Who's King
By: Kitty Pony
Silver Spoon raced through Sweet Apple Acres, dodging every tree in her sight, whisking with the wind, as if she was a part of the strong breeze herself.
The grey filly had her once-perfect mane ruffled, and strands of hair stood wildly in all directions. However, the fancy filly couldn't care less. No, this was far more important.
Silver Spoon soon arrived at her destination, a large apple tree that was visible behind a few wild plants. She trotted around the forest-like bushes and saw what she had come here so quickly for.
A wooden tree house stood at the edge of a ramp, which was built from the stump of the tree to some of the highest branches. Silver didn't stop once, and sprinted up the ramp. She slammed herself through the door, and, as powerfully as her small lungs would allow her to, Silver Spoon shouted-
"STOP!"
Three small eyes nervously glanced up to see what in Equestria made that noise. To see Silver Spoon there, well, you could imagine their shock.
"Gosh darn't Silver, what in tarnation do ya want?!?" Applebloom (one of the three) stood up and glared at the grey filly, a fire of annoyance burning in her amber eyes.
Silver Spoon stood her ground. "You need to listen to me!"
Sweetie Belle was second to stand. "We're all ears."
"You know the picture, the photo of Diamond Tiara's mother?"
"Uh, yeah? What about it?" Scootaloo joined the rest of the Crusaders standing as she spoke.
"You can't touch it, at all! That picture is far too precious. I...I wasn't thinking when I told you guys about it."
Then, to Silver's surprise, Applebloom burst out laughing.
"W-well of course not!" The filly paused to catch her breath. "Do you think we're some sort of heartless monsters or somethin'?"
"No, that's Diamond's job," Scootaloo muttered, just loud enough for Sweetie Belle to hear-and she replied to the comment by shooting her a, shut it, look.
Applebloom ignored Scootaloo and continued talking.
"I mean, Diamond is mean and all, but we're not gonna smash a photo of her dead mother or nothin'."
...
Silence...
"W-wait," Silver started. "You know about Glimmer?"
"Uhmm, yeah, I mean, Diamond's father and Big Mac are friends. Am...am I not suppose to know this?"
Silver Spoon's purple eyes were as wide as saucers. "N-No! Diamond would have a heart attack if she knew that somepony like you-" Silver paused. "No offense, of course! It's just that, she feels better than all of you guys. I don't know how she'll respond if she finds out that you've seen her other side."
Sweetie Belle cocked her head. "Other side?"
Silver Spoon tapped her chin with a grey hoof, pondering about how she would explain.
"Basically, Diamond has this other side of herself. It's not any nicer or more kind than what you see all day, but it's much more pitiful. The other side mostly appears when Glimmer is mentioned. And...That's pretty much all I know. I've only seen the other side once or twice-so I doubt that any of you will ever see it."
"So, it's like a weaker side of Diamond Tiara, right?" Scootaloo asked.
"Exactly."
The orange filly started to stare off absentmindedly, lost deep into her own world. Meanwhile, the other ponies continued their conversation, discussing more plans to 'get back' Diamond Tiara.
After a bit of thinking, Scootaloo bounced up in excitement, screaming-
"I'VE GOT IT!!!"
Her wings fluttered quickly as Scootaloo fell softly back on the wooden floor. The three other ponies watched her, waiting for what she had to say.
Scootaloo walked up to the front of the room, and cleared her throat.
"Alright, so we can't mess with the picture of Glimmer, for obvious reasons. However, what if we just act like we're going to break it?'
Applebloom's face scrunched up in confusion.
"Why in tarnation would we do that?"
Scootaloo put her hoof up for silence.
"We would pull it off in front of Diamond. She would be so scared, and would learn not to mess with us."
Sweetie Belle looked down at her hooves.
"I...I don't know. I don't like putting something so precious on the line..."
"Don't worry! I promise we won't do anything to it...Well, not anything bad at least."
Sweetie still looked unsure. "I don't think it's a good idea."
Scootaloo walked over to her friend, and put her hoof over her shoulder. "Come on, think of all the things Diamond has done to us. This harmless stunt wouldn't even come close to what she's put us through!"
"I guess..."
Applebloom nodded. "She's got a point there."
Silver shrugged. "It's sounds okay to me."
"Great! Here's how it's gonna work..."