One of Princess Twilight's biggest rules for friendship is that fighting back against a bully is wrong.
Scootaloo had always hated that particular rule. She had no trouble with it when she was younger, when Silver Spoon, Diamond Tiara and Babs had all reformed, and had proven to be good friends to her and the other crusaders.
But then Sweetie gave birth to triplets, and it was then that Scootaloo realized how toxic that lesson could be.
Ace, Tempo Breeze and Magical Melody were all prime targets for a bully, both because of having two moms, being triplets, and their own separate issues. If Scootaloo had been in their hooves, and she had been, she would of have just tried to ignore it, or keep telling on the bullies.
But the three are smarter than she ever was. If something fails, they won't rush right back in. Instead, they'll change their approach, and tackle it from a new angle. And when going to authority figures only ends up with the bully getting a stern letter home on a good day, they know they have to try something different.
Being triplets, ponies talk about how they have been lumped together all their lives, and, Scootaloo knows that that when her girls hear this, they rub their hooves together, and use it to their advantage.
Ace is the leader of the Crusaders and she took after her mama with her light orange body, and pink and purple mane. Like Scootaloo, she is an athlete at heart, snarky and always up for anything. She's the sane one out of the group, stopping the others from doing something ridiculously stupid.
She is also hot tempered, argumentative and has a nasty habit of breaking her game controllers.
However, Ace, once again like her mom, was born unable to fly. Instead, she had very powerful earth pony magic, and could often channel it when helping out on Aunt Applebloom's farm.
A Pegasus with earth pony magic was a strange concept, which, added in with her inability to fly, made her a very good target for bullies.
Ace is vindictive though. She gets angry, gets physical, but when that gets her in trouble, she just ignores them, hoping they'll stop. Until, at last, Ace has no choice but to retaliate.
Ace is terrifying when pushed too far. If you need any evidence, Scootaloo can point you in the direction of Lemon Square. After pushing her too far, she had successfully convinced the entire Apple Family to cut his family off from any cider or Zapp Apple Jam sales. His notebook was slashed, his homework went missing, and a hundred other things that got him in trouble.
Ace can be very vindictive when pushed too far, and honestly? Scootaloo is very proud of her.
But then she and Sweetie are called into class by Cheerilee.
Tempo Breeze is different.
The little white Pegasus was born with the unique ability to manipulate air particles. This meant she was one of, if not the fastest Pegasi alive, and even now she had yet to reach her true potential.
That fact alone stirred up feelings of jealousy and rage from other Pegasi fillies and colts, but Tempo is also a mute, which honestly, paints an even bigger target on her, as most ponies assume she won't be able to tell on them.
Of course, Scootaloo could tell them about the wonders of Equestrian Sign Language, but where's the fun in that?
Tempo is the adventurer, the extrovert, the daredevil, the one who does ridiculously stupid things once Scootaloo's turned her back. She takes karate, and, like Ace, is completely unafraid of throwing the first punch if the situation calls for it.
But while Ace has a take no prisoners attitude, Tempo is very rarely truely enraged. If she ever has to fight someone, you know it's for a good reason.
So when the day comes that Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle get a call from Cheerilee asking to see them so they can talk about their daughters "troubling behavior" she's not surprised. Disappointed in the way the situation was dealt in yes, but not surprise.
They burst into the classroom, which is empty save for Cheerilee and Tempo Breeze. Scootaloo gives their daughter a quick once over. There's blood on her hoof, and her pale coat is dirty, but that's about it.
While Scootaloo looks over Tempo, Cheerilee finds herself muzzle to infuriated muzzle with a very beautiful and very mad white unicorn.
"What is the meaning of this?" She asked, and even though she didn't scream or shout, both Scootaloo and Tempo could tell she was inwardly seething. "You hauled us in to complain about her finally snapping at her tormentor?"
"She broke Heavyweights nose" Cheerilee explained, and the temperature in the room dropped ten degrees. Cheerilee gulped.
Sweetie jabbed a hoof into the earth ponies chest. "She told you what was happening, but whatever pitiful method you did clearly didn't work! And you're blaming her for your negligence?" Sweetie's voice rose,and it echoed against the walls of the classroom ominously.
Cheerilee aimed a desperate glance at Scootaloo, who made a point of turning to Tempo, and asking "did you win?" The filly brightened, and nodded vigorously.
"In that case, we must be going now" Scootaloo started walking towards the door, with Sweetie and Tempo falling in behind her. Just before she left, Scootaloo turned to face her former teacher, eyes cold.
"She defended herself and her sisters. Don't you ever punish her for that."
Magical Melody worries her the most.
Even from a young age, the unicorn was shy and quiet, and, okay, yeah a bit of a crybaby. She had magical talent, but seemed more interested in playing with Fluttershy's many animals. She carried around a notebook, which was packed to the brim of stories, ideas and songs.
She's the sensitive one, the one who takes after Sweetie, with her big heart and empathy. She's the bullies main target, for her ability to burst into tears at the drop of a hat. Usually her sisters looks after her, but they're not always there.
Melody seems to be under the impression that being nice to her bullies is the way to go, that trying to befriend them will solve all her problems. But the world isn't like that, not for lack of trying on her part.
Tempo and Ace encourage her to use her magic against them, but Mel has always refused. She is an avid believer in Twilight's friendship lessons, and no bullying bullies is a big one of hers.
But as Mel keeps trying to alert authority figures to the issue, and they do nothing, the more aware she becomes.
Mel is crazy smart. She can make up poems and stories and songs on a dime, and they can move ponies to tears. She's going to be the worlds greatest songwriter one day, Scootaloo is sure. She just needs to come out of her shell a little.
So, Melody starts weaving her stories. She talks of how her Aunt's are Equestria's Defenders, how her family is on speaking terms with Princess Twilight, how her mom is a famous pop singer, and her other mom is a stuntspony.
And sure, it was wrong of her to use her connections to get bullies to back off, but it was effective, and nopony got hurt, so Scootaloo wasn't going to stop her.
The bullies are disbelieving at first, at least of the Princess Twilight thing, but when Twilight asks Mel to help her with some magical studies, their doubt is proven to be ineffective.
And, yeah, Scootaloo may casually drop in the fact that Mel can always get front row tickets to any Wonderbolt shows thanks to her Aunt Rainbow Dash, but hey, if fillies and colts chose to take it in a threatening way, well, that's their problem.
There are sometimes when Scootaloo worries for the fate of Equestria when bullies are in every class.
But then she remembers that scattered in their victim pool are ponies like Melody, Tempo and Ace, and she's reassured.
Author's Note
Damn, that took a long time!
I always hated how limp handed MLP episodes were about bullies.
Okay, so you're probably wondering; why are these three so powerful?
Well, most of the time when two ponies of the same sex want a child, they'll just get Twilight or Discord to swap one of their genders.
But then Twilight wanted to see if she could magically make a pony pregnant, and Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, who wanted children, voluntered.
It had a few side effects, Tempo is a mute, Ace's has ADHD, and Melody is a dyslexic geographer, but the main effect was their magic.
Tempo is made from 98% pure pegasus magic, so she can manipulate air, and fly very fast
Ace is made from 98% pure earth magic, so she can make things grow, heal others or manipulate the earth
Melody is made from 98% unicorn magic, and is one of the most powerful unicorns to date
See bios here!
Ace - https://echosverse.deviantart.com/art/Ace-Bio-743532593
Tempo - https://echosverse.deviantart.com/art/Tempo-Breeze-Bio-743425972
Melody - https://reading4halfmylife.deviantart.com/art/Magic-Melody-Bio-743875844?ga_submit_new=10%3A1525696295
