"What can I do, Doc?" the voice of the princess says over me.
"You can start by giving me some god damn room!" he yells harshly. "Oh Celestia. . .I've never seen bones broken so. . .so. . ."
Help me.
"You must know of some healing spells."
I can hear Twilight chuckle. "Of course I do."
"Great! Now, I just need to move this here and-"
CRACK
"DON'T TOUCH ME!!"
My room forms around me.
A dream?
I'm hot and sweaty. I feel. . .
I don't know how I feel.
Making my way to my desk, I turn my lamp on. It's noon, but my curtains are always closed. I don't like seeing how high up I live.
I need to write.
My dreams are getting worse. Flashbacks. That's all they are. Tonight was about the hospital and Twilight and
Gone.
I'm getting worse.
A knock at my door wakes me up from my desk. It's a sharp knock. Strong. Regal.
"Rainbow? May I come in?"
Twilight. "Y-yeah."
My voice is dry. Heavy. Angry.
As the door swings open, I can already tell that she's not here to take me to the yellow body's house. She's here for business. "Rainbow, I'm here to talk to you about moving."
"M. . .moving?" the thought had never struck me before now.
Thoughts usually like to run away from me.
The purple body nods slightly. "Yes. We think it would be best for you if you moved to someplace on the ground. It might even help with your anxiety."
"Oh. . .right. But where would I move to?" I say, turning in my chair.
She hesitates for a moment. "The, uh. . .orange body's farm. You might have to help out with chores, but. . .at least you'd be on the ground where we can work through your problems."
Orange body. Apples. Family.
"Rainbow Dash?"
Something within me churns suddenly. "I-I told you not to call me that."
Twilight takes a step back, as if she had hurt me. "I'm sorry. . .I forget sometimes. . ."
"When will I be moving?"
It takes her a second to find the answer.
The body's are always careful to answer my questions. They don't want to trigger me. I wish I could tell them what it was that made me cringe, but I myself do not know. It scares me.
"Tomorrow, if that's okay," she smiles.
I step down from my desk chair. "That's. . .fine. I-if you'll excuse me princess, I think I need to throw up now." I bow before walking into my bathroom.
"Alright Rainbow. . .could you rate the pain in your wings for me?" The doctor was standing next to my hospital bed. There was a clipboard hovering in his light blue magic.
"Ten."
He swiped a pen across the clipboard. "Okay, and your chest?"
"Four."
Another swipe. One after the other he swiped my ratings down on that clipboard. He had been doing this for the past week.
"One last question Ms. Dash: Do you fell like you are ready to go home?"
My ears twitched at the new question. "N. . .no."
"Then we shall keep you for another week and see how you are doing after that." and with that he turned and left just as a white body entered the room. "Oh! Excuse me Rarity," the Doc apologized.
"It's quite alright." Her voice filled the room with a strange warmth.
I tried my best to sit up. I wanted to see her face straight on. "R. . .Rari. . ."
"Oh darling. . ." Her blue eyes looked at me with a kind gentleness. "Don't move, please. I don't want you to hurt yourself."
The body's face beamed at me.
A light in my darkness.
A light. . .
". . .bow. . . .Rainbow, wake up darling."
My eyes are crusty. Was I crying?
There's a white body at the door. "Come now, it's time to go to Apple- I mean, the orange body's farm."
"R. . .Rar. . .?"
Anger. The emotion feels like a hoof being jabbed into my stomach.
Hot.
"Where in the hell have you been!" My throat burns from the ferocity of my tone.
The Light takes a step back in fear. "What do you mean Rainbow?"
Heavy breathing. Heart racing. "Do you know how long I have waited for you? Do you know. . .how long. . ." I fall in defeat.
"Rainbow. . .I. . ." She walks to me, her eyes blazing with care. "I'm sorry for whatever it is that I have done. Please, tell me what I did wrong so I can make it right. I don't want to cause you pain. . ."
"You. . .light. . ."
I can't form the words.
I can't. . .
I don't know what I can and cannot do anymore.
I only now that I don't want to fly.