Chapters "AUNT TIA!"
The throne room's door was thrown wide open by a blue aura as Blueblood rushed into the area. Celestia looked up from her documents as Blueblood skid to a stop.
"Blueblood, what is the meaning of this? I have informed you of a very important meeting amongst the princesses, and cannot afford disturbances." Luna spoke as she waved a hoof around the room, indicating that Cadence and Twilight were present.
He managed to glare at Luna before turning to Celestia. "Aunt Tia! Surely you must be joking!" He panted, for once forgetting to comb his mane properly. It now had strands of mane sticking out in every direction. He stomped his hooves like a foal throwing a tantrum. "How could you?"
"Calm down, Blueblood. Surely we can know what is happening-" Twilight began.
"YOU!" Blueblood pointed an accusing hoof towards Twilight, who recoiled in shock. "How can you? A mere PEASANT? To be worthy of becoming ROYALTY?" A lock of his golden mane fell onto his face as his gaze was turned towards Celestia.
"Blueblood. Stop this foolish behaviour. She has proven to be worthy of being a princess."
"But Auntie!!!!" He whined. "Even so, I should be the one becoming an Alicorn. I'm from the royal family. You're my AUNT, for Celestia's sake! I should become a 'Prince of Nobles' instead of some measly, filthy peasant to take my place!"
"ENOUGH!" Luna walked of her throne. "THIS IS NOT THY PROBLEM. WE ARE ASHAMED OF YOUR FOALISH BEHAVIOR TOWARDS OUR SISTER'S PERSONAL STUDENT, ARROGANT NEPHEW! WE CANNOT SIT BY AND WATCH YOU RAMBLE ON, WHEN YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE TRUE MEANING OF HARMONY, BALANCE, KINDNESS AND FAIRNESS !!!"
"BE SILENT, NIGHTMARE MOON! YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER ME! MY AUTHORITY IS ABOVE YOU, FOR I AM A PRINCE! A VILLAIN LIKE YOU SHOULD NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED IN THE MAID'S ROOM!"
All was silent when Luna walked up and punched him in the nose, causing him to bleed.
"Hm..."
What is it, Moon?"
"I do not know, but it appears to be a major problem down in the Equestrian world." Moon said. "I can feel the Emotions of her running through me..."
"Don't worry. I am sure that our wielders will sort this out."
"Thank you, Sun."
"Yeah. I hope that my wielder can give her some cookies to calm her down. You know she's crazy about them..."
Earlier that day...
Blueblood was snoozing on his king sized bed when his servant, Dancing Sunrise, came in to serve him Breakfast.
"Your highness."
"Hmph" He groaned as he lazily dragged himself out of bed to eat. Dancing Sunrise placed a tray on the cool jade table.
"A glass of orange juice, a bowl of sweet celery and carnations from Manehatten and a plate of hay daisy sandwiches, just the way you like it. Your Highness."
"Call me your Mightiness, peasant." He took a sip of the orange juice, and almost immediately spat it out. "WHAT IS THIS? The orange juice obviously has some sort of germ in it, it taste's terrible! The bread on the hay daisy sandwich is floppy and unused! And worst of all..." He bent down to look at his celery.
"THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE THING! How dare you try to feed a royalty PHEASANT FOOD?"
"But your mightiness-"
"No Buts! This is terrible!" Blueblood looked at her as if she was something scraped off the side of the road. "You're Fired!!!"
"But your mightiness! I need this job to support my family!" Dancing Sunrise spoke as tears began to form.
"Na- Oh, go and cry somewhere else, commoner. You're ruining my carpet." He turned from the crushed mare, before she ran out and closed the door.
Dancing Sunrise ran past a pair of guards, before she bumped into somepony.
"Oh I'm so sorry I didn't me-" She glanced up and gasped. "Princess Twilight Sparkle!" She squeaked between sobs and bowed before her. Twilight stood in shock for a moment before reaching down to grab her shoulders.
"Please, don't bow. Call me Twilight."
"Yes, Pri- I mean, Twilight. *sniff*."
Twilight frowned. "You OK? Why're you crying?"
With that, memories of the morning came flooding back to Dancing Sunrise, and she broke down into tears again.
"You see... My husband and I divorced, so I'm a *sniff* - a single mom with a foal. She lives in ponyville, and I asked my Sister to take care of her. *Sob* But... but Blueblood happened. I was fired. For bringing the wrong breakfast!! Please help me Princess. I can't take this anymore! I need the Bits to pay for my Foal!" She wailed as she threw herself into Twilight's hooves.
Meanwhile...
"Stupid maid, got my precious carpet filthy..." Blueblood daintily walked over a tear stain and opened the door, only for another maid, Crimson Mind, to give him a stack of paper.
"Your morning paper, * Blueblood*." She said before Blueblood gasped.
"You... you peasants are not fit to speak my name like a filthy thing, which you are!!" He hollered in her face. "You're Fired!"
"Oh I think you did enough firing for today." Crimson Mind snapped. "I also work under Princess Celestia, so you have no authority of firing me. Deal with it, * Blueblood.*" With that she slammed the door in his face, as he gripped his morning papers, trembling with rage.
"Stupid mare..." He cursed as he used his magic to unroll the Free Foal Express.
HEADLINES OF THE DAY
Twilight Sparkle, a gifted unicorn from the School of Gifted Unicorns and an element bearer from the Elements of Harmony, has proven once again she is worthy of attention by COMPLETING one of Starswirl the Bearded's spells! By truly believing in the power of friendship, she has been promoted to Princess by Princess Celestia herself! The new Princess of Friendship will live in Ponyvi-
Blueblood dropped the morning papers, and sprinted towards the throne room.
Now back to where we were, Luna punched Blueblood because of the insults he thrown towards her.
"Cousin, how could you?" Cadence shook her head. "This is unacceptable! Aunt Luna has more autho-"
"OH YEAH?" Blueblood's eyes were now bloodshot. "She is no 'Aunt' to you OR me! She does not deserve that place! I only maintained this 'good behaviour' around mere peasants because you were SINGLE! That no good Shining Armour stole my rightful place as your lover! That no good PEASANT brother of yours!" He now pointed his horn towards Twilight, and charged up a spell. The spell was fired towards her, but it fizzled out before it could reach her.
Blueblood tried to cast another when somepony walked into the room.
"Twilight, I brought you a glass of-" Dancing Sunrise froze at the scene layer out before her.
Blueblood was standing in the middle of the throne room, with Luna off her throne, ready to pounce onto him. Celestia was stiff in her posture while Cadence began to charge up her spell. On top of it all, Twilight had her wings spread out to make her look more intimidating while she was standing on her throne.
'You..." Dancing Sunrise growled before Blueblood whipped his head around.
"YOU! But... you were fired!"
"No longer, Blueblood. Twilight here got me a new job, a better one." She snarked at him while walking right in front of him.
"That is enough." All eyes now turned towards Celestia. "Blueblood, you are no longer worthy to call me your Auntie. Your behaviour has let me see through your disguise. You will have no maid OR butler to serve you for the next year, and your room will be moved next to the guard's training arena."
Blueblood gaped in horror as Celestia continued.
"You insulted a princess, mocked my sister..." She turned towards Luna, who was on the verge of tears. "And attempted to assault a princess. You are now in deep trouble, Blueblood."
"But Auntie-"
"NO!" Twilight stood up. "You have no right to call Princess Celestia your Auntie, when she is clearly not! You are in for a looong punishment! Guards!"
With that a pair of Royal Guards came in and began to drag Blueblood away.
"No! Stop! Unhand me, you ruffians!"
"Sir, you are not allowed to order us. Princess Twilight has more authority over us." He said, a barely visible smirk on his face.
"No! I do have more authority than a filthy commoner! Stop! Unhoof me!" Blueblood wailed and pled as the guards dragged him out of the door.
...
"Well." Twilight huffed. "Does this happen often?"
"You have no idea." Celestia, Luna and Dancing Sunrise spoke up at the same time. A moment of silence passed before everypony in the room burst out into giggles.
"Get up, PUNK!"
Blueblood barely conveyed the message before he was dragged out of bed my his mane.
"Argh! Ow! OWOWOWOW!! Stop it!"
"Shut it, brat." The offender dropped him, and Blueblood took the chance of looking around. They were in the middle of a grassy field, where a tough-looking pony was standing. The pony had a grey coat and a silver mane, with a whistle for a Cutie Mark. He walked up to Blueblood
"As a civilian you might have been a princess. A prissy princess. Here, you're a subject to the chain of command. And this is the chain of command: There's captain above the whole unit, under the captain there are three lieutenants, then drill sergeants like me, then below me are the rats, below the rats are spiders, below the spiders are flies, and below the flies are you, maggots! If a fly tells you to buzz, you buzz! And if a rat poops on your breakfast you salute and offer to fetch toilet paper! And that's a Sir Rat for you, maggots!"
Blueblood could only look at him before he continued.
"Now, DROP AND GIVE ME FIFTY!"
"No way." Blueblood spat. "Royalties do not exercise. It is beneath us to have a peasant like you ordering us-"
He would have said more, but he was cut off by a hoof to the muzzle.
"I have Celestia's command and personal order. First day of YOUR labor, mutt. NOW DROP AND GIVE ME SIXTY!"
"Y-Y-Yes sir!" Blueblood shakily began to push himself, only to fail miserably. He was lifted up by the Drill Sergeant... again.
"Since you can't do a simple pushup, run 70 laps. GO GO GO!" Drill Sergeant hollered in his face before Blueblood ran without a word.
The whole day, Blueblood was tortured by Drill Sergeant. Ponies from Canterlot came to watch him through the Castle gates.
"Heh, he gets what he deserves."
"That brute."
"Mommy, is that the pony that took away your Bits?"
Blueblood couldn't stand it anymore. He trotted towards the Drill Sergeant.
"Eh, e-excuse me, Sergeant. -"
"Thats Mr. Sergeant to you, Maggot! Why aren't you running? Don't disobey the ones that outrank you!"
Blueblood took the hint, and began to run more laps.
"Mr. Sergeant, *huff* Sir? *pant* I was wondering - *huff* - if you could shoo away *pant* all of those commoners? *huff*"
Drill Sergeant ran up to him, never breaking a sweat the whole time. "If you want me to shoo away the commoners, you gotta move up to beyond the flies, maggot! These 'commoners' are ten times the worth of you, you spoiled, filthy mutt. You're not even fit to walk on cow dung, how are you fit to order? Now give me TEN MORE LAPS, PUNK!!!"
So this went on for the whole day. Pushups, Pull ups, Obstacle course and more. At the end of the day he collapsed.
"Maggot." He turned to see Drill Sergeant.
"You're one step to becoming a better pony, trust me."
Blueblood was woken up because of the cold. He looked around the room for his blanket, and found it in a ball at the corner of the room.
How did it get there? He wondered before walking over and attempting to pick it up. Just before he reached it, it rolled out of his line of vision.
"Huh?" He reached out again, only for it to roll away... again.
This went on for a while, and it turned into a chase. Finally Blueblood charged at the blanket, hollering at the top of his voice.
"YAAAAARGHH!!"
... only for it to roll away, causing his horn to be stuck in the dusty bookshelf.
"My, my. Not a bright one, are you?"
The book in front of him grew a pair of mischievous yellow eyes. as he struggled to pull himself out. "Let me help you with that."
A loud 'POP' was heard before Blueblood fell onto his rump. His head feels... empty.
"*GASP* My HORN!" He exclaimed before he realised that the only pony... or rather, draconian... that could do this was-
"DISCORD!!!"
"Oh, you're finally awake." Discord appeared on the dusty bed.
"What did you do to my horn?" Blueblood screamed. "My beautiful horn!"
"Oh, nothing. This will last for a day." He then appeared next to him in a cowboy costume. "But you'll need to work for it."
"Wha-"
POP!
The Day Before...
Discord was summoned to Celestia's room.
"Discord. Please stop this." She placed her hoof on her chair and pushed it down onto the floor.
'Hm? Oh alright..." With a flick of his hand everything that was floating or crawling or spitting out leaves was returned to its original form and place. "Killjoy."
"My nephew... Blueblood. He needs a chore. Could you-"
"Oh, I know where this is going, Tia" He sang, doing a loop-de-loop and making a pencil go alive. "You want me to give him a good ol' chore, eh?"
"To Sweet Apple Acres!!!"
Discord then took a lasso from his horn, step through the circle in the middle, and disappeared along with the lasso itself.
Unknown to him, Celestia blushed and levitated the dancing pencil into a small doll's house.
"Oh, you..."
"-t do you mean?" Blueblood finished his sentence before he realised that he was no longer in the castle.
"Howdy partner!" An unfamiliar voice called out to him. He turned to see two ponies staring at him, a mare and a stallion.
"Now, mah name's Applejack, and mah brother Big Macintosh here will supervise ya and make sure that ya'll won't hurt yerself." The orange mare spoke enthusiastically. Her brother nodded.
"Eeyup."
Blueblood huffed, knowing where this is getting at. "So... you have Celestia's permission to work on your farm and blah... lets just get this over with."
"Alright, follow me." Applejack said before leading the two stallions to a stable nearby.
"Now, here's where tha Apples keep the animals like cows and pigs. We come here every day ta clean it, refill tha food and so on. Yer job is ta finish tha chore list pinned to that wall." She pointed to a small paper stuck to a wall with a pin on the far side of the barn. "Yer got that?"
Blueblood walked up to the list.
"Eh, Discord never told me that yer an Earth pony. First Earth pony royalty ah've seen 'round these places."
Blueblood scowled. "My HORN," he growled, "was TAKEN by a godly WANNABE!"
"O-kay then. Do yer chores, and by the time yall're done Celestia's sun will be takin' a nap!" With that happy note, Applejack walked away.
"Alright then, lets see..."
Chores for the day:
- Feed the pigs
- Milk the cows
- Feed the cows
- Shear the sheep
- Bathe the Pigs
- Let sheep out for grazing
- Put new bedding for Sheep, Pigs and Cows
Ugh, more chores...
And so Blueblood began.
Big Macintosh had to help him out on most occasions, and when he gets prissy, Big Mac gave off a very hostile atmosphere.
Like at the 'Shear the Sheep' Chore.
"No Way!" Blueblood protested. "I'm not shearing sheep! Can't their wool just... I don't know, fall off?"
Big mac walked up to him, and swung a massive hoof around his neck. He leaned in close and spat out the weed in his mouth.
"We won't wanna disappoint Celestia, would we?" He spoke in a dangerously calm voice.
Blueblood may be stupid, but he wasn't that stupid.
"Erm, yes, that's right. Won't want to disappoint her..."
Soon only one chore was left:
Chores for the day:
- Feed the pigs
- Milk the cows
- Feed the cows
- Shear the sheep
- Bathe the Pigs
- Let sheep out for grazing
- Put new bedding for Sheep, Pigs and Cows
Blueblood looked at the list and groaned.
A loud bang startled Blueblood from his sleep. His head pounds as he desperately grasps at his consciousness. He remembered bathing the pigs... falling into the mud puddle and having the pigs to stomp all over him. Then... He passed out. He concluded that Discord sent him back, being the only one who could teleport him to his room so soon without waking him up.
A muffled shout snapped him out of his thoughts. He listened closely...
"The... has been... doubled..."
What does that mean? He managed to wonder before his door flew open. Luna herself stood in the doorway.
"BLUEBLOOD! THE AMUSEMENT HAS BEEN DOUBLED! HUZZAH!"
"Gah!" Blueblood placed both hooves on his head, only for his horn to poke it.
"Ow! Huh..." He felt his horn, silently thanked Discord for returning his horn, knowing that he could have kept it.
He was snapped back into reality when Luna flung a suit at him.
"Put this on, then meet me outside." She said before closing the door.
Luna paced the halls, waiting for Blueblood to come out. Soon, the door creaked open, but nopony stepped out. Luna soon got impatient.
"Well? Come out!"
Blueblood stepped out, and the two guards at his door burst into laughter. Luna placed a hoof on her mouth to attempt to stop the giggling, but she failed, and joined the laughter.
"Pph... PHUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Blueblood was wearing a banana suit.
You can imagine.
"Stop laughing!!!"
One of the guards took out a banana from his saddlebag and smashed it on Blueblood's head.
"OW! What the hay was that for?"
Luna managed to suppress her giggle long enough to answer. "I gave the guards saddlebags full of banana's. If you try to order anypony around, even the maids, you will be bashed on the head."
While Blueblood was putting on the Banana suit...
"Guards."
"Yes, your Highness." The guards stood to full attention, saluting the Princess.
"I need you to wear this." Two midnight blue saddlebags were levitated out, each bearing Luna's cutiemark. "These are filled with banana's, and I want you to smash Blueblood on the head when he behaves snobbish. Got it?"
"Yes, your Highness." The guards bowed and placed the saddlebags on their backs.
"Remember, smash the banana's." Luna then began to pace the halls.
That ought to teach him to respect the Princess of the Night...
"My punishment is simple." Luna giggled. "As long as you behave like a good pony, you'll be fine."
"And no washing your mane."
Blueblood died on the inside.
He walked around, constantly reminded of his banana suit from all of the sniffled giggles he heard. Walking down the hallway was torture. Soon, a pony couldn't take it anymore.
"HAHAHAHAHA! You look ridicules! Hahaha!" One of the cooks laughed as Blueblood walked by. Immediately, his prissy prince attitude kicked in.
"Shut it, commoner! Do not laugh at you prince, or else I can make your life very miserableeEEAAAAOOOWW!!!"
The other guard levitated out a banana, and bashed it on his flank. This only made the cook laugh harder.
What he didn't know was that Luna planted hidden camera's over the kitchen.
And the garden.
And the castle.
Meanwhile...
"Buahahahaha!" Luna laughed as she pressed the buttons on her controller harder. "Die, silverfish! Now I will finally go through the Ender Portal... INTO THE END!!!!!"
Somepony knocked on the door, but Luna was too engrossed to care.
"Sister, I brought you some cookies!" Celestia had a spring to her step as she walked towards Luna. Luna growled, not wanting to be disturbed. Celestia was oblivious to that fact, and placed the cookies in front of her.
"Luna... LUNA!" Celesta poked Luna with her hoof.
Instead of Luna, Nightmare Moon turned around, with saliva dripping through her fangs.
"AAAAAARRGGH!!!!"
After Celestia ran out of her room, Luna took of her helmet and fake fangs.
"Works every time... "
"OW! Stop!"
"Cut it!"
The castle was filled with the sound of bashing banana's, and Blueblood's screams of pain. Soon, the sun set and the moon raised, and the guards escorted (forced) Blueblood back to his room.
"Owowowowowow..."
The guards closed the door, and took out the remaining banana's.
"I'm hungry."
Labor: Day 4 (Pinkie Pie)
"From now on, you will be temporarily living in ponyville." Celestia spoke as the carriage pulled to a halt.
Blueblood winced as ponies from around stared. Many ponies bowed at the Princess as she led him to Twilight's library. The door was opened from the inside, revealing Twilight.
"Hi Princess Celestia!" Twilight smiled as she held the door open for her mentor. Blueblood followed closely behind.
"Oh. It's you." Twilight glared at Blueblood before closing the door.
"Please, Princess. Have a seat." Twilight waved at the chairs resting on the floor nearby.
As Blueblood and Princess Celestia sat, he began to take in his surroundings. The big horse-head statue in the middle of the room to the flight of wooden stairs that spirals upwards. The most obvious, however, is the mountain of books that cluster on the walls of the Library.
"Wait, Sparkle lives in a library?" Blueblood questioned himself.
"SPIKE!" Twilight's voice boomed in the library. A very familiar purple-green creature stumbled down the stairs, holding his ears.
"Geez, shout a little louder. I don't think they can hear you in Manehattan." He complained. Blueblood's eyes shot open wide.
"You!" He shrieked, pointing a hoof at Spike.
Spike looked at the offender, and his eyes narrowed.
"You." Spike said. "How dare you come here? With how you treated Rarity?"
"Me?" Blueblood protested. "That brute was unworthy of a prince. You KICKED me in-between the HOOVES! A stallion's dignity!"
"Erm..." Twilight looked between them. "Do you know each other?"
"YES!" Both of them hollered, trying to kill each other with glares.
"Ok, ok..." Twilight quietly spoke as Celestia smiled.
"Blueblood, please go to Sugar Cube Corner. Pinkie Pie will be waiting for you." Celestia turned to Spike. "Spike, I want you to lead him there."
"Ok, Princess! You can count on me!" Spike cheered. NOT LIKE THE BLUEBLOOD BRUTE! His brain added. Spike soon led Blueblood down to Sugar Cube Corner, and the door made a merry jingling sound as it opened. They were greeted by a blue earth pony with a bright pink mane.
"Welcome to Sugar Cube Corner, where everything is- oh, hello there, Spike!"
Spike waved back. "Hello, Ms. Cake. This is the helper that I was talking about." He jabbed his thumb in the direction of Blueblood.
"Really?" Ms. Cake brought out a gem-covered cupcake. "Thanks, Spike. I knew I could count on you."
Spike's eyes opened wide as he took it in his shaky claws. "Wow... thank's, Ms. Cake. You're too kind."
Blueblood coughed. "Erm, hello? I need to help out in a place that I hate?" He grunted.
"Oh, sorry dear. I'll show you your boss for the day, as Twilight called it." She led him upstairs and knocked on a pink door with 3 balloons.
"Pinkie? Are you in there-" The door flew open, and a pink blur stopped in front of Blueblood, revealing Pinkie Pie smiling and bouncing.
"Are you the new pony? You've gotta be the new pony because I got a twitchy tail and jelly hooves which means that there is a new pony that will live here but not long so we need to throw you a Welcome Party! And since you're gonna work for me for today I need to introduce myself! I'm Pinkie Pie and I LOOOVE to throw PARTIES and you're gonna help me throw parties and bake cupcakes and cookies but I don't even know your name what's your name?"
Blueblood blinked. "What?"
"I saaaid, what's your name?" Pinkie Pie repeated.
"Uh... Blueblood?"
"Great!" Pinkie dragged him down the stairs and into the kitchen. "We're gonna have a great time!"
Blueblood groaned.
" - but I said that I like Cherry Chunga more than Chimi Cherry, so Chimi Cherry chunga was my new invention, which is the mix of Cherry Chunga and Chimi Cherry, but then I thought of making Chimi Cherry chunga Chimi Chunga instead! So then I made - "
Blueblood was going crazy by the second.
" - with some salt and butter, that will make the perfect Chimi Cherry Chinese Chewy Chunga EVER! So then that Chinese pony bought the Chimi Cherry Chinese Chewy Chunga for lots of bits, and he also got the Chimi Cherry chunga and the Chimi Cherry and the Cherry Chunga and -"
Blueblood chanted to himself. Just stir the cookie batter, and find a happy place. Just stir the cookie batter...
" - then I busted all of my bits on that fair in Canterlot when Twilight brought us there, so then instead I got a toy manticore, and the guy saw me and recognised me as the inventor of Chimi Cherry Chinese Chewy Changing Chunga! And so I go the manticore free -"
Blueblood's left eye twitched.
"Princess, are you sure you want to do this?" Twilight worried.
"Oh sure... besides, I'm not the princess. I'm Sunny Skies." 'Sunny Skies' winked, and took a plate in her mouth. "and I will be your friend from Bailmare, living here until my... 'home' has finished renovation."
"If you're sure-"
"Twilight. " Celestia-now-turned-into-Sunny Skies reassured her. "Have you ever seen me fail? I'll be fine."
"AAAAHHHH!!"
"What's wrong?" Ms. Cake ran into the room, seeing Pinkie worriedly waving a hoof in front of Blueblood's face, who was lying on the floor in a foetal position. He seemed to be murmuring Chimi Cherry Chunga Chinese Chewy Change Cherry...
"Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie turned to face Ms. Cake.
"Have you been telling him your 'Chunga Cherry' story?"
"Oh..." Pinkie smiled guiltily. "Whoopsy."
Labor: Day 5 (Rainbow Dash)
"Aw, yeah!"
Rainbow Dash cheered as she flew down from a cloud nearby. Blueblood rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, I'm supposed to do stuff for you. Let's get this over with."
"YES!" Rainbow turned to Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. "You guys cheer for every move I complete, alright?"
"YEAH!!! Go Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie cheered with lot's of enthusiasm and noise. Rainbow nodded with approval.
"Awesome cheer, Pinkie." Rainbow Dash turned to Fluttershy. "You're turn!"
Fluttershy nodded, and took in a deep breath in.
"YAY!"
"O-kay..." Rainbow nervously rubbed the back of her head with her hoof. "Yeah... that was Ok, just do like that." Fluttershy beamed with joy.
"Alright, this is what we're gonna do." Rainbow flew into the air. "I'm gonna be performing Daring Do and the Temple of Horror for the Movie Theatre, and they'e gonna sell the ticket, and the money will go to the Orphanage as charity work. There are a lot of stunts I need to practise, and you," She pointed at Blueblood, "will be my test dummy for every stunt, from Daring Do saving Leaf Green to Escaping the predators of the untamed jungle."
"Let the practice begin!"
"A little more to the left... more... Perfect!" Rainbow Dash ordered Blueblood to stand directly under a black thundercloud, which rumbled as thunder fought it's way out. Blueblood gulped.
"Er... Rainbow Dash, you sure that this is a good idea?"
"Oh trust me!" Rainbow smiled. "This is totally safe!"
Blueblood nodded, and layer down. Rainbow dash then flew up high into the air.
"The Thunder Cloud is timed to strike! Pinkie? START THE TIMER!"
"Okie Dokie Lokie!" Pinkie pulled out a big red button (Where did that come from?) and pushed it. "GO RAINBOW DASH!!"
"I, Daring Do, Will save you, Leaf Green!" Rainbow swooped down at a super sonic speed while the timer beside Blueblood (Where are all these things coming from?) ticked by.
3...
Please Catch me, Please catch me...
2...
Don't let me be fried!!!
1...
Oh My Celestia, I'm gonna be dead!
Rainbow Dash swooped down and caught Blueblood just before the thunder zapped Rainbow's tail, catching it on fire. She dropped Blueblood and flew a short distance before crashing into the ground, smoke flying everywhere.
"YEAH! GO DASHIE!!" Pinkie yelled and raced towards the crash site.
"ARE YOU NUTS? She might be seriously injured!" Blueblood managed to scream before Rainbow Dash flew out from the smoke, perfectly fine.
"See? I'm fine. After crashing, Daring Do will pass out, and Leaf Green will take her to a nearby refugee, and Ahuiztol will capture her in the dead of the night!" Rainbow flew a loop-de-loop. "Pretty convincing, eh?"
Blueblood merely grunted.
"Alright! Now, you're gonna be Ahuiztol, and I'm gonna do a Sonic Rainboom on you!"
"Rainbow!"
Twilight and the others rushed to Rainbow Dash's side. Spike looked around.
"Er, Nurse Redheart? Can you turn down the Air-corn?" Spike shivered.
"Oh, sure Spike." Nurse Redheart turned, and pressed a button on the wall.
"Nurse? Is Blueblood Ok?" Fluttershy quietly asked her as the nurse took a clipboard.
"Well, Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom shattered three ribs, a hip bone and his lower left hoof. Nothing too bad." She then turned to Rainbow Dash. "Next time? Don't do the Sonic Rainboom directly over a pony."
"Er, sorry."
Twilight and the others walked into room 162, where Blueblood laid on the bed. His left hind hoof was suspended in the air with bandages over it, and a cast from his neck down to his hip. Blueblood looked at Rainbow Dash.
"Oh, It's you." He winced. "This is what I get for trying to become a practice dummy."
Rainbow Dash nervously rubbed the back of her head with her hoof again. "Sorry. The Sonic Rainboom was optional, and I needed to make sure that it was safe before I could use it." She shrugged. "Guess I'll tell the director that it's dangerous."
"It's dangerous." Blueblood growled. "We've noticed."
Twilight stepped forward and lowered her horn, and her magic began to seep into Blueblood. He could feel it worming it's way into his chest, finding all of the wounds, as the magic pulls it together and mends it. When Twilight was finished, Blueblood's eyes were watering from the pain.
"Thank you" He squeaked.
"Ok, that's the best I could do." Twilight looked as if she stayed up all night. "The magic will take it's toll on me, because with great power comes great need to take a nap... gonna go to the library."
And with a POP, she vanished. Nurse Redheard turned to the remaining five visitors.
"I'm going to run a few more tests to find out what Princess Twilight did to Blueblood."
A few hours later, Nurse Redheart came back with the results.
"Blueblood's bones were mended by magic, but because the magic was raw and unpracticed, they are still weak. I say that he stays away from labor, and rests. Also, he needs to go on drip overnight because of the nutrients lost while repairing the bones."
Th mares in the room, including Rainbow Dash, nodded and walked away
"Thank's Nurse Redheart."
"Thank you, dearie."
"Mighty thanks, partner."
"Thank you..."
"Thanks, Ready!"
Nurse Redheart stopped. "Did you call me Ready?"
"Yep! Because your cutie mark is red! Like and Apple! Or a Red Balloon!" Pinkie smiled and said as she bounced out of the door.
"Pinkie Pie, you are so random."
Labor: Day 6 (Fluttershy)
"Fluttershy."
The response to his statement was a series of inaudible squeaks. Blueblood sighed.
That morning he was checked out of the hospital with Spike escorting (dragging... "Ow, OWOWOW! MY MANE! Stop it!) him to Fluttershy's house. She opened the door and let him in, giving Spike a very nice pat on the head.
Blueblood looked around as he sat on the comfortable couch. A flight of wooden stairs on his right led straight up to the second floor, with an entrance nearby leading to the kitchen. The green, wooden floor had a red rectangular carpet nesting in the middle giving it a comfy look. Blueblood turned towards Fluttershy.
"So... What?"
Fluttershy's expression was unreadable because it was hidden behind her long, pink mane. She shift her mane, revealing her turquoise eyes. She mumbled something.
"Er... speak up, I can't hear you."
"Can you feed the animals...?"
"I'm sorry, you're just too soft; I can't hear you."
"Can you..." Fluttershy gulped. "Can you feed the animals?"
Blueblood blinked.
"That's it? No painstaking tasks that will cause me permanent damage for the rest of my life or drive me insane?"
She nodded.
"Well, that's easy. Just get some seeds and stuff for all of the animals and then I'm don-"
"Oh No." Fluttershy cut him off, drawing his attention.
"What now?" Blueblood asked, lifting his eyebrow.
"The birds need all of the seeds down at the bottom, and must be fed with 3 cups of pepper and cranberries. Mr. mice's family should be fed goat's milk cheese because I think that their children are lactose intolerant. Bruce the Bear needs his supply of fish that needs to be seasoned with salt and herbs, and plenty of honey. No pepper because it will make him sneeze, and he already has an allergy."
"The butterflies must be guided to the poppy fields down west for their nectar, and Pipsqueak the squirrel must Not eat bread because he's allergic to gluten, and Mr. Beaver needs you to bring his food because he broke his leg last week trying to make a dam."
Fluttershy took in a deep breath.
Blueblood stared.
"I mean... If thats Okay with you... anything is fine..." Fluttershy turned her head so that her mane hid her face again.
Oh boy... Blueblood thought.
"Er... Bruce!" Blueblood nervously called out, with Fluttershy standing behind him. Surrounded by his aura (A bit rusty... but can still be managed... ) was a plate of fish, that smelled absolutely horrible. Blueblood wanted to puke.
Soon, a huge figure lumbered out of the forest. Blueblood forced himself to stay still as sweat poured down his neck. A hoof was placed on his shoulder without warning.
"Ulp!"
Blueblood turned around and saw Fluttershy with a smile on her face... not the 'this is what you get for trying to hurt Twilight' look, or the 'I have more plans for you' look, but a genuine smile. His heart melted at the sight, and for the first time in many, many years...
... He smiled.
A small gust of warm air ran down his neck as a low growl was heard. He turned around to face the bear, and quickly backed up a few steps. The bear spotted the food, and Blueblood released his magical hold on it, the plate landing on the grass with a soft thud .
"It's Okay. He won't bite." Fluttershy took Blueblood's hoof and slowly guided it to Bruce...
Closer...
Closer...
Blueblood had his eyes shut tight, expecting his hoof to be chewed up like bubble gum. Instead, his hoof felt soft fur. He opened his eyes.
"Huh..."
"Thanks Fluttershy!" Blueblood gleefully waved at Fluttershy and walked back to the Library, heart soaring. His head felt as light as a feather, and he had a big smile on his face. He entered the Library, said hello to a very surprised Spike, and skipped like Pinkie all the way to Twilight.
"Hiya Twilight!"
"Gah!"
Twilight nearly fell off her ladder, but thankfully her pegasi instincts kicked in, and she gently landed on the ground.
"Twilight, you could have flown up there, ya know..."
"Oh, whoops." Twilight smiled sheepishly, her hoof rubbing the back of her neck. She looked at Blueblood.
"Say.. Why're so cheerful?"
"I don't know!" He smiled a bit more, and begin to skip around Twilight. "So, what can I do, huh?"
Apparently he was left in high spirits after the visit from Fluttershy. Twilight marvelled how she could have changed him to become... so Pinkie!
"Did someone think of me?"
"AAAARGH!"
Twilight jumped at the voice, turning to look at a very bubbly pink party pony...
"PINKIE! How did you get in here?" Twilight's eyes were wide with shock.
"Oh, silly. I came in through the door! Where else?" Pinkie replied, smiling. Twilight looked at Spike, who had a puzzled look on his face. He shook his head.
"But... but- how?" Twilight sputtered. Spike called out. "Forget it. She's Pinkie."
"Yeah! I need to make a party for Blueblood for 'Getting the first love of your life and becoming less of a meanie pants' party!"
"What?" Spike hollered. "Pinkie! He doesn't need a party! He doesn't deserve one! Besides, you have too many parties-"
"Oh yeah... Besides, I have a party almost every episode..."
"What?" Twilight asked.
"Week! I said week!" Pinkie immediately had sweat pouring down her face, looking around with a forced grin. Twilight stared, and then shrugged it off as 'Pinkie being Pinkie."
"So... he's in love, eh?" Twilight turned to look at Blueblood, who was trotting up the stairs, his horn occasionally popping out pink and yellow hearts.
"Heh... who would have known?"
"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!"
Labor: Day 6 (Dream Realm)
"I love you."
Fluttershy blushed even more as Blueblood pulled out a small red box from behind his back, the romantic music from the hologram musicians plays on, and Blueblood hopped off the bench.
"Dearest Fluttershy, your eyes are as bright as the sun, and as beautiful as the gleaming ocean of love. Your soft yellow fur and long, graceful mane enchants me, for I am captured in their beauty."
"My fair maiden, will you marry me?"
While all of this is played out, Princess Luna laid down on a cloud, watching Blueblood's fantasy and subconsciousness play out. She spread her wings and began to preen them, before spreading her wings and closing them experimentally.
"Hm... Stupid dream wings... I keep forgetting to preen them..."
She now watched as Blueblood's dream began to take a turn towards being a nightmare.
Fluttershy stood up, grabbed the ring box, and threw it aside. Blueblood's horrified eyes followed it until it tumbled over the edge of the hill overlooking ponyville. His eyes turned to meet Fluttershy's red, glowing-
Wait a minute... Red?
His background begin to swirl into a black mess as the music took on a sinister tune. Many blurry circles begin to appear all around Blueblood, and they formed into many faces, both familiar and unfamiliar.
"My, my. The prince has fallen."
"NO, MY FOAL!!!"
"Ha! You deserve it."
"Stupid, snobby, selfish prince."
Amongst them was Fluttershy, and she said the worst words of all.
"I Hate You."
Blueblood backed up quickly, bumping into Twilight's nose. "You Don't deserve royalty, PESANT!" Twilight begin to laugh evilly, and then opened her mouth wide. The many faces begin to corner the prince, and he stumbles into her mouth.
He was falling...
Falling...
Falling...
The Royal guards dragged Blueblood across the parade grounds as he continued to whine. "No, unhoof me! Let me go! I don't deserve this! You-"
"HALT!" was heard and the Guards stopped. Blueblood looked around, and spotted the figure before him.
"This is for being such a jerk at the Grand Galloping Gala!" The figure said before he felt a kick between his rear legs.
Blueblood doubled over in pain with muzzle buried in the carpet. His eyes met with his attacker " You can't do this to me, I'm a Prince!" He whimpered pathetically.
"Spike at your service, Prince ." said the Drake as he extended an angry claw. "You're so below my pay grade. Treating Rarity like that, you deserve it. Guards? Carry on."
They dragged him to his new room, which was covered in cob webs. They threw him in and locked the door.
He quickly lifted himself up onto the bed. "Ugh... this room."
Blueblood was forced to wait in his room for Celestia to come in. Soon, a barely audible click was heard.
"Blueblood."
"Aunt Ti-"
"No." Celestia sighed. "I was never your aunt, nor will I ever be. I tolerated this behaviour, but today was unacceptable." Celestia stood to full height.
"You will be given 30 days of labor, each given by a different pony. Tomorrow you shall start you punishment."
Blueblood could only watch in silence as Celestia walked out of the room, wondering what horror's awaits him.
