Hello, everypony! After over a year, I'm back to writing once more. However, before you read this story, please read the following, as it's vital that you do so.
This story is not mine: in addition to the standard disclaimer, where I remind you that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro, not me, I must also inform you, rightfully so, that this story belongs not to me. In truth, Complications was originally written a few years ago by the amazingly talented writer, Appledash99. However, she was involved in a car crash in which she was fatally wounded, leaving this world before this story could be completed. As such, I have been given the amazing, special honor of re-writing this story, complete with the ending our late FanFiction comrade was never able to provide, authorization provided by her friend, silverpotatoes. So, when providing reviews, please remember, this is not my story. Thank you.
ADDITIONAL STORIES BY Guardian Kitch:
My Little Pony: Eye of the Storm
Star Wars: Jedi Wasteland
Gates of Terabithia
How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye?
Attack of Team Aqua
Always in Motion, The Future Is
Applejack had just finished bucking her final apple tree of the day when a loud CRASH rent the air around her, causing the young Earth Pony to jump slightly into the air before looking around for the cause of the disturbance. As she turned around, however, the mystery was immediately solved as she casually watched the cyan Pegasus named Rainbow Dash slide out of a broken branch and onto the ground below: it was apparent that she'd failed at performing her latest trick.
"Rainbow Dash! What in tarnation are yeh doin' to ma trees?"
"Sorry, AJ, I—ARAGH!" She finished with a scream of pain as she attempted to stretch out her wing and get back into the air.
"You okay, Sugarcube?"
"I—I think I hurt my wing—"
"Let meh take a gander at it." Applejack offered, trotting over to join her friend before closely examining the wounded appendage. After only a few, several seconds, however, she began laughing heartily.
"Wh—"
"This is just a sprain; it's not even broken."
"I-I guess I just hit that tree too hard." Rainbow Dash surmised, attempting to examine her wing herself.
"But AJ, this trick I'm perfecting is going to be totally awesome!"
"Well, yeh don't need ta see the doctor or anything, Ah reckon, but Ah wouldn't fly fer a few hours, just ter be safe, which means no more crashin' inta ma trees."
"Yeah yeah, whatever: nothing can ground Rainbow Dash! I'll be back out there as soon as I get a good night's sleep, and then I can finally finish perfecting my newest trick: the Wonderbolts are going to love this one! See, I go up and collect all of the clouds in the sky and then shoot down through them just as I make a Sonic Rainboom, making it rain rainbows instead of water."
"Ah sure would like ta see that, but Ah reckon that'll have ta wait: ya still need ta stay off that thar wing for at least a day, or ya might end up hurtin' it even more."
"Yeah yeah, I know the drill." Rainbow Dash answered gloomily. "Hang on…AJ, since when do you know how to take care of injured wings?"
"Ah'm not good just for buckin' trees, Rainbow." Applejack responded with a laugh. "Anywho, yeh need a spare room fer the night, as you'll not be able to fly up ta that fancy cloud house o' yers?"
"Sure, AJ," Rainbow Dash answered, sounding considerably happier upon hearing her friend's offer. "I could crash with you for the night; that'd be pretty cool, actually."
As the two pony friends began the brief trot across Sweet Apple Acres towards, the sun found itself slowly setting over the western horizon, casting a beautiful spectrum of gold, orange, red, blue, and violet light across the Equestrian skies, making the growing apples nearly shin, as though the golden light was coming from within them. Rainbow Dash, the farm pony noticed, still appeared to be slightly disheveled after crashing into the apple tree, but Applejack dismissed the notion of asking her friend about it almost immediately from her mind: Dash appeared, after all, to be in good enough spirits, judging by the expression on her face as she flexed the injured wing gingerly.
By the time the pair had reached the main house, Applejack was finding herself almost rolling in laughter as she watched her best friend's antics, as Dash had taken to making funny shapes and faces with the wing, almost acting as though she thought doing so might take the pain and injury from the stricken thing.
Only a minute after making their way into the house, just as Applejack had begun to show her guest to the spare room, however, a knock at the front door captured all of their attentions, the two young mares watching as Big Macintosh answered the door. When the slab of wood opened, the three ponies were greeted with the excited face of Applejack and Big Mac's cousin, Braeburn.
"Oh, Ah forgot yeh were comin'." Big Macintosh explained apologetically.
"Remember, ya got ma telegram from APPPPPLEOOOOSA the other day and invited meh ta come stay fer the week. I'm so excited ta be here in Ponyville with yeh, cuz': ever since AJ and her friends came APPPPPLEOOOOSA I have been dyin' ta return the favor and come here ta see you guys! I am gonna spend as much time as—"
Big Macintosh, however, cut off his overexcited cousin as he made to show him the guest room. "Ah'm gonna hit the sack, Braeburn, so Ah'll see ya tomorrow."
Applejack and Rainbow Dash stood there in silence for several long moments before turning to face each other, each mare realizing that Rainbow Dash was now short a place to sleep for the night.
And there you have it, the first chapter of an amazing story. Let me know what you thought, and please, please, stop by Appledash99's page to read the original version of this story, as it's completely worth it.