Rainbow Dash woke, her head throbbed and her limbs were numb. A beep chimed every couple of seconds adding to her throbbing pain. She turned towards to the source of the noise. It was a white box with a black screen, a red line ran through the machine. An upside down lightning bolt would appear and beep when the line hit the center of the box. An iv drip was attached to the box, a tube connected the machine and the drip to a shaved portion of her arm.

Looking past the machine she could see a pony sitting on a pillow on the floor, sleeping in an awkward position, its head was leaning against the wall. By the color of her coat and mane she could tell it was Fluttershy. “Fluttershy.” Dash called out. Her throat was dry and it was hard for her to raise her voice above a whisper, but she gave it another try. “Fluttershy.” This time she managed to catch the pony's attention. Fluttershy awake just in time to watch Dash begin to cough loudly.

“Rainbow Dash! Are you ok?” She called out quickly rushing to Dash's side.

“Water...” Dash wheezed between coughs. Fluttershy nodded before she quickly left the room. She shortly returned with a glass of water and a nurse trailing quickly behind her.

The next week was a blur of people; family, friends, nurses and doctors. She was asleep most of the time, only woken by doctors and visitors. She would try to ask about Ray, but only received vague answers. Also she was under the influence of painkillers, they made it hard for her to piece together any information she discovered. After nearly a week of straight rest, the doctors began to lower her dosage and she finally managed to convince somepony to tell her about Ray.

She woke early one morning to find the iv drip disconnected. She moved her left forearm, it throbbed with a light pain, but her head was completely clear. As she started to regain her focus she heard a soft breathing coming from her left. Fluttershy was in the same position she was the first time Dash woke up. Dash smiled when she noticed Fluttershy was awake, looking at her. “Fluttershy.” She said cautiously.

“Rainbow Dash. Your awake.” Fluttershy said before yawning. “How are you feeling?” Dash could hear the sleepiness in her voice.

“I'm...Fine. Wheres Ray?” Dash asked eagerly. Fluttershy froze.

“I...I...I...” she stammered as she looked at the floor.

“Tell me.” Dash said impatiently after a couple seconds.

After a minute of silence dash began to grow agitated. “Tell me now!”Fluttershy squeaked in response. Dash set up and tried to slide out of the bed. As she attempted this maneuver she slammed her left fore-arm into the railing of the bed. She yelled out in pain and threw her herself against the bed. When she hit the bed she clipped her bandaged wing, causing her to yell out again. Fluttershy rushed to the side of the bed, forgetting about her shyness.

“Don't move or your going to hurt yourself more.” Fluttershy said as Dash struggled to get back up. “Hes...Hes....” Fluttershy mumbled. This caused Dash to momentarily freeze.

“He's what?” Dash blurted out. “Where is he?” She continued. Fluttershy looked back at ground.

“He's....dead.” She whispered. Dash began to chuckle. The chuckle quickly turned into a laughing fit. Dash's eyes watered and tears began to drip down her cheeks.

“Nice prank...” Dash said as she tried to catch her breath. Fluttershy looked back up at dash before shaking her head.
“No no no no...” She repeated till she ran out of breath. “Don't lie to me!!” Dash yelled as she jolted forward again. Fluttershy laid across her.

“Don't move! Please! Your going to hurt yourself more!” Fluttershy begged, which caused Dash to struggle more. Suddenly she felt Fluttershy's weight lift off her.

She turned to find Fluttershy's muzzle an inch away from her own, Fluttershy's eyes were larger then normal. Dash's eye's were drawn to her's, she couldn’t look away. She felt herself shrinking back into the bed. “Now Listen here, your going to stay in bed and stop squirming and be a good pony. Do you understand?” Fluttershy asked, her voiced was filled with an authority Dash had never head before. Dash quickly nodded in response. “Good girl.” Fluttershy said as she ran a hoof through dashes tangled mane. Suddenly she blinked, reverting back to her normal self. She squeaked and pulled her hoof away from Dash. “Sorry...Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy whispered.

As the news of her brothers death began to sink in, Dash began to cry.

Dash opened her eyes slowly and rubbed them with her hoof, feeling the matted fur on her cheeks. Her eyes were red and puffy, she blinked a couple times trying to clear them. She felt a sudden pressure on the right side of her bed and turned to see Fluttershy laying her head against it. Dash watched her sleep for a couple seconds before turning back towards the ceiling.

Before she could get lost in her thoughts. The door to her room opened and brown stallion in a white coat entered the room. He looked familiar, but she couldn’t remember him. Dash quickly shook Fluttershy as he strode to the bed. She was yawning softly just as he started talking. “Hello Miss Rainbow Dash. I'm Doctor Pattella How are you feeling?”

“I'm fine.” She lied, ignoring the silent stare that Fluttershy was giving her. The doctor quickly nodded before looking at the charts attached to her bed.

“Well then Rainbow Dash, I'm here to tell you about your accident.” Dash quickly nodded in response. “Well, with what you went through you are lucky to have lived. It seems you landed on your wings, and left fore-arm. They took most of the damage. Your fore-arm will be fine, as well as your right wing, But your left wing is another story. You have a break in the Ulna and several fractures on the Humerus bone. Now if they heal right you may regain practical use. In-fact, I'd say this is the type of injury that grounded your father.”

The entire time Dash had a look of disbelief on her face, not sure what to say. Everything was processing so slowly. She barely understood the doctor. His last sentence snapped her from her daze. “You know my father?”

The doctor nodded. “Yes, I was his doctor as well....” He was interrupted by a young pegasus that walked through the door, “Doctor your needed in room 210, now.” She said urgently before she quickly left the room. “If you need anything Miss Dash, let one of the nurses know.” He said, smiling, before he left as well..

They sat in silence for several minutes. As everything sank in Dash began to breath heavily, she tried her best not to cry again. She didn't want to cry again. She turned to Fluttershy to find that she was looking down, Dash could see the tears dripping down her face. “Flutte....” As Dash spoke out, Fluttershy quickly sprang to her feet. She looked away from Dash.

“Sorry Rainbow Dash..” She said quietly before sprinting out of the room. Leaving Dash once again alone with her thoughts.