After heading into the school house to get Cheerilee, Apple Bloom and Cheerilee headed out and the former teacher began to address the crowd, "Good afternoon class and welcome to your 30th year class reunion." The students began to cheer as she continued, "It is obvious that you're all happy to be here but let's reunite with the one that made all this possible." She stepped to the side and motioned for Apple Bloom to head to the front of the stage.
Apple Bloom arrived at the front of the stage and began her address, "Howdy y'all. It certainly doesn't seem like it's been thirty years but here we are. Ah know this ain't like how other classes do it but Ah think we should tell each other how our lives have been."
She stood still and continued, "Well Ah wound up going to college in Fillydelphia to get my degree in horticulture and after that, Ah came back and really improved the farm. Thanks to everything Ah learned, Sweet Apple Acres is the most successful farm in all of Equestria."
Everypony clapped as Apple Bloom headed into the crowd and rather than joining her other friends, she joined Silver Spoon and her family. Then everypony began to look around at one another to figure out who would go next. Eventually Snips and Snails would head up. The first to speak was Snails. "Uh hi everypony. Uhm as you all know I was introduced to buckball by Applejack and Rainbow Dash. I just seemed to be a natural and when, uh, I was put on a team with Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, we started winning and became champions."
Snips knew that Snails wasn't going to go boasting but couldn't contain himself from butting in, "Yeah and he is a millionaire! He is rich and famous and I'm his manager." He then pointed back towards the table and continued, "And you all should come buy some official merchandise signed by my best friend Snails!"
His suggestion would be met with an unpleasant question, "You boys have a permit for that?"
"A what?"
"A permit." Sweetie Belle stated. She could tell the two had no clue what she was talking about prompting her to continue, "You two better be glad Ponyville isn't in my jurisdiction because if it was, you'd be getting hit with a very stiff fine."
Snips said, "Geez, no need to be such a grump!"
The two left the stage and Sweetie Belle suggested, "You know Scootaloo, you should go next and tell them how awesome things have been for you!"
Scootaloo nodded and headed up to the stage. Once she got there she began, "Hi everypony. Well you all know I'm Scootaloo and that I went to the Air Force Academy after graduation. Well I did very well down there. I did so well I graduated at the top of my class and was immediately commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. Once I graduated, I was stationed in various places across the world, including multiple deployments on the E.S.S. Celestia down around Saddle Arabia. I moved up the ranks rather quickly and engaged in multiple bombing campaigns on enemy targets to keep the Saddle Arabians safe." She stood taller and continued, "And not that long ago, I was promoted to Colonel and now instead of risking being shot down in foreign bombing campaigns, I'll be teaching down at the academy and hopefully being promoted to general before too long."
While most of the class simply clapped, one would start shouting, "Way to go Colonel Scootaloo, you totally deserve your rank! Bombing all those enemies and keeping Saddle Arabia safe!"
Scootaloo replied, "You know Chief, you don't have to address me by my rank!"
Sweetie said, "Well neither do you."
Scootaloo headed back into the crowd and Sweetie Belle headed up to the stage. When she arrived, she began, "Well as you know, when I graduated I was a dainty little thing, absolutely nothing special, completely pathetic. In my second semester in college though, I took a criminal justice course and that is what led me down the path I went down. I initially majored in music but I eventually added a minor in criminal justice but later decided to do a double major in both music and criminal justice. Once I graduated I decided law enforcement was my true calling and well, as you can see I made the right call because I'm successful, I have a kick ass job as chief of police up in Canterlot....." she paused before continuing, "and thanks to my time up at Canterlot U, I met a girl who went on to be a famous singer, we married and when we divorced, I won a ton of money in that divorce so I'd say life has been great for me."
Scootaloo immediately shouted, "That is sweet Sweetie, that is beyond sweet!"
Sweetie Belle headed back into the crowd and was met by a fist bump from Scootaloo. Sweetie laughed, "You know, I'm betting out of all of us we've done the most with our lives." She pointed in the direction of Silver Spoon and added, "And unlike that slut, we didn't have everything given to us."
The next to head up was Diamond Tiara, with her head hung low. Things had not gone as well in life for her but she figured she'd share some of it, "Well after graduation father sent me to study economics at the university in Manehattan. I did alright but not spectacular. Father did trust me enough to take over the store after I graduated and that is about it."
A shout from the crowd would rattle her though, "Yeah and then you failed to pay your taxes and the government has put a lien on your precious store.....tax evader!"
With the exception of Scootaloo, everypony gave Sweetie an icy cold glare. Scootaloo gave her an elbow and snickered, "I don't get why everypony is so upset, you're just speaking the truth and it's not like anypony likes her to start with."
Sweetie nodded and then up headed Silver Spoon. She had a lot go on in her life over the past thirty years. Some things were wonderful and some things were awful. When it looked like she was readying herself to speak, Sweetie and Scootaloo moved to where they would be standing right in front of her. Sweetie Belle removed her sunglasses and gave Silver an icy cold glare, one that mirrored the look she gave her as she was moving out of their dorm room during their freshman year.
Silver began, "Well as you all know, after graduation I went to Canterlot to study music....." Sweetie leaned forward and her glare intensified, causing Silver to start to break. She began to sob and continued, "And, and I betrayed someone special, and, and then she hurt me....and eventually I wound up in jail and, and..."
Eventually her sobbing became worse and Shadow Blast joined her on the stage. She put her arm around her and said, "It's ok sweetie, it's ok. You don't have to tell them anything else if you don't want to."
Silver looked up, gave her a smile and said, "No, I'm telling them about the wonderful things." Shadow remained on stage with Silver and she continued, "And after I got out, I met Shadow Blast, we fell in love, got married and thanks to strange magic" she motioned for her kids to join them and continued, "and I had three wonderful children. My son is Sunrise Gold, one of my daughters is Pink Pretzel and the other is Sweetie 'Silver' Belle."
A majority of the crowd began to not only clap but cheer when they heard her good news with Apple Bloom cheering the loudest. When Sweetie and Scootaloo heard what one of her daughter's names were, both were in a state of shock. Scootaloo turned to Sweetie and gasped, "She named her after you? She named her after you even after everything that went down?"
Sweetie got a demented smile on her face and snickered, "Yeah and I can't help but wonder how that filly would react to knowing I'M her father?"
Scootaloo's eyes grew wide, "Oooooh, you're going to cause a blow up aren't you?"
Once Silver Spoon and her family left the stage, everypony began to talk among one another with even Snips and Snails gathered around Silver and her family, congratulating her over everything. Sweetie Silver Belle however wandered off on her own when she heard something, "Psst...hey kid."
Sweetie looked in the direction of the voice and saw what appeared to be a white unicorn stallion. She looked in her direction and said, "Mama says I'm not supposed to talk to strangers."
The unicorn approached her and continued, "Let's just say I know your mother and I have some advice for you. When you get older, ditch the girly look and go into law enforcement." She gave the filly a smile and continued, "I used to be just like you until I discovered my true calling and my life turned out just fine." She leaned in a bit closer and finished, "If you choose to go into law enforcement, you could become extremely successful and who knows, you could even become my successor someday. It would be a case of like father, like daughter."
Sweetie 'Silver' Belle gave her a strange look. Shadow Blast saw who her daughter was talking to, rushed her way and yelled, "Sweetie Silver Belle, never talk to strangers!"
She grabbed Sweetie and told her to go back to the rest of the family. She then got in Sweetie Belle's face and yelled, "Don't you EVER talk to my daughter again or else."
Sweetie gave her a sadistic grin, "Oh you mean MY daughter?" She raised her voice and continued, "I simply want what is best for her." She pointed towards Silver Spoon and finished, "I simply have a feeling you two will raise her to be weak, weak and pathetic like I was until I grew a set and toughened up."
Shadow shoved her and yelled, "Just leave me and my family alone!"
As Shadow stormed back towards the rest of the family, Silver saw what was going on. She began to cry, "What is she doing, why was she talking to our daughter?" She then turned down to Sweetie and asked, "What did she say to you?"
Sweetie asked, "She? But that unicorn looks like a stallion!"
They weren't sure exactly what was going on with Sweetie Belle. Her voice was deeper than it used to be but she still sounded like a mare yet she was built like a stallion. Finally Shadow would respond, "Some mares look like that. Some mares are more masculine than others."
Sweetie Belle had returned to Scootaloo and upon seeing what happened, Apple Bloom would join them and confront Sweetie over it, "Sweetie Belle, what was all that about? Why were ya harassing their daughter?"
Sweetie replied, "I wasn't harassing her. I was merely giving her sound advice on what she should do with her life. After all, she needs to be tough like her father." Her voice became more intense as she continued, "I don't want MY DAUGHTER turning out to be a weakling like her skank mommy."
This angered Apple Bloom greatly, "Ya know what Sweetie Belle? Ah have to get away from ya for a bit! Ah can't handle being around ya right now!"
Apple Bloom headed off to be with Silver and her family. Once she was out of earshot Scootaloo said, "Wow, I never imagined she'd get so close with Silver Spoon after what she did to you."
Sweetie replied, "Oh it is all over some letter I had her give to that little bitch when she gave her my sperm. It was at that moment that she went soft when it came to her." She turned to leave the reunion and continued, "I just need some time alone to process all this crap involving her."
Scootaloo wanted to join her friend but knew that with the way Sweetie was at that point, that it would likely be best to just give her some space. There was one thing Scootaloo wanted to know before she gave her her space, "Sweetie Belle, so how long are you going to be here? Will it just be a few hours or did you take some vacation for this?"
Sweetie Belle replied, "Well during my whole time working law enforcement in Equestria I haven't taken a single day off and I built up a fair amount of vacation. The thing is, if I don't use it I lose it so I've taken a month off. I'm thinking of doing a bit of traveling further back east, getting out of this region entirely."
Scootaloo sighed, "Alright, I was kind of hoping that we could hang out some time before too long."
Sweetie suggested, "Hey, after spending a couple weeks further back east I could always come down to Coltorado Springs and we can hang out since you work at the academy instead of studying there."
Scootaloo exclaimed, "That would be awesome. Just let me know when you're coming!"
Sweetie replied, "Oh I will but for now, I really need some time alone to think about things and then get to the airport up in Canterlot. I'll see you later."
The two wished one another well before heading off in their separate ways. With Sweetie Belle leaving the reunion early, Scootaloo decided to do the same. Sweetie then realized the time had come to set a plan in action that she believed would be the best for all of ponykind.