Was I So Wrong?

Rainbow Dash lay in her bed beneath a cloudy roof. For some reason the cloud she used for a pillow was grey and wet. She was too lazy at the moment to fix it.

Besides, her face was already wet with tears. Rainbow Dash had cried the entire way to her home. She had been unable to save Scootaloo, unable to comfort Fluttershy, unable to save Twilight from her own madness. She couldn't help anypony.... What kind of friend was Rainbow Dash now?

Rainbow Dash rolled over in her bed. She couldn't stop thinking about poor Scootaloo. How could Twilight have done such a thing? Rainbow was supposed to be the loyal one, but what was she supposed to do when her best friend became a threat to those she cared for?

Her mind slowly went from wondering to wandering. To be specific, it wandered back to that night's horrid events.

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Rainbow Dash stared out the window. Applejack was chasing Scootaloo, who, with the power of her underdeveloped wings, was just barely keeping out of the older pony's grasp.

"C'mon Rainbow! Move! We need to stop it!" Twilight pushed Rainbow Dash to the side, spread her wings, and jumped out the window. Rainbow stared dully after her, the unicorn's words ecoing in her mind.

"IT." That was what Twilight thought Scootaloo was. An IT.

Was that all Twilight thought of Rainbow too? Or Pinkie? How about Fluttershy? Rarity? Applejack? Were they all ITs to Twilight? What about all of Ponyville? Was Twilight a lone princess in a town of ITs? How could Twilight even say such a horrible, nasty thing?

Rainbow Dash's feathers and fur alike bristled with anger. She would show Twilight just what an IT was capable of.

Twilight was catching up with Scootaloo. Her wings were larger, more capable than the filly's, and she wasn't going to escape. Unless... Rainbow Dash smiled. She was the fastest pony around. No Princess Egghead would hurt her favorite little filly. Rainbow Dash ruffled her feathers and joined the chase. Only she wasn't chasing any foal. She had her sights set on a certain lavender princess...

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Rainbow Dash tackled Twilight about two and a half hooves behind Scootaloo. She had been barely fast enough to save the poor thing from Twilight. The two older ponies skidded to a stop on the ground, bashing into a tree.

"Rainbow Dash! What in Tartarus do you think you're doing!? Get off of me!" Rainbow Dash's hooves were wrapped tightly around Twilight's midsection, as well as her wings.

"Not a chance! I can't let you hurt her! She never did anything wrong!"

"She's a changeling, Rainbow! What makes you think she hasn't? She's probably fed off of everypony at the orphanage, and you!"

"I don't care! She never hurt anypony! If she's been feeding off of ponies, it's probably because she has to! That's the only way for her to survive!"

Twilight continued to struggle, but her voice became suddenly flat. "Rainbow Dash. Let me GO!" Twilight drew back a hoof and hit the cyan pegasus with all of her might. Rainbow Dash fell to the dirt, blood seeping from a cut in her lower lip.

"Twilight, stop!" But Twilight was gone, off chasing Scootaloo again.