The pretty day did not help Applebloom as she traveled down the dirt road, which was the route to the schoolhouse. Even though the birds were chirping happily and the temperature of the day was moderately cool, Applebloom had different thoughts on her mind at that time.
I do not want to see them, she thought to herself. She stared down at the brown path and her bow sank in front of her eyes. Applebloom didn't want to see the same two ponies that reminded her how much she was hated.
The two were always paired with each other, and they were almost glued together as they went around the playground, looking for targets to harass before the teacher would come outside, in which they would proceed to look like little angels in front of her so she wouldn't notice.
It sickened Applebloom to no end.
She hated the two, but not as much as the two hate her. Applebloom couldn't figure out why they decided to target her, but then again they targeted everything. It didn't matter who it was. They would do it to anypony, no matter how sensitive they could be.
Applebloom groaned as the schoolhouse came into view in the distance. The walk wasn't necessarily long, which angered Applebloom. Sometimes she wished that she could go to a different school, or maybe even a different town.
As long as it wasn't with those two in the same place.
Applebloom was greeted with the sounds of students already on the playground as they wait for the bell so they can enter the school. Applebloom scanned the playground so she can find her friends. She spotted Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo over at the swings. They were talking to each other in the distance.
Applebloom walked over to the two. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo said "hi" to her and she joined the group, not trying to associate with the other kids.
"So, have you guys seen those two, yet?" Applebloom asked.
"No, not yet, but it doesn't mean that they won't be here yet," Sweetie Belle said, darting her eyes around the playground.
"Maybe their late today," Scootaloo said. "If that is the case, that would be pretty sweet!"
"Still, I have a feeling that they will be here, and they will annoy us to no end," Applebloom said, muttering to the ground.
"Well, maybe we should take this advice," Sweetie Belle said. "I got it from my sister, Rarity."
Applebloom and Scootaloo glanced at each other and then back at Sweetie Belle.
"Yeah, what is it?" Scootaloo inquired.
"Do not let others bother you," Sweetie Belle said with a raise of a hoof. "If you ignore, they won't annoy you!"
"Yeah, but what if they just keep going with the never ending torture?" Applebloom said.
"Well, I dunno. It seems like pretty good advice to me," Sweetie Belle said.
At that moment, the sound of the swinging fence opening up froze the three fillies. They turned their heads to the fence, until they laid their eyes on the pair.
It was Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
"Phew!" Scootaloo said. "It's not them!"
"Jeeze, I gotta catch my breath a little bit!" Sweetie Belle said.
"Wow, that was close!" Applebloom exclaimed, wiping sweat off of her brow.
"Maybe they are just running late," Sweetie Belle said, worry becoming more evident in her tone of voice.
"Well, we can always hope for the best," Applebloom said.
"Hey!"
Everypony in the playground froze as the high voice sounded by the fence. The three slowly turned their heads, waiting for the horrible sight that would inevitably come.
It was Snips and Snails.
"How are you guys, huh?" Snails said in his monotone voice.
"Oh, no!" Scootaloo whispered to the other two crusaders. "It's them!"
The two trotted over to a group of fillies who were playing a game of Hoofball
"Hey, check this out!" Snips said.
He stuffed his hoof up to his noise, the sound of phlegm, and pulled it out. His entire hoof was covered in puke green snot, looking as if it was from his brain. A string of snot stuck to his hoof and he presented it to the group.
"What do ya think?"
The fillies screamed and ran in different directions to escape the horrifying gunk of snot that stuck to his hoof. Snips stomped the snot to the concrete of the court and scanned around the playground. Their eyes met to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
"Hi, girls. What's up?" Snails said as the two approached the fillies.
"Go away, you two," Diamond Tiara. "we are doing important things!"
"What are you talking about, Diamond Tiara?" Snips said. "It just looks like you guys are looking at marbles!"
The two fillies were indeed playing with marbles with a chalk circle. Small marbles of different colours were scattered around the circle.
"So what? This is important to us!" Silver Spoon, jabbing a hoof at Snips.
"These aren't marbles," Snails said. "These are gumballs!"
He took one of the marbles and popped it into his mouth. He unwittingly sucked on the marble for a couple seconds until he widened his eyes and spat it out. The marble made contact with the concrete and was covered in spit, forming a small puddle around the marble.
"You fool!" Silver Spoon said. "That was my most valuable marble!"
"Eh, it didn't taste so good, anyways," Snails said, rolling his eyes.
"Wow," Sweetie Belle said. "those guys are at their game today!"
"Oh no! They're coming our way!" Scootaloo said, pointing at the two.
The two trotted over to the three. The three froze in place, not sure what to do.
"Hey, girls! What are you up to?" Snips said.
"Ur, um..." Sweetie Belle sputtered, but nothing else coming out.
"Hey, wanna see something really cool?" Snips said.
He lowered his head and spread his his orange hair until the scalp was visible. Inside, little dots traveled across his skin, which was littered with dandruff.
"Urm, what exactly are we looking at?" Apple Bloom inquired.
"That's head lice!"
The three glanced at each other with grossed out faces.
"Remember, ignore them!" Sweetie Belle said.
The three nodded to each other and looked away from Snips, despite the horrific sight. Snips glanced up from and noticed that they were not looking at him.
"Hey, what's going on? Isn't this cool?" Snips said.
Scootaloo whistled as she focused on something else entirely. Snips and Snails looked at each other and then glared at the three.
"Whatever! We think it's cool!" They turn around and head to the schoolhouse. "Maybe one day, you'll realize how awesome we are!"
Once the two were out of sight, Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle high-hoofed each other and cheered.
"Wow! I can't believe it actually worked!" Scootaloo said.
"Yeah, I guess my sister is just awesome!" Sweetie Belle said modestly.
"That's debatable," Applebloom said.
The three laughed as the sound of the bell rang.