//------------------------------// // chapter 5 // Story: A Missing Puzzle Piece // by Aurora Steel //------------------------------// Over the week Soarin stayed at Rainbow Dash's bed, the only time Soarin left her bed was to go to the toilet and then he was straight back at her side. Spitfire even tried to take him back to the wonderbolt HQ but he refused to move. Soarin was getting more and more worried as the days went by and the surgery she went in for didn't help his anxiety. The rainbow maned mare had to get some reconstruction at the joint and at the middle of the wing. she was in surgery for 3 hours and the whole time soarin was annoyed, confused and just plain tired! about an hour in to her surgery Twilight and her friends came into the waiting room. Pinkie Pie and Rarity went and sat down on the floor, well Pinkie Pie did but Rarity summoned a pillow and sat down to play battle cloud. Fluttershy was crying and Applejack was trying to comfort and calm her down, and Twilight was lost in a book called 'How To Heal A Wing'. after about half an hour twilight finished reading her book and she was about to get another one out when she saw the stallion pacing around nearly making a groove in the floor, so she spoke up "Soarin whats the matter?" "Sorry Princess Twilight I'm just worried about Rainbow Dash! She has been in surgery for over an hour and a half, and I'm annoyed at spitfire!" he said his coat going a little darker than usual and his mane going a little lighter. Twilight replied "Well she has to get reconstruction on her wing and why are you angry at Spitfire?" "Yeah why are you angry at me?" Spitfire said walking into the waiting room. Twilight and Soarin turned around in surprise to see the captain of the Wonderbolts standing there. Soarin's coat and mane now the same colour he said icily "I'm angry at you because you yelled at me when Rainbow Dash passed out and was curled up in my lap. Then Misty Fly, Fleetfoot and I had to look around the medical wing for half an hour then ask a doctor where she was!, and if I didn't send letters to Princess Twilight and her friends they probably wouldn't of known that Rainbow Dash was even in hospital! She hasn't had a chance to send any letters to her frieds at all because the schedule you have for her meant she had literally no free time and everypony at HQ knows that we NEVER had to go through that much training in one week, and you know what your probably the reason Rainbow Dash is in surgery right now!" Spitfire was taken back but she replied with an ever icier tone "I yelled because i didn't know what was going on and i didn't tell you because i had to go and do some paper work! My training schedule wasn't that hard everyone at the HQ could have done the schedule! It was HER fault that she broke her wing not mine!" Her mane was now smoking! "No Spitfire you weren't busy you just didn't care and yes most of us at the HQ could of done your schedule but not Rainbow she was new and she is a rookie! we have done that sort of training for years but she had only done training with us for a couple of weeks!" his mane was now a very pale white and it stood up on end like icicles, and his coat was now midnight blue and it was straight and shiny! "She is a rookie and i don't care if she couldn't handle her training she is the so called 'fastest and best flier in Equestria'! I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID TO HER!" Spitfire shouted her mane how on fire! "You know what Spitfire! I said that because I DO!" Soarin was so angry that it was getting cold in the waiting room. "Why do you, she is a pathetic excuse for a mare!" it was also starting to get very hot in the waiting room. "Because I do and she is everything you will NEVER BE!!!" Ice clouds started forming. Before spitfire had a chance to shout back applejack shouted "Who are you to call Rainbow Dash a 'pathetic excuse for a mare'! She is the ELEMENT OF LOYALTY for Celestia's sake! And like soarin said she is everything you will never be!!! Applejacks hair how in flames as well! Soarin piped up and stood next to applejack "SPITFIRE I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY FRIEND YOU WERE LIKE MY SISTER BUT NOW YOU ARE JUST A COMPLETE AND UTTER COW! I WILL CALL A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON THE GROUNDS OF YOU BEING A BAD CAPTAIN OF THE WONDERBOLTS IF YOU DONT STOP BEING MEAN TO RAINBOW DASH!!! NOW GO AWAY!!!" Soarin's eyes were white and Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Twilight and Fluttershy were standing in an attacking stance behind Soarin. Spitfire was cowering in fear and what Soarin said had sunk in! She turned around and walked cautiously out of the room. When Soarin was sure that Spitfire was gone he collapsed down on the floor and passed out from all the energy he used! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soarin woke up about 3 hours later, his head was spinning and he had a big headache. He sat up and looked around the room, he looked to this left and stopped. He saw the most beautiful sight in Equestria, The Rainbow maned mare was lying there looking at peace, her hair was brushed back for the first time ever. He couldn't say the same for her wing though, it was in a cast and blood just managed to seep through. He went over to the mare and draped a wing over her. The next thing he knew 10 ponies were in the room, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, fluttershy, Rapidfire, Misty Fly, Fleetfoot and 2 nurses. All around the room there were aww's. They sat down and the 2 nurses went about changing Rainbow Dash's cast. Everypony started talking even the nurses. Once the nurses were done they put a needle into Rainbow Dash's arm and one of the nurses went over to soarin and changed the bandage on his head. As the nurse was changing the bandage on his head he asked "What did you put in rainbow dash's arm?" The nurse replied in a calm tone "It was just some medicine to put Rainbow Dash's body out of repair mode." The nurses said to keep the noise down low for when rainbow dash woke up and left. After a couple of minutes the Rainbow Maned mare woke up. she blinked a couple of times and looked around, as soon as she saw the bathroom she ran to it and closed the door. Misty Fly spoke up "well that was awkward..." as soon as she said that she fell on the ground laughing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When Rainbow Dash returned she said "Whats up guys?" Twilight said "Hi Rainbow Dash glad to see that your awake!" as Twilight said that Pinkie Pie came down from the celling and hugged Rainbow. "ooff, hi Pinkie Pie.." rainbow managed to say before throwing off pinkie pie. Soarin said happily "Glad to see that your finally awake" at that Rainbow Dash smiled then promptly fell asleep. "Or not...." He said then everyone laughed and Soarin placed his wing back over the mare and fell asleep as well