All of the events described in Chapter 9. One wonders how Rainbow Dash's and Cloud Kicker's friendship could ever be repaired.
Considering the comments on the story, there's debate as to how their bodies could be repaired.
Rainbow Dash's injuries can explain her reduced libido. It's quite possible that Rainbow Dash might also be permanently sterile.
Something else wasafter the Groin Attack she received, Rainbow just keeps screaming in pain for several minutes. It's notPlayed for Laughs, and even if she attacked Cloud Kicker first and thus the POV isn't sympathetic, seeing someone in that much pain is a bit hard to read, and that's before the realization she's at risk of dying...
The moment in chapter 17, when Cloud Kicker's brain finally catches up to the fact that she just lost her mom.
I turned my head, planning to look her in the eyes and smile, but those plans went out the window when my eye passed over the nightstand. There were a few random family photos there, the usual little collection of moments. A big family photo for ‘Lula’s first Hearth’s Warming, me helping Storm and Star with their homework, a big group shot from the last big clan get-together, stuff like that. But the one that got me was a photo of me back when I was about ‘Lula’s age, getting ready for wing blade training with Mom. I had the sort of big excited grin you’d expect on a filly who was about to do something rambunctious, and Mom was looking down at me with that quiet maternal pride of hers.
I’ve mentioned it before, but Mom wasn’t the type to get all lovey-dovey. Some ponies would think that made her cold, or distant. The truth was different. She didn’t say those kinds of things because she didn’t need to. We both already knew it.
The 2-part alternate ending to Incredibly Loyal Heart. The Elements didn't work because of Cloud's guilt over running out on the Guard, resulting in Celestia being forced to kill Luna so that Nightmare Moon wouldn't hurt another pony. The only good things that come from this are that Nightmare Moon is still defeated, and Cloud has decided to join the Guard for real.
