The following day at school, Diamond Tiara walked into the classroom expecting to be swarmed by students asking her about what had happened when she ran away. News spread relatively fast in a small town like Ponyville, after all, and it was only natural that everypony would be super worried if a pony as great as Diamond Tiara were to suddenly go missing. That was the logic she had cooked up last night, and so she had prepared herself for the inevitable crowd that was sure to greet her as she opened that classroom door…

“I’m so glad you’re okay! Don’t ever scare me like that again!”

Diamond froze. Before her was her teacher, Cheerilee, on her knees on the floor with her forehooves around Apple Bloom, a puddle of tears on the floor as the yellow filly clearly tried to break free of their teacher’s hold.

“M-Miss Cheerilee, really, ah’m fine.” Apple Bloom’s eyes shifted to Diamond Tiara and she grinned. “Hey, look! Diamond Tiara’s here!”

Cheerilee’s attention snapped to Diamond Tiara, who did not have enough time to flee before the teacher released Apple Bloom and imposed on Diamond’s personal space with a vice-like grip. “DIAMOND, YOU’RE OKAAAAAAAY!”

“Y-Yeah!” Diamond said, pushing Cheerilee whilst attempting to squirm out of her hold. “L-Let go! Isn’t class supposed to start?!”

“I was so worried! I thought I had lost two of my precious pupils!”

“LET GO!”

As Diamond continued to struggle against her teacher’s hold, the rest of the class simply watched in confusion, wondering if this was the way their teacher felt about all students that fell ill.

It took a full five minutes for their teacher to pull herself together and release her student. The lesson started a little late as a result, and despite her attempts to maintain a professional atmosphere, she couldn’t help but blush whenever she heard her students whispering about her earlier behaviour.

When recess came along, the Cutie Mark Crusaders gathered around and planned to join some of the other fillies for a game of hoofball. However, something that somepony said nearby caught Apple Bloom’s attention.

“You got a letter from Babs?” Silver Spoon asked Diamond Tiara as the two walked out of the classroom door. “What did it say?”

“It said she didn’t get in much trouble for hiding us back in Manehatten,” Diamond told her, “And she said the next time I go I could visit her. She also said that you’re welcome, too.”

“Ah bet ye’re makin’ that up.” Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon stopped and turned around to find the Crusaders approaching them, Apple Bloom at the head of the pack. “Yer jus’ gonna force yer way in there an’ start makin’ fun of her, aren’t ya?”

Diamond Tiara scowled at the farm filly. “I don’t do that to my friends, blank flank.”

“An’ she’s not yer friend,” Apple Bloom told her.

“Wow. You’re even more delusional over this than the fact that you have no special talent.”

“What was that?!”

“You want me to say it slower so you can understand?!”

Apple Bloom took a step forward and butted her head against Diamond Tiara’s, forcing the arrogant filly back as she held her forehead in pain. In response, Diamond Tiara jumped forward and threw a kick towards Apple Bloom, which was dodged and countered by the farm filly’s own kick.

As both fillies broke into their first fight since returning home, their friends around them simply backed away to a safe distance and watched, cheering on their respective friend as more foals either came to watch or simply ignored the commotion and continued to play.

“Break it up! Break it up!” Cheerilee shouted as she ran towards the two feuding fillies, separating them and casting them each a hard glare. “You two, with me, NOW!”

“But she started it!” Diamond Tiara shouted.

“No, she-” Apple Bloom started, but was interrupted by her teacher.

“NOW!”

Both fillies were stunned into silence at their teacher’s raised voice, and without any further argument, save for the angry mumbling under their breaths, they followed their teacher’s directions towards the classroom.

“… Well,” Silver Spoon said, adjusting her glasses as she watched the three ponies enter the classroom, “I guess that confirms that things are back to normal.”

“Looks like it,” Scootaloo said, Sweetie Belle nodding her head in agreement.

“Sweetie Bellllle!” Sweetie’s ears twitched and she turned around to find her father, Magnum, approaching her. “Hey they, kid! You forgot your lunch,” he announced, holding up a brown paper bag in his hoof.

“Ah!” Sweetie Belle jumped up and grabbed the bag. “Thanks, dad!” she said with a smile.

“No problem. Actually, as long as I’m here, I’ve got some good news to share with you.” Magnum pulled out a piece of paper from inside of his shirt, but stopped as a grey hoof placed itself upon his shoulder.

“Indeed we do!” Silver Bullet said as he approached the group from behind, a smile on his face as he looked over both Sweetie Belle and Silver Spoon. “Silver Spoon, this concerns you, too.” Silver Bullet pulled out a similar-looking paper from his jacket, and both he and Magnum exchanged excited grins with each other.

Meanwhile, a cold chill passed down Sweetie Belle’s spin as she looked up at the two papers, and sweat dripped down Silver Spoon’s face as she adjusted her glasses and tried to maintain her cool.

‘It can’t be,’ Silver Spoon told herself.

‘There’s no way,’ Sweetie Belle thought.

“It totally is,” Scootaloo said with a sigh. ‘Here we go again.’

Author's Notes:

Cheesy ending is cheesy. I intended for this to be longer, but I felt a short but sweet ending was more appropriate.

Anywhom, that's it for this fic. Hope you've all enjoyed! ^_^