Lightning Dust had finally reached her dream. After years of practice, broken bones, and sacrificed, she had finally been accepted into the Wonderbolt's Academy. But, not every dream ends in a happily ever after...
In the third year of the Crystal War, high casualties in the Equestrian Air Corps force the Wonderbolts to deploy green fliers. New blood, unlikely to survive. It’s down to a cynical Sergeant Lightning Dust to keep them alive.
(An extended epilogue to "The Washouts".) Lightning Dust receives a visit from Rainbow Dash while in the hospital, recovering from her stunt. Surprisingly, Rainbow Dash comes not to lecture but to ask if things could have been different.
An alternate ending to the episode ‘Wonderbolts Academy’ where things play out differently between as an intense confrontation develops between the three greatest fliers to ever come out of Cloudsdale.
When the Wonderbolt Academy doesn't turn out well, Lightning Dust enlists in the Equestrian Royal Guard to fill in the void. Deep in a wooded mountain range on a scouting mission, she contemplates what exactly drives her actions.
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?
Lightning Dust has been to plenty of wellness checkups, but this is the first one that included a psych evaluation. She doesn’t understand the three word result, but her instincts tell her she didn’t do very well.
After her expulsion from the Wonderbolts Academy, Lightning Dust finds a village attacked by an ursa major. Against her better judgement, she tries to help the ponies.
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.