Chapter 7 Unexpected Aid

Cord's POV

"Sweetie Belle isn't here again?" I asked Scootaloo as we walked into the school. She told she thought she was just sick I didn't by it but I had nothing else to go on. I sat down, I couldn't really concentrate on class, I was too focused on finding out what was wrong with Sweetie Belle. I could only come up with that she was still sad about the whole gala thing which I thought was rather stupid, but if it helped her then I would buy one. "Hey Silver do you have a ticket to the gala?" I asked she looked at me and stuck her nose up.

"Yes but it'll cost you five hundred bits." She replied of course it would and I could only bet that Diamond would make hers cost more. So I had no choice but to try to raise the money.

"Alright I'll give it to by the end of the week." I said and Diamond looked at me funny, I snuck out of school during lunch and headed back to my house. I had to sneak in through my window to grab my guitar I figured maybe I could raise the money by playing on the streets. I set up in the middle of town and started strumming, I wasn't really drawling a crowd though but I kept at it. Eventually somepony dropped in a few bits in my guitar bag.

"So are you going this is how you're going to get money?" I stopped playing and saw Diamond trying not to laugh.

"Yeah why?" I replied

"I see you've made ten bits today at this rate you'll never make enough money." She said looking in my bag.

"I didn't know you cared so much about Sweetie Belle." I commented and she looked at me pretty angrily.

"I don't like her I just want to know the point of this." She replied before walking back home, realizing I was destined to fail I packed up my stuff and went home. I went to bed and tried to come up with a better way to make money. The next morning I headed out early before my brother could wake up and set up again in the same spot. I didn't start playing till the crowds came though several of them dropped bits into my bag. I saw Diamond walk by with Silver Spoon who looked at me and laughed then Diamond told her to stop in my surprise. It was lunch and I had stopped playing since there were no ponies around.

"Hey." I looked over to see Diamond it almost gave me a heart attack.

"Um shouldn't you be in school?" I asked

"How much did you make?" She asked

"I'm at sixty bits." I replied

"You need 440 more."

"I can count Diamond." I said

"Well here's fifty more." She handed me a bag of bits. I was stunned I had never seen her actually be nice before.

"Um thanks, so what's the catch?" I asked

"There is no catch I just can't wait to see you fail and it'll be better if you closer." She replied in a mocking tone that was different than her normal stuck up rich girl one.

"Yeah sure whatever you say." I replied I knew she was actually being nice but not wanting to show it, I put in my bag with the rest of the money and my guitar. "So are you going to the gala?" I asked

"Well of course I don't see why you're wanting to go though." She replied

"I don't the ticket is for Sweetie Belle she's been really upset since her sister forgot to get her ticket and her friends are all getting to go. So I just thought it would help her out of the hole she's in." I said

"You're to nice." Diamond replied before going back to school.

"Yeah whatever you say Diamond." I told myself as I finished my lunch and headed back to the music store. I worked there for the rest of the day, the next morning I repeated the same thing except this time Diamond skipped school.

"So is there a reason you're hiding behind there?" I asked and she walked out with her nose stuck up.

"I was not hiding I was observing."

"Looked like hiding to me so you skipped school. Don't the rich preppy type stay in school?" I asked

"who said I was rich and preppy!" She screamed I raised and eyebrow. "Fine I'm rich and preppy and sometimes mean so what!"

"You said it not me." I replied as she covered her mouth. "Want to talk about it?"

"Fine but you asked." She said as we sat down on the ground.

"Ok what's wrong?" I asked

"Do you really want to know?" She asked

"Go for it." I said

"My dad never has time for me." She said of course it was going to be something like that. I had seen to many movies where that was the backstory of the character.

"Alright a bit cliché."

"Shut up, what about you I doubt your perfect." I started laughing. "What's so funny?"

"No one's perfect!" I laughed and she cracked a smile

"So is Sweetie Belle your girlfriend?" She asked and I stopped laughing

"What no, she's way to much like her sister." I said and she seemed rather surprised

"So what about me?" The question caught me off guard I began to stutter and she started laughing. "I'm joking."

"I didn't know you could joke." I said

"Well I have to cut loose sometimes." She said I couldn't believe that the rich girl who always acted like she was better than everyone. She was actually kind of cool when she was just being herself.

"So where you at the video game tournament to cut loose?" I asked and she sat up stiff.

"Don't tell anyone that I can't have everypony know that I'm a hardcore gamer." She said

"Why not it's really cool actually." I replied and she looked at me funny.

"You really think so?" She asked

"Yeah I do." I replied she kind of blushed but it was hard to tell since her coat was pink. She left a bit nervously and the next time I saw her she didn't have her tiara on. Her mane was down I was honestly stunned. "Um Diamond?" I said

"What you don't like it?" She asked

"No I mean you look great actually." I said nervously and she snickered a little.

"Good cause I just woke up this morning and walked out the door, so how much money have you made?"

"I'm at 150 bits." I replied

"I know a place you can make some money but you're going to have to sell your guitar." I reluctantly followed her to a pawn shop.

"Here we are." She said after we both hassled the owner till we got 300 hundred bits for it. "I'll pay the last fifty." Diamond said and I was officially stunned. The next day we walked to school together and most of the class looked at us funny, probably because of Diamond's new look. We sat the money down on the table and Silver reluctantly handed over her ticket followed by Diamond giving her her ticket.

"I don't want to go." Diamond said as class started. We sat with each other, Scootaloo and Applebloom looked at us in shock when we ate lunch together. After school I dropped the ticket off with Rarity and headed home.