Chapter 9 - Since When was Pink a Bad Colour?

Scootaloo made her way into the schoolhouse that she had been going to since she had arrived in Ponyville. The school was very small and could only hold one full class of foals at a time, still the school's teacher was very good at her job and was able to teach all the foals across Ponyville which was massive help to the community.

Scootaloo made her way down the small corridor that led into the classroom, the door was slightly ajar suggesting that other foals  where already in the class. Scootaloo peaked into the classroom to see a white unicorn with a purple and pink curled mane and a yellow earth pony with a pure red braided mane complete with a pink bow.

Scootaloo smiled "Hey Sweetiebelle, Hey Applebloom." she said as she trotted up to the two ponies

Sweetiebelle and Applebloom perked up at the sound of their incoming friend, they turned around to see her, "Hey Scootaloo!"  they said in unison as the small pegasus trotted up to them.

Scootaloo saw that Sweetiebelle and Applebloom were working on a piece of paper that was propped up on Sweetiebelles desk, however when Scootaloo looked at the sheet of paper it was blank.

Scootaloo raised an eyebrow, "what are you guys up to?" she asked in an innocent tone.

Applebloom smiled, "We're workin on our next crusade!" she exclaimed happily.

Scootaloo smiled back, "cool, so what should we do next then?" she asked curiously.

The room fell silent as the three fillies pondered. They had tried so many different things that coming up with new idea's regularly was a hard task.

Finally Sweetiebelle spoke up, "why don't we try water skiing, we could use the lake ?" she asked looking at her two friends and waited for their verdict.

Scootaloo was next to speak, "didn't we try that last week?" she replied curiously.

Applebloom shook her head playfully "Na that was parasailing ya dummy" she said with a light giggle.

Scootaloo rolled her eyes, "Okay then lets give that a try" she said happily agreeing with the idea.

The other two fillies gave a nod and the three slammed there hoofs together whilst saying, "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS WATER SKIERS...YAY"

"Oh please like you three could be good at anything" a voice spat in the filly's direction.

Scootaloo's eyes turned to see a pink earth pony standing at the front of the class. She was proudly wearing a Diamond Tiara on her head.

"oh Celestia please not this" Sweetiebelle mumbled before laying her head down on the table with a soft 'thump'

Applebloom stood in a defensive stance, narrowing her eyes, "What do you want Tiara?" she asked.

Diamond snickered, "well you know me blank flank just being early for class" she lied.

Applebloom huffed as Diamond continued, "you know it must be so hard being uncool" the pink earth pony said trotting up to the three with a smirk.

Scootaloo was trying her mothers advice and happily it was working some, but what Scootaloo didn't count for was the surge of anger that flowed through her as Diamond Tiara continued her attack

"You know it must be even harder not having as good a family as me" Diamond sneered looking at the orange pegasus knowing full well that Scootaloo didn't like it when she talked about her wealth.

Scootaloo however went wide eyed at the statement but quickly recoiled, "hey i do have a good family" she said still somewhat shocked from Diamonds comment.

Diamond smirked, "oh really loserloo, I've seen you in the alleyways around town not to mention that no pony in this town has never even heard about your parents, but i guess if you have such a good family you wont mind telling me who they are" Diamond replied with a grin half expecting Scootaloo to come back with no answer.

This was hardball for Scootaloo, She couldn't just tell the bully that she had a famous mother, even she herself thought it sounded to far fetched. Scootaloo finally sighed in defeat and just mumbled something under her breath to inaudible for anypony to hear. Diamond Tiara's smile grew when she knew Scootaloo wasn't going to answer her question.

Applebloom took a step towards Diamond blocking her view of the pegasus "I think its about time ya'll left Tiara before I get Miss Cheerilee " the farm pony warned.

Diamond just giggled and shook her head as she made her way back to the front of the class. Before she left she turned to Scootaloo and her friends, "have a nice day blank flanks" she sneered before leaving the room.

Applebloom calmed down after the bully had left and turned to face Scootaloo, "y'all alright Scootaloo" she asked hesitantly, Scootaloo nodded.

"What was all that about ?" Sweetiebelle asked still confused from the bully's random visit

All eyes went to Scootaloo, she cleared her throat, "I-I don't know" she finally said with a sad sigh.

Applebloom and Sweetiebelle exchanged worried glances before moving over to their friend, Applebloom rested a hoof on Scootaloo's shoulder, "ya sure ya'll are alright" she asked again.

Scootaloo sighed, "yeah I'm sure, but c-can I tell you guys something, but you have to promise to keep it a secret" she insisted. her two friends nodded and they gathered around the orange pegasus as she whispered the secret in there ears.

After she told them Sweetiebelle was the first to speak, "wow I was not expecting that" she said with wide eyes.

Applebloom had a baffled look on her face "what so special about her?" she asked with a confused tone. Sweetiebelle was stunned by the yellow earth pony's lack of knowledge.

"She's the captian of the Wonderb-" Sweetiebelle started but was cut of by a hoof making contact with her lips. She saw the Scootaloo glaring at her

"please try and keep it a secret sweets" Scootaloo said slightly annoyed at her friends antics. Sweetiebelle nodded and She retracted her hoof. Just then the second school bell rang signalling the start of class.

Scootaloo went and sat down at the front where her desk was. Applebloom sat next to her and after a recent complaint from a student in the class Diamond Tiara now sat opposite her. The pink filly once again trotted into the room and sat next to her. Scootaloo sighed and just looked towards the front of the class.

Finally a mare trotted into the classroom, she had a two tone pink mane and a maroon coat with three daisy flowers that adorned her flank, each had their own smiling face. "Good morning class" the mare said happily.

"Good morning Miss Cheerilee" the class replied in a mix of energy and boredom.

Miss Cheerilee smiled at the response and turned around to write something on the chalk board.

Suddenly Scootaloo was hit by an incoming piece of scrunched up paper, she through a look of disgust at Diamond Tiara who was holding back the laughter from her desk. Scootaloo tried to keep working but was again pelted by another piece of paper

"Will you stop that already?" Scootaloo said a bit loudly as she looked over at Diamond Tiara again with more anger and annoyance than before.

"Scootaloo please pay attention" miss Cheerilee said.

Scootaloo sighed again before looking down at her work for a second time 'this is gonna be a long day' she thought to herself as the class soon fell down into more silence as the day went on.

It was now lunchtime at the school and Scootaloo had spent the rest of the morning unaffected by Diamond Tiara's wrath. She was now sitting on the swings with Sweetiebelle whilst Applebloom leaned on the swing's metal frame.

"So Scootaloo, is it really true that your mum is you know who?" Sweetiebelle asked.

Scootaloo nodded "yeah, to be honest I still think I'm dreaming" Scootaloo said with a smile as she kept swinging.

Applebloom smiled, "well I'm happy for ya Scoot" she said happily.

Sweetiebelle nodded in agreement "yeah so am I, having a family is one of the best things ever" she exclaimed

Scootaloo smiled at her two friends "so you guys want to come over some time ?" she asked hesitantly.

Sweetiebelle and Applebloom started to giggle, Scootaloo raised an eyebrow, "what is it?" she asked curiously

Applebloom shook her head playfully, "encase ya'll haven't forgotten scoots we cant fly" she said pointing out the obvious.

Scootaloo blushed slightly from her brash actions, "oh yeah i forgot about that" she said sheepishly

Sweetiebelle smiled warmly, "well maybe we can get Twilight to do that cloud walking spell ?" she suggested.

Scootaloo nodded, "that sounds good" she replied causally, again Scootaloo smiled on the inside as she never thought she would ever ask that question to her friends.

"What sounds good blank flanks?" Diamond Tiara suddenly spoke up interrupting the three fillies on the swings.

Scootaloo just felt as if something inside her snapped as her temper boiled over, "why cant you just leave us alone" She said jumping off the swing bench and facing the pink bully angrily. Diamond Tiara was now accompanied by a second earth pony, she had a grey coat with a silver mane and wore a set of blue glasses. She also looked to be of similar wealth to the pony she was standing next to.

Diamond huffed, "no reason" she said looking off into no where.

Scootaloo still stood her ground, "then why don't you just leave" she said. the anger in her voice was now evident.

Diamond snickered "woah hold on there, don't blow your wings off just because your mother is so lame that your to afraid to even say her name" she said not realizing the full power of the insult that she had just said.

Scootaloo felt tears but they burned in her eyes from the anger that overwhelmed her.Without hesitation she jumped at the pink earth pony and the two where sent tumbling onto the grass as the two fought. Scootaloo having the upper hand with her athletic skills soon had Diamond Tiara pinned on the ground with a few light bruises that now adorned her pink face.

"How dare you say that about my mum" she shouted at the pink pony below her as she raised a forhoof ready to strike the bully.

Diamond winced at what was about to happen, but then she saw something out of the corner of her eye and her trademark grin came back onto her face,

"Go on then, do it" Diamond said confidently. Scootaloo was surprised by this sudden change. She stopped her advancing foreleg and held it in the air as the confusion of why the bully wanted to be beaten racked her brain, but then a light bulb went off in her head but by then it was too late.

"Scootaloo what are you doing" a voice said.

Scootaloo felt her limps go numb and a lump rise in her throat at the sound of Miss Cheerilee's voice. She turned around to face the mare who was giving the filly a hard stare.

"Scootaloo in my office now" Miss Cheerilee said before Scootaloo could even open her mouth. She looked down at Diamond Tiara to see she was now grinning from ear to ear. Scootaloo desperately wanted to finish the job, but it was too late now.

With a sigh Scootaloo got herself up off the ground and made her way back into the Schoolhouse with Cheerilee.