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// Wing Replacement 
// Story: Self-Defeat 
// by HeartGramHorse 
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	It was the day of the surgery and Rainbow was having the hardest time trying to stay in one place, and even mistakenly tried to fly around with one wing and fell to the floor. She was acting like she had some sort of stressful test just like the Wonderbolts one, back a couple years ago. She was hopping up and down stress fully on her bed, running around and looking at herself in the mirror, when all of a sudden a knock on the door that made her jump.
Dash walked up, shakily from nerves and opened the door, to see Twilight and Fluttershy again, accompanied by the carriage.
"You ready Rainbow?" Twilight asked.
"Y-Yeah as I'll ever be" She said walking out of her house and closing the door. She hopped into the carriage.
"Now don't you worry Rainbow, everything is going to be just fine, no need to be worried, all of your friends and us will be there for you." Fluttershy said, trying to comfort the cyan Pegasus.
They took off from Cloudsdale and back down to Ponyville to the hospital.
Nurse Redheart was waiting for her.
"Alright, Rainbow go ahead and sit in the wheel chair." The nurse said.
Rainbow kind of scowled and looked down. The flashback of doing tricks as the younger thrill seeker and breaking her wing before went through her mind. She took her seat in the chair.
As the other five friends followed behind the nurse, and Dash, they could feel her nervousness and tension rubbing off of her. Pinkie had to step out because she kept trying to bring her party cannon and make them explode with balloons and streamers all over the place, which forced the nurse to have security walk her out.
"Alright you four, you have to wait in the waiting room now." Redheart pointed over to the area where a few other ponies were sitting.
The four and Pinkie, who finally managed to control her enthusiasm a little more, went into the waiting room and sat down.
Rainbow felt a bit wired being pushed through the ER and looking at all the tools that were on the silver trays and by the beds. She was wheeled into her little room that was sectioned off by curtains.
"Alright, Miss Dash. Go ahead and lay down on the bed with the bandaged side facing up." Nurse instructed her. 
Rainbow, not making any sounds or approvals in agreement, hopped onto the bed and did as she was instructed positioning herself on the bed.
The surgeons came in and hooked her up with the equipment needed and put some neighstesia into her and Rainbow passed out.
The operation was very technical for the doctors as they cut around the spot of the old dislocated joint and cut the old bone off. The first stage was to rid the area of scar tissue, simple, yet careful guidance, then connecting the first piece of the wing vertebrae that would normally support the other bones and the light thin tissue of the wing where the feathers would grow out. Then an advanced machine that was used to attach the smaller skeletal metal wing pieces, and screwing them in and tightening the flex bolts that would allow just like the normal wing to fold up appropriately. Then came the most precise part, attaching the six metal feathers of light weight steel that would allow for functionality of flight and easy movement while in flight. They stitched up the area around the wing muscle and the skin with stitches.

While the pony still slept they moved her to a regular hospital room, and informed her friends that they could visit her later after she woke up and had something to eat. They all decided to go get her a gift from the shop for her around the corner, while Pinkie went and made some of her favorite cupcakes for Dash.

Rainbow, woke up about 3 hours later, close to midnight. Nurse checked her vital signs and gave her a delicious meal of assorted hay burgers and sweet cider. Soon her 5 friends walked in. 
"Dashie!" Pinkie screamed and went and handed her cupcakes to her. Rainbow smiled slowly from the tiredness.
"Hey gals, what's up?" She asked as she yawned.
"Not much darling, how are you feeling?" Rarity stepped up beside her.
Dash really couldn't answer her for the simple fact that she was still slightly inoculated by the neighstesia. 
"Still tired." replied the sleepy Pegasus. She stretched and her metal wing expanded quickly flinging the cupcakes that Pinkie had made right into her face and onto the floor. Dash surprised herself a little. She took a look at the metal wing. It was, different, but it looked amazing and she practiced moving it in and out a little. Pinkie on the other hoof, was busy licking the frosting up all off her face and the floor. The others slightly frowned, but then again this is Pinkie Pie.
"That wing is stunning Dash!" Twilight exclaimed a little excited as she viewed the wing. She was wondering what kind of pony science this was altogether. 
"Alright ladies, time to get out for the night she needs her rest, lot of days of recovery and training to come." Nurse Redheart said to the five.
They all went and gave their goodbyes to their friend and left the packaged present on top of the mantel piece. After they all left the nurse checked vitals one more time and dimmed the lights and closed the door. Rainbow looked over at the gift on the table and grabbed it, and opened it up. What was inside was a letter and a picture frame of her and her friends all standing around and having a fun time, she read the letter:

Rainbow Dash, you are one of the most important and best friends all of us could have, we have all grown together strongly and we love you so much for your strength and most of all loyalty and never letting us go for what you know could mean the difference between dreams and reality. You are so amazing and we will always be here for you until the end. Fly high and keep rainbooming!

All of her friends and even the Crusaders signed the bottom of it. It made her so happy and she cried as she set the picture up and she held the letter tightly as she fell asleep.