Flash Sentry's family tree by TobyandMavisforever on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Phew. Who knew there were so many OCs in this one? Almost as many as in Fluttershy's family tree...
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Flame Barrier and Lullaby Strings: Lullaby Strings and Flame Barrier were young lovers, having dated since high school. Their firstborn was a colt named Flash Sentry. Flame Barrier would tell him the stories of a legend, Flash Magus, who was a solider before the time of the EUP guard. Flash Sentry was captivated by them, and wanted to be a royal guard too. But, Lullaby Strings was scared for her son, and the two fought. Eventually, it ended in divorce. Flame Barrier took custody of his son, and Lullaby Strings was pregnant with a second child...

Page Turner and Lullaby Strings: Lullaby Strings was devastated with this turn of events and fell back on an old friend of hers from elementary school, Page Turner. Page Turner supported Lullaby in anyway he could, even offering to help raise the second child. At first, it was a friendly gesture, and the two became closer than ever. But about two months before the child was born, the two had fallen in love, and married soon after. Vincent Van Colt was born, and he thought that Page Turner was his biological father. After all, he had a close resemblance to his mother: bright yellow coat, blue mane and tail, albeit darker, and he was a Pegasus. The green eyes were probably just recessive genes. Another foal was born a few years into Page Turner and Lullaby Strings' marriage, Fictionary, and Vincent and Fictionary were as close as two siblings could be.

Flame Barrier and Cindy: Flame Barrier was still upset over the divorce of Lullaby Strings. Though he was a good father to Flash Sentry, he felt he needed a mother figure in his life. So, he tried dating again. Unfortunately, none of the mares he dated seemed to stay longer than the one date. Until one day, he met Cindy. She seemed to be a rather nice mare and the two thought they'd work out. However, one night, they had one too many drinks at a local restaurant, then they went to Cindy's house and... ended things the next day, because of how awkward it was. Flame Barrier never tried dating again after that encounter, because of how foolish he had been. Cindy then realised she was pregnant too, and it resulted in twins, Tender Taps and First Base. Cindy often had to work long hours after this to provide for her precious foals, but thankfully, her sister Lofty and Lofty's wife Holiday were only too happy to step in. But they also had to look after a filly named Scootaloo, who's niece was on Holiday's side of the family, and they had to zig-zag backwards and forwards from both towns.

Lofty and Holiday: I haven't figured out the details for this one yet, but I kinda figured they would have met on a camping trip and went from there.

Snap Shutter and Mane Allgood: Both free-spirited souls who wanted to travel the world. In fact they met each other on said travels, and shared many interests like dangerous creatures, exotic places and not staying in one spot for too long. But... they both got a bit reckless one night, and it wasn't involving chasing cragadiles. Mane-Allgood was never planning on becoming pregnant, but now they were in a pickle. What were they to do? Thankfully, Snap Shutter's sister Holiday and her new wife Lofty were more than willing to be there for Scootaloo when she was born, but with Cindy living elsewhere, it was a challenge. (In my headcanon, Tender Taps was doing a Summer dance class and went back home after On Your Marks.)

Flash Sentry and Twilight Sparkle: Growing up with a single father was hard, and Flash often had to figure out how to care for himself at home. He had vague memories of his mother, but never really connected with her as a foal. That being said, once his dad stopped worrying about dating, Flash managed to learn all he needed to know about being a royal guard and eventually got his dream job. But all this time, he couldn't help but wonder there was something else missing from his life. Eventually, sometime after a random encounter with the Princess of Friendship during her visit to the Crystal Empire, she came back again with her friends and Vincent and Fictionary in tow, as well as two colts named First Base and Tender Taps. DNA tests were run, and Flash and Vincent realised they were brothers. Fictionary was only Vincent's half sister, and the twins Tender Taps and First Base were half brothers to the two stallions as well. A massive feud broke out between Vincent and Flash, as well as Lullaby and Flame Barrier. Tender Taps, First Base, Fictionary, Page Turner and Cindy tried to calm things down, but it was no good. Long story short, Twilight and Flash managed to spend time together and... (see this link for the rest: www.deviantart.com/tobyandmavi…)

Vincent Van Colt and Sunset Shimmer: Vincent had lived a good life with his mother and (unknown) stepfather as a foal, and he had a great sister in Fictionary. When old enough, Vincent decided to go into the art career, and Fictionary decided to go along for the ride (plus, it was easy to find a school in Liverhoof for Fictionary to go to). After seeing a job offer in Ponyville, Vincent decided to take it and now he and Fictionary reside in the Metrostallion House of Art. Though he met a number of friends, including the mane 7, Spike, Song Cue and the CMC, Vincent still felt there was something missing from his life, but he didn't know what. Twilight then had a crazy idea, and took the entire group (along with First Base and Tender Taps) to the Crystal Empire where they met up with Flash. (Yadda yadda, feud, you saw this before). Comfort came from an unlikely source though: when he was in the library in Twilight's castle, a unicorn mare stepped out of a mirror. Seeing Vincent upset like this, she immediately trotted over and let him cry on her shoulder. After a good few minutes of this, the two started to strike up small talk. Vincent learned this mare was named Sunset Shimmer, and she lived in another world for years, and now she finished High School and wanted to come back to Equestria for good. Vincent didn't want to pry anymore into this, especially since they just met, and instead Sunset asked if he wanted to do some art. This helped Vincent feel a bit better, though Sunset also admitted she wasn't much of an artist herself. They started to bond over other things too, especially when they found out they had a similar taste in music and trains. Eventually, Sunset helped Vincent patch things over with Flash and their parents, as well as their half siblings and step-parents. And it was also realised that Sunset and Vincent had fallen in love too. Sunset is now the Princess of the Night and she and Vincent help Twilight and Flash with their royal duties.

Fictionary and Butterscotch: Already went in detail here. www.deviantart.com/tobyandmavi…

First Base and Sunny Daze: First Base is very quiet and reserved. He loves sports, his favourite being baseball, and his idol is Babe Ruth. Unlike his older half-brothers, First Base is extremely shy around girls - barring Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Babs Seed and Heartsong, whom his sisters are friends with, so he's comfortable enough with their presence. However, if he sees a pretty girl, he'll either scream or faint on the spot (yeah, worse than Comet Tail when it comes to making small talk with girls). During primary school, he met a young filly named Sunny Daze, who was very extroverted and full of energy. Fictionary could see First Base really liked her, and tried to set him up on a 'date' by the lake, with the help of her fellow crusaders. Surprisingly, it went far better than Sweetie Belle's, Scootaloo's and Apple Bloom's attempt to get Cheerliee and Big Mac together (no love poison required), and Sunny Daze and First Base managed to have foallike crushes since then. Nowadays, First Base is a baseball player and Sunny Daze now works as an illustrator for Fictionary's stories.

Tender Taps and Apple Bloom: On Your Marks should tell you how these two met. Apple Bloom and Tender Taps often did dancing together whenever Tender Taps visited town, even after the Cutie Mark Day Camp was opened up (sometimes only two members of the crusaders would run it, giving the third member time off). As more of these meetings occurred, Apple Bloom and Tender Taps started to feel somewhat... different around each other. Being foals, they thought they had become sick or something. But, Tender Taps' older brothers pointed out Tender Taps had a crush on the young filly. Tender Taps was surprised by this reveal, and thought he and Apple Bloom would get over it as they got older. But it turned out that was far from the case as their friendship turned into a romantic relationship. When married, Tender Taps moved to Ponyville and started a school for teaching young foals to dance like he did back in the day, while Apple Bloom runs as a teacher at the School of Friendship.

Scootaloo and Rumble: Scootaloo has never been able to find a way to fly. No matter how many times she tried to get off the ground, she always manages to flop right back down again. Heck, there was one point where she was willing to give up entirely. Enter Rumble, who idolised his older brother Thunderlane and wanted to get into the Wonderbolts. Rumble was a very capable and strong flyer, and though he was stubborn to get his cutie mark at first, learned to accept the help of the CMC to try to get one, a Thundercloud with a lighting bolt. Now it was his turn to help Scootaloo. Turned out Scootaloo was a late bloomer in the flying department, and with Rumble's help, she finally managed to get high into the sky, even with her stinted wing growth. It wasn't long afterwards where Scoots was performing flying tricks, one after the other. Needless to say, Rainbow Dash and Thunderlane were ecstatic to know that Scootaloo had learned to fly and Rumble had gotten his cutie mark, and asked the foals if they were dating. The two of the weren't too happy at first, but as time went by, they started to gain affection for each other. As adults, Scootaloo is now a teacher at the School of Friendship while Rumble filled his dream as a Wonderbolt, Rainbow Dash being the new captain by this point and Thunderlane was second in command.