A Prank Too Far

by MidnightInkpaw

Rating: everyone
Tags: Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe, Rainbow Dash, Sad, Other, Slice of Life
Length: 2268

Rainbow Dash tried to prank the whole town. Now they, including Dashs' friends prank her back. And everything goes wrong

I wanted to do better than the original story I wrote. It will be a little different this time, hopefully. (This might have a sequel if you chose the right choice.) Click here to see the original .

Rainbow Dash tried to prank the entire town but Pinkie had an idea to prank her back. A lot of things go wrong, just because of a lesson Rainbows' friends tried to teach her.

Edit: Sequel on hiatus.

Published 2016-12-22 15:40:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-12-30 12:37:38 UTC

Life on the line

The citizens of Ponyville cornered Rainbow Dash in the barn. Pinkie and the rest of her friends were in front and all the windows and doors were blocked by wood planks, Dash was trapped.

No, there has to be some other way to escape. Rainbow thought as she looked around to see if there was some other opening out of the barn. She held a cookie box as if it were a shield in a feild of flames, trying not to panic. Finally, she looked up. Well, it's worth a shot. Rainbow thought as she flew straight up, making a hole at the roof of the barn.

Applejack sighed. "Great, now ah' have tah' fix the roof after this." Regardless of her annoyance, she was still worried for her friend.

Rainbow flew away from the barn and out of Ponyville. For some reason, she was still carrying the cookie box. She looked like she was about to cry, her friends gave her a bad fright. But it was not because of thinking they were zonbies, no it definitely was not because of that. It was because of who she thought were zombies.Rainbow was so caught up with her thoughts that she soon found herself at a place called Horseshoe Valley without even knowing. She knew this place.Suddenly, memories flooded her mind. They were all about her friends and the times they were here.

The first one came up, it was about her and Applejack. Rainbow and Applejack had an argument and decided to race to settle the conflict. As they were racing through Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack tripped on a small rock and tumbled to the ground. Rainbow had stopped too and began to tease her and soon, the race became a game of tag. They were too busy playing that they did not notice that they ended up at Hoseshoe Valley. As soon as they did, Applejack just said goodbye and did not mind about the race anymore. Instead, she actually enjoyed playing with Dash. Dash smiled weakly but was reminded of the barn and flinched.

Next, an image of Rarity popped in. Both of them found each other at the new store in Ponyville that was currently being constructed and had a long conversation. They were not paying attention to the road they were taking and stumbled upon this place. Rarity soon noticed and alerted Dash about it. Rarity went near the waterfall and gasped, saying something about it being divine or something equally annoying. Dashs' smile grew a little.

Another memory came up, except, Dash seemed to be alone in this scene. Out of nowhere, Pinkie appeared with her party cannon and blasted it in her face. Now Rainbow remembered what day it was. April Fools day. She smiled more and even giggled a little. But the memory did not finish playing just yet. Apparently, Fluttershy was visiting some of her animal friends that lived there and spotted Rainbow and Pinkies' prank war in the distance. Fluttershy felt something tug her mane and looked down to see Angel Bunny handing her a water balloon. Of course Fluttershy knew what Angel meant and with a sly smirk, she went off to proceed with the asult. The three of them had fun all afternoon throwing pranks and jokes at each other. Rainbow giggled a little harder.

Finally, one more memory began to play in Rainbows' head. It was one of the reading sessions she had with Twilight. Twilight had decided to go somewhere else to read instead of staying in the library. Even when Rainbow had gotten used to the smell of books and ink, she agreed. They flew out of Ponyville to get some peace to read and found a good spot on a small hill here. Twilight did not keep track of the time and they stayed up so late that Twilight fell asleep while Dash was reading to her. Dash put away the book and she had to carry Twilight back to the castle. Dash was really starting to feel better, but the good mood did not last long.

Rainbow looked down and saw the cookie box and remembered the situation now. She frowned as she remembered that her friends were no longer with her. She felt something wet roll down her cheek, she was crying. And she did nothing to stop as she cried freely. Rainbow looked back at the cookie box and opened it. All the cookies were untouched.

I did this to them, it's only fair that I did the same to myself. Rainbow thought as she proceeded to eat one of the cookies.

** Back at the barn ( a few minutes ago )**

Twilight and the rest knew they had took the prank too far when they saw the horror on Dashs' face. One of the ponies saw her going to Horseshoe Valley and proceeded to look for her there.

** Horseshoe Valley **

As soon as Twilight and the rest got there, they went on to look for Dash hoping that they were not too late.

Fluttershy heard a shuffle in one of the bushes and she tried to locate where the sound came from. To her horror, she found Rainbow Dash dangerously close to the edge of a cliff. Rainbow did not seem like herself, she was unaware of her surroundings. Fluttershy tried to come to her as quietly as she could. But unfortunately, Rainbow noticed and tried to back away. There was no more ground behind Rainbow and she fell back and down the edge.

Fluttershy screamed and flew down to try to save her friend. Twilight and the others heard her scream and ran over as quickly as possible. The others gasped as they watched Rainbow Dash fall and Fluttershy chase after her.

200 Feet

Twilight dove down after her two friends.

150 Feet

Twilight overtook Fluttershy.

100 Feet

Fluttershys' wing got scratched by a branch and stopped chasing Rainbow.

50 Feet

Twilight was crying by now.

20 Feet

Twilight was inches away from Rainbow

10 Feet

Twilight slowed down.

5 Feet

Twilight closed her eyes shut.

Rainbow had hit the ground and the mane 5 did not waste time to take Rainbow Dash to the hospital, hoping that there was still a chance to save her.

Author's Note

Now, you decide Rainbows' fate. Vote!

Option 1: Sad end
Option 2: Happy end
Option 3: Live but...

Write your choice in the comments. 1,2 or 3. (CLOSED)
I will tell you what I had planned for all endings.

And she...

Twilight paced back and forth between the same crystal floor she had for the past three weeks. It was past midnight and Spike had went to sleep hours ago, even when she promised him that she would get a good nights rest this time, Twilight had stayed up still thinking about the safety of her friend.

Twilight had sent a letter to Princess Celestia telling her about the incident. Of course the Princess was shocked to hear that one of the Elements of Harmony had been severely injured and was even more surprised that it was Pinkies idea to begin with. After bringing Rainbow Dash to the Ponyville Hospital, Time Turner, or Dr. Whooves, stopped by to pick up an ingredient only for medical purposes for one of his experiments. He heard about Rainbows condition and volunteered to help save her.

"Surely I could do something to prevent her death." Dr. Whooves argued.

"What can anypony do to prevent ones' death? We have done all we can to try to save her. Now all we can do is make the pain more bearable until the time is up." Nurse Redheart explained.

"What are her injuries?"

Nurse Redheart looked at the clipboard in her hooves."Well, she has several broken ribs, both of her wings are broken, her left arm isn't doing well either, and her skull is cracked, badly, which may have caused severe damage to the brain. She lost a lot of blood too, which may affect on how she moves. Oh dear."

"Oh dear indeed." The Doctor sighed. "Could you at least let me try to help her?" He nearly sounded like he was begging at this point.

Nurse Redheart sighed. "I guess things couldn't get worse. Yes, I will let you help. After all, I have heard some interesting things from you doc."

"Thank you, Nurse Redheart." Dr. Whooves smiled.

Yes, Twilight had been informed about Dr. Whooves offer to help Rainbow Dash and after a long talk, she finally agreed. But even when she agreed, there was a voice at the back of her head that doubted The Doctor would fix everything.

Twilight did not notice the footsteps coming from the other room and it sounded like it was heading towards her. She did not notice someone had opened the door to her the room. She did not even notice the comforting claw that rested on her shoulder. She was too lost in her thoughts.

"Twilight?" A voice that could have only belonged to a small baby dragon of green and purple scales. Twilights train of thoughts was broken.

"Gah! Spike, aren't you supposed to be sleeping?" Twilight squealed.

Spike sighed. "I could say the same for you." He shot back. "Come on, you Pinkie Promised that you would get some sleep tonight. Just one night. I'm sure that Rainbow wouldn't want you to lose your sleep because of her, right? If not for her, then do it for me. Please." Spike cooed, giving his best puppy dog eyes.

Twilight hesitated for a while befor finally giving in. "Fine, I'll just keep all these books and scrolls."

Spike mentally cheered and went back to his room.

Twilight sighed again. "I just hope you're okay, Rainbow."

** The Friendship Castle ( 8:00 a.m. ) **

"Twilight! Twilight?!" A voice called through the crystal walls.

"Ughh, a few more minutes." Twilight muttered as her body rolled closer to the edge of the bed. "Gah!"

"Twilight? Twilight, get up! I just got s letter fro- uhh. Twilight?" Spike said as he opened the door to see Twilight laying on the floor, mane unkept and feathers ruffled, rubbing her side. "Are you ok?" Spike snickered.

"Haha, go ahead, laugh it up." Twilight deadpanned as she rolled her eyes.

"Aww come on, I was only joking. Anyway, I got a letter from Ponyville Hospital, they said to come immediately." Spike announced, putting on a serious face

"Why?

"They didn't say. It just says this." Spike handed over the letter to Twilight.

Twilight read the letter once, then again, and again. She couldn't find anything else. She looked at the back of the page, nothing was written. "Well then Spike, we'll have breakfast later. If this is an emergency, we're going."

"Ok, but what do you think this is about." Spike asked.

"I think I have an idea but hopefully it's good news."

** Ponyville Hospital **

"What!?! What do you mean 'reset'?!"

"I left that part to you! What happened? I already did the hard part!"

"I don't know! A screen just popped up and said that the process had an error with transfering all the information."

"How many percent of information was transferred?"

"Eleven percent."

"Only?!"

Twilight and Spike sat in the waiting area and had listened to the ongoing conversation through the doors. She nor Spike knew what any of them were talking about. Finally, both ponies came out of the room and saw the alicorn and dragon.

"Oh uh, greetings Miss Sparkle, I suppose you got our letter." Doctor Stable asked.

"Yes, I did. What is this about Doctor? Although, I may have already guessed."

"Ah, yes. The reason why we called you here is indeed because of your friend. You may see her now." Doctor Stable said. Time Turner remained silent as they both led Twilight and Spike through the hallways.

Time Turner opened the door to let them in. "The staff had also contacted the rest of your friends so they should be here soon." He and Doctor Stable looked at each other worriedly.

Twilight, Spike, and the doctors walked into the room, which was noticed by Dash, who was sitting on the bed. She looked different. Her left wing had a flexible metal case while her right was wrapped in bandages, her left hoof, parts of her body and both of her back hooves were made of metal too, her head was covered in bandages and her right eye seemed... robotic.

Twilight gasped. This is what they did these past three weeks? "Rainbow? Is that you?"

Rainbow looked at her quizzically. "Uhh, hello Miss. How may I help you?" Dash said in a metallic voice.

Twilight was confused now. Why had Dash called her 'Miss'? Or why did she talk like that? "Don't you remember me, Dash?"

"No, I can't, I can't remember anything."

And she lived, but most of her memory was erased.

Author's Note

Welp, you guys wanted option 3 so here it is. Yep.

So here's what I had planned for the other endings

1 (sad ending): Dash would be announced dead and have a funeral for her. The mane 5 would think she was dead, but was she really dead? (Possible sequel)
2 (happy ending): Dash would be in the hospital nearly dying when Starlight preformed a spell to help her. The tension builds but Dash lives! (Ends there)

When I meant sad and happy, I meant for what the characters would feel at the end.