The sun was burning bright, the dirt roads of Ponyville where now a big muddy mess. Rarity wasn't a fan of this kind of day, but she had to go see Filthy Rich today. The situation between Scootaloo and Diamond Tiara had her up all night, and she didn't get much sleep. It turns out Rainbow Dash was the one to caused the surprise storm in the first place, and she is spending the day cleaning up the damage it had caused.
After what seemed like a life time Rarity arrived at the gates of Filthy's mansion. The gate was big, and spread all around the colossal sized yard. Rarity sat in amazement at how nice everything looked, but she shook it off, that's not what she had come here to do. Rarity opened the gate and walked up to the front door and knocked. A maid answered the door, she had stunning blue eyes, and a beautiful mane that went from her eyes town to the bottom of her neck.
"Can I help you miss?" The maid said softly.
"Yes, is Mr.Rich home at this moment?" Rarity said looking past the maid into the other room.
"He is, let me get him for you."
The maid walked back inside and turned a corner. After a few minutes Filthy Rich came to the door.
"Why if it isn't Rarity, how can I help you this fine morning?" He said surprised to see her.
"I need to talk to you Mr.Rich, may I come inside?" Rarity said in a stern voice.
"Of course you can, follow me."
Filthy walked back into his home as Rarity followed him. He lead her into a big room, there where countless pictures that lined the walls. A big fire place sat on the back wall of the room, and a picture of him and his daughter where above it. There was a big red carpet in the middle of the room with a glass table in the middle of the carpet. Filthy sat down in a big recliner chair, and picked up a cup of tea. Rarity took a seat on the couch and got conferable.
"So what is it that you wanted to discuss?" Filthy said in a calm tone.
"It's about Diamond Tiara Mr.Rich." Rarity said looking him straight in the eyes.
Filthy's smile slowly faded into a frown as he heard the mention of his daughters name.
"What about her?"
"She has been causing trouble at school for my sister and her friends."
Filthy let out a deep sigh. It wasn't uncommon that he would get reports from school about his daughter causing trouble for the other fillies. He got a phone call from school almost every week about her causing some sort of trouble for others.
"What did she do?" Filthy said taking a sip of tea.
"My sister said that when her friend Scootaloo came to their clubhouse, she was covered in mud because your daughter had pushed her into it, then called her a stupid blank flank."
"I am sure she was only playing around."
"With all do respect Mr.Rich, that doesn't sound like playing to me. It sounds like she is bullying them."
"That's what kids do, they run around and pick on each other, It's no big deal."
"No big deal?!" Rarity said clearly shocked at what she had just heard. "This is a big problem Mr.Rich, she has been making the other kids at that school miserable. Dose that not concern you at all?"
Filthy put down his tea, and looked Rarity in the eyes.
"Look, do you know how many calls I have gotten from school about her behavior? A lot, and not only that, but the teacher from her class came to talk to me personally just like you have. She had the same reaction as you did, and said almost the same exact thing. If I knew what to do, I would do it, but it seems like no matter what I try, she just keeps doing the same thing over and over again. I mean after her mom and brother died, she just was never the same. She use to be nice, but those fillies never got to see it because the school that she went to before crushed her heart."
"What do you mean?" Rarity said confused at what she heard.
"Back before we moved here, Diamond use to come home everyday crying with some sort of bruise on her, and she would tell me that the kids at school where bullying her. It got so bad at one point that she would lock herself in her room and not come out, not even to eat. Even after her mom and brother died they still made fun of her. Eventually we had to move, and it was at this point I believe she snapped. Diamond has never punched a pony before, and that's why I say it's no big deal. What she dose is laughable compared to the things she went through."
"I see, I am really sorry to hear that." Rarity said saddened by the story that was told.
"Now you see why I do nothing about her behavior? It's not bad compared to the things she has endured."
"I agree, but it's still no excuse for being mean to the other fillies. Don't you think she would be happier having more then one friend?"
"That's for her to decide, if she wants to make more friends then she can. If she chooses not to then there is nothing we can do."
"I see, well I need to get back to work, thanks for having me Mr.Rich."
"Anytime Rarity, talk to you later."
Rarity gave a nod and made her way back outside. It was sickeningly hot outside compared to the cool inside of the mansion. On the way back home Rarity stopped by the library to pick up a book Sweetie Belle wanted, and started down the road to her boutique.
School just let out, and the fillies where rushing out the doors on their way home, all but Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle. They stayed behind at the school to calm their heads after the stressful day they had. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon just wouldn't leave them alone today. Everywhere they went, they followed continuously throwing insults at them one after another.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle ignored them as usual, but Scootaloo found it hard not to turn around and shut them up. She found it even harder not to turn around and bash both there faces in. She then remembered that she still had to think of a way to get them back.
"I can't believe they followed us around at recess." Apple Bloom said still annoyed
"Why can't they just leave us alone?" Sweetie Belle said in a sad tone.
Scootaloo knew one way to deal with them, but there is no way they would allow her to hurt them.
"Well look whose still here" A pink earth pony rounded the school building with a grin on her face.
"Oh great, what do you want Diamond Tiara?" Scootaloo finally spoke up despite not wanting too.
"Oh nothing, just wondering why you blank flanks are still here at school." Diamond said staring the orange Pegasus down.
"It's none of your business!" Scootaloo could already feel her rage increasing just by having Diamond in her line of sight.
"You blank flanks don't have any right to talk to me like that." Diamond said pointing her hoof at the trio.
"So, what gives you right to talk like your better then us?!" Scootaloo took a step closer to Diamond.
"Because I am better then you, heh I bet your parents are ashamed to have you as there daughter."
Scootaloo froze up at that comment, her heart skipped a beat. All of what was happening around her suddenly stopped. She lost control of her emotions, and she didn't realize what she was doing before it was to late. She had tackled Diamond Tiara to the ground, and was landing punch after punch on her.
"Get off me!" Diamond screamed in pain.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle just barley managed to pull Scootaloo off of the screaming filly. Scootaloo's breathing was heavy, anger clearly showing in her eyes. She looked down at her hoofs and noticed they where covered in blood. She then looked at Diamond Tiara who was bleeding badly from the muzzle, and there was some blood trickling down her mouth. The Pegasus broke free of her friends grasp, and ran away from the schoolyard.
Not to long after Cheerilee came running outside. She noticed Diamond Tiara laying on the ground crying her eyes out. She then turned to the two fillies that saw the whole chain of events unfold before there eyes.
"Girls, what happened here?!" Cheerilee said in a panic.
"Scootaloo lost control, and beat her up!" Sweetie Belle said quickly.
"We need to call the hospital." Cheerilee said picking Diamond up off the ground.
"You two need to go home, I'll deal with Scootaloo in the morning."
The two fillies could only nod and walk back to there homes. They still had trouble comprehending what they had just saw. Sweetie Belle walk into the boutique, and sat at the table. Rarity walked in to greet her sister with a smile, but her smile faded to a worried frown as soon as she saw Sweetie Belle's tears.
"Sweetie Belle, what happened?" Rarity said taking a seat next to her crying sister.
Sweetie Belle turned to face her sister.
"S-Scootaloo, she...she" Sweetie Belle couldn't control her sobbing at this point.
"What did Scootaloo do?" Rarity said growing more concerned by the second.
"She beat Diamond Tiara up. It wasn't just one punch ether, it was over and over again. Me and Apple Bloom managed to pull her off Diamond, but the damage that she had inflicted looked pretty serious."
Rarity looked down at the floor cursing the fact that Diamond's father never saw this coming. How could he be so blind as to not know that this was going to happen if she kept making fun of the others.
"I-I don't know what to say Sweetie Belle. Where is Scootaloo now?" Rarity said as anger started to well up inside of her.
"I don't know, she ran off after the accident. Cheerilee said that she would deal with Scootaloo tomorrow."
"I see, I will figure something out Swe-"
"What can you do Rarity? Is there really anything you can besides yell at Diamonds father because he didn't see this coming? If you where thinking about talking to Scootaloo, I wouldn't. She wouldn't listen to us, so I doubt she would listen to you."
Rarity was shocked silent at how blunt Sweetie Belle was being. She didn't want to admit it, but everything that just escaped her sisters mouth was true. There really wasn't much she could do. Sweetie Belle got up from the table, and started up the stairs without a word leaving Rarity alone at the table.
Sweetie Belle walked into her room and slammed the door shut.
"Why didn't I see this coming." Sweetie Belle whispered to herself. She had such high hopes that this would just pass over, and Scootaloo would blow it off like normal. Never could she have imagined that Scootaloo would resort to physical violence. Sweetie Belle buried her face into her pillow and cried. There wasn't much more she could do at a time like this. All she had wished is for everything to be okay, but her wish was denied.
Scootaloo ran into the clubhouse, and slammed the door shut. She sat down in a corner and looked at her hoofs again. The blood was still there. Scootaloo was panicking, she didn't know what she was doing. One minute she was staring Diamond down, and the next she is beating her down. Scootaloo managed to calm down, and control her breathing. All that was on her mind now is what's going to happen tomorrow when she walks through the door of Cheerilee's classroom.