Day One
I remember this day very clearly. It was absolutely the worst day of my life. The day started out like any other day. I woke up when the bright sunlight hit my face. I felt Dashie's arm wrapped around me, like it is every morning. I turned around and there she was. She was staring at me with a beautiful smile on her face. "Good morning, Princess," she told me.
" Morning, Dashie," I smiled back. We didn't say anything for a while. I just lied in her arms for a few minutes. I had slept late the night before, so I was still very, very tired. I felt myself slowly closing my eyes and drifting off to sleep. I though Dashie wouldn't mind.
I woke up for the second time that morning, but when I turned around, I didn't see her. I thought maybe she was just in the shower or making breakfast or something, but it was really, really quiet. The silence is what bothered me. I stood up and walked around the house we had bought together. I looked around our living room, but she wasn't there. I started calling her name, but my dear Rainbow Dash wouldn't answer. This is when I got really worried. I started calling her name louder. I walked around our little house, and then entered the kitchen. I looked at the fridge and saw a note taped to it. I picked the note up and read it.
Dear Pinkie,
I am going out to practice for the Wonderbolt tryouts next week. Don't worry about me. I know you usually go with me, but I didn't want to wake you up. I'll be back at around 5.
~Rainbow Dash
Relief washed over me as I let out a breath I didn't realize I had been holding. I then looked at the clock and saw that it was 3:11. 'Damn, I woke up late,' I thought to myself. I decided it wouldn't hurt to go one day without Dashie, though we really hadn't been hanging out in a while. She had been practicing for months now, which made me pretty upset, but at least it made her happy. I secretly hoped she wouldn't get into the Wonderbolts so that we could spend more time together, but I couldn't let her know that. I had to let her think that I supported her 100%. Anyways, I took a shower and when I got out, I just started doing a bunch of stuff I normally do.
Before I knew it, it was 6 o'clock. I started getting worried for the second time today. She said she would be back at around 5, but it was 6. I thought 'maybe she just wanted to stay out a little longer. The tryouts are this week.' I walked over to our small, rectangular table and sat on a chair. I started drawing a picture because I LOVE drawing.
When I was finished with my drawing I held it up and stared at it. It was a picture of the six of us. Me, Rainbow, Applejack, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rarity. It was very PINK! Hehe, I love pink. I covered each of our manes in glitter, and wrote B.F.F. in big blue letters. I walked over to the fridge and picked up a rainbow magnet and stuck it on there. I looked over to the clock and saw the time. 7:08. 'What? Dashie isn't back. Oh, no." I ran outside I had a really bad feeling about this. Rainbow is hardly ever that late.
I went to the field where she usually practices. She wasn't there. I started panicking and I thought I would have a heart attack or something. Right now, I wish I did. I wish I could disappear or something like that.
I started running around the town yelling Dashie's name. I could hear my hooves trotting along the cold cement. I started freaking out. I thought maybe she was with someone else. Maybe she was having an affair behind my back. This wouldn't be the first time she did this, though. She promised she wouldn't do it anymore, and that she loved me. Me being Pinkie Pie, I forgave her because I hate seeing anyone sad. When I came back to my senses I was slowing down. I saw a shadow laying down on the grass. There was no doubt that was Rainbow Dash. I walked closer to her as a smile came onto my face. I said something I can't remember clearly. As soon as I reached her I realized she was laying down. I thought she was just sleeping, and I flipped her over. My smile turned into a frown when I saw the front of her. Her muzzle was clearly broken with blood coming out of it and her mouth. She had deep cuts and bruises. A few gashes on her head and body. I could clearly tell that her leg was broken. I dropped to the floor and hugged her. I started crying my entire heart out. It was getting late, but I didn't care. Why was this happening to her? To me? Why was she suffering like this? Why couldn't it have been someone completely different. From a different country. Why the fuck was Faust doing this to us?
I just lied there in Dashie's arms for a while. when all of a sudden I heard her whimper. She was alive. I started crying even more then I hugged her tight, which made her wince. I let go and smiled. I told her everything was going to be okay. I started stroking her beautiful rainbow mane. I asked her how this had happened. She said she had attempted to do a double sonic rainboom, but had failed. Since she was alive, I tossed her on my back and started running. I was running to Sweet Apple Acres because it was the place closest to us.
We arrived in a few minutes. Rainbow Dash was coughing and whimpering in my back. I furiously knocked on the door to their house. I needed help now. Applejack opened the door and then she saw Rainbow. She gasped and her eyes widened, but all she said was to take her to the hospital, while she got the others.
We sat quietly in the waiting room waiting for someone to tell us how Dash was. Nurse Redheart walked in and told us to follow her. We did as we were told and followed her to the door of the room Rainbow was staying in. She said the doctor wanted to talk to us, and as if on cue, a stallion wearing a white lab coat and glasses walked out. I will never forget the words he said. "I regret to inform you that rainbow Dash won't make it.
Fluttershy was the first to cry, and then the others. I just stood there. I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. It felt like my throat was burning. My stomach felt like I was going to throw up, and my vision went blurry. I couldn't breathe anymore as my vision went white. I actually felt myself drop to my hooves as I slipped away from consciousness...
Author's Note
Faust is the pony equivalent of God or Jesus or something. This is my first My Little Pony fanfiction, so I probably didn't really do good. Criticism is allowed.
Today I woke up in my bed. I was still half asleep with my eyes closed. I reached out to grab in front of me, but something, or should i say somepony, was missing. I opened my left eye to see where Dashie was and noticed she wasn't there. My eyes shot open in realization as I remembered the events of the day before. I sat down and looked around. Sitting around the bed were my four best friends. They all looked terrible. Fluttershy's eyes were terribly bloodshot, as if she had been crying for an eternity, Rarity's mascara was running down her face, Twilight had huge bags under her eyes, and Applejack had this look in her eyes that I just couldn't explain. I started breathing heavily and I felt my heart pounding out of my chest. My vision suddenly became blurry because of my tears that were starting to join up at my eyes. Applejack trotted over to me and put a hoof around me. "It's okay, Pinkie. It's going to be alright," I think is what she said. I can't remember. I just stayed there sitting down looking straight ahead. I don't know what I was looking at. I was just staring straight ahead as if my life depended on it.
After a while, Twilight spoke up. "Come on. I think we should go to the hospital to see Rainbow Dash." Applejack helped me up to my hooves. We walked out the door and started walking to the hospital. While we were walking, we seemed to be getting stares from the other ponies around us. It was probably because of how bad we looked, but I don't care. The whole walk was silent. No one said anything at all. I could hear Fluttershy weeping a bit from behind me.
Before I knew it, we were at the hospital. We walked inside into the main entrance. I saw a few people crying here and there. Twilight told me, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy to sit down in the waiting area, so we did. She walked over to a counter at the front of the room. Twilight said something to the mare behind the counter. The mare looked at a notebook thing and said something back to Twilight, and handed her something. Twilight nodded to the mare and walked towards us. She gave us each a sticker that said "visitor" and had the date on it. We each stuck it on ourselves and then followed Twilight.
While going to Dashie's room, I saw many doctors and nurses rushing by to get to other rooms, doctors pushing gurneys, and people wandering around trying to find the right room. We kept walking down the halls and up a few stairs when we arrived at a room. Twilight opened the door and walked in. We all followed after her. That's when we saw Rainbow laying down on a bed. She was hooked up to a lot of wires. The doctor was standing next to Dash with his back towards us. He turned around and saw us. "I'm sorry. We're trying the best we can to help Rainbow Dash. We really are, but there just seems to be nothing we can do. We're almost positive she isn't going to make it."
I walked over to Dashie's side and hugged her. I closed my eyes shut tight, and I felt a tear roll down my cheek. "Please, Dashie, don't leave me," I whispered to her. Almost as if on cue, I heard the sound of the heart monitor go from beeping, to completely flat. "No," I simply said. I stopped hugging Dash and I shook her. I remember screaming some words out really loud. I can't really remember what I said, though. I was just screaming out whatever came to my brain. My friends came up to me and tried to pull me away from her. I was struggling to stay by Dashie's side, but the strength of all four of them was too much for me. I felt myself be completely pulled away from her. I was trying to get out of their grip to go back to Rainbow's side. I felt Rarity grab my shoulders with her hooves and turn me to face her.
"Pinkie Pie, stop it!" I heard her say. I kept struggling to get out of her grasp. I suddenly felt a sharp sting on the side of my face. "She's gone!" she screamed. She slapped me. I looked at her in shock. I still remember the exact look in her eyes. They were both of sadness and anger. I could see the pain on her face. "Please, Pinkie Pie," she said on the verge of tears. "You're not making this easier for any of us." The others went over to my side and Applejack placed a hoof on my shoulder.
Fluttershy looked over at me. "We're all h-hurting, P-Pinkie Pie. This is hard f-for all of u-us," she said with sniffles in between. I grabbed onto her and started hugging her as hard as I could. I started crying my eyes out on her. Fluttershy did the same, and so did the others.
After a while, Twilight wiped the tears off her eyes. "C-come on everyp-pony. W-we better get going. We know Rainb-bow Dash wouldn't h-have wanted u-us to be l-like this," she said sniffling.
"T-that's true. We n-need to do the best we c-can to live o-on," Rarity responded. They all started walking out the door and I followed behind them. I looked back to see Rainbow Dash laying in the bed still and quiet. She didn't even look like she wasn't alive anymore. She just looked like she was sleeping peacefully. I felt somepony tug at my hooves and saw Applejack looking at me. She gave me a look that said "let's go." I kept walking forward right behind my friends.
The rest of the day after this was a blur. I didn't really pay attention to it. There was really no point in it at all. I only remember one thing. When I was walking out of the room where Dashie was, I saw a stallion with the same Rainbow hair as her run past us. He was going up to doctors asking them "I'm looking for my daughter, Rainbow Dash. Do you know where she is?"
Author's Note
Ugh, this is rushed as hell, but I did it all in like one sitting. I finally updated, though, yay. Also, I reread my last chapter and I was literally dying. It was so bad. Well, here's the new chapter to the very few of you who added this story to their library.
