A/N: Hey, I guess I like this story :) I also like Octavia, which is why she cameos in this chapter. Okay, don't wanna keep you waiting any longer, here is chapter 2 of The Honorary Crusader, yaaaay!

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"Diamond Sapphire Tiara, where have you been all night?" Filthy Rich demanded once his daughter came crying home. "You missed your music lesson!"

Octavia strummed her instrument in the background, glancing at Diamond Tiara for being late to the lesson.

"It wasn't my fault, Daddy, Silver Spoon hates me now!" Diamond Tiara whined like a baby.

Filthy Rich neighed in disbelief, looking at his daughter agape. "Hate you? How could anyone hate a perfect foal like you?"

"I dunno, Daddy, it was a normal day, then those blank flanks ruined it all!"

"Now, princess, one of those blank flanks is the granddaughter of one of the ponies for finding Ponyville, blank flanks they are, but don't mock them for such things."

"But they stole my best friend from me!"

"That is unfair, I remember how I felt when I was your age," Filthy Rich sighed. "Now, run along and get to bed. I'm sure everything will be back to normal tomorrow."

"It's not fair!" Diamond Tiara huffed, going to her room to sleep for school tomorrow morning.

"Here, I hear that these are a girl's best friend, that's why your mother wanted you to be named Diamond." Filthy Rich took a sack with his mouth, tossing it to his daughter.

The pink pony opened her mouth and looked inside to see precious jewels inside. "Diamonds, of course! Thanks, Daddy! Silver Spoon will be mine again for sure!"

"Of course, precious, now get some sleep." Filthy Rich smiled.

"Thank you, Daddy, good night!" Diamond Tiara shut the door to get to sleep and plotted for tomorrow against the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

"Good night, sweetie," Filthy Rich smiled, then went to Octavia as she played a skilled masterpiece on her prized cello. "Uh, you can go home now and stop that, miss."

Octavia stopped, glancing at him and walked out of the house in a huff.

"Musicians..." Filthy Rich shook his head and went to his own bedroom.

Diamond Tiara slept, clutching a diamond and dreamed about what could happen in school tomorrow.

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Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo all jumped with Silver Spoon on the school grounds like happy best friends. Suddenly, Diamond Tiara came by with a bag on her back.

"Oh, hey guys." Diamond Tiara greeted.

The CMC stopped bouncing.

"Wow, it's Diamond Tiara, the coolest pony ever!" Sweetie Belle praised.

"Ah wish we could be just like her someday!" Apple Bloom added.

"I'm frightened to be in her presence without a cutie mark!" Scootaloo cried.

"Now, now, I'm just here for Silver Spoon." Diamond Tiara walked to the gray pony.

"You were mean to my new friends, go away Diamond Tiara!" Silver Spoon protested to be seen with her.

"I knew you would say that, but I brought you some presents!" Diamond Tiara released the bag to show the glittering diamonds her father gave her.

Silver Spoon marvelled at them and rushed to hug Diamond Tiara. "Oh, DT, I don't know what I was thinking! You're my best friend, not those lame blank flanks!"

"We're sorry for stealin' Silver Spoon from ya, Diamond Tiara, can ya forgive us?" Apple Bloom asked sadly, then grinned brightly with wide eyes like the other CMC.

"NO!" Diamond Tiara shouted, crushing them. She then had a wicked smirk on her face. "Unless you three become our servants!"

Suddenly, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were in lounge chairs with the Cutie Mark Crusaders fanning them, feeding them, and performing for them. Sweetie Belle fanned them, Apple Bloom fed them grapes, and Scootaloo was being their court jester.

"Thank you, Diamond Tiara, I don't know what I was thinking befriending those blank flanks." Silver Spoon smiled at her best friend.

"It's okay, I forgive you." Diamond Tiara smiled, eating another grape and laughed.

"Diamond Tiara? Diamond Tiara!" Silver Spoon's voice seemed to echo in the spoiled pony's brain.

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In reality, Diamond Tiara was being woken up by her father. "Diamond Tiara, time to get up for school!" Filthy Rich told her, shaking her lightly.

"Huh?" Diamond Tiara sat up, rubbing her eye. "Oh, Daddy, I'm ready for school today!"

"Don't forget your diamonds, princess." Filthy Rich smiled at her, feeling relieved and happy that she wasn't miserable anymore.

"Oh, how could I forget the best presents from the bestest dad ever?" Diamond Tiara jumped out of bed, latching her bag of diamonds on her back. "Goodbye, Daddy!"

"Goodbye, pumpkin!" Filthy Rich called happily, waving to her as she went out to get to the school-house. Filthy Rich then sighed with relief. "I love her, but she needs a lesson of being a good pony citizen..."

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At the school-house, it was almost just like Diamond Tiara's dream. Silver Spoon was sitting with the Cutie Mark Crusaders happily and listening to their stories and even told them some jokes.

"And so then I said, 'Cuman? I thought you said human'!" Silver Spoon finished her joke, making her new friends laugh.

Diamond Tiara laughed herself too, walking in the the school-house. "Nice joke, Silver Spoon, maybe you should present that for show and tell today."

"Oh, hi Diamond Tiara," Silver Spoon glanced at her, then looked back at her friends, smiling. "Wait til you hear this one!" she then went to tell her joke as Diamond Tiara was left out.

The pink pony frowned deeply, then went to sit at her desk with her sack of diamonds.

"Why, isn't that a nice sight?" Cheerilee smiled to see the new-found friend of the CMC. "Silver Spoon with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, I don't believe I'd ever see this. Are you friends with them too, Diamond Tiara?"

Diamond Tiara scoffed. "Puh-lease! Silver Spoon's just blinded and can't believe how goofy those three are! I'm gonna win back my best friend!"

"Okay, good luck with that," Cheerilee smiled, then went to her teaching class to silence the ponies in her class. "Good morning, my little ponies."

"Good morning, Miss Cheerilee!" the pony students greeted back, politely.

"As you know, today is show and tell day, anypony volunteer to go first?" Cheerilee said with a friendly, teacher smile.

"Oh, I will!" Twist called.

"Very well, Twist, come along then." Cheerilee smiled at the pony coming out of her desk.

"Might as well save the best for last!" Diamond Tiara smirked, darting her eyes once Silver Spoon smiled at her new friends again, which made her blood boil. Diamond Tiara growled and did her best to make it look like she was interested in Twist's presentation of peppermint snacks.

"Thank you, Twist, do you mind passing along some snacks for everpony?" Cheerilee asked.

"Sure, Miss Cheerliee, I would be delighted!" Twist beamed, handing her one, then passing some all around to her classmates. "Here you go, Diamond Tiara, you can have one too."

Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes, taking a treat, even though she didn't want to. "Thanks, Peppermint."

"Uh, Twist." the curly maned pony corrected.

Diamond Tiara scoffed. "That's cute, now run along."

Twist rolled her eyes and went to the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Silver Spoon.

"Look, Twist made snacks that look like cutie marks for us!" Sweetie Belle pointed out.

"Yeah, I know how much you guys want your cutie marks, so I made up cutie mark snacks for each of you," Twist smiled. "Apple Bloom, you get the apple cart cuz of your family's business, Scootaloo, you get a Rainbow Dash one cuz you're like sisters, and Sweetie Belle, you get a bell one because you chime and make me smile like the school bell."

"How thoughtful! Can you girls say thank you?" Cheerliee beamed brightly at Twist's sweetness.

"Thank you, Twist!" the CMC said together.

Twist smiled bashfully, then continued to walk around the classroom to serve everypony their snacks.

"Who's next?" Cheerliee asked.

Apple Bloom went next and showed a golden apple trophy. "This is a prize, it's not just any prize, this prize was won by my Daddy, for havin' the best fresh apple pie you could ever see this west of Ponyville! My Daddy always idolized Granny Smith for her apple makin' skills and earned his own golden apple cutie mark the day he won this here trophy!"

"Wow!" the students, except Diamond Tiara marveled.

"Yawn." Diamond Tiara slumped in her desk.

Scootaloo rode up on her scooter. She then hopped off it to show and tell about it. "This is my favorite scooter, my parents sent it to me all the way from far away where they live," she smiled proudly. "They gave it to me for my birthday and were sorry they couldn't be home for it."

"Your parents don't live around home, Scootaloo?" Cheerilee wondered.

"No ma'am, but they'll be back soon, they're just on vacation for a little while." Scootaloo smiled.

"Like they'll ever come back..." Diamond Tiara mumbled under her breath.

"Do you live alone, Scootaloo?" Cheerilee asked, hoping not to offend her with that question.

"My parents know Rainbow Dash, and they sometimes have her keep an eye on me, we're like sisters." Scootaloo explained the best she could and understand her living conditions.

Sweetie Belle came to the class wearing a fancy dress. "Now, I didn't make this, but it's a grown up filly dress my sister Rarity made for me. She used it from our old foal blankets growing up and I've wanted to keep it ever since and hopefully, if I have any ponies of my own, I'll hand it down to them from me and their Aunt Rarity."

"Thank you, Sweetie Belle, that's very lovely of you and your sister." Cheerilee smiled, clapping with the other students for that display.

"Who's next?" Cheerilee looked at the students with their special treasures at their desks.

"I'll go!" Diamond Tiara sounded eager now to show off her prizes to her former best friend.

"Very well, Diamond Tiara, you can go next." Cheerilee gestured for her to come to the center of the classroom.

Diamond Tiara stood proudly in front of everyone. "Classmates, Miss Cheerilee, blank flanks, best pony friend forever, Silver Spoon! Lend my your ears and attention! For I, Diamond Tiara, present to you, a filly's best friend-" Diamond Tiara whipped out her bag to show the diamonds spewing out. "A diamond dozen!"

The other students looked in surprise. They gathered to see up close. One of the girl ponies smiled and went to touch one.

"WHAT do you think you're doing!?" Diamond Tiara slapped her hoof.

"Uh, looking?" the pony sounded scared.

"NO ONE can touch these diamonds except for me and Silver Spoon!" Diamond Tiara snapped at her. She then turned with a grin, expecting to what happened in her dream to happen in reality for show and tell. "Come on, Silver Spoon, ditch those blank flanks and have a REAL friend!"

Silver Spoon didn't come.

"Silver Spoon?" Diamond Tiara kept the grin on her face, opening an eye. She then opened both eyes to see that she was staying in her desk with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who didn't seem interested in her diamond collection. "SILVER SPOON!"

"That's a mighty nice trophy, Apple Bloom." Silver Spoon smiled at the golden apple award.

"Thank ya." Apple Bloom chimed.

Diamond Tiara growled. She then grabbed one of her diamonds and threw it to hit one of the CMC, but it hit the trophy and shattered it to pieces. Everypony in the classroom gasped in fear and surprise.

"Now, pay attention to me, Silver Spoon!" Diamond Tiara demanded, proudly.

Apple Bloom's lips quivered and her eyes itched with tears. She then started to wail like a foal that her family's prized possession was now in pieces and can't be fixed.

"Diamond Tiara!" Cheerilee scolded the pink pony.

"What?" Diamond Tiara turned to her, once her name was used. The way Cheerilee just said it made her stomach turn that she was now in trouble.

"That was very rude, apologize to Apple Bloom right now!" Cheerilee demanded, looking cross with her.

Diamond Tiara bowed her head and her ears drooped. She then slowly went to the crying pony. "Sorry..." she said softly, then glared evilly. "SORRY THAT YOU'RE A BEST FRIEND STEALER!" she pounced on top of Apple Bloom to attack her.

"HEY! LET HER GO!" Sweetie Belle demanded.

"Get off!" Scootaloo bit Diamond Tiara's tail to pull her off, but found herself being pulled into the cat fight.

"Girls, girls, stop!" Cheerilee came forth, making them stop. "Diamond Tiara, I am VERY disappointed in you! I want you to stay after school, I will mail your father a letter!"

"But, but, it's THEIR fault!" Diamond Tiara cried, she then saw in her heart breaking gaze that her tiara had been shattered itself. "Oh, now look at what you did, you blank flanks!"

"It's not their faults, now get off of Apple Bloom this instant!" Cheerilee barked.

"They broke my tiara!" Diamond Tiara cried that her prized possession was in pieces.

"Well, now you know how Apple Bloom feels, run along now, I'll clean up this mess. You ponies go and have recess." Cheerilee sighed at the messes.

The ponies left, Diamond Tiara went with them.

"I still want to see you after class, Diamond Tiara." Cheerilee scolded the pink pony responsible for this mess.

"Yes, Miss Cheerilee..." Diamond Tiara moped, following the others outside.

Silver Spoon looked sorrow. She then looked at her former friend, her new friends and her newly fake cutie mark on its flank so no one would be suspicious. She didn't want everypony to know it was fake just yet.