Snowcone always felt so good around Veuve, like she was on top of the world.

Vee would teach her phrases from her mother’s culture, letting out the most beautiful laugh Snow had ever heard whenever she begged to be taught the curse words.

Snow in return would tease her when she was being melodramatic and make jokes about her “inner darkness” that could only be filled with black hair dye.

Ponies often teased Vee about the way she dressed and acted but when Snow did it…it was different, almost hilarious. If there was anything Snowcone knew how to do, it was make somepony keel over with laughter!

Today was business as usual as they cut through the grass behind the school.

“So, how’s your day been acid bath princess of the darkness?”

“Not bad. How about you, oh crazy one? How many ponies have you bitten today?”

Vee smirked, nudging her good-naturedly.

This remark would have been insulting from anypony else, but from it Vee it made her blush.

“Hey! I…well..you…”

She stumbled over her words like a fool, attempting to string together a joke about vampire bats. Before she could though, some colt walked their way.

Snow hadn’t seen him before but she could tell that his presence was making Veuve uncomfortable.

“What’s wrong?”

“He’s this guy from one of my classes, he won’t leave me alone.”

Veuve uttered before he came into earshot.

“Don’t worry, I can handle him.”

The colt sneered at her.

“Hey you!”

This idiot knew he couldn’t get on Vee for anything else so he found some way to nitpick every time he saw her, it was annoying, harmless but annoying.

“Did you get a bucket dropped on you? With those fancy-pancy alicorn genes you look like you got tarred and feathered!”

Snowcone didn’t even have time to see how Vee felt about it, she was seeing red. She got that usual feeling in her stomach of red hot anger, and when the nausea hit there was no turning back.

“What the fuck did you say to her?”

“I…”

She nipped any chance he had in the bud as she reared up on her hind legs, her back hooves digging into the ground so hard she could only be filling up with immeasurable force.

“Apologize to her <span class="caps">NOW</span> before I buck you into the grass so hard you’ll be picking ants out of your brain!”

The colt did not slink back right away, instead standing firm and scowling at Snowcone.

“Who the hell are you? If she’s got something to say she oughta say it yourself! Not hide behind you like a pussy!”

Clearly, this was the wrong move.

Snow honestly didn’t expect him to stand his ground, this and the vision of her Vee cowering in the background threw her off a little bit.

“I’m her…her best friend! If you have something to say you can talk to somepony who cares, get a life jerk!”

Although she was no longer threatening physical violence she was getting up close and personal, practically barking her words at him. She sounded like he had called Vee an awful name or threatened her, her voice booming out like it came from a storm at the bottom of her stomach.

Despite cowering in fear, Vee spoke up.

“Snowy, that’s enough! I think he gets it! Calm down, please!”

Before Snowcone could continue, the colt blew a raspberry at her and swiveled around towards the school.

“Mrs. Bookworm will be hearing about this, asshole!”

Snowcone stood in place and didn’t say another word until he was completely out of sight. When she turned back to Vee she looked almost to be sweating, her blood rushing to her face and making her cheeks deep purple.

“I can’t believe he’d even <span class="caps">THINK</span> of talking to you like that! I-”

Snow’s own expression began to change as she noticed that Vee still looked…nervous.

“What’s wrong?”

“You went way too far.”

Veuve’s face twisted into an angry frown instead of the smile that Snowy adored.

“You didn’t need to do that! I could have handled it on my own. And now we’re going to get in trouble. You embarrassed me, Snowcone.”

Snowcone felt horrible, she stood up for her and this is what she got?!

As it usually did, her anger and frustration turned to the tears that soon began to flow down her cheeks.

“Fine! I didn’t need you anyways! You can handle everything on your own from now on!”

She turned on her heels and sprinted away, not wanting to confront how awful she felt. She knew she took it too far, but to be told she was an embarrassment, it stung so deeply she couldn’t even think about it.

That was a problem for future Snowcone Syrup to handle.