“Rainbow Dash was flying low in Ponyville,” Piña Colada typed, “Regularly avoiding buildings by less than a hoof. Surely she had to crash eventually, and she did, right into the window of Piña Colada’s room.”

Rainbow Dash was flying low in Ponyville, regularly avoiding buildings by less than a hoof. Surely she had to crash eventually, and she did, right into the window of Piña Colada’s room.

“Holy crap! Um... ‘she was miraculously unhurt and, having found Piña Colada irresistibly attractive, knocked on the window’—”

“Rainbow Dash?!” she heard from outside. “Thoth, is there a unicorn around?!”

Piña went up to the window and saw Rainbow unconscious, with her head so covered in blood it was hard to tell where it was coming from. “Well, that sucks.”

Rainbow woke up in a Cloudsdalese hospital, her head above her eyes covered in gauze. It happened to be Pinkie Pie’s shift to watch her. “She’s awake!”, she said, and the other three in the room came to look at her too.

“How do you feel?” Twilight said.

“Hi,” Applejack said.

“Uh... I didn’t even expect to be in a hospital. The last thing I remember doesn’t have anything to do with a crash. You ponies probably know more than I do.” She paused for a second. “All are my bones intact?”

“Yes,” Twilight said.

“That’s good to hear. Like I said, I have no idea what happened.”

“You crashed into a first-floor window.”

“Then I’m surprised nothing’s broken, considering I fell that far.” She paused again. “Where’s Rarity?”

“None of us told her about this.”

“I love you ponies.”

“Don’t mention it.”

“So can’t you just heal me, Twilight?”

“We’re in a universe where healing magic is hard.”

“Fuck.”

The following hour was largely Rainbow and Applejack having a normal conversation, leaving Twilight and Pinkie Pie feeling left out and Fluttershy thankful that she hadn’t had to say anything yet, although Pinkie did get some time in the last few minutes.

“And that is why the state should ban nut-filled muffins,” she said.

“When you introduced it as a rant against nut muffins, I thought you were crazy, but now I think I agree with you,” Rainbow said. “Now I really need some sleep, so all of you leave.”

“Okay. Bye,” all four of them said at the same time and it was really kind of creepy.

“Bye.” Next Chapter: Chapter 29: Get Well Soon, Seriously Estimated time remaining: 17 Hours