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"Ha!" The pilot of Prince Blueblood's skiff grinned wide. Gripping the controls in one hoof, he pointed the other fetlock at a glinting sight along the northern horizon. "There she is, canines and gentlecolts!" He threw a sly smirk over his shoulder. "Did I tell you or did I tell you?"
"Record time, buddy," Soarin nodded casually. "Thanks a bunch."
"Hrmmmmmm..." Rover scratched his ear another time and squinted across the gondola at the other two stallions. "Issssssss it normal for poniesssssss to be so boassssssssstful?"
"Only when you're a pilot of a royal prince's prized zeppelin," Soarin said. A blink. "Or a mare named Rainbow Dash."
"I gotta ask just one thing about this Rainbow Dash," Flash Sentry remarked.
"Go ahead."
Flash stared lethargically at the horizon and the glinting spires of the Crystal Empire coming into view. "... ... ...is she nearly as petite in this universe as well?"
"Huh?"
Flash exhaled. "Never mind..." He slumped back on his haunches. "Just rambling. Always rambling."
Soarin looked at him... studying the teenager's somber expression. At long last, he spoke, "Y'know, dude..." He shuffled closer so that the Hakweye Pack representatives couldn't hear him. "...the pilot's under our command. There's nothing stopping us from... say... telling him to bring the skiff to a crawl. Right here and now." Soarin's eyebrows raised. "We could cruise slowly enough that... one of us could take off... maybe fly solo to any other part of Equestria..."
Flash turned to gaze at Soarin.
Soarin shrugged. "Only if he wanted to, of course." A breath. "Or felt it was necessary."
Silence.
Flash inhaled slowly. He looked back north towards the incoming sight of the Crystal Empire. "No," he finally said. "I gotta see this through. I've put so much into it."
Soarin's voice rolled: "You've put all the pieces into place. It's just a matter of gravity now—"
"Everything's caught up with me too. It's time to stop running," Flash said. "Princess Luna? She didn't visit me when I slept earlier."
Soarin merely nodded.
"This is it, dude," Flash murmured. "This is where I make my last stand." His sad eyes bravely reflected the crystalline streets and buildings unfolding before them. "I might as well spend it doing as many good things for ponies as I possibly can."
Soarin smirked. "It's what you're good at."
"Thanks, dude."
A shrug. "Just being honest," Soarin said.
"No, I mean..." Flash glanced back at him. "...thanks... for making such a cool offer. But." He gulped. "I need to be here. No more running."
"You sure?" Soarin gazed at Flash.
Flash gazed back. "I'm sure."
Silence.
"Are... you ssssssssssssssure you're not married?" Fido asked. Smack! Spot smacked the large canine atop the head. "OW!"
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Welp looks like this is nearing the end of the journey! Can't wait to see how all this goes down.
I'm still betting on starlight giving him off, and twilight figuring out it was flash.
No I ran out of chapters I need more this is amazing
>inb4 the ponies got the wrong Flash while Bradster was away.
this story is just so good and so funny at the same time.
awesome writing.
His last STAND!?
It'll be funny and a little anticlimactic if it turns out that everyone is fine with Flash sticking around in Equestria as long as the proper responsible parties all know.
Is the suprise twist going to be the liquoriche imposition, or that there is no twist.
Twilight? Your explanation of the Gallup Incompleteness Theorem, please.
I mean, I know that there are 95 chapters, but it still feels like it would be ending too soon if it ended, well, soon.
Soarin is best bro.
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Considering how almost everyone in EQG abused their newfound magic, I’m glad enough that there was reflection in the part of Sunset and Sci-Twi. It’s only because of this that I have a bit of hope that the confrontation will be one of mutual understanding.
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It has been that kind of optimistic feel-good story so far, so I'm hopeful in that regard.
Maybe a little bit married...
Scrubs references aside, definitely looking forward to seeing how the Diamond Dogs react to the Empire. And Flash's last stand, assuming they didn't grab the lieutenant.