September 17th, 2019
Monday
Sunny

Morning

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Starlight and Trixie walked on to school together, just in case they ran into Silver Spoon. Starlight didn’t normally care about things like popularity, but she didn’t want to know how Silver Spoon would capitalize on her suicide attempt. The last thing she needed was for Silver Spoon to run her reputation into the ground or something.

When they approached her, they saw her standing by the gate. She smirked at Starlight and then walked over to her and Trixie.

“Hello Starlight~ So wonderful to see you!” Silver Spoon said, tone oozing with phony perkiness.

“Cut the bullshit, Silver Spoon. Starlight already told me about your interaction with her yesterday,” Trixie said deadpanned.

“Aw, you ran to hide behind your girlfriend? How sweet,” Silver Spoon said, “I know about you, by the way.”

“Is that so?” Starlight said raising an eyebrow.

“Oh don’t worry, I’m not going to use that to ruin you. I’m not so basic that I’d resort to something that juvenile.”

Starlight didn’t know how she felt hearing that, but assumed she was referring to using her suicide attempt as juvenile. Otherwise they’d seriously have issues.

“I have other ways of ensuring you’re reputation is ruined,” Silver Spoon said with a sinister edge, “Besides, in the end, all I want is for Diamond Tiara to realize what a filthy skank you are.”

“Take one to know one~” Trixie said airily, looking toward the sky jovially.

“What was that, Lulamoon?! Why don’t you say that to my face?!” Silver Spoon spat glaring at Trixie, who just laughed arrogantly.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about!” before anyone else could say anything, the bell to homeroom rang.

“Watch yourself, Glimmer,” Silver Spoon said, “Your magician friend here can’t protect you forever.”

With that, Silver Spoon walked into the school building.

“Congrats,” Trixie said patting Starlight on the back, “You’ve found your school bully.”

“Lovely…” Starlight sighed. She had no idea how she was going to form a social link with that one.

Daytime

In Physical Education (otherwise known as Gym Class) Bulk Biceps surprised all of the students by asking a question on how the body processed energy. He asked Trixie the question, but she didn’t know the answer. Thankfully Starlight was right next to her, because she whispered the answer to her. She felt she became more sensitive helping her friend, and could tell Trixie appreciated her.

Starlight got the feeling she and Trixie could become significantly closer soon.

Since nothing of interesting happened in school that day or afterward, Starlight and Trixie just spent the entire day together after school, all the while keeping an eye on Pinkie Pie, who seemed really tense about something the entire time.

September 18th, 2019
Tuesday
Cloudy

Lunch Time

As Starlight and Trixie ate together on a bench, Diamond Tiara ran over to them excitedly.

“Today’s the big day! You ready for practice?” she asked. Honestly, Starlight wasn’t sure at first, considering she had a feeling Silver Spoon was going to be there, but she didn’t want to disappoint Diamond or give Silver Spoon any leverage by chickening out.

“Yeah, I’ll be there,” Starlight said with a smile. Diamond Tiara clapped her hands happily.

“Yes! I knew you’d come! I’ll wait for you outside the gym. See ya there~” Diamond Tiara walked off, as usual flipping her hair arrogantly. Since it seemed that Celestia was right about her friendship with Diamond Tiara being okay, Starlight decided not to worry about Silver Spoon.

After School

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Pep Squad Practice was a lot of fun. Turned out, Starlight liked being a cheerleader! She thought they’d be practicing in the gym, but they were in fact outside on the football field, which made sense when Starlight thought about it. As such, at one point the boys on the football team walked onto the field to admire them, and Starlight found that she enjoyed practice even more knowing that they were watching her.

She didn’t even mind the length of the skirts. Yeah, they were shorter than Starlight usually wore, only falling right past her rear, and that was initially embarrassing, but once she got into it, she found that the short skirt was a lot of fun to wear.

By the end of practice, she felt she’d become a good amount more graceful and gained some popularity.

After practice, Starlight sat down on one of the bleachers to catch her breath. Diamond Tiara giggled and sat down next to her.

“You… don’t really exercise much, do you?” Diamond Tiara asked.

“Physically, no,” Starlight panted, thinking about how different it felt moving around in the real world.

“Did you see that goth girl?” one of the other cheerleaders asked her friend off to the side, “What’s her name? Starlight or something? She’s good!”

“She and Diamond better be careful though. Suri doesn’t like it when girls outshine her,” her friend said. Apparently they didn’t know that Starlight and Diamond Tiara were right there listening.

“Pssh, ignore them,” Diamond Tiara said waving it off.

“Is that true though? What they said about Suri?” Starlight asked.

“Sadly. Suri became the head of the Pep Squad because her Mother’s on the school board, but she mostly just uses it to stroke her ego. Like, take Coco over there for example.”

Diamond Tiara pointed off to the side, where the blue haired girl was doing a few stretches on her own. She had a slightly curvier build than the other girls, but she was still pretty good. Honestly, Starlight was surprised by how much better she was than most of the girls here.

“She’s been on the Pep Squad since Freshman Year,” Diamond Tiara said, “Before Suri came along and took over, she was slated to become the leader. So of course once Suri joined, she strong armed her way to the top, and forced Coco to be her lackey.”

While she was talking, Starlight saw Suri walk over to Coco, who immediately shot up and bowed to Suri submissively. Suri said something stern to Coco, and then pointed ahead of her. Coco then ran off to grab a water bottle and towel for Suri.

Starlight frowned and turned to Diamond Tiara, “Is that the reason you want to become head of the Pep Squad?”

“Part of the reason,” Diamond Tiara opened her water bottle and drank some before handing it to Starlight, “I can’t stand seeing people not able to live up to their potential. Those with power should help the weak, not trample on them,” she sat back and sighed, “I just wish the people around me understood that.”

“Do you mean Silver Spoon?” Starlight asked after drinking from the water bottle and handing it back to Diamond Tiara, who laughed ruefully.

“Yeah, I’m sure you could tell. She’s nice to me, but she’s definitely the standard of what the upper class is,” Diamond Tiara looked forward with a somber smile, “Most of the people around me just see the middle and lower class as stepping stones, existing just to solidify their wealth. I hate that mentality. My Mom was like that, and actually cost me a lot of friends.”

“What happened to her?” Starlight asked, a bit concerned.

“Dad divorced her once he found out she was a money grubbing bitch,” Diamond Tiara shrugged, “Smartest decision of his life, if you ask me. I couldn’t stand that woman.”

Starlight was relieved to hear that she was alive, but shocked at how dismissive Diamond Tiara was of her.

“She was the one who introduced me to Silver Spoon, saying I needed friends of the same social standing as myself,” Diamond Tiara continued, “The only reason she and I are still friends is because I actually do enjoy her company. That and without her, I wouldn’t have anyone,” she looked to the side pained, “It’s lonely being upper class…”

“Well, we’re friends, right?” Starlight asked. Diamond Tiara perked up immediately.

“Yeah, we are,” Diamond Tiara took Starlight’s hand earnestly and looked into her eyes, “I’m so happy that you and I became friends, Starlight. Please, never stop being honest with me, okay?”

Starlight nodded, feeling just how much Diamond Tiara seemed to rely on her presence. She got the impression that she was a breath of fresh air for Diamond Tiara. Starlight felt like their bond had become stronger.

Starlight and Diamond Tiara hung out for a little bit longer before curfew.

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September 19th, 2019
Wednesday
Raining

After School

Nothing really exciting happened today in school, so Starlight and Trixie mostly spent the day gathering intel and keeping an eye on both Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. Throughout the week, Rainbow Dash was getting increasingly tense, and kept trying to stay close to Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie on the other hand seemed like she was almost afraid throughout the week, and at one point Starlight thought she saw her wiping away tears in History Class. Whenever Rainbow Dash or even Ms. Tia tried to ask her what was wrong though, she’d always dodge the question.

“I’m getting concerned,” Trixie said after class ended, “It looks like they’re getting worse.”

“Did you figure out the magazine she modeled for?” Starlight asked Trixie.

“She refuses to say,” Trixie shrugged, “I can tell she’s really torn up about it though.”

Both witches turned to Pinkie Pie, who like always packed her books somberly and started making her way out of the classroom with saying a word to anyone. Even their other classmates were starting to worry about her. Just as she walked toward the door, Rainbow Dash rushed through.

“There you are,” Rainbow Dash said sternly, “Pinkie Pie, we need to talk.”

“Not now, Dashie. I… I have homework,” she pushed past Rainbow Dash out of the classroom, but this time Rainbow Dash followed immediately. Starlight and Trixie ran out of the classroom to follow.

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“That can wait, this is important!” Rainbow Dash said, pinning Pinkie Pie against a locker.

“Dashie…” Pinkie Pie turned away, tears building up in her eyes.

“What’s going on with you? You’ve been crying in your sleep every night, you look constantly depressed, and I know you’re avoiding me.”

“Please… stop…!” Pinkie Pie begged trembling.

“I’ve been avoiding putting you on the spot, but now I need to know,” she leaned in close, “Do you have it?”

Pinkie Pie’s eyes widened, “Have what…?”

“You know what I’m talking about. That Nightmare Epidemic thing.”

“No!” Pinkie Pie cried shaking her head, “I don’t have it! I need to-”

Rainbow Dash slammed her hand on the locker, “Don’t lie to me! You do have it, don’t you?!” she sobered, “Pinkie Pie, why didn’t you tell me? I’m your knight, remember? I could protect-”

“Stop it!” Pinkie Pie screamed, “Just… stop! You don’t know anything, so please, leave me alone!” she shoved Rainbow Dash aside and ran off.

“Pinkie Pie!” Rainbow Dash shouted. Once Pinkie Pie turned the corner, Rainbow Dash slammed her fist on the locker, “Goddamn it! How can I protect you if you won’t let me?!”

Starlight was getting really worried about Rainbow Dash, and if Trixie’s expression was anything to go by, she felt the same. Before they could say anything, Rainbow Dash stormed off, hands thrust into her skirt pockets.

“I really hope Twilight finds that Dungeon soon,” Trixie said, “We really need to get in there.”

Starlight nodded in agreement. Even if they couldn’t save Pinkie Pie, they needed to at least buy her some time.

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September 20th, 2019
Thursday
Cloudy

Morning

When Starlight and Trixie walked into school, they could immediately feel something off in the air around them. All of the students seemed to be talking about something among themselves, some of the girls were gossiping about something it seemed, and the boys seemed almost excited.

“You feel it too, right?” Trixie asked Starlight, who nodded without a word, “Something’s different here.”

Pinkie Pie walked into the school building a bit after them, hugging herself as she walked through the halls with a truly terrified air surrounding her. As she walked, one of the boys whistled at her, prompting the pink haired teen to gasp and rush off to her locker.

Uh oh.

A few more boys cat called her while walking by her. As she got her books, she turned to where three girls were talking, and all of them turned away from her walking off. Starlight walked over to Pinkie Pie and placed a hand on her shoulder.

“Hey, are you okay?” she asked, instantly hit with a wave of terror.

No! Everyone’s seen it now! I know it!

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“Starlight, I…” When Pinkie Pie turned to Starlight, her eyes said it all. She was on the verge of tears.

“Pinkie Pie, what’s the matter?” Trixie asked soothingly, “You can tell us.”

Pinkie Pie shook her head and rushed off to their homeroom. Starlight looked down thinking about what Pinkie Pie’s heart cried. Everyone’s seen what?

Lunch Time

It didn’t get any better as the day went on. Boys kept making lewd comments and gestures whenever Pinkie Pie walked by them, and most of the girls avoided her like she was diseased or something. Starlight and Trixie watched Pinkie Pie from their usual bench, both getting increasingly worried for their friend. Currently she sat by herself, slowly eating her lunch with almost a dark cloud hanging over her.

After a minute, two boys walked over to Pinkie Pie and sat next to her on the bench, one wrapping his arms around her. Starlight couldn’t hear what they were saying since they were so far away, but with how Pinkie Pie pushed his arm off of her and kept shaking her head, she could easily guess they were making her uncomfortable.

“Hey dumbasses!” they heard Rainbow Dash shout rushing over to them, “Get your hands off of her!”

Trixie frowned and shot up from their bench, running over to the scene. Starlight set her lunch aside and followed suit.

“Relax, Dashie,” the boy on the left said, “We were just asking Pinkie Pie here about her pictures in that magazine, and if she’d pose like that for us sometime.”

“She’s not some cheap slut you can ogle!” Rainbow Dash shouted, raising her hand to strike the boy. She might have if Trixie hadn’t grabbed her arm, “Let go of my arm, Lulamoon!”

“Are you trying to cause a scene here?! This isn’t helping Pinkie Pie or anyone!” Trixie fussed.

Starlight looked at Pinkie Pie, who buried her face in her hands sobbing to herself. Through her eyes, everything darkened briefly, and Pinkie Pie was suddenly dressed in a fancy pink and white gown, white high heels, and wore a tiara on her head. Starlight also noticed shackles on her wrists!

“Stop, all of you!” Starlight shouted, “We’re making Pinkie Pie upset!”

That seemed to get through to Rainbow Dash, who turned to Pinkie Pie with a shocked look on her face, “This is…” she shook her head and gritted her teeth, “You assholes need to leave… now,” the boys looked at each other unsure, but flinched when Dash stomped her foot, “I SAID NOW!”

They rushed off immediately. Rainbow Dash took a deep breath and sat down next to Pinkie Pie, who hadn’t stopped crying.

“Talk to me,” Rainbow Dash said, her voice now gentle as she lightly rubbed Pinkie Pie’s back, “What’s going on?”

Pinkie Pie shook her head, and just held onto Rainbow Dash tightly crying even harder than before. Trixie sat down next to Pinkie Pie as well, lightly rubbing her back, but Starlight looked around for someone who could tell her what was going on. Her eyes stopped on a nearby bench, where she saw Silver Spoon sitting by herself, legs crossed, and eating a box of Chinese Food with chopsticks. She was looking right at them with a knowing smirk on her face.

Starlight sighed internally. She knew what she was about to do, and she hated every second of it.

Starlight walked over to Silver Spoon’s bench, “Do you know what this is all about?”

“What what is all about?” Silver Spoon asked airily, “I’m sorry, you’re going to have to elaborate.”

Starlight took a deep breath to control her temper, “This thing with Pinkie Pie. Why is everyone harassing her?”

“Oh that,” Silver Spoon had the audacity to sound slightly concerned, “Poor thing. If her career is going in that direction, her school life is pretty much over.”

“Stop being coy!” Starlight fussed, “What happened?!”

“Wait… you haven’t seen them, have you?” Silver Spoon looked up at Starlight laughing a bit, “I didn’t believe it at first when Diamond told me, but you really don’t follow the media.”

Silver Spoon set her food aside and patted the spot next to her. Starlight narrowed her eyes, but sat down as Silver Spoon pulled out her phone, “It’s all over social media right now,” she pulled up something and handed her phone to Starlight, “Looks like Pinkie Pie’s all grown up~”

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When Starlight saw what was on the phone, she almost threw up.

It was a picture of a magazine cover, the magazine itself called “Bad Girlz”. On the cover was clearly Pinkie Pie, but she didn’t look like her usual childlike self. She was wearing red and black sheer lingerie, dark purple eye shadow, dark red lipstick, and was posing with her hands running through her hair pushing her chest out. It was a super sexy pose, made worse with the bedroom eyes she was giving the camera.

Starlight pushed the button to look through the magazine to find where Pinkie Pie’s shots were. It only got worse from there. Each pose was getting increasingly racier, to the point where a few were borderline pornographic. One picture she was sure Pinkie Pie was actually naked, with a prop strategically placed to prevent anything from actually showing, and even then…

Starlight’s breathing became a bit labored, and she could almost feel Morgana behind her holding her shoulder and tightening her grip, also trembling in rage.

“Oh don’t be too surprised,” Silver Spoon said resuming her lunch, “That’s just how show business is.”

“What?” Starlight asked, voice low and seething.

“If someone’s going to make it big these days, they have only two options to stay relevant. Either get on drugs, or start taking their clothes off. Looks like your friend chose the latter. Honestly, it was the better deal if you ask me.”

Starlight knew that if she stayed there any longer she’d slap Silver Spoon, and she could tell Morgana wanted to. Instead, she shot up and ran over to her friends, motioning for Trixie to follow her back to their bench. Trixie nodded, said something to Pinkie Pie, and then ran over to Starlight.

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“Well? Did you find anything?” she asked. Starlight pulled out her phone and fiddled with it a bit till she found the picture that Silver Spoon showed her. When Trixie saw it, the color drained from her face, “Oh. My. God… This is disgusting…!”

“If Silver Spoon’s seen it, by now the entire student body has seen it,” Starlight said, “I don’t think Pinkie Pie should stay here.”

“Neither do I. I’ll go with Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash to Principal Cinch’s office and try to convince her to let Pinkie Pie leave early. Show this to Ms. Tia. Sad as it is, I bet this will help Twilight track down Pinkie Pie’s Dungeon.”

Starlight nodded and ran back inside. She didn’t even care that she left her lunch behind. This was way more important.

When she saw the pictures, Celestia covered her mouth in horror.

“Oh… Pinkie Pie…” Celestia breathed out.

“Ms. Tia, can we use this to find Pinkie Pie’s Dungeon?” Starlight asked urgently.

“It will certainly narrow the search a good deal. With how much this affected her, this is directly tied to her Dungeon, so I’m sure it will reflect this. Where is Pinkie Pie now?” Starlight told Celestia what Trixie and Rainbow Dash were doing, “Good thinking. I don’t think she should continue school right now.”

Trixie walked into the history classroom and shut the door behind her, eyes closed in frustration, “That bitch…!”

“What happened?” Starlight asked Trixie.

“Cinch said that this isn’t bad enough for Pinkie Pie to leave class,” Trixie seethed, “Apparently she cares more about her school’s reputation than Pinkie Pie’s safety.”

Starlight’s eyes widened in shock. Not bad enough? Pinkie Pie was being harassed left and right!

“That woman…!” Celestia seethed, scowling like she did when she looked at both Fleur and Blueblood, “Knowing her, she’s going to have Rarity make an announcement about it instead, telling the students to cease their harassment.”

“What?! All that’s going to do is put Pinkie Pie on the spot even more!” Trixie cried.

“Ms. Tia, you have to do something!” Starlight cried. Celestia closed her eyes pained.

“I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do in this situation,” Celestia said, placing a hand over her heart, “I’m merely a History Teacher. Here, I have no real power beyond this classroom and my dorm.”

“Damn it!” Trixie shouted slamming her fist on a wall, “This is so effed up! You mean we can’t do anything?!”

Starlight looked down thinking about the situation. As it stood, they didn’t have any real sway over the situation. It was going to get worse, and there really wasn’t anything they could do. However, when Trixie was trapped in her Dungeon, it seemed that Starlight’s actions also reflected in the Dungeon as well. Maybe…

“We just need to try and support Pinkie Pie,” Starlight said. Thinking about Pinkie Pie first made her feel a lot more sensitive, as if her heart became more open.

“Yes, if we’re upset, we won’t be able to do anything for Pinkie Pie,” Celestia said calmly, “For now, just focus on supporting Pinkie Pie as best as you can. I’ll have Twilight get on this as soon as she wakes up.”

Trixie took a few deep breaths to calm down, “Right, right. Gotta keep my cool. Thanks Starlight.”

Starlight smiled at her friend. She was glad she could keep everyone calm.

“There are a few more minutes left for lunch,” Celestia said, “If possible, try to relax for the rest of the period. I’ll do what I can to help keep Pinkie Pie calm as well.”

Starlight nodded and followed Trixie back outside to finish lunch, even if she’d honestly lost her appetite over all of this.

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Midday

“Attention students of Canterlot High,” Rarity’s elegant voice spoke through the intercom when Starlight was in History, “It has been brought to my attention that a few pictures have come up of one of our students. Miss Pinkamena Diane Pie.”

Pinkie Pie whimpered hiding behind an open book.

“I have not seen these pictures myself, but I know enough about the situation. I would ask all of you to not harass Pinkie Pie while she goes about her day, and in light of this to still treat her as one of your classmates. Should any harassment be spotted by anyone of the Defense Committee, actions will be taken accordingly. That is all.”

One of the students groaned, “In other words, No Fun Jackie strikes again.”

“She is Applejack’s cousin, so I’m not surprised she told,” a girl whispered in the back.

“But to have the entire Defense Committee defending her now? Maybe she does think she’s better than us,” her friend whispered in response.

“But… I don’t think that…” Pinkie Pie cried softly, “I am like everyone else… really…”

Trixie tightened her fists under her desk gritting her teeth in frustration, and when Starlight looked up front, she saw Celestia rubbing her eyes groaning to herself. This was exactly what they were all afraid of. Now Pinkie Pie was in the spotlight in more ways than one. Starlight didn’t blame Rarity for this, as she was probably forced to do that, but still.

This was not doing Pinkie Pie any favors.

After School

It felt weird still going to Pep Squad, but since this was only her second day she felt it would be in poor taste to miss it. Still, even Diamond Tiara was surprised to see her, saying she’d understand if she didn’t want to come.

Starlight appreciated that. She really was the complete opposite of Silver Spoon.

Starlight tried to focus on practice while there, but didn’t stick around to hang out afterward. Still, she did walk away feeling more graceful, so at least she got something out of it. As she walked home, she sent a silent prayer out that Pinkie Pie would be okay.

Although with how bad things got today, she was almost afraid of how bad it would be tomorrow.

Author's Note

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