Princess Aurora

Twilight awoke in the middle of the night by wheezing and panting sounds. She didn't really care about it until she heard sobs and screams. She bolted up and looked around. She followed the sounds into the bathroom, where a figure sat there in the corner, screaming even more.

"Rainbow! What's wrong?"
As she came nearer she could feel the Pegasus shiver. Then she finally remembered the events of the past evening. She gasped.

"Oh no! You're having an attack!"
She stormed back to grab the pills and the water and rushed back to the hyperventilating Pegasus.

"Here, take this. You'll feel better in no time."

"NOO!!!"

Dash tried to escape but tripped over her own legs. She just continued to cry out.

"Rainbow! You HAVE to take these!"

"NOOOOO!!!!"

"RAINBOW!!! WHY WONT YOU TAKE THEM?!?!!?"

"What is going ON in here?!"

Both ponies were looking at the white alicorn standing in front of them. Dashs panting grew worse until her world went black. Twilight rushed over to her collapsing friend.

"Rainbow! Please say something!"

"Guards! Get her to the medics! Hurry!"

Twilight got tears in her eyes when Dash got carried into the medical centre for the second time today. And there was nothing she could do about it again.
Why was Dash against the pills?
Probably just the attack taking over her mind.
She followed them to the medical center. Nurses noting everything of Dash, doing what they can to bring her back and make her stable.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Somewhere in the background Rainbow could hear a nasty sound she always hated. Sometimes it had been faster, sometimes it stopped, sometimes it was slower.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Urgh. Can't they turn off that stupid thing already?!

Beep. Beep. ....

Finally.

*SHOCK*

Ow!

Beep.Beep.Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Sigh...

"She's coming back!"

Dash opened her eyes to see... black.

AAAH I'M BLIND!!! I'M BUCKING BLIND!!!!!!

She tried to move but found that she was being held down. She could feel hooves all over her body as she struggled to escape.

Where am I?! Why can't I see?! Why won't that beeping stop?! WHERE IS TWILIGHT?!

Tears were streaming down her face as she was completely lost. She felt something cold stab into her neck.

Can somepony..please...switch on the light..?

She calmed down and fell asleep again.

"That should give her rest for a good hour. But this time she needs to stay here."
The nurse glared at Celestia.

"Doctor orders. I won't complain. Just make sure she takes the pills."
Celestia left Dash, Twilight and the medics behind and vanished into the darkness

Twilight didn't leave Dash for the entire night. She had been by her side the whole time. Dash just wouldn't wake up. Twilight was too worried to even think of falling asleep. Either that or the heart monitor kept her awake. Over the first hours her heartbeat finally went down, but it wouldn't become stable. The medics got nervous since no medicament would work.
Twilight couldn't bear it anymore. She shook the Pegasus, calling her name.

"Dash, wake up! Wake up! Please..."

As a tear fell down on Dash, it got rainbow colored before it vanished. Dash opened her eyes. She saw the purple alicorn with closed eyes sobbing silently.

"Twi?"

Twilights eyes shot open.
"Rainbow! You're awake! You're okey.."

She sighed in relieve and pulled Dash into a hug. Dash just stared at her.
What the hay? Did something happen?

"You have no idea how worried I was!"
Tears were streaming down her face. Dash began twitching again.

"Oh no, what's wrong?"

Dash began shivering too.

"It's her magic. She can sense deep emotions."

"Princess! I'm so glad you're back. Is this sense something bad? Can it hurt her?"

Dash shook her head.

"It's harmless. As long as she can control it so it doesn't overtake her."

Celestia glared at Dash. The Pegasus shivered even more.

"It's okey Dash, I know you can."

Twilight said warmly. To her surprise it made another reaction. Dash began crying again, shook her head and threw herself back into the bed.

"Twilight. She can't. She never wanted to learn it. Even if it could kill her."

"K-K-Kill?!"

"I think we should leave her for now. And Aurora, maybe you should take your medicine for once."

Celestia placed the pills on the table next to her bed. Then she and Twilight left. Dash sighed.
"Princess, what did you mean by 'even if it could kill her'?"

"If she can't control her magic, it would overtake her and she would die from the impact. You know what happens when unicorn magic is too powerful for the caster?"

Twilight nodded. A cool shiver went down her spine at the thought.

"It's the same with her magic. You know that she already has a powerful Pegasi magic. What do you think how powerful her secret magic is?"

Twilight thought back to the night where Dash twitched and her spell activated itself from the immense magic coming from Dash. Twilight stopped in her tracks.

"Oh gosh.."

Was all Twilight could say and she fell to her haunches.
Celestia nodded back to her. Then she left Twilight back alone and went to her room.

Twilight would save her friend. She wouldn't let her down. Even if She didn't want to take her medicine. Twilight would MAKE her take them if she needed. She would prevent the worst from coming. She would prevent her from having another atta-
Come to think
What kind of attack is she having? Twilight had never really seen anything like this. Was it because of fear? Was it her magic? Wait, no. Her magic is blocked by the spell.

"Twilight?"

She turned to see the Pegasus standing behind her. She looked so much...weaker than when she woke up. A nurse joined them.

"We gave her the medicine. She should be fine for today."
The nurse left again.

"How are you feeling?"

Dash looked away for a moment and hesitated. She looked back at Twilight and frowned.

"Does it matter?!"
She flared her wings in anger, startling Twilight.

"Rainbow...what's wrong..."
Dash just walked past Twilight into her room and slammed the door.

Something was off. Totally. Why was Dash acting this way?
Twilight tried to puzzle the peaces together.
The pills, the attacks she still didn't know what about they were, the uncontrollable power, the way Dash acted, the way Celestia acted, the magic barriers...
What in Equestria is going on!?
Dash laid in her bed, staring at the ceiling, her wings spread. The door opened. She didn't care. Somepony stepped in and closed the door. She didn't care. She felt the bed sink a bit to her side. She didn't care. She felt a hoof touching her wing. She jumped, sat up and folded her wings.

"HEY! WATCH YOUR HOOVES!!!"
Twilight pulled her hoof tightly back onto her body. Defeated she left the Pegasus alone again and went to Celestia's room. She wanted to know what was going on, and nothing and no pony could stop her.

"Life is hard for her..."

"I can tell."

"She never wanted to be royalty. She only wanted to fly. We couldn't let her outside. It was too dangerous for her. If she had her magic activated while she's with other ponies, she would be in great danger."

"So..if you didn't let her outside, how did she earn her cutie mark? How did she perform the Sonic Rainboom? How did she meet Fluttershy and the rest of us? How-"

"Twilight!"

"I'm sorry..."

"Like I said, Aurora never wanted to be a royalty. She didn't want to know anything about her powers. She only wanted to fly and we forbade it. So one day she ran away."

"Okey, that sounds just like what Dash would do."

"Since she was only a filly-"

"What?!"

"-the guards were fast enough to catch her and bring her back. We had a little fight and then she was living by her father for a few years."

"Her father?"

"Twilight, I think you are aware of how fillies are made."

"I know, I just..never mind."

"Then she moved with Fluttershy to Ponyville. She would have gone anywhere only to stay away from the castle."

"Weren't you afraid that something would happen and that Dash would be in danger?"

"Of course I was. I am every single second she isn't here."

"Wait, what about her father? Where is he?"

"Twilight. He died years ago."

Twilight looked down. Celestia sighed.

"Why does she need those pills now? She never took anything...well at least I think so."
"Because she-"

A guards rushed into the room.
"Princess! We have four bearers of the elements of harmony and a dragon waiting outside, they want to come in."

"Let them inside."