Fluttershy sat in the hospital, crying her eyes out into her hands, Applejack trying her best to cheer Fluttershy up, but to no avail. They had been waiting roughly 4 hours for any news on Rainbow Dash. After a couple more hours, Fluttershy had fallen asleep in Applejack's lap. The doctor finally came out and approached the two. Applejack woke Fluttershy up and stood with her to receive the news.
"Believe me... I would love to tell you she's fine but......" The doctor sighed and shook his head. "She's in extremely bad condition. Her ribs are fractured almost beyond repair, her wings won't work for another month, and I'm afraid she'll never be able to walk again...."
"Oh god...." Fluttershy was torn up inside. She couldn't bare the thought of her friend being in such agonizing pain.
Fluttershy collapsed to the ground, tears falling from her eyes once again. Applejack rested her hand on Fluttershy's shoulder and looked up at the doctor.
"Can we at least see her?" Applejack asked, willing to do anything to keep Fluttershy from crying anymore.
"Yes, but don't get her excited. It could turn bad if you do." The doctor warned.
The doctor led them down the hall to Rainbow Dash's room where she was in a full body cast, her arms and legs raised by straps. Her eyes were closed signaling that she was still passed out. The hospital staff were nice enough to place Rainbow Dash in the same room as Twilight in case one woke up before the other. Fluttershy walked up to Rainbow Dash's bed side and got on her knees to get a closer look at dash. Her face was bruised in several spots and she still had blood dripping from her nose.
"Who did this to you...." Fluttershy whispered.
Rainbow Dash gave no response. Fluttershy sniffled, having cried herself dry.
"I cant leave her here like this.... I wont leave her here like this...!" Fluttershy almost shouted.
"Mam you cant-" The doctor started until Applejack grabbed him by the jewels, the he started to squeal. "I think we can make an exception for you"
Applejack released the man and patted him on the shoulder. "Good man~"
(ELSEWHERE)
Pinkie coughed as she dragged Rarity out of the river by the shoulders and onto the bay. After she managed to drag Rarity onto the bay. She then dropped her on the sand. Pinkie layed her back, opened her mouth and breathed into it, pressing on the chest afterwords. She repeated to do this until Rarity re-gained consciousness and coughed up water. She turned over to cough the rest onto the sand and turned back over to rest, panting.
"Where-*pant*-where are we...." Rarity said as she tried to regain her breath.
"I dunno.... Somewhere in the middle of the Ever Free Forest i guess." Pinkie said.
Rarity sat straight up in shock. "EVER FREE FOREST!?"
"Um. yeah?" Pinkie said.
Rarity screamed loud enough for the surrounding animals to cover their ears and run off. "Ew ew ew ew ew! Do you have ANY idea how many filth and muck is in this place!?"
Pinkie rolled her eyes and picked herself up off the ground and looked around. "Doesn't look like we strayed TOO far from Canterlot. Should only take about 3 days travel to get there!"
"Three.... Days?" Rarity fainted at the thought.
"Oh come ooon!" Pinkie groaned. "It's not THAT bad!"
Rarity responded by crying into the sand beneath her. Pinkie rolled her eyes, grabbed Rarity by the arms and started dragging her through the Ever Free Forest.
"We're gonna have to make you a makeshift splinter the first chance we get....." Pinkie said.