Rainbows and Magic

“Ugh...” Red Heart heard as she was checking on Twilight early the next morning. She looked over to Rainbow Dash, who she assumed was stirring, but found the Pegasus was still deeply asleep. She heard it again and looked down to see Twilight trying to open her eyes.

“N-Nurse Red Heart?...ugh...it feels like I got hit by a sonic Rainboom... why am I in the hospital?” Twilight asked weakly.

“You and Rainbow Dash had an accident about two nights ago. And that's actually what happened, you got hit by a Rainboom.” Red Heart said.

“W-what?!” Twilight said. “W-where's Dash? Did she get hurt too?!” Twilight asked.

“Yes she did, but not nearly as bad as you did. You have a fractured, and a broken, rib...a heavily bruised back left foreleg, and a shattered horn.” Red Heart said.

“S-shattered...Horn?” Twilight asked in disbelief. She looked up and noticed the absence of her horn and attempted to lift a mirror with her magic. What was once a trivial task took great concentration, but she still managed to do it. She froze and almost lost control over what little magic she still controlled as she saw the remains of her horn.

“I-I can work with this...all I need to do is just...practice...all the time...to speed along the regrowing process...” Twilight said, slipping into something that seemed a combination of paranoia and shock.

“I-I can just s-stay in the Library and go over Everything I've ever done!” she continued, getting more and more flustered. Suddenly she calmed down and put a hoof to her head.

“Ugh...sorry about that...um...where is Dash?” Twilight said. Red Heart moved aside to show the sleeping Pegasus. “Is she Unconscious?” she asked.

“No, just asleep...you should have seen how absolutely scared she was when she burst in here with you unconscious on her back...she was barely conscious herself and could barely stand on one leg...but she made sure you were safe before she let herself pass out...” Red Heart explained.

“R-really?...wow...just what you'd expect from the Element of Loyalty.” Twilight said with a grin. She noticed Rainbow Flinch, must be dreaming of something weird.

“Well now that you're awake you can tell me how you feel, any lingering pains or something I should know?” the Nurse asked.

“Not really, my leg is numb but that's going away...my chest feels like it's got something pushing on it though...but I guess that's my ribs healing.” Twilight said.

“Only like it has a pressure? Most Ponies who even only fracture a rib feel pains for weeks...and you even broke one...” Red Heart said, curious.

“Well I've always been a fast healer...Unicorn Magic doesn't originate from their horn, it just acts as a catalyst to build up and cast the magic...the raw magic in our bodies can do a lot of things...for instance, healing injuries. Princess Celestia always said I was really good with that so I guess it's true.” Twilight said.

“Magic is Magic...I can accept that. Is there anything you need? Food or drink wise?” the Nurse asked.

“I could go for an Applejack Daniels.” Twilight said with a straight face, but they both laughed softly. “I'm joking, just a normal apple cider would be fine...though I'm not hungry right now, thank you.” Twilight said.

The Nurse got the drink, performed a few more examinations as Twilight parched her thirst and left to let the Lavender Mare to get some rest.

“I don't know if I would have done it like that for Anypony else...” Twilight heard. The voice crackled and sounded sad, but she recognized it as Rainbow Dash's voice.

“Dash? You're up?” Twilight asked, sitting up.

“Maybe one of the other four...maybe...but not just anypony...” Dash continued, almost like she hadn't heard Twilight.

“Huh? What are you talking about Dash?” Twilight asked.

“You said 'Just as you'd expect from the Element of Loyalty'... I may be loyal to all of my friends...but I don't think I'd do something that stupid for any of them...I would have gotten help I think, looking back at it...” Dash said.

“...Then why did you do that for me? Is it because you don't think I could have lasted?” Twilight asked.

“N-no it's not that...I mean sure, Applejack or Pinkie probably could have just gotten up like nothing had happened but I don't hold that against you...I dunno...We were really good friends before...but lately we've been spending lots of time together, I think you've become a better friend than Applejack or Pinkie even...” Dash said, sitting upright as well.

“Dash...are...are you trying to say what I think you are?” Twilight asked.

“I don't know, I can't read minds...” Dash retorted.

“...Fair Enough...are you trying to say you've...fallen for me or something?” Twilight asked.

“I don't know that's what's scaring me! I've never been this conflicted about something! Argh!...” she said, plopping back down onto her pillows. Twilight was Silent, Dash had indirectly said that she thought she was falling for her and that it scared her that she didn't know what to do about it. The thing that scared Twilight though, was that she didn't know what to do about it either.

“I'll be back...I need to go for a walk.” Dash said weakly as she rolled off of her bed and plodded out of the door. Twilight stared after the Cyan Pegasus for a moment before she realized it was still pretty early so she went back to sleep.

“Dash?!” Twilight yelled as she bolted upright as she heard a yell of pain. She looked around the room and realized somepony was banging on the door and yelling something. She heard sniffling and suppressed cries of pain as she looked over to Dash's bed and nearly vomited.

Sitting on the bed, was Dash. She was covered in blood and one wing was completely severed, lying on the floor between them. Dash held a bone saw in her mouth as she began sawing the other off.

“Dash?! What the hell are you doing?!” Twilight screamed. Rainbow Dash looked over to her when she had finished her other wing, blood pouring from the gaping holes in her back, and grinned.

“It's all better now...I took away your magic...so I don't deserve to fly anymore...” Dash said very weakly, almost maniacally.

“But Dash! My horn will grow back!” Twilight yelled in tears now.

“That would take much too long...you need your magic like I need my flying...without it immediately it's not the same...now we both suffer for what I have done...” Dash said, her voice getting weaker and weaker until she finally curled up on the bed.

“So sleepy...g'nite Twi...” Dash said, barely above a whisper, as she closed her eyes and stopped breathing.

Twilight bolted upright with a gasp and was panting very hard as she looked around the room. The door was open, Nurse Red Heart was looking at her with a worried expression from the doorway. She saw Dash right in front of her, holding her shoulders. She must have woken Twilight up from that terrible nightmare. Twilight instantly pulled Dash into an embrace and began sobbing as visions of her dream flashed through her mind.

“Whoa there Twi, what happened?” Dash asked. Twilight explained what happened in her dream and Dash looked down trodden.

“I contemplated that...but even I'm not that stupid...” Dash said lowly. “But that was a Nightmare, I'm here and I'm fine.” she continued. Twilight continued to sob into her shoulder, but gradually calmed down to a light sniffle.

“I'll be in the other room if you need me.” the Nurse said and closed the door behind her.

“T-Thank y-you...Dash...” Twilight said.

“Well Duh...I'd never leave the Mare I love so sad.” Dash said Soothingly.

“So you figured out your feelings?” Twilight asked. Dash's cheeks went red and she looked down bashfully, but she nodded. Twilight smiled, pulled Dash's face back up, and kissed the Cyan Mare. Dash's eyes went wide for a moment, but she melted into the Kiss and returned it.

“Whoa...” Dash said.

“Yeah...” Twilight agreed. She giggled as she saw Dash's wings slightly extended.

“So what now?” Dash asked.

“Now?...We get some sleep. After I get out, we should tell our friends.” Twilight said.

“But what if they think it's weird?” Dash asked.

“The only weird thing about it is that it happened because you almost killed me.” Twilight said with a grin.

“But isn't it kinda weird for two Mares to like each other?” Dash asked.

“Dash I never thought I'd have this conversation with you...Unicorn Magic can Replace a Stallion, so there's nothing wrong with it...and even if not then Adoption works just as well- but that's way in the future for us...we're just starting.” Twilight said, her face going red. Dash did an awkward grin.

“G'nite Twi.” Dash said.

“Nite Dash.” Twi replied, kissed her again and fell back to sleep almost instantly. When dash snapped out of the daze she was in due to the second kiss, she grinned and went into her own bed.