Shattering Diamonds
by jmWarrior13583
First published
After the events of the Episode, ''Crusaders of the Lost Mark'' Diamond Tiara feels bad about everything she's done to Silver Spoon, so she asks the Crusaders for help, but then there's a group of Ponies that show up, and they hate Diamond Tiara!
After the episode, ''Crusaders of the Lost Mark'', Silver Spoon was mad at Diamond Tiara at the Election, and Diamond Tiara's desperate to fix their friendship, so she asks the Crusaders for help, But other obstacles stand in the way. A group of Colts and Fillies arise , and their mission is to ruin Diamond Tiara's life. Will Diamond Tiara fix her friendship with Silver Spoon and avoid this new group at School? or will her life be ruined forever?
Prologue
Author's Notes:
I DO NOT OWN ANY MLP CHARACTERS OR MLP:FIM FRANCHISE NOR ANY MLP IN GENERAL!
I am simply just making a fanfic like usual... Enjoy my fellow Bronies! Hope you all like it. The Diamond Tiara redeeming episode inspired me to write this and well... Here it is! Enjoy!!! :D
It was Recess, and all of the Colts and Fillies were playing outside at the new Playground that Diamond Tiara's father paid for...
Everyone was having a great time, all except for Diamond Tiara. She kept on looking at Silver Spoon who was sitting alone on a Teeter-Totter. Diamond sighed, she knew what she said and she regretted being so rude to Silver all those times in the past. She only did it to make herself look good. But then she realized that it was a terrible mistake and she wanted to apologize for it.
So she thought in her head, "Hm, it's now or never! You got this!"
She walked over to Silver Spoon who was looking down at the ground from a high distance. She made it there and took a seat on the lowest part of the Teeter-Totter.
"Hi Silver!" Diamond Tiara greeted happily.
Silver Spoon noticed her and looked at her. She didn't reply instead she crossed her hoofs and looked away quickly with a, "Hmmph.".
"Listen, I know your mad at me... But-" Diamond Tiara started, but was cut off by Silver Spoon interrupting her by saying,
"Diamond, I don't care about your apology. Just leave me alone. I meant what I said and it'll stay that way. We're no longer friends. So leave me alone!"
Diamond Tiara's heart literally stopped when she said that. She was shocked and upset that she lost her best friend.
Silver Spoon forced the Teeter-Tot to go down on her side. When it did, she got off and walked away leaving Diamond Tiara alone.
"WAIT! COME BACK!" Diamond Tiara shouted.
Silver Spoon ignored her and kept on walking away.
Diamond Tiara refused to see her ex-friend leave her like this, so she got off the Teeter-Tot and ran straight for Silver Spoon. When she reached her, Diamond Tiara dived and held onto Silver Spoon's Legs from behind.
"W-what're you doing? LET GO!" Silver Spoon yelled, she shook her Hoofs and then ran away. Diamond Tiara didn't hang on and tumbled backwards.
Diamond rubbed her head and then got up. She saw Silver running away from her and then eventually stopped when she reached a safe distance.
She tried holding back the tears but one managed to escape.
"I-I can't believe this is happening to me! Now she's gone... Why did I have to listen to my Mother and be so rude to the Crusaders and my closest friend? I'm such an idiot." Diamond Tiara thought.
She sniffled a bit and then dropped her head down along with her ears indicating that she was depressed. She walked back to a bench and sat there all alone.
Chapter 1: The Group of Ponies arise
"Wait a minute, that's it! I'll just go around and make new friends!" Diamond Tiara thought happily.
She trotted around the playground happily with a smile on her face and spotted Shady Daze playing with his friends.
"Hi Shady! Watcha doing?" Diamond Tiara asked.
Shady Daze and his friends Lickety Split, Chip Mint, Sunny Daze, Peachy Pie, and Sun Glimmer stopped what they were doing and gave her disgusted looks.
"What's wrong?" Diamond Tiara asked with a concerned tone in her voice.
"What's wrong? You know what's wrong Miss Innocent." Peachy Pie insulted her.
"Yeah, you think you've changed? Your still a bully to us no matter what." Sunny Daze joined in.
"B-but I got my Dad to spend all that money for the school's Playground Equipment! I've changed! I stopped bullying the Crusaders." Diamond Tiara yelled back.
"Yes, you did which was pretty nice of you, but the "Past" you... Will always stay here at this school forever! So don't think that everypony here forgives you for what you've done to everyone in the past!" Lickety Split explained.
"Well I... I..." Diamond Tiara couldn't think of anything to say. Instead she started to tear up.
Lickety Split and his friends noticed the tears in her eyes starting to form and they laughed at her.
"Somepony's crying!" Chip Mint laughed.
"I am not crying! Stop it! You guys are the real bullies here!" Diamond Tiara shouted.
Eventually tears came running down her face and they laughed even harder.
"HA! HA! HA! We're not being bullies! We just don't like you. Your a spoiled rich brat. So why don't you just quit the act of you being so "Nice" all of a sudden and LEAVE US ALONE!" Lickety Split yelled at her, and pushed her towards the ground.
Diamond Tiara had no more words or thoughts. Instead she ran away crying. She kept running and running far away until she was stopped by a certain Filly's voice.
"Wait! Diamond Tiara where're you going?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Diamond Tiara looked back at Sweetie Belle. She didn't reply back, instead she just sobbed and ignored Sweetie Belle's question.
"Diamond Tiara? Are you alright?" Sweetie Belle asked. She walked up to Diamond and wrapped a Hoof around her neck.
"S-S-Sweetie B-Belle! It's terrible! I can't make f-friends like you guys can! And worst of all my b-best friend left m-me!" Diamond Tiara choked from sobbing so much.
"Sshh, it's okay. Tell me what's wrong? We're friends now." Sweetie Belle asked.
"How am I your friend? I was so mean to you and your friends in the past." Diamond Tiara asked back.
"It's alright Diamond, the past is in the past. We forgive you. And believe me, you've changed for the greater good! We're your friends no matter what happens." Sweetie Belle replied, giving her a soft warm hug to cheer her up.
Diamond Tiara smiled and thanked Celestia that she was lucky enough to make friends like the Crusaders.
"Now, what's wrong? What's bothering you?" Sweetie Belle asked politely.
"Silver Spoon doesn't like me anymore, Lickety Split and his friends were being jerks to me, and I tried to be friends with them but that didn't go as planned." Diamond Tiara explained.
"Hm, I see. Well I can help you make friends, and if that doesn't work then we'll see about Silver Spoon." Sweetie Belle suggested.
Diamond Tiara grinned widely and nodded her head in agreement.
"That's the spirit!" Sweetie Belle cheered.
Sweetie Belle got up and then motioned Diamond Tiara to follow her. Diamond did what she had told her and Sweetie led her to her two best friends, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom.
"Hi Diamond Tiara!" Apple Bloom greeted.
Scootaloo smiled instead of saying hi, she winked at Diamond who noticed and knew what she meant as a greeting.
"Hey girls!" Diamond Tiara greeted back.
"So watcha want?" Apple Bloom asked.
Sweetie Belle explained what she was planning to do and they understood it.
"Oh, you wanna make friends Huh?" Scootaloo asked.
Diamond answered her question by nodding her head.
"Well, that's easy. All you do is just talk to somepony and then go from there." Apple Bloom exclaimed.
"Yeah, see Snips and Snails over there? They're a good start for you." Sweetie Belle pointed her Hoof towards the two Colts.
"Well... It's a start." Diamond Tiara replied.
Diamond Left the Crusaders and went up to Snips and Snails. The Crusaders watched her so that they could see how the school Colts an Fillies reacted around her.
"Hey guys!" Diamond Tiara waved a Hoof towards them.
Snips and Snails noticed her and didn't greet back. Instead they just gave her blank stares.
"What's up?" Diamond asked.
"Um... Hey Snails, I think Miss Cheerilee is calling us! We better go and see what she wants." Snips said, as an excuse to leave.
"Wait!" Diamond Tiara shouted, but they ignored her and they left her to go somewhere else at the Playground.
The Crusaders looked at her and she looked back at them. She groaned and went back to them saying,
"See! Everypony I talk to is gonna be mean to me! I've been acting like a jerk the past couple of years! And now I got bad Karma for the rest of my life!" Diamond Tiara sighed.
"Hey it's alright, I'm sure everyone will forgive you and forget what you did in the past." Sweetie Belle encouraged her.
Diamond Tiara sighed yet again until she turned around and saw Silver Spoon in front of her.
"Silver Spoon?" Diamond Tiara asked in surprise.
Had Silver forgiven Diamond for what she did at the Election?
"I'm only gonna say this once... I'm done being friends with you forever! So don't bother crawling back to me. You deserve it anyways..." Silver Spoon shouted.
"But I said I was sorry! I'll be a different friend I promise! I'll treat you with respect! I'll make it up to you!" Diamond Tiara replied.
Silver Spoon sighed, she ignored what she said and walked away from Diamond Tiara who was sitting there along with the Crusaders not saying a word.
"Wait! Come back!" Diamond Tiara yelled.
But Silver Spoon ignored her and kept on walking away.
"See! She's never gonna forgive me no matter what I do! Why did I have to deserve this!" Diamond Tiara cried.
"Hey it's alright. We can help you and Silver become friends again." Apple Bloom suggested.
"Really? After all the pain I caused you three, you forgive me so easily? How come?" Diamond asked.
"Because, we know you didn't mean to hurt our feelings, it was just your mom telling you what to do." Scootaloo answered. Patting Diamond Tiara on the back to comfort her.
"Thanks, but I still feel bad somehow..." Diamond Tiara sighed.
"It's okay, anyways we might have a solution to how you can get Silver Spoon back."Apple Bloom exclaimed.
"Really? What?" Diamond Tiara hoped for the best.
"Well, you didn't really treat her the way you should have back then. She's just upset and mad. Maybe do something nice for her?" Sweetie Belle suggested.
Diamond Tiara nodded as she understood what Sweetie Belle was trying to say.
"Alright then, time to get my best friend back!" Diamond Tiara cheered proudly.
"We'll help you anyway we can, good luck Diamond!" Sweetie Belle replied happily.
Diamond Tiara nodded her head and then walked off thinking of a good gift to give to Silver Spoon. Sadly... She couldn't think of one.
Towards the end of the day, school was about to end and Diamond Tiara had no ideas! She couldn't think of one at all!
"Ugh, come on Diamond Tiara! You're smarter than this! She's your best friend! Ex-Best Friend! Hm..." She frustrated on thinking of an idea.
Silver Spoon sat next to her same with Sweetie Belle. She looked to her right and saw Silver looking bored of the History lesson Miss Cheerilee was teaching.
Then she looked to her left and whispered to Sweetie Belle,
"Hey Sweets, I think I have an idea! What if I make a Scrapbook of Silver and I doing all sorts of fun things ever since we met! And maybe I can put an apology note at the end of it."
Sweetie Belle listened to her idea and thought about it for a while, then she whispered back saying,
"Hm... Wow, that actually is a pretty smart idea Diamond Tiara. I'm sure she'll love it. She has to forgive you if you do that for her."
"Yeah! I hope she likes it, it'll be-"
"Diamond Tiara! Sweetie Belle! Quit whispering and pay attention please..." Miss Cheerilee interrupted them.
Diamond Tiara sighed and replied back saying,
"Yes Miss Cheerilee, sorry..."
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RIIIIIING!!! The school bell Rang and it signaled everyone that school was over. Everyone started packing up their books back into their Saddlebags and started leaving.
Silver Spoon usually walked home with Diamond Tiara since they lived near each other, but Silver Spoon left immediately without saying a word to Diamond.
"Well, Diamond. I wish you the best of luck! If you need anything we'll be at the Clubhouse." Sweetie Belle said.
"Yeah, Sweetie Belle told us about your plan, hopefully it'll go great between you two." Scootaloo joined in.
"Yep, that's a pretty darn smart idea Diamond Tiara!" Apple Bloom joined in as well.
"Gee, thanks Girls. I hope it goes great too. Wish me luck see ya tomorrow!" Diamond Tiara happily waved goodbye as she ran out the door and ran home as fast as her little Hoofs could carry her.
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It didn't take long until she reached her house. She rang the doorbell and waited a while. Eventually her mother, Spoiled Rich answered the door and gave her a killer look.
"We have a lot to talk about!" Spoiled Rich yelled.
Diamond Tiara gulped and went inside following her mother to the kitchen.
Her mother closed the door behind them and then told Diamond Tiara to wait at the Kitchen table.
"This is not going to go very well..." Diamond Tiara thought.
Chapter 2: Family Issues
Back at the CMC Clubhouse...
"So! Top priority Crusaders! Now that we have our Cutie Marks! Let's focus on who were gonna help next!" Apple Bloom said proudly.
"Um... We're already helping a pony. Diamond Tiara remember?" Sweetie Belle answered.
"We already helped her change her personality and be a better Pony." Scootaloo replied.
"Yes, but we also need to teach her that Friendship is Magic!" Sweetie Belle happily shouted.
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo facehoofed themselves.
"What?" Sweetie Belle chuckled.
"Just... No... Don't say Friendship like that." Scootaloo groaned.
"Why not? It's true Friendship is a really powerful magic." Sweetie Belle laughed even more.
"Okay... Moving on... Anyways I have a feeling that Diamond Tiara is getting yelled at or grounded from her mom." Apple Bloom said.
"My guess is as good at yours... Hopefully nothing bad happens to Diamond Tiara." Scootaloo joined Apple Bloom.
"I don't know... Maybe her moms cool with her being friends with us now. We're no longer Blank Flanks." Sweetie Belle pointed out, looking at her Cutie Mark as well as her friends.
"I just noticed that we all have the same Cutie Mark Shield Emblem, but the designs on them are different?" Sweetie Belle continued speaking.
Scootaloo and Apple Bloom looked at their Cutie Marks as well and realized it too.
"Mines an Apple." Apple Bloom giggled.
"Mine looks like a Bolt? Like Rainbow Dash's Cutie Mark!" Scootaloo squealed out in joy.
"My Cutie Mark looks like a Musical Note?" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.
"Maybe it means that we have more than one special talent?" Apple Bloom asked.
Sweetie Belle, the smartest of the three thought for a few seconds.
"Maybe... Just maybe... I guess we'll find out eventually!" She answered happily with a smile on her face.
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Later on at night...
"Diamond Tiara! Sweetie I told you this once and I'll keep on reminding you until I pass away!" Diamond Tiara's mother shouted.
"But mother! I want friends! I wanna be a better pony and not follow in your Hoofprints!" Diamond Tiara yelled back.
"Young Lady, you talked back to me in front of everyone! And I won't allow you to be friends with Lowlifes! They're Blank Flanks! You can't be seen with Blank Flanks! It'll ruin my reputation!" Spoiled Rich explained.
"I don't care about your Reputation. And they're not Blank Flanks anymore! They got their Cutie Marks and they're amazing!" Diamond Tiara said.
"Your special talent is to boss around other lower class ponies below you!" Spoiled Rich replied.
"It WAS... My talent! Until the Crusaders helped me realize that being nice to others and doing things for others is the talent I really wanna get good at! And you can't change me! You don't get friends your way! You make great friends my way!" Diamond Tiara explained.
"Well if that's how you wanna be then fine... You either listen to me and avoid severe punishments! Or you either ignore me and talk back to me and suffer the consequences!" Spoiled Rich exclaimed.
"But that's not fair Mother!" Diamond Tiara argued.
"Don't care, now go to your room right now! And go back to your old self! This isn't like you at all!" Spoiled Rich argued back, ending the conversation with her daughter.
Diamond Tiara started tearing up and ran upstairs to her room crying. She slammed the door shut behind her and stuffed her face into her Pillows on her bed. She cried herself to sleep that night.
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Later on towards midnight...
Diamond Tiara woke up from a nightmare... She forgot about the Scrapbook present she was gonna make for Silver Spoon. She got out of bed and started working on it quietly.
An hour or so had passed and it was already almost 2 A.M.
Diamond Tiara was very tired, she couldn't keep her eyes open... She was almost done with it anyway. The Scrapbook contained many pictures of Silver Spoon and her ever since they met. Wether it was birthdays, parties, holidays together, their families did stuff together all the time and remembering all these memories made Diamond Tiara a lot happier on the inside.
"She can't tell me what to do... My mom is wrong! Being mean is not the way for me. I used to think it was okay being mean until the Crusaders changed me... Even if Silver Spoon never forgives me... At least my best friends will be the Crusaders, although I hope Silver and I can be friends again." Diamond Tiara thought.
She eventually finished the Scrapbook and put the apology note at the end of the book. She closed it and smiled at her work. She trotted back to her bed and stopped when she noticed that her Cutie Mark started glowing.
"Weird? It glowed like this when I was helping with the new Park Equipment." Diamond Tiara thought.
The Cutie Mark stopped glowing and she went back into her bed. Then she closed her eyes and slept peacefully.
Chapter 3: The Group of Ponies Begin to Bully
The next morning...
The sun rose and shined all of Ponyville. Everything was bright outside. Everyone was happy and enjoying life. The birds chirping, the ponies outside talking with one another. Everybody loved Ponyville! And everyone always had a terrific morning! All except for Diamond Tiara...
"DIAMOND TIARA! WAKE UP!" Spoiled Rich shouted at her daughter.
"OKAY! OKAY! I'M UP!" Diamond Tiara freaked out and fell off her bed.
"Ow..." Diamond Tiara thought.
She rubbed her head and then she heard her mother say,
"Now listen sweetheart, you have a great day at school! And also remember... I'm gonna watch you today and if I see you acting nice to the low-class ponies at your school, then you'll be sorry when you get home! GOT IT?" Spoiled Rich explained.
Diamond Tiara sighed and agreed with her.
"Great, now I have to be mean... The one thing I didn't want to do for the rest of my life. I might as well fake it enough to fool my mother." Diamond Tiara thought.
"Mom, I just realized that... You're right. Those poor ponies at our school. Most of them are Blank-Flanks! I guess I should be mean to them Huh? Heh heh!" Diamond Tiara nervously chuckled.
"That's the spirit! I thought I lost my own daughter yesterday." Spoiled Rich replied happily.
"Now, I have to get ready mom, so may I please have some privacy? I wanna look good so that everypony at our school will be jealous of me." Diamond Tiara asked. Showing her mother the best grin she could make.
"Sure honey, anything!" Spoiled Rich answered. She left her room and closed the door to give her some privacy.
After she left, Diamond Tiara literally hit her head against the wall lightly.
"Great, I have to act mean now! This isn't gonna go very well... And worst of all she's gonna be spying on me today! Just great..." Diamond Tiara said to herself.
She sighed and then frowned. She looked at herself in the mirror, surprisingly... Her mane was perfect and didn't need to be messed with. She smiled and then put her Tiara on top of her head.
"Gee, I never knew I was so pretty." She thought.
Then she frowned and then groaned, "Alright Diamond, don't get too ahead of yourself."
She opened up her Saddlebag. She wrapped the Scrapbook in wrapping paper. Then, she slid it into her Saddlebags with ease.
"Perfect!" Diamond Tiara said.
She ran to the bathroom, brushed her teeth, and then ran downstairs before being stopped by her mother telling her,
"Remember what I said sweetie." Spoiled Rich reminded her.
Diamond Tiara gulped and then waved back to her Mother before running out the front door.
"Phew, I'm not looking forward to today... I don't wanna be a bully. Why did I have to listen to my mother all those years. Hopefully the Crusaders don't take it personally." Diamond Tiara thought.
She trotted along the streets of Ponyville and spotted the Crusaders in sight. The three Fillies noticed her and walked up to her.
"Oh no..." Diamond Tiara thought nervously.
She looked behind her and saw her mother looking out the window.
"Hi Diamond Tiara! How's that Scrapbook coming along?" Sweetie Belle greeted.
"Oh um... It's going fine Uh... I finished it." Diamond Tiara answered.
She looked nervous and since Sweetie Belle was quite an observer, she knew that she was nervous about something.
"Are you alright? You look a bit nervous?" Sweetie Belle asked in a worried tone of voice.
Spoiled Rich shook her head and opened the window,
"These are those low-life's my daughter wanted to be friends with? I gotta break her friendship with them." She thought evilly.
Diamond Tiara looked behind her and saw her mother watching and listening to their conversation. Her mother gave her a serious look and Diamond Tiara gulped nervously again.
"My Scrapbook IS finished! Why do you care?" Diamond Tiara answered in a bratty tone.
"Excuse me?" Sweetie Belle replied back surprised.
"You heard me, Squeaky Belle. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go to school. I don't have time to speak with Low-class ponies like you three!" Diamond Tiara shouted rudely.
She walked in front of her and pushed her aside, as well as Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.
"That's my girl!" Spoiled Rich grinned.
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"What just happened?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"I'll tell you what happened, she pushed us! And she insulted you!" Scootaloo answered.
"No, it can't be true... I thought she's changed into a better pony?" Apple Bloom joined in.
"Hey! Hey! It's alright, even if she called me that name, I'm sure something's bothering her. Or maybe she's just having a bad morning." Sweetie Belle exclaimed.
Scootaloo and Apple Bloom thought about it for a while and agreed with her.
"Your right, ah reckon it's probably her mom." Apple Bloom suggested.
"We don't know that for sure? So let's just leave Diamond Tiara alone for the day until she comes to us?" Scootaloo asks.
Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom nodded their heads in agreement. They carried on with their day and walked to school together.
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At school...
Diamond Tiara saw everypony playing at the new Playground. They all had smiles on their faces. All except for her. She just sat there sitting alone at a bench. Nopony bothered to ask her what was wrong. She sighed, she was depressed she had no friends basically. Maybe the Crusaders but they'd probably never forgive her since she faked being mean to them when she promised she'd never do that to them anymore.
"Great, I just had to call Sweetie Belle, Squeaky Belle. They'll probably stop being my friends now. And then I'll be left with nopony!" Diamond Tiara cried.
She let a few tears escape her eyes. She felt bad about pushing them as well. She looked around and then sighed again. She spotted her mom talking with Miss Cheerilee.
"Great, now she's here? This day can't keep on getting worse!" Diamond Tiara thought.
Then, she saw Lickety Split and his gang approaching her.
"And of course... It can." She thought.
"Hiya Ms. Brat!, watcha doing?" Lickety Split asked.
"Leave me alone Split, I don't want any trouble." Diamond Tiara replied back, not giving him any eye contact whatsoever.
"Hey I'm just being nice." Lickety Split replied.
Diamond Tiara crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. She didn't notice that Sun Glimmer was behind the bench she was sitting at.
Next thing you know... Sun Glimmer tilted the bench over on purpose and Diamond Tiara fell face first into the pavement on the ground.
"Ow." Diamond Tiara thought.
"Heh heh heh, nice one Glimmer!" Peachy Pie complimented her.
"Thanks Peachy!" Sun Glimmer happily accepted the compliment.
Lickety Split noticed something in her Saddlebags sticking out. So he took a look and pulled out a neatly box shaped present with White and Silver Wrapping paper around it.
"What's this?" Lickety Split asked in surprise. He took it out and looked at it.
"Is this for a certain friend? I thought you had no more friends?" Lickety Split asked.
Diamond Tiara got up from the ground slowly but Lickety Split threw the present on her and she fell back down.
"It's... Just a present for Silver Spoon." Diamond Tiara answered.
"Well if your trying to fix your friendship with her, that's not gonna happen. She'll never forgive you and don't count on it either." Lickety Split explained.
"No, I'm trying my best to be a better pony." Diamond Tiara said.
"YEAH RIGHT! YOU THINK I BELIEVE THAT? YOUR A BULLY AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE ONE!" Lickety Split shouted at her. He spit on her present and she gasped at what she saw.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Sweetie Belle yelled.
She rushed over to help Diamond Tiara along with Scootaloo and Apple Bloom by her side.
"Why should we?" Lickety Split asked.
"Because you guys are acting like bullies too! She's still a pony with feelings! Just leave her alone guys." Sweetie Belle requested politely.
Lickety Split rolled his eyes and then answered her saying,
"Fine, come on guys lets go."
Lickety Split motioned his friends to follow him and they did just that.
When they left, Diamond Tiara looked up and saw Sweetie Belle extending her hoof towards her. Diamond Tiara was about to take it until she looked to her left and saw her mother, Spoiled Rich watching her.
She knew what that could've meant...
"I don't need your help!" Diamond Tiara shouted back hitting Sweetie Belle's Hoof out of the way and got up herself.
"What's wrong with you Diamond? Yesterday you were acting like a better Pony! You even promised that you wouldn't be rude to us anymore or bully us! And you called me Squeaky Belle when I forgave you for that! Not to mention were trying to help you become friends with Silver Spoon again! And yet you treat us like dirt all of a sudden?" Sweetie Belle yelled.
"B-but you just... Wouldn't understand why all of a sudden I'm like this today." Diamond Tiara replied back in a depressed tone.
"Your right, I wouldn't understand... So you're on your own now Diamond Tiara! Don't bother talking to us anymore. We tried helping you and yet you still bully us. What does it have to take Huh?" Sweetie Belle shouted.
Diamond Tiara looked down in shame. She knew that she didn't mean any of this to happen. But she also didn't want to get severely punished by her mother. She really wanted to tell them why she was acting this way, but she just couldn't find the courage to do so.
"I'm sorry..." Diamond Tiara apologized. She picked up the present she had for Silver Spoon, as well as her Saddlebag. And ran away to the Swings at the Playground.
Sweetie Belle sighed.
"Are you okay Sweetie Belle?" Apple Bloom asked.
"No I'm not okay... We lost a friend who could've been a better pony. It was her dream to become a better pony, but I guess it's her fault." Sweetie Belle answered back. She was disappointed in Diamond.
She thought she had changed but she was wrong.
"Hey it's okay, who needs her anyways? It's her fault." Scootaloo said, trying to cheer Sweetie Belle up.
Chapter 4: New Crusaders!
Diamond Tiara sat by herself at the Swings. She looked at the present that she had for Silver Spoon and cleaned Lickety's spit off of the Wrapping paper.
"Great... There goes my last three best friends I could ever ask for. And it's all my fault." Diamond Tiara thought.
She was alone now. She felt like an outsider. She made a reputation by doing bad things and now it was too late for her to take it all back. She never wanted to end her new friendship with the Crusaders, but she couldn't believe that it came to this.
She looked up towards the sky then tears started forming in her eyes.
"I'm such a stupid idiot! It's all my fault, I never should've been a bully and listen to my mother in the first place!" She thought.
She heard Silver Spoon laughing with some ponies. She turned her head to where the laughter came from and saw Lickety Split and his friends with her. They were probably spreading false rumors about her.
She shook her head in disbelief. Then she grew angry. She looked back down at the present that she had. Then she raged and threw it as far as she could. And unfortunately it landed in a bush. Where nopony could ever find it. Her Cutie Mark started glowing again, but instead of it glowing white it glowed red a bit.
She examined it for a while, then she ignored what it meant. She sighed then cried a bit. She buried her face into her Hoofs. She regretted everything, worst of all she was still mad at her Mother who just wouldn't understand how she felt about all of this.
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The school bell rang and it signified that school had started...
Everypony took their seats. All except for Diamond Tiara who came in last. She came in with her head low. She looked depressed and everypony knew why.
She took her seat between Silver Spoon and Sweetie Belle. They showed no contact with Diamond at all. They ignored her presence that was there in the room. She even saw her mother, Spoiled Rich who looked at her and wondered why she looked so upset. Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes and ignored the fact that her mother was in the room.
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The whole day was just pure agony for Diamond Tiara. She was depressed the whole day. She didn't speak, she didn't do anything, she didn't feel any different other than being sad all day long. Since it was Lunch time, she ate lunch alone until she was stopped by her mother when she went to her usual spot where she ate lunch with Silver Spoon in the past.
"Diamond Tiara, why are you wearing that depressing face? What's wrong dear? If something's bothering you, just tell me!" Spoiled Rich asked ignorantly.
"Nothing Mother, nothing's wrong." Diamond Tiara answered.
Spoiled Rich examined her for a bit, almost as if she knew what was wrong which made Diamond Tiara very nervous.
"We'll all right then, quit looking miserable. You're a rich pony. You should be feeling like a winner." Spoiled Rich replied.
Spoiled Rich left her alone and went back to Miss Cheerilee.
Diamond Tiara looked down and cried a bit.
"I hate her... She ruined my life." She thought.
She heard Hoofsteps coming towards her and she looked up to see who it was.
"Sweetie Belle?" Diamond Tiara asked.
"Hi there." Sweetie Belle happily greeted.
"What do you want." Diamond Tiara sighed.
"We saw you sitting alone, we figured you could use a friend or three to cheer you up." Sweetie Belle replied back smiling.
Diamond Tiara looked back up, shocked at what she heard.
"But I acted mean to you guys earlier, how can you guys forgive me so easily?" Diamond Tiara said.
"Because we feel bad for you." Scootaloo joined in.
"But it's all my fault for bullying you guys all your school life." Diamond Tiara cried a bit.
"So? We know it isn't you fault. It's your mothers fault. And how come you pushed us earlier? Yesterday you were acting like a better pony." Scootaloo asked.
"B-because... My mother told me last night that I shouldn't be seen talking to you guys. I'm sorry..." Diamond Tiara confessed.
The three Crusaders finally understood why she was being mean to them today, and they felt bad for her.
"Who cares what your mother says? We can help you understand friendship and I'm sure your mother will too. She just... Doesn't like you being nice to us I guess." Sweetie Belle encouraged her.
"Yeah! We can help yah with Silver Spoon. Any ideas Crusaders?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Well, where did you and Silver always hangout at on Fridays?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Diamond Tiara didn't answer them, instead she ran to all of them and hugged all three of them, feeling the warmth in her heart.
All three Crusaders with widened eyes were shocked. They didn't expect it from her.
"Thank you guys so much, I don't even care what happens to me if my mother sees you three with me. You guys are the best friends ANYPONY could ever ask for." Diamond Tiara thanked them, she kept on hugging them with tears still coming down her eyes.
They smiled and then Sweetie Belle was the first to hug back. Along with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.
"No problem Diamond Tiara, I guess we can say your one of our best friends too." Sweetie Belle replied.
"Mhm." Apple Bloom and Scootaloo agreed.
Diamond Tiara stopped crying when they said that and she finally felt what happiness was suppose to feel like. She no longer cared what happened even if her mother severely punished her.
"Thank you guys... And by the way, usually Silver Spoon and I used to always hangout at Sugarcube Corner." Diamond Tiara told them.
"Well, it's a start. We'll help yah with Silver Spoon no matter what happens right Crusaders?" Apple Bloom answered proudly.
"YEAH!" Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle cheered.
All three of them raised their hoofs into the air touching each other's. The usually cheered chant they would always do. All three of them looked at Diamond Tiara and they wanted her to join them.
Diamond Tiara felt touched, and joined her Hoof with theirs. With a big smile on her face.
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The school bell rang yet again, and it was time for the last class of the day, History.
Diamond Tiara kept thinking in her head what she would do if she met Silver Spoon at Sugarcube Corner. She didn't know what she would say or do.
An hour or so had passed and Diamond Tiara fell asleep along with some other students in her class.
It was the most boring lesson that Miss Cheerilee has ever taught. All she did was talk and talk and talk from their textbooks. She was reading boring stuff. Practically everyone was sleeping, very few were engaged into the lesson.
"Ugh, when will it ever end!" Sweetie Belle thought.
She looked around and saw her friends asleep as well. She was one of the few that actually managed to stay awake.
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Later on... 30 minutes or so!
School ended, when the bell rang everyone woke up instantly and got their things together and ran out the door immediately. Luckily Miss Cheerilee didn't notice that half her class was asleep.
"Diamond Tiara?" Sweetie Belle shouted.
"WAH! What? Who? Where? What happened?" Diamond Tiara woke up instantly.
"You fell asleep." Apple Bloom giggled.
"Yeah, and how do you wear this Tiara all the time? It keeps falling off my head!" Scootaloo asked, trying to balance Diamond's Tiara on her head but failed at it.
"It's easy, I just tie a little bit of my Mane on the bottom of it so it stays on." Diamond Tiara answered.
She picked up her Tiara and set it on her head gently.
"Oh, well... Okay then how about we go over to Sugarcube Corner? Maybe if we're lucky we'll find Silver Spoon there?" Sweetie Belle suggested.
Her friends nodded their heads in agreement and then they all trotted their way towards Sugarcube Corner.
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When they got there, they opened the door and they were surprised. The place was packed, there were barely enough tables to sit at.
A lot of ponies from their class were there too.
Diamond Tiara looked around and spotted Silver Spoon by herself sitting alone at a table. Silver wasn't doing anything other than looking bored and looking at the ground.
"Alright Diamond, you see her?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Yeah, I see her! Follow me!" Diamond Tiara answered, she started running towards Silver Spoon until her tail was tugged back by Sweetie Belle.
"Wait! Don't just run at her instantly, you'll get her freaked out and she'll end up leaving." Sweetie Belle explained.
"Oh, sorry I'm just... Sigh, I just want everything to go back to normal. Like the way it usually was, except for the bullying and stuff I did to you guys in the past." Diamond Tiara replied.
"It's okay, just take your time. Start off things slowly alright? Don't beg cause then you'll look desperate." Sweetie Belle exclaimed.
Diamond Tiara nodded her head and then Sweetie Belle let her go. When she let her go, Diamond started walking calmly towards Silver.
Eventually when she reached her, she started off by greeting.
"Hi Silver Spoon!"
Silver looked up in surprise to see who it was.
"D-Diamond Tiara?" Silver Spoon asked in surprise.
"Yeah it's me." Diamond Tiara giggled.
"I didn't expect you to come here?" Silver Spoon said.
"Well, I have a lot to say to you... So hear me out please?" Diamond Tiara replied.
Silver Spoon remembered about the Election and put on an angry face, crossed her Hoofs and then said,
"I'm listening..."
Diamond Tiara sighed then she began talking,
"Look, I know the way I treated you that day was horrible. I lost a close friend of mine and I wasn't thinking about the consequences that would happen to me. The past me was a jerk, a selfish bratty pony. I thought it was alright for me to do that to everypony at my school. We've been friends for years! And I was such a stupid Pony to do that to you. Can you ever forgive me?"
Silver Spoon thought for a while in her mind what she would say. She looked at Diamond Tiara's Blueish eyes with hopefulness in them. She even saw water starting to form in her eyes as well.
"Hm... All right, I think you've learned your lesson. We can still be friends." Silver Spoon answered happily.
Diamond Tiara gasped and then started crying. Silver Spoon got up from the table and jumped off it landing on the tile floor next to Diamond Tiara.
Diamond Tiara immediately tackled her in a hug.
"Oh Silver Spoon! I'm so sorry I treated you the way I did! I promise it won't ever happen again I swear!" Diamond Tiara squealed in joy.
Silver Spoon giggled and returned the hug as well.
They kept on hugging each other until the Crusaders walked up to them with smiles on their faces.
"Ah reckon Ya'll are reunited now?" Apple Bloom asked.
Diamond Tiara broke away from the hug and smiled back answering her by saying,
"Yep! We're back to being friends again!"
Diamond Tiara felt a Hoof wrap around her neck and it was Silver Spoons.
Silver Spoon smiled at her and corrected her,
"Best friends again."
Diamond Tiara's grin was much wider when she heard Silver Spoon say that.
"Oh hey! We almost forgot to tell you guys!" Scootaloo told them.
"What?" Silver Spoon curiously asked.
"Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon... We've been wondering if maybe you guys would like to be a Crusader as well?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Diamond Tiara nodded her head, along with Silver Spoon who was thinking about it.
"Come on! Let's go back to the Clubhouse!" Apple Bloom cheered.
All 5 of them ran outside Sugarcube Corner and made their way towards the Crusader's Clubhouse.
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At the meeting...
"Diamond Tiara! Silver Spoon! We would like to welcome you into our club! As a fellow Crusader, Sister, family, friends, best friends, Blah blah blah and so on so forth. As a Crusader all 5 of our jobs is to help other Ponies see the light of their Cutie Mark! And helping Ponies find their special talent! Do you two wanna join?" Apple Bloom explained.
"YES!" Diamond Tiara shouted happily.
Even though the Crusaders were happy for Diamond Tiara changing into a better Pony, they had to get used to her new personality.
Silver Spoon waited for a bit before giving her answer.
"Sure, I'll join I guess!" She happily answered.
"Great! Here are your capes! Just for the occasion!" Apple Bloom said, she tossed two capes to the two Fillies and they caught them.
They both tried them on and couldn't wait for exciting new adventures that was in store for them in the future!
Chapter 5: Mother and Daughter Issues, and a Vision into the Future?
Later that day, it was already nighttime!
Diamond Tiara returned to her house and opened the door. Her mother opened it and immediately shouted at her,
"DIAMOND TIARA! Why are you hanging out with those low-life Fillies Huh? I told you to stay away from them! And next thing I see is you going to their poorly made Tree-house. I told you not to hangout with those type of ponies. They have absolutely no respect! And they're not rich or popular!"
Diamond Tiara groaned, then she snapped at her mother yelling,
"That's it! I can't take it anymore! You think so poorly about Fillies like them! They're special, probably the luckiest Ponies in all of Equestria. They have amazing talents and their sisters are the Elements of Harmony that saved us from Tirek! and Discord! including Nightmare Moon! You need to stop telling me what to do too! I can be friends with anypony if I want to and there's nothing you can do about it Mother. It's time you stop telling me what to think about others and how to act. I hate being mean to other ponies. I want to change and they'll help me change no matter what! You can't do or say anything to change my mind! And that's final!"
Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes but felt good about standing up to her mother. She felt proud, then she started laughing.
"That's enough young lady!" Spoiled Rich shouted.
Spoiled Rich went to the Closet and pulled out a Whip.
Diamond Tiara stopped laughing and frowned instead.
"Great, here comes the punishments and yet she still just doesn't understand." She thought.
Spoiled Rich immediately walked back to her daughter and started whipping her everywhere as hard as she could.
"Ow! Mother- Ow! Stop it!" Diamond Tiara screamed. She tried running away but the next thing she knew was a hard tug on her tail which hurt her a bit.
Her mother was so angry at her, that she literally yanked her hair and tail as hard as she could. Next, she kept on hitting her with her Hoofs. She kept on doing so until Diamond Tiara couldn't even get up herself.
"There, that oughta teach you not to talk back to me. And I don't care if their sisters or family are popular or not. They're still Low-class ponies! If I see you with them again then there's a lot more than what I just did to you! NOW GO TO YOUR ROOM RIGHT NOW AND DON'T COME OUT UNTIL I SAY SO!" Spoiled Rich raged at her daughter.
Diamond Tiara tried to get up but she didn't have the strength to do so. The sharp pain she was feeling all over. What kind of mother literally beat up their child half to death?
"I said go up to your room! RIGHT NOW!" Spoiled Rich kept on yelling at her.
Diamond Tiara tried as hard as she could to get up but she failed and fell back down to the floor.
Spoiled Rich didn't care anymore, instead she picked up her daughter and dragged her upstairs.
When she reached the top, she opened Diamond Tiara's room-door and tossed her into her room.
Diamond Tiara slid on the carpet floor, she was also coughing a bit too.
Spoiled Rich slammed the door shut and locked it from the outside.
Diamond Tiara just laid there on the floor. She felt pain everywhere. She didn't like the feeling, but she had to pull through it.
"Ouch, it hurts even when I try to move." She thought.
She finally opened her eyes after a while and felt a lot better when she stopped moving.
"Ahh, much better! I guess I just have to sit here for a while." She continued thinking.
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Some time passed by... 30 minutes or so!
Diamond Tiara felt better and felt like she could at least make it to her bed. So she took her time and dragged herself across the floor, she eventually made her way to her bed and climbed into it with ease.
She wrapped herself in the thick bedsheets and felt a lot better. She felt very comfortable that she fell asleep instantly. Then, she went into a deep sleep and began dreaming.
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"HUH? WHAT? Where am I?" Diamond Tiara screamed.
She found herself in a dark room. Next thing you know she was blinded by a white light. She closed her eyes instantly, then she opened them again to see herself sitting at a bench at school.
She looked around and saw everypony with smiles on their faces playing together and laughing together at the playground.
She looked over to a group of Ponies and she instantly knew that it was Lickety Split and his gang talking to Silver Spoon.
"Great, what're they doing with Silver?" Diamond Tiara thought.
She examined them for a bit and she noticed that Silver Spoon was crying. She questioned the idea in her head and was confused and angry at the same time. Lickety Split looked at her and winked his eye at her.
"What?" Diamond Tiara questioned in her mind.
Silver Spoon ran towards Diamond Tiara with an angry look on her face.
"Hi Silver! What's up?" Diamond Tiara greeted happily.
"Diamond Tiara! How could you say that about me? I thought you've changed? And you... Just make fun of me like this? Why???" Silver Spoon asked, crying a bit.
"What? Wait! I don't know what you're talking about?" Diamond Tiara asked. She was confused at what was going on.
Silver Spoon cried even more and sobbed. She finally gave her response by saying,
"Don't ever talk to me again! Don't look at me! And just LEAVE ME ALONE! I'm done being your best friend! Goodbye Diamond Tiara."
Silver Spoon walked away with her head down. Diamond Tiara's heart literally stopped.
She wanted to say something but when she tried speaking, she couldn't speak! Her mouth wouldn't let her even if she tried!
Next thing you know, she spotted Sweetie Belle running up to Silver Spoon giving her a hug. Sweetie Belle looked over at Diamond Tiara and shook her head in disappointment.
Sweetie Belle made her way towards Diamond Tiara and said,
"I can't believe you did that Diamond Tiara, after everything we did for you! To help you become a better Pony... But no... You just had to spread that rumor didn't you? About Silver Spoon? How could you do that to her? I'm sorry but... We're no longer your friends either! Nor Scootaloo or Apple Bloom they'll never talk to you ever again! Nopony ever will! Goodbye Diamond..."
Diamond Tiara felt her heart wanting to explode. Her brain couldn't process everything that was happening all of a sudden. She was so confused at what was going on. She had no idea what was happening! It felt so real even though it was a dream.
She closed her eyes tight, hoping that she was dreaming, but when she opened them again. She saw herself at a Cliff-edge looking downwards towards a deep abyss with sharp rocks at the bottom.
She turned around and saw her friends running up to her, Silver Spoon, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom shouting at her,
"DIAMOND TIARA! DON'T DO IT!"
Diamond Tiara looked back down at the deep Abyss, she felt her own body controlling itself and the next thing she knew was that she was plummeting to her death. She fell and fell and fell waiting for the rocks to hit her, but they never came. Instead she found herself face-to-face with a large Tombstone that said,
"R.I.P. Diamond Tiara. We'll miss you... Forever and always."
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"WAHH! AHH!" Diamond Tiara screamed out loud. She woke up instantly and looked around her room.
It was dark out still. She looked at the clock and it read,
"12:00 A.M."
"Ugh good! It was just a dream!" Diamond Tiara sighed.
She was scared now... She didn't want to go back to bed... But she had to, and she did, She hoped and prayed to Celestia that she wouldn't have another nightmare.
Chapter 6: Double Trouble
The next day at Sugarcube Corner in the early morning...
"I love coming here on Saturday mornings, it's always empty!" Silver Spoon said.
"Yeah, I have to agree with you! We should do this all the time." Sweetie Belle agreed with her.
The four of them were having breakfast together. They really enjoyed spending time with Silver and getting to know her. But then Apple Bloom was the first to notice... That Diamond Tiara didn't come yet.
"Hm, didn't Diamond Tiara said she'd be here?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Give her a bit... I called her this morning and she said she had family problems last night or something." Silver Spoon answered, taking huge bite out of a Jelly-filled Doughnut.
Just then, Diamond Tiara finally appeared at the entrance way. They waved to her and she waved back. She started making her way towards them, but they all noticed that she was kinda limping while walking.
"H-hey girls. I'm here, sorry I'm late!" Diamond Tiara greeted.
"Are you alright? You look like your in pain?" Scootaloo asked in concern.
"I-It's fine... It's nothing..." Diamond Tiara replied.
Then why do you have bruises everywhere?" Sweetie Belle pointed out.
"Because they're from my mother. She disciplined me last night, and it was quite a terrifying experience." Diamond Tiada sighed.
Sweetie Belle had an idea and tried her best to use magic to try and lift her up and set her down on a chair gently. And luckily enough! She managed to do it!
"Woah, how'd you do that?" Diamond Tiara wondered curiously.
"Remember Twilight Time? Yeah..." Sweetie Belle blushed.
"Hmm, are yah sure you're okay?" Apple Bloom questioned.
"I'm fine trust me... I feel much better now, it's just a little bit of a struggle to walk sometimes but I'll pull through it." Diamond Tiara said.
Her four friends nodded their heads and then offered her doughnuts that they ordered. Even though Diamond Tiara wasn't allowed to eat Dinner last night, she immediately accepted the offer and took about 4 doughnuts. She instantly began eating them quickly and in a matter of seconds the doughnuts were gone.
"Sweet Celestia! You must be hungry?" Scootaloo asked in shock.
Diamond Tiara chuckled and explained to them saying,
"My mother didn't even let me eat dinner last night so I'm hungry!"
All 5 Crusaders laughed together. Diamond Tiara smirked to herself, she was just glad everything was back to normal.
"Everything's back to normal, I gotta say... I must be some lucky Pony to have such great friends!" Diamond Tiara thought happily.
She heard Hoofsteps coming from the doorway and saw none other... Than Lickety Split and his close friends as well.
"Oh great, he's here?" Diamond Tiara thought.
Eventually, Lickety Split saw all 5 of them at a table. He examined Tiara for a bit. He noticed that she had tons of bruises everywhere as well.
"Hm..." He examined.
"Watcha gonna do to her this time?" Shady Daze asked.
"What we do best, teasing her. And maybe even ruining that friendship with the Crusaders." Lickety Split explained.
"And Silver Spoon?" Chip Mint suggested.
"Yeah her too, but the only way we can break her heart for what she's done to us in the past, is by getting into her." Lickety Split replied.
"Getting into her? What's that suppose to mean? We can't go inside a pony. It's impossible." Peachy asked, confused by what he meant.
Lickety Split facehoofed himself and explained it more simpler,
"What I mean is Silver Spoon. She's kinda like a shield to hurt Diamond Tiara's feelings. I take it Silver Spoon forgave Diamond Tiara and became friends again. So the only way we can hurt her is by getting through Silver Spoon."
His friends started nodding his head, understanding what he meant now.
"And how're you going to do that? Silver Spoon's feelings are hard to crush." Sun Glimmer asked.
"It's easy, we do what we do best! Lying." Lickety Split answered. Giving a smirk to his friends.
All of them joined Hoofs together and cheered,
"Alright Guys, will you help me with this plan?" Lickety Split asked his group.
"YEAH!" They all replied.
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Back to the Crusaders...
"Okay to tell you the truth, it was my mother that did this to me last night." Diamond Tiara confessed.
"Why didn't you say so?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Because, I'm worried she's around still, she can hear... Everything practically! And I'm not looking forward to dealing with my mom tonight." Diamond Tiara answered.
"Wow... You must have a pretty terrible mom." Scootaloo pointed out.
"Ugh, you have no idea what I had to go through my whole life. I never get any love from my parents. My father barely shows it. And my mother always disciplines me if she sees me with you guys, except for Silver Spoon." Diamond Tiara explained.
Just when they felt bad for her, Silver Spoon caught something in the corner of her right eye. A flashing light, she saw Peachy Pie with a smile on her face pointing a light to Silver as a sign.
"Can you all excuse me for just a second?" Silver Spoon asked politely.
The rest of her friends nodded their heads and so... She got up and started walking her way towards Peachy.
"Peachy Pie? What do you want?" Silver Spoon asked.
"Hi there! I just couldn't help but ask you if you wanted to hangout with me and my friends. My friends and I were just going to hangout around Ponyville, wanna come with us? It'll be fun!" Peachy Pie asked happily.
"Well... Alright I guess but let me just say bye to-" Silver Spoon answered, but she was cutoff by another pony coming in saying,
"That's not gonna happen, your coming with us." Sunny Daze interrupted.
Before Silver Spoon could say anything, the next thing she knew was a Hoof to the face and she blacked out.
"Heh. Too easy to trick those losers." Peachy Pie exclaimed.
"Ha ha! You got that right! That was a weak hit. I didn't expect my Hoof to knock her out in one punch." Sunny Daze giggled.
"Good thing we planned this in the morning, nopony saw what happened. Anyways let's hurry up and pretend like she's asleep. We'll carry her to our hangout, Lickety Splits gonna be angry if we don't bring Silver Spoon with us." Peachy Pie reminded her.
Sunny Daze nodded her head and then carried Silver Spoon over her back along with Peachy Pie's as well.
They quickly made their way out through the backdoor with ease and started making their way towards their hangout place.
Chapter 7: Diamond Hearts, Shattered into Pieces...
Back to the Crusaders! A couple of minutes had passed...
About 10 minutes!
"Girls, where's Silver Spoon? She isn't back yet." Diamond Tiara asked in a worried tone.
"Relax Diamond Tiara. I'm sure she's just using the restroom or something. Who knows!" Scootaloo replied.
"Well it shouldn't take that long unless she's fixing her mane." Diamond Tiara pointed out.
"Hm... come to think of it, it's been a while. I think we should go check it out or something." Apple Bloom suggested.
"Yeah! I agree. Maybe she's in the bathroom!" Sweetie Belle joined in on the conversation.
All four fillies got up from the table they were sitting at, and trotted their way to the bathroom.
They went in and looked around, they didn't hear anypony in the bathroom at all. They decided to look elsewhere and searched around the entire place.
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Back to Lickety Split's hangout.
"Here Ya go boss!" Peachy Pie yelled.
She and Sunny Daze set Silver Spoon on the ground gently and Lickety Split smiled at both of them.
"Nice work you two!" Lickety Split thanked them.
Just then Silver Spoon started opening her eyes slowly. She had no idea where she was or what happened. She only blinked her eyes a bit and saw nothing but darkness everywhere. The hangout place was indeed dark, there was no light unless Sun Glimmer used her horn to light up the place.
"Ugh... My head, what happened?" Silver thought.
She opened her eyes after hearing voices and woke up completely.
"GAH! Where am I? Who's there?" Silver Spoon freaked out.
"Sun Glimmer! Light please!" Lickety Split commanded.
Sun Glimmer immediately used her magic and then lit up the place completely!
"Lickety Split? What do you want!" Silver Spoon asked.
"I'm here to tell you about Diamond Tiara. You shouldn't hangout with her or be friends with her at all!" Lickety Split answered.
"Why should I? I forgave her for what she did at the election! We're cool now! And there's nothing you can do to change our friendship!" Silver Spoon shouted.
"Yeah we can! Do you know how much she's bullied us? She hasn't changed! Not after what she said about you!" Lickety Split yelled back.
"W-what did she say?" Silver Spoon asked.
"She told me that she's only being friends with you so that she can use you as her puppet! Basically forcing you to do stuff for her!" Lickety Split explained.
"Your lying!" Silver Spoon didn't believe him.
Lickety Split looked to his right and saw Shady Daze by his side.
"Plan B, bring me that fake recording of Diamond Tiara's voice quick!" Lickety Split whispered into his ear.
Shady nodded his head and ran to get the Tape-Recorder from their little storage area. He eventually found it and brought it back to Lickety.
"Here's proof Silver!" Lickety shouted. He pressed his Hoof on the big green button and a voice started speaking
"Diamond Tiara you look pretty upset, is something wrong with you and Silver Spoon? Aren't you too friends?" Lickety Split's voice asked.
"I honestly don't care if she's my friend or not, as long as I get her to do whatever I want! I don't care about friendship! She's just like any other pony at our school! A loser! Especially those Crusaders. They're losers too! even that poor dirty pony Apple Bloom, she lives at a farm. And I also forgot Sweetie Belle as well! A unicorn that can't even sing properly nor use her magic correctly is just sad! And Scootaloo! She's already old enough to be flying already! Yet she still can't fly! They're all losers! Of course I'm gonna get them to do what I want! I don't care about friendship and I never will!" Diamond Tiara's voice played back.
Silver Spoon's heart broke into pieces after hearing Diamond Tiara say that about her.
"I-it's not true! It can't be! I thought she changed! How could she say that about us?" Silver Spoon started tearing up. She looked down at the ground and tears started to form in her eyes.
Lickety Split grinned and came closer to her and sat in front of her, along with his friends as well.
"Silver Spoon, we know how you feel... Betrayed and upset! But don't worry about not being friends with her. It's for the best and besides... You got us! We're not really bullies! And we're really nice too!" Lickety Split encouraged her.
"T-thanks for telling me that... But I just want some time alone right now. Where's the exit?" Silver Spoon asked.
"I'll show you! Follow me!" Lickety Split answered.
He got up from the ground and started walking with her showing the exit.
Silver Spoon started to leave until Lickety Split asked her,
"I think you should show this to the Crusaders as well. They have to hear it too."
Silver Spoon sighed and then took the Tape-Recorder out of his Hoofs and carrying it with her mouth. She looked depressed, and she thanked him. Then, she kept on walking away and eventually disappeared as she got farther and farther away from him.
"Heh heh heh HA! IT WORKED! IT REALLY WORKED! WE DID IT! Now Diamond Tiara can finally get she deserves!" Lickety Split cheered.
"That was a nice backup plan there Split! Chip Mint complimented him.
"Thanks, and also Peachy Pie, you were great with voicing Diamond Tiara! You really sounded like her!" Lickety Split smiled.
Peachy Blushed and replied back saying,
"T-thanks! You were great too at coming up with the plan!" Peachy Pie complimented back.
All six friends celebrated their victory and then hoped that it would all go to plan.
"Alright Sun Glimmer, how about you take this camera and record it for us. We wanna see Diamond Tiara's reaction." Lickety Split told her, giving her a camera to record it.
"Aye Aye Capt'n!" Sun Glimmer responded happily and took the camera and then went back to SugarCube Corner.
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"IT'S NOT TRUE! IT JUST CAN'T BE!" Silver Spoon cried her eyes out. She kept crying and crying leaving a trail of tears behind her as she made her way back to SugarCube Corner.
Eventually she was her friends in sight and they all noticed the sad expression on her face.
Meanwhile... Sun Glimmer made her way back faster than Silver did and hid behind a bush nearby to avoid being seen. She started recording the scene in front of her and couldn't wait to see what would happen next.
Diamond Tiara, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle ran up to her asking,
"What's wrong?"
Silver Spoon lifted her head up and had an angry look on her face. She gazed at Diamond Tiara and then played the Tape-Recorder.
When it finished... Her friends all gasped and they couldn't believe it.
"This'll be good!" Sun Glimmer giggled.
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"W-what! I never said that stuff about you guys!" Diamond Tiara questioned them.
"Yes you did! At first I thought it was a lie but Lickety Split showed me evidence and this is clearly your voice so you can't say it isn't!" Silver Spoon answered her.
Even the Trio of the group didn't believe it either and asked Silver,
"Silver, are you sure that's true?"
"Yes! You want me to play it again?" Silver Spoon asked.
She played the Tape again, and again, and again until they had angry looks on their faces.
"Diamond Tiara! How could you say that about us? after all we did for you! To help you realize what your talent is? To help you with Silver Spoon? To help you change into a "Better" Pony?" Sweetie Belle shouted.
"B-but wait! This is a lie! I-I never said that about you guys I swear to Celestia! Please don't leave! I never said that stuff!" Diamond Tiara pleaded.
"Oh yeah? Remember the time when you made fun of me because I can't fly? I forgave you for that and now I take it back!" Scootaloo shook her head.
"Yeah! And our sisters are the Elements of Harmony! And by the way... We changed our mind about you." Apple Bloom whispered into Diamond Tiara's ear.
"W-what do you mean?" Diamond Tiara asked nervously, she hoped that they wouldn't say what she was predicting.
"We're done hanging out with you! So don't bother crawling back! Goodbye Diamond Tiara. And your not going to be a Crusader anymore!" Sweetie Belle shouted at her.
Diamond Tiara already felt the tears starting to form.
Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle left her with Silver Spoon, and disappeared in far distance.
Silver Spoon sighed and went up to Diamond Tiara, then she took a seat in front of her. Diamond Tiara didn't look at her, instead she looked down at the ground. Silver Spoon lifted her head up with her Hoof and smiled at her.
"Remember the election? And that you said you'd change into a better Pony? I really believed it for a second there Diamond! But even though you-" Silver Spoon started, but was cutoff by Diamond Tiara interrupting her saying,
"Wait Silver! Your all I have! I never said any of that! It's a fake recording"
Silver Spoon rolled her eyes and played the Tape again. She closed her friend's mouth and refused to let her speak any longer.
"I know... You must be pretty sorry for yourself because you don't have any friends... Not anymore! I'm never going to speak to you, or your family, or look at you, and don't even bother doing the same to me either. Cause we're done! Goodbye old friend." Silver Spoon finished.
She let go of Diamond Tiara's mouth and walked into the same direction her friends went, leaving Diamond Tiara alone.
Diamond Tiara was shocked at what happened. She just kept on thinking,
"No! NO! It can't be true! It just can't be! I regained their friendship and now it's gone now! This time forever! I never said any of that stuff! Someone faked my voice!"
She sighed and looked at the sky. Then she refused to hold back the tears. She let them out and she let her Heart crumble into pieces.
"WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME!" Diamond Tiara screamed.
She punched the ground until her Hoof started hurting. Then she went up to SugarCube Corner. And banged her head against the wall until her head started to hurt.
She even grabbed the Tiara off of her head and threw it at the ground as hard as she could. She stomped her Hoof on it until it was nothing but little pieces left.
Then the clouds started getting darker and covered all of Ponyville. It started to rain now. And Diamond Tiara didn't care anymore. All she did was look at the ground and cry her little heart out. She ignored the rain hitting her and she continued to sit there and cry alone...
Alone forever...
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Sun Glimmer already left before it started raining. She made it back to her friends and happily carried the camera using her magic to levitate it.
"Here it is guys! Your video as promised!" Sun Glimmer announced.
"Great job Sun Glimmer! Let's see it!" Lickety Split congratulated her.
Sun Glimmer gave Lickety Split the camera and he started the video on it. He showed his friends so that they could see it as well.
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When the video ended. He and his friends burst out in laughter. They celebrated their victory, all of them except for Lickety Split who laughed evilly.
"HA! We did it! Mission accomplished! However... We still have one last thing to do fella's." Lickety Split announced.
His friends stopped celebrating and listened to what he was going to say.
"Our last objective is to bully her now! Until she starts having thoughts about leaving Ponyville! Everypony hates her! So we're going to do that on Monday! You all with me?" Lickety Split explained.
"YEAH!" Everypony chanted.
Chapter 8: The Group strikes back...
The rest of the weekend had passed and Diamond Tiara wasn't feeling any better. Sure her mother didn't hurt her or punish her in any way which was good. But she lost her closest friends and she couldn't do anything to get them back.
Since it was late Sunday night she rested in her bed and looked over to her right at a small drawer with a Lamp on it. She also saw a piece of Paper and a Pencil next to it and she thought in her head.
"If I can't have any friends... Then why have a reason to live my life with Everypony hating me at school!" Diamond Tiara thought.
She wrote a suicide note on the piece of paper and cried while writing it. She folded the Paper and sealed it into a small Envelope. Then she rested her head back onto her Pillow and fell into a deep sleep with a peaceful dream.
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It was a beautiful day in Ponyville! The birds were singing! Everypony in Ponyville had smiles on their faces.
At school, Everypony was enjoying the new Playground still. Everyone except for Diamond Tiara. She was still sad. And she brought the Envelope with her. She didn't want to commit suicide, but not having any friends and being hated gave her second thoughts about "ACTUALLY" doing it.
"Why is there even a reason for me to live if I have no friends, and Everypony hates me." Diamond Tiara thought.
Tears kept falling down her face and she looked at the sky once more.
"Maybe I should just leave this world then. My cruel school? My cruel mother? It was all my mother's fault for doing this. I should've never been mean or listen to her. What was I thinking? And even if I wanna be friends with people lower than me. My mother would kill me no matter what." She thought.
She sighed and looked at the ponies her age playing at the Playground. She even spotted The Crusaders, including Silver Spoon who was part of their group now.
Then she spotted Lickety Split and his friends making their way up to her.
"Hey Diamond! What's up?" Lickety Split greeted.
"Leave me alone Lickety... I don't want any trouble. Every time you come to me you guys always bully me. How come?" Diamond Tiara asked.
"Because nopony likes you! And nopony ever will!" Peachy Pie screamed at her, and pushed her down to the ground.
"Yeah! So why don't you just leave this town and go away forever! You don't even deserve to be friends with those Crusaders. You deserve to go back to Canterlot where you belong." Sunny Daze yelled.
"Stop! Just leave me alone." Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes.
"Nah, your not even good enough for Canterlot either. You deserve to live off the streets." Chip Mint joined in.
"Guys calm down, we don't wanna hurt her feelings now do we?" Lickety Split laughed.
"You guys are jerks! Just leave me alone!" Diamond Tiara told them again.
"How about you leave everypony here alone! We heard what you said about the Crusaders. We even believed that you changed too since you regained your friendship with Silver Spoon and all. So why don't you just leave this school and Ponyville! And never come back here again you jerk!" Lickety Split pushed her as hard as he could.
She stumbled backwards and hit her head on the ground hard. She looked up at him and she gave him a killer look.
Then, the next thing she saw was Peachy Pie's Hoof in her face in a blink of an eye.
Peachy Pie punched Diamond Tiara in the face!
Then everypony joined in and started kicking and hitting her until she finally had enough and got back up instantly.
"F-fine then! I-if you want me to go! Then I might as well just leave and no longer live anymore!" Diamond Tiara cried.
She ran away from the group and dropped the envelope with the Suicide note in it.
"She's gonna suicide? LICKETY SPLIT! THIS WASN'T PART OF THE PLAN! I DON'T WANNA LIVE MY LIFE KNOWING I KILLED SOMEONE!" Peachy Pie screamed.
"Relax, I'm sure she's not gonna kill herself... We didn't go too far did we? Besides we can finally rule this school and get everypony to do what we want!" Lickety Split cheered.
"Are you sure?" Peachy Pie asked in a worried tone.
"Trust me, I would never lie to you. Everything will be okay! So who should we mess with next?" Lickety Split suggested.
"Hm... Let me see! This time it's my turn! Let's mess with Sweetie Belle!" Shady Daze answered.
"What're we gonna do with her?" Sun Glimmer asked.
"Easy, everypony knows she has a crush on Button Mash! And everypony else knows that Button has a crush on her as well!" Shady Daze replied.
Lickety Split thought about it and agreed with him.
"Great idea! Let's go over to her shall we? She always talks to him during Lunch! So we'll do it at Lunch." Lickety Split complimented him.
And so... All of them went back to the Playground and waited until Lunch started.
Chapter 9: Lunch Date Ruined?
It was Lunchtime and the bell rang. Everypony in the school ran outside and ran to the Lunch area to eat at the tables.
Lickety Split and his friends decided to wait a while until they went up to Sweetie Belle to bother her.
She came out along with her Crusader friends.
"I take it your gonna be with Button today?" Apple Bloom asked, smiling wide.
Sweetie Belle blushed and responded back saying,
"Shut up... He's just my friend! We hangout everyday at Lunch."
"Mhm, sure. Why don't you just ask him out or show him that you like him." Scootaloo laughed.
Sweetie Belle blushed even harder.
"Shush! He's just a friend I swear! I-I don't l-like-like him!" Sweetie Belle replied.
"You have a crush on Button! Awwh! I ship it!" Silver Spoon giggled.
Sweetie Belle sighed and walked her way to Button's table. He always sat alone since he didn't really talk much to anypony. Her friends minded their own business and went to their own table, leaving Sweetie alone.
"Hi Button!" Sweetie Belle happily greeted.
Button Mash looked up from his Joyboy and smiled at her. Greeting back by saying,
"Hey!"
"Watcha playing?" Sweetie Belle asked, sitting next to him.
"I've been trying to beat this boss in Zelda! But I can't beat him!" Button sighed.
"Hm, let me see if I can help! I helped you last time remember?" Sweetie Belle giggled.
"Be quiet! You only beat the first boss for me! I only did it because I wanted to give you a shot at the game!" Button yelled back, blushing.
"Mhm sure! You couldn't beat the first boss so I helped you on it!" Sweetie Belle laughed, giving him a friendly light punch on his shoulder.
After a while, Sweetie kept on playing his game and she eventually beat the boss for him!
"SEE! EASY! You couldn't beat this boss on the easiest difficulty. I beat it on hard!" Sweetie Belle cheered.
Button Mash crossed his Hoofs and rolled his eyes.
"Shut up..." He said.
Sweetie Belle continued to giggle until she noticed Lickety Split walking up to her.
"Uh oh... This isn't good!" She thought.
"Hiya Sweets! Nice couple you two are!" Lickety Split laughed.
"Lickety Split leave us alone!" Sweetie Belle shouted.
"Sweetie Belle it's obvious, we all know you have a crush on him!" Lickety Split teased her.
"Wait WHAT?" Button asked in surprise.
"THAT'S NOT TRUE! I don't like Button that way!" Sweetie Belle screamed at Lickety Split.
"Sweetie Belle and Button! Sittin' in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love! Then-" Lickety Split teased her even more and sang, but was cutoff by Sweetie Belle using her magic to shut his mouth up.
"Sweetie Belle? You l-like me?" Button asked, he was hoping she'd say yes because he had a big crush on her too.
Sweetie Belle sighed and blushed hard. She ran away from them and ran back to her friends.
Button Mash looked at Sweetie who was running away from him.
He sighed and looked sad.
"Maybe someday..." Button thought.
Lickety Split and his friends all laughed and then went back to their own table.
"Mission accomplished! Now Sweetie Belle will never have the courage to go up to him ever again!" Lickety Split chuckled to himself.
Sweetie Belle ran back to her friends and they realized that she was crying a bit.
"Sweetie Belle? What's wrong? Why're you crying?" Apple Bloom asked.
"It's just... Lickety Split and his friends ruined it! Now Button will figure out that I have a crush on him!" Sweetie Belle buried her face into her Hoofs blushing hard and crying a bit.
"Aww, it's okay. I'm sure he won't find out. You still got a chance with him." Apple Bloom patted her back, trying to cheer her up.
"Y-yeah hopefully... Lickety Split's a jerk anyways." Sweetie Belle replied.
"Hey girls? Sorry to ruin the moment but where's Diamond Tiara at?" Scootaloo questioned them.
"Don't even mention that name..." Silver Spoon groaned.
"Yeah but... She isn't here today and I found this small envelope on the ground earlier today! See look, maybe she wrote it or something?" Scootaloo explained.
She showed them the envelope with words on it that said,
"To Silver Spoon, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom."
"Well? What're you waiting for! Open it!" Apple Bloom cheered.
Scootaloo immediately did what Apple Bloom had asked, and she took out a small folded piece of paper. She unfolded it and read it out loud.
"Guys, I'm only gonna make this a short note... But... You probably won't even continue reading this since you guys hate me now. Everypony hates me! And I tried my hardest to change into a better Pony. I even made you a scrapbook Silver Spoon of all the things we did together. My mother punishes me for being friends with you guys which upsets me, and Lickety Split and his friends hate me so much that they would do anything just to get me to suicide. And I'll do just that... I don't even deserve to have any friends for bullying you guys in the past and the election. I don't deserve anything anymore... Not even my own life. Goodbye guys..."
Scootaloo finished reading it, and her mouth was wide open, as well as her friends. All four of them looked over to Lickety Split who was laughing with his friends.
They left their Lunch-table and made their way over to Lickety Split.
"Lickety Split! What did you do to Diamond Tiara!" Sweetie Belle shouted at him.
"I don't know what your talking about." Lickety Split lied.
"Then what's up with this suicide note then huh?" Scootaloo showed him the note and he read it carefully.
He sighed and told the truth,
"Fine, I'll tell the truth, we made fun of her... We faked that tape, and we lied the entire time. We were just angry because she bullied us in the past and we decided to get back at her!"
"Lickety Split... You idiot! Who knows where she could be! She could be dead already! We have to find her!" Sweetie Belle yelled.
"She can be dead for all I care! I hate her and I always will. Good luck losers!" Lickety Split laughed evilly.
Sweetie Belle used her magic and she threw a rock at his head. It cut his head open a tiny bit, but he was a tough Colt and he took it well without showing any pain at all.
"Come on guys! We have to go find her!" Sweetie Belle shouted at her friends. Sweetie Belle led them away from the school and her friends followed her.
They stopped at the entrance to the schoolyard and saw a long trail with water marks stained on the ground.
"These were probably her tears! Maybe if we follow them then we'll catch up to her and stop her! Let's hurry though!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.
Her friends nodded their heads and kept up with her as she ran and followed the trail of tears.
They hoped that it wouldn't be too late...
Chapter 10: Last Chance
Diamond Tiara was sitting alone, she remembered the dream and even though it didn't go exactly as it went in the dream, she still wanted to jump off a cliff and fall to her death. A quick and non-painful death was what she wanted.
"Nopony cares about me! Not even my mom or my father! I might as well just die and be in Pony heaven if there's nothing left for me back in Ponyville." Diamond Tiara thought.
She cried and cried until the tears stopped flowing. Her eyes were very red from the tears. She regretted being a bully and being mean, and now she thinks that killing herself is what she deserves.
She ran off into a forest near her house, and went deeper and deeper into the forest until she found a good cliff to jump off of. She eventually found one and then sat at the edge. She looked up to the sky and then back down at the Abyss below the cliff.
She sighed and then stood up straight. She didn't wanna have to do this... But she felt like it needed to be done, like she deserved it.
She sighed and then closed her eyes. She leaned forward closer and closed until she stopped when she heard yelling,
"DIAMOND TIARA! DON'T DO IT!"
"Don't try and stop me! You guys hate me! And you all said you wouldn't be my friends anymore. I already ruined our friendship... And I can't fix it!" Diamond Tiara shouted.
"Wait Diamond Tiara! It's alright now! We forgive you!" Silver Spoon yelled.
Diamond Tiara turned around and asked them,
"How can you four forgive me so easily? After what I said-"
She was cutoff by Sweetie Belle saying,
"Cause it wasn't your fault! We understand and other ponies at our school don't. We read your suicide note and if you die. We couldn't live with ourselves! And we're sorry for leaving you from that tape! Lickety Split was behind it all the whole time! Please don't do this to yourself! You have your whole life to live! We'll never leave you ever again we promise! It wasn't your fault!"
Diamond Tiara listened to her and shook her head. She shook her head and said,
"No... I can't go back there! Not back there if Lickety Splits just gonna bully me some more."
She turned around and ran to the edge of the cliff. She sighed, closed her eyes, and jumped right off it. She didn't know what was down in the dark Abyss, but she knew for sure this was the only way and the best way for her.
"NOOO!" They all screamed, and ran to the edge of the Cliff watching her fall to her death.
"Sweetie Belle come on! Ya gotta use your magic to save her!" Apple Bloom yelled.
"I'll try... But I don't know if I can save her life." Sweetie Belle sighed, she let a tear escape and go down her face.
She concentrated and she tried to levitate Diamond Tiara, but gravity beat her and she failed at it.
Diamond Tiara was already halfway until reaching the bottom. Every moment in her life that was precious to her flashed between her eyes. She remembered all the great things that happened in her life and she smiled.
"At least I get to stay away from Lickety Split. I don't even care if I die. I guess that dream was a vision of the future." Diamond Tiara thought.
Just then, after Sweetie Belle tried her hardest to save her, they turned around and saw Sun Glimmer running up to them.
"Wait, your helping us?" Scootaloo asked.
"Yes... I am, Sweetie Belle! On three!" Sun Glimmer started.
"One!" Sweetie Belle started. She understood what Sun Glimmer was going to do.
"Two!" Sun Glimmer started as well.
"Three!" Sweetie Belle and Sun Glimmer finished off. They combined their magic together and it barely reached Diamond Tiara.
"Huh?" Diamond Tiara questioned what just happened.
She saw herself close to the ground, then she looked at her own body and saw a green-ish yellow-ish magic aura surrounding her.
Sweetie Belle and Sun Glimmer levitated her out of the Abyss and saved her life!
When they set Diamond Tiara gently on the ground, everypony besides Sun Glimmer and Sweetie Belle ran up to her and hugged her immediately.
"Diamond Tiara! Your okay!" Silver Spoon yelled, hugging her.
Diamond Tiara had no words to say, she was dead silent, and she didn't even return the hug either.
Sweetie Belle smiled, seeing her best friends hugging her like that. She found it cute. Then she turned and faced Sun Glimmer asking her,
"You came here to help us? But why?"
"Because... I didn't wanna get expelled from school and get a serious beating from my parents. And I felt guilty about doing all that stuff to Diamond Tiara. All of us are, except for Lickety Split! He's the real bully here and I'm so sorry for all the trouble we caused you all. We didn't mean for her to suicide. We're sorry..." Sun Glimmer apologized.
Sweetie Belle accepted it easily because she had a good heart, but she also whispered to her saying,
"Apology accepted... Just please leave us alone, and don't bully us. You don't wanna regret anything you'll be stuck with forever."
Sun Glimmer nodded her head and understood what she told her. She said goodbye and walked away back to school.
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"You guys? Saved me? Why? Diamond Tiara asked.
"Sun Glimmer helped us out, I'm sure she's gonna change as well as her friends as well. Hopefully they learn the truth the hard way and learn their lesson! And hopefully they realize how bad Lickety Split is so they can leave him and become better ponies." Sweetie Belle explained.
"So it was all a lie? I did this for no reason?" Diamond Tiara sighed.
"Well... If you say it like that yes... It was all Lickety Split's fault. We're sorry for leaving you last week on Saturday. Wanna be a Crusader again?" Sweetie Belle smiled at her, offering her a Hoof.
Instead of a Hoofshake, Diamond Tiara cried and hugged her instantly. Sweetie Belle was shocked at first, but she accepted it and took it as a "Yes!". She hugged back and the next thing that happened was Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Silver Spoon joining in on the hug.
Diamond Tiara smiled and then her Cutie Mark began to glow again, just like it did when she helped out with the new Playground Equipment. She looked at it and then thought in her head,
"I'm glad it's all over now... But there's still one thing left to do and I'm sure they all know what to do too."
"Girls, we still have to do one last thing..." Diamond Tiara said.
"What is it?" Apple Bloom asked.
"We need to get back at Lickety Split!" Diamond Tiara answered.
Epilogue
They arrived back to the school, and luckily it was still Lunch-Time and they weren't late to their next class.
But they saw something that surprised them, they saw Lickety Split's friends walking up to them, but this time Lickety wasn't with them.
"Girls..." Sun Glimmer started.
"We wanted to apologize..." Shady Daze said.
"Yeah, we heard what happened, and we felt bad for you Tiara, Lickety Split was the jerk here. We never wanted you to kill yourself. We couldn't live our lives knowing we killed somepony." Peachy Pie confessed.
All of them bowed to her as if Diamond Tiara was a princess, and they all said at the same time,
"We're sorry..."
"Guys it's okay... I know it was not your fault, it was mostly Lickety Split." Diamond Tiara replied back.
They nodded their heads and all of them looked back at Lickety Split who didn't care about what happened at all.
"There's still one more thing we have to do..." Diamond Tiara explained.
Everyone gave her confused looks, except for her fellow Crusaders. Diamond Tiara led them back into the school and explained to Miss Cheerilee about everything that has happened.
Lickety Split's friends didn't really get punished, all they got was a detention after-school on Tuesday which wasn't so bad, and Lickety Split ended up getting hated as the news spread across the school. Everyone felt bad for Diamond Tiara and they started liking her again.
And Lickety Split... He also ended up getting a ton of detentions and got expelled for quite a while. His parents were not happy about it one bit and he got punished severely...
Everything ended great for everyone either way, except for Lickety Split.
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A couple of days later...
It was Friday!
Peachy Pie and her friends went up to the Crusaders when school ended and decided to have a chat with them.
"We're sorry for everything again..." Peachy Pie apologized.
"It's alright, you guys can still change into better ponies. Just like me when my friends helped me. Do you guys wanna join our club?" Diamond Tiara asked, smiling back at her Crusader friends.
Peachy Pie and her friends all huddled up and whispered to each other. When they finished huddling, they broke apart and Peachy Pie answered back saying,
"We'd love to!"
"That's great! Let's go over to the Clubhouse right away!" Apple Bloom cheered.
"Wait! Diamond Tiara? I found this earlier, what is it?" Silver Spoon asked, taking out a silver present from her Saddle-Bags.
"Oh that? Open it!" Diamond Tiara answered back happily.
Silver Spoon opened the present and ripped the wrapping paper right off. She gasped when she saw what was inside. The scrapbook that Diamond Tiara made for her.
"It has all the pictures of what we did together growing up!" Diamond Tiara smiled at her friend.
"Diamond Tiara you did this for me?" Silver Spoon asked, still surprised.
"Yeah, but I was going to give you that before you forgave me for what I did to you at the election, But I guess it's kind of a reunion present for us." Diamond Tiara replied.
"Thanks so much! I love it!" Silver Spoon thanked her, giving her a hug.
When the hug ended, Diamond Tiara's Cutie Mark glowed again.
"Guess that means your getting better at your new talent huh?" Scootaloo asked.
Diamond Tiara smiled and replied back saying,
"Yeah! I guess I am! Anyways, let's go back to the Clubhouse!"
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She led the group back to their Clubhouse. When they got there, they did their little ritual with new members, and Peachy Pie and her friends ended up being happy when they joined the Club. They all became great friends and Diamond Tiara ended up being happy and making even more friends at school.
They even added more Ponies from their class to join their Crusader Club as well. Everything ended well! And everyone was happy.
Even though Diamond Tiara's mother never found out about what happened. Diamond Tiara didn't care, and she managed to keep her friends a secret from her mother, as well as the Club too.
Everything was perfect now, and it'll always stay that way Forever!
Author's Notes:
Thanks for reading my story everyone!
If you were probably wondering what ever happened with Sweetie Belle and Button Mash,
I'll even write a small sequel to that Lunch Date they had!
Till Then, hope you all enjoyed it! I really loved writing this story and I'm glad Diamond Tiara finally stopped being mean to the Crusaders on the show, and who knows... Maybe we'll see her with the Crusaders again helping somepony else out.
