Diamond Tiara searched most of the attic and hadn't found too much. Though she managed to find some old bins of clothing, that seem to have been worn by Glitter Ring. Fancy dresses and shoes. They were all fancy and expensive. Too big to fit Diamond though.
She found a large envelope. The letters written on it spelled 'From: Glitter, to: Filthy'. It wasn't sealed, so it had been opened. The filly tore the papers out of it. She held the papers in her hooves and gasped at what she was reading.
'Filthy, I made the mistake of marrying you. This major money making happened AFTER we wed. Then the problem exploded when Shimmer Shine was born, it got more horrible each day. Even though I made the wrong decision marrying you, I will never regret having Shimmer. I'm now pregnant with our second child, I just got back from the hospital saying it's going to be a girl. I want to name her Diamond Tiara, after my favorite childhood storybook princess. I want our next child to have positive pride in herself, I want her to make us proud. Most importantly, I want her to be herself. We don't need another money maker in the family. I'm proud of Shimmer and her new cutie mark. She's a talented hair dresser. She's made me proud. I'll never forgive you for trying to force her to go down the same path you did. Young Shimmer said herself that she's not cut out to be a money maker, yet you try to smother her into it anyway. Don't lie to me and say that you didn't, Shimmer's an honest pony and she came to me for help. Not only help, but support and love. While you plan on using her for your Barnyard Bargains dung. You must change or something bad will happen. I'm warning you. -Glitter Ring.'
Diamond Tiara went through the letters and each of them were similar. They were letters to her dad, telling him to change, to let the fillies be themselves. Her jaw hung when she reached the bottom one, it was the most latest out of them.
'I warned you, Filthy Rich. Diamond Tiara is now born and is beautiful, I'm sure she'll be as good as her sister. Now, Filth, I hope you listen to me. As time goes by, you spend your time now at work than anything at all. And who says being a workaholic isn't bad? Well, it is in this situation. I make myself look like a gold digger here, but I'm not. I'll leave you with the kids if that's what it takes for you to change your ways.'
She stopped, Diamond couldn't go on. It was too painful. It caused more tears went down her face. All the lies that were told to her all of these years are now broken. She knew the truth. Both Filthy Rich and Shimmer Shine lied to her. Shimmer was the best sister ever, but after she moved out several months ago, she left Diamond's life forever. They weren't in touch. Shimmer never called or wrote to her sister, only left her in the dust.
The pink filly heard herself sob. This was the reason why her mother left her. It was her father's fault. The stallion who she called 'daddy', he was the one who betrayed her. He must have brainwashed Shimmer Shine or something.
Diamond Tiara took a look down at the envelope and saw a rectangular lump in it. She shook the envelope and a tape fell out. Taking the tape and papers into her mouth, she trotted down and went to her room. She popped the tape into her VCR and waited for it to turn on. The TV buzzed to life and a clip of Glitter came to the screen. The tape showed many happy moments with her and Shimmer, but no Filthy.
Each time Glitter talked, Diamond Tiara's heart pumped. Her voice sounded almost exactly like she thought it would. It was soft and soothing, but rough when mad. The pink filly kept on crying, the loving mother she had ran away because of her father. After some montages of Shimmer Shine and Glitter Ring playing, laughing and joking around. There was a clip of when Glitter was pregnant with Diamond. Her belly was round. She was lying on the rug next to Shimmer, talking about the baby in her stomach.
"Mommy," Young Shimmer spoke. "What do you planning naming the baby?" Glitter was warmly smiling down at her filly, happy for her enthusiasm.
"Diamond Tiara is what we're going to name her, sweetie." She spoke softly. Shimmer giggled as her mother nuzzled her. Diamond Tiara's eyes flooded, she placed her hoof onto the screen as if her mother and sister could see her and pull her in with them. Away from reality and the hurt.
"Mommy..." Diamond said choking in her tears. She hung her head and cried. The pony hiccuped several times while she mourned her mom being gone.
Her door burst open unexpectedly, Filthy Rich was standing in the doorway. Diamond couldn't do anything. The album was out and wide open, the video was playing and the letters were scattered all over the floor. He didn't look too happy. She was too late. But she had to defend herself. Growling, she was ready to take on Filthy.
"Why did you lie to me, Dad?!" She yelled. "WHY!?" Pounding her hooves against his chest, she kept on yelling at him. All he did in reply was shake his head, his daughter's blows weren't affecting him at all. Only annoying him.
"Diamond Tiara, explain to me why you went into my attic and dug up my personal belongings." He scolded her. She narrowed her eyes, anger was taking control of every inch of Diamond Tiara.
"Oh! So you LIE to me and all you care about are your stupid BELONGINGS?!" She screeched. "What about ME?!" Tears streamed down her face, but her father wasn't even caring.
"Your mother was a beautiful pony and she left. That's it. I'm sorry I lied to y--." Diamond stomped her hoof to have her dad stop talking.
"NO! I'm NOT forgiving you. YOU drove my mother out of here, and maybe my sister! It's all YOUR fault, Dad! I hate you!" She trotted passed her dad and out of the house. She headed somewhere else.
When Diamond Tiara reached another house a block away, she knocked on the door. Silver Spoon answered it. She shook her head when depressed Diamond Tiara was presented to her. Silver led Diamond indoors and locked the door behind them. They sat on the couch. The pink filly spilled everything, from the lies to what just happened.
"It was TERRIBLE." Diamond buried her face into her hooves. "He didn't care about a thing. I found out the truth and all he cared about was me touching his things." Silver Spoon hugged her friend.
"Diamond Tiara... I'm so sorry," Silver replied. "I wish I can do something... but..." She stuttered.
"What Silver Spoon?" Diamond sniffed. Silver had a very sad look on her face, almost as if she were to burst out in tears.
"I'm moving to Canterlot next month." Diamond Tiara's mouth hung very low.
"NOOOOOOOO!" She screamed. "You CAN'T leave. You're my best friend, nopony else understands me like how you do." More waterfalls streamed down her eyes, drenching her face.
"I'm sorry, Diamond." Silver Spoon apologized. "But it's because my parents got new jobs--"
"JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!" Diamond Tiara yelled. "It has to be ALL about jobs!" She sprung off of the couch and dashed out the door.
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Diamond failed to take on the Crusaders again. She was moved down from class newspaper editor to printing press. The reason why was because she forced the Crusaders to write white lies about the ponies. Just like how Filthy lied to her. Her large amount of anger made her not care about feelings, only the column.
"Today's the last day Silver Spoons going to be in Ponyville." Diamond Tiara sighed as she entered her house. She was to too sad to care what her father had to say. Before she reached the stairs she felt a pinch in the back of her leg before she passed out.