Applejack entered the hospital. Approaching the service desk, she put her orange-like hooves on the edge of the counter. "Hey there, missy.. Ah'm here 'ta see Rainbow Dash."
The nurse pony nodded, "One moment, please."
As she walked over to talk to one of the doctors, Applejack sighed, looking down coldly at the marbled floor.

It was two days ago.
Dash had a trauma incident that severely injured her. Rainbow Dash and Applejack were becoming...more than best friends. Dash helped Applejack buck some apple trees. Laughing and talking, they bucked and bucked as nutritious green and red apples fell from their host, dropping onto the baskets.
They were almost done for the day. Rainbow Dash challenged Applejack to see who can buck 5 Appletrees in 10 seconds.
"Heh, yer' on!" She accepted the challenge."

"Ready? Set! GO!" Rainbow Dash sprinted towards the nearest tree, crashing her back hooves with the base, quickly sprinting to the other nearest one.

As for Applejack, she did the same.

Time was running out, until finally...
Rainbow Dash won, bucking 5 trees in exactly 10 seconds.
As for Applejack, it wasn't all too bad... 4.
"Who's the iron pony, NOW?"
"...Ah thought we agreed not 'ta talk about that again."
There was a loud creaking noise. It was the last tree that Dash bucked, the half of it was falling apart, it seemed like an unstable tree. Dash was too busy bragging about it, and Applejack tried to warn her, but.. it was too late.

*BAM!*
The tree slammed onto Dash's back, forcing her down to the ground. She yells, struggling to free herself.
Applejack immediately galloped towards her. "RAINBOW!" she shouted, approaching her in fear of losing her.
"Nnngh..! A-Applejack..! It HURTS..! G-Go...! Get help!"
Applejack had a decision to make, it was hard. Either watch Dash as she faces Death's scythe and struggle to get her out, or look for another pony. At first, she chose to try to get her out.

"NO! It's too heavy!" Rainbow's eyes teared up, also in fear of dying. Applejack shouted in exasparation from thinking, finally choosing to run as fast as she can to the Treebrary.
She bolted in, Twilight noticing the scared look on her face. "Apple...jack? What's..wrong?"

"NO TIME TO EXPLAIN! Rainbow needs our help, now c'mon!" Applejack rushed out again, Twilight eagerly following her.

They were back at Sweet Apple Acres, where Dash was stuck with the tree.

"DO SOMETHING, TWILIGHT!"
Applejack was panicked. She was seriously afraid of losing her. Twilight enacts a spell as a ball of sparkle glamours on her horn. The tree glows, being lifted up into the air, then moving it over to the side, gently touched down. Twilight gasps after finishing the spell, breathing heavily as it was a pretty hard task.
Both of them approached Dash at full speed. Inspecting her, she was unconcious, a large cut on her back and a stab wound on her side. A branch must've caused the stab.

Applejack, terrified to see Dash at this state, she shakes her violently. "Rain..bow...Rainbow..! RAINBOW! Wake up!"

Twilight announced. "She's not going to wake up. We have to get her to the hospital, now!" Her horn glows again, after doing so, she lifts Rainbow into the air, galloping towards the hospital with her at top speed. Applejack follows behind also.

They bolt into the hospital, stopping as their hooves click upon stopping on the marbled floor.

"Nurse! This pegasus needs help!"
She notices Dash unconcious, quickly responding by dispatching a team to the living room. Immediately coming from the two-doored entrance to the interior part of the hospital, they place Rainbow Dash on an unstationary hospital bed, taking her inside.
They had to wait for 2 days until finally, the time has come.
The nurse came back. "Follow me, please." Applejack proceeded to follow her as told. She leads her to the very entrance of Dash's room, 2 B4. She lays there, her eyes closed. The EKG shows a normal heart rate. The nurse leaves, as the colt doctor approaches Applejack with an "ahem."
"I managed to stabilize her. The tree injured her spine, but not that much. Now, she's stable, I fixed her spine, but..."
He sighs. "Two things.."
"She's..in a coma."
Applejack's head tilted. "Ah guess that's okay..."
He sighs once again. "Not.. really."
"This isn't like a 2-week coma, or a month..."

Applejack insisted. "Well, go ahead. Tell me!"

...

"It's going to take about 3 years..for her to come out of her coma."

Applejack's jaw dropped open, staring in deep silence for a few seconds.
"W...W...Wh-What...?"
The colt looks back. "I'm terribly sorry... ma'am."
Applejack begins to tear up at this moment.
"...That's...not all..."

"W-WHAT...? There's MORE..!"
He cringes. "The impact on the spine permanently paralyzed her wings. She is unable to fly"

Applejack continues to cry even more.
The colt sighs. "Calm down.. We'll do everything in our power to keep her here, alive."

Applejack though, attempts to keep her cool and responds with "Thank you.."

He replies. "It was a pleasure doing business with you, ma'am."
"I'd like to see her, now."
"Please, do."
"Thank you."
She enters the room as the colt walks away. Approaching Rainbow Dash on the bed, she briefly listens to the beeps on the EKG monitor, proceeding to sob once more.
"It's all mah fault.. This wouldn't have happened to yah if I was infront of you.."
She moves her mouth close to Dash's cheek, providing a small, gentle kiss before exiting.

Returning to the barn, she just sits there, sobbing with one hoof on her face. She accuses herself of ruining Dash's life to ever join the Wonderbolts, and proving everyone how she was the greatest flier in all of Equestria.

"Ah'm sorry, Rainbow Dash. It's mah fault."

"..Atleast it's worth 3 years 'ta wait.."

*To be continued.*

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A/N: I make way too many sad stories.

edit: I removed the original ending and put another one. I thought it seemed out of place and well, I put another one that fits Applejack's personality.

In other news, this is going to be continued. I decided to keep it completed, but now there's a part 2 incoming.