Filly Friendship Chronicles: Rainbow Dash

by fluffinthepuff

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash, Other, Slice of Life
Length: 2527

filly Rainbow dash breaks her wing and has to rest it in a cast for a week.

While filly Rainbow Dash is practicing flying with her father, she injures her wing and needs to wear a cast for a week. And she is not happy about it.

There will be an update everyday for a week. this story is based on my life right now. My thumb on my dominant hand is internally bruised and I have to wear a cast thingy for a week. And what a long week it's gonna be for me!

Published 2014-04-13 19:00:03 UTC
Last updated 2014-08-03 04:07:03 UTC

The incident

Rainbow Dash and her father, Spectrum Streak stood in the front yard of their cloud home. " Alright, dashie." "Let's see what you have learned." " Let's start with some flying to that cloud and back." He pointed with his hoof at a stray cloud floating a little ways from the cloud that their house rested on. " You got it daddy, I'm ready!" rainbow dash got into a take off stance and started beating her wings. " On your mark, get set, GO!" Spectrum roared as rainbow dash left the cloud, gliding through the air. The air whipped her mane around as Rainbow gained speed. she reached the cloud and touched it with her hooves. "now be careful, Rainbow Dash, landing can be harder than taking off." " I'll be fine, daddy." "I'm an expert sportspony." Rainbow started to soar back to the house. Suddenly, the wind changed dramatically.

Rainbow Dash kept flapping her wings in terror, trying to stay in the air. "Daddy!" "help!" Spectrum stared with wide eyes as her daughter started falling, and then heard a loud crack coming from a wing. " Hang on Dashie, I'm coming!" Spectrum Streak yelled. He took off quickly. rainbow flailed her hooves around, trying to slow her decsent, but to no avail. She was a foot from the ground when two hooves grabbed her. "gotcha!" Dashie heared her daddy's voice and removed her hooves from her eyes to look up and see her father flying back up through the air. Spectrum streak touched the cloud of his family's house and held a crying and shaking Rainbow Dash in his hooves. " Ssssh, it's okay, Dashie. you're safe, it's alright." He looked at her wing and touched it with the force of a breath. "OW!" Dashie screamed in pain. Spectrum rushed into the house. clearly, something was wrong with his daughter. " Firefly!'' '' Firefly!'' we need to take Dashie to the hospital! I think something's really wrong wi...'' He was knocked over by a pink and blue blur. Firefly, a bubblegum pink pegasus mare with Rainbow dash's mane, only blue, scooped Dashie up from her dad. She examined her crying daughter's wing closely. '' Spectrum, we need to get Rainbow some help, quickly.'' '' but, that's what I just said,...'' Spectrum muttered, as he got to his hooves and watched as his wife flew to the door. '' Come on, Spectrum.''

Soon, the family of three reached the front doors to the Cloudsdale General Hospital. It was a building made up of six floors, made entirely out of clouds. Rainbow Dash was sobbing quietly in her mother's hooves, wrapped up in a blanket. They approached the front desk, where a baby pink Pegasus mare with a red and white mane was sitting, reading some documents. " Excuse me?'' Firefly said as she approached the mare. The mare looked up at Firefly, who was still holding Rainbow in her hooves. '' Hi. My name is Firefly and our daughter's wing is hurt really badly.'' The receptionist peered over the desk to look at Rainbow. '' Mmm, okay I'll get you into a room.'' she then pulled out an intercom loudspeaker. '' Doctor Windglider, please report to room 345 in the children's ward immeadiately.'' '' Alright. Take a seat and relax and we'll call you when the room is ready.'' Firefly, spectrum, and Rainbow Dash sat in the squashy rain-filled chairs.

about 15 minutes later, the receptionist called out, ''The room is ready, miss Firefly.'' the family got up and followed the mare up a flight of stairs and emerged in a hallway with rows of doors on each side. they then were lead to a door with a golden plaque reading room 345. inside the room was an IV drip, a heart rate monitor, a bedside table next to the cloud bed that stood in the middle of the room, a portrait of commander hurricane, and a window letting streaks of sunlight dance on the polished cloud floor. Firefly gently lowered dashie onto the bed and stepped back. Rainbow dash had fallen asleep in the waiting room and still was. Soon, the doctor came in. He was a bright purple stallion with a curly blue and white streaked mane and tail. he looked at the sleeping rainbow dash and said ''She'll have to be awake for us to examine her.'' Firefly nodded and gently poked Rainbow with her hoof. dashie awoke with a start, but calmed down when she remembered where she was.

''Alright then. Can anypony tell me what happened?'' Spectrum Streak started telling about Rainbow Dash's fall after the wind caught her, and how he was the hero who scooped the falling Rainbow into his hooves, much to the eyerolling of Firefly from behind. After the recollection, the doctor asked Rainbow Dash how much it hurt, on a scale of 1 to 10. Dash said eleven. ''Alright. It looks like we are going to have to perform an X-ray to figure this one out.'' the doctor said. He then took rainbow dash to the X-ray room. A few minutes later, the doctor came back with rainbow and a large yellow envelope. He opened it up, and stood it on the illuminating stand and turned it on. ''Hmmm, it looks like your daughter will indeed need a cast around this wing'' He pointed at Rainbow Dash's left wing, ''For about a week.'' the doctor left and came back a few minutes later with a blue Velcro cast. and started to wrap it around Dash's wing.

later, the family was walking out of the hospital doors. They then took off, with Rainbow Dash on Firefly's back. After the arrived home, Firefly took Dashie to her room and lay her on her bed. Rainbow laid her head on the pillows as her mother brought her blue blankets covered in little yellow lightning bolts arranged in a pattern up to her. ''Sleep tight, Dashie.'' Her mother said, as she delicately kissed rainbow on her forehead. Rainbow fell asleep immediately. Her mom and dad looked at her through the doorway. ''She will be alright.'' Firefly said quietly.

Author's Note

Sorry if some of the words aren't capitalized. it's hard writing with only one hand. also, see any grammar or punctuation mistakes, or spelling, feel free to comment. thanks!

Day 2

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Rainbow shouted in frustration. ''What am I going to do?'' I'm doing the same thing as before!''

Author's Note

Ooooh, I'm so sorry guys! I got caught up with school and crap. I should have never made the promise of a chapter a day! Also, my day for this chapter was literally like the one before. don't worry, the next chapter will have a lot more action. Again, sorry!

day three

Firefly knocked on Rainbow Dash's door. "Honey, come on out. You've been in that room of yours far too long." Inside her bedroom, Rainbow Dash kept frowning. She thought about how she couldn't do much at all, how sore her wing is, how she's wasting away all cooped up in her bedroom... At this thought, Dashie started bawling, falling on top of her pillow. Firefly immediately rushed in, seeing Rainbow cry. She sat down at the foot of Dash's bed, and extended a comforting wing to Rainbow. Rainbow Dash looked up from the tear-stained pillow, then sat up, accepting the wing her mother offered.
Firefly smiled as Rainbow dash nuzzled her chest. " Now can you tell me what's wrong?'' Dashie sniffed and looked up at her mother. '' I've thought about how I trapped myself. I feel, lost. I can hardly do anything.'' Firefly nodded at her daughter, then wicked away a tear from her eyes. ''Don't give up Dashie.'' Firefly peered up at the Wonderbolts poster hanging above Rainbow Dash's bed. ''If Spitfire broke one of her wings, do you think she would give up?'' Firefly looked into Rainbow Dash's eyes, waiting for an answer. '' She would probably be training on the ground, not staying locked inside her room.'' Dash gave a determined smile to her mother. ''That's right. So if you want to get though this, you will have to be tough like Spitfire, right?'' ''Yeah!'' Dash yelled.

She jumped off of her bed and raced around the rug on the floor. ''But before we do anything, you'll need a bath." Firefly told Rainbow Dash. She then scooped her up and carried her to the bathroom. Setting Dash down, Firefly turned on the water. After a minute passed, she stuck her hoof into the pooling bathwater. Satisfied with the temperature, Firefly unscrewed the cap off a bottle of bubble bath. She poured the syrup in, immediately seeing lavender scented bubbles form and rise to the surface. Firefly then turned the water off, and plopped Rainbow Dash in the water. She rinsed Rainbow's hair, and started to shampoo it. Firefly had to work quickly, because Rainbow despised baths.

After rinsing all of the soap out of Rainbow Dash's mane and coat, she grabbed a fresh fluffy towel and brought Dashie out of the water. She wrapped Rainbow up, rubbing the towel against the filly's coat. Now dry, Rainbow Dash rushed down the stairs to the sound of the front door slammed shut. ''Daddy!'' Rainbow Dash yelled. She tackled her father, enveloping him in a giant bear hug. Firefly came down the stairs and flew over to Spectrum Streak. ''Hey hon.'' Firefly greeted. They then kissed, much to Rainbow Dash's dismay.

They all walked into the kitchen and sat down. Firefly turned the stove on, grabbed some onions out of the fridge, a knife from a drawer, some spices, and a frying pan. She then started to dice the onions. Then she slid them into the pan, poured some vinegar in, sprinkled some spice, and began cooking. The onions smelled heavenly. They all ate, then Firefly washed the dishes while Spectrum played some Horseopoly with Rainbow Dash. After finishing the dishes, Firefly joined the game. Soon, Rainbow was sent upstairs to brush her teeth and prepare for bedtime. Once in bed, Firefly sang Rainbow Dash her favorite lullaby. Once Rainbow was asleep, Firefly kissed Rainbow Dash's forehead, tucked the covers over her, and exited the room, shutting the door.

day 1

Rainbow Dash awoke to see the sun shining through her window. She got up, remembering the events of the day before. Firefly knocked on the door. ''Rainbow Dash.'' ''Are you awake?'' ''Come on out and get some breakfast!'' ''Coming, Mom!'' Dashie called to her mother. She opened the door with her hoof and walked out into the hallway. ''What would you like to eat, Rainbow?'' Rainbow's mother asked her as she walked into the kitchen. ''A bowl of Rainbow Charms would be fine.'' Dash said groggily. She sat down at the table just as her mom slid the bowl containing her favorite cereal toward her. Just then, her dad came in. ''So, Dashie, what are we going to do today?'' At this question, Rainbow Dash's face immediately lit up. ''Oh! We could practice that new flying stunt!'' ''Oh, wait, no I can't.'' ''Oh! Oh! or, we could play an inning of wingball!'' ''But I can't do that either.'' Rainbow's face now was completely on sad mode. ''I have an idea. How about we all go see a movie?'' Spectrum suggested. ''No thank you!'' Dashie exclaimed and with a huff, stormed back to her room with her good wing drooped.

Dashie woke up. She must have fallen asleep while in her room. She glanced at her clock and saw that it was early in the afternoon. ''Sigh.'' Rainbow opened her bedroom door and returned to the kitchen. ''Oh! Rainbow! You're awake!'' Firefly exclaimed to her daughter. Dash did not return an answer. Instead, she walked to the fridge, and pulled out a tub of ice cream. She then grabbed A spoon, and carried everything back to her room. All day, Rainbow Dash sat in her room, constantly eating, seeing as that was all she could do without using her bad wing. Routinely, her parents kept individually dropping in on her to see how she was doing, yet, Rainbow never exactly answered them aside for a few grunts each time.

Later, Dash got up, and went back. Got up and went back, Got up, went back. Got up, went back. She just kept doing this over and over again. Although her parents asked what in Equestria she was doing, she didn't reply at all. Dash kept at this for an hour, the sat in her room again. She never ate any dinner. Without bathing, Rainbow Dash went back to her room and fell asleep for the night, ending what she would call an uneventful and wasted day.

Day 4

Rainbow Dash and her mother Firefly stood in front of Cloudsdale General Hospital. The white building towered above them, fluffy and intimidating. ''Are you ready, Dashie?'' Firefly peered down at her daughter, who was looking in the direction of the double doors that stretched in front of them. after a minute of waiting for a response of some sort, Rainbow Dash slowly nodded her head. Firefly smiled. ''Good. Let's get going.'' The pair entered the hospital, greeted by the same receptionist that greeted them the day dash broke her wing in the first place.

''Ah, Miss Firefly. Back again, eh?''

''Yes, Nurse. dashie's here as well.'' Firefly indicated Rainbow Dash with a wave of her hoof.

'' Do ya have an appointment?'' The nurse asked, pulling out a clipboard and writing quill.

''Yes, we do. Doctor Winglider, at 4:30.'' Firefly explained.

''Alright, sign here and I'll let the doctor know you've arrived.'' Firefly picked up the quill in her mouth and signed her name on the line the nurse indicated.'' Thank you.'' The nurse picked up the clipboard with her wing and left the front desk. Firefly led Rainbow Dash to the waiting room's chairs.

A few minutes later, The doctor peered into the waiting room. ''Ms. Rainbow Dash. Please come on back.'' Firefly took Rainbow's hoof and brought her over to Doctor Winglider. The doctor pushed his glasses up his muzzle with his wing and looked over Rainbow Dash. ''Hello, Rainbow Dash. Feeling better, I presume?'' Dash nodded in silence. ''Alright. Well, let's go get that cast off.'' Doctor Winglider then took the mares into an examination room and propped Rainbow Dash up onto a table covered in parchment. He turned around and picked up what looked like a tiny razor saw in his mouth. Okay, Rainbow Dash. I'm going to need you to hold out your injured wing.'' Dash did as she was told. ''Now hold still.'' Doctor Winglider brought the razor to Dash's wing and cut into the cast. Rainbow Dash was looking away, horrified of what was becoming of her wing. ''Done!'' The doctor looked up at Rainbow Dash. dash opened her eyes and looked down at her slightly ruffled but now free wing. She waved it and all of the feathers slid back into place.

Rainbow Dash grinned. She was finally free!