A/N: Hey, guys, I'm back from the dead. I'd like to thank a friend of mine for helping me out with some of this chapter, I thought of most of it, but she came up with Diamond Tiara giving a sincere apology to the CMC. I hope you enjoy this chapter and forgive me for not touching this story for a while. Okay, read & review :)

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"Guys, guys!" Silver Spoon happily trotted to the school grounds before class started. "Guys, you'll never believe this!" she jumped, looking very eager and high-spirited.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders watched her happily bounce about. They wondered what was going on with her and hoped she was feeling okay. They had never seen Silver Spoon so cheerful. Whether mocking them along with Diamond Tiara or just being her old self.

"What's up, Silver Spoon?" Scootaloo asked.

"Did y'all get a cutie mark?" Apple Bloom asked, highly assuming that was why she was so cheerful.

Silver Spoon pulled a face. "Well, no... But! I got something even better!"

"Two cutie marks?" Sweetie Belle asked, feeling eager for her new best friend.

Silver Spoon shook her head, then reached into her saddle bag taking out three colorful pieces of paper. The Cutie Mark Crusaders looked down at the paper and saw that they were invitations.

"Wow, invitations for us?" Sweetie Belle asked happily.

"That's mighty sweet of ya." Apple Bloom chirped.

"What're they for?" Scootaloo added.

"Mom said I could have a sleepover of my own since I've been a really good filly lately and I'd like you guys to come." Silver Spoon told them with a smile. "You can come over this Friday night, right?"

The Cutie Mark Crusaders looked happy at her, but at each other, shyly.

"We just have to ask first," Sweetie Belle answered for them. "We'd love to come, of course, but we should really ask our parents if we can go or not."

"Oh, okay, I hope they let you, I never had a slumber party before of my own, I'm a little nervous." Silver Spoon admitted.

Apple Bloom put a hoof around her. "Don't worry, Ah'm sure if you throw the party it'll be just fine."

"Yeah, Silver Spoon, you've been the bestest friend lately." Scootaloo agreed.

Silver Spoon smiled sheepishly. Suddenly the school bell rang and they all decided to head inside. Diamond Tiara came to school late and followed them. Silver Spoon handed out more invitations to her party, but she had yet come to Diamond Tiara to give her an invitation.

"Silver Spoon, where's my invitation?" Diamond Tiara demanded.

Silver Spoon looked at her. "I don't know if you deserve one, Diamond Tiara. You invited the class to your Cute-cenera once, but it was cutie mark optional. I don't wanna be unfair to the class."

Diamond Tiara looked at her, then suddenly raised her hoof. "Miss Cheerilee! Miss Cheerilee! Silver Spoon isn't giving me an invitation to her slumber party!"

Cheerilee merely glanced at Diamond Tiara. Unsure whether to be sympathetic or just ignore her bad seed of a student. She then went back to grading homework papers.

"Miss Cheerilee! How dare you ignore me!" Diamond Tiara slammed her hooves on her desk.

Cheerilee kept ignoring her.

Diamond Tiara growled. She then heard her father's voice echo in her head. This time she knew it was her conscious and not him watching her or vice versa. She had to show she really earned friends and deserves them. She then cleared her throat and put on a warm smile.

"Silver Spoon, it's okay if you don't invite me, I understand if you're busy, I'll just be at home counting my allowance, no big deal. Maybe you and I could get an ice cream later?" Diamond Tiara shrugged with the best charming smile she could offer.

Silver Spoon glanced at her, then happily gave an invitation to Twist. "Hope you can make it!"

"I hope so too!" Twist took it happily.

Silver Spoon smiled, then walked along. She was suddenly yanked by her tail.

"I will not be ignored, Silver Spoon..." Diamond Tiara nearly scowled.

"Diamond Tiara, let me go!"

"Not until you accept my apology!"

"What apology? You're just selfish and bitter. This is what we call Karma. Now, let go of my tail!"

"Diamond Tiara, let go of Silver Spoon's tail or I'm writing a letter to your father!" Cheerilee scolded.

Diamond Tiara sighed heavily and let go of the gray pony. She kept scowling as she passed out slumber party invitations to some other ponies and excluded her. Silver Spoon finished and sat down to allow Cheerilee to get on with class. There was going to be a test, but due to the bad nature of Diamond Tiara sending the Cutie Mark Crusaders to foster care just out of sheer rage. She decided that everyone should read their books quietly and then it'll be time for lunch and recess. Diamond Tiara kept watching Silver Spoon when she was supposed to be reading. She then tapped Apple Bloom's shoulder suddenly and kept her eyes focused to make sure Cheerilee wouldn't catch her for not paying attention to her studies.

"Stop it." Apple Bloom whispered to Diamond Tiara.

Diamond Tiara took out a piece of paper in her mouth. "Pass the note!" she whispered sharply.

Apple Bloom took it and glanced at Silver Spoon who had a smile on her face as she read. She was indeed a bookworm. Or in this case, book pony. She didn't know about the note passing and just kept her eyes focused on the future of her horse-hood. Apple Bloom then put the paper in front of her, making her stop reading.

"Wha?" Silver Spoon glanced at the note, taking her eyes off the written pages. She read the note to herself like in her studying. "'Silver Spoon, please invite me to your party. I'll do anything. -DT'." Silver Spoon then glanced at Diamond Tiara who grinned and waved friendly.

Silver Spoon rolled her eyes and wrote up a new note. She then gave it to Apple Bloom. "Pass it to Diamond Tiara." she whispered gently.

The filly sighed and passed another note. She hated being the one to pass notes because it might get her in more trouble than those fillies. She was blamed for their notes the last time back when they became best pony friends forever. What a dreadful school day. Diamond Tiara was about to write a reply, then Cheerilee came straight to her desk.

"Passing notes, Diamond Tiara?"

"Uh, no!"

"Diamond Tiara..."

The pink filly sighed and looked down in shame. "Yes, Miss Cheerilee..."

"I can't believe you little ponies would pass notes like this, you can just wait until after class," Cheerilee confiscated the note. "I don't know what's going on, but Diamond Tiara, please. It hurts your father and myself more than it hurts you when you get in trouble. All of this childish mess because of jealousy. Your mother would be so ashamed."

"She really is..." Diamond Tiara's stomach stung once she brought up Sapphire Tiara who now lives far, far away.

"Now, keep your eyes focused on your text book, you all can talk at lunch." Cheerilee said, and that was final.

Diamond Tiara sighed and read her book. She never did like reading. She just hoped the time would go by if she kept pretending to read.

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The bell rang and finally, it was lunch. Silver Spoon sat with the Cutie Mark Crusaders like she usually did now. Diamond Tiara passed by, carrying her lunch sack. She glanced at her ex-friend with the blank flanks and kept walking along. This wasn't going to be easy trying to prove herself worthy to be invited to Silver Spoon's party. After a good chunk of the lunch period, Silver Spoon finally came up to Diamond Tiara.

"Change your mind about not inviting me?" Diamond Tiara asked slyly, biting into the expensive sandwich her favorite maid packed for her.

Silver Spoon resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Well, sort of... Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and I had an agreement. You can come to the party..."

"Oh, YES!" Diamond Tiara sky-rocketed up higher than an average Earth pony without Pegasus wings could. She then rushed back down and hugged Silver Spoon tightly. "Oh, thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I knew you'd forgive me!"

"Whoa!" Silver Spoon backed up. "Hold your people, Diamond Tiara. I'm inviting you, yes, but you can't have an invitation."

"WHAT!?"

"You have to prove to me you can be a good friend. I want the friend I thought you were. I want you to be a real friend like the Cutie Mark Crusaders."

"Are you kidding me!? I'd never do that, I-" Diamond Tiara stopped as Silver Spoon looked as though she were going to walk away and forget about even giving Diamond Tiara an invitation all together. "I-I mean, give me a chance, I'll show you I can be a real friend, Silver Spoon!"

"You got until Friday." Silver Spoon reminded her, then went back to her real friends.

"Friday... I can do that... Right?" Diamond Tiara said to herself, trying to motivate herself into being a good filly and not a spoiled, obnoxious brat.

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The remaining days changed for Diamond Tiara. She became a better student and listened to all of her lessons and not imagined that Miss Cheerilee was talking about some cute horse shoes on sale and actually listened about Ponyville's history, some science lectures, and really brought her grades up. She was even a lot nicer to Twist getting her name right.

Silver Spoon studied Diamond Tiara over the course and made sure Diamond Tiara was actually being nice and not just faking. She actually seemed to have meant some nice things she was saying to their fellow students. She even brought Miss Cheerilee an apple which surprised her to not be from Apple Bloom. Diamond Tiara surprised her father and the butlers and maids by doing chores and earning what the poor pony's usually got for doing such dirty work; an allowance.

Silver Spoon got very impressed by the results. She asked Diamond Tiara to become a real friend and she did. Friday finally came for school and Diamond Tiara helped a pony struggling to get the door and opened it for him.

"Thanks, Diamond Tiara!" the pony said on his way inside the classroom.

"You're welcome, Willy Nilly!" Diamond Tiara smiled properly and her eyes twinkled at him. "Let me know next time when you need help with your math homework!"

"Well, Diamond Tiara, I'm impressed," Silver Spoon stepped next to her ex-best friend with a smile. "It seems as though you became a brand new pony!"

"I know, I feel like a million bucks! Though, I probably was born that way with Daddy bein' rich and all."

"You're not bragging, are you?"

"Oh, no, I'm joking!"

Both ponies laughed.

"I guess you want an invitation to my slumber party then tonight?" Silver Spoon asked, surprised that she was begging for that ever since she first heard about it.

"Oh, gosh, your party, I almost forgot!" Diamond Tiara gasped, then smiled. "Congratulations on your first slumber party, Silver Spoon."

"Why, thank you, my mother is going out tonight, so I'm having a special guest over to help with the party. Don't worry, she's not a foalsitter, she'll be just fine with us."

"Oh, nice. So, may I please have an invitation?"

Silver Spoon was amazed that Diamond Tiara used those kinds of words in a sentence without kissing up to a mare or stallion to get what she wanted. She was about to answer, then she looked back to see the Cutie Mark Crusaders on their way into the schoolhouse. Silver Spoon turned back to her. "You can have it, but you have to do something else for me."

"Homework? Chores? Please and thank you?"

"No, no, no, I want you to say you're sorry for making fun of Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo for being blank flanks."

Diamond Tiara looked agape at them. She then gulped a little and stretched herself. "Okay, no problem."

"And I want you to be honest."

Honest was one of the many words Diamond Tiara knew about, but never truly lived up to. She gulped and felt a little nervous. She had been making fun of them forever ever since everypony else got their cutie marks. Silver Spoon was waiting. She kept her eyes on Diamond Tiara, but deep inside, she was hoping Diamond Tiara would get this right. The spoiled filly walked to them as they talked amongst themselves.

"Um, hello." Diamond Tiara greeted, casually.

"What do you want?" Sweetie Belle demanded.

"Yeah, you might've been nice to everypony else, but you can't fool us!" Scootaloo added, sounding deeply hurt for being bullied, not just for not having a cutie mark but for her parents not being around.

"Ah oughta tell Apple Jack!" Apple Bloom snorted.

"Please, just listen to me," Diamond Tiara begged. She ignored their shocks of her using the P word on them like that. Diamond Tiara mentally argued with her heart and brain to think of nice things to say and sound sincere with her apology. "I-I-I'm sorry." she finally said. "I'm sorry for calling you all blank flanks... You're all gonna get your cutie marks someday and I shouldn't tease you guys just because you haven't gotten yours yet... I was a blank flank too... My sister kept making fun of me."

The Cutie Mark Crusaders gasped in shock and talked among each other. Also, who knew Diamond Tiara had a sister?

"You know how it is, having an older sister that infleucnes you." Diamond Tiara added with an apologetic smile.

She had a point. Sweetie Belle deeply idolized Rarity and thinks she's the best pony in Ponyville, Apple Bloom looked up to Apple Jack, even more than she did to their brother, Big Macintosh, and Scootaloo looked up to Rainbow Dash. Even if Rainbow Dash wasn't her biological sister, they still had a lot in common and were close enough to be sisters.

"Can you forgive me? I promise I'll never make fun of you again... I just hate being singled out and now I know how I made you guys feel. Please, forgive me?" Diamond Tiara nearly cried, a tear rolling down her cheek thinking about how much she misses Silver Spoon's company.

"What do y'all say?" Apple Bloom looked from Sweetie Belle to Scootaloo. "Can we forgive this pony?"

Scootaloo looked like she wanted to decline at first, but seeing Diamond Tiara cry hit her deep inside. Sweetie Belle gave in easy. The remaining ponies nodded and they forgave Diamond Tiara at last. They then laughed and tackled Diamond Tiara into a dog pile and hugged her, laughing and having fun.

"Okay, get off!" Diamond Tiara cried, laughing herself.

Silver Spoon happily walked over and gave Diamond Tiara her invitation. Diamond Tiara happily took it and was now invited.

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That night, Octavia was taking Diamond Tiara to the party. Filthy Rich was deeply proud of his daughter's change, but was too busy to attend to take her there. Octavia was happy too, even if the girl was downright spoiled. They followed the address on the letter. Octavia knocked on the door and Silver Spoon came out.

"Oh, Diamond Tiara, good timing, the CMC are already here!"

"Thanks Octavia, see you later." Diamond Tiara waved her off.

Octavia nodded, then went back to the Rich-Tiara mansion.

"Doesn't it feel good to do good for a change?" Silver Spoon asked her reformed friend.

"Yeah, kinda does, I feel all tingly in my stomach... Is that bad?" Diamond Tiara asked.

"No," Silver Spoon laughed. "That's how you're supposed to feel."

"Well, I like it! Let's have some fun!"

"Yeah!"

The ponies happily ran into the den where Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Twist, Scootaloo, and some other fillies from their class were. The Cutie Mark Crusaders and Twist spotted Diamond Tiara and waved friendly. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon waved back and they were all together. The door knocked again after sharing some stories and Silver Spoon answered it.

"Okay, everypony, who's ready to meet a very special guest?" Silver Spoon warmed them up.

The ponies cheered, eager to meet this special guest to assist Silver Spoon in her very first slumber party throwing. Silver Spoon smiled and stepped back to reveal a very well-known pink pony.

"Hi, everypony, I'm Pinkie Pie, let's have some real fun!"