This is a dramatic story about Diamond Tiara I am gonna try to keep it short And her relation with her parents (Filthy Rich and Spoiled Rich) This story is set before “Crusaders of the lost mark”   >You awaken in your room. >Another miserable day. (YAY) >Another day living your parents live. >“Diamond don’t talk those ponies” >“Diamond acct like a diamond” >Your hear your parents talk. >As you rise from your bed  all you could feel sadness and misery. >You walk towards a mirror to inspect yourself. >And all you could see is a shell that is shaped like you. >And morning mane. (you probably should go and fix this before you get a scolding) >You take a quick shower just to look presentable. >You dry yourself off and comb your mane >As you put on your tiara you think “here we go again” >With it you put on the smile that is expected from you.   >You try to go down the stairs. >“DIAMOND TIARA!” >Your mother looks at you with an angry glance. >You freeze on the spot. >“young lady why is your tiara not on strait.” >“We must look our best ponies of our stature don’t look like regular ponies.” >“Now go and put your tiara strait.” >You walk back towards your room and your mirror. >As you look into the mirror you realize your tiara is so slightly slanted that nobody would ever see it. >But hey all to make your parents happy. >You walk back down once the tiara is on perfectly strait. >You walk towards the dining room, and sit on the table. >Before you can greet your dad. (He is reading the newspaper and did not see you walk in) >A butler walks up “What do you want for breakfast little miss.” >“Pancakes and a glass of orange juice.” >“It will be here in a moment.”he said while walking toward the kitchen. >You look towards your dad. >But all you find is a folded newspaper and a empty mug.   >He never has any time for you >The butler walks in “here you go madam your orange juice and pancakes” >“Thank you Alfred I am sure it would be lovely” >You say this to be nice >You quietly start eating your breakfast >It tastes great but it doesn’t make you happy >Lately nothing makes you happy >But that is not anything a pony of my stature should think about >That is what mother would say >Mother would say “Diamonds don’t feel they just smile and look happy” >You notice that you almost start to cry >“Pull yourself together, Diamond you are a strong filly” >You think to yourself >You finally finish breakfast and you prepare for school   >You walk out of the door. >Towards the house of Silver Spoon. >A gray filly with silver mane that you call your friend. >As you walk towards here house you see other fillies with there parents. >You see them talking and hugging. >It makes you jealous they have what you cant have. >Parents who care and love. >All you have is parents who wants you to be like them. >Why wont they just let you do something you want. >Maybe …. >But before you can finish that thought silver walks up. >“Hi Diamond how are you” She asks. >You tell her your okay. >And you start walking to school.   >You arrive at school just before the Cutie Mark Crusaders. >As they walk onto the school yard you yell “Hey blank flanks.” >You and Silver start teasing them. >But what they don’t know is that you don’t want to tease them. >Mother gave you no choose “Don't hang around with those good for nothing Fillies.” >“If I ever find out that you hang around with those blanks you will be in so much problems.” >You can hear her say those word in your head. >Miss Cheerilee steps outside “School is started can all colts and fillies step inside please.” >It takes 10 minutes before everyone is seated. >“Today is algebra, get out your counting board.” Miss Cheerilee says. >The whole class signs in disappointment. >At 12:00 the class if finally finished. >Normally school continues at 14:00 but today is different. >Miss Cheerilee said that she had to go to the hospital for a sick relative. >So today is our lucky day! >You hear the CMC talking about one of there crazy stunts. >So you yell some insults “You can get your cutie marks in being annoying!” >Silver asks you to hang out but you have other plans. >She looks at you as if you are crazy, but then shrugs it off. >“See you tomorrow” She says as she walks off.   >You walk towards home. >Alfred greets you as you walk in. >He also asks if he should start making lunch. >“Yes please.” You tell him. >“You can find me in my room.” >He nods and after that he walks off to the kitchen. >You start walking up the stairs toward your room. >You have to get ready for your afternoon. >Once in your room there is finally time to think. >Your live sucks, no time for myself. >Always going from gala to event. >And never time to just do stuff. >Glad school is canceled today now i can get some time for me. >Nobody knows about it of course. >And you want to keep it this way. >I mean what would mother say if she found out that you helped carrot top in her garden. >Or that you are actually are sad with your live, scrap that depressed with live. >The constant pain of live is why you bully the cmc. >You have to fight to keep the tears away at this point. (It did not work) >You don’t want to hate them but its the only way to feel anything. >“No diamond” you say to yourself. >“As mother always says diamonds don’t break, diamonds don’t feel.” >You repeat the mantra and you put the sad feeling away just as you always do. >You wipe your Tear stained face. (nobody must or can see this.) >Just focus on the thing that make you relax. >And after this your mind starts to wonder to working in a garden. >Getting your hooves dirty and just spending time with yourself.   >You open your saddle bags and walk towards your closet. >But before opening it you look towards the door. >Nobody may know! >You open the closet and after a second glance to the door. >You open a secret cabinet inside the bottom. >Inside is your diary (it holds your pain on tear stained pages.) and a few gardening tools. >You pick up the gloves (mother seems to sens that you have worked with sand even after washing your hooves.) and a black robe. (you may not be recognized.) >As you put them into your saddle bags you hear something. >You turn around to see what the sound is. >Your hearth sinks when you see it, its Alfred. >You mind starts to race. >How do you explain this secret stuff, how do you keep him from telling this to your parents! >You feel tears welling up, the silence is killing you! >Then Alfred says this: “Miss don’t be worried i know that you sneak out from time to time.” >“I wont ask what you are doing but keep this in mind.” >“I never have told your parents and i never will.” >“Also lunch is ready.” >And just as fast as he appeared he disappears. >Leafing you there crying and feeling helpless. >But also a bit glad because you know you can trust him. >You wipe your tears away. (again) >And after that you close the secret compartment. (nobody more may know) >You walk downstairs to eat lunch. >You see a nice lunch that has scrambled eggs toast and a blueberry muffin. >You really hope Derpy isn’t around. >You whimper at the thought what happened last time.   >As you sit down you see Alfred running to the outside. >It looks like he is holding a muffin. >And after trowing it as a baseball he runs back inside. >You see something gray that zooms past the window that goes after the muffin. >You just stare at it and think: “That mare is to crazy for muffins!” >You turn back to your meal and start eating it. >After a nice Lunch it is time to get your saddle bags and set off to carrot top. >You have not been there in a few weeks. >Every time you waned to go you were interrupted. >Sometimes it was your parents and there stupid parties. >Sometimes it was Silver Spoon who wanted to hang out. >You hope Carrot top isn't mad at you. >You will ask her this afternoon. >Now how to get there without being seen. >First off lets act like school is on so you walk towards school. >Once you arrive there you look around and you see nobody. >You run to the back of the schoolyard, for it is time to put on the cloak. >“I must not be recognized by anyone or this day will be ruined” You think. >You put on the robe and place the tiara in your saddle bags. >You put on the hood of the robe and, You turn towards sweet apple acres. >You walk past it and after a few minutes you see Carrot tops house. (she lives on the edge of the apple orchard)   >You see your goal in the distance. >A small cottage in the shape of a giant clog. >It looks as a nice place to live in. >It is surrounded by a fence. >You walk trough the gate towards the front door and you knock on it. >Nothing happens. >You hope she is home. >You knock again. >This time you hear something. >The door finally opens. >Carrot top looks like she just woke from a nap. >“I hope I did not wake you”You say. >Carrot top looks at you: “Yea kind of, but it does not matter.” >“I was waking up anyway, the carrots do not harvest themselves.” >Finally fully awake, Carrot realized who was in front her door. >“Oh its you, please come in.” >You walk inside and put your saddle bags next to the door. >You follow Carrot into the kitchen. >She tells you to sit down for some tea. >As you sit down you remove the hood of your robe. >You look towards Carrot and you start apologizing: “I am so sorry that I haven’t been here in a while.” >“I really wanted to come but I just could not come without getting caught.” >Carrot looks at you and smiles a little bit “Don t apologize, I know what your up against.”   >Your glad she isn’t mad. >Suddenly the water kettle starts whistling. >You never noticed that Carrot had put it on the stove. >“What tea do you want” Carrot asks? >You start to ponder on that question, not that it is a hard one. >“Do you have green tea?” You ask? >Carrot nods as she picks up the green tea out of the tea box. >After she made the tea she places a cup in front of you and one for herself. >She sits down with her tea and takes a sip. >She now asks: “Aren’t you supposed to be at school?” >You explain that school has been canceled because Cheerilee had to do other stuff.   >You continue talking and sipping tea. >After the tea it was time to do some work. (well Carrot suggested that) >You took the gloves from your saddle bags and moved to the garden, witch was located on the back of the house. (out of the sight from other ponies) >You and Carrot started pulling carrots and putting them in baskets. >It were a nice few hours of laughs, it even relaxed you a bit. (finally me time) >But then it happened! >You hear a carriage stop and you hearth sinks when you see who are in it. >Spoiled and Filthy. (aka mom and dad) >You could hear your mom yell: “Why are we here, I am getting my hooves dirty!” >You feel as if you are turning to stone, all the blood rushing away from your face. >Luckily they have not seen you. (yet) >Carrot saw you turn white and said: “I will distract them go and run home.” >You nod and start running, towards the Apple orchard away from the street and your parents. >When you are far enough away you look for a place to hide your gloves. (you still have them on) >After a bit of searching you find a nice tree with a hole in it. >After stuffing your gloves in it (Out of sight out of mind) you realize you left your saddle bags at Carrots house. >Panic starts to set in, your tiara was in there. >Now in full panic you dump your robe and run home. >Hopefully mom and dad did not see your saddlebags. >It is high noon when you run trough the front door.   >Alfred looks at you as you run by, shaking his head for he can see the panic in your eyes. >He walks up to your room and he knocks “Miss can I do anything to help you?” >You are still in panic and cannot react. >Alfred still waiting for a reaction gives a peace of thought “Miss you need to clean yourself.” >“Your covered in dirt and sweat, your mother will notice that.” >“Also a shower will relax you.” >You mind starts to clear and you agree. >You walk towards the shower. >After a long and relaxing shower. >You start drying yourself and after a quick glance in the mirror you decide to comb your hair. >When you look in the mirror again you see that you look like yourself again. >You decide to thank Alfred and you start waling down the stairs. >You find him in the living room with a duster. >You walk up to him: “Alfred thank you for the help.” >“But now I need help with one more thing,” >“I left my tiara at Carrot top and mother will surly notice that.” >“Could you find a way to retrieve it?” >He looks at you and after a bit of thinking he says that he might know a way. >You walk back to your room hoping that everything was gonna turn out right. >You take a book from the cabinet and start reading. >But you cant focus on the book. >Something keeps nagging. >What if Alfred cant retrieve my tiara, what if my parents found it, what if they think Carrot stole it! >But before more thoughts cane come. >You hear a carriage stop. >You know that this is it. >The moment of truth.   >You sneak towards the stairs so that you can look at the front door. >It is as you feared Mom and Dad. >They have entered the hallway. >And have started talking to Alfred. >You cant hear what there saying but it does not sound good. >You look towards father and you see that he stares directly in your eyes. (Busted) >“Diamond Tiara come down her in an instant!” He says with a harsh tone. >You start to walk downstairs trying to act as if you don’t know whats going on. >Mother and Father look mad. >But still acting like you don’t know whats wrong you great them: “Hello Mother, Hello Father.” >Mother reacts: “Don t you Mother and Father us, as is there is nothing wrong.” >“Explain this to us, why were your saddlebags and tiara at Carrot Tops home.” >He places your saddlebags on top the floor in front of him. >Every moment that passes makes you more uneasy. >You start shifting from hoof to hoof. >You try to make up an excuse: “I was playing on the schoolyard and I forgot them.” >Mother sees trough your lies “Little lady tell the truth now!” >You feel that the tears coming but you don’t let them out.   >Be strong you think. >Father also reacts: “If you are smart you tell us the truth.” >You sight because you know you cant hide the truth. >You start: “Sometimes I like to do some things for my own.” >“I do love you, but I really want to live my own live” with this said tears are starting to fall. >“And not the way you want me to live.” >At this moment the tear start to flow. >“And that is why I like to help Carrot in her garden.” >Your father stays silent but mother she starts screaming. >“Young Lady have you gone insane!” >“You talk like you don’t want to be rich.” >“You talk like a No-pony, and no daughter of mine is gonna be have like a no-pony!” >“Now up to your room your father and I need to discuss a punishment!” >You walk away towards your room. >You enter and drop down on your bed. >You start crying into your pillow. >Waiting for the punishment.   >It feels like ages >The sun is already setting >Why is it taking so long >And then you hear your father “Diamond could you come down please” >You slowly start walking, down the stairs and into the living room >Mother looks like she has blown a fuse >Father just looks calm >Why is he so calm >Then it begins >“Diamond we know you didn’t want to shame our family name” >“But we cant allow you to do normal pony stuff” >“So we have decided to send you to St. Olga's reform school for rich children” (side branch of the bigger wayward princesses school) >“It is good for you and you will come back reformed” >Your stomach feels like it is being filled with stones >Fear starts to overtake your mind >You try to speak against your parents “But every pony who returns from that school is not themselves >anymore” >“There just empty shells of who the used to be” >Mother now speaks “Diamond it has no use to go against our decision” >We already have called a carriage you will leave tomorrow in the afternoon >This way you can say goodbye to your classmates >You start to scream “NO NO NO I DONT WANT TO GO” >And you run away crying >You don’t want this anymore >You want to be normal >You feel betrayed   >You run as far away as you can >Sadness overtakes your whole being >The sadness and misery that you have suppressed for so long has taken hold on you >It controls your actions it guides you into the Everfree Forrest towards the old castle >When you finally arrive at the castle >You run inside towards one of the towers >You find yourself in the chamber were Nightmare Moon was defeated >You walk toward a broken window >And you decide to sit on the window still >You feel the cool breeze against your face >And your mind finally starts to relax >You look down from the window and you realize it is really high >You start to think “I could all end it right here right now” >“Just one step forward and I would be finally free” >“No diamond, live is to precious” >You decide that ending it isn’t worth it >But before you can climb out of the window still >The door slams open >A purple mare steps in “Hello is anyone there” >You jump because you thought nobody would be here >That Ended in a bad dream >As you jumped the window still started to crumble >With this you and peaces of the window start to fall >As you fall down screaming you think “I don’t want to go this way” >You see the ground closing and one last thought goes trough you “Freedom here I come” >The last thing you feel is a shock   >You open your eyes and wonder were you are. >But all you see is a bright light. >Your first thoughts are “Is this what dead feels like.” >As your senses start to return you hear a faint sobbing sound. >You start to look around and see your dad . >Suddenly you realize what is going on . >You are not dead. >Your alive, how and why! >You felt a shock. >You should be a pancake. >How did you survive the ground below.   >Your filthy rich now. >It has been a long night for you. >You had to punish your Daughter. >And after she ran away you had to go out to find her. >It was hours later when you finely got the news that she was found. >Princess Twilight found her in the old castle. >But it was not all good news. >Apparently she felt out of a window. >Twilight was just quick enough to catch her. >But she got knocked out by the force. >You went up to her room to see how she was. >She lies in bed looking like she was sleeping. >You just start crying when you look at her. >And then you saw her open her eyes. >She looks confused and then she asks: “how am i alive.” >Where is just one thing on your mind. >“Why!” is all that your voice can produce. >“Why!”   >Back to being Diamond. >You look at your father he looks like a broken man. >And with raspy voice he asks you why. >You try to reply but you cant. >You just start crying. >While you were crying you told him everything that happened after you ran away. >You ended on this: “I did not want to jump, it was so scary.” >Father just listened to all what you said. >And he reacts: “Diamond I am sorry that we pressured you that much.” >“We just did what we thought was the best for you.” >You jump up and hug him. >All he can do is stroke your mane. >You hear a knock on the door. “Can I come in please.” >You let go of your father and turn towards the door. >Father turns to the door: “Come in please.” >The door opens and Twilight walks in >She looks at you and asks: “How are you.” >You react: “I am alive and I am glad I am.” >“And I do believe I have you to thank for that.” >“May I ask why you were at the castle so late at night.” >Twilight rubs her mane: “I was reading in the library and I lost track of time.” >“When I heard a noise, I went to check it out and then I hear your screams.” >“I am not the best flier but I managed to catch you before you hit the ground.” >Thank you twilight is all you managed to say. >As Twilight walked out the door she waved and wished you a good night. >You look toward father and he says: “I am gonna talk to Spoiled about the reform school.” >“I think that you are not the one that needs reforming.” >As he walks out of the room he says: “Have a good night sleep and don’t worry about what is next.” >The door closes and the light is off. >It is the middle of the night. >And all you think while you fall asleep is Tomorrow will be better. the End