Author's Note

Ugghhhhhhhh! I hate writing scenes like this! Well, you guys seem to like this... so Imma keep writing it, but nopony and I mean NOPONY is going to die! After this... no more sad stories! All happy... because that's what I'm good at!

Stay With Her

The time has come. It was time to perform.

Once Spitfire had announced what was happening, the Wonderbolts all gathered together to do a exorcize to calm their nerves and then they all stood near the door to fly into the outside world.

But before that happened. Rainbow Dash recited a few things in her mind:

Stay Strong, Stay Strong...I know you can do this Rainbow. The pain you are feeling is not there. Forget about it! Forget about everything that is irritating you right... NOW! and then they were off! They flew off into the skies, feeling free as ever! Even Soarin forgot all of his troubles. Rainbow Dash no longer felt pain and Soarin felt no stress or worries. They were calm, finally.

Rainbow Dash was really looking forward to her Sonic Rainboom that she was going to perform, but she focused on the choreography at that moment. When she flew next to Soarin, she smiled at him. Soarin smiled back... feeling relieved that she was actually okay, but that made him think about what he said in the bathroom... but he told himself that didn't matter right now. Fly now, apologize later.

Rainbow Dash flew high into the sky, eager to perform the Sonic Rainboom part of her performance. She could feel the wind on her face and she could hear the screams of Scootaloo in the crowd.

"Go Rainbow Dash!!!!!! Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash!" she chanted. Fluttershy silently cheered off to the side.

The blue mare made a turn so that she faced the ground diagonally and she zoomed at high speeds towards the ground. It was ready to perform, the Sonic Rainboom. She zoomed and hit the air, creating a huge Sonic Rainboom that made the crowd cheer so loudly. Soarin yelled as he was flying: "Whoo! That was great Rainbow!" Soarin smiled at her from down below. Rainbow Dash smiled back, but he smiled turned into a frown and Soarin was aware of this. "Rainbow?"

Rainbow Dash wrapped her forearms around her stomach. She felt the most terrible and awful pain she had ever felt. The world started to get fuzzy to her. "Soarin..." she tried to yell out but it came out as only a whisper. "Soarin." the next one was louder. "Ugh!" with that she started to fall, head first. All of the Wonderbolts gasped. Soarin went as fast as he could to catch Rainbow and was successful. He cradled her in his arms and proceeded to gently slap her face a few times because her eyes were closed. "Rainbow! Rainbow! Rainbow wake up!"

Rainbow had passed out from pain but was awoken by Soarin and she wish she wasn't.

"Oh thank Celestia!" Soarin said. The Wonderbolts crowded around them. They all observed Rainbow and asked what was wrong with her and what happened.

Spitfire took action and she called off the performance. Fluttershy flew down with Scootaloo and they crowded around Rainbow and Soarin once they landed on the ground. They placed Rainbow Dash on a blanket.

"Dash!" Spitfire said softly but alarmed. "What's wrong? Tell us."

Rainbow Dash took many shuddered breaths before speaking. "The right side. The right-" she interrupted herself with a loud groan.

"One of you!" Spitfire addressed the Wonderbolts loudly, which made them jump. "Call an ambulance, now!" one of them ran to call an ambulance. "Soarin and Scootaloo, stay with her!" Spitfire then pulled Fluttershy to the side. "Fluttershy, you were with Rainbow right?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Did her temperature ever reach 100?"

Fluttershy looked over at Rainbow Dash. She didn't want to tell Spitfire but she cared about Rainbow's health and it looked like she was suffering a lot, too much for her to handle. "Yes... yes it did."

"And you guys didn't tell me?"

"Rainbow didn't want to... but she felt strong enough to do this. She believed she could." Flutershy said with confidence.

"That's not to point. Her life could be on the line right now. Her temperature reached 100, that could be anything! The Feather Flu, Pegasus Pox... anything. She's complaining about her right side... so that could be-"

"I called an ambulance! They're on their way!" said one Wonderbolt.

Rainbow Dash was in so much pain that it was unbearable, she tried to get something out to Soarin and Scootaloo but was in too much pain. But she heard the conversation between Scootaloo and Soarin.

Scootaloo was shaking and was terrified. "S-Soarin... what's going to happen?"

"I don't know, Scootaloo... I don't know."

"I'm scared... but I know she'll be okay... she's a strong fighter."

"Yes, indeed she is. Very strong. We must never forget that."

Rainbow Dash could endure it anymore. She passed out from pain. It was official... she pushed herself way... too... hard.