Spike's Diary

Dear Diary,

Today, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo got into some trouble. And not the usual kind of CMC trouble either. No, this time, it was a bully they had to deal with. Bloom's cousin, Babs Seed, came to town, and shortly afterwards she started getting involved with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. And if you thought those two gave the Crusaders trouble, you should've seen how bad Babs was. I've never seen the Crusaders so upset before, and I couldn't believe it when I heard that Bloom's own cousin would treat her and her friends so badly. As it turns out, she's been dealing with bullies herself back home, and while I can't let that excuse her for what she did, I do understand that it can probably leave a pony in a bad way.

Besides, I can certainly relate to being under the thumb of bullies myself. It reminds me of some of the stuff I had to go through back in the dragon lands that one time. All those bigger and stronger dragons trying to push me around or make me do stuff I don't want to. Could they have been bully victims themselves, like Babs was? Hard to say, but I still wouldn't have liked them even if that was the case. Anyway, the important thing here is that the bullying has stopped, and the Crusaders now have a new member, so hey, that's something.

Now we've just got Diamond and Silver to put up with, as usual.