"That Scootaloo's going to pay… One way, or another…" An all-too-familiar snobbish voice spoke out at the Rich Household's swimming pool where all-too-familiar rich fillies were hanging out at in their bathing suits. Although…only one remained out of the water while the other chilled out.
Diamond Tiara was furious, humiliated, basically, she was downright livid.
Silver Spoon watched as Diamond paced near the swimming pools ledge as she floated on an inflatable recliner. Her friend has been going at this for almost an hour or maybe two, she lost count. She knew what she was talking about: their failure of harming Scootaloo; Ever since Scootaloo gave Diamond that black eye, and got her in trouble with Filthy Rich, Diamond wanted nothing more than to get even with the blank flank. Only thing is, when you're a diamond, that means you never break… and it also means you hit harder. Silver too was mad at Scootaloo for what she did to her friend and wanted to see the Pegasus filly squirm as the pink filly gets her revenge.
However… they had not counted on the blank flank being heavily protected on what they believed were normal grounds at that cottage. For all they knew, they believed that all Scootaloo's mother had there were small, harmless woodland creatures that couldn't do any harm to them…. Well, except for porcupines…and skunks…and bees. Okay, there were a couple of small woodland critters that could do some harm to them; but what they didn't see coming was those larger predators. Silver shivered at the thought of seeing those two carnivores that eyed her, Diamond, Grime, and Dirt with those possibly-hungry glares; just what else was Fluttershy hiding in that cottage? Her thoughts then went to that little griffon that was with them until that monstrous lizard came out of its den after Scootaloo told them that the animals don't attack because they knew she was protected by that beast, what had happened to her? Did that monster eat her? Did those predators get her themselves? The more she thought of what went on at Scootaloo's and Fluttershy's home, the more worried and afraid she became.
And the more worried and afraid Silver Spoon became… the more reluctant she felt about helping Diamond with her revenge plan.
Diamond stopped her pacing and glared out the gates, looking off into the distance, looking off to where that Luna-forsaken cottage was. She clenched her teeth in anger as she snorted smoke out of her flaring nostrils, "Nopony gets away with getting me into trouble with daddy, or giving me a black eye… NOPONY!" She clenched her hoof as she continued her rant, "Just you wait, Scootaloo… I'll get you back, and when I do, you're going to regret ever crossing Diamond Tiara!"
"Um… Diamond Tiara? D-Don't you think we should just… you know… forget about it? Forget this whole ‘revenge' thing?"
Diamond froze. She slowly looked over her shoulder with a glare at the spectacle-wearing gray filly that is her friend. "Excuse me?" Her tone was angered and like a cold icicle in winter. "You wanna run that by me again, Silver Spoon?" She turned around, approaching her slowly, that glare so cold, the pool may as well freeze over.
Silver winced from her spot, the rubber whining under her as she backed up a bit "I-I'm just saying… t-that maybe we should just forget about getting revenge on the blank flank… I mean, you saw those monsters back there!" She pointed off in that same direction her friend had looked in during her rant, "If we even do carry out our revenge, those creatures will get to us before we even get to her!" She attempted to talk Diamond out of this as she worried about what would happen to the two of them. Dirt and Grime chickened out of the group after their encounter with that komodo dragon of Scootaloo's, which only left the two of them.
Diamond scoffed and shrugged a shoulder, "So?"
Silver looked at her, stunned. Had she completely forgotten what occurred back there? "‘So?'?! Diamond, those beasts could kill us, or even worse, eat the two of us, especially that huge lizard! He probably already ate that little griffon that was with us before! Pounding the daylights out of the blank flank is now basically suicide a-and that's all you can say, ‘So?'?!"
Diamond frowned at her, a bit disgusted that she's trying to weasel her way out of this, her own best friend, "That little pushover was slowing us down anyway… but am I really hearing this from you, Silver? After all, we've been through, you're trying to weasel your way out of teaching that flightless blank flank a lesson… because of a few stupid animals?"
Silver frowned at her, "I'm only trying to keep us alive! Most of them are carnivores, you know."
Diamond scoffed and rolled her eyes, sourly admitting, "All right, so it was a mistake trying to pummel her at her own place, but it wasn't that bad."
Silver Spoon stamped her hoof, incredulous, "Not that bad? She knew we'd do something like that! I swear, she knew that we'd probably pull something like this, but now she has a surefire way to get rid of us instead of us getting rid of her."
And if her words were going to fall on deaf ears, she had no choice. Silver sighed but shook her head as she said the nine words that she never would've expected to say to Diamond's face before "Diamond… I don't want to do this anymore."
A pin drop could only be heard as Diamond absorbed those words.
Silver, the closest and only friend she has, is chickening out. She could understand that those beasts were dangerous, but that was no excuse. Whatever she and Silver decided, they execute their actions together.
But apparently, not this time.
"Wait… Are you chickening out on helping me with making Chicken-loo pay?" Her eyes narrowed as her bestie slowly but firmly nodded her head "I guess I am." Was all that Silver could respond back before letting out a yelp as she is bounced off the rubber recliner as Diamond leaped onto it with fury and landing into the pool; She gasped for breath as she surfaced before yelping as Diamond grabbed her by her bathing suit and looked her in the eye "Let me remind you, Silver Spoon,… if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be popular… without me, you wouldn't be one of the top students… if anything, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten your cutie mark!"
It was at that point, something in Silver Spoon snapped as she glared back at the pink earth filly, "Like you were picking daisies!" She got in her face, causing her to lean back on the floating furniture, "You're only popular because you're rich!" She bares her teeth, "And you're only rich because of your dad's successful business!" She barked out in anger, "You're only top of the class because of me doing your homework that you can't be bothered to do yourself, you're just jealous because I'm smarter than you!"
Diamond glared at her furiously for that last comment before tackling her back into the water as they fight, screaming and pulling each other's manes while splashing water about.
"Take it back!"
"No!"
"TAKE IT BACK!"
"NEVER!"
The two fillies kept fighting one another before a snooty voice yelled out to them, causing the two of them to freeze
"Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon! What is going on out here?!"
Silver winced as she slowly looked over while Diamond looked over with her best ‘pouty filly' face as the wife of Filthy Rich, Spoiled Rich, approached them with a no-nonsense frown and a raised brow at this behavior.
"Moooooom! Silver doesn't want to help me anymore!" She tattled as she points at Silver who glared angrily at her for being a tattler.
Spoiled looked at Silver with a firm frown as the two fillies climbed out of the swimming pool, "What did you do to upset her?" It sounded more like an accusation than a question.
"I didn't do anything! I'm trying to talk her out of getting revenge on Scootaloo because of the advantage she has over us! But she won't listen to me!" The older mare's brows furrowed as she gazed down at Silver expectantly, "Silver Spoon… what have we learned?"
Silver knew what was happening and sighed sadly, gazing down as she answered, "Diamonds never break…" Spoiled Rich raised her brow, wanting her to finish, causing her to sigh once more "…and diamonds hit back to get even."
The pointy-nosed mare nodded approvingly "That's right."
"But—" Poor Silver was cut off "No ‘buts'. I expect more out of you. Where would you be without Diamond, Filthy, and I?"
Silver winced, "Nowhere…" She backs up as Spoiled advances towards her to intimidate her as she forced her to remember her place,
"Who took you in when no one else would?"
Silver timidly spoke out, "F-Filthy Rich..."
Spoiled frowned as she leaned in, their noses touching, "And who used her own money to enroll you into school to get an education?"
Silver answered her out of fear "You!"
The older mare was standing right above Silver Spoon now, "And are you going to just throw it all away because of one blank flank? You're that ungrateful?"
Silver shook her head, "No-no! I-I'm not! I—!"
She winced as Spoiled poked her chest as she reminded her, "We are the richest family in all of Ponyville, Silver Spoon. Our social status starts here and reaches all over Equestria. And we cannot and absolutely will not let anypony disrespect us in such a way. Do you understand?"
Silver looked down, depressed but answered, "Yes…"
Spoiled nodded approvingly, lifting Silver's chin with a ‘loving' smile, "I'm glad we're clear. Don't forget your place here, Silver Spoon…" She frowned firmly, her eyes narrowed as Silver winced deeply "…Ever!" She spoke in a warning tone towards her as she lifted herself "Do I make myself clear?"
Silver sighed in defeat, her ears pressed against her head and her glasses resting at the tip of her nose, "Yes, mommy…"
Diamond smiled victoriously as her sister agreed.
"Good," Their mother nodded before motioning them to come inside "Come along, my daughters. Mommy wants to know all about what you're planning."
Diamond quickly followed, immediately informing her of what went on while Silver kept her head down while following them.
*Rich's Hallway*
"So this blank flank thinks she can get away with being a troublemaker all because of having a large reptile on her side, does she?" Spoiled spoke after Diamond filled her in on everything that had happened back at the cottage.
Diamond nodded, "Yeah, she's been a thorn in my side for far too long, Mom… and it's high time that it comes to an end."
Her mother nodded, "Indeed," She stopped her walk, "However… your sister is right about it being dangerous, my dear."
Diamond froze and glared at her while Silver gazed up a bit in surprise. "Who's side are you on, Mom?!"
She calmed down when her mother replied "Why, your side, of course. I only agree that facing such a beastly creature is suicide…" She smirked down at her daughters, "Which is why mommy is going to lend a hoof." She looked to the door before them.
The two fillies looked and Silver was the first to identify it in a worried tone, "T-This is daddy's office." Their mother chuckled in confirmation as she led them inside, "M-Mother, daddy says we can't be allowed in here while he does his work!" She remembered her father's words whenever he had to do work and not be distracted. Spoiled simply chuckled
"Well, dear, he didn't say you can't be allowed in here unless mommy was with you, did he?" She had a point, which they were a bit reluctant to admit, but they always believed that Filthy only allowed her in because she was his wife and therefore had a right to be involved in his work when needed.
Spoiled walked to her husband's work desk and opened the drawer, she then started searching while her daughters watched.
Diamond was curious about what their mother was doing but was interested to know on what she's going to do to help her get revenge.
Silver, however, was still unsure about this whole thing. She really didn't want any part of this anymore. She may be part of a rich family, but even she had her limits.
Spoiled soon took out a wooden box and the key that was under it. She smirked as she gazed at her children, "Daddy never said anything to you girls about this… but he told me about this little tool one night that can be of some use to you." Actually, Filthy had told her about this ‘little tool' while he was drunk one night after such a hard stressful day at work. "If he says anything, Mommy will take care of it personally." She winked and smirked with Diamond Tiara as the pink filly started to chuckle in a devious way before it became full-blown laughter.
Finally, she can stop Scootaloo once and for all.
Silver looked really worried about this, she didn't know what was in there, and she really didn't want to know. It gave her all the more reason to chicken out of this scheme her sister had. So while her sister and mother weren't looking, she quietly backed out of the office and quickly galloped away into the hall as her sister laughed a bit maniacally.
Diamond stopped her laughter and smirked with her mother before looking out her father's work window, gazing off to the distance of where Scootaloo lived. With revenge in mind, she spoke out in a venomous tone…
"You've embarrassed and humiliated me, Scootaloo… for the last time!"