Diamond Tiara had had enough with her overbearing mother. For the past five months, she and her mother have been at odds with one another, and it's gotten to the point where Diamond Tiara has reached the final straw. So instead of going home, she had other plans today.

"Hey Silver Spoon, would you mind going home on your own? I have...something I need to do before I go home." Diamond Tiara said.

"Okay...sure." Silver Spoon said. She knew her best friend didn't really have anything to do before going home, but she did know Spoiled Rich had been too overbearing on Diamond Tiara to the point where Silver Spoon feared that Diamond Tiara would break in one way or another.

Now split off from Silver Spoon, Diamond Tiara headed to Sweet Apple Acres so she could go to the Cutie Mark Crusader Clubhouse. After finding the path to the clubhouse, Diamond Tiara carefully approached the clubhouse and heard the three fillies in question discussing things.

"So, any ideas on what we should do while we wait for someone else to come to us with a Cutie Mark Problem, Crusaders?" Apple Bloom's voice was first.

"I don't know about you girls, but I'm feeling like we should take today to chill at the fountain. It's a nice sunny day that's neither too hot nor too cold to enjoy a little R & R; if we did everything everyday, eventually we'd run out of stuff to do." Sweetie Belle's voice was second.

"Rainbow Dash did say that it's important to take days off from time to time; she says it prevents burnout." Scootaloo's voice was third. Knowing all three were inside, Diamond Tiara moved to knock on the door.

"Huh? That's funny...we don't usually get knocks." Apple Bloom said after Diamond Tiara knocked on the door. Opening, the farm filly was surprised to find the rich pony standing there.

"Hey girls...hope I'm not interrupting anything..." Diamond Tiara said.

"Nah. Your not really interupting anything. What's bugging you?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"It's my mother...she's being super overbearing again." Diamond Tiara said.

"Seriously? How long before she realizes she's continually pushing you away?" Scootaloo asked.

"I don't think she cares anymore. And that's why I need your help." Diamond Tiara said. "I know it's not usually something you'd do...but I need help making my mother become a better pony. I am at my breaking point here. Silver Spoon knows this after me staying over every Friday night for almost five weeks straight. And I really don't know how much more I can take my mother's overbearing nature before I do something I can't take back." She said.

"But why come to us? We help with cutie mark problems...not really familial problems." Apple Bloom said.

"Because Twilight already tried sitting me and my mother down for a talk. My mother acted the entire time, told Twilight EXACTLY what our newest princess wanted to hear, and then went back to doing the same thing all over again. So I need assurance that this time it's gonna stick for good. No more acting, this has to be for real." Diamond Tiara said.

"Why not just tell Twilight about your mother's acting?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Even if I did, Twilight isn't trained to know when somepony is acting. I do. I know when someone fakes doing something by acting. Which is why I really need to make sure this whole thing of getting my mother to become a better pony STICKS this time." Diamond Tiara said.

"Well, we'll be glad to help in any ways we can. Maybe we should start with your mother's cutie mark. Might give us some insight on how we can go about changing her attitude." Scootaloo said.

"...You know, I don't think I've ever asked my mother how she got her cutie mark. And I really don't want to find out before I face her again." Diamond Tiara said.

"Yeah...after how much you've suffered, I doubt even I'd want to go ask her." Scootaloo said.

"Plus, I bet she'd say something 'Diamond Tiara, I don't see how that is really necessary information for you to move up in the world' or something like that." Diamond Tiara said.

"Considering the brief encounter we had with your mom the day we got our cutie marks, I can totally see her saying that." Sweetie Belle said.

"But that just puts us back as square one..." Scootaloo said.

"Not really..." Apple Bloom said. "Maybe there's a way to find out without her knowing she's revealing it." She said. "Ah think it's time ah called in ma favor with Featherwieght." Apple Bloom Declared.

"How does he owe you a favor?" Diamond Tiara asked.

"Ah had some spare ink he could use for the foal free press which he is currently working in his spare time." Apple Bloom said.

"Right. That old thing." Diamond Tiara said.

Featherweight knocked on the door of the residence of the Riches.

"Oh? Are you lost?" Spoiled Rich asked the colt.

"Not really mam. My name is Featherweight, and the owner of Foal Free Press is giving me a shot at producing a story all of my own choosing. So, I figured what better story would be good news then a story about the cutie marks of high society. And as a person on the schoolboard, I figured I'd start with you." Featherweight said. It was all a lie of course, but his words carried confidence.

"Huh...how about that? Someone who actually gets how important I am." Spoiled Rich said. "Sadly, there's not much to tell...one day, I came across a stale with a diamond ring on display as well as other jewerly. But for some reason when I was looking at it all, I found it was all fake. So, I took the fake diamond ring..." Spoiled Rich began.

"...Proceeded to smash it on the ground, revealing it to be a fake. Suddenly, all the ponies who bought stuff from the fraud jeweler demanded a refund from him. After the incident, she got her cutie mark." Featherweight relayed to the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

"...Well that doesn't really help us much." Scootaloo said.

"Not really...there's still a way we can turn this around. Sweetie Belle, see if you can ask Rarity for some gems. I'm going to go over to Silver Spoon's tonight." Diamond Tiara said, and leaves.

"Sounds like she has a plan, and we better follow it." Sweetie Belle said.

"Never thought ah'd say this...but I like this new Diamond Tiara." Apple Bloom said.