Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

by Shadowmane PX-41


A Brief Layover At Sweet Apple Acres

As the five girls neared the top of the hill, they saw a massive red barn-like structure with an expansive farm/orchard surrounding it. Once they came through the arch-like entrance, Human Diamond and Silver were quick to notice a lot of farm-like features, such as little pens, coops and even hutches, no doubt for other animals that came to the farm once in a while.

"Here we are, Sweet Apple Acres, finest apple orchard in Ponyville and mah humble home." Applebloom said in her best presenting voice.

"Diamond, i gotta ask you something." Human Silver said as she turned to face her partner.

"Alright then, ask away." She responded.

"I mean it's nice to be offered some food, but i'm not too popular with apples. After all, that apple cider last night did not go down well with me."

"Well you were kind of asking for it when you tried adding THAT much oregano to it." She said as she gestured the amount of the spice that Silver used with her hands.

"How can i help it? I love the sweet smell it gives off when it's used in food."

"Look, i know that you're not really a fan of apples right now, but think about this. Do ponies eat meat?"

"I guess not."

"Of course they don't so this is all we've got, and as long as it's food, i don't really care what it is or where it comes from." Human Diamond said as her stomach started growling now as well, "Speaking of which, girls. i'd like to try something nice. What have you got?"

"Well, we've got a wide variety of apple dishes on the menu today." Applebloom started as she pulled down a pull-down screen from out of nowhere, "Such as: Apple Pies, Apple Fritters, Caramel Apples, Apple Fries....."

This list went on and on, for god knows how long, until she finally stopped with, "....And Zap Apple Toast."

"Zap Apples?" Human Silver asked as she finally got up from the hay bale that she was sitting on, "Never heard of those before."

"Oh, you don't have em in your world?"

"Unfortunately, no. So i'm actually quite intrigued on this new breed of apple that's come to my attention." Human Diamond said as she got up as well, "I think i'll have some Zap Apple Toast if that's ok with you."

"Me too, i'm well known for trying new tastes in my family, it's a little break from my usual hobby as a jeweler." Human Silver said as well, "I'll go for some Zap Apple Toast as well."

"Alrighty then, two orders of Zap Apple Toast comin' right up." Applebloom said as she dashed into the kitchen and got to work on finding the Zap Apple Jam that she had been saving and some toast to spread it on. Once she had finished spreading the jam, she carefully loaded the toast onto some plates, and then carefully balanced those plates onto a little tray, and then carefully balanced that tray to a table where Human Diamond and Human Silver were sitting, "Here ya go, Zap Apple Toast, compliments of the Apple Family."

Human Diamond was the first to try the toast that was presented to her. She carefully lifted the toast off of its plate and took a bite. She chewed with her mouth closed, as a reformed teenage girl would, and her eyes lit up with excitement once she swallowed.

"Silvs?" She said once she turned back to face her friend, "I think i'm in love, with this toast."

"Really? It's that good?" She responded as she picked up her slice of the jammed toast and took a bite. Once she swallowed it, she decided to follow suit and agree with Diamond as well, "Oh my god, this is perfect!"

"Yah really like it?" Applebloom asked as she saw the signs of approval starting to show from the two satisfied girls.

"I love it! I can't believe i've never heard of these before." Human Silver said as she came closer to Applebloom, "How did you get these beautiful new apples?"

"Well, Zap Apples only grow during a certain period of time here in Equestria and have to undergo 5 days of Apple Family preparations before deemed fit for public consumption."

"Oh yeah and Pony Diamond seems to refuse that its these special apples that keep her father's business, Barnyard Bargains open for business." Sweetie Belle butted in.

"Wow, she is one messed up kid." Human Diamond said as she took another bite of the toast she had.

"Applebloom!" A voice yelled from the distance, although its speaker wasn't seen straight away, Human Diamond and Human Silver quickly deduced that the voice was Applejack's. And they were right, as soon as they saw the orange coated cowpony climbing the hill towards the barn, "Ah can't believe yah skipped school fer even one day. Where's your pride missy?"

"Ah'm sorry, Applejack, it's just that, Scootaloo decided to duck out today and we were only trying to get her back to class. But when we found her, we met these two right here and they were getting pretty hungry." Applebloom said as she decided to spill the beans.

"Ya know Ms Cheerilee is gonna have to put you three in detention fer this little mistake right?"

"Ah know Applejack, we're sorry.""

"In all honesty, it wasn't their fault. They did have a run-in with the pony versions of us and we had to take decisive action and stand up for them." Human Diamond said as she showed herself to the blonde mare.

"What.... the hay..... ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE?!" Applejack said in fright once she saw the two humans in front of her eyes.

"Calm down, Applejack. Or Pony Applejack as it looks like from this angle." Human Silver said as soon as she saw the mare starting to freak out, "Everything's fine."

"Hold on, who are ya anyways?" Applejack asked as soon as she started to calm down a little, "And how come ah've never seen anyone like you walking on two legs before?"

"Oh, you've never seen a human before in this world, i'm guessing."

"Ah guess not." She said as she facehoofed, "I can't believe Twilight was right. I was a darn fool for not believin in her fantasies. Now then, you two, who are ya'll?"

"My name is Diamond Tiara and this is my friend Silver Spoon." She said as she introduced herself, "And before you ask, we're nothing like the pony doubles you've seen before, we've changed our ways ever since the Fall Formal."

"What they're trying to say Applejack, is that they're not evil like the Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon we always meet in school-" Applebloom said as she was then cut off by Scootaloo.

"In fact they stood up for us in town today, by literally kicking those two all the way to Canterlot Castle. It was so cool!"

"Really now." Applejack responded as talking subsided, "And just how the hay did they get here, ah have to ask. Ah mean, the portal was sealed off for 30 moons according to Celestia and Luna."

"Not even we know how it re-opened." Human Silver said, "It just happened and here we are in your world, surprisingly still as humans."

"All we know is that our goal is to find Princess Twilight Sparkle and ask her on how to get back home." Human Diamond said, "I trust you've heard of her, right?"

"Of course ah know Twilight." She said with a brighter facial expression growing, "Twilight and ah have been close friends ever since the defeat of Nightmare Moon!"

"Nightmare Moon?" Human Silver asked once she heard the name uttered to her for the very first time, "Who was that?"

"Trust me, it's a REALLY long story."

"So if you know Twilight, would it be alright if we go and see her?" Human Diamond asked.

"I don't see why not." She said as she pointed to a large tree in town, "That there's the Golden Oaks Library, No doubt that Twilight will be working her flank off in there with Spike."

"Alright then, Golden Oaks Library, thanks for the directions." Human Silver said as she scribbled the name of the building onto a notebook in her pocket, but just to be safe she put in brackets, Giant Tree, "We should get going, it was nice to see you all."

"We'll be back soon," Human Diamond said as she started to chase Human Silver down the hill towards town.

"Now as fer you, Applebloom. Ah believe you know the punishment for ducking out of school." Applejack said as she took out a jockey whip from the shed. All the crusaders could do was give out simultaneous gulps as she came closer and closer to them.

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"This potion is sure to destroy those two." Pony Diamond asked as she was studying a potion book carefully in her father's ktichen. Most of it was full of pots and pans like any normal kitchen, but Pony Diamond had added some potion vials on a rack and had a little pot on a stove with all kinds of weird reagents being added to it, "Silver. Are things OK on your end?"

"All the ingredients are at full life but only for a few moments, if you want this potion at maximum effect, we're gonna have to move fast." Pony Silver said as she was examining each reagent very carefully with a magnifying lens.

"OK, now for the final ingredient in our little drink." Pony Diamond said as she pulled out some glowing black flowers from her saddlebag and hoofed them over to Pony Silver.

"Eternias?" She said as she looked at the flowers with a mix of horror and recognition, "Diamond Tiara, are you sure we're not going too far this time?"

"No." She said as she was already mashing up the flowers and sprinkling their essence into the potion which now glowed a pillar of pure black, "Now we're going too far. But i don't even care anymore. I'll go to any distance to get my heart's desire and right now, my heart wants those two freaks out of Equestria for good!"

"For once i don't think i want to go through with this." Pony Silver said as she watched Pony Diamond pouring the potion into two separate vials.

"Listen , Silver. Do you know why i sided with you?" She said as she looked into her eyes very deeply, "I wanted to show you just how powerful my type of people can be, once ponies start to notice our attitudes being kicked around by some alien humans from another world, they'll start to notice that we're just kids. Do you want to be weak? well? DO YOU?!"

"I guess not." She said as she really didn't have a choice in the manner. The one thing evil about Pony Diamond, is that she is very convincing.

"Exactly." She said as she hoofed her a vial of the black potion. Once they both downed their potions in split seconds Pony Diamond said, "You want to play us, human copies? Well then you're gonna have to deal with the best of the best!"

And once her little monologue transpired, the two ponies were wrapped in little black cocoons. Inside, they were losing their pony features and gaining human features, such as hands, fingers and toes, longer legs and arms, shorter mouths (Which they didn't really care about) and new clothes that fitted their new bodies.

Once the cocoons shattered, there were two little human girls starting to stand up. They both wore the same clothes, only in different colours, their hair looked a little different in design, and they were both wearing little pink and grey boots with jewelry encrusted on them.

"Whoa." Pony Human Diamond said as she immediately started to struggle at walking on two legs, "This is very weird."

"How do those two manage to do it?" Pony Human Silver said as she was balancing herself on a nearby table, "It's like trying to do the tightrope with no back legs to support you."

They both tried walking a few laps around the table to get the balance and speed changes right, and then they tried flexing their newfound fingers.

"That's a nice touch." Pony Human Silver said as she picked up a nearby apple with her new thumbs and crushed it in her hand.

"Now then." Pony Human Diamond said as she picked up her trademark Tiara and attached it to the top of her new head, "Let's pay ourselves a little visit!"