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// Tie breaker: Betrayal 
// Story: Stare Down 
// by IcePony 
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Apple bloom was filled with determination to get out, she stopped crying and looked at him dead in the eyes. "I won't lose to you, and I will get out just you wait and see! I'll get my cutie mark with my friends, that's why I'm a Cutie Mark Crusader!" 

"Wow such energy, ok then...start" 

The setting was in the school yard. Diamond Tiara and Silver Dpoon were trotting towards her. 

"Hay blank flank!" Said Silver Spoon, Diamond Tiara in unison. 

Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell were by her side but they had cutie marks. They looked different though, Sweeties mane was like Siamond Tiaras, her mane and tail had a black instead of a pink stripe. Her cutie mark was a single broken heart. The eyes were on top of them so she guessed this wasn't a one where she could block out some of it, she saw it in full. Scootaloo had a sattle bag on her with diamonds covering the rims. Her hair was the same but her wings, the last row of feathers had the color of her mane dyed on it. Her cutie mark was a wing with a pink and purple stripe on each tip of the feathers. 

"Look, she doesn't have a cutie mark! I got mine when I was flying but when I put color on the ends, I would create a pink and purple stripe because I flew so fast. It was spectacular!" Scootaloo said.

Sweetie bell than joined "yea, I got mine by bullying my first blank flank. The heart is when I crushed her sweet dreams of being the first earth pony to be able to do magic. I'm Bitter Bell now, being sweet isn't how I got my cutie mark."
Sweetie Bell said with a laugh remembering the petty dream. 

"Yea, that was a stupid dream. Like how was it supposed to happen?" Said Silver spoon.

Now she wasn't so sweet just like she said. "Yea! You said it Bitter Bell and Scootaloo!" Diamond said. 

Bitter bell? Was that her name now? Made sense...What had happened to her friends? why are they like this? Why are they doing this to me? Apple bloom was filled with questions that she couldn't ask. Her dearest friends has turned on her and became bullies.

⚠TO THE READER⚠ This is where the path diverges. The next chapters have separate endings. Choose!