Crusaders Forever (Unedited)

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were running faster then they ever have leaving a trail of tears in their haste. They NEEDED to get to the hospital. They were going so fast that Fluttershy couldn't even keep up while using her wings. They were approaching the hospital. A thousand scenarios raced through they're heads.

Is she hurt badly? Maybe shes okay? Maybe shes... dead?

They both charged for the doors to see Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity. The three noticed the two filly walk in. Rarity quickly trotted to Sweetie Belles side and hugged her. Sweetie returned the embrace while crying her sisters arms.

Rainbow Dash flew to Scootaloo and gave her a bone crushing hug. She felt it was her duty as the filly's idol, mentor and sister.

This made Scootaloo happy to see her sister helping her through this but she wanted to see a certain yellow filly.

"I- Is A- Applebloom o- okay? P- please t- tell me shes o- okay!" Scootaloo sobbed between words. She didn't try to hold back tears anymore she was openly bawling in to the coat of Rainbow Dash.

"Shes alive." Rainbow started to cry with the filly. Neither of them said a word they just sat in each others tight embrace.

Sweetie was screaming in to Raritys coat while crying twice as hard as Scootaloo. Rarity was gently stroking Sweeties mane.

"Shh shh its okay Sweetie she still alive." Rarity was trying to comfort the filly.

"For how long?" Rarity was taken back a bit by this.

"Not for a very long time." Rarity turned to Applejack who just sat there with blood shot eyes and tears staining he coat.

"Sweetie go see you're friend I need to talk to Applejack." Rarity walked u to Applejack and gave her a hug. Applejack reluctantly returned the hug.

Sweetie walked towards Scootaloo. When Rainbow saw her approaching she left the filly alone.

Sweetie lunged at Scootaloo trapping her in an Anaconda like squeeze. Scootaloo returned the gesture. She put her wing over Sweetie and let her cry in to her chest. She knew Sweetie was very sensitive so she needed to be strong and be there for her friend.

"Its okay its okay." Scootaloo tightened her embrace. "She'll be okay. Shes the strongest filly we know. She will fight it out."

Sweetie didn't answer she just kept sobbing in to Scootaloo's chest. Scootaloo lifted her chin up to look at her. She almost broke down when she saw those adorable pale green eyes. She stared right in to them tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Sweetie we will make it through this!" Scootaloo had a sympathetic look on her face that comforted Sweetie a bit. "I love you two more then anything. Its bad enough that we may never get to see her again but I don't want to see you sad. Please be strong for me, for Applebloom?"

Sweetie stared in to Scootaloo's beautiful violet eyes. She sat to Scootaloo's eye level and hugged her again. ut she didn't cry this time.

"I love you too, Scootaloo. No matter what." They both sat in each others tight embrace for what seemed like an eternity. Neither wanted it to end.

After about two hours Nurse Redheart came to the waiting room. "Associates of Applebloom Apple?" Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash had trotted to the nurse. Including Pinkie and Twilight who had just recently arrived.

"Is mah sister okay? Please tell me that she is!" Said Applejack in a panicked voice. The others also desperately wanted to know the answer. The nurse hung her head.

"Shes alive." Everybody but the two crusaders cheered.

"Then why do you look so sad?" Scootaloo said dreading the answer.

The nurse let out a long sigh. "Applebloom is in... how do I put this... a coma." The others stood in dead silence.

"Well, Is she going to wake up!?" Rainbow asked with a hint of frustration in her voice. Nurse Redheart shook her head.

"No, not likely Shes has suffered severe head trauma. If she ever does wake up she will be in a vegetative state and will never be able to move or talk ever again."

The two crusaders, Fluttershy and Applejack burst in to tears, Rarity fainted, Pinkies mane and tail deflated making them flat,

Twilight sat back down in the chair and waited for the news to set in and Rainbow Dash let out a few sobs before going to comfort Scootaloo.

"I'm sorry for you're loss. You are welcomed to visit her she is in room 204. The doctor should still be in there. He can tell you more about her condition. I must go now I have more patients to tend to."

They all rose to they're feet slowly and began to walk to Applebloom's room in silence.

They came to the room to see the doctor writing some notes down. He noticed them in the doorway.

"Please come in! I trust that the nurse has filled you in about her condition?" He said in a slightly depressed voice. They nodded and walked in. Applebloom had a bandage around her head covering the gash that was on he face and head.

"If you don't mind me asking, how did she get in such a horrible accident?" The doctor said in a curious voice.

They all turned to Sweetie and Scootaloo. They both had nervous looks on they're faces. "Well..." Scootaloo started Sweetie just looked at her friend.

"I crashed my scooter. Then she hit her head and-." Scootaloo stopped at realization that it was her. It was her who did this.

"ITS ALL MY FAULT! I'm so sorry!" She broke down and started to bawl. "I was going to fast and I crashed!" Scootaloo was  on the floor curled up in a ball.

Rainbow picked up Scootaloo off the ground and left the room. Once they were in the hallway Rainbow spoke up.

"Okay squirt, I want you to tell me from beginning to end. What happened?"

Scootaloo looked up at her sister and started to begin her story.

"Applebloom said I was too good on my scooter to ever crash so she said she didn't need a helmet, I told her if she wanted to go back and get it but she said it would be fine. I started to go too fast and I crashed then I blacked out. Sweetie woke me up. I cracked my helmet right in half!" She said in a more cheery voice. "But Applebloom wasn't so lucky."

She started to burst in to tears again. Rainbow hugged Scootaloo. "Its my fault Rainbow, I'm so sorry!"

"Scootaloo! This is no ones fault! If anything Applebloom should have got a helmet! I'm not going to let my little sister torture herself for something that isn't her fault!" Rainbows voice was demanding, "Scoots, I love you and I don't to see you like this. Do you understand me?" Scootaloo let out a small smile and hugged Rainbow. Her tears were staining the fur on Rainbows neck as she hugged her.

"Now lets go see Applebloom." Rainbow led Scootaloo in the room. The other elements said what they wanted to Applebloom while they were out of the room not knowing if Applebloom could hear them or not.

Sweetie Belle was crying over Applebloom as she was reminiscing old memories with her friend. "Remember Applebloom? We got grounded for a month!" Sweetie let a small smile creep on her face. She noticed Scootaloo in the doorway and trotted over sadly to her friend.

She hugged Scootaloo gently and whispered in to her ear. "Its not you're fault, Scoots."

"Ahem!" the doctor cleared his throat. They noticed him put down the paper. "My superior wishes to know if you would like to... pull the plug?" The doctor waited for the yelling but it never came.

"Well ah can't decide that myself. I just don't know what she would wan't." Rainbow walked up to Applejack. "Are you really considering this AJ? Shes your sister!" Applejack glared at Rainbow. "She will never be able to do anything ever again! Ah wouldn't want to do nothing but lie in bed for the rest of mah life! Ah want to see her playing with her friends.

Rainbow sat down defeated. Scootaloo and Sweetie hugged and shut their eyes tight. They knew that they would never go crusading with her again. never get their Cutie marks with her, never grow up with her, never hear her adorable accent again. Even though the machines said otherwise, they knew she was already gone.

Everybody sat in silence until Applejack broke the silence with two words. "Do it." They all shut they're eyes tight. The doctor unplugged a few machines. They all listened to the light beep of the heart monitor.

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