When you die...

Rainbow Dash woke up, when she heard roaring.

"What the hay?" said sleepy Pegasus. She went to the window and what she saw almost made her fall over. There was 3 manticores attacking Ponyville. Without even thinking she soared out.

Within a second she reached town hall, what had turned into war place. She took closest Manticore and just kicked it's face. Not the best idea, because manticore kicked her with it's scorpion tail. Rainbow Dash flew hundreds of meters away. She got up right away and took glances around. She saw that hospital, many houses and bowling house were totally destroyed. She thought for a second and then promised to herself that she will destroy those manticores, no matter what.

Rainbow Dash had chose one manticore to get over with. She had somehow got it's tail broken so it couldn't hit with that again. But doing this she had broken her left front hoof. But she ignored it and kept punching half-dead manticore.

First manticore was dead, now other two. Then for her horror one was attacking Pinkie Pie, her best friend. Dash flew there fast as she could. That fast speed knocked manticore off feet. But it got up really fast. Rainbow Dash didn't expected that and got knocked down. Manticore put claws on Rainbow's chest and pulled it's claws through Dash's skin.

"DASHIE!!!" screamed Pinkie in horror, but nopony except her and Rainbow didn't heard it.

Pinkie's scream put new strength into Rainbow and she could push manticore away from her. Manticore hit her again with it's clawed paw, but this time it hit Rainbow's wing.

"Pinkie, run away from here!" insisted Rainbow.

"No, Rainbow. I can't leave you here."

"You have to! Go to the Sugarcube corner. There is no manticores." said Rainbow but this time softer voice, herself trying to avoid scorpion tail, what tried to kill her.

Pinkie doubted for a bit and the turned around and ran to the Sugarcube Corner, few times looking back to see Rainbow Dash fighting with almost 3 times bigger monster. She felt it will not end well.

Dash could barely finish that monster off. She felt how things won't end well. She had now two broken hooves, wing what had deep wound, chest was bleeding, she had got strong punch into stomach, and few wounds on her neck. These weren't good combinations.

Rainbow heard a roar somewhere near of Twilight's castle. She ignored pain in her wings and hooves and dashed there where she heard roar.

I have to finish this one off too. I just have to  thought Rainbow. She felt getting weaker, but if she was going down she was going down

awesomely and being a hero.

She saw big group of ponies trapped by that last manticore. She knocked on it's back. When manticore looked towards her, Rainbow Dash said:

"Hey, mind some face punch?" she smirked and punched it right into face. Of course only one punch didn't killed so powerful creature like

manticore. It made it only angrier.

"Rainbow come away from there!" said Twilight Sparkle when Rainbow bit manticores tail.

Rainbow came, but for other thing. She flew up high and then soared down in huge speed. She tried to kill manticore with Sonic Rainboom. But she already knew she won't be living after this or if that will success she would be alive but hardly.

This is for you Ponyville... she thought before crashing into manticore with huge explosion after her. She crashed into manticore and then fell on the ground. As both fell down, there was big cloud of dust.

When dust was gone, everyone saw that last of 3 manticores was dead. There was big applause, but that stopped instantly when they saw Rainbow Dash laying few meters away from dead monster. She didn't moved.

Twilight ran to her and checked her pulse.

"She's alive, but hardly." she said with little sigh. Princess levitated RD to Friendship castle.