Bully

"DIAMOND TIARA!"

"WHAT?!" Diamond Tiara yelled from her bedroom.

"DINNER!"

"GIVE ME A SECOND!" Diamond Tiara laid in the center of her bed. In front of her was an open book and a pencil. She picked up the pencil with her mouth and began to write.

Dear Diary,

Today I was able to convince my Dad that I was old enough to take care of myself. About time too, I was really getting sick of being treated like child. I'm Seven and a half and I should be treated like an adult. Well thanks to Maiden, I am able to stay home by myself while my Dad goes on his little business trip. Maybe she's not so bad after all.

"TIARA!"

"HOLD ON!"

Also today those Cutie Mark Crusaders ditched school after recess. Cheerilee is going to give them a flank whooping when we return from spring break.

Diamond Tiara started giggling to herself at the very idea. She could imagine Cheerilee yelling at the Blank Flanks and expelling them from school. "To bad I'm not that lucky." she said.

"TIARA!"

"I'M COMMING! sheesh." Diamond Tiara closed her diary and jumped off the bed. She made her way downstairs and into the dining room where her father was waiting for her.

After their semi-short meal, Filthy Rich had his daughter help him carry his luggage to the carriage. Setup to the carriage was a grey pony with a white combed mane. Filty's bags and suitcases were extremely heavy, at least Diamond Tiara thought so.

"I don't understand why I have to help you carry your things to the carriage. They're your things." the filly complaned.

"If you want to be treated like an adult you'll have to work like an adult."

Diamond Tiara groaned. "You're taking advantage of this whole thing, aren't you?"

"Is it that obvious?" A smile found its way onto Filthy Rich's face. Tiara didn't smile. She just rolled her eyes and carried on carrying her father's things to the carriage. Once the two were done Diamond Tiara's father gave her a hug and a kiss on the head. "Now, I know I've said this about a million times already, but please behave."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

"And don't forget to have fun. It's Spring break. Stop being so grumpy all the time and make something out of your childhood. You look so forward to be an adult when you forget to be a child."

"Dad,"

"Shoot!" Filthy Rich said loudly. He looked at his silver watch on his front right hoof. "My train leaves in ten minutes. Sorry Honey, I got to go." The stallion galloped out of the house and hopped into the carriage. He stuck the upped half of his body out the window and began waving to Diamond Tiara. "Bye! I love you! See you in a week!" The stallion hooked up to the wagon began to pull the vehicle down the road, leaving Diamond Tiara in her home alone.

The filly let out a sigh of relief. "About time. I thought he'd never leave." she said to herself. Diamond Tiara walked out the house, closing the door behind her. The air had gotten a little cooler since recess earlier. The sky was a light orange as the sun made its decent under the horizon.

She walked down the path to the road and began making her way up to Silver Spoon's house.

Knock! Knock!

Diamond Tiara waited outside the door patiently. With in a few moment the door open and standing inside in front of her was Silver Spoon.

"Hey, I see you got your dad to let you stay home." the silver earth pony said.

"Yeah, but I'm bored. I came over to see if you wanted to mess with those little blank flanks."

"I don't know, it's getting late and I don't think my mom would want me going out at dark."

"Silver Spoon, I thought you were tougher than that. Now all of a sudden you wanna be a goodie-two-horseshoes?"

"Alright, alright," Silver Spoon said, giving in to Tiara's tempatation.

"Good, now let's go."

Silver Spoon stepped outside and closed the door behind her. The two friends began walking down the road, walking by the many shops and houses in ponyville. The sun had completely gone down and the street lanterns have been magically lit.

"I have to stop by my house to get some eggs." Diamond Tiara mentioned. "I was thinking we could throw eggs at Applebloom's farmhouse."

"Ooh, that's brilliant. But what if we...hey, what is she doing?" Silver Spoon pointed a hoof to Diamond Tiara's left. The pink filly turned at saw Twist standing in a dark ally, talking to...someone. Whoever she was talking to was cloaked in the shadows, if there was anypony there at all.

"Hey, Lisp!" Diamond Tiara called. Twist turned her attention to Tiara and Silver Spoon and gave them an odd expression of guilt. "Who the buck are you talking to?"

Twist didn't respond. She just looked at the two fillies, then at the shadowed pony, and back at the fillies.

"I said, who the buck are you talking to?"

Twist galloped out of the ally as fast as she could. Silver Spoon was about to chase after her until Tiara held her hoof out in front of the grey pony. "Just let her go. We can egg her house instead." Diamond Tiara said.

"Man, what a freak." Silver Spoon said. "I'm going to enjoy egging her house."

They continued walking. After a few more minutes they arrived at the pink filly's home.

"Stay here! I'm going to go get the eggs." Diamond Tiara walked up the path towards her house. Silver Spoon stayed behind in the dark, quiet street. It was a new moon tonight, so the only light was given to her were the street lamps and the stars uphigh.

Suddenly there was rustling in the bushes. Silver Spoon's heart started beating faster and heavier. She turned towards the direction where the noise came from and spoke, "Who's there?" There was no responce. The filly gulped as she felt eyes of someone or something upon her. "You better leave me alone or I'll fucking kill you."

"She won't do it." whispered a voice from with in the bushes. It was too low to make out, but the voice was defenately that of a filly. "She's too much of a whimp to even dare touch us."

"Yeah and look at those glasses. Bitch looks like a nerd." said another voice. There was more than one pony in the bushes. Silver Spoon wanted to go over there and find out who they were, but...but she was too affraid. Her heart ached from the insults. Tears began building in her eyes but she wiped them away with her hoof.

"Sh...shut up!" Silver Spoon said.

"Look at 'er, she thinks she's ta boss of us." said a third voice.

"Why don't you just go home and cry to your mama?"

"She's crying. What a baby."

The voices began to giggle.

"You shut up, right now!" Silver Spoon was now in tears.

"Cry baby! Cry baby!"

"LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Somepony touched Silver Spoon's shoulder. She let out a horrified shriek and jumped forward. The filly looked up and standing in front of her was Diamond Tiara carrying a pink sequenced saddle bag on her back.

"Jeez, what's wrong with you?" the pink filly asked. Silver Spoon breathed heavily and looked like she was close to having a heart attack. "And who were you talking too?"

"There's ponies in that bush over there."

"Are you losing you mind, Silver Spoon?"

"No, I'm serious. They were hidden in the bushes and just suddenly began making fun of me."

Diamond Tiara walked towards to the bush that Silver Spoon mentioned. She searched the entire area and then looked up at her friend.

"Who was it?" Silver Spoon asked.

"Silver Spoon, there's no pony in the bushes. You were just hallucinating. Your mind was just playing tricks on you because it's dark."

"No, I swear I head three ponies in the bushes."

"Are you sure you're up to egging Twist's house?" Tiara asked.

"Yeah, of course I am." Silver Spoon responded. "Now let's go. Did you get the eggs?"

The pink filly nodded and then they began to walk up the road.

Diamond Tiara threw the first egg. It soared through the air and hit one of the second story windows, cracking open and leaving a huge mess of yoke and eggshells on the glass.

"Nice throw." Silver Spoon commented.

"Thanks."

Silver Spoon picked up an egg from the egg carton and tossed it up at the house. The egg splattered on the wall about five feet from where Diamond Tiara's last egg remains were.

At that moment the window covered in egg remains opened and a filly with large glasses and a candy cane mane popped her head out the window.

"Whath are you thwo doing?" Twist asked.

"Hey, try and hit her, Tiara." Silver Spoon suggested. Diamond Tiara picked up an egg and threw it at the candy cane mane filly. She was just able to dodge the egg but it flew inside her room and splattered on her wooden floor. The two friends burst out in hysterical laughter.

"Pleasth thtop."

"You try." Tiara said. Silver Spoon grabbed another egg and threw it. This time the egg hit Twist right in the face covering her with the insides of the egg.

"Ow!" she cried.

"Awesome!" both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon said.

The impact from the egg cracked both the lenses on Twist's glasses. A tear fell from the egg covered filly's eye.

"You guyth are jerkth!" Twist said and then closed her window shut. The two fillies just outside the house fell onto the ground laughing their flanks off.

"Did...did...did you hear her?" Silver Spoon said. "Pleasthhhhh thhhhhhtop!"

"I...I can't...breath." Diamond Tiara said laughing hysterically on her back.

After laughing like wild hyenas the two fillies continued to throw eggs at Twist's house. They hit the front door twice, Twist's window another three times, two other windows (one egg each), and three at the walls.

Once they ran out of eggs the two friends departed and walked back to their homes.

The entire house was silent. Even the chirping of the crickets were able to penetrate the house's walls. It was perfect.

Diamond Tiara lay asleep in her comfortable queen sized bed, dreaming about her mother. This was the fifth time in a row she's dreamed about her, but she wasn't complaining. She missed her mother and being able to see her face, even in a dream, made her happy.

The sound of a door closing woke Diamond Tiara. She sat up and quietly listened. There was a faint sound of hoofsteps walking downstairs. Someone was in the house. Maybe it was her dad. Maybe he forgot something and had to make a trip back to get it.

The filly got up out of her bed and walked over to the window and looked down at the road outside he house. There was no carriage parked outside or anything.

Maybe he walked here.

Yeah, right. The train station is two miles away and her father never trotted more than two blocks to get anywhere. And not to mention it's two in the morning. Tiara looked up at the moon and just stared.

CLASH!

The sound of shattering class echoed through out the house.

Diamond Tiara nearly jumped out of her skin. Someone was in the house and it wasn't her dad. She walked over to the door and slowly opened it. There were no more noises, but she knew the intruders were still here.

The pink filly quietly made her way down the hall and down the stairs, taking each step with caution.

Somepony downstairs giggled, causing Diamond Tiara to freeze in fright. Her heart race and sweat moistened her forehead. After about a minute the laughing silenced and Tiara was able to regain control. She finally reached the first floor of her house. The journey down the stairs had felt like a long one, but she finally made it.

She stood by the front door, listening.

Nothing. There was no noise other than her own breathing. Tiara moved into the kitched, stepping on a shard of glass.

"AH, SHIT!" she cried out. She looked down at her hoof and saw blood beginning to drip from her hoof to the floor. A shard of glass was stuck deep inside her hoof, blood gushing out from around the shard. Diamond Tiara sat down on a clear spot on the ground.  She breathed heavily as she prepared to enter a world of pain.

The filly bend down, her hoof in her face, and bit down on the shard that stuck out of her hoof. She took in a deep breath and yanked the shard out of her hoof. The pain was intense. Diamond Tiara let out an ear piercing scream which would have awoken her dad and Maiden if they were still here.

Tears ran down the filly's face as pain grew in her body and blood flowed out of it. She quickly reached for a rag, which hung just off the counter, and tied it around her bleeding hoof.

Tiara took a moment for the pain to settle down before getting back up. But the moment she did someone or something began talking from with in the darkness.

"Haha, what a klutz."

"Yeah, dumb bitch can' even watch where she's goin'."

These voices sounded familiar. Very familiar. Diamond Tiara tried to think who the voices belonged to, but it was very hard to think from the large amount of blood loss. She felt weak and fell down back to the floor.

"Show yourselves, you bastards!" Diamond Tiara shouted.

"Ooh, I'm so scared. Please don't hurt me." one of the voices said sarcastically and then all three voices burst out in laughter.

"Like she can even fight."

"She'd probably jus' bleed on you."

Diamond Tiara started crying again, except this time it was from heartache.

"Why don't you go cry to your mommy? Oh wait, that's right. Your mother's dead."

"Your mother's dead! Your mother's dead!" the three mysterious voices chanted. Diamond Tiara struggled back up onto her hooves and made her way upstairs as fast as she could, but the farther away she got from the kitchen the louder the chanting got.

The pink filly ran into her room and slammed the door behind her. She locked the door and jumped onto her bed, weeping. The voices echoing in her head like a broken record.

Your mother's dead! Your mother's dead!