"Dash, what did I tell you about flying full-speed through hospital corridors?!" Applejack chided the pegasus, as she screeched to a halt, taking at least ten metres to do so. "This is a medical facility, not a Wonderbolts training camp! If you're not too careful..."
"Okay, I get it." Rainbow sighed at being given yet another lecture for her irresponsibility. "No harm done, though. I only almost knocked over one nurse this time, and I'm pretty sure that patient on the trolley I clipped is going to be just fine...
" And what patient would that be?" Rarity wondered, with a raised eyebrow.
"Er, never mind." Dash was eager to move the conversation on. "So anyway, I have some news, but as they always say, ladies first. Rare, why don't you take the stand..."
Rainbow's tactics of flattery worked, as an instant blush worked it's way onto the white unicorn's cheeks, and she forgot all about the blue pegasus's recklessness."Oh, yes. Um, Applejack, please try not to get mad..."
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"You did what?" Applejack was a little perturbed at Rarity's impulsive actions. "I told you to head straight back here after discovering Spoiled's room number! I certainly didn't expect you, of all ponies, to go and confront her yourself! Why did you do it?"
Ignoring Dash's impudent grin that another element wielder was the one in trouble for impetuousness for a change, Rarity struggled to answer. "I-I just wanted to see if she was still there, Applejack. If we'd left it any longer she may have tried to bolt, and then where would we be? Probably combing all over Ponyville, trying to find her. Besides, what's the worry, darling? She might be a bad mother, but she's hardly dangerous..."
"I can think of one filly who may disagree with you there..." Applejack stole a look at Diamond through the ajar door to her room.
Since the return of Dash and Rarity, the orange mare had sent Silver Spoon back inside so the adults could talk in private. Both her and Apple Bloom were now sitting either side of Tiara, attempting to draw her out of her shell. But besides the occasional half-smile and appreciative nod, the pink filly remained as subdued as ever.
"Do you think..." Applejack wondered out loud. "There's something she's not telling us? I mean, I get that she's upset that her mom, figuratively speaking, tore her dad to shreds in front of her earlier on, that would be enough to rattle any child. But, and this is just a gut feeling, I reckon there's more to the story about what happened in that room. I don't know what it could be, but I don't think we've been given the whole truth..."
"Well, you trust Apple Bloom don't you, and she was there." Fluttershy attempted to offer an explanation. "If anything serious had occurred, wouldn't you say her big sister would be the first pony she'd confide in? I think Diamond is still coming to terms with everything that's happened to her lately. Give her a few days, Applejack. She'll come round, you'll see!"
"... Yeah, maybe." The orange mare replied, doubtingly. Part of her skepticism in believing she hadn't got the complete picture of the situation was the odd look exchanged between Tiara and Apple Bloom, when the former had stuttered while relaying her story. It was almost like a mutual code of secrecy had been granted at that very moment, the kind she used to share with her little sister before their parents sadly passed on.
Applejack was more than happy for the pair to keep certain truths hidden from others, after all, that's what friends do. The older mare was delighted that the former enemies were developing a bond close enough to allow them to share such confidential information. What she didn't approve of was the duo keeping anything undisclosed that could damage Diamond in the long run, as a result of Bloom's well-meaning but ultimately inadvisable silence. She intended to a have a little talk with her sister later, to clarify matters.
Regardless, that was neither here or there. Right now, she had other matters to deal with. "So, you say Spoiled is in the custody of the guards at the hospital?" She asked Rarity.
The white unicorn nodded to confirm this. "Yes, I dropped her off there before coming back. It was all quite odd really, she put up no resistance when they arrived, and took her to the holding centre behind the reception. The only thing that seemed to concern her was if anypony of importance would see her getting arrested in public like that, but when she decided in her own words, 'anypony of any prestige would have private healthcare anyway', even that ceased to bother her."
"That sounds like Spoiled alright..." Applejack grunted in annoyance. " I only had a short taste of her baloney at Filthy Rich's mansion last night, and let me tell you, it was enough to last me for a lifetime. No wonder her husband never talks about her when he comes to see me at Sweet Acres, he probably can't wait to have a break. I dread to think about the kind of mare Diamond would have grown up to be, if she'd spent anymore time with that..."
"Now, now. Let's not get too personal. We don't wish to stoop to her level." Rarity considered herself above such juvenile insults. "Most of us already know what Spoiled is like by now, in fact during my short walk with her earlier she said some truly slanderous things which, shamefully, almost made me lose control of myself. But don't forget, for better or worse, she is still Diamond's mother, and if we want to be a positive influence on the child, we must discourage conflict and attempt to engage positively with her. After all, if we could reform Discord..."
"Er, I think you'll find most of the credit of that goes to Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash claimed the commendation for her friend, seeing as the humble yellow pegasus was always keen to stay out of the spotlight. "Anyway, doesn't anypony want to hear my news? I flew all the way to Twi's castle, played a hilarious prank on Spike, found a magical mirror, got through to Canterlot on it..."
"Yes, that's very good, dear..." Rarity wanted her friend to get to the point. "But did you carry out your assigned task? Did you manage to contact Twilight, and is she on her way here? You weren't just playing around with that gadget, were you? Come, come. Tell us, we're all ears."
The white unicorn gave the pegasus a smug grin, and Dash realised Rarity was getting a bit of payback for Rainbow's barely concealed joy at her chewing out at the hooves of Applejack earlier on.
"Why, you prissy..." Rainbow arched her wings in anger. " I'll have you know, my plan worked a treat. Twi left for Ponyville about half an hour ago, all thanks to my brilliant idea about contacting her with the mirror. Of course, being the not-at-all vain diva you are, you wouldn't know anything about mirrors, would you?"
"It doesn't hurt to look after oneself, darling." Rarity dismissively replied. " At least I can have a hooficure, without throwing a fit. Does that make me the tough pony, now?"
"What did you just say?!" Dash ground her teeth together, remembering all too well the day she spent almost the entire morning gathering up each copy of the Foal Free Press, just so her moment of humiliation didn't make the national headlines.
"Everypony, please don't fight..." Fluttershy didn't like this new, aggressive atmosphere that was pervading, and sheltered behind her wings.
On seeing the stress inflicted on their skittish friend, all of the animosity felt by the feuding pair dissipated almost instantly. "Oops, sorry Flutters, I should have realised..." Dash felt especially guilty.
"Yes, my apologies too. This tenseness isn't doing anything for my nerves, or my mood. I truly think we'll only be settled once Twilight gets here..." Rarity mused.
"I hope she arrives soon, for all our sakes..." Applejack continued to covertly observe the three fillies in the ward room, pondering what they were talking about...
"I've done it!!" came a shrill voice suddenly from nearby.
Everypony spun around to see Pinkie, who'd astonishingly stayed quiet all this time, dancing around like a loon. "I am the greatest! I am the champion! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Wait until Gummy sees this..."
Rarity decided to humour her. "Sees what, darling?"
Without saying anything, but with a broad grin that showed off all of her pearly whites, Pinkie produced the finished form of her Rubuck's cube, with everything filled in. "I bet I'm the first one in Ponyville to complete this momentous task! I'm going to shout to everypony from the rooftops, bake a cube-shaped cake for the occasion, throw a party in my own honour... Hey, what are you all staring at?!"
Considering the scale of her achievement, the least she expected from her friends was a 'congratulations', or a little hoofshake, but none of them seemed that fussed, gazing at her toy with completely straight faces...
Except for Rainbow Dash, who was barely able to suppress her giggles. "Hey, Pinkie. You may want to have a second look at that..."
"Huh?!" Pinkie wondered what the pegasus was talking about. There was nothing wrong with her cube, she'd wiped the floor with it. Thrashed it. Unlocked all of it's mysteries. She rotated it in her hoof, checking each side to see if it was done. "You must be imagining things, Dashie. This thing is as good as... Oh."
Right at the bottom, underneath one of her hooves, were two colours out of sync with the rest. One was white, and the other...
Was pink.
"Oh, Cupcakes!." She exclaimed.
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Applejack might have been interested in what the three youngsters inside that small room were discussing together, but if she'd been present, she may very well have been disappointed.
All the conversation was revolving around where the first big outing the five new friends would take together was going to be. Needless to say, both Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon had very different ideas.
" How about, we freshen up at the sauna, check out Carousal Boutique for the latest imports, then lie by the pool for the rest of the day?" Silver suggested.
"No way!" Apple Bloom firmly turned down those ideas. "The steam would fluff up Scooterloo's wings something fierce, Sweetie Belle lives at the boutique anyway so there's no point, and I ain't lazing around by no pool, not when there's work to be done... Say, now there's an idea..."
"Stop right there!" Commanded Spoon, knowing exactly what the farm filly was about to suggest. " If you think I'm going to spend all day caked in mud, helping you out with your mucky chores, you've got another thing coming! Di might not have any choice in hanging out with your kind at the farmyard, but I most certainly do! Now, what about..."
"My kind?" Apple Bloom felt a bit put-out at that phrase. "What exactly do you mean by that?"
Spoon put her hooves over her mouth. Oops. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that..." She remarked, apologetically. "What I meant to say is, that sort of life might be fine for ponies like you, but I expect to do something less dirty in my spare time. Now, what were we talking about again?"
Bloom wasn't really happy with this answer, or Silver's follow-up comment, and decided to push her further. "Ponies like me?" She parroted the grey filly. "Care to explain a bit more?"
"Well, er..." Spoon didn't really like to be put on the spot. "What I was getting at was... You like your mud, I only like to rub it on my face during an all-day spa. You like your hens, I only like their eggs in a lovely, fluffy omelette. You like your apples, I only like their essence in the conditioner I use everyday while braiding my mane. You see, it is possible for two ponies who are polar opposites to get on, we just have to find stuff we have in common! Just like you and Di have! Now, let's go back to what we were planning."
Apple Bloom was pleased at that response. At least she's trying the farm filly thought maybe this won't be so hard after all.."
"Yes, lets find something less disgusting that we can all enjoy as a group!" These were the next innocently-enough spoken words that left Silver's lips, and all thoughts of Bloom and her reaching an easy compromise were blown sky high.
"Wait just a darn second..." The farm filly felt the red mist start to descend. "You think my home is... Disgusting?"
Oh no, I've put my hoof in it again. "Well..." Spoon attempted to placate the enraged Bloom. "Not to you obviously, but wait, hear me out. Bear in mind all the fine things I'm used to in life, then compare them to what you've grown up with. Surely you can see, why there are some ponies, not necessarily me, who might feel that way..."
Unbeknownst to her, Silver was only stirring the pot further. "Why, you stuck-up, pompous little snob!" Bloom growled. "I'll have you know if it wasn't for working ponies like my family, you and your kind wouldn't even have enough bits to buy a glass of cider! And I'm more than happy with my life, thank you very much, at least I get some proper exercise, instead of sitting around all day on my..."
"That's enough!" The incessant bickering from the pair was even enough even to break Diamond out of her stupor, and she looked at each of her friends angrily. "If you two are trying to make me feel better, you're doing a lousy job of it! Can't you just talk nicely to each other, instead of all this mindless fighting? Me and Silv will decide what to do one day, and Apple Bloom, you and the Crusaders can choose the activity for the next time. Now, let's all shake hooves, and most importantly, have some peace and quiet in here..."
Almost simultaneously, Silver and Bloom thought of the same joke.
They looked at each other, to see if they were on a similar wavelength...
They were.
They turned back to Tiara with barely disguised grins. "Okay then, Di. You win..." Apple Bloom conceded.
"Yes, let's shake hooves..." Spoon concurred.
"Finally! You two agree on something." Diamond was relieved it was finally working out.
"But first, we must discuss the terms..." Bloom withdrew her hoof, and looked pensive for a moment.
"Terms...?" Tiara looked very confused.
"Never mind that, I've already decided!" Silver announced.
"Come to think of it, so have I!" Bloom had made her mind up too.
What are these two babbling on about? Tiara wondered.
"Here goes nothing, then. I'll be Peace..." Spoon stated, matter of factly.
"... And I shall be Quiet." Bloom affected a posh accent.
Both fillies laughed out loud at this juncture, rolling around on the floor in complete hysterics, a nice change from the tension which had gripped the pair up until now.
While they were in the middle of their joviality. Diamond just stood there, stony-faced. Taking it all in. Analysing the joke. Seeing the unbridled cheer of her friends, giggling together with wild abandon.
At the peak of Bloom's glee, something began to niggle at the back of her mind. It grew in size and volume, until it clouded so much of her thoughts she could no longer ignore it, and whatever it was abruptly stopped her elation.
Of course, Di. She recalled, mournfully. How can I be here, having fun, when she's...
Bloom needn't have worried. For, as she turned around from a still chuckling Spoon, to face the wrath of what she was sure was an extremely cross pink filly...
She was confronted with something incredibly unexpected. A smile. Quite a wide one, too.
And that smile was rapidly turning into something else.
A snicker. A giggle. A chuckle. And then...
A full blown laugh. Soon, she was on the floor next to Silver, guffawing just as hard as her best friend.
It was a lovely sight to behold for Apple Bloom. Maybe Di was recovering much sooner than she'd expected. Maybe they wouldn't have to tell anypony their shameful little secret after all. Maybe everything was going to be alright...
She'd assumed too much. Way too much.
While engaging in their mutual delirium. and swept away by the emotion of the moment, Silver Spoon couldn't help but give her best friend an impromptu hug...
And one of the grey filly's hooves lingered a little too close for comfort to a sensitive spot of Tiara's anatomy.
SLAP!
That was it. No more laughter. No more joy. No more fooling around.
For Diamond, still fresh from the memories of earlier, had instinctively slapped her best friend right on the muzzle, causing her glasses to fall off and smash on the floor, and a plume of blood to erupt from the grey filly's nose.
"Get off me!" Tiara yelled, before running over to curl herself up fetal-style in the same corner where her broken tiara still lingered.
At first, Spoon just held her heavily bleeding nose and sat on her hind legs where she'd fallen, while Bloom looked on in complete shock.
A few seconds later, something did happen. Silver screamed in anguish, grabbed the empty frames of her spectacles off of the floor, and ran out of the room, to the bemused expressions of the grown-ups cloistered outside.
"Wait, Spoon she didn't mean to..." Bloom tried futilely to intervene, but it was far too late. The grey filly was long gone.
Sighing in frustration, Apple Bloom's attention turned to Tiara, who was mumbling incoherently to herself, while rocking up and down in a steady motion.
"Oh, Di. What are we going to do with you?" Bloom sighed.
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With barely a sound or a fanfare, Twilight landed outside the hospital unnoticed. Just the way she liked it.
Stepping into the busy room though, a hush soon descended, as many of the patients inside stopped wondering when they were going to be seen, or whether they were going to get better, to stare at the alicorn in awe.
Great. I don't think I'll ever get used to this, She thought, wilting a little under all the scrutiny.
The only pony who didn't react straightaway to her arrival oddly enough, was one of her biggest fans. Loving Care was just finishing off her shift for the day, and was finally putting the last touches to the documents she'd been slaving over for the best part of the afternoon.
"Finished!" She said to herself with satisfaction, finally able to go home for a well deserved rest. She reached over to finish off the rest of her coffee, before noticing a flash of lavender standing in front of her.
Realising whoever it was had probably been waiting for quite a while due to her distractions, she abruptly looked up to apologise. "Sorry, love. You wouldn't believe how busy..."
"Oh, that's quite alright!" Twilight responded positively. "Now, I was wondering if you could help me find..."
The alicorn stopped mid-sentence. The receptionist she'd just been speaking to had somehow been hexed by a spell, as all function of movement had stopped. She just stood there stock-still, a small trickle of drool rolling down her chin.
"Um, are you alright in there?" Twilight waved a hoof in front of Loving Care's eyes. No response.
"Hellooo?!" The alicorn tried an elongated word in her ear. Still nothing.
"Is there something the matter?" Twilight put a hoof on her shoulder, to try to attract her attention.
That did it. "The princess is here! Here! In the flesh! And she touched me! She actually touched me! I can't believe it! This is the greatest day of my life!" Loving Care was absolutely cock-a-hoop, jigging around behind the desk, hooves aloft in the air.
Her coffee went flying everywhere...
Her papers were ruined yet again...
She didn't care.
"Oh, I have to tell my friends!" She exclaimed, seemingly unaware of her tenure not being over for another ten minutes. "Redheart! Sweetheart! Come here! You'll never guess who's just walked through the front door, and what she did!"
Loving Care jumped over the desk with all the finesse of a showpony, and ran off down the corridor, telling all who'd listen about her brush with royalty.
Twilight put her head in her hooves. "I do wish other ponies wouldn't act like that around me. I find it so uncomfortable..." She murmured.
"Oh, you needn't worry about that kind of special treatment around me, my dear. In fact, you'll get quite the opposite. Always glad to be of service."
Twilight froze. That voice. She knew it from somewhere. Could it be...
Yes, it could. Emerging from the holding room, flanked on either side by four guards, was the unmistakable figure of Spoiled Rich.
She didn't look any worse for wear from her 'ordeal' of being arrested, in fact those guarding her looked to be the despondent ones. I suppose anypony would feel like that if they had to listen to her natter on for ages, Twilight noted.
"You took your time, dear. Not to worry, though. I've been regaling these nice stallions here with tales of my rise to prevalence. I'm sorry to have to leave you gentlecolts in the lurch, but I have a meeting with Her Royal Hoofness now. Don't concern yourself with my well-being, however. I'll be fine. In fact, I'll have another amusing little yarn to spin soon enough. About how a power-crazed mare took advantage of her unwarranted position to wreck the lives of a loving family forever. Trust me, it'll be a good one."
I hope Twi can dance her way around Spoiled Bitch's daggers.
Ugh, these freaking cliffhangers! (pulls hair in frustration)
I am eager to see how it goes from there.
Well whatever happens from here is going to be something to talk about...that's for sure....hopefully not in as bad a light as it would seem...
Let's all just agree that there shall be no redemption arc for this bitchy bitchy of a bitch.
K?
I hope Spoiled gets the rug pulled out from under her soon. She needs to learn 1st hoof that Twilight is her princess.
I still think this will end up before Celestia and she is going to side with Twilight when everything comes out. Nothing is funnier then when someone has delusions of grandeur and they get not only slapped down but everyone sees just how foolish they are. Especially now that Jet Set and Upper Crust will be guilty by association!
6935352 That's called 'Break The Haughty', in TV tropes speak.
And trust me... It's great. I've seen it often enough in real life to testify to that...
NOOOOOOOO!!! Please don't end it there!!! I have to see what happens next!!!
CURSE YOU CLIFFHANGER!!! CURSE YOU!!!
6935276 Don't lose your hair on my account. Trust me, you don't wanna look like my dad (though his looks are the least of his problems...)
ooh so she is adding harassing a public official, and slander to her crimes, dis gonna be good.
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Please give us a heads up so we can get the popcorn ready when this happens! That will be a great chapter when it happens!
6935423 Well, there's already been one moment like that... Let's see if we can make it a duet! (No spoilers, though)
FUCK THAT BITCH UP TWILIGHT, *cough cough* shit I mean have a pleasant but rigorous conversation about the welfare of Diamond so we can all live happily ever afterNice pacing, injecting some long overdue comic relief before slapping us with the child molestation plot-line. I hope you're planning a time-skip or something, given that this whole story has been within 24 hours, since sexual abuse takes years to heal from.
Christ she is delusional isn't she? When it gets to court she's going to spin her tale, and then be shot down immediately and look a complete arse in front of everypony.
And I will love every second of it!
6933035 Right now. Hope you're enjoying it!
Amazing chapter, and great reaction for Diamond and Silver.
By the way, the name of the chapter doesn't really fit what is going on... Maybe I'm missing the meaning of it?
6935556 The 'trial' is a metaphor for what all the ponies involved in this situation are about to face... More than some of them would ever know. Stay tuned...
Her Royal Footness
what
this insult
it's like when a group of 6-year-olds get together and pick a derogatory nickname for someone
and then they keep at that particular insult for years on end
and the whole time you are just like, "that doesn't really make any sense and I'm not sure why I should feel insulted at all..."
but you still know that they all hate you and you will never be in their group and it still hurts that they reject you so thoroughly, without even putting any effort into it. They just haphazardly tossed a label at you, and that's it: you lose now.
Good times
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"That mare's about as sharp as a bowling ball,"
"And she's as useless as a stoplight in Grand Theft Auto."
"I once saw a rattlesnake bite her. The rattlesnake died of a salt overdose."
The arrogance.. Spoiled really REALLY thinks she can undermine Twilight Sparkle? It's hilarious really, Spoiled doesn't get that at the level the Princess are at that they are really AREN'T the Aristocracy she's spent her life learning the In and Outs of. If she really brought this to Celestia or Luna I've no doubt she would be either dismissed or laughed at.
Word to the not so wise Spoiled, don't be upsetting Twilight Sparkle. She's a princess, she could have you beheaded.
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I hope the breaking of the Bitch is satisfying... and that it doesn't take too long. I want satisfaction.
Spoiled's dug herself pretty deep. Only a matter of time before she's buried.
unwarranted da fuq she's a princess she can pretty much do what she wants besides that im still waiting for the to the sun part i cant read this story because of how much spoiled rich pisses me off but hey that means im emotionally invested in this
Yes, Silver Spoony is still in game. I can wait seeing what horrible things she will do.
Now....I feel like I'm watching a k-drama here. Payment has been delayed far too long. I need the alicorn of Karma to show up now.
6935510 or just sent to be Screwloose 's new roommate. The level of her disconnect is frightening. She thinks she's better than the ones who raise the sun and moon,occasionally dream walk, the embodiment of love, and Twilight....
She also believes she can dethrone them.
Ah, i can see the tension and eruption churning now, the chaos shall be glorious. Another well done chapter
I'm surprised none of those adults noticed the bloody nose Silver was sporting. Will they notice the blood trail on the floor? Will Twilight be able to withstand Spoiled's rebuttal now that she's awake and ready to care swinging? When will the trial actually begin? Will Celestia/Luna eventually have to get involved (Luna can definitely find out what happened to Diamond and Spoiled will have to respect Celestia)? How much longer will Nurse Loving Care have a job?
Please answer at least two of these question next chapter?
6936318 I'll answer two of 'em right now.
They already spotted Silver as she left the room, so I think they know what kind of state she's in.
As long as she learns to control her emotions, and buys a coaster, she'll be fine.
I would have answered more, but you said a couple, so that's what I did. Ciao next chapter... :)
I sort of expected a trial (silly me) Still, in his book The Innocents Abroad (about a world tour he went on) Mark Twain had a number of chapters entitled "The ascent of Mount Vesuvius". None of them had anything to do w climbing Mt Vesuvius
The US legal system is called "the adversarial system". It assumes one side is right, one is wrong. The judge is an impartial referee. The idea of a professional prosecutor is a 19th century innovation. So is the idea of a professional police force to investigate crimes. Before that, if you were a crime victim, you had to investigate for yourself, arrest the perpetrator & arrange prosecution. (Privilege originally meant "private law"). The grand jury system developed to aid in this & to keep the courts from being bothered w improperly prepared cases.
The "Code Napoleon" sees the judge as seeking the truth & lets him take a more active role in the trial. Also, some countries don't have juries -the judge hears the case & decides. No "jury nullification" for them (basically, 12 people too stupid to get out of jury duty decide that the law shouldn't apply). In England newspapers are very limited in what they can print about ongoing trials (to prevent influence on the trial, I suppose) As Heinlein put it in The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress "The law defines "free" as "responsible" & they get to decide what is irresponsible" (Nice work -if you can get it)
Also, it wasn't too long ago that nobles either acted as judges themselves or at least appointed them. (Did you know: In the USA state judges are elected & AFAIK there is NO legal requirement you know anything about the law (I hope they have tightened that up a bit since I was young)) Never mind getting it right the 1st time, just thank God for appellate courts
So, a LOT of decisions for you to make.
My head canons
In the USA, prisoners are allowed private talks w their lawyers. In EQ, they are not
In the USA, the police can lie to prisoners (by telling them their partner confessed, or that they can help the prisoner, for example) In EQ, they can't
Also, Twilight might BE the judge (or have appointed him). Or, it could be Mayor Mare
6936367 Thanks for answering but I meant in the next chapter.
6935909 She already hit rock bottom, and now she's started to dig.
6935423 I've got a permanent bowl of popcorn for every chapter of this.
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You have some good points, but what you said about getting out of jury duty is why celebrities get away with everything. As an American I view getting jury duty as civic pride and it should be done by everyone who is able. I have been summoned once and was sat on a jury and I did it with pride because it was necessary. How do you think we should determine guilt?
If Spoiled digs herself any deeper she's gonna end up in China, on the other hand I hope Twilight has her smarts and her wits about her cause she's seriously gonna need 'em.
Let's see now... we have in one corner we have Spoiled, a known conniving salty cunt who is on record and in front of winesses and pretty much admitted abusing her own daughter against a pegasus weather bureau leader, a job and position that holds much responsibility and not something given to just any mare who comes down the creek, a mare whose character witnesses alone could destroy this case, and Twilight flippin sparkle, maker of new magic, personal favored foal of Celestia, and a Crown Majesty of the nation... oh, and all three of them heroes and more then likely High Value Assets and 3 of the six embodiments of the values of your entire Principality.
... Spoiled is not even a hitch in their trot, and the legal system is about to go through her raggedy ass like a bead curtain
6935399 I don't know if those hospital guards are part of any official police force, but if they are I'd say them being in a room with her that long (duty or not) would also count as assaulting an officer of the law.
Also good on AJ for picking up on there being something more going on. If she wasn't 100% sure before I'm more than sure she would be after what happened with Silver. That kind of reaction doesn't happen without something deep going on.
Can someone PLEASE slap some sense into that bitch?!
PLEASE I BEG YOU SHE WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL
I wouldn't mind being on a jury, but I can't afford it. Last time I was summoned, they offered $12 a day + a bus ticket for transport. My boss said they wouldn't pay the difference & the law said they didn't have to. At that rate I can't afford to pay the rent, never mind buy groceries. Who can afford to serve?
My mother had social security & she got called all the time. You're right -it was a cheap shot, but the system is broken.
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She's beyond sense. She's genuinely insane. This mare has all the signs of a chronic psychotic disorder.
And as such, a badly taken care of asylum, like Arkham, is fitting for her.
Well, I can say that Spoiled is guaranteed to lose the trial. There is already a mountain of evidence that she was in the room. In addition, many chapters ago, Cheerilee was looking for something back at the school to serve as evidence of Spoiled's plans. Should Cheerilee succeed in finding something, with that added onto everything else, Spoiled will have been proven of violating the restraining order. Add on her slander of a princess and the emotional abuse that she was already guilty of, and a prison sentence will be assured. The ponies already know that there was a wealthy couple with her. If they ask around the hospital, they will know that it was Jet Set and Upper Crust. Even if she does not want to get in trouble, the nurse could lie and say they forced their way past her, and it would be there word against hers. Add on that Applejack is clearly aware that Bloom is hiding something, and she intends to find out, and it's very likely that the ponies will get the names of those two. I can confidently state that Spoiled is guaranteed to lose, and the other two have a decent chance of getting caught as well. There is one thing that I am worried about though: Silver Spoon. I hope that she, Tiara, and the CMC can all become friends in the end.
6936671 Well, consider this an added bonus, then...
6936689 Enjoy the sugar rush!
6937205 YES YES LOCK HER UP WITH THE JOKER THEN SHE'LL REALISE HOW INSANE SHE SOUNDS!
*psychotic giggling*
Everybody seems to assume Spoiled Rich is due for a shock. It occurs to me, there is an old (Irish?) saying "It is good to know the law. It is better to know the judge" What if....
Ponyville Family Court is presided over by "Hanging Judge" Blue Blood (KMN). He is fulfilling his community service sentence by presiding over a court that no one else wants. (Hey, ordinarily they're not busy. Stick the fool where he'll do no harm & not embarrass himself)
1)Mr. Law & Mr. Common Sense are NOT friends & are quite often not on speaking terms
2)Ancient Rome did more or less the same thing -nobles were expected to serve as judges, army officers, etc. w IDK how much training.
Deadpan, thought I'd point out something. Rainbow Dash's 'voice' is off. She's sounding like Rarity at some points. The "My plan worked a treat" is not something Rainbow would say, I believe. AJ is also bereft her accent, but you may have intended that one.
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Prince Blueblood is not a prince of Equestria. He is never mentioned in such a capacity. At best his title is a defunct holdover for prestige, such as being a direct descendant of Princess Platinum and thus 'Prince of Unicornia' which no longer exists. So even if he were the local judge, his power and authority is nothing in the face of (semi)-divine mandate and total sovereign power - which has never once canonically been shown to be anything less. Even if ponies treat Twilight like crap just so the writers can say 'Look nothing's changed just because she's a princess now!'