Diamond Tiara sighed as she got to school that Monday.

"What's up?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Admittedly, it was a valent effort...I thought for a moment as soon as my mother realized which tiara was the fake one that there was going to be progress...but then she just went on and on all until bedtime hit about how very close to being real the fake tiara looked. It was so much so that I couldn't have been happier to go to bed." Diamond Tiara admitted. "I thought for sure that it meant she'd change first thing tomorrow, but all that really happened was further argument between my mother and my father about Ponyville as a whole..." Diamond Taira said. Silver Spoon thankfully was there to also comfort her best friend.

"Well at least it got her to calm down for a day." Silver Spoon said.

"Key word being for a day. No offense, but Diamond Tiara needs more then a day." Scootaloo said.

"Scootaloo is right; we need something else...something bigger!" Sweetie Belle said.

"Let's not get crazy here. I have other methods." Diamond Tiara said. "For the rest of this week, I'm going to really put my best hoof forward in doing well in class; we are getting our mid-semester report cards in the mail this weeekend, and I'm hoping that by improving my grades, mother will back off from getting on my case about the friends I make." Diamond Tiara said.

"That's not a bad idea..." Apple Bloom Said.

That next monday, Diamond Tiara once again came to school distraught.

"...Let me guess, once again nothing really came about it?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Well father could not have been more proud of the grades I've gotten the day they came, but it devolved into a two day debate over the weekend between my parents again." Diamond Tiara said. "I really thought it'd show my mother that I really love the public school system, but she once again is threatening private school on me." She added.

"Okay, do we need to grab Twilight's attention now? Because I don't know if I can take you moving to a private school." Sweetie Belle said. "...Never thought I'd see the day when I'd say that." She added.

"Same here. And I never thought I'd see the day when I'd agree with that statement." Scootaloo said.

"We've all been getting really close. I'm just not sure how much longer we should wait." Silver Spoon said.

"Hold off on that; father is going to be home early from work today, and I'm thinking of chatting him up about business stuff before he and mom start arguing again." Diamond Tiara said. "Maybe by showing my mother just how great I can be as a leader, she'll be pratically begging me to stay local." She said.

"You really think that's going to work?" Apple Bloom asked.

"It has to; mom looks like she's about to get physical with both my father and me." Diamond Tiara said.

Diamond started to head home after school that day, when she bumped into a strange stallion.

"Oh...my apologies sir. I should've payed more attention to where I was going." Diamond Tiara said.

"...You are someone who looks like they could use what I have to give well..." The stallion said. Suddenly he handed Diamond Tiara a strange perfume bottle. "Have someone you trust spray this on themselves; the rest I will leave you to discover." The Stallion spoke and then left.

"Um..." Diamond Tiara tried to catch his attention about price, but found herself loosing the stallion in a large crowd wanting to play a make-shift carnival game set up by Pinkie Pie. "...Okay that was weird..." Diamond Tiara said and headed for home.

Diamond Tiara talked with her father that night, and gave him that perfume bottle which looked a lot like a cologne bottle for men. Why a stallion gave her a cologne bottle when she was a filly was beyond her. What's more, the stallion never asked for anything in return. It was the strangest thing.

But the next day, she found herself stunned beyond belief: Not only was her mother suddenly being super nice to her, but was not upset at the pink filly when Diamond Tiara told her mother she was going to hang out with the Crusaders after school today. She didn't even make any mockery.

"...It was if something just...happened overnight." Diamond Tiara said. "I don't know if my father had a good long talk with my mother or what it was, but suddenly my mother is super nice." Diamond Tiara said.

"But isn't this what you wanted? To have her be nice?" Scootaloo asked.

"Maybe...but ah I bet Diamond Tiara can tell that something feels off here..." Apple Bloom said.

"Well now that you mention it..." Scootaloo said. "It does sound out of character for Spoiled Rich. Maybe talk with your father about it at least?" She suggested.

"Yeah. Sounds like a good idea." Diamond Tiara said.

Diamond Tiara went up to her father after she got back home. "Hey daddy, do you think something off about mother?" Diamond Tiara asked.

"Well...she did start acting this way since last night when I decided in the middle of our argument to spray on that cologne you brought back home. Not that I'm complaining mind you. Perhaps she's finally decided to be the mother figure that you deserved to have this entire time." Filthy Rich told his daughter.

"I guess...I suppose I might as well see if it lasts though." Diamond Tiara said and headed upstairs to her room, but found her jaw drop to the floor when she saw her mother cleaning it up.

"Oh! Your back so soon. I thought I'd be a great mother to you and clean up your room for a change of pace. I must say, it was quite enjoyable." Spoiled Rich said.

"Mother...something is wrong...very wrong..." Diamond Tiara said. "You'd NEVER clean up ANYONES room for ANY reason..." She said.

"Why ever would I not want to? It's what a mother is supposed to do for their children, after all." Spoiled Rich said. Diamond Tiara suddenly left her room and found the perfume in question to get some answers.

The perfume was labeled "Heartfelt Wish" and the detailed description disturbed Diamond Tiara beyond belief.

"Only to be worn by stallions who are in a relationship with a mare that was not the one they married; makes the married mare behave and act according to the Stallion's Wishes"

Diamond Tiara needed to find that Stallion who gave her this...

Author's Note

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