"YEAH SPITFIRE, GO ON!"
Scootaloo was with her parents at the yearly WonderBolts show. She loved every minute of it, the atmosphere, the cheering and the excitement.
Little did she know that her awesome day out would soon turn into hell, resulting in the death of both of her parents and Scootaloo herself stuck in Ponyville hospital for a couple of weeks.
This is what happened.
At the far end of the stadium, where Scootaloo and her parents were sitting, there was a small flicker of light underneath the stands. Nobody noticed.
Suddenly the smell of smoke hit the air. Everybody just assumed it was a bonfire.
Then with an Ear-splitting crack, the cracks between the stands burned, sending a wall of flame straight up beside the supporters.
"HELP!!" screamed many ponies as the stand crackled into flames. The heat rendered the Pegasi too hot to fly, and Unicorns unable to do magic. They were stuck.
"SOMEBODY CALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICES NOW!" screamed Scootaloo's parents.
"What have we got, sir?"
"Structural fire, Wonderbolts Stadium in the stands. Could be deadly, we need Medical and Fire on the scene immediately."
"Got it."
Chief fire officer Fire Dust mumbled into the radio.
"Hotel Bravo 10 8 9. Requesting immediate air ambulance attention, Units 3, 5 and 10 to Wonderbolts Stadium. Fire Units 10 and 12 please, ASAP."
Five minutes later the fire crews were outside the stadium. The two fire units were trying to control the blaze while paramedics entered the stadium.
About an hour later, not only was the fire reaching a dangerous level, it had almost engulfed the entire stand. Luckily everyone had been evacuated.
Or so they thought.
"SIR! WE NEED AIR AMBULANCE NOW!" Screamed one of the paramedics.
"Why, what is going on now?" asked Fire Dust worryingly.
"I have found a young pegasus and her parents STILL in the stands. It is imperative we get them to the hospital right away."
Everything happened in a flash. The air ambulance grabbed the burnt pegasi at the last second, before the entire stadium sank to the ground in a ball of flame.
Beep... Beep... Beep...
"Orange pegasi, 50% burns, smoke inhalation, respiratory problem." Said the nurse.
"Name, age? Parents?" asked the nurse practitioner. "Scootaloo, age 9, Parents are unidentifiable, but they are in bays 2 and 3." said the nurse.
Scootaloo was lying limp, badly burned in the hospital bed. She might survive, but her parents would not be so lucky...
Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was in the waiting room. Eventually she was called.
She walks over to Scootaloo. "Hey Scootaloo, how are you doing?". Rainbow Dash was still glancing at the drips hanging on a rack, and the heartbeat monitor.
Scootaloo was very weak. She managed to mutter a couple of words.. "Hi... Dash..."
Rainbow Dash sat down next to her. "I heard you got pretty roughed up at the Wonderbolts show."
Scootaloo's heartbeat increased due to the stress of talking about the incident. "I feel sorry for you. I am going to try and visit every day and keep you company." Rainbow Dash continued talking.
Scootaloo turned slightly. "You dont.. need to..." said Scootaloo, heart rate increasing by the minute.
"I want you to go and practice, not be with me...." Suddenly, Scootaloo started shaking, heart monitor bleeping.
"HELP!!!" screamed Rainbow Dash, slamming the alarm.
"Step away now, Rainbow Dash, go to the visitor room." said Nurse Redheart.
"Ok, we need 100 mils of painkillers, oxygen 100% and somebody PLEASE GET THE HEAD PRACTITIONER!"
After 30 seconds of administering painkillers and trying to calm Scootaloo down, Rainbow Dash was let back in.
But she was more worried about Scootaloo, shivering and quaking in the guest room.
The nurse came to see her. "I know this is a hard thing to get over. Scootaloo is ok, but she will need time to heal. You may go back in to see her, but I would advise against talking about the fire". Rainbow dash silently nodded.
