Dash and Fluttershy are the best scouts in their herd. Fluttershy can get the inside scoop on what’s going on in an area from the local animals. Dash can quickly fly back to the herd and relay the info if it’s urgent. They’ve been best friends since they were fillies.
Many pegasi like to dye their primaries. They find it quite aesthetic.
This and a few other basic worldbuilding questions have been answered already on the blog.
TLDR: they’re mixed
Same. I usually don’t like AUs, but I trust Sil that this’ll be good.