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Oh Celestia this hurt.
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"Is she gonna be alright doc?" said a muffled, faraway voice. It sounded vaguely familiar, like it belonged to somepony that she knew.
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"Well, we'll have to see. I'm pretty sure that she'll be okay. Although that taxi really did a number on her. If it had been going any faster it would have killed her instantly. I'm just glad there was no damage to her horn or things would have gotten really messy." said a second voice.
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"Well, thanks for helpin' her out doc, I know you're doin' everythin' you can for her," said the first voice. That voice...Apple-something. Apple...Applejack! Yes, the voice belonged to her good friend Applejack! She heard Applejack begin crying. Whatever was the matter with her? Did it have something to do with the excruciating pain she was in? She heard Applejack's voice become clearer. Rarity surmised that she was leaning in to talk into Rarity's ear. "I won't let you die sugar cube, I won't let this happen again! Do you hear me Rarity? Don't you dare die on me!"
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Ug, more pain again. It had gone away for a while there. But now there was blackness with the pain. Blackness, like she was asleep or something. Or was she dreaming? Rarity couldn't figure out what in Equestria was happening to her!
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Taxi, she remembered something about a taxi. With the taxi came the pain. With the taxi came the pain! She had been run over by a taxi! How in Equestria does a white pony get hit by a taxi even at night!?
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Oh well, she could just hunt down the driver later.
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Grrr, what was that infernal beeping noise!? It was really starting to irritate Rarity to no end and really, wasn't she in enough pain without being in a constant state of irritation as well? Apparently not it seemed.
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She would have some serious complaining to do when she woke up. At least, she hoped that she would wake up. What if she didn't!? Twilight and Sweetie Belle's memory spells would be reversed by Celestia and they would tell her everything! No, that wouldn't happen because Rarity was going to wake up right now! She was going to wake up if it killed her! Uh, well, maybe not that for obvious reasons.
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With the beeping this time came a fuzzy light. Ooh, this might be a good sign that she was waking up. Or it could mean that she was about to die. Either way, something would get done! The fuzzy light grew clearer and larger and she heard voices around her.
"I think she's waking up!" said somepony. Uh, Pinkie Pie, Rarity thought.
"Oh thank goodness, I was so worried!" said Fluttershy. Rarity's eyes opened completely and she saw her five friends, including Sweetie Belle and Spike, standing around her bed looking relieved.
"Hey, look who's awake!" said Twilight happily.
"Ubisdhbmrl," said Rarity weakly. It seemed coherent thoughts and sentences would have to wait for a little while.
"She's sure looking better than she was two days ago," said Rainbow Dash.
"Yes, she'll be just fine," said a doctor who walked in. "She'll be pleased to know that they arrested the taxi driver who ran her over. It turns out that he was spectacularly drunk." Rarity was not pleased to know this because she couldn't very well murder somepony in a police station. She pushed that aside for now and tried once more with the whole talking thing.
"Uh," she said. Dang it, no good. Rarity scanned the room once more. She saw that Applejack was sitting in the corner of the room away from the rest of the group. She was crying. Wait, why was she crying? She was going to be just fine according to the doctors.
"When will she be up and about again?" asked Twilight. The doctor scanned a chart.
'Well, she has several large gashes all over her body, two broken ribs, a compound fracture in her right foreleg and a clean break in her left. There is heavy bruising all over her body and she also sustained a severe concussion from the injury so I'd say at least a month before she completely heals. I can't say for sure when she'll be out of here though." Twilight nodded.
"When will she be up and about again?" asked Twilight once more. The doctor raised an eyebrow as did everypony else in the room with the exception of Sweetie Belle who just stared blankly at Rarity.
"Uh, I just told you, at least a month," said the confused doctor. Twilight nodded.
"When will she be up and about again?" asked Twilight.
"Uh, I'll be right back," said the doctor who quickly left the room. Twilight frowned and turned to her very unsettled friends.
"I guess he needed some more information," said Twilight. "Although, that doesn't make sense! He had her chart with him the whole time!"
"Uh Twilight," said Rainbow Dash. "Why did you ask him three times when Rarity would be up and about again?" Twilight raised an eyebrow.
"Rainbow Dash, I only asked him once and he left the room. I think I would remember asking him three times, Fluttershy." Fluttershy looked curiously at Twilight while Rainbow Dash looked slightly annoyed.
"Twilight, my name is Rainbow Dash, thank you very much." Twilight put her hoof to her face and rubbed her temples.
"Oh, yeah. I know that," said Twilight.
"Say Twilight, when's the last time you got any sleep?" asked Pinkie Pie worriedly.
"I think I got a full seven hours last night," she said. Spike nodded.
"It's true, she was in bed by 12:00." Rarity watched this exchange with a feeling of growing dread. The doctor seemed to realize what was happening to Twilight. However, what unsettled Rarity the most was the fact that Sweetie Belle just kept giving her that blank stare. She didn't even blink.
Within a few more minutes, the doctor walked in. "Miss Sparkle, I'm going to have to ask you to come with me. I think you may have been on the wrong end of a 'forget' spell. We-" but before the doctor could continue, Sweetie Belle let out an ear splitting shriek.
"Rarity! What happened to Rarity! Why is she in the hospital!?" she said frantically before frowning. "Come to think of it, I don't remember coming here either." The doctor's eyes widened. He turned to Applejack and Rainbow Dash.
"Can you get her to come with me too? There isn't a minute to lose!" he said. Applejack and Rainbow Dash escorted a very confused Sweetie Belle out of the room. No! They would reverse the spell and then everypony would know!
"Unguh!" said Rarity frantically. Pinkie and Fluttershy looked at each other went over to Rarity and began stroking her mane.
"Shh, it's okay. I'm sure that both Twilight and Sweetie Belle are just fine," said Fluttershy reassuringly.
I know, thought Rarity But I won't be.
After a few minutes of watching Fluttershy stroke her mane comfortingly, Rarity's body felt that it had had quite enough excitement for now and Rarity closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Rarity awoke some time later to see that her room was dark. it must be nighttime. She groaned and looked around. There didn't seem to be anypony around.
"Good your awake," said a cold, unforgiving voice. Well, so much for that theory. Rarity turned her head to see Twilight sitting in a chair next to her bed.
"Twilight," said Rarity weakly.
"They fixed up me and Sweetie Belle. Her memory had almost deteriorated to the point of no return Rarity. The memory spell completely knocked her out and she's in the bed next to you." With a great deal of effort, Rarity turned her head to see Sweetie Belle sleeping peacefully in the bed next to hers with an oxygen mask over her face and an IV in her right foreleg. She turned back to Twilight.
"Didn't...mean to...bad memory spell," said Rarity.
"Why should I believe you murderer?" asked Twilight coldly.
"Never...do anything...to hurt any...of...you," said Rarity, a single tear running down her cheek. Seeing the tear, Twilight softened ever so slightly.
"The only reasons that I didn't tell Princess Celestia to pull the plug on you the second I remembered what you are is because of our friends and because you wield an Element of Harmony. The Elements chose you for a reason that I can't explain right now. If it weren't for that Rarity, you would be long dead," said Twilight.
"Rather...be dead than...hurt you girls," said Rarity. Twilight sighed in frustration and Rarity saw her begin to cry.
"How did I let this happen?" she asked. "Why did I let you do that to me?" Rarity didn't have an answer. Twilight sat in silence for a few moments, tears streaming down her face. "I'm not going to tell Princess Celestia right now. I'm going to wait for you to recover and then you are going to explain everything to me. You will answer every question that I have, is that clear?" Rarity nodded. "I'm also going to erase the memory that Sweetie Belle has of killing Scarlet Tomato. She'll remember it as you doing it."
"Thank...you. It's...more than I...deserve," said Rarity. Twilight glared at her.
"Yeah, I know," she said coldly before walking out of the room.