Rainbow Dash was falling into a pattern of things in her life. That was all well and good at the time. She'd be the first to admit that—if anything—her existence needed a certain bit of structure, especially considering the depths that she had sunk to during her flight school years.
But there comes a time when one begins depending a little too much on that pattern. When it breaks, it has devastating consequences, upsetting the tender balance that one has worked so hard to establish with much sweat and effort.
Rainbow Dash was about to learn that not everything can be impervious to the crazy chaos of life. While she would swiftly recover from the ordeal, she'd soon discover that worrying about herself was the least of her troubles.
But, no matter. This is Rainbow Dash we're talking about. Even if everything collapsed from all angles at once, there was nothing she liked more than a challenge. And... boy... was she about to get really, really challenged.