Just at Haneda International Airport, a plane from Equestria Airlines finally lands.

"We hope you have enjoyed your flight and have a wonderful day!"

"私たちはあなたのフライトを楽しんで、素晴らしい一日を過ごしていらっと願っています!"

A sleeping mask wearing Flash Sentry immediately wakes up, startled by the pilots voice over the intercom. Taking off the mask he blinks twice, yawning and stretching, "Good Morning." Looking out the window however, he realizes that it's a rainy night. "Or Good...Night?"

He shook his head, stuffing the sleeping mask in his jacket pocket and grabbing the Equestria State cap off the table and putting it on.

He got out of his seat and looked up at the compartment above him. Opening it he grabbed a black duffle bag and slunk it around his shoulder.

Flash walked out of the gate in a hurry, excited about finally landing in Japan. "HELLLLOOO TOKYO!" He had a huge grin on his face as he exclaimed. He looked around at the busy airport, thinking about all the stuff he's going to be able to do. "Man this is gonna be great! No more school! No more Jameson and most importantly NO SPIDER-MAN!....Well at least for a month, but so be it I'll make the most out of this month!"

Flash took out his new DSLR Camera and took pictures of the airport. As he was doing so his, he saw a woman wearing a beige trench coat, she had long orange hair and light orange skin. Flash smirked, "Well might as well make the dramatic entrance."

He began walking slowly to the woman, being unnoticed by her. He eventually found himself walking beside the woman without her even noticing. He held in his snicker as he began to make a funny remark, "You know Aunt Spark, I get lost at airports too sometimes."

The woman glanced at Flash for a moment. Her eyes widened and she screamed in excitement as she went up and gave Flash a big hug, "FLASH!" She began hopping up and down, much to her expense, "Oh my god it's been so long! When you're mother told me you were coming me and Thunderstar jumped out of our shoes." This was Flash's Aunt, Spark Flamewalker Sentry

"So uh...is this how people say long time no see?" Flash chuckled.

His Aunt Spark giggled. She sarcastically put her hands on her hips "Well, even now someone seems to be the same goofball."

Flash shrugged in response, "Well I learned from the best." Then suddenly, Flash heard his stomach growl as he hadn't eaten anything since midway through his flight.

Aunt Spark giggled even more, "Oh...My...God. You must be starving from that long journey! Well, you're in luck." She reassured, "Your Aunt Thunderstar has been cooking all day! I haven't seen her cook this much since you guys came here in 2009!"

Flash laughed, knowing his Aunt Thunderstar Sentry would go above and beyond when it came to cooking. But when it involves a relative, watching her cook would be like watching a race car go head-head with a bicycle. In other words, she would go on a rampage with every ingredient she'd get.

Flash followed his Aunt Spark to her minivan, a 2015 Silver Kia Sedona. "Here let me take that." Flash glanced at his Aunt and handed her the duffle bag. He gazed into the distance afar, "Man, even after Ten Years this place just feels different."

Flash accidentally opened the left door to the Minivan, he almost went in when the realization hit him, "Oh…. that's the drivers seat."

Aunt Spark laughed at Flash's expense, "Flash, Do you want to drive us home?"

Flash blushed in embarrassment, "Hey I haven't been here in ten years." He shrugged and began chuckiling, "Like come on.."

Aunt Spark stopped laughing, pretending to wipe a tear off her eye to playfully tease Flash, "Okay, Okay." she snickered, "The passenger seat is on the right."

Flash walked around the car. Opening the passenger seat he sat inside. Looking directly at his Aunt Spark. He jokingly was making sure he was doing everything right. "So is there anything I need to know about the seatbelts?"

Aunt Spark chuckled and shook her head, pinching the bridges of her nose. "No, Y-you're good." She got into the car, closing the door and putting it into ignition. She soon began to drive, "So I gotta be frank with you."

Flash glanced at his aunt, "What?"

She chuckled a little, "Well, when Sabrina called us and said you were coming here alone, I was kinda in disbelief."

Flash arched an eyebrow and smirked, "Why so?"

"Well.... Don't take this the wrong way but she's really, really overprotective of you. I feel like she'd be hyperventelatting right now."

Flash laughed, "Oh come on, Mom's cool. She's probably having a relaxing morning."

Meanwhile in Canterlot City. Flash's mother, Sabrina Sentry is hyperventilating right now at the thought of her only son being in Tokyo alone for the first time. What was even worse was, he was going to be away for the whole month.

"SHOULD I CALL HIM?! TEXT HIM?! I HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY!"

"Uh, Honey?" Said Mr. Cranky Doodle, "Your Sister called a little over ten minutes ago, I don't think he's landed yet."

Sabrina glared at her boyfriend. Letting the wild, untamed, Mama-Bear unleash it's wrath upon him, "I AM HIS MOTHER!"

Mr. Cranky Doodle ran out of the living room, in fear for his life.

"Oh, speaking of your Mom. She told us that you got into Equestria State."

"Yup!" Flash nodded, "Pretty soon, I'm gonna be an official University Student." He put both hands behind his head and leaned back into his seat.

"What makes it unoficial?" Asked Aunt Spark.

"Because I don't have my ID card yet."

Aunt Spark chuckled at Flash's remark, "Did you get that from a movie?"

"Yup!" Flash nodded "So uh, how's Firestar and Snowstorm been doing?" Asked Flash.

"Oh they're doing great! Firestar's is going to start High School and oh...." She took a pause, getting a little emotional, "My little Snowstorm is going to start Kindergarten. Oh they grow up so fast."

The Silver Kia Sedona pulled into the driveway of Aunt Spark's house. A nice 2 story suburban home. Flash looked out the door window, "Man talk about 'a blast from the past!' It feels like it's been ages since I've been here."

"Well this is it. Our wonderful home."

Flash mused at the surroundings. He definetley wasn't in Canterlot now. The streets looked a lot more different. He chuckled. "Man I forgot how different things looked here."

Spark shrugged. "Well makes the experience that much better."

He and his Aunt Spark got out of the car. Flash went over to the trunk of the car with his Aunt. She opened it, gave him his duffle bag and closed the trunk again.

The two walked to the door of the home. Aunt Spark pulled her key chain out of her purse and began fumbling with the keys to get the right one. Flash then simply knocked on the door, making Aunt Spark blush in embarrassment. She giggled, "Or you could do that."

The door opened. The person who emerged from the door was the same lady from before, the one who had kissed her Spark goodbye as she headed to the airport. Her eyes widened, it really had been a long time. The boy standing in front of her was also her nephew and he'd grown up a lot since they last met.

Flash smiled. Raising his hand up. "Hi!"

"Flash it's you!" The woman was Aunt Thunderstar Sentry and she gave Flash a hug. "Oh my god, you're a giant now! Oh! You must come in!"

The three all walked inside, closing the door behind them and locking it. Flash felt an immediate surge of nostalgia go down his spine. The last time he was here he was only a third grader. He looked to the staircase smiling, "Oh Man this is definitely a blast from a past! I'm pretty sure I have a picture of Mom, Dad and I sitting on that stair case."

Then his eyes widened, "Wait….MOM!?" He'd completely forgot that he was supposed to call his mother as soon as he arrived and after the yelling fit she'd had before he headed for the airport, he knew that if he didn't call her something bad was bound to happen.

He blinked twice, "Uhh… Aunt Thunderstar, I know I just got here but uh could I possibly, perhaps have the Wi-Fi password?"

Aunt Thunderstar blinked twice and smiled, "Of course." She went over to a nightstand just to her right and pulled open the drawer. Rummaging through some stuff she pulled out a strip of paper with their Wi-Fi name and password and handed it to Flash.

An uneventful few seconds went by as Flash typed in the long password and successfully connected into the internet. He went into a video calling app and tapped on his mother's profile picture icon. It took a few seconds but eventually she picked up.

"Uh...Hi Mo--"

"FLASH!"

Flash's shoulders raised as a reflex to his mother screaming his name. Meanwhile, his Aunts were both having laughing at his expense.

"OH MY GOD, DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED I'VE BEEN! WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL EARLIER!?"

She bellowed.

Flash nervously giggled, "Okay, Okay. Everything is completely fine and uh.. as you can see, I'm perfectly fine. And uh I kinda got a bit caught up at looking at the city."

It was during that talk his mother could hear her sister in background mocking her. Her eyes narrowed,

"Flash dear, could you pass you're phone to my dear sister."

Flash's arched an eyebrow and passed the phone to his Aunt who was still cracking up.

"Gee, Overprotective much?" Thunderstar giggled

"Oh like you have room to talk 'Mrs. Don't Touch The Remote during "Sesame Street!"'

Thunderstar shrugged, "Hey what can I say. Grover's a pretty cool guy."

Sabrina was not about to deal with her little sister's care-free attitude so she decided to teach her a lesson,

"Okay if that's how you're gonna talk than you probably won't mind me mmm. Oh I don't know, maybe telling Flash and the girls about the time our Dog--"

"HEY!" Her eyes immediately went wide, "DON'T EVEN GO THERE!" she bellowed.

Sabrina broke out laughing as she finally got to her sister,

"Haha I'm kidding, but speaking of which where's Snowstorm and Firestar."

Though Thunderstar was still a bit annoyed by her sister she merely let out a sigh and calmed down, "They're both in their rooms." Turning her head to Spark, "Could you go get them." Aunt Spark nodded and went upstairs. Thunderstar turned her head back to the phone screen, "I swear Sabrina, if you pull a fast one and tell them about that damn dog story I will--"

"Come on, I said I was kidding."

Sabrina laughed,

"Are you really gonna throw one of your infamous tantrums over a joke?"

Soon Aunt Spark came down the stairs with two girls. One walking beside her and one in her arms. The one walking beside her was a thirteen year old girl with yellow skin and long orange hair. She wore a red flannel long sleeve over a black t-shirt with a skull vector, black jeans and socks. This was the older sister, Firestar. The girl in her arms was a four year old with snow white hair that was put into a pony tail, arctic blue skin and purple eyes. She wore a green t-shirt with a stripe pattern, colorful striped leggings that covered up to her knees and socks. This was the youngest sister, Snowstorm.

Thunderstar turned the phone around so Sabrina could see her two daughters. Sabrina's eyes lit up at the sight of both her niece's. Immediately her eye was caught by the four year old Snowstorm.

"Oh my god hi there!

She cooed,

"Do you know me Snowstorm? Do you remember me?"

The young girl got a bit shy and hid her face into her mother's shoulder. Aunt Spark giggled a little and comforted Snowstorm. "Oh Snowstorm don't be scared." She said softly, "It's your Aunty." She turned her head back to Sabrina, "Oh she's just a little shy." Turning her head back to Snowstorm, she lightly patted her head, sliding her hand up and down at the back of her head, "Snowstorm can you say hi to Aunty Sabrina."

Snowstorm turned back with a sheepish smile. She raised her hand up waived, speaking quietly, "Hi."

Sabrina died of the cuteness that was being bestowed right in from the screen of her phone,

"OHHH! You're so cute. Oh I wish Lucas could see this right now."

Though her sister couldn't see it, Thunderstar's eyes widened at the mere mention of her brother in-law. Especially in the presence of Flash.

Sabrina's eye was then caught at the girl who was as tall as her mother, standing right beside her gazing into her phone. She gasped,

"Oh is that Firestar?"

Firestar immediately looked away from the phone and onto Flash's phone.

"Oh my you've grown so much I hardly recognized you."

Firestar giggled a little, "Uh, hi Aunt Sabrina." she waived, "How are you?"

"I've been doing great. Oh! I also heard that you're going to start High School this year."

Firestar nodded,

"Well let me tell you, Flash here has a bunch of High School experience, if you ever need some tips he's the person you can talk to."

Firestar gave Flash a quick glance. He was looking around the house and stroking his chin. Glancing back at the phone she smiled, "Thanks, I guess I might ask a question or two."

Spark got Flash's attention, handing him his phone back.

"Uh well I gotta get settled in." said Flash, "I'll talk to you first thing tonight....tomorrow, promise."

"Okay...be safe...remember if there's any emergencies or something goes wrong call me."

"Yes--I know mom, you kinda yelled at me in the car. I think I got the memo."

Sabrina let out a huff,

"Okay, Mommy loves you."

Flash's cheeks went a little red, "MO--" he let out a sigh, "I love you too." He hung up on the phone. Making Spark chuckle.

Meanwhile, Thunderstar still had the whole Lucas comment. It reminded her of the one thing she and her wife promised on. That was to get Flash to at least open up about how he's been ever since.

She looked at Firestar, "Uh, Firestar honey. Could you and Snowstorm take Flash to his room and help him settle in."

Firestar cocked her head up and shrugged. "Umm, Alright." Spark put Snowstorm back to her feet as she followed Flash and Firestar upstairs.

As soon as Thunderstar was certain the door to Flash's temporary room for the summer was closed, she glanced at Spark with looking her in the eyes. "So... did you guys talk?"

Spark arched an eyebrow, "Talk?"

"Yeah talk." said Thunderstar, "You know, about 'it'."

"'it'?"

"Yes, 'it'."

Spark seemed a little confused, "Well yeah we talked. But I don't know what you mean by 'it'."

Thunderstar slowly moved her head up and then facepalmed her self to her wife's cluelessness, "Oh my god Spark! I mean did you talk about...." She trailed for a moment as she didn't want to shout out his name, she took a sigh, "Lucas, did you talk about Lucas?"

Spark took a sigh of relief, finally knowing what 'it' was, "Ohhhh, that 'it'." Than her eyes widened, her shoulders dropped as her voice somewhat died down, "Oh...that 'it'."

"You mean you didn't even mention him?" Thunderstar nearly hissed.

Spark put her hands up in protest, "Look I'm sorry I got caught up in the moment! How am I supposed to bring up the topic of Flash's dead dad when he just arrived. Huh? If I'd did that think of the uneasiness he'd face staying here. He'd probably want to go home!" Thunderstar let out a sigh and put her head down. Spark's eyes widened as she thought she may have a gone a tiny bit overboard with her details, "I'm sorry."

Thunderstar shook her head, "No it's fine you're right." She let out another sigh, "I-I just really miss him y'know. I mean when he died Flash was the only other person I was thinking about besides Sabrina. When we met he was like the older brother I never had. And we've all had so much memories together." She sighed, "Look what I'm just trying to say is I want Flash to talk to us and open up about any struggles he's had. Y'know be the other outlets for him to talk to."

Spark folded her arms and thought for a moment, "After Dinner!"

Thunderstar arched her eyebrow, "Huh?"

"After Dinner!" She explained, "Right after we all finish eating we sit Flash down in his room and have a little two on one chat about how he's been. Than we can all watch a movie in the living room and end the day on a great and relieving note."

"Well....what about Firestar and Snowstorm?"

"Well Snowstorm usually goes to sleep after dinner so you can just tuck her into bed. As for Firestar.... well I mean we can just explain everything to her. She'll probably understand."

Thunderstar thought about the whole plan. She couldn't see any other situation that would be as good so let out a sigh, "Okay, we'll do it."

Flash and his relatives were all sitting at the dinner table. They all were eating fried rice with chunks of vegetables mixed in there.

The whole family was asking Flash about Canterlot and how his whole trip to getting to Japan was.

"So Flash, was there any problems you had while getting here?"

He picked up some rice with chopsticks and ate it. "Well, I'm trying to adjust to the time zone here."

Spark smirked, "I know one problem he faced." The whole table looked at Spark as she her smirk turned into a grin. Flash on the meanwhile arched his eyebrows, "So when we got outside at the airport...."

Soon, it hit Flash that his Aunt Spark was about to talk about the whole door incident, "Oh no."
And in only a few seconds, the whole table burst out into laughter at Flash's expense. Making his face turn red in embarrassment, "Oh Man, No mercy!"

"Oh come on!" Flash protested, "I just got here. And besides I've had a driver's license for months now, I'm used to the wheel being on the left."

Aunt Spark wiped a tear off her eye, "You know, I'm pretty sure there's a handbook given to passengers on an airplane about how Japan is compared to America."

Flash's eyes widened, he's pretty sure there was a handbook but he never actually read it. "Well they're never gonna let me live this one down."

Firestar swallowed some rice and glanced at Flash, "So uh, Flash. What's High School like?"

Flash stopped for a moment. He never particularly liked High School all that much, Freshman year was hell, Sophomore year was more or less the same. Junior Year was hell times two for Flash as that was the year Curly Winds came and pissed the hell out of him and don't even get me started with Senior Year.

"Uhh… It's great." Flash shrugged, "I mean it's a bigger working environment, but the courses are pretty alright." He picked up another piece of rice and put in his mouth.

"Oh Flash!" Said Thunderstar, "You're mother told me all about you having a girlfriend."

Flash's eyes widened as he nearly choked on a piece of rice. "WHAT?"

Spark put her hand on her mouth, this was the first time she'd hear about it, "My, My." She turned her head at Flash and shot him a teasing look, "Flash! You never mentioned anything about a girlfriend when you were at the airport, oh please go on."

Flash's eyes widened even more, they then closed as he began to giggle nervously, "Well, you see.... uhh, it never really worked ou-- let's change the subject!"

Thunderstar giggled at her nephews flustered state. It was almost like he combusted inside when she mentioned the mere topic to him. "Okay, Okay.... So are you gonna put yourself out there?--"

"Moving on!" He glanced at Snowstorm, changing his tone "So, how do you feel about going to school?" He sounded much more kid-friendly.

Snowstorm giggled and clapped her hands, "Mommy says School fun."

Flash glanced at both Aunt's. He chuckled a little. Knowing full well of the effect that the question he would ask have. "Snowstorm you're going to have to be more specific. Which One?"

To that the whole table, Flash included. Burst out into laughter.

…...

Author's Note

So this is more or less the same chapter as the other Welcome To Tokyo, obviously with a few things left out like the movie scene or the bank fight scene, those are for later chapters.

Other than that, a bit more details and some differences in character interactions and some approaches to move the plot along.