"Daddy, what do you mean? What do you mean that you and mommy are taking a break?" "Platinum, when ponies aren't happy together anymore…" Silver Steel began. "Are you not happy with me and mommy?" Platinum asked. "No…no sweetie, it's not like that." Platinum rushed out of the room crying as her mother walked in. "You told her?" Tourmaline asked. "Yeah, she didn't take it well." Silver Steel concluded. "I wouldn't either." Tourmaline replied.
"Why would my parents do this to me?" Platinum asked herself. "What did I ever do to deserve this?" Platinum began to weep. This was the moment where she concluded, that if she was going to be miserable, she might as well make everypony else feel the same way. She began to think, who is the most fortunate pony at my school? What can I do to make her feel my pain? She found Princess Andromeda Sparkle to be the perfect target.
Andromeda, as modest and shy as she was, made a perfect target. She hated being called a princess, and almost never mentioned her title. She dreaded being called a 'Prissy Princess" or a 'Royal Snob'. At their age in foalhood, cutie marks were a huge thing. Luckily, Andromeda had her cutie mark and couldn't be made fun of for being a 'blank flank'. Using the common name calling technique, Platinum was going to make Andromeda feel pain.
After school, Platinum's plan was ready to be launched. "Hey Andromeda." Platinum said confidently. "H…Hi Platinum." Andromeda replied, in her typical shy tone. "Why do you have to be such a prissy princess sometimes?" "W…What are you saying?" "I'm saying you're a snob, Andromeda. Stop acting like you're all that." Andromeda ran away in tears. "What the hay Platinum? You know Andromeda's not like that." Blue Moon said angrily. "Yeah, if anypony's the snob, it's you. When did you become such a jerk?" Solar Flare (Fiara) replied as her and Blue Moon walked away.
After what Platinum did to Andromeda, ponies shunned her. Her only friends were the other mean mares of the school. Nopony trusted Platinum, and began to fear the tyrant. At this point they didn't know somepony would put them out of their misery. Somepony named Dusk Shimmer would stand up for them all.