Shattering Diamonds
Chapter 5: Chapter 4: New Crusaders!
Previous Chapter Next ChapterDiamond 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!
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