And Then Twilight Was A Princess [Action]

[elementofloyalty]

[Suddenly, abruptly, without warning, the formerly-comatose Rainbow Dash opens her eyes.]

[This moment, possibly the most peaceful waking one she has ever had, lasts exactly two seconds before those memories and these memories lace together like a zipper, and she sits bolt-upright.]

TWILIGHT!

[If you don't catch her in the infirmary, she'll be spending a fair amount of time zipping through the entire Garden like a bat out of Tartarus today, as if the ancient evils from said Tartarus are pursuing her.]

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[rewritethis]

[That yell was loud enough to hear all the way outside the infirmary. Is anyone outside to hear it? Not for long.

By the time Ed's made his way to the side of a now pretty familiar-looking bed, though, it seems like he's just missed her. Well, no great loss. If she's already awake enough to drag herself away from it, she'll be around.

...But there's no harm in taking a moment to remove the label from this chair before he heads back out, is there? He wouldn't want anyone to get sappy mistaken ideas.]

[elementofloyalty]

[After zooming around the entire infirmary and the outside halls, Rainbow wonders if maybe she missed Twilight, like she was in the bathroom or something. So Rainbow pokes her head back in to check Twilight's empty bed once more.]

[Wrong person, but someone she's just as glad to see.]

ED!

[With only that much warning, she hurls herself at him at flight speed, forelegs flung wide to catch him in the biggest damn bear hug of his life.]

[rewritethis]

[She might as well have been an incoming bomb.]

What the -

[The token resistance he has enough reaction time to muster as she barrels into him isn't nearly enough to stop him from crashing through both chairs beside Rainbow's vacated bed, and then painfully some distance further across the floor.

In a second or two, he'll probably protest louder. Right now, all he can seem to manage is a lot of "ow"s interspersed with mumbled swearing.

Hey, what's that crumpled up in his hand?]

[elementofloyalty]

[Go ahead and protest, Ed. She's not listening. She's happy as can be to just keep hugging him like she hasn't seen him in months.]

[Which, for how she feels, she hasn't.]

[rewritethis]

Get off! [He gives her a shove from underneath that would probably qualify as rough if he didn't think she was used to it.] You weren't out for that long.

[elementofloyalty]

It felt like a long, long time.

[Her voice is muffled in his chest. She doesn't even acknowledge the shove.]

Shut up for twenty more seconds. I missed you.

[rewritethis]

[He manages about ten.]

Well, good for you, 'cause I hardly noticed.

[And he only happens to be anywhere near the infirmary by uncanny coincidence, obviously.]

[elementofloyalty]

[She ignores him for ten more seconds, then pushes off him into the air, where she makes a show of brushing herself off, smoothing back her hair, and generally recomposing herself.]

Yeah, it was only three days for you, right? Try and answer in a really jerky fashion so we can put a cap on the mushy stuff and pretend it never happened, okay?

[Dere off, tsun on.]

[rewritethis]

[See, requesting that would be an excellent way to get him to be mushier, except he already knows that if he tried it he'd just spontaneously self-destruct.

He picks himself up and quite nonchalantly sticks the label he's holding into one pocket to throw away later. Hell yes, she didn't notice a thing.]

You already knew about that?

[marearcana]

[It was no surprise Twilight hadn't seen Rainbow in class today. She'd been told that both of them had fallen to that strange coma, after all. There was no telling when Rainbow would be back up.

But when she sees her friend barreling down the corridors like a mare possessed, she had to wonder just what was going on.]

...Well, you seem to have had a speedy recovery.

[elementofloyalty]

[It takes Rainbow just a second to process that yes, Twilight has wings now. She dives down without slowing to grab her friend and turn a delighted loop with her, laughing happily.]

[marearcana]

Careful, don't drop me! So, you saw everything?

[She is not adept with them yet!]

[elementofloyalty]

Ha ha! Even if I dropped you, you'd be fine! But this is me, Twilight, when I have EVER dropped ANYpony?

[She does set Twilight back down on the ground, though, out of courtesy.]

Of course I did! I was THERE, wasn't I?!!

[marearcana]

Just making sure.

[Safety first.]

Well, yes, you were, but that wasn't a guarantee that your "dream" would cover everything mine did.

[elementofloyalty]

[Rainbow points at her wings, with a sort of "well, duh" look.]

[marearcana]

No, hear me out. What if the last thing you saw was the Elements of Harmony blasting me? And then you woke back up here and I was alive and well and suddenly a Princess?

I mean sure, that didn't happen, but you'd probably be really confused.

[elementofloyalty]

...Well, Pinkie Pie's human here. I don't think too much is going to surprise me any more, even if it's weird or I don't remember it.

[laughafterme]

[Just as Pinkie was fluffing up Rainbow Dash's flowers next to her bedside table, her friend woke up with a jolt and startled her!]

AAAHH--!! [Her Pinkie Sense didn't see that coming!] Oh, Dashie! YOU'RE OKAY!! [But of course she heard Twilight's name being called out.] Is something wrong? Did Twilight get stuck in a well?!

[elementofloyalty]

Pinkie!

[Human Pinkie! That means she's really awake this time! She springs out of bed into midair, scattering covers everywhere.]

Is Twilight awake?!

[laughafterme]

Uh... [Pinkie looks up at Rainbow Dash because wow that's a speedy recovery.] I think so? WAIT YEAH! She is! Something's different about her, though...

[elementofloyalty]

Is it wings?! IS IT WINGS?!

[laughafterme]

I thought it was her mane! [Pinkie focused too much on Twilights mane than her wings...]

[elementofloyalty]

[Face. Hoof.]

Never mind. Did I miss anything important?

[laughafterme]

Not much! Just classes and a really AWESOME race! We got to race in carts and go SUPER FAST!

[elementofloyalty]

Good. Glad nothing happened while I was out that you guys couldn't handle without me.