(( Warning: This story hasn't been altered or modified since its entry into the contest. It has minor grammar issues and I am well aware of that, but I left it as is because that is how it was entered into the contest. Just a heads up because I am getting lots of feedback regarding the same issues.))

Sometimes secrets are best kept hidden, and sometimes they shouldn't be secret at all. The fillies are about to learn a valuable lesson that a certain filly was keeping from those she knew.

What happens when secrets unravel and the fate of five fillies are changed forever?

Second place in The Cuteness Overload Official Contest

Art by the wonderful iJab

Featured: 11/04/13 Thanks for all those who have read and enjoyed the story :)

Diamond Tiara has never really known what her true feelings were for Scootaloo. After many failed attempts to hide her feelings, she decides to confront the pegasus about her true feelings.

Scootaloo has never thought very much about Diamond Tiara. She always thought she was just another bully.

When they meet, they both admit some things, and may become friends. or maybe something more.

Diamond Tiara only wanted to get her best friend a great gift for Hearths Warming Day. Sadly, Silver Spoon wasn't too fond of the gift, so Diamond decided to simply give it away.

Worst. Decision. Ever.

This story is a sequel to KONO DIO DA: 『Over Friendship』

With DIO gone, and Celestia's stand withdrawn, Equestria falls into the pains of everyday society. As the equines learn to live without help, much division arises, and with that division the opportunity for an old enemy with a new ability to seize control of the land. With the Mane Six separated, the Elements of Harmony powerless, and friendship dying, the princesses know that there is only one hope for Equestria: a morally-ambiguous vampire that can stop time.

I wanted to write more. I couldn't let this story go, and I kept telling myself "No, it's a perfect ending, don't ruin it", but everything in me says "there can be more, I can show more of this hypothetical DIO I have created, and maybe people will like it just as much as they did before". Depending on reception, I might even make a double-trilogy. I intend for this to be a very serious variation of what we saw in the first trilogy, a time to take away the metahumor and silliness to use these characters to ask bigger questions about the moral ambiguity of the world, and of course to write a compelling story in the process.

Rated Teen for depictions of violence, death, gore, suggestive themes, and mild language.

Moondancer conned her neighbor, Trixie, into giving her some solitude when she was a filly, and now she tries to make amends by applying Friendship Theory.

Editor:
Minds Eye
Prereaders:
Reneigh Haycart, Not_A_Hat, ZodiacSpear

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Ask Sweetie Giraffe anything! || Even more What Ifs!
What would happen if Sweetie Belle became a tyrannical giraffe hellbent on destroying all that was shorter than her?

How 'bout Equestria being ruled by literal potatoes?

Ever wanted to see an author clawing at his remaining shreds of sanity at two in the morning, trying to figure out what the actual heck he's writing?

Well, guess what? This is the story for ya! Enjoy the noises of short-circuiting brain cells. :)

Suggestions for chapters are open, but remember to leave space for others! Keep in mind that I decide whether or not to use idea suggestions, and if you want a crossover, or are asking something about the show itself, then check this big ol' Twilight-grade list first!

Check out What If's new sister story!

Now with an anti-recommendation from Posh!

Other what if(s):

• https://www.fimfiction.net/story/398569/what-if
• https://www.fimfiction.net/story/423126/what-if
• https://www.fimfiction.net/story/501039/what-if
• https://www.fimfiction.net/story/512952/random-mlp-what-ifs
• https://www.fimfiction.net/story/538551/what-if

Chinese translation by OMPG!