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// Chapter 4: Rainbow Dash 
// Story: Broken 
// by MistyPegasus 
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   The world seemed to flicker on and off. Rainbow Dash found herself lying in a room that was all too familiar; the dirty-aqua coloured curtains that matched with her hospital gown, the blueish walls and the small window. She was in the hospital.

Her friends were looking at her worriedly. Rainbow tried to open her mouth to say something, but shut it when a strike of pain hit her whole body. Nurse Redheart came into the room and cast the hurt pegasus a look that seemed to say, What did you do to hurt yourself so badly?

The rainbow mare looked at herself; all of her hooves were bandaged up and her wings had been put in casts. Rainbow wanted to scream from what she saw, she had never been in such bad condition before.

"Rainbow Dash, you're OK! Oh we're all so glad!" Fluttershy said as she let out a sigh of relief. The other four ponies nodded their heads to confirm what Fluttershy had said.

"Rainbow, you should have been more careful!" Twilight scolded as she began her lecture on safe flying.

"Save it Twi. Rainbow 'ere needs tah know deh good news." Applejack said as she stuck a hoof in Twilight's mouth.

"OK, OK!" Twilight said as she pulled A.J.'s hoof out of her mouth. "Rainbow, you are very lucky that I learned a new spell just before you had your... accident," Twilight continued.

How is that lucky? Like what spell that Twilight has just learned can help me? Rainbow thought to herself. Suddenly the door burst open and an orange-coated filly with a shaggy, purple mane ran inside.

"RAINBOW DASH, ARE YOU OK?!" Scootaloo shouted, wide eyed.

"She's fine, sugar cube." Applejack assured the filly while narrowing her eyes at Rainbow. The orange filly nodded happily but she wasn't exactly convinced.

"AS I WAS SAYING," Twilight said loudly to show how annoyed she was, "I learned a new healing spell. So Rainbow, you would have stayed here for a few months if you had to heal normally, but with my magic, I can heal you right now."

Rainbow Dash felt like jumping up and down and hugging her talented friend, but of course, she was still stuck in the medical casts and bandages.

Twilight's horn filled with magic as she focused on her spell. A raspberry-coloured glow surrounded Rainbow. In a white flash, the hospital went silent. When everypony could see again, they found Rainbow Dash standing upright on her bed, wobbling a bit. All her bandages had magically disappeared and her wing casts were lying on the floor.

"I'm so sorry Rainbow..." Twilight trailed off as she hung her head in shame.

"Sorry for what? This is awesome! I can stand again!" Rainbow exclaimed in confusion. All of the other ponies in the room, including Redheart and Scootaloo, looked at Twilight with equally puzzled stares.

"Well, you see, the Sonic Rainboom is a magical thing originally created by a failed experiment that some unicorns were working on. I tried to cure all your bones but the last Rainboom damaged your wings permanently... I'm sorry Rainbow, you're crippled and will never fly again." Twilight explained to the ponies as she nervously dragged her hoof over the cream tiles on the floor.

Everypony's jaws dropped in unison as they realized what the smart unicorn had said.

"Dashie's... never going to fly again?" Pinkie asked as her poofy mane went straight in sadness. Twilight nodded, her eyes kept on the ground.

The hospital was silent for a few minutes until everypony heard Rainbow Dash mutter, "I swear Lightning Dust, you won't get away with this!"

"I suppose that Rainbow Dash is correct," Rarity said, "we do need to find that awful pegasus that caused this absolute disaster to happen."

Everypony agreed that the element bearers should go find Lightning Dust and arrest her.

"W-wait!" Scootaloo said, "Can't I come too? I mean I am sort of Rainbow's sister, right?" she asked hopefully.

"Sure you can come, squirt." Rainbow said as she ruffled her sister's mane. Scootaloo grinned happily and followed the other six ponies out of the room, leaving Nurse Redheart wondering what exactly would come out of their quest.