“Another day, another Dollar.” That is what Silver’s father had said for seventeen years. She could almost mouth them word for word as he walked in from another day at the office. When she was little she had loved hearing that, but as time went on she began to hate it. If you had asked her two years ago as to why she didn’t like those words, she would have said you were crazy. But due to a major change in her life that happened two years ago she saw things a little differently.
Silver sighed as she looked out of her large window that faced toward her home town Ponyville; the sight brought a smile to her face and at the same time a tear. She put a hoof up and wiped it away, surprised by how she is feeling right now. Soon she will be leaving this small town and heading toward the big city.
Silver’s father had told her she had to go so she could attend college, out there, he was very well known. He expected her to learn business so one day she could take over his company that he ran with Filthy Rich, his best friend and business partner. Little did he know she had her own plans for when she leaves to Manehattan.
Silver sighed and spoke to herself, “How I wish I had someone to go with me. Someone who understands me better.” she looked out her window again and thought back, remembering that she did have a friend like that at one time, her name was Diamond Tiara, she knew more about Silver Spoon than any pony in Ponyville. At times she missed her but what had happened between them was for the best. The only problem now was that she didn’t have many friends due to her past.
Before she knew it, there was a knock on her door, she looked away from the window quickly and said, “Come in.”
Her door opened, her family’s butler trotting in, always looking proper “Pardon me Ms. Silver Spoon” Silver looked back at the family’s butler “yes, what is it?” the butler continues “A Ms. Diamond Tiara is at the door to see you.”
Silver let out a long sigh and a slight anger in her eye saying, “Let her in and send her up here please.”
“Right away, ma’am,” he said, trotting back out quickly
It only took a few minutes for Diamond Tiara to walk in to Silver’s room. Diamond Tiara had her usual satisfied smirk on her face as she said “Hello Silver, it’s been too long.”
“What do you want Diamond?”
When the door closed behind her by the butler, her smirk vanished and her voice became quieter “I…wanted to talk with you.”
“I figured as much since you showed up at my house uninvited. Didn’t you get the message last time? We aren’t friends anymore.” Silver said, looking back at her, glasses covering her eyes some.
Diamond giggled a little “I see you still have the glasses I got you”
“What can I say? I am not going to throw out a perfectly good pair of signature Hoity Toity designer glasses.” Silver replied with a hint of annoyance in her voice
Diamond only smiled wider and continued, “Well the reason I came by was that I wanted to tell you, that we will be going to the same school out in Manehattan. My father set it up so we can be roommates, so I figured I would see if we can fix this little problem we have and go back to being friends.”
Silver felt her blood starting to boil as Diamond started talking “What do you mean little problem?! What you did wasn’t right Diamond, it was uncalled for. I mean, do you even remember what happened that day?”
Diamond was hurt at the tone Silver was talking in, she backed off a little. Silver felt rage filling her and she wanted nothing more than to buck the little Princess out of her room. She knew she would never hear the end of it from her father. Silver may be angry with Diamond, but Silver’s father still saw her as the Daughter of his best friend, Filthy Rich
Diamond may not remember what happened back then or didn’t care, but Silver did. It was something she didn’t think she would ever be able to forget. It was the day her look and her feelings toward her rich life and family had started to change…
~Two Years Earlier~
“Bump, Bump, Sugar-Lump, Rump!” said Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara in unison, both giggling as they ended the little rhyme of theirs.
“Silver Spoon can you believe that we have to go to Twilight’s Library today and learn about old pony history? I mean come on, like any pony cares about what happened in the past.” Diamond Tiara had emphasis and laughter in her voice
“I know right, who cares?” Silver Spoon replied, laughing with Diamond always following her every word.
The two of them giggled more, but stopped as their teacher walked in. Now that they were in High School they didn’t have Miss Cheerilee anymore, they have a new teacher and she is out sick for a few weeks, so they were all stuck with Twilight Sparkle. Most of the class loved her, it didn’t matter that she was a book worm and an egg head. The two rich fillies on the other hoof, found her to be an ass in the donkey sense, meaning they saw her as an infertile mutation that is a donkey and below them, like common rabble, well Diamond did anyway, Silver Spoon liked the way Twilight taught the class. Most of the time they were stuck inside but Twilight preferred to take the class to places around Equestria and give them a little history of each place.
Silver, of course, would never tell Diamond, she didn’t think her friend would understand, so Silver did as she always had, put on a fake smile and tried to keeping up with Diamond Tiara. Over the years she had grown quite good at it, so good, that one would think she really was a snob, of course, growing up with the kind of family she grew up in, helps a bit.
“Oh look here come the blank flanks.” Diamond Tiara pointed out, making a face as Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle walked in to the Library with the rest of the class.
“Hey now, we aren’t blank flanks anymore.” Scootaloo said showing off her cutie Mark along with Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle.
“Well, whatever you’re still losers to me.”
“I don’t know Diamond. I mean they did get their cutie marks, so we can’t really call them blank flanks anymore.” Said Silver Spoon
“Shut up Silver. They are losers and that is all that matters!” Diamond said almost shouting.
“GIRLS!” Twilight magically appears behind the two “I don’t approve of name calling in my class.”
Diamond turned around quickly and smirked “It’s not your class, you’re just filling in. Honestly, no one really cares what you think or have to say about anything, we are only here because we have to be. Now let’s get this day over with. I’m sure you’ll go on and on about how much you love books and how great the stupid princess is.” Diamond finished giving a mischievous laughter.
Silver could tell that Diamond had hit a cord with that statement. Twilight glared at her and said in a tone that she had never heard the pony use before, “Fine, you don’t want to be here then go home. I’m sure the class doesn’t need a brat like you or your friend here anyway. I’ve been watching you two for a while now, my final analysis suggests that, all I see are two fillies who don’t know how to grow up, and when they finally have too they won’t know what to do. Most of all you Diamond Tiara. Now go home you both are suspended as of this moment.”
“What?! You can’t do that, my daddy owns this town!” Screamed Diamond
“I’m the teacher here, your father doesn’t own this town, Princess Celestia rules over it, and the ponies of Ponyville all own a bit of it, not your father alone. Now go home before I make you.” Twilight spoke with annoyance in her tone and her horn aglow.
“Fine whatever, but you’ll be sorry you ever crossed me.” Diamond said turning to leave “Come on Silver Spoon.”
“But I didn’t do anything. I don’t want to go home.” Silver said looking back at Twilight and the class.
Diamond flipped around, “What? You just agreed with me before on how much this place sucked. If I have to go so do you.”
“I’m sorry Silver Spoon, but unfortunately, you are in just as much trouble as Diamond is. Maybe you should start to think about the friends you keep, their action’s can get you in trouble quick.” Twilight said turning her back on Silver
Silver stomped out of the room and started off toward home with Diamond Tiara right behind. Diamond caught up to Silver and with irritation in her voice “Oooooooh, humph, can you believe that Twilight Sparkle? I’m so going to make her pay for saying that to me.”
“How are you going to do that Diamond? She is the Princess’s student and she does have a point. Our fathers may be rich, but I don’t think they can do much about Twilight Sparkle or what she says to us.” Silver said, as they were fast approaching her house
“Oh ho ho believe me. I’ll get back at her, just be ready tomorrow, you’ll see what I have planned.” Diamond Tiara said smiling mischievously, then trotting off.
Silver only sighed and walked into her house thinking about what Twilight said only to shrug it off as she made her way up to her room and shut her door. She took some time to relax, read, and then take a nap.
When the sun had started to set, there was a Knock on her door. She figured it was her father or the butler so she said, “I’m not hungry.” But the knock came again and she sighed again, shaking her head at this pony’s persistence, “ugh fine, come in.”
The door opened and to Silver’s surprise Twilight Sparkle walked in, she smiled and said “I’m sorry if I am interrupting anything Silver Spoon, but I just wanted to have a word with you if that’s ok?”
“I guess, it’s not really like I have much of a choice anyways.”
“You always have a choice Silver Spoon. May I have a seat?”
“Sure, I guess.” Said Silver still not looking at the older pony
Twilight took a seat on a chair near Silver’s desk and spoke in a calm and motherly-like voice “Silver, you can drop the act, I can see right through it. I came here to help you with something.”
“Act, what act?” Silver replied with a bit of shock in her face
“The one you put on in front of everypony to make them think you’re just like Diamond Tiara. Deep down I can tell you have a good heart and don’t like acting like that.”
“And how in Celestia’s name can you tell that?”
“It’s a gift in a way. You may have the cutie mark of a pony who was born into a wealthy family, everything given to you on a silver platter, but that doesn’t make you a snob. When you didn’t do what Diamond Tiara told you to earlier, I knew you were faking the way you act.”
“And how would you know how I act, you don’t know me, that could have been the part I’m faking. Maybe I said what I said to Diamond so I could get you to not suspend me. I want to get into a good college, but a suspension doesn’t help much.”
“You have a real gift for acting I think. You even know how to fake some emotions just so you can hide your real ones.” Silver continues to not look at Twilight, who becomes a tad annoyed at the young filly’s stubbornness, but laughs a little, getting up from the chair and trots a little closer to Silver, “You can talk to me you know, I may understand better than most ponies do.”
Something about the way Twilight was talking to Silver made her feel better. She looked over and couldn’t help a small smile and her eyes started to welled up “How could you understand what I have to do every day to make sure my life stays good?” Silver wipes her eyes dry only to have her eyes well up again.
“What is so good about it right now Silver, huh, can you tell me that? From what I see, you don’t have any real friends, only Diamond, but she rips on everypony, even you. Trust me I understand in my own way. I used to think I couldn’t make friends, and didn’t think I needed too. I had my books, my studies, and my big brother. I thought that was what I wanted and needed.”
“Yeah then you came here to Ponyville, met your friends, saved the day, and now your life is perfect. Most of us know the story by now.”
“My life is not perfect, no pony’s life is, but it is much better than it was before. I can’t tell you what to do with your life Silver but I see a pony trying to be herself, but hiding behind those glasses, and the popularity act. I would like you to think about this for a moment. If Diamond Tiara and you are the only ones who like one another, but everyone else either fears you or doesn’t like you, that doesn’t make you popular.” Twilight stamps her hoof down, “I think you should know that if you ever need to talk, feel free to stop by my place anytime you want, I’ll make time for you.” Said Twilight turning around, heading toward the door
Silver only watched her go, but before Twilight could close the door she managed a quick “Thanks…” Twilight only stopped for a second to smile back at her and closed the door behind her.
Silver found it hard to sleep that night, thinking about what Twilight had said, all of it, every single word, every single syllable, rolling around inside her head. Around the morning, when Princess Luna has lowered the moon and celestia has raised the sun with their magic, Diamond knocks on Silver’s door. Silver felt horrid from the little sleep she got last night, she did manage to make it outside and yawn wide as Diamond Said through Silver’s door “So are you ready to see how I am going to get back at Twilight Sparkle?”
This woke Silver up a little more and she opened her door as she yawned a bit “Why can’t you just let it be Diamond?”
“She made fun of me in front of everypony, that’s why.”
“You do that all the time to the rest of our class mates, you’ve even done it to me a few times. Just drop it and let’s go do something, since we can’t go to school.” Said Silver
“It’s too late for that now Silver Spoon, we should head to town square so we can watch the show.”
“Wait a second, what did you do Diamond?”
“Oh you’ll see.” Diamond said with that menacing laugh.
Silver and Diamond made it to the town square quickly since Silver’s house was a short distance from there. To Silver’s surprise she approached a large group of ponies that had gathered around Twilight Sparkle and Filthy Rich, there were also two Canterlot royal guards on each side of Twilight.
Filthy Rich looked angry as he said “…And you call yourself a student of our great Princess. You are a disgusting pony that should be kicked out of Ponyville and Equestria for your crimes.”
“But I didn’t do anything. You have no evidence to say I ever touched your daughter. I wasn’t even around her last night, I was somewhere else.” Said Twilight standing her ground
More guards showed up now forming a ring around Twilight and Rich, keeping anypony from getting near them. As they did this Silver looked over, with a worried face, at Diamond and asked “What the hell did you do?”
“Simple, heh, heh, I told my father that Twilight Sparkle tried to get me to do things with her last night. No one knew where Twilight was around sunset last night, so I used it to my advantage.” Diamond said starting to giggle once again.
“You did what?!” said Silver Spoon feeling her anger rise
“That should teach that poor excuse of a pony, to say things like that to me, or anypony else in my family.”
Silver turned flipping her tail at Diamond’s snout and started walking toward the ring of guards. One tried to stop her from getting by but she was able to dodge him and run over to Twilight’s Side. She stood there tall and said “Mr. Rich, Twilight didn’t do anything to your Daughter.”
The crowd of ponies and canterlot guards looked around at each other in a fit of minor confusion.
“Silver Spoon get out of here, this has nothing to do with you. Miss Sparkle has done a horrid crime and has to be punished. She will be taken away and tried by her former teacher, then banished.” Said Filthy Rich
“I said I didn’t do anything.” Said Twilight looking a tad frightened
“She is telling the truth.” Silver said standing her ground
“And how do you know? Why would you stick up for this pony, when she did something horrid to your best friend?”
“Because she was at my house talking to me, I was upset last night and she knew it. She is my teacher and saw I needed somepony to talk too, so she came over to do exactly that. Since my mother is no longer with us I needed an older mare to help me out with a few things, got it?” Said Silver Spoon
“And how do we know she didn’t try something with you?”
“Twilight Sparkle is one of Ponyville’s best ponies. She has done a lot for us and Equestria; I find it disgusting that any pony would think she was capable of doing something like that to a filly, and an almost grown one at that, though I can’t say the same for the filly who placed this blame on her.” Said Silver still standing her ground and throwing a glare at Diamond
“Is this true Miss Sparkle, where you giving advice to Silver Spoon last night? And if so why didn’t you tell us in the first place?” asked Filthy Rich
“Because it wasn’t my business to talk about Silver Spoons problems, and yes I was.”
“Fine then you‘re free to go, as for my daughter, I’ll have a talk with her when we get home, lying to me about something like this is distasteful. I Hope you can forgive a fathers rash behavior. Come Diamond NOW!” said Filthy Rich, looking around for Diamond.
“I can but please try to not let it happen again.”
The crowed started to dwindle down and Twilight looked at Silver and thanked her for defending her like that.
“It wasn’t right of Diamond Tiara to do that to you, I hope she gets what’s coming to her.” Silver smiled back and gave Twilight a big hug “Also thank you for talking with me last night it did make me feel better and I also was able to think over some stuff in my life.” Silver Spoon finished and smiled up at her
“Think nothing of it.” Said Twilight “That’s what real friends are for.” Twilight gave Silver a wink and trotted off
After everypony left Diamond Tiara stomped over to where Silver Spoon was a bit enraged “What the hell was that for Silver Spoon? I can’t believe you just did that. Why did you mess up my plan? Now my father is going to be pissed at me when I get home. Some friend you are.”
Silver felt the hot anger boil again looking at Diamond Tiara square in the eye, so Diamond can see the anger and hatred in her eyes “Some friend I am?! Really?! It’s more like, ‘some friend you are.’ I mean you didn’t have to do that to Twilight, it was only words, but noooo once Diamond Tiara has her mind set on something, she make sure she gets it, just like a spoiled Princess.” Silver cools down a bit to finish “Well I’m done with it all. I’m sick of pretending I’m just like you, and I’m sick of treating other ponies like they are nothing.” A tear escapes Silver’s eye, “From here on out Diamond, we are no longer friends.”
“Wait a second; you can’t just dump me as your friend. Without me you won’t have any friends ever again!” Said Diamond her voice is almost to the point of screaming
“Well we will have to see about that, but I would rather have no friends, than have a friend like you. Good bye Diamond Tiara.” Said Silver, with that she turned her back on her former friend…
~Present Day~
Silver looked at Diamond and the hot anger was still there. She looked in the icy blue eyes of her former friend. She looked older now, but still you could see the mean pony behind those cold eyes. Silver looked away and said “Diamond, I won’t be going to your school when I get to Manehattan.”
“What do you mean? Your father set it up so you and I would go to the college him and my father went too.”
“I know, but when I get there, I’ll be going to the school Twilight helped me get into.”
“And what school is that?” Asked Diamond with her usual annoyed tone
“Manehattan’s School of Art. I’m going to learn to be an actress and script writer. I’m going to be doing something I love, that doesn’t involve you or my father. I may have had my life laid out for me, everything given to me, but that doesn’t mean I have to keep taking it. Now please leave my house.”
For once Silver thought she may have left Diamond speechless. After a moment though, she spoke again, but in a quiet voice “I miss you though Silver, why can’t you just go to the school your dad wants you to go too?”
“It’s none of your business anymore Diamond, now Good bye.” Silver points her hoof to the door of her room
“But…never mind…I don’t see how it would matter anyway. Have a good life Silver Spoon.” Said Diamond walking out drooping her head down
A tear fell from Silver’s eyes as she said back quietly “Good bye old Friend and good luck to you too. Maybe one day, when you understand, We’ll see each other again.”
Time flew by and soon Silver Spoon found herself at her new school. Her father hadn’t been happy about her sudden change in careers, but to her surprise, he accepted it and didn’t try and stop her. She made her way to her dorm room and unpacked her stuff. She started walking around the campus later in the day, learning the layout of it and where all her classes would be, so she wouldn’t be late when school did start.
The campus was beautiful and much nicer than she had expected it to be. She adored the beautiful campus and how green the place is. She saw the theatre held there, she had never expected it to be as big as the ones the professionals used.
As she was walking and looking around at the sights of her new school, she stopped watching where she was going. Sure enough she ended up running into some pony knocking the pony and herself down. Little did Silver Spoon know, this would change her life forever.
“Hey Buster watch where you’re going.” Said the pony she ran in too
Silver looked up and said “Watch it yourself, Jerk.” Then their eyes met…
Silver Spoon’s eyes met the gaze of a pair of blood red ones. It was a color she had never seen on a pony before and it put her into a daze for a second. She had just about forgotten why she was laying on the ground, looking up at this pony that had bumped into her. She wasn’t sure why, but she was lost in the mesmerizing deep red eyes of the other pony.
“Who are you calling a jerk?” asked a smooth voice
Silver Spoon pulled her eyes away from the bright red ones and said back “I was calling you a jerk for knocking into me, don’t you know how to watch where you’re going?”
“Don’t you?” the other pony sighed “Well whatever, I guess I was just lost in my own thoughts.” Said the other pony appearing as a tall white mare, with a regal, sharp unicorn horn, a silver mane which had one red highlight hanging down over her left eye, a tightly braided tail with the red strand looking like it is dancing along the braid, and her cutie mark was a paint brush that looked as though it was drawing a rainbow line along her flanks.
“I guess you do have a point, I was transfixed buy this place. It is a nice campus for a middle class college.” Silver Spoon said looking around.
“Middle… class? What makes you think this is a middle class school.” The white mare said, her eyes narrowing some.
“Well, from what I am used too, this is a lower class school, at least by my standards.”
“What are you, some kind of Rich pony?” She said, looking over Silver Spoon and inspecting her cutie mark.
“Well my father is rich.”
“I see now, you’re one of those mares, the kind who thinks she can come to a place like this and get what she wants because her daddy has money. Or maybe you’re just lost. For your information the preppy Rich mare’s college is on the other side of the city. You can’t miss it, when the air starts to smell like greed, you’ll know you’re there.” She said
Silver grew angry at this and said “Where do you get off talking to anypony that way. For your information, I chose to go to this college on my own accord. I’m not here to get treated like a princess or anything. I’m here because I want to get a degree in acting.”
“Good because I wouldn’t treat you like a princess even if you paid me.” Said the White mare
Silver wanted nothing more than to yell at this mare and treat her like she would anypony in Ponyville, but she had come here to change who she was. So instead of getting angry she simply said “If you have a problem with me just because I was born into a wealthy family, then I guess the poor are just as bad as the rich.”
At that, the white pony’s eyes grew wide, trying to hold her anger back, she said in as calm of a voice as she could “You’re all the same; well I won’t stand here and put up with this.” With that she stormed away.
Silver Spoon was a little shocked by this and wanted to go after her, but she told herself it wasn’t worth it. She turned around and started back for her dorm wishing she had just stayed there. So far this wasn’t turning into the adventure she had been hoping for.
“No Silver you told yourself you would start a new life and enjoy yourself here. You can’t let one bad encounter ruin your time.” She said to herself as she rounded the corner and headed toward her door.
The door was open when she walked up to it, it shocked her a little. She then remembered that she was in a two pony room. So the pony in the room must be her new roommate. She hoped that this pony was at least a little nicer than the last one she ran into. So she pressed the door open saying “Hello?”
She stopped dead on her hooves. A white mare with a light pink and purple mane was standing there looking back at her. To Silver’s surprise, she smiled wide and said in a high lovely sing song voice “Hey there Silver Spoon, I had no idea you were going to be my roommate.”
“Sweetie Belle is that really you?” Said Silver still shocked to see one of the pony’s she had picked on for so long in school standing in her room now miles away from Ponyville.
“I was told my roommate was from Ponyville too but I had no idea it was going to be you.” Said Sweetie still beaming at her
“I am shocked too. Aren’t you a little mad to see me as your roommate?” asked Silver, “I mean I wasn’t that nice to you in school.”
At this Sweetie smiled wider and said “No way, after you and Diamond stopped hanging out, you became a much nicer pony. Though you did get much quieter and didn’t talk much. My friends and I thought about letting you join our group a lot of times after that, but we thought you would say no and well we never asked.”
“At the time I would have I’m sure. It was hard for me when I lost Diamond as a friend. No pony wanted to hang out with me because of how mean I was to them over the years. If it wasn’t for Twilight…” Silver sniffled, “I don’t know what I would have done to be truthful.” Finally letting herself smile back at Sweetie “I’m glad you’re going to be my roommate though. At least I know you and I won’t have to worry about getting some weird pony.”
At that Sweetie started to laugh “I was worried about that too. I had no idea who I was going to be rooming with and I was getting scared. Though I never thought I would run into you here. I thought you would have gone to the rich kid’s school on the other side of town like Diamond did.”
“I want to become an actress and this is the best school for drama.” Silver then looked around and said “How did you get here Sweetie Belle? Did you come on the train like I did, or did someone bring you?”
“I escorted her for Rarity, since she was busy.” a familiar voice came from behind Silver.
Silver turned around and said excitedly, “Twilight? I thought you were too busy and couldn’t make it out here for my first day?”
“Well I was, I told Rarity that I could help Sweetie Belle get set up here since she was so busy. I thought I would make it a surprise for you too.” said Twilight beaming at her and pulling Silver into a hug.
Silver hugged her back and said “I am glad you came out here I was starting to wonder if I did the right thing when I left. I mean my dad seemed ok with it and all, but still, after I met another mare earlier I started to have second thoughts.”
“What mare?” asked Twilight
“I don’t know her name but she had blood red eyes, a white coat, and a cutie mark that looked like a paint brush with a rainbow line being painted on her flanks.” Silver described
Sweetie jumped up at that and said “I know her! She was the pony who got in here on a full art scholarship. I can’t remember her name though, I think it was flake or something like that.”
“How do you know about her?” asked Silver looking back at the white unicorn
“Oh I read about her in the school paper. It said something about her being one of the best artists that this school has ever seen.”
“Well she was a snob from what I saw. She was judging me because I come from a high class family; I’m nothing like them.” Silver said
Twilight started to laugh at that one as she said “Most of the time you aren’t Silver Spoon, but you do have your moments”
“I do not!” she said turning red
“See you’re already getting mad at me.” Said Twilight giggling harder
Silver couldn’t help but smile when Twilight started to giggle like that. It was a sound that always seemed to melt away her anger. She hugged her again and said “Okay I guess some times I can be a little snobby; anyways, how long are you going to stay?”
“I was thinking of taking Sweetie Belle and you out to dinner before I went back home. I left Spike home and you know how he can get when you leave him to his own devices.”
They all started to laugh at that. The rest of the day went by just like that, laughing, smiling, and remembering good times. Silver found that she really liked being with Sweetie Belle. She made things always seem fine, if they weren’t, she would sing and make it fine. She found out that one of her friends had helped her get over her fear of singing in front of others, and helped her get into the school so she could show off her talent.
The time spent with Twilight was also something she really enjoyed. She was one of the only adults that understood her. She had shown Silver what she could do with her life and helped her focus on it. Even now, she was happier with Twilight being there for her first day at the school, more than if her own father had shown up. It was nice to just have someone to sit around and laugh with.
After dinner however they had to head back to the dorm. Twilight pulled Silver aside before she went in after saying good bye to Sweetie Belle, saying “Silver can I talk with you really quick?”
“Sure thing Twilight, what’s on your mind?”
“If I told you everything that was on my mind, we would be here until Celestia summons the sun.” She said with a small chuckle “What I wanted to say to you, and I hope you won’t get mad at me for this, but when I got here with Sweetie, I found a letter on your bed. I took it and kept it away from you when I saw who sent it.”
She was a little upset at this as she said “Why would you do that Twi?”
“Well it was from your father, I didn’t want you to read it until after we got to go out. I never know what that pony will say to you and I wanted you to have a nice night out was all. Can you forgive me?”
Silver smiled at her and gave her a hug “I could never be mad at you, no matter how hard I tried.”
“Well still I do feel bad.” Said Twilight handing her the letter “Just promise me that whatever he said in this, you won’t get upset, ok?”
She took it and smiled “I won’t, you have a safe trip back home.”
“I’ll do that and I’ll see you when I get time away from my studies.” Twilight said turning to leave “Love you kiddo, and I’m proud of you.”
She smiled again at that and said “I love you too Twilight.”
She walked away and Silver watched her go until she was out of sight then she turned for her room. She looked in on the small room with Sweetie Belle inside, putting up posters and pictures. She didn’t want to bother her new roommate with whatever her father may have to say. So she turned away and said quickly “Sweetie Belle I’m going to go for a walk, I’ll see you when I get back.”
“Ok just don’t get lost.”
She walked away smiling, heading for the gardens. It was one of the places she had walked by when she was looking around before. She really wanted to go look at it but then she ran into the white mare. She stopped for a moment at the thought, then shook her head and continued on her way. When she got to the gardens she sat down next to one of the rose bushes, opening the letter…
My lovely daughter,
Hope you’re enjoying your time at your school. The last letter that I sent you WAS a little off from what I wanted to say. I had the butler write it and he told me later what was said in it. I know my dear; he is getting old and forgetful of what his duties are. So I had to let him go, we now have new help around here. I think you’ll like his replacement when you come home for the holidays.
But look at me rambling away like a foal; well I am not happy that you went behind my back and signed up for that low class school. But as Rich told me, young ones like to rebel from time to time and I guess you can get some of what you need at this school for now. I will let you stay there until the end of the year but then you will be transferring to the school I told you to go too in the first place.
You’ll be much happier there and your old friend Diamond Tiara will be there too. I know you two had a little fight, but she is willing to overlook it and you should too. So I hope you won’t have too bad of a time at that school, and try and keep the grades up so I can get you transferred.
Love,
Daddy.
P.S. If you see Ms. Twilight Sparkle, you are not to speak with her. She is a bad influence on you and I won’t have her filling your head with her silly ideas.
Silver ripped up the letter and tossed it aside. She should have known he would do something like this to her. To make things worse he had fired the butler who she had grown up with. He was a nice old pony who also told her she would be good at this school. Then what he said about Twilight just topped it off.
She felt tears running down her face and for no reason at all; she got up and started to run. She had no idea where she was going, only that she wanted to get away from this place for now. She didn’t know if she was running off so no one would see her crying or so she could get away from the words her father had said. All she knew is she wanted someone to talk too or something.
She ran for what seemed like hours, but it couldn’t have been more than twenty minutes or so. When she finally stopped, panting hard, she had no idea where she was. The buildings were messy looking and dirty, and the ponies looked really mean. She turned around to leave and head back in the direction she had come from when four ponies stopped her.
“Where do you think you’re going doll?” said a tall stallion with a gold tooth, smelled like rotting eggs, sewage and old bread.
“I was just leaving. I’m still new to this city and got lost.” Said Silver knowing this wouldn’t work
“You look like one of those ponies from the rich school, but you’re on the wrong side of town.” He said again as his friends started to laugh
“I’m no pony just leave me alone ok.” She tried to get past them but one pushed her back
“Hey now Doll, there is a toll for coming into my hood. It will cost you twenty bits if you want to pass.”
“And what if I don’t have twenty bits on me?”
“Then I’ll get that worth in other ways.” He said laughing
Silver started to shake but before she could say anything else a voice came from behind the four stallions “Skid leave the mare along, she is from the art school, and she wouldn’t be worth your time anyway.”
The leader turned and looked at the pony that was behind him; Silver looked around him too and saw the white mare from before. He frowned and said “This isn’t your brother’s hood Snow, so you can’t tell me what to do here.”
“That’s true Skid but your gang is protected by my brothers, so if I say leave her alone, then you still have to listen to me, no matter what, even if it’s my brother’s hood or not.”
“Still doesn’t matter you’re not part of his gang.” Said the tall one
“You want to try your luck with that? Go head then, do what you want to her, but remember, when I tell my brother what you said and you’re wrong, he’ll come looking for you Skid.” Said the white mare
He looked angry at that one but turned and said “Come on guys, this one isn’t worth the trouble.”
As they walked away Silver ran up to the white mare and said “I was doing just fine before you showed up.”
She just stood there and said “Were you?”
“Well…I would have figured out something.”
She only sighed and said, “Just like a rich pony to think she can do everything on her own. Skid maybe stupid but he can be a dangerous pony. He would have hurt you if I hadn’t stepped in. You’re lucky I happened to be in the area.”
“How did you find me anyway?” she asked
“I was in the area, like I said, I also saw you run by crying about something. When I saw the way you went I had a feeling you would end up running into them.” Said the mare then she sighed again “I guess I should do the right thing and get you up to the school, before you get into more trouble.”
“I don’t need your help, I can find my way back on my own.” Said Silver
“Listen, I know you don’t like me and trust me the feeling is mutual, but you have no idea where you are and how to get back. You need my help and you know it.” Said the mare
She looked around and let her head fall “I guess you’re right.”
“Good, now let’s go before they come back. I don’t feel like out-smarting an idiot all night.” The mare said as she turned and started to walk away “You know it wasn’t the smartest idea to go running off into the city like that. What happened anyway, did your stallion break up with your or something?”
Silver blushed a little not knowing why “No…my dad sent me a letter that got me really mad and I just couldn’t help it.”
“What did he cut you off or something or say he would only get you one gold ring or something like that?” she said sarcastically
“No…I mean…well…no it wasn’t that. He doesn’t like me going to this school and told me I have to transfer at the end of the year. I want to be an actress, not a business pony, but if I don’t do what he wants then he won’t pay for my schooling.” Said Silver not knowing why she was telling all of this to the white mare
“Then let him; I mean if you want to be an actress so bad then do it. You don’t need his money to get by, no matter how much you may think so.” She said smiling “Listen I may come off as a mean sarcastic mare, and I can be at times, but that is mostly because of where I come from.”
“Seemed like you were really mad at me before, just because of where I came from.”
She stopped for a moment to look back at Silver with her blood red eyes “Mad at where you come from? No way, I was mad at how you acted. First thing out of your mouth was something about this being a lower class school. Look at it from my point of view ok, I’m come from a poor family, I look at this school as a place of beauty and higher class. When you said that, it… it just… just made me feel like I was nobody. You acted like most rich pony’s do.”
Silver thought about that for a moment then said “You have a point, I did come off as rude and mean I guess. I also did bump into you like a jerk. Oh I forgot to introduce myself before, my name is Silver Spoon.”
The white mare laughed at that and said “Names Snowflake, but you can call me Snow if you want. Hmmm Silver Spoon, yep sounds like a rich mare’s name, but I like it. It fits you, I think.”
“It’s nice to meet you Snow, do you think we could start over. I really am trying to be a better pony and someone like you could really help me with that I think.” She said Smiling
“Are you sure you’re from a rich family? You don’t act like most of them I have met over the years.” Snow said looking back at her.
“If it is okay for me to point out to you Snow, that assumption is, from what I have seen, a thing you might need to work on too. Not every pony out there is the same no matter if they are rich or poor or whatever. Truth is I used to be a lot worse when I was younger. It was thanks to a kind pony named Twilight Sparkle, that I was able to change who I am.”
“Well Silver Spoon, I think I would like to get to know you better, as long as you stay like this and don’t turn into a snob.” She said Giggling.
The sound of her laughter sent a shiver up Silver’s spine, but in a good way. She hadn’t heard a laugh like that before, it was beautiful. She found herself walking closer to the white mare, oddly enjoying her company. Like this the two of them stopped talking and walked back to the school.
When they got into the courtyard, Snow stopped and said blushing a little bit “I am sorry for how I acted before Silver Spoon. Thanks for saying what you did before about starting over. I find myself losing my temper faster than my mind can think things through. I enjoyed our walk back.”
“I wanted to ask you about what happened before with the stallions. It seemed to me that you knew them.”
“I kind of do; my brother runs a group of pony’s in the city, runaways, kids without a good family, orphans, pony’s like that. They formed a kind of gang over the years and they all look up to my brother as a leader. He is a kind pony, and so are the rest of his gang, but when you live in the city like we do, with no real home, you have to learn to protect yourself. His gang got so large that it started to break up into smaller groups; they now offer protection to other gangs. That is how I know Skid and his stallions.” She said looking away
“Well I think it’s kind of cool that your brother was able to do that. Not many pony’s out there would have done that for those ponies.” said Silver Smiling
“I am glad you see it that way Silver Spoon.” She said looking back at her
“You can call me Silver, most of my friends do, I like it much better than Silver Spoon.”
“You can call me Snow then if you want. As for friends…we’ll see how things go. I think you would be a good one, but I’ll reserve judgment for later.” She said Smiling
“You know you can be a sweet pony if you wanted to be, from what I can see of you at least. Try giving other pony’s a chance and you’ll see what I mean. I have to head to bed now, I have early classes tomorrow.” Said Silver
As Silver turned to leave, Snow said “Silver…what room are you in?”
Silver turned back for a second and smiled “I’m in B25, good night Snow.”
“Good Night Silver.” Said Snow watching her walk away her eyes not leaving the silver pony until she vanished in the dark of night “Yes, good night…”
