Spirit of Dying

Spike ran as fast as his little legs would carry him. Twilight was back at the library trying to keep Pinkie Pie and the baby cake twins calm. The image of a hurt, bleeding Pinkie Pie entered Spike's mind, pushing him to move faster. His muscles strained as he ran to the hospital. Spike looked up at the drizzling sky and saw Rainbow Dash's house.

Rainbow Dash!

Spike hurried over to the cloud and called out.

"Rainbow Dash! RAINBOW DASH!"

Shuffling was heard from inside before Rainbow Dash stuck her head out the window.

"Spike? Ugh, it's the middle of the night. This better be important."

Spike tried to catch his breath and explain the situation to the rainbow colored mare.

"Blood. . . hurt. . . ambulance. . . library"

Rainbow Dash was immediately up and on full alert.

"What?! Is Twilight hurt?!"

"Not. . . not Twilight. . . Pinkie Pie!"

Spike coughed as his lungs calmed down enough for him to breath easier.

"I need you. . . to go. . . and get an ambulance."

Dashie saluted and was gone in a blur of colors.

Twilight placed a blanket over the shaking mare and the twin foals.

"Don't worry Pinkie Pie, an ambulance is on the way."

Twilight scooted closer tentatively.

"Pinkie. . . can I see the twins please?"

Pinkie Pie whimpered and pulled Pumpkin and Pound Cake closer to her. The foals were covered in mud, so Twilight could not tell if they were injured. Pinkie wrapped her hooves around the two and shook her head vigorously.

"N-No. P-Please don't h-hurt them! I-I did w-what you asked! I-I didn't sc-scream!"

Twilight felt a wave of anger wash over her. The bastard had used two foals against her friend?! Shaking away the anger, she turned to the cowering mare.

"I promise not to hurt them, I just want to make sure they're not injured."

Pinkie Pie looked up at the unicorn and her eyes cleared slightly

"Tw-Twilight?"

"Yes, Pinkie. It's me."

Pinkie Pie looked at Twilight before looking down at the twins and back again. Slowly, the pink party pony released Pumpkin and Pound Cake and scooted them gently over to Twilight. Twilight gave her a strained smile as she checked the twins over.

Rainbow Dash flew as fast as her wings would carry her without breaking the sound barrier. She wasn't sure what had happened, or how bad Pinkie Pie was hurt, but from the little information she got from Spike, it sounded bad. She reached the hospital and burst through the front doors.

"Somepony! Help!"

Several nurses rushed over to her.

"Miss, what's wrong?"

"M-My friend! She's hurt. We-we need and an ambulance!"

Rainbow Dash was terrified. Her wings were open wide, instinctively making herself look bigger. She kept rearing up a few inches off the ground, pawing and shuffling at the tile.

"Alright miss. Just calm down and tell us where she is and what happened."

"I-I don't know what happened, but she's at the library!"

"Alright, we'll send an ambulance team there right away."

A minuet later found Rainbow Dash flying above the Ambulance team. It was two ponies with a stretcher in between them, and a doctor and couple nurses running along side. Dashie flew ahead before circling back, trying to hurry the team along. Finally they reached the library, and Rainbow Dash kicked in the door. What she saw would be engraved into her memory for the rest of her life.

Twilight held the crying twins as she sat next to Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie was laying on the floor, a blanket hazardously kicked to the side. Her eyes were clenched shut in pain and her breathing was shallow and labored. Bruises and hoofprints littered her body. The blood, however, was worse. The location suggested. . .

Rainbow Dash swallowed back bile as she tried not to cry. When Pinkie Pie cried out in pain when they placed her and the twins on the stretcher, it was too much. Tears leaked from her eyes as she pinned back her ears, trying to block out the sound of Pinkie's pained moans.

Quickly, the team rushed them to the hospital. Twilight and Dashie on their tails. As the ran, Rainbow Dash turned to Twilight.

"Twilight. . . "

Rainbow Dash's voice cracked.

"Twilight. . . what happened?"

Twilight Sparkle just shook her head, tears in her eyes. Both were thinking the same thing.

Please be okay