//------------------------------// // Chapter One-Queen of my Heart // Story: The Broken Tiara // by Diamond Sparkle //------------------------------// Alula hovered overhead and watched Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon walking home with a big smile on her face. Diamond, you are so beautiful, and the Queen of my heart. she thought. I first saw you in your best dress at your cutecenara, with Silver Spoon at your side, and you were so happy and pretty and for me it was love at first sight. Of course, I didn't dare go up to you, but Hearts and Hooves Day is coming up and I'll declare my love for you then, in front of the whole class. It will be so romantic and I'll love the look on your face when I give you my card. She hovered just outside the tall spiked fence far below that marked the limit of the Diamond Family property, a truly luxurious mansion that she had never been invited into. Physically crossing the fence would be no problem for a Pegasus pony. Alula was no lawyer, but she knew that to just fly over would be trespassing. She had done that secretly last night, looking through the windows with great care, trying to uncover the location of Diamond's bedroom so that she could see what it looked like. She had only dared to spend a short time within the Rich-controlled airspace however, and had not yet succeeded in her plan. What must it like to be a pony as wealthy as you are? And not just rich, but so gorgeous and pretty as well? Silver Spoon, you don't know how lucky you are to be able to hang out with Diamond Tiara almost whenever you want to. I wish I could join you. She flew back to her cloud house and into her bedroom. It was a plain but nice little room, with a lovely soft cloud bed, several books; Alula had started reading at the age of two, and her cutie mark would have been a book if foals that young could have earned their cutie marks. Two pictures hung upon her cloud walls. One was a portrait of Princess Celestia of Equestria; there was no law making ownership of such a portrait mandatory by Equestrians, but plenty of them, particularly the more religious, were happy to spend a few bits to buy one. And the other was one she had made by hand from memory of Diamond Tiara. She knelt in prayer in front of the Princess's picture. Please, Princess Celestia of Equestria, make Diamond Tiara make her truly understand what I feel for her. She looked at her flank, which was blank. Maybe if I had my cutie mark she would let me hang around with her. Why does she have to hate blank flanks for? After all, she herself was a blank flank not so long ago. If I had my cutie mark, I would go up and befriend her and with time and patience I would become as close as Silver Spoon. Is Silver Spoon her very special somepony? Is that why they spend so much time together? I am so jealous of you, Silver Spoon. You get to hang around so much with the prettiest filly in school. She decided to wait until the sun had been lowered and the moon had been raised and then fly once more to the Rich mansion and try again to find Diamond Tiara's bedroom. It took a bit of circling around, taking great care that she was not seen by anypony, but she finally located it. Diamond Tiara's bedroom. And what's even better is that she's left the window open! O Celestia, I really lucked out tonight. I know it's wrong to go inside, but I'll only be here a little while and it's not as if I'm going to steal anything or do any damage. I just want to be in the same room as her for a short time. She pushed the window open with her muzzle and went inside, furling her wings. The room had a deep, plush mauve carpet the same colour as Diamond Tiara's fur, and on each white wall there was a portrait. One of Diamond Tiara herself with her father Filthy Rich beside her, one of a smiling Silver Spoon, one that was of Princess Celestia in all her royal glory, and the fourth was a grand map of Equestria and all the surrounding countries of the world. There was a four-poster bed in the centre of the room with a sleeping Diamond in it, the duvet pulled back so that most of her was visible. The next thing Alula noticed was Diamond's tiara that she was never seen without, sitting on the floor on a silken cushion. I think I'll put that on, just for a short time. Diamond will never know, and I'll put it back as it was and leave no trace that it was ever moved. She lightly picked up the tiara and set it upon her own head, grinning, and looked in an ornate mirror that was next to Diamond's desk with it's make-up and boxes of precious jewellery. I need to go, I can't stay here, every second that I stay in this room makes me more likely to get caught. But I don't want to go without taking a close look at Diamond. I'm sure she'll look so cute whilst she's sleeping. Alula unfurled her wings and lightly hovered in the air, something that she was an expert at, and looked down at Diamond Tiara. She looks so sweet, I wonder what she is dreaming of? Diamond, I love you... There was a flash on Alula's flank and her cutie mark appeared...a pink heart with a diamond tiara above it. Oh my, I just earned my cutie mark, and my special talent is my love for Diamond...wow... Looking at her thigh with her brand new cutie mark, Alula lost concentration and flew a little too close to a chandelier. With a loud clang her wing hit it, causing a short term spasm of numbness. Making her fall directly onto Diamond Tiara who woke and screamed in terror, then stared at Alula. Her eyes focussed and then blazed with anger. "Alula-what are you doing here? Get out of my bedroom! GET OUT!!" With a flap of her wings Alula took off again and flew backwards out of the window, but she flew a little high, bashing her head and knocking off the tiara. "NO!" Diamond screamed again as she saw her precious tiara which she wore every day fall out of the window. Temporarily dazed by hitting her head, Alula had to concentrate on staying aloft and was unable to dive down to grab the tiara and return it to it's rightful owner. Diamond jumped out of bed and galloped to the window just in time to see her tiara hit the mosaic floor far below and shatter into pieces, sending diamonds bouncing across the floor. Filthy Rich came in wondering if his daughter was being murdered and she wailed and flung herself into Filthy's hooves. "Daddy, Alula came into my bedroom and she jumped on me and stole and broke my tiara," Diamond said through her tears. Meanwhile Alula flew as fast as she could away from the area and back to her cloud home, almost in tears herself with how things had gone. All I wanted to do was watch her sleep. Now I've totally blown any chance that I have that Diamond will ever agree to become my very special somepony. I scared her in her own bedroom and broke her tiara. Maybe if I make her a new tiara she will forgive me and at least agree to be my friend and let me hang out with her and Silver Spoon. So that's what I'll do, I'll make her a beautiful new tiara to say sorry.