Chapters "Applejack?!" Rainbow Dash was flying around Ponyville looking for the Earth pony. She even looked for her at Sweet Apple Acres, but couldn't find her there. She even looked for Applebloom, Granny Smith and Big Mac there, but they were gone too. Then, she spotted her. Applejack was walking with her iconic saddle bag on her back and was heading between some buildings. Rainbow Dash didn't know why Applejack was going to town. If she was going to sell apples, she would have had the apple cart with her. No. She just had her saddle bag. Then, Rainbow Dash realized why Applejack was going into town. She was throwing a party! How could she forget that? Usually, party-throwing was Pinkie Pie's job, but this was a special occasion for Applejack. Even though Rainbow Dash didn't pay attention as to why this party was important to Applejack, she knew it was special. She flew down to greet Applejack.
"Hey AJ." Rainbow said flying towards Applejack. She landed beside her.
"Hey Rainbow." Applejack said, sounding stressed.
"What's wrong? You sound stressed."
"I am. I mean...it's the third time I've hosted this and each time I did, I wanted to change something to make it better. But if I keep changing things, it's going to end up like the party I threw at Sweet Apple Acres."
"What if I host it?" Rainbow Dash said, sounding confident.
"No! I mean...no Rainbow, you can't. It's Apple family tradition. Do you even know what I said as to why it is so important?"
"Yea."
"What did I say then?"
"Well um...you said that... it was important because...um...yeah...uh..."
"Exactly! You never listen Rainbow! I told you to listen! Why don't you listen?!"
"I have better things to listen to than listening why your stupid tradition is sooo important."
"Take that back."
"Make me."
Applejack was furious. She was done with Rainbow Dash being such a smartass. Right then and there, she punched Rainbow in the muzzle. Blood splattered on the wall next to them. Rainbow Dash got knocked back from the punch and was shortly on the ground, bleeding from her nose.
"What the fuck Applejack!" She stood up and was about to buck her until she felt Applejack's lasso tightening around her hind legs. She was trying her best to get out of it.
"Stop Rainbow. You're only making this harder on yourself." Applejack said trying to hold Rainbow Dash long enough for her to grow tired, but Rainbow Dash had other plans. Rainbow Dash kicked Applejack off of her which caused Applejack to fly through the air. She landed with a loud thud on the concrete ground. Rainbow Dash was going to tackle her but Applejack grabbed Rainbow and threw her on the wall, causing her to hit her head on the wall.
She fell and turned around and tried to buck her again but Apple jack grabbed her legs.
"It's over Rainbow. Just give up already."
She did. Rainbow Dash was profusely sweating, panting and was bleeding from the nose and head. Applejack wasn't even sweating at all.
"I know you want to host this but...you don't know what it is like to fail." She grabbed her saddle bag of the ground, tightened it and turned to Rainbow. "Goodbye Rainbow." She started walking towards where the party was going to be held at.
Rainbow just laid there, bleeding from her nose and her head. She slowly got up and started flying towards her house. Shortly after flying, she felt like passing out. She didn't know why. Maybe it was because she was tired after the fight or it was her head. It was bleeding pretty badly. It didn't matter. She shortly passed out.
Twilight was following the path. She didn't know where she was going. She was just out for a stroll. She then heard something heavy fall behind her. She saw the cyan pegasus herself and she swore her rainbow-colored mane wasn't that red. She walked towards her with caution, thinking this was a prank. She then saw the bleeding nose.
"Rainbow?" Twilight said, concerned. No answer. She then saw the dirt turn a different shade and then saw her head. It was bleeding. Badly.
"Rainbow! Oh no, what happened to you? Help! Is any pony here? She questioned with no answer. She realized Ponyville General Hospital is about a mile away. It was going to take her a long time to get there with this pegasus on her back, but she was going to try.
Twilight carried Rainbow Dash on her back like she has when they've gone drinking. Twilight could hear Rainbow Dash grunt as she tries to wake up.
"Shhh....shh. It's okay Rainbow. Go back to sleep." Twilight said, reassuring her wounded friend that everything is alright. She carried on although her back was killing her with the heavy cyan pegasus on her back.
Twilight made it to Ponyville General Hospital and sat down in the waiting room. Rainbow Dash had been checked and the doctor said that the head was the worst of her injuries. She had gotten a concussion from the fall, her nose was broken and her skull was fractured and would have had her skull split open if she had fell from a higher distance.
When Twilight was able to visit, she went to the side of her bed, sighed and looked out the window. She really couldn't see anything because the window was far away from where she was standing but she saw the sun was shining like any other day. She looked back down at Rainbow. She was still asleep. She had bandages wrapped around her head and her nose.
"Don't worry Rainbow," Twilight said as she started walking out the room she was just in, "We'll find whatever happened to you." Twilight then turned towards the door and walked out with the door shutting with a click.
The front doors slid open as Rainbow Dash walked out. The sun blinded her like she hasn't seen it in a while. To think of it, she hasn't. It's been 3 days since she was cooped up in that hospital. Her head and nose hurt like hell, like pouring salt in a wound. It felt like some pony hit her in the head with a baseball bat. Technically, that did happen. The doctors informed her to not fly too high because the altitude will cause her head to ache. Flying too fast will do the same. Everyday while she was cooped up in Ponyville General, she wondered how she got there. The last pony she remembered she saw was Twilight before she passed out. Maybe she had some answers. She started flapping her wings only to realize what the doctors said. She didn't want to walk. She was going to try to fly fast but not too fast. Just fast enough for her to not take forever to get there. She started flapping her wings, this time taking off.
Twilight was sitting down at her desk, reading a book when she heard a knock on the door. She didn't think is was important. She thought it was another salespony trying to sell something she didn't want or maybe it was Celestia's Witnesses. Her thoughts were cut off when the knocking turned into a banging. She groaned and got up from the stool she was sitting on. "Who in the name of Celestia is knocking on my door?" Twilight said to herself as she was walking down the stairs from her reading room. She didn't understand why Spike didn't answer the door. She opened the door to see the cyan pegasus. "Hey Rainbow. What brings you here?" Twilight questioned.
"Yeah. I got a question. So, the last pony I saw before I passed out was you, right? I know this might be a stupid question and it might be blatantly obvious the more I think about it but, the question is, did you carry me to the hospital?"
"Yes."
"By yourself?"
"Yes."
"Wow. You may not look like it, but you're a pretty strong mare." said Rainbow, slightly amazed.
"Well, it's not like it's my first time carrying you somewhere." Twilight said, ignoring the fact that Rainbow just insulted her.
"What do you mean?"
When we go drinking together, I would always carry you back home."
"How? You don't even have wings."
"Hot air balloon."
"Oh." Rainbow said. "I thought it would be some other pony like Soarin. I always saw him there."
"Nope. It was always me."
"Okay, look. There was another reason why I wanted to come see you. I shouldn't tell you this because you are the type of pony who would flip out hearing this but, you are probably wondering why I was knocked out and bleeding. Well, it was because... Applejack... well... beat me up. She punched me in the nose and then I hit my head on the wall."
"WHAT!!!!!"
Applejack was going towards the center of Ponyville. Granny Smith, Apple Bloom and Big Mac weren't with her because they went to town earlier than she did. She found the center of Ponyville. Good. Her legs were tired from the fight. But she didn't spot any pony. She was getting worried that no pony showed up.
"Surprise!"
Her whole family jumped from behind buildings, carts and bushes, causing her to jump. They saw her mane. It was a mess.
"What's wrong with her mane?" One family member said, sounding concerned.
Applejack sighed. "Nothing for you guys to get worried about. Just something between me and Rainbow Dash."
"What happened?" Apple Bloom said, questioning her big sis.
"She wanted to host this party but I said no. She called the party stupid and I punched her. Hard. In the nose. I got her good. Then, she kept going. She hit her head on one of the walls 'cause I threw her."
"WHAT?!"
"We got to help her! She must've been hurt. We need to take her to the hospital." Apple Bloom said.
"All right. We'll find her and get her to the hospital." Applejack said, heading towards where they had the fight, with Apple Bloom and Big Mac behind her.
"She was just here!" Applejack said, pointing at the ground, showing where she was minutes ago. "She wouldn't have gone far."
"Maybe she's at the hospital. She probably could've flown off." Apple Bloom said, pointing out the cyan feathers on the ground.
"Shit. Alright. Change of plans. Big Mac, go back to the party and tell everypony there will be a delay. Apple Bloom, you're coming with me. We're going to Ponyville General Hospital and check to see if she's there."
They were running towards Ponyville General Hospital. Their legs were getting tired but they ignored the pain.
"Are you sure she didn't fly off towards her house?" Apple Bloom said.
"If she did, we have to warn the staff if she isn't there."
"Ok." Apple Bloom said, hoping that Rainbow Dash was already at the hospital.
They have arrived at Ponyville General Hospital.
"Is there a pony named Rainbow Dash that checked in here recently?"
"Calm down there. What is your name?"
"Applejack."
"Okay. Her room is 107."
"Thanks." Applejack said before zooming off to find her room. Once she found her room, she opened the door slowly.
Rainbow Dash was half asleep. Rainbow Dash could still hear everything around her. She heard the door to the room creak open and close with a click and a set of hooves went to one side of her hospital bed. She was slowly waking up and her head was throbbing in pain. When she woke up, she checked to see who was intruding her long sleep. What she saw was a orange earth pony with a cowboy hat on her head and was wearing a face of concern and a pale, lightish grayish olive pony and wearing a pink bow on her head, was standing beside her big sister. She knew they were Applejack and Apple Bloom. What did Applejack want with her, considering the fact that she beat up her mere minutes ago, she didn't want anything with her.
"Hey Rainbow." Applejack said. She was obviously sweating. She didn't know what to expect.
"Hey Applejack." Rainbow said, clearly tired. "What do you want?" She said obviously mad at what happened minutes ago.
"We wanted to see if you were alright. I got you pretty good. How'd you get here?"
"Yeah, you got me good. Past out trying to fly to my house. How I got here, I don't know."
"How bad are the injuries?"
" Minor concussion. Broken nose." Rainbow Dash said, with a smile on her face. Then her smile slowly faded. "Look Applejack...I-I'm sorry...for...what I said. I take back whatever I said and did to you at that time."
"I forgive you. It's just that next time, think before you say something stupid."
"Okay."
"Well, we just wanted to check on you, see where you were. I'll come back soon."
"Bye AJ." Rainbow Dash said sounding happy considering her situation.
"Bye Rainbow." Applejack said with a sad tone in her voice.
With that, the door to the room creaked open once again and closed with a click.
Rainbow Dash was fully awake by now after the talk with Applejack. The sun was bright outside and she could hear the birds chirping. She then heard some hoof steps outside her door and heard the door creak open and close with a click like it did last time. This time, the pony who entered was not an adult earth pony with her little sis, it was a cream colored unicorn with glasses and wearing a white coat. She didn't really care what his name was, but she knew he identified as a doctor.
"Hello Rainbow Dash. How are you feeling today?"
"I'm doing great Doc. Why are you asking?"
"It's my job to make sure that the ponies in this hospital are alright. I don't want them feeling like they're going to die or something."
"Oh. Yeah. Right." Rainbow Dash said, feeling like that was a stupid question.
"Well, I'm here to tell you some good news. You are getting released tomorrow so you better get ready to leave tomorrow. And no sneaking into the hospital once you're out."
"Heh heh. Yeah that won't happen again Doc. Besides, I don't think there is any reason to sneak in here anymore. It's kinda lame in here."
"Well, that's your punishment for hurting yourself by trying new tricks." Rainbow Dash cringed at that. She wanted to tell him that she didn't hurt herself but she didn't want any pony to know but herself and Applejack. She hopes Applejack doesn't tell any pony else.
"Well, I just came in here to tell you that you're leaving tomorrow and to make sure you're alright." He said before he started walking towards the door.
"Hey Doc."
"Yes?" He said turning around.
"N-never mind."
"Okay." He said before he opened the door with his magic and it made the same creak and it closed with a click for the third time.
"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" Twilight said. "Why would she punch you?"
"You're probably are going to know why sooo easily. It was my fault. I called her tradition stupid." Rainbow said, with guilt spread across her face.
"Of course you caused it. Why did you call her tradition stupid?"
"Because she acted like I never listen! Like I was fucking retarded or something! I didn't care why it was so important because there are better things to listen to that why that tradition is so important!"
"Well, you have to listen to certain things. It could mean your life one day. It nearly did. Your head would've split open if you fell from an even greater height. You know what you should do is apologize for what you said."
"i already did when she came to visit me."
"Oh. Okay."
"Alright Twi. I'm going to go to my house. I'm pretty exhausted. Being around you can also get pretty boring."
Twilight gave her a cold stare. "You know I know your secrets so don't test me." Twilight said intensely.
"What do you mean?"
"You like Fluttershy, don't you?"
"How do you know?" Rainbow said blushing harder than she ever had done before and was profusely sweating. The only time she ever blushed hard was when she went out drinking with Twilight. She had feelings for all of them. All of them, except Rarity. She doesn't have feelings for Applejack anymore. Not after she beat her up.
"Well I have a horn, smart-ass. I also have lots of years of experience with magic. I also know that you have feeling for Pinkie Pie and me, but you mostly like Fluttershy."
The sad thing is that Twilight was right, and Rainbow has to admit, Fluttershy was kinda cute.
"i know what you're thinking, even when you don't realize it."
"Yeaaaaaaaah. I'm..going..to..go now. See ya!" She went of in a flash. Twilight sighed. She had to keep her lips sealed for Rainbow's crush or that would start another fight and she knows Rainbow would lose. She doesn't won't to hurt her more than she already is.