Rainbow Dash cursed loudly as she crashed through the branches of the large tree. Unfortunately, the last branch didn't break. The branch was thick and sturdy enough to knock the wind out of the rainbow pony, and she heard something crack. With a low groan, she slipped off the branch. Falling to the springy, grassy, and leaf-strewn, ground. That would have been far better than the hard wood and bark of the tree branch she had hit first. Closing her eyes Rainbow Dash as she groaned again. She's seen a lot of crashes, and that had been a bad one. She knew she should try to get up, as she slipped into unconsciousness.
Rainbow Dash gasped loudly as she awoke. Looking around she found herself in a nice little room. On a bed. Light filtering in from a nearby opening. She was alone but she looked down to see that she had been bandaged. For some reason, the room reminded her of Twilight's library. She wasn't sure why, there were no books around. She reached down with her hooves and gently prodded at her covered injuries. Wincing as she felt the massive bruise under the bandages. She was gratified to feel that her ribs seemed to be intact. She was completely certain that she'd heard something crack. Apparently, whoever had found her had healing powers, that meant unicorns.
Rainbow Dash was unable to stop herself from snickering as she thought of the two unicorns she knew. Twilight would be useful for bandaging her up and healing but not for trying to find their way in the forest. The mare would be so busy trying to find what to do in a book they'd get lost without even moving. And Rarity would no doubt be busy wailing about the dirt and filth all around her.
Rainbow Dash got up and looked about the small area, noticing something very odd about the bed. It wasn't a bed, it seemed to be abnormally soft wood. And the blankets were seemingly knitted together river reeds. Looking down at the bandages over her barrel, she saw they were actually leaves. If she didn't know better she'd have suspected Zecora, but this wasn't the Everfree Forest.
Rainbow Dash spent a moment looking for a door and missing the obvious. A sizeable hole in the wall was simply open, shielded by branches and leaves. She'd at first mistaken it for a window but apparently it was the door, and the room had no windows. Rainbow Dash exited the small room with the plan to find and thank her unknown savior.
After Rainbow Dash pushed past the branches she got a question answered but also another question. The answer was that the reason the room had reminded her of Twilight's library was that, apparently, the room was inside a tree. The question was that where was her elusive savior? She was simply staring out at a small clearing. In the center of which was the tree in which she had just been residing. The tree she had been trying to avoid after aiming for the clearing. Technically she had, if you didn't count that big branch at the end.
Though looking around the trees base, then up in the foliage she noticed something odd. She couldn't seem to find any destruction in the tree or around it that told her she'd just crashed into it. The aching in her barrel told her she most certainly had. She prodded herself gingerly again and again winced. She knew that it would be a few days before she could hope to fly home. She had been hoping that she'd be able to beat any search party they sent out. She would of course publicly claim it would be to stop any wasted resources. What it was really for was to save her bruised ego. She had crashed, but she didn't need to be found like some lost foal.
Looking about Rainbow Dash smiled a bit when she noticed a nearby stump. It was obviously not a normal stump. It seemed to be filled to the brim with fresh, clear water. Rainbow Dash walked over to it, peaking down, she nodded. It seemed the stump's inside was lined with leaves to keep it from absorbing the water. And without any reason to believe that she was a target for malicious tricks, she took a long, satisfying drink.
Her immediate concern of water over, her mind went to food. She didn't know enough about the forest to know what berries she could eat. Peaking back inside the treehouse it didn't look like her host had anything in the way of storage either. She hoped that her helper would take an IOU. She didn't have any bits on her. She was, of course, good for it, but if whoever had helped her did so in anticipation of payment they'd need to wait on that payment.
Rainbow Dash sat down, taking a deep breath and blowing it out. She was really just being a bit high strung. Either way, she was partially healed, she was safe, and she had water. She would no doubt soon meet whoever helped her and they could feed her. Then she'd come back with bits to pay them, whether or not they demanded payment. It was the principle of the matter.
Thoughts of rewards and the interesting reasons a unicorn might be living out here alone were interrupted by an apple. An apple dropping in front of Rainbow Dash. She blinked in confusion. First looking about, then looking up she double-checked that this tree certainly wasn't an apple tree, and it wasn't. She hoofed at it a few times before hesitantly picking it up. The thing that got to her most at the moment was she had no idea where the apple came from. She'd have seen another pony climbing up in the branches, that was certain. But then she leaped to her feet as she heard a soft giggle.