//------------------------------// // Stupid self-fulfilling prophacy // Story: Diamond Days // by Bysen //------------------------------// Eventually lunch time rolled around and Diamond Tiara finally got her chance to speak with her friend, ask her why she hadn’t stopped by her place this morning. “You hurt my feelings yesterday, alright?” she begrudgingly admitted. Silverspoon never took any offence to anything Diamond usually said. That DT’s friend was suddenly insulted by any of it surprised her. Truth be told, Silverspoon was really just feeling sorry for Twist. The filly hadn't even shown up for school today. “Oh come on. Your glasses look way better than hers anyway.” Diamond Tiara replied. It was true and she thought it was what Silverspoon really just wanted to hear. A compliment, like she herself always soaked up when given. “That’s not what I’m talking about.” Silverspoon deflected. “You, you told Twist that she had no friends. And that the only reason Applebloom had been her friend was because she didn’t have Cutie Mark either. You went too far when you told her t...” she was cut off. “So? It’s not like it isn’t true!” Diamond half-yelled back. Applebloom had been Twist’s only friend and once she got her Cutie Mark, Applebloom started hanging out more and more with the rest of her blank-flank new friends. Eventually, she stopped hanging out with Twist at all. “How does any of that relate to you at all anyway?” “Because… I don’t know if I have any friends either.” “Oh don’t get all mushy on me,” Diamond Tiara replied. She knew where this was going and had to put an end to it now. “I’m your friend, so stop being stupid.” “Are you though?” Silverspoon asked. This was exactly where Diamond Tiara had thought it was heading. Only thing though was… “Yes! Of course I am!” she thought she was! “What more do you want me to say?” “I want you to say sorry.” “Say sorry to Twist? Why should I? I just told you everything I said was true.” “Say sorry to me!” “I didn’t even say anything about you! What on Equestria should I say sorry to you for?” “Because… because…” Silverspoon paused for a moment before following up with “Just because!" she added out of spite that she didn’t really have a reason in this exact argument. "You’re a bitch!” she could tell by the look on her friend’s… her former friend's face that she had struck a chord. “That’s right, you’re a self-absorbed bitch. Just ask anypony, they'll say it’s true.” Before Silverspoon could say anything else, before Diamond Tiara could think of anything else, her hoof came up and struck Silverspoon across the face. “Take it back!” she yelled, loud enough for half the school to hear her. They’d grabbed a small bit of attention before this but now had everypony’s eyes on them. “I shouldn’t have to apologize for telling the truth!” Silverspoon mocked, using DT’s own flawed logic. It was clear she’d won. Diamond Tiara had no response to this. The only choice she had left was to say sorry, and Silverspoon would apologize too when she did. But as they stood there for a few moments, Diamond’s face changing expressions numerous times from anger, to confusion, to acceptance, back to anger. It became clear she wasn’t going to say it. Eventually, Silverspoon just turned away and walked off, leaving Diamond Tiara still just standing there. Soon enough Diamond turned and walked away as well. She didn’t know where Silverspoon went and didn’t care. Why should she? It’s not like they were friends any more after all. And all because of Silverspoon’s stupid self-fulfilling prophecy. Now to any outsider looking in on the fight, it was obviously just a little bicker between friends and they’d be over it in a few days. But DT didn’t know that. This was the first time anything like this had ever happened between Silverspoon and her. Almost all the remaining lunch hour passed as she sat alone and sulked, off on the other side of the playground, somewhere she couldn’t see Silverspoon. There was probably only a few minutes or so left before the bell would ring and they’d all have to go back into class when Applebloom came up to her. “Are you alright Diamond Tiara?” “What do you care?” she replied on instinct. She couldn’t see, or if she could she didn’t care, that Applebloom was trying to be nice to her, trying to cheer her up “Ah saw you get inta a fight with Silverspoon. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are talkin’ to her right now. She’s real upset over whatever it is that happened between y’all.” she replied. Despite being teased by those two for who knows how long, she still didn’t like seeing other ponies so sad. Diamond Tiara wasn’t but Silverspoon had been crying quite hard. “So uh, what happened?” “It’s none of your business, blank-flank!” Diamond retorted. The last thing she needed now was this one feeling sorry for her. “Ah know it ain’t, but ah’m just trying ta help is all.” “I don’t need help. Especially from some dumb country hick blank-flank like you! I don’t care if you wanna help or not. I hate you! I hate Twist! I hate Silverspoon!” she yelled. DT was absolutely furious that this filly was even trying to speak with her right now and offer her some sort of mock-support. “Geez, ah was just tryin ta help is all. No need ta bite ma head off fer it.” Applebloom replied. Whatever compassion she had for Diamond Tiara was all but gone now. “Go rut yourself.” Diamond replied flatly. If Applebloom was going to say anything in response, she was cut off by the school bell ringing. Instead she just frowned and turned to head back into the classroom, leaving Diamond Tiara out there alone. Just like she wanted to be. Alone. As she walked off, Applebloom sighed softly to herself and muttered under her breath "I was just trying ta help..." but it was clear to her now, Diamond Tiara didn’t just dislike her and the rest of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She didn’t just have a fight with her friend. She was just deep down a horrible pony and nothing would change that. Applebloom couldn’t imagine what it would be like to have no friends like DT now did. But if any pony deserved something like that is was definitely Diamond Tiara.