Rainbows, Relationships, & Revenge

It was a beautiful day in Ponyville. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, everything was peaceful. Unfortunately, things would take a turn for the worst.

A young Pegasus named Sugar Wing was trotting through the Everfree Forest, when she found something that anypony would pay a million bits to unsee.

Rainbow Dash, the fastest flier in all of Equestria, was laying on the ground, completely still. She was bruised all over, there was a river of blood flowing from her nose and deep cuts in her neck, sides, and stomach. Her neck and left wing also looked broken. Sugar Wing screamed in horror as she flew out of the forest as fast as she could to find help.

A couple of hours later a butter yellow Pegasus with a candy pink mane was flying through the Everfree Forest when she spotted the local police ponies crowded around a small area. The Pegasus named Fluttershy flew back down to the ground to investigate.

“Umm...Excuse me? What's going on here?” Said the Pegasus trying to get answers. The police ponies didn't hear her.

“Um...Excuse me?”

Still no answer.

“Excuse me sir?”

The officer finally noticed her and attempted to push her away.

“You need to leave miss. This is a crime scene. Nothing to see here.”

“Oh my...what's happened?” Fluttershy asked.

“Do you know a Pegasus named Rainbow Dash?”

“Why yes. She and I have been best friends since we were fillies.” Fluttershy said smiling.

The officers frown only deepened more.

“Oh. I'm...sorry.”

Fluttershy's smile disappeared as a look of fear and worry spread over her face.

“Oh dear...what happened? Is she okay? Oh I hope she isn't hurt!”

With each second slowly ticking by, her fear intensified tremendously.

“I'm sorry miss Fluttershy. But there's been an accident and your friend Rainbow Dash was involved. She is seriously injured. Medical ponies are on their way as fast as they can get here, but, she may not survive the ride over to the hospital. I'm very sorry.”

Fluttershys eyes widened in horror.

“NO!!!”

“Miss Fluttershy, I can't express our sorrow for this tragedy. This is a truly sad day for Ponyville.”

“Rainbow Dash! No! Please Celestia don't do this!”

The officer walkred up to the grieving Pegasus and placed a hoof on her back.

“Are you alright miss?”

“MY BEST FRIEND HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY A MYSTERIOUS PONY AND COULD POSSIBLY DIE! NO I'M NOT OKAY!”

For the first time in her life, the sweet, quiet, shy Pegasus who was quite literally afraid of her own shadow, yelled at another pony without any concern of the consequences whatsoever.

“It's going to be alright ma'am. The medics are going to do everything they can to save your friend.”

“M-May I plea-(hic)-ease go s-see her?!” She asks between sobs.

“Of course. She's over there. She's unconscious, but she's alive, barely. She's under the white sheet. Take as much time as you need.”

“Thank you...”

“Of course.”

Fluttershy walked over to a white blanket that was shaped like a pony. She grabbed the top of the sheet with her mouth and pulled it down revealing the bruised face of a unconscious Rainbow Dash.

Fluttershy's eyes once again teared up as she watched the cyan Pegasus' chest faintly rise and fall, indicating that she was barely breathing.

“Oh Rainbow Dash! I'm so sorry! I wish I could have been there to stop them! Please wake up!”

Fluttershy yelled as she grasped the blue Pegasus in her front legs and huggedher limp body close. The yellow Pegasus whispered into the cyan Pegasus' ear.

“Please wake up.”

Fluttershy gently layed the unconscious mare back down on the ground as medical ponies, one being a unicorn, arrived on the scene.

“Get a mask on her! NOW!” One of the medical ponys said.

Once an oxygen mask was placed over Rainbow Dash's muzzle, the medical unicorn lifted up the wounded Pegasus with magic. She turned to the horrified Fluttershy who was in tears with fear for her injured friend.

“I promise, we will take good care of her and do everything we can to save her.” The medic said.

“PLEASE H-HELP HER!!! P-Ple-ease!!!”

“Calm down miss. We're doing everything we can. Now we need to get her to the hospital right now or she'll never make it.” The pony said calmly.

“O-Okay.”

The medical ponies begin sprinting toward the hospital and were soon out of sight.

Fluttershy began sobbing harder. One of the officer ponies walked up to her and gently patted her on the back.

“I'm so deeply sorry for this tragedy miss Fluttershy, but I promise you, we WILL find out who is behind this and we will take them down. You have my word on it.” He says.

“T-Thank you. Oh no, what am I going to tell the girls? Oh they'll be so devastated!”

“If you'd like we can break the news to them, save you the stress?”

“No...no I think...I think I'd better do it...it'd be better if they heard it from me rather than some random pony they don't know...um, if that's okay with you...”

“Of course. Again I'm sorry this has happened. My name is Officer Thunder Hoof. If you ever need anything, you let me know and I will get right on it.”

“Okay...thank you...”

Fluttershy just stared at the ground as she responded.

“Well...we'd all better get out of this forest before the day gets worse don't you think?”

Fluttershy clenched her eyes shut and mumbled to herself.

“This day couldn't get any worse.”

She soon flew out of the forest thinking about how she is going to tell the other girls.

Landing on the ground back in Ponyville still lost in her own thoughts, she walked down the road before something shook her out of it. Something pink and happy.

“Hey Fluttershy! What's up?!” Pinkie Pie yelled making the yellow Pegasus jump.

“Oh...Pinkie...you startled me...” Fluttershy said.

“Sorry!” Pinkie said with her usual large smile.

“Um...Pinkie...I need you to go find the others and meet me at Twilights please... Everyone except Rainbow Dash...”

Oblivious to the real situation at hand, Pinkies brain automatically switched to party mode.

“OH MY GOSH! We all get to hang out for the first time in like two or three days hey I just noticed that something is different about you is it your mane did you do something to your mane...”

“Pinkie...”

“Of course there's nothing wrong with your mane but I know there is something definitely different about you and I will find out what it is even if I have to spend the whole day thinking about it...” Pinkie continued.

“Pinkie...”

“We should definitely have a party sometime you me Rarity Applejack Twilight Rainbow Dash all of us...”

“PINKIE!!”

The sudden outburst coming from the usually timid Fluttershy caused the pink party pony to stop mid sentence and stare at her with a blank look on her face.

“Oh...I'm sorry Pinkie...I shouldn't have yelled like that...”

“It's okay Fluttershy. Wait, why not Rainbow Dash?”

“Just...please do it...”

“OKAY!”

Without waiting for any other form of response Pinkie Pie turned around and bounced off to find the other ponies. Fluttershy goes off to Twilights house reluctantly. Soon she found herself at the door of Twilights library. She waited for a moment before knocking on the door. Immediately she heard a familiar voice from the other side of the door.

“IT'S OPEN!” Twilight yelled from the other side. Fluttershy opened the door and quietly walks in.

Without looking up from her book, the unicorn greeted Fluttershy from her desk.

“Hey Fluttershy, what's up?”

“Um...Twilight...I'm afraid I have some bad news...the others are on their way...everypony...except Rainbow Dash.”

The last part of this sentence grabbed Twilights attention from her book. She looks up from her book an saw that Fluttershy's eyes were welling up with tears.

“Fluttershy? Is something wrong? Why isn't Rainbow Dash coming?” Twilight asked.

“Um...I...uh...you see...R-Rainbow Dash is uh...”

Fluttershy continued to stutter struggling to say what needed to be said. Just then, the door swung open and Pinkie pie walked in with Applejack and Rarity behind her.

“We’re here! All but Rainbow Dash just like you said!”

“What pray tell is this all about?” Rarity said with a quick flip of her mane.

Applejack was next to speak up with a hint of annoyance in her voice.

“Somepony better have a good explaination fer why Ah had ta give up workin' in the orchard all day.”

She didn't mind hanging out with her friends, but when it came to working on the farm she liked to get things done.

“Thank you for coming girls. I'm afraid I have terrible news.”

“Why ain't RD comin'?”

“Um...that's what I wanted to talk to you about...Rainbow Dash...isn't coming because, uh...w-well you see she...um...”

Fluttershy began to tear up again, causing the other ponies to have a look of concern on their faces.

“You alright hun?”

“Um...I-I-I...I just...I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!” Fluttershy exclaimed breaking out into uncontrollable sobbing.

Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Twilight all leapt to assist their grieving friend.

“It's alright Fluttershy...whatever's happened...we can help you get through it...together. Right girls?” Twilight said to the others to which they all responded in unison.

“Right!”

“Would you rather I looked into your mind to see what's troubling you?”

“I-If you want to...it won't hurt will it? I don't think I can take much more pain...”

“I promise it won't hurt a bit Fluttershy. Princess Celestia used to use this spell on me whenever I had something on my mind. Now hold still.”

Twilight shut her eyes and concentrated on her magic. Soon her horn glowed a faint purple and she was soon inside Fluttershy's mind. She started seeing a bunch of images of past events of that day, but nothing that would come across as concerning.

She saw an aerial view of the Everfree forest, birds flying in and out of the trees, absolutely nothing that would seem to trouble the Pegasus. Twilight had half expected the poor pony to be grieving for the death of a forest animal or something along those lines. But she saw nothing. Until she saw an image of police ponies down on the ground. Then soon after, an image of Rainbow Dash bruised and beaten near death.

That mental image made Twilight lose her concentration. She saw the other ponies staring at her wondering what she will say. Fluttershy though, was laying on her belly covering her head with her forehooves.

“Well, what did ya see Twilight?”

“Rainbow Dash...I saw...Rainbow Dash...she...”

Applejack cut in with a wave of frustration.

“Aw hayseed! Don't tell me she went and got herself arrested now! Ah swear that Pegasus don't know the first thing about stayin' outta trouble.”

“No Applejack...it`s...much worse than that...”

With a slight smile, Rarity asked.

“What could possibly be worse than that darling?”

“Wait! Maybe something bad happened to her! My Pinkie sense told me that something scary was about to happen! My knee was pinchy!”

Twilight’s ears folded down to the sides of her head and her eyes began brimming with tears.

“You're not far off the mark Pinkie. I'm sorry to say this...but...Rainbow Dash...is in the hospital. She's severely injured and unconscious. She might not wake up.”

The unexpected news caused the other to ponies gasp in fear.

With heavy fear now evident in her voice, Applejack looked at Twilight and asked.

“Wha-What do ya mean she might not wake up?!”

Pinkie Pie also started to tear up, her mane and tail went completely flat and her usual pink coat turned a few shades grayer than usual. She shook her head in disbelief and asked.

“B-But how could this happen? Who would want to kill Rainbow Dash?”

The orange farmer now shaking with anger, looked at Pinkie with an angry expression and with a deep growl said.

“Ah dunno Pinkie. But what Ah do know is that when Ah get my hooves on whoever done this ta Rainbow Dash they're gonna wish they'd never touched her!”

Fluttershy, still sobbing to herself looked up at Twilight and with a shaky voice said.

“Oh Twilight...I'm so s-s-sorry! I-If I w-was there b-before they got to her! I-I-I c-could have stopped this from happening!”

“Aw sugarcube, don't beat yerself up over it. It wasn't yer fault. Nopony coulda prevented this. Ah just wanna know who would be so dern angry as ta attack one of us.” Applejack said now with a sweet and gentle tone trying to calm down the crying Pegasus.

Just then, a little purple and green dragon walked into the room carrying a large tray of nachos.

Spike looked with a smile and said.

“Hey everypony what's up? Uuuuh...why is everypony crying?”

Suddenly without warning, something within Twilight snaps. She shot a death glare at the baby dragon with tears dripping from her eyes.

“SPIKE!!! GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM!!! NOW!!!!”

Spike says nothing but instead slowly set down the tray and went back up to his room without saying another word.

Applejack still angry at the mystery attacker pointed a hoof at Twilight, and with annoyance evident in her voice she said.

“Now hang on a second Twi, Ah get that yer hurtin’, hay, we all are. But that don't give ya no right ta yell and scream at the little feller like that. He didn't know what was goin’ on.”

“You're right Applejack. I'm sorry. I'll go apologize to him right now.”

Twilight turned to go back up to her assistant and apologize. But Rarity intervened.

“We can worry about that later darling. Right now our dear friend needs us. We need to be there for her. Let's go girls!”

“Spike! I'll be back! I want to talk to you when I get home!”

The 5 friends made their way to Ponyville General hospital as fast as possible.

Within an hour and a half they arrived at the hospital. Twilight walked up to a mare sitting at the front desk. She looked up and saw Twilight and company.

“How may I help you?” The mare asked with a gentle smile.

“Hello. We are here to see Rainbow Dash. Is she here?”

“Hold on a moment please.”

The mare flipped through a huge stack of papers and finally spotted what she was looking for.

“AH! Yes! They just took her into surgery. You can observe through the glass if you'd like, but nopony's allowed to go in during the operation.”

“Okay. Thank you so much!”

Twilight and the others ran through the halls of the hospital trying to find the right room.

Soon they saw the operating room where surgical ponies had the unconscious Rainbow Dash on the operating table trying to revive her.

“WE'RE LOSING HER! THREE MORE TIMES!! GO!!” One of them said.

One of the other doctors who was a unicorn levitates the defibrillator and placed the pads on the Pegasus' chest, giving her a good shock.

“DO IT AGAIN! ONE! TWO! THREE! CLEAR!”

“STAY WITH US!!! ONE MORE TIME! ONE!!! TWO!! THREE!!! CLEAR!!!” He said.

Twilight and her friends could only hope and watch as the doctors tried to revive their dying friend.

Eventually Nurse Redheart, a white earth pony with a pink mane and a Red Cross for a cutie mark walked up to them with a more than friendly smile.

“Why don't you five take a seat. They may be a while.”

“Thank you nurse.”

Twilight and her friends accepted the offer and seat themselves in the hallway.

Fluttershy never stopped crying through the whole ordeal until she layed her head down on Applejack’s shoulder and cried herself to sleep.

“It's alright Fluttershy. She'll be alright.” Applejack said trying to soothe the poor pegasus.

Even Applejack didn't even believe these words, how could Fluttershy believe her?

An hour of waiting passed by in silence, until the door of the operating room opened and Rainbow Dash was being wheeled out on a gurney with an oxygen mask still over her muzzle.

The sudden noise woke Fluttershy from her slumber and the five ponies immediately walk up to the doctor.

With tears flowing from her eyes, Twilight asked the doctor.

“How is she?!”

The doctor looked at them with the best poker face any of them had ever seen.

“I have good news and bad news.” The stallion said. The ponies say nothing waiting for his response.

“The good news is she's stable for now. However, the bad news is that she keeps going into cardiac arrest. If these episodes keep occurring, I fear she won't make it to next month.”

They gasp in disbelief and soon all of them were fighting back tears. However Applejack, no longer able to contain her anger lashed out.

“NO!!!!”

She swung a forehoof and punched straight through the wall! She too began sobbing. Twilight’s eyes went wide with a mixture of fear and concern.

“OHMYGOSH!! APPLEJACK!!”

The Alicorn ran up to the sobbing mare and placed a hoof on her back. Doctor Trotter`s eyes went wide.

“Um...Miss? Are you going to be alright? I mean you just put your hoof through a solid wall like it was nothing, and you're not even in pain.”

A look of shame washed over the country mares face. Applejack looked at the doctor and said with a shuddering voice.

“Oh...Ah'm mighty sorry ‘bout that doc...A-Ah promise Ah'll pay fer the damages as soon as Ah get the money...”

“Don't worry about it miss Applejack. These kinds of things happen a lot. Now come on, come with me and I'll check your hoof and make sure nothing's broken. On the house.”

“Alright. Thank ya kindly doc.”

“Not a problem. And please, Call me Doctor Trotter.”

“Alright.”

Applejack looked back at her friends who were still looking at her with fear in their eyes.

“Ah'll be back in a bit ya'll. Shouldn't be too long” She said before walking away.

For the first time since they arrived at the hospital, Fluttershy spoke up.

“I hope Applejack is going to be okay.”

“She'll be fine Fluttershy. She's a strong mare.” Twilight assured her silently not believing her own words.

Fluttershy could only nod. About forty five minutes later Applejack came back no longer sobbing, although her eyes were puffy from the tears.

“Good news ya'll. My hoof ain't broken, but my heart still is.”

“At least she's alive Applejack.” Twilight said.

“Yeah, but fer how long?”

“Well for now all we can do is hope and pray she makes it.”

For the next twenty four hours the five friends slept in the waiting area. Each took a turn staying awake in case the doctor came to them with an update on Rainbow Dashs condition.

It was about seven thirty in the morning, it was Applejacks turn to stay awake while the others slept.

She sat in silence just staring at the floor, lost in thought. ‘Why would anypony attack Rainbow Dash?’‘what if she doesn't make it?’‘who would be the next element of loyalty?’‘Nopony could replace her as a friend.’‘what....what is this feeing Ah'm gettin'? Am Ah....n-no! Impossible', She thought.

These thoughts eventually got to the point she began silently sobbing with her hooves over her eyes.

Twilight who was sitting right next to Applejack, heard this noise and opens her eyes to see one of her best friends crying.

Twilight leaned up and placed a hoof on Applejack`s shoulder. She turned her head startled slightly by the sudden contact. In attempt to hide her tears, the country mare wiped her eyes dry and sniffed.

“Twilight...what're ya doin' up? It ain't yer shift yet.”

“I heard you crying...thinking about Rainbow Dash?”

Applejack said nothing and just nodded.

“Hey, it'll be okay. Alright? Look, I'm scared too. We all are. But Rainbow Dash is a tough mare. Even if she's unconscious, she isn't about to let something like this keep her from her best friends. She won't go out without a fight. They don't call her the element of loyalty for nothing you know.” Twilight whispered and smiled slightly trying to lighten the mood.

Applejack didn't even chuckle at the joke making Twilight's forced smile quickly fade into non existence.

“Look AJ. I know you're upset, but trust me, she will wake up. I promise.”

“How do ya know?”

“Trust me. I have a feeling she'll be okay.”

“But...what if she don't?”

“Hey. Don't think like that okay? She's going to wake up.” Twilight said gently but sternly.

“But what if–”

“She will!” Twilight hissed in a loud whisper.

Applejack just nodded.

“Now come here.”

Twilight suddenly pulled the country mare into a hug. Applejack hesitantly returned the hug and smiled a little as she wiped her tears from her eyes.

“Thanks Twi. Ah really needed this. A talk Ah mean. Now ya'll should try to get a little more shut eye 'fore the doctor shows up.”

“I can't sleep anymore.”

A couple of minutes later the doctor finally walked up to the group. Twilight got on her hooves while Applejack woke up the others.

“How is she Doctor Trotter?”

His eyes scanned over the other ponies before he answered.

“She's awake. She's in pain though. Her left wing and a couple of vertebrae in her neck are broken. She isn't going to be able to fly for a while. The scariest part for all of us is that if her heart rate increases when flying, the increase in adrenaline may be too much for her weak heart, and it can explode, immediately killing her.”

The five other elements of harmony gasped with surprise and fear.

Twilight was the first to respond. Sorrow and fear heavy in her voice.

“Oh no! She'll be so heart broken!”

“It's for the best. For her safety.” Doctor trotter said.

“May we go see her?”

“Of course. She's in room 312. But I'd advice you all to be as quiet as possible. She has a raging headache so any loud noise will make it worse.”

“Thank you so much Doctor Trotter.”

Doctor Trotter responded smiling at the Alicorn.

“No problem at all Princess.”

“Call me Twilight.”

“Alright. No problem at all Twilight.”

The five friends walked to said room and slowly make their entrance. Not a sound could be heard accept the slow beeping of the heart monitor.

Twilight and her friends made their way into the room and soon were at the end of the bed, where a bandaged Rainbow Dash lay there seemingly asleep.

“Rainbow...Rainbow its me...Twilight. I'm here with the others.” Twilight whispered.

No answer.

Nervousness now creeping into her voice Twilight spoke again.

“Rainbow Dash? A-Are you awake?”

Suddenly a light shuffling was heard and Rainbow Dash slowly awoke.

“Ungh...T-Twilight? I-Is that you?” The injured Pegasus muttered.

“Yeah. We're here Dash. All of us.”

“Hi Dashie.” Pinkie Pie said with a small smile.

“Um...hello.”

“Hello darling.”

“Hey there sugarcube.” Applejack said quietly, her voice cracking a bit.

“How are you feeling?” Twilight asked.

“Like crap.” Rainbow Dash said no longer struggling for words.

Applejack went in for a small hug.

“Oh sugarcube. A-Ah'm so sorry this happened to ya. What happened?”

“I don't remember much. Except I went out flying. I wanted to practice some new moves I had for the Wonderbolts. Then some pony blasted me out of the air. I couldn't see who it was but after I hit the ground I stood up challenging them to fight me, then I blacked out with a severe pain traveling through my body. That's all I remember.”

Twilight walked up to Rainbow Dash placing a hoof over Rainbow’s.

“I promise Rainbow, we are going to get to the bottom of this. We will find whomever did this to you.”

Rainbow Dash could only muster up a weak smile.

“I....I know you will Twilight. I have faith in all of you.”

“I'm so sorry Dash.” Twilight said with her ears folded back and tears forming in her eyes.

“It's alright Twilight. None of you are to blame here. It's my fault for trying to fight back. What was I thinking?”

“You were acting in self defense Rainbow.”

“Yeah sugarcube. Ah mean Ah'm pretty sure ev'ry one o' us woulda done the same thing had we been in yer situation. But you have no idea how happy we are to know that you–, uh Rainbow? You alright?” Applejack said getting concerned.

“I, I dunno, I just....d-don't feel so good....I think...agh my heart....it's....agh....”

Rainbow Dash slowly began to lose consciousness. Suddenly the heart monitor went flat. Applejack and the others began to panic.

“Rainbow?! RAINBOW!!! COME ON RAINBOW!! DONT DO THIS TO US!! RAINBOW DASH WAKE UP!!! PLEASE!” Applejack yelled trying to wake the pegasus with tears rolling down her cheeks.

“COME ON SUGARCUBE PLEASE WAKE UP! DON'T DIE ON US!!! PLEASE!”

“NURSE! WE NEED HELP!! PLEASE HURRY!” Twilight yelled as she too broke down crying.

Seconds later Nurse Redheart and a few other nurses came in.

“I'm sorry but we need your friends to wait out in the hall.”

“PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF CELESTIA BRING HER BACK!” Applejack yelled crying a river of tears.

“We will do everything we can miss, now please. We need you and your friends to exit the room.” The nurse said with a stern but sympathetic tone.

The ponies exit the room and wait for the next hour and a half for Nurse Redheart to give them the news.

For what feels like an eternity, the other five element bearers sat in silence as they all listen to the constant yelling in the room of their dying friend.

“COME ON! WAKE UP!! ONE! TWO! THREE! CLEAR!” Nurse Redheart yelled.

Each passing moment lowered the groups hope that somehow she would pull through.

Finally after an hour and a half, Nurse Redheart and the team of doctors breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Twilight could hear this even though the door is closed. Her ears instantly perked up as Doctor Trotter walked out of the hospital room.

“You and your friends can rest easy now. We got her back. She's been coughing and wanting to see you all. Best not to keep her waiting.” Said the doctor with a smile.

“Thank you s-so much doctor.” Twilight said smiling trying to suppress her tears. Albeit unsuccessfully.

“Not a problem at all Miss Sparkle. Just doing my job.”

Twilight and her friends walked into the hospital room and saw the blue color of Rainbow Dashs coat. The Pegasus was twitching slightly eliciting groans of pain.

“Oh thank Celestia you're okay...we were so afraid you weren't going to make it.” Twilight said with tears forming in her eyes.

“...ugh...my body...hurts...” Rainbow Dash stuttered with her hooves wrapped around her like a tightly wound blanket.

“Oh Dash...I'm so sorry. I wish we could help.”

“It's alright Twilight...just...all of you being here...is help enough.” Replied the Pegasus with a weak smile.

“We're going to get to the bottom of things. Find out who's behind this.”

“Well before any if that, can we get some pain medicine, my head and neck are killing me.”

“There's a reason behind that sugarcube.”

“Oh?” Rainbow Dash said.

“Yeah...uh...how can ah put this delicately? The doc said that, your neck is broken and you have a concussion.”

“Ah pony feathers.” Rainbow Dash said angrily.

“Gets worse than that sugarcube.”

Applejack silently prepared herself for the next piece of bad news.

“How could it get any worse than this?”

“Uh...hehe...well, yer left wing is busted.”

“Ugh. Perfect.” Rainbow said sarcastically.

“And...eh...the doc also says that if you raise yer blood pressure too high while yer flying, yer heart might give out on ya and explode.”

“WHAT–OW!”

Rainbow practically jumped out of the hospital bed flaring her wings, only to have a surge of pain hit her neck and wing like a ton of bricks, making her drop back down into the bed.

“Easy Rainbow! Easy, easy...Doctor Trotter said you won't be flying for a while.” Twilight said.

“Well this is just great! I'm a fricking walking blue vegetable with wings!”

“That's not true Rainbow. You're so much more. You may be bed ridden for a while, but you're far from useless. Let's not forget who refused the Shadowbolts so that she could assist her friends.”

“The Shadowbolts were fake, Twilight. Remember? They were nothing but Nightmare Moon trying to get me to abandon you guys.”

“Even still, you still put your own wants aside so you could help us.” Twilight said with nothing but truthfulness in her voice.

“Thanks guys.”

“You okay Dashie?” Pinkie Pie finally spoke up.

Rainbow Dash was struggling to keep her head up and she began to slur her speech.

“I...I'm just a little...d-dizzy...wooooooo–goodnight.”

And she was out like a light. Rainbow Dash's head finally went limp and fell back against the pillow. Everypony was sent into a state of fear.

“NURSE!!!” Twilight yelled.

Seconds later Nurse Redheart ran in wide-eyed and quickly checked the unconscious mare. She puts a hoof on Rainbows forehoof and smiled.

“She's fine. She's just sleeping.” Said Nurse Redheart.

The remaining five mares breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

“Oh thank Celestia.” Twilight said placing a hoof over her heart.

“Perhaps you all should head home and get some rest. You all have had an eventful couple of days.”

“Please let us know if anything changes.”

“I will do that Miss Sparkle. Doctor Trotter will inform you whenever Miss Dash is ready to be checked out.”

“Thank you nurse.”

“Oh! One more thing before I forget, I understand Rainbow Dash lives alone, and since she can't fly for a while she will need to stay with one of you for a while in the mean time.”

After a few seconds of silence, a certain cowpony stepped forward.

“Ah'll do it.”

Smiling at the gutsy mare, Nurse Redheart said to her.

“Okay...thank you for volunteering. I will send a letter to your home when she is ready.”

“Thank ya kindly nurse Redheart.”

“Not a problem Miss Applejack. Now. Why don't you ponies head home and get some rest. We will keep you updated on her conditon.”

“Thank you. Alright girls, let's head home.”

Twilight and the rest of the group turned to leave.

“Goodbye girls.”

As the five ponies passed the receptionists desk, Twilight turned around.

“Thank you so much for your help.”

“No problem Princess Twilight. Happy to help.” Said the mare.

Twilight smiled and trots off once again as she and her friends begin to head there separate ways back to their homes.