Chapter 4 - School
The dress was perfect. It was just spectacular to think that Rarity made this in a couple of hours. Scootaloo was just glad that Sweetie Belle wasn't at home then. She was, of course, expecting her to be out with Apple Bloom that day anyway.
They can hang out with each other for all I care, Scootaloo thought. After all, they have their cutie marks. They would obviously hang out with each other more often.
She continued thinking dark thoughts, doing her best to keep them out of her life. However, she still had school, and that meant that her 'former friends' would be there. There would also be Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon picking on her about not having her cutie mark.
But that was what the dress was for. She asked Rarity to make the dress to hide the fact that she didn't have a cutie mark. She would go telling them that she was practicing her talent that she 'supposedly' gotten yesterday. She would also tell them that while practicing her talent, she got a huge scar and didn't want others to see it.
The only problem with the dress, was that she absolutely hated it. It wasn't bad, it was just to girly. She enjoined adventure and danger as much as Rainbow Dash. Wearing a dress was against her nature, but she had to wear it. If she didn't, her plan to be less bothered would fail miserably.
However, this plan was foolproof. Nothing could go wrong today.
Well the day's mood fell as soon as she entered the school grounds. When she did, she saw Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle standing in the middle of a crowd of ponies. Obviously, it was about them getting their cutie marks and they decided to show off in front of the entire school.
They were lucky. They wouldn't have Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon crawling down their backsides every day. Scootaloo would have to wear the dress wherever she went just to avoid anypony from knowing her little secret. As long as nopony knew, she would be fine.
She walked down to the crowd of ponies. If she wasn't a part of the crowd, she might stand out to others, and be asked immediately about her dress.
Open reaching the crowd, she could hear several ponies cheering for the new cutie marks in the class.
"Those cutie marks are awesome!" she heard one say.
"How did you get them?"
"What do they mean?"
The cheers went on for about another 5 minutes. They probably would have gone on longer, but that was when Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon showed up.
"Oh look, its the Cutie Mark Crash Dummies," Diamond said.
"Where's Scootaloo?" Silver Spoon asked. "Or did she fall of utter embarrassment that we would outshine you all today?"
The two bullies laughed, not realizing that Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom were staring blankly at them.
When they did notice, Diamond said: "Why are you staring at us like that? Stop it or I might lose my beautiful face from sheer ugliness."
"Ya all wanted to know why we was starin' at you," Apple Bloom began.
"And this is the reason," Sweetie Belle continued. After she said that, both of them turned to show their new cutie marks to the two bullies.
"What?" Diamond asked. "How did two of the lamest ponies here get their cutie marks?"
"Yeah," Silver Spoon said. "You two along with Scootaloo don't deserve to have a special talent."
A dark thought crept into Diamond Tiara's mind. "Speaking of Scootaloo, where is the flightless wimp?"
Scootaloo cringed when she heard this. Hearing somepony like her saying that made her angrier than a timber wolf protecting her cubs. She couldn't bear to just sit back and listen to her rude comments.
"I'm sure she would love to show us her cutie mark," Diamond continued. "Oh, that's right. She can't fly, and anypony of her age who can't fly doesn't deserve their cutie mark."
That stung, Scootaloo thought. If she says one more rude remark about me not being able to fly...
"Yeah," Silver Spoon commented. "She doesn't deserve to be like the rest of us."
"I know, right?" Diamond Tiara said. "What makes it even better, is that she really is like a chicken!"
"Why's that?"
"Two reasons. One, chickens don't get cutie marks. Two...
"Chickens can't fly!"
That's it! I'm going to...
"Diamond Tiara!"
All the students turned to see Cheerilee waking towards the crowd of students. Some of them parted, allowing the teacher to walk strait up to the rotten filly.
"Are you making fun of other students again?"
"No," she replied flatly.
"Yes," replied the other students.
"Well," Cheerilee continued. "we're just going to have to talk to your father about this, aren't we?"
"NO!"
"Come on, Diamond."
The two of them left the crowd alone. It was still about 10 minutes till homeroom, so almost everypony went back to doing what they were doing.
And that, was ask Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle about their cutie marks.