Fear Her

Spirit slowly awoke to the sound of the heart monitor.  A mare with a messy bun stood hovering over her with bags under her eyes.

"Cookie?  Am I--in the hospital?" Spirit leaned up, looking around.

"Yeah.  Some mare found you in an alley and brought you here.  Neko and Thundra are on their way."

"Oh."

"Spirit, why were you in that alley in the first place?"

It almost seemed forever for Spirit to respond, but she finally did.

"Cookie, can I tell you something?"

"Sure, Spirit."

Just then, A nurse opened the door. "Miss Crunch, your friends are here."

"Alright." She responded to the nurse. "Hold that thought, Spirit. I'll be right back." She walked out with the nurse.

Spirit sighed, looking at her wing.  Last time she had been in the hospital was when she had her wing amputated.

***

Spirit Berry trudged down Ponyville streets, with her brave companion, Blue Moon.

"Hey, Spirit, you hungry? I feel like going to Sugar Cube Corner." Blue Moon asked, pointing towards SCC.

"Sure." Spirit nodded, the two walking inside to see a pink mare behind the counter, known as Pinkie Pie.

"Hiya, girls! What can I get ya?" Pinkie asked, smiling brightly.

"Two double chocolate supremes, please." Blue said, the two walking to a table.

"These are delicious!" Berry said, with a mouthful of cupcake. Blue nodded, biting hers.

"Hey, I'm gonna go see if they have a fillies room here. I'll be right back." Berry nodded, as Moon walked away to find a restroom.

Spirit Berry got up, a spark of light catching her eye. She looked outside, a large house in flames.

"Help!" A mare cried, as ponies began to gather.

She ran outside, staring at the burning house. There was an open window, the source of the yell coming from inside. Her wings spread, as she flew up and into the fire.

Spirit looked around, finding a young mare hiding in a corner. She lifted her onto her hooves, helping her towards the stairs and down. The mare escaped, as a large burning wooden plank fell from the ceiling, and onto Spirit's wing.

She screamed in pain, just able to manage to get her wing out from under. the plank had covered the door, so she used the open window, attempting to fly out. Her ability didn't last long, as she came crashing into town center.

Neko Paint turned around, to see a small mare laying on the ground near the fountain, unmoving.

"Is that...Cookie, come see!" Neko yelled, pulling Cookie Crunch to look at the laying mare.

Cookie and Neko ran up, kneeling down next to their friend, holding on for dear life.

"My wing! It hurts!" Spirit cried, unable to move her broken and burnt wing.

"Berry!" Blue Moon came running through the crowd, standing over her friend.

"Hold on!" Cookie yelled, as dark splotches began to crowd Berry's vision.

Darkness took her vision over, as she went unconscious.

A heart monitor beeped every few seconds, as Berry slowly opened her eyes.

Cookie, Neko, and Blue stood around her, along with a young nurse.

"Are you crazy!?" Blue yelled, "You just ran into a housefire!"

"It was for a good cause. There was a mare-"

"It doesn't mean you should run in to help. The firepony department would've came." Neko said, sighing.

"It would've been too late."

"Hmph. Anyways, your wing was in too bad of a condition." Cookie looked down, along with the others.

Berry slowly moved the blanket, to find nothing but a small stub, where her wing used to be.

"So they amputated it."

***

The hospital door slowly creaked out, revealing Golden Snow.  The mare trotted over to Spirit with a smile.

"And how many times have you been in this hospital?"

Spirit didn't answer, budging away from Snow.

"So scared of your baby sister, are we?"

Spirit glanced at the mirror, a knife catching her eye.  Snow was holding a knife.  A knife.

She let out a scream, rolling off the bed as Snow plunged the knife down.  It landed in the bed, luckily.  She got up unsteadily, opening her wings and heard her mechanical one power up almost immediately.  Spirit looked back just as Snow charged at her.  She dove towards the side, dodging Snow's knife just barely.  The hospital door opened, and several ponies came charging in.  Including her friends.

"Spirit!" Neko yelled, the entire cluster of ponies running towards the two.  Spirit spun around and smashed straight through the window.  She turned back, to see Snow levitating herself and following her.  Neko and Cookie were trailing behind, along with the hospital security.

"Come on, sis! Don't you want to play?" Snow called out, laughing.

"You killed my mother!  You are no sister of mine!" She flew down, grabbing several fruits from a fruit stand and throwing them at Snow.  An apple hit her head, causing her to go falling into a tent.  Spirit sighed in relief and suddenly hit a roof of a tent.  She slid down, faceplanting into the ground.

Spirit heard hooves landing on the ground near her.

"I'm alright!"

Hooves pulled her up.  In front of her stood Cookie, Neko, and Liz.  She awkwardly flushed in embarrassment with Liz there.

"You hit Liz's fruit stand, Spirit.  You okay?"  Cookie tilted her head.

"I'm fine."

"Well come on then, you have a lot to explain."