Chapter 9 - Friends to an Enemy
Chapter 9
Friends to an Enemy
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Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon sulked as their parents led them til they could see the school.
“Now, behave yourself today, Tiara,” Filthy Rich said firmly.
“And don’t you lash out at any of the other fillies and colts just because you’re being punished,” Gold Digger said, giving her daughter a stern look.
Both fillies gave small nods and their parents walked off, leaving the two to their day of schooling.
Once their parents were out of sight, Diamond pulled the dress she’d worn at her Cute-ceañera out of one of her saddlebags and Silver Spoon did the same.
They quickly got them on, checking that the adjustments each had made overnight ensured nopony saw their blank flanks.
“No matter what anypony says today, we act like nothing happened,” Tiara said firmly and Silver nodded.
The two walked into the classroom, acting as they always did, stuck up and better than everypony else, because they were.
But as they caught sight of Miss Cherliee, the smugness they always had vanished. She was giving them a very cold look.
“I know what happened yesterday, girls,” she said, her voice even, but not hiding the disappointment. “Take your seats and don’t cause any trouble, okay?”
They both nodded and walked to their desks, ignoring the chatter of their classmates.
So focused were they on keeping themselves from being noticed that they didn’t see Dinky Hooves had accidentally left a pair of scissors sticking out of her desk while she’d gone to chat with the other CMC members.
As they each passed Dinky's desk a loud ripping sound came and they both froze, not daring to look at their flanks.
The classroom had suddenly gone eerily quiet.
Shaking, both fillies looked behind them to see a tare on each of their dresses where Dinky’s scissors had cut into them. The part underneath that was now exposed... were where each filly’s cutie mark used to be.
It started small at first. Then it got louder and louder until the whole classroom was filled with a chant. A chant the two fillies had so often thrown at every other pony.
“Blank flanks! Blank flanks!”
They both backed to the edge of the classroom as their classmates surrounded them, pointing and chanting the horrible phrase they had been so well known for using everyday.
“Blank flanks! Blank flanks!”
“Shut up!” Diamond Tiara shouted, her nostirals flaring, yet this only made the chants grow louder.
“Blank flanks! Blank flanks!”
Silver Spoon crouched on the floor, her hooves over her head, tears streaming down her muzzle as the words cut into her over and over.
“BLANK FLANKS! BLANK FLANKS!”
“SHUT YER YAPS!”
Silence fell as everypony turned to who had spoken.
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Dinky were all glaring, not at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, but at the rest of the class.
They moved until they were standing in front of Silver Spoon, who just stared at them in confusion as her tears slowly leaked from her eyes.
Apple Bloom looked around at each member of their class.
“Ya’ll’re makin’ fun o’ D’amond Tiara and Silver Spoon fer no good reason!” she said, looking like somepony had just insulted a member of her family.
“We’ve got a great reason!” Button Mash said, nodding his head. “They’re always teasing us. It’s about time they learned what it’s like on the receiving end.”
“An’ then yer no better than they are,” Apple Bloom snapped back, making him flinch.
“Just because they don’t have their cutie marks anymore doesn’t mean anypony can just make fun of them for it,” Sweetie Belle said, holding out of hoof to help Silver Spoon back up.
She took it, still looking utterly bewildered as to why they were helping her.
“Ha! Like we need you to help us,” Diamond spat at Apple Bloom, not even thanking her for stopping the chanting. “We can handle ourselves just fine, right, Silver Spoon?”
She got no response. She turned to see Silver was looking at the ground, an ashamed look on her face.
“Silver!” Diamond shouted, but still she didn’t respond.
Now it was Dinky’s turn to give her classmates an ear-full. “My mommy always says you should treat everypony like your best friend. Like family. I know they haven’t done that, but does that mean we have to mirror them?”
Everypony looked down at their hooves. It was hard to not feel bad if Dinky Hooves was telling you off, especially when she mentioned her mother.
“An’ hwhat righ’ da any o’ ya’ll have to tease them about bein’ blank flanks?” Apple Bloom asked, looking at several ponies in particular, each who didn’t have their cutie marks either. They lowered their head in shame.
Apple Bloom then turned to both Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara, the latter not even looking at her and huffing as she stuck her snout in the air.
“Would ya’ll like to try an’ be friends?” Apple Bloom asked, holding out a hoof.
While Diamond Tiara batted it away without a second glance, Silver Spoon hesitated, looking unsure.
“We’ll do what we can to help you get your cutie marks back,” Sweetie Belle smiled.
Again, Tiara acted as if she had heard nothing.
But Silver Spoon gave a small smile and took Apple Bloom’s extended hoof.
“Okay.”
“WHAT?”
Diamond’s voice reverberated around the classroom, making everypony, including Miss Cherliee, who had not intervened because Princess Twilight had asked her to let things play out naturally today, to flinch.
Silver Spoon cowered behind Dinky as Diamond Tiara glared at her like a mad bull would a red rag.
“You’re going to be friends with them?! They’re blank flanks! Commoners! Vagabonds! Farmers! Losers!”
Apple Bloom stepped in front of her, blocking her path. “Maybe,” she said, her voice as firm as Applejack when she was telling somepony off, “but at least we’ll be her friends, no matter hwhat.”
Diamond was about to retort, when she noticed everypony was glaring at her.
She sniffed. “Whatever.”
She went to her desk, not looking at anypony.
Silver Spoon stared at Apple Bloom, a slight bit of confusion still on her face.
“What did you do that?” she asked, blinking. “Why did you help?”
Apple Bloom smiled. “Eazy. Cuz yer just like us now. Why not help out somepony the same as yerself.”
Silver Spoon smiled.
Apple Bloom was right. She was just like them. Sure, her family had more money, but that didn’t make them any better than Sweetie Belle’s family, Apple Bloom’s family or even Dinky’s family. They were all the same.
There was a bright flash and everypony gasped.
“What?” Silver asked, looking around in confusion.
“Silver,” Apple Bloom said, pointing. “Yer flank.”
Silver Spoon looked to her flank. Her cutie mark was back!
No. Wait. It was different this time. The silver spoon was back and it was the same as before, but behind it was a small sun with a smiling face.
She turned to her new friends, her smile as wide as her face would physically allow and they smiled back.
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Twilight was reading Daring Do and the Griffon’s Goblet to Sunset and Scootaloo, both of whom were listening with glee written on their faces, when a knock at the door made them all pause and look to the door.
Twilight ease herself up, walked to the door and opened it with her magic.
Standing outside were Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Dinky Hooves and, to Twilight's surprise, Silver Spoon, who Twilight saw had her cutie mark back, but with a smiling sun behind the spoon now.
Silver Spoon was smiling like she’d just had the best thing in her life happen to her, which, Twilight suspected, she had.
“I’m one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders now,” Silver Spoon said, showing her cape with pride. “I got my cutie mark back, but they made me a member anyway.”
“I’m glad to hear it,” Twilight smiled. Then she frowned. “Where’s Diamond?”
Silver sighed. “She didn’t learn her lesson. And when her dad heard how she acted at school, even when Apple Bloom and the others tried to help us, he decided to take her on business with him. He thinks that might help her see.”
“We can only hope,” Twilight said, then give a sly smile. “I take it you didn’t just come here to tell me this.”
Silver shook her head. “No. Can I see Scootaloo, please?”
Twilight nodded and moved aside so Silver could walk into the house.
She watched Silver go up Scootaloo, who was looking slightly worried.
It warmed her heart, but also made her the tiniest bit annoyed as she saw Sunset giving Silver a look that said, “You hurt my sister, again and you’ll be sorry”.
“I... I wanted to apologize for what I said yesterday, Scootaloo,” Silver said, bowing her head. “It was wrong of me and cruel and I never should have done it. Can you forgive me?”
Scootaloo looked up at her for several seconds, a frown on her face.
Then she smiled. “Sure. S’long as you down’t do it agawn.”
“Deal,” Silver giggled.
Scootaloo gave her a hug, which Silver returned.
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Twilight put her two fillies to bed. It had been a long day and they were tuckered out.
She was glad Silver Spoon had learned her lesson so soon. She hadn’t really wanted to use that spell on her and Diamond Tiara, despite her anger to how they’d treated Scootaloo, but she’d known it was the right thing to teach them what they needed to know.
Now Silver Spoon had not only learned her lesson, ending the spell, but she was one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders and had many new friends, including Scootaloo.
“Goodnight, my little fillies,” she said, kissing her daughters on their foreheads.
“Goodnight, Mommy,” Sunset said, her eyes half closed.
“G’night, Mama,” Scootaloo said, yawning.
The two curled up next to each other and fell asleep.
Despite her having gotten another crib so they didn’t have to share, Scootaloo and Sunset had insisted they share.
Twilight didn’t object. It meant they wanted to bond more as sisters and if that was what her daughters’ wanted, who was she to disagree.
“G’night, Spike,” Twilight said as she got into bed and blew out the candle.
“Night, Twi,” Spike’s tired voice said from the darkness.
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Figures thad Diamond Tiara would never learn her lesson.
Yes! Silver Spoon's good now, and Diamond's alone =P This story is great!
Silver Spoon becoming a member of the CMC?
4059355 sorry commented on wrong story, my phone is doing that for some reason
Hehehehehehehehehe, Diamond will forever be blank. It's one thing to not have one as a foal a completely different thing as an adult. Hm, you could make that another story altogether. Where Diamond is an adult and she meets her special somepony and at that time she finally learns her lesson. Just a thought. . .
Anyway LOVE THE MULTI CHAPTER UPLOADS!!!
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Full-grown and even half grown individuals are being turned into infants against their will and being re-raised by a friend who willingly undergoes artificial lactation. And none of this disturbs you.
....don't look up Pattycakes then.
Ha! Called it!
Or well I was half right. Silver Spoon is a CMC now!
Nice chapter ya got here. I didnt expect 3 chapters in one day but thats fine. Now I have something to look forward to of Thursday. Maybe I should start writing the next chapter of my fanfic.
that's DT for you
hate and bile directed at everyone/thing, Silver ALWAYS has been the deeper of the two. I've always had the feeling that if she was ever seperated from DT she COULD amount to something. a chance is a chance no matter how small
the class was seriously out of line and they DID dig their own graves but having DINKY be the one to fill them in
OUCH
NICE story, SO glad I followed
can't wait for more
4061502 Im just gonna jump in and say that yes this would normally disturb me.
But under the circumstances of this being well written ive moved past that and decided to just ignore that and look at all the cuteness.
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Oh I agree, it's cute and well written. It's also disturbing. My emotions CANNOT BE CONSTRAINED TO ONLY ONE MERE TYPE!
The last three chapters were just to cute and I feel Diamond and Silver got what was coming to them. Though I doubt Diamond will ever get her cute mark back.
4061594 so your emotions is a Pokemon? Okay then.
I have now caught up, and I have to say....
Twilight, I understand your reasoning, but you are crossing a lot of lines with that spell. You are danged lucky that the Crusaders are actually competent. And that nobody wants to sue a royal.
4061653 yeah. The CMC are competent when getting other ponies cutie marks. Just not their own...
Well, at least Silver learned her lesson. And got some friends too! That's an added bonus!
Silver Spoon was always more like a follower. I am glad she learned her lesson and the other Crusaders doesnt use the situation for their advance and made fun of them.
CRUSADERS FOR PRESIDENT!!!
I think you're missing a word here. That word is probably flinch or wince. Also, because "including Miss Cheerilee" doesn't interrupt two parts of the same sentence, you should use a semicolon after Cheerilee.
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... What. You want a president who blows things up on accident, never achieves their goals, and winds up covered in the sticky fluids of other life forms on a regular basis?
4062307 When I see the alternatives... YES!!!
4062307 Why did I start thinking of Obama? Or at the very least North Koreas leader.
4061653 What line was crossed? They just need to learn their lesson about not being assholes for petty reasons. It's a perfectly fine punishment that hurts nothing except their pride and forces them to learn an important lesson if they want to get rid of the punishment. Hell if anyone crossed a line is was Filthy Rich since it was HIS idea.
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Cutie marks are a core part of a pony's identity. Twilight basically dismantled their souls to some degree.
4062594 No, she just made it so they need to learn a lesson for it to show up again. You're overthinking it. A lot.
Based on Silver Spoon she didn't change anything except make them need to earn a cutie mark again, and it would end up being mostly the same outside of minor details to reflect the lesson they learned.
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A cutie mark disappearing is bad enough. A cutie mark changing is.... serious. Like, a second epiphany, a life changing event, usually caused by a serious event. Like death of a loved one, orthe world suddenly changing.
If anything, the cutie mark changing makes it even worse.
The worst part, though, is that Twilight has not even realized what she did is wrong.
4062646 I repeat, YOU ARE OVERTHINKING IT. Stop trying to find drama in the story where there is none. It's a spell made to have you learn a lesson, not some soul tearing monstrosity.
Your evidence is 1. a fucked up magic spell and 2. a fucked up magic potion. Beyond those there is nothing to indicate what you've been saying. I'd frankly blame being magical and fucked up on those for why it made them do crap differently.
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I found that hilarious...
Probably because I didn't vote for Obama in the first place.
4062763 Nor did I. Then again I wasnt 18 yet but still. Heck I dont know if I wouldve voted period. I didnt like anyone in the last election.
Holy shit you're fast
Little advice: It's Cute-ceañera, not Cutsinyara
need so much more of this
4063027 thank you. i literally had no idea how to spell it.
im only imagining whenever you put all the sparkle family, and cadance in this story... can hardly wait
Literally just re-read the whole thing and once again will say, need more, much more of this. I also cant wait for Twilight to visit Canterlot with her daughters to visit her parents, not to mention shiiny and cady, yaaaaaaaaay~.
Yaaaaaaay Silver's good now! and she's a CMC!
4063027 thus making us believe that Diamond is also part Mexican.
And, in FIW, they called it a Mark Mitzvah, basically a pony version of the Jewish party, Bar Mitzvah.
Religion messages in MLP are religion-y
Well, I got my wish. This was even better than I hoped for. I love how Silver Spoon broke from DT, well done. I can totally see her raising her future foals into respectable young ponies now and passing down her lessons.
PLEASE DO THIS!!!
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YAY!
Silver has finally broke ties with DT [Good for her] and is a CMC now.
Good Chapter.
Finally, a story with Dinky Hooves helping
Dinky is best foal
4290028 yup, and ditzy is best pony Luna is best princess and sweetie is best filly
4110698 it could be any spanish country not just mexican
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After reading this wonderful story again I have just noticed something off about this chapter.
{Diamond’s voice reverberated around the classroom, making everypony, including Miss Cherliee, who had not intervened because Princess Twilight had asked her to let things play out naturally today.}
This line seems to be missing something, like you wanted to describe and action by the class and teacher but forgot to add it in,
4061678 Wow, you predicted what they would get their cutie marks for.
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Nuh-uh!
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Yeah uh
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Nuh uh
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To be honest I like scootaloo, but hey we all have our own opinions