There's always a way

by Color Spark

Chapter 1: Midnight Escape and the Plan

Chapter 1.

Diamond Tiara, or Diamond Apple as she was now called, was incredibly distressed. Her mother, Spoiled Rich, had decided to send her off to the most brutal, toughest school in Equestria. It will basically turn any student sent there into a personality-less, obedient pony, perfect for showing off at parties or big social events. It cost a fortune to enroll to; you would think that any pony in their right mind would not spend a freak ton of money to get their foal whipped and beaten. Like, seriously. What?

Diamond was about to get sent there. Her bags were packed, and she had decided to sneak out of her mansion, in the dead of the night, to see her new friends one last time. She knew that the CMC and Silver Spoon were having a sleepover. In all honesty, they planned this for weeks, knowing that Diamond would leave the next day. This gave her the perfect opportunity to sneak out and see them all at once.

Diamond checked her equipment one last time. Water? Check. Apple snacks? Check. The red bow Apple Bloom first gave her? Check. At least, it looked like the original. Diamond smiled to herself in the mirror. Bloom had somehow managed to find a way to make sure that it will never fall off, no matter how hard her mother tugs at it, no matter how much she rages. The only reason why she refused to cut it is that this was a copy made of silk. Her mother wouldn’t damage something as “precious” and “valuable” as that. Di sighed to herself. She was pretty sure that her mother would put these over the life of her own daughter. Nearly happened once, but that was another story for another day.

Diamond looked around the mansion courtyard, and seeing the guards weren’t there, dropped into neatly trimmed flower beds. Her mother was going to be furious, no doubt about that. But she didn’t care about what her “loving and caring” mother thought anymore. Those days were LONG gone. She was Diamond Apple now, and until her parents, specifically her mother, changed their ways, the name was there to stay.

She quickly ran over to Sugarcube Corner, where Scootaloo had graciously offered to pick her up. She didn’t mind the crazy driving anymore; she got used to it. the only thing that mattered now was that she got there, and fast.

“Pst! Di! Over here!” A voice hissed around the corner. Diamond grinned and turned around to see Scootaloo pressing herself against the back wall of Sugarcube Corner, grinning like a mad filly, holding out a spare helmet whilst standing on her scooter. “Come on! We don’t have all night; hop on!” Diamond nodded her thanks, took the helmet, and hopped onto the scooter behind Scootaloo.

They were off like the Flash, the new Marevel super-pony. Diamond waved her hooves in the air, whispering “Woo-hoo!” like a light pink and purple version of Fluttershy. With a bow, of course.

“Shuddup, Di! We’re already here!” Scootaloo said. Diamond stopped and looked around her.

“That was fast…”

“Course it was! There’s a reason I’m the fastest pony in class,” she bragged. “Anyway, let’s get in, the girls are waiting!”

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“Your mom is actually going to send you to St. Whinneans, isn’t she, Di?” Asked Silver, shaking her head. She, Diamond Apple, and the CMC were in the middle of a card game. She dealt the next hoof. “I mean, I knew she was a BRAT, but I didn’t know she was THAT shameful to pony kind.” Diamond sighed.

“I know, right? I mean, she’s NEVER in her right mind, that we all know, always in a demented state. Still, to someone that hasn’t faced her wrath for as long as I have, you would find it surprising.” Diamond suddenly felt tired, all the loneliness of the days going to pass washing over her. She sighed and leaned against the wall. “I know it’s impossible, but I really wish there was a miracle that could save me from goi-”

POOF

“Gah!” Diamond whelped, leaping backwards in an amazing show of acrobatics as a cloud of smoke suddenly appeared right next to her.

“Hello hello hello, ladies! I heard our favourite Tiara was having some troubles, hm?” A voice asked.

“Discord, what in tarnation are ya doing here?” Apple Bloom asked. Discord chuckled and snapped his fingers, teleporting him next to Diamond. She cringed as he put his arm around her.

“I heard on the grapevine” – their eyes widened as a grapevine suddenly appeared, with an ear on the end – “That our favourite piece of jewelry was going to be sent to a horrible torture house, am I right?” He looked around as if expecting a reaction. He then realized the grapevine had wrapped itself around Diamond Tiara, and all the fillies were giving him a flat look. He burst out laughing. “Oh, my little fillies, can’t take a joke?” Their glares just intensified. He muttered under his breath. “Party poopers; party poopers everywhere,” and with a clap of his hands, the grapevine was gone.

“Finally!” Exclaimed Diamond Tiara. “That thing was choking me!” Apple Bloom just raised an eyebrow.

“Discord, I’m gonna ask you again. What in tarnation are ya doing here?” She emphasized each word. Discord glanced at her, and with a mischievous grin on his face, decided it would be easier to explain if none of them going to interrupt him. He snapped his fingers, and with an audible ‘poof’, all the fillies’ mouths were gone.

“MMMPH!” the fillies whined. Discord just shook his finger at them.

“Nuh uh-uh, little fillies. I need to explain how I can help, as ordered by Egghead Sparkle, aka Twilight, our precious little Diamond. We can’t have her going bad again, can we?” They all nodded. “Glad we all are in agreement. Anyways, since Diamond here will be going to St. Whippians –” he paused for dramatic effect “– our sweet little princess has decided that she will need some backup, in case things get a little… messy. So, if she feels the need, she will have a whistle” –he summoned a whistle – “but she can only blow on it once. I don’t know why she wouldn’t blow in it instantly, but hey, maybe she can find a home there. YEOWWCH!”

Hearing this, Diamond had walked over and smacked him with as much strength as she could muster. She began making a lot of very angry, muffled noises as she waved her arms around. It was quite a comical site; her friends began snickering, at least, snickering as best as they could without a mouth. Discord poofed her back into her spot, this time, with her stuck to a chair.

“That was a joke, Diamond. JOKE, spelled J-O-K-E. JOKE. Okay? Good. As I was saying before I was interrupted by a slap to the face,” he said, shooting a glare at Diamond, “She will have a whistle to blow if things get out of hand. What would the whistle do, you may ask? Well, let’s just say, I don’t think any sort of whips or beatings would do good against the Lord of Chaos, don’t you think?” He gave them back their mouths. He made a hand motion that basically said ‘go on, insult the plan all you want now’, and waited for their reaction. Diamond, surprisingly, was the first to speak.
“Discord… I never thought I’d say this… but that’s a… amazing, actually.” Then she winced. “I can’t believe I just called a plan of the Lord of Chaos amazing.”
“Doesn’t matter, as long as you get out of there safe and sound.” Silver had walked over and put her hoof around Diamond. She whispered in Diamonds ear. “Use the thing as soon as possible so you don’t have to put up with anything.” Diamond grinned, then nodded. She was going to be sent there for several thousand bits, for nothing. Good thing they were her mother’s bits. She didn’t mind that one bit. She yawned. It was getting late; so after the card game, she bid farewell to her friends and asked Discord to teleport her back home. As much as she loved her friends, she didn’t trust Scootaloo this late at night.

Author's Note:

Hope you enjoyed the first chapter!
By the way, feedback and constructive criticism is always appreciated!

Comments

[deadpansnarker]

Glad to see your story up. You never know, though. There might still be an ending like this to my fic. You'll just have to follow it, and find out... P.S Don't forget to add an 'Alternate Universe' tag please...

[Diamond Sparkle]

Spoiled has no love for her daughter.

[Color Spark]

7021979
NEED UPDATE NOW !!! I've been waiting for ages without any new content... And the AU tag has been added.

7022020
So true. And thanks for reading!

[Mudpony]

And I am bad at making long descriptions.

Got an issue in the short one as well...

However, the CMC their new friend will do everything they can to stop this.

Not sure if it should be "...CMC will help their new friend do everything..." or "...CMC will do everything they can...". Probably the latter, I imagine ;)

[Color Spark]

7022137
to be honest, I'm pretty bad at making descriptions in general... thanks for the feedback, though.

And yes, it is the latter

[Fluttercheer]

I'm confused by that a lot..... How can you write a sequel for a story that isn't finished yet (and apparently, even far from being so)?

[Lex_Drago]

There were times when I think that my mother was bad but this were before this place... Now... It's hard to remember this hell. All I have is this bag of my items and this present from my "friend". He promised that when things goes awry all I need to use it. And I used it.
Some thoughts of description.
Sorry for bad English.

[deadpansnarker]

7022095 It is waiting for you now. All you have to do is log in.

[Color Spark]

7023296 Why not? I'm just hoping it's a happy ending. If you want sequels for an unfinished story you should check out Calm Wind's Piercing the Heavens. That fic has over 120 chapters, not complete yet but it already has a lot of sequels. (sorry if this seems a little blunt, it's just me)

[Fluttercheer]

7025575

Sequels are continuations of stories. Follow-ups to stories that were once told to show what happened after they ended.
You can't continue a story without the story having an end where you can pick everything up.
Writing a "sequel" for a story that is perhaps only half finished is like reading the first part of a book trilogy, then stopping at the middle of it and continue reading with part two.
Logically speaking, writing a sequel for a story that is not over yet is impossible. What you wrote here would be more accurately described as a sidefic. But even that term brings up problems as your story is clearly set in the future.
Long story short, you can't continue something that isn't over yet. It's creating a logical fallacy.
My brain already hurts from just thinking about it.
And don't worry about being blunt with me. I'm more blunt than most people like.

[Color Spark]

7025646 Good point. But logical paradoxes are everywhere anyway. Now that you mention it, it is more of a sidefic. I'll write that in the description. Thanks for the feedback, though .

[Color Spark]

7024581 OMG YAS MUST GO CHECK IT OUT NOW
*reads*
Oh Angel. I really wonder if they were planning on calling the bunny Satan (if you are Christian and I offended you, sorry 'bout that) but the producers changed it to make it more kid friendly.

[Rhanoa]

I have the perfect solution for both sides. Tiara found the magic puddle, makes a clone of herself, send it at the boarding school instead of her, live happily wherever she wants free of her mother and let the clone fulfill Spoiled's dreams. Definitely best end.

Let's see where this ride is going.

[deadpansnarker]

7025713 Considering they changed the name of 'Derpy' to 'Muffins' because of roughly a handful of complaints, I'd say that was a pretty safe bet.

And don't worry about me being religious. I do say OM G a lot though, it that counts.

[Fluttercheer]

7025667

But logical paradoxes are everywhere anyway.

If I would have time for that now, I would ensue to a lecture about how things that happen often are not necessarily good things and how something can't be properly decided or determined by a majority doing it, but since I don't have time for it, I just leave it with the notion that said circumstance is just further proof for it that Earth was created by Discord.

[StarzGecko]

This was great! Keep it up

[Color Spark]

7026548 That certainly is a possible solution, but I have something else that involves a little more.. chaos...
7031494 Thanksss! and no, I'm not a snake.