Chapter 15: Ponyville Confidential

Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony Friendship is Magic or Digimon, I do own Takuma and his Digimon Goldmon.

It was like any other normal day in Ponyville. The school bell rang issuing out that school was out. The Cutie Mark Crusaders came out not exactly pleased. Sure they felt good in stopping Takuma and Fluttershy's Love Poison incident but that didn't give them what they wanted a Cutie Mark! It would just so happen that Sweetie Belle was about to speak her mind which caused them to get the attention of Impmon whom was watching from a tree "Can you believe Featherweight got his cutie mark? Featherweight! Before us!"

One of the Crusader's classmates appears surrounded by all the other ponies in their class were all around him. Featherweight was a small pegasus pony colt and it was true he did have a Cutie Mark two other unicorns a brown and a blue colt were with him.

The blue one known as Snips spoke "Great Cutie mark, Featherweight!"

The brown one Snails spoke while chuckling "Looking good!"

Sweetie Belle and Scootloo give out a painful sigh with the white unicorn filly speaking up "I give up!"

Applebloom isn't one to give up "I've got it! The answer to all our problems!" she whips out the school newspaper.

"The Foal Free Press? How's the school paper gonna get us our Cutie Marks?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Impmon had to smile at his new evil plot I bet I could answer that for them.

Before Applebloom could answer although she gave out a deep breathe, Granny Smith had called her and the Earth Pony filly tells them she'll explain later. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo decide to go threw with the idea with Scootaloo admitting out "Maybe there's something to this newspaper idea."

"Guess it's worth a shot..." Sweetie Belle agrees.

The two try to do a number amount of things like recycle and making a boat out of the paper which sunk. By the time they came to their clubhouse the two were drenched from head to their hooves.

Sweetie Belle tells her "Apple Bloom. Your newspaper idea was nothing but a big bust."

Scootaloo agrees " We tried everything, from paper-mache to making birds nests and nothing worked!"

Applebloom laughs causing Sweetie Belle to ask "What's so funny?"

Applebloom answers "What I meant was, we should write for the paper! We can get our Cutie Marks as journalists!"

"Exactly what I was thinking you three!" Impmon said after Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle gave out groans.

The three turn with surprise to see Impmon out of their window smiling and once more the innocent fillies were going to listen to him.

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Thenext day came. The three Fillies were in school. Cheerilee was with Henry with Terriormon on his back had came to see what exactly was this school news paper he had heard about from Fluttershy "Okay class, see you tomorrow! Oh, and for those of you who want to join the newspaper staff, stay here, because we're meeting right now!"

Applebloom turns to her two friends "Impmon's right Cutie Marks in Journalism!"

Scootaloo agrees "Such a good idea."

Cheerilee begins " Welcome, everypony. Now, as you know, our editor-in-chief graduated last year-

Sweetie Belle raised her hoof trying to get Cheerilee's attention " Oh, oh, oh, ohohohoh!" causing Henry to smile at this This school is like human school back on earth.

Cheerilee smiles at Sweetie Belle "Yes?"

Sweetie Belle asks "What's an editor-in-chief?"

Henry answers for Cheerilee "Good question Sweetie Belle, the editor-in-chief is the pony in charge, from choosing the stories, to making sure it gets to press on time."

Cheerilee nods smiling at Henry's answer "I like those reporters' instincts as you all know, The Foal Free Press is a student-run paper. I'm only involved as an adviser, Now, as I said, we have a new editor this year!"

She steps aside and there was no question about it the new Editor-in-Chief wasn't what each young pony was wanting.

"DIAMOND TAIRA?"

Even Henry had a bad feeling about this and he muttered as she lets out a tiny nod with a 'hmm' "Not her again."

Henry watches as Miss. Cheerilee steps aside "I'll leave you alone now to discuss everypony's assignments. Have fun! "

"Uh, Cheerilee" Henry said.

"Yes, Henry?" She asks him.

"It's not I don't trust your judgement but can't I stay here to listen to Diamond Tiara...I haven't exactly forgotten what she said to Applebloom last time I was here."

"Oh, sure" Cheerilee said as she leaves threw the door.

The first thing that made Henry and Terriormon a bit uncomfortable was Diamond Tiara litterally kicked an object and her picture fell down as she spoke "Alright, listen up. The Foal Free Press is a joke."

There was a confused "Hugh?" coming from all the other students and Henry "What do you mean?"

Diamond Tiara answers Henry and the rest of the class " Nopony at this school takes it seriously. Well I, the editor-in-chief in charge, am going to deliver us to new found glory!"

Henry sighs as Terriormon mutters "Then why is one pony reading the last Fool Free Press that came out?"

It was true there was silence coming. There was a grey colt Earth pony reading one, and when he hears Diamond Tiara say that he looks up and mouths out a "Yay!"

Diamond Tiara spoke yet again furthering again Henry's suspicions " First things first. Where's the staff photographer? Get out there and document everything. I'll decide what's important. The rest of you, I want hard-hitting news and interesting think pieces. No more Namby-Pamby stories like last year's editor."

A filly spoke up "But Namby-Pamby was a great editor!"

Diamond Tiara speaks once more " Well, there's a new regime now, and I want juicy stories, the juicier the better! Now get out there and report!"

Scootaloo had second thoughts " Let's get out of here, girls. Maybe we can try packing boxes again."

Sweetie Belle refuses and Henry with his Digimon have a feeling they knew all too well why " But this could be our last chance to earn our Cutie marks! If we really are supposed to be journalists, isn't it worth a little grief?"

" I guess you're right" Scootaloo admitted "We can take a little bit of Diamond Tiara for a lifetime of Cutie Marks.

Sweetie Belle then announces "C'mon! Let's go get these marks!"

Henry took his time to note down. Sweetie Belle tried to get an interview from her sister Rarity, and even Rika she knew that both Rarity and Rika would have liked to be interviewed. Sadly for Sweetie Belle Rarity was too busy decorating for a new wardrobe, and Rika wasn't around perhaps patrolling with Renamon looking for a Wild One. Sweetie Belle tries to ask her sister but it's no use as older sister places a new wardrobe on her younger one and embarrassed Sweetie Belle as Rika came in muttering how the latest patrol was a failure. She just takes on look at Sweetie Belle and sweat drops at seeing Sweetie Belle's embarrassed look I feel your pain. Sometime my mom makes me wear clothing like that too.

Scootaloo tried getting a story on baby birds and even got. She bet to her friends that lots of ponies would love to hear a story about that, sadly she lost her footing and fell face first into the mud. There was laughing coming from the birds which embarrassed the Pegasi filly whom hadn't learned how to fly.

Applebloom's first story was the history of Ponyville, which of course Takato with Guilmon wanted to know a bit more of their friend Takuma's home world. Although Granny Smith's idea of a story was to go threw an old family album with Applebloom as a new born baby. This caused Applebloom to blush as well as Takato to respectfully turn his head as it wasn't what he thought it was going to be.

Sadly Diamond Tiara wouldn't let them pass with the stories "I hope you've got something, because everything so far is unusable. Baby Birds Born... Rarity's Hot New Hat... Ponyville: The Early Years...! Oh! I don't know what you call this, but it sure isn't news!"

Sweetie Belle looked hurt but Rika even told her it was worth it and wouldn't mind reading it, heck Takuma had pitched in to look at Scootaloo's story, and Takato well he told Applebloom that he supported her "We just... thought..."

"Besides" Scootaloo told her "The Tamers thought it was okay."

"Oh and they are the editor-in-chief?" She asked them "I don't think-"

"Actually Takuma was at one point" A filly pointed out.

Diamond Tiara let this one slide but wasn't about to publish the stories "Get something else on my desk by the end of the day, and it better be juicy!"

She then kicks them out of the cellar and they land right onto their faces.

"Now what?" Scootaloo demanded "Do you know what I had to do to get that story?"

Applebloom pails "Oh, you don't even wanna know what I had to sit through."

The three fillies were about to give up when Impmon's laughter gets to them as he asks out once they seen him "Giving up so soon?"

The two look at Impmon as he spoke to them "Don't give up...Journalism is tough, but I bet there is one thing she'd like you do publish."

He lets this go into their heads when Sweetie Belle hears a commotion. She walks around with Impmon grinning at his thoughts Oh, she's onto what I was hoping her to do.

There as she turned to the corner and saw two colts both Unicorns. No doubt it was Snips and Snails somehow the two had wandered into Bubble Gum and got stuck together by their butts Snips panicked "Oh! Get it off me, Snails!"

Snails replies "Eh, you get it off me, Snips?"

Snips then replies as Snails tries to get away "Aah! Stop it! You are making it worse!" When Snails stops Snips tries to get away but he is brought back towards Snails's back slamming against him getting even more stuck to him "Nah! Oh, great."

Snails replies "I'll get it." he then bucks as hard as he could the sticky gum acted like a rubber band and Snips came back getting his back stuck to Snail's back and the two were now sitting on the grass as if they were humans with Snips panicking "Aah!"

Snails replies "Get it off! Get it off!"

Instead of trying to help the two Sweetie Belle just giggles at the sight turning to Featherweight "Hey, Featherweight, c'mere!" she pauses to giggle some more "Take a few pictures of this, then meet me during lunch. Girls, I have our story."

Impmon just grins at his thoughts Part one of my new plan complete.

The next thing that happens is that the first Fool Free Press was published and it was after class that the sounds of excited fillies and colts read the paper with one filly a yellow Earth Pony with purple eyes, the same color mane and tail speaking out to another filly "Snips and Snails and bubblegum fails! And that's when the biggest jokester in school really stuck his hoof in it - literally!" her name was Noi.

A colt spoke up next "The Foal Free Press is usually just boring news and stuff."

Another colt spoke laughing away "So funny!"

"Our mothers always told us we'd end up in the papers someday!" Snips proudly proclaimed.

Snails agrees while the two turn showing something "Yeah, and look! We finally got the gum out!" he laughs at it but Snip's and his butt had no coating on it.

In the cellar Diamond Tiara had congratulated Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. Proclaiming that the column was a success! Sweetie Belle told her that they named the column Gabby Gums because they couldn't fit their names on the column.

Diamond Tiara happily replies "Well I want more Gabby Gums! Nice work girls!"

Scootaloo points out "But we sure seem to have a gift for gossip"

Sweetie Belle speaks up "If we can write a few more of these Gabby Gums columns, we'll earn our Cutie Marks for sure!"

The three Cutie Mark Crusaders let out a "WOOOHHHOOOO!"

The Cutie Mark Crusaders were now at table trying to think of a story. Sadly this time they didn't have anything with Sweetie Belle asking "Scootaloo...? Do you have anything?"

'Nope" was Scootaloo's reply.

" Apple Bloom? " Sweetie Belle asked

The Earth Pony sighs "Sorry."

Scootaloo then points out "Let's face it, nothing very juicy happens at this school."

There was another commotion as Snips and Snails tried reenacting the scene before but Sweetie Belle just lets out a "Were doomed."

Once more Impmon hears this "Now, now what's this?"

The three Fillies turn to Impmon "Don't you want your Cutie Marks? You're just going to give up?"

"No" Scootaloo said "It's just nothing juicy happens at the school."

Impmon shakes his head "Why does it have to located around the school?

Sweetie Belle, Applebloom and Scootaloo turned to him "Just hear me out, I'll let you wonder a bit for it! But if you decide to continue you know where to find me."

The Cutie Mark Crusaders left with Impmon smirking "I got them alright. I got them."

He quietly walks to the cellar where Diamond Tiara was waiting for more stories. She sees Impmon come in "Why, I should've known it was you."

Impmon turns to her "What can I say? This plan is perfect! Besides it's a way to get even with the Tamers."

Diamond Tiara turns to him smiling "So...How is your new plan working out and does it really have to involve those three?"

Impmon winks at her "Trust me, soon those three will be digging themselves into a hole they can't get out of, and you'll know when to...Black mail them."

Diamond Tiara sighs "Very well then. Just make sure no pony knows about this."

"Hey don't worry about it" Impmon tells her "No pony knows that it is all my doing pretending to be one of their friends."

Impmon then leaves her.

There was a THUD, back at Rarity's house, Rika was working on new battle plans with Renamon, Takuma and Goldmon. When Rarity entered the room looking at the four "Whatever it is you're about to do, just don't try to break anything."

"We won't" was the reply as Rarity looks around looking at her sister's saddlebag (Pony Version of backpack)

"Ohh, Sweetie Belle... was she raised in a barn or something?"

"Technically" Rika began she was about to say yes but Takuma's non-verbal look silenced her, knowing that Rarity might take offense in Rika saying yes to the answer "Never mind."

Rarity sees the sattlebag opened and sees the newspaper then gasps "Oh, you really shouldn't be snooping, Rarity... Oh, but it's so much fun, Rarity. Hello... what's this?" she giggles at the image "Gum on their bum!" she laughs again "Too rich!"

Sweetie Belle comes out into the room "Can you please keep it down with all the laughter? I'm trying to- hey!"

Rarity had been caught in the act " Bleh! I, I was just-"

"Are you snooping through my saddlebag?" Sweetie Belle asked as Rarity tries to hide the bad with her telekineses only for Sweetie Belle to move her hoof gently striking her sister's horn with it causing Rarity to lose her concentration as her horn went up and down "How dare you!"

Immediately Takuma and Rika with their Digimon sensed trouble they walked over hearing Rarity explain herself "Oh, but this Gabby Gums column is so funny!"

"You actually like the school paper?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Rika and Takuma shared the paper, for Takuma whom had a bad feeling about this whole thing he and Rika couldn't help but share a few giggles as Rarity answers her "It's so much juicier than anything in the boring old Ponyville Express. Could I borrow this to show my friends?"

This again shocked Sweetie Belle "Your friends would wanna read the Foal Free Press?"

Towards the end of this though Sweetie Belle thought to herself Impmon was right!

"Oh, they'd just love Gabby Gums! Who is she, anyway? I've never heard of her before. Is she a new-" Rarity asked but she didn't get her answer as Sweetie Belle was off.

"That was a bit faster than Renamon" Takuma said scratching his head.

"Yeah" Rika said.

"For once I'll let that slide" Renamon admitted.

At their schoolyard Sweetie Belle shouts to her friends "Impmon is right! We gave up too quickly, girls. Forget trying to squeeze stories out of this school. We need to expand!"

Impmon hears this and and appears to listen to the fillies to gain their trust. He notices Featherweight taking photos as Appleblooms sees the plan "We can find all kinds of great gossip out there in Ponyville!"

Sweetie Belle then speaks up "We'll need to tell Featherweight to start working overtime."

Scootaloo agrees "Sweetie Belle, you're a genius!"

"No" Sweetie Belle admits "Impmon is, after all he was right."

"I always am" Impmon brags.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders begin their work. It was like any other afternoon in Ponyville when the Cake's babies cried really loud. How loud? Well loud enough to reach the Four Tamers while they were on patrol.

"The Cake's babies cry very loud" Takato observed.

"We hear that Goggle Head" Rika admitted.

Takuma and Henry look at each other undecided. The four Digimon were covering their ears.

"How much do you want a bet that this is going to go into the newspaper?" Goldmon asked Terriormon.

"Oh, this sort of thing won't get into the newspaper" Terriormon said.

The eight would be proven wrong for the newspaper came out with Diamond Tiara pleased "Pound and Pumpkin Cake trip to the store ends in tears. Gabby Gums comes through again!"

Truffle Shuffle had ran to make his report to Diamond Tiara "The Ponyville news stand wants to carry the Foal Free Press! Ponies keep coming by and asking for it!"

This pleased her "Send 'em twenty copies, and if they run out of those, we'll send 'em twenty more!" Truggle Shuffle runs off to do what she ordered then she turns to the other three "You three are doing a great job for this paper. Keep those columns coming!"

Scootaloo felt good about the whole thing "This is great!"

The next morning comes by and Twilight invites every pony including the Tamers to a special place, more exactly a hooficure. Except for Fluttershy whom was in a hot tub with Pinkie Pie. Twilight was lying on her stomach while reading the newspaper.

Rarity lay on a chair letting the ponies working in there go to work on her and her friends "Oh, this is the life, isn't it, girls? The best hooficure I've ever had!"

Another worker pony there started to give Applejack a back massage "You said it, ooh."

Spike was relaxing to but the the boy Tamers were just there for the conversation, Spike had cucumbers in his eyes as he was trying to relax "I don't know if I've ever been so relaxed.

Suddenly Rainbow Dash arrives "You guys!"

This startles Spike and he yelps. Which causes him to lose the cucumbers and onto Rainbow Dash's eyes.

"The new Gabby Gums just came out! "The Great and Powerful Trixie's secrets revealed!" Rainbow Dash proclaimed.

Rarity speaks out to Rainbow Dash and while she is doing it Rainbow Dash takes a cucumber from her eye "We already read that one, Rainbow Dash. Come on, relax, have a hooficure, it feels amazing."

Rainbow Dash swallows giving her friends a stern glare "Did you forget who you're talking to? The day I get a hooficure is the day I turn in my daredevil license. Besides, I haven't read this Gabby Gums yet."

Spike comes towards Rainbow Dash to get back the cucumbers "Well, do it quietly, will ya?" he sighs in between there "Some of us are trying to unwind!"

Takuma turns to Goldmon and the two looked a bit worried.

Twilight Sparkle finally admits out "I like Gabby Gums too, but don't you think she can be a little mean?"

Rika looks at the papers "Now that you mentioned it Twilight...I'm seeing what you are asking about."

"She's not mean, Twilight, she's a hoot!" Applejack says.

Takuma reads a paper head line sweat dropping as he read the headline with this headline's picture having Princess Celestia on in it eating cakes "Celestia, just like us? Oh boy...This can't be going well with the Princess..."

Goldmon agrees "Well at least things aren't too bad."

Twilight Sparkle explains the problem "Gabby Gums doesn't value any pony's and most likely any human's that is if she got the chance to write a story on our Tamer friend here privacy."

Rarity opposes the remark " Oh, lighten up, Twilight, there's nothing but harmless gossip!"

"Harmless gossip?" Henry asked her "Even we humans know it's not exactly right to gossip behind others..."

Pinkie Pie agrees with Rarity on this one " Yeah, Twilight and Henry! I mean listen to this one. "Mayor, not naturally gray!" The Mayor in a mane dyeing scandal? Who wouldn't wanna read that?

"You may have a point there Pinkie, but for your answer The mayor" Rika points out.

Takato feels what Twilight and Takuma must've been feeling "I just can't help feeling sorry for the ponies featured in her columns. It's gotta be a little embarrassing."

Rainbow Dash points out to Takato "Are you kidding? Do you know how awesome it is to get your name in the paper?"

"I'd rather have my fame not included in the paper" Takuma answers her "But then again it's just me."

"Us you mean" Henry, Rika, and Takato admitted.

"What's so wrong about harmless gossip?" Terriormon asked.

"Yeah, Takatomon, don't be worried" Guilmon said "As for you Takumamon, you and Fluttershy are lucky Gabby Gums didn't come out during that time you and Fluttershymon were under the Love Poison."

"That would've been embarrassing" Takuma and Fluttershy admit.

Rarity turns to Rainbow Dash as two worker ponies were working on ether her hooves or Twilight's "Rainbow, why don't you join me in one of these delicious hooficures?"

Rainbow Dash looks at her "It's that good, huh?" she watches as Twilight Sparkle nods but what was unnoticed was Featherweight still with his camera walks in but Takuma saw it and had new bad feeling about this "Well, maybe just one little hoof."

She flies over to an empty chair and another Worker Pony tries to give Rainbow Dash one but each time Rainbow Dash pulls away. She does this about three times and after the third time she speaks up by shooting upward with a yelp "Forget it, I don't like ponies touching my hooves. Man... I'd love it if Gabby Gums did a story on me."

Spike admits out "She did one on me. And tried to do one on Goldmon."

"WHAT?" was the response from the main Six and the Tamers.

Back at the schoolyard Applebloom announces the new title "Exclusive! Local dragon tells all. Spike opens up about Canterlot, naps, and his favorite jams!"

Sweetie Belle adds on "It's our best column yet!"

Scootaloo mutters "It would've been better had Goldmon agreed to the interview."

Diamond Tiara takes charge "More like your worst column yet! Gabby Gums didn't become the biggest thing in Ponyville with namby-pamby stories like this!"

Applebloom sighs "Yeah, she's right. This column is a little softer than our usual gossip."

Sweetie Belle asks "Were you guys feeling guilty about all the gossip too? Like... maybe we could be hurting other ponies' feelings?"

"Yeah, I didn't wanna say anything because everypony loves Gabby Gums so much, but... I was sorta hoping we could start writing more stories like this one" Applebloom admits.

Scootaloo sighs "Me too."

Sweetie Belle then admits sadly "If we're gonna get our Cutie Marks, we've got to give the ponies what they want."

The three join hooves but mutter a sad "Awww..."

The two days passed now the Tamers with their Digimon were meeting with each other. They were looking at the newest addition to the Gabby Gums colemn which featured their four Digimon. They were already at Sugar Cube Corner waiting for the other ponies.

"Digimon! Big defenders fear insects?" Takuma admitted out he and Takato turn to Twilight Sparkle as Takato admits out "Our Digimon don't fear insects! It was a one time thing!"

Rika nods "They were frightened off by bees."

Terriormon growls out "They don't know the half of it! Now all of us partner Digimon will be the laughing stock!"

Twilight Sparkle sighs knowing whoever Gabby Gums was, she had went too far "How did it happen?"

Takuma sighs as he explains the true story.

Flashback

Exactly one day before the column about the four Digimon came out, the Tamers were hanging out in the apple field as Yamaki had reported to Takuma that strange singles were appearing in Applejack's orchard. Nothing had appeared but Fluttershy had reported in seeing a strange fog that day, and Rainbow Dash had told the Tamers that there wasn't fog scheduled that day. So this furthered their investigation. It had took about two hours of investigating but still nothing appeared.

By that time they had decided to sit and eat lunch which Fluttershy had packed for them. While they were setting up to eat the Digimon were playing with each other and Goldmon had accidentally stuck his tail in a bee's nest.

That was when everything went wrong as Goldmon was stung by the bees and somehow withdrew his tail from the nest with the Digimon taking off with the bees after them.

End of Flashback

"And that's exactly how it happened" Rika muttered "It was an accident that Goldmon started."

"We still have the sting marks to show it" Terriormon pointed out pointing to his ears with then to Goldmon's tail which Goldmon point to Guilmon's head and finally Guilmon pointed to Renamon's shoulders.

"I wondered about Goldmon's tail" Spike muttered.

"Luckily Fluttershy wasn't that far away" Goldmon admitted with Renamon nodding "I've taken some attacks in my life but those bee stings were just as bad as those."

Guilmon nodded opening his mouth "Those beemon stung my tongue."

"That's what you get for trying to eat them" the four Digimon and Tamers spoke together.

It was then Applejack strolled in pacing "I was afraid I was one that Gabby Gums targeted Applejack asleep on the job." She pauses turning the page on the paper "And look at this Big Macintosh, what's he hiding?"

Takuma answers "Looks like Mother Twilight's Smarty Pants doll."

"Who the hay does this Gabby Gums think she is?" Applejack asked.

Twilight Sparkle look at another paper "Listen to this one. "Twilight Sparkle: I was a Canterlot snob. A well-placed scaly source close to the prissy pony says Twilight Sparkle thinks Ponyville is nothing but muddy roads and low-class rubes. Spike!"

Spike hears this and sits up straight accidentally yelping and burping burning down his copy of the newspaper "How could you say such a thing?"

"Yeah Spike..." Takuma added on "And you wonder why we Tamers patrol daily."

Spike defends himself "Well, I didn't! Gabby Gums made that up! I never said anything like that!"

Rarity once more is defending Gabby Gums "Everypony, please! She's just a harmless schoolpony engaged in a little harmless gossip. You're really making too big a deal out of this."

Henry answers for Twilight Sparkle "But it's all lies and the facts aren't true, as Takuma explained to you our headline it featured! Gabby Gums prints whatever she wants, she doesn't care whose reputation she destroys!"

Twilight Sparkle read a headline "Fluttershy has hair extensions!"

Hearing this Takuma nearly lost his cool especially sense Fluttershy seemed to sink behind a door, Twilight Sparkle continues "Pinkie Pie is an out-of-control party animal!"

"No comment there" Terriormon mutters softly so that no one heard him.

"WHAT?" Pinkie Pie asked she skims threw the headline and the story featured about her as she burst out crying "It's true! I do have a problem!"

Twilight Sparkle reads another headline this one about Rika Nonoka "Rika's a big fat ugly meanie that treats Renamon horribly."

"WHAT?" Rika asked in the same demeanor of Pinkie Pie and it soon appeared Rika was no human to anger for it all three of the guy Tamers to hold her back "Let me at her! She's got some explaining to do!"

"Now, now, Rika" Takato told her "Take it easy."

"No way!" Rika said "I'll admit that was true at first but thanks to Takuma, I'm slowly learning about friendship and trying to turn my ways around!"

Twilight Sparkle continues "Oh look! According to this one, the Cakes are breaking up!"

The Cakes answer immediately with Mrs. Cake asking "We are?"

There was a crashing sound as the doors to Sugar Cube Corner flew open and Rainbow Dash flew in with muffled words "Well, my life is officially over." Then she lands on the floor and manages to get out of the papers "Gabby Gums has made it to Cloudsdale!"

She pulls out a paper and Twilight reads aloud " "Rainbow Dash: Speed demon or super softie?"

Rainbow Dash replies "I grabbed as many copies as I could, but it was too late!" then she herself began crying "I'm a laughing stock!"

Twilight Sparkle turns "See, Rarity? Your so-called 'harmless gossip' can be very hurtful!"

"Very hurtful indeed" Takuma admits for this was the first time he had ever seen Rainbow Dash cry and he knew that even though Fluttershy seemed okay right now that she would be crying later. Fluttershy wasn't the type of pony to make others laugh at her.

Rarity slightly ignores this " Honestly, you ponies have no sense of humor. So she tweaks a few ponies every now and then, maybe they dese" She pauses as she sees another headline then gasps "I'll destroy her! "The Drama-Queen Diaries"... she's reprinted my diary! How could Gabby Gums possibly get access to my private diary?"

"Now that's too far Diaries are not to be published!" Rika shouted "I'm going to tell this Gabby Gums to teach her a lesson...Renamon!"

"On it" Renamon replied.

Luckily for this Gabby Gums, the two females were grabbed by all three other male humans or their Digimon were able to hold them back.

Twilight Sparkle takes action "I agree with Rika on this one but as to what she has in mind to do it won't solve anything, We've got to put a stop to this once and for all!"

She turns to Takuma "You were once on the newspaper staff!"

"That's right not any more sense you pulled me out of the school" Takuma admitted.

"But you still have access to the schoolyard's cellar" Rainbow Dash points out "Perhaps you could find out by going under cover who is Gabby Gums."

"Good idea" was the response.

Rika points out to Rarity though in a calm voice as calm as she could be in the situation after having two embarrassing stories not entirely true about her "Sweetie Belle's on the newspaper staff. Maybe she knows who Gabby Gums is!"

Rarity gasps "My sister would never associate with anyone as beastly as Gabby Gums! I resent you even suggesting such a thing, Twilight! Why, she's the most innocent, most lovely-"

When Rarity eventually returns home she sees that her sister's sattlebag has indeed her diary in it allowing her to finish her sentence "most evil pony in Equestria! How could my own sister steal my private diary? How could my own sister be... Gabby Gums?"

Rarity decided to take matters into her own hooves by kicking a door open "Et tu, Gabby Gums?"

Sweetie Belle gasps "You know? How'd you find out?"

Rarity answers bringing out her diary with her telekineses "The gilded pages of your betrayal!"

Sweetie Belle turns "Oh yeah"

Rarity continues "How could you do this to me? You stole my secret diary and published it for all the world to read! Gossip can be a very hurtful thing. It is an invasion of privacy, just like when I snooped through your saddlebag. You didn't like that much, did you?"

"No" Sweetie Belle replies.

Rarity continues "What is important is that you understand how your column makes the ponies the Tamers and their Digimon that you're writing about feel!"

Sweetie Belle explains herself "I do understand, and we've all been feeling guilty, but we just want our Cutie Marks so badly!"

Rarity calmly asks her sister "Do you really think that writing nasty things and making everypony and everyone feel horrible is your destiny?"

"Well..." Sweetie Belle admits "When you put it that way..."

The Cutie Mark Crusaders all assembled and tried to talk to Diamond Tiara whose response was "No! I won't let you quit!"

Sweetie Belle tries to explain herself as Diamond Tiara turns her chair around "But the gossip we've been printing is hurting everypony's feelings!"

"Feelings? I don't care about feelings! Gabby Gums is my bread and butter, and I'm not gonna let you goody-two-horseshoes take that away from me!" Diamond Tiara shouts.

Sweetie Belle then harshly proclaims "We're sorry, Diamond Tiara, but we've made our decision."

Scootaloo agrees "Yeah, you can't force us to keep gossiping."

Diamond Tiara is the only one who sees Impmon's shadow which gave her a silent thumbs up to hatch the plan "When you see these... you may not want to quit after all."

The Cutie Mark Crusaders all give out gasps for in front of them were their three embarrassing moments.

There was a camera snapping from Featherweight as Impmon makes his appearance.

"Impmon?" the Crusaders all asked "What are you doing here?"

Impmon grins "Oh please you really think I care about your feelings? It was all just an act, I tell you."

"Then that means..." Sweetie Belle said.

Diamond Tiara nods "Impmon works for me, and here is the thing "I told both Featherweight and Impmon to document everything..." more camera noises happens from Featherweight he was taking photos of other things but not them and it was Impmon that spoke "And that's what I did, my job was to convince you girls to work like that."

"Why?" Sweetie Belle asked "We trusted-"

"I don't give a darn about trust with the exception of trusting Diamond Tiara here" Impmon tells her.

"Then we'll tell the Tamers this!" Scootaloo said "They'll know what to do."

"I'm not too sure if they'll listen" Impmon told her "Not after you three told two stories about them."

"Which" Diamond Tiara smirked "I loved doing those two the most but the one I really liked about was Rika."

Scootaloo tries to get the photos "Gimme those!" "Badda Boom!" Sadly Impmon threw a fireball at them stopping Scootaloo from trying to reach them as Diamond Tiara pulls them back "Sorry, girls, property of the Foal Free Press. And if Gabby Gums really does go into retirement, I'll need something to fill that empty column space. Now get out there and bring me more Gabby Gums!"

The three Fillies now felt that that they dug themselves into a terrible grave. One that they wouldn't be able to dig themselves out of, Sweetie Belle tries to cheer the other two up "We'll find a way out of this, girls."

Scootaloo points up "Maybe Rainbow Dash will have a story for us. She's always good for some gossip."

Applebloom calls out to Rainbow Dash whom was lying back first on a cloud "Rainbow Dash! Hey, Rainbow Dash!"

Rainbow Dash hears her name being called and looks down "Well, if it isn't Gabby Gums."

Sweetie Belle slightly asks out "You heard too, huh?"

"Are you kidding?" Rainbow Dash demanded "Everypony including the Tamers with their Digimon in town knows it's you three!"

Scootaloo speaks out weakly "Don't suppose you'd let us write a column on you, huh?"

Rainbow Dash just grunts and brings a rain cloud then kicks it and it rains down rain on the three fillies drenching them with Rainbow Dash flying away. The next they tried to get Fluttershy, but as Takuma predicted she was taking it hard and it was Takuma that was trying to calm her down.

"It's going to be fine Fluttershy" Takuma told her "You'll see everything will get better."

The three fillies once more knew what they did to Fluttershy was wrong and just as Takuma knew that she didn't deserve that sort of treatment. Still they tried to open the door but it was greeted by Goldmon and Angel.

"Oh hi, Goldmon, and Angel is Fluttershy or Takuma here?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Angel didn't answer but Goldmon certainly did even though it was obvious Fluttershy and Takuma were in the house "Sorry, they aren't in the mood right now, and come to think of it, neither am I! You're just lucky Takuma has ordered me not to sting you three for what you've done!"

Angel then slams the door in their faces. The Fillies walked towards the library but ended up slamming into a barrier which caught them off guard. They fell towards the ground. Scootaloo gets up placing a hoof on the barrier asking out "Hey what gives?"

Spike answers "A-ha!" then the Cutie Mark Crusaders heard his words even when they were muffled "Twilight thought you might try show your faces around here, so she put up a force field!"

The three sadly walk over to their orchard and it was not surprising that both Applejack and Big Macintosh greeted them with angry looks.

Applebloom speaks up " Aw, c'mon, Applejack! You're not mad at us too, are you?"

Applejack answers using Big Macintosh's usual sentence even turning her back to the three "Eyep!"

Applebloom then asked "You're not even gonna talk to us?"

"Nope!" Applejack responds and it was now Big Macintosh that spoke his mind which was highly unusual for him to do so "You should be ashamed of yourself, humiliatin' your sister 'n' me like that. We don't wanna talk to any y'all right now so take your little gossip column and your embarrassing photographs and just go away!"

The fillies walk away heads down, as they walked every pony seemed to close their doors at the sight of them making them feel much more bad. Heck just as Impmon predicted the Tamers weren't even happy at them.

It was taking Takato, and Guilmon to hold down an angry Rika and Renamon but it was soon apparent that the poor Goggle Head and his Digimon were going to be overpowered by the two girls.

Henry although equally mad at the three was more understanding but knew he had to keep Rika from psyically hurting them.

"Look! you girls got yourselves into this mess" Henry told them "Takuma would be the one to go to but he's trying to calm down Fluttershy. What you must know is that you sort of deserved it..."

"No, Rika!" Takato's voice boomed out as he and Guilmon were still trying to hold Rika and Renamon down "Not the piece of wood!"

A THUNK! Followed by two other THUDS was heard as Henry turns to the fillies "I suggest you get out of here before Rika comes out, she's really, really mad so mad that even Takuma couldn't calm her down."

The Cutie Mark Crusaders take Henry's words and leave just in time for Rika entered the doorway but Henry blocked the doorway "Let me talk to them!"

"Now Rika, please calm down!" Henry begged her.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders meet up in their clubhouse and the pain they had caused everyone got to them and now were in a bigger bind then anything they known of.

Sweetie Belle spoke "We've ruined all of our friendships and we still don't have our Cutie Marks!"

Applebloom admits out "This is the worst day ever!"

Scootaloo on the other hand admits weakly "I don't know, but we're not leaving this clubhouse until we think of something!"

Moments later they do actually think of something and hurry off to Diamond Tiara whom was growing impatient " That's it, Gabby Gums is out of time. Run these instead, I want this paper on every street corner in Ponyville!"

"Yes, ma'am!" a colt spoke to her but Applebloom appears "Stop the presses!"

The same colt spoke out "Uh... they haven't started yet."

Scootaloo speaks out "We have a Gabby Gums column!"

Diamond Tiara hears this "Hmph, you're lucky I'm nice."

She lets the story run threw without reading it first which Impmon was starting to have a VERY bad feeling about that "This better not happen again, or else."

While walking outside she is talking to herself "Well done, Diamond Tiara, you've averted yet another crisis with your amazing diplomatic skills." she pauses as she walks past two fillies whom were reading the new paper ""An open letter to Ponyville by Gabby Gums"? What is this? Ooh, they're not gonna get away with this! I'll publish those photos tomorrow! They messed with the wrong pony!"

Sweetie Belle starts her explanation as the Cutie Mark Crusaders passed the paper to every pony, and Tamers the first paper went to the mayor "To the citizens and visitors of Ponyville, for some time now, you've been reading this column to get the latest dirt and the hottest buzz. But this will be my final piece." as Sweetie Belle spoke the last part of their sentence they tried to show it to Rainbow Dash whom once more made a rain cloud over them and continued to drench them until she saw the apology on the paper "We want to apologize for the pain and embarrassment we've caused."

Applebloom explains as Rainbow Dash continues reading it only to kick it away once she read it completely "Y'see, I'm actually three little fillies, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo."

Scootaloo takes over as they make their way to Fluttershy's hut where once again Goldmon and Angel greet them but instead of slamming the door or striking them the two read the paper, Goldmon is a bit confused though but Angel runs off and shows it to Fluttershy and Takuma "As the popularity of our column grew, we got swept up in the hype. We knew that what we were doing didn't feel quite right, but we ignored the guilt because everypony seemed to want to read what we were writing."

Scootaloo continues onward as Fluttershy and Takuma come out actually smiling with Fluttershy taking it one step further and hugging the three.

They go to the library where not only does Sweetie Belle continues the letter but Spike sees it and actually isn't mad himself "From now on, we promise to respect everypony else's privacy, and we won't engage in hurtful gossip any more."

He turns to see Twilight Sparkle coming out and withdrawing her barrier afterwards Applebloom meets out with her sister letting her last bit of writing speak for itself "All we can do is ask for your forgiveness, Ponyville. Signing off for the very last time, XOXO, Gabby Gums." she then adds on something as they walk towards the Takato, Henry, and Rika to show them the last part of the letter "P.S. To the Tamers, the Digimon you are looking for is in our schoolyard cellar. He urged us to do this in the first place so that everypony would hate us."

This got the three Tamers and their Digimon to look at the P.S then turn to their own Digimon with Rika admitting out "Renamon! We've got a Digimon to talk to."

Renamon nods "And I have the feeling I know who was the one responsible."

"We should all go" Takato tells them "With our Digimon to make sure whoever this Digimon is doesn't ever do that again."

"Agreed" Henry said.

The next morning, every newspaper staff meets up with a eight surprised guest which it wasn't surprising to see Miss. Cheerilee sitting in the chair Diamond Tiara used to "Well, staff, I guess I gave a little too much authority to a first-time editor. I'm sorry, Diamond Tiara, I have to strip you of your title."

Cheerilee uses her leg to knock Diamond Tiara's picture out of the way causing her to growl at the remainder of the class but Cherrilee continues "And for the next editor of the Foal Free Press..."

Diamond Tiara looks at the Cutie Mark Crusaders and sticks her tongue out at them which caused Henry to mutter "Temper, temper."

Rika agrees "And you published that I had attitude problems, you are the one that does."

Takuma glares at Diamond Tiara "You make me feel ashamed to call myself an editor-in-cheif, I'm human and even I don't publish harmful stuff and if I was I'd make sure to make sure the story was right."

Cheerilee continues nodding towards the Tamers "here's your new editor-in-chief, Featherweight!"

Featherweight comes out from the door and the students cheer.

Diamond Tiara looked shocked "Oh, him? But what about me?"

The same Colt that worked the press before answers her "Here ya go! I've been promoted to staff photographer!"

He takes a picture of Diamond Tiara in her new cap which was the printing presses's cap and she trips over some printing oil and hits the printing press causing the Cutie Mark Crusaders to laugh.

Mrs. Cheerilee turns to the Tamers and their Digimon "What brings you eight here?"

Takuma answers "Let's just say Gabby Gums told us there is a Digimon around here."

Diamond Tiara gasps as Applebloom waves to her "He worked with her!"

The Tamers made their way to Diamond Tiara "Diamond Tiara" Cheerilee called out "Who is this Digimon you have?"

Diamond Tiara looks around as Scootaloo points out "Why don't you check in the desk?"

Terriormon does "Aha found you!"

Impmon jumps out followed by Terriormon chasing him "You better have an explanation into pretending to be their friend when you aren't!"

"I don't have to tell you anything!" Impmon shot back trying to sound tough despite the fact he has four Digimon chasing him.

He forgets about Renamon whom is faster than he was and he bumps into her leg and Rika's Digimon turns "We have some stuff to talk about."

Impmon just gulps hiding back a sweat drop as he was surrounded by the four Digimon.

Takuma turns to Cheerille "I know you are in charge of Diamond Tiara but we need to talk to her too."

Cheerille nods "Seeing that you and your Tamer friends are protecting us from Wild Ones, she's all yours."

"Good" Rika said scooping up Diamond Tiara "We have a lot to talk to you about missy!"

The Tamers leave with Renamon holding Impmon's hand dragging him along "LET GO YOU TOTS! Let me me go!"

Renamon ignores him with Goldmon muttering "You are in way big trouble than the time you gave the Love Poison to Takuma and Fluttershy."

Impmon and Diamond Tiara sigh they were really in for it now.

End of Chapter.

The next chapter is over and I know this normally followed the real Ponyville Confidential but like I said before not all chapters are going to have fighting in them. I also put in the Tamers and their Digimon bits in it to tie it to the story. Besides many of you might've been asking me who is Impmon's partner? Well considering he runs away from his Tamers back on Earth, he's going to do the same with Diamond Tiara although he'll usually be closer to her but not that close.

Anyway next chapter is sure to be a surprise for us all. Chapter 16: Grow Mon Grow! Here is the next chapter's summary: When Yamaki requests Takuma and Twilight Sparkle to visit Earth, A new Digimon has appeared and attacks Equestria, but he is stronger than what any of the Tamers have fought before and easily defeats all of their Digimon, until another Blue Card appears.