Canterlot High

I rush into Scootaloo and Apple Bloom's room. There, Apple Bloom's typing something up on the computer at her desk, and Kitty-Luna is asleep in Scootaloo's lap.

"Hiro," I say darkly. "Is the enemy."

Scootaloo pokes Luna, and she wakes up. "Mm...what?"

"Hiro is the enemy." I repeat.

"And what makes you say that?" Luna asks, rubbing her eyes.

"He put some weird spell on Tiara so she would fall in love with him and drive us apart." I cross my arms. "Is that enough proof for you? Or do I need to go on?"

"That..." Luna thinks for a minute. "That's a really stupid thing to think." She stands and stretches. "I know he seemed a bit...strange, but honestly, not every strange person is an enemy. You need to accept that, Sweetie Belle."

"But..." I pause. "...She's fallen in love with him!"

"Look, we all know she's lonely as hell," Scootaloo says, turning the page of the manga she's reading. "I'm not surprised that she's fallen in love with a guy who said 'we have a lot in common'. He was probably just being nice. Besides," Scootaloo smirks slightly. "If he does start to go out with her, we can report him to the police."

"Oh yeah..." I lean up against the wall. "That...is actually a better idea."

"But seriously," Scootaloo continues. "I don't think he'll consider going out with her. If he did, there would be something REALLY wrong in his mind."

"Yeah..."

***Diamond Tiara***

"Luna!" I pop my head into the kitchen, where Luna is making dinner. "Can I go out for a while?"

"Where?"

"I want to go meet some of my friends at the mall." This is a lie, of course.

"Don't stay out too long," Luna says after a minute.

"I know." I pull on my fur coat, make sure my tiara is situated properly, then head out. I'm going, of course, to see Hiro.

No, he doesn't know about it; not yet, anyway. I shouldn't have any trouble getting there, though. I mean, the place is open all night, and you don't need an appointment.

It doesn't take long to get there; granted, it probably would have taken a lot longer if I had walked at my normal pace. But I felt like getting there quickly, so I jogged.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for Dr. Hiro please," I tell the receptionist.

She gives me a strange look. "Um...where's your pet?" Geh. Peasants.

"My tiara needs to be treated for rabies," I say, motioning up to the crown on my head.

The woman blinks. "...Ma'am, if you're not going to take our establishment seriously, I'm going to have to ask you to leave..."

"I AM BEING SERIOUS!" I yell, slamming my fist down on the counter. "Why the hell wouldn't I be serious right now?!"

"Ma'am, calm down..."

"NO!" I scream. "Here I am, trying to get my tiara the proper care it needs, and I am being denied the right to do so!"

"Alright, whatever!" The receptionist says loudly. "Just...go sit down on the bench." She prints a number out from the printy thingy and hands it to me. "Go to the back when your number is called." I huff and snatch it out of her hand.

Honestly, peasants these days.

I sit down on the much too cold, much too hard wooden bench and cross my legs angrily. "Stupid peasants," I growl under my breath. "I should have paid my way to the top of the wait list..."

Finally, finally, FINALLY, my number is called and I'm ushered into the office.

"Well, well," Hiro says, leaning up against the table. "I didn't expect to see you here again today, miss."

"Diamond Tiara," I tell him. "My name is Diamond Tiara. I'm sorry I had to tell that receptionist person such a stupid lie, my tiara having rabies..."

"Quite alright," he says, smiling. "A little white lie now and then is okay, isn't it?"

"I TOTALLY agree!"

He chuckles. "Well...Diamond Tiara...if you're not doing anything...I get off in five minutes, if you would like to go get coffee somewhere..."

"OMG, I would, like, LOVE that!"

He laughs again. "Great. So, um..." he claps his hands together lightly. "See you in five?"

"So you grew up in Neighpon, moved over to Canterlot when you were eighteen, then went to school for four years to become a veterinarian?" I ask, tapping the side of my paper Coffeebucks cup.

Hiro smiles over his cup of steaming coffee. "Yes, that is right. I've always loved animals, so I felt like I should help them."

I clap my hands together. "That is like, sooo cool! I totally admire that."

He chuckles. "Well, thanks, Tiara."

"No prob!" I reply. This is going really well, I say to myself. Hmph! That stupid Sweetie Belle was wrong!

Hiro glances at his watch and grimaces. "Oh dear. I'm...quite sorry, Tiara, but I must be going." He stands and lifts his coat up from the back of his chair. "I really enjoyed this. Next time, shall we get dinner?"

I blink. "Y-yeah, sure!" I say, trying not to sound excited but failing. "Um...when?"

"I'll call you," he says, flashing a smile at me. "Can I...get your number?"

"Y-yes!" I pull a napkin out of the dispenser and write my number on it, then hand it to him. He does the same.

"Shall I drive you home?" He asks.

"Eh...no, I'm alright," I say, smiling. I might get caught if you drive me.

He looks a bit disappointed, but shrugs it off. "Oh well. I look forward to our next meeting. Sayonara," he says, bowing slightly before exiting the coffee shop.

After a few minutes of listening to the background chatter of other people and mulling over what just happened, a smile breaks out across my face.

***Sweetie Belle***

I'm sitting on my bed and reading manga when someone knocks on my door. Before I can respond, Tiara slams the door open and sashays in.

"Tiara!" I set the manga down on my nightstand and roll off the bed. "What the hell?! At least knock first."

"Why?" Tiara sneers. "It's not like you were doing anything inappropriate."

I roll my eyes. "You're right, I wasn't. But still, what you just did was really rude."

"So what?" She shrugs. "BTW, guess who I just went on a date with?"

I narrow my eyes. "...Who?"

"HIRO!" Tiara squeals, holding out her phone and showing me a new phone number in the system. "I told you he was into me! I even got his number!"

"Tiara..." I start. She holds out one of her fingers and puts her other hand on her hip.

"Don't even, Sweetie Belle!" She says. "There's only an eight year age difference between us! That happens in your beloved manga all the time."

"Yeah, because it's a work of fiction." I say, idly glancing back at the book on my nightstand, then back at Tiara. "This is real life, and that guy is dangerous!"

"HE IS NOT!" Tiara screams. "THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HIRO!"

"What is the matter?" Vice Principal Luna asks, coming into my room and leaning up against one of my walls. "Who has something wrong with them?"

Tiara covers her mouth, eyes wide. Crap, she seems to say.

"You mean you didn't know?" I ask Luna. Luna just sort of shrugs. I sigh. "Tiara...went out and saw that vet that we met earlier today. She told me she went on a date with him, and even got his phone number."

"Tiara!" Luna's eyes have a mixture of shock and disappointment in them. "Is this true?"

Tiara doesn't respond.

"You told me you were going out to meet some friends at the mall!" Luna says.

"Yeah, well...I lied."

"It is quite obvious that you lied, Diamond Tiara!" Luna glares at the back of her student's head. "I put my trust in you, and you betrayed me!" She shakes her head, looking genuinely hurt. "I'm afraid that I'm going to have to place you on house arrest."

"House...arrest?" Tiara asks, eyes growing dark. And then she turns and bolts out of my room and down the hall. Me and Luna give panicked looks to each other, then take off after her.

"What's going on?" Scootaloo asks, opening the door and nearly smacking me and Luna in the face.

"I've placed Diamond Tiara on house arrest," Luna explains, going around the door. "And now it appears that she's trying to make a break for it! WE MUST TRY TO DETAIN HER!" Scootaloo runs off in front of us, accidentally losing her balance and tumbling down the stairs into the living room.

"Uh...guys? Bad news," she says as we reach the bottom of the staircase. She's pointing behind her, towards the front of the living room.

"Are you alright?" Luna asks, sitting near Scootaloo's head. "Did you hurt anything?" I glance at where Scootaloo had been pointing, and my eyes grow wide.

"Luna," I tap her on the arm. She looks up, and I point to the same thing Scootaloo had been.

The front door was open, the cold winter air blowing in. And Diamond Tiara was gone.