The next day......

As the three crusaders- Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle- were walking to school, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were nervously walking at a slower pace than their friend, with the incident of last night still in the ponies' heads. Much of the walk was filled with awkward silence until Apple Bloom finally decided it was time to break the ice.

" Um... Scootaloo? Are you sure you're ok? You know if you ever need anything, Sweetie and I are always there for ya." Apple Bloom stated in a calm and friendly manner.

" Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" replied Scootaloo in a tone that suggested she wasn't ok.

" Well.. We know how mad you were at Rainbow and...." spoke Sweetie Belle before she was interrupted by the flight of the rainbow Pegasus they just so happened to be talking about. As Rainbow landed next to the three fillies, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle cast nervous glances as Scootaloo looked away from the Pegasus as to say she wanted nothing to do with her.

" Scoots, listen, words cannot describe how truly sorry I am. What I did last night was foolish of me and it was wrong to make you so upset. I know you wanted me there for you so I figured if I could do anything for you......"

" Why? You don't have any other admirers to disappoint today? You must have a free schedule." Scootaloo interjected as Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle felt incredibly uncomfortable with the scene that was taking place.

" Scoots, please, I'm really trying to make it up to you." spoke Rainbow Dash in a broken and quiet voice which was nothing anypony had ever seen from the usual confident mare.

" Well guess what? You can't. I've never felt like I needed anypony in my life until I met you. You were the first pony I've truly felt like I could trust no matter what, and look what happens, now I can't trust the one pony who promised they'd be my sister. You can't make this up, Dash. Actions have consequences and you've taken advantage of my trust multiple times. How about you stay away from me?!!? That way, You wouldn't have to worry about anyone but yourself." Scootaloo remarked in a cruel sense of voice that seemed to speak the truth.

" Scootaloo, that's enough..." pleaded Apple Bloom. Sweetie Belle just sat back with her eyes as wide as oranges, with a look on her face that told she felt sorry for both ponies.

What happened next was something the three ponies... or anypony had seen from Rainbow Dash. With visible tears in her eyes, she quickly flew off without looking back. This was the lowest she had felt in her life, the one pony who cared about her and she ruined it. " How could I be so stupid?" thought Dash as she was gone from the young ponies' s sight within 3 seconds.

" Come on, School's starting soon" whispered Scootaloo as Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle nodded reluctantly, the three school ponies looking as miserable as possible.

At Twilight's Castle..........

After her last attempt of apologizing to Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash decided to go visit the one friend she knew could help her with any friendship problem, the princess of friendship to be exact.

As Rainbow knocked on the castle door, the door slowly opened as the head of Princess Twilight quickly popped out.

" Rainbow, are you ok?" Twilight asked with a look of concern.

" I screwed up badly. I don't know what to do" Rainbow sobbed as quickly recounted what happened to Twilight as they walked into the throne room.

" Rainbow, I know you're trying your best to apologize, but honestly, I don't think a simple apology can fix what you've done. When you've hurt a friend this badly, simply saying sorry can't replace what has happened." said Twilight with a calm yet firm tone.

" Yeah," spoke Starlight Glimmer out of nowhere. " No pony is just going to forgive you simply because you claim you'll change."

Twilight immediately blushed as she realized the irony of the situation Starlight had described. " ....right.... anyway, you need to show Scootaloo you can change, that doesn't mean she'll forgive you automatically, but you first need to realize what's done is done, and you can never change that. You need to move on."

As Twilight finished speaking, Rainbow was slowly realizing what Scootaloo had said " Actions have consequences." and immediately, Rainbow was showing signs of optimism and hope. " Twilight, I know what I must do." Rainbow spoke with the most sincerity her friend had ever seen from the carefree Pegasus.

However, as Twilight and Rainbow Dash were just getting ready to leave the castle, Sweetie Belle comes running up to the two with a look of fear in her eyes. Sweetie stops to catch her breath before she hastily screams, " HELP!!!! SCOOTALOO AND DIAMOND TIARA ARE FIGHTING!!!!!!!!"

With those words being said, Twilight, Rainbow, and Sweetie quickly gallop to the school building, unaware of what was about to happen.

Author's Note

Yeah.... I like to use Diamond Tiara as the bully despite of what's show canon. Anyway, stay tuned for the final chapter.

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