"GOOOOAAAAL!!!!!"

The audience cheered when the ball hit the net. It then began chanting the name of the best player of the Canterlot High team.

"RAINBOW DASH!!! RAINBOW DASH!!! RAINBOW DASH!!!"

It's great to be the star of the school from time to time.

But fame has its downsides too. The Crystal Prep team was glaring daggers at the colorful sports star. Especially a green girl with yellow hair. She went over to her co-runner.

"Can you believe it? What is wrong with our team today?!" Lightning Dust exclaimed.

"I know. But we aren't bad. We are champions! The only thing in our way is this rainbow on legs!" Gilda grunted out.

"We have to find a way to eliminate her."

"Agreed."

The coach whistled, getting their attention back and starting another round.

* * *

The game ended with 5:2 for Canterlot High. The team was in the locker rooms getting dressed. Lightning Dust and Gilda were watching their enemy closely, searching for any weak spot. Most injuries are only tended to after games but to their misery she didn't appear to be in any pain.

Rainbow Dash's friends came in. Nobody minded, her team was used to her friends coming to her after games and training. Though it didn't go as well with the Crystal Prep team, who glared or looked confused at the intruders.

"Rainbow Dash! That was soooo amazing!!!" Pinkie Pie cheered as she hugged her friend who was just tying her shoes.

"Heh thanks. Wasn't a big deal, really. It was just Crystal Prep." She said with a smirk and Pinkie released her.

Twilight twirled a streak of her hair awkwardly, having been on that school before she got to Canterlot High. Sunset nudged her and gave her a gentle smirk.

"Don't be so modest, Darling. It was mostly you who shot the goals. Your team would be lost without you-. No offense!" Rarity said quickly when their team gave her a look. They all only shrugged in response, since they couldn't exactly argue with it. It was the truth after all.

"So are you in for a movie?" Sunset asked.

"Actually, I was gonna go train for a while. I want to be at my best when the final games are up next week."

"Are you kidding?! You're the best athlete I've ever seen!!" Twilight almost screamed, eyes wide.

Dash chuckled at her. Twilight was kind of adorable when she was acting like Scootaloo.

"Yeah well, see you guys tomorrow." She said and put her bag over her shoulder before waving to her team mates and walking out with her friends.

"We so got to eliminate her." Gilda hissed on the other side of the lockers.

"Agreed." Lightning hissed back and they went after the CHS star.

* * *

Having her own football always in her backpack (books are for eggheads, ya know?) Dash got it out and started kicking it around on the wide field. It was so nice, the speed, the wind in her hair, the control over the ball...

her chest tightening. She groaned and ignored it, taking deep calm breaths and kept running. After a few rounds it only got worse and she had to cough. She stopped the ball and went at a slower pace back to her bag, remembering that she didn't have her inhaler in her normal shorts but left them in her training pants.

Unbeknownst to her, two girls were watching her the whole time. First they gave up on searching any weak spots and just studied her moves. Then it looked like she was having trouble breathing and only two rounds later she was doubled over coughing. Bingo.

They hid behind a bush to stay invisible as the girl came back to her bag and seemed to be searching for something in quite a rush. She had to stop searching for a moment again when a coughing fit ran through her chest. Then she finally got a hold of the item.

It was an inhaler. The girl quickly opened the cap and pressed it against her lips, took a deep breath to let the medicine spread into her lungs.

Behind a bush the two girls were high five-ing. The sound startled her and she was quick to run over to the noise.

"Can I help you?" She asked sternly, trying to hide her panting.

"Oh don't mind us, we were just on our way home." Gilda said as they both stood up.

"Hey I know you. You're from Crystal Prep!"

"Hey, good memory! And there I thought lack of oxygen was bad for the brain." Lightning Dust teased and laughed.

Realization drew onto Dash's face.
They had seen.
They knew.

"Yeah. How can you kick the ball so precise to hit into the goal when you can't even breathe right?" Gilda mocked. They both started laughing hysterically.

Dash was thinking of something to respond. She really was. But her brain was so busy processing what this could do to her, now that the enemy knew about her problem.

"Come on Gilda. I think we got her a little breathless! Hahahahaha!!!!" They both broke out laughing again and went their own way.

Dash just stood there for a moment. Rage filled her venes and she glared at the damn inhaler in her hand. Clenching her hands into fists she smashed the medical item into the ground and heavily stepped on it.

It didn't help. Getting angry now wouldn't make them forget. In her blind rage she just grabbed her ball, stuffed it back into her bag and made her way home.

Completely forgetting about a certain object that was still pressed into the dirt.

Author's Note

Hey guess what I'm still alive. If barely.
Because, turns out, I've had asthma my whole life without knowing it. Only now that I think about it, it all comes clear to me. So now I only leave the house with my inhaler because I kinda tend to have attacks when inhaling smoke from cigarettes (I've never smoked in my life, ever.) or even simple dust from cars is enough to make me have so bad coughing fits that my chest gets so tight and hurts until I have literally no choice but to use the damn inhaler.

I am so mad at my life you have no idea. Anorexia, clinical depression and now asthma. Nothing can be cured. Weeeeee I love my life.

Anyways, hope you enjoy.