Doctor Stable strolled out the operating room after an exhausting four hours of surgery, never in his hospital career with Rainbow Dash or any pony after Discords reign had ever seen this level of trauma or this kind of injury before. Thankfully a few staff members that weren’t particularly bothered with Dashes pranks were on standby when the local DJ, Vinyl Scratch, carried in the bloody and mangled body of Rainbow Dash. The staff carried Dash into the operating room and began to operate with very small details of her condition.
Doctor Stable brought a hoof to his head before sighing softly and speaking out with a professional but borderline aggressive tone.

“Friends of Miss Dash please come to me…”

Twilight, Pinkie pie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Spike stood up quickly before walking to Dr Stable. Dr Stable saw the faces of Dashes friends and felt his heart stop for a solid few seconds; Pinkie pie was an absolute mess, her main no longer poofy while her eyes were bloodshot from crying. Dr Stable could see the scar on her back right leg opening up, reminding him to take her in and stitch it up before her prosthetic leg tears into her muscles. Applejack was the only one in a stable condition and position to hear the news without the fear of her breaking down publicly but her eyes had the dark bags under her eyes from the lack of sleep. Rarity’s makeup was running down her muzzle as her eyes twitched from being both dirty and guilty of being a terrible friend. Dr Stable couldn’t blame them, the prank was harmless but somepony got hurt and they have to live with the guilt of putting Ms Dash in this crisis. Twilight wasn’t fairing any better, being known for having a panic attack when anything became far too much for her to mind to process. Thankfully the Anxiety suppressants were keeping the young alicorn from barging past him and into the operating room. Spike was holding twilights right forehoof tightly, his claws piercing the flesh of twilight but otherwise much more stable than his charge. Fluttershy the poor dear was hyperventilating, her eyes bloodshot while her body trembled in terror and guilt. She was on the verge of a full blown mental breakdown. It was no secret that she and Dash grew up together in cloudsdale and moved to ponyville together. Many of the staff figured Dash and Flutters being a couple but Dash had last time explained to nurse Redheart that she’s still single but waiting for her partner to sweep her off her hooves. Dr Stable coughed into his hoof before speaking to the group, completely hoping that no pony else had to be put under.

“Ms Dash suffered a serious injury to her body; her left wing completely shattered, her spine slightly out of place, her ribs had several fractures while one puncture her left lung. While suffering from internal bleeding we discovered that a large impact wound had pierced her throat muscles and severely damaging her esophagus. Her vocal cords were critical damaged from the piercing and it wasn’t until we discovered this that we realized that her brain wasn’t receiving oxygen. It might be likely that she was brain was starved for oxygen for a solid hour and a half, we had to put her under heavily to even attempt to preform the surgery. Thankfully we managed to save her but she her pain had completely shut her consciousness down and leaving her in a comatose state…”

The group gasped loudly as their heard about Dashes injuries but to be put into a comatose state made all of them start to sob uncontrollably. Dr Stable sighed softly as he hugged them softly.

“Unfortunately we cannot do anything else but place her in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the foreseeable future and pray to Celestia and Luna that she comes out soon with only a slight speech impediment and her lack to fly again… I suggest that you head home and rest… Ms Dash needs you all to be strong for her.”

The group said nothing but left the hospital in a slowly pace, traumatized and feeling like the worst villains in history for doing this to their friend. Pinkie pie and Fluttershy were sobbing loudly before splitting from the group to return home, shortly after Applejack silently sobbed as she shortly after pinkie pie and Flutters left. Rarity couldn’t hold in anymore and broke down sobbing, spike left go of twilight and went to rarity and began to hold her tightly as they sobbed together. Twilight looked up at the moon with her eyes narrowed on the moon as of the moon was judging her before Twilight let her head hang down and unfolded her wing and walking to her home, her wings getting dirty and her feathers being damaged as the alicorn dragged them along as she wasn’t in the mood to keep herself from falling apart.

Unknowingly a single fruit fly on the light fixture flew out of the hospital to the roof, landing on the roof before a green flash of fire surrounded the fly before a fully grown changeling infiltrator appeared from the green fire that tore their disguise away.

“My queen one of the elements is in a coma, from the fools that they called friends”

Queen Chrysalis cackled in evil glee as a potential foe is out of the picture in her plans. Before feeling a bit depressed that her children didn’t accomplish this feat themselves.

“Good job shadow blade, anything else to report?”

Shadow blade looked at the slowly moving group of elements of harmony walking to their houses.

“The Elements are in a depressing mindset that I don’t think they will be a major threat for a solid while.”

Chrysalis rubbed her chin before an idea came to her mind, a plan to make her hive no longer be considered hostile to equestria.

“I think the operation to replace them all will be called off immediately and I want a courier to deliver a letter of both surrender and possible integration into pony society.”

Shadow blade nodded before flying off to the Canterlot castle, smiling softly.

“I am closest my queen, I will deliver the message myself.”

To be continued…

Author's Note

Changelings!? When did they show up!? What is their goal in this!? Could they have done something about this prank? Find out later