Blueblood the spiteful

"Absolutely wonderful!"

Rarity stuck another pin into the suit that Blueblood was wearing. He sighed as Rarity levitated his suit off. Rarity had promised him a surprise at the end of the day, so he wasn't very keen on doing his work.

"Stay still, Blueblood. I still have 47 more suits, hats and coats to try out." Rarity ordered as she moved his hoof up to insert some cufflinks to the new suit that Blueblood wore.

What is the surprise? Blueblood thought and wondered as Rarity suited him. Is it bad? Is it good? Is it physical? Am I going to have more damage to my beautiful mane? Is it... *Gulp* ... Rainbow Dash? Or is it... Blueblood's mind was filled with one pegasus, framed in a heart as she recited a poem.

Roses are red,

Violets are blue.

Sugar is sweet,

And so are you.

Fluttershy?

"Ow!" A sharp prick to the flank brought Blueblood back to reality. He turned to look at Rarity. "Watch it!"

"Closer... closer..."

Blueblood blindly stumbled along as Rarity's magic aura guided him. He smiled a bit after Rarity promising him that Fluttershy would be there, so he couldn't wai-

OOF!

Blueblood fell face first into the ground as he tripped over a rock. He heard a gasp as Rarity trotted over to him.

"Oh darling, are you all right?"

"Grrrmmmmppppphhhh." Was his only reply.

"Well... Okay then. Shall we go?"

"Grrrmmmmppppphhhh."

"Oh dear..."

Rarity used her aura to pull Blueblood up, an ugly black bruise beginning to form on his snout. He pushed his blindfold up higher, making it comfortable for him.

"And... here we are darling! Take off that ridiculous piece of cloth!"

Before he could object or move, Rarity's magic ripped the cloth out from his face, revealing a stunning view of the lake. The other five ponies were sitting on the floor, with a bucket resting next to Rainbow Dash.

"Hi Blueblood." Rainbow cringed at the sight of him, but continued speaking. "Yeah... I'm sorry about the Sonic Rainboom incident. I've only practiced on Rarity's mannequins, and they turn out perfectly fine. Well..." Rainbow shrugged. "Daring Do can't do a Sonic Rainboom anyways..."

Blueblood huffed, but accepted the apology. His eyes turned towards the bucket resting next to Rainbow Dash, lifting it with his magic. "What's that for?"

"Oh dear!" Fluttershy spoke up, Blueblood's aura turning pink. "What happened to you?"

Blueblood quickly set the bucket down as Fluttershy rushed up to him. He blushed, but Fluttershy was too focused on his bruise to notice. "It's fine. Don't worry about it." He said, putting on a brave front for Fluttershy.

"Oh, that's good." Fluttershy smiled. "And to answer your question, that's for the ALS charity. It's called the Ice Bucket Challenge. A pony will have a bucket of iced water poured over their heads, briefly allowing the said pony to feel what it's like to have ALS."

"After doing the ice bucket challenge, that pony can nominate three more ponies to do the ice bucket challenge. If you don't do it, you have to pay 100 bits to the charity."

Blueblood asked: "What's ALS?"

"Well, ALS is a syndrome that severed all of the nerves in your body, leaving you paralysed. Your mind is clear, it's just that you're trapped in an immobile body. I've..." Fluttershy shuddered, and Blueblood instinctively placed a hoof around her back. "I've seen it happen to my animals... and they..."

At this point Fluttershy broke down into tears as she sobbed into Blueblood's coat, remembering the animals that passed away because of that horrible disease.

"Hey."

Fluttershy looked up into Blueblood's eyes as he said three simple words:

"I'll do it."

(hehehe, yeah you thought it was 'I Love You' Right? Well, you thought wrong!)

Blueblood sat down next to the lake as Rainbow Dash scooped up the red bucket.

"Three!"

Blueblood shut his eyes.

"Two!"

Blueblood clenched his teeth.

"One!"

He braced himself.

A sudden feel of numbness and coldness encased him as his eyes shot opened. He did not expect this. He quickly jumped up, hopping from one hoof to another, shrieking "COLD COLD COLD!"

After about five minutes, he calmed down. "Yer alright there, sugar cube?" Applejack asked.

"Grrrmmmmppppphhhh."

Soon he sat up. "Now I can see why those ponies need the money." He muttered, before turning to Twilight.

"I can nominate three other ponies right?"

"Er... yes, you can do that."

"ALIGHT THEN! I will Nominate..."

"RAINBOW DASH!"

"TWILIGHT SPARKLE!"

"RARITY!"