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// Now or Never 
// Story: Raging Storm 
// by OmegaFanfiction 
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Now or Never


Fluttershy, terrified about what had just happened, paced around the room, with Angel tagging behind. She had just saw her best friend enter the storm, and she had no idea what had happened. She kept on staring out of the window each time she passed it, waiting for some sign of her being alright. But every time she passed, nothing would change. The storm would still be covering the ground below, and Rainbow Dash would still be nowhere to be seen.

After what seemed to be an eternity of pacing, she made her way to the window and continued to stare out of it. Tears were trickling down her face and cheeks, and fell to the floor. She didn't say anything for ages. All she did was watch and wait. Watching the storm, waiting for her friend. More eternities passed, and she couldn't tell whether it was day or night. But she didn't want to know that now. She just wanted to know if Dashie was alright.

All of a sudden, Fluttershy gasped. Apart from the ticking of the clock, it was the first sound that was heard throughout the cottage. Through the tearstained window, a fuzzy blue figure was falling out of the black clouds above. Rainbow was back, but she wasn't alright.

Fluttershy ran straight out of the door, and slammed it behind her. She didn't have to think. All she had to do was run. She ran straight towards her frie, and although she was just a small speck in the distance, she would still run for her. When she felt she was close enough so Dash could hear her, she yelled from the top of her lungs "DASHIE! DON'T WORRY! I'M COMING FOR YOU!"

Tears were still falling from her face as the speck of blue became bigger. Her wings had now rose, and she jumped from the ground, soaring at high speed to catch her best friend. Rainbow was falling faster with each flap of Fluttershy's wings, and as her wings started to become very painful, she slowed down just enough to catch Rainbow Dash at the last minute. She had saved her friend's life.

"Oh my gosh! Rainbow Dash, are you alright? Dashie? Dashie, wake up!" Fluttershy shook her friend hard,but still no response came. She checked her breathing and heart rate, but luckily, Rainbow was alive. Much to her delight. But she still wouldn't wake up. Her only other option was to take her to the hospital and get her checked up immediately.

When she reached the hospital, the room was littered with injured ponies, with various injuries. Some had a bad cut, others had  broken wings. It looked terrible. But she still strolled up to the reception desk and told them what happened.

"Ah, another one, I see. Right then, come with me. I'm sure there's a bed for you." 

The hospital was quite small, but beds were everywhere. But it took a couple of minutes to find an empty bed.

"Here we go. Just lay her here, that's it. So, do you know what happened to this mare?"

Fluttershy was on the verge of tears again. "Well, I don't know exactly. I just caught her and took her here."

The doctor nodded his head slowly. "I understand. For now, we must do some tests on her. You'll have to leave, I'm afraid. Come back next week. She's bound to be up by then!"

Fluttershy nodded, and left the room. But not before looking at her friend one last time. She had actually done something for Rainbow for once. She saved her life.