History Fanfic / WhyAmICrying

** For Scootaloo, whether or not to forgive somepony who caused her a lot of pain.

* BullyTurnedBuddy: Scootaloo and Silver Spoon become friends at the end of the story

* MortalityPhobia: Sweetie Belle gets this hard when she realizes the fragility of life, that she too will pass on some day, and no one really knows what happens after death.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Sweetie Belle chews out Scootaloo, who doesn't think she should feel sorry for the filly who did nothing but make their lives miserable, for not feeling sad over the fact that somepony died. Later, Scootaloo wonders if she is being a jerk for not feeling anything, but Miss Cheerilee tells her not to let anypony tell her how she should feel.

** Scootaloo initially doesn't care that Diamond Tiara is dead, but won't admit that she's happy or sad about it, due to all the bullying Diamon put her and her friends through. [[CharacterDevelopment She gets better.]]

* RageBreakingPoint: Diamond Tiara, after suffering through so much hardships, snapped and became a bully after Apple Bloom, her old friend who had forgotten about her, chewed her out under false pretenses.

* RebuiltPedestal: Scootaloo loses all respect for Miss Cheerilee when the latter admits she was a horrible bully during High School, with Scoot's own father having been one of her targets, and [[AccuserOfTheBrethren refuses to believe that her teacher changed]] for the better. It's only in the later chapters when Scootaloo begins to regain her respect after learning and accepting that bullies can indeed change.

** Miss Cheerilee was a horrible bully in high school, something [[IHatePastMe she regrets with all her being]]. She liked to bully Crimson, Scootaloo's father in particular, she even once gave him a pill that gave him diarrhea in front of the entire cafeteria, which resulted in her suspension. The next time she sees Crimson, she promises him that she has changed her ways and apologizes for everything she did to him.

-->'''Shady Daze:''' I wish the carriage killed both of you! The world is better off with Diamond Tiara dead and rotting in the ground! They should just put her in a ditch and bury it unmarked so the worms can eat her pretty little face! Nopony would care! Well, maybe you, but then again. you both are horrible ponies who deserve worse!

* StrongFamilyResemblance: A very sad deconstruction of the trope. Diamond Tiara strongly resembles her deceased mother; her father Filthy Rich became distant toward her after her mother's death, because looking at her reminded him too much of his late wife. He deeply regrets this later, when he realizes that she became a bully in part because he was neglecting her.

* TellMeAboutMyFather: Apple Bloom's family always shied away telling her about her parents' deaths whenever she tried asking them. Near the end, however, Granny Smith sees that she had grown up from her experiences over these past few days and decides that it's finally time to tell her.

** After Applebloom confesses to Filthy Rich about the wish she made, he tells her that Diamond Tiara died at a time where there were no stars in the sky, in surgery, and the time was 5:13pm. Applebloom made her wish at 6:00pm, by that time, Diamond Tiara was already gone.
-->'''Filthy Rich:''' Diamond Tiara was hurt by an accident. She died in surgery just as the sun was setting, long before any stars could be seen. My daughter died in surgery at 5:13PM. It's a time that will stay with me forever.

** Scootaloo has been told by an expert what she had feared, that her wings would never grow to be like that of a normal pegasus, and her father had moved to Las Pegasus to become a card dealer so he can pay off his gambling debts. But she was adopted by Miss Cheerilee so she wouldn't be put in a foster home, got her cutie mark, and is now the captain of her school's soccer team. Plus, [[spoiler: finally finds it in her heart to forgive Diamond Tiara]].
** Silver Spoon had to put up with a lot of shit as a filly, and is seeing a therapist to help her deal with the trauma of her best friend dying before her eyes. In the future, she appears to be moving on from her experiences; she is no longer a bully and is friends with Scootaloo, she appears to be moving on from her trauma since she's visiting Diamond's grave only once a month now, is the student body president of her high school and has received a promising scholarship to a college in Baltimare.

* NotSoDifferent: Miss Cheerilee points out that Scootaloo and Diamond Tiara are very similar - their mothers left them when they were young, their fathers are always working and barely have enough time for them, and they both hate members of their opposite social classes, but they also had loyal friends by their side. The difference is that, while Diamond dealt with her pain by lashing out at others, Scootaloo kept her anger bottled in.

NOTE: This fic takes place between Seasons 3 & 4, and [[OutdatedByCanon certain plot points]] were {{jossed}} by the Season 5 episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Crusaders of the Lost Mark]]", but it's still a good story nonetheless.

* RebuiltPedestal: Scootaloo at first lost all respect for Miss Cheerilee when the latter admitted she was a horrible bully during High School, and [[AccuserOfTheBrethren refuses to believe that her teacher changed]] for the better. It was only in the later chapters when Scootaloo begins to regain her respect after learning and accepting that bullies can indeed change.

** Miss Cheerilee was a horrible bully in high school, something [[IHatePastMe she regrets with all her being]]. She liked to bully Crimson, Scootaloo's father in particular, she even once gave him a pill that gave him diarrhea in front of the entire cafeteria, which resulted in her suspension. The next time she sees Crimson, she has changed her ways and apologizes to Crimson for everything she did to him.

* TitleDrop: Scootaloo thinks to herself, "Why am I crying?" when she comforts Silver Spoon following her suicide attempt.

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Sweetie Belle chews out Scootaloo, who doesn't think she should feel sorry for the filly who did nothing but make their lives miserable, for not feeling sad over the fact that somepony died. Later, Scootaloo wonders is she is being a jerk for not feeling anything, but Miss Cheerilee tells her not to let anypony tell her how she should feel.

** Scootaloo initially doesn't care that Diamond Tiara is dead, but won't admit that she's happy or sad about it, due to all the mean stuff she did. [[CharacterDevelopment She gets better.]]
** Green and Shady Daze, [[ShadowArchetype on the other hand]], make it quite clear that they're glad she's dead, and they mercilessly beat up Silver Spoon while saying that she should have died as well.

* PersonaNonGrata: Because of the Gabby Gums incident, Rarity banned Diamond Tiara from her shop (precisely for spreading lies about her and blackmailing her sister into doing it), and Mr. & Mrs. Joyous forbade her from sitting their foal because they didn't want him acquainted with a "manipulative liar".

** The Daze twins give a harsh one to Silver Spoon over her's and Diamond Tiara's attitudes while beating her up.

* RebuiltPedestal: Scootaloo at first, lost all respect for Miss Cheerilee when the latter admitted she was a horrible bully during High School, and [[AccuserOfTheBrethren refuses to believe that her teacher changes]] for the better. It was only in the latter chapters when Scootaloo begins to regain her respect, after the former learns that bullies CAN change.

* RhetoricalRequestBlunder: After getting humiliated by Diamond Tiara once again, Apple Bloom sees a shooting star and wishes that something bad would happen to her. However, instead of something like a prank or bad luck, Diamond gets killed in a carriage accident, leading Apple Bloom to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone go on a massive guilt trip]]. [[spoiler:Subverted when she finds out that Diamond died before the time she made the wish.]]

** Silver Spoon had to put up with a lot of shit as a filly, and is seeing a therapist to help her deal with the trauma of her best friend dying before he eyes. In the future, she appears to be moving on from her experiences; she is no longer a bully and is friends with Scootaloo, she appears to be moving on from her trauma since she's visiting Diamond's grave only once a month now, is the student body president of her high school and has received a promising scholarship to a college in Baltimare.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Deconstructed ''hard.'' Diamond Tiara strongly resembles her deceased mother; her father Filthy Rich became distant toward her after her mother's death, because looking at her reminded him too much of his late wife. He deeply regrets this later, when he realizes that she became a bully in part because he was neglecting her.

NOTE: This fic takes place between Seasons 3 & 4, and [[OutdatedByCanon certain plot points]] were {{jossed}} by the Season 5 episode "Crusaders of the Lost Mark", but it's still a good story nonetheless.

-->'''Cheerilee:''' I'm sorry, class, but...Diamond Tiara...died last night from her injures.

** Miss Cheerilee was a horrible bully in high school, something [[IHatePastMe she regrets with all her being]]. She liked to bully Crimson, Scootaloo's father in particular, she even once gave him a pill that gave him diarreha in front of the entire cafeteria, which resulted in her suspension. The next time she sees Crimson, she has changed her ways and apologizes to Crimson for everything she did to him.

** Miss Cheerilee was a horrible bully in high school, something [[IHatePastMe she regrets with all her being]]. She liked to bully Crimson, Scootaloo's father in particular, she even once gave him a pill that gave him diarreha in front of the entire cafeteria, which resulted in her suspension. The next time she sees Crimson, she has changed her was and apologizes to Crimson for everything she did to him.

NOTE: This fic takes place between Seasons 3 & 4, and certain plot points were {{jossed}} by the Season 5 episode "Crusaders of the Lost Mark", but it's still a good story nonetheless.

* MortalityPhobia: Swetie Belle gets this hard when she realizes the fragility of life, that she too will pass on some day, and no one really knows what happens after death.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Daze twins give a harsh one to Silver Spoon over her's and Diamond Tiara's attitudes while beating her up.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The last chapter takes place years later when the Crusaders are teenagers, and we learn the fates of major players in the story.

** Miss Cheerilee was a horrible bully in high school, something [[IHatePastMe she regrets with all her being]].