Rainbow Dash had been standing for what seemed to be forever. Her wings were growing restless, and everytime she subconsiously flew into the air, Twilight yelled at her.
"Twilight, It has to have been hours since we started, can't we take a break?" Rainbow begged, her legs wobbling from 'exhaustion'.
Twilight turned to look at the time. "Dash, it has been ten minutes. You can hold yourself together." She responded with a sigh.
"Twilight, I am begging you, pleeeaaase..." the pegasus said, elongating her words in the most obnoxious way she could.
"TWO minutes." she caved in. "But if you don't get back here in time, I will find you Rainbow Dash. And you will regret it." she threatened emptily.
"Yep." The pegasus rocketed before she could even hear the last of Twilight's threat. Her wings flew her in graceful loops, Rainbows weaving in and out of them, when she decided to pick up the speed. From the ground you could only see a flurry of colors, her mane leaving rainbow streaks across the sky. Her body twisted in her Aileron roll, the ground taking turns above, and below her head. Her spinning leaving candy cane stripes through the sky. When the mare was almost done, her wings finally satisfied, she turned to meet back with Twilight. Her body flipped, waves of dizzyness hit her. She buckled and crashed into Applejack's barn. Blinking her eyes, the pegasus finally came to her senses. Even though the world was spinning around her, much to Rainbow's discomfort, she landed on her feet.
"Rainbow Dash, what in tarnation are ya doing in..." Applejack followed the sounds of splintering wood. "My Barn! Rainbow Dash get outta here." The earth pony commanded, obviously from stress and the fact this particular incident was not the first. Rainbow Dash loved to crash into her barn. Sometimes multiple times in the same day. "Ya really need to stop breaking all of my buildings." She said with a roll of her eyes.
"Wait, what time is it?" Rainbow Dash worried.
"Well I don't know, but I guessin' about noon since the sun is at the top of the sky..." Applejack responded, looking at the dazed mare. "Are you late or something?"
"Oh my gosh! Twilight's gonna kill me! She said to be back in two minutes ... that was about thirty minutes ago..." Rainbow Dash shook her head to get rid of the last of the nausea, even though it did not work. Her cyan wings spread and in an instant, she was gone, leaving only a rainbow streak, and a hole in the door where she had broken through.
"Didn't even open the door..." Applejack sighed. "That mare is gonna kill herself one day."
Rainbow spun in the sky, frantically searching for the road right before Sugar Cube corner. With Dash's innate sense of misdirection, and the dizzyness and head trauma she had recently suffered, it would have been a miracle if she could figure out which way was up. Blurs of color wizzed by her head, ponies were leaping out of the way. To everypony on the ground, it looked as if Rainbow was practicing an extremely complex, fast and dangerous new routine. Loops and spirals of rainbow color were glittering the skies.
Twilight looked at the clock. Ten seconds later she did the same. She looked around and saw her friend, flying.
"I swear that Rainbow Dash has gotten it this time. She says I can rely on her to help me with my new experiment?" Twilight was muttering to herself. "Bah! She couldn't stay still for ten minutes... she's up in the clouds, messing around." With all of her expiremental powders and metals tucked in her satchel, she turned to return to her library. If she hurried, maybe she could salvage the rest of the day. Twilight walked away from the 'light's show', still very disappointed. The sound of wood breaking and metal clanging grew louder behind her. Swiftly turning around, she was caught with a blow to the chest, a blur of colors. All of her magical components flew out and hit Rainbow Dash in a flurry of sand, dust and powder. Rainbow landed with a thud behind the alicorn princess.
"Rainbow!" Twilight said, whipping her head around to face the mare. "You could have killed me! If I was a normal mare, I would have no doubt I could have been nothing more than a stain on the ground! What were you thinking?! Not to mention you were late, do you...." Twilight's voice was blurred in Rainbow Dash's ears. Wincing, she could vaguely make out the shape of her friend. She stuck her hoof in front of her face. Rainbow squinted to see her hoof.
"Wait are you brain damaged or something Rainbow Dash?" Twilight yelled, exhausted. "Yeah, you have hooves." she rolled her eyes. "You're lucky that those magical elements didn't react. Though it took me months to find them all. At least you didn't explode! You aren't listening to any of this are you? Rainbow, come on! You have to..."
While the mumbles of Twilight's lecture continued, Rainbow Dash felt a headache beginning to form. That is the last time I fly dizzy. Rainbow Dash felt like she was going to vomit. Which she did. All over the place.
Twilight sighed. "Okay, come on Rainbow Dash. Let me get you fixed up." Now that Twilight had gotten all of her anger out of her system, she just wanted to help her friend. Twilight grabbed the pegasus's hoof, bringing her to a wobbly stand. Rainbow tried to rest one hoof on Twilight's back, but lost her balance. Her forehead knocked on Twilight's horn, adding the final ingredient to Twilight's spell. Magic.
"ZZZZP!" the noise filled Rainbow's ears for no more than a second.
If Rainbow Dash had a minor headache before, then now, she would feel like she was hit with a car. She could tell the familiar pain was like being on the end of a teleportation spell, only multiplied ten times. Or perhaps only nine times... Ow... This math is making my brain hurt even more...She fell suddenly on her already injured left wing. Most of bones felt broken. She laid there, sideways, waiting for the pain to stop for what must have seemed like eons. Her right wing stretched out above her, occasionally flapping as if it were trying to fly. The soft breeze calmed her at least. Her face was pressed against the cool, smooth surface, and she was content to let the floor numb her injuries. Rainbow Dash was a very tough and strong pony, but even know she worried if she would make it. Eventually, sleep found her, and her conscious mind was finally put to rest.
Rainbow's eyes did open, much to her surprise. The room around her was painted grey. Blue paint was painted in strips like wires, glowing with electricity.
"It's alive!" A shrill voice cheered in the background.
"Our savior." She heard another say. Rainbow's eyelids closed with effort,