Dinky trotted out of the schoolhouse, beaming with pride at her achievements. She had answered a question the other fillies didn’t know, what fillies did that? That purple pony with the fancy tiara had tried to make her look bad, but in the end she looked bad instead of her! Dinky hopped up and down with elation, but stopped after hearing her lunch bounce around in her bag, she wanted to eat lunch that wasn’t messed up by her careless hopping. The grass tickled her hooves as she trotted around the yard, looking for anypony to eat with. But she decided against it, talking would just make her eat slower and she really wanted to study up on that magical guide. So she sat down on the wall of the schoolhouse and unloaded her lunch, a dandelion sandwich. She opened the bag and grabbed the sandwich, taking a small bite. The delicious flavors of dandelion filled her mouth, and the bitter yet oddly sweet flavor sang to her a chorus of joy. She was very hungry from her valiant effort at magic and her nervousness in front of the class, so she devoured the sandwich in a few minutes. She sat rubbing her belly, satisfied with the meal now digesting. She yawned and removed her dilapidated book from the saddlebag. She flipped the pages with her hoof until she reached the first spell in the book, page turning. She looked down at the book, imagining the magic within her connecting to her horn, she focused on her bony appendage, and braced herself against the ground, grunting slightly. A few fillies were watching her, but they soon turned back to their conversations. She could now feel the magic pulsing through her veins and going to her horn, circulating back to its origin. She then focused herself, and imagined a yellow tentacle turning the page for her. She looked down at the book, watching as it slowly became enveloped in a magical yellow aura. The aura became stronger on her page, and, just as the book depicted, the page turned, and the yellow aura faded. Dinky raised her hooves in silent celebration, then stuck her nose into the welcoming pages, reading again. Wishing to vastly increase her knowledge. She was sweating from the spell, but she tried a different one, in which she would lift a small pebble in front of her and throw it against the wall. She strained, her magic circuit completing once again, but she was interrupted by her magical tome fly out of her hooves. She looked up, puzzled, to find that Diamond tiara was now holding the book.
“H...hey...give that back you meanie!” She shouted, trying to wrench the book from Diamond’s hands, but the filly only tsked, moving the book out of reach of Dinky.
“Oh isn’t that cute, little foal blank-flank wants her wittle book back!”Silver spoon interjected, laughing at the filly desperately trying to reach the book.
“I love how you little blank flanks think you actually deserve books like this, or cutie marks, or to even be in the same rooms as us higher beings.”
“Yeah, all you idiots are just stupid mistakes.”
“I...I’m not a mistake, I just want my book back!” \
“You think you deserve a book, just so you can feel a little bit better about being a freak.”
“What do you mean?”
“You’re a pointy-head, and a blank flank, you are like soooo below me!” Diamond tiara jabbed, pointing to her horn.
“HEY! Just because I’m a unicorn or a blank flank doesn’t mean I’m below you! Give me my book!” She shouted angrily at the pair.
“Awww...now wittle pointy-head is getting upset!” Silver spoon cooed at Dinky.
“Stop it! You two are being mean! Just give me back my book!” Dinky shouted angrily. Now most of the fillies were watching, but they could not stand up, due to the fact that if anypony touched one of the pair, they would just go crying to their rich daddies. Dinky braced, hoping to use her newfound knowledge of magic to try and get her book back. She felt the connection between her horn and her magic, but something was...different. While her magic before had been much like a trickling stream, but she had activated the link quicker, now it was like a surging river. Some blockages she had before were cleared, and her power was no longer restrained. A yellow aura erupted from her horn and began to envelop the book, and it began to float from her hooves back into Dinky’s saddlebag. The two fillies stood in shock and silence, as Dinky bolted from them. She ran off, tears spilling from her eyes. She swallowed her tears and gazed around her. All of the fillies were looking at her, some speechless, others with faces of simple admiration. She gazed towards Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, who just walked off, accepting their temporary defeat. And she saw a small hoof waving towards her. She trotted towards it, happy to see someone who actually wanted her. She gazed at the three fillies in front of her, she knew them, they were the cutie mark crusaders. And they were famous over ponyville for their crazy antics. She sat down, expecting somepony to say something. And Scoodaloo was first to speak.
“That was awesome! You totally showed those two!”
“I just took my book back, nothing big.”
“You kidding, those jerks get whatever they wan’ It’s time somepony took a stand.” Applebloom said, smiling at the filly.
“Hey, you wanna join us, I can see you don’t have your cutie mark either!” Sweetie belle said, pointing at Dinkys empty flank.
“Y...You guys wanna be...friends...with a freak like me?”
“Y’all ain’t no freak, Diamond just has these crazy delusions that earth ponies are the pure race or whatever.”
“O...okay, you sure?” All three fillies nodded and smiled.
“Now I have a plan t-” Scoodaloo began, but was interrupted by the sharp cry of a school bell, lunch was over. The three fillies sighed and trotted back to the door with Dinky trailing.