Agents of the Shield
The train had barely arrived in Ponyville when Flash Sentry bolted out as fast as he could. He then quickly took to the air, flying for his destination as fast as he could.
He’d still couldn’t believe he’d missed the big day.
He continued to fly through the air, skillfully dodging any pegasi who were in his way. In spite of his speed, he managed to avoid crashing into any objects floating in the sky, whether they were clouds or ponies. Finally, he saw the house in the distance, and he began to slow down.
Even though he was more excited than he had been in years, he managed to maintain a calm and collected exterior as he raised his hoof to knock on the door.
For a brief moment, he waited with bated breath. Then, the door opened to reveal an orange pegasus filly. Though she seemed confused at first, her face quickly widened into a huge smile.
“Flash!”
The yellow stallion had just a second of warning before Scootaloo tackled him, wrapping her arms around him for the first time in months.
“I can’t believe you’re here!”
Flash smiled as he hugged his little sister back.
“I can’t believe it either, Scootie. You wouldn’t believe how hard I had to beg for them to let me get off for just a couple days.”
The two siblings hugged each other for a moment, before Flash spoke up.
“So, I got your letter, and I just had to come see for myself! I mean, I can’t believe you finally got your cutie mark!”
Scootaloo grinned, and then turned around to give her brother a good look.
“Check it out!”
Flash gasped as he finally got a good look at Scootaloo’s cutie mark: a tri-colored shield with a wing and a thunderbolt in the center.
“It’s so cool, isn’t it?”
Flash didn’t answer. He simply wrapped his hooves around Scootaloo and pulled her into a hug. As he did, a few tears began to roll down his eyes.
“Flash? Are you crying?”
“No!” Flash said quickly. “It’s liquid pride. Totally different.”
Scootaloo smirked as she pulled herself out.
“Yeah. Totally different.”
Flash chuckled, though his smile quickly faded away. Scootaloo raised an eyebrow.
“Flash? What’s wrong?”
The orange stallion sighed as he looked away.
“Do you remember how we always hung out when you were little?”
“Well, of course!” Scootaloo replied enthusiastically. “You and I did everything together! We never had any fights, and we shared all our hopes and dreams!”
Flash chuckled at his sister's enthusiasm. However, it was quickly replaced with a look of sadness.
“Yeah, we did. But now we hardly ever see each other anymore. I'm a high-ranking guard in the Crystal Empire, and you're still learning how to fly. I'm on my way to achieving all my goals, but you… you're still nowhere near that.”
Scootaloo looked worriedly at her brother as he looked downwards.
“It feels like I'm leaving you behind.”
As he finished, Flash sighed sadly and closed his eyes. True, many of his hopes and dreams were closer than ever. But was any of it worthwhile? He hardly ever got to see his sister, and his duties kept him so busy that he often didn't even have time to write to her.
What was the point of accomplishing anything if he couldn't share it with her?
“No you're not.”
Flash looked back up in surprise. He saw Scootaloo looking at him with a determined smile.
“What do you mean I'm not?”
“Just because you're not spending time with me like you used to doesn't mean you're leaving me behind, Flash. In fact, I'm glad you're accomplishing all your goals, because it means that I can do the same with mine.”
For a moment, Flash didn't answer. He simply stared at his little sister in awe.
“That’s… amazing, Scootie!” he said finally. “And I'm so glad you're fulfilling your goals at the same time as me!”
“I know, right?” Scootaloo said happily. “Just you wait! I'm going to learn how to fly, join the Wonderbolts, and help fillies and colts everywhere find their cutie marks along the way!”
Flash smiled as his little sister continued to discuss the many plans she had for the future. He was amazed at how much more determined she was now that she had finally found her true calling. And he felt so happy to see her joy.
However, even with all the joy, there was still one tiny nagging feeling in the back of his head.
“Scootie… what if we forget each other?”
Scootaloo stopped talking and looked back towards her brother.
“You really think we'll forget about each other?” she asked incredulously. “You really think I could forget the best big brother in all of Equestria?”
Flash chuckled. “Well, maybe not the best… and you never know. I might become so focused that I forget to visit you, or even write back home! And then if you do come back, you're going to be all angry at me for not caring about you, and it'll open a big difference between us, and we'll end up hating each other foreve-”
Before Flash could continue, Scootaloo shoved her hoof into his face.
“Calm down, Flash. You're starting to sound like Princess Twilight.”
Flash's face went red with embarrassment, and he looked downwards.
“Sorry.”
Scootaloo rolled her eyes, then walked up to her brother.
“Take a look at my cutie mark, Flash.”
Flash stared at her in confusion. “Why? I saw it already.”
“Look at it again,” Scootaloo insisted.
With a sigh, Flash turned his gaze towards his sister's flank. He saw the shield once again, though he couldn't see what was so special about it.
“Um, yeah,” he said. “It's a shield with a lightning bolt in it.”
“A shield with a lightning bolt,” Scootaloo repeated. “Now, who else has a shield with a lightning bolt on their flank?”
For a moment, Flash stared at her in confusion. However, he then gasped in realization, and turned towards his own flank, which was adorned with a blue shield with a lightning bolt.
“I… I never thought about it that way,” he said. “But now that you mention it, that's amazing!”
Scootaloo grinned as Flash turned back between the two cutie marks. “See? Even if we don't do everything, we still have a lot in common.”
As she said raised a stray thought entered Flash's mind. “So, what does your shield symbolize?”
Scootaloo opened her mouth to answer, only to close it again. She then raised her hoof to her temple as she tried to think about what her shield meant.
“I don't know,” she said finally. “My friends both have the same shield on their cutie marks, so I think it's something we all have in common.”
“You're the agents of the shield, then?”
The two siblings laughed together for a moment, before Flash remembered something he'd read in Scootaloo’s letter.
“Didn't you say you got your cutie marks when you helped some filly figure out the real meaning of her cutie mark?”
Scootaloo’s face quickly brightened up. “On yeah! When Diamond Tiara figured out what she was supposed to do with her talent, we realized that we were really good at helping ponies find their purpose! And that's when we got our marks!”
Flash scratched his chin at this. He then grinned in understanding.
“Well, of course you'd have a shield. You're good at helping other ponies.”
Scootaloo raised an eyebrow. “I thought shields meant protecting other ponies from danger.”
“Well, usually they do,” explained Flash. “But protecting ponies can take many forms, Scootie. Even if you aren't defending Equestria from danger, you can protect them from things like peer pressure, bullies, or-”
“Abusive parents who won't let you express your true personality?” Scootaloo suggested, causing Flash to remember another detail from his sister's letter.
“Exactly! And besides, even if all that weren't true, you'd still be preventing a whole lot of fillies from getting stuck in tree sap over and over again.”
At this, both siblings laughed together and continued for a while.
“So,” Scootaloo said once they had calmed down a bit. “The shield we both have show how we help other ponies. But what about the lightning bolt?”
Flash took another look at his sister's mark, then turned back to his. “Well, I got my mark when I realized that I was really fast, and that I could use that speed to help other ponies. So I guess my lightning bolt represents how I fly as fast as I can in order to be present for whatever emergency crops up.”
Scootaloo scratched her chin as she thought about what Flash had just said. She then thought about what she did better than the other two crusaders. Her eyes then widened as a smile took over her face.
“Well, whenever the crusaders need somepony to go extra-super fast, I’m their go-to filly! With my scooter skills, I can get them to and from any place in the blink of an eye!”
Flash laughed. “So, you keep things going fast?”
“Yeah,” said Scootaloo. “After all, the faster we get things done, the faster we can get to doing important things, like trying to find cutie marks. Only now they won’t be our cutie marks we’re looking for…”
“But the cutie marks of other fillies and colts,” concluded Flash.
The two pegasi smiled at each other in silence, both contemplating what they had just shared.
“You know,” said Scootaloo, “the funny thing is, I didn't even notice how much my cutie mark looks like yours at first. After all, my friends also had similar cutie marks, and we were so excited about how we were all connected that I never thought about how mine could connect me to you.”
“Huh,” said Flash. “I guess if my friends and I all got our curie marks together, and had them all share a single unifying theme, I guess it would take me a while to look at how ponies outside that group influenced my own mark.”
Scootaloo looked down at her brother's cutie mark, and then back towards her own. She then looked up to Flash and smiled.
“And you know what, Flash? Even if we're apart, you can always remember me by the shields we share.”
At that moment, a huge grin spread over Flash's face, and he wrapped his arms around Scootaloo and hugged her tightly. The little orange pegasus smiled and pulled out her own arms to hug him as well.
The tender moment of bonding was then abruptly broken when a sudden thought came to Scootaloo.
“Of course, my cutie mark has a wing too, which yours doesn't have. So obviously I'm going to be better at flying than you.”
Flash immediately pushed his mischievous sister out of his embrace.
“Oh, in your dreams!” he said in his most dismissive voice.
“The cutie marks don't lie, my dear brother,” Scootaloo retorted in as smug a tone as she could achieve. “If you're so much better at flying, then where's the wing on your cutie mark?”
Scootaloo smirked at her brother, only for the grin to vanish once he wrapped an arm around her.
“Oh, there's one thing you'll never beat me,” Flash said. “Noogies!”
“Nooooo!” Scootaloo laughed as her brother began to fiercely rub his hoof against her head.
“You asked for this, Scootie!”
“No I did not!”
The two pegasus siblings continued to laugh together as they wrestled playfully.
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Connect or not, I love this~
This needs to be canon.
i love this it makes so much sense
Scootaloo has an in with Twilight. She should ask her to get her brother transferred to Ponyville.
It certainly doesn't hurt that Twilight has an infatuation with other-Flash
Holy...
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You're on to something big, man. If they turn out to be siblings next season... hold on to your butts.
I really hope this turns out to be cannon one day, then I'll be able to actually like Flash... He really needs to have more character development like he does in fanfics such as this one!
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No! What have you done? Flash is stealing my waifu!
Oh wait, that's not a shipfic..... He is just her big brother and~
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!
But seriously, I'm glad this can't be true because of cutie marks not being a sign of relationship, but only signifying special talents, which are unique for everypony (well, mostly, as it turned out that Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle share the same, but even they aren't related), cause if he would be Scootaloo's big brother, I would constantly get reminded on EQG when seeing them together.
6748884 Agreed~!
6751766 Technically, cutie marks have SOME tendencies to look like the parents' cutie mark. (I.e: Have you seen Twilight Velvet's, Twilight Sparkle's and Shining Armour? They look pretty similar.) It doesn't necessarily have to be that, either. Look at the Apple Family.
Cutie Marks aren't just talent based. I'm guessing the form is somewhat genetic.
6759995
Wrong. I can name you as many (maybe even more) examples for relatives who don't share similar cutie marks. Or for ponies who have similar cutie marks, but aren't related. One I already brought up in my initial comment; Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle are no relatives.
And by your logic, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle would have to be related to Flash Sentry too then, because they have shields as cutie marks as well.
Not to mention that Applebloom has only a symbolical apple as cutie mark, not a real apple, like it's common for members of her family.
6760067 Other examples of ponies with similar marks but no relation: Moondancer: stars and a moon. No relation to Twilight or Luna. Flim and Flam: Apples. No relation to the Apple Family. Party Favor: Balloon animal surrounded by confetti. No relation to Pinkie Pie. Sugar Belle: Various pastries. No relation to Mr and Mrs. Cake. Sunset Shimmer: Red and yellow sun. No relation to Celestia. Daring Do: Compass rose. No relation to Blueblood.
6760067 I wasn't suggesting that they had to fully genetic. I just said they could be to some degree.
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Well, if Scootaloo would be the five-hundreth cousin twice removed by a five-hundreth and first cousin of Flash Sentry or something like that, then you could barely speak of a genealogical relationship anyway, except for that they're are both ponies and pegasi, cause that could very well apply to each and everypony, so I couldn't care less then. :3
Lol. I love that line "No it's liquid pride. Totally different."
Connection or not such a great story and I freakin LOVE the title.
So this makes them Agents of SHIELD?
It's a cute story. The Flash and Scootaloo sibling thing is a pretty adorable headcanon, even if I don't accept it.
Just one question though. How come most of your Flash/Scootaloo sibling-fics have Flash and Scootaloo stealing lines from Twilight and Shining Armor? I read the one where Flash and Twilight get married, and apparently, the fanfic sin counting people gave you a ton of sins for doing that. Not that I minded, since I gave both stories a like. 
6842876 Actually, I was the guy who did the sin count
But yeah, I do tend to do that. I think it's because Flash has a lot in common with Shining Armor, and therefore his relationship with Scootaloo would be similar to Shiny's relationship with Twiley. Whether or not this will eventually lead to Scootaloo becoming a princess remains to be seen
The puns, oh my gosh!
Flash has been spending way too much time around Shining Armor.
For whatever reason that just made me headcanon that Flash was the midwife when Cadence gave birth.6890918 ...That is the best headcanon ever
Flash and Scootaloo siblings?
You get an instant fave and follow for that.
6891807 It's perfectly plausible!
6895326 Go write a story about that
This is a lovely little scene. I could see it happening in an episode, actually... if the show writers were brave enough to risk the wrath of some fans by making Flash a semi-regular character in the series, which they aren't.
I think that you got Scootaloo's character just right. It was also a nice idea to have Scootaloo repeating the lyrics of My BBBFF as she was describing her relationship and past with Flash.
You know, this could easily be a jumping off point for the Map to summon the Crusaders to some Friendship Problem... maybe in the Crystal Empire? Naturally, as they're still fillies, Applejack, Rarity and Flash get to 'escort' them (much to their discomfort because of the way Crusades tend to turn into misadventures).
6896052
Who says I haven't already?
6903511 ...Have you?
6905563 ...No, I've only written three hundred or so words so far.
How does one describe a newborn foal?
6907363 Tiny ball of fuzzy adorableness? Big-eyed huggable mini-pony? Plushy little embodiment of pure cuteness? Something like that
6907523
I mean literally right after it was born, before it's cleaned up. 
But those lovely adjective phrases will be useful later. 
6907586 ...Big wet squishy thing?
6907725 Perfect.
Is anyone else suddenly imagining the CMC as being part of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
By Luna am I a nerd...
cute!