Diamond Tiara woke up, and sat up quickly.

She was shaking, did she have a nightmare?

She scanned around, her room was dark. She looked at her clock on the nightstand that read 4:00.

She sighed. "It was just a dream."

She rubbed her throat a little. "Maybe I should go get something to drink."

Diamond Tiara got out of her bed and trotted out her room.

The butlers were at their own households, so Diamond had to get a glass of water herself. Something she didn't do often.

As she approached the kitchen, she heard some giggles coming from the other room.

Curious, Diamond peeked into the room where she saw her parents.

"Mom? Dad?"

The two turned to see their daughter.

"What are you doing up? Go on back to bed." Her father said.

"Yes, what are you doing up?" Her mother asked.

"I was uh, getting some water. I had a scary dream."

"Yes yes, let us get back to our money." The two turned back around.

Diamond Tiara gasped at her father's words.

Her dad turned around yet again. "Didn't you hear me? I said I want some time with my money!"

"A-are you... saying you'd rather be with some pieces of paper and metal than your own daughter?" Diamond asked weakly.

""Some pieces"?! These are worth more than anything! More than you!"

Diamond looked down in sadness. She always stayed strong, but her parents were the only ones who truly knocked her down.

"I thought your father told you to go!" Her mother yelled.

"I..."

"If your not going to leave, then how about we force you!"

Diamond Tiara's father and mother both got up from there seats, and started to walk up to Diamond Tiara.

Diamond decided on her only option. Run!

She ran. She ran as fast as she could. She ran up the stairs and into her own room.

She shut the door and hid behind her bed.

Soon enough, the door slammed open.

Diamond shrieked. "Why? I left just like you said. You can go back to the living room with your money."

"What's the point?!" Her mom asked angrily. "If your going to be a nuisance, then you should learn a lesson or two."

As her parents slowly approached her, Diamond was thinking about a plan to escape. Beg? Apologize? Fight back? No. Neither of those would work. She decided to do the unpredictable. She ran straight towards her parents.

Caught off guard, her parents didn't react in time to catch her, and the darkness of the night didn't help.

Diamond ran through the hallway. It was too dark to see where she was going, so she just picked the second door to the right.

When her eyes focused a bit. She saw that she was in her parents room.

But to Tiara's unfortunate, her parents slammed through the door yet again.

"By running away is just making this worse. And even worse, you come into our room, where our stash of money is!"

Diamond recognized the voice of her father, filled with rage.

She heard the two sets of hoofsteps come closer, and closer, and closer, until...

A big white flash in the air appeared.

Diamond heard a booming voice. "Begone!"

When the flash resided, Diamond didn't see the place around her as her house, but a dark void.

She looked up to see Princess Luna. "Princess Luna?"

Luna flew down gently, landing in front of Diamond Tiara.

"Hello, little one." She said kindly.

"So this was all just a dream?"

Luna nodded.

"Oh, good. Just a stupid random dream."

"Do you think it was a random dream?" Luna asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Some dreams do occur randomly, yes. But some occur for a specific reason. Love, hatred, hope, anxiety, ... and even fear."

Diamond gulped.

"In your dream, your parents were about to attack you. Do you think they'd ever really do that?"

"No... I-It just seemed so real. I know they would never do such a thing."

Luna bent down and lifted Tiara's chin up, forcing her to look at Luna. "You can tell me what's wrong, young filly. You know you can trust me."

Diamond sighed. "I-... You're the second pony I'm telling this to, so please, keep this a secret."

Luna nodded.

"Well, my parents, they... love money. Like, REALLY love money. Sometimes they think about money more than me. Sometimes I think they love the money more than me. And I'm scared. I'm scared that I'll be unloved forever."

"I see all the families in Ponyville, and I want what they have, love."

"...I can relate to that. Long ago, when I felt lonely because ponies slept through my night and stayed up during my sister's day. I was foolish then."

"We... That's not the same thing."

"What are you trying to say?"

"You had your sister, your family who loved you. I don't."

Luna stayed silent.

"It's not the same thing, because YOU were jealous of your sister and her day. YOU wanted to let ponies live in the night. YOU were foolish, which caused your loneliness."

Luna was taken aback from Diamond Tiara's sudden burst of anger.

"Didn't you stop to think that ponies needed the day? The day had the sun which kept Equestria from freezing, it had its energy to help us grow food, to help us SURVIVE! Your night, was perfect for us to rest, where we were tired, and had busy days, it was dark enough to let us sleep! But, YOU were so blinded by your stupid jealousy, that you foolishly tried to cast us in eternal night, which would lead to our doom, and where you would be lonely once again."

Luna was speechless.

"YOU caused your own loneliness, but you still had love from your sister. I was born with loneliness, AND no love. So don't EVER say that you can relate to me!"

"...Such harsh words from a filly, when I was just here to help..."

"I don't need... your help!"

"...Very well." Luna's horn shinned brightly, and she started to rise up into the air. "If you do not want my help, so be it. But do not DARE, come crying to me, when you can't resolve your problems!"

A bright flash escaped Luna's horn, Diamond had to cover her eyes from the bright light.

Diamond Tiara woke up and gasped. She breathed heavily and looked around, sweat dripping from her forehead.

She noticed is wasn't as dark as the so called 'nightmare'. She glanced at her clock and saw that it was 9:00.

She soon calmed down. "Well, today's the day before school. Time to make some fillies pay!" Next Chapter: The Last Three Estimated time remaining: 16 Minutes