This is an entry to the Cozy Glow Contest #3. The prompt selected is:

That weird foal was being so extra ‘specially nice to her. Rejecting the pathetic loser was going to be just the best!

Minor edit: rating changed to T upon re-evaluation. This fic contains implied dark themes, but no graphic depictions or descriptions of death.

Cozy Glow is in a new space. An orphan relocated to Ponyville, she’s looking for a new start. The Manehattan committee decided the School of Friendship would be a nice place for a pony as lost in life as her, but her cynical nature and dark outlook on life is making things hard.

And this weird filly won’t leave her alone.