Dash was scrolling through Twitter and Facebook in her boredom. She didn't know if she should feel embarrassed or grateful that so many people seem to care about what happened to her. A lot were about hoping she'll feel better soon, others were hate comments from Crystal Prep accusing her of being overly dramtic and ruining the game; and some were about building hate groups against Crystal Prep.

Some ask how she's doing, some just wish her well, and someone posted that school is boring when nobody pranks the worst teacher in school. That one made her smile.

The door opening made her look up from her phone and she was surprised to see the girls from Crystal Prep walk in with her friends.

Sunset gave her a gentle smile. "These two have something to tell you." She nodded towards Lightning Dust and Gilda.

Gilda was the first to speak up. "We've learned that our actual plan could have turned out way worse than we thought and.. um.."

"We are really, truly sorry." Lightning Dust finished.

Applejack had her arms crossed over her chest with a satisfied grin on her face.

"It's alright." Dash said. The two girls couldn't believe their ears.

"What?!"

"Are you for real?!"

"We almost.. Killed you!"

"And you just forgive us?!"

"Yup."

"WHY?!" They ask in usion.

"Simple. Because you learned your lesson. I know you didn't intend for this to happen. Plus we ALL know that Crystal Prep has some overly-competitive students who only care about winning, soo... uh, no offense, Twi."

"None taken."

"So, when are you getting outta here?" Sunset asked, trying to change the subject since the two girls were still in shock.

"They're gonna release me later today when my parents come from work to pick me up. Finally.."

"YASSSS!!!!!!!" Pinkie suddenly screamed with her arms up and jumped on Dash's hospital bed. "You have absolutely NO idea how boooooring school can be without you around!"

Dash laughed when she remembered the post earlier, thinking that it could have been Pinkie (if she didn't already know her nicknames). Her lungs didn't appreciate the spasms her muscles did and she ended up hacking her lungs out.

At least that's what everyone in the room was sure about. Half of them were panicking and one second away from pressing the emergency button. That only made things worse. Dash was used to these situations and knew that panicking doesn't help - it only makes it worse. She simply took the inhaler from the table next to her bed and took a few puffs, no big deal.

She was too busy getting air at first to notice the others panic, but once she noticed it, she just got mad. That was exactly why she never wanted anyone to know - because they would all treat her differently. They wouldn't see her as the tough one, the sports star, the football champion.

They would see her as a vulnerable girl that needs to be monitored at all times.

And that was something she hated so much more than bullies.

She absolutely hated pity.

"Are you alright?!"

"Pinkie be careful, she still needs to rest!"

"I'm sorry!"

"Should we get a nurse?!"

"Maybe there actually are some lasting damages!"

"But didn't the doctor say-"

"WOULD YOU JUST SHUT UP FOR A SECOND?!"

All eyes turned towards the source of the hoarse scream, which voice cracked at so many places.

"Darling, I think yelling isn't going to-"

"Just be quiet! This is exactly why I never wanted to tell you guys!"

"..Pardon?"

"You guys don't treat me like you used to!"

"We're just trying to look out for you!"

"You never had to before!"

"Because we didn't know! ..oh.."

"Yeah. Oh!" Dash snapped.

"Look, sugarcube, we're jes tryin'a look out fer ya. Ya can't really blame your friends for carin'."

"No. Not for caring. But pitying, yes I can."

"Oh darling, please! We are Not pitying you!"

Dash raised an eyebrow.

Short silence.

"Well.. not on purpose to make you feel that way..."

The two Crystal Prep girls felt awkward just standing there, listening to their conversation.

"So...we kinda still got school.." Lightning Dust started. That seemed to get the other girls attention, who apparently completely forgot about them for a moment.

"Right, sorry! We'll see you in school, Dash!" Sunset yelled over her shoulder as she pushed out the rival-school girls.

"Yeah, I guess.."

Author's Note

Okay this kinda sucked I guess. Sorry. I couldn't get a feeling into the conversation and just wanted to get it over with. I got a lot of ideas for this story, and I guess it's gonna be longer than the predicted 10-15k words I first thought of.
I wrote all this on my pc with no correction thingy I usually got on my iPad! I'm proud of that cuz I kinda have a tendency to dyslexia (ok yeah I copied this word from google ) and I often (always.) confuse letters and complete words and such. Therefore it took me a lot longer cuz I always had to write the workds again and again until they looked right xD don't ask me why I didn't just switch to my iPad. I don't know that myself. Still, if you find mistakes feel free to point them out!

PS really sorry for the wait (again), let's just say my life is pretty shit right now and it's work to get outta bed in the morning. Or hours after "morning". in other words I got another episode -.-
oh well I hope the next chapters will come sooner than after... weeks? months? I lost track of time .-.