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// Chapter 2 
// Story: I am Machine 
// by FoxyAndPip 
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“I came as fast as I could!” I said as I ran into the waiting room to see my friends waiting for me. Well, 4 of them at least.

“Howdy, sugarcube,” Applejack greeted me, however lacking the usual cheer. Even Pinkie seemed down, her hair much straighter than usual.

“Have you heard anything about Rainbow?” I asked.

“Not since the doctor came to my cottage to fetch me,” Fluttershy said, tears welling in her eyes. “I hope she’s OK…”

“I-I’m sure she will be…” Pinkie said, smiling softly. I could see right through her mask. She was as worried as the rest of us. “Of course she will…she’s Dashie, r-remember…” 

“Yeah…”

Still, I couldn’t help but be worried. She took a massive hit, it seemed impossible that she could’ve survived a fall that hard. The doctor wasn’t exactly happy when he came to see me...but he wasn’t particularly sad either. Come on, Twilight, think positive!

The door to the surgery room opened. 

“Dr Brown! How is she?” I asked.

Dr Brown gave me a small smile. “Why don’t you ask her herself?”

I felt my heart soar. She’s alive!

“However,”

And just like that, it plummeted.

“She may not be the same mare she used to be.”


I cautiously opened the door and looked around, walking in slowly. “Rainbow Dash?”

“O-over here,” I heard a mechanical voice say from behind a curtain. I pulled back the curtain to see something that made my stomach hurl. 

“Rainbow…what happened to you…” I asked, tears flowing.

“I-I’m fine. They c-couldn’t fix m-me so they tu-turned me into a robot. I’m ju-just getting used to this new voice-voice box,” she said. It didn’t sound like her though. Not to me.

“Dashie..?”

I looked behind me to see Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Rarity staring at Rainbow.

“Hey guys…”

“Dashie, are you OK?” Pinkie walked forwards slowly.

“I’m OK…uh, Pinkie P-Pie, was it? S-Sorry. I seem to have a heavy case of amnesia, but the doc-doctor told me lots about you all,” she said.

“What else did he say? About your condition?” I asked urgently.

Rainbow looked down sadly. I winced at the whirring sound it made due to the gears in her neck. “Lots. Some good, but m-most bad. Due to the fact that my brain is mostly robotic now, I’ve lost most of my memories, emotions and personality. I’m practically a machine,” she said. “No. I am a machine,” she added lowering her head in sorrow. 

I stepped back in shock. Rainbow Dash, the Rainbow Dash I know and love, was gone. Replaced by a machine, who could only try to be anything she was. She was gone. Forever. 

“I’m really sorry Twilight.”

I looked up. Rainbow was looking at me worriedly. I took a deep breath. Maybe…maybe there’s hope after all… “It’s not your fault. We’ll get through this. Somehow. Together.”