The cold wind blows, almost whistling through the air. All of Equestria is covered in light sheets of white, every inch and every block, with the job well-done of the weather being held responsible by the very pegasus race itself. In the rural town of Ponyville, ponies can be seen joyfully enjoying what they have of the thin layer, especially the young foals who didn't have a care in the world.
Meanwhile, there are those who favored the winter for other reasons, one of them being for this single event: the holiday of Hearth's Warming, a time of unity, harmony, and friendship. In celebration, gifts are to be given as a sign of true peace to others, in the spirit of the occasion.
However, sometimes ponies forget why those said gifts are given in the first place, such as a certain pink earth filly that goes by the name of Diamond Tiara.
In a mansion constructed in her dwelling of Ponyville, such as that with a blue roof, a marble porch, and with an additional balcony had the father of Diamond, who goes by the name of Filthy Rich, peacefully lounging near a fireplace in his home. The flames burn brightly, illuminating the surrounding area with the occasional cracking, as he sits on a large velvet chair with a newspaper in his hooves, all the while having a lone cup of tea on a side table to accompany him.
But, his tranquility is to be disturbed by the rampant sound of running to be heard from a floor above, with it getting louder and louder as the noise soon made its way to the flight of stairs, and to where Filthy Rich exactly was. He gently lifted his paper down, to reveal Diamond Tiara herself, with what seemed to be a small magazine in her mouth.
"Shhh," he started saying, with a single hoof to his mouth in a soft tone, "careful, Diamond. You wouldn't want to disturb your mother." She placed the paper in front of her.
"Ugh, Daddy! I'm sure she's is going to be fine. Besides, I've got something super important to ask you!" Diamond Tiara stated, rolling her eyes.
"You know how much your Mother cares about her beauty sleep." He then raised his head slightly and eyed down the piece of paper lying by his daughter's front pink hooves. "If I may ask, what might you have right there?" With that, came a single soft stomp.
"I was going to get to that." Diamond then proceeded to pick it up, and started to swiftly flip through the many pages. After doing so, she holds the magazine to Filthy Rich, depicting an image of a shimmering tiara with bright purple gems on each of the points, with a much larger clearer one in the middle to top it all off. "Look! I found Mother's jewelry catalogue, and I found this!" Diamond Tiara leapt onto the lap of her father and rapidly pointed at the crown, almost swatting at the paper. "Made of the best platinum, with the finest amethysts. Oh, that diamond too! See? It says so right there!" She said, still swinging at it. "Now I can really be Diamond Tiara! I want it!" After her request, the only thing Filthy Rich can do was raise a big, black bushy eyebrow.
"Diamond Tiara," he said, sternly, as Diamond put on her biggest smile and put her hooves together.
"Pleeeeeeaaase?"
"You already have a tiara."
"But I still want it!"
"You have around seven, in fact. Collecting dust in that wardrobe of your's." Diamond Tiara's huge grin turned into a sheepish one.
"I'll use them, I swear! ... Eventually, I promise! I just think... I just need one more!" Still, an eyebrow remains raised. "... It's almost Hearth's Warming~!", she said in a sing-song voice, "Maybe I can get this as my gift? Please, Daddy?" Filthy Rich proceeded to grab Diamond with both of his hooves, and put softly put her back on the carpeted floor. He then rose out of his chair, setting the paper aside, and stood up while adjusting his tie.
"I've been meaning to discussion this for a while with you, Diamond."
"W-Well, what is it then, Daddy?"
"I've been receiving notifications from the Ponyville board of education of accounts of your behavior, recently." All that statement was enough for the filly to instantaneously become struck with fear, as she gulped in response. "I also do not appreciate being lied to about how these three other girls were teasing you, but instead the torment was vice-versa." All Diamond Tiara could also do was start to slightly tremble.
"... Y-You've heard everything? All of it?" A nod came from Filthy Rich.
"Indeed. I must say, I'm very disappointed with how I've heard you've acted around your peers. I thought I could have raised you better than this." Diamond hung her head as low as it can be, waiting for the punishment to be bestowed upon her. However, she finds her head to be picked up by a brown hoof, and to be looking back once again at her father.
"However, I don't think a severe punishment has to be necessary." A surge of shock goes through Diamond Tiara.
"Wait a minute! S-So you're not mad at me?" In contrary to the nod, he shook his head side to side.
"No. But, this doesn't mean your actions are going to be let go. Since it is, after all, a few weeks until Hearth's Warming, I'm going to assign you a simple task."
"Um... alright. What is it... Father?"
"I need you, before the holidays, that you do a simple act of kindness for somepony else. But, I'm looking for something more than simply helping an old mare walk across the street, or helping a classmate with their homework. I know it may seem much, but I believe this is more simpler than you think."
"Really? That's it? That's all I can do?"
"Yes. On one condition, though,” Filthy Rich said, as he started to slowly walk in the opposite direction of where Diamond Tiara was standing, “If I'm not informed of anything you did by the Hearth’s Warming holiday, you can forget about that platinum tiara, or hanging out with that Silver Spoon of your’s. It's either your task, or no gift nor friend.”
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It's been many weeks since Filthy Rich gave the assignment to his daughter. Everywhere, Diamond Tiara looked over Ponyville, to see if she can do anything for anypony around her. But alas, the town seemed awfully too perfect, with nothing wrong being spotted by her, no matter how much she tried to offer her service to those ponies.
However, on a fateful morning of Hearth’s Warming Eve, while Diamond was almost solemly resting on her light blue mattress, when she hears the clacks of what could be interpreted as metal handles. Her soft, pink ears wiggle a smidge as she opens and rubs both of her eyes with each hoof. Diamond Tiara then, with a hard tug, pulls the blankets off of her, jumps out of bed, and scampers to her father's bedroom, where the first thing she sees is Filthy Rich facing an opened brown suitcase lying on his king-sized bed, along with the stallion himself wearing an entire blue suit.
"Daddy?" she said, eyes widening. "Um, what are you doing?" In reply, Filthy Rich turned around, to face the filly.
"Oh, Diamond! Fancy finding you up in the morning," he said, as he started to fold the sets of clothes resting next to the case, "What do you need?"
"Well, I just can't help but, oh, I don't know? Hearing some racket that just had to wake me up, but now that I see... " Diamond Tiara started to say, eyeing the baggage, "Are you going somewhere or something?" With that question, bought a brown hoof to Filthy Rich's face.
"Oh gosh, did I not tell you? Ahem, anyways, whether I have indeed informed you or not, I'm currently fixing myself up and making preparations for a trip I'm making to Manehattan." Also with a single sentence brought excitement and a smile to Diamond herself.
"Ooh, Manehattan? As in where the classy ponies are just as classy as the ones in Canterlot? I bet they and the place itself are super fancy!" Then, came a nod from Filthy Rich.
"In somewhat of a way, yes. I'm, in fact, going to the city's stock market. The shares are absolutely booming during the holidays," he started, and gave the luggage a light punch, "and I'm going to invest in them. Perhaps get an even higher percentage of ownership along the way."
"Yeah yeah, well, now that I think about it... can I come with you too?"
"...You want to tag along on my journey?" Diamond Tiara put on the biggest grin she can manage, and nodded. "Hm, but may I ask why? The big city, as it's called, is not too much of a suiting place for foals your age. After all, I believe I'm going to be there the whole day." He then slightly furrowed a brow and stared straight at her daughter. "I also doubt you would find interest in what I'm doing, and that means you're going to have to stay put in where we're going to settle."
"Um... w-well, I don't think I've ever gone there before! Plus, I can be a good filly, I swear!"
"Aren't you going to be bored, being by yourself, though?"
"No no! I'm absolutely sure that I can entertain myself too!" Diamond Tiara said, additionally batting her eyelashes with a smile. "Please Daddy? Can I go? You can trust your sweet wittle Diamond, right?" In response, Filthy Rich sighed.
"I honestly still do not see the necessity of you tagging along, but I suppose the trip will be worthwhile in the end." And with that, came a tiny jump from the filly. "However, I heard it's going to be immensely frigid all the way east of Equestria. I suggest you bundle up." Then, Diamond turned around and scampered back to her own bedroom.
"Okay, Daddy! This princess will look like royalty, I promise you!"
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Many hours passed after Filthy Rich's acceptance for his daughter's companionship. During that time period, Diamond Tiara had the time to pick out a light blue long coat with additional white pom-poms to top off the hoof collars, and aboard the Ponyville train station with her father.
Then, many minutes later, Filthy Rich and Diamond Tiara finally get off of the train, where they were greeted by the shimmering shiny skyscrapers of the city, as well as the white blankets of snow that covered every inch of the sidewalk and black concrete road, along with almost stampedes of ponies on the street, hustling and bustling everywhere they went.
They walked and walked along the soft pathway, with Diamond looking in every direction of the city in awe, while her father meanwhile made small smiles at the admiration she had. However, along the way, Diamond Tiara saw many citizens sitting lowly on the snowed pavement, almost all of them in rags and misery.
And all she did was view them with scorn.
Eventually, after many more minutes of trotting, the both of them find the hotel they need, and booked a room on the second floor of the structure, where inside the room, Filthy Rich stands near the door of the said space, still suited up with a his suitcase balancing on his back. He then reaches for the shining bronze doorknob, places a hoof on it, and opens the exit.
"You're absolutely sure I can trust you to be by yourself?" Diamond, standing right behind him, stands up proudly, still in her light blue and white garments.
"Yes I am, Daddy. I'll be fine," she said.
"If you dearly insist. Oh, and by the way, we still have the food we ordered on the way here. I believe you can help yourself." He then took a few steps outside, and slowly closes the door, before making one last remark. "Goodbye, Diamond."
"Bye Daddy!" After that, came the exit coming to a close, and with the filly in a room by herself, and by her alone only. A minute later, a frustrated stomp comes from her, making Diamond Tiara's four tiny pink hooves stamp on the wood floor many times.
"URGH! I can't believe this is happening!" she whined to herself, "Why did I even bother to come here in the first place? Manehattan literally stinks, the ponies there are not as high-class as I even thought they would be!" Behind Diamond, a clock plastered on the wall faintly ticks with each second passing by. She then trots to the room's window, opens it, and places her hooves on the window sill along with her head. Upon it being opened reveals the streets of Manehattan, still been having the light sheets of snow covering the surfaces, and with that, came another stomp from the filly.
"Ugh! Tomorrow's Hearth's Warming too, and I haven't done a single thing for Daddy's approval." With that complaint actually came a grumble from her stomach as well. "Great. Now I'm hungry," she said, walking to the kitchen to face a single pie on the counter, then grabbing the tin part with her mouth and setting it on the windowsill. Diamond Tiara jabbed a hoof into the pie and scooped up the remaining bits she managed to pick up into her mouth, chewed, and swallowed. "This is stupid! Everything is stupid!" Diamond also said, walking back to the middle of the room. "Why can't I get the tiara that I, in fact, deserved as well? Why can't life be fair like it should be, for me?"
Suddenly, after Diamond Tiara's ranting, she hears hoofsteps near the window sill. Slightly startled, she turns her head around to see the pie to be vanished, and a glimpse of a light purple figure flying by.
"What?! Hey, get back here! Y-You pigeon!" Then, she swiftly leaps out of the window and lands on the ledge of the building, closely it on the way out before taking another jump onto the snow, with Diamond spotting not, in fact, a bird, but a light purple pegasus with a teal mane and tail flying through the air, with her pie on their back, and made a remark.
"I'm sorry!"
"... Y-You're not a pigeon... " she said quietly to herself. "That's mine, and mine only!" Diamond Tiara rears up, and starts to run after the purple pony, all the while bumping into civilians, disregarding any of them that come into contact with her.
She ran, and ran, and ran, after the purple figure soaring in the sky. But eventually, it turns around a corner, leading into an alleyway. Diamond huffed, standing quietly at the block. Then, once she gained her energy, Diamond Tiara jumped in front of the entryway, in which she faced the purple pegasus foal, with the pie in front of them. In return, the pony, revealing to actually be a colt, faced her. But, all he could do was gasp and manage a sentence to be spoken as Diamond was digging her hoof into the concrete multiple times.
"Nononono- wait! Please!"
However, the colt was cut off by the tackle she made. Upon the filly doing so, however, she sees that he is dressed in a torn and dirty light blue hoodie, with a pair of dark blue ragged pants to match with it. It didn't take long as well for him to cover his face with his own sleeves, and manage to still speak over the cowardice the colt was showing.
"Mercy! Please don't hurt me!" he said, starting to shiver as well. Diamond Tiara, realising what kind of pony she was on top of, jumped off of the child.
"Agh! Disgusting!" she said, rapidly attempting to dust her outer blue coat off with a single hoof, as the colt stood up, dismissing the somewhat rude comment Diamond made.
"Oh, thank goodness!" He happily stated, as he reached for the quarter-eaten pie with a single purple hoof, only to have it slapped by a pink one.
"What do you think you're doing?" Diamond Tiara said, "First of all, why would you steal my food? I was, oh, I don't know, going to eat it?" She then brought a hoof to stomp on the light snow, and for the colt to go cower once again, this time crouching down.
"I'm sorry! You can have it back! I-I can get food some other way!" The filly looked at the pie behind her, still in tact with the exception of a piece she took out and ate earlier, and scoffed.
“Ugh, no. You can keep it anyway. You already got your grubby hooves on it.” Diamond commented, as the child’s forming smile beamed greatly.
“Really?!”
“Yeah, sure. I guess. My Daddy can buy me another one anyway.”
“Wow!” he said, as he pulled the delicacy toward him, “Thank you so much! U-Usually everypony would take it anyway.” Diamond Tiara sighed, a tad annoyed.
“You don't need to mention it.” However, she looked at her surroundings, ran out of the alley, and stood at the entrance. “Now if you'll excuse me, I need to be where I'm supposed to be, alright?”
“You're going? Oh… okay. But wait, where do you need to go, anyway?”
“To my hotel, duh! I just need to go left! And then… take a right? No, then another left… ?” Diamond said, peering around the corner as she began to become frantic. “Oh no, no no no!”
“Um, are you lost?” The moment he said that brought Diamond Tiara right up in his face.
“Of course not! it's not like I totally DON’T KNOW WHERE I AM!” The colt was just about to cower once again, but instead, he simply backed up and lender a hoof to the distressed Diamond.
“W-Wait! I think… I know ponies who can help. T-They know Manehattan better than I do anywa- Woah!” Not even letting him finish his sentence, she tugged at the his sweater, pulling him over to her.
“What are you waiting for, then? Take me to them, make it snappy too!”
“Okay, okay, I will!” He said, backing up once again.
“Thanks… um… “
“Er, uh, Cloudy Breeze, you can call me, I guess.” he said, with a sheepish smile as he lended a hoof once again. But, this time, the filly actually shook it.
“Diamond Tiara.” Cloudy eyed the crown on her head, with a slight smile.
“Well, that's really… fitting, I think.”
“Yeah yeah, thanks. Now come on, I don't like waiting.”
“Oh, um, yes. Right. J-Just follow me, please.” Then, Cloudy Breeze proceeded to walk out of the alley, pie balancing on the back, while Diamond walked behind him. “I did say that my friends knew the place more than I did, but I do know where they are, of course. It shouldn't be too long, too.”
“Mhm. Neat. Sure.” she said, slowly walking into the snow. “Ugh! I knew I should have brought my boots! This snow is soooo cold!”
“I've been walking like this for two days straight. But, I don't mind, really…”
Both children walked, for what seemed forever for Diamond Tiara. But, along the way, she did have the opportunity to explore the regions of the city as she followed Cloudy. The skyscrapers piercing the sky continued to tower over the inhabitants of the urban.. Even Diamond herself thought she was extremely puny.
“Wow. Manehattan is… it's just so… big.”
“Yes, of course. It's why I honestly don't blame you for losing your way.” Diamond Tiara shot a glare at Cloudy Breeze in response. “But- uh, I'm sure many ponies even get lost too.”
“Don't even mention it.” she snapped, but then Diamond eyed the rags that the colt wore. “Say… so, how long have you been like… that?” she said, pointing at Cloudy’s clothes.
“Oh, just only a few months.” The filly slightly gaped in shock.
“A few months? Seriously? I couldn't even stand a week if I'm like… that! And you're saying it almost casually!”
“Well, I got used to it.” A pause came from Diamond Tiara.
“Gee. I-I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kind of feel bad for you.”
“It's okay, you don't need to be sorry. Not for me, at least.” Suddenly, Cloudy Breeze came to a stop in front of another alleyway, where he waved. “Hey guys! I'm here!” Diamond walked right beside the colt, where she saw that upon his gesture emerged two little fillies.
One of them was a blue little pegasus, with a darker blue spiky mane. She wore an old navy blue shirt with another one beneath it, with a slightly lighter hue. Tarnished black pants complimented the outfit. The other, in contrary, was a white earth pony filly with a much more shaggy red mane and tail. That pony wore a brown outfit, which had an additional shaggy beige collar.
Both of them had their pupils shaking and were weakly standing. The pegasus was the first to speak.
“Cloudy! You're back! Haha, I’d knew you'd do it!” she said in an almost raspy voice. The other filly followed up her sentence.
“Yes! I see you've brought back food too, well done!” Cloudy Breeze nodded in reply, but suddenly the pegasus speedwalked closer to both the colt and Diamond Tiara, specifically eying the pink pony.
“Yeah, looks like somepony decided to follow him too,” she said, squinting her eyes at Diamond, then proceeding to place her hoof on the filly’s chest, “What do you think you're doing here? Coming to poke fun at us and make our lives harder than it already is?” Diamond Tiara’s eyes widened in shock and disbelief, while the white one walked toward her and placed a hoof on the blue withers.
“Hey! Did you forget your manners? You know, maybe we can trust her. It doesn't hurt to make new friends!” The pegasus in return, hung her head low, as Cloudy placed the pie on the snowed concrete.
“I just thought m-maybe we can help her. That's what I was the pony who actually brought her here.” The earth pony then held out a hoof as the other filly leapt at the food and started to chow down on a single piece.
“I'm sorry. We have had… less of a delightful experience with other ponies, apparently.” She then places her own hoof on herself. “My name is Holly Leaf. But, you may just call me Holly, for convienence’s sake.” Then, Holly put her hoof out once again, in which Diamond shook it with her pink one.
“Diamond Tiara. Kind of a big deal. Just saying.” The blue filly put her head out of the pie, flew straight up, and landed precisely next to Holly Leaf.
“Well, fine. Just so you also know,” she started to say, as she stood straight up and proud, “Turbulence, at your service!” Diamond slightly dug her hoof at the ground.
“It's very interesting to meet you… interesting ponies,” she said, “I also have another question. Do any of you even have your cutie marks yet?” Cloudy Breeze, in the background, also chowed down a slice of pie.
“Oh, um, you see, about that-” But, before he could finish, he was interrupted by Turbulence.
“He means that we kind of have better things to worry about than our special talents, you know?”
“Er- yes, what Turby said.” Holly stated, as she took a piece as well. “I believe that our own survival and fulfillment of basic needs are our main priority, then our cutie marks will be second.”
Diamond Tiara was having thoughts. Thoughts about the possible mockery she could put on these children. Maybe even for everything about them. After all, she did have the opportunity to boast about her privileges.
But, somehow, just somehow, Diamond wasn’t feeling it. Instead, an event unraveled before her eyes. Turbulence rose up only a few inches off the ground, looking down at the now empty tin.
“Aw what? That's really it?” she said, only to have Holly Leaf glare at her.
“That is really it, Turbulence.”
“Wait, I have an idea! I could just raid a few stands, maybe even some joints along the way!” Cloudy Breeze raised a single hoof.
“B-But everypony around this neighborhood knows us, knows who we all are, I think…”
he said with a sigh, “I think I'll be fine with not eating for a few more days, though. Don't worry.” Then, the pegasus filly got right up in the colt’s face.
“Open your eyes, Breeze! I'm not going to let my friends starve to death in the city! We’re gonna get more food and that's final!”
All of a sudden, Diamond Tiara, with a raise of a hoof, shouted.
“STOP!” All of the ponies turned their heads toward her.
“How about I can step in?” Holly Leaf’s eyes made a small sparkle, as she spoke.
“You're gonna help us? Well, don't get me wrong, I believe we’ll all appreciate it, but what are you going to do?” Then, Diamond turned her back towards the foals, and looked across the street.
“I think I see a carrot-dog stand across by!” she said, as she put a hoof in one of the pockets of her blue coat, “Luckily, I always keep bits in my pockets, because my daddy trusts me so much.” Turbulence’s eyes widened as she hovered in mid-air.
“Am I… am I hearing whatcha saying right now?” Diamond scratched her mane a bit.
“Well, sure! I can just buy three carrot-dogs, one for each of you, right?” After that sentence, came all the foals getting closer towards Diamond Tiara, with smiles on each of their faces. Holly Leaf had the biggest one of all.
“Thank you so much! I believe this a first, actually!”
“No need to thank me,” Diamond said, “I'm just trying to help.”
Then, she lended a single soft pink hoof to all of the ponies, and they all individually shook it back.
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Not even moments later, the children all crossed the street where they all eventually came across the stand they were looking for, in which Diamond did indeed purchase the meals for the foals. Then, they sat at the edge of the sidewalk, once they do so.
All of them were wolfing down the food, almost like hungry animals. Diamond Tiara can't help but smile, and she doesn't even know why.
“Dear Celestia, yes!” Turbulence said, in between bites, “This is soooo good!”
“Correct indeed,” Holly Leaf said, also in between bites. “The food is totally intact!” Cloudy Breeze, like his two friends, was enjoying it just as much as they were.
“I'm loving this.” he meekly stated, after he took a chomp, “I loving it so much!”
Again, Diamond Tiara can't help but beam at the sight of the children joyously munching their meals. However, many minutes later, Cloudy was the first one to finish his food. He dumps his scraps in a bin that was next to the stand itself, and walks to Diamond with a giant smile.
“I can’t thank you enough. I really really can't,” he said, as Holly and Turbulence soon joined in too.
“Yeah, seriously!” The pegasus filly said, “Do you have anything that we can do for you, er, Diamond Tiara?” The two other foals nodded in unison, as Diamond blushed slightly, but then put a hoof to a face.
“Of course, duh! There’s a reason why I came to you all in the first place, and I totally forgot about it!”
“Well, may we all hear your request?” Holly said.
“I'm actually lost around Manehattan. I need to get back to my hotel,” Diamond Tiara said, as Turbulence rose straight up into the air.
“I think you, you know, need to tell us which one?”
“I don't know, it was like, dark or something! Shiny, light grey, had these white ledges to it?” Once again, the pegasus filly spoke up.
“Ooh! I think I know whatcha talking about!” she said, as she started to fly in front of Diamond. “Follow me, I know the way!”
“I'm gonna be right behind you as well, Turbulence,” Holly said, as she looked at Diamond Tiara. “If you don't mind.” Cloudy Breeze also walked right up beside Diamond, with a small smile as he whispered to her.
“You see? They are much better navigators than I am, at least.”
“Well, you are the one who led me to them, so they can't take all the credit, Cloudy.” Then, the colt in question smiled shyly, as he walked along with Diamond Tiara and the other fillies.
“You're… you’re very much welcome.” However, it was not long until their conversation was interrupted by Turbulence.
"Come on, guys! I think we're almost there!" she said, continuing to hover above the ground. So, with that, actually came a small grin from Diamond, as she and everyone else walked on to their destination.
Eventually, after all the trotting, Turbulence lands right in front of a towering grey building, with it being immensely dark compared to the snow on the ground.
"We're here," she said, as Diamond ran to the front door of the structure, before turning back to the three foals.
"Thank you all! I couldn't have gotten back if it wasn't for you guys!" she said, as Holly Leaf stepped forward.
"As we've mentioned before, we should really thank you for providing a meal," Holly stated with a smile. "No, really. It's the most that anypony has done for us in ages,"
"I really think it's nothing much, but I'm glad you guys are just so... grateful for everything."
"Well, considering our condition, why wouldn't we be, of course? But anyways, I wish for you to have a happy Hearth's Warming tomorrow. It has been a pleasure to meet you, Diamond Tiara. We'll all perhaps just... be on our way. " Cloudy Breeze and Turbulence both nodded, but slowly, in unison. Diamond Tiara was just about to open the door to go back into her room, and the ponies were about to walk away. However, before either of them could do so, Diamond shouted, with an arm extended in front of her.
"Wait! I... I want all of you to come inside for a moment."
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Minutes later, Filthy Rich was making his way back to his room. He trotted up the stairs, making every clip and clop against the wood floor. However, once he actually gets there, what he didn't expect was not one, but three other foals in his room apart from his own daughter. All of them are seemingly jumping on one of the two beds, carefree as can be. That is, until Filthy Rich himself takes notice of this.
"Diamond Tiara," he said, adjusting his tie, "what is the meaning of this?" Everyone in the room came to a screeching halt, as they stood still, with the exception of Diamond herself, who is walking towards her father. "Why do I see other ponies in our room?" The pink filly gulped as she looked up to him.
"Daddy, I know what you're going to say, but can you listen to me right now, please? They," she said, as she looked at Holly Leaf, Turbulence, and Cloudy Breeze. "may just need our help. I want to take them home to Ponyville. They pretty much have nowhere else to go! I mean, just look at them! So... please? We understand if you say no. I just want to help." But, what the foals didn't expect from Filthy Rich was that in contrary of a stern reinforcement, he simply smiled, and even chuckled, as he lifted his daughter's chin up to him.
"Congratulations. I believe all of you are going to get what you want this year, I'm absolutely sure."