Drip, Drip, Drip, Splash! Rainbow Dash was asleep on her bed in her cloud home. Drop, Drip, Splash! "What? Huh?" the rainbow maned pegasus asked. "Who is it?" Drip, drop, *splash!** She groaned and laid back down when she remembered. *I'm supposed to clear the clouds for Fluttershy's Birthday Party!
She flew up in her haste, hitting her head on the roof. "Ow!" she yelled in annoyance. She grumped to her mirrior and tore a brush through her hair. She looked at her unruly hair. Oh well. She flew out her window and went towards Sugar Cube Corner.
In front of the building, Rainbow threw her wings out to her sides, slowing her to a halt. From the outside, you couldn't even tell it was a party. "Am I late?" She worried aloud as she ducked into the building. No. She wasn't late. Twilight was hanging a banner that read Happy Birthday Fluttershy! The cyan mare jumped as Pinkie Pie exploded out o nowhere. "Hey Dash, where have you been? Do you like the party? Have you seen Fluttershy? Do you think she'll like it?" the questions were shooting at her so fast she couldn't respond.
"Pinkie-"
"I planned this! Do you like it? Huh huh huh?"
"Pinkie Pie!"
"I got cake and balloons and presents!"
"PINKIE!"
"Yea Dash?"
"Where is Fluttershy?"
"Oh, Rarity went to get her."
Rarity burst into the shop as if summoned by the question. "I can't find her!" the lady-like mare cried. "She's not in her cottage, she's not in the woods, she's not anywhere!" All the activity stopped. "Whatya mean you can't find her?" Dash demanded. Without waiting for a response, the cyan mare burst through the door and into the sky.
Rainbow looked all over Ponyville, and soon found the butterscotch mare on a cloud. Suddenly, she saw something that made her heart stop. Fluttershy fell off. The cream pegasus' body soared the trees, promising death. She knew if she didn't do something soon, her childhood friend would die. She raced across the sky, and caught her friend. But, they were still heading for the ground.
100 Feet
Dash sprawled out her wings, trying to hold both of their weights. Comon Dash, think! she thought.
70 Feet
Rainbow's life flashed before her eyes. She was going to die. The realization set in. The ground was getting closer, and there was nothing she could do.
50 Feet
20 Feet
1 Foot
Snap. Everything went black.
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Twilight's POV
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Twilight flew clumsily after her friend. "Woah!" she yelled as she hit a tree. A shriek of a pony in pain clawed at her eardrums. Her heart stopped. Dash. "No no no no no!" Twilight worried as she followed the sound. Suddenly, she saw a terrible scene. Dash was sprawled on the ground with Fluttershy on top of her. Fluttershy must've fallen. Hooves clopped behind her. "AJ help! I need to take them to the hospital!" The orange earth pony didn't ask what had happened. She just quickly took the cyan pony on her back. Twilight watched as a drip of crimison fell out of Rainbow Dash's mouth.
Waking Up
Beep. Beep. Beep. The annoying beeping repeated over and over. Beep. Beep. Rainbow Dash buried her head in her pillow. She groaned. She rolled over into the bright light of the hospital. She saw ponies at the ending of her bed. "Applejack, Pinkie, Twilight, Rarity?" she recognized her friends at the end of the bed. "1, 2, 3, 4...." she trailed off. "Where is Fluttershy?"
Then she remembered the fall... again. "Is she okay?"
Twilight look at her friend. "Well... Fluttershy is..... well okay." she stuttered. Rainbow Dash's eyes shot daggers at the alicorn. She could tell her friend was lying. "Why are you lying to me? What did I do to you?" she asked before the other pony could answer. "Just-" she stuttered. "Leave." The four other ponies looked at eahother before exiting quickly.
Rainbow stood on shaky legs beside her bed. She was so bored! She walked clumsily to the mare's room and looked in the mirrior. She gasped at what she saw.
Her wings. "No no no no..." she whispered. The whisper became a wail of pain and loss. The bandages around her wings told her one thing. I will never fly again.
Ponyville Hospital
Rainbow Dash groaned. Sharp pains shot through her body. The light shimmered and danced before her. The light was instantly forgotton as a dull agony swept through her. Gritting her teeth, she listened hard. She heard worried voices.
"Caught Fluttershy before she hit the ground...."
"Saved her life...."
"There's a problem Doctor!"
"She Needs blood!"
"We're Losing her!"
A Sharp painful shock hit her chest. The burn almost made her cry out. The pain dulled to a small flame. What happened?
Then she remembered Fluttershy falling, catching her, the pain of hitting the ground... She winced. That wasn't the thing to think of right now.
A dull, sleepy feeling surged through her. No! I don't wanna sleep! The sleepiness was sapping away all the pain. Thank Celestia! Then she realied. What if I don't wake up?....
Finally, light filled her eyes and she could see where she was. A hospital room. It figured. She had been here before. The lamp on the bedside table burned her eyes. Reaching out, she tried to turn it off but was stopped by several multicolored tubes. She let out a groan and successfully turned it off with her other hoof. "What if I never get out of here?"