Silver Storms

Silver Storms

By Spiritofsky

Chapter 1 - Behind the School Building

Scootaloo stood near the school gates, waiting for her friends, Apple Bloom and Sweetiebelle. It was rather early, quite a lot earlier than when she regularly waited for them. This was because she had been staying up late and sleeping in so her parents made her go to bed early the previous night and get up earlier today. It was quite blustery outside and parts of her short hot pink mane and tail whipped her face and legs.

She shivered a little. How early did they make her get up? She usually got to school way after her friends, not the other way around.

She got an indication of the time when a carriage dropped two fillies off at the school. It was Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Scootaloo knew she was early because they were always there before everypony. She noticed something a bit... Off about them however, Diamond looked annoyed while Silver seemed quite scared. Though the expression on the pink earth pony's face changed to a smug look when she laid her eyes on the orange pegasus.

"Hey Scoota-loser. Your 'friends' left you out in the cold? Pffft, I can't blame them! Who would want to hang out with you?" She jeered.

Silver Spoon still seemed to be quite nervous and on edge. Diamond Tiara nudged her in the side with her hoof and she gave a weak grin.

Scootaloo was confused.

Why was Silver Spoon like this? Surely the grey filly would perk up immediately and jump at the chance to insult her.

She'd think about it later. Maybe she could talk about it with her friends. It would give them another thing they could say to make them leave them alone at the very least. But she had to get Diamond Tiara away from her so she could think.

"Please Diamond, leave me alone. I can't be bothered to listen to your pathetic excuses for insults." She sighed.

As Scootaloo had grown up she begun to ignore the bullies more and more. When she finally got her cutie mark, a black wheel with a yellow thunderbolt outlined in purple over the top of it, she had finally been rid of one of the things she was teased about the most. Combined with the fact that she had matured as she grew up and had come to terms with her disability, nowadays it was nothing more than an annoyance.

"Do you really think that we'll go away if you just say please?"

She carried on insulting her while Silver sat next to her with her eyes trained on the floor. Her insults fell on deaf ears as Scootaloo ignored them, away in her own little world while she waited for her friends.

After a while she gave up, leaving to go sit in a whole other corner of the playground. She could see Diamond hissing at her friend while the grey earth pony hung her head low.

"Hey Scootaloo!" Apple Bloom called out as she walked up to her. "Ah've never seen you get here so early before. Why's that?"

"Hi Bloom, parents made me get up early." She simply replied with a shrug.

Scootaloo went through the day as usual. Doing things like getting bored in maths class and joking with the Cutie Mark Crusaders at break. She was about to walk straight out of the school gate and go home when she swore she heard shouting.

She flicked her ears and peered over the corner of the building where she thought she heard the shouting coming from.

Standing there shouting at each other, were Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

Silver Spoon had tears running down her face, her purple eyes wide. Her ears were pressed flat against her head and she had shrunk back to make herself look smaller.

Diamond Tiara was the complete opposite, her eyes narrowed and full of malice. She stood above the grey filly and her teeth were gritted.

Scootaloo's eyes widened in shock. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were fighting? Sure, friends fell out all the time but this seemed...

Different.

Not a little row between friends, but a serious argument.

Was this why Silver Spoon seemed so off this morning?

She jumped back and hid when Diamond Tiara stormed off so she wouldn't be seen. Silver Spoon was left standing alone behind the school building. Her knees buckled and she fell to the ground crying. Scootaloo slowly backed away.

What were they fighting about? She had completely missed the argument. Why was Diamond so angry with the other filly? Questions whirled through her head as she slowly walked away.

She would ask Silver Spoon about it tomorrow if she had the chance.