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// 44. #FlurryfortheFuture 
// Story: Ciderfest BOAS APP Stories: 86?! 
// by Janicethelight 
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Story
The magic of friendship has grown with the age of the six savior ponies who have saved Equestria time and time again. Twilight has grown into her role as the Princess of Friendship in every sense. You go to see her in Canterlot where everypony is excited by the fact that her student will get to follow in her hoof steps. You go up as well to see Luster Dawn for yourself.

You freeze as you see Princess Twilight and her student walk out of the castle. It isn't Luster Dawn, but Princess Flurry Heart who walks out next to Twilight. You sneak past the celebrating crowd, close enough to overhear any whispers they might share.

"I'll…I'll do my best to make you proud, Aunt Twilight," Flurry murmurs.

"You'll do great, Flurry." Twilight beams.

"Princess Flurry!" You call over.

Flurry looks over to Twilight who nods, and Flurry flutters over to you. "Um, hello there. Is there…something I could do for you?"

You check on Twilight, seeing that she is now talking with other ponies before you whisper, "My name is [USERNAME], and I want to know why you replaced Luster Dawn as Twilight's student." 

Flurry bites her lip. She walks around further into the shadows, looking over her withers to make sure nopony follows. "I don't know how you remember. No creature was supposed to remember." Flurry's voice heightened, and her breath came in quick bursts. 

"Flurry. Calm down. I just want to know why." You nod.

Flurry forces herself to breathe a little deeper each breath, moving her hoof in and out with each inhale and exhale until she calms down.

"Listen. I needed this. Luster Dawn was like Aunt Twilight, born normal. But me…I was born an alicorn. I had ponies who only wanted to be my friend because I was a princess, and ponies who whispered about how I nearly destroyed the entire Crystal Empire when I was a baby. Everywhere I turn, ponies treat me differently," she admits, eyes traveling to the ground.

"How would changing things help?" you wonder.

 "The truth is…" Flurry bites her lip, eyes avoiding yours, "I want to know the point of friendship when…when I'm going to live longer than most ponies." She kicks the dirt. "What is the use?! I mean, most ponies just see me as an alicorn anyway, so I doubt it'll change anything, but…" Flurry sighs, "Please. I didn't take Luster out. I just had her come later. Just…let me try to see the magic that is friendship…and don't tell Twilight…"


[CHOICE] 
Will you let Flurry continue as Twilight’s apprentice and try to find friends in Ponyville?

> Why not? Friendship is magic, after all! (Chaos)

> Why not find friends in other places? (Hero)

> You're her apprentice now. Do we really need Luster Dawn? (Villain)


[ENDING A: CHAOS]
"Flurry! Go. Make friends. Luster can always come later." You smile.

Flurry smiles. "Thank you so much! I can't wait to finally find some friends who see me as just Flurry!" She hugs you. "You'll see. I'll find ponies who will treat me like every other pony and I'll see for myself what friendship can mean! In fact, you should follow me and see for yourself!"

Flurry flies you over to Ponyville with Twilight just behind to see her off. She takes a breath, walking around in hopes of finding somepony to talk to. She first sees a pair of twins trotting out of a cake shop. They looked about the same age as her.

"Hi there!" She exclaims a little louder than she meant to. The two jump. The colt flies ten feet in the air while the filly teleports away. Flurry blushes, "Sorry. Sorry. I'm new here, and I was just…really excited to make new friends." She grins.

The colt sighs, flying back down. "Oh uh…that's okay. My name is Pound Cake!"

"And um…I'm Pumpkin Cake. Do you…wanna hang out?" Pumpkin asks.

Flurry bites her lip in excitement. Looking back to you one last time before turning her attention to the twins. "Yeah!" She nods.

"Cool. We'll show you around town." Pound shrugs. 

Flurry holds her head up determined to keep her composure. "Cool." She follows the two as you go off in search of more pages.

(+1 page for Chaos)

[ENDING B: HERO]
"Look, Flurry. I'm glad you want to find others who can be your friend, but taking Luster's spot isn't the way to go. You should go on your own adventures to find your own way." You tell her.

"My own adventures? What kind of adventures are you thinking of?"

"Like…you could go up to Yakyakistan and be an ambassador like Pinkie Pie. Or, you could go to the kingdom of the Hippogriffs and make friends with Princess Skystar. With all you said, you two may have a few things in common! You could help the creatures of Klugetown rebuild now that the Storm King is no longer their ruler. There are lots of places where it would be more exciting that you're a pony than a princess, and you could make your own way there."

Flurry thinks on that. "Yeah. I could show the rest of the world how Equestria is, and maybe even find some friends along the way!" She hugs you, and gives you the page. "I won't be needing this anymore. I'm going to start in the Hippogriff Kingdom!" She flies off, the rest of Equestria enamored with Twilight and Luster Dawn now that life has turned back to normal.

(+1 page for Heroes)

[ENDING C: VILLAIN]

"You know, Flurry. You're right. You deserve to know what friendship could mean!" You begin.

"Thank you for understanding-" She smiles.

"BUT-" you interrupt, "here's the thing. You ARE Twilight's student now. You get to go on adventures and learn lessons. So, do we even Luster Dawn anymore?"

"I don't understand." Flurry blinks.

"Let me put it another way. Luster Dawn was Twilight's student. You changed it so she will be Twilight's student in the future, but she won't need a new student in the future because she'll have you. Do you really want to have some random pony come along and take away valuable time from your aunt?"

Flurry bites her lip. "I don't know. I feel like that's going a bit too far."

"Okay. Fine. But be ready to have Twilight writing you messages about how great Luster Dawn is, and how much of a joy to have a new student. Before you know it, you two will get compared all the time!"

Flurry looks away, "I definitely don't want that." She sighs, "okay. I'll do it!"

She takes her page, editing it. A flash appears, and to you and Flurry, nothing seems different, but the school of gifted unicorns has no evidence of Luster Dawn. She disappears from the world completely.

(+1 pages for Villains)