Chapter 5: Sweetie Bot's First Day Of School

The next day, Discord and Fluttershy waited out in the schoolyard with Sweetie Bot. It was her first day of school and the two grown ups were giving her a confidence boost.

"Look Sweetie Bot," Fluttershy said softly to her. "You have nothing to worry about. The Cutie Mark Crusaders will be in there with you all the way."

"That's right." Discord nodded. "And if there's ever a problem, remember you can always tell Ms. Cheerilee."

"Thank you." Sweetie Bot smiled. "My confidence has reached it's maximum level. I shall attend math, reading, and other shinanigans of learning."

"That's my girl!" Discord patted her head. "Now go get 'em, tiger."

Sweetie Bot smiled and bounced off towards the schoolhouse, looking for the CMC. Fluttershy and Discord watched her go, leaning against each other. Ever since the Gala, the pegasus and draconequus

had been closer than ever, and their friends were happy for them.

"So Fluttershy." Discord turned to his special somepony. "Wanna come over to my place for some tea?"

"I would like that." Fluttershy batted her eyelashes.

Sweetie Bot walked around the schoolyard, trying to find her friends. She was looking all around, not looking where she was going and she bumped into another filly.

"Oh," Sweetie Bot cried. "I am sorry. INITIATING SORRY SEQUENCE!"

The filly turned around and Sweetie Bot began scanning her. The filly was light pink with wavy greyish-purplish hair and blue eyes. She wore a tiara on her head and her Cutie Mark was a tiara too.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!" The filly growled. "Hey, who are you?"

"What is it, Diamond Tiara?" Another filly came over.

Sweetie Bot turned to her and started scanning. This filly was dark grey with light grey hair and light purple eyes. Her mane was braided and tied with a pinkish-purplish hairtie and she wore blue

glasses and a blue pearl necklace. Her Cutie Mark was a fancy silver spoon.

"Oh Celestia!" The filly gasped. "Who is this?"

"I don't know Silver Spoon." Diamond Tiara confessed.

"She looks like a bad clone of Sweetie Belle." Silver Spoon gagged.

"WAH!" Sweetie Bot gasped. "No, no. My name is IMPUT NAME: Sweetie Bot."

"Ew!" Diamond Tiara cringed. "Don't talk to us freak, you sound like a defected robot!"

"HEY!" The three fillies turned their heads to see the Cutie Mark Crusaders running towards them.

They got in between Sweetie Bot and the bullies and growled at them.

"Don't you talk to our friend that way!" Scootaloo hissed.

"Yeah, what's she ever done to you?!" Sweetie Belle added.

"She may sound like a robot, but it don't mean she is one!" Applebloom growled.

"Ugh! Whatever losers." Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes. "Come on Silver Spoon, let's get out of here."

"Agreed." Silver Spoon nodded as the two entered the school building.

"What was that all about?" Sweetie Bot asked.

"Hmph!" Sweetie Belle huffed. "Don't pay any attention to THEM Sweetie Bot."

"Yeah, they're just a bunch of bullies who pick on us every day." Scootaloo explained.

"Have you thought about telling an adult?" Sweetie Bot asked.

"We try to, but we're just so afraid that they'll make up an excuse and call us liers." Applebloom admitted.

"Not on my watch." Sweetie Bot frowned, her eyes turning red.

"Sweetie Bot?" The girls watched their robot friend stomp into the school building.

"Sweetie Bot!" Ms. Cheerilee cried in delight. "Oh, it's so wonderful to have you in my class."

"Ms. Cheerilee, can I talk to you outside please." Sweetie Bot asked.

"Why, of course you can." Cheerilee followed Sweetie Bot outside.

"What's Ms. Cheerilee doing out here?" Applebloom cried.

"Girls, it's time we stand up for what we think is right." Sweetie Bot put her hoof down. "Ms. Cheerilee, we've been bullied."

"*GASP* Not in my school!" Cheerilee frowned. "Who are these bullies?"

"Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon!" Sweetie Bot frowned, her eyes still red.

"Is this true?" Cheerilee asked the CMC.

"Well, yes." Applebloom rubbed her foreleg. "You see, the bullyin' been goin' on for quite awhile."

"They keep making fun of our blank flanks." Sweetie Belle cried.

"And they had the nerve to point out my inability to fly." Scootaloo growled.

"And they said that I was a bad clone of Sweetie Belle and that I sound like a defected robot!" Sweetie Bot added.

Ms. Cheerilee gasped. She couldn't believe that Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon would do such things. It was one thing to make fun of blank flanks. But to make fun of flight inabilities and almost

revealing a nasty secret to Sweetie Bot was going to far!

"Well, I'll just see to this!" She growled. "Not to worry girls, I promise that their parents will hear about this and you won't have to worry about being bullied anymore. MS. TIARA, MS. SPOON!

You're in deep trouble young ladies!"

With that, Ms. Cheerilee went back inside to give the two fillies a good lecture.

"ALRIGHT!" The four friends highhoofed each other.

"That was brilliant!" Scootaloo cried.

"It felt so good to stand up to them." Sweetie Belle squealed.

"However did you find the courage to talk to Ms. Cheerilee?" Applebloom asked.

"Discord told me that if there was ever a problem I should talk to Ms. Cheerilee or any other adult." Sweetie Bot explained.

"Well, it worked." Scootaloo praised.

"Yeah, it worked alright!" The four fillies turned their heads to see a steamed Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. "It worked so well that we're getting detention after school!"

"Hey, you brought this upon yourselves!" Sweetie Bot stood up to them. "Being a bully is wrong! It could lead to very bad punishments!"

"Oh butte out you defected freak!" Diamond Tiara pushed the robot. "Nopony asked you!"

When Diamond Tiara pushed Sweetie Bot, the worst happened.

Unfortunatley, there was a puddle right behind the girls. When the snobby rich filly pushed the newly created robot, Sweetie Bot fell into the puddle.

Electric shocks went flying through the air as Sweetie Bot spazzed. Twilight was right! Sweetie Bot was not protected on the outside!

"ERROR! ERROR!" Sweetie Bot cried. "MALFUNCTION, MALFUCNTION! SYSTEM, FAILURE!"

"Oh my Celestia!" Ms. Cheerilee cried as she ran outside from the noise. "What did you girls do to Sweetie Bot?!"

"Diamond Tiara pushed her into the puddle!" Applebloom cried.

"On purpose!" Scootaloo added.

"And I'll bet that Silver Spoon was behind it too!" Sweetie Belle shot daggers.

"Well! That does it!" Ms. Cheerilee turned to the two fillies in an angry manner. "Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon."

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon looked up to the teacher, shaking with fear. They had never seen their teacher so angry before it even shocked the CMC.

"It is one thing to bully others, but it's another physically harm others. I'm sorry to say, that you are BOTH EXPELLED!"

"WHAT?!" The two rich fillies cried in shock.

"You heard me, I will be calling your parents immediately!"

Ms. Cheerilee sighed and turned to the victims. Sweetie Bot had finally shut down and was just laying in the puddle, with the CMC trying to get her out.

"I'm afraid to say that I do not have Discord's number, nor do I know where he lives." Ms. Cheerilee stepped up to the girls.

"Don't worry Ms. Cheerilee." Scootaloo told her.

"Yeah, we know where Discord lives. He had to watch over us one time before." Applebloom admitted.

"We can take Sweetie Bot home and then we'll come right back." Sweetie Belle promised.

"Well, if you're sure." Cheerilee said hesitantly.

"We promise, we'll be right back!" Scootaloo also promised.

"Well, alright. But please do hurry!" Cheerilee confirmed.

"We will!" The girls cried as they hurried the unactive robot back to Discord's cave.