Sweetie Belle was still at her locker, putting away her things.

At the end of the hall, Diamond Tiara finished explaining her plan.

"That's perfect! That'll show her not to steal our spotlight."

As Sweetie finished putting away her things, she looked to her left to see Tiara and Spoon coming towards her.

"Urg! Let me guess? You want to see my drakefriend, Prince Spike? Well, forget it!" Sweetie said as she slammed the locker door.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon both started to laugh, loudly.

Sweetie Belle tilted her head in confusion. "What happened?"

Diamond Tiara laughed as she talked. "You actually BELIEVE, Prince Spike is your drakefriend?"

"What do you mean? He is." Sweetie grew more confused.

"No he's not, he's acting. He doesn't love you one bit." Silver said, barely containing her laughter.

This time, Sweetie was the one to break up in laughter. "Out of all the things... you two have said... to try to hurt me... that was... the saddest... attempt... EVER!" Sweetie fell to the floor.

"We're not trying to hurt you, we're... telling you the truth. Think really hard Sweetie Belle. Why would Spike want to be your drakefriend?"

"Um? He always says that I'm pretty, I'm cool, I'm nice." Sweetie said, checking things off mentally. "He calls me cute." Sweetie said while blushing. "I saved him from that darkness magic thingy, and the obvious, he loves me."

The two bullies started laughing again.

"Come on Sweetie Belle, I THOUGHT you were smarter than that." Diamond said.

"Huh?"

"Alright. Who's the pony Spike wanted the most before you?"

"Everypony knows that, my sister Rarity."

"Good, now who do you think is closest to Rarity?"

"Mom and dad?" Sweetie guessed.

"Closer than that."

"M-Me?"

Diamond Tiara nodded. "Spike wants to be with you, not because he loves you, because he wants to be closer to Rarity, the one he truly wants most."

Sweetie's smile turned into a frown. "N-No, that's silly. That's not true... Is it?"

"Of course it's true, Spike doesn't want to be with a Stupid, Untalented, Blank Flank Nobody like you."

Sweetie Belle was on the verge of tears. "He... he doesn't-"

"And what's worse, you take advantage too. You use your relationship to get more popular. You use HIM!" Silver Spoon added.

"I... I..." Sweetie shut her eyes shut, trying not to let her tears escape. She failed, and tears were streaming down her face.

"You don't deserve him, the way you use your relationship." Diamond Tiara said.

She soon started to run away, hearing Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon laughing behind her. She ran out the hallway, and soon out the School. She ran past her two friends who were waiting for her.

"Sweetie Belle? Hey! What's wrong?" Apple Bloom tried to call out to her, but she was long.

"What's the matter with her?" Scootaloo asked worried.

"Ah don't know."

"That deals with her."

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo knew that voice a little too well. They both turned angrily at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

"What's wrong with you two?!?! Sweetie Belle didn't do anything to you!" Apple Bloom spat out.

"Yeah! What did you do to her?" Scootaloo asked.

"We, didn't do anything. All we did was tell her the truth." Silver Spoon said smugly.

"What, truth? Why is she cryin' like that?" Apple Bloom asked.

"The truth hurts, doesn't it."

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo grunted.

"Ya'll will pay for this." Apple Bloom and Scootaloo began to run after Sweetie Belle. "Ah'll be sure to tell Spike about this. He'll banish you two for good." Apple Bloom said as she was running away.

"Wait, Tiara, they're right! What if Prince Spike finds out about this. We'll be in deep trouble." Silver was worried.

"Relax Spoon. Right now, Sweetie Belle is not going anywhere near Spike. She'll fix our problem herself."

"I-I hope so."

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo ran past several buildings. They looked all around but couldn't find Sweetie Belle anywhere.

"Where's she?"

"She can't be at Carousel Boutique, she ran the opposite way." Scootaloo explained.

"Let's go check Sugarcube corner." Apple Bloom suggested.

After searching every table in the sugar loaded place, they found no sign of Sweetie Belle.

"Hmm, we didn't check the clubhouse." Scootaloo explained.

"Yeah, let's go check."

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo ran to their clubhouse, hoping to find their friend.

They past the apple orchard, and soon made it to the clubhouse.

Apple Bloom opened the door to find Sweetie Belle sitting, facing a wall. "Sweetie Belle?"

Sweetie Belle was holding a picture of her and Spike. They were both smiling and looked like they were enjoying themselves.

Tears were rolling down her cheeks. She wiped her eyes, but more tears replaced them. She sniffed as she remembered Diamond Tiara's words.

"Why would Spike want to be with a Stupid, Untalented, Blank Flank Nobody like you?"

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo trotted up to Sweetie Belle and looked at the photo she was holding.

"What did they do Sweetie Belle?" Scootaloo asked.

She got no response.

"Well, don't worry about it. I'll let Spike know about this right away."

Sweetie gave a light gasp as she remembered another thing Diamond Tiara said.

"You don't deserve him, the way you use your relationship."

Scootaloo turned to the door and began to walk out, only to be stopped by Sweetie belle hugging her hind leg.

"Please don't..." Sweetie said softly.

"Sweetie Belle? What's wrong? Why can't I go tell Spike?"

"J-Just please..."

"O-Okay, if you really want it that way."

7:00

It was quiet for the next few hours in the clubhouse. Both of Sweetie's friends were trying to comfort her.

Apple Bloom was sitting beside a sleeping Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo was pacing around the clubhouse angrily.

"She cried herself to sleep Scoots." Apple Bloom said quietly while stroking her friend's mane.

Scootaloo looked down, worried about her friend.

"This isn't any normal teasing that's been happening. Something bigger happened between Diamond Tiara and Sweetie Belle, and ah'm gonna find out."

Scootaloo turned to Apple Bloom and nodded. "I'm with you."

Suddenly, Apple Jack opened the front door to the clubhouse and stepped in.

"Alright girls, it's getting late, how about we head on-"

"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"What in tarnation?"

"Big sis, we need to talk..." Apple Bloom said quietly.

Rarity was enjoying her tea while sitting on her couch, when she heard a sudden knock at her door. "Now who could that be?"

Rarity walked over to her front door and opened to see Apple Jack, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo, with a sleeping Sweetie Belle on Apple Jack's back.

"Hello dear, I see you have your hoofs full." Rarity said giggling while taking Sweetie Belle with her magic.

"Rarity, this is more serious than ya think. Can ah have a word with you?"

"Why sure, come in the three of you." Rarity stepped out of the way to let the three in.

"Just give me a minute to take this sleepy head upstairs to her room." Rarity trotted upstairs with Sweetie Belle on her back.

"Alright, let me talk to Rarity about this. Are ya'll sure we should be keeping this from Spike?"

"Sweetie Belle got so scared and begged us not to tell him. I don't know if ah can."

"Well, we'll have to sort this out then."

Just then, Rarity walked back downstairs.

Apple Jack guided her to the kitchen, away from Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. She then told Rarity what Apple Bloom and Scootaloo explained to her.

"They what?!?!" Rarity screamed.

"Rarity, quiet down."

"You wouldn't 'quiet down' if you found out that your little Apple Bloom was being hurt by some ruffians!"

"Apple Bloom's apart of it too. And the only reason I stopped myself from yelling was because your sister had fallen asleep."

Rarity grunted, but then sighed. "Sorry, it's just that hearing about my little sister crying herself asleep was just a shock."

"I understand."

"No pony deserves to fall asleep in that condition. I just pray to Luna that she doesn't have nightmares as well."

"Right."

"Who are these fillies anyway? Who do they think they are?"

"I don't know myself. This is very serious."

"But why is Sweetie so afraid to tell dear Spike. Isn't he her drakefriend?"

"All of this is confusing, but we should get this sorted out tomorrow. It's late, I'm gonna drop off Scootaloo then go home."

"Very well then." Rarity and Apple Jack trotted back to the living room.

"Alright you two, let's get going."

"Is Sweetie Belle gonna be alright?" Scootaloo asked.

"...Ah'm not really sure, we'll have to wait until tomorrow."

"A-Alright, bye Rarity."

Apple Bloom and Apple Jack also said their goodbyes and headed out.

Rarity shut the door and looked up the stairs. "Oh Sweetie Belle..." Next Chapter: Decisions Estimated time remaining: 49 Minutes