Silver Lining

by Soad24k

Rating: everyone
Tags: Apple Bloom, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Romance, Silver Spoon, Scootaloo, Slice of Life, Sweetie Belle, Drama
Length: 5608

Sweetie Belle finds a crying Silver Spoon and befriends the bully.

Sweetie Belle runs into teary-eyed Silver Spoon. After finding out what had happened to her, she decided to become her friend. Later on with their newly formed friendship the other two crusaders find out about Sweeties and Silvers new friendship and one of them didn't like the idea of having a bully as a friend.

Published 2021-06-07 23:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2021-06-07 23:50:01 UTC

Silver Lining chpt .1

It was a clear and sunny day in Ponyville and a perfect chance to think of a way to earn a cutie mark. Stepping out the door of Rarity's boutique was a white unicorn filly.

"Bye Rarity, I'll be hanging out with my friends." She called out to her big sister.

"Okay Sweetie Belle, just be careful this time. I don't want to see you covered from horn to hoof in tree sap again." Rarity stepped away from her sewing machine and glared at her sister. "Or tracking any mud. Do you know how hard it is to get mud out of carpet?"

"Don't worry, I won't this time" Sweetie said with a smile and trotted outside.

Sweetie Belle strolled down the road, seeing other ponies minding their business. The Cakes taking their foals, Pumpkin and Pound Cake. The former is a unicorn while the latter being a pegasus. Sweetie was a bit envious of the unicorn foal. She just was born a couple of months ago and is already using magic. Pumpkin is cute, when she's not squeaking a rubber chicken in her mouth every now and then. She wasn't as jealous of Pound Cake, but she bet her friend Scootaloo was.

On the other side to the road was Lyra Heartstrings and Bonbon. She didn't really understand the obsession Lyra had for humans or why she thinks humans are real. On top of that, why Bonbon is okay with all the abnormal things she does, like walking on her hind legs. Sweetie shook off those thoughts and continued for the CMC clubhouse which was in Sweet Apple Acres.

Down the road trudged gray earth pony filly with a silver spoon cutie mark with eyes full of tears. Silver Spoon kept her eyes at the ground as she walked up the cobble road, so no one could see her wet face. She squinted and blinked from time to time, making small droplets roll down her cheeks and fall to the ground.

"Stupid Tiara, trying to make me do something so unco-"

Silver Spoon's grumbling was interrupted by another pony bumping into her. She and the other pony staggered away.

"Hey, watch where you're go-" Her sentence came to a halt as she saw who she ran into.

Sweetie Belle was rubbing her head and gave it a light shake before facing the other pony. Her eyes went wide in surprise as she saw Silver Spoon. Her first instinct was to endure the same "Blank Flank" comment, but after looking at the gray filly again, she noticed her eyes were red and that her cheeks were wet. This was something Sweetie hasn't seen before from one of the two bullies/popular fillies in the school. She wanted to know what had happened to her, but at the same time, she didn't want to deal with the same dull insult.

Silver Spoon just stood there as the white filly stared back at her. Seeing one of the fillies, her and Diamond Tiara are always getting teased about not having a cutie mark. Sweetie didn't know rather to run away or to try and ignore her when she’s with Diamond around. The two were stuck in an internal struggle, making the air around feel thick with tension.

Sweetie Belle soon made the first move by lifting her hoof up and lightly waving it.

"Uh, hi Silver Spoon." She said cautiously, hoping to break their awkward staring contest.

The gray filly shook her head and rubbed her eyes and looked at Sweetie. "H-hey." She said in an almost cracked voice. "Y-you better watch where you're walking next time." She tried to sound like nothing's wrong.

Sweetie could tell in her voice she's hiding something. She looked at her incredulously and soon she saw a small tear forming in Sliver's left eye, but she blinked it away. Silver then turns to her and sees Sweetie looking at her.

"What are you looking at blank flank?" She jeered at Sweetie, who just shook her head and walked passed the gray filly.

Silver watched her leave and sighed, lowering her head and continued on through town. Sweetie walked into Sweet Apple Acres and headed for the clubhouse. She was still thinking about Silver Spoon and why was she crying. She climbed up the steps to the clubhouse door and walked inside. Applebloom and Scootaloo were sitting and were already thinking of ways and ideas to get their cutiemarks. Scootaloo looked up at the door and smiled.

"Hey Sweetie Belle, 'bout time you made it."

"Hey girls. So, any luck thinking of any ideas?" Sweetie Belle asked looking at her two friends.

"Nothin' yet, but ah might have somethin'." Applebloom said, getting up. "Ah got the idea from Granny Smith after we went swimming at that Ponyville Talent Show."

"So, what's the idea?" Scootaloo asked.

"Well, ah was thinkin' about a swimmin' cutie mark."

The other two looked at one another then back at her. "Uh, hate to break it to you Applebloom, but didn't we try that idea already?" Scootaloo asked.

Applebloom shook her head. "That was deep sea diving. Ah mean like actual swimmin'. Like water sports."

Sweetie wrinkled her muzzle at the word. "Eww what?! I am not doing that again!" She shivered a bit from the thoughts of the activity.

"Not that kind of water sports." Applebloom remarked.

"Though, it was kinda fun yet disgusting at the same time." Scootaloo said as she looked at the other crusaders. "What?"

Applebloom rolled her eyes and continued. "Anyway, I meant like things we can do in a lake or pool, like Marco Polo, or water skiing."

"Even water aerobics?" The orange filly asked as she was given odd looks from her friends. Both not knowing how she knows that.

"Uh, yeah, that too. So, what do you two think?" Applebloom asked.

"Yeah, sounds like fun." Scootaloo replied.

"So, what are we gonna call ourselves?" Sweetie stepping forward.

Applebloom rubbed her chin for a moment then came up with something. "How bout The Cutie Mark Crusaders Water Ponies?"

"Nah, how's the Cutie Mark Crusaders Aqua Athletes?" Scootaloo suggested.

"What're your thoughts Sweetie?" Applebloom asked.

Sweetie Belle was thinking hard about a name, but her mind wandered back to Silver Spoon. Why was she crying? Did something happen to her? Her brain was processing questions more than she can comprehend. She looked out the window for some kind of clue for this puzzle in her mind.

"Uh, Sweetie?" Scootaloo called, looking at the unicorn filly. She looked over to Applebloom who just shrugged. The two of them looked back at their unicorn friend who was in very deep thought.

"Ah never seen her think this hard about a name before." Applebloom stated.

"Her mind must have wandered off again like last time she was thinking of something." Scootaloo said flatly.

"Yeah. You ever wonder what she thinks about?" Applebloom questioned.

"What do I look like, a mind reader." Then an idea popped into Scootaloo's head. "Hey, that would be a cool talent, mind reading."

Applebloom rolled her eyes. "Yeah, if you were a unicorn it might."

"Hey, Pinkie Pie can predict anything and she's an earth pony." Scootaloo commented.

"Scoots, it's Pinkie Pie, her logic makes no sense."Applebloom countered.

The orange pegasus was about to say something, but couldn't think of anything. She sighed in defeat and looked over to Sweetie Belle, who was still lost in her thoughts. Sweetie Belle was conducting several situations that might have caused Silver to cry. Tried as she did, she couldn't really think of anything.

"Hey Sweetie Belle!" Shouted the pegasus filly next to her. The shout made Sweetie jump and fall over on her side. "See, told ya that would work." Scootaloo said.

Sweetie sat up and shook her head. "Why were you shouting in my ear?"

"To snap you out of your little world." Said the orange filly.

"Yeah, you had that deep thought look and stared out the window for a good while." Applebloom added.

Sweetie blinked then blushed and rubbed the back of her head. "Oh, I guess I did it again, didn't I?" The two nodded simultaneously. "Sorry, it's just, I bumped into Silver Spoon on my way here and-"

"Whoa, whoa. Hold on." Scootaloo interject. "You bumped into one of the bullies from school?"

Sweetie hesitated to answer, knowing full well that Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon tease them constantly about not having a cutie mark and call the group Blank Flanks on an almost daily basis. She was about to answer when a southern accent called out.

"Applebloom? Applebloom! Hope yer not plannin' goin on your lil crusade. Y'all gots chores ya didn't do yesterday, like I ask you to do."

"Horse apples." The earth pony filly swore under her breath as she walked up to the window and saw the orange farmer earth pony mare. "Thought she wouldn't notice."

"You better come on out now and get to work or I'll comin and get you mahself." Applejack said as she made her way towards the clubhouse.

Applebloom looked to her fellow crusaders with a sad smile. "Sorry girls, guess our crusading day will have to wait."

"Aw man," Scootaloo said, kicking at the floor. "Oh well, I had other plans with Rainbow Dash anyway."

"She's giving you lessons?" Sweetie Belle questioned.

"Yeah, well, sorta. I'm not entirely sure." Scootaloo replied. "What about you?"

Sweetie was about to speak, but another shout from Applejack, this one a bit louder. "Applebloom, come out right this instant!"

"Ah'm comin sis!" She shouted back. "Sorry, ah better get goin." She said as she trotted out the door.

Scootaloo sighed and started to make her way towards the door too. "Come on Sweetie, we better get going as well." The white filly nodded and followed behind. They soon made their way out of Sweet Apple Acres and walked down the path towards town. "Well, this looks like we part ways from here." Scootaloo spoke up as they were at the edge of town.

"Really? Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow then?" Sweetie asked.

"You know it. Hopefully Applebloom will have all of her chores done this time."

They both shared a laugh as they parted ways. Sweetie was walking back to Rarity's house, where off the corner of her eye, sitting on a bench and eyes wet with tears was Silver Spoon. She looked just as miserable as she did when Sweetie bumped into her earlier in the day. She stood there, watching as no pony paid no attention to the sniveling gray filly, her glasses close by her making sure they don't fall off and get stepped on. Sweetie also noticed something new about Silver Spoon. She didn't have her pearl necklace on. Was that the reason why she's crying, did she lose it or did somepony steal her necklace? She really needed to know. So she looked around for no apparent reason as she casually strolled over to the bench. She hummed an unknown tune as she got closer. Once there, she hopped up onto the bench, but kept her distance from Silver. She turned her head just enough to see the distressed filly, who gave a sniffle or two before wiping her eyes. Sweetie Belle dared herself to scoot closer, and closer and a bit more. She suddenly halted when she heard. "What do you want blank flank?"

Sweetie turned her head to come face-to-face with one of the bullies. Silver's eyes were a bit reddish and had dried tears under them. She stared at Sweetie hoping she would go away.

"Uhm," Was Sweetie's reply. "I didn't know you were sitting here too." She hoped her little fib would work.

Silver narrowed her eyes at the white unicorn filly, knowing she was terrible at lying. She just shook her head and looked away. "Whatever."

Sweetie mentally sighed to herself, having the opportunity to try and talk to Silver, if she can get her to. "Uhm, Silver Spoon," Sweetie began. "I uh, noticed you're not wearing your necklace."

Silver looked sharply at Sweetie, making her flinch back some. She looked away again and replied. "I lost it, okay?"

"So, was that why you were crying?" Sweetie questioned.

"It's none of your business blank flank." Silver replied in annoyance. "It's....part of the reason." She quietly added.

Sweetie's ears perked up at the last words. "'Part of the reason?'' She echoed. "So, what's the main reason?"

Silver felt like she was being interrogated with the questions the white unicorn filly was asking, but at the same time, she felt a little glad somepony wanted to hear her out. She unfolded the arms of her glasses and put them on. "Okay, if I tell you, you have to keep it to yourself, got it?"

Sweetie Belle nods intensely.

"Okay, it all started at a meeting in Diamond Tiara's mansion. She and I were talking to some of her dad's business partner's kids. When I was gone to the bathroom, Diamond was talking to this one colt, when I came back she asked me to come over to them. We then went into her bedroom and she wanted me to take my necklace off and....." Silver then stopped, shivering in disgust.

"What....what did you do?" Sweetie quietly asked.

Silver drew in a slow breath. "She....wanted me to do....something naughty...to him." Silver choked up a bit but stayed calm. "I refused to do it. We then started arguing and shouting. Soon, Diamonds and the colt's father came in. I took the opportunity to run out before they stopped me." A few tears fell from her eyes after telling somepony what had happened. "It was the most uncool thing she wanted me to do."

Sweetie Belle would have never imagined Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara would ever fight amongst each other. Sweetie inches her way closer to put a hoof around Silver's shoulder. The touch made Silver jump a bit and look up at Sweetie, who gave her a sympathetic smile. Silver felt her heart pounding in her chest as she looked into Sweeties soft eyes. Her face scrunched up and bawled on her shoulder, in return, Sweetie patted her back, comforting her.

After the moment had passed, Silver collected herself and wiped the remaining tears from her eyes. She glanced up to see Sweetie Belle smiling, causing the gray filly to blush lightly. "If you tell anypony about this."

Sweetie raised her hooves defensively. "Oh, no. I promise I won't tell." Silver Spoon narrowed her eyes, incredulously. "Cross my heart," Sweetie drew an X on her chest with her hoof. "And hope to fly," She flapped her hooves in the air. "Stick a cupcake in my eye." She closed one eye and placed her hoof over it." Silver relaxes her gaze as she sees Sweetie perform the Pinkie Promise. She adjusted her glasses and cleared her throat. "Thanks, by the way."

Sweetie looked at her a bit confused. "Uh, for what?"

"For....," Silvers cheeks redden a bit. "For listening. You're the only one who did that. So, thanks."

Sweetie gave a warm smile to Silver. "It's no problem Silver Spoon. Whenever you need somepony to talk to, I'll be happy to."

Silver Spoon turned to her, a bit of surprise on her face. "R-really? After all the stuff I did to you and your friends and calling you blank flanks? You would do that, for me?"

Sweetie simply nodded and smiled even more. Seeing her smiling so much made Silver smile a bit back.

Silver Lining chpt .2

The next day, the white unicorn filly was trotting up the street and turned towards a house. She looked up at the modern house rather nervously, knowing that this was the home of Silver Spoon. The bully she befriended the other day and earned her trust. She nervously raised a hoof and gave the door a few knocks. After a few seconds, the door unlocked and slowly opened. In the doorway was none other than the gray filly.

"Uh, hi Silver Spoon" Sweetie Belle said, greeting her with a light wave of her hoof. "Thanks for inviting me over."

"It's the least I can do." Silver replied, gesturing to her to come in. Sweetie hesitantly walked in, still can't believe one of her bullies is opening up to her. When she entered the house, she was expecting it to be all fancy, it was but not by any high levels. It was a close copy to what Rarity's boutique looked like from the inside mixed with the look of any modern house interior.

"Wow Silver Spoon, your house is really nice." She said as she gazed around.

"Uh thanks, it's nothing too special about it." Silver replied. "Anyway, hope you don't mind my parents being away at work."

"Oh no, I don't mind. My sister leaves me home alone from time to time." Sweetie said with a smile. "So, what do you want to do Silver Spoon?"

Silver Spoon looked puzzled at Sweetie's question. She looked away, a bit embarrassed not able to reply. "I...don't really know. I never had a guest over or ever had somepony ask me that. I've been....more of a," she paused, a bit ashamed at the word she was about to say.

Sweetie was waiting for whatever Silver was talking about. After a few seconds she soon became concerned on why it was taking her this long to say what she was about to say. "Silver Spoon?" She finally spoke out. "Is there something wrong?"

Silver then looked at the unicorn, like she just noticed her for the first time. "Ah n-no, it's just..." She then paused again, not wanting to say anything.

"You've been more of a what, Silver? Please, you can tell me. I'm your friend." Sweetie Belle said with a warm smile. Silver Spoon looked at the white filly again, hearing the word friend with a gentle smile made her realize that she can open up to her. She returned the smile and let out a sigh.

"I've...been more like a.....follower to Diamond. I've been like that ever since we met. I'll go wherever she goes, do whatever she does and say whatever she wants me to say. I felt like....like I'm more of a sidekick than a friend to her. Treating me like I'm not important or like I'm not even there."

"Yeah, I kinda saw that when you and Diamond wanted to see Twilight." Sweetie added "You had to include yourself in when Diamond said herself."

Silver Spoon nodded to Sweeties analogy. "Yeah, you know how it feels being in somepony's shadow?"

Sweetie Belle nods, knowing far too well on the subject.

"So anyway, I never had any ideas of my own without Diamond judging them as lame or boring."

Sweetie put a hoof on her chin and thought of any idea for them to do. What she thought of turned into a question. "Hey, what do you like to do?"

The question made Silver turn her eyes to the white unicorn. "What do I like to do?" She did a lot of activities with Diamond, but they never did any of hers. She had one idea, but even to her it was somewhat foalish. "Well, there is one thing I kinda wanted to do."

Sweetie felt a little excited that the former bully turned friend is opening up to her. Silver on the other hand or hoof in this situation felt nervous about telling her newly made friend this embarrassing activity she does in her own time alone. She wasn’t so sure about telling her this but Sweetie seems to be intrigued in what she does when she’s not around Diamond.

“Well...I like to....play with.....d-dolls.” Silver uttered out in the quiet tone. She didn’t face Sweetie after saying it, but she felt a little blush on her cheeks feeling her gaze.

“Oh really? What kind?” Sweetie asked, tilting her head. “You play with the old kind like hoof-made or the new pretty ones like Glams?”

Silver raised her head and looked at Sweetie, a bit surprised that she’d be asking that. “Uh, yeah. I play with Glams”

“Oh I love Glams! I have almost all of them!” Sweetie exclaimed, jumping a bit. “I just need the adventure one and I’ll have all the Glams!”

Silver Spoon was relieved and a bit thankful that there was someone in this town that had the same interest as her, unbelievably someone she just now became friends with. “So uh, you want to play?” Silver finally asked. The other filly grinned wide and nods. Silver then leads the way up to her bedroom. Up the stairs and making a left to the second door on the right Silver opened the door to her room. The walls were bright green, a bed across the doorway, a closet, a toy chest and dresser. It was very neat and tidy, Silver made sure she had cleaned up her room before inviting someone over, preferably Diamond one day. Silver trots to the chest and opens it and out five Glams dolls. An athlete, an action star, a singer, a doctor and a fashion model. All of them were a slim white earth pony, with a blond mane tail and blue eyes. All wearing different outfits fit for the numerous jobs. Once she turns to show them off, Sweetie immediately takes the fashion one.

“This is the one that I’ve been trying to get!” Sweetie inspects the fashion doll. It was in an elegant blue dress with tiny detailed designs. “I’ve been looking for this one fro ages! How did you get this?” She asked the baffled Silver.

“Uh I got it from Diamond for my birthday. She thought it was kinda foalish to buy me this, but she got it for me anyway. Even got me another one.”

Sweetie looked up at Silver with shock on her face. “You have two?!”

“Y-yeah, just in case something happened to this one.” Silver replied.

“You think I can have it? I really want to complete my collection!” Sweetie begged her.

Silver felt a bit uneasy letting Sweetie have her other fashion Glam doll, but she really doesn’t have a need to have two of the same toy. In her mind, this could be a token to their newly formed friendship and maybe strengthened their bond. She took one last look to the white filly, her eyes sparkling with hope. “Yeah, you can have it. I don’t really need it anyway.” She turned back to the chest and dove into it again and pulled out a freshly boxed Fashion Glam doll and gave it to Sweetie.

Once she took the newly boxed toy and squee’ed and gave Silver a big hug. “Oh thank you Silver Spoon! This is the best thing anyone has ever done for me!”

Taken aback from the sudden hug, Silver collects herself and hugs Sweetie back. “You’re welcome.”

Sweetie breaks the hugs and sets the box aside. “So, shall we play now?” Silver nodded and both grabbed a doll. Sweetie takes the action star as Silver takes the athlete. They both played for hours, coming up with amazing and unique adventures with the five dolls. As the sun was setting the two cleaned up and Sweetie carried her new fashion Glam doll.

“I had a great time with you Silver Spoon. We should do this again soon!” Sweetie said, walking out the door.

“Yeah, I had a lot of fun too Sweetie.” Silver said, smiling.

“So, I’ll see you later then? “Sweetie asked.

“Yeah, we’ll hang out tomorrow, if you want to.” Silver added, sounding a bit anxious about hanging out with someone she bullied for all these years.

“Totally! It’ll be way more fun that way! “Sweetie excitedly said.

“Hehe, okay. Tomorrow then.” Silver nodded.

With that, the two fillies hugged one more time before Sweetie set off for home, with her new toy for her collection.

Silver Lining chpt .3

It was the next day and Sweetie was making her way through town to see Silver again. She had so much fun playing with her dolls and adding the last piece to her collection. In her head, she’d thought having a bully as a friend would be a little awkward, but after hearing what had happened with her and Diamond Tiara, it sounded like their “friendship” had ended then and there. Sweetie is the kind of filly that’s willing to give others a second chance in redemption. Although the thought of having Silver Spoon, the Crusaders ex bully as a friend might not appeal to the others, especially Scootaloo. They all were teased and taunted for not having cutie marks, but around the time when the Equestrian Games were being announced and the trio had a routine planned out, the two of them took aim at Scootaloo and her disability. The three did win in the end, but the comments from the two had never left Scoots mind.

Sweetie made her way to Silvers house and knocked on the door. Not too long did she had to wait, as a gray coated filly opened the door and smiled warmly at her.

“Hey Silver!” Sweetie greeted her. “You all set?”

“Yeah, let me finish up real quick.” Silver said as she closed the door and after a few seconds she came back and greeted Sweetie. “Okay, all set.”

The two fillies walked through town, exchanging ideas on what they want to do today. Sweetie then thought of something.

“Hey Silver, was there anything you wanted to do that you couldn’t before?”

The question made Silver stop for a moment and think about it. “Well, there is one thing I always wanted to do with Diamond, but was a little embarrassed about it.”

Sweetie walked up to her and put a hoof on her shoulder and gave her a genuine smile. “Come on, I’m sure it’s not that bad. You can tell me and we’ll do it.”

Silver looked away, rubbing her foreleg then meeting her eyes with Sweeties’, returning a small smile. “Well, I kinda always wanted to have a small tea party with just the two of us.”

“Really? That sounds like a fun idea! Let’s do it.” Sweetie excitedly exclaimed.

“W-what? Really? N-now?” Silver suddenly startled by Sweetie’s surprising enthusiastic outburst.

Sweetie nodded. “Yeah, besides I’m sure the others are busy doing other stuff. Scoots is probably watching Rainbow Dash performing and Applebloom is busy with chores around the farm, so this is the perfect opportunity for us to have a tea party.”

Taking that into consideration Silver smiled and nodded and the two of them headed towards SugarCube Corner, ordering a couple of treats and pastries then walked back to Silvers house so that she could get her personal tea set and small heater. Sweetie went back to her home and got a basket and filled it with the food they got earlier and a blanket. The two met back up in the center of town and Silver leads the way to a small field with a nice view of Ponyville. After setting the blanket down, putting the kettle on the electric heater and laying out the food they got from SugarCube Corner they started eating a few before the kettle whistles out and Silver carefully poured Sweetie and herself a cup of tea, which was a blend of honey, wildberries and vanilla.

“Mmm, this is really good Silver.” Sweetie said setting the cup on the saucer then taking a bite of a cookie.

“Thanks, it’s something my mother made a long while ago. I was hoping to share this with Diamond, but well....” Silver looked into her cup and frowned a bit.

Seeing this Sweetie couldn’t help but finally ask this. “Silver Spoon, why did you become a bully for?”

The question made Silver look up and into Sweetie’s eyes. She lowered her cup and saucer onto the blanket and let out a sigh. “I put on a pretty convincing act huh?” Sweetie tilted her head in confusion. “I never really wanted to become a bully. I was kinda dragged into by Diamond. We only became friends because we got our cutie marks way earlier before anyone else in the school. Soon after most of the fillies and colts got their marks she wanted to poke a little fun at the ones that don’t have their marks yet. I was sure everyone would’ve gotten their marks by then, but when Applebloom became the only one left she thought it’d be fun to tease her about not having one yet.”

Sweetie would question how she and Scootaloo were also at the school, but only really remembers meeting her at Diamond’s cute-ceañera.

“After you formed the Cutie Mark Crusaders she aimed at you three as potential targets for her Blank Flank teasing.”

“So, why didn’t you try and stop her if she was going to act like a bully around us? Even having Appleblooms’ own cousin turn against her?” Sweetie questioned.

“I was just a lackey, you really think a pony like Diamond Tiara would listen to me or even think about how I feel about calling you and your friends ‘Blank Flank’?” Silver's ears lowered. “I never wanted to be a bully. I never wanted to go along with her plans. I never wanted to feel like I was better than you and the crusaders. I also didn’t want to lose the only friend I had ever. Before meeting Diamond, I was too shy to make any friends, due to the fact I got my cutie mark early.” She tilted her head to her silver spoon cutie mark.

Sweetie tilted her head too, looking at her flank. She wondered what that meant. Was it a saying that she was some kind of spoon maker or something? The spoons she has in her kitchen aren’t as fancy or as decorative as the one on Silvers flanks. It looks like a fancy tea spoon. Maybe she might become a tea maker like her mother someday?

“Diamond said my cutie mark meant I was born to be rich and wealthy, but to make that true she said I had to be her friend. So I became her friend to live up to my cutie marks meaning.” Silver continued. “I didn’t know she’d be this nasty towards you and your friends. I especially felt bad about what she did to Scootaloo, playing along with all the things she was telling her, it felt wrong.”

Silver’s head lowered as tears welled up in her eyes. Seeing this Sweetie moves beside the other filly to comfort her. Silver looked up to Sweetie, who gave her a soft smile. “Sorry if I kinda ruined your tea party.”

“It’s okay Silver. I know you mean well. I’m still having a fun time though.” Sweetie said with a smile.

“You think your friends will forgive me one day? Especially Scootaloo?” Silver asked wishfully.

“I’m sure they will one day. Now, you want to continue our tea party?” Sweetie's question made Silver smile a bit as Sweetie returned to her spot and resumed their tea party.

Later in the day the two were walking back into town then in the distance two sets of tiny hooves were heading from Sweeties right. When she looked she saw the yellow and orange filly, Applebloom and Scootaloo.

“Hey Sweetie, where’d ya been? We’ve been waitin fer ya all day!” The farm filly said.

“Yeah, we can’t go crusading without you you know.” The filly pegasus said.

“Oh uh, s-sorry. I thought you two were busy with other stuff.” Sweetie nervously answered.

“Well come on, we might be able to do...” Scootaloo’s sentence came to a halt seeing who was behind her friend. Trying to shrink behind Sweetie, Silver Spoon slowly pokes her head out.

“What is she doing here?!” Scootaloo blurted out, pointing a hoof at the gray filly. Applebloom gently held her back with a hoof on the enraged orange pegasus. “Ah’m sure Sweetie has a good reason why she’s here, right Sweetie?” Applebloom looking at the unicorn for some clarification.

“Uh well, I was having a tea party with Silver Spoon. We had snacks and treats and had some really good tea.” Sweetie answered honestly. Applebloom nodded to that, but Scootaloo glared at Silver who was avoiding eye contact.

“Why would you hangout with a bully like her instead of us?” Scootaloo near shouted the question at Sweetie.
“Well, you know yesterday when I was lost is thought. Well, I was thinking about Silver Spoon. She and Diamond kinda broke their friendship with one another and I wanted to comfort her.” Sweetie replied sternly. “Look, I’m sorry I missed our Cutie Mark Crusading time, but I wanted to make sure Silver was okay.”

“You should’ve just left her where she was instead!” Scootaloo immedient responded. Shocking Sweetie and Applebloom. The sound of Scoot's voice rang through Silvers heart and made her run back home. Well, more like oddly trot with the tea set and heater on her back.

“Wait! Silver!” Sweetie's cry had fallen on deft ears as Silver got farther and farther away. She turned to the now surprised Scootaloo who just looked away. Applebloom looked at Sweetie and gave a nod. Sweetie returned the nod and followed after the gray filly. When she got far enough away, she could hear the sound of a hard knock on a hollow log followed by a, “Ouch!” that made Sweetie smile a bit as she pursued Silver.