Only the Good Die Young in Ponyville

Rainbow Dash

Rainbow Dash was doing a dare contest with Spitfire, the leader of the Wonderbolts.  All of the dares Spitfire gave Rainbow were fairly harmless, but they were nothing compared to what the last dare was.  It was, in her words, “I dare you, Rainbow Dash, to fly through those clouds, do a Sonic Rainboom, and fly back down to the ground.”  So, Rainbow Dash obeyed Spitfire’s orders with a “Yes, ma’am.”

She took off and headed for various clouds, and went through them with a “puff” sound.  But when she reached the last cloud, she discovered that it was gray with thunder coming out of it.  She realized that it was a thundercloud.  But that did not stop Rainbow from completing the dare and obeying Spitfire.  After all, she was doing this as a tryout for becoming a Wonderbolt.

So she went in the storm cloud, even though she was frightened by its eeriness.  While she was inside the cloud, she heard a really loud rumbling sound from all around the cloud’s walls.  It was thunder.  Rainbow was so scared that she slowed down and flew through the cloud very casually.

But no sooner had she reached the end of the cloud then a great, big shock of electricity struck Rainbow in the chest!  She screamed, and lost her balance.  She then came plummeting down to the ground at crazy fast speed.  Spitfire heard the scream, and so did all of Rainbow’s PFFs (Pony Friends Forever).

They came rushing to the tryout area and saw Rainbow falling, leaving a trail of smoke behind her.  At first they were not sure what was falling.  They originally thought it was either a comet, an airplane, or a missile.  But then they heard Rainbow’s screaming and figured out that it was Rainbow Dash!  Rarity and Fluttershy looked for a trampoline, and spotted one a couple kilometers from the tryout area.  They both grabbed it and carried it to where they thought Rainbow Dash was going to land.  And luckily, Rainbow landed on the trampoline and bounced safely to the ground.  Twilight, being the inspector of the Mane 6, saw a singe on Rainbow’s chest, almost close to her heart.  Then, she put her hoof on the burn to see how bad it was.  Much to her surprise, it was very hot.  She then concluded that it was a lightning bolt.  She then phoned a paramedic, and it came to Rainbow Dash’s rescue.  But Rainbow didn’t even know that the paramedic was coming, because she was unconscious.

The paramedic’s many procedures in attempting to revive Rainbow, including CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.  But unfortunately, none of those attempts worked.  And about fifteen minutes later, Rainbow Dash died.

The date of her death was July 13, 2000, and her age was 16 years old. Her body was buried at the start of the obstacle course at Wonderbolts Academy, the place where the tryouts took place.