Rainbow Dash's eyes slowly opened. Her head was pounding, she tried to remember what had happened but was still to groggy to think clearly. Rainbow tried to move her front legs but couldn't. Instantly her body filled with fear she was still in Pinky's torture chamber. She remembered Pinky being killed by Itachi but that must have been a dream.
"Help me!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and violently tried to break out of the restraints. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a pony shape coming towards her. Her face contorted with fear as she readied herself for Pinky's wraith.
"Rainbow you're up! We've been so worried about you." A happy voice said. The next thing she knew two front legs were hugging her. Rainbow sighed in pure relief at the sight of the yellow fur and pink mane.
"Fluttershy why am I tied down? Where am I?" Rainbow asked in a confused voice.
"Hold on, Twilight and Rarity just left I'm going to go get them." She replied happily as she ran out of the room. Rainbow looked around the room, and a few seconds later she realized she was in Ponyville Hospital. Balloons were floating on the celling, flowers and a bunch of get well soon cards were on a nightstand near the bed. She started wondering how she got here and if what happened with Pinky was truly real. Before she could continue her thoughts she heard the sound of approaching hooves. Her room door burst open and Twilight, Rarity, and Fluttershy ran towards her.
"Rainbow Dash darling!" Rarity said happily.
"All Rainbow we've been so worried about you." Twilight said in an equally happy voice. The three of gave Rainbow a group hug. Rainbow just wanted to be untied and was really never the huggy type, but getting hugged by her friends was much better than getting tortured by former friends.
"Ok girls happy to see you too, can someone please untie me now?" Twilight and Rarity used their magic to untie the straps that held Rainbow to the hospital bed.
"Thanks." She said as she started to climb out of the bed.
"Rainbow stay on the bed until the doctor can talk to you and make sure you ok." Twilight said in a concerned voice.
"Fine." Rainbow replied a little annoyed but was too weak to argue, or move much now that she thought about it. "Why was I tied down anyway, and how did I even get here? The last thing I remember I was…" Just thinking about the events that happened to her bought the feeling of pain to her body. Even though see could clearly see her wings still attach she remembered and felt the pain of them being cut off. "Where's Pinky!?" She screamed as a look of fear came across her face. Looks of sadness came over her three friends.
"Pinkies dead." Twilight replied sadly. Rainbow lied her head back down in relief when she heard that.
"I'm so glad." She muttered under her breath. Twilight was not sure if she really heard what she thought she did but anyway the slight smile on Rainbow's face confused her.
"Rainbow did you not just hear me? Pinkies dead! Rarity found both of you in a hidden room under the Sugar Cub Corner, and that's not all Apple Jack and Spike where there as well and there… There dead to."
"It was the most horrible sight I have ever witnessed, and my poor Spiky wiky." Rarity tearfully added. The thought of losing Spike also brought a few tears to Twilight's eyes. Fluttershy put a front leg on her two friends to try in comfort them.
"Rainbow we need to know what happened." Twilight continued. Rainbow now remembered exactly what happen, but the last thing she wanted to do was relive them. So, she thought of other questions.
"I cannot really remember, but some questions I want to know is why was a tied up, why can't I leave, and if I was in a hidden room how you did find me?"
"Rainbow you've been unconscious for two days." Rainbow's eyes widen when she heard Twilight say that.
"What two days?!" Rainbow replied shocked.
"Yes, for the past two days you have been in a coma, and at times you've had trashing and screaming episodes. It got so bad the doctors had to tie you down to stop you from hurting yourself, and the doctors can't figure out what's wrong with you because physically you're fine. Now please try to remember Rainbow, we need to know who killed our friends."
"You never answered my last question." She replied intentionally trying to avoiding reliving the true events.
"The entrance was behind the cupcake rake and Rarity found it because someone left the door open. Twilight replied in a annoyed voice. "Now please Rainbow if you know what happened. Tell us!"
"Fine if you have to know Pinky killed Applejack and Spike. Then she drugged me, tied me to a rack, cut my wings off, drove spikes into…." Before she could finish the mental pain started to get unbearable. Small tears of pain began to form in her eyes. "How is this possible?" She said to herself looking down at her back hoofs, knowing that spikes had been driven through them. "That's what happened!" She yelled as she stared at her wings which seemed to help the pain go away. Fluttershy and Rarity looked shocked and confused, Twilight on the other hand was sick of Rainbow's games.
"Rainbow if all that happened, then why is there not a mark on your body!"
"I don't know!" Rainbow screamed as she got up and glared at Twilight. "Please stop talking about it!"
"Not until you tell me what really happened! Three are of friends are dead! Don't you care?!"
"Enough!" Fluttershy screamed stopping the fight before it got any worse. Fluttershy looked at Twilight and Rarity and motioned for them to move away from Rainbow's bed. Rainbow looked annoyed as her three friends walked into a corner of the room because she knew what they were doing.
"Twilight maybe we need to give Rainbow same space." Fluttershy whispered.
"I agree she obviously has a lot of mental issues she needs to work out." Rarity added
"I guess I was a little hard on her." Twilight confessed. "I just need to know what happened." The three of them walked back over to Rainbow.
"You done talking about me behind by back?" Rainbow asked pulling her head out from under the pillow. Guilty looks formed on Fluttershy, Rarity, and Twilight faces.
"Sorry I was so pushy Rainbow." Twilight replied. "It's just that nothing like this has ever happened before and everyone is really upset, but I understand if you want to be alone for a while." Rainbow sat up on the bed and smiled at her friends.
"Sorry, I yelled. I'm not trying to lie to you girls; I just don't fully remember myself what happened." Rainbow felt bad because she was lying about now knowing what happened and keeping her interaction with Itachi a secret. She still did not know if he was a friend or enemy and if he was evil she did not want to imagine what he could do to her friends if they all went searching for him.
"I understand." Twilight replied sweetly. "Do you want anything to eat I'm sure you must be hungry." Rainbow laughed a little under her breath.
"I know what I'm about to say is really pathetic, but my head is killing me so I just want to go back to sleep."
"It's not pathetic dear." Rarity replied. "You've been through a lot just go to sleep and we'll be here when you wake up." Rainbow smiled.
"No you girls don't need to stick around I'm just going to sleep, and I can probably leave in the morning so I'll see you then."
"I don't mind staying." Fluttershy said. "Today was my day anyway and I do not mind sleeping here tonight." Fluttershy then quickly glanced at the darken window not wanting to be outdoors after dark since seeing the demon in the lake.
After talking for a few more minutes Rarity and Twilight left, shortly after that the doctor came in and talked to Rainbow and gave her some pain pills. For about an hour Rainbow tried to sleep, but she could not stop thinking about Itachi. How did she know about him and his world when she had never been there or even heard of it? Finally she just gave up on trying to sleep and sat up in the bed.
"You ok?" Fluttershy asked. Rainbow turned her head towards Fluttershy who was laying on the chair next to the hospital bed.
"Ya I just couldn't sleep, hey has anything strange been happening around here other than my incident?" Fluttershy desperately wanted to tell somepony about her experience at the lake, but she feared what would happen if she did not listen to the white serpent's warning.
"Not really everypony is pretty shaken up by the killings. Princess Celestia sent some soldiers to try to find out what happened, but so far they have found nothing." Before she could continue the room door opened.
"Rainbow Dash?" Rainbow smiled.
"Hey squirt." She replied to Scootaloo.
"Rainbow you're ok." She screamed in an excited voice dropping a box she was carrying as she ran in the room and leaped on the bed.
"Easy squirt I'm not one hundred percent yet." Rainbow said as she hugged her adopted sister. Scootaloo sat down on the bed a few feet from Rainbow and smiled.
"I'm just so glad your ok. I'm been so worried about you. A few days ago Twilight said you had an accident and since then I've made you a card every night."
"The cards were nice." Rainbow replied glancing at them.
"You haven't even looked at them yet have you?" Scootaloo said playfully. Rainbow gave a guilty smile.
"Hey, I just got up a few hours ago give a break. So, what have you been doing other than visiting me?"
"Not much." Scootaloo replied sadly. "I heard three of your friends got killed I'm sorry."
"It's ok. How are you holding up?" A few tears formed in Scootaloo's eyes
"I'm just worried about Applebloom. Do you think she's dead too?" Rainbow knew what the answer was, but she did not want to tell Scootaloo the truth.
"No, I'm sure she's alive."
"Her sister got killed though. I don't understand what kind of pony could do that?" Scootaloo expression turned to fear. "Do you think he's still out there? Is that why you're in here, did he try to kill you too?" Rainbow closed her eyes for a few seconds trying to think about what to say.
"No, I didn't even know it happened until I woke up. I was trying a new super duper amazing stunt and had a crash landing." Scootaloo still looked a bit worried, but was happy nothing really bad had happened to Rainbow. "Don't worry." Rainbow continued. "I'm sure there catch whoever did this, and if he does try to mess with one of us I can take him. Now, let's not talk about sad thing all I've gotten is bad news since I got up." Hearing that made Scootaloo feel better, but Fluttershy could tell that even though Rainbow was acting confident she could still detect the small amount of fear in her eyes.
"Well I have something that may cheer you up." Scootaloo replied and walked over to the box she had dropped and brought it over to the bed.
"What ya bring me." Rainbow asked.
"Since Sugar Cub Corner is closed down for a while they are having a sale outside the store, so when Twilight and Rarity told me you were up a bought you a box of cupcakes." Rainbows eyes widen in fear.
"No Scootaloo!" Rainbow screamed and grabbed the box. Fluttershy and Scootaloo watched in shock and confusion as Rainbow threw the box in the trash. Rainbow ran over to Scootaloo and grabbed her by the shoulders. "You didn't eat any of them did you?! Please tell me you didn't!"
"No." Scootaloo replied in a scared and confused voice. Rainbow hugged her in relief.
"Never eat cupcakes Scootaloo they are very bad for you."
"Ok." Scootaloo replied not knowing what to think as Rainbow laid back down on the bed. Rainbow glanced at Fluttershy who was looking at her with a look of pure confusion.
"Well I guess... I guess I'll be going now." Scootaloo said in a worried voice.
"Scootaloo don't go yet, come here. I didn't mean to snap at you and sorry for throwing your present away it's just that if you keep eating cupcakes you will never be a great flyer."
"And have an accident like you?" Scootaloo joked. Rainbow laughed.
"Ya that's what happens when you eat cupcakes. I should be out of the hospital tomorrow and I promise we will do something special anything you like." Scootaloo smiled.
"Can you come to my birthday party in three days, and maybe even do some tricks?"
"I'll do a sonic rainboom." Scootaloo's eyes lit up.
"Really! You mean it?"
"Of course I do." Rainbow replied.
About an hour had pasted Scootaloo, Rainbow, and Fluttershy played some games, talked and had fun.
"Well." Scootaloo said in a tired voice. "It's getting late so I probably should head home. Your be out of the hospital tomorrow right?"
"Like I said before of course I will. There is no way I'm going to be lying in bed for another day. I cannot believe I have already been in here for almost three days. Fluttershy smiled because Rainbow was starting to act like her old self again.
"Well see ya." Scootaloo said as she walked out of the hospital room. "I cannot wait until by birthday it is going to be the coolest party ever."
"Only because I'm there." Rainbow said as the door shut.
"You know she's been coming here every day since you got here." Fluttershy said. "She really looks up to you."
"One of many." Rainbow replied as she read one of her get well soon cards. Fluttershy face took on a more serious expression.
"Rainbow want to tell me what the whole cupcake incident was really about."
"No, I don't want to talk about it." Rainbow replied. "Just trust me do not eat them. Now it's late and I want to try to get some sleep." Fluttershy decided not to press the issue.
"Ok, good night." She said, and walked over to the switch and turned off the light. Rainbow focused on the fun she had with Scootaloo and a few minutes later she fell asleep. Rainbow woke up to a darken room she looked at the clock that read three twenty-five.
"You up Rainbow?" Fluttershy asked.
"Ya I just woke up. What are you doing up?"
"Couldn't sleep." Futtershy answered. "By the way Rainbow what did it feel like to have your wings cut off?"
"What!" Rainbow asked, not believing what she just heard and quickly turned to Fluttershy who was laying on her stomach with both her front legs over the chair arm.
"How did it feel to have your wings cut off?" Fluttershy's eyes were now yellow with black slits in them and a long tongue fell out of her mouth. Rainbow's eyes widen with fear and her breathing rate increased. "How did it feel to have your skin removed and spikes driven into your legs?" Fluttershy's voice started to change into a voice that sounded like Orochimaru's. Rainbow screamed and tried to run but she was tied to the bed again. "How does it feel knowing your friends no longer care about you?" Rainbow just stared in pure fear, when suddenly Pinky rose from the darkness in front of her with a large knife.
"Hey, Dash miss me?" Rainbow screamed as Pinky drove the knife into her chest. Rainbow woke up gasping as she sat up on the bed.
"Rainbow you ok?" Flutter asked in a concerned voice as she turned on the lamp on the nightstand. Rainbow's face was covered in sweat and the covers were on the ground.
"I'm fine, just a nightmare." She replied as she picked up the covers off the floor.
"You can turn the light off now."
"You sure, do you want a towel or a glass of water?" Fluttershy asked.
"No, I just want to go back to sleep." Rainbow replied. Futtershy turned off the light and the two of them went to sleep.
The next morning Rainbow was cleared to leave the hospital.
"You want to meet Rarity and Twilight for breakfast?" Fluttershy asked as the two of them walked out of the hospital.
"Sorry not today." Rainbow replied. "I ate at the hospital while you were still asleep and I don't need to be interrogated by Twilight again."
"You know she won't do that." Fluttershy replied worried that tension was forming between her two friends.
"I was kidding but I need some time alone catch you later." Rainbow flew into the clouds with one goal finding Itachi and getting some answers.
