Chapter 77; Whose Fault?
Diamond Tiara woke up early Sunday morning as the sun was rising. She hopped out of bed and got ready for the busy day she had ahead of her. While she had been working for the Foal Free Press she had recently gotten herself a very small job with the Ponyville Times thanks to Featherweight going to bat for her with his father. With how Featherweight had been talking about her, he had approached Filthy Rich and asked if she could do some paid work for her a couple of hours a week. It had really paid into her favour and allowed her to get the story printed in the Ponyville Times the day before instead of putting it in the Foal Free Press. Either would have done but it was impossible to deny how much more impact it had by being put in the Ponyville Times. Having to drop the Gabby Gums moniker had made things a little difficult but she had managed to get Feather Quill to write something for her and had managed to bring back Gabby Gums for the new story that she had already submitted to them the day before, ensuring it would be published today. Not that Feather Quill actually knew the story was in there. She had put it in herself without anypony realising. They wouldn’t have approved of what she did. Not until they had read it anyway. Once they knew everything, then they would understand why she had to put it in how she did and couldn’t just ask them to do it. Diamond Tiara heard a knock at her door and opened it, revealing Firefly. He was wearing an apron and smiling at her.
“Mornin’ Miss. Ready for breakfast?” he asked. Diamond Tiara nodded, grabbed her saddlebags, and followed him downstairs to have her breakfast before starting her day properly.
The same was happening on the outskirts of town with Scootaloo coming too. She got out of her bed and went to the window as she always did when she woke up. This time Rainbow Dash was practicing like she always would be. She could also hear something that she didn’t recognise. It took her a second or two to realise that it was music and for some reason Rainbow Dash was practicing to music. Scootaloo shoved her head out the window and shouted up to Rainbow Dash.
“Morning Dashie! What’s up with the music?” Scootaloo shouted to be heard over the music. Rainbow Dash landed on the ceiling to turn the music off and made her way to Scootaloo.
“Morning Scoots.” Rainbow Dash said, giving Scootaloo a quick kiss on the forehead. “Star Shine played music for me once and it got stuck in my head so I asked him if I could borrow it.” Rainbow Dash explained. She thought the song sounded a little cheesy but she couldn’t deny how stuck in her head it had gotten.
“Oh, when did he play you some music?” Scootaloo asked, confused. She had of course been asleep at the time. Rainbow Dash had told her they would occasionally talk when she was asleep and she expected that. She had no clue that they might have gotten up to other things though.
“It was after the Canterlot dinner. We did some...dancing…” Rainbow Dash replied, a small blush forming on her cheeks at the memory.
“You danced?” Scootaloo asked, a little surprised. Rainbow Dash had never seemed like the type to dance to her. At least not to something slow and sappy like she was playing before. She didn’t seem like the type to enjoy that kind of music at all really.
“What’s wrong with me dancing?” Rainbow Dash asked, a little indignant. She knew she had a reputation for being a tomboy and not liking girly things but didn’t consider dancing to be all that girly. She could enjoy things like that if she wanted to.
“Nothing.” Scootaloo said hurriedly, still suppressing a giggle. She disguised it as a cough and regained her composure. “So where is the lucky guy who stole your first dance?” Scootaloo asked, teasing Rainbow Dash. She looked around for any sign of Star Shine and couldn’t see any. “Is he still in your bed?” Scootaloo asked, utterly failing to suppress her giggle this time. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and waited for Scootaloo to get it all out of her system. It took a little longer than Rainbow Dash would have liked it to take.
“I don’t know where he is, he’s probably sleeping on the couch.” Rainbow Dash answered after Scootaloo had contained herself. “Sleeping on the bed was a one time thing.” she explained. Scootaloo giggled a little again.
“Okay then, I’ll go see if I can find him.” Scootaloo said, turning and leaving her room.
“Yeah yeah...you go do that.” Rainbow Dash said quietly, still a little indignant. She floated up and continued her routine. A few minutes later she noticed Derpy fly past, signalling that some mail had just been delivered. As it was a Sunday, and there was no post on a Sunday, it could have only been the Sunday paper. Shortly after that her routine was interrupted when she heard a high pitched shriek that could have only come from Scootaloo. Rainbow Dash flew inside the house as fast as she could and headed downstairs. She thought maybe Scootaloo had fallen down the stairs before remembering that Scootaloo had done that before and not hurt herself thanks to the very soft landing that the cloud provided. Rainbow Dash entered the living room and saw Scootaloo in a state of utter panic. She was breathing heavily and backing away from Star Shine who was trying to calm her down and doing a very very bad job of it.
“What is it? What’s wrong?!” Rainbow Dash asked, jumping over to Scootaloo herself. Scootaloo backed away from Rainbow Dash too and even shrieked at her.
“YOU! THIS IS YOUR FAULT! I THOUGHT YOU GOT RID OF THAT THING! WHY WOULD YOU STILL HAVE IT?! WHY!?” Scootaloo screamed before running upstairs, crying heavily. It was the most distraught Rainbow Dash had ever seen her. Rainbow Dash tried flying straight upstairs but Star Shine grabbed her tail with his teeth, holding her in place. He pointed a hoof at the table, which had a newspaper on it, and released Rainbow Dash.
“Before you go up to her, you need to see why she’s so upset.” Star Shine said. Rainbow Dash wasn’t sure she wanted to know. Scootaloo was mad at her, so so mad. She resolved to get her answers, and approached the table. “She’s gone too far this time. Way too far.” Star Shine muttered under his breath. Rainbow Dash had never seen him actually angry before either. Rainbow Dash could barely believe her eyes as she started reading.
Scootaloo’s Secrets Revealed
By Gabby Gums
Well it looks like I certainly made it to the big time doesn’t it? Whoever thought they would see Gabby Gums posting for the good old Ponyville Times. Not me, that’s for sure. This isn’t about me though, this is about Scootaloo. You might remember her as the pony who assaulted that sweet little filly Diamond Tiara. Well I can tell you a lot more about her than you ever knew before. I’m going to show you something that she showed me. At first it made me feel very very sorry for her and it may do the same to you, but keep in mind that this isn’t the truth. I’ve since found out what really happened.
After that came what had upset Scootaloo so much. There, for the whole of Equestria to see, was her suicide note. Diamond Tiara must have actually come into the house and found it. This was what was Rainbow Dash’s fault. If she had just gotten rid of that damn note then this wouldn’t have happened. Scootaloo was blaming Rainbow Dash for it, and Rainbow Dash was blaming herself for it too. If that wasn’t bad enough there was more after the note. Rainbow Dash continued reading.
Touching, isn’t it? To think that poor little filly was holding so much inside her and that so much had gone on for her. The poor thing was orphaned, teased, and eventually ended up trying to take drastic measures. I can say it definitely brought a tear to my eye. There’s just one problem with it.
It is, for the most part, a bunch of lies and exaggerations. While it is true that yes, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon may have teased her a little, most of it was gentle. The reason the other children laughed along was because it wasn’t anything really bad. Cheerilee would occasionally let the teasing slide but when it became really bad she did get involved. It certainly wasn’t bad enough to justify Scootaloo attacking Diamond Tiara. She also didn’t attack Silver Spoon. This was also hardly Scootaloo’s first record of violence and aggression. I went to great lengths to track down not just her father, but the orphanage that Scootaloo was taken to. It was quite interesting to talk to Scootaloo’s father. I tried to get him to talk to Scootaloo again but he wanted no part of it. He called her a problem child and explained the reasons that she was put up for adoption. To hear Scootaloo tell the story, she had a tragic past, but this is not the case. Scootaloo would constantly lie to her mother and cause fights between her and her father. It’s true she can’t fly but her father tried on many occasions to teach her. She wasn’t “abandoned” because she couldn’t fly, she strained the relationship between her father and mother and in the end she became too much to handle. Her mother never wanted to give up on her but her father pleaded with her. They just couldn’t handle her and she deserved somepony who could. So they made the most difficult decision of their lives and gave her up.
She wasn’t much better in the orphanage. She would avoid the other children and start arguments with the ones who tried to approach her. The staff there tried to teach her to fly too but they also failed because she would refuse to listen to them and do what they told her to do. While she is flightless, all indicators say it is her own fault that she can’t. She also became very possessive of the scooter you see her with now. This scooter actually isn’t hers as the note says. She would refuse to share it with the other children and one at least one occasion she did attack one of the other children when they tried to play with it.
When you think of Scootaloo, and you think of this, keep in mind the facts and keep in mind what is really true. Scootaloo may have had some problems in the past but a lot of them are her fault, and it sure isn’t enough to justify all that she’s done.
Random note; "Whose" is a very strange word. Well here you have it, one of the major events. At first I wasn't sure how to go about this and I'm still not massively sure. At first Diamond Tiara was going to just post the note, and then I thought to myself that no matter how insane she is, she wouldn't believe that it would end any way other than the entire town sympathising with Scootaloo. Then after a while I got the better idea to have her manipulate the information within the note without actually publishing the note. This way she would show Scootaloo to be some kind of problem child who was responsible for her own problems. Then yesterday I got the idea to have her do both; Publish the note AND manipulate the information in it. I felt it would actually have more of an effect that way, but when I went about writing it I wasn't so sure anymore.
Still, this is what came to me, and I trust my ability as a writer and I also trust you guys to be gentle if you don't like this stuff. Don't start hating on me for the plot though, only hate for content 
Wait until the plot is finished before you start tearing into me for that.
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Ooops I did it again also please do this for all your readers and hurt Diamond Tira I know I'm a very sick person
its time to make a diamond cupecake
DT needs a smack up side the head. >.<
If RD doesn't have DT arrested for breaking and entering NOW, she would just be a complete fool.
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I'll get the flour and chloroform
One thing I want to point out, Diamond is using the fact that Scootaloo didn't attack Silver Spoon to plead her case. I understand why you did that, but it still doesn't make much sense.
3323125
Except that DT is a minor.
The fact that DT is a minor is irrelevant. She has committed felony and slander, and no justice system in the world will ignore that crime despite the age of the criminal. Furthermore, DT already has her cutie mark, so she is already within the age of legal responsibility, at least in Equestria.
Oh my...that is...is....unbelievable...how could you make DT so horrid...if she doesnt get killed or banished for this....you are too soft on her....KILL HER.
Huzzah! New chapter!
Wow.... I knew DT was a sociopathic little twit but wow... that is low.... I'm not sure any of the previously mention methods of "dealing" with her would do the job now...
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Technically, why DT has said plenty of lies about Scoots, the article would fall under libel. Which, since their is written proof would probably be easier to prove.
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Yeah it's pretty much accepted I'm going to have to kill her
3323117
Spike approves
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With something explodey of course
3323125
Right now she's just a little too distraught and...yeah...she's in a bad place.
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The point of that was that if Scootaloo struck out against Diamond Tiara as revenge for what DT had put her through, she probably should have attacked Silver Spoon at some point too. I get your point though and it did feel a little out of place to me too but my brain was all "hey, put this in."
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We could have ourselves a whole little debate about this, given how cutie marks do seem to be a sign of maturity (*coughpubertycough*) but I don't think having one's cutie mark does make somepony any kind of responsible. Scootaloo is more mature and responsible than Diamond Tiara but doesn't have her mark. Well, anyway, I guess we'll see where it goes.
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It's pretty tough to write all this bad stuff about Scoots. It really, really is
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My friend says she still wants to kill her and I'm pretty sure that she will almost definitely do it now. As for DT and just what she can and can't be charged with...I kinda wish I knew more about law now.
Sociopathy is magic
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I know.. it must hurt...but still kill DT, have RD drop her into the gorge,
Lawsuit anyone?
may have gone overboard with the newspaper post. a paper would never publish something like that bashing as hard as it did. can you kill of DT in the end of this story
You don't have to be a lawyer to understand the implications of DT's actions.
She has:
lied to a princess of Equestria specifically to commit a crime, namely
Breaking and entering
Theft
Libel
Emotional abuse
Psychological abuse
And if Scootaloo had indeed killed herself, DT would have been charged with second degree equineslaughter.
One of the problems with writing for MLP:FiM is that there is one VERY intelligent character, so the author HAS to really delve in the situation at hand, and see what the logical workings and consequences HAVE to be.
You have written DT as an impenitent sociopath, so any responsible adult HAS to treat her as an impenitent sociopath.
And by impenitent, DT now knows FULL WELL that her actions caused Scootaloo to try to kill herself, and she shows absolutely ZERO remorse about it.
In other words, you have written her into the trope of Moral Event Horizon; she has crossed the line of malice from which there is no return, no repentance, and no redemption.
That is why just about every brony here is BEGGING you to give her a punishment worth of her actions.
The LEAST that RD and Star Shine can do is go to Twilight and ask for legal counsel, or that Start Shine suggest that RD do that and then press charges, because they both know perfectly well that DT maliciously deceived a princess of Equestria to break into private property and steal private property.
Lets be blunt...DT is a sociopathic bitch!
ok now enter nightmare scene, luna breaks it up, scoots tells luna everything, luna gets pissed and banished DT to the moon, right?
kill her... killer her... KILL HER
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CS:holds up shotgun) which one, the raptor or DT?
Pinky: The one that can’t be reformed to be an upstanding pony of Equestria
CS: right then. (Takes aim at the heartless creature.) back to the depths of tartarus with you fowl spawn of Sombra.
The ticking time bomb has just exploded. Diamond Tiara wanted to ruin Scootaloo. Well, mission accomplished. If this doesn't get Scootaloo taken away by the proper authorities, nothing will. Rainbow Dash is going to need her friends, now more than ever, to prevent that from happening. Good luck getting the Apple clan on her side, though.
...I'm going to be as blunt and honest as fuck right now...
This story...is not going to end well for everyone. Diamond Tiara actually getting a pass and not getting tremendous trouble for this shit? Not happening. Not if a shitstorm is unwanted. Because a wave is starting, clouds are turning, and the sky is beginning its end.
This story has been...pretty good so far, but this turn? This is too much, and way out of line even for a Scootabuse side-theme given her past. I'm sorry to say it but unless things start turning around this story is off my list because of how dark and abusive this is getting. Under no circumstances is it even possible for things to get this bad...right?
...If it really is.....god help us....
3323683Perhaps, however, first you have to deal with the court of public opinion. Nopony is going to believe any of this pegasi (Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo, and Star Shine) that a crime was actually committed. Ponies are going to believe that Scootaloo gave the note to Gabby Gums. Ponies already think Scootaloo is a problem child, nopony will believe anything she says. Therefore, unless these pegasi can prove otherwise, no crime has been committed.
As for the fate of Diamond Tiara, nothing is going to happen to her anytime soon. Scootaloo, right now, is guilty until proven innocent.
It seems DT just screwed herself by posting that note. Word to the wise, don't mess with royalty. :p
Get the knives, a few litres of acid, and multiple whale carcasses.
Shit just got real.
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Well the Gorge might make another appearance at least.
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I'm now wondering what to name a lawyer pony
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The story is that they had no idea she was printing it and thanks to poor quality control, it ended up in there. As for killing her...I'm still not going to kill her.
3323683
Those are some damn good arguments. Damn, can you be their lawyer? The only thing to point out is that Twilight is still a unicorn here, but she's still of very high standing and I don't think that her standing should play a part. She needs a good old fashioned mental shattering. She'll get something, I can guarantee that. Thank you for all of that though
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She really really is. It's kinda fun. I didn't even realise how utterly sociopathic she had become.
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That would be fun but pretty cheap. I'd feel like banishing her to the moon would be pretty cheap too.
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Or not. Let's not kill her.
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I would not be too surprised if she was actually descended from Sombra. Heck that would be pretty fun.
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Why would she need luck getting the Apple clan? I think they'd be pretty forgiving given the circumstances. I read a story where it came out that she was living in the clubhouse and stealing apples to live and Apple Bloom got pissed. My reaction was "BUT SHE WAS BUCKING HOMELESS!" I guess I'm just more morally gray than most, and would allow someone to steal to live.
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Sorry you feel that way man. I'm going to see what I can do. This was something that was always planned from the start, although the circumstances of it always changed. She's not about to just get away with this though. Hopefully I can swerve your opinion back to my side
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True enough. That was something I was going for, and I'm glad somepony picked up on it.
3325583
She'll get hers.
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I'm not sure what you can do with the whale carcasses but I do look forward to finding out
3327244
Have Scoot corner her at the gorge and push her off, then RD or Star Shine save her and tell her that they saved her so she knew what it was like to jump when you cant fly and lose all hope....
3327244
Remember how Rarity questioned Sweetie Belle's safety around Scootaloo? I would imagine the Apple clan would question Applebloom's safety even more so. Especially, after this latest turn of events. Has Rainbow Dash even seen Applejack since she took in Scootaloo?
I do have a question though. If Scootaloo gave Gabby Gums this note, shouldn't Scootaloo know Gabby Gums true identity?
3325583
Royalty? What royalty?
Last I checked, neither Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo, nor Star Shine are royalty.
3327244 hmm slick hooves? (Lawyer)
I knew she was going to twist the note in her own little maniacal way.
3327244
You want to use my character as their lawyer? That would be interesting.
Now then, I pointed out everything because, to me, all of these things could not be more obvious if someone placed them on a billboard. So the story tends to get particularly frustrating, for me, at least, when a character can't figure out how to solve a problem when it's more than obvious that the answer is right in front of their faces!
RD, Star Shine, Scootaloo, AND Twilight know that DT deceived Twilight in order to commit a crime.
RD, Star Shine, AND Scootaloo know that DT broke into RD's house, which is a felony, and a HIGH PROFILE crime, too, because Rainbow Dash, as we recall, is a Bearer of an Element of Harmony (or a Knight of Harmony, as I call her, because they were all knighted in the S2 premiere), so there was a security breach against one of Equestria's first lines of defense.
Scootaloo knows that DT STOLE her private property.
Or, at least, you have portrayed them that way.
So the only logical follow up to that is to have DT arrested. She is a CRIMINAL and has committed ADULT crimes.
And when the characters just bang their heads trying to make sense of the situation and seemingly not knowing what to do against an impenitent sociopath, well, that tends to get a bit frustrating.
And by frustrating, I mean that your last chapter actually disrupted my sleep cycle.
Yes, I actually lost sleep over a fictional situation.
The reason for that, and also the reason why every self-respecting fan of yours is BEGGING you to kill DT is because plenty of us have been victims of bullies ourselves, so we can't help but project our own suffering on Scootaloo, and project the punishment we desired for our bullies to fall upon DT. Some fans, as you have read, have had to deliberately stop reading your story because it's becoming more and more difficult to deal with the emotions that are surfacing. Me? I'm rapidly approaching that point, I don't know how many more times I can bite my lip as I read about DT's antics here.
And even if we HADN'T been bullied, the very act of psychologically attacking a minor with a history of suicide attempts tends to rile up mostly any sane person anyway.
I TRULY hope that things start turning around for Scootaloo on your next update. My lip can't take much more of this.
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A good idea, but I'm not sure that anypony should try and commit murder here. Deus ex machina to the rescue though
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There are several outs for Scootaloo here, most of which are ones DT doesn't know about or hasn't thought about. That would be one of them. The implication is that Scootaloo knows Gabby Gums so Scootaloo can claim to have no clue who it is, which would discredit her (Gabby). The damage has still been done though. That's one of the unfortunate realities. No matter what happens to Diamond Tiara, the damage has been done.
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I do believe they meant Twilight, and they weren't the first to say Twilight was a princess in this. Though she is a Unicorn she's also still fairly high up in society. I'd argue Rainbow is too as an Element Bearer.
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Slick Hooves is a good one...oooh that is pretty good.
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Well she is an evil genius
3327707 even though I just made that up, credit if used lol
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You seem to be the most litigious out of all of us. I get what you mean and I do understand how you feel. I was bullied myself a lot and had those dark thoughts myself. I've long since let go of the majority of it. Well, I don't bear much in the way of ill will to the people who did it. I can't be bothered to hate anymore.
One thing I would like to say though is that while everything you've said is true, they have little in the way of proof. I was robbed a few years back when I was in the house and the guy got away with it because I had no definitive proof other than my own eyes and the trial took so long to come about that my memory was far from perfect. BUT proof does exist and they will find and use it.
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Hey I can't think of anything better so should things go that way, and I use the name, I'd be happy to give credit.
Not sure what more evidence they need, a magical search could detect DT's earth pony essence in RD's house, there's also her hoof prints, Twilight's testimony, and the missing suicide note.
3327716 thank you
"I am Over Law... lmao I dunno. 3327244
3327244
CS: Wait I was supposed to shot DT? (looks over as a now very irritated Raptor.) hey look there just a little miss understanding, I was told to shoot the creature that could never be reformed to be a valued member of Equestria. (Raptor slaps him in the face with the rest of the story, quickly re-reads.) Valid point, but in my defense she is a little filly. (raptor looks down at the pages of the story then back at CS and growls slightly.) fine, an evil twisted, and should be locked up for the rest of her natural life never to see the light of day again filly. (Raptor smiles.) but still a filly.
3327768
Ooh you actually missed something. I wonder if clouds would even make hoofprints.
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Over Law, that's not bad either. I'm going to have to stop trying to come up with them though for now.
3327965
I guess her life probably wouldn't last much longer after that
Clouds? Nah, but I think she touched something solid in RD's house. Still, there's also her magical signature, and remnants of her gray coat.
Sorry it took so long to finish reading ur stuff I had like 5 other things to read to but I caught up to u so yea this was really good well thought about the extra thing using the note and manipulateing it nicely done but as a tip don't have scootaloo just forgive rainbow dash this is a pretty big problem it should be drawn out to an appropriate amount of time. All in all though Nicely done ill be waiting for more and what r the days that u try to put more on?
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DT is pink, Silver Spoon is grey. There could be some hair there but that would definitely have fallen through the clouds. She did touch several solid objects though including the drawer that the note was in. Needless to say there probably are several pieces of evidence that can be found if needed.
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You have a good point about how it should be drawn out a little but hopefully you'll see where I was coming from. The last thing I need is to annoy somepony else 
Thanks for that. I update every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and I'm actually about to post the latest update, which I have a feeling you might not enjoy too much
77 Chapters in, and I remember to fav NOW?
You can tell when I'm caught up in a story, I forget to do ANYTHING, like commenting or faving.
In all honesty, this thing earned a fav maybe 70 ish chapters ago, and I really did just get caught up in the story.
Side note: Diamond Tiara is a bitch. That is all.
anypony up for a game of KILL-A-BITCH?
That was legitimate pain I just felt and I feel so horrible f8r poor Scootaloo...
*reads this* Pardon me for a moment....
*Goes and finds Diamond Tiara and bites her head off then finishes the rest in one bite*
there now I feel better.
DT is OFFICIALY the Eric Cartman of Equestria
3529128 if it is not to late for this, count me in