Spike, Springer, and Scootaloo are celebrating with Grand, Lightning, Rarity, Sweetie, Trixie, Script, and Flash and Twilight's parents at the castle in Ponyville, laughing singing, and exchanging gifts together. Rainbow and Fluttershy's families celebrate together at Fluttershy's house, with Iron, Soarin, and Skybreaker present too. After Rainbow and Soarin share a kiss under some mistletoe, the other couples join in on showing their affection. Thorax is shown enjoying the Hearthswarming festivities in the Crystal Empire, transforming into cute animals for young crystal ponies to pet and ride on. Hiveena stays away from the festivals for the most part, simply watching everyone else celebrate, but happily drinks some punch Ruby gives her, with the two having a friendly moment together despite Ruby's threat to Hiveena in the previous chapter.
• The conversations Flash, Springer, Soarin, Trixie, Ruby, and Cold have with everyone while preparing for their mission to the Lost City of Faust.
  • Soarin and Rainbow Dash hangout together and begin talking about Soarin's leave of absence from the Wonderbolts, with him implying Rainbow will be the one to fill in his position while he's gone. When Soarin begins to wonder why he was chosen for the team since he doesn't feel he is as special as any of the others going and all he can do is fly fast, Rainbow encourages him to use that to its fullest. Similar to how Soarin encouraged her when she had doubts at the academy, she is now doing the same for him.
  • While Cold is training with Iron and Grand for the mission, Flash's family arrives and thanks Cold for agreeing to help Flash and ask to keep him safe during the mission, recognizing him as the strongest member of the group after Flash and that he has already helped Flash in the past.
  • While Luna and Ruby are making sure Trixie's magic will be up to whatever they might face on the mission, Luna states she is proud of how far Trixie has come since becoming her student and has come to see her as a daughter. Luna asks both her and Ruby to come back safely, and says once they are back they are all going out drinking again.
  • Twilight is originally mad that she and everyone else can't join Flash on his mission, scared over what might happen to him while he's gone, especially given his recent near-death experience. Flash eventually manages to calm her by promising her he will come back in the exact state he left, without a scratch on him. The two happily embrace each other in a kiss, which quickly turns into a make-out session that moves to the bed.
• Although Spike and Springer constantly argue and get on each other's nerves, the moment Spike sees Springer's dead egg in the evil Flash's timeline, he immediately says that this future is the worst one of them all.
• When Starlight breaks down about how the creation of the Evil Flash timeline is all her fault, Twilight tells her that while she is right about it being her fault, she cannot change the past, and that the only thing she can do now is move forward.
• When Twilight, Starlight and Spike travel to the past one last time to fix the timeline, the Evil Flash chases after them, and Starlight attempts to push him back, intending to trap him and herself in his own timeline. Twilight however, pulls her back with her, since she’s now her friend, and together, they blast the Evil Flash even further back into the past.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: Friendship Games

• The Human versions of Flash and Twilight have just as good a relationship as their pony versions. A flashback shows him protecting her from some bullies when they were just kids, and her family continued to invite him over to play with her until asking him to live with them. He now acts as her "bodyguard" at Crystal Prep.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: War of the Lost City

• Flash and the rest of his team interacting with Fire Heart and Shining Soul, making sure the two kids are okay. Trixie especially makes a good impression by using her showmare skills to wow them with a fireworks display when introducing herself.
• Despite being villains, the members of the Cult of Shadow show that they do care about each other. When Searing Salix is injured by Flash during a battle, despite having shown previously to annoy everyone else in the cult with his Motor Mouth, Terror Card and Storm Blade rush to him to make sure he is okay, even begging him to keep talking to them. When Salix is suddenly Reduced to Dust in front of them they both scream his name in shock at what happened, before their shock and sadness turns to anger and they attack Flash, Soarin, and Trixie in rage. The other members of the cult watching don't handle it much better. Most of them are stunned silent at Salix's fate, Tempera has tears slowly form in her eyes, and Shadow Corrupter himself stares at what happened to his minion in shock while only whispering his name to himself.
• Flash and the others are broken when it seems Cold has been killed by Shadow in battle. However, shortly after the battle they discover Cold was not actually killed but was teleported to the castle to be healed. At the same time they discover this, the Cult of Shadow discover Salix is still alive too, and he takes them to the room he was recovering in to show the same thing happening to Wingill. This shows that, for right now at least, nobody on either side needs to worry about dying in battle or losing their friends.
• Though they ultimately lost the overall battle, Soarin and Cold do a great job of working together by defeating Storm and Terror, with Cold learning one more thing about friendship in the process by learning to trust others and work with them.
• After Flash's team learns that Soul is an alicorn and she explains how she became one and accidentally hurt her brother, everyone else is completely understanding on why they both kept it a secret from them, and Trixie and Ruby begin teaching her how to control her magic better.
• During Trixie and Terror's rematch, after Trixie manages to overcome Terror's future vision powers, she declares that it is thanks to the friendships she has made since first meeting Flash and Twilight and all her other friends that she can now choose her own destiny, and ever since she met Luna she has learned more than she has ever imagined. It is clear she is much happier now than she ever was when she was just a lying egotistical boaster, and she credits it all to the friendships and relationships she has made.
  Terror: GYAH! What...who...what are you?!
  Trixie: I...am the student of the moon!
• Following the third battle between Trixie and Terror, after Terror had spent the entire time gunning for Trixie to settle the score between them once and for all, Trixie manages to just barley win when Terror's magic card backfires on her once again, and heals Trixie instead of harming her. At this point, as Terror begins fading to dust as per what happens to the losers, this time she finally acknowledges Trixie as being a Worthy Opponent, admitting she is strong and to never let anyone tell her otherwise.
• Flash's Rousing Speech to Fire Heart and the rest of the team, after Soul disappeared after one of the battles. Although they have suffered a lot in these battles, they are all going to stand together and win this game they have been forced to play, and every single one of the team reassures Flash that he can count on them. It is truly a moment that shows how close the team has become since the start of their mission.
• Fire Heart is able to speak to his sister during one of the battles, and she assures him that she is okay. After the two talk quickly, and Fire realizes how close the game is coming to an end, Soul gives him a quick power boost with her magic, which gives Heart the ability to use fire magic. Not only does this let him help Flash and Cold defeat Salix and Storm, but the cherry on top is he also gets his cutie mark while using his new powers.
• In the chapter "Bonds", when fighting against Shadow Corrupter, who has regained his full power from the Corrupted Shadow, Springer, who had been pressuring himself to get more power to better protect his friends, finally remembers why he fights and manages to regain his Mega Form. Not only does this achievement help him defeat Shadow and get Team Flash their sixth win, but after the battle Springer realizes he can't turn off his battle form. Ruby explains this means Springer has finally entered adulthood. The young Jakhowl has come a long way since he first met Flash, and Ruby calls for a celebration for this accomplishment.
• After Sombra is freed from Armalum, he and Ruby briefly remember their childhood together, like how they passed notes in class using their own secret language. Though unfortunately the good memories don't last long before the conversation shifts to the two of them arguing about what Sombra did to the Empire and his reasons for doing so.
• Sombra reveals to Flash that after his death in the Empire, his original plan was to corrupt Flash and take over his body, since he secretly inserted a fragment of his soul into his body when he scarred him. However, this plan failed, because unknown to either of them Flash had his friends like Twilight and Pinkie to support him through the tough time he went through following his battle with Sombra, thus Sombra couldn't corrupt Flash and steal his body. Also, Flash ended up influencing Sombra's soul instead, explaining his sudden guilt for his actions and want to atone for them.
• In a bit of a villainous example, during the "final battle" between Flash and Shadow's teams, there is a brief moment where Shadow seems to show actual concern for Tempera. Throughout most of the story, Shadow was shown to care for the well-being of his followers at first, as seen when he and the others though Salix had died in the first battle, but has been shown growing more and more frustrated with them continuously failing to defeat Flash and his team. When Tempera pushes herself to her limit and creates a giant monstrous unicorn scribeast during her fight with Springer, Shadow pauses for a moment, and looks on with what appears to be worry for her. Even if Shadow doesn't actually love her like Tempera constantly says he does, it seems he at least respects her enough to care about her safety and well-being.
  Shadow: Tempera... only you would go that far...
• After Shadow is dealt with Faust tries to keep her side of the deal between her, Flash, and Shadow, and make Flash an alicorn. Despite the opportunity to become an alicorn, with Faust claiming he would be ten times stronger than all four other alicorns combined, and be ruler of Equestria, Flash declines the offer, saying he knows his duty is to protect Equestria, not rule it. Faust accepts his decision, seeing it as a noble one, but also says that like Shadow said, it would be wrong for her to put him through everything and not give him something to show for it, so instead of making him an alicorn she gives him something she knows he will like, upgrading his Sacred Light armor and giving him even more powers to learn, as well as repairing his broken sword.
• Faust gives Springer the two eggs seen from her story she told Flash, Sombra, and Shadow, the last two Jakhowl eggs. She tells Springer that he must protect them, and when they hatch he must teach them the ways of their kind, as the first step towards the restoration of the species. Soon, Springer won't be alone anymore.
  • Faust also confirms that the golden figure that guided Luna to sealing Springer's egg in the Tree of Harmony and locked her memories away was her. She was unable to help Luna stop the Jakhowls from disappearing, so she did all she could to help her afterwards. She also asks everyone to give Luna a message for her, that she's sorry she couldn't help her in her time of need.
• Flash offers Fire Heart to become his squire when they return to Equestria, so he can train him to use his new powers to protect others. He explains he that Heart remind him a lot of himself when he was his age, both his flaws and positives, and with the right guidance and years of training, he is confident that Heart will become one of the greatest Royal Knights ever. Heart happily accepts and Flash finally becomes a mentor like Grand was to him for so long.
• The final chapter is filled with heartwarming moments, really showing that after everything they went through everyone has come out of this better than ever.
  • Sombra decides not to return to Equestria with everyone else, choosing to travel the world and collect all the shards of Princess Amore's statue and bring her back. He doesn't know how long it will take, but it is his own way of atoning for what he did.
  • After arriving back in Canterlot, everyone is reunited with the princesses, with Twilight and Flash embracing in a hug and Luna embracing Trixie and Ruby. Discord also arrives and quickly gathers their friends and family, making sure everyone is part of this moment.
  • Everyone quickly warms up to Heart and Soul and are amazed by their abilities. Luna is also amazed by the Jakhowl eggs and says she will arrange incubators for them.
  • After everyone is caught up on everything that happened, while most of everyone's friends and family are sent back home, Rainbow and Twilight stay overnight with the others to catch up with their boyfriends. Twilight and Flash are specifically shown with Twilight pushing him into their room, saying "he's got a lot of making up to do" after being gone a month.
  • All eight members of Team Flash have a stain glass window dedicated to them on their adventure, and they all assure each other they will always be a team, no matter where they go from here.
  • The final scenes show what every member is doing while returning to their normal lives.
    • Soarin returns to the Wonderbolt headquarters where he is welcomed back by his teammates and bombarded with questions on his adventure.
    • Trixie continues studying with Luna, beginning more advanced lessons. But thanks to her confidence she has gained, when she sees the complex spells she must learn, she just shows confidence instead of intimidation, as Luna looks on smiling.
    • Cold, having learned how to work on a team with others, meets with his new team in the barracks, silently asking Noble and his friends to watch over him.
    • Ruby returns to the Crystal Empire and is overwhelmed by the beauty she was away from for a month, and her mind drifts to Sombra on his own adventure.
    • Flash and Springer return to Ponyville along with Twilight, intending to give Heart and Soul a tour of the town. When they arrive in town they are greeted by a large group in the center of town with a party for them, with a banner reading Welcome Home Flash and Springer/Welcome to Ponyville, Heart and Soul.

Flash Sentry, Defender of the Peace S 6

• When Twilight receives the invitation to the Crystalling and expresses her joy at Shining Armor now being a father and her being an aunt, Flash joins in on it by saying that it makes him an uncle too.
• Hiveena clearly enjoys herself helping the princesses and Flash fight against the weather slowly freezing the Crystal Empire, screaming this is the most fun she has had in months. It is clear she is having way more joy then when she was working for Doom Raizer.
  • Similarly, once The Crystalling is done and everyone gains crystal forms, she and Thorax get their own crystal forms too. Perhaps another small hint that she has genuinely changed.
• Fire Heart and Shining Soul quickly make friends at Ponyville School, with Heart hanging out with Button Mash and Rumble while Soul hangs out with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. They both later gain respect from the whole town when they help stop the Screebit, with Soul saving civilians from getting hurt and Heart risking his own life to change it back to normal.
• In "Spike's Heartbreak" is revealed that Rarity and Lightning are now an Official Couple. They have secretly been going on several dates ever since their first one when Rarity won their bet months ago, just to see what happens between them and if things work out. They have discovered they have a lot in common, such as liking the same type of music and a lot of the same foods, and have "recently" made it official together, with the two of them in the middle of "expressing their feelings for each other" before Spike barged in and accidentally ruined the moment. Though everyone is still worried over Spike being so upset over it, they are all supportive of the couple and congratulate them, with Fluttershy even saying she always thought they would be cute together.
• Though their attempts are unsuccessful, everyone tries to cheer Spike up when he is depressed over Rarity and Lightning's relationship.
• By the end of the chapter, although Spike is still a little sad over what happened, he has begun to recover and move on, with Rarity also apologizing for leading him on and promising to do better from now on. Despite the hard time the two of them remain good friends.
• Besides Ember, who was disguised as an armored dragon, Flicker stands up for Spike when Garble and other dragons laugh at him and he even throws an insult to Garble. He also doesn't hate ponies compared to other dragons and was the first male dragon to befriend Spike.
• The two Jakhowl eggs Springer has been taking care of finally hatch in "The Next Generation of Aura":
  • When Heart and Soul watch the eggs for Springer while he takes a small break to rest, they speak to the eggs to encourage them to hatch sooner. They say how amazing the world is and that they will like it, with Heart describing it as "ace", and Soul says that the two eggs are a "miracle" to Springer and his race. The two eggs hatch shortly after this, and the Jakhowls that emerge choose their names based on what Heart and Soul said, "Ace" and "Miracle" (nicknamed "Mira").
  • Everyone who sees the two newborn Jakhowls find them absolutely adorable, resulting in a lot of hugs and ear scratches.
• In "Fluttershy's Marvellous Medicine", Fluttershy's interaction with the mice, especially the Mousey family, are sweet and she was willing to shrink down when the mice are in danger.
• Iron seemingly buries the hatchet with Discord after Discord uses his powers to change Fluttershy back to normal size, but also gives her Sizeshifter abilities too.
• Heart and Soul are so excited to see Trixie again that they tackle her in a hug.
• Starlight proves to be a great friend to Trixie when she takes her along with the others to the spa in order to help her with her stress and stands up for Trixie when her jerkass father came to visits her.
• When Regal Burst starts to insult Trixie, Luna stands up for her and shows that she won't let any pony insulting her pupil. She did say that she has come to view Trixie like a daughter, and she shows to already be a much better parental figure than her real dad ever was.
• In contrast of her bad relationship with her father, Trixie seems to get along with her uncle and he always sends her gifts on her birthday and one of the gifts was a magic set. She was also shown to have a loving relationship with her mom.
• When the Board of Directors question Spitfire's decision to officially add Rainbow Dash to the Wonderbolts and try to deny it, due to thinking favoritism and fraud favored the decision, Spitfire, Soarin, and the entire team stand up for Rainbow through the whole thing and express how she deserves to be a Wonderbolt as much as the rest of them.
• Soarin visits Rainbow at her home the day before her race with Spitfire, which will decide her future in the Wonderbolts. He apologizes to her, blaming himself for what she is going through due to their relationship and how he was the one who started it all by kissing Rainbow Dash at the academy. Rainbow however doesn't blame Soarin at all, saying neither of them broke any rules with their relationship and she didn't stop him from kissing her that day, even saying if she could go back in time and relive their First Kiss knowing everything that would happen after it, she wouldn't change a thing about it. She also assures him that should the worst happen and she lose the race tomorrow and not be able to live her dream as a Wonderbolt, the two of them will still have their relationship, with the two of them embracing each other in a hug and a long kiss.
• The Board of Directors realize they were wrong about Rainbow when they witness her risk her life to save Spitfire after their race ends up going terribly wrong, sincerely apologizing to her for what they put her through.
• At the end of "Newbie Dash", Rainbow ends up crashing into trash cans like in canon, which earns her the nickname "Rainbow Crash". Unlike canon though she ends up accepting it right away and lines up to finally practice with the rest of the team.
• When everyone tries to help Rogue fight the Drakeladon so he can get his Golden Apple Tree back, he notices how everyone is getting hurt trying to help him, despite how he stole from Applejack's family earlier. So to make sure none of them get hurt anymore, he resorts to using his sonic blast scream to collapse the entire cave and stop the Drakeladon, even if it means the destruction of his tree, which is the only thing keeping him alive.
• Rogue is shown to be fascinated by the entire Ponyville community when it is explained to him. By the end of the chapter, he is invited to stay on Sweet Apple Acres and help out, and he gets to keep eating from the new Golden Apple Trees there for as long as he needs to.
  Applejack: (holding out her hoof) So what da yah say? Wanna be part of the Apple family
  Rogue: (smiles and shakes her hoof) Sure, why not?
• Ultimately, despite their differences and their actions dividing the town's mares and stallions, Woolly Blinker and Lace Blinker still love each other and can't go through with a divorce when given the chance, ultimately agreeing they would rather work through their problems together.
• When Flash asks Twilight if she could have actually divorced Woolly Blinker and Lace Blinker, Twilight admits she isn't sure, but she does know she can legally have two ponies married and wonders who her first couple will be. This leads to her and Flash speculating which of their friends will be the first to tie the knot together, as well as wondering about a possible future in which they were standing at the aisle together.
• Before Flash and Lighting leave on their mission to New Omniara, Twilight and Rarity meet them at the train station to give their boyfriends a kiss goodbye. This also counts as Rarity and Lightning's first on-screen kiss together. Flash also manages to cheer Heart up by telling him that he'll be able to train his powers even while he's gone thanks to a trainer he found that agreed to help, which was later revealed to be Flash's old mentor Grand Hoof.
• Flash and Lightning reunite with Great Taste, Salt, and Pepper during their mission at New Omniara.
• Flash meets Snap Shutter and Mane Allgood, and learns that they were old friends of his parents and are his godparents.
• When everyone goes on their goodwill tour of Yakyakistan, Springer takes Ace and Mira with him to the Crystal Empire, intending to have Ruby give them a tour and maybe get her to help with their training.
• Spike and Big Mac invite Rogue to their Guys Night just like Discord. He has been excited ever since Big Mac told him about it, and spent a week making his own character for O&O.
• Fluttershy's whole speech to Cold Steel over why she is trying to help both the Fire Salamander and the ponies of Trakeyser, instead of taking the easier but crueler approach of just killing the salamander.
  Fluttershy: Because that's who I am. I'll always try to find a way to help everypony, because it's the right thing to do. It's right, and it's decent. And above all... it's kind. And a little kindness can do amazing things. Things that other ponies would think is impossible.
• Unlike many other dangerous creatures that the characters face, the Fire Salamander actually has a Heel–Face Turn, because Fluttershy realized that it is capable of being reasoned with, and thus after calming it down she and the others manage to find it a home where it can survive and won't need to harass anyone. It is even mentioned the area can be made into a nature preserve for it, ensuring that it will be able to live in peace.
• "The Bug and the Knight" opens with Thorax babysitting Flurry Heart and playing Peekaboo with her.
• Hiveena and Ruby end up becoming Fire-Forged Friends on their adventure together. After Hiveena points out that for all Ruby's talk about earning trust, she and the others don't give her any chances to earn their trust or even give her a reason to trust them since they have done nothing to help her replace Chrysalis as queen like they promised. Ruby realizes that Hiveena is right about this, so by the end of the chapter, she starts making an effort with her more by removing the paralyzing collars from her and Thorax, and making an effort on a plan to defeat Chrysalis.
• Heart and Soul comfort Ace and Mira after they rescue them and Springer from Shade.
  • Despite not being able to understand him, Flash reassures Ace that it wasn't his fault about the state Springer's in. He also tells him that while Springer wants to train him so he can protect him, he wants Ace to be himself.
• Hiveena Taking the Bullet for Thorax when Chrysalis tries to blast him, which goes to show how much Hiveena cares about Thorax.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: Legend of Everfree

• The Royal Knights all decide to help Flash realize his feelings for Sci-Twi and hopefully get them to hookup before Sci-Twi gets with Timber. They even recruit Sunset into helping them, and this leads to Sunset trying to help Flash acknowledge his feeling for Sci-Twi, as opposed to canon where the most she did was tell him "get over it".
• Flash comforts Sci-Twi over Midnight Sparkle.
• Although they aren't an Official Couple just yet, Flash and Sci-Twi are willing to give a relationship between them a try and see how they feel by the end of the story.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: Dragon's Awakening

• The story begins with everyone preparing for Spike's birthday, which is only three days away.
• During the attack on Ponyville, Spike sees Ember and speaks to her through Script's rune circle barrier, telling her the two of them are friends and he knows she is stronger than this and doesn't want to hurt them, holding her hand through the barrier. This manages to get through to Ember, freeing her from Malafear's control.
• Starswirl and Silverbolt forming a genuine bond with each other and acting like buddies.
• Before Silverbolt goes to battle Malafear, he passes on the egg containing his child to his friend Starswirl, asking him to look after it for him. Starswirl honors this request, and promises to find someone else worthy of protecting the egg if necessary.
• After witnessing the final battle from the flashbacks, Spike is greeted by the soul of his father Silverbolt. Spike is actually going to be able to speak to one of his parents.
• Silverbolt briefly calls Spike "Pyro" when speaking to him. When he is asked about this, he admits he and Fira had several names picked out for him depending on his gender and element. Spike later uses the name for himself when he defeats Malafear.
• Spike manages to free himself from the book by empowering his soul with all the happy memories he has had with his friends through his life.
• Everyone manages to free the Elemental Dragons under Malafear's control, because as Silverbolt explains they all have something most dragons don't: friends. Just like how Spike managed to free Ember from his control. It had nothing to do with him being a Mystic Dragon. He was just a friend, letting her know he was there for her. This leads to everyone with the closest connection to the transformed dragons to help free them.
  • Twilight, Springer, and Fire Heart get through to Flash.
  • Fluttershy and Skybreaker get through to Iron.
  • Rarity, Grand, and Script get through to Lightning, with the latter two setting aside their differences for Lightning's well-being.
  • First gets through to Heather.
  • Luna and Trixie both get through to Ruby.
• Ember manages to reclaim her scepter and title as Dragon Lord, freeing all other dragon's from Malafear's control, including her dad, and immediately credits her friend Spike and the ponies of Equestria for helping her.
• Silverbolt tells Spike he is so proud of him when Spike prepares to seal Malafear away again for good.
• The final chapter is just filled of these for Spike:
  • He gets to have one final conversation with his dad before his soul passes away, with Silverbolt having protected him from his attemped Heroic Sacrifice.
  • When Spike says he thought his destiny was to re-seal Malfear like Silverbolt did, Silverbolt said his real destiny is to help the dragons return from their selfish and greedy ways, and he has already helped change things by opening Ember and Flicker to friendship.
  • Spike's friends and family finding him alive after believing him dead, with Twilight in particular tackling him in a crushing hug.
  • After everything that happened, Spike gets to celebrate his birthday at the castle with his family and friends from all across Equestria, with even Ember and Flicker joining in.
  • Spike officially adopts "Pyro" into his full name, making him "Spike Pyro Dragon", in memory of his parents.
  • Spike briefly hopes that his parents are Together in Death, worrying what might have happened to them since Fira had her soul stolen and Silverbolt sacrificed his to stop Malafear. Though unseen to him, the final scene shows his parents are indeed together, and are watching over their son together.

Grand Hoof: The Legend Begins

• This series finally shows us Grand's past and how he came to be a Royal Knight, seeing him go from a Bratty Half-Pint, to someone suffering from thinking he doesn't deserve anything special to becoming the Knight we all know he is.
• Grand and Doom Chaser's friendship. Despite the grief and snark they give each other it is clear they are best friends who care about each other deeply. Doom Chaser even sacrifices himself to save Grand and Canterlot.
• Seeing Grand and Live Wire slowly bond with each other, knowing that they will eventually fall in love together. Live even goes from thinking Grand is a slacker to working by his side in the field.
• Ms. Careheart is present when Grand is knighted, and shares stories of him and Doom Chaser with Celestia at the reception.

Flash Sentry, Defender of the Peace S 7

• The first chapter, "Carnival Chaos", has Flash and his family hanging out together at a carnival between Ponyville and Manehattan. It is just them all having fun together, going on ride and eating food together like any family.
• Misty Veil tries to comfort Scootaloo when it becomes clear she is feeling jealous of Flash for getting so much attention and all he has accomplished. After the battle with Mecha-Heather, Flash also comforts Scootaloo, telling her her destiny is way more important than what he does, since she helps shape Equestria's future and without ponies like her Equestria wouldn't be worth protecting.
  • Scootaloo also finds the teddy bear that Flash won for her earlier among the wreckage, with it being miraculously undamaged, if a little dirty.
• After Shining Soul manages to cure the entire town of the plague, everyone praises her.
• Wild Smile attends Maud's graduation ceremony with the rest of the Pie Family, and his puppets hold up a banner during the ceremony.
• In "A Flurry of Emotions", Flash and Twilight divide the list of things to do and taking care of Flurry Heart so Twilight isn't overwhelmed like she is in canon. This also leads to Flash and Flurry finally having some bonding time together when Twilight and Spike go to the hospital.
• Flurry Heart tries to say Flash and Springer's names multiple times, calling them "Fla" and "Spree".
• When Flash and Springer are attacked by Trial-T, Flurry Heart constantly tries to get back and help them, even struggling against other ponies as they try to drag her back to the castle. When Flurry finally arrives and sees Flash hurt from fighting the evil clone, she goes into an Unstoppable Rage and blasts Trial-T, but instantly calms down when she sees Flash is okay.
• Ember shows to be a Reasonable Authority Figure by telling Flicker that his "punishment" for releasing Malafear will be to become the Dragon Lands Chronicler. She knows it wasn't entierly his fault, since the dragons didn't keep records of their past, so she gives him a job that suits him perfectly to help ensure it won't happen again, and help end his Self-Imposed Exile.
• Even if his attempts are a bit misguided, Iron Core does his best to help Fluttershy's vision for her Sanctuary become a reality, not wanting for anyone to mess with his girlfriend's dream or ruin her confidence. Fluttershy for her part also forgives him for not trusting her with important information right away.
• Rogue helps the CMC try to hook up Big Mac and Sugar Belle.
• Heart, Soul, Ace, and Mira meet a puppy in "Dog Stray Afternoon" and all start bonding and playing with it. They eventually realize it already has an owner and return it. But since they all showed responsibility taking care of it while they had it, even if they tried to keep it a secret from everyone else, Flash and Twilight decide to get them a goldfish as a pet.
• A young pony named Jaden Chalice is introduced as a big fan of Ruby Scarlet. After he helps save the day with his Master Archer skills against Trial-R, Ruby officially makes him her apprentice.
• When Rarity and Fluttershy are shown suffering due to critics in "Fame and Misfortune", Lightning Blitz and Iron Core show they care for their girlfriends' well being by standing up for them. The two of them actually need to be restrained at one point to stop from assaulting the critics.
• Flash gets his own verse in "Flawless".
• Flash decides in "Triple Threat" that it would be better if they just introduce Ember and Thorax to each other, claiming that Spike's theory of the two of them having Hate at First Sight and going to war is an exaggeration. He is proven correct, and the two of them end up getting along, avoiding the near fight they had due to a misunderstanding in canon. Though the two of them still end up mad at Spike for lying to them and thinking the worst of them.
• When Thorax and Ember talk to each other by the lake and give each other advice on being better leaders, the two of them briefly discuss how much they respect the ponies and how befriending them has already helped both of their races, including their role in liberating the Changelings from Chrysalis and helping defeat Malafear.
• Several moments throughout both parts of "Reinforcements from the Future":
  • Flash tells Twilight and Spike how he is worried that his teachings aren't enough for Fire Heart, and worries he isn't progressing enough. Twilight and Spike both assure him that Heart is doing fine and he is doing a great job teaching him. Then, Flash ends up meeting Heart's Future Badass self, and sees for himself the kind of knight he will grow up to be.
  • The future Fire Heart explains that in his time, the conference between the ponies, changelings, and dragons suceeds, giving birth to the Changeling, Dragon, Pony Alliance (C.D.P.A), and eventually so many creatures and kingdoms join the alliance that they eventually need to rename it the United Federation of Creatures.
  • Future Fire Heart offhandely mentions how Gallus and Silverstream get married at some point in the future. Flash is confused since he doesn't know who either of them are yet, and Heart can't tell him due to "spoilers", but he just assures him that he'll meet them eventually.
  • When Flash returns to the castle after the conference is over, he hears from the others that Heart has barely left the training room while he was gone. When he goes to check on him, he sees him completing the training task he assigned him with sucess. Seeing his apprentice like that, and seeing his future self, made Flash realize he would never need to worry about Heart's future again.
• "It Isn't the Mane Thing About You" has a few moments showing how far Lightning Blitz has come since his debut, both as a character and with his relationship with Rarity.
  • Lightning and Rarity both playfully tease each other over Mare's Day coming up soon.
  • While searching for Rarity, Lightning has a small talk with Grand, asking him to tell him a bit about what his grandma was like. Grand happily shares it with him, reminiscing about Live Wire for a bit. It is a stark contrast to the start of the series where Lightning hated Grand and wanted nothing to do with him.
  • After Rarity's mane is ruined, she spends the whole day avoiding Lightning, not wanting him to see her like this. Meanwhile, Lightning looks all over town for her and gets increasingly worried when he can't find her.
  • When Lightning finally finds Rarity and learns why she has been avoiding him all day, and that she thinks he is going to break up with her over her ruined mane, he makes it clear he has no intention of doing that. Not only does he say he doesn't care about her solely for her looks, but for her actions and personality, he tells her that is why he fell in love with her. Rarity realizes that he said he loves her and points it out, and at first Lightning flinches, only just realizing he said it, but knows that he meant it and asks Rarity if she loves him enough to trust him. She doesn't say anything, just lowering her head to allow him to remove her cloak himself.
  • When Lightning sees Rarity's ruined mane himself, Rarity starts up again of how she knew he won't want to be seen with her like this, only for Lightning to silence her with a deep kiss on the lips. Rarity's eyes widen in shock over this, only for her to quickly close her eyes and kiss him back. The two spend several minutes making out, with their kisses slowly becoming more heated, until they finally pull apart for air and Lightning tells Rarity she is still beautiful and the two hug. It is essentially the equivalent of a True Love's Kiss between them, since it comes directly after Lightning declares his love for Rarity.
  • Lightning clearly loves Rarity's punk look.
• Iron Core and Fluttershy helping Tidal Wave when he becomes obsessed with catching Muerojo, the pirate who murdered Tidal's father, and stop him from becoming someone he isn't or crossing a line he can't take back.
• "Birthday Battle Blitz" takes place on Lightning's birthday, and has a few heartwarming moments throughout.
  • The whole town is celbrating his birthday with a party planned by Pinkie Pie and Wild Smile.
  • We first see Lightning Blitz sleeping in Rarity's bed, until he is woken up by Rarity, Sweetie Belle, and Grand Hoof, who serve him breakfast in bed and give him his birthday presents. Not only does this show that Lightning and Rarity still have a strong and healthy relationship after declaring their love for each other, but she and Sweetie practicall treat him and Grand like they are family already.
    • Grand's present to Lightning turns out to be the same cuckoo clock out of the remains of a grandfather clock that Lightning's mother made which Grand previously told Lightning about.
  • When Script and Gorgenia arrive in town and meet up with Wild, they all reminisce on how far they have all come since the Battle of Canterlot, with Goegenia even saying she finds it incredible that Lightning is in a stable relationship with someone, recalling his previous womanizing attitude.
  • After the battle with Trial-G, when Grand ends up Taking the Bullet to save Script, Script himself manages to save Grand's life by restarting his heart. The ending has the two of them finally bury the hatchet and forgive each other for their past mistakes and attitude towards each other.
• "Bat's the Way Home" has plenty of moments for Rogue:
  • Rogue finds a clue that leads to Twilight finding a way to find where he originally came from. Twilight, Flash, and Applejack join him on his journey to find where he came from, and as they get closer Rogue expresses his nervousness to Applejack, over how he is frustrated not knowing anything about his past and what if it isn't anything good. Applejack comforts him and assures him he is better than he thinks and has proven it to everyone in Ponyville. Applejack ends up leaning in presumably for a kiss, until their moment is accidentally ruined.
  • Rogue's reunion with his family. First, upon arriving at his family's home, he discovers that his birth name, the one he forgot, is "Nightscreech". Despite his worries, he discovers that his mother, Echo, had nothing but love and care for him. She explains she took care of him and raised him while helping make sure his condition with his venom was handled. Eventually though, Fangpire declared him too big of a burden on the cloud due to his condition, and ordered his execution. Echo wouldn't let that happen to him and fled the cloud with him to save his life, intending to take him to Canterlot, but when they were chased she had to leave him in the rocky area he knows as his old home, after finding the golden apple tree there. She left him there for his own safety, and gave him a potion to wipe his memories to make sure Fangpire would leave him alone.
  • Rogue meeting his younger half-brother Banshee. Echo explains after she gave up Rogue, Fangpire pressured her into having another child with someone to pass on the Sonic Scream, but despite the circumstances she still loves Banshee and told him stories about his older brother as he grew up. Banshee himself is overjoyed to meet his brother and instantly hugs him. Rogue is surprised by this, but gently pats his younger brother on the head in response.
  • When Fangpire tries to force Rogue to leave the cloud, Rogue says he is fine with leaving and never coming back, but says he is taking his family with him so they won't suffer under Fangpire anymore. As soon as he tells the two of them to pack their things, they both just nod and get to it right away without argument.
  • After Fangpire is overthrown and his son Foxhelm becomes the new leader, Twilight tells them they will be welcomed to Equestria, and Luna would be happy to meet them and add anyone that wants to join to the Royal Guard.
• "Web of Memories":
  • The chapter opens with a flashback showing how Luna and Sharp Paw first met. Luna learns that Sharp Paw lost his parents and was exiled by the evil Jakhowl, Strong Strike, when he tried to take the title of chief from him and lost. So, Luna offers to help train him for three months to help make him strong enough to beat Strong and become chief himself. This ends up being the start of not just relations between ponies and jakhowls being repaired, but the start of the bond between Luna and Sharp as partners.
  • In the present, Luna shows Springer, Ace, and Mira an old castle that once belonged to the jakhowls, where Sharp trained jakhowls to protect Equestria. While exploring the castle, Springer finds the room that belonged to his parents, with a portrait of them hanging in the room, and he stops to realize that's the room he was born in. At the end of the chapter when they all flee from the castle to escape the Star Spiders, Luna reveals she saved the portrait for Springer, and wants to make a copy of it for herself as well.
• When preparing to free the Pillars from limbo, Flash is almost as excited to meet his ancestor Flash Magnus, as Twilight is to meet Starswirl.

Flash Sentry's EQG Chronicles

• "Friendships and Romance" is essentially a double date with Flash and Sci-Twi and Iron Core and Fluttershy.
  • Although Iron Core is essentially forced into coming along as the driver for everyone, he finds himself having fun with Fluttershy, realizing he misjudged her and opens up to her about his past.
  • Flash and Sci-Twi are shown enjoying their time together. Sci-Twi eventually realizes she has been taking Flash for granted when he shows that he remembers stuff about her from years ago but she barley knows anything about him, but he is quick to assure her she's always going to be his best friend. At the end of the chapter when they are watching the fireflies Fluttershy gave them earlier, Sci-Twi gives Flash a quick kiss on the cheek.
• It is revealed in "Siblings" that the human versions of Flash and Scootaloo are brother and sister too, and the two of them decide to hangout and start bonding as siblings.
• Lightning Blitz shows his integrity in "Dance Magic". He at first agrees to help the Shadowbolts with their video by creating an original song they can use, which would ensure they would win. But after he finds out that they stole their idea from Rarity he withdraws his help, even if it means he risks becoming a social pariah at school for being the reason they don't get their school dance on a yacht.
  • Flash states he still speaks to Lightning online every now and then even after transferring to CHS.
  • At the end of the chapter after CHS and CPA win the contest and split the prize, there is a bit of Ship Tease between Rarity and Lightning when she thanks him for essentially being the reason they all worked together after he refused to support the Shadowbolts, and drags him along to celebrate with them.
• Flash meets an energetic puppy at Rusty's junkyard when helping Shining Armor find parts to fix his car. Flash quickly realizes the little guy just wants some attention, and he ends up helping Flash repair a car he finds and make it his own. After they are done, Flash ends up adopting him as a pet, and name's him "Springer". The little dog is none other than Springer's counterpart, and he and Flash are just as close as their Equestrian counterparts.
• Flash and the other Royal Knights are given an offer by Smash Hit to record their songs and make a CD, getting the chance to make some money and potentially make their band famous. After some thought, and encouragement from Sci-Twi and her family, Flash decides to go along with it with everyone else.
• The Human Flash has some good impacts on the events of "Forgotten Friendship".
  • Because Flash isn't affected by the Memory Stone, he is able to speak in Sunset's favor to everyone else when they only remember her as being a bully, which gets the others to trust her.
  • Flash remembers Wallflower Blush, something that not even Sunset did until it was important. Though this ended up backfiring when she realized he was unaffected by the Memory Stone.
  • Even after Flash is erased from everyone's memories, all the evidence of his existence is left behind, which clues everyone in that what Sunset was telling them was the truth, and thus they ask what they should do to help her.
  • When Flash meets up with the Rainbooms after their memories of him are taken away, he approaches them expecting them not to have a clue who he is and not believe his story. Instead, Sci-Twi immediately hugs him.
• Iron Core continues to be protective of Fluttershy in "Rollercoaster of Friendship". He joins Applejack on her search for Fluttershy, and when they realize that Vignette must have zapped her with her phone like she did with Rainbow, his first instinct is to smash the phone and get her back.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: The Movie

• After the group arrives in Seaquestria, they end up meeting Wingill's mother, Soft Current, and Flash explains how Wingill joined Shadow's cult and he ended up fighting him in a war. Though Soft Current is heartbroken over what her son had done, and more so when Flash explains that after Wingill and the other cultists lost the war they had their memories erased so he won't even remember her, she doesn't hold any of it against Flash, and actually ends up befriending him. She ends up requesting to Flash that if by some miracle he meets Wingill again, tell him about her so he knows where he came from, and tell him that she forgives him. Later when Novo kicks everyone out due to Twilight's attempted theft of the pearl, Soft believes Flash when he tries to explain Twilight just made a mistake and they didn't come there to steal from them.
• Fire Heart and Shining Soul meet and befriend Silverstream and Terramar while in Seaquestria. Silverstream is especially excited to meet them and asks them all kinds of questions about the surface, and she and her brother show Heart and Soul around a bit and show what they do for fun.
• Despite Grubber previously showing a bit more villainy than he did in canon, he still has a Pet the Dog moment when he allows Apple Bloom to fetch some Golden Apples for Rogue, after the ponies explain to him how Rogue will die if he doesn't have any for too long.
• When Flash, Springer, Heart, Iron, Grand, Ruby, and Cold are told that Tempest Shadow is no longer their enemy, Flash correctly guesses that Twilight once again turned an enemy into a friend, and calls her amazing.
• Several during the party in the finale:
  • Spike thanks Ember and Thorax for coming to help when he asked, with Ember ruffling his scales telling him she always has his back. Then when Spike asks Thorax where Hiveena is, since she was absent from the battle, Thorax reveals she stayed back home to watch over the eggs, pretty much confirming that not only are he and Hiveena an Official Couple now, they are expecting kids soon. Spike and Ember both congratulate him over this, and Ember even says she wants to see what his little grubs look like.
  • Rainbow introduces her boyfriend Soarin to her new pirate buddies.
  • Rarity gives Capper a proper greeting to Lightning, Sweetie, and some of her other close friends, and Rarity and Lightning suggest to Capper that he stay in Equestria and start a new life for himself, maybe use his silver-tongue to sell a worthwhile product.
  • Twilight and Celestia both apologize to Queen Novo for what happened in Seaquestria, and hope she doesn't hold it against their kingdom. Novo seems angry at first, listing everything the ponies have done since they met, only to finish by saying that thanks to them they no longer need to live in fear of the Storm King and can be free again.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: School's in Session

• When Silverstream arrives at the school, the first thing she does is reunite with her friends Fire Heart and Shining Soul.
• Seeing the dormmates meet up and slowly start to bond.
• Flash keeps his class the same even when Twilight tries enforcing the EEA rules, and thus his class is the one all the students look forward to the most.
• Ace and Mira become a part of the main students' group, with the two of them spending time with them all and bonding while skipping class together. When the students run away from home, Ocellus fetches Ace and Mira and leads them to the Everfree Forest so they can all meet up.
• Though Flash thinks Twilight is handling the school the wrong way by trying to force the EEA rules instead of adapting, he doesn't hold it against her when she fires him from the school for not conforming to the rules, and when she realizes her mistake and asks if he will take the job back he forgives her (after a bit of teasing).

Flash Sentry, Defender of the Peace S 8

• When the Mane 7 teach their classes in the beginning of "Flash Magnus", Rainbow has Soarin appear as her assistant in one of her classes.
• Flash Sentry finally gets a chance to bond with his ancestor Flash Magnus:
  • When Magnus asks Flash how he got his powers in the first place, Flash tells him the whole story from his birth with the genesis gene and how that allowed Faust to grant him the Sacred Light, how he learned to access and control it, and how he eventually went to the Lost City of Faust where he met Shadow and Faust. Magnus is left in awe and remarks that his adventures with The Pillars don't hold a candle to Flash's.
  • Magnus explains that when he was younger he joined the legion to help others and be idolized by others. When Magnus now believes that the name "Flash" will be synonymous with Flash Sentry now instead of himself, Flash tells him that isn't true, because his family named him after Magnus, so even if others are named after Flash Sentry now, they will also be named after Flash Magnus and have the honor of both of them backing them up.
  • When Flash reveals that his family is said to be able to trace their roots all the way back to Magnus, Magnus is confused and thinks that should be impossible since he never had kids in the past. But then he recalls he did have someone special to him, Sparkling Effervescence, who he slept with before the final confrontation with the Pony of Shadows and being trapped in Limbo. When Flash Sentry theorizes that maybe Sparkling got pregnant from this and had a kid, Magnus starts to think maybe Sentry really is his descendant.
  • Magnus has a small Heroic BSoD after losing to Electra, due to lacking the common knowledge that water conducts electricity. Getting down on himself for not understanding this "modern world" and how different it is form "his time", only for Flash to convince him to learn from his mistakes and keep trying.
• Flash Magnus decides to stay behind in the village after Banshee and Electra are captured, so he can defend it from any future threats like them.
• When Wild Smile returns to his home, he sees that Lightning isn't there and remarks how that isn't much of a surprise due to him spending a lot more time with Rarity, even thinking Lightning might move out entirely eventually. It is nice to see Rarity and Lightning's relationship is still going strong, and that they are apparently considering living together.
• Starlight and Maud have a brief moment talking together about Starlight's potential love life, with Maud assuring her she will probably find someone to date like she did, and asking her what she might find attractive in a partner.
• After Pinkie gets some advice from Limestone and Marble on how to handle Mudbriar and what Maud sees in him, Wild Smile thanks them both helping Pinkie and says he owes them one. Limestone tells him just to keep Pinkie safe and happy, and they'll be square.
• "Viva Las Pegasus" is basically one moment after another for Rainbow and Soarin:
  • Soarin invites Rainbow Dash on a date to Las Pegasus over the weekend, so she can be the last Wonderbolt to ride the Wild Blue Yonder before it closes for good. After she leaves to go pack, Soarin reveals he is planning to propose to Rainbow during the trip, and Fleetfoot and Misty Fly both act like a couple of excited school girls while wishing Soarin good luck.
  • Rainbow's and Soarin's parents both end up joining them in Las Pegasus, and try to help Soarin with his proposal.
    • Soarin was already treated like a son by Rainbow's parents, so they were excited for him to officially join the family, with Bow giving him his blessings to marry his daughter.
    • When Soarin's nerves start to get the better of him, his parents cheer him up by talking him through his feelings. With him assuring them how much he wants to marry Rainbow, and them telling him they are so proud of him.
    • Both sets of parents get along with each other as well.
  • When Soarin finally proposes to Rainbow with a beautiful fireworks display and skywriting his question to her, she tells him yes, of course she'll marry him, and after putting her engagement ring on the now engaged couple begin to make out happily.
  • The final scene of the chapter skips ahead to their wedding in Ponyville, with their family and friends attending and the two of them ready to start the next page of their lives together. The last line of the chapter is Rainbow Dash saying "I do".
• In "Surf and/or Turf":
  • The beginning of the chapter states that Rainbow and Soarin are still on their honeymoon in Rainbow Falls.
  • Flash reunites with Soft Current in Mount Aris, having not seen each other since Novo kicked everyone out of Seaquestria during The Movie. Soft reveals that she chose to live on Mount Aris due to how determined her son was to see it and what he ended up sacrificing. She has even built a home for the two of them in case he ever returns.
  • Although Sky Beak and Ocean Flow are confirmed to be no longer married here, as opposed to their relationship status being left ambiguous in canon, it is shown that they still love each other and care for their family despite no longer being together.
• Twilight asks Rainbow how married life is treating her in "Plan Bee", and Rainbow says it is going good. Soarin has officially moved in with her, with Rainbow remarking she never knew she missed coming home every day and finding someone waiting for her, and Tank really likes Soarin too so that is a nice bonus.
• When the Student Six are stressed out over failing the exercise in their Courage Class that Flash, Twilight, and Fluttershy set up, Ace and Mira invite them to come play a game with them to relax.
• In "The Break Up Breakdown" Heart learns about the various types of love on Hearts and Hooves Day:
  • He needs to observe several couples and then write an essay about what he thinks love is and why it is important. He initially expects to watch all the couples in town being lovey-dovey and "gross and smoochie" together, but at first it seems like nobody is doing anything romantic (Flash and Twilight are babysitting Flurry for Shining Armor and Cadance, Soarin and Rainbow are racing each other, Pinkie and Wild are playing childish games together, etc.) He eventually realizes that every couple does romance in their own way, and not everything needs to be a big elaborate romantic gesture to show someone you love them.
  • Iron admits to Heart that if it wasn't for Fluttershy he never would have been worthy of becoming a Royal Knight, and if he never opened his heart to love he probably would have eventually become a heartless monster, using Shadow Corrupter as an example.
  • Discord shows up, and although he is pretty dismissive of love and relationships he does try to give Heart some good advice by telling him the most important one in the world he should love is himself, because if you can't love yourself you can't love anything else, essentially teaching him the value of self-worth. Sweetie Belle even comments he's not wrong.
  • When Discord mentions the dangers of heartbreak that come with falling in love, he refers to Spike having his heart broken when he found out Rarity, the mare he loved, was already dating Lightning Blitz, Spike shows a lot of maturity by saying that despite the heartbreak he experienced he was happy to have his memories of Rarity and that she made him feel that way, and he had his friends to help him through it and is still friends with her.
  • After Soul finishes her own essay she goes to Diamond Tiara's house to hang out with her and Silver Spoon, since they haven't spent much time together since she transferred to the School of Friendship. Heart also decides he should try to get with Rumble and Button the next day too, showing they still remember their old friends even if they don't hang out as much.
  • After Heart finishes his own essay, he sits with Cozy and helps her write her own.
• During a flashback in "A Returning Storm" we briefly see all of the amnesiac cultists for the first time since their defeat. Although Storm Blade has shown to have gotten worse throughout the chapter, the others all seem to be happy with their lives now, having been taken in by a group of kind ponies. Also, one other small detail is that Terror Card is now going by her original name, Glitter, implying she has chosen that name over her self-given one as a sign she has become a better person. Storm Blade might have wasted his second chance, but the others all seem to be on the road to redemption like Faust hoped they would.
• The mission to find and capture Storm Blade leads to quite a few moments:
  • This mission brings most of Team Flash back together again, who all eagerly agree to the task. Ruby is the only one absent since she was way from the Crystal Empire, but she is substituted by Twilight and Rainbow.
  • When Flash and his team are captured by some tribal ponies on the mission, who mistake them as the ones who started the forest fire Storm Blade caused, they bring them back to their village to face their chief. After they explain themselves to him, the chief instantly believes them, to their surprise, and actually helps them with their mission by giving them some useful intel and assigning several villagers to help them find Storm.
    Chief: The eyes are a window to the soul. Years of training have allowed me to see one's soul through them and determine whether or not a pony is telling the truth. You are telling the truth.
  • During the team's first encounter with Storm, Cold lets his anger get the best of him, due to knowing how Storm murdered his mentor and Parental Substitute Noble Banner, which almost gets him killed. After a talking to from Flash, Twilight, and the others, he realizes that getting mad and becoming like the monster that took Noble from him isn't honoring his memory of him, and agrees to control himself, with Soarin vouching for him.
    • This comes to ahead later when Storm causes a volcano to erupt to keep everyone else busy so he can escape. Cold is ready to stay with everyone and use his ice magic to help stop the eruption, but instead Flash tells him to go help Soarin stop Storm, knowing how much this means to him. When Cold tries to say he is needed there more, Trixie reminds him she has her own ice magic, allowing Cold to go help Soarin without worry.
  • After Storm is defeated and captured, Cold stops by the Hall of Knights to honor his deceased mentor. Stopping by Noble Banner's crystal statue, he takes the Storm Blade, the weapon that was meant for Noble that Storm stole, and places it in the case next to the statue where it will be protected. Cold briefly talks to the statue, thanking Noble for giving him the life he has now, the one Noble hoped he would have one day. He says he hopes he is proud of the pony he has become despite a few stumbles, thanks to help from his friends, and he vows he will continue to live his life and protect Equestria and the ponies that make it worth living in. Compare this to Cold's first appearance, where he only cared about the land Equestria itself and saw all the ponies in it as tools, and you will see how far he has come, and is ready to move on now that his mentor has been avenged.
  • In a more minor moment, Storm's return allows Soarin to finally settle the score with him, due to him never having gotten to beat Storm himself at the Lost City. Though Soarin still takes a big beating from Storm here, he does much better than any of his other fights against him, and he is ultimately the one to land the finishing blow against Storm, saving Cold Steel's life in the process and getting some much deserved In-Universe Catharsis.
• When Gallus is helping Iron fight a forest fire in "The Griffon and the Knight", he risks his life to save a nest of baby birds that are stuck on one of the burning trees. Though Iron makes it clear that was stupid of Gallus and he should have told him, he also says it was very brave of him and he should be proud of it. Gallus also looks after the birds when they take them to Fluttershy's sanctuary to recover, and he is briefly worried that their parents may have been killed in the fire and they are now orphans with no memories of them, like him. Fortunately, their parents turn out to be just fine and are brought to the sanctuary by some of Fluttershy's bird friends to get their chicks, and Fluttershy translates for them as they thank Gallus.
• Applejack and Rogue finally became an Official Couple at the end of "Nightmare Night", complete with Rogue giving a Love Confession and him and Applejack sharing several kisses together.
• Grand was the only one who truly supported Pinkie's love of the Yovidaphone and calls out the others for thinking about forcing her to quit playing it in "Yakity-Sax".
• Flash and Spike's friendship mission in "The Epic of Tempest Shadows" leads to plenty of moments:
  • We find out that ever since The Storm King's defeat, the Storm Creature's have gotten regular jobs for themselves. Several of them are even employed under Grubber, who has become a successful businessman.
  • Flash gets a chance to talk with Tempest while on their quest for Looter's treasure, Flash asks her why she decided to change her name. When Flash says he likes her original name Fizzlepop Berrytwist a lot more, she allows him to call her that, or "Fizz" for short. After this, even the narration refers to her as "Fizzlepop" or "Fizz".
  • Spike finally gets a chance to talk to Starswirl about his father Silverbolt, with Starswirl even helping Spike learn a new magical spell during their travel.
  • Celaeno's crew initially start off distrustful towards Tempest, which was understandable due to her being Storm King's second-in-command and trying to kill them previously. But Flash speaks that even if they don't trust her they should give her a chance to earn their trust. During the Travel Montage, Tempest is shown slowly bonding with Celaeno, and during the climax of the chapter when Tempest has her Friend-or-Idol Decision, she chooses to give up a chance to have her horn repaired and her magic back to save Celaeno's life instead.
• Despite Sombra being Hated by All in the Crystal Empire, Ruby's the only one who is less hostile toward him and has a friendly conversation with him about their past adventures since they last saw each other.
• Fire Heart's sheer joy when he realizes he is finally being called by the map for a mission. After constantly complaining about being the only one in the main group who hasn't been called, it is pretty nice.
• After the Kirin are cured, Autumn Blaze asks Heart, Applejack, and Fluttershy that if they ever run into Searing Salix again, despite his amnesia, tell him that all the Kirin are sorry and that he is welcome to come back home.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: Jakhowls Rising

• The opening chapter shows that many of the Mane 7 are doing great with their relationships. Pinkie and Wild Smile spend time together whenever he isn't doing his shows, Rainbow and Soarin are off on tour with the rest of the Wonderbolts, Rarity is in Manehattan preparing for a big show with Lightning Blitz, Applejack and Fluttershy are both busy with their farm and sanctuary work and are presumably being helped by Rogue and Iron Core respectively, and we first see Flash and Twilight in the castle doing a Shower of Love together. In fact, there are many other happy couples throughout Ponyville, though this is sadly downplayed due to emphasizing how Springer feels Alone Among the Couples.
• After Springer, Ace, and Mira end up screaming in the middle of the streets, and have their spirits seemingly pulled from their bodies when the cloaked Jakhowls use their aura to call to them, several ponies hear them and rush to their side to check on them. When the three of them regain consciousness they find themselves surrounded by citizens worried about them and relieved to see they're okay, such as Octavia and Thunderlane, showing that the three Jakhowls are still beloved by the whole town, even if Springer doesn't have a romantic relationship with anyone as he was sad about earlier.
• Though it comes after fighting Mirage, Razor, and a few other Jakhowls due to a misunderstanding, Sirius, the leader and high elder of the Jakhowls, welcomes Springer, the pups, and their friends with open arms. The chapter even ends with him referring to Springer as his friend as he shows him the wonders of Aurarora.
• Springer is amazed by what he sees in Aurarora. He had expected to just find another small group of surviving Jakhowls, but instead he found an entire kingdom of them, with hundreds of them not only surviving, but thriving.
• When everyone is allowed to explore Aurarora, Mirage bonds a bit with Mira, teaching her how to do the technique she showed earlier of making copies of herself. Mira even names this technique Aura Mirages after learning not all techniques are given names, in part to name it after Mirage herself. Afterwards the two happily chat, with Mirage glad to give Mira some female Jakhowl influence and commenting on how similar their names are.
• While Heart is moping over the thought of Ace, Springer, and Mira deciding to stay in Aurarora, one of the elderly Jakhowls, Core, speaks to him and tells Heart that if his friendship is as strong with those three as he thinks it is then they wouldn't stop being friends just because they are separated. But he needs show them he still cares about them, since if he keeps being grumpy, they might think he doesn't care what they decide. This gets through to Heart and causes him to have a Jerkass Realization over how he hasn't been very fun to be around since what happened with Cozy. After thanking Core, he returns to the others and apologizes to Ace and Mira before suddenly pulling them both into a surprise hug.
• The elder Crystal Clair senses that Flash is worried about the future, and not just that involving Springer and the Jakhowls. After Flash admits how he recently learned about his fate in the future, and he doesn't know if learning more about the future will help him prevent it or make it inevitable, she offers to help him by using her powers to show him a possibility of the future to put his mind at ease. Though the vision that Flash ends up seeing is terrifying and gives him more to ponder, it is sweet that Clair would go to these lengths for someone she just met, and Flash still thanks her for her help.
• Springer and Mirage have plenty of cute moments together throughout Chapter 4 that double as Ship Tease between them:
  • When the two first talk when night comes, Springer comments on the beauty of Aurarora and how he is worried it will all just turn out to be a dream. Mirage assures him he isn't, and that he isn't The Last of His Kind anymore.
  • Mirage apologizes to Springer for how badly their first meeting went because of her, and the two decide to make a deal. Springer can teach her and the other Jakhowls everything they need to know about the outside world so they can experience it properly themselves, and in exchange she can teach him more about Jakhowl culture.
  • Mirage takes Springer to the Jakhowl graveyard, where she lets him feel the "pull of the ancients", explaining to him what they do when a Jakhowl passes away to preserve an "echo" of their knowledge and wisdom by cremating their body and feeding it to trees within 72 hours, and shows him where they spread her mother's ashes.
  • After discussing a few more things, the two watch the beautiful scenery together before they start telling each other stories and laughing together; essentially like they are on a date together.
• As Sirius slowly dies from his wounds, the last thing he does is comfort his daughter who is begging him to live, telling her she has her mother's eyes, and telling Springer to take care of the tribe, essentially saying he wants Springer to be the new leader.
• Springer sees a vision of his father, Sharp Paw, who assures him whatever might happen to the Jakhowls going forward, Springer will never be alone because he still has all the friends he has made since hatching, who will support him no matter what and help him make what he believes is the right decision.
• Mirage and the elders never question the innocence of Flash, Springer, or their friends when Razor frames them for Sirius' murder. Once they realize what Razor has done they escape to regroup with them and think of a way to stop Razor together.
• Springer unlocks a brand new form, the one spoken of in the prophecy, because he, Ace, and Mira all declare themselves a family willing to fight for and protect each other.
  Flash: Springer was willing to risk his very life to save you two, and you were willing to do the same. That pure intention, complied with your care for each other must have awakened something.
• The final chapter is filled with heartwarming moments mixed with several Tear Jerkers too, to make for a Bittersweet Ending:
  • Due to winning the kysongsai, Springer is declared the new chief and when he is sworn in he vows to never use his position for personal gain.
  • Although Sirius' funeral is a sad moment, we see a custom of the Jakhowls in action as they spread his cremated ashes around the same tree Mirage's mother was. Every Jakhowl in attendance is given the chance to spread his ashes, including Springer, and even Spike and the ponies are given the honor of participating. Also, Mirage sees a image of Sirius and her mother's spirits, showing they are Together in Death at last, and she swears she will continue what her father left behind and help Springer with his new position.
  • Although Springer, Ace, and Mira all decide to stay in Aurarora, Ace and Mira plan to continue attending the School of Friendship, and Springer can still visit everyone easily with the Rune Gates. So, although the goodbyes everyone has are sad they are still presented in a heartwarming way, almost like Springer is a grownup leaving his childhood home. Twilight even assures Springer that he has always been a member of their family ever since Flash found him; a sentiment Springer says he knows.

Flash Sentry Chronicles: Evil's Rising

• Doubling as an awesome moment, Luna claims that Trixie no longer needs her to learn anything she wants to and will now need to branch out on her own like when Twilight was sent to Ponyville. It is clear Trixie has come a long way and Luna is confident enough in her that she knows she can retire now.

Flash Sentry: Defender of the Peace S 9

• Mirage has been catching Ace and Mira up on everything they should have learned since hatching, and in order for them to get their permission slip signed they need to prove their training has been of use by winning a two-on-two sparing match against two other young jakhowls. After they win, Mirage nods in pride at them before nodding to Springer, giving her approval for him to sign the slip. It is almost like Springer and Mirage are acting like parents to Ace and Mira and it's adorable.
• Even if it was temporary, Jaden managed to get Heart to smile by singing "Lollipop" song with him.
• First and Ruby comfort Heart over how he has felt since Cozy betrayed his trust. It ultimately gets him to start the path to recovery, with him apologizing to his friends for his attitude, enjoying the camping trip, and hugging his sister upon his return home.
• "A Wild Family Vacation" has plenty of moments between Pinkie, Wild, and the rest of Wild's family.
  • Wild invites Pinkie to join him on his family vacation to Silver Shoals, where she finally gets to meet not only his parents but all of his uncles, aunts, and cousins too. Pinkie quickly manages to win them all over, despite some of them being concerned she's not entirely sane.
  • One of Wild's little cousins, Candle Wick, is very excited to spend the whole vacation with Wild. When Wild tells Wick that he won't be able to spend the whole vacation with him due to wanting to spend time with Pinkie and the rest of the family, Wick glares at Pinkie in jealousy. Pinkie eventually wins Wick over though by helping him with his sandcastle that he made in the shape of a candle.
  • The second night of the vacation, Wild and Pinkie are walking together on the beach with both of them telling each other they love them, then Wild goes into a speech about how much Pinkie means to him before he drops a bombshell by asking Pinkie to marry him, revealing he was hiding an engagement ring inside one of his puppets. Pinkie wants to say "yes" right away, but says there is one condition before she can: Wild needs to tell his family the truth about his role in the Battle of Canterlot, since if they get married they will be her family too and she can't hide a secret like that from her family. Wild agrees, despite being scared they will all hate him for it, and luckily despite them all being shocked and disappointed that he did that, they all forgive him. Wild returns to Pinkie after this and once again proposes to her, this time in front of his family, with Pinkie crying out "yes" several times.
  • Similar to "Las Pegasus", the final scene skips to Wild and Pinkie's wedding in Ponyville, with both of their families there, and even Pinkie's stoic family smiling happily and crying Tears of Joy. The last line is Mayor Mare announcing them husband and wife and that Wild may kiss the bride.
• The Amity Ball in "She's All Yak" ends up bringing several couples closer together instead of just Sandbar and Yona. Most notably it is shown that Mira has developed feelings for Ace and Silverstream asks Gallus to be her date, later teaching him how to dance.
• After Flash successfully helps three new guard recruits overcome their shortcomings and getting them to join him in his fight against Odin, the three of them say how he was a good teacher and wish the instructors at the castle were like him. This convinces Flash that once Twilight takes over as sole ruler of Equestria, he will take Grand's old job and train the next generation of guards. Not only will he be helping more guards like he helped these three, he'll essentially be following in his old mentor's footsteps.
• Springer and Mirage have plenty of moments in "Jakhowls in Equestria", both with each other and others:
  • Springer shows Mirage around Ponyville, the town he grew up in. This includes Rose giving Springer a lily that he gives to Mirage, Mirage trying cupcakes for the first time, and the two of them sharing a milkshake.
  • The two of them meet Thorax and Hiveena at Sugarcube Corner, and are introduced to their baby son and heir to the Changeling throne, Costa.
  • Springer congrats Pinkie on her marriage, calling her Mrs. Wild Smile.
  • Mirage meets Fancy Pants and Fleur in Canterlot and quickly befriends them, even helping stop a thief that steals Fleur's purse.
  • The Ship Tease between the two of them culminates in the two of them slowly moving their heads closer together and sharing their First Kiss together before they realize what's going on. After being momentarily interrupted by a servant bringing them their meals, once they are done eating the two of them embrace their feelings for each other, leaping at each other and making out. The final scene where they are both tired at the meeting suggests that they did more than just make out last night, with Hiveena being the first to officially congratulate them on becoming an Official Couple.
• Roguue ends up bonding with Applejack and her siblings throughout "Going to Seed".
  • While Applejack and Apple Bloom set traps, Rogue helps Big Mac harvest apples. At one point when Rogue is recovering from an injury, he is reading some of Big Mac's comics.
  • Rogue ends up becoming just as excited about catching the Great Seedling as Applejack and Apple Bloom. As the three stay up at night together, Applejack says she is glad she gets to share the experience with her little sister and her boyfriend, with Rogue putting his wing around her to keep her warm.
  • The ending scene has Rogue separate from the group for a moment to remove his face mask, and he ends up seeing the real Great Seedling for a moment, with it smiling at him before leaping away. Rogue briefly considers telling the Apple sisters what he saw, but instead decides to keep this to himself since it will be more fun for them hunting something they weren't sure was real or not, and he decides to continue setting traps with them to hopefully catch the Great Seedling one day.
• "A Dash of Parenting Advice" has a few moments discussing parenthood and having kids:
  • Moonlight Aurora, the mother of one of the kids getting training from Rainbow and Soarin, tells Rainbow how she and her husband were basically hoodlums, with her even having a criminal record. But as soon as they discovered she was pregnant they both became worried due to thinking they would be terrible parents. Once their son was born though, they quickly fell in love with him and worked to improve themselves for his sake.
  • After hearing some tales about parenting from some of the parents, Rainbow reluctantly tells Soarin she doesn't think she wants to have kids. However, she does say she is willing to adopt an older kid so they can still be parents when Soarin suggests it. Though Soarin is a bit sad over him and Rainbow not having a biological kid, he accepts her decision due to not wanting to force her to have kids against her will.
  • Rainbow ends up bonding with one of the young kids, Comet Streak, after she finds him when he gets lost from the group and saves him when he falls off the cloud. Not only does she calm him down and assures him he's not in trouble, she creates the last activity of the day to help him and the other kids practice spreading their wings when they fall like he did earlier, with him clearly having a blast with it. When everyone starts leaving, Comet hugs Rainbow and whispers "Thank you" to her, with her hugging him back. This even has Rainbow reconsider her position on having kids of her own some day with Soarin, though they both decide to enjoy their youth first before adding kids to their marriage.
• After an explosive argument between Scootaloo and Flash over how she needs to move to Canterlot with him and Twilight when Twilight takes the throne, Scootaloo runs into Ms. Blossom, the head of Ponyville's Orphanage where Scootaloo stayed at until she found out Flash was her brother. She lets Scootaloo come in, makes her cocoa the way she likes it, and listen to her story and comforts her over her situation.
• Trail Blazer and Misty Vail decide to move to Ponyville. They feel they not only need a break from their demanding jobs in Manehattan, but now Scootaloo can stay with them while Flash moves to Canterlot with Twilight and he won't be "dumping her" on anyone else. There are also discussions of the two of them taking over Flash and Twilight's Courage and History classes at the School of Friendship.
• "The Animarum Temple":
  • Discord encourage Iron Core to propose to Fluttershy, because he knows how happy Iron makes Fluttershy and he knows how Fluttershy has been thinking about marriage ever since Rainbow and Pinkie got married themselves.
  • After Fluttershy saves Iron during one of the trials inside the temple, Iron tells her he loves her.
  • After Fluttershy manages to access her rabbit transformation, she says how she is excited to show it to Angel.
  • When it seems like Iron and Fluttershy are going to die inside the temple, Iron asks Fluttershy if she will marry him, and she answers yes while hugging him in her small form. After they survive and make it outside, Fluttershy says she knows he only asked her because they both thought they were going to die and they can forget it if he wants, but instead Iron asks her again now that they are no longer in danger, knowing it is what he wants, and she still says yes. The final scene is their wedding a few weeks later, taking place outside (with Discord making sure her wedding dress doesn't get dirty) so Fluttershy's animal friends can attend too, including Angel, and even Grand, Skybreaker, and Fluttershy's parents are there.
• Remarie makes a surprise reappearance, revealed to be Rarity and Sweetie's great aunt. She and Grand Hoof reunite for the first time since Number's cruncher's death, and although no romance forms between them like their nieces and grandson were hoping they do restart their friendship with each other and Grand is able to put another traumatic part of his past to rest thanks to it.
• "Lingering Shadows" shows that Tempera, Wingill, Glitter, and Salix have all truly redeemed themselves and have earned their happy endings.
  • The map calls Flash and Heart to their village, where they see that since they lost their memories they have been accepted into the village. Wingill now acts as their own Defender of the Peace, protecting everyone from any nearby dangers or potential disasters, Salix has taken over for the local blacksmith, having a fondness for glassblowing in particular, and Glitter and Tempera both use their abilities to entertain the children in the village and also took over for the old school teacher after she retired.
  • The four of them are confused when they learn about their past from Flash and Heart, and shortly after Armalum tracks them down and restores their memories like he did with Storm Blade. But instead of restoring their villainous personalities and causing them to hate Flash like Armalum expected, they are instead horrified by what they did while serving Shadow, and firmly state that having a second chance at life away from him was the best thing to ever happen to them.
  • Instead of Flash arresting the former cultists for their crimes, he can see they have all repented for what they did already. He instead advises them that they should return to their homes and loved ones and set things right with them, with him and Heart also telling Salix and Wingill that they are missed and are welcomed back home, passing on the messages they promised to.
  • Seeing each of the former cultists reunite with their families
    • Although Tempera's reunion doesn't go well do to their selfishness and only concern for their own wealth, she is able to cut them out of her life for good, recognizing she has found a place she is loved.
    • Glitter reunites with her family in Canterlot, assuring them nothing that happened to her was their fault and is ready to change her future for the better.
    • Salix is welcomed back by all the Kirin, who all apologize for banishing him. He forgives them but says he wants to stay in his new home at the village, but promises to visit.
    • Wingill returns to Mount Aris, ready to accept any punishment for his crimes. To his amazement, he is given a lenient sentence of only five years banishment, being checked on every month during that time. Novo also officially gives him a neck bracer for the shard of the pearl he stole, as a "thank you" for showing it works in pieces. Finally, before his banishment begins, he happily reunites with his mother Soft Current in a tearful embrace, with his mother thanking Flash for reuniting her and her son.

Flash Sentry Chronicles:The Last Problem

• During the flashbacks, taking place six months after Flash's sacrifice to save the world, there are moments when Spike and Grand silently speak to themselves, hoping Flash is looking over them, before feeling a gentle wind brush against them. Both realize it means Flash is still there. Springer feels a breeze too, implying to also be Flash.
• During the coronation, Thorax and Ember check on Springer to see how he is doing after what happened with Flash, even if they don't fully understand what happened to him. Springer also says Mirage and the other Jakhowls have been helping him cope.
• The big reveal that Flash is still alive is this for everyone in-universe and out.
  • It is revealed that immediately after Flash's sacrifice to save the world, Faust was revived thanks to a backup of herself she saved in her powers. When she gives Flash the choice to join her in godhood or be returned to the world as a mortal, Flash immediately picks the latter, saying any life without Twilight and his friends, even an immortal one, would be empty. Faust then spends the next six months remaking his body, and giving it a few upgrades, such as healing his scar from Sombra, giving blue tips to his wings and hooves, and making him a bit taller, as well as making it so he is equal height with Twilight in the future once she fully develops into Celestia's height.
  • Flash makes his return by saving Twilight's life from an assassination attempt by Doom Raizer, also reuniting with his family and friends as they are visiting his memorial.
  • It is stated how Lightbringer was housed in the Crystal Empire's Hall of Knights after Flash's sacrifice. Upon his return though, Ruby immediately rushes to get it and returns it to him so he can use it against Doom and the other escaped villains.
• The scenes with Luster Dawn in the future take place the same day that Future Fire Heart returns from his mission to capture Tragus. It is eventually revealed, after Flash's survival, that Flash was alive and well the whole time and the "warning" Heart gave his younger self were instructions from Flash himself.
• Seeing the Mane 7 in the future, we find out that Twilight, Rarity, and Applejack, all married their boyfriends at some point during the Time Skip, meaning all of the Mane 7 are married. Adding to that, they are each shown to have kids now instead of only Pinkie did in canon, including Rainbow Dash who originally didn't want any. They all truly have grown up and started their own families.
• The whole montage showing the various characters throughout the series and what they are doing in the future. Many of them have accomplished their life goals, the kingdoms have continued to grow into a utopia together, and some characters have gotten married and now have kids of their own similar to the Mane 7, such as Springer and Mirage or Sombra and Ruby.

Flash Sentry Chronicles:Lightning Siege

• Lightning and his friends at the festival in the small village together:
  • Gorgenia enters and easily wins a sculpture contest, showing some new skills she learned from her time in the Crystal Empire, most likely from Mistmane.
  • Lightning and his friends have a professional photographer take several pictures of them, giving them a souvenir, four dog tags with their own images in them that when stacked together show the four friends together in the original picture. The photographer says it will be an embodiment of their friendship and remind even when they're not together they're bond will still be there.
  • Wild admits to his friends that he and Pinkie have been trying to have a baby together.
  • Lightning admits to his friends he's thinking of asking Rarity to marry him. Wild is the most enthusiastic, saying proposing to Pinkie was his best decision ever and it will be the same for him. When Lightning explains he's worried his family might have a Cartwright Curse, his friends do their best to assure him.
• Four months have passed since Twilight's coronation and Flash's return, and Twilight is happy to have him back after his six month absence, especially with him helping her stay calm.
• Rarity reflects on her relationship with Lightning, how she went from hating him when they first met, to admiring him when he moved to Ponyville and saw his gentle side, and eventually falling in love with him when they started dating. Now she can't imagine a future without him and admits to Sassy Saddles she is hoping he proposes to her soon.
• It is revealed that despite what it initially seemed, Lightning's friends did in fact survive the extraction process that created the Phantom Magic Celestic Gear for Lightning. They simply told for Grand to lie to him and give them their dog tags as "proof" of their deaths since they knew it would motivate him to beat Breaker and ensure their "sacrifice" wasn't in vain. Despite Lightning's apparent anger at them for this and how he chases them to "kill them himself", everyone knows he isn't actually mad at them.
• Lightning and Rarity have a moment together after everything is over, with Lightning explaining he realizes now that Rarity being with him isn't going to endanger her. He thought he wouldn't be strong enough to protect her from anything bad that happens to her, but realizes now his will to protect her is what makes him strong enough to do so, and he has his friends to help him do so too. Rarity agrees, also stating if he wants her to let him protect her, he has to let her and her friends do the same for him when he needs her.
• Despite not having a ring or it being the most romantic setting, Lightning simply asks Rarity if she'll marry him, with her immediately saying yes and the two sealing it with a kiss. They also unknowingly have an audience with Lightning's friends and Grand Hoof. This is then followed by their wedding in Ponyville.
• The final scene reveals the whole story was Lightning telling his daughter Topaz a bedtime story of how he and her mommy got together. It is also confirmed that Lill Cheese is indeed Pinkie and Wild's foal, just born thanks to a donor when Wild was having problems making a baby on his own. But it is also revealed Wild and Pinkie have their own OC foal, Laugh Track, who was born without need for a donor as a happy surprise to both of them.

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