On a dirt road that led from the Everfree Forest to the happy little town of Ponyville walked two best friends. One bigger and blue pegasus was trying to slow down while carrying her friend’s saddle bags. She looked slightly annoyed at having to take it so slow, but also happy at helping her friend. The smaller, yellow and injured pony walked at a comfortable pace. She had a small smile as she walked close to her blue protector.

As they enjoyed the warmth of the sun and the spring breeze little critters came out of the forest to say hello. Fluttershy bent her head down to say hello. “Good morning my little friends. How are you all doing this lovely morning?” She asked as she beamed at the little animals she so loved.

Rainbow Dashed smiled to herself. She could never stop being amazed at just how loving her friend was with all creatures. She just oozed such positive and loving feelings that she was sure the animals could pick up on.

The animals squeaked their responses and questions at their neighbor and pony friend. Fluttershy pulled her head back and looked back at her wings as she frowned the tiniest bit. She tried to think of something to say, “Oh, you mean these. It’s nothing, really. I just had a little accident from being careless. I’m actually going to the doctor to get them fixed. I’m sorry I can’t stay and eat some fruit with you all.” Fluttershy apologized yet again. Rainbow Dash coughed a bit to get her attention

The buttery mare looked at her friend. “Shy, we need to get going.” Fluttershy looked back at her little furry friends who had some berries and nuts they held up to her. “Oh, I would love to take some for the road. Thank you very much.” She held out her hoof and put them into the saddle bag her blue friend was holding.

They continued walking enjoying the comfortable silence until Fluttershy broke it. “Um, Dash, can I tell you something?” The bold pegasus looked back at her with interest and raised a brow. “Sure, what’s on your mind?”

They continued walking as Fluttershy tried to find her voice. “Well, um, I uh. You see. I’m kind of worried. Actually I am VERY worried.” Rainbow Dash turned her head fully to look at her more as she walked on, a worried look replacing her happy look. “What’s got you so worried? Are you afraid of going to the doctor’s? You know, I have been sent to the hospital plenty of times. There is nothing to be afraid of. They are very good at what they do. And the staff is very nice.” She stated matter of fact.

“No, I’m not worried about going to the hospital. I am more worried about my, er uh, wings.” She said in a more timid voice as she glued her eyes to the floor. Rainbow Dash stopped dead in her tracks and placed a friendly wing over her scared friend, ceasing her shy friend’s movements.

“Oh. Are you scared they may not work or something? We both no it was bad Shy, but nothing a visit to the hospital and some bed rest won’t fix. And I will be there to help you every step of the way.” She emphasized her words by dragging the tip of her big blue wing along the length of her friend.

Fluttershy shivered a bit as the touch made her tingle all over. She looked up with sad eyes that were beginning to water. “No, what I mean to say is how will I explain them to every pony? It was hard enough trying to brush it off as nothing to all the little animals. And I’m not frightened of them. But you know how I get around ponies I don’t know well. And I’m sure all our friends will want a better explanation then just an accident. I feel so stupid for what I did. And so ashamed.” She began to whimper as it was getting harder to hold the tears back.

Dash was at a lost for words. She was trying to push back the inevitable of explaining the whole situation to their friends. She knew this was her fault, and would take all the blame. She would gladly take all the stares, criticizing words, and pain that came with it. But she knew it would be Fluttershy who would have to deal with all the questions and looks, along with the actual pain. All she could do is be there for her.

“Listen Flutters, I know this is going to be hard. But don’t worry about it too much. Right now you need to focus on getting better. And I promise I will be there with you when the time comes. I want all the blame to be on me. It was my fault you did this to yourself. But for right now, lets just go see the doctor ok?” she then ran her hoof through the pink mane.

Fluttershy sighed, but decided this would be the best she could get right now. She stood up and began walking. “Ok Dashie. Thanks for being there for me.”

“I am the element of loyalty after all silly filly. Besides, this is just as much my mess as yours.” She joked as she tried to lighten the mood. “Pinkie Pie is much better at cheering ponies up then me” she thought. She picked up her pace a bit out of nervousness.

Fluttershy forced a giggle that she didn’t really feel. She also went a little faster to keep up with her blue care taker. She didn’t really know what else to say to her friend. Things were getting really confusing for her. And having Dash be so close was confusing her all the more. She didn’t know how to react to her touches, or her jokes and suggestions.

She wasn’t sure if Rainbow was dropping her hints or just playing around. Then there were her wings. They hurt very much. And she felt so stupid for doing that to her wings. She felt like she let every pony down. Rainbow Dash, the rest of her friends, and even herself. Not to mention this came in the way of taking care of her animals.

She remembered how sad and scared Angel was last night. He never cried. But when she hurt herself, he did. And she saw that it hurt him. But she continued anyways. What kind of momma was she that she did that to him. Yes she had a lot troubling her mind, a lot indeed. She so desperately wanted to tell some pony. She wanted so badly to tell Rainbow Dash the most. But she was just so shy. She always felt bad asking for help.

She closed her eyes and hung her head low, “I just need time, then maybe we could talk about it all.” She thought.

Rainbow Dash was walking while stealing glances at her friend from the corner of her eye. Not that Fluttershy would notice. All she did was look at the ground below her hooves. She felt really bad for putting her through all this trouble. She really wished she could take all the pain and worry away. She just wanted to see her friend happy again.

When she saw her mood worsen as she closed her eyes she decided she needed to do something about it. So taking a few peaks around to make sure there was no one around, she turned her head and nuzzled Fluttershy’s ear. “Hey Shy, don’t look so sad. Everything will be alright. I promise.” She then pulled away and kept walking.

This seemed to work as Fluttershy stood up straighter. A smile appeared on her face along with a slight blush. “I guess it’s not too bad. She is still my friend, and cares.” The yellow pegasus thought as she walked with a spring in her step.

Rainbow Dash smiled to herself, “I guess that did the trick. Oh yeah, I am so awesome.” She then playfully bumped her flank softly with Fluttershy and walked a bit faster. She saw Fluttershy smile brighter as she closed her eyes happily.

Fluttershy ran a bit and flicked her tail on Rainbow Dash’s nose. This made the blue mare wiggle her nose about comically as a playful glint showed in her eyes. “I’m glad you are feeling better pal. A happy Fluttershy is way better to spend time with then a sad one.”

Fluttershy just giggled. For real this time. They walked on messing with each other every so often as they just enjoyed the beauty of the day. Before they knew it they were at the hospital.

Fluttershy’s timid behavior returned full force as she hung her head low and hid her face behind her mane. Rainbow Dash ran a hoof down her arm and gave her a reassuring smile. They walked in together and stood in front of a familiar nurse pony.

Fluttershy’s timid voice quietly spoke out in what she thought was pretty loud. “Um, excuse us…um, hello there, ma’am?” Nurse Red Heart just kept filing papers not hearing a word.

Rainbow Dash smirked a bit at her friend’s quiet little voice. She noticed as her yellow friend looked at her from behind her mane with pleading eyes that asked for help. So she turned back at the nurse, took a deep breath, and made a big, loud, ear piercing whistle.

This made the nurse jump straight in the air and then land on her flank. She raised a hoof to her chest and turned back with angry eyes. She saw a regular at the hospital, Rainbow Dash. Sitting there all smug with a cocky smile on her face. She also saw a familiar face. A smaller yellow pegasus, with her eyes shut tight, a small frown and her hooves up against her ears.

She dryly spoke as she glared at the trouble making pegasus, “Good morning, Miss Dash. How are you today? Crashed again practicing?”

Rainbow ignored the tone and took on a serious expression. “Actually, today your patient is not me. My friend here had an, uh, accident. She hurt her wings pretty bad and needs to see a doctor, please.” She finished off gaining the smile from her friend.

The nurse pony’s demeanor changed as she noticed the wrapped up wings. “Oh my, you poor dear. I do so hope it wasn’t too terrible. Is this an emergency?”

Blue said yes as yellow said no at the same time. The nurse just blinked at them. Fluttershy cleared her throat and continued, “It isn’t life threatening ma’am. But it does hurt a lot and is making me weak. May I see your next available doctor?”

Nurse Red Heart smiled sweetly at the polite pegasus. So few pegasi were calm. Most were fast paced and demanding, much like the famous Rainbow Dash. “Of course miss, what was your name again?”

“Fluttershy ma’am” she answered tenderly. “Fluttershy, Ok. Just take a seat. I will have a doctor see you shortly. You are the first on the list. If you need anything, please feel free to ask.” The nurse replied.

“Thank you very much, nurse ma’am.” Fluttershy said as she bowed her head in respect. “Please, just call me Red Heart. Or Nurse Red Heart if you feel the need to be formal.” The nurse pony said as she smiled.

“Thank you Nurse Red Heart. Thank you very much” she flashed one more smile before she turned around and took a seat. Rainbow Dash looked from the seated Fluttershy to the nurse with a crooked smile, “Alrighty Red, my filly. Make it snappy. This is a VERY important pony who needs fixing.” She said with a one eyed stare as she poked the nurse playfully in the shoulder. She leaned back after receiving a look that could set her head on fire. And exploding. Covered in acid.

The nurse wanted to bite the pesky pony’s head off, or at least snap at her for calling her Red. But she was indeed concerned about the hurt mare and saw that the injury was urgent. So she settled for an unnerving glare and a pleasant remark. “You two are next, there was only one pony here already being seen. Now please take a seat with Miss Fluttershy. Oh and do try and behave like your little filly friend so we don’t have to, er hm, escort you out. Again.” She said with a sly grin on her face.

Rainbow just chuckled a bit and took the hint not to argue. She got her point across anyway. As long as her pal was seen ASAP.

She turned around and thought suddenly, “Wait a sec, FILLY FRIEND! We aren’t dating. Why would she say that?” she looked back at the smiling and working nurse and then to her dear friend. She saw as she sat there, smiling sweetly as she turned her head and looked at her with her big blue eyes. She then shut them softly as she gave a big smile as bright as the sun.

Rainbow Dash smiled back idiotically, “Well, now that I think about it, it wouldn’t be so bad. We would look pretty hot together. Every pony would be so jealous.” She thought to herself secretly. Not like anyone could hear what she said in her own head anyway. She strut her stuff trying to play it as cool as possible before striking a pose and jumping in her seat.

Rainbow was rewarded by a small laugh from her shy friend. “Oh Dashie, you always know how to make me laugh. You can be so silly.” She snickered as she closed her eyes happily. She was feeling more comfortable in the hospital now. So comfortable that she didn’t even realize that she was resting her head on her blue friend’s shoulder.

Rainbow looked happy at being a head rest. She raised her head high making a slightly snobby face. “You mean I can be so awesome.” They both laughed to themselves.

Fluttershy looked up from her comfy position with tender eyes, “Oops. You’re right Dashie. So awesome I mean. Teehee.” She then nuzzled into her friend’s shoulder and made herself at home on the chair. Rainbow Dash just smiled as she picked up a magazine on the table next to her.

Her eyes grew larger as she read the cover. “Oh cool, The Wonderbolts' new routine and interviews.” She slowly frowned as she remembered being kicked out of the academy. Fluttershy opened her eyes when she heard who was on the cover and could tell what Dash was thinking.

She sat straight and rubbed her hoof lovingly on the strong blue back. She spoke softly, “Rainbow Dash, you don’t need that stupid academy to get in the Wonderbolts. If they can’t realize what an opportunity they passed up, then they don’t know up from down. Seriously, you are the only pony I know who can do a Sonic Rainboom. How many times have you saved their lives? How many times have you saved Equestria? You have to be the best flyer around. Give it time and soon the Wonderbolts will see that and be begging you to join. Probably make you captain to.”

Rainbow Dash took in the praise with pride shinning in her eyes. This was exactly what she needed to hear to bring her out of her mood. “Thanks Shy, you always know what to say to make me feel better. You’re right, I’m getting in, no matter what.” The cyan mare put an arm around her yellow friend as she tussled her hair playfully. They were once again enjoying the silence until a noise interrupted.

It was a loud rumbling growl. And it seemed to be coming from a certain fast flyer’s tummy. Rainbow Dash smiled and blushed. Fluttershy giggled as she lowered her head closer to her friend’s stomach. She then gently rubbed it with one hoof and giggled more, “Sounds like some pony is hungry. Maybe she could go for a snack?”

Rainbow blushed some more, “Yeah, I could. You know how fast I get hungry.” Fluttershy sat back up and went through her saddle bag. “I know. What else do I expect from such a big, strong, fast pegasus?” Dash was flattered by her words and let them play again in her ears. “It takes a lot of food to keep up my level of awesomeness Shy.”

Fluttershy pulled out some of the nuts and berries her critter friends gave her. “Here, they gave me plenty. Have some, I can’t eat it all. I am still full from breakfast.” Rainbow Dash looked at the food in her friend’s hooves with hungry eyes. She reached out and ate some berries right out of her hoof. Fluttershy smiled as she closed he eyes just a bit, “Oh, would you like me to feed you to?” she questioned curiously and happily.

Rainbow Dash quickly swallowed the berries and licked her lips. “Wow, those critters have good taste. Those taste perfect. Well Shy, you did tell me earlier to please let you feed me. Remember?” she joked as she wiggled her eyebrows again.

Fluttershy blushed hard from the memory of her mix up of words. She did like the idea of hoof feeding her closest friend. She ducked her head a bit and pulled out more of the berries, “Um, if you l-like, I can, you know, f-feed you more. I don’t m-mind.” She held her hoof forward with more of the tasty berries. Rainbow Dash laughed on the inside at how cute her friend got when she was shy. Which was most of the time. This time she gently and slowly ate from her friend’s hoof and enjoyed the brief contact of her lips on her friend’s hoof.

She sat up again and relished the fresh sweet taste of the berries. Fluttershy pulled out a nut and ate it, trying to keep her mind off of how good her friend looked while eating slowly. She pulled out some more berries for her friend. Rainbow Dash picked just one up in her mouth and got an idea. She winked at her pink mane friend and asked, “How about I feed you Fluttershy?” she said in a low voice and showed her the single berry in her lips.

Rainbow Dash raised her eyebrows again and couldn’t believe her friend’s face could get anymore red. Yet some how it did as poor Fluttershy’s eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head. She sat and shook lightly as her blue eyes focused on the yummy berry being held in the yummy looking lips.

The now red yellow mare tried to speak, “Bu bu bu but, I, I, I” she then took a deep breath and held it looking scared out of her wits. Rainbow Dash got a little freak out at the look on her face. She didn’t mean to scare the poor girl. She ate the berry held in her mouth, “Hey Flutters, relax. I was only kidding. Come on breath.”

Fluttershy finally resumed breathing as she smile nervously and looked down, “Sorry Rainbow. I’m, uh shy.” The rainbow pony shook her head, “Really, I hadn’t guessed.” She laughed and ate some more berries her friend was still holding out to her. “I can’t believe it! She practically asks me to kiss her, and all I can do is spaz out. Fluttershy, you are such a coward. What am I going to do with myself?”

Then a familiar voice called out. “Miss Fluttershy, the doctor will see you now.” came the voice of Nurse Red Heart. Rainbow gulped her food, “You better get going Shy. I will be waiting out here until you get out. Be brave my silly filly.” She gave her a smile and hug. Fluttershy got up, “Thanks Rainbow. It means a lot to have some pony here. Please, feel free to eat the rest of the snacks. The nuts are good to. I have a feeling I won’t be hungry.”

She quickly made her way to the nice nurse. “Right this way dear.” Nurse Red Heart escorted the scared injured pony past the double doors and into one of the medical rooms. Rainbow looked on as her friend vanished behind the all too familiar doors with worry written all over her face.

“Gee, I sure hope she will be ok.” She said to herself as she stuffed her face with berries. “What am I saying, sure she will. Think positive Dash. I wonder if she will have the same doctor that I did?” she continued as she absent mindedly filled her mouth with some berries and nuts mixed together. “I wish I could be there with her. Maybe I could bug good ol Red… hey, these nuts are good!”

Later on in the hospital

“Ok dearie, that’s enough question’s about your medical history. Now, exactly how did you injure those wings of yours?” The nurse held up a chart that she had been writing on. She peered over it to look at her patient.

Fluttershy looked away hastily and started fumbling with her words. “Oh, uh. You see. Mm. Well, h-how it happened is. Eep!” she sat looking at the nurse like a mouse in front of a hungry cat. The nurse pony smiled softly, “Now now hun, don’t be shy. I don’t bite.” She gave a light hearted laugh as she sat a bit closer to her patient and waited for her to continue.

Fluttershy took a deep breath and softly confessed. “I, um. I kinda did it myself. I was having a real bad night. And I just lost i-it. So I, oh. I bit my feathers off and tore the skin. I-I’m sorry, Nurse Red Heart.” Her voice got sadder and sadder with each word. She couldn’t even bear to look at the nurse anymore. So she hung her head low, looking down at her hooves as she let her eyes fill with tears. She just couldn’t take being judged right now.

The nurse made a small gasp that made Fluttershy flinch. She composed herself again, remembering her training with self mutilation/attempted suicide victims. Training she only had to use once before. She used the most understanding and caring voice as possible. “It’s alright dear. You came to the right place. We don’t judge here. I promise to keep this between us and the doctor. Alright? I am just here to help you.”

She frowned as her patient started crying ever so softly. “Come now dear, we all make mistakes. We will have those wings of yours back to normal in no time. We can get you the help you need. For all of this. You need to understand Miss Fluttershy, you are safe here. I promise I won’t be blabbing about this to a soul.” Fluttershy gave one last sniff as she finally looked up to her nurse with pleading eyes. “Really? Y-you won’t tell any pony?” The nurse smiled, “I promise. Need to know only. All us medical staff do this in order to ensure our patients have the upmost confidentiality with their medical affairs. We won’t say anything unless you give us permission first.” She smiled as she noticed relief on her patient’s features.

“A-and you don’t hate me for what I did to my wings?” Fluttershy asked, a little more force in her voice, desperate not to be hated. Nurse Red Heart closed her eyes and smiled. “While I don’t approve of a pony hurting themselves like that, I know we all make mistakes. As long as you accept the help we have to offer you, I won’t judge.”

“Ok, thank you. I’m sorry.” She opened her eyes to look at the pegasus before her. “No need to apologize dear. Now let me take off these bandages and have a look see.” As she was about to remove them the doctor came in. He was an older stallion. Not to tall. Barely taller then the two mares in the room. He was a gray unicorn with a black mane that had a gray line threw it. He wore the typical white lab coat with pen, light pen, stethoscope, and other various doctor tools. He bore a cutie mark that showed a stethoscope and EKG symbol.

He came in and bowed his head with a smile. His dark glasses seemed to emphasize his hazel eyes. He took hold of the nurse’s chart with his magic. “Good afternoon Nurse. And hello there, Miss, Fluttershy, is it? Nice to meet you. I will be your doctor. Dr. Fixit. I see you are here today with a wing injury. How unfortunate. I have all your past medial history. Looks very good. May I ask when and how you were injured?” He concluded with a smile.

His smile faltered a bit as he saw that his patient hid behind her pink mane and muttered something. Curse his ears, his hearing isn’t as good as it use to be. He looked to Nurse Red Heart with a quizzical look. “She is a shy sort doctor. Actually, we just discussed the injury, I was about to inspect it. She told me it was self inflicted.” She said with a sad voice.

“Oh, I understand.” He looked at her and walked toward her carefully, trying to be as cautious as possible to not scare the shy mare. “Now Miss Shy, no need to be frightened of little old me. I am simply here to help you. We can take this as slow or as fast as you would like. It seems to be a slow day here in Ponyville. Now I can assure you that I have been trained in the most updated pegasi health and treatment. The usual doctor is actually out of town getting his mandatory training done. I am here to see to the hospital while he is away. I have been doing this for many years now ma’am. And I haven’t lost a pony yet. I would like very much to help you. But in order for that to happen, I need you to trust me. Anything that is said and done here will stay here. But we need to communicate. So please, will you at least look at me?” he tried his best at humor to help bring her out of her shell.

She snuck a peak at him from behind her pink mane. He got a glimpse of her pretty blue eyes before she shut them and looked back. He waited a bit longer as he gave her a look from head to hoof, “My, how she reminds me so much of my dear Sherry.” He thought sadly. Fluttershy finally got up her nerve to look at the doctor waiting patiently in front of her and spoke in a shaking voice.

“Hello there, doctor. I-I am s-sorry, I know I can be diffi, oh. difficult. How shall we start t-this?” she finally said as she pushed the mane out of her face and looked at him. Doctor Fixit and Nurse Red Heart both gave a big smile at their break through. The friendly doctor cleared his throat.

“Thank you very much Miss Fluttershy. I say we should start from the beginning. Now the nurse shall begin unwrapping your bandages like she was doing so we can take a look at it. Why don’t you just tell me how this nasty business happened with your wings.”

Fluttershy gulped and looked at the caring nurse with fearful eyes. “Oh, please, you will be careful, won’t you? They hurt very much.” The nurse nodded calmly, “Of course my dear. I will practice the upmost care with them.” She got closer and undid the tape with her magic.

The doctor looked on at the well trained nurse’s work, “I can hardly even begin to imagine how much it must hurt, you poor thing. I know that wing injuries are particularly painful. I could probably only compare it to a horn injury myself.” He stated as he shuttered slightly at past experiences in his colthood.

The nurse was slowly and carefully undoing the bandages. Even with her expert treatment, the buttery colored mare was still flinching in pain as her face contorted into a look of discomfort. To her credit, she was holding back the tears and keeping her wings pretty still. The pain wasn’t as bad as it was when they put the bandages on. He tried at some small talk before the serious stuff to help her keep her mind off the pain.

“That is a pretty good wrap job there. Who did that for you?” he questioned. “It was my friend, R-Rainbow Dash. Ah, ee! This was her first time to, if you can believe it. I talked her through it. She did a very good job. She found me after my, incident. If you could please tell her everything that happens here. She must be very worried.” She panted out, the pain making her more brave. He smiled at her, “Well, this Rainbow Dash sounds like a good friend. And like she came just in time.”

His smile and cheery demeanor were gone instantly when he saw the condition of her wings. It was quite a frightening sight. The blood was mostly wiped clean, but her feathers were gone. There were multiple lacerations with exposed and opened flesh. There was already deep and dark bruises forming almost everywhere, making the yellow wings look more purple in color.

The nurse seemed to think the same as she had a look of shock and concern all over her face. “Dear, your wings! Doctor, how shall we proceed!” she said in a shrill voice. He finally got it together at hearing the nurse’s voice. “This is going to require much concentration and magic. I will need the assistance of you and another nurse. We will need to put her under for the procedure. Start the I.V. with the local anesthetic.” He said urgently as he turned toward the door. “Now Miss Fluttershy, this will need to be tended to immediately. Please remain calm and get comfortable in the bed. The nurse will take care of you as I prep.”

With that he left to get started. Fluttershy was scared, but relaxed a bit as she felt a hoof on her shoulder. “Please Fluttershy, just lay down and let me do my thing. You will be fine. You will be feeling much better when you wake up. But for now, just lay down please.”

Fluttershy nodded as she lay tummy down in the hard hospital bed. She turned her head and closed her eyes as she felt the needle pierce her skin and felt a strong and drowsy sensation flow through her. She finally opened her eyes as she saw the same doctor and another unicorn enter the room. Her eyes grew heavy, and for the first time since yesterday, she didn’t feel any discomfort. She didn’t feel any pain. She didn’t feel anything. All there was, was darkness.

In the waiting room

Rainbow Dash was getting very uneasy. She was expecting Fluttershy to be out by now. Or at least being told she could come in and see her. She looked up to the big clock for the zillionth time. “Buck, it’s been four hours now. I am going to snap! Is she ok? Is she even alive anymore? Why hasn’t a single pony come here to tell me what is going on!” she said loudly, not caring at the few stares she received from the almost empty waiting room.

Her eyes grew wide as she saw the all too familiar nurse head back to her desk, looking tired and as if she had a headache. Dash quickly flew over to the nurse and started berating her with questions. “Oh my gosh, Red, what is going on? Is Fluttershy ok? What’s the damage? What did you guys do? Is she going to be let out soon? Can I see her now? Why did it take so long? She still has her wings right? Oh please, tell me she is alright, they didn’t have to amputate did they?” Nurse Red Heart felt like her brain was going to explode at the nonstop talking from the flashy pegasus.

She had to forcibly calm herself before starting. “PLEASE, MISS DASH, ENOUGH TALKING!” she said loudly. “And please, no flying in the waiting room. Give me a second.” Rainbow looked like she wanted to argue, but decided against it. She sat on the ground with a pout on her face as she waited for the nurse to get her senses together.

Red Heart wiped her brow and took another deep breath. “Now, although your friend wasn’t in a life threatening condition, it was urgent. We rushed her into a magical surgery. We were able to stop the bleeding from the vessels within her wings. We also repaired her skin and fur on her wings with minimal cosmetic damage. Although there will be a few small scars along the under side. Once the fur and feathers grow back you will probably barely notice though. Luckily, nothing was broken besides skin. No visible nerve damage, but we shall test it to make sure. She is resting right now. We will probably wake her up in an hour to do our first check up. She will be spending the night. But we may have to keep her more.”

Although Rainbow Dash was still worried, she looked relieved to hear the good news. “Thank goodness. Thank you nursey. You don’t know what it means to me to hear that. SO when can I see her? Can I wait in there now, or do I have to wait until she wakes up?” Nurse Red Heart made an angry frown at her nickname but answered her with out a wise crack.

“The doctor will say when it is ok for visitors. She will be needing much rest and monitoring for the night. So, don’t get your hopes up missy. Now I have a something important to tell you.” The nurse pony gave her a serious look. Rainbow Dash just blinked as she braced herself for whatever news was being thrown at her.

“Fluttershy told me this was self inflicted. And that you found her last night. This is a serious manner, and may take more care, and not just physical. She may have to stay longer and return. It is very important.” Rainbow Dash’s ears drooped and she cast her gaze down.

“I wonder how much she told them. Buck I am the worst pony ever.” She thought. Nurse Red Heart rubbed her temples with her eyes closed as she continued, “The doctor is having a psychiatrist come by to talk to her to. I suggest you stretch your legs and maybe get a bite to eat.”

Rainbow Dash stood on her hind legs as her fore legs were placed on the desk, “But I want to be here when she wakes up. What if she needs me when she comes to?” The unicorn flinched from the loud voice, “She won’t be awake for another hour. You should be back in time. Besides, she needs tests and to talk to the psychiatrist before she is deemed fit for visitors. Now I need to start some paper work. You can either be worried with an empty stomach or a full one. Your choice. Goodbye Miss Dash.” The unicorn then turned around to start her work.

Rainbow sighed and picked up the dropped saddle bag. “Red makes a good point. No point in worrying starved. Besides, they said she is doing well. They will take care of her.” She walked to the cafeteria. She had been here enough times to know where it was. She ordered herself a plain daisy sandwich and some soggy looking hay fries. “Ugh, cafeteria food. Good thing I’m starved. And good thing there is always ketchup.” After drowning her hay fries in the red goodness she sat down and ate slowly as her mind went back to her sweet friend.

Author's Notes:

Alrighty, so that's chapter five. I originally planned for the hospital scene to be one big chapter, but it ended up being too much for me to write in one go. I tried to show them having a little fun before they split up. Fluttershy will have to face many issues with herself before building up the confidence to continue. I tried to make Red Heart a serious but lovable friend to Fluttershy while she stays there. And Dr. Fixit a fatherly type pony. Thanks for reading!