Chapter 2

The Incident At The Zoo

For the past ten years, Twilight Sparkle has been living with her aunt, uncle, and cousin. Ever since they found Twilight on there front porch, Filthy Rich and his wife, Spoiled Rich had to watch over her. However, they favored their daughter, Diamond Tiara over their niece.

While Diamond Tiara slept in a soft, comfortable bed upstairs, Twilight slept in a dark, uncomfortable room under the stairs. Twilight didn't sleep much longer when she heard a knock on her door.

"Get up!", called a voice from the other side of the door. Twilight recognized the voice as her aunt's voice. "Are you up yet?" Spoiled Rich shouted. "Nearly, Aunt Spoiled." Twilight groaned. "Then hurry up! You have to make Diamond Tiara's breakfast for her birthday!", Spoiled Rich said before leaving. Just before Twilight could leave her room, she heard stomping from the stairs, followed by an exited voice shouting, "Wake up, cousin, we are going to the zoo!".

Twilight groaned in annoyance as Diamond Tiara ran towards the kitchen. While Spoiled Rich was getting ready to surprise her daughter, Twilight was making breakfast for her family and making sure that the bacon won't burn. "Hurry up and get me my coffee!" Filthy Rich ordered. "Yes, Uncle Filthy." Twilight replied.

Filthy Rich looked like a business pony with a suit, tie, and a cutie mark of three money bags. His wife wore a light green dress and a golden chain necklace. She had a blue diamond ring for a cutie mark. Diamond Tiara was a small pink earth pony with a purple and white mane. She also had a tiara shaped cutie mark.

"I'm sure you will be very surprised this year, sweetie." said Spoiled Rich as she took off Diamond Tiara's blindfold. Diamond Tiara saw so many presents, they filled the whole room, but she didn't seem so impressed. "How many are there?" she asked. "There are 36." her father answered, "I counted them myself." "36! But last year I had 37!" Diamond Tiara screamed.

Twilight rolled her eyes in annoyance. Her cousin always has been a spoiled brat. "Listen, sweetie, once we get to the zoo we are going to buy you 2 more presents so you would have more gifts than last year.", Spoiled Rich assured her daughter. "Alright, I suppose 39 presents will be good enough this year." said Diamond Tiara even though she didn't seem satisfied.

Twilight and her family were in the driveway getting ready to leave for the zoo. Before Twilight could enter the car, she was stopped by her uncle. "I'm warning you! If you do anything to ruin Diamond Tiara's special day, you won't have any dessert for a week!" Filthy Rich warned. "I promise, I won't try anything funny." Twilight promised before getting in the car. Filthy Rich started the car and drove his family to the zoo.

After driving many miles, Filthy Rich parked in front of the zoo. Diamond Tiara's parents bought her two gifts from the gift shop. Her parents then took her to see the animals. The zoo had animals such as flamingos, monkeys, and hippos. The Riches had been visiting attractions until they went to the reptile house.

The attraction was cold and dark. It contained all types of snakes. There were snakes that were long, green, and scaly. Diamond Tiara's attention has been on a Boa Constrictor. She was tapping on the glass trying to get the snake to do something exiting. "Move already!" Diamond Tiara yelled through the glass. "Stop it!" Twilight shouted. "It's trying to sleep!" "That snake is boring." Diamond Tiara said before walking away from the tank.

"Sorry about her." Twilight said to the snake. "She doesn't know what it's like to live in a closed uncomfortable, space all day." The snake suddenly got up and stared directly at Twilight. "Yes, at least she doesn't have to live her life in captivity." the Boa Constrictor spoke. Twilight stared at the snake in shock. "Did you just talk?" she asked. "I did because you were the only pony here who didn't ask me to move." the snake explained.

"I never talked to any reptiles before." Twilight said. "Where are you from?" she asked. "I'm from Foggy Bottom Bogg, a swamp outside Ponyville." the snake answered. "But since I got taken from the swamp when I was a newborn, I don't remember anything about my home, not even my parents." the snake sighed. The purple unicorn gave the snake a look of pity.

"I know how you feel, I never knew my parents either." Twilight sympathized. "I don't even know what my purpose in life is." she said as she stared at her cutie mark. Twilight had a cutie mark of a big red star with smaller white stars surrounding it.

"Mommy! Daddy! The snake is finally awake!" Diamond Tiara yelled as she shoved Twilight out of the way. Twilight glared an angry look at her bratty cousin, who was leaning against the glass. While Diamond Tiara was staring at the snake the glass suddenly disappeared and she fell through the tank. Taking this opportunity the snake slithered out of it's prison towards Twilight. "Thanks, amiga" the snake hissed. Even though she was not sure what she did Twilight said, "No problem." to her snake friend.

The snake's escape caught the attention of many ponies and caused a panic throughout the zoo. Diamond Tiara recovered from her fall and tried to get out of the tank only to realized the glass trapped her inside. "Mommy! Daddy! Help!" Diamond Tiara screamed receiving panic looks from her parents. While the Riches were frantically trying to get their daughter out, Twilight was giggling at her cousin's expense. She looked like a captive animal in that glass prison. However, Twilight's amusement was cut short when she received an angry look from her uncle.

The Riches returned home after freeing Diamond Tiara from the tank. Diamond Tiara had a towel wrapped around her and her mother led her upstairs to keep her dry. Filthy Rich turned to his niece in rage. "What did you do?" he demanded. "I swear, I don't know. Twilight defended. "The glass was there one moment and disappeared the next just like magic." Having enough of his niece's excuses Filthy Rich pushed Twilight back in her room. "There's no such thing as magic!" Filthy Rich growled before slamming the door shut.