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// 64. #PonyIWantToBe 
// Story: Ciderfest BOAS APP Stories: 86?! 
// by Janicethelight 
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Story
You and Fizzy are out and about looking for pages high and low. You ask around for anything out of the ordinary, Fizzy sighing with every false alarm. When asking in Ponyville, you notice Filthy Rich buying something with a lot of bits. His wife, Spoiled Milk walks out of a shop with Diamond Tiara. "Diamond Tiara. Your Student Pony presidential election is coming up. I'll get your victory party ready."

"Um. Mother, what if…I don't win…?" Diamond Tiara asks timidly.

Spoiled Rich laughs, "Diamond Tiara. You are a high society pony in the making. What would you even have to worry about? Those Blank flanks? Please. You, my dear, were born a winner, and a winner is what I will see after the election. Do you understand me?"

"Yes, Mother." Diamond Tiara sighs.

"Good. Now, your father and I will be extremely busy getting this party ready. The butler will get your meals ready and anything you need. Kisses!" Spoiled walks off, pulling Filthy with her. Filthy is only able to give a wave goodbye before being taken around the corner away from his daughter.

Diamond sighs sadly. She shuffles towards her home when a magic glowing page flutters into her young hooves. "Change the story…you mean…I could be somepony else?! But wait…who should I be?" 

You start to move in for the page when Fizzy stops you. "Wait. She wants to be somepony else, and I want to know why." You stop.

Diamond Tiara wonders for a moment and then has an idea, "how about I have an item that can let me switch lives with anypony I want. Then I can decide who I want to be!" An orange glow surrounds her and Diamond Tiara, and when she opens her eyes, she's wearing a beautiful gem studded necklace with a clear crystal in the middle swirling with Magic. Diamond Tiara gasps. "I love it! What should I call this…necklace that can switch lives…necklace…switch…got it. The Necklace of Switcheroo! Now, who should I try it on?" She looks around and sees Scootaloo scooting around on her scooter. "That works. Necklace! Let's start with Scootaloo!" The necklace glows. You race over to Scootaloo with Fizzy. 

"I can't believe it! It worked!" Scootaloo jumped off her scooter. "This is so cool!" She flutters her wings to try to gain ground only to fall, "right…Scootaloo can't fly. At least she has a better life. I'll just go to my new home and have parents to hug me and be there whether I win or lose!" She races off as Fizzy gasps. You both dart after her. 

Diamond Tiara stops at Scootaloo's house. Inside are Scoot's aunts. "Scootaloo. Is everything okay?" You hear from the doorway, "you only went out a few minutes ago."

"I was just wondering…out of curiosity…when will my parents come back?" Diamond asks with Scootaloo's voice.

"Oh. Well, Scootaloo. They're on safari, you know. They won't be back for moons, Sweetie. Why? Do you miss them?" Aunt Lofty asks.

"We could write to them if you'd like. I'm sure they'd like that." Aunt Holiday nods.

"No. I was just thinking of them. I'm going to see those bl-I mean, my friends. I'll see you soon." Diamond Tiara rushes off to the confusion of Scootaloo's parents, and not noticing you or Fizzy.

"Well that won't work. . . Who knew Scootaloo's parents were gone even more than mine are." Diamond Tiara sighs. "Apple Bloom lives with her grandma. She doesn't even have parents. Maybe Sweetie Belle? Or Twist? Who should I try to be next?"

Fizzy sighs, "I kind of feel bad for her. She wants to be with her family more. What should we do to help?"

[CHOICE] 
> Nothing. She'll figure it out. (Chaos)
> Talk to Diamond Tiara about the choice she made and how it's affecting others. (Hero)


[ENDING A: CHAOS]
"We shouldn't do anything. This is a good lesson for Diamond Tiara to learn. We should let her learn it." You decide.

"If you're sure." Fizzy shrugs.

"Alright. I'll try Sweetie Belle next." The necklace glows and Scootaloo blinks, looking around. 

"That's weird. How did I get here?" Scootaloo asks. She calls out. "Rarity? Rarity?! Maybe I accidentally teleported. Well, maybe I can teleport back" Scootaloo closes her eyes and furrows her brow for a few minutes. She sighs and murmurs, "guess not. Guess I'm walking home. Hopefully Rarity won't worry too much about my disappearance." Sweetie looks around, seeing herself in a glass window. "Oh Scoota-a" 

She blinks, turning slowly, jumping back, and hiding only to look again randomly. Her eyes grow in realization. "Rarity! Rarity! I turned into Scootaloo!" She shouts, galloping off.

Fizzy gasps, "Uh no…if that was Sweetie Belle, then Scootaloo is in Diamond Tiara's body which means…every time Diamond Tiara switches, she leaves another pony in a different body. We need to stop her!"

When you find Sweetie Belle's body, you find Twist in it, and Dinky in another and more and more until it becomes impossible to remember who is who. 

(+1 page for Chaos)

[ENDING B: HERO]
"We should talk to her…" You decide.

"I agree." Fizzy nods.

You both go up to Diamond Tiara still in Scootaloo's body. "Diamond Tiara," Fizzy says, "we know that you’re swapping lives with your classmates so you can have loving parents who are around more. I can understand wanting to feel loved and appreciated, but this isn't how you go about finding that love and comfort. You need to tell your family how you feel! Let them know that you are feeling lonely and how much you miss them, and anything else that's bothering you! Give them a chance to listen."

"I don't know… Mom isn't really good at listening." Diamond Tiara sighs. "But…dad might. I'll talk to him. Thanks. I thought I would try to escape the feeling of being overwhelmed by the possibility of failing and feeling lonely because mom and dad are never around. But you're right. I can see that I should try to talk through those feelings instead of running away." An orange glow erupts around you and Scootaloo blinks for a second before scooting off. A glowing page lays at your feet.

(+1 page for Heroes)