Johnny's POV

I was packing up, getting ready to go home. Just as I started to head out, Diamond Tiara came up to me again.

"Johnny, I got an idea. *whisper whisper*"

"Sounds good. I'll call your parents. Should I call Apple Bloom's sister?"

"Probably not. They aren't setting their kids up for adoption."

"Alright. Just Filthy Rich and, uh..."

"Berry Punch."

"Right. That would explain the drunk part." I called Filthy Rich and told him his daughter was in a fight with Apple Bloom.

"Again?! That's the third time this month. *grumpy sigh* I'll be right over. *click*"

I stood with Diamond Tiara in the classroom when Filthy Rich and Berry Punch walked in the door.

"Afternoon, mister. I didn't get your name earlier."

"My name is Johnny. I am substituting for Cheerilee while she has the flu."

"Man, that sickness is spreading fast. Now, where are Apple Bloom and Applejack?" He looked around.

"Actually, they are not here."

"But shouldn't they be here as well? After all, Apple Bloom was involved, right?" A look of confusion spread across his face.

"Heh heh, funny story, Filthy. The thing is, Diamond Tiara didn't actually get in any fight." I was nervous. How would Filthy take it?

"Okay then, we can go home." He immediately tried to take Diamond Tiara with him.

"Woah, there, slow your roll, man, there's a reason I called you two here."

"Well could you make it brief? I have orders to make, bills to pay, yadda yadda yadda." He looked rather annoyed.

"Diamond, would you like to tell him, or shall I?"

"I'll do it. Don't worry."

She walked up to Filthy Rich and Berry Punch. She said she wanted to be put up for adoption. The two were taken aback.

"But, sweetheart, why—"

"No. Stop right there. I'm doing this because I want to. For five of my eight years, I have wanted to see you as a fatherly figure, but all you do is work. I don't care if you had a lot to do, you could've just asked for a day off. A whole day. And YOU, Berry Punch, are no better. You got yourself so drunk, you can't even remember your own second daughter. Yes, you did have two daughters. One of them fell out of a chariot, fifteen stories above the ground. You getting drunk also caused me to suffer bruises, cuts, scrapes, sometimes even a broken bone. And Filthy didn't even know. He was too busy to notice me not getting in trouble. I had to have my very own cute-ciñera at Pinkie Pie's café because you couldn't take a break to spend time with me. You practically neglected me. I had trouble trying to deal with it, all the way to the point of suicide. But then I met Silver Spoon, somepony who accepted me, not because I was a rich b****, but because she understood what I was going through. I got so stressed, I couldn't handle it, and just started harassing other foals. I became a bully to help me cope with the problems I have dealt with. Apple Bloom was my main target because I was jealous. She gets along with her family so well, and I can't even get a word out of you or Berry Punch. I hate you."

Filthy Rich and Berry Punch stood there as Diamond Tiara practically screamed at them. I gotta tell you, the looks on their faces were priceless.

"I-i didn't know—"

"Of course not. You were always in your office doing Celestia knows what, never stopping once to spend time with your only living daughter."

Berry Punch started bawling her eyes out. "I'm so sorry, Diamond Tiara. If I knew how this was affecting you—"

"You would never know. You were always so drunk you never even remembered your own older daughter. And you always beat me up because you were just so p***ed off."

Berry Punch completely lost it. "Berry Punch, you could've tried to hold on to the kid, or just accepted that she was gone."

I just stood there, muzzle agape, eyes wide, and eyebrows furrowed. "DT, we need to report abuse as well as adoption." I ran to Cheerilee's desk (I can't say it was mine) and grabbed some paper, ink, and a quill. I wrote the following message:

Dear Princess Celestia,

I wish to inform you that Diamond Tiara has decided that, after five years of abuse and neglect, she wishes to be put in an orphanage, to be given to another family. One who will treat her with the respect she most certainly deserves. One who will punish her when necessary. One who does not work too often to spend time with her. I also wish to report unnecessary roughness. Berry Punch is an Earth Mare who got herself drunk to forget her past, but in the process has brutally beaten, bruised, and scarred poor little Diamond Tiara. Diamond Tiara does not deserve it. Please know I write to you for the sake of Diamond Tiara's well being. Oh, could you also give Luna my salutations?

Signed, Johnathan Gamma

I sent the note, hoping it would arrive and giving Celestia the message. Even though I was a pony, I was still technically an AlphaGuardian, so I had a few tricks up my...whatever. I called out for my brothers, and they both came.

Mike spoke first. "Hey, little bro, how you doing? What's up?"

"Oh hi Mike. I don't actually need you, but I thought it might be nice to say hi. Alex is the one I need. Alex, you can set up foals for adoption, right?"

"That's right, older brother. Is this the one?" Alex gestured his hoof towards Diamond Tiara.

"Yesiree, that would be the one." Just then, Berry Punch was restrained by a couple royal guards.

"Is this Berry Punch?"

"Yup, that's her." She was taken away.

At that point, it was me, Mike, Alex, Diamond Tiara.

"So you don't like this guy at all, eh?"

"Nope. Filthy Rich and Berry Punch are terrible parents."

"Well then, I got some paperwork he needs to sign. Guards, bring Punch back. We need her to sign here." Alex pointed a hoof to a couple of blank lines.

The guards brought her back into the school, and she signed the necessary line. Filthy Rich did the same, and Diamond Tiara as well. She was no longer under the legal care of either of them. Pretty soon, Applejack came running into the school.

"Ah heard Diamond Tiara gave mah little sister trouble again." She looked p***ed off.

I looked at her. "Two things Applejack. One she did nothing wrong. Diamond Tiara is now all set up to live at the local orphanage, and is loving it. Two, where is Apple Bloom?"

"Ah left her at home to keep her safe. But whah has Diamond Tiara caused trouble the past fahve years?"

"Because her 'parents' neglected her, and it was too much, but now that problem is taken care of, so I hope all harassment will cease." I cast a worried glance at her.

"No worries. I shall not continue my misdeeds, Johnny."

I picked her up and proceeded to walk off. "Great. Let's get you to—"

"WAIT!"

Immediately, I stopped. "What is it, Applejack?"

I looked back, and she was blushing slightly. "Ah don't suppose Ah could take her off yer hooves?" Her checks were now crimson.

Alex was in deep thought when I glanced at him. Finally, he spoke.

"I guess that's cool with me. But you'll need to sign this paper as well, Ms. Applejack."

She obliged, and soon, Diamond Tiara was full of glee as I watched walk home with Applejack.