//------------------------------// // The Accident // Story: A Broken Rainbow // by DragynSpire //------------------------------// A/N: Hello there. This is my first fanfic, so I hope you will be kind and tell me how I can do better and let me know if you liked it. I don’t expect you-the readers-to like it a lot, but hey, it’s my first story, and first thing to write in a long, long while. Again, be kind and help me out by saying how can do better. I was also inspired to write from a certain milesprower06. I won’t be doing what he did (aka related to Cupcakes); he just inspired me to right. I give him my thanks to give me something to do. Disclaimer: I do not own the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic franchise. I am just a fan. I will not be making money off this. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ A Broken Rainbow Chapter One: Rainbow Dash woke up much slower than normal this morning. And something didn’t seem right to her. It was darker than normal and she wasn’t in a bed she was used to. When her eyes finally adjusted to the darker morning light, she saw that she was face-to-face with an orange mare-her friend Applejack. But she didn’t freak out and try to fly away-she was just confused to see her friend in the same bed as her. Rainbow tried to slowly move herself out of the bed, as to not disturb her friend. But she couldn’t move anywhere, for Applejack had her arms around her. NOW Rainbow was starting to freak out. She woke up in a bed inside a house, with her friend in it as well, like she didn’t want her to leave. She tried again to wiggle her way out of AJ’s hold, but to no avail. In fact, it actually woke up the sleeping mare. As she slowly opened her eyes, she had a small smile on her face. After a small pause of staring at each other, AJ said to Rainbow, in a loving way, “Mornin’ sugarcube.” Shortly thereafter, another mare, a unicorn with a white body and curly purple mane, walked into the room. All she could mutter before she fainted was “Dear sweet Celestia!” _________________________________________________________________________________ It was two days ago. It was another normal day in Ponyville, nothing wrong, just another normal, relatively boring day. All ponies were doing their normal, everyday routines. Rainbow Dash was doing her normal thing as well-moving clouds in the morning then doing tricks and/or resting for the rest of the day. But, she wasn’t doing any old tricks; she was trying new ones that she thought would be cool. And she couldn’t be any farther from the truth. Rainbow was trying to do her famous Sonic Rainboom, but with a twist; she would be spinning the whole time she was descending. She pictured in her mind that it would create the rainbow ring once she broke the sound barrier, but the ring would also be spinning, creating an amazing sight. She told herself to try it above Ponyville, thinking she amaze the whole town by what she was trying to do. But she was wrong. It might have been because of the spinning, but she wasn’t going fast enough, and she knew it. She managed to straighten herself out and pull up just before she hit the ground. She managed to do that, but she was still going extremely fast and so low to the ground, in the middle of town, barely avoiding all the other ponies. But as luck would have it, she began to pull up to get back into the sky, but she didn’t notice that she was aimed directly at Sugarcube Corner, the towns’ bakery. She noticed after a short period, but she still noticed too late. She began to turn to avoid the bakery, going to the left of it, for what seemed like was easier to avoid the building from. She thought she made it at first, but the loud “CRACK” told her otherwise. She blacked out shortly after, causing her limp body to hit the ground and start rolling. One of her friends, Applejack, a mare with amber orange coat and light amber yellow mane, saw her rolling towards her apple cart from a distance, and ran towards her to stop her rolling before something bad happened. She managed to stop the cyan Pegasus, but something bad had already happened. AJ saw that her right wing looked extremely distorted. She could only gasp in shock at her friends limp body. Shortly after, her brother Big Macintosh came over to see what the problem was. He wore the same expression as AJ, but only for a few seconds. He took it upon himself to pick up the limp Pegasus and rush her over to the hospital, leaving her sister to gape at the now empty ground for a few more seconds. She shook the shock from her face and started to catch up to Big Mac. They seemed to be on the same brain wavelength, because they looked at each other, nodded, and AJ dashed off to the hospital to inform them that her friend needs immediate medical attention. After telling the nurse, Big Mac walked in, and the nurse at the front desks’ eyes grew wide for a moment, and then ran off to get a doctor. Shortly after, they arrived with a stretcher to bring Rainbow Dash to the ER. AJ sighed and slumped to the ground, tears of sadness on her face, praying that her friend would be alright. She looked to where Big Mac was, but saw him walking away. “B-Big Mac! Where ya goin’?” He looked at her and pointed towards the library, the home of another one of her friends. She understood, and got up to go to where her friends were and tell them to come to the hospital with her. A few minutes later, there were now six ponies in the entrance of the hospital, all waiting to hear good news. _________________________________________________________________________________ For what seemed like an eternity waiting, a nurse came out towards them. “Are you all friends of the patient?” AJ nodded, answering for all of them. “What’s the news? She okay?” The nurse nodded. “Come, follow me. She wants to see you.” They followed her into the room with a doctor taking quick notes on his newest patient. He looked up and saw the nurse, followed by six other ponies. “These must be her friends?” Rainbow Dash then quickly turned her head to face them with a happy look on her face. After looking at them, her face lost its shine and now holds a very sad expression. “Guys…” Pinkie, of course, was not nearly as affected as any of her friends. “Oh my gosh, Dashie, are you okay? You don’t look very okay? What happened to you, how’d you get so hurt?” Applejack shushed her and brought her down from all of her jumping, having an apologetic smile on her face. “You okay sugarcube?” looking sadder than any pony in the room. “Yeah, I’ll be fine. The doc said I need some rest and I’ll be right out of here.” she told them, lying. “Nonsense!” the doctor said. “You fractured your wing, so you won’t be going anywhere anytime soon! You should be lucky you didn’t LOSE your wing.” All her friends gasped, realizing that she was much more hurt than they expected. “Rainbow, what got into you? Why did you lie? You should have just told us!” “Sorry Rarity, I just didn’t want you all to worry.” You couldn’t find a more depressed looking pony even if you searched all of Equestria. “It’s okay Rainbow, no one wants their friends to worry about them. Now, what happened? How did you get so hurt?” Twilight Sparkle, a lavender unicorn said calmingly. “Thanks Twilight. I don’t know exactly what happened, but I was trying to do a new trick, but I couldn’t get enough speed. I was racing through town, dodging everypony trying to get higher. I didn’t notice that I was going straight for Sugarcube Corner until it was too late. I went off to the side, but I couldn’t completely dodge it. I heard a crack, but then I guess I blacked out. I don’t remember anything other than waking up her just a little while ago.” “Oh, so THAT’S what that sound was! I thought I heard something when I was in my room feeding Gummy!” Pinkie, jumping up as she talked. “Did you see what happened after that?” Twilight asked. “Nope! I thought it was just my imagination, so I just ignored it. But I guess it wasn’t my imagination after all! Or was it? I don’t know, lots of things go through my mind all the time, so I might not have heard it, just thought I heard it.” “Oh sugarcube, all I know is that Ah saw ya rolling towards mah apple cart. I ran over to stop your rolling, and that’s when I noticed you was hurt.” “I see. That must explain were all these bruises came from. Thanks for carrying me here AJ. I appreciate it.” “I wasn’t the one who brought you here. It was Big Mac here that put you on his back and ran you here. I was in too much shock ta do anything. He’s the one ya should thank, not me. Aint’ that right Big Mac?” “Eeyup.” “Oh. Thanks Big Mac. Oh, hey, where’s Fluttershy? I don’t see her.” “I’m right her Rainbow.” Fluttershy said in her usual quiet voice. “You just look terrible from all those injuries. I’m sorry that you got hurt.” “What are you talking about, it was all my fault. I was the one that failed at doing a trick. You weren’t even around when it happened, so don’t blame yourself for what you didn’t do. But it’s okay, thanks for, well, being you Fluttershy. Anyways, I’m getting really tired, so I’m gonna sleep now. See you all in the morning?” “Why wouldn’t we darling? We are friends, and we all want you to get better, so don’t you worry your pretty little mane about it!” Rarity exclaimed, putting her hoof on Rainbow Dashes mane before leaving. “I also must make sure Sweetie Bell and her friends are asleep and not wreaking havoc in my store. Goodnight Rainbow.” “Yes, I should leave too. Need to make sure all the animals are okay. Bye Rainbow Dash, see you tomorrow.” “I should go check on Spike. He hasn’t been feeling well today. See you soon Dash.” “I should go home too. Mr. and Mrs. Cake are probably wondering where I am. Oh, and after you get better Dashie, we should totally throw a party! It will be awesome! Well, I should go now. Bye Dashie! See you tomorrow!” “Get well soon Dash. Don’t want to see my lil sister looking sad all the time. Stay as long as you like Applejack. I’ll tell Applebloom and Granny Smith that you’re here.” “Thanks Big Macintosh. See you later.” She waves to Big Mac and returns to face Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow…sugarcube, why’d you hafta go and get yourself hurt? You know I worry ‘bout ya. Just don’t do anything like that again. I don’t want to lose you.” She begins tearing up, trying not to cry. “It’s okay Applejack, I won’t.” Wiping off some of Applejacks tears. “Just stop crying. It’s making me feel like I need to cry.” A nurse enters the room, taken aback for a moment at the scene before her. “Excuse me, but visiting hours are now over. I’m afraid that you’ll have to leave.” “Oh, okay. Ah guess Ah’ll be leaving now sugarcube. See you in the morning.” She starts to leave, but is stopped by Rainbow holding onto her arm. Confused, she turns around and gets hugged by Rainbow Dash. “Thanks for being there when you were AJ. If not, I might not have made it here. Come back soon.” Applejack, still being hugged by Rainbow, causing her face to redden a small amount, returned the hug, not knowing what to say. After their hug lasted for a little too long, the nurse started tapping her hoof on the floor, bringing them both back into reality. “Heh, sorry ‘bout that.” She turns to Rainbow, who has a slight pink color to her cheeks. “Don’t worry, I’ll be back early mornin’.” With that, she left Rainbow Dash in the room all by herself. After AJ and the nurse got to the entrance of the hospital, she spoke. “You must like her a lot, don’t you?” “Huh? Well, of course Ah like her, she’s mah friend!” The nurse giggles a little. “You know what I mean.” Then she leaves Applejack in the room to ponder what she just said. It took her a little while to understand it, but her face got bright red when she realized what the nurse was talking about. _________________________________________________________________________________ The next morning, all six of the friends were in the room again. Applejack had brought some food for them all, of course, made from apples. Not long after they had finished eating, there was a knock at the door. “Come on in.” was Rainbow’s answer, wondering who else was visiting. They all looked up and gasped as Princess Celestia and Princess Luna entered the room. “Hello young ones. I heard from my dear student that one of her friends was hurt.” “Y-yes, she is hurt. But I didn’t expect you to come here and see her.” Twilight said, still in awe that her teacher and princess was there. “It’s okay dear Twilight. I wanted to come down to Ponyville soon anyways, but under better conditions.” She turns her head towards Rainbow Dash. “I do hope that you heal up quickly. I am always excited whenever I see you flying, creating your beautiful rainbow trail. I especially enjoyed when you made that Sonic Rainboom some time ago.” “W-will do, P-princess Celestia.” Rainbow, still in awe. “Speaking of Sonic Rainboom…” She remembered back to the previous day. “I was trying to put a twist on it, but that didn’t turn out so well, as you can see.” She said quietly, looking over to her broken wing. _________________________________________________________________________________ After several minutes of talking, and explaining to Princess Luna what happened, since Celestia didn’t tell her, only said her students friend got hurt, both princess’ had to leave to take care of other business. After several more hours of talking about things, visiting hours were over, and they all had to leave again. Rainbow Dash didn’t say anything, but didn’t want them to leave. Mainly Applejack. She just sat there quietly after saying good-bye. She finally lied down to think of what to do. It took her some time, but she had an idea. _________________________________________________________________________________ Applejack came home to see that her family was there, waiting for her. Applebloom looked happy to see her sister for the first time that day. “Applejack, you’re home! I thought I wouldn’t see you at all today!” she said while bouncing over to her sister. “Aw, Applebloom, I wasn’t gone too long was Ah?” she said jokingly. “’Sides, I wouldn’t leave you alone with Big Mac and Granny Smith all day! Don’t take it the wrong way you two, but you ‘aint the most excitin’ ponies ‘round here.” Saying with a light chuckle. “None taken.” The two of them say at the same time. Applebloom laughs at it. “Well, Ah’m a might tired right ‘bout now, so Ah’m gonna go ta sleep. See ya’ll t’morrow.” _________________________________________________________________________________ Later that night, Applejack awoke to a dry taste in her mouth. She must not have had very much to drink that day, so she decided to go to the kitchen and get herself some apple juice. Very refreshing. But something didn’t feel right to her, but she just shrugged it off. As she was going back to her room, she heard a knock on the door. ‘Who in tarnations would be visiting at this hour?’ she thought to herself. The knocking continued as she walked slowly to the door. When she opened the door, she was greeted by the one pony she least expected to show up. “Hi Applejack. Mind if I come in?” Applejack, confused, slowly nodded and moved to the side, allowing her guest to enter. “Thanks AJ, it’s really cold out there. So, whatcha doin’?” After shaking herself to normality, Applejack questioned “What are you doin’ here Rainbow, you’re supposed to be at the hospital restin’!” getting a little too loud for her own good, but thankfully not waking any of her family members. “Yeah, well, hospitals are so boring! Besides, I’m well enough to walk here, so no need to stay, really.” More lies. Applejack looked at her friend and saw that her whole body seemed to be covered in dust, along with a few new scratches on her legs. Not to mention she was shaking from the effort to stand and breathing heavily. “Rainbow, you’re not well enough ta go anywhere. Ah should just carry you back ta the hospital. You need the rest sugarcube. But we’re both tired, Ah know that. Ah’ll let ya stay t’night, but that’s it. Now let me clean you up, you look filthy.” AJ said while she went to the sink with a small washcloth. “Thanks AJ, this means a lot-OW! Don’t press so hard.” “Sorry sugarcube, but you’re still sensitive ta the touch ‘cuz all the bruises ya have.” “Yeah, I guess you’re right. By the way, you got any open rooms? I don’t want to make you sleep on the floor or something.” Rubbing the back of her head with a small laugh. “Ah wouldn’t mind sleepin’ on the floor, but yes we do. It’s right down that hall, last door.” Pointing to the door. “Oh, okay, thanks. And sorry for the intrusion, I just knew that the others wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Except maybe Fluttershy, but I didn’t want to wake her.” “Well what about how you came straight to me? Didn’t think Ah’d be ‘sleep?” “Well I was thinking of how I would get your attention, but since I saw a light on from a bit away, I knew someone was awake, and then I saw that it was you when I got closer.” “Well your lucky I was awake when you were near, else Ah’d be sound ‘sleep. Anyways, why don’t you go ta the guest room and rest up now. You need it.” “Got it. Thanks for helping AJ.” With that, Rainbow walks off slowly to the guest room, fumbles with the door for a little, then goes in, not without waving good-night to Applejack. After sitting and thinking of what to do with Rainbow Dash, she goes to her room to get some well needed sleep. After settling down in bed and trying to go to sleep, she can’t stop remembering what the nurse had said to her earlier. She tries to forget it, but just can’t get it out of her mind. Does she like Rainbow more than just a friend? Does she…love Rainbow Dash? After contemplating that thought, she decided to see if her thought was right. Sneaking out of her room, down the hall and quietly into the guest room that her friend was occupying, she kept repeating to herself ‘If Ah really do feel that way about her, this shouldn’t be very hard.’ She just sat there, watching Rainbow sleep, repeating to herself still. After what felt like an eternity, which was actually just a few minutes, she sighed. Her emotions had bested her. She slowly walked over to the bed, got in and lied right next to Rainbow Dash. Only then did she manage to fall asleep. _________________________________________________________________________________ Both mares couldn’t stop but look at their friend who just passed out. Rainbow Dash took that time to look at the friend that had been sleeping with her, only to ask “Why?” Her face that was once smiling, then confused, turned to one of sadness. “I’m sorry sugarcube. Ah shouldn’t have done it. Ah truly am sorry.” With that, she left Rainbow Dash and her feinted friend in the room, just to sulk her way to her own room. Rainbow Dash didn’t understand anything that just happened. Her face conveyed a look that just said ‘Wait…What just happened?’ After sitting in silent confusion for quite some time, Big Macintosh walks in, just to be surprised as anypony. “What in-What happened here? Rainbow Dash? Why are ya here? And what happened to Rarity?” Without saying anything, Rainbow Dash got out of bed and started to leave. Big Mac was too confused to say or do anything to stop her, so he let her pass. He thought she was just gonna leave, but no, she started going to Applejacks room. Without knocking, she entered her friends’ room, only to see her crying on her bed and saying “Ah knew it was a bad idea! Ah knew it! So why did Ah do it? Why?”She was too busy being upset with herself to notice when Rainbow entered the room, but she did notice when she felt a hoof on her shoulder. Not looking up, she said “Ah don’t need ya sympathy Big Mac. So go away.” What happened next shocked her. Rainbow Dash was now hugging her. But she still didn’t know it was her. ”B-Big Mac? What are ya doin’?” Before she released the hug, Rainbow said in a quiet, loving voice “I’m not Big Mac. Don’t be upset about what you did. You felt the need to do it. It’s okay, I understand.” Applejack turns around, only to be hugged again. She has no words for her friends’ actions. She feels their embrace lighten, but then tightens slightly, along with a warm feeling on her lips. She was in absolute shock by what was happening. Rainbow Dash was kissing her. Their embrace ends, but only for a moment. They started kissing again, but this time, Applejack joined in the moment. They were too engrossed in their moment to notice a little giggle from one little pony, and then a gasp from another, leading to another thunk on the floor. They only stopped when they heard a loud “What in tarnations you two doin’?!” The two are completely shocked by the volume and tone of Big Mac’s voice. “First Ah see my lil sis sad, then a wounded Rainbow Dash and unconscious Rarity in the room she just left, and now this! You two wanna explain ta me just what’s happening here?” “A-Ah’m sorry Big Mac. Ah didn’t mean for this ta happen. I tried not ta, but I couldn’t help it.” More sadness creeping into her face. “That doesn’t explain anythin’ at all.” “If you want explaining, then I’ll start by saying it’s all my fault.” Rainbow dash said while trying to look tougher than her weakened state would suggest. “I was the one who came here late last night and told her to let me stay here. This wouldn’t be happening if I didn’t do that. And I was the one who started kissing Applejack.” The last one made some color come to her cheeks. “That…explains some of it. But why was she in the guest room with ya? And why is Rarity here?” “That would be my fault. I don’t know why Ah did it, but Ah did. Ah couldn’t help mahself from doin’ that. And as for Rarity, I don’t know.” Applejack said, trying to be bold. “If…If you want to know why I am here dearies, is because you told me that I had forgotten something in the guest room that one time we had all come over. I just came to fetch it back, and what do I see but a wounded Rainbow Dash and Applejack close to each other in the same bed.” Rarity, who managed to recover, looked like she could be almost as mad as Big Mac. “But that is not why I fainted. The reason is because you two just looked absolutely adorable together! It was too much for me to handle at the moment, and I couldn’t help but pass out.” Now she was giddy with excitement. Now all four ponies were staring at Rarity. “Ah guess that’s why ya fainted when ya saw what was happenin’ in here.” Applebloom had been there the whole time, watching what happened. “Why yes dear, it was absolutely magnificent! I just knew that they would be together at some point! And I was right! Although it did happen sooner than expected…” “Rarity! You’re just encouraging her! Stop talking to her like that ‘fore she tells the whole town!” Now Applejack was mad. “Well she needs to learn sometime, doesn’t she? Besides, I’m sure she won’t tell anypony what she saw, right Appleblo- where did she go?” None of them noticed that Applebloom had sneaked off and was about to go tell her friends what happened. But Applejack would have none of it, because she ran out the door to catch up to her little sister before anything bad happened. _________________________________________________________________________________ Applebloom had made it all the way to town by the time her sister tackled her. “Just where do ya think you’re goin’ little missy?” “Aw, Ah just wanted ta tell my friends what happened. They would be so jealous!” “Not gonna happen! You are gonna walk you’re little self back home right this instant, or else no going ta any meetings with your friends for a month!” Applebloom could tell she was serious, because she looked away with a sad face. “Okay Applejack. But Ah was just gonna-“ “No ‘but’s! And Ah’ll only say this once, if you so tell ANY pony, you’ll-” “Tell any pony what Applejack?” Oh Twilight, always appearing at the worst times. “Aw nah, not telling! No pony is gonna hear anything!” Applejack, Element of Honesty, learned to cope with never being able to lie by just not talking about it. It was then that Big Mac Rarity and Rainbow Dash got to town to see what Applejack was gonna do to her sister. “Oh come on AJ, just me? Please? Come on, I wanna-What the? Rainbow Dash? What are you doing here?! You should still be in the hospital!” A now concerned Twilight. “Twilight, you just have to hear what I saw over in their home when I went to go fetch something I had lost before! It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen! Rainbow Dash and Applejack were-” Death-glared by Applejack, so Rarity stops. “Uh, never mind then, it’s a little private…heh.” She takes one last look at Applejack, and then runs back to her home. “Well…That sure was weird. I guess you really don’t want anypony to know what happened, huh? I respect that, but what Rarity said made me more curious. I shall respect your privacy, but I still want to know what happened.” She turns her head to face Rainbow. “And you need to get back to the hospital. Now.” “Why are you so intent on getting me to the hospital? You can see that I can walk just fine. I mean really Twilight, did the nurses tell you to come find me or something?” “Why yes, yes they did. Now come on, or else I will use my magic you get you back there.” And she wasn’t kidding. All of them could see Twilight’s horn start to glow. “Sigh…Fine, whatever.” “Good. Now, let’s go. They said they still had some tests to do on you. From how they said it, it sounded like these tests are really important.” “Important tests? Wait…Oh no, I forgot all about them!” Rainbow started to run towards the hospital, but did not turn out very well. She kept wobbling and almost fell over several times. Her friends caught up to her to help her get to the hospital safely. When they got to the hospital, Rainbow Dash was out of breath. But could still stand. A nurse was standing around, waiting for them to arrive. When she saw Rainbow, she grabbed her mane and started to drag her to the room she left last night. _________________________________________________________________________________ The tests, although much later than intended, went very well. One of which even made it so her wing could fold back into her body, but it was still secured, so as not to have any accidents. They also sealed the window making it so Rainbow Dash couldn’t escape again. But she still had her friends to comfort her while she was locked up in the room. _________________________________________________________________________________ It was only a few days later that Rainbow Dash was allowed to leave the hospital. But she still had to come back every few days to check on her wing. But she didn’t care. She was free…well…sort of. The first place she went was the Sugarcube Corner, because her friends informed her last night that they would be waiting there for her when she got to leave. But that didn’t stop her from taking her time walking there. But on her slow walk there, she remembered that other night. She wanted to make Applejack happy by not letting anypony know what happened, but she still wanted to kiss her, even if their friends were watching. She didn’t know what to do. She didn’t realize while she was thinking, she had stopped walking and her face got a light shade of red. It took her until somepony bumped into her for her to realize that she was standing still. She shook off the train of thought and continued walking, slightly embarrassed. She got all the way to the door of the Sugarcube Corner when the thought passed through. Again, she shook it off and went into the building to get greeted by a loud “SURPRISE!” It made her ears ring for a second, but she knew exactly what was going on. Pinkie Pie and her surprise parties always made her happy. Her time out of the hospital was looking good already. _________________________________________________________________________________ A/N: Well that only took a whole day to write. Oh well. Like stated at the top, give me some feedback for how I can make it better. I don’t expect you to like it, but it’s my first fanfic, so yeah. I will be including the others more, so don’t you worry.