Scootaloo paced around the clubhouse. How was she going to do this? How could she even think of doing this?! No! She had to! This would make things easier. And she had made a promise too. She couldn't go back on a promise.
"Hey Scoot!"
The pegasus looked up to see Apple Bloom enter the clubhouse. Sweetie Belle wasn't far behind. The three fillies sat down and finished their 'hellos' as quickly as possible.
"What was so important we needed an emergency meeting?"
Scoot took a deep breath. This was it. Now or never!
"Okay. So... Me and Diamond Tiara have been...hanging out. At home."
Apple Bloom shrugged. "Is that all? Well gosh Scoot, she's ur sister. Of course ur gonna hang out sometimes!"
"You don't get it. We like spending time together."
That got their attention. The two fillies stared at their friend for a moment. Scoot began to feel uncomfortable as the silence continued.
Sweetie Belle was he first to speak. "So... You and Diamond Tiara are....friends?"
Scootaloo nodded. She closed her eyes, waiting for the arguing to begin. They would kick her out for sure!
"So what's the emergency?"
Her eyes flew open. "Huh? Aren't you guys going to yell or anything. I just admitted to being friends with Diamond Tiara!"
"Well that coulda been an emergency if she wasn't ur sister."
"So... We're cool?"
"Of course we are!"
Scoot let out a sigh of relief. "Okay, that takes care of one problem."
Her friends became confused.
"One problem? You mean there's more?!"
"Yeah. I think, since we're getting along so well, that we should all be...you know...nice to each other."
Once again, silence took over the clubhouse.
Apple Bloom's mouth moved for a second before sound came out.
"You want us to be...nice?! To Diamond Tiara?!"
Sweetie Belle chimed in. "She's never been nice to us! She's the one you need to talk to!"
Scoot put her hooves over their mouths.
"Look. Diamond and I are friends. We're nice to each other. You guys are my friends too. So I want my friends to be nice to my other friend. Got it?"
Both fillies looked at each other before slowly nodding.
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The school bell rang, signaling recess. The Crusaders ran over to their favorite spot.
Scoot turned to her friends. "Okay! Are you guys ready?"
"No."
"Nope."
"Perfect!"
She looked across the schoolyard to see Diamond Tiara talking to Silver Spoon.
Uh-oh.... They were arguing. They weren't shouting, but Scootaloo could tell that whatever Diamond was saying wasn't going over well. Was she... She was trying to convince Silver Spoon on being nice! Why had she waited until now to have this conversation?!
Silver Spoon was stamping her hoof, probably trying to convince Diamond not to do this. Luckily the sisters had spent enough time together to know they liked each other's company. And Diamond wasn't backing down.
Scoot watched as the argument came to its climax. Diamond had narrowed her eyes and was saying one final thing. Silver Spoon looked shocked for a moment before letting her head droop. The two fillies began to walk towards the Crusaders.
Scoot met them halfway. "Hey Diamond! How's it goin'?"
"Okay. I talked to Silver Spoon."
"Yeah. I figured. So? Are we good?"
"I think so. How about your friends?"
"They should be okay."
She turned to the Crusaders.
"Come on guys!"
The Crusaders walked over and met the others. They all stood there for a minute until Diamond finally suggested a game.
"Tag, you're it!"
She tagged Silver Spoon and everypony took off.
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Filthy Rich was walking towards home when he saw the school. It appeared to be recess. He walked closer until he could see the students. It wasn't the students that caught his attention though, it was a sound. The sound of laughter. He spotted Diamond and Scootaloo with their friends. They were all running after each other in a game of tag.
And they were enjoying themselves.