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// Bleed (7/25/2017) 
// Story: A Pony a Day 
// by OfTheIronwilled 
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Twilight was reeling. Some kind of numb shock had lodged in her throat. She just didn't understand.

"Twilight. Geez, are you all right? I-- oh man, I tried to catch you but you were-- do you need to go to the hospital?!"

"No. No Rainbow Dash. I'm fine."

She had been practicing her flying with Rainbow Dash, just like any day. Seeing as Twilight was more stable, and had showed off lots of promise in her recent fight with Tirek, Dash thought she was ready to move on to tricks, if she wanted. Twilight agreed-- that would just mean more time with her friend, right?

Apparently, Twilight had gotten too eager. She-- She couldn't remember now, it was hazy and the confusion was choking her, but she flew up high. Extremely high. Something had happened, and she fell. Hard, and so very fast that Twilight panicked and forgot to teleport. And it wasn't as if she hadn't fallen before, or as if she hadn't taken a particularly nasty crash before -- but while equine bodies were very tough, it still hurt to fall. Even from a shorter height. After all, Rainbow had injured and broken wings before.

The spill Twilight had just taken? It was not a "shorter height". Not even close. Not to mention she had landed on her neck.

"Are you sure?! I-- you-- Twilight, you scared me! I've never-- I mean look at you, are you sure?! By the looks of you, looks like you landed all right, but you're all cut up and... wait... Are they disappearing?!"

But there was nothing wrong with her.

If Rainbow Dash fell like that she'd be dead, but... Nothing. No pain. Her wings were fine. She had cuts, but they... they weren't even bleeding. She suspected that in a second, there'd be no trace of them.

"Like I said. I... I'm all right, Rainbow. I'm perfectly fine."

She felt like she should be happy. After all she-- oh Celestia, she nearly died but because of her alicornhood she didn't. But...

Twilight put a hoof to her temple. The world was swaying.

"... Twilight? That's some freaky stuff. I mean, a crash that bad, and then that is a lot. Are you..."

"No, no, I'm really okay. It's just," she sighed, "a lot to take in."

What in Equestria did this mean for her now?