“Dashie, you can talk to me about anything. Problem at the academy? What is it?”

She looked him squarely in the eyes. “Soarin, I’m really not sure if this is normal… and I don’t want to sound stupid… But…”

Just because you're friends doesn't mean everything works out all fine and dandy. What happens when a unforeseen hiccup puts a new strain on Soarin and Rainbow Dash's relationship?  An old acquaintance with only the eyes for a certain blue flier enters town? An early and unexpected meeting with a certain parental figure?

Issues, that's what.

But hey, what's life without a few curve-balls every now and then?

A sequel to 'Friends have Benefits'

“Okay, how about you come with me,” Soarin said hastily, not sure if he was motivated by a strange desire to save the castle’s glassware or by the chance to spend some more time with the borderline insane yet beautiful mare next to him.

“Where?” She asked, looking up from the glass she had sentenced to ‘Smashy-time.’

Rainbow Dash learns why it's good fun to get drunk at your best friend's brother's wedding. Good company doesn't hurt either.

On the run from Vasari forces, Capitan Chezknov and his crew make an astonishing discovery - an inhabited planet far beyond the edge of explored space.

Cut off from reinforcements and unable to find their way back, the Captain reluctantly turns to the equally shocked natives for help.

Sins of a Solar Empire crossover.

`Scootaloo hung her head glumly, her right fore-hoof absently drawing an indistinguishable pattern on the wood of her desk. Her purple eyes drifted wistfully to one of the windows. The sun was shining and a light breeze was blowing, a perfect day to be out.

But she was stuck here.

With both of her friends sick one day from school, Scootaloo has to find somepony else to hang out with. Terrible taunts, slimy spitballs and errant TV quotes ensure.

'The problem I find with being a hero is that everyone assumes, for some reason, you like being in mortal danger.'

Plucked from his relatively safe position in the Wonderbolts, Soarin is shoved back into a position on the front lines, fighting for honour and glory in the name of Equestria. Well, at least that's what the newspapers will tell you.

Really all Soarin wants is a long and safe career, tucked safely away in some obscure unit where nothing can try to kill him. Of course, fate has a nasty sense of humour and his unwanted reputation for heroism certainly doesn't help either.

With his new regiment shipped across the seas to repel a Hrud invasion of a pony colony, Soarin, despite his best efforts, finds himself again neck deep in trouble.

Cutie Mark Vector by ~Kna on DA.

Story inspired by the Ciaphas Cain series of books by Sandy Mitchell.