(Scootaloo is seen skipping angrily down the path back to her big sister's. She is heard muttering angrily)
Scootaloo: They are totally hiding something! I don't care what the excuse is! I like Lyla in all, but she is doing something very fishy with
Harrison. I just know it.
(As Scootaloo is nearing her home, she abruptly changes the subject)
Scootaloo: And now I have to deal with Diamond Tiara at the dinner table. She made our life a living hell and now Dinky is fucking dating her. What the fuck does she see in that brat. She is just going to give me a hard time when nopony is looking. But Dinky wouldn't be a false judge of character for no reason. Still, Tiara is a bully through and through and she knows not to let others see the bully... at least not on purpose anyway.
(Scootaloo then stops dead in her tracks an alarmed look on her face)
Scootaloo: Who the hell am I even talking to? The show is not on and I don't have an overwhelming need to break the 4th wall. Why am I providing exposition? Fuck it, who cares.
(The rest of the journey continues on without a hitch. Scootaloo is occasionally heard complaining about the dinner party and having to put up with Tiara.)
Scootaloo: I suppose I had a similar reaction to Trixie when I heard Sis talking about how she was dating her. Rainbow Dash went on and on about how Trixie came to Ponyville and lied about a bunch of stuff and basically caused some damage when that lie came back to bite her. I now think Trixie is pretty damn cool. She seems completely different from what Dash went on and on about for hours. I should at least pretend the same with Tiara. I doubt it will really make a difference. Seven years of torture at the hoof of a brat is hard to overlook.
I really wish I would stop talking to myself as if somepony is in the area though. It makes me look crazy and that is the last thing I need.
(Soon the Pegasus arrives outside the door and we find her hesitating outside the door.)
Scootaloo: Come on Scoots, why are you outside the fucking door. This isn't going to be painful, it is just going to suck. I wish Sweetie was here. She would know what to do. She always has the right thing to say or do to make things really awesome no matter what. I would sit through fucking math class if it meant Sweetie could be nearby. Course, I would probably be making out with her, but that's completely different.
(Still the young foal continues to stand outside, hesitating)
Scootaloo: Fuck it! This isn't that hard. I am going to knock so we can get this started and ended already.
(Finally fed up with delaying the inevitable, the filly shattered the quiet with a rapid knocking. Finally satisfied, Scootaloo stepped a little away from the door awaiting her doom in the form of her childhood enemy)
(After a few seconds hoofsteps are heard and Scootaloo grins hoping that the stress doesn't get to her and become noticeable.)
(The door is soon opened by a magenta mare with a violet mare and lovely blue eyes. Her mane seems to sparkle in the moonlight and she gives Scootaloo a warm smile.)
???: Scootaloo!!! How lovely it is to see you! It's been awhile hasn't it.
Scootaloo: *struck dumb* I'm sorry, but who are you?
???: Oh come now, surely you recognize me! *suddenly dejected* have I really been that bad.... Don't answer that, I know the answer.
Scootaloo: Diamond Tiara!? *looks all over the admittedly pretty filly in front of her* Where's the tiara? I almost didn't recognize you without it.
Diamond: *A very haunted look appears in her eyes* I decided to get rid of it. After what happened, I decided to get rid of it. I also got a mane cut and tried to get a new look.
Scootaloo: *confused* But why?
Diamond: Doesn't matter! I assume you actually want to come in instead of sitting outside in the cold. Dinky is already here and we were just waiting for you. Did the show already end?
Scootaloo: Yeah, Harrison and that Lyla were hiding something... I think they.... but it doesn't matter. Fine, let’s go inside.
Diamond: Yes, lets! We can even sit together. It has been so long since we hung out.
Scootaloo: *Dejected* Great, sounds awesome.
Diamond: I am so glad that you agree. Ditzy told me to tell you that you need to go upstairs and get cleaned up. *Smirk* How nice…
Scootaloo: *angry* Watch it Tiara, I am not babied.
Diamond: *Winces* Shit, I am sorry…
Scootaloo: Just save the sarcasm for later. I’m not in the mood for your shit. This night already sucks, I don’t need to pity or sarcasm.
(She angrily pushes back a suddenly dejected looking Diamond Tiara and misses Ditzy’s greeting from the kitchen. She is so quick to leave that she misses the heart broken look on her former nemesis’s face.)
Diamond: Fuck, I really was horrible. This is going to be a lot harder than I thought. It looks like she is similar in a lot of ways. This is going to be just as hard to fix as it was there.
(Scootaloo is seen upstairs washing her face and hooves. She is muttering angrily about phony ponies and Dinky’s choice in fillies.)
Scootaloo: Stupid Tiara! She probably is faking it so she can just get close to Dinky. She doesn’t need that! I have to put a stop to it before Dinky gets hurt.
???: So you think this is some kind of standard bullying thing? You really are clueless aren’t you?
(Scootaloo whirls around, startled out of her wits. That wasn’t Diamond’s voice coming to harass her at the last minute.)
Scootaloo: Dinky, can’t you see what she is really like? She will just turn around as soon as you leave or turn your back. It’s happened before and it will happen again.
Dinky: I was the one who joined her and Spoonie… I mean Spoon, back when she was a bitch.
Scootaloo: Yeah, and how did that turn out?
Dinky: She tried to bully me, but I saw a different filly from what others see.
Scootaloo: *starting to get rather pissed* That isn’t an answer. She was a bitch to you.
Dinky: Scootaloo, she didn’t bug me, because she never said anything that wasn’t already true or hurtful. Do you know some of the things I experienced at that orphanage? I can’t repeat them because they are too horrible. Diamond was nothing compared to what I experienced at that place. One good thing about that hell, was it toughened me up and opened me up to protecting myself. I threw some downright nasty shit right on back to her.
Scootaloo: *Smug* Did she cry and run away because you insulted her precious lifestyle?
Dinky: At first! She tried doing a whole bunch of seemingly awful things, but I countered them all. Deep down, a bully is just a front for a weak individual. They bully others to make up for their life turning shit. It makes them feel better about what they have. She eventually gave up and allowed me to hang out with Silver Spoon and her. She found me fun after a while.
Scootaloo: She was faking it to get your guard down.
Dinky: *Sighs* She tried Scoots, she sure as fuck tried, but I made it difficult. Ordinarily you are correct. But that awful fucking place was good for one thing and that was dealing with bullies.
Scootaloo: I’m still not convinced that she is sincere. She will be mean to one of us when you aren’t looking or do something to make my life a fucking hell. Just look at what happened to Babs. She was bullied in Manehatten and turned on us when she got here.
Dinky: Just fucking let it go Scoots. Do you know what it is fucking like being picked on constantly?
Scootaloo: No shit Sherhooves, she made my life a fucking misery.
Dinky: So, saying Mom has to leave for Canterlot and finds Luna wants her away for an assignment. You would have to temporary switch schools.
Scootaloo: I suppose, where are you going with this?
Dinky: Say you meet a group of ponies and they greet you with open hooves. What do you do if you find that they are bullied by a different hell? Who do you side with? Your new friends, or the bullies?
Scootaloo: That’s easy, I would totally side by my new friends
Dinky: You say Diamond Tiara made your life a living hell. Are you sure you can handle that in a new place. What if whoever is there is ten times worse than anything Diamond Tiara ever did to you?
Scootaloo: ….
Dinky: It’s not nice, and I am not saying it is the right answer, but sometimes ponies will do anything to get away from their tormentors; Even if that means going against friendly faces. It stops the hell for a little bit.
Scootaloo: I would never abandon Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle.
Dinky: Are you sure, even if a new pony came to school and made your life shit?
Scootaloo: That’s different! You are just trying to confuse me! I don’t trust anything that bitch has to say. She told me I would never fly. She called my sister a dead beat retard that crashes into buildings. I will never forgive her.
Dinky: *angry* If you don’t trust what is in front of your eyes, at least trust my fucking judgment to not pick a liar. You don’t know the full story, all you have are your prejudices. I get that she made your life hell, but she has changed and you need to see that for yourself.
Scootaloo: She is just waiting till you drop you guard or she will strike when you are not around. It’s happened before.
Dinky: Just finish cleaning yourself. I have to go check on Diamond Tiara. Try not to mess up the evening. Mom worked really hard on the pizza. It’s supposed to be a unique take on Mediterranean.
Scootaloo: Fine!
Dinky: We will talk later. For now, try to at least be pleasant. Please, for me at least!
Scootaloo: … Fine, but if she screws up once, I’m hitting you for your blind love.
Dinky: Agreed, and if you’re wrong, I want you to admit that you watched way too many movies and admit you were wrong and to cheer the fuck up.
(Scootaloo spends the rest of the time making sure she is presentable. She doesn’t delay longer than she has to as already the rich aroma of the pizza is enticing her. The table is bright and various plates and doilies are laid out in extravagant flair.)
Trixie: I hope everypony is hungry… Ditzy has spent awhile on this delicious pizza. It took eight hours.
Ditzy: You helped too, you know dear. You should take credit where credit is due.
(Trixie and Ditzy step out of the kitchen with a big tray on their back. Trixie is walking sideways to support her marefriend’s slightly awkward steps and some slight smoke is flowing into the air around her. Her ear is a little burnt, but a wide, victorious look is on her face.)
Trixie: Oh dear, you seem to still be smoking slightly.
Ditzy: I am!? Oh no, foiled by residual closeness to fire. I thought I had gotten over that.
Trixie: Never fear, the great and sexy Trixie will save you from a slightly toasty fate.
( Trixie leans over and nibbles Ditzy’s ear, putting the fire out and causing the nibbled Ditzy to moan a little. Scootaloo and Diamond Tiara are flushing with embarrassment, the latter trying to hide it.)
Ditzy: Ohh Trixie, that feels really good. I should set myself on fire more often just so you can nibble me like that.
Trixie: I am just doing my civic duty to save you from the evils of the world. *nuzzles Ditzy* it helps that you are sexy.
Scootaloo: Kill me now!
Diamond Tiara: I would, but then who would do me?
Dinky: That’s what I’m here for *gives Diamond a smoldering look*
Scootaloo: Oh dear Luna, I am surrounded by sex crazed morons.
Ditzy: As much as I would like to take this conversation to the next room for deep and personal reflection, I have already discussed with you personally my thoughts on the matter. Let’s eat and then we can have a rebuttal.
Dinky: Scootaloo, need I remind you about Sweetie bringing, oh how shall I say this, the best in you?
Scootaloo: Its fine when I do it, but everypony else creeps me out when they do it.
(The pizza is served and soon everypony has a steamy slice of heaven in front of them. Dinky and Diamond are leaning on each other, occasionally nibbling on each other, Ditzy is practically on top of Trixie and uses her back as a cushion. Trixie has a happy grin on her face and takes a bite out of her pizza.
Poor Scootaloo is the only one who doesn’t have somepony to lean on. She gives a dejected sigh but doesn’t otherwise let her thoughts known. Diamond Tiara is currently telling the surrounded company about a very amusing story while out with Dinky in assignment.)
Diamond Tiara: So we get halfway through that hallway and Dinky, the little klutz trips and sends the pair of us right smack into that wall. Needless to say, the alarms made their displeasure known after that.
Dinky: I told you, I was distracted and I didn’t mean to.
Diamond Tiara: Anyway, the guards there were pretty strict on letting their displeasure known that we didn’t belong there. Luna had wanted us to shut this factory down by destroying it from the inside; Something about foal trafficking. These fuckers are the reasons for the disappearances that have been occurring lately.
Scootaloo: *Taking a bite as she stares engrossed at Tiara as she tells her story* So what happened? How the hell do you escape capture like that?
Diamond: *Smirking up a storm* Scootaloo, there is a simple fact about life that you have to realize. Stallions are wired to like everything sexual. How do you think they reacted by seeing two absolutely gorgeous young mares in tight leather violently make out?
(Scootaloo’s eyes widen in shock and then proceeds to dry heave good naturedly. The table erupts into laughter at the young filly’s expense.)
Dinky: Needless to say those stallions no longer cared about the rules we were breaking and Diamond knocked them out with a swift kick to the balls and smashed their face in when they were otherwise distracted.
Diamond: It wasn’t hard after that to complete the mission and get those foals back to their parents. Luna sure was ecstatic. Once she lets her mane down, Luna is alright for a Princess.
Scootaloo: Of course Luna is awesome, she helped me come to terms with my fear of Rainbow’s…. Never mind.
Diamond Tiara: What was that about her helping with you?
Scootaloo: *Suddenly less happy* I don’t want to talk about it, especially with you.
(Trixie and Ditzy break away from making googly eyes at each other to stare in confusion at Scootaloo’s outburst. Dinky is facehoofing while Diamond looks confused.)
Diamond: I don’t see what the big deal is, Luna helps a bun….
Scootaloo: Yeah, that’s the problem, you don’t see. I can be happy about Dinky apparently falling in love with you, I can even pretend to care and deal with a bunch of shit because of it, but I am NOT going to tell you a personal story as dirt on me. I got burned before by gossip. In fact, I’m going to my room before I get any angrier and look weirder because of it. Great food Trix, carry on!
(Scootaloo gets up from the table and before anypony, let alone Diamond Tiara do more than stare in confusion, the foal is gone. Diamond Tiara has a look of regret on her face as Dinky is shaking her head back in forth. Trixie looks concerned as she remembers a similar treatment from Rainbow Dash when Ditzy had reintroduced her to her and her very similar reaction; Before anypony moves though it is Diamond Tiara who recovers first.)
Diamond Tiara: Dinky, if you will excuse me, there is something I have to take care of.
Dinky: Are you sure that’s wise?
Diamond: I am familiar with her attitude. I spent six months trying to get them all to see the new me, and I know what I have to do.
Dinky: Are you talking about where you disappeared to all those months ago?
Diamond: Yep, and I know how to talk to her. I won’t lie to you Dinky. I still don’t know why you harassed me as you did. I was a huge brat and then I get sent to that dimension because of Apple Bloom. I saw a different side to everything and I was stuck there till I changed.
Dinky: Okay, but Scootaloo was hit pretty hard by what you did back then and I don’t think she will be completely over it.
Diamond: Trust me, I know what I have to do.
(Scootaloo is on her bed glaring at her wall. She is obviously still upset and has wrapped herself deeply into the covers.)
Scootaloo: Stupid Tiara, she thinks she can get under my skin and learn embarrassing information out of me so she can fucking blackmail me if I don’t do what she wants.
(Right as she is done cursing this, a knock echoes throughout the room causing a shift in comfort for the young Pegasus filly.)
Scootaloo: Go away, I will be down later when she goes to bed. I just want to be alone.
Diamond: Too bad, I don’t want you to.
Scootaloo: And I definitely don’t want to talk to you. Please leave me be! It is your fault I am even this bitter. Trixie had nothing on the shit I had to put up with you.
Diamond: I am aware of our past Scootaloo. All I want to do is talk. If I do anything that legitimately pisses you off, I will leave you alone.
Scootaloo: *After thinking for a long time* Fine, but if you revert to being whiny and insufferable, I am pushing you out of the window and telling Dinky you slipped.
(Diamond giggles slightly as she shuts the door behind her. She makes her slow way over to the bed, her euphoria decreasing the closer to Scootaloo she gets. Scootaloo notices this and despite confusion welling up inside her, she doesn’t say anything.)
Diamond: I will try to keep that in mind. Listen, I will say this now, but I am truly sorry for everything I did that upset and hurt you. I am aware that trauma this bad doesn’t truly go away, but all I can do is extend my heartfelt apology.
Scootaloo: We shall see, but how do I know you are truly sorry. Sorry is one thing, but what have you proven in your life that you truly mean it?
Diamond: I guess, if I am being honest, I haven’t. But first, let me tell you why I am at least willing to go through with it, without somepony first telling my father about it.
Scootaloo: Wow me then.
Diamond: It all started when Apple Bloom made a wish on a shooting star….
(For the next three hours, Diamond Tiara explains that she was sent to an alternate Ponyville. Throughout the tale, Scootaloo starts off bored and slightly annoyed, but the further Diamond goes with her story, the more invested she eventually becomes into it. Soon the rather bored slouch she has on her bed turns into a full upright position and utter devotion to her story.)
Scootaloo: So each of us was different in this Ponyville?
Diamond: Yeah, for one thing, it was the first time you and Apple Bloom actually fought back. I can tell you that it came as a huge surprise and now I know why.
Scootaloo: So how was Sweetie different?
Diamond: She was a little more assertive than usual and told her mind, but I don’t think even in an alternate universe Sweetie is capable of being mean. She was the easiest pony for me to work with. She helped me, once I was willing to admit I had a problem, to get me to change my attitude.
Scootaloo: What about your dad in this world? If you were there, couldn’t you just fall back on his so called power?
Diamond: A fair point, but in this world everything in this one was different, minus a few things obviously. In this world, I was considered poor but with a flawed sense of power. Apparently the Diamond Tiara in that world before I fell into it, was just a huge bully without the tiny sense of fame and fortune I had in mine. She made everypony’s life miserable, but you and Apple Bloom were the worse, and at first you never let me forget it.
Scootaloo: Was it painful?
Diamond: It took me a long time to finally understand that I was a monster. I won’t lie to you Scootaloo, I suffered greatly and I wanted to die several times from overwhelming guilt at what I put the three of you through. As well as the entire school now that I think about it. Even Silver Spoon wasn’t immune from my influence and I would poke and bully her as well even if that wasn’t as bad.
Scootaloo: So how does that change everything? So you went through a terrible time, that isn’t enough to fully change somepony.
Diamond: It was a big deal because it was supposed to be my hell. Every night, I would be sent horrible, nasty nightmares involving a bunch of crying at my hoofs. Do you know how fucking surreal it is to see you bully yourself?
Scootaloo: Can’t say that I do. But it sounds confusing.
Diamond: It was, and I saw various ponies at my hooves, cry and say what a mean little fucking bitch I was. I was forced to do whatever I wanted and picked nastily apart and examined each of my weaknesses. I had to endure this “hell” for 6 months, till I had a complete change of heart and befriended everypony fully that I had wronged.
Scootaloo: How did that end up working out for you?
Diamond: It was fucking hard as all hell. You are pretty damn stubborn you know that?
Scootaloo: I have my moments. So how did you finally convince me that you weren’t evil?
Diamond: Honestly? I never really did. I reached a sort of truce with you. Apple Bloom was cautious for a while but in reality, she can’t really hold a grudge like Pegasi can. But you no longer glared at me or made excuses to leave so that apparently counted in my favor. You weren’t friendly with me or really hung out with me more than you had to but because the others trusted me, you relaxed enough.
Scootaloo: *Down* So is that what I am really like? Do you honestly believe I would do that?
Diamond: You had a good reason. I put the three of you through hell and made fun of you for being Blank Flanks. If I am being honest here, I just hated the fact that you wanted yours so badly. You have so much fun just being kids that I guess I kind of hated you for having fun.
Scootaloo: That’s fucking messed up!
Diamond: I know! I am not asking you to be my friend Scootaloo. I can’t take back you entire childhood. All I ask is that you don’t hate Dinky for being in love with me. I plan on making up with Silver and the others later, and maybe Babs the next time she visits from Manehatten.
(Scootaloo is silent for a long time. She had a lot to think about. Diamond had a pretty crazy story to think about overall. It didn’t sound true, but she didn’t seem the kind to make up something that fantastical.)
Scootaloo: How did you end up returning Dinky’s feeling?
Diamond: Oh that! She is bloody persistent and no matter how many times I tried putting her down, still the filly was nearby. I didn’t like to admit it, but I soon grew to cherish her company. I just liked having somebody I could insult that could hold their own. I didn’t know that filly had such a mouth on her.
Scootaloo: Yeah, Dinks has quite a mouth on her. Kind of why nopony adopted her; Didn’t want a smart ass ruffian to be a part of their family. Dinky’s a good filly, just don’t piss her off or annoy her and she is relatively well behaved. She makes a good little foster sister.
Diamond: So are we good, at least for right now?
Scootaloo: Yeah, I guess we are. Just don’t hurt Dinky or get her killed when working for Luna or I will murder you. I know plenty of places around here to bury a body. At least I do thanks to Lyra. That mare is fucking nuts.
Diamond: Let’s go tell Ditzy that we are better and then go hang out with Dinky.
Scootaloo: I can get down with that!
(The two fillies walk down the hall and once they near the kitchen, voices can be heard. The two speed up and quickly barge into the kitchen. Then stop dead in their tracks.)
Diamond: Scootaloo?
Scootaloo: Yes?
Diamond: What the fuck am I seeing and why am I seeing it?
Scootaloo: I have no idea *facehooves*
()Trixie is decked out with bondage gear with a whip in one hoof and a banana cream pie in the other. Ditzy is tied to the refrigerator covered in muffin crumbs. A small puddle of undeterminable origin is below her and she is the same cover of a tomato.)
Ditzy: Feed me again muffin mistress, I am yours to ravage as you please.
Trixie: Not yet my dear, I still have to feed you desert. After all you haven’t had your meal yet and having a desert before your meal is a sin.
Ditzy: It is a fucking wonderful sin though isn’t it. I would sin for muffin and bananas.
Trixie: Then your mistress shall feed you my banana because you have been well behaved.
(Before this can escalate any further, the now dead tomatoes leave the room to let Ditzy and Trixie do whatever it is they are doing. For a long time outside the kitchen, Scootaloo just stares into space for a while, while Diamond’s eye twitches.)
Scootaloo: Diamond?
Diamond: *Twitches* Yes, Scootaloo?
Scootaloo: I really hate my family sometimes!
Diamond: Agreed! Let’s never speak of this again.
Scootaloo: Agreed!
End Credits
