//------------------------------// // Crash and Burn // Story: To be a Wonderbolt: Family and Friends // by Diablomuerte2 //------------------------------// Crash and Burn Sometimes when a pony crashes so hard the world around it can't react and thus they end up recoiling with immense force. The sensation of the inflammation of the muscles feels like they are burning up. Heat spreads through high velocity and the force of the world burns away anything going beyond it's limit. Rainbow Dash had given her all to destroy a creature hell bent on killing. Equestrians saw it as a heroic victory, even if a certain few saw it as an act of war. Celestia was still deciding on how to handle the event. She was concerned about the well being of the missing Wonderbolt and about the well being of her subjects. She knew that the tragedy is double edged for if Rainbow Dash has indeed died than the nation lot's its icon and in the face of a possible war an icon is usually seen as a beacon of hope. Celebrities have that effect on common folks where they can calm or even cheer up the worst crowd with just their appearance. No pony knows why that happens but it just seems to work. It happened so fast the Sonic Rainboom, the ambassador reacting as if it was a sign of attack, the battle between the Wonderbolts and the ambassador, and the final blow delivered by Rainbow Dash. It was too fast for any pony to have stopped it from happening. The outcome could have been different and no pony had to die. Unfortunately many did. The mayhem caused by such a sight meant some ponies got trampled by other escaping ponies. Some of the ponies refused to leave the area thinking the attack was part of the show, so they stood by till the very end until it was too late. The sad part was a foal who had been abandoned by its parents to save themselves had died... the ponies were suffering from the tragedy. Questions were being asked and none were able to be given. The fans and the media wanted to know what happened to Rainbow Dash. Was she dead? Was she alive? Did she enter some new dimension where beings with some what intelligence rule the world with technology and write out interesting stories that get posted on a virtual realm? Too many questions were being asked With no way of positively answering any. Celestia closed her doors and walked away from her people in attempts to closer her mind and formulate a plan to hide the body or at least prevent this disaster from being learned about in Draconia. The ambassador's death would surely bring a war. A war against an enemy that Equestria can not win against. ____________________________________________________________ Spitfire felt her whole world and career crash and burn around her. The horrible tragedy and the disappearance of Rainbow Dash had caused a wide spread panic. Every pony was out looking for the would be victim of this great tragedy. She had sacrificed her life to stop an enemy who was powerful enough to survive a Sonic Rainboom. Soarin was trying to find Rainbow Dash while trying to check on other survivors. When the body fell it caused a massive shock wave and it caused damage to the surrounding area. The Draconian ambassador was a full sized dragon and was pretty durable. It's death was a miracle and a tragedy all rolled into one. When he died the body fell from both the dead weight and the impact of the Sonic Rainbomb. The body fell with such force that it created a crater and took out many ponies with it. Mistyfly had been escorting other ponies out and trying to evacuate as many as she could, she was worried about Spitfire but had a duty to do. She was caught by the shock wave and got seriously injured. She was rushed out by the medic ponies that were on stand by in each show. Even with the ponies helping out the casualties were still plenty. Swift Wind had fled the scene when the evacuation had been she was scared and wasn't prepared for this and flew off away just for a safe distance. She saw the body fall and waited in a near by area for everything to settle. She wasn't going back to another Wonderbolts show for a while. Fluttershy was rushing around as much as her pregnant body was willing to move. Though she didn't have to run around long as suddenly she met a familiar face one who decided to take her out of the area with an instant transportation spell. She had barely said the name before she found herself travelling across Equestria with in a split second and appearing inside a hospital room where a bunch of Doctors were frantically working to save the life of their patient. The name she was going to say was Discord. ____________________________________________________________ The doctors were using all there experience and magic they could to help get their patient to a stable condition. Her body had been brutally devastated by blunt force trauma her wings had been broken in many places. The skin had burned from extreme heat and the bones broken in several places. Using their best magical healing spells and superior medical knowledge they were able to mend the broken bones and even save the wings from being amputated. The wings were going to be able to allow flight but not for a while. She was still unconscious and went into cardiac arrest. They had spent the past hour working on the patient as they suddenly found themselves with her in their custody. ____________________________________________________________ Flashback Ponyville Hospital was a place where ponies would come and get healed or where they would spend their last moments if they were unable to be saved. Since the rampant growth of Ponyville the Hospital grew and more wings were added. Doctors of worth had transferred to the new hot spot because of the vast rise of celebrity tourism and citizens of the town. During the midst of a tragedy the doctors found themselves in the presence of a chaotic entity known as Discord. The mad god of chaos had a very injured and wounded pegasus. It looked morbid and they felt as if he was showing off his kill. "I need you guys to save this pony and I would so appreciate it if you did it.... NOW!" He finished with a dark tone that was easily able to get the Doctors to get their flanks in gear. As soon as they tried asking questions to the Dragonquus he had disappeared as mysteriously as he had emerged from the seemingly empty abyss he had created. The door to whatever realm he accessed to travel here had closed and the doctors just realized why Ponyville wasn't the best spot to be a doctor pony. ____________________________________________________________ Since then they have been spending most of their time healing and keeping the celebrity pegasus alive. They looked around at the sudden noise of a squeaking timid mare and noticed it was just the wife... not caring of how she arrived and figured it had to do with the other mysterious visitor they just continued working on the cyan mare. "Look I don't know how you got here or why Rainbow Dash is in this condition but I have to insist that you stay out of our way till we can get her in stable condition. She has had fractures and breaks all over. Blood loss and many other issues have made this complicated. The fact she is even alive is beyond miraculous so before you start getting upset with the results please understand it was literally hell just getting her to this point." He said before returning focus to the matter at hand. ____________________________________________________________ Discord was back in Canterlot castle and approached the very livid Celestia. "Before you get mad at me Celly, just know that I have saved Rainbow Dash's life... it would have been chaos and by the time she would have made it to the hospital with the mess at the stadium she wouldn't have survived the wounds." He said before allowing her to unleash her justified fury. "You could have stopped all this Discord... Why didn't you?" She said with anger and disappointment. "I trusted you and you made yourself seem reformed." She was unable to express just how betrayed she felt. "I am sorry Celly... I couldn't stop it. I tried holding the dragon back but... even my magic is useless against his armor. I couldn't quite tell you in front of him so I had to pretend I just didn't want to help and hoped it ended out ok. I am powerful but even our power has limits. All we can do now is hope that this chaos doesn't spread. If my magic doesn't pierce whatever shield they use to protect themselves then I am practically as useless in combat against them. So I did the only thing I thought would help. I saved the life of the only pony who can tell us how she was able to use her magic to take down the ambassador." He said in a tone of uncertainty he didn't know which part of the Sonic Rainbomb was able to take out the dragon, since it is a mix of mystical energy and natural forces. Celestia had one request but decided she would do it herself "I am going to Ponyville... we shall keep her condition unknown to the world but let them know she is safe. We don't want her condition to be known by the public it wouldn't help any but if they know she is safe then it will ease the worry." "Alright then I shall make sure the shipments of news papers that are sent over seas gets eaten or something... I don't know but I just know if the Draconians find out nothing will be able to protect my friend... I can't let my friend die." He said with a tone of finality. ____________________________________________________________ Celestia had sent a letter to Twilight Sparkle one that stated her friend was a live but to not tell anyone outside the group. That letter was read thoroughly and re read to make sure it wasn't some twisted vision of her desires coming in the form of delusion. She wasn't in the right state of mind after these odd random occurrences. "Pinkie I know where Rainbow Dash is and we are all going to visit her. You get Applejack and Rarity while I find Scootaloo and the fillies. Let's get there fast... I want to see her alive." She said while flying out the window and heading off to where the 'filly five' were supposed to be hanging out. Pinkie Pie just used her extraordinary 4th wall breaking power to jump across the ... fan...fiction.... and write the next part out.... the hell? Applejack and Rarity follow Pinkie to the hospital and they do it without asking question because Pinkie says so... ____________________________________________________________ Twilight had searched around for the 'filly five' and was able to find Diamond Tiara crying with the Applebloom and Silver Spoon next to her. "Girls... where is Scootaloo?" She asked when she saw no sign of her or Sweetie Belle. Diamond Tiara stops crying for a second " Sweetie Belle left to find someone to talk to about this, Scootaloo just flew off in that direction because of the explosion she saw." She said pointing to Canterlot. Twilight had no clue as to how far the filly was capable of flying and knew she had to hurry to find her lest the filly loses control mid flight and crashes into something. "Thanks for letting me know and also I have an important task for you girls... you can't tell anyone about this but I need you to get to the hospital and wait for me and Scootaloo... if you find Sweetie Belle take her there. I will be there with Scootaloo before you know it." She said with a false smile wanting the fillies to get to where the news was surely going to be told. She wanted to make sure they knew it was the utmost importance that no one knew. Twilight flew off in search of Scootaloo. The filly was a fast flier but surely Twilight being an alicorn mare could catch up... ____________________________________________________________ Luna had decided to do her part and insisted that Celestia rush to Ponyville. The mistress of the night was going to inform the Wonderbolts of Rainbow Dash being safe. She would also let the crowd know using her royal voice. Since she was suited to being the yelling and uncivilized of the two sisters she wouldn't mind the towns folk being annoyed. Celestia had thanked her sister and hoped that everything was alright. She had then left by teleporting to where the sun could light up. Using the sun's rays as a path way she made it to Ponyville and then used her normal teleportation to reach the hospital. ____________________________________________________________ Twilight was unsure of how fast to go but knew she had to catch up to the filly. she tries going fast but she wasn't a great flier like her friend. She tried using magic to help but couldn't accelerate to sonic levels. "Scootaloo.... Scootaloo." She yelled out hoping that she was heard. Scootaloo was already in Canterlot and was tuckered out. "Long distance flying.... not .. the brightest idea." She breathed out as she landed somewhere in the crowded streets of the royal city. She was too tired to fly and didn't feel like walking. She had wished she was able to fly towards where she saw the explosion but was instantly lost among the crowds and didn't know how to navigate. "Of all the lousy ideas I had to go with this one... good job Scootaloo... good bucking job." she said loudly as forgot she wasn't supposed to swear. Twilight was about to give up but figured if the filly was trained by Rainbow Dash and she was some how able to fly then most likely she would be at Canterlot. So Twilight decided to jump the shark and teleport to Canterlot. She was surveying the city and tried looking for the filly. Scootaloo decided to stop at a corner and look up in the sky with hope in her heart that Momma-Dash was ok. Momma-Dash can't die can she? I mean she has survived many a beat downs and crashes... she can't die because of some stupid explosion. She eats explosions for breakfast.. that is what she told me at least. She noticed in the sky was a flying egg head. "Hey Egg Head... what are you doing in the sky when your wings aren't meant for flying?" She joked as she was glad to see a familiar face. Twilight at that moment hated Rainbow Dash for the briefest of moments for ever creating such a dreadful nickname. "Scootaloo we have to get to the hospital." She said softly when she landed next to the filly. "I will tell you all about it just hold on and I will bring us there... though I will warn you.. I will be pretty drain so... " She blushed a second before asking. "Can you make sure I get to the room alright or the waiting room. Just prop me next to Celestia ... or Pinkie." she added lastly for no good reason. Scootaloo just smiled "Sure thing Twi... just you know don't bring us to the ever free on accident." She said not wanting to have some adventure with the alicorn. Adventure's sucks. ____________________________________________________________ Rainbow Dash was feeling extreme pain.. she wasn't sure what was going on. She heard voices and beeping noises. All her mind was able to focus on was "She will be alright and as long as you don't move her to much and leave her resting she will make it through. Unfortunately..." The voice faded away and suddenly she was becoming aware of the world around her. She was in a hospital room and she smelled something that reeked. It was like someone lit a pony on fire and watched it burn... oh no... "I am burned alive I am dead... Help it hurts.... Put me out... Is it dead?" She started panicking. The voices tried calming her and one of them was able to get through and calm her from her panicking state. " Hey there it's ok... I am here my love.. so is our foal.. she is safe inside my womb. Don't worry we are alive. Thanks to you my love... We live because you risked yourself. The dragon is dead and you are all safe and secure." She said in her softest tone but loud enough to be heard. She was stroking her lover's mane and gently smiled as she was being recognized. "I am glad your safe shy... but why do I feel like I went through literal hell and some how made it out barely alive?" she asked as her body was still in severe pain. Her mind was unable to grasp the situation she was in and felt as if she was being played for a fool. No one answered her unsure of how to let her know that she was knocking on death's door and not the kind of knocking that usually someone gets to walk away from the door before the reaper opens it. "Actually my little pony we need to talk about all that... I am afraid that due to the unfortunate event that had befallen we might be in the midst of a war if any pony finds out. I need you to live incase we end up in a war we can't win. I need you to be there as a beacon. The dragon you killed... he was an ambassador... he was here on a mission and will be expected back anytime soon. I am sure someone will come looking for him. If that happens we will play ignorant and feign innocence. So please my little Pony for Equestria. Recover as fast as you can and don't do anything else reckless till we can settle this situation. I am officially ordering you to cease and desist performing and doing anything strenuous till your body recovers. I am giving full authority of you to your wife. I need you to not fight me about this... I need you to be the idol the world needs because Equestria might end soon." Rainbow Dash knew she had caused the mess they might be in. She wanted to make it right. She would for the first time just take it easy and relax. Since she was alive after surviving a wicked crash and was now in the process of fighting the burns. Her victory had it's consequences and her being a Wonderbolt was not going to bring the world into turmoil. She had to recover but the process was going to be painful mentally and emotionally. Her body was bruised and broken. ____________________________________________________________ Fluttershy and her daughter had been tasked with making sure Rainbow Dash didn't do anything foolish. They took turns being at the hospital while they all tried finding a way to get her out of there without watchful eyes. They devised a plan and in weeks they would use that plan to bring Rainbow Dash to her house to rest. Though the plan was made now they needed to wait till Fluttershy was capable of taking full care of her wife with little assistance. Since the doctors had still been giving her certain powerful medications they couldn't release her till her body was able to do certain things on it's own. Fluttershy had stayed by her side and refused to leave. They were inseparable and for the second time in her life Rainbow Dash felt super lucky to have an awesome mare at her side. Soon they rested together and life was slowly becoming less sucky. ____________________________________________________________ Spitfire was pacing around at the base. The tragedy had costed them but at the same time since it was also an event where Rainbow Dash 'saved' lives it was all forgiven. Still legal issues and problems arisen. The victims of the event wanted some kind of compensation and also wanted to know where Rainbow Dash was. She was so stressed she took it out on Mistyfly double time. There sessions would become more violently erotic and their sleep very well deserved. The fine line between love and lust had kept them together but even with the tragedy bonding them it wasn't a happy 'relationship', nothing was right with them two. Mistyfly was too submissive and Spitfire was going insane. Luna had entered the base of the Wonderbolts and made it clear it wasn't a social visit. She wasn't going to allow any further corruption to take place in her sister's team. She was going to officially disband the Wonderbolts till further notice. " I am here on official capacity. I have some good news and some very bad news. I shall start with the good news because I prefer it my way..." She started with a stern look as Spitfire had realized that this was going to be a storm of dung in a sense. "Rainbow Dash is alive and will make a full recovery... she is confined to bed rest and is to be kept hidden from media. The bad news is the 'Dragon' you guys destroyed was an ambassador of Draconia and the death of this noble may lead to Equestria's final war... A war it can't win... as such because of your actions Spitfire and your corrupt decisions and the many crimes you have committed against Equestria, and for manipulating Rainbow Dash I hereby strip you of your rank of Captain and disband the Wonderbotls... they are no more a force for Equestria and if any of your members wish to keep their military jobs they are to make an audition with Celestia and she will allow them to retain some kind of job that deals with protection. Spitfire... you on the other hand... are going to face trial. I will not allow you to walk free. You think we wouldn't find out? About everything... you disgust me as a pony of this great nation." She said before her squadron of nightly guards surrounded the base. " If anyone wishes to resist I have a Dragonquus on standby who has a penchant for making wings disappear." She said before the ponies rushed in and started taking everything down. No longer would there be a Wonderbolts base and no longer would there be a Wonderbolts. Spitfire's worst nightmare had come true and worse of all she had caused it. The base was evacuated of all personal and the Wonderbolts were forced to turn in their suits. Tears had spilled that day and lives felt empty without their positions. Luna had no joy in doing her duty. She had decided to be the one they hated for Celestia to be the one they love. A sacrifice I make for my sister who I love eternally. She is my sister and she needs the ponies to be at her side in the coming days. So I will play the bad princess in hopes that in the final hour that the hope of the people will matter in the ultimate trial Equestria will face. ____________________________________________________________ Soarin was the last one left at the base. His whole life had vanished before him. His career lost and his stardom as well. He knows he can assimilate to normal life again but can all the others? Some people relied on the performances to make by. Not all Wonderbolts were paid equally .. usually the new recruits were paid less but with some rising in fans it was inevitable they would get more of the slice. He felt like they just stripped him of his dignity. The end of the Wonderbolts? What does that even mean? Spitfire now in civilian clothing watching along side of Soarin. Mistyfly was right next to her still. Even with Spitfire's actual authority removed she wasn't going to abandon her now of all times. The rest of the Wonderbolts had all flown to the side of their ex leader. They all saluted her and lined up to see the last remaining pieces of their base be hauled off or destroyed. It was a shame... so many memories and so many dreams of future generations gone. Spitfire had no regrets she did what she did in order to keep their force strong. A mistake she made was getting sloppy. She lost her mind in the events that lead up to this moment. Now it wasn't a matter of if but when and that when is now. No longer was she a respected celebrity or captain she was just another pony. Their return to the base was after they had seen the papers. The stories told about the ruler of the night disbanding the group and also about the allegations against Spitfire. The fans of the Wonderbolts all cried out against the decision. Panic was ensuing and the Wonderbolts in style had decided to calm the masses and tell them it's ok. "It isn't ok... I know we said that to them but it's not right. We earned our keep and we did amazing things... one major buck up and we get disbanded? Why couldn't they just slap our wrists like they did with Rainbow Dash?" She questioned. There must have been some other reason for the disband of their group. Celestia decided to show up to their base and greet them they all still bowed while some how managing to stay in the air. " I know you ponies are very upset. I am afraid this is the only way to get the media off the tragedy. If many keep bringing up the events of the stadium they will eventually spread the news to unwanted territory. I know you feel betrayed but your sacrifice will keep this country safe. I have also come here to give you guys the same pay you were receiving performing but while doing other duties. I am afraid that Equestria may head into war and I need all of your expertise in combat and aerial maneuver to be used to train my guards and help them become better and stronger. I know some of you may not wish to partake on this and still may wish to try and fight the 'system' but I assure you there is no reviving the Wonderbolts not until this mess is dealt with." She had finished her speech and unanimously the group of military show ponies were in agreement " We have all decided to take your offer for now... But we have one condition... When Rainbow Dash recovers we want her to join the war with us. She may not have been captain of the Wonderbolts but she is our captain. She has proven that she has what it takes. I know my words mean nothing with what I have done... but I think I speak for everyone when I say. Rainbow Dash deserved to be a Wonderbolt... and I still say she deserves to be our captain." Spitfire said with honesty. She wasn't going to apologize for her actions towards the other pony she was just going to accept the fact that in the end she wasn't the leader she expected herself to be. Rainbow Dash had truly deserved to be a Wonderbolt regardless of some paper saying she was mentally unfit. Because in the end her loyalty to Equestria had saved it. Regardless of it causing a war that dragon had a look of murder in it's eyes. So even if she was going to suffer for her actions she at least had some solace that all was not lost. As long as ponies like Rainbow Dash existed Equestria would stand a chance against any threat that comes their way. Celestia had a small smile and said something calming "For once we actually agree on something. Which is why I am forcing Rainbow Dash to stay in rest and she is being fussed over by her wife. It's the cutest thing ever to watch but I am afraid I don't have time to be a voyeur. We must prepare for was regardless of it occurring. If we win the war that we may face consider the Wonderbolts re-established. ____________________________________________________________ Night fell on the world. Equestria blanketed by the night sky and the stars. The moon full, brightening the darkness that was cast over by the passage of time. Slowly the world waits for words to be spoken but the night sky speaks none. Luna up and ready to face the world she is accompanied by a mad god. "Discord... I have a serious question... with me Cadence, Tia, and Twilight and your magical powers what chances do we have if we go to war with Draconia?" She asks hoping for some sort of chance or even slim thought of positive outcomes. Discord looked at Luna with the most honest face he could muster and frowned as he spoke in a tone that had no deceit in them "I am afraid that as we stand now... we have no chance in winning the war... We do have some hope though... you know what kind of strong magic can change the tide of battles. One force that can defeat all evil... that force is the power of friendship. It's a powerful force that I thought had nothing to it. I have friendships with ponies and I will use that thought to keep fighting. I know of a certain pony who's base power comes from her loyalty. Another who has kindness. One who uses laughter as a weapon. There is this honest one too. A generous soul amongst the crowd and lastly the one who binds them all.. the power of magic.... " ____________________________________________________________ Rainbow Dash was sitting up and talking with Fluttershy when some commotion in the hall way had stirred her thoughts and she was distracted. She wasn't able to ask what was going on as a squadron of Ponies she recognized as her team mates had visited her with no idea what they wanted. "Sup guys,... what's up?" she asked her voice unsure of their intentions but with no mobility to help her if they wanted to attack it was the end. Fluttershy stood in front of her lover with her wings flared. She was going down fighting if it came to it. She was ready to start the charge if they got closer till a calming tone put her defenses down and her mind at ease. "No harm meant we come in peace," Spitfire spoke as she watched the scene before her "you look like you have seen better days. I hope you are not too bucked up right now because we have some news for you. " She said with a sad town creeping in. "As of today... there is no more Wonderbolts ... we have been disbanded ... So ... as of this moment... you are....no longer a Wonderbolt." ____________________________________________________________ Part 2 end Part 3 next ... the finale of this fic is coming up soon