A Rainbow No More, Chapter 3
Applejack hoisted Rainbow onto her back. She ran off, towards the hospital. The whole way she was just as terrified as she was when she saw what happened.
She was tearing up again; her legs were killing her. The ground under her hooves was uneven, and she kept tripping most of the way there.
Rainbow was dreaming. She was reaming about her wings breaking. The pain was immense, and she had fallen just so that the wind was knocked out of her. She couldn't breathe. She was trapped.
Applejack neared the door to the hospital.
5 meters.
4 meters.
3 meters.
2 meters.
1 meter...
She and Rainbow burst through the doors, Rainbow slumping over when they finally stopped skidding on the floor.
Applejack only remembered looking up, saying "cliff", then passing out.
Rainbow awoke in the ER. She had fallen off a cliff.
Applejack was in the bed next to her. Rainbow never got to know if Applejack liked her or not.
Pain raked her whole body, especially her wings. They burned like she had taken a wrench and clasped one end, and stomped the other inside out.
Her ribs were broken, (reference to another story) and whenever she moved, they rippled across her chest like dice in a bag.
She was broken beyond repair, and she knew it was true.
Applejack, on the other hand, was waking up as well.
She was exhausted, and her legs were all bruised, one was wrapped up. It hurt to move.
Rainbow attempted to look over at Applejack.
"AJ... you awake?"
"Uh-huh..." was the reply.
"AJ, I'm sorry for putting you in this situation... I dragged you up to that cliff, and you were the one that had to take me here, and you messed yourself up in the process. I'm-"
"Don't you fret, sugarcube. Would I just leave anypony layin' there if they fell off a buckin' cliff?"
"...No..."
AJ didn't know what to say next.
An awkward silence took place, and for that silence, Rainbow realized she couldn't move her wings at all.
"AJ..."
"Yeah?"
"I can't move my wings."
"Well, you fell right on top of them."
"I mean, I can't even try to move them. I can't feel them at all, but it feels like they're still there."
"So, your wings are numb?"
"...I think they might be paralyzed."
All those years still to go... and she had lost her career, her life, her passion. All gone.
"Now, wait a minute, sugarcube. Don't go around thinkin' that they won't heal, now," said AJ.
"No, I'm pretty sure they won't. I'm scared."
"Don't worry... I'm sure they're fine..."
"But what if they aren't? What if I'm grounded forever?"
"Rainbow-"
"Why?! Why me?! All I wanted to do was confess to somepony that I was in love with her!"
"Rainbow?"
"...wh-what?" she asked.
"I'm sorry, but... I don't really know if I feel... the same way."
Rainbow looked straight ahead.
"Oh."
Why does AJ not love her back?
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