"As you can tell from my daughter's lack of a cutie mark, she has yet to discover her special talent Miss Sunset Shimmer." Spoiled Rich said. "And being one of the students of Princess Celestia, and from what I've heard, being a big sister figure for the other student Twilight Sparkle, I was wondering if perhaps on school weekends you'd be willing to help my daughter out with finding a talent to have. I honestly could care less at this point what her talent is, I only worry that her lack of a cutie mark will make her fall behind her peers." She explained.

"Not to worry Spoiled Rich. I will do what I can to help your daughter. But honestly, I'm not sure if there's anything that I specifically can do." Sunset said. "However, I will do my absolute best to guide your daughter towards figuring out her talent." She added.

"That is all am asking you for. And maybe, she could grow to see you as a big sister just like Twilight did for you." Spoiled Rich said.

"Now that last part is up to her and her alone." Sunset said.

Elsewhere, Diamond Tiara was once again being bullied by the school's rich colt known as Silver Platter who is known at the school as being the boyfriend of Silver Spoon, the only Pony who Silver Platter never bullies.

"Hey! Leave her alone!" A female voice suddenly called out. Before Diamond Tiara could process this, a yellow filly with a red mane suddenly came out of nowhere and stood in front of Diamond Tiara.

"So, there's still another Blank Flank at the school besides little miss Diamond Tiara." Silver Platter said.

"Call me blank flank as much as you want, you are not picking on her, Silver Platter!" The Yellow filly said. Diamond Tiara was in awe. Never before had anyone ever come to her rescue like that. Not even against Silver Platter.

"Tch. Fine. I was done here anyways." Silver Platter said and left. The yellow filly turned to Diamond Tiara.

"Are you okay?" The yellow filly asked. Diamond Tiara couldn't help but admire the beauty of the filly before her but quickly calmed herself.

"Yeah. I'm fine. No one's ever stood up for me like that. Not even against Silver Platter. So, thanks for that. My name's Diamond Tiara. What's yours?" Diamond Tiara asked.

"Ma name's Apple Bloom. Nice to meet you." The yellow filly said. Diamond Tiara's eyes went wide.

"Wait a minute; are you related to Anny 'Apple' Smith by any chance?" Diamond Tiara asked.

"Darn tootin'; she's my grandma!" Apple Bloom said.

"Oh my gosh; I was just saved by Anny Smith's granddaughter..." Diamond Tiara said, almost swooning.

"...Are ya sure your okay there Diamond Tiara?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine. I just never really expected to run into the granddaughter of one of my dad's business partners here as school." Diamond Tiara said.

"That would be Filthy Rich wouldn't it? So your THAT Diamond Tiara. He did say he had a daughter about my age. Guess he meant you." Apple Bloom said. Diamond Tiara managed to hold back a blush.

"Well then, if my father is a friend of your grandma, then I don't see why we can't be friends." Diamond Tiara said. "Although I secretly hope we can be more then friends one day..." She muttered.

"What was that?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Nothing. So you don't have a cutie mark either I see." Diamond Tiara said.

"Eenope. So I say we should stick together, maybe help each other until we both have our marks." Apple Bloom said, holding out her hoof. Diamond Tiara smiled and took it.

"I agree to that. After standing up for me, it's the least I could do." Diamond Tiara said which made Apple Bloom smile as well.

Later that day, Diamond Tiara returned home.

"Mom, dad, I'm home." Diamond Tiara said.

"Well someone is in high spirits." Spoiled Rich said.

"You could say that. I made a new friend in class today. She may not have a cutie mark yet, but she did stand up for me against that big old bully Silver Platter." Diamond Tiara said.

"Well that's very nice of them. Anyone who defends my daughter against that no good colt is okay in my book." Spoiled Rich said.

"Out of curiosity, what's your new friend's name?" Filthy Rich asked.

"That's the best part: She's the granddaughter of Anny Smith, better known as Granny Smith of the Apple Family. Her name is Apple Bloom." Diamond Tiara said.

"Ah, good old Anny Smith. She did say she had a granddaughter about your age now." Filthy Rich said.

"Isn't Granny Smith the one who supplies you with Zap Apple Jam once a year?" Spoiled Rich asked.

"The one and the same. And if her granddaughter is the friend of my daughter, I don't think we should let the two be separate." Filthy Rich said.

"Well after standing up to that no good Silver Platter, I'd say Apple Bloom being friends with Diamond Tiara is fine by me." Spoiled Rich said. "So long as the two of you stay out of trouble." She added.

"I'll be fine mom." Diamond Tiara said.

"On another note, I did ask Sunset to see if she could help you with finding your talent." Spoiled Rich said. "Though she did say that unless you made some friends, she could only consider it before she left. When she asked if you had any friends, and when I told her no, she said that until you made some friends, she would only consider my offer. I hope I can tell her the good news tomorrow while your at school." She added.

"You do that mom." Diamond Tiara said. Outside, Sunset had heard everything. She smiled and left.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I am happy to report that one of your youngest subjects has made a new friend today after their new friend stood up for them against a notorious bully.

It just goes to show that sometimes friendships can form when a total stranger is willing to stand up for you and who you are even if you've never met.

So while I may not have learnt much about friendship today myself, I will say that this is an example that there is no age at which friendship can start. Which is a friendship lesson I have already learnt. And one I can say the one known as Diamond Tiara has learnt today as well.

From your faithful Student, Sunset Shimmer.

Author's Note

So in case it wasn't obvious enough, this version of Diamond Tiara has yet to earn her cutie mark and thus isn't as stuck up as the original version. So think of this as like a version of Diamond Tiara who never gets to become a bully while Silver Spoon has a rich colt as a boyfriend who fills Diamond Tiara's role for this AU. Also, because this this version of Diamond Tiara doesn't have a cutie mark, Spoiled Rich is more then willing to let Diamond Tiara hang out with the Cutie Mark Crusaders of Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo.
Oh, and because of scene with AB standing up for DT, there is some hidden AppleTiara/DiamondBloom shipping going on in the background. Didn't think I'd be able to work that in somehow did you?