Changing a Spoiled Mind

Diamond Tiara went over to Silver Spoon's house; making sure her mother knew where she was going to be tonight instead of at home. Thankfully, Diamond Tiara knew her mother would approve of the pink filly staying over at Silver Spoon's house. Now she could get Silver Spoon's help with her plan.

"So let me get this straight, you want me to see if I can make a fake version of your diamond tiara?" Silver Spoon asked.

"If it's not too much trouble that is...I really want to make my mother a better pony, and I'm hoping this'll be the first step in doing so." Diamond Tiara said. "Look, I know I boss you around quite a bit...but I really need your help. I don't think I'll be able to make my mother a better pony without any help." She said.

"Well...I suppose I help out. But your going to have to help me with my math homework tonight in exchange." Silver Spoon said.

"Fair enough." Diamond Tiara said and Silver Spoon started to go to work. "...Thank you for doing this Silver Spoon." Diamond Tiara said, smiling.

"...It's nothing, Diamond Tiara." Silver Spoon said, continuing to work. Diamond Tiara sighed.

"Look, if your still upset over the whole election thing...I've said I'm sorry to you several times that day and I've done my best to be a better friend. Is it really too much to ask for us to go back to what we had?" Diamond Tiara asked her friend.

"You still have work to do on that front, Diamond Tiara." Silver Spoon said. Diamond Tiara sighed again.

"I suppose I'll get started on that math homework for you..." Diamond Tiara said. She went to work right away without a second thought. Thankfully, it was quite easy for her, finishing it up as Silver Spoon approached the half-way point of her work. Thinking of doing her friend a favor, she soon looked at the rest of Silver Spoon's homework, smiled, and got to work on it next.

I'll show Silver Spoon I can be a good friend by helping her with some more of her homework. Diamond Tiara said and got to work on history next. It was her least favorite subject, but she swallowed her own pride to figure it out and she managed to get it done for Silver Spoon just as the gray filly finished the Tiara.

"All done Diamond Tia--" Silver Spoon noticed Diamond Tiara had finished both her math and history homework. "...Wait you took care of my history homework even though you hate that subject?" Silver spoon asked. Diamond Tiara nodded.

"Isn't that a part of being a good friend sometimes doing things you don't normally want to do?" Diamond Tiara asked. Silver Spoon smiled.

"Well maybe I have been a little cold to you even though you've done your best to be a good friend to me again." Silver Spoon said. "I do miss us being friends, I just was unsure if you really were going to put forth the effort of making sure we stay friends this time." She admitted.

"Please...it'd take you doing something that would endanger lives for me to not put forth that sort of effort to be your friend and make sure we stay that way this time." Diamond Tiara said. "Just...I hope your okay with hanging out with the Crusaders too. They've really been helping me out with being a good friend. They've really been such good friends, and I really want you to hang out with us." She said.

"Do I have to hang out with them? Their so...different from us." Silver Spoon said.

"They are different from us, that's for sure. But they are also different from one another. Apple Bloom prefers hard work, Sweetie Belle enjoys designing things, and Scootaloo is a daredevil to the bone. But despite those differences they've made it work between the three of them, and they've even allowed me into their friend circle after I did a lot of damage control at School. You think your the first one I've had to help with homework? I've already helped a lot of the other kids too, just to show how sorry I am. Sure I'm still going down that list...but I've also really been trying to reconnect with you." Diamond Tiara explained.

"Wow...you really have been doing a lot of changing. The old you would never have done this stuff." Silver Spoon said.

"Like I said, the cutie mark crusaders have REALLY been helping me out. And you know what? I feel good now. I feel like I'm freeing myself from the past bit by bit. My past is not today, not by a long shot." Diamond Tiara said, smiling. Silver Spoon smiled and hugged her friend.

"Well, I suppose I can try to be friends with the Cutie Mark Crusaders; though I might need some help with that...if you don't mind." Silver Spoon said.

"Consider it done, Silver Spoon." Diamond Tiara said. She looked at the finished Tiara Replica. "And this looks perfect!" She said and took off her own crown. "I can hardly tell the difference. If I can remind my mom of her special talent, it might make her ease up a little." Diamond Tiara said.

"You really think this whole plan of yours is going to work?" Silver Spoon asked.

"That's what I'm hoping for. I don't know for sure if it will work or not, but I have to try something. Otherwise, if this plan doesn't work, I'm telling daddy." Diamond Tiara said.

"Why haven't you told him yet?" Silver Spoon asked.

"Because I REALLY want to try. Plus, this is like my test, to see if I can free myself from the past completely." Diamond Tiara said.

"And what happens if you fail?" Silver Spoon asked.

"I won't. Sure this might not work, but I have other ways to try. Of course if everything I try fails, then I just have to accept that my mother will never change and I have to free myself from her shackles through my father." Diamond Tiara said. Silver Spoon smiled.

"Now THIS is the Diamond Tiara I remember." Silver Spoon said. "Bump." She said, starting their best friend sign.

"Bump!" Diamond Tiara followed.

"Sugar Lump Rump!" The two finished together and then hugging one another. All the while, Diamond Tiara smiled. She had her best friend back at last. Now if only she could fix her mother...