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// Dash 
// Story: Dash 
// by Ranger-Redstar 
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Chapter Two



I rubbed my eyes it couldn't be real. Surely I had fallen asleep on my bed and this was a dream, I pinched myself, only to find I wasn't waking up, for I was already awake.
As soon as Dashie saw me, she backed up as much as she could and curled into a tight ball, she was in a real state. She was soaked to the bone by the rain, her eyes were streaming with tears, and here entire body was shaking with fear and shock, although she didn't said anything aloud, I could see in her eyes that she was pleading for me not to hurt her.
"It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you."
She seemed to calm down a little, but still said nothing. I got down on to my knees and smiled.
"It's ok, I won't hurt you I can take you someplace warm. Does that sound nice?"
She seemed to cheer up at the sound of a warm place to go to, out of all this rain. She shuffled an inch or two towards me, as she did so she let out a small squeak of pain. That's when I noticed a small trail of blood running out from under her.
"Da-" I began, then I remembered that I shouldn’t mention her name, "You're hurt, let me take a look at that, it could be serious."
At first she did nothing, then she slowly stuck her right foreleg out, there was a huge gash on the lower part of her leg, blood was seeping out at quite an alarming rate.
"This is a deep cut, I need to patch this up. Please come with me, I can help you."
I put my arm out and touched her hoof and she withdrew it instantly.
{She's real} I thought to myself, {she's really real.}
Even though I promised her I was no threat, and that I would take her somewhere warm, I could see that she was afraid of me, I wasn't surprised by that, I'm an alien to her.
She tried to stand up, only to cry out in pain and fall to the ground. I instinctively rushed to her side.
"Are you ok? What's wrong?"
She didn't speak, she only cried. Even in the heavy rain I could see the tears, she was in a lot of pain.
"Where are you hurting?"
As before she only wept, I had to try a stern approach.
"Listen, I can only help you if you tell me where the pain is."
"My, my..." she gulped, "my shoulder, it, it really hurts."
I examined her right shoulder to find no signs of any injury, {it must be her left.} I thought to myself.
"Ok, I need to roll over so I can see your shoulder."
She rolled onto her front, and the second I saw her left shoulder I could see that is was dislocated. I swallowed, I had to put it back into place, but it was going to be painful.
"Ok, your shoulder is dislocated, this is going to hurt but you've got to trust me. okay?"
After about ten seconds she nodded, I gently put both my hands on her upper foreleg, she gasped in pain. I lightly placed once hand on her shoulder joint.
"Take a deep breath, one... two... three!"
I pushed onto the joint and there was a sickening 'pop' as her shoulder went back into place. Rainbow Dash shouted out in pain, she pushed me back with her hoof and began to cry again. She then realised that the pain in her shoulder had stopped. She looked back at me and shyly walked towards me.
"Th, Thanks..."
I held out my hand and took her hoof
I smiled; I began to walk back down the alley from where I had come.
"Come with me, I'll take you somewhere warm, and a little bit dryer."
Thankfully she followed, I held the umbrella above her so she didn't have to endure the harshness of the rain anymore. We managed to find our way through the harsh rain and blistering winds, back to my house. I took my keys out of my pocket and unlocked the door, at first Dashie didn't look to sure about entering, but then she felt the warmth of the house and walked in.
I convinced her to allow me to dress the wound on her foreleg, she sat on my couch as I rummaged through my first-aid box, I pulled out some gauze and cleaned her wound then I wrapped it with tape.  Afterwards she let me towel dry her. 
I led her upstairs and She curled up on my bed, I went into the spare room and took a mattress and bedding, I set up a bed for myself on the floor and lay there, my eyes wide open. I looked to my right to see the cyan coloured pony lying on my bed and she too was wide-awake. She was just staring at the ceiling; I guessed that she was like me trying to process the events of tonight. She turned her head towards me.
"Thank you, for helping me."
"You're welcome," I smiled, "I must ask, how did you get here?"
Her face dropped, she looked at the ground.
"My, my home was attacked by an army of creatures called changelings. Their leader, Queen Chrysalis sent me here because I tried to escape."
{Queen Chrysalis, I thought she left after she was beaten in season two.} I thought to myself, {I guess she came back to get revenge}
"That sounds terrible," I said, trying to act as if I had no idea what a changeling was, "well, you can stay here until you can find a back if you want to. It's better than out in the rain."
"Thank you, why are you helping me, im sorry I don't even know your name."
"Richard, but my friends call my rick, and you are?" I asked, even though I knew the answer.
"I'm Rainbow Dash, but you can call me Dashie."