Chapter 1: The Secret (Argument Updated)
It was a nice sunny day, with clear skies thanks to the pegasi. Everything was quiet until the school bells rang, and all of the foals came running out, with Miss Cheerilee yelling out "Don't forget to get your permission slips signed!" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon walked towards Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, with mischievous grins on their faces.
"So girls, what are we gonna do today to get our cutie marks?" Apple Bloom asked enthusiastically.
"Still trying to get your cutie marks? You should just give up already, you're never going to get them." Silver Spoon says.
"Wait, I know how you can get your cutie marks! Pour tar on yourselves, and dump chicken feathers on yourselves." Diamond Tiara says in a sarcastic voice as Silver Spoon starts to giggle.
"Ha ha very funny Diamond Tiara." Scootaloo retorts.
"Yeah, and how are we supposed to get chicken feathers anyway?" Sweetie Belle added.
"Well that's easy, you already have a chicken, just pluck her feathers." Diamond Tiara says while pointing and laughing at Scootaloo, with Silver Spoon laughing next to her.
"You better take that back before I make you!" Scootaloo backs up to charge at Diamond Tiara, but before she could actually ram into her, Apple Bloom jumps in front of her and holds her back.
"Calm down Scoot, let's not start ah fight." Sweetie Belle grabs Scootaloo's tail in her mouth and starts to drag her away.
"C'mon Apple Bloom, let's bring her back to the clubhouse." Sweetie Belle says in a muffled but understandable voice.
"Argh, let me go!" Scootaloo tries to squirm out, but with Apple Bloom pushing her back and Sweetie Belle literally on her tail, she can only walk backwards.
"See you later-" Diamond Tiara starts. "BLANK FLANKS!" both Diamond and Silver finish. They start walking to the spa for their daily treatments.
As they walk through the doors, Aloe and Lotus greet them. "Hi girls, welcome back! Here are your towels." They give Diamond and Silver their towels, which were made specifically for them and only them to use. Diamond Tiara's was dyed pink with her cutie mark sewn to the bottom right corner, and Silver Spoon's was dyed gray with her cutie mark sewn to the bottom right corner. They set down their bags and followed Aloe and Lotus to the spa pool. When they settled into the pool, Aloe and Lotus got to work. The spa twins poured in a skin-and-fur softener soap into the pool and set the jet timer for ten minutes. Before the spa twins left, they set down two pairs of cucumbers. Diamond Tiara took a pair and set one on each eye.
"Ahh... this is the life, relaxing at the spa after school." Silver Spoon stayed quiet. A couple seconds passed before Diamond Tiara lifted the cucumber that was laying on her right eye. She saw Silver Spoon staring blankly at the water. She seemed to have something on her mind. "Silver Spoon?" She didn't respond. "Hellooooo, Silver Spoon? You there?" Diamond Tiara waved her hoof in front of Silver Spoon's face. Silver Spoon snapped out of it.
"Huh? What is it Diamond?"
"You seem distracted today, is there something wrong?"
"No, I'm just a little tired, and I guess I zoned out."
"Tired? From what?"
"Umm... stuff." Silver Spoon picked up the cucumbers and set them on her eyes.
We didn't do anything tiring today. I'll ask her later. Diamond Tiara put her cucumber back on her eye and put that thought away.
They were silent from then on. The sudden ringing from the timer startled Diamond Tiara. They both got out of the pool and dried each other off. Once they were dry, they dropped their towels off by the Wet Towels bin and headed to the massage tables, where Aloe and Lotus were waiting. Once they got comfortable, the spa twins continued their session. They started with a slow, relaxing back rub. Being so young, it hurt the little fillies, but it felt good after the small pains. A few minutes passed and the timer went off. "Alright fillies, your session's over. See you next time!" Aloe and Lotus walked away to another room. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon got up and stretched before picking up their bags and left the spa.
"Silver Spoon tell me, what's really on your mind?" Diamond Tiara asked once the spa doors closed.
"What, you mean when we were in the pool? I just zoned out, it's nothing, really." Diamond Tiara gave a blank stare. Silver Spoon sighed. "You're gonna keep bothering me if I don't answer huh?"
"You know me."
"Alright fine." Silver Spoon waited for a second and took a deep breath. "Diamond Tiara, I've been thinking about this for awhile now, but maybe we can stop bullying other ponies?"
Diamond Tiara blinked. "Ppfff hahahahahahaha! Very funny Sil, now what's really going on in that head of yours." She wiped a tear from her eye.
"Diamond Tiara I'm being serious. I don't like making other ponies feel bad." Silver Spoon said with a serious tone.
Diamond Tiara nervously chuckled. "Come on Silver Spoon, you don't really mean that."
"Yes I do Diamond! It puts so much guilt on my shoulders that I might've ruined somepony's day." Silver Spoons started to raise her voice.
"If you don't enjoy making fun of somepony then why do you do it?"
"Only because you are my friend Diamond Tiara. You always said "They'll be fine, nopony's feelings every get hurt." but they do Diamond Tiara!"
"So you're saying that we shouldn't be friends anymore."
"If that's what it'll take for me to not be a bully anymore, then that's it."
"Hmph, fine. I don't need you, I can be a bully without your help anyway."
"Then it's settled, our friendship is over." Silver Spoon started to leave.
"Good, I won't want someone to drag me down all of the time." Diamond Tiara started to leave. She occasionally looked back to see if Silver Spoon was still in her sight. Once she wasn't Diamond Tiara let her head and ears droop. Great, I just lost my only friend.
Chapter 2: The Mysterious Letter
Author's Note
Chapter 2 done! Have a good read while I write chapter 3!
Chapter 2: The Mysterious Letter
"Aaannnddd done!" Silver Spoon said proudly and raising a hoof into the air. She had been working on a letter to give to the CMCs. "Now who should I give it to?" Silver Spoon tapped her chin with a hoof. "Hmm... Apple Bloom seems to be the leader of their group, so I'll give it to her. Now how can I get this to her without knowing it's from me?" Silver Spoon thought for awhile. "I could try and put it on her desk before school starts. Yeah, let's try that." Silver Spoon yawned and looked at her digital clock. "No wonder I'm tired, it's thirty minutes past my bedtime! I should go to sleep before my parents find out." Silver Spoon took off her glasses and set them down on her desk. She climbed into her bed and set her alarm clock earlier than usual. She adjusted herself until she was comfortable, and let the dream world take over her thoughts.
Sweetie Belle tiredly walked into the classroom, her eyes cloudy from sleep. They weren't too cloudy so she could see Apple Bloom, but enough to not notice the paper she was staring at. "Good morning Apple Bloom." Apple Bloom was muttering to herself. Sweetie Belle leaned closer, noticing the paper. "What are you reading?" Sweetie Belle tapped her shoulder.
"Huh? Oh, mornin' Sweetie Belle." Apple Bloom yawned and moved the paper so Sweetie Belle can read it. "Read this. Ah found it on mah seat when Ah got here."
Sweetie Belle read it out loud. "Dear Cutie Mark Crusaders, I need to talk to you. I'll be waiting at Sugarcube Corner after school, I'll explain everything there. Please, It's very important." Sweetie Belle tilted her head in confusion. "It's not signed, who do you think it's from?"
"Ah dunno. Ah don't recognize the writing."
"I sorta recognize it, let's see if Scootaloo knows who's writing this is."
Scootaloo zoomed past everypony on her scooter, occasionally yelling out "Sorry!" to the ponies she cut off. C'mon, you can't be late to school again, you'll get in big trouble! Scootaloo kept telling herself this as she flapped her wings faster. Once she reached school she jumped off her scooter, letting it crash into a bush, and ran into the classroom. "Hey girls, am I late?" Scootaloo asked while sitting down.
"Sorta. Miss Cheerilee isn't here so you ain't late, but she should've been here earlier." Apple Bloom was about to show the letter to Scootaloo when Miss Cheerilee walked into the room.
"Hi class! Sorry I'm late, my alarm clock didn't ring earlier. It's a good thing I'm an early bird." Miss Cheerilee put her saddlebags down and pulled out her presentation papers and clipped them onto the chalkboard. "Take out a sheet of paper and a pencil, it's time for history!" Mumbles and groans were the foals' response, and Miss Cheerilee rolled her eyes and shook her head slightly.
Two hours later the first recess bell rang. "Ugh finally, history is so boring!" Scootaloo groaned once the CMC were outside. "So what do you girls want to do?"
"Let's sit down Scoot, we've got somethin' to show you." They sat down at their usual spot on the row of benches. Apple Bloom showed Scootaloo the letter. "Here, read this." Scootaloo took the letter and read it.
"So are we going to meet them?" Scootaloo set down the letter.
"I don't think we should, Rarity always warned me about suspicious things like this." Sweetie Belle replied.
"Applejack said the same thing to me." Apple Bloom nodded.
"C'mon girls, what if it's somepony who wants to join us but is too scared to meet us in school?" Scootaloo always wanted to have a new member join.
"But why would somepony be scared?" Apple Bloom asked.
"I don't know, maybe they're worried that Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon will start to bully them too. Remember what happened to Babs when she joined the us?"
"Ah guess you're right."
"But wait, last time I checked there is nopony else without a cutie mark in our class." Sweetie Belle realized.
"Why should that matter? C'mon girls, I don't know about you but I really want a new member." Scootaloo was getting slightly annoyed.
"Ah do too Scoot, but-"
"See? So let's go meet them!" Scootaloo cut off Apple Bloom.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie glanced at each other for a moment. "Alright fine, I'll go." Apple Bloom gave in. "You comin' with us Sweetie Belle?"
"We're the Cutie Mark Crusaders, we stick with each other through the thick and thin, if both of you are going, then I am."
"Then It's settled. We meet the mysterious pony at Sugarcube Corner after school!" Scootaloo slammed her hoof down on the bench, pretending like it was a Gavel.
After getting through language, lunch, math, second recess, and science, the final bell rang. The CMC were packing their saddlebags when Diamond Tiara approached them. "Have any of you seen Silver Spoon?"
"She went straight out the door as soon as the bell rang, why?" And why aren't you bullying us? Apple Bloom added in her head.
"You don't know yet huh? Whatever, see you later blank flanks." There it is. Diamond Tiara walked out of the room.
"Is it me or did it seem like Diamond Tiara wasn't herself?" Sweetie Belle questioned.
"That's a good thing right? Anyway, we need to get to Sugarcube Corner. I can't wait to meet our possibly new Crusader!" Scootaloo already finished packing her saddlebags, and was waiting for Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle.
A couple minutes later, they were at Sugarcube Corner. They walked through the doors and a voice called for them. "There you are, I've been waiting for you. Come over and sit." The voice belonged to a pony who was the size of and probably a foal.
She had a dark coat covering herself.
The CMC gave each other confused looks before sitting down at the table where the mysterious pony sat. "Before we start talkin', can you at least take off your hood so we know who you are?" Apple Bloom said.
"Well, okay." The pony flipped off her hood, and once she did, the CMC gasped at who was under it.
"Silver Spoon?!"
