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// Diamond 
// Story: Zombie Chronicles: New School 
// by ZombieBrony22 
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I was getting dressed for school a day after the Flash-Rarity metting.

"Have a good day!" My mom called out.

"I will." I replied.

I walked to Sweet Apple Acres and saw that Apple Bloom was coming back (thank God).

"Hey, Jason!" Apple Bloom said with that smile she had.

"H-hey, Apple Bloom." I said.

"How was the meetin'?"

"You heard?" I asked.

"Yep. I also heard 'bout Flash and Rarity. How could he do that?" 

"They said it was before this 'Twilight' showed up. Maybe they'll do something about it..." I said.

"Maybe." Apple Bloom said.

The bus rolled up and we went on. We saw as the others were picked up from their homes and that Apple Bloom's friends almost crushed her in a CMC Sandwich. We rolled up to the school soon afterwards. We went out and I saw Diamond get out of some limo down the road. Her bag was thrown at her from someone inside. Diamond was holding the bag, barely on her feet. All I could do was try to understand what happened when Snails nudged me.

"You comin' man?" He asked.

"Yeah, just give me a minute..." I replied watching as the limo speeded away and Diamond was walking up the sidewalk to the school

"I'm gonna have to talk to her later..." I thought to myself.





The day went on normally when I saw Diamond and Silver Spoon talking on a bench. I noticed that Diamond had a black eye... I was browsing the library when she confronted me.

"What?" I asked.

"Do you honestly think I'm that stupid?" Diamond asked.

"What are you talking about?" I asked annoyed.

"I know that you know something. What is it?" Diamond asked.

"Look, I really don't mean to offend you by saying this, but it's honestly none of your business." I said.

"Excuse me?! Who are you to say what is my business or not?!" Diamond asked.

"Look, I know you're rich, and your father's famous, but that doesn't mean you can just stomp on everybody else's business." I said.

"Do you really want to say that?"

"Yes, and I did." I said.

Apple Bloom came out behind me.

"Back off, Diamond." She said.

"What are you two dating?!" Silver asked.

"Wha-- No! He's been a friend longer than you've been comin' here, Silver!" Apple Bloom said.

"Apple Bloom! I got this." I said.

"But she--"

"I said I got it." I said.

Apple Bloom sighed and walked away. Looking at Diamond, I knew she had no more insults.

"What about your eye? Is that anyone else's business?" I asked.

Diamond gasped and glared at me.

"What, did I say something?"

Diamond took a step closer to me.

"What are you talking about?" Diamond asked coldly.

"Your eye. You have a black eye; your left eye." I said.

"What?!" Diamond pulled out a mirror and saw the eye.

"CRAP! When dad said it was bad, I didn't think it was... damn you, mom!" Diamond muttered.

That got me by surprise and she bolted before I could say a word.

Is she being abused?





The day was over and I was on my way to my aikido training [which was also in the school] when I saw Diamond walk down to the sidewalk and I saw her place makeup on the black eye, trying to hide it. She noticed me looking at her and pulled out a whiteboard. She wrote in black marker: 


WHY DO YOU CARE?


I grabbed my whiteboard and wrote back.


BECAUSE IF IT'S WHAT I THINK IT IS, WE'RE THE SAME.


She wiped away the whiteboard and she clearly wanted to write more, but her limo pulled up. The after-school bell rang and I went grabbed my bo staff. I would describe the class, but I doubt that you wanna hear anyways...

I went home and I decided to call Applejack.

"Yeah, sugarcube?" She asked.

"We need to have a meeting. All of us, ASAP." I said.

"I- I'll give 'em a call." AJ said.





"You think WHAT?!" Apple Bloom asked.

"Come on, Apple Bloom. You SAW that black eye, I know it!" I said.

"Look, we can't jump to conclusions." Rainbow said.

"What else can it be?" Rarity asked.

"Maybe she bashed into something? I don't know!" Rainbow said.

"Why do you even CARE, Jason? Why even bother?" Apple Bloom asked.

I looked at her with a stare hopefully notifying her why.

"You know why, Apple Bloom. You know why too, AJ. It's why I'm here, and not back there, or dead in a hospital with a shotgun shot!"

No words were said by anyone.

"Wait, what are you saying?" Sunset asked.

"I'm saying people like that don't deserve to be parents. My father is behind bars right now because of what he did: beating my mom, coming out with a shotgun, and shooting my hip!" I said sternly.

No words were heard for the next few minutes.

"Look, I know what happened, and I know what you think it will lead too, but Diamond's not like that." Applejack said.

"Did you ever meet her father?" I asked.

Granny Smith came in.

"I met him. I don't know how far the apple falls from that tree, but he'll never do that." She said.

"Now, how about her mother?" I asked gravely.

This was when everyone got silent.

"Actually, no. Not that I recall... Do you, Granny Smith?" AJ asked.

"I met her once, just before you were born. She wasn't exactly the kind woman... Oh, no."

"What do we do now?" AJ asked.

"I'll try to talk to her." I said.

"And if that doesn't work?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Then, we think of another way." I said to her.