A Chiseled Tiara

For a couple of hours, the Cutie Mark Crusaders along with Silver Spoon searched for a way to get to the bottom of the cliff Diamond Tiara had been pushed down just hours prior.

Rainbow Dash was sleeping peacefully on a cumulus cloud dreaming of cider.  Suddenly, Scootaloo rushed underneath the cloud in a panic.

"Rainbow Dash!" she alerted. "Come quick!"

Rainbow Dash was all ears.  She quickly flew down to the ground in front of a very distraught Scootaloo.

"What is it, kid?  Do tell me!" she said.

Scootaloo breathed in real deep.

"AbullycameuptomyfriendsandIandstartedteasingusmakingmereallyangrysothenIwentoutofcontroland " she quickly said.

"Whoa, Scoots, please slow down," Rainbow Dash interrupted.

Scootaloo did not want to waste anymore time.

"A bully started giving me, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle a hard time, and my anger went out out of control, and I..." she trailed off.

"What happened?!" Rainbow Dash asked in alarm.

"Th-then I-I..." Scootaloo stammered, "p-pushed the b-bully off of a cl-cliff."

Rainbow Dash let that sink in.  She did not want to believe that Scootaloo would do this; she could not believe it.

"Which cliff?" Rainbow Dash asked Scootaloo.

Scootaloo sniffled.

"F-follow me!" she said.

Rainbow Dash did as she was told until Scootaloo led her to the cliff she had pushed Diamond Tiara off of before.  She pointed downward.

"I think Diamond Tiara fell down there!" Scootaloo said finding her voice.

"Diamond Tiara" was an all too familiar name to Rainbow Dash.  Scootaloo had told her multiple times about her bullying, but every time she told her father, Filthy Rich, he would not actually punish her.

Finally, Rainbow Dash told Scootaloo to get on her back,. then she flew to the bottom of the cliff.  Her and Scootaloo searched everywhere calling Diamond Tiara's name sometimes.

After a while of searching, Diamond Tiara lay nearby.  Having bounced off of many rocks, she finally rested quite far from the cliff's edge.

"Diamond Tiara!" Scootaloo cried.

She jumped off of Rainbow Dash's back and flew the best she could over to Diamond Tiara.  However, she took just one look at Diamond Tiara and instantly regretted it.

Diamond Tiara was covered head to hoof in bruises and scrapes.  Many broken bones jutted up from her torn, bloodied flesh.  Her tiara lay shattered into pieces nearby.  Her eyes were now gray and stared blindly up ahead of her.  Blood leaked out of her mouth and from her wounds.

Scootaloo gagged and felt like throwing up.  This was all her fault; all hers.  Tears once again stung her eyes.  She may have disliked Diamond Tiara before, but never had she wanted to kill her.  She hung her head and sat down in pity.  Rainbow Dash realized that Scootaloo figured out the truth: that Diamond Tiara was indeed dead.

"Crap, Scootaloo, what are we gonna tell Filthy Rich?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Scootaloo managed a look of forlorn pain towards Rainbow Dash.  She was personally embarrassed to cry in front of her idol, but she knew that she understood.

"Scootaloo," Rainbow Dash said, "why did you do this?"

"Because...because I...I " Scootaloo started.

"You don't have a good answer, do you?!" Rainbow Dash said with her voice rising.

Scootaloo was hurt by the sudden harsh tone in her idol's voice.

"I...just got...mad," Scootaloo answered quietly.

Rainbow Dash scowled furiously.

"That's your d*** answer?!  That you got MAD?!!" she snapped.

Scootaloo backed up, almost stepping on Diamond Tiara.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU, KID!!  I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ACTUALLY KILLED SOMEPONY!!  IMAGINE WHAT EVERYPONY WILL THINK ABOUT YOU!!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"R-Rainbow Dash, p-please don't y-yell at me," Scootaloo sobbed.

Rainbow Dash was indignant.

"YOU'RE TELLING ME NOT TO YELL AT YOU WHEN YOU KILLED SOMEPONY?!!  YOU DESERVE ALL THE YELLING IN EQUESTRIA!!  I BET EVERYPONY WILL THINK THAT YOU'RE A MONSTER!!" Rainbow Dash screamed with her face turning neon red.

Scootaloo never imagined Rainbow Dash yelling at her out of all ponies.  She began to grow angry herself, because she felt like Rainbow Dash was not being fair.  She stood up straight and spread out her legs.

"DON'T YELL AT ME, RAINBOW DASH!!  I'VE LOOKED UP TO YOU FOR SO LONG!!" she shouted.

Rainbow Dash now had fire in her own eyes.  Scootaloo was really going too far at this point.

"WELL GUESS WHAT, KID?!!  I DON'T WANT ANYPONY WHO MURDERS OTHER PONIES TO LOOK UP TO ME!!  THAT WOULD MAKE ME LOOK BAD!!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"WHY WOULD THAT MAKE YOU LOOK BAD?!!" Scootaloo demanded.

Rainbow Dash backed away from Scootaloo, realizing the filly was tougher than she looked.

"Because I don't want anypony thinking I approve of ponies who do murder," she explained.

Scootaloo began to calm down.

"But you don't of course.  Do you?" she asked.

"Of course not, Scoots.  I'm still very disappointed in you, though," Rainbow Dash answered.

This hit Scootaloo like a cinder block being thrown against her.  Never has Rainbow Dash said that she was disappointed in her.  Tears were now visibly streaming down her face.

"I-I'm so sorry, Rainbow Dash," Scootaloo apologized.

"Don't tell me sorry about this, tell Filthy rich," Rainbow Dash said.

Scootaloo looked up and nodded.  She got back onto Rainbow Dash's back.  Rainbow Dash picked up the lifeless figure of Diamond Tiara.  She flew away with Scootaloo to spread the terrible news.