In the year 2022, Neighsay took a new job as an interplanetary missions director after retiring from the EEA. Starting in 2037, two explorations on a deserted planet called Soria have gone successfully, in an attempt to determine how it became uninhabited three years prior. The year is now 2042. Twelve days into their mission, a dust-storm has forced Twilight Sparkle, Flurry Heart, Rainbow Dash, Ocellus, Cadence, and Thorax, the crew of Astro III to abort their mission early. They must launch before the ascension rocket tips over, in order return to their orbiting spacecraft, the Cosmos. During the storm, Flurry is struck by a communication dish that breaks off of the habitation facility, and thrown out of sight. Without time to look for her, and with the rocket on the brink of falling down, the crew presumes her as dead and escapes just in time. Now, Flurry must find out how to contact them and get rescued.

In an alternate future of cold and ice, the only remaining bastion of Harmony is the Crystal Empire.

Equestria has been gone a long time, and Luster Dawn has never known a world where the magic of harmony and friendship was abundant. Outside the Crystal Heart's protection, there is only snowy wasteland that stretches on for eternity.

Princess Twilight Sparkle has decided it's high time Luster Dawn see the world beyond the Empire's borders, and it just so happens that Flurry Heart wants to come along.

This was written as part of a live write right after the finale aired. Every chapter of this story will probably be written like this, so watch out for me going live with writing!

EDIT: canceled, simply because the livewrite method of writing was unsustainable.

-GM, master of spoilers.

The grinning flower shall rise. The five shall fall. The sixth shall split with the different desire. The church will form, and a patch shall spread. The Meadow will grow and spread till all are part of it. Hail the grinning flower, bringer of joy and sorrow.

Scrapping this as theres enough inconsustencies would need rewrites

While visiting Earth, Flurry Heart gets invited to a birthday party. Oops.

Sequel: The Disney Princess.

Recommendsday!

Flurry art is https://derpibooru.org/2059854

Thanks to the folks at the site Discord for idea bouncing and brainstorming.

Princess Flurry Heart seemingly disappears from the Crystal Empire to attend to a deep secret of hers.

As a member of a royal family, it was always expected that Flurry Heart would come into a leadership role at some point in her life. But nopony could ever have expected it would be while she was still at a young age, as is the case when her parents are away on official business one day. And so begins the glorious reign of Flurry, apparently.

Sometimes time travel is possible. Sometimes it goes wrong. Sometimes a futuristic soldier goes on a killing spree to reach the time machine to get back home. It happens. What doesn't happen is time travel, into another fucking dimension, with a futuristic soldier, with a couple of enemies-- oh what am I kidding he's being followed by an army of *Spartan-like Civil Security hell-bent on his destruction, heavily armored and geared bird-like Falkok, and HUNDREDS OF ALIENS WITH GREEN LASER ROCKETS AND BIGASS RAIL GUNS.

That doesn't pair well with friendship. Or Non-Violence. Or anything to do with harmony. Maybe a certain filly can change his mind? Maybe convince him to try a different, nicer way? I dunno, read to find out!

Originally based on Plasma Burst 2 by Eric Gurt.
*Halo Spartans

Flurry Heart is not the Princess of Love, but maybe she should be. She's certainly never met anypony able to match her taste in relationships. So many ponies with the wrong partners... It's sad, really. And then they have the audacity to say her pairings are wrong.

Written for the Writeoff's Ship It prompt.

Reading by StraightToThePointStudio

A Spin-Of of Legendbringer's Fall of Starfleet: Rebirth of Friendship and a Deconstruction of Dakari-King-Mykan's Friendship Is Failure

At the peak of the War Against Conquest, Shining Armour is taken from the Crystal Warfront along with his baby daughter.
Captured by a cult preparing to resurrect the loathed usurper, Grand Ruler Celesto, he comes across various ponies he knows, either personally or by reputation.
With little good to say about any of them.
So begins a recollection of the deeper tales of friendship, of those it changed and those it didn't.
And as the cult steadily works towards its goal, Shining Armour and Flurry Heart still hold out hope.
For this is Equestria.
Where Friendship Prevails.

May explore dark themes such as violence self-harm and sexual harassment. Also may include some mention of sex or innuendo.

TV Tropes Pages on the canon incorporated into this fic.
Friendship Is Failure
Fall of Starfleet: Rebirth of Friendship