Humanity's space exploration ultimately took the form of billions of identical probes, capable of building anything (including astronauts themselves) upon arrival at their destinations. One lands in Equestria. Things go downhill from there.
What Rainbow Dash thinks will be a quick trip to Cloudsdale ends up something much more. After bumping into each other and practically tearing down the city in the process, Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust soon find themselves flying away fugitives...
It is a terrible thing, to lose the pony you love. Lightning Dust has been alone since Fiddlesticks died, and she can no longer conceive of any other way to be.
Fiddlesticks watched the two ponies in the gif embrace over and over again, and wondered how that would feel. How anything that Twilight Sparkle experienced would feel.
When Appleoosa Station was destroyed, only Scootaloo's bravery saved two hundred souls from a cold, airless death. The problem is, her version of the story doesn't agree with the official account.
Lightning Dust strands herself in space. With no way to move her rocket, she'll die unless Equestria's Best and Brightest find a way to bring her home despite sabotage, snobbery, limited resources, and bureacratic incompetence.
Months after running into Anon in the bar, Lightning Dust meets with him to ask him for his help. He offers it willingly, which makes Lightning Dust grateful. Neither knew what was going to happen. And neither did Spitfire.
Deciding to take Spitfire up on her offer, Lightning Dust begins writing letters to the Wonderbolt captain, and the two watch as a chance-friendship slowly turns into something a little more.
The Empire is gone. All that is left are the broken pieces of a proud dream. With the change of power coming to reality, it is time for you to rebuild and restore peace to the galaxy! Long live the Empire!
After being expelled from the Wonderbolts Academy, Lightning Dust traveled around Equestria in search of herself. Then, many years later, after a hard day of working she went to a bar and ran into the last pony she ever expected to meet again.
Fusion spells aren't complicated, but the temporary ponies they yield are. Speed Reader isn't thrilled to be made of the two most high strung ponies in Equestria, but surely she can keep her selves together for a measly half hour, right?
Donut Joe keeps his store open on Hearth’s Warming Eve. And why not? He doesn’t have anywhere else to be, and neither do the tired, bitter ponies who find their way inside. But the Eve is young, and strange things lie ahead...