Equestria Girls: Flash Edition

Flash’s head hurt; an aching pain, waiting to bust open. He forced his eyes open, trying to grasp his environment. He looked around and mentally noted down a few things: On his left and right were a pathway and some buildings in the background; houses, more specifically. Behind him was the mirror, now a statue of a strange-looking pony. Flash wondered if the guy was a national hero of sorts. And in front of him was another building. It was way bigger than any other in the area; it looked like Princess Celestia’s Magic School if you asked him. Flash suspected that this building was Sunset’s little playground; a way to fulfill her desire to be the best. Since the place looked like her old school, Flash presumed that this was Sunset’s coping mechanism manifested into a physical form. Personally, Flash would recommend a therapist. He might also book one for Twilight if they escape this world.

Speaking of the beautiful devil, Flash saw Twilight and Spike. He knows they look different, but that doesn’t mean Flash can’t see Twilight Panic Manic™ a mile away. He began to gallop toward them, and this was when he started to notice his hooves were different, but Flash truly didn’t care.

“My magic! It isn’t working!” Twilight exclaimed.

“Make sense. You don’t exactly have your horn.” Spike pointed out.

“Doesn’t make you unless gorgeous though, fair bookworm.” Flash decided to say.

Twilight and Spike looked at him, eyebrows furrowed deeply. Spike pointed to Twilight, standing up before going on all fours. Flash blinked for a moment before mimicking Twilight’s stance. Twilight glared at the boy once he got his composure, “What are you doing here?!”

“Orders from your brother and also me.”

“Do you realize what I’m trying to do here?!”

“Yes. And I want to help.”

“But you could upset the balance of this world!”

“This world can eat my weird-looking flank then. I just don’t know what I would do if you got lost here. We just got together again and—” Flash looked down at the ground, a weight of worry making him do so. Twilight’s eyes perked up at this before solemnly saying, “I didn’t think of that. I… Alright, fine. You can stay. You and Spike could probably be a huge help anyway.”

“Thanks,” Flash said, “I love you, Twilight.”

“I love you too, Flash.”

“Ew,” Spike exclaimed as he pushed the door open, “I hope this place has a bathroom I can puke in.”

The couple chuckled at the remark as they entered the building. Flash decides to fly around to get a good look at the place. He’d succeed too if his face didn’t choose to fall face-plant on the floor.

“Ugh! What—” Flash looked at his back and saw he had no wings. Great. Twilight and Spike were giggling at his misery and Flash rolled his eyes in response. As he got up though, he took the time to check himself out to see any other things he should know about.

Flash had these strange-looking hooves akin to Spike’s claws; not scaly but shaved. Flash also realized he had clothes on; a light blue hoodie with his cutie mark in the center, dark gold cargo pants, a backpack, and white rubber shoes. Flash felt like somepony was looking at him intently enough, Twilight was checking him out. He gave her a wink and a grin which caused Twilight to turn into a tomato.

“That’s nice and all,” Spike said as the couple saw him next to some display across the room, “but look at this.”

They walked towards the display and saw themselves in these weird forms. If you asked Flash, he’d considered him and her a type of ape. They both look cool, though, especially that cute princess.

Suddenly, a bell rang and other creatures that looked like them started to get into a crowd. The room was filled with so many apes that the trio kept getting bumped by things. Twilight and Flash were now crawling to avoid more collisions. Of course, that doesn’t mean their troubles end there. They got hit by cans and almost had their ‘hooves’ stepped on. Flash rolled out of the crowd, hitting some folks on the way with Twilight following slowly behind. While they managed to escape the crowd, their heads were still not bumping into things.

“Well, aren’t you two rolling with excitement?” A voice (both strange and familiar) spoke as they lent their ‘hooves’. “‘Fall’ed quite badly at the rolling part, though.”

Flash chuckled at the pun while Twilight playfully rolled her eyes. The two touch their perspective ‘hoof’ before each one holds them back in the assumed normal position. Flash would’ve said something to the kind stranger if it weren’t for the fact that the stranger was himself. The two Flashes were taken aback by each other as were Twilight and Spike.

“Is this a joke?” The other Flash asked.

“I was gonna ask the same thing,” Flash answered.

“Well, this is interesting,” Spike commented.

“… Did that dog just talk?” The other Flash.

Twilight, Flash, and the other Flash were walking down a hallway; its walls had lockers by the dozens, occasionally separated by a door or two. Students were in the background, minding their businesses. Flash had his hoodie and sunglasses on to avoid questions about why there were two of him. Spike was in Twilight’s backpack as per the other Flash’s insistence. Twilight and Flash had just finished silently explaining what they were and what they were doing in this world to the other Flash.

“Wow, I knew Sunset was a jerk but stealing? That’s insane!” The other Flash exclaimed, “A magical crown at that.”

“Which is why we’re here,” Twilight reassured. “Do you have any idea where my crown could be?”

“Sorry, but I don’t know where it is.”

“Well that helped a lot,” Spike said which caused the other Flash to glare at him. Before they continued their talk, they saw a red and yellow-haired girl and a familiar pink-haired girl, who looked afraid of the former.

“Oh, I'm really sorry,” the pink-haired girl said. “I just found it, and I thought I should give it to her. I didn't know you had dropped it.”

“Well, I DID!” The red and yellow-haired girl said, “And I was about to get it before you swooped in and RUINED everything! You shouldn't pick up things that don't belong to you.”

“It... doesn't really belong to you, either.”

“Excuse me?!”

“N-n-nothing...”

“That’s what I thought.” Twilight, Flash, and Spike were watching this unfold and they growled at this bully, furious with the events unfolding. The other Flash looked away, trying not to be seen by the bully. It still hurt to see her, after all.

“It's as good as mine, and you know it.” The bully continued. “You really ARE pathetic. It's no wonder your best friends are all stray animals.”

“Her best friends are stray animals?” Flash sarcastically asked, “So are you two in a rough patch or something?”

Onlookers looked away, trying to hide their chuckles. The bully glared at the guard captain, “What did you say?”

“You heard him.” It was Twilight’s turn to step up. “You’re a stray. So, I suggest you go back to the woods or else.”

This made the bully even furrier. She stomped towards the two ferociously. “You two must be new here,” she said. “I can speak to anyone anyway I want.”

The bully glared at the onlookers and even made one hide in their locker.

“I can’t believe you that.” The pink-haired girl said.

“We couldn’t just stand there.” Twilight insisted.

“Well, it's just that NOBODY ever stands up to Sunset Shimmer.”

“Sunset Shimmer?” Flash perked up when he heard the name. He hasn’t paid that much attention to the conversation until now.

“You heard of her?”

“Sort of,” Flash answered.

“I don't think I've seen you around before. Did you just transfer to Canterlot High from another school?”

“Uh… yes!” Twilight hastily answered, “Another... heh, school! My name's Twilight.”

“And I’m… uh, Bill Flyer! Yeah.” Flash nervously added. It was a silly name but it’ll do; otherwise two Flash Sentry’s would cause a commotion.

The pink-haired girl said something, but it was unclear what she said. Twilight and Flash could’ve sworn she said ‘Fluttershy,’ which made sense. The pink hair, yellow skin, and the animal love spell out Fluttershy.

“Oh my goodness!” Fluttershy exclaimed, seeing Spike, “Who’s this little guy?”

Yeah, that also spells out Fluttershy. She was absolutely awed at the little guy and can you really blame her? Twilight and Flash don’t seem to think so. They were more than eager to embarrass and introduce her to Spike; letting Fluttershy feed him a dog biscuit as well.

“Oh, wouldn’t ya just give anything to know what they’re really thinking?” Fluttershy wondered.

“He usually just tells me.” Twilight foolishly said. Flash elbowed her in the arm.

“Because they’re so in sync, you know, like a couple of nerds!” Twilight playfully glared at him and got a cheeky smile in response.

“Anyways,” Twilight said to get back to the topic, “Sunset Shimmer said you picked something up. Something that belonged to her. It wasn't a crown, was it?”

“How did you know?” Fluttershy asked.

“Because she stole it from us,” Flash answered; Twilight looked at her boyfriend in shock. Did he just out them?

“Wait, what?”

“Yeah. It was uhh… family heirloom Twilight had.”

“Oh, my. I’m so sorry. I gave it to Principal Celestia. I didn’t know it was from you, Twilight. I’m sorry.” Fluttershy was practically shaking from the newfound knowledge, scared of the possible backlash from the couple. She looked like she was to crumble.

“Hey, it’s okay,” Twilight reassured, “You didn’t know.” The princess was rubbing Fluttershy’s back which soothed the animal lover.

“Where is Principal Celestia?” Twilight asked.

“She’s usually in her office. Third on your left.”

“Thanks for that, Fluttershy,” Flash thanked. Suddenly, a loud ringing sound came.

“Oh, no! I’m late for class!” And that, Fluttershy ran to her class. The other Flash followed suit, saying, “Good luck, guys!”

“Bill, really?” Twilight snarkily asked.

“It was the best I could think of, booksie.”

“Well, honestly, I should’ve expected that from a stallion who made such award-winning names like ‘booksie’ and ‘Twi-Q’”

“And you love them all the same.”

“Who said I hated them, Billy?”

Flash blushed profusely; Twilight giggled, “What’s wrong, Billyboo? Thought I couldn’t catch up?”

The guard stammered hard, failing to find any response. “Let’s just go,” Twilight insisted.

Such a cute display for only our eyes, right? Well, it seems we’re not the only ones watching as someone else lurks in the dark corners of the hall saw it too. Less focused on the love and more so on her victims.