The fatal error

Beep........Beep.........Beep........Beep

Twilight awoke to the sound of a heart Monitor. She slowly opened her eyes, it took a minute for them to adjust to the light of the hospital room.

"W-where am I?" Twilight managed to say quietly. Twilight was exhausted and she couldn't move. It hurt too much to move. It hurt to speak.

"You're in the hospital dear," the white unicorn known as Rarity spoke calmly, "you took a great beating out doing Celestia knows what."

Twilight was confused. She tried to lift her head to look around the room, but she lurched back as she felt the pain to move her muscles too great. "W-what happened?" Twilight was having a hard time speaking.

Nurse Redheart came into the room. "Your awake, good to see that you woke up so soon. You're probable wondering why you are in the hospital. Your friends, AppleJack and Pinkie Pie, rushed you and Rainbow Dash over here as fast as possible. You were both in a critical condition." Nurse redheart explained.

Twilight looked to her left and saw pinkie lying in the bed on the other side of the room. Nurse Redheart spoke again "If you're wondering why pinkie is unconscious and here too, it's because she herself was in a terrible condition very similar to yours, but worse. After we took you and Rainbow, Pinkie collapsed on the ground and hasn't woken up yet. How that pony managed to stay awake long enough to get you here is a complete mystery. "

Twilight started to remember what happened. She tried to speak but the words wouldn't come. Despite the pain medicines that were in her body she still felt a great amount of pain. She had never been in a worse situation. Her strong magic naturally made major injuries into something more minor and she could always deal with it, but this was too much. Her head was throbbing and every muscle she tried to move ended up with an excruciating pain. The last thing she heard before she lost consciousness was "Without you-" cutting off who ever was talking.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THE NEXT DAY

Twilight woke up. This time it was much easier. She managed to open her eyes and lift her head a little bit. She saw Rarity sitting next to her and Fluttershy next to Pinkie. She wondered where Applejack was. Twilight was able to move her muscles with a lot less pain now. She could also talk much better. "Hey, where is Applejack?" Twilight asked softly.

Rarity quickly stood up and replied "We don't know dear. We haven't seen her since she brought in Rainbow a few days ago. I haven't left the hospital since I got here, so I have to assume she is at the farm doing her own thing."

"How is Pinkie doing?" Twilight asked quietly.

"She hasn't woken up yet. I'm starting to get worried. Nurse Redheart says she will be fine but I'm still worried that she wont come out of it and be the same old Pinkie Pie that we know and love." Rarity replied with a frown on her face.

Then Nurse Redheart walked into the room "Ah your awake. Good. I think you'll be happy to know that you haven't sustained any terrible permanent damage. Maybe a few scars at most. However you did manage to break a couple bones and cut your self up pretty bad. Anyway if all goes well we should have you out of the hospital by the end of the week at best." Then she walked over to Pinkie and frowned. "As for your friend here, she sustained a little more damage. She has a mild concussion, broke several bones, and sustained minor internal bleeding as well as many, many large cuts. She lost a lot of blood and how she managed to carry you all the way here is nothing short of amazing. She managed to get you here and then she almost immediately passed out in the lobby. "

Then Rarity spoke up, "Excuse me Nurse but would you happen to know anything about Rainbow? Is she going to be ok?"

Nurse Redheart hesitated at first, but then she spoke, "Follow me Miss..?"

"Rarity."

"Yes, please follow me Miss Rarity."

Rarity and Nurse Redheart walked out the door and continued to talk. Nurse Redheart spoke first. "Your friend Rainbow Dash is insanely lucky to be alive. She has suffered major internal bleeding, some of her organs have shut down, she has broken very many bones, and she has huge cuts some as deep as two inches.Your friend is in a critical condition and we can't tell if she will be able to pull through. I promise you will be the first pony to know when her condition changes. She may never be able to fly again if she gets through this alive. I didn't tell your friend because of the mental state she is in. I have to leave it to you to talk to her. Please wait an hour or two.

Rarity felt tears form in her eyes as she took in what the Nurse was saying. She couldn't believe what she was being told. Fighting back tears she said to the nurse, "Okay. I understand thank you for all your help." She had to stay strong. The two ponies parted their ways and Rarity walked back into the room where Pinkie and Twilight were being kept in.

Twilight was worried. She needed to know how dash was doing. "Rarity, is Rainbow alright?" Twilight spoke with concern in her voice.

She hesitated at first. Rarity told Twilight exactly what the nurse had told her. Twilight was shocked, stunned. She didn't even try to fight back the tears as they overwhelmed her and she let them flow freely down her cheeks.

"Now now dear, I'm sure Rainbow will come out of this alive, she is one of the toughest ponies I know and if anybody could survive whatever happened it would be her." Rarity spoke trying to console Twilight.

Twilight didn't respond but kept crying. Twilight was worried about Rainbow. She had only been able to enjoy her love for a few weeks. It would be heart breaking if she could never she Dash again. And poor Applejack. She is probably blaming herself for this entire accident. I can't imagine what it would be like for her if Dash died. Losing a close family member and friend in a matter of months must be unbearable.

Rarity spoke again "Its okay dear, she will make it out alive. Now do you remember anything that happened when you three injured yourselves so badly?"

Twilight nods, slowly.

"Well dear? Can I hear it?"

Twilight managed to stop sobbing long enough to talk. "Well.. I don't really know what happened... I was just on my way to help out Applejack and Pinkie said a ton of things I can't remember so I followed her.. then I saw a blur of blue and a rainbow colored trail behind the blur. I-I don't remember what happened after that." It was hard for her to speak. Fighting back tears and her mind bursting with thought. She felt exhausted. Twilight spoke once more "Rarity.. I need to get some rest."

"Well of course dear, I'll be in the waiting area and I promise I'll be here for you when you wake up." Rarity replied and left the room.

Twilight couldn't sleep. Her mind was racing with thought. She wondered why she didn't use a spell to at least try and slow Rainbow's decent. The thought cursed her. 'It was my fault. I could have stopped her. I could have at least tried to stop her. But I didn't. Why? Why didn't I stop her? Why am I here? Why is Pinkie here? What was Dash trying to do? Will she be ok? How will I go on if she isn't? How will Applejack handle it?' She needed rest. She needed to heal and be there for Dash when she woke up. She was not going to let Dash be alone. She will stand beside Dash until she gets better. She will not move from her side no matter the situation. And with those final thoughts, she fell asleep.

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I am terribly sorry for the huge wait. One thing led to another and another and I kept getting distracted and what not. I am also incredibly sorry for the short chapter. I just kinda got stuck about halfway through and I couldn't think what to write next. I promise I will have the next one sooner and a little longer.