Forward to the Past

"Point at enemy."

                 -Directions on the barrel of a Self Propelled Gernade

      Dawn sat in her usual area under the shade of the schoolhouse, munching on a PB and J sandwich. Everything was normal, except the Cutie Mark Crusaders were sitting with her.

      "So, you're like a hired assassin?" Scootaloo asked giddily.

      "I guess...?"

      "So. Awesome!" The orange pegasus cheered, but quickly broke into a "coughing fit". "Well, not as much as Rainbow Dash, of course. But still, it's awesome!"

      Suddenly, two very UNwelcome figures walked over. "Heyyy, how's the new blank flank doing?" Diamond teased.

       "Probably just getting herself worked up, as usual." Silver Spoon joined in. Nyx looked over at Dawn. A vein was literally throbbing on her forehead. "Oh, and I saw you living at Twilight's house yesterday night. What kind of royalty is she, the princess of adoption?"

       Nyx's blood pressure hit 240 over 160.

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       "Now, girls, I'm sure you have a reason for beating the living daylights out of Diamond and Silver here." Cherilee's questioned.

       "She was insulting royalty."

       "Aggravating Dawn."

       "Tryin' to provoke a reaction."

       "Nearly gave Nyx a HEART ATTACK."

       Cherilee buried her face in her hands. "But that's not liable to give them the thumping you gave them."

       "Insulting royalty is enough to get you in the gallows, Miss Cherilee. What we did to them was KIND." Dawn said, trying to keep her anger in check. Considering her record, she was doing quite well.

        "Alright, their parents will be informed-"

        "Like that ever works." Sweetie Belle snarled. "Every time, and they still bully us."

        "Because your a bunch of useless, lazy blank flanks-" *slap*. Diamond had cupped her hands onto her mouth, but it was too late. The damage had been done.

       "Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, I am very disappointed. Both of you are staying after class for detention. As for YOU girls...I suggest you go to Fluttershy's. I'm actually surprised that they gave you the thumping they did."

       "Diamond was swinging her blasted tiara around..."Applebloom muttered. "But, in section 23, paragraph eight, line 57 of the universal book of laws clearly states: karma's a bitch."

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        "Oh, goodness, what happened to you five?"

        "It turns out Diamond Tiara knows how to karate chop."

        "That annoying little brat?"

        The Crusaders all looked at each other.

        "You know it's bad when even Fluttershy doesn't like it."

       "Can you tell me?" She asked in her soft voice.

        "Okay, but Dawn isn't going to leave out any details. Viewer discretion is advised." Nyx muttered.

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          Now, dear reader, the author must stop to warn you about what is ahead. If for some fucked reason that you like Diamond and Silver at this point in the story, I suggest that you skip the next scene. The making of it was done solely by stunt doubles, but stunt doubles are generally strong and while they're trained to be able to take hits without getting seriously injured, they are also meant to look realistic.

         So, please don't throw up. I just got this hat.

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         "What did you say about Twilight?" Nyx asked, voiced dangerously soft.

         "I said she's the adoption alicorn-*oof*!"

          Applebloom had tackled her and the two of them slugged it out, but Diamond had not been trained in earth magic. Therefore, she was at a terrible disadvantage. With no other options, she took her diamond studded tiara and began to beat Applebloom with it.

           Sweetie Belle jumped in to help, and that brought Silver Spoon in. In less than a minute, a single snarky comment turned into a full blown fight. It wasn't long after that when several of the boys noticed this, and crowded around yelling, "Fight, fight, fight!"

           As the old saying goes, "Strength in numbers." This was true in this situation, and the fact that the crusaders had two alicorns on their side gave them a huge advantage. Dawn went over and finished her sandwich, then verbally slapped Diamond: "Go fuck yourself with a cactus, you filthy whore."

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           "Oh, my...." Fluttershy muttered. "I never thought she was that bad..."

           "Well, she is." Sweetie Belle crossed her arms adamantly. "And anyone who dares even lay a finger on one of us will get IT."

            "Um, okay. Let me patch you up, then I'll have a talk with Mr. Rich."

            "Oh, I have a baaaad feeling about this....."

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             *knock knock knock*

             "I'll get it, daddy!" After Cherilee had spoke to Filthy Rich, he had gone in a five hour tirade. It made one question his lung capacity, because he hadn't taken a single breath. Not that it was surprising. Being a businessman, he probably had to deal with a lot of negotiators over the phone.

              But, back to the point, he had stopped he allowance flow for a whole month. Having destroyed her Tiara (yes, with a capital T) in her skirmish with the Crusaders, she felt unnatural without something on her head. Therefore, a brown lunch bag with "tiara" written on it now resided on her noggin.

              "Hello, I'm here to see Filthy Rich...?"

              "Oh, hi Fluttershy. I'll get him now."

              She ran into the depths of the mansion, yelling, "Daddy, Fluttershy is here to see you!"

              A servant came out motioned for her to follow him, and took her through a winding path, until they reached Filthy's office.

             "Please, Miss Fluttershy, have a seat."

             "Thank you."

             A scraping of chairs later, Filthy asked, "This is about my daughter, isn't it?"

             "Yes." Fluttershy answered meekly.

             "There's a reason for that. You see, I adopted her."

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              "Wait wait wait..." Dawn had her right thumb and index finger pressed to her forehead. "You mean she could have been our friend?"

              "Can you, um, let me finish, please?"

              "Oh, sorry. Do go on."

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              Filthy Rich sat across Dirty Wealthy. "So, if we take this worker here off the list, we'll be gaining an extra two percent a year."

              Filthy smiled. "These little things make me glad that I work with you, Dirty."

              Suddenly, a loud thump and screaming echoed through the house.

              "What was that?"

              "Err...nothing!"

             Filthy wasn't listening. He was too busy running to the source of the ruckus.

             "What's going on here?"

             A tea green lady was standing above an unconscious little pink baby with gray hair, wearing an expression that looked like a child being caught in a lie.

             Filthy quickly grabbed her, and ran to his chariot outside.

             "Get us to the hospital, now!"

             "Yes, sir."

            The driver flicked his whip, driving the two Pegasus horses to go flying into the sky.

             "Filthy, I swear to the Lord, I will skin you alive for this!"

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             The Cutie Mark Crusaders, save Dawn, had cupped their mouths. "Just like Babs Seed..."

             "Am I missing something here?" Dawn asked.

             "Babs Seed was Applebloom's cousin." Nyx explained. "She was bullied around in Manehattan, and bullied us in turn to get some stress of her nerves. When we tried to get her back, Applejack told us about the whole fiasco, and we had to push her out of some golden apple parade float, getting us muddy."

             "Mud?" Dawn asked confused. "But it's not that bad. Why make such a big deal?"

             "First of all, Rarity thinks so. Second of all, that is the least Princessy thing I heard come out of any princess's mouth.

             Dawn rolled her eyes. "I'm not a princess. But just continue the story, will you Fluttershy?"

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              "She's waking."

              "Shh, don't disturb her..."

              Diamond opened her eyes. "Are you my daddy?" She asked Filthy.

              "I guess you could say that. Yes, I'm your new daddy."

              "How come I can't remember anything?"

               Filthy chuckled. 'Smart kid' he thought. "You banged your head, and got amnesia."

               "I'm sorry that I can't remember you."

               "No, no, I completely understand. Now, you really need your rest."

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                "Well, that explains a lot."

                An awkward silence came over the group.

                "Maybe we should help her?"

                More silence.

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                Rumble and Featherweight watched Nyx from a bush.

                "Ah, those times we have together." Rumble sighed. "Everything about her is cute. I really like that nose scrunch when she yawns."

               Featherweight groaned, mainly because he was dragged into the whole spy mission with the promise of scotch.

               "Well, mate, I guess you get to see that a lot when you're with her."