Ch. 4: Parents
To whom this may concern,
We regret to inform you that as of yesterday at noon the parents of one Scootaloo have perished in an unfortunate accident outside the fair city of Fillydelphia. Due to strong headwinds an unseen unnatural thunderstorm had caught the poor filly’s parents by surprise and even though both were skilled fliers could not escape the multitude of thunderheads in the area. By law a check of the residence for a Will has revealed that should anything happen to them, Ms. Rainbow Dash, is to take care of the young filly Scootaloo from this point forward. Please come by the Town Hall of Ponyville to gain the proper papers for legal adoption.
With our deepest condolences, Mayor Mare of Ponyville
Rainbow could not believe what she was reading. “I-it can’t be true.” Rainbow replied slowly lowering the letter to look at Derpy.
“They… sent pictures and did a lot of identification magic stuff. I-I was asked t-to see the pictures and… and…” Derpy tried to explain before Rainbow pulled her into a hug before she broke down crying. If… If Derpy was acting like this then… then… how was she going to explain this to Scootaloo?
***
The next morning Silver woke up to find her father out in his workshop working on a new mold. “Morning Daddy,” Silver said trotting up to him and hugging her father, “Are you making a new mold?”
Platinum chuckled at this before nodding. “It’s for a solid silver circlet. It’s going to take me a while to get this done right but once it’s done it’s going to attract a lot of attention.”
Silver nodded to this as she looked to the newly made complex mold. “Daddy is it okay if I ask Tiara over tonight?”
Platinum tapped his chin at this thinking. “As long as it’s okay with Circlet and Rich isn’t back I don’t see anything wrong with that.” Silver hugged and kissed her father on the cheek before gambling out the door. “Remember, only if Rich isn’t home Silver!” Platinum yelled as Silver gambled off towards the school. Platinum sighed and shook his head before looking to the case that had Rich’s original silver circlet. “Hope she heard me.”
Silver gambled as quickly as she could towards the school to catch up with Tiara smiling happily. “Morning Tiara, did you think about what we talked about?” she greeted then asked as she caught up with her love.
“Morning Silver and… yeah I did and I talked it over with mom. She agreed we keep this to ourselves till mom find out how daddy is going to react.” Tiara replied neutrally.
“Oh, okay but um if we can get permission from your mom… want to sleep over tonight?” Silver asked sheepishly.
“Um… okay, but only if mom says I can.” Tiara replied smiling a little.
“Okay, oh and your daddy can’t be there when you asked. Daddy said so.” Silver replied before remembering what her father told her. Tiara nodded to this before they met up with all the other foals before the school.
“Hey what’s going on?” one foal asked looking to another.
“Don’t know, the door isn’t open yet.” Another foal answered the first. Every foal present for class kept asking questions as to what had happened before Ms. Cheerilee came up the road calling all the students towards her.
“Alright class, listen please. Due to… unforeseen events, todays class has been canceled. Please return home and inform your families of what has happened and if they have questions to come to the school, thank you.” Ms. Cheerilee said gaining a lot of confused questions as to why and what was wrong. “Go on, head on home everyone.” Ms. Cheerilee said making all the students dissipate.
“Well that was weird.” Tiara said turning towards Silver.
“Yeah, still… gives us a chance to do you know what.” Silver replied tilting her head towards Scootaloo.
“Um… okay, but only after she leaves her friends I don’t want them finding out.” Tiara said nervously.
Over with the Crusaders the three looked to each other confused. “I wonder why Ms. Cheerilee canceled class.” Sweetie Belle said curious.
“Who knows but it’ll give us a full day to get our homework done and get some crusading in!” Apple Bloom said happily.
Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle nodded to this before Scootaloo remembered something. “Oh yeah Apple Bloom, will you're family mind if I stayed the night tonight, Rainbow told me she wasn’t going to be home till super late and was hoping I could stay over till tomorrow.”
Apple Bloom tilted her head in thought on this before shrugging. “Don’t know till we talk to my sister. Can you meet me at the farm in an hour?” Everyone nodded at this before heading off but not before Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara caught Scootaloo’s attention.
Making sure her friends were far enough away Scootaloo followed the two former bullies to a secluded place outside the school to talk. “Um… what’s up?” Scootaloo asked looking to them.
“We wanted to make sure you did what you said.” Silver said evenly yet almost kindly.
“Yeah, they’re still in Rainbow’s house in her side dresser drawer. She’s the only one that has the key to it.” Scootaloo said looking to them nervously.
“And you don’t have them on you?” Tiara asked worriedly.
“Nope, I got the camera from Ms. Cheerilee and some film for it but that’s it.” Scootaloo said showing them her saddle bags with the said items.
“Alright,” Silver said breathing a sigh of relief beside Tiara, “We’re just making sure you’re holding up your part of the agreement. And… we wanted to thank you for coming clean with us.”
Scootaloo scratched the back of her neck nervously. “Um, sure, I wanted to anyway so um… your welcome?” For a few moments it was quite before the three of them burst out laughing.
“Okay, you’re pretty funny Scootaloo.” Tiara said amazingly.
“Yeah and you two aren’t too bad to be around. Maybe… we could hang out sometime?” Scootaloo replied then asked sheepishly.
“Um… sure, we won’t mind that. We are trying to start over right?” Tiara said gaining a nod from Silver and Scootaloo.
“Okay then, well… we better get going, later Scootaloo.” Silver said as she and Tiara gambled off towards their homes.
“Um sure, later you two,” Scootaloo returned nervously before gambling off to meet her friends, “I just said that right? Yeah, I’m sure I did.” It was going to be a while before things finally sunk in.
***
“You sure this is right Dash?” Applejack said looking to the scroll Derpy had given Rainbow Dash earlier.
“Derpy came to my house last night to give me that and… she was pretty upset about it. Plus it has the mayor’s seal on it.” Rainbow said pointing the seal out.
“Well, I’m glad you came to me about this Dash, I’ll make sure she gets a good night here while you wrap your head around some way to tell Scootaloo about this. Best you tell Rarity and Fluttershy as well. The girls usually spend the nights there as well and knowing Cheerilee she’ll want you to come by and talk to her.” Applejack said kindly placing a hoof on Rainbow’s shoulder.
“Thanks Applejack. Look, I… I got a lot to think about, especially now that Scoots will have to…” Rainbow started to say before Applejack pulled her into a hug.
“I know what it’s like Dash, losing your ma and pa, but… we’ll all be here for her, and you.” Applejack said gaining a returned hug from Dash.
Both held this hug till they finally let go with sighs. “You better get going Dash we’ll take care of everything here.” Applejack said gaining a nod from Rainbow.
“Thanks Applejack, talk to you later.” Dash then took to the sky and flew off just as Apple Bloom gambled up the walkway to speak with her sister.
“Applejack, can I ask you something?” Apple Bloom asked finally standing before her sister.
“Don’t see why you can’t, so, what you need Bloom?” Applejack said looking to her.
“Can Scootaloo stay the night? Rainbow’s going to be working really late so she won’t be able to take her up to the cloud house.” Apple Bloom asked then explained gaining a well-played thoughtful look from her sister.
“Well… I don’t see why not, you could even stay in your clubhouse now that it’s got some windows in it.” Applejack finally replied gaining a shocked yet excited look from her little sister. Applejack knew the Crusaders had been asking for some real windows for the club house since it was fixed but she didn’t want the girls having an accident putting them in so she finally broke down after checking the clubhouse herself last winter and agreed it needed the windows as well as some way to keep it warm. She’d have to talk to Twilight about that later.
“Really Applejack,” Apple Bloom asked excitedly, “we finally have windows?”
Applejack laughed at this. “Yep, had Mac put them in while you were at school; Just remember not to open them till tomorrow, got to let the glue set.” Apple Bloom nodded to this as she gambled off towards the club house before gambling back to hug Applejack then head off again. Applejack smiled at this before slowly turning to a sad neutral look. “Better tell everyone else here before Bloom finds out.” Applejack said tiredly as she turned to talk to her Granny first then Big Mac. Even if she wasn’t Scootaloo’s own family, she’d hate to see anyone put through what they had unexpectedly.
***
Circlet sighed as she returned home after yet another business meeting with a business her husband had tossed to the side due to his ‘issue’. This time it was for an independently owned party supply shop which supplied Pinkie Pie for her party items; the owners, both kind hearted mares, where officially married couple under Celestia’s blessing only a year ago and her husband had the gale to cut them off like they did Lyra and Bonbon. Beside that was a dinner, a flower shop, and many other small shops that were set up very well in Ponyville… just what was her husband doing? Her last meeting was the worse and greatly angered the normally calm business mare.
Circlet finally trotted up to Rarity’s shop smiling as she normally did when she had business with the well-known seamstress. She was also one of only a few clothes makers Circlet would buy clothes from since not many could capture her figure. She was no Fleur Dis Lee but she very well could become a model herself if she wished. Normally she would have been to set up the appointment with Rarity but today… it was the opposite for it was Rarity who set up the appointment with her. She hoped this wasn’t a bad sign of things to come.
After knocking and slowly stepping inside she was crushed to not see but hear what was going on inside the beloved seamstress’ meeting room. “I don’t care who that… that... bit loaded mule is, I have half a mind to just put this meeting aside and just request Twilight send a letter to the Princesses. I’m quite sure they would some choice words with him.” She heard Rarity said angrily as she slowly trotted towards the meeting room.
“Oh but you mustn’t, I don’t want you getting into any trouble.” She soon heard a shy voice say soon after worriedly.
“Fluttershy, darling, I can’t allow the pompous mule think he can do what he wants because he’s rich. He has no say in our relationship. Not now or ever.”
Circlet at this point had heard enough. “I’m guessing this meeting is about my husband yet again Ms. Rarity?” Both Rarity and the shy Pegasus Fluttershy looked to her before looking away from her embarrassed. “I’m sorry I did knock and since this is a business I thought it only far to let myself in.”
Both Rarity and Fluttershy sighed in relief at this but still looked worried. “I’m quite sorry you had to overhear our conversation Ms. Circlet.” Rarity apologized as she led Fluttershy and her to a table as she used her magic to make some much needed tea.
“Tis quite alright, I’ve been hearing such things all day. He’s cut you off I suppose?” Circlet carefully observed then asked.
“Cut off? Well… that is one way of putting it.” Rarity said as she brought over some tea cups and snacks to the table in her magic.
“Would you mind explaining what had happened so I know how I may help you?” Circlet gently said knowing this was going to be quite the trying day.
“I-I… I suppose it can’t be helped.” Rarity said hesitantly before placing a hoof on Fluttershy’s gently. “As you can see, Fluttershy and I… are together. We finally confessed to each other last month. We were just having a nice conversation about… going farther when you husband came in the moment we…” Rarity sighed blushing unable to continue.
“Mr. Rich wasn’t very nice.” Fluttershy said seriously.
“Please, I need to know everything so I can help.” Circlet said worried for the young couple. Both Fluttershy and Rarity sighed at this before looking to each other and soon kissing each other for strength. “We did that Ms. Circlet.” Rarity said sadly looking to her. “The moment you’re, husband, saw he became… how should we put this?”
Fluttershy just closed her eyes at this before saying, “a big meanie.”
Rarity gulped at this before holding Fluttershy gently in her hooves. “You’ll have to forgive her Ms. Circlet. Fluttershy had some… very choice words with your, husband, before he, he did what he did.” Rarity said gently brushing her loves’ mane in a calming manor.
“What, did, he, do?” Circlet said looking at the couple seriously. For all the years she had lived in Ponyville, she knew it was bad when Fluttershy was this upset, or at least that’s how she heard it; If it was anything like when somepony broke a Pinkie Pie Promise then woe to those that crossed her and her friends the elements.
“We received this just this morning.” Rarity said gently passing over a letter to her.
Circlet gently took the paper and looked it over before looking right up to the young couple, “He’s evicting you?!” The two slowly nodded to this before Circlet opened her business case and hoofed over a file. “Sign all that is in there and have it sent to my office as soon as possible. You’ll now be handling business through me for now on. Now if you excuse me I’m in need of a spa session.” Both Fluttershy and Rarity looked to each other and the file as Circlet when to not only blow off some much needed steam but also unwind her very tasked nerves.
It had taken the Spa sisters most expensive and most intense session to get her to finally calm down. It seemed her husband was going to need to fully explain himself when he returned. It was then she heard from below Bone’s normal greeting to her daughter and slowly headed down stairs to greet her daughter. “Welcome home my little diamond.” Circlet said smiling to her daughter.
“Mom, are you okay?” Tiara asked seeing her mother without her usual jewelry on.
“I’m just… trying to relax Tiara. I’ve had a taxing day, but I didn’t expect you home so early. Did something happen at school?” Circlet replied tiredly.
“Ms. Cheerilee canceled today’s class and said that if you wanted to know why to see her.” Tiara explained looking to her mother nervously.
“I see, well I’ll have to find out tomorrow then.” Circlet said before observing how her daughter looked. “Is there something on your mind my little diamond?
Tiara scuffed her hoof over the floor before looking to her mother nervously. “I-is daddy home?”
Circlet was about to retort that he better not be but kept her tongue before answering. “No dear he’s not. Do you need to talk to him?”
Tiara shook her head at this before smiling a bit. “Can I… spend the night at Silver’s house tonight?”
Circlet blinked at this before smiling. “I don’t see why not, go on ahead and get a night bag ready while I have Bones’ wife get a small bag of treats for you both to have tonight.”
Tiara smiled at this and she practically pranced up to her room before Bones gently trotted over to her. “You sure this is wise madam?”
Circlet looked to her butler before looking up to Tiara’s room. “I’m sure as I’ll need to speak privately with my husband the moment he returns home.” Circlet said before looking back to Bones. “Now if you’d be so kind as to ask your wife to make a small batch of cookies please.” Bones bowed at this and began to trot off before Circlet said, “On… second thought Bones. Could you… make it two batches please?”
Bones smiled at his mistress kindly. “Of course madam, I’ll go request them at once.” Circlet smiled back as the kind hearted butler trotted off.
***
Twilight Sparkle sighed as she looked over the letter Rainbow had given her to look at before looking up sadly. “Oh Rainbow… I… I’m so sorry.”
Rainbow just laid her head done on the table she and Twilight where sitting at before responding. “I, I just don’t know what to do Twi. I, I’ve already talked to Applejack about this but… I… I really don’t know what to do Twi.”
Twilight gently put the paper down before coming around the table to hug her friend. “You need to do what’s best for Scootaloo Rainbow. She needs to know and… she needs you. You’re the only one who can really take care of her.”
Rainbow gently pulled herself out of the hug before pacing. “I know Twi but… how can I care for her when I can barely care for myself. We eat pancakes for breakfast and dinner Twi, I barely make enough on the Weather Team just to pay airspace and keep food in the house and what I can buy after wards is from whatever I can save after a full month of work. How I support her and myself when I can barely make ends meet by myself?”
Twilight just looked to her friend shocked. “But… your cloud house…”
Rainbow sat down sighing before looking to her. “I built that house myself with my own savings. Before you came to Ponyville Twi… I used to live with Fluttershy till I could finally get the house built. I’ve just been adding on since then.”
Twilight carefully and gently trotted up to Rainbow worried. “H-how long till you had a basic home Rainbow?”
Rainbow sighed as she hung her head. “Before I got the job with the Weather team… three months, give or take a day.”
Twilight just shook her head. “Just how much are you making Rainbow?”
Rainbow sighed and looked to the ceiling trying to concentrate before saying, “About… Eight bits a week I think it was.” Twilight’s jaw dropped at this before using her magic to pull an amicus to her to calculate exactly what Rainbow was making. She then took out for normal medical benefits, airspace, and food then came to a shocking amount. Rainbow with food and normal expenses take out was only making forty-eight bits a week, unless she was figuring the math wrong which was possible since she didn’t know what Rainbow’s expenses actually were.
Still forty-eight bits a week should have been enough for Rainbow to live off of… until you added another pony to the mix. It was at this Twilight looked to Rainbow nervously and after giving off a strengthening sigh spoke. “Rainbow… how… how would you feel… a-about moving… into the library… with me?”
Rainbow looked right at Twilight shocked at this, “W-what?”
Twilight scuffed her hoof over her floor before looking to Rainbow. “I-it would be better for you both and since we’d both be supporting Scootaloo you won’t have to worry much about making ends meet and well… I… I… Oh!” Twilight gave up explaining and pulled Rainbow into a deep passionate kiss before slowly letting go and looking away from her ashamed of what she did.
“Whoa…” Was all Rainbow could say before blinking and blushing heavily, her wings fully extended. “Um… c-could we talk about… this… a bit more? And… could we do that again?” Twilight turned redder at this before both went back in for another kiss.
***
A full week had passed yet again and it was finally time for Rainbow to once again pick Scootaloo up from school. Over the past week Scootaloo had been staying at the usual places with the excuse of Rainbow working overtime with the Weather Team. Scootaloo didn’t mind this nor did the other Crusaders as it gave them more time to have fun and continue their quest for their cutie marks. Also over the week Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara’s relationship grew to the point they had begun having sleep overs on a regular basis. They had even begun trying to get along with the Crusaders, with Scootaloo’s help of course. At first it didn’t go very well but after a day or two the small group of fillies was finally starting to get along and even helped each other with Crusading ideas. Amazingly enough Tiara and Silver found it quite fun and entertaining to crusade with their former tormented and become true friends with them.
As time went by that week things had become better and worse for the families of the small group of fillies. After much talk and a good few dates outside of Ponyville, Rainbow finally accepted Twilight’s offer to move into the Library and had even gone so far as to both sign the adoption papers for Scootaloo. Though she had just lost her mother and father she was going to gain two new parents that would truly love and support her the whole way. Rarity and Fluttershy had finally come out about their relationship with the girls and had even included Sweetie Belle into the mix by telling her about the news. At first it had confused her till it was explained that in time Fluttershy would become her sister as well which did gain a positive bout of excitement.
However thing did not go so well for a few others as Rich had returned back to Ponyville in a much more sour mood than normal. Apparently word had gotten out about his wife’s business ventures and had concluded it was time to have a serious talk while Tiara was away at Silver’s one night.
Filthy Rich waved a set of files before Circlet angrily. “Just how many of my former business are you going to take from me Circe? All of them?” Circlet just sipped her tea calmly as she listened to her husband’s rant. “I cut those businesses off because they’re bad for business not because I have anything against them but each time I let them go you go and take them back in. And you’ve even cut off my say on the matter with them! What is wrong with you Circe? Have you lost your business sense entirely?!”
Circlet sighed as she put her tea cup down. “Have you Rich?”
Rich blinked at this. “What do you mean?”
Circlet just shook her head. “These businesses you feel will harm our own have deep ties to this entire town. Businesses, Rich, which have been here for ages and rely on others to keep them going, businesses Rich that if shut down will cause many issues for not just this family but every last family in Ponyville.” Circlet gently got up and went to the window after using her magic to gain another cup of tea. “This is not Canterlot Rich, you can’t just break business and think you’ll get away unscathed,” she took a sip before looking to Rich, “Which is why I, my dear, have made business with them under my own name, not yours.”
Rich turned red with anger at this. “So you’d go behind my back to make these, these, dives profitable?!”
Circe looked to her husband tiredly. “No Rich, I’m just recycling your choices.”
Rich soon snorted in rage. “Fine, see if I care what you do with these… these… pieces of filth,” Rich then turned angrily towards the door and began trotting out, “Don’t come to me when business turns bad and we’re all out on the streets, because Tiara and I won’t be the ones there!” At this the door slammed shut and Circe began to cry.
Things had gone from bad to worse as time went. Circlet had to start looking to a good law officer to fight for her right to continue raising her daughter Tiara if Rich began pushing too far. Sadly one night it had gone too far as Rich had found Tiara spending the night over at Silver’s home and sadly Silver Spoon had overheard.
Silver Spoon sighed as she finished her last piece of silver with her father when a knock came from the front door of her father’s shop. “You go ahead and finish up Silver, I’ve got this.” Silver’s father, Platinum called out as he went to open the door.
“Okay daddy.” Silver called happily.
She was just finishing her own special gift for her and Tiara when her she heard, “Rich, what are you doing here so late?” Silver froze in her work. Tiara’s father was here? Why?
“We need to talk Plat.” She heard Rich say somewhat angrily. Curious she put the silver mold she had worked on in a safe place and went to the door to look out its work shop window.
“About what Rich, is something bothering you?” Platinum said sitting down behind the shop room counter.
“It’s about your daughter Plat.” Rich said flatly, his hair already all over the place.
“What about Silver?” Platinum asked concerned.
“I want her to stay away from my daughter, permanently.” Rich said in a manner that stated the choice was final.
“Have Silver… Look Rich I don’t know what going on but I can’t do that. They do go to the same…” Platinum said before Rich slammed his hoof down on the counter.
“I don’t care how you do it but this is final. I will not have my daughter around yours till I speak some sense into her, now good day!” Rich said turning around and leaving.
Platinum sighed and then flinched as the shop front’s door was slammed a bit too hard to his liking. “Daddy,” Silver Spoon asked as she stepped out of the smelting room, “a-are you…”
Platinum shook his head. “No Silver I’m not going to force you to stay away from Tiara. I know for certain you two are good for each other and your love is just as pure as my name sake. Now I don’t know what’s going on with that stallion… but I know who to talk to find out. You keep on working on your gift. I’ll be back soon and make sure the shops locked up. I don’t want anything happening to the place.”
Platinum had a long talk with Circlet about Rich’s behavior and did not like how it was going. From the way it was starting to look, a divorcé was soon to happen if things didn’t change. Thankfully after that small meeting Filthy Rich had been keeping to his business ventures in Canterlot and Circlet continued to allow Tiara and Spoon to be around each other. Things where finally look up till today, the day Rainbow would tell Scootaloo what had happened to her parents.
Scootaloo just sat and waited at the school happily as she held her portfolio of pictures and papers of her favorite places in Ponyville. She and her friends had all gained A+ grade for their assignments and were quite excited to show her finished work to Rainbow. Right on cue Rainbow flew in smiling as she landed before Scootaloo. “Hey Scoots missed me?” Rainbow said as Scootaloo plowed right into her hugging her. “Looks like you have. Come on I have someplace we need to go before we go off to practice.” Scootaloo nodded to this happily as she followed Rainbow into town on her scooter telling her of all the things that had happened while she was away till they finally arrived at Twilight’s place and headed inside.
“What do you need to see Twilight about Rainbow?” Scootaloo asked as she followed her idol inside.
Rainbow didn’t say anything till she finally sat beside an awaiting Twilight and looked at her seriously. “Sit down Scoots… we… have something to tell you.” Rainbow said making the young filly gulp nervously.
“D-did I do something wrong?” Scootaloo asked as she slowly sat down.
“N-no Scoots its… it’s about your mom and dad.” Rainbow said before Twilight gently placed a paper before Scootaloo.
Scootaloo blinked at this nervously before she looked to the paper and slowly ready it before she looked up to Rainbow shocked, “They… their…”
Rainbow slowly came around the table and hugged the young filly slowly shedding tears. “I’m so sorry Scoots. I-I just didn’t know how to break it to you.”
Scootaloo tried to push away from Rainbow heavily upset by the actions before finally breaking down and crying into Rainbow chest. The crying went on for hours till Scootaloo finally calmed down enough to finally talk, “So… a-are you going to… to send me away?”
Rainbow just shook her head before pulling out another paper and showed it to Scootaloo. “Your mom and dad wanted you to be happy Scoots so they made sure that if… if they never came back that… that you get a proper home, with me, me and Twilight.” Rainbow explained as Scootaloo looked to the paper then to them before she dropped the paper and tackled the two mares.
“We’ll take good care of you Scootaloo.” Twilight said hugging the young filly with Rainbow. “We promise Scootaloo, we’ll be here for you.”
***
Over at Tiara’s house Diamond Tiara set up for yet another night at her loves house till Bones came to the room with a frown. “Bones is there something wrong?” Tiara asked looking up.
“Your father is home Ms. Tiara, he’s... requesting your presence.” Bones said frowning.
Tiara frowned at this but followed the family butler into her father’s study where her father awaited her. “You… wanted me daddy?” Tiara asked nervously as she entered the room.
“Yes Tiara I did. I’ve already told Platinum this but it seems the message is not getting across so I’m going to set it right here. You’ve been around that Spoon filly far too much for my liking. I want you to stop seeing her, this instant, and from now on you will stay away from her, for good.”
Tiara’s jaw dropped at this, “N-not even to have dinner?”
Rich snorted at this, “No.”
Tiara shook her head at this. “But, but daddy…”
Rich stomped his hoof at this. “The answer is no Tiara.” Rich said seriously as he spoke down to his daughter.
“But daddy it’s just going out to eat, what’s wrong with that?” Tiara asked concerned. Tonight was just not going as she had planned. She had originally thought that the moment she’d get home she’d be able to talk to her mother alone on the subject of once again spending the night at Silver’s but sadly this was not the case as her father sadly had come home early from his business trip and was in more of a bad mood than he normally was.
“Because Tiara ponies will get the wrong idea about our two families and I will not allow that to happen. If you wish to go out and eat it will be done with a colt NOT your friend Silver, do I make myself clear?” Tiara would not respond as she looked away from her father. “I said DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR Tiara?” Rich said to her angrily.
“Yes, FATHER, I get it!” Tiara said right back at him before gambling up to her room slamming the door.
“Tiara, Tiara, come back here this instant,” Rich yelled even madder, “Ugh, what is wrong with that girl?! She’s never been this disobedient to me before.” Circlet sadly had been in the other room and walked right into Rich’s study with just a tired sigh looking at him before turning to leave the room with hopefully not a word. “Are you turning against me as well Circe?!” Rich called to her angrily.
“Not at all Rich, I’m just going to fix your mistake.” Circe said heading up to Tiara’s room. It would be the last thing she spoke to Rich about before she took him to get divorced. As Circlet trotted off Rich stammered till he couldn’t hold his anger anymore and yelled.
Up in her room Tiara just cried deeply into her pillows till she heard a knock. “Go away!” she yelled towards the door till she saw who was behind it. “Mom…” Tiara said jumping off the bed and gambling over to her.
“Shh, it’s okay my little diamond,” Circlet said hugging her daughter, “It’s okay, I’m here. Your father is just being… No. No there’s no excuse for his behavior now. I hate to say this dear but… I think we need to find an Inn to stay in until your father’s calm down.” Circlet said tiredly knowing this would only get worse before it got any better.
“But… but what about Silver, and… and dad, surely he’ll…” Tiara said worried before Circlet placed a gentle hoof over her daughter’s lips.
It was at this Circlet sighed again, “I’ll speak to Twilight Sparkle about this maybe she can come up with something. Until then pack what you can, I’ll have the staff keep your father busy so we can leave.”
To be continued