"You're a Demigod?" Diamond scrunched up her nose.
"Be nice," Apple Bloom whispered dangerously in her ear.
All the kids were hanging out on the playground in front of the school house, enjoying their lunch outside. The Crusaders, Button Mash, and Diamond were sitting at a picnic table with Spike and the new girl Screwball.
Screwball seemed uninterested in all of them, except for Spike, "So these are your pets?" she asked the dragon. Spike just groaned.
"Pets!?" Diamond roared, "How could we possibly be pets to a dragon!?" but her question was ignored.
"They're my friends," Spike glared.
Screwball rolled her spiral eyes, "That's just sad. Don't you have any real friends?"
Scootaloo stood tall, "We ARE his real friends!? We're a million times better friends then you could ever-!" but Screwball didn't look like she could even hear her.
"A yappy bunch aren't they?" Screwball rubbed her ear with her hoof.
"You don't have to eat with us," Spike glared.
"Who else am I going to eat with?" Screwball scoffed, "There's nothing but fruit flies here," looking at all the ponies everywhere.
"That's it!" Spike snapped, "I don't care if you're Discord's daughter, GO AWAY!"
Screwball flinched looking... hurt, "Why? I didn't do anything!"
"You've done nothing but insult my friends well ignoring them," Spike glared, "Why would I want to be your friend. You're horrible!"
Screwball... looked like she was going to start crying, "Fine! Who needs you!" she jumped off the table and ran, pushing a nearby filly as she left the grounds, "Out of my way insect!"
"Wow," Diamond gaped, "Please tell me I was never that awful,"
Scootaloo reminded, "You once made fun of me for being disabled,"
Diamond groaned.
Sweetie finally spoke up, "But we forgave her. Isn't that what ponies are supposed to do? Forgive and help others be better? Remember how horrible Discord used to be? And now look at him. He's an honorary Crusader!"
Apple Bloom sighed, "He would be pretty sad to know we couldn't get on with his daughter,"
Spike groaned, "Come on! I get ponies love second chances but she treated you guys like you weren't even worth her notice,"
Button sighed, "She is pretty full of herself. Be honest. Do any of you even WANT to hang out with her again? You shouldn't invite somepony to your table out of pity,"
Diamond reminded, "Discord became an evil terror on our entire planet to the point our sun can't even move without an Alicorn's help, and ponies have to control everything from clouds to erosion. Do you really think it is safe to let his daughter run off in tears?"
Spike groaned, "I'll go talk to her. I'm the only one she even bothers to acknowledge anyway," he got up and left his friends behind.
Screwball sat at the pond willing herself not to cry, demanding she wouldn't cry. It was just like those stupid Draconequus children all over again. Spike... wasn't scared of her though. He found her... "horrible" for who she is, not what she is, or where she came from.
"Screwball?"
The Demigod tried to harden herself but the sniffles could still be heard through her voice, "What do you want?"
Spike sighed as he sat down next to her, "I'm sorry... I shouldn't have been so harsh. I was just mad you were being so mean to my friends,"
"... you shouldn't trust them,"
Spike just rolled his eyes.
"I'm serious, you can't trust mortals!"
At the dragon's scoff Screwball knew she had to explain, "When I was born... well 'created' I guess... the world was beautiful. The sun and moon danced in the sky together, streets were made of slippery soap you could skate on, life-giving chocolate rained from the sky... My daddy woke me up and let me see it all,"