Author's Note

Yes, the chapter title is a reference to the actual episode title, Tell It to the Frogs. Also, family fluff and a heartbroken Flash Sentry.
Also, this is a long chapter. Stuff's picking up and shit will hit the fan. The first two chapters were more introduction, expect more chapters like this from now on.
P.S. I've broken this chapter into two pieces because even with the long chapter warning, it lost my interest halfway through my proofreading to be honest. So there will be one extra episode in my rendition of Season one, making this seven episodes instead of six.

S1E3: Shout It to the Sun

Rainbow Dash sat by the railing she was hoofcuffed to. She was laughing manically, shouting from her rooftop.

"Haaa... yeah... that's right you little piece of shit bitch. Fuckin' pussy. Come on, take it up to the command, and kiss my cyan flank..." Her skin was boiling red, even visible under her fur. Her ankles were bloody from the cuffs cutting into them. "Shoulda seen the look on his face, Scoots. When I punched all five of his ugly ass front teeth out..." She laughed, before her head slumping over on her shoulder.

As the cyan mare came to her senses, she heard the rattling at the door. "Oh Celestia... Oh Celestia no..." She whispered, trying to break free. "No no no no no no. Please!" She screamed, tears welling in her rose eyes. "I know... I know I deserve this... I'm being punished... I know... I've been awful! Help me now, please! Show me the way, Celestia! Tell me please, dear Celestia!" She cried. She turned over on the railing to where the Trotters couldn't see her. The chain with a Canterlot Guard crest was holding, but only barely. Rainbow Dash saw her broken wing, and bloodied hooves. Quickly, she yanked out of the hoofcuffs, biting her lip to keep from screaming from the pain of her skin and fur ripping off. Knowing she couldn't ever fly again, she quickly grabbed the base of her wing in her mouth, and tore as hard as she could. "Yeah..." She muttered. "Nevermind, Tia... never needed you and... I... won't... start... now!" She yelled, as she ripped her wing off and then jumped onto the roof of another building.

Shining Armor sat, still driving the box car. Thunderlane spoke up from the passenger seat.

"It's best not to dwell on it... you know? Dash got left behind. Can't imagine anyone would miss her..." Thunderlane trailed off. Big Macintosh's voice was heard from the back.

"'Cept maybe Scootaloo." He said, and Thunderlane nodded.

"Scootaloo?" Shining Armor asked. The name seemed familiar.

"She was that orange filly at your wedding. One of the flower fillies?" Twilight spoke.

They heard a car alarm coming beside them, only to here Moondancer cheering loudly. She sped past them, driving towards camp.

"At least someone's happy." Thunderlane chuckled.

At the camp, a stallion worked on an alarm system, stringing the empty food cans together to alert them if a Trotter tried to enter. Below him, a brother and sister were arguing. Their mother, a certain yellow-eyed pegasus, approached them and asked them to stop, then dragged them away from the stallion.

Flurry Heart sat in front of her mother, fidgeting.

"You know, the more you fidget, the longer it takes, baby." Cadence spoke softly, a comb and scissors as she cut her daughter's mane.

"I'm trying."

"Well, try harder." Cadence replied, cutting a lock of gradient hair.

Flash Sentry sat across from them, cleaning a standard-issue Canterlot Guard double barrel shotgun. "Awh, don't be like that Flurry. If you had to shave a beard like a stallion does, you'd be begging for Cady's haircuts."

"I'll believe it when I see it, Flash."

The orange coated stallion chuckled. "Here, I'll tell you what. If you can get through this frilly haircut your momma's forcing you to do... I'll teach you... how to do a Sonicboom."

"Isn't that Rainbow Dash's thing?" Flurry asked.

"Nah. She does the Sonic Rainboom. Two totally different things. Sonicbooms are standard issue for most Pegasi. Only those with a lotta magic can pull of a custom Rainboom like Dash can. So I think you can."

Flurry Heart excitedly turned around and looked at her mother.

"I'm a frilly frou-frou Princess, talk to Flash."

"It's a one time offer." Flash smiled.

"Why do we need to do a Sonicboom?"

"Lotsa reasons. For a show. For a fast escape. Scoots can do one too, you know."

A car alarm started blaring, and the stallion on top of the hill yelled. "Hey, Discord, think you can tell who it is?"

Discord teleported to the roof of his RC, with binoculars in claw.

"Talk to me, Discord!" Flash yelled.

"It's a red sports car, that's all I can see!" Discord snapped back. Flash raised an eyebrow. "Oh, for Celestia's sake! A sports carriage!"

"Is is Thunder? Are they back?" Rumble asked, smiling, his wings fluttering like a hummingbird.

"Well, I'll be damned." Discord spoke in disbelief. His kookiness was seemingly sapped from him after the apocalypse hit, Cadence, unbelievably, missed the kooky draconeqqus.

"What is it?" Rumble asked.

"A stolen carriage, that's my guess." Discord spoke as Moondancer pulled up in the bright red carriage, and stepped out. "Holy, manure. Turn that damn thing off!"

"I don't know how!"

"Open the hood, Moondancer. Open the god damn hood." Flash Sentry spoke, his voice being drowned out by Rumble.

"My brother, Thunderlane-"

"Open the fucking hood!" Flash screamed as loud as he could. Moondancer looked confused, before realizing why.

"Oh! Right, right." She reached into the carriage, and hit the release with her hoof. Rumble was still ranting about if Thunderlane was okay. "Yeah... Thunder's fine."

"Is he coming back?"

Moondancer climbed out of the carriage. "Yes! Yeah. Well, except for Rainbow."

"What are you, a psychopath? Tryin' to get us all killed? I got a family to protect and you drive that loud motherfucker up here?" Flash Sentry asked.

"We should be fine. Sounds tend to be chaotic and echo everywhere. If they can't find the source, then they can't find us." Discord spoke, as Flash glared at him. "I know my physics, sir, being the lord of chaos and all." But, the chaotic draconeqqus still turned his head to Moondancer. "Next time, be a little careful? Can't set off Mr. Sentry here. But... next time... bring me a cool carriage too?" He smirked.

"Sure thing." Moondancer smiled, as the box carriage pulled up, and the passenger side door opened, allowing Thunderlane to step out.

"Rumble." Thunderlane said, a goofy smile on his face. Rumble flew into his brother, crying.

"Thunder, Oh my Celestia!"

"What's up, hummingbird?" Thunderlane asked, only to receive a punch from his little brother. "Ow! What's that for?"

"For scaring the shit out of me! I thought you died!" Rumble yelled, then hugged his brother. Foals were shouting about Rainbow Dash not being back, and tears ran down Flurry's face as she didn't see a certain white coated stallion. Cadence enveloped her daughter in her wings, whispering and drying her tears.

"Thought we lost you forever! How'd y'all get out?" Flash Sentry called.

"A new guy." Moondancer shouted back, leaving a puzzled expression on everyone's face. Almost on cue, Shining Armor stepped out of the cab, not yet seeing his little family.

Flash Sentry's face went slack at his old partner stepping out, backing up a step, spreading his wings. Shining Armor saw Flash, and just stared. Flurry Heart turned her head to see why Flash went silent, and saw Shining standing in front of her, and Cadence turned her head after, her mouth dropping.

"Oh... Celestia..." Shining Armor whispered, before Flurry began running to him, and he ran to his daughter.

"Dad! Dad, I missed you, so much!" Flurry yelled, grabbing on to his chest. She cried into her father's white coat, tears flooding her vision, Shining Armor starting to cry into his daughter's mane. Cadence wrapped her forelimbs around the two, tears welling in her eyes. She breathed in the smell of Shining's coat, unchanged despite everything he's been through. Cadence looked up at Flash, a sheepish smile on her face, and the stallion smiled back, trying his best to be happy for the real family. His family. Shining Armor looked up at Flash Sentry, smiling. Flash just smiled back, trying his best to hide the pain in his eyes.

"There's... so many emotions... I knew you were here, thanks to Thunderlane... but..." Shining Armor whispered to his family. "I feel shocked. Surprised. That I ever found these ponies that could bring me to my family again..." Flurry Heart was laying down against her father, with Cadence stroking Flurry's mane.

"Words are things that seem to make sense, and yet, they're so chaotic we can barely string them together." Discord said, Rumble and Thunderlane leaning into his long body, using him for warmth.

"Since when did you become a philosopher?" Rumble asked, looking at the draconeqqus.

"Since you could pronounce the word 'philosopher'." Discord replied, nonchalantly.

"It just... felt like I was ripped away from my life and slammed into this world. This hell." Shining Armor stared at the ground, and the mark on his daughter's flank that must have shown while he was gone.

"Mom said you were dead." Flurry spoke up. Cadence had a look of fear on her face.

"And she had every reason to believe it. I was in that hospital and it got overrun. It didn't look like I'd make it either."

"When things started to get bad, the hospital staff said they'd medevac you and the other patients to Las Pegasus." Cadence looked towards the tired look on the survivors' faces. "I never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad they didn't."

"I'm not surprised. From the look of that hospital, it got overrun, fast."

"Looks don't deceive. I barely got those two out alive. We tried a carriage on the street but we got ambushed. Little Flurry actually got her mark there." Flash said, a slight smile on his face.

"Flash, I can't tell you how grateful I am for you saving my family... our family. You've always been like family to us, and you even took charge when I couldn't. I can't even come close to saying just how grateful I am."

"There go those words, pure chaos we have mastered." Discord smirked.

Across from the group, Fancy Pants threw a log into his own campfire. The fire flared up and grabbed the log in flame, the fire shooting up.

"Hey, Fancy. Wanna rethink that?" Flash yelled to Fancy.

"It's cold." The stallion answered, sticking his hooves out in front of the fire.

"Well, just because it's cold it doesn't mean the rules are changed. We need to keep our fires low so the smoke doesn't give us away."

"Well, unless you want to get the log, it's staying in."

The yellow eyed mare sighed loudly, and stood up, walked to the fire, and pulled the log out of the fire. The wood thunked to the ground as she dropped it, and then she sat down to her purple filly and light brown colt. Flash Sentry walked over, nodding at Muffins, or "Bright Eyes" as her husband called her. He walked to the white coated mares sitting next to Fancy Pants.

"Hey there Rarity, Sweetie Belle. How are you guys this evening?"

"We're fine. Just. Fine." Rarity spoke, her voice on edge, and her pristine white coat doing a horrible job at hiding cuts and bruises.

"Okay." Flash nodded.

"I'm... sorry about the fire, darling." Rarity muttered.

"Oh, no no no. No apology needed. Don't worry about it." Flash then smiled at Sweetie Belle. "You guys have a nice night."

"Thank you." Rarity smiled at the orange coated stallion as he got up. He turned towards Fancy Pants.

"Thanks for the cooperation, sir." Flash spat, and walked off, having to forcibly restrain the feathers around his shoulders to keep them from fluffing as they did when he was mad. He walked back to the campsite and sat down on a log next to Shining Armor. He sighed loudly, closing his blue eyes and breathing in deeply.

"Do we have any idea how little miss Scootaloo is going to react?" Discord asked, raising an eyebrow. "She won't be happy to hear her idol got left on a Las Pegasus roof."

"Ah'll tell 'er. Ah was the one who knocked 'er out and left 'er there." Big Macintosh sighed.

"I cuffed her there, that makes it mine." Shining Armor replied.

"Guys, guys! It's not a competition. No offense, Big Mac, but it would look better coming from a guard." Moondancer said, patting the big red stallion on the shoulder.

"Ah suppose so." Big Macintosh shrugged. "But Ah ain't gonna hide from 'er."

"We could all lie." Rumble suggested, a sly grin on his face. Thunderlane clipped him in the wing for suggesting this.

"Or we could tell the truth. Dash was completely out of control, something needed to be done. Celestia knows I didn't want to rot on a rooftop because of her big mouth." Thunderlane then turned to Cadence. "Cadence, Shiny did what needed to be done. And if Dash got left behind, it's no one's fault but her own."

"Shiny? What are you, his next coltfriend?" Discord chuckled, and Thunderlane laughed.

"You wish, you old kook. He has a wife and filly. Pretty apparent to me he's straight."

"Just because I'm as old as Celestia and Luna are doesn't mean I'm an old kook. I prefer... well-aged. But.. what are we going to tell Scootaloo? Whatever we tell her, we're gonna have our claw and paw tied when she comes back from hunting for me, and finding plants for the rest of you who don't want to eat meat."

"Ah was scared an' Ah ran. Ah t'aint 'shamed of it." Big Macintosh spoke, and Twilight nodded, laying on the stallions back, her wings draping over the both of them.

"We were all scared and we all ran, what's your point, Mac?" Thunderlane retaliated.

"I stopped to chain the door after Moondancer left with the sports carriage. The staircase is really narrow, only about three or four Trotters can get up there at one time. Unless one of the other Wonderbolts is dead and somehow has the thought process to fly into the door, Dash is perfectly safe. She's still alive and hoofcuffed to the railing." Shining Armor said, nodding to no apparent pony. Flurry Heart had fallen asleep in her father's hooves, and he now held her sleeping form tight, smiling down at her every once in a while.

Big Macintosh got up from the fire, retiring to a tent for the night. Twilight followed him, and Flash shouted after the two of them. "Twily, remember what Shining says!" He yelled, before busting into laughter. The alicorn scowled at Flash, seeing through his act. She sent him a telepathic message with her magic.

I'm waiting for Shiny to see what you really are, you sick fuck.

She then followed her coltfriend into the tent, smiling pleasantly as Flash sat, dumbfounded. Twilight normally never swore.

Soon, Shining, Cadence, and Flurry went to their tent. To Shining Armor, this was all new, but this was common practice for Cadence and Flurry.

"I found you, didn't I?" Shining Armor smiled while tucking in Flurry Heart. She hummed pleasantly, barely awake from the nap she took at the campfire.

"Hey... Dad?"

"Yes Princess?"

"I... love you..." She whispered, closing her bright blue eyes, nuzzling into her pillow. Shining Armor kissed her cheek lightly.

"I love you too." He whispered, smiling like the dork he was. He turned and kissed Cadence, smiling just as wide if not wider. He laid down beside her, and was draped with a wing over his back. "I can't believe I found you both."

"Yeah..." Cadence smiled wistfully.

"And I knew I would."

"Someone's a bit cocky today, aren't they?" The pink alicorn smiled, before Shining began pulling at a loose feather on her wing.

"Nope. I knew. I saw the house. The door was bolted. Flash's chains. And a window busted out..."

"I'm so sorry, Shiny..."

"Nah. I knew you were somewhere."

"How?"

"There was a carriage. Full of feathers. Abandoned about a mile or two away from our house... outside the hospital."

"We were trying to get in there to get you... but... there was a horde. Flash grabbed Flurry by the nape of her neck and me and his hooves and flew off as fast as he could."

"Hey, Cady?" Shining asked, looking up at his wife. He had a smug grin on his face. She knew what this meant.

"Yes, my beloved?"

"Don't wake... Flurry..." The unicorn said as he reached down in their sleeping bag, kissing at Cadence's neck as she gasped.

Shining Armor woke up, raising his head from his pillow. He was the only one in his tent, Cadence and Flurry long gone. He yawned, before rising to his hooves. His shirt was sitting at the edge of his sleeping bag, neatly folded and washed with utmost care. He tugged the shirt over his head, then set his mane in place from the shirt tugging over his head. Shining carefully opened the tent door, his gun in its holster. He walked through the camp, smiling at the foals running around his feet, asking him what it was like in Las Pegasus. He then found the certain foal he was looking for.

"Dinky Doo, right?" He asked, smiling. The filly nodded excitedly, sparks shooting off her horn.

"Yes sir! What can I Dinky-Do for you?" She spoke, then smiled brightly at her own pun.

"Do you know where Twilight is?" Shining Armor followed up, and she pointed towards the lake. "Thank you."

"It was the least I could do, Mr. Shining!" She smiled brightly, before bouncing off somewhere else. Pinkie had been quite the influence.

Shining Armor walked to the lake, and seeing Rarity, he sat down next to her. "You were the one who washed my uniform, right?" He asked, and the white coated mare simply nodded in return. "Thank you... best it's looked in years." He smiled warmly, and walked off towards camp.

"Can you guys remind me when we became maid service?" Twilight sighed after Shining left. "I mean, I am a Princess." She chuckled. "Never had to do this in the castle."

"The world ended, didn't you hear? Titles don't mean shit anymore." Rumble sighed, dipping a rainbow bandanna Scootaloo always wore in the water.

Rarity looked up, and saw Fancy Pants smoking from a pipe he kept. She sighed deeply. "It's just the way it is, darling." Suddenly, she sighed. "I miss my washing machine..."

"I miss my sports carriage..." Thunderlane sighed, scrubbing clothes.

"Oh, I miss my coffee. I miss my late night studies..." Twilight said wistfully.

"My computer... and texting!" Rumble smiled.

"I miss my vibrator."

"Thunderlane!" Rumble yelled, clipping his brother in the side.

Rarity looked around, and then once she saw it was clear. She leaned in and whispered. "Darling, you're not the only one." The group bust out into laughter, Rumble falling on his back.

"What in Celestia's name is so funny?" Fancy Pants asked.

"Just swapping war stories. None of your business." Thunderlane replied.

"Yeah." Rumble agreed.

"You have a problem, Fancy?" Thunderlane asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Nothing that concerns commoners like you." Fancy Pants said, then turned to Rarity. "Focus on your work, Rarity. This isn't a comedy club." He finished. Thunderlane huffed heavily.

Cadence walked down to where Flash Sentry and Flurry were flying, him trying to teach her how to do the said Sonicboom. "Flurry? What did I tell you about leaving Discord's sight?" Cadence asked, narrowing her eyes.

"But Flash said he'd teach me how to do a Sonicboom, remember?" Flurry spoke, her innocence shown through her speech.

"It doesn't matter what Flash says. It matters what I say. Now get on up to Discord." She spoke. Flurry Heart sighed and got on to her hooves, walking up the camp, Cadence following her.

"Cady?" Flash asked, watching as the mare walked on, just lowering her ears. "We weren't doing anything you said we couldn't. Just some shouting and flying to the sun." The mare just huffed.

"You don't tell me what to do." Cadence spoke, nearly growling.

"Cadence? Can you just wait a second? We need to talk. We haven't even had a chance to-"

"No. That's... that's something you can shout to the Sun."

"Damn it, Cadence. I don't know how this appears to you, but you need to listen-"

"Listen to what, Flash? Is there a damned gray area here? Let me tell you what it means. You stay away from me, you stay away from my daughter. You don't look at her, you don't talk to her. My family... is off-limits to you now."

"Cadence, that isn't fair and you know it."

"Flash... keep your mouth shut!" Cadence screeched, throwing Flash back with her magic and striking him with a hoof.

"I don't think..."

"My husband is back. He's alive."

"He's my best friend and my partner! Do you think I'm not happy about that?" Flash nearly yelled, once again restraining his chest and shoulder feathers.

"How... how dare you?!" Cadence yelled. "Why in the hell would you be, when you were the one who told me he was dead!" Cadence shoved Flash back into the ground, tears in her eyes. She then ran off towards where Flurry had went.

A filly screamed loudly. Shining Armor and Flash Sentry ran towards the scream, a mutual nod between them. A deer lay on the ground, getting torn into by a Trotter. It was a doe, still alive and screaming. Another Trotter was tearing into a bag of what looked to be fish. Shining Armor drew his gun, and Flash did the same, drawing his Pegasi magic to hold the gun as a unicorn would. Flash Sentry shot the one on the doe, as she drew her final breath and the screaming ceased. Shining Armor mercifully shot the doe, keeping her from turning if she could. Right as he was raising his gun to the other Trotter, an arrow went in between its eyes.

"Damn... fucking geek got my fish!" The orange coated mare shouted, before bashing in the Trotter's skull with her front hooves. "Fucking... son of a bitch!" She yelled. Discord teleported in front of her, grabbing her face with his claw and paw.

"Scootaloo, unless you want more of the Trotters... you will stop screaming." He spoke with a hypnotic tone, he and Scootaloo's eyes turning to swirls. "You've been up for far long, my dear. Take a rest, before you undo yourself."

Scootaloo slammed into Discord's chest. "Nice try, old kook. Why don't you take your horns and shove them up where the sun don't shine?" Scootaloo then grabbed the bag that held her kill. "Maybe the geek didn't get all the fish. I couldn't find any plants, so you guys are eating meat today." She looked in, and grabbed a fish with a small bite mark. "Damn. Think we can cut around this?"

"I wouldn't risk it, Scootaloo." Flash Sentry replied, sighing deeply.

"Looks like I'll just get what wasn't bit and clean it really good." Scootaloo sighed in replied. She walked into the camp. "Dash! Dash! Get your cyan flank out here before I kick your ass! We got some fish, no plants!"

"Scootaloo, just slow down a bit. I need to talk to you." Flash stepped in front of the mare. She bore into Flash's eyes with her own purple ones.

"About what?"

"About Rainbow Dash. She... There was a problem, in Las Pegasus."

"She dead?"

"We're not sure."

Scootaloo glared at him. "She's either dead or she isn't, Flash." She spoke coldly. Shining Armor saw this display, and walked over.

"There's... no easy way to say this to you, Scootaloo, so I'll just tell you." He spoke, never breaking his gaze into the short mare's eyes.

"Who are you? Isn't your name Gleaming Shield or somethin'?"

"It's Shining Armor."

"Shining Armor, you got something you want to tell me?"

"Your sister... Rainbow Dash, she was a danger to us all, so I hoofcuffed her to a roof and broke her wing. She's... still alive."

"You fucking what, you stuffed shirt bastard? !" Scootaloo yelled, nearly growling at at the Captain. "You left my sister on a roof to die?"

"How about we go get her if it's that bad?" Flash asked, and Scootaloo glared daggers at him. "So that's a-"

"Where's a carriage?" Scootaloo sighed, walking into camp. Shining Armor and Flash Sentry exchanged a look, and Shining Armor sighed.

"I'll take Big Mac and I go. You stay here."