CHAPTER 3
Rainbow Dash was soaring through the air practicing her moves again as she looped in the air several times beefore bouncing off of clouds and finally slipping on one of them and spiriling down to equestria "yaaaaaarrrrraaagggghh!" BAM! luckily she hit the branches and foliage of a tree first, and slid throug it smackin. every. single. branch.
"oof!" at last she landed on solid ground thankful that she was still alive.
'stupid cloud' she though bitterly to herself, but atleast she was uninjured for the most part... until she stood up on all fours ten immediately toppled down on her front left hoof and her hind right hoof, she looked to see big open gashes in them and,
poking them with her uninjured forehoof, she winced in pain, wondering if the bones had snapped, then the crushing pain flowed through her "not...again.." she injured herself on a regular basis, and the ponyville healing center saw her quite frequently
she was starting to get worried about hospital bills, they haddn't got too bad yet but give it a few more visits and they would be a problem, or they would be if not for insurance discounts for pegasi as they all commonly got injured
but still, she didn't want to go to that dreary white walled building of sadness and death.
One time she had been laying in a recovvery bed when a pony next to her behind a curtain had died, she had been talking to the little colt, encouraging him that he'd be fine, until his voice got weaker, and weaker.. and quieter
until there was no voice at all, and she heard the horrible sounds of flatline.
Rainbow shuddered at the memory "awww... I don't wanna go to the stupid healing center..." she let out pouting...
then an idea sprang into her mind "FLUTTERSHY!" she remembered how some ponies came to the yellow pegasus for healing, and she really missed being around the mare, so two in one!
she giggled before taking flight, albeit an akward one with her injured hooves but she managed.
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"hm hmh hmmmmm" Fluttershy hummed as she fed her chickens, it had been a few days since the picknic and the two pegasi met up for a few hours each day, getting to know one another a little more each time, and also growing closer.
"ok now, back into the coop" she ordered in her petite voice, her animals noticed how she haden't had a single 'dark side' moment in three whole days, whatever her and the Rainbow maned mare were doing, it was having a very positive effect on her, which in turn made the animals happy
"HEY FLUTTERS!" the yellow mare raised her head and turned to see her now best friend flying over to her... with a very unsteady flight pattern, and... there was something on her hooves...
when the tomboy mare finally landed, Fluttershy trotted hapilly over to greet her friend "oh! hello Rainbow Dash!" she smiled. "hey flutters! um... I was sorta wondering if you could ah... help me with something..." she lifted up her left forehoof with an innocent smile "eh heh heh..."
Fluttershy gasped, the hoof was covered in blood, a giant gash, and at the angle it was sitting she was sure there was a broken bone somewhere "oh my!" she trotted over and helped her friend inside the cottage
"we need to get you off those hooves!" she said with urgency, and soon got the blue pegasus on her back lying on the mossy couch, that smelt of earth and plant life, it smelt like life itself, like a scion of healing.
Fluttershy scurried about the place searching for healing supplies, she finally came back with some and her assisstant Angel popped in out of nowhere, it hopped onto Dash's stomach and scrutinized her twitching it's nose
Rainbow blinked "what'cha looking at?" she said it a tuff voice as the bunny ignored her and assesset the damage, dislocated front hoof, with tear through skin, snapped feemer in hind hoof with tear through skin, muscle but thankfully not bone
the bunny shook its head back and forth in disaproval, and looked at Rainbow with its hands on its hips as if to say 'you should no better then go around doing stupid stuf that get's you hurt'
Rainbow just stuck her tongue out at the bunny before he hopped off to help his matron.
"ah here we go!" Fluttershy exclaimed as she walked back into the main living room with bandages, disinfectants, and... scalpals? Rainbow got a little worried
"ooook!" she said confidently, and ever since Rainbow had first arrived, Fluttershy's voice had gradually grown louder an stronger until she was speaking on the level of a normal pony, same voice ofcourse, just with more confidence behind her words.
"let's take a looksy..." the bunny hopped up onto Rainbow again and pointed at her hoof indicating a twisting motion "dislocated?" the bunny nodded "ok Dash... this is going to hurt"
she maneuvered her hooves so that one was under Dash's hoof edge while the right one was on the actual leg part, and then she lifted her head up "ready?"
Rainbow began to sweat "umm... y-ya?" Flutterhsy crashed her head down onto her right hoof snapping the bone in Rainbow's leg back into place
Rainbow's face contorted, biting her lip and one eye twitching repeatedly 'MOTHER BUCKING APPLESEED SUCKING MULE FACE!' she let out in her head before it fell against the arm of the couch panting hard.
"oh my Rainbow Dash are you ok?" Fluttershy asked nervously "f..f-f-fine... w-w-why you a-ask? heh heh..." Dash replied shakilly with tears streaming down her face
"oh...ok..." she said before getting some cleaning liqued and disinfecting the wound, after which she grabbed surgical seweng supplise and patched the gash up, she figured with Rainbow's matabolism and her body being used to getting injured so much, counting in her fit health, it's be just fine in less then a week
but... her hind hoof was a different story altogether "she looked at the leg with worried eyes, and her assistant popped up to give her the diagnosis "oh dear! broken leg..." Rainbow's eyes went wide at that, broken bones didn't heal so fast...
'great... I won't be able to fly straight for atleast two weeks...' then Fluttershy took a closer look at the opened wound and gasped
"what! WHAT IS IT!?" Rainbow demanded greatly worried. "oh um... well... it ah... looks like your main tendin is... um... twisted around the bone and... well... stabbed through with one of the ends of the broken bone... and the muscles are contracting around it..."
Rainbow blinked, this was all giberish to her "can ya break it down for me doc?"
Fluttershy bit her lip "I'm... going to have to cut the tendin open to get it loose, then se" "WHHAAAATT!?" Dash screemed shaking, was... was Flutters talking about surgery?
"oh don't worry I'm very precise, it'll all be over soon" the yellow mare reassured "ar...are...are you sure y-you have to?" Rainbow inquired, shaking like a leaf, she HATED being cut open, she'd gone through surgery pletny of times in the past, and the doctors always needed to sedate her if they didn't want to get bucked into the wall
"u-u-um I d-don't think..." Fluttershy lifted up a meat cleaver "don't worry it'l all be over soon~" she sang out and Rainbow's mouth gaped open as her eyes stretched a mile wide before passing out
"get's 'em every time!" Fluttershy giggled out to her ber bunnny before setting the cleaver down and grabbing her scalple "ok..." she very delicately cut through the flesh, slicing the tendin until it loosed from the bone and slipped throgh the muscles, Rinbow's leg twitched eractically in response, but Flutter shy did her best to hold it down, which was hard because of how strong the blue pegasus was
but eventually the limb quieted down as Fluttershy sang out a soothing song, then she grabbed her seweing supplies and stitched up the tentin with surgical percision, and then placed it it it's propper spot before pusshing on the sides of Rainbow's leg to set the broken bone into it's propper place
how had Rainbow not been wreething in pain on the way here? Fluttershy wondered, these wounds were'nt mortal or anything but... the pain the must've been inflicting just by being!
she looked at the sleeping blue mare with amazement "wow... you're one tough cookie Rainbow..."
Fluttershy continued her surgery and disinfected and sewed up the wound while using some splints and medical wraps to bind the wound, she tugged on the last bit of swaddle making sure that the splints would be held in place and allow Rainbow's bone to heal properly
"alll done!" she sang out happily, then she went into her kitchen to whip something yummie up for her big strong pegasus
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Twilight was pacing sporatically throughout her library, extremely worried about the nightmares that princess Celestia had been conversing with, after sending through letters, she discovered that they were from a foreign kingdom called Sovngale ruled by Ys'von of the wrathful shadow, quite a title, she pleaded with her teacher to tell her what the meeting was about
but Celestia merely wrote that there was a small conflict that she had eventually resolved, their population was growing too large to fit into their small kingdom and were demanding a chunk of Equestrian soil, after some heated debate, the two leaders had settled on an agreement in which the nightmares would have land titles to the everfree forest, a land
that the nightmares were perfectly content with, in exchange for tending to the creatures there and not simply killing them off, reluctantly, their leader agreed to the terms at the debate was settled.
But Twilight was still unsure, she searched through her library sifting through hundreds of books, much to Spike's discontent, then Pinkie charged in "HEEEYYY TWILIGHT!" she screemed louder then necesarry
"oh.. hey Pinkie" the purple mare responded distracted, as her magic tossed another book and searched for a new one, Spike groaned as he stared at the mess he was going to have to clean.
"wwwattcha dooooin?" Pinkie Pie quized as she sifted through the books on the ground "looking for a beastiary on nightmares..."
"oh... you mean this?" Pinkie picked up a book randomly and indeed it was the one she was looking for "Pinkie?... how do you do that?"
the pink pony shrugged "Dunno, I just do!" Twilight groaned but snatched the book and opened it up.
She had never really heard any refferences to 'nightmares' other then nightmare moon, but as she read through the bestiary she realised that 'nightmare' was an actual full on species, albeit a very bizaar one, they were all female, reproducing asexualy, as they each could impregnate themselves if the righ tmeasures were takin, they all had pale green skin, with no manes, they had a very barbaric
culture, filled with warriors, and though there was much detail on their culture and civilization, there wasn't a single refference as to where they had originated from
"hmm..." she rubbed her chin with her hoof...
Pinkie bounced over to the book and read it "ooooooh!" she said amazed "they look kinda funny..."
Twilight slowly trotted around the library "maybe, but they're no laughing matter... they usually see something they want, and just take it... ugh! I don't know what to do... princess Celestia says I shouldn't worry about it but... *sigh* maybe I'm just thikning about it too much..."
Pinkie bounced over to her violet friend "weeeellll you do tend to over think things alot!" she giggled out
"I guess... aarrgghh! forget it" she let out defeated, she began levitating some of the books back onto their shelves as Spike began assissting her, and Pinkie decided to go bug Rarity "BYE GUYS!" she said before zooming out like a rocket "by...e..." Twilight responded looking at the empty doorway
after her and her assisstant were finally done putting books away, Twilight looked at her #1 assisstant "thank you Spike" she said while trotting close her her dragon "heh... i-it was nothing" he let out blushing, then fealt Twilight nuzzle his neck
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Rainbow Dash finally opened her eyes, her vision hazy and blurred as she began to recollect her thoughts "FLUTTERSHY WITH A CLEAVER!" she shouted looking down at her leg, swaddled up in bandages "SHE CUT MY LEG OFF!" she screemed her voice cracking while her forehooves grabbed onto her shaking head.
"Rainbow Dash? you awake finally?" hearing Fluttershy's words snapped her back into reality and it was then that she noticed the bindings on her leg "oh...phew..." her head fell back into the couch arm shaking with relief, she had nearly had a heart attack
then she smealt something wonderful as Fluttershy walked into the room holding a bowl in her maw as she trotted towards the coffee table infront of the ailment couch, setting the bowl down, Rainbow's mouth wattered as she looked at the delicious soup, it was a creamy yellow with chunks of vegetables in them, Rainbow Dash couldn't wait and plunged her maw into the soup devouring it
"now Rainbow..." Fluttershy tried to let out, but the blue pegasus ignored her and finished up the meal, laying on her back licking her face clean then making an 'aaahhh' sound with her uninjured forehoof resting on her full belly
Fluttershy giggled a bit "well I'm glad to see your doing well" she said before reaching her head over to Rainbow's and licking her cheek.
Rainbow's face lit up with a big blush "w-w-wha?" she couldn't finish as she just stared at her gentle friend leaning back to her seat on the adjacent coushon on the ground "you missed a spot" she said before sticking her small tounge out
"heh heh..." Rainbow replied blushing as she smiled down at her torso playing with her forehooves
Fluttershy smiled motherly before going over and using her forehoof to rub Rianbow's head "now you just relax and get some rest" she said softly
Rinbow gave a pouty face "m'not a foal..." to that, Fluttershy just giggled "no ofcourse not, your a big strong pegasus"
Rainbow's head darted up "dang right I am!" she said jutting her injured hoof into the air, then immediately regretting it as she winced and layed back down Fluttershy rolled her eyes lovingly "just get some rest ok?" she asked giving her Rainbowmaned friend a peck on the forehead, which made Dash turn her eyes away and blush like a little fillie being kissed by her mom
"m'k..." Fluttershy gave a close eyed smile before returning outside to tend to the rest of her animals.
Rainbow Dash layed calmly on the couch feeling a sense of comfort and love, she liked being here with fluttershy, she liked being in this wealcoming cottage, she liked being around her friend, and she liked the treatment she was getting, she kind of enjoyed the motherly ways of the druidic mare, she almost got excited over it, which made her eyes furrow a bit "... gosh I'm wierd..."
and your addmitting that to yourSELF! then you know there's gotta be some truth to it, Rinbow looked around from the couch she lay upon, craning her neck and turning her head to get a better surayence of the place, it truly was beautiful, so nicely decorated, every bit craftsmanship looked like it had hours of love and effort put into it.
Dash also noticed some of the animals comming out of their homes in the cottage and scurrying over to meet her, some of them sniffed her, and others hopped onto her body and nesstled in before curling up and sleeping on her like a bed, she giggled a bit at the feeling of their soft furs and their little noses tickling her.
"I can see why Flutters likes you all so much" the other critters sifted through the house and tumbled around with oneanother, Rainbow found herself bein entartained endlesly watching the bunnnies sniff eachother then bounce around and the squirles roll around eachother looking like
one big furry ball, and the birds chirping happilly while the butterflys fluttered around the room setting down here for a moment before taking off and landing somewhere else "wooow..." Rainbow could understand why Fluttershy rarely ever left this place, it was so soothing and beautiful, and obviously had a lot of good company.
a few hours later, when the sun began to set, Fluttershy returned with a huff, glad that she'd finally finished all the chores around the bungalo; she spotted Rinbow Dash on the couch holding a squirle in her forehooves above her head rolling it back and forth a bit making 'aren't you just so cute!' noises in the same voice you'd address a kitten with
and Fluttershy had to bring one of her hooves up to her mouth to suppress a giggle, several other animals were sleeping on or next to the blue mare, and Fluttershy was glad they all liked her so much, then again, she herself liked Rainbow, so maybe that feeling was leaking through to them? who knows.
Fluttershy walked over to her friend gave her a smile
"hey Flutters!" Rainbow greeted as she set the squirle down on her chest, and he lunged around abit before hopping onto Fluttershy's head making her laugh
"hey Dash, how are you feeling?" the yellow mare asked
"much better actually!" Rainbow replied, making the other pegasus smile, she knew there was nothing like laying in that mossy couch with animals cuddling you to speed up the healing process, there was just something about it that brought a soft happiness to the heart
"well that's good" Fluttershy finally let out "I'm gonna make some supper ok?"
Rainbow looked at her with a big grin "OK!" she said highly excited to have more of Fluttershy's cooking
Fluttershy headed to the kitchen, it fealt a bit strange taking care of her friend, she remebered back to when they were fillies, and Rainbow was always protecting her and stickin up for her, and now here Fluttershy was taking care of Rainbow Dash, if fealt kind of nice, she fealt useful, she fealt valued.
After she was done, she brought out another bowl for Rainbow, this one a dark stew, the smell of which got Rainbow's mouth watering again, she could eat Fluttershy's soups forever
when she set it down, Fluttershy quickly yanked it out of Rainbow's reach as she snapped at the soup , when she didn't feel the splash of liquid, she opened her eyes in confusion, then looked up at her friend quiestioningly "uh-uh! I'm not going to have you choke on it" she said matter of factly before pickin up a spoon with her mouth and scooping up a bite of the stew
"you're kidding..." Rainbow stated, but Fluttershy jsut gave her puppydog eyes "...fine..." she retorted
"now open wide for the chu chu train!" she said out the side of hermouth
Rainbow hoof faced her self before rolling her eyes as she opened her mouth and Fluttershy inserted the spoon, but Rainbow's defiance melted away as she tasted the spices and gormet flavor of the stew, making her 'mmmm'
Flutershy continued to spoon feed her the stew, delighting in taking care of her friend this way, she hopped that whenever Rainbow injured herself she'd always come back here for mending.
Rainbow Dash began to seriously enjoy the foal treatment she was getting, she liked having Fluttershy take care of her in such a loving way, in a way that her own mother had never done.
Finally the stew was finished and Rainbow began to yawn then open and close her mouth repeatedly, her eyes half lidded; Flutteshy wanted to squeel at how cute she looked.
Fluttershy took a look at the clock and saw how late it was getting, so she lifted Rainbow up, and as the blue mare began to flap her wings, Fluttershy stood underneath her to support her balance so she diddn't have to move her injured hooves, once the two made it akwardly up the stares and into Fluttershy's room, the yellow mare gently led Rainbow into her bed and put the covers over her with her maw.
"good night Rainbow" she said giving her another kiss on the forehead but as she turned to head downstairs to sleep on the couch, Rainbow reached out her mouth and grabbed Fluttershy's tail, the yellow pegasus turned to her questioningly "hm?"
Rainbow blushed "umm... could you... sleep here... with me?.." she asked biting her lip in embarassment, she didn't know why but she just needed to be close to her friend, just a little longer.
Fluttershy's face turned red as she turned her eyes away unsure "um..." she thought it over "ok..."
Rainbow smiled, still with her crimson cheeks. Fluttershy crawled into the bed next to her and the two snuggled up to oneanother, being mindful of Rainbow's injuries, the two cuddled their maws together and drifted off into a peaceful sleep
END OF CHAPTER 3
AN: daaaaamn! three chapters in two days! RECORD! anyone else wish that Fluttershy would take care of them when they get sick? I know I do :D p.s. anyone like the writing style with the two gradualy easing into a relationship rather than just slapping them together in the first chapter? I love this paring so much, FlutterDash for the win! and I don't want to mess it up, Review if you liked!
later Bronies