Chapter 1: Is this the end?
Rainbow Dash woke up to a beeping sound. She opened her eyes slowly as she saw a pale white light. She felt sharp pain in her body. The beeping sounded every second and she slowly looked around. The room was white and boring, filled with the pale white light from the lamp in the roof. She felt really tired and felt pain in her entire body. Rainbow Dash lifted her head slightly and looked down. She was lying in a hospital bed and she had tubes running into her body. Panic started to fill her mind as she put her head back onto the pillow. Her head started to spin and she felt sick. She heard a quiet voice in the other end of the room.
"Rainbow Dash?"
The pony came closer and Rainbow looked over to see who it was. She saw something pink and yellow in her blurred vision. Even though she could barely see, she knew it was Fluttershy. Fluttershy stood next to the bed with a sad look on her face. Rainbow Dash tried to speak but her voice wasn't there. She tried again but not a single sound came out her mouth.
"Don't try to speak Rainbow," Fluttershy said with a sad voice, "you need to rest."
Rainbow Dash regained her vision and looked at her friend with a questioning look. She tried to remember what had happend to her but she couldn't remember anything. Fluttershy continued speaking with her quiet voice.
"I'm s-so happy you're awake. You have been unconscious for three days after I found you."
"W-what happened t-to me?" Rainbow managed to say, extremely quiet.
"You've had an accident and dissapeared in the Everfree Forest," Fluttershy said with a small tear on her cheek, "we searched after you for four days but couldn't find you."
Fluttershy paused for a minute and tried to keep her tears in. She put a hoof on Rainbow's shoulder.
"I found you three days ago when I was on my way to Zecora. I thought you were dead at first. I brought you to the hospital and they helped you as best as they could," a small pause came upon Fluttershy and she started to cry a little, "they said you might not survive."
Rainbow Dash started to panic from the news and tried to roll out of the bed to escape. Her attempts resulted in massive pains and she screamed as loud as she could, but it wasn't very loud. Fluttershy hugged her friend gently to try to calm her, Rainbow keept struggeling.
"P-please Rainbow, calm down. I'm here for you, you will be okay."
"H-how can you say that Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked with a sob, "I'm going to die... I don't want to d-die Flutters."
Rainbow Dash was crying in both pain and fear. Her life was about to end. The tender embrace of her friend was calming her down, but she was still panicing.
"The doctors said you still have a chance to survive, but you need to calm down and rest," Fluttershy said as she sat down next to the bed, "I will be here for you Rainbow."
"Thanks Fluttershy," Rainbow said calmly, and with a small smile on her face, "you are a true friend."
A doctor entered the room and close behind him was the rest of her friends. All of them had a sad expression on their faces. Rainbow Dash felt a happy to see that everypony had come to see her.
"Now, try not to stress her, she need to rest," the doctor said gently to Rainbow's friends, "call me if you need me, okay?"
"Thank you doctor," Twilight said as the doctor left the room, " hey Rainbow Dash, how are you feeling?"
"Not that good, but thanks anyway," Rainbow said with a sad expression on her face, "I'm glad to see you all here."
"That is what friends are for," Applejack said with a smile, " we hope you get better soon."
"Yeah! You will be better in now time!" Pinkie pie exclaimed happily.
"There is something you all should know..." Fluttershy looked very sad.
The room got quiet and everypony looked at Fluttershy except Rainbow. Even pinkie Pie was silent. The only sound in the room was the beeping from the machines.
"Rainbow Dash might not survive her injuries."
The news shook all of her friends. Pinkie Pie's happy mood dissapeared. Rainbow Dash looked even more sad than before and she started to sob. The beeping continued and they all was quiet for a long while. The doctor came in.
"Everything okay in here," he asked with a concerned look.
"Is it true that Rainbow Dash might not survive?" Twilight asked quietly as she turned to the doctor.
"Unfortunately there is a chance that she will not survive from the injuries," the doctor said with a sad tone, " but we will try everything we can to make sure she will be okay. Now, if it's okay, Rainbow needs her rest."
Everyone nodded and slowly walked towards the door. Everypony had a very sad look on their faces. Rainbow Dash looked up to see her friends leave.
"Do you need anything before I leave, Rainbow Dash?" the doctor said gently.
"C-can you get Fluttershy? I-I need to speak to her."
He nodded and walked down the hall towards her friends. The door shut behind him and she felt lonely without anypony with her. After a few moments, Fluttershy peeked through the door. She walked towards Rainbow and sat down next to the bed again. She looked at the rainbow coloured pony with a few tears running down her cheeks.
"F-fluttershy... I need to tell you something, " Rainbow said with a weak voice and made a small pause, "I wanted to.. tell you before... but I-I wasn't brave enough." Rainbow made another pause.
"What is it Rainbow?" Fluttershy asked. She leaned forward.
"I-I wanted... to say..." a longer pause came between them, Fluttershy listen closely, "I want you to know... that...."
This pause was longer than before, the beeping from the machines became slower and slower and Rainbow Dash's breathing became slower and slower. Suddenly the beeping stoped and the only sound was a long single tone. The small screen on the machine showed a flat line and Rainbow Dash had her eyes closed. Fluttershy stood up.
"Rainbow Dash? Rainbow Dash!!" Fluttershy became scared and shook her friend, "Rainbow?! Wake up!! Doctor!!" Fluttershy screamed as loud as she could.
Two doctors and a nurse came running in through the door. They told Fluttershy to step back and she nodded and took a few steps back. They started to work on Rainbow and tried to revive her.
'Is this it? Is this the end for Rainbow Dash? What was she going to tell me?' a voice in Fluttershy's head echoed over and over. Her vision became blurred and everything became black as the voice echoed. She felt tears running down her cheeks and she stoped hearing the doctors and everything became silent except the voice in her head.
End of chapter 1