"That was..." Candy started.

"Pretty intense" I finish.

We were walking towards Sugar cube corner for an after school snack as we talked about today's...event. Kal was happily jogging next us, glad to be out of my stuffy bag. The morning rush has slowed down since well...this morning, and it was a lot easier to wind around the crowds and through the market areas. Up ahead was Sugar cube corner. a bell rang as we walked in.

"Just a minuuuuuute!" The high pitched voice of Candy's mom called.

As we sat down a pink blur flashed in front of us as said person was standing in front of us with a notepad in her hand.\

"Back for another candy cupcake Candy? And nice to see you again Autty!" She hugs us both with a big smile on her face "So what'll it be?"

"I'll have a pumpkin pie sundae" I order.

"Three candy cupcakes please!" Candy says excitedly.

"Three whole cupcakes? I'm not sure about that Candy, don't you remember what happened last time you ate more than two?" Pinkie says with a concerned look.

"I only had a stomach ache cause I had three slices of cake after!" Candy jumps out of her seat and kneels in a begging position. "Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaassssseeee Mommy!"

"Alright," She sighs and writes the order down.

Kal nudges my arm with his nose and looks up at me with pleading eyes.

"Do you have mixed berries?" I asked.

"Of course," She writes it down "And one bowl of berries for little Kal"

After waiting for a bit we got our sweets. We ate as we chatted about today.

"I can't believe Mrs. Clover gave us a take home quiz, Before a weekend! And tonight is the fall festival!" Candy complaints.

"You know how Mrs. Clover can be. She just doesn't believe in breaks" I sigh. "I wonder if Crystal got the homework. I didn't see her after lunch"

"That's because she went home, her mom came for her"

"What!?" I exclaim "I didn't know she was that upset"

"Well Nebula did kinda announce to everyone in our grade that her parents were breaking up. Soon it'll be all over town considering her dad is a prince getting dumped by a lady from Ponyville" Candy explains.

"Ponyville?" I question.

"Well we have a lot of horses here and it has a nice ring to it don't you think?" She asked.

"Anyway," I say changing the subject "I still feel bad. Should we...go check on her?"

"Hmmm...No thanks!" Candy says with a smile.

"Why not?"

"Even though what Nebula said was mean I still think the things she does to you is meaner" Candy shakes her head while moving on to her next cupcake "Remember that time at summer camp when she had to be your partner for canoeing and she caught a ride with the twins and left you in the middle of the pond without your paddles. You could have drowned if counselor Apple Bloom didn't see you"

"I was in a boat, So I couldn't have drowned"

"What about that time she threw your book of herbs into the everfree forest that time her mom went to your house for tea. You could have died out there!"

"It was my fault for going after a dusty old book anyway" I shrug my shoulders as I ate another spoon I ice cream. Candy groans and facepalmed.

"Sometimes your kindness is frustrating"

"I wouldn't call it being kind. Just forgiving" I finish my last bite of ice cream before picking my bag up along with Kal, "I think I should head home now. The festival starts in a few hours"

"I walk you home!" Candy stuffs the remaining cupcake in her mouth and picks up her back too "I'll see you at the festival mom!"

We leave the bakery and walk all the way to the more quieter roads near the edge of the everfree forest. I see my house up ahead. Wait something's not right. I also see...a white car.

"Oh no" I groan.

"What is it?" Candy squints her eyes to see the car before they widen. "This can't be good"

"I guess I'll see you later then?" I asked sadly.

"Yeah. I'll come by later so we can walk to the festival together" Candy says putting her hand on my shoulder.

"I think it would be best If I just met you there" SHe nods before leaving.

I open the door to my home and immediately I can smell the strong fancy perfume.

"It's so embarrassing to know that even a ten-year-old knows about it. Poor little Crystal was completely mortified. It was so bad that I had to pick her up from school early" The familiar voice said.

"Oh dear, is Crystal okay?" Mom asked.

"She was upset at first but she was okay once we got home. But I don't think she would want to go to the festival tonight"

A door slamming shut behind me caused me to nearly jump out of my skin. I turned to see my dad standing there with his arms crossed.

"Autumn is that you?" Mom asked.

Dad pulls me into the living room and sat me right in the middle of Mom and Mrs- er Ms. Rarity.

"So I heard you were late this morning?" Dad question. I can practically feel the holes burning into my back.

"It was an accident! I didn't mean to miss the bus!" I quickly explain.

"Mrs. Cheerilee already told us what happened. It alright" Mom says calmly. "But that isn't all that happened today. is it?"

I start sweating as I looked at Ms. Rarity. "There was an argument between Prince Nebula and Crystal"

" Is that all?" Mom asked."Cause Rarity told me that Crystal said you were involved"

"What? I didn't say anything to her at all" I say confused.

"She told me that you were the one who started it and you also got Nebula involved" Rarity explained.

So that was Crystal's Idea. To get me in trouble as an outlet for her anger towards Nebula.

"That's- I- What?" I didn't know what to say. I couldn't tell her that Crystal was bullying me That would create problems for both of our moms and they might end up having an argument and they won't talk to each other anymore. They're the elements of harmony, and if they stop being friends then it might cause the whole world to be thrown off balance. And it would be all my fault!

"Well, Autumn?" Mom pressed.

"I...I'm sorry. I was annoyed because I missed the bus and got in trouble and I accidentally took it out on Crystal. Nebula thought Crystal was being mean so he stepped in" I say bowing my head a bit "It was just a misunderstanding"

"At least we know the truth now. Next time just talk to someone instead of taking it out on others" Rarity sighed.

"I think you should apologize to Crystal" Mom suggests.

"I'll make sure to see her tomorrow," I say heading upstairs.

"You could just do it right now. She's upstairs in your room" Mom called after me. My eyes got wide as I stared at my door. "I was waiting for you to come home so I can explain what's going on for the next few weeks"

I hesitate before opening my room door.

"Look who's finally here"

Author's Note

So that's that. Not a cliffhanger but it didn't exactly end on a "Satisfying" level.

Next time: "Something's definitely not right"