Dear diary,
Wow! It feels so.... So.... Strange writing that. I never thought I would write that! I'm not exactly the kind of pony who does all that girly stuff, and writing a diary is DEFIANTLY girly. Yuck! I can't believe I'm doing this. But, if Snowy says it's good for me, then I guess it must be good for me. Snowy is my therapist. She is a pegasus with a white coat, blue eyes and a bushy, purple main and tail. And yes, I know what you're thinking, why do I need a therapist? Well, the truth is, I don't. It's just that my parents happen to be extraordinarily rich, meaning that they can afford all these weird things that other ponies can't. You would have thought it would be fun being the daughter of two rich parents... But it's not, they make you do all these stupid things, just because they can afford it, for example, they make me have therapy, and they make me take private tuition alongside private schooling. They make me learn Spanish and French and German and Latin. They make me learn how to play cello and flute and violin and piano. And after all that I have no time for myself. I can't play with my toys or my friends, I simply don't have the time. I have to go to bed at six, wake up at eight, at school by nine, home at three, language tuition until half three, instrument tuition until four, tea at five, and then half an hour of therapy. It's stupid! Right now, it's six thirty, I'm supposed to be asleep, but let's face it, nopony goes to bed at that time!
I hope that one day my parents realise how stupid they're being by making me do all this, then they would cancel it all and I would be free to do whatever I wanted and nopony would be able to stop me! I have got so many toys, and so many that nopony else could afford, but I have no time to play with them, if only I didn't have all these stupid things to do then I could play all day with no cares! I could go out with my friends and do normal things together that other ponies do. You have no idea how much I would like to go out and ride a scooter, or fly a kite. But no, I have no time. I never have time.
Anyhow, I better get some sleep, or else someone might find out that I'm still awake and then I would get seriously told off, and trust me, the last thing I want is another lecture!
I CAN'T SLEEP! Why?! Because I just had the most terrible thought... What if my parents read this?! What if they find out I have a diary, think I'm a girly-girl and send me to one of those horrid girls' schools... Or make me do Ballet... Or paint my room pink as a surprise?! I suppose that going to a girls' school wouldn't be so bad, I'd get to meet others fillies for a change, but Ballet?! PINK?! NO WAY! I need to find a hiding place for this... And quick!
Oh no, I just had another thought, what if they read that I was writing my diary when I was supposed to be in bed?! They would make me take discipline classes until I am sixteen! I CANNOT let this happen!!! But, what should I do?! Hide it! That's my only option... But where? The house is so big that if I was to hide it just anywhere then I probably wouldn't be able to remember where I had hidden it and I would lose it. That wouldn't be so bad, but if I was to loose it, then there's a chance that someone could find it, and there's also a chance that this someone might be one of my parents, and there's a chance that they might read it... And if they read it then, then... Girls school... Pink bedroom... Ballet... Discipline classes! Yuck! I can just imagine it now... My life would be OVER... It's horrible, just horrible!!!
Hmm, now let me think... Where to hide it... Where to hide it?! I've got it! Underneath my pillow! Surly, they won't look under there! Well, at least now I can get some sleep!
I just had the most terrible nightmare! I woke up to find that my bedroom had been transformed into this girly, pink paradise. Then I walked into the hallway to find this pony stood outside my door. She claimed to be a therapist... Though it wasn't Snowy, it was some other pony. She told me that my parents had found my diary, and fired Snowy for advising me to make a diary in the first place, because I was staying up late at night to write it. She also told me that she would be taking over from Snowy, and that therapy would start straight away, because my parents had decided that I should take early morning classes so that I could make time for Ballet after girls school. It was awful! Now I'm more determined than ever to keep my diary safe... But where, oh where should I put it?! Somehow, underneath my pillow doesn't sound like such a good idea anymore, a maid could easily find it when making my bed and pass it on to my mum or dad. I think I'll keep it there for tonight, but tonight only. I will move it first thing tomorrow morning, before breakfast.
I STILL can't get to sleep! I've tried EVERYTHING! Counting sheep... Counting ponies... Counting stars. I just keep worrying about my diary, and what will happen if anypony finds it. I don't wanna get Snowy replaced! She's simply the BEST therapist ever... Even if I don't really need one. But now it's not just the thought of if my parents find it... But my friends too. For a pony as isolated as me, it's hard to find friends, and a lot of the time, when a pony finds out how rich I am, they completely avoid me, because they think I'm going to be one of these stuck-up ponies like Silver Spoon. I've never actually met Silver Spoon, but I've heard LOTS about her from my friend Diamond Tiara. She says that Silver Spoon is a mean pony who follows her everywhere because she can't stand the thought of Diamond Tiara 'stealing her spotlight', and that she acts like she's Diamond Tiara's friend just to attract attention to herself, when really she hates Diamond Tiara, and Diamond Tiara KNOWS IT!
Anyway, I got a little off track there. As I was saying, it's hard for me to find friends, so if one of them descovers my diary, what will they think of me?! Will they even WANT to be my friends anymore?! I can't risk losing my friends, I can't risk losing Snowy, and I can't risk Ballet and girls' school! It's too risky hiding it around the house... Someone could find it.... The only option left is to take it with me, wherever I go! How hard can it be?!
Author's Note
Hi readers! I hope you like this story. And remember... This is a choose your own adventure story, so if there's something you want to happen in this story (and it's not too extreme) then I'll try to make it happen. All you need to do is comment! I'll try to weave it into the story the best way I can, it could just be a thought that my OC has, or maybe a letter that gets dropped through the post, or something a pony says to her, but I'll try to get it in there.
Also, I hope you like the twist at the end with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Hopefully, you'll get to know more about that later on.
Anyway, I really hope you enjoyed this, and let me know if you think that having it as a choose your own adventure is a good idea or a bad idea, because I really don't know.
Anyway, thanks again, The Corn.
Dear diary,
Well, this morning was a crazy one to say the least! You see, I wasn't really sure what to do when I woke up. I needed to go downstairs to get some breakfast, but I also needed a safe place to hide this diary whilst I ate. The best idea would be to take it with me wherever I go to prevent one of the maids, or one of my parents, from finding it. Unfortunately, this had proven a lot harder then it first seemed, the reason being that I hadn't thought of a way that I could carry my diary around with me WITHOUT anypony questioning why. So, instead I decided on another way to keep my diary hidden form Mum and Dad. Snowy. Snowy was the only pony so far that knew I was keeping this diary, and she was also probably the only pony that would allow me to, without snitching to my parents, of course. So I crept down the long hallway towards Snowy's room, and gently tapped on the door. The pegasus answered happily, bearing a broad smile as I looked up at her.
"What's wrong, Swirl?" She asked me.
"I need your help." I replied through grit teeth.
"Why, what's wrong?" She urged.
"I need you to look after my diary whilst I have breakfast." I whispered back.
Snowy just stared at me. I didn't know what to do... But then she started to giggle, and I wanted to know what was so funny. I didn't understand... What was going on?
"You woke me up, for THAT?!" She chuckled. "Of course I'll look after it for you!"
So, Snowy took care of my diary for me whilst I ate breakfast, which was a massive relief for me because now I knew that nopony would find it and I was safe to eat my breakfast. When breakfast was finished I raced upstairs to find Snowy and I asked her if she could look after my diary for the rest of the day whilst I was at school, but unfortunatly for me, she said that she was going out today, so she would have to leave it in her room whilst she was out, and I couldn't let her do that, because a maid might come in and tidy the room and find the diary whilst she was gone, so I told Snowy that I'd changed my mind, and I said that I wanted to take it to school with me just in case I needed to write in it whilst I was at school. She looked a bit confused by my sudden change of mind, but she obliged and brought me my diary anyway. So right now I'm sat in the school toilets whilst I'm writing this because I'm hiding from my teacher; I've the most terrible day at school, and I'm only five minuets in! How will I survive?! Urgh! I just wanna stay in here all day and curl into a big ball and I want to... I want to... Oh, I don't know what I want anymore! Ok SwirlStorm, calm down. You're going to be OK. Everything's going to be fine. Everything's going to be just fine... But it's not though, is it? What am I going to do?! What can I do?! Maybe I should explain what happened, it will help me get it off my chest I suppose.
Diary in saddlebag and ready for school, I walked down to the path towards the old, majestic-looking building. I walked inside, like usual, I went to class, like usual, I sat down, like usual; I did everything like usual but it still went wrong! You see, when I went to take my textbook out of my bag I forgot that this diary was in here, and I took it out thinking it was my textbook, and started flicking through the pages without even thinking. Well, I flicked to a random page and she somehow managed to spot the words 'I hope that one day my parents realise how stupid they're' and she went belistic! She asked me to pass over the diary, but there was no way in Equestria I was gonna do that! So then she said that I either had to give her the diary, or she would call my parents. What was I supposed to do?! I couldn't give her the diary because she's read it, and there's no chance I was gonna let her read it, but I couldn't just not give her the diary, could I? Because then she's ring my Mum and Dad, and THAT wouldn't go down well... So what else was I supposed to do?! I ran, I ran into the toilets and that's where I've been ever since. But what do I do now?! I can't go back, but I can't just stay here! And I definatly can't go home... I could go to Diamond Tiara's? No, that wouldn't work. It would be the first place anypony would look for me... No, what I need is a place. Somewhere completely unexpected. Somewhere where I'd never be found. All I can do is pack up and run away. It's my only option. Okay, well, wish me luck, I'm going to try and sneak out of school now.
That went surprisingly well. You wouldn't believe how trusting that school receptionist was. I told her I was leaving just to go home and get my homework because I'd forgotten it, and that I'd return to school soon. Well, she seemed the least bit interested and just said that that's fine so long as I come back within five minuets. Heh, I feel kinda bad, I suppose she'll lose her job because of me... Oh, come on Swirl, pull yourself together, it's not your fault if she doesn't do her job propely! Okay, now focus. Focus on writing... Hmm, where was I? Ahh yes, I managed to convince the reception pony to let me out of school and then I just ran. I needed to get as far away as possible, so I ran to the train station. I got on a train and went as far as possible on it, and when I got off I walked. I walked and I walked and I walked until I came across a town, and that's where I am now. I'm in a town, and everyone here seems so happy it's unbelieveable! I want to stay here forever, it's amazing! I mean, I guess I kinda miss Snowy, and I miss Diamond Tiara and even my Mum and Dad a tiny bit... But there's no going back now. Can you imagine how much trouble I'd be in if I went home. I mean, I kept a diary without permission, stayed up after bedtime to write in it, ran away from my teacher, missed class, tricked the reception pony and to top it all off I got on a train all by myself! I would be grounded for LIFE! Nope, no turning back now. The town isn't bad though. There's this pony here, I forget her name, Star-Something, but she's basically the leader of the town and she says I can stay. It was quite late by the time I made it here, so it was dark, but from what I can see ponies seem happy. Very happy, actually. I'm glad I found this place. And Star-Thingy says she'll give me a proper welcome to the town in the morning, when I've had time to rest first. Ah well, it's been a long day, I suppose I should go to sleep now. Well, that's all for today diary, but I'll be sure to write again tomorrow... Bye!
Author's Note
I AM SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG. I really should have changes the status to haitus, but I didn't expect to be leaving it for so long. I would like to thank you all for reading, especially after so long. And of course, I hope you enjoyed. Oh and, remember to comment!
Also, sorry for such a short chapter but I thought that it would be unfair to make you wait any longer since you've waited so long already. I am so, so sorry.
Anyway, thanks again - The Corn, out.
