A Revolution [ In Love ]

Be warned this chapter uses some language which some readers may find innapropriate or disturbing. If the use of curse words offends you, you have been warned. Also, there's big words and kissy-kissy faces made.

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Fanfic by Foxvolt

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---Act One - Chapter Two - Recovery.

-----31 hours prior to current time ----

Dash slowly awoke to a bright, warm, inviting room. She could still feel every muscle straining from the slightest movements, this pegasus wouldn't be doing any flying for a while.

A thought struck her, Applejack.

She looked around, searching for her, and saw the form of her favorite pink pony, Pinkie Pie, mozied up in a corner with Spike and Twilight lying on a blanket. Applejack must've told the others of her crash....

Damnit!

Dash had been hoping not to make a fool of herself over getting too overconfident... Now, odds were, everyone in ponyville would know.....

Her pride was starting to tear her thoughts. If this got to the Wonderbolts, her dream could be ruined... But it was only one mistake, right? But it might be the only one she needed to make...

Dash tried to sit up, but her body seemingly denied her the privelage.

" What the Heck!? " She shouted with a yelp of pain, waking the three ponies in the corner.

Twilight was the first up. " What happened? Are you okay? " she asked, clearly worried as she tried to communicate with Dash.

Soon everyone circled around the bed, and Dash loosened up a bit

After a moment her eye cracked open, then the other. She blinked a few times, perplexed that she could barely move without severe pain setting in.

Suddenly, Dash thought about her position. She couldn't even move... Could she walk...? She was going to be dependant on her friends, wasn't she?

She hated not being able to do things herself, it was a burden she couldn't handle. A burden she WOULDN'T handle, or force on her friends.

Ignoring any pain her body sent to her brain, the hard-headed pridebound pegasus fell out of the bed, and attempted to stand. The circle tightened around Dash as she struggled, voices echoing in protest. Ignoring the slurred voices, she unvieled her wings for stability, nearly knocking a young dragon over.

Noone spoke as Dash took a step forward. The *thud*s seemed to echo in her head, drowning any thought out.

'Keep moving...' she thought to herself

Another step, another echo.

'You got this dash...'

Dash's head was swimming, she couldn't think straight. She kept walking. Her eyes drooped, and she swayed, but she kept walking. Twilight yelled something, and then there was nothing.

Dash had fainted.

-----18 hours prior-----

" Did she just move? " Somepony's voice emitted from nowhere.

" I doubt it, her vitals are still too low for any real activity. " spoke another, deeper seemingly male voice.

Thoughts swam through Dash's head as she attempted to grasp what was happening. Was she dreaming? Was everything before now a dream?

' If i open my eyes now, I'll wake up in my house. ' She told herself. She opened her eyes.

" She's waking up! " somepony exclaimed. It sounded like Applejack, maybe Pinkie Pie, Dash couldn't tell, it was all so contorted and intertwined...

" Hey, Rainbow Dash, wake up, you have a bit of company here to see you. " somepony said from beside her. Tilting her head slightly, she could make out the blurred figure of Twilight at her side, wherever she was.

Dash nearly smiled, but she didn't. Why would she?

" Where... " Dash groaned, extremely dazed.

" Huh? " somepony else asked.

Dash tilted her head the other way. A pink blur was before her, the most logical awnser was Pinkie Pie.

" Pink...e? " Dash said, her head clearing, ever so slowly.

" Yup, yup! The oooooone and only! " She giggled, overjoyed to see Dash awaken.

Dash sat up, slowly this time. She blinked several times, her vision restoring. " Ugh, my head... What... What happened? Why is everypony here? Where is 'here?' " she questioned.

" Your friends brought you here. From what we can gather you experienced extreme head trauma, and possibly short term memory incapibilities. That's only a possible side effect, of course. No guatantees.

I am under contract to tell you to rest, but i think with so many here to visit, we best say two days rest is good enough, hm? " A mare wearing a white apron with two pouches on either side asked.

The packs were chock-full of medical supplies, and the flaps had a red cross on the tops. The uniform* drew Dash's eyes for a moment, thinking about more than the pouches on it.

"I...Uh... Thanks...I guess..." She stated dumbly.

The nurse smiled and resumed her duties, checking vitals and replacing various pouches of various things. One, dash noticed, was hooked up to...

"Hey! How did that get in...?" Dash looked under the blanket, and dropped it, her face turning red.

"Can I... We... Get rid of that... Please?" Dash Whispered to the nurse, obviously embarassed.

"I'll ask your overseer, He just stepped out for a moment, somepony requested to be called when you woke. Is that allright?" she asked happily. It reminded her of pinkie, joyful about anything.

Dash looked to her side, and saw Pinkie. She hadn't really taken her into consideration much since she spoke, albit it was a mere minute ago.

Aside Twilight and Pinkie, Rarity sat on a chair, staring kindly back at Dash.

"Is that allright with you Mrs. Dash?" the nurse asked again.

Dash shook her head lightly.

"No?" the nurse tilted her head slightly.

"Oh, sorry. It's Ms., and that's fine... Who'd he call? Where's Applejack?" Dash asked.

" Mrs- Ms.Applejack and Fluttershy requested they be alerted of your awakening, they had errands to run, if I am not mistaken." The filly replied.

"Oh..." Dash replied, slightly down over that fact, she never properly thanked Applejack.

"Well," Interjected twilight, " We're all glad to see you're okay. We'll be back arou-"

"DASHIE!!!" Pinkie yelled, tackling Dash down onto her bed, sobbing.

" Woah, hey, what the- Pinkie, get off! Ow! PINKIE!" Dash yelled, kicking herself free of pinkie, falling off the bed, tangling several cords, and ripping several from thier place in thier machines and/or dash. (thankfully not the, erm, 'collecting' one.)

" Pinkie! " Twilight yelled, perplexed and agitated, helping bring Dash to her feet, but recieved an unexpected shove back.

" Why'd you do that?" Spike asked, confused.

" Dashie! Are you okay? I'm sorry, I just, I thought that..." Pinkie trailed off

"I'm fine..." Dash mumbled, standing, with slight difficulty.

The room was silent, everyone stared at dash as she stood, rejecting the help offered to her.

" What's your name? " Dash addressed the nurse, slightly grudgingly.

" Yes Ms. Dash? " the nurse asked, perplexed.

"What's your name." Dash repeated.

" Why, I'm Mrs. Nurse, but you need to stay in the bed Ms. Dash. Doctor's orders. "

Dash shook her head and grumbled, " I'm fine, I just need to..." Dash thought. What was there for her to do? "To..." she thought.
"To go home..." She said.

" Dash " Twilight said, resting a hoof of Dash's upper flank, " Please, just stay here for now. You really did a number on yourself. We just want you safe. "

" Yeah... Will you pweddy pweddy pinkie pweeze stay? " Pinkie said, with her signature Baby Dragon-Eye face.

Dash tried not to give in, she really did, but every mare had her limits.

" Pinkie, I-" Dash stammered.

" Dashie, " She said, standing between Twilight and Dash, nudging away Twilight's hoof, " You're staying here. " She said simply.

" I... " Dash was at a loss for words.

" She's right darling, one way or another you are staying here. " Rarity piped up from the corner, not looking up from something she seemed to be knitting.

There was a blank space, and Dash crawled reluctantly back into the hospital bed, the unframiliar characteristics of disbelief and defeat etched into her features.

Pinkie Pie walked to her bedside as everyone watched intently.

"Thank you." she said, and quickly nuzzled Dash's neck with a smile.

Dash continued to let her head hang for a moment, until slowly directing her gaze to Pinkie Pie. Neither spoke, and pinkie smiled some more, before walking out of the room.

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Pinkie held back her emotions, quickly entering the nearest bathroom and curling up in the corner of the floor.

She cried, and she cried, and she cried. She sobbed, she wept, and she bawled. Quietly.

'Poor Rainbow Dash... Poor me...' Pinkie thought to herself, wrapping around herself tightly.

"I don't wanna see Dashie like that... She didn't need'ta shove me..."

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Dash's gaze stayed on the door long after Pinkie left, and so did her mind.

Twilight spoke to dash about how she would be out by tomorrow, and how Applejack and Fluttershy would visit her soon, and various things, but it was falling upon deaf ears.

Dash couldn't focus on anything but " I'm in a hospital. " and " Pinkie Pie..."

Dash fell out of her thoughts, and turned to face Twilight, but she wasn't there.No-one was there. And it was dark outside...

She must have fallen asleep and hadn't known it... But she had slept for countless hours...?

It was impossible to know anymore...

So she lay back and stared at the celing of the unframiliar building.

"Ms.Dash, are you awake?" Somepony asked. Taking a look, it was Mrs.Nurse.

"Yeah, i'm awake... Why...?" Dash asked blankly.

Mrs.Nurse trotted down the hallway. " Wait a moment Ms.Applejack! "

The sound of clopping hooves could be heard down the hall, and they stopped. A moment later it was double-timed, and Applejack stood in the doorway, her mouth slightly agape.

After an instant of silent thoughts, her mouth curled into a large smile. "Yer all right! Er'm, sorta..." she said akwardly, stepping into the room.

Dash didn't say anything, the softened expression on her face spoke for itself.

" I, er, gimmie a sec. " she said, as she trotted back down the hall.

A moment later she returned, carrying in her mouth a small assembly of about half a dozen wild-flowers wrapped in a paper-like material.

"Ah', uh, got these fer 'ya." she mumbled around the assortment of potent flowers.

Dash laughed.

"What's so funny?" Applejack asked loudly, nearly stirring a sleeping mare across from them.

"Nothing, you just brought me flowers, heh. Thanks AJ." Dash spoke softly, taking a nibble of one.

Applejack blushed lightly. "Well, shucks, 'Ah didn't mean it like that t' all! But, uh, yere' welcome 'ah guess." she sheepishly said.

Applejack's behavior reminded her of fluttershy, she wasn't speaking very loud, she kept shifting her hooves and looking away too.

"If it means anything, I'm sorry all this happened. I just had to push myself too hard.... I just.... Never mind, I don't even know what I'm talking about..." Dash said, the pony's thoughts consolidated.

"Hey now, brighten up sugarcube, we all got our ups an' downs, don't we?" applejack said, nudging Dash's shoulder with her 'nose.'

"Yeah... But I can't help this feeling like I have to be... More than what I am... Like I'm not enough, Like I-"

"That's a load a' manure! Every pony likes you the way you are, even if you are obnoxious and showy, we all love ya' the same. At least, I'll always love ya' the same-"

The two mares stared at each other. Applejack hadn't meant to word it like that, had she?

" You mean- " Dash started.

"I MEAN, as a friend, Rainbow." Applejack said, but she wasn't quite sure...

Dash smiled, and looked out towards the window.

Dash thought wether or not to say what she was thinking, and said, " I'm Bisexual, you know...In case you, ya know, didn't know..."

There was a silence, and Dash began to think wether or not that was a very smart thing to say.

"That's... Interestin'....Why'dya say that?" Applejack said, bemused.

"I thought you 'ought to know" she said, equally indulged in the act they were now knowledgeably playing, seeing who would say it first.

" And jus' why would I need'ta know that?" Applejack smirked, pressing her nose against Dash's forcefully, causing her to wince lowly.

Dash thought semi-frantically, her mind supplying several lies, and she quickly latched onto the first one she found rushing out of her lips "Becauseiknowyouloveyourself?" she blurted.... Wait...what? That made no sense...

"What in Tarnation'?" Applejack spoke, taken aback. " I reckon' I'm one a the most modest ponies IN these here parts. " Applejack had clearly intercepted the message as she had said it, but not how it truly was.

Dash had nearly blurted the truth out-

Dash pondered... Nearly... Why nearly? Why didn't she?

Returning her attention to the ranting Earth pony in front of her, she sized the situation up, blocking out what Applejack was actually saying.

Applejack was a close friend, and she had few of those to gamble with. What she was about to do was shaky, but, Dash had made up her mind as she turned to the pony beside her, and said, "You talk too much, AJ." and stopped the sounds from emitting from her lips by using her own to intervene.

Applejack retorted with a mild 'mmph!' but otherwise and afterwards, remained silent.

They both maintained the contact for several moments of euphoric bliss, afraid to let it end as if they were feeding each other the Ambrosia of the other's life force.

Hesitantly, and very reluctantly, Dash was the first to break away.

Applejack had her eyes closed in concentration, the spark of thoughtlessness broken, ideas and double-remarks bounded her head violently, attempting to make sense of the sudden change in events.

Just as Dash prepared her thoughts to state something, a nurse walked in, pardoning her interruption, asking Applejack leave due to visiting hours being over.

They were going to protest that it had barely been minutes, but glanced at an analog clock dangling loosely from the parallel wall. They had been sitting in silence for over half of an hour.

Applejack looked at dash, a look of slight annoyance and longing etched into her features.

Applejack excused herself and walked out to the counter, calling over what Dash presumed to be another nurse, who in turn called over a Stallion, whose button, presumably reading "Hi! My name is..." was not visible from Dash's point of view. Though his hourglass cutie mark was.

They conversed for a little while, and Applejack stomped her front right hoof more than once, and more than once she shrugged off a nurse or two, attempting to restraining her, presumably out of caution.

After another few minutes of what seemed like heated arguing, Applejack pushed her face to the stallions in a challenging manner, who in turn seemed to nervously back away, nodding resiliently.

A nurse dropped a small bag at Applejack's feet and, nodding at the nurse, Applejack brought it with her to Dash's room.

She spoke softly, muttering "Let's go, Im'a takin' ya with me t'night" tossing a bag with her WingPurse inside between Dash's haunches as she sat up.

(A WingPurse [theoretically] is a purse designed for aerodynamicy. The straps go around the shoulder blades and around the very low base of the wings, so that it lies very low on your back during travel. It strapped tightly so no air-lag occured. (Dash usually kept a few things with her where she went.))

" They told me I was staying here... The others-"

"Horse apples. Yer fine, an' I'm gettin' ya outta here. Now Saddle-Up, and let's get a-movin'."

"O-okay..." Dash said, slightly dazed by the change of events. But her mind flashed back to the contact of her lips against the orange mare's, and she decided that she would trust AppleJack.

As they walked out of the doors, several nurses were busy attempting to calm Dash's doctor, a stallion yelling several orders, wearing a name tag reading, "Hi, my name is Dr. Whooves!

-lulzness-

End Chapter 2.

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