Derpy Hooves arrived at the door, pushing the Rich-Tiara house with her nose to alarm the doorbell.

Filthy Rich came to the door. "Yes?"

Derpy looked like an excited puppy and spit up a letter for him.

"Erm, thank you..." Filthy Rich took the letter.

Derpy barked suddenly, stuck out her tongue to show an ocean of drool and looked like an eager puppy. Her tail was even wagging.

"Huh? Oh, very well." Filthy Rich handed a wad of money.

Derpy sniffed the money and turned away, pouting like a child.

"Mr. Rich, your muffins are ready!" a female voice called.

Derpy eagerly rushed to the muffin tray and ate all of them. She licked her muzzle, burped, and flew off to deliver another letter.

"Farm ponies..." Filthy Rich mumbled, then opened the letter to see it was from school concerning Diamond Tiara. "Oh, what has that filly done now?"

---

"Sorry about your father's trophy, Apple Bloom." Silver Spoon spoke up, walking with the other crusaders outside of the school grounds.

"It's okay," Apple Bloom sighed. "Ah know someone who can fix it though."

"Really? Who? And why are we leaving school grounds?" Silver Spoon noticed they were farther away from the school-house than intended.

"Don't worry, we'll be right back before class starts again." Scootaloo assured her.

"This pony's a genius!" Sweetie Belle added, cheerfully.

The four ponies made it to the Sparkle house, home of Twilight Sparkle and Spike the Dragon. The Crusaders knocked on the door and stepped aside as they carried Apple Bloom's father's trophy in a bag.

Twilight opened the door and smiled. "Hello, my little ponies," she then raised an eyebrow at them. "Shouldn't you little fillies be in school?"

"We were, but something is in dire need of your attention, Twilight." Apple Bloom admitted, showing the shattered remains of the trophy.

"Oh, my, what's that?" Twilight stepped back, allowing them in and to get a closer look.

"It was my Daddy's golden apple trophy, but Diamond Tiara broke it!" Apple Bloom cried.

"She broke it? Well, I'm sure she didn't mean it..." Twilight tried to console them.

"No, she really did! Just because Silver Spoon wouldn't pay attention to her!" Sweetie Belle defended.

"Oh, that is rough," Twilight frowned, then spotted the gray pony. "I take it you're Silver Spoon?"

"Y-Yes ma'am, Miss Sparkle, your majesty, royal, pony, I love to read too!" Silver Spoon smiled nervously at the alicorn.

Twilight laughed slightly. "You don't have to kiss up to me, I love everypony."

"Can you fix Apple Bloom's trophy?" Silver Spoon asked, still sounding nervous and star struck to be in the presence of Twilight Sparkle.

"Sure I can, with the power of magic, of course." Twilight smiled, then shined out her alicorn horn. She then used her energy and magic to take the shattered pieces of the trophy and pieced them together and bonded them with magic without using any sticky stuff like glue. "There we go, good as new!"

"Thanks, Twilight!" Apple Bloom bounced, happily.

"You're very welcome, Apple Bloom, now why don't you put that somewhere safe?" Twilight suggested wisely.

Apple Bloom nodded and kept the trophy secure so it wouldn't break again.

"That was very nice of you, Princess Twilight S-S-Sparkle." Silver Spoon smiled sheepishly.

"It's okay, really, and call me Twilight," the alicorn replied. "Any friends of the Cutie Mark Crusaders' are friends of mine."

"Okay, T-T-Twilight." Silver Spoon smiled, lightly.

---

The ponies went back to school and a while later, they got let out. Diamond Tiara had to stay behind with her father and Cheerilee however. After what felt like an eternity hearing about how bad she was in class, Diamond Tiara was so relieved to be let out and to go home to forget this dreadful day happened all because of yesterday.

"I'm very angry and disappointed in you, Diamond Tiara!" Filthy Rich scolded as he walked out with his daughter.

"I know, Daddy..." Diamond Tiara sniffled. "Can you fix my tiara?"

"I'm afraid your tiara is something money can't fix, young mare! You are grounded!"

"GROUNDED!?"

"Yes, grounded!"

"But, Daddy!"

"No, 'But Daddies'! You are grounded and that is final!"

Diamond Tiara sighed in defeat. "Why do bad things happen to good people?"

"Good my butt!" Filthy Rich snorted, showing no sympathy for his little girl.

"DADDY!" Diamond Tiara turned to him, appalled that he would say such things to and at her.

"It's called karma, sweetie, you do bad things, and bad things will happen to you!"

"Then how come those Cutie Mark Crusaders aren't being punished for the bad thing they did? They stole MY best pony friend forever!"

"Yes, but they didn't get into a fight, break a prized treasure in a classmate's family, and constantly tease their classmates' for not having their cutie marks yet!" Filthy Rich continued to scold.

Diamond Tiara sighed in defeat. She didn't like arguing with her father, it was horrifying and made her feel shrunken. Maybe it's why she picked on the other ponies in school, especially Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom. But now, Silver Spoon was gone with them.

"Go to your room now and go straight to sleep, no dessert and you're cleaning the entire house tomorrow!" Filthy Rich opened the front door.

Diamond Tiara sniffled and went to her room as told.

Filthy Rich kept his stern face, but then frowned a little in sorrow. "Oh, I wonder if I was too hard on her..."

"You okay, sir?" Octavia came up to her boss.

"Oh, it's just hard raising a child alone, especially a little filly, you know... I always thought if I spoiled her, she would be alright, but it made her rotten."

"It usually does, Mr. Rich. I'm going to my home for the night, okay?"

"Okay, Ms. Octavia, and I'm sorry you missed two days worth of lessons, umm... For your trouble." Filthy Rich placed two gold pieces in her hoof.

Octavia took the money and walked out without another word.

"Good night, Ms. Octavia." Filthy Rich told her.

"Good night, Mr. Rich." Octavia said, then shut the door behind her.

Filthy Rich sighed and he went to his big bedroom alone. He sat in the bed and lied down, pulling the covers over himself to make himself comfortable. He looked at the empty bed side and turned over in his sleep, turning out the light.

---

"It's not fair! It's just not fair!" Diamond Tiara moaned into her pillow, not sleeping. "Why do the bad things must happen to me? It's those... those... Stupid Mark Crusaders! If it wasn't for them, I'd have Silver Spoon ALL to myself, I'd have ALL her attention, and we'd grow up together and be best pony friends for LIFE!" she punched her pillow. "That-That-That Apple Bum! A-A-And, Scootalooser, and worst of all, that Stupid Belle! If it wasn't for them, I'd still have Silver Spoon and rule the school!"Diamond Tiara growled, climbing out her bed and looked out the window.

She saw beyond from her backyard and looked distantly to see the other ponies in their homes. Sweetie Belle hugged Rarity and they went inside for the chilly evening. Apple Bloom was with her older siblings and grandmother, sharing a family dinner. Scootaloo rolled up to an empty house on her scooter, unlocked the door and went in.

"Wait a minute! Scootaloo doesn't have a legal guardian!" Diamond Tiara realized, remembering that Scootaloo's parents lived outside of Ponyville. She then smirked and sneaked around her house to file a complaint in Ponyville.

Scootaloo made up her bed after Rainbow Dash made her some dinner.

"Thanks for coming, Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo called as she jumped into her bed.

"No problem, Scoots, see ya later!" Rainbow Dash called back, then dashed off into flight to get home herself.

Scootaloo smiled at her sister figure and went to sleep. Suddenly, there was a sharp knock at the door. Scootaloo felt worried about answering the door, being a pony alone at night, but then again, she was always a pony alone at night. She answered the door and saw two gruff looking ponies with black suits, white shirts and black ties and sunglasses.

"Uh, can I help you, sirs?" Scootaloo stepped back, nervously.

"Are you Scootaloo?" one of the stallions asked.

"Erm, yes?" Scootaloo replied, shakily.

"We're from Pony Foster Care, you're coming with us," the other one said. "You have no parents, we're going to put you in a proper home."

"What? No! I have parents! They're just on vacation!" Scootaloo defended.

"Sure they are, kid, come with us." the unicorn stallion lifted her up with his magic and carried her off.

"Hey! Let me go!" Scootaloo cried to be put down and back home where she rightfully belongs.

"Where to next?" the unicorn stallion queried.

"The Apple house." the Earth stallion answered.

---

The Apple house was quiet. Granny Smith answered the door and seemed to be blinded by who was at the door.

"Oh, my darling son and his beautiful wife, you're back!" Granny Smith marveled.

"No ma'am, we're from Pony Social Services, we're here to take your grandchildren away to a proper foster home." the unicorn told her.

"My boy, your voice has changed, are you in puberty again like Big Macintosh?" Granny Smith sounded confused.

"We're coming in." the Earth stallion walked in to locate the three possibly orphaned Apple ponies. "Big Macintosh?"

The stallion of the house opened his bedroom door. "Eeyup?"

"You're coming with us to a foster home, don't resist, your home is unfit, come with us now." the Earth stallion demanded.

"Eeenope!" Big Macintosh slammed his door.

"He's resisting, get him before he escapes!" the Earth stallion told the unicorn.

The unicorn nodded and captured Big Macintosh.

"What in tarnation is goin' on out here?" Apple Jack wandered out of her bedroom and recognized the foster home ponies.

"Apple Jack, we're taking you, your brother, and your sister to a better home, come with us." the unicorn demanded, having captured Apple Bloom.

"Aw, heck naw!" Apple Jack tried to escape. She dodged them quick and was stealthy like she were on Apple Acres farm chasing the chickens. She laughed as she escaped them, but was grabbed by the unicorn's horn powers. "Aw, dang."

---

The foster care system then went to the Belle house.

"Hey, you let go of my foal sister this instant!" Rarity demanded.

"Sorry, ma'am, but your sister has poor living conditions." the unicorn said, taking Sweetie away.

"Says who?" the white pony demanded. She then made a cringing face as a letter was presented to her face.

"Says Filthy Rich, your sister now belongs in our custody and will be adopted, good night." the Earth stallion told her, then walked off with Sweetie.

"RARITY!" Sweetie Belle cried.

"SWEETIE BELLE!" Rarity chased after them, only to be lost in the dust as they were too far away to catch up to. Rarity then found herself crying of the loss of her only sibling. "Sweetie Belle... Who could have done this?"

Diamond Tiara watched the whole thing from her bedroom window. "Now, that's karma! Let's see Silver Spoon have her attention stolen by those blank flanks now!" She then went to sleep and found herself peacefully sleeping now that the Cutie Mark Crusaders in Ponyville were no more.