Diamond Tiara Apple

by Fluffy The Dragon

Rating: teen
Tags: Big Macintosh, Applejack, Diamond Tiara, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Sad, Apple Bloom
Length: 2267

After Diamond Tiara's father dies, she is taken in by the Apple family, where she realizes what it's liked to be loved by a family.

[A lot of you think DT needs more depth, and I agree she is pretty underdeveloped, but as the chapters are added, layers will be pulled back. I promise! Thank you!]
After the death of her father, Diamond Tiara is adopted by the family of her worst enemy, Apple Bloom. Little did she know, all this time she spent fighting with her, she was actually jealous, of her. For the first time, Diamond Tiara understands what it is like to be loved and accepted by her own family.

[Edit: Categories fixed]

Published 2013-12-28 11:10:04 UTC
Last updated 2014-01-09 22:16:15 UTC

Chapter 1

It was an average afternoon in Ponyville. School had just let out and Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon walked home together, like they did every other day. "So, did you hear the gossip, spreading around: that new kid, Button-whatsit, had a thing for Sweetie Belle? I mean, I think they'd make a great couple, honestly, they're both blank-flank losers." Diamond Tiara snickered.
"What, really? Button's such a little dork, always playing those nerdy games, I'd totally hate to be Sweetie Belle, not that I'd even want to in the first place." Silver Spoon laughed along.
"I know right? So anyways are you going to be attending the dance?"
"You mean the big winter dance next month? Of coarse I am! I already picked out a dress and everything!" Silver smiled. "What about you?" She asked.
"Oh yeah, I haven't asked my dad yet, but no doubt I'm going."
The girls stopped chatting, and bumped their flanks as a way of saying goodbye to one another when they reached Diamond Tiara's house. She trotted inside, only to see her father standing in front of her. She new by the look on his face, he wasn't in a good mood, and knew he was going to take it out on her.
"Hello Daddy, you're home early." She gave him a false smile.
"Guess what came in the mail today? You're report card, and it isn't good." He threw a slip of paper on the floor in front of his daughter. She gave the card a peek, only to see she was failing poorly. She honestly couldn't care less about how she did in her classes, but her father, she was worried about.
"I-I-"
"Save it," He interrupted her, "This is your 2nd failure in a row. You know what this means. You're grounded for a month."
Diamond Tiara's face turned red and tears came out, "No that's not fair, the dance is in a month! Silver Spoon is going, I have to go!"
"No. I won't let you go." Her father yelled down to her.
The filly looked up at her dad, with watery eyes, "I hate you!" She yelled, proceeding to run to her room and slam her door shut.
Diamond Tiara stomped into her room, heading straight to her bed. She dragged her hoof across her dresser, knocking over pictures, pageant crowns, and other knick-knacks, before jumping into bed. She buried herself under her blankets and cried herself to sleep.

~ ~ ~

"Tell me she'll be okay!" A familiar voice cried out.
"Well, I can't say for sure..."
"I need to know!"
"I think she's waking up now!"
Diamond Tiara opened her eyes, to find herself laying on a hospital bed. She saw her best friend, and who seemed to be a doctor, or nurse maybe? The room was hazy, and she had burns all over her. "Silver, is that you?" She coughed, "W-what happened?"
The nurse trotted closer to her, "There was a fire and your home burned down, we were lucky to save you..."
Her eyes widened, "Is my daddy okay?" Diamond Tiara coughed one more.
The nurse shook her head, "I'm afraid, not." She frowned and hoped the filly knew what she meant.
"Oh." Diamond Tiara's eyes began to swell up with tears.
"Hey, cheer up. Look I'm no good at this 'moral support' thing but, he's in a better place... I think?" Silver Spoon attempted, but failed.
"It's okay-" She sighed "-I mean, he didn't love me anyways. Well at least not as much as he loved his money, his name was Filthy Rich. He didn't go to my pageants, or school talent shows, he didn't even hang my school art on the fridge. All he put on there was his stuff."
"Then I guess you'll be glad to know a good family is adopting you. The adoption center was able to find you a family."
"Who is it?" She asked a bit happier.
"The Apple family."
Both Silver and Diamond Tiara's jaws dropped. 'How could this be? Anyone but her! Why me, why Apple Bloom! Why does she have to be my sister?!' Diamond Tiara thought to herself
"Um, dear is everything okay?" The nurse asked the two.
"Oh, yes. Of coarse, couldn't be better." Diamond Tiara lied.
The nurse looked at her confused, "uh, oh alrighty than. I should go check with the doctor, maybe you can meet your new family sooner."
After the door shut Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes. "Oh great, my life sucks. First this fire, and now I'm sisters with my worst enemy, Apple Bloom? I wasn't meant to be raised on a farm!" She complained.
"Ugh, tell me about it, I am totally sorry for you right now."
Diamond Tiara growled, "You should be! Ah' ma'ght a' well start talkin' la'ke this!"
Silver Spoon laughed at her. "I was serious!" Diamond Tiara tried to get up so she can slap her, but her burns stung too much for her to move. When she pushed herself up, she ended up falling back when she recoiled from the pain.
"Ppppffft..!" Silver burst out laughing.
Diamond Tiara's face turned a brighter pink"It isn't funny!"
Silver Spoon didn't stop laughing, "Yeah, it is!"
"Get away!" Diamond Tiara yelled.
Silver Spoon walked out of the room laughing, leaving the pink filly alone.

Chapter 2

"Well miss Tiara, seems you're ready to leave, you're family is waiting for you downstairs." The doctor told her from outside the doorway of her hospital room.
Diamond Tiara sheepishly lifted herself out of her bed. She groaned at the pain her burns left every time they brushed against something. When she got downstairs, she saw Apple Bloom, her Grandma from Family Appreciation Day, her sister- Apple Jack, was it? And a buff reddish stallion.
"Howdy, Diamond. Sorry bout' what happened with yer dad..." Apple Jack said awkwardly.
Diamond Tiara frowned a little bit, "It's okay, it isn't your fault."
Apple Bloom was to nervous to say anything, so instead she just smiled, in a sympathetic way. Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes. She didn't want to start being friendly to Apple Bloom now, even if she is her sister, Apple Bloom had humiliated her time after time. They where enemies, and Diamond Tiara didn't see that changing anytime soon.
The walk to Sweet-Apple-Acres was mostly just Diamond answering questions like 'whats your favorite food?'. It was basically silent between the two fillies though.
"Ah here we are. Welcome to Sweet-Apple-Acres, home-sweet-home!" Apple Jack smiled.
"Eeyup." The stallion, who Diamond Tiara now learned was named Big Mac.
Apple Jack took her inside and showed her the 'grand tour'. "Ya'll be sharin' a room with Apple Bloom."
"What? Why?" Diamond asked, desperate for another room.
"Look, ah know ya two don' get along, but yer gonna have ta deal with it, yer living under the same roof an' ya can't keep fighting with eachother. So unless ya wanna sleep with Granny Smith ah recommend ya learn ta get along." Apple Jack left Apple Bloom and Diamond Tiara in the room together, hoping they'll make progress.
It was quiet, Diamond was thinking about what Apple Jack had said, 'it is true...'
"Diamond, why are ya so mean to me?" Apple Bloom asked the pink filly, which broke the silence.
Diamond Tiara look at her for a moment before answering, "Because you don't have a cutie mark." She said. She knew she was lying to both Apple Bloom and herself. 'When are you just going to admit it, that isn't why, you idiot.' Her conscience seemed to tell her.
"Oh." Apple Bloom sighed looking at her flank.
'Smooth, Diamond. Wow you're heartless.' Diamond's conscience said.
Diamond Tiara knew it was right, but how could she just be nice to Apple Bloom? That would be so out of character. She looked back at Apple Bloom, a little bit guilty. It was quiet.
At least 20 minutes past until Granny Smith shouted from downstairs "Dinner!" Apple Bloom and Diamond walked downstairs together to meet the rest of the family. Diamond Tiara wasn't surprised, it was apples.
"Thanks, Granny Smith, it looks good." Diamond lied. 'Whats so good about plain apples?' is what she wanted to say but she just kept her mouth shut.
"Ah agree." Apple Jack smiled.
"Eyup."
After dinner was over and everypony was cleaning up, you'd be surprised how much of a mess apples could make, Apple Bloom told everypony she thought it would be a good idea to have a bonfire. "Ah think it'll make Diamond feel more welcome. It's her first night, let's make it special." Apple Bloom said. The others nodded in agreement.
'Wow, why is she suddenly being so nice to me?' Diamond Tiara thought. "It sounds like it wouldn't be a terrible idea." She said.
"Alright, everypony finish up, me an' Mac 'll start up a fire pit outside." Apple Jack said.
Granny Smith put the last dish in the sink, and the three of them trotted outside, to see a beautiful fire, light up the darkened sky.
"Wow," Diamond Tiara murmured. "Thanks, Apple Bloom for thinking of this." She said.
Apple Bloom was stunned, "Was that sarcastic?" She asked, but there was no reply. Diamond had already sat herself before the fire with the rest of the family.

...

"We're a apples together, apples forever, family and so much mo-ore! No matter what comes, we will face the weather, we're apples to the core!" Everypony but Diamond Tiara sang.
"Well, ah donno bout' y'all but ah'm ready ta hit the hay. Ya and Apple Bloom should, as well, ya got school tamorrow." Applejack told the fillies.
'Oh crap I totally forgot!' "Okay, we'll go to sleep, now." Diamond Tiara said.
"Sounds good ta me." Big Mac nodded, ironically, besides singing, this was the first thing Diamond Tiara heard him say besides 'Eyup' or 'Enope'. She was starting to think he didn't know English.
"Okay goodnight." Apple Bloom told Granny Smith and Mac, before she and Diamond went inside.

Chapter 3

"Diamond, it's time to get up, we gotta go to school." Diamond Tiara felt a fuzzy filly hoof, nudging her cheek.
Diamond Tiara put her hoof on Apple Bloom like she was an alarm clock and said "5 more minutes" obviously half asleep.
"We need ta' get up, naw!" Apple Bloom took her hoof and dragged her out of bed. Diamond Tiara pushed herself off of the floor and gave Apple Bloom a 'was that really necessary' look. "Sorry.. At least your awake, naw." Apple Bloom giggled looking down at Diamond's face.

...

Apple Bloom ran outside and met up with her to best friends, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.
"What's up Bloom? Ready to go?" Scootaloo asked, as they where just about ready to walk to school together.
Apple Bloom nodded, and just then Silver Spoon trotted over. "Hey what are you doing here?" Scootaloo asked.
"I'm just here to pick up DT, ya' know I feel bad for her."
Sweetie Belle tilted her head, "What do you mean?" She asked.
"Oh you didn't know, Diamond and Apple Bloom are sisters now!" The two turned their attention to Apple Bloom.
"How could you! How could you let her be your sister?" Scootaloo threw at her.
"I-I, listen girls, she had no family, an' no matter what's she's done in the past, she was is need of somepony to help her." Just as she said this Diamond walked out. She'd heard the whole thing.
"What, she's being nice to me again? Why?" Diamond thought. Instead she said "Silver, thank goodness your here, I was worried I'd have to walk with the Cutie Mark Losers."
"Hay! I thought we were friends naw!" Apple Bloom yelled. Diamond could tell she was hurt, but what would Silver Spoon say if she saw us as friends. Her reputation would be ruined!
"Like- never. Common Silver, let's get out of here."
The Cutie Mark Crusaders watch the duo walk off, laughing snobbishly. "Well, that hurt." Sweetie Belle frowned.
Apple Bloom felt heart broken, "An' here ah' thought somepony like Diamond could change, and become the perfect pony we wished she'd be, but ah' was just a fool. She played me like ah' fiddle, an' ah' actually stood up for her." Apple Bloom started to cry, facing her feelings, but she didn't bother saying them out loud. "I'm an idiot." Was the only this she bothered saying.

...

In class it wasn't any better. Diamond Tiara threw a paper air plane at Miss Cheerilee, and Scootaloo got blamed for it. She also told Snips that Apple Bloom liked him, and put chewed gum in Sweetie Belle's hay sandwich.
All day Snips was drooling over Apple Bloom, Sweetie was picked gum out of her mane, and Scootaloo was in detention for lunch. She was making the three miserable. "Apple Bloom, we need to have a meeting at the clubhouse. Today." Scootaloo said. Apple Bloom knew what it was going to be for, no doubt.

...

"I officially call this CMC meeting in order." Scootaloo said, banging a gavel on the stand placed in the center of the room. "We need to talk about your sister, Apple Bloom."
"You need to talk to her." Sweetie Belle said. "You know how mad Rarity was when she saw I had to cut my mane." She pointed to a large missing chunk in her hair that had been cut out.
"You don't get it girls, even if ah' do, she won't stop." Apple Bloom tried.
"Well you have to try."